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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada county can start hand-counting mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, but it won’t be allowed to livestream the tallying in order to make sure voting results aren’t accidently released.
The ruling came in response to an emergency petition filed by the ACLU of Nevada challenging Nye County’s plan to start hand-counting votes on Wednesday, which the ACLU said in its lawsuit risks public release of early voting results.
Nye County is one of the first jurisdictions nationwide to act on election conspiracies related to mistrust in voting machines.
Interim Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf had planned to set up a livestream of the count, which he said would enable residents to “become poll watchers at home.”
However, the court said that if observers heard the votes read aloud, the observers — who are members of the public — “are likely to learn election result information before the release of such information is statutorily authorized."
Kampf proposed the plan in response to false claims about Dominion voting machines. The planned hand-count will take place alongside machine tabulators.
The court also ordered the county to require observers to certify that they will not release any information regarding the vote count process early.
Nevada’s least populous county, Esmeralda, used hand-counting to certify June’s primary results, when officials spent more than seven hours counting 317 ballots cast. On Wednesday, Elko County’s board of commissioners discussed their support for hand-counting and paper ballots, though they will likely have no hand-count this cycle as it’s too close to when polls open. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Nevada-Supreme-Court-allows-early-hand-counting-17526338.php | 2022-10-22 02:19:01 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Nevada-Supreme-Court-allows-early-hand-counting-17526338.php |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
2-6-1
(two, six, one)
¶ Maximum prize: $500
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
2-6-1
(two, six, one)
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Ann Patchett about her latest collection of essays, These Precious Days, and how she ended up quarantining with Tom Hanks' personal assistant.
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Events surrounding Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Monday capped 10 days of national mourning that were watched by hundreds of thousands of people packed onto the streets of London and millions around the world. Those are just a few of the staggering array of numbers generated by the death of the 96-year-old monarch after a 70-year-reign.
Here are some figures that have swirled around London and the rest of the United Kingdom in the aftermath of death on Sept. 8 at her summer retreat in Scotland of the only monarch most Britons have ever known.
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— 2,000: Dignitaries and guests in Westminster Abbey for the the state funeral, ranging from King Charles III and other royals to world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden to members of the British public who helped battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
— 800: Guests at a committal service later in the day at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
— 5,949: Military personnel deployed throughout the meticulously choreographed operation that began with the queen's death on Sept. 8 at her Balmoral Estate in the Scottish Highlands. That number comprises 4,416 from the army, 847 from the navy and 686 from the air force. In addition, around 175 armed forces personnel from Commonwealth nations have been involved.
— 1,650: At least that number of military personnel will be involved in the pomp-filled procession of the queen's coffin from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch after her funeral. A further 1,000 will line the streets along the procession route When the coffin reaches Windsor, 410 military personnel will take part in the procession, 480 will line streets, 150 will be in a guard of honor and line steps and 130 more will fulfil other ceremonial duties.
— 142: Royal Navy ratings who will pull the state gun carriage carrying the queen's coffin on Monday when it leaves the Houses of Parliament for her funeral.
— More than 10,000: Police officers. Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy said the “hugely complex” policing operation is the biggest in the London force’s history, surpassing the London 2012 Olympics which saw up to 10,000 police officers on duty per day.
— 22: Miles (36 kilometers) of barriers erected in central London alone to control crowds and keep key areas around the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace secure.
— 1 million: The number of people London transport authorities expect to visit the capital on Monday. Around 250 extra rail services will run to move people in and out of the city.
— 5: Miles (8 kilometers) of people lining up to file past the queen's coffin in Westminster Hall. The mammoth queue stretched back from the Houses of Parliament along the south bank of the River Thames to Southwark Park. The number of people who viewed the coffin over four days is not yet known.
— 125: Movie theaters that will open their doors to broadcast Monday's funeral live.
— 2,868: Diamonds, along with 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, 269 pearls, and 4 rubies, sparkle in the Imperial State Crown that rested on the queen's coffin as it lay in state.
— 2: Minutes of silence at the end of the funeral at Westminster Abbey.
— 1: Coffin. The silent eye in the days-long storm of pomp, pageantry and protection is a single, flag-draped oak coffin carrying the only monarch most Britons have ever known. | https://www.abc15.com/news/world/by-the-numbers-facts-and-figures-about-the-queens-funeral | 2022-09-19 12:18:25 | 1 | https://www.abc15.com/news/world/by-the-numbers-facts-and-figures-about-the-queens-funeral |
Moments after law enforcement authorities disclosed the name of a "person of interest" in the deadly shooting at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, extremism researchers, journalists and some members of the public rushed online. They discovered an extensive trail of digital activity believed to be linked to Robert "Bobby" Crimo III, now the named suspect in the mass shooting. But sifting through the trove of memes, photos, music, rap videos and more, extremism experts agree: There is no clear political or ideological motivation.
Instead, many experts on extremism and technology say this suspect's activity fits with a still-emerging profile of mass shooter. Rather than falling neatly into categories familiar to law enforcement and the public, such as white supremacists, radical Islamists or antigovernment militants, it requires an understanding of dark, online subcultures that overlap and feed into each other in ways that glorify violence and foster nihilism. Alarmingly, these experts say these online milieus have been tied to an increasing number of mass shootings over time.
"I've described this as sort of like a mass shooter creation machine," said Alex Newhouse, deputy director of the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. "A lot of these communities are designed to spin out mass shooters over time, over and over and over."
A mass shooter "culture"
Researchers who've combed through Crimo's digital footprint say the content is strikingly unoriginal.
"It's just like a zoomer spin on zoomer trends and mass murders that have already been done before," said Sarah Hightower, using a term that refers to members of Generation Z. Hightower is an independent researcher focused on the extreme far right and online cultic movements.
For example, Hightower noted one video that shows a cartoonized version of the suspect with a long gun in a bloody confrontation with law enforcement officers.
"He's not the first mass shooter to animate himself into a Columbine massacre-type animated music video," she said. Hightower said a man who committed a mass-murder/suicide at a grocery store in Pennsylvania in 2017 did the same.
Extremism researchers said the suspect's online content offers to the public a carefully curated persona that fits with an image of mass shooters, styled on the killers in the 1999 Columbine school massacre. They said this image has come to hold a portion of young people in certain online communities in thrall.
"It's actually very comparable to Hillary Clinton referring to Trump supporters as 'deplorables,' and the thing that happened was that they then chose to embody that label and wore it on hats and T-shirts and it became a proud in-group label," said Emmi Conley, an independent researcher of far-right extremist movements, digital propaganda and online subcultures. "Similarly, the way that we have previously talked about lone actor violence — in that they are 'mentally ill,' they're confused, they aren't part of anything, they are 'schizophrenic young men' off doing their own thing, distinct from any other groups or actors — they started to embody that."
Conley said this purposeful embodiment of an almost cartoonized version of a mass shooter is intended to play to a "known aesthetic" of what such an individual looks like in the popular imagination, and also to claim the brand of being a mass shooter.
"[Crimo] doesn't fit into an individual ideology, because ideology is irrelevant in this case," said Conley. "The thing that starts to tie this type of violent actor to other types of violent actors is not ideological, it is aesthetic. "
An emphasis on aesthetics over ideology
The visual language that Crimo used in his curated online presence included elements that researchers say is common with a particular young, online subculture. It includes neon or strobe lights and quick cuts between video scenes, accompanied by techno lo-fi music. Newhouse also noted that Crimo's seemingly chaotic and random selection of memes and images echoed what he's seen with suspects in other mass shootings, such as the ones in Uvalde, Texas and Oxford, Michigan.
"It is all designed to be, one, shared; two, completely incomprehensible to anyone like us who are looking onto it; and three, to be a way of breaking down a person's natural reluctance to commit violence," said Newhouse. "It is designed to break a person's brain."
Conley added that the fixation on aesthetics also extends to how would-be shooters in these online milieus consider the optics of their attacks.
"Every mass shooting that's been committed with an AR 15, somewhere it was a little bit about doing a mass shooting with the AR 15 because that is the 'mass shooter weapon' — not just because it is the most effective weapon," she said. "There have been so many mass shootings now that it is a performance art. There is a particular way you do it. There's a particular way you look."
Toxic online spaces
The aesthetic has tied together a web of different digital subcultures which are deeply nihilistic, which use dehumanizing language, and which glorify violence. Often originating on the website 4chan, they include fan communities devoted to mass shooters and serial killers, and online forums devoted to sharing gory content. While experts noted that most people who participate in these fringe communities do not go on to commit mass shootings, they said these are spaces that produce conditions for violence.
"Understanding these things as loosely knit ecosystems [and as] more nebulous culture movers, rather than a groups of memberships, is going to be the first step to getting better at visualizing this threat," said Conley.
Bad actors seeking to nudge others toward real-life violence have been known to participate in these spaces, said Conley and Newhouse. Additionally, horror and dark alternate reality game and immersive fan fiction communities are also part of this complex web of subcultures.
"The idea is that everyone within these communities sort of lose track of what is real and what is fake," said Newhouse, "and they start fantasizing about and fetishizing violence as sort of this end all be all of the essence of existing."
The cartoonized video of an armed Crimo in a bloody standoff with police is one example that researchers point to when explaining how some violent, fringe online communities come to influence users' behavior.
"There's this kind of tendency to 'gore-post,' which is essentially to post shocking, graphic, violent imagery in an attempt to draw some kind of camaraderie between the users in these spaces," said Melanie Smith, head of research at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue US. Crimo appears to have been active in at least one large so-called "gore forum."
Experts agree that it's impossible to determine Crimo's mental health condition from his online content. Newhouse said that the darker alternate reality communities and gore forums are designed to plant the seeds of hopelessness, nihilism and lower one's natural reluctance to commit violence. He said he noted an inflection point on Crimo's timeline that may indicate he had fallen farther away from real-world interaction and further into these online subcultures.
"From what we can tell, he became extraordinarily alienated from both his music audience and his in-person social networks, but clearly began exhibiting the signs of being immersed in these much much deeper Internet communities," he said.
Crimo was a rap artist who released music online. Newhouse said the style of Crimo's latest album was also markedly different from earlier ones.
"Something was going on in that period of time," he said.
But Hightower noted that a key element of these communities is also performance.
"It's like he was going out of his way to sound like he had been detached from reality," she said. "I don't know whether or not this is an affectation that he was putting on or he actually does have a genuine psychotic disorder."
Regardless, Conley said once individuals are exposed to this particular genre of online communities, it can be difficult to return to healthier online habits.
"If you are kind of going down that spiral deeper and deeper into really, really fringe, really violent spaces, there is some point on that spiral where you can't just go back to being normal now," she said. "You've invested too much in this. Too much mental health, too much time, energy. You can't just be like, 'Well, this has crossed the line for me, I'm going to go back now.' It traps you there."
The challenge of intervening
Experts worry that gaps in understanding the conditions that contribute to this kind of mass shooting, as well as legal limitations, could hinder efforts to prevent future, similar attacks.
"It's not hard to to figure out where different violent spaces are," said Conley. "What's hard is what do you do once you find one, if the red flag still falls within free speech territory. Because currently we have no intervention abilities, we only have law enforcement."
The complexity and nuance of these subcultures, and how they interact with each, other also presents a challenge for parents who are eager to keep their kids from falling into these online activities. The age group at particular risk, said Newhouse, are 13- to 24-year-olds, primarily male.
"If someone doesn't even understand the subculture, how are they going to effectively intervene?" Hightower asked.
Still, Newhouse said he believes technology companies, working with journalists, experts and the public, can mitigate the problem through content moderation. He and other experts agreed that Crimo should not be viewed as an outlier, and that need for common understanding of this mass shooter profile will only be more urgent.
"He's not going to be the only one, I can tell you that right now," Hightower said. "You'll see more and more of young boys [and men] like [Crimo] popping off. It's not just going to be neo-Nazis and terrorists."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research in a bid to create more high-tech jobs in the United States and help it better compete with international rivals, namely China.
The House approved the bill by a solid margin of 243-187, sending the measure to President Joe Biden to be signed into law and providing the White House with a major domestic policy victory. Twenty-four Republicans voted for the legislation.
“Today, the House passed a bill that will make cars cheaper, appliances cheaper, and computers cheaper,” Biden said. “It will lower the costs of every day goods. And it will create high-paying manufacturing jobs across the country and strengthen U.S. leadership in the industries of the future at the same time.”
As the vote was taking place, Biden was discussing the economy with CEOs at the White House. During the event, he was handed a note informing him it was clear the bill would pass — a development that produced a round of applause before the tally was final.
Republicans argued the government should not spend billions to subsidize the semiconductor industry and GOP leadership in the House recommended a vote against the bill, telling members the plan would provide enormous subsidies and tax credits “to a specific industry that does not need additional government handouts.”
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., said the way to help the industry would be through tax cuts and easing federal regulations, “not by picking winners and losers” with subsidies — an approach that Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-N.Y., said was too narrow.
“This affects every industry in the United States,” Morelle said. “Take, for example, General Motors announcing they have 95,000 automobiles awaiting chips. So, you want to increase the supply of goods to people and help bring down inflation? This is about increasing the supply of goods all over the United States in every single industry.”
Some Republicans viewed passing the legislation as important for national security. Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said it was critical to protect semiconductor capacity in the U.S. and that the country was too reliant on Taiwan for the most advanced chips. That could prove to be a major vulnerability should China try to take over the self-governing island that Beijing views as a breakaway province
“I’ve got a unique insight in this. I get the classified briefing. Not all these members do,” McCaul said. “This is vitally important for our national security.”
The bill provides more than $52 billion in grants and other incentives for the semiconductor industry as well as a 25% tax credit for those companies that invest in chip plants in the U.S. It calls for increased spending on various research programs that would total about $200 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The CBO also projected that the bill would increase deficits by about $79 billion over the coming decade.
A late development in the Senate — progress announced by Wednesday night by Democrats on a $739 billion health and climate change package — threatened to make it harder for supporters to get the semiconductor bill over the finish line, based on concerns about government spending that GOP lawmakers said would fuel inflation.
Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said he was “disgusted” by the turn of events.
Despite bipartisan support for the research initiatives, “regrettably, and it’s more regrettably than you can possibly imagine, I will not be casting my vote for the CHIPS and Science Act today,” Lucas said.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader in the House, likened the bill’s spending to “corporate welfare to be handed out to whoever President Biden wants.”
Leading into the vote, it was unclear whether any House Democrats would join with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in voting against the bill; in the end, none did.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo talked to several of the most progressive members of the Democratic caucus in a meeting before the vote, emphasizing that the proposal was a critical part of the president’s agenda and that Democrats needed to step up for him at this important moment.
Some Republicans criticized the bill as not tough enough on China, and GOP leaders emphasized that point in recommending a “no” vote. Their guidance acknowledged the threat China poses to supply chains in the U.S., but said the package “will not effectively address that important challenge.”
But, as McCaul pointed out, China opposed the measure and worked against it. The bill includes a provision that prohibits any semiconductor company receiving financial help through the bill from supporting the manufacture of advanced chips in China.
Zhao Lijian, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, commenting before the House vote, said the U.S. “should not put in place obstacles for normal science, technology and people-to-people exchanges and cooperation” and “still less should it take away or undermine China’s legitimate rights to development.”
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Associated Press video producer Liu Zheng in Beijing and AP writer Zeke Miller contributed to this report. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/politics/ap-politics/congress-oks-bill-to-aid-computer-chip-firms-counter-china/ | 2022-07-29 15:10:59 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/politics/ap-politics/congress-oks-bill-to-aid-computer-chip-firms-counter-china/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) – All eyes will be on the Super Bowl to see who will bring home all the glory from the 2022-23 edition of the NFL, and while no team from Texas will be winning, some winning by way of the Texas Lottery was happening over the weekend.
The lottery reports a $20,000 winning Mega Millions ticket was sold somewhere in Texas while no one in the state won the secondary prize of $1 million or the jackpot of $20 million.
This third-tier prize-winning ticket matched four of the five winning numbers along with the Mega Ball; those winning numbers were 1, 4, 50, 54, and 59 with the Mega Ball 17.
The next Mega Millions drawing is set for Feb. 7 with a jackpot of $31M which has a cash value of $16.6M. | https://cw33.com/news/texas/was-this-your-ticket-20000-winning-mega-millions-ticket-sold-somewhere-in-texas-2/ | 2023-02-05 19:41:40 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/texas/was-this-your-ticket-20000-winning-mega-millions-ticket-sold-somewhere-in-texas-2/ |
LOS ANGELES , June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings ("Bakkt" or the "Company") (NYSE: BKKT).
Class Period: March 31, 2021 – November 19, 2021
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 20, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) the Company had defective financial controls; (2) as a result, there were errors in the Company's financial statements related to the misclassification of certain shares issued prior to the Business Combination; (3) accordingly, the Company would need to restate certain of its financial statements; (4) the Company downplayed the true scope and severity of these issues; (5) the Company overstated its remediation of its defective financial controls; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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Expanded eligibility for patients who have received multiple therapies as first line therapy for GBM
Company continues to enroll patients for the trial with 19 clinical trial sites open to-date, and an additional 42 sites selected across the U.S., Italy, France, Spain, and Switzerland that will be initiated and enrolling soon
Interim analysis of the trial when 30- 50% of subjects reach 6 months in study
HOUSTON, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSP) ("CNS" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of novel treatments for primary and metastatic cancers in the brain and central nervous system, today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ongoing potentially pivotal global study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Berubicin compared with Lomustine (Gleostine) administered after first line therapy for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of brain cancer.
"We are pleased to have received this positive response from the FDA and to continue driving the Berubicin clinical development program forward. The key objectives for the protocol amendment are based on the feedback we received from investigators and further consideration of the needs of patients on the study. We have also incorporated the recent WHO classification of glioblastoma1 with pertinent guidelines, ensuring that these patients meet specific criteria that allows us to accurately position the program for success. I am proud of the progress we continue to make on the clinical and regulatory fronts and look forward to further advancing this important trial," commented John Climaco, CEO of CNS Pharmaceuticals.
Berubicin is a novel anthracycline and the first anthracycline to appear to cross the blood-brain barrier currently being evaluated in a global potentially pivotal study evaluating its efficacy and safety.
The potentially pivotal trial is an adaptive, multicenter, open-label, randomized and controlled study in adult patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (WHO Grade IV) after failure of standard first-line therapy. The primary endpoint of the study is Overall Survival (OS), which is a rigorous endpoint that the FDA has recognized as a basis for approval of oncology drugs when a statistically significant improvement can be shown relative to a randomized control arm. Results from the trial will compare Berubicin to a current standard of care (Lomustine), with a 2 to 1 randomization of patients to receive either Berubicin or Lomustine. The amended protocol expands eligibility for the study to patients who have received additional treatments as part of the first line therapy for their disease considering advancements in this area. This change was made due to the complexity of new agents introduced as a component of first line therapy, which allows an additional group of patients that can enroll on the study after what may constitute multiple procedures as their initial treatment.
A pre-planned, non-binding futility analysis will be performed after 30 to 50% of all planned patients have completed 6 months on therapy. This evaluation will include safety as well as secondary efficacy endpoints. Enrollment will not be paused during this interim analysis.
"The operational objectives of this study remain our priority, including using patient reported outcomes, stratification based on MGMT methylation status (a prognostic factor in glioblastomas), and providing both the study drug, Berubicin, as well as the comparator drug, Lomustine, to all sites. With the recent regulatory authority approvals received in Europe, we are currently on the cusp of opening clinical sites globally, including France, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland, to expand the scope and outreach to patients for this trial. We remain dedicated to driving this study forward and ultimately hope to provide a much-needed option for treatment in GBM as a safe and effective therapy," added Sandra L. Silberman, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Medical Officer of CNS Pharmaceuticals.
The FDA has granted CNS Pharmaceuticals Fast Track Designation for Berubicin which enables more frequent interactions with them to provide guidance on expediting the development and review process. Additionally, the Company has also received Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA which may provide seven years of marketing exclusivity upon approval of an NDA.
For more information about the potentially pivotal Berubicin trial, visit clinicaltrials.gov and reference identifier NCT04762069.
Berubicin is an anthracycline, a class of anticancer agents that are among the most powerful chemotherapy drugs and effective against more types of cancer than any other class of chemotherapeutic agents. Anthracyclines are designed to utilize natural processes to induce deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage in targeted cancer cells by interfering with the action of topoisomerase II, a critical enzyme enabling cell proliferation. Berubicin treatment of brain cancer patients appeared to demonstrate positive responses that include one durable complete response in a Phase 1 human clinical trial conducted by Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Berubicin, was developed by Dr. Waldemar Priebe, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
CNS Pharmaceuticals a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of anti-cancer drug candidates for the treatment of primary and metastatic cancers of the brain and central nervous system. The Company's lead drug candidate, Berubicin, is a novel anthracycline and the first anthracycline to appear to cross the blood-brain barrier. Berubicin is currently in development for the treatment of a number of serious brain and CNS oncology indications including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer.
Additionally, the Company is advancing the development of its WP1244 drug technology portfolio, which utilizes anthracycline and distamycin-based scaffolds to create small molecule agents and is believed to be 500x more potent than daunorubicin in inhibiting tumor cell proliferation. Preclinical studies of WP1244 demonstrated high uptake in the brain with antitumor activity. CNS Pharmaceuticals is evaluating the use of WP1244 in the treatment of brain cancers, pancreatic, ovarian, and lymphomas.
For more information, please visit www.CNSPharma.com, and connect with the Company on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, the timing of opening new sites in Europe. These statements relate to future events, future expectations, plans and prospects. Although CNS believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, expectations may prove to have been materially different from the results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. CNS has attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including ''believes,'' ''estimates,'' ''anticipates,'' ''expects,'' ''plans,'' ''projects,'' ''intends,'' ''potential,'' ''may,'' ''could,'' ''might,'' ''will,'' ''should,'' ''approximately'' or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those discussed under Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in CNS's most recently filed Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and updated from time to time in its Form 10-Q filings and in its other public filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of its date. CNS undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release to reflect events or circumstances occurring after its date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
1 WHO Classification of Tumours Editorial Board. World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System. 5th ed. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2021
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Inaugural award spotlights top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedite All, the tech-enabled innovator disrupting the small vehicle expedite and dedicated shipping industry, has been named by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive as a recipient of the inaugural Top Tech Startup Award. The Top Tech Startup Awards spotlight top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space.
Expedite All was recognized for its proprietary Truck Map and Freight Rate Calculator, which empowers shippers to easily access its extensive network of trusted small vehicle carriers. Through Expedite All, shippers gain on-demand access to thousands of sprinter vans, cargo vans, straight trucks, and box trucks that can haul shipments of up to 14 pallets for local, regional, or coast-to-coast deliveries at rates up to 10% lower than traditional providers.
Expedite All's map-based user interface provides shippers with real-time visibility to available vehicles, making finding and booking the right vehicle fast and easy. Expedite All's Freight Rate Calculator uses proprietary algorithms to allow shippers to quickly get an estimated rate quote without having to call and compare rates from multiple expedite providers. Whether looking to expedite dry goods such as auto and manufacturing parts or reefer goods like pharmaceutical products, non-hazmat chemicals, and adhesives, ingredients, perishables, including flowers, meat, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, and juices, Expedite All is effectively providing shippers with a new option that can be added to their transportation mix.
"On behalf of the entire Expedite All team, I am honored to accept the Top Tech Startup Award," said Alex Winston, president of Expedite All. "This recognition is a testament to the vision of our hardworking team, the small vehicle carriers that have joined our fast-growing network, and the shippers that have entrusted us to provide them with a highly efficient, lower cost, and more sustainable transportation solution."
"From seed funding rounds to launching new solutions, many of today's tech startups are poised to disrupt the supply chain space. They're introducing new innovations, improving user experiences, and striving for that safer, smarter, more efficient supply chain," says Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief of Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "The future of the supply chain industry is directly impacted by the development of these new technologies, and I'm very excited to see what's next for these winners."
This year's winners play in a variety of different market sectors; however, AI-powered automation and real-time transportation visibility make up a majority of the winners (35% and 33%, respectively) and bring in $1 million to $20 million plus in revenue per year.
Recipients of this year's award will also be profiled on FoodLogistics.com and SDCExec.com. Go to https://foodl.me/ibl8vs to view the full list of Top Tech Startup winners.
About Expedite All
Expedite All is an emerging industry disruptor, leveraging proprietary Truck Map and Freight Rate Calculator technology and a network of more than 1,000 trusted small vehicle carriers to offer shippers a new transportation option: short- to long-haul expedite and dedicated services at rates up to 10% lower than traditional expedite. Expedite All is a faster, less costly, and more sustainable transportation solution. To learn more, visit www.expediteall.com.
About Food Logistics
Food Logistics reaches more than 26,000 supply chain executives in the global food and beverage industries, including executives in the food sector (growers, producers, manufacturers, wholesalers, and grocers) and the logistics section (transportation, warehousing, distribution, software, and technology) who share a mutual interest in the operations and business aspects of the global cold food supply chain. Food Logistics and sister publication Supply & Demand Chain Executive are also home to L.I.N.K. and L.I.N.K. Educate podcast channels, L.I.N.K. Live, SCN Summit, SupplyChainLearningCenter.com, and more. Go to www.FoodLogistics.com to learn more.
About Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the only supply chain publication covering the entire global supply chain, focusing on trucking, warehousing, packaging, procurement, risk management, professional development, and more. Supply & Demand Chain Executive and sister publication Food Logistics are also home to L.I.N.K. podcast channel, SCNSummit.com, SupplyChainLearningCenter.com, the Women in Supply Chain Forum, and more. Go to www.SDCExec.com to learn more.
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Through May 7
- 'Trade him': Former Warriors All-Star lays into Jordan Poole
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- Longtime retailer closes 2-level flagship store in Union Square
- California reparations panel OKs state apology, payments
- Warriors voice frustration after getting 'punked' by Lakers, refs
- Warmer weather is finally returning to the SF Bay Area forecast
- 1899 SF 'anti-Victorian' for sale for the first time in 50 years
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- Former KTVU anchor Frank Somerville discusses future plans
- Andre Iguodala tries to explain to refs that LeBron is traveling
- These are the ‘rich techies’ you see at every Warriors game | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/nascar-craftsman-truck-laps-in-top-15-18086208.php | 2023-05-08 18:43:09 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/nascar-craftsman-truck-laps-in-top-15-18086208.php |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Midday" game were:
0-8-1-2
(zero, eight, one, two)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Midday" game were:
0-8-1-2
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As heavy rains and flash floods doused southwestern Missouri Friday, Layton Hoyer wanted to get a closer look at the rising river levels. That is when he noticed an SUV caught in the flash floods near Granby.
At first, Hoyer thought the car might have been abandoned, but flashing brake lights caught his eye. The lights were blinking as if someone was intentionally tapping the brakes. He got on top of the train tracks near the ditch where the SUV was trapped and saw someone inside.
“I could see this elderly woman lying in this car trying to stay in the air bubble,” he said.
The 33-year-old quickly called 911, but he said the woman didn’t have much time left as the car continued to sink. Hoyer tried to reach her car from the passenger side, but the current was too strong. He then waded through the cold water before he too was submerged and then lunged, grabbing onto her car.
“I got a hold of the back door and started trying to pull the door open. But the vacuum on the door was so tight,” he said.
He said he was able to break the seal at the top of her window jam and open the door.
“I swear there was only a foot of air gap left in the back part of her car,” he said. “I just grabbed her by both arms and pulled her out of there.”
Hoyer rushed to get them both inside his truck to warm up.
Jim Channel, assistant Granby fire chief, was responding to a call of an 80-year-old woman trapped in a car when he arrived on the scene. Channel had been called to water rescues by Old Ritchey Road before, but he wasn’t surprised to see who was there.
“I’ve known the young man all his life, and he will do it again tomorrow,” Channel said of Hoyer. “He didn’t even think about what he was doing.”
Channel said he along with other rescue workers attempted to save the women’s three dogs inside the car, who were trapped in cages, but they couldn’t reach them in time before getting called to another water rescue.
Hoyer didn’t get a chance to get the woman’s full name. But he said he would like to see her again.
“I would love to put my arms around her ’cause she just cried in my arms and told me how thankful she was when the ambulance got there,” he said. “I was so thankful that God put me there to help her.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/missouri-man-makes-harrowing-rescue-in-flash-flood/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-03-25 01:21:09 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/missouri-man-makes-harrowing-rescue-in-flash-flood/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Chicago Public Schools is poised to take over two campuses of a charter school once lauded for steering Black boys to college but more recently mired in financial and other troubles.
The district is recommending that its school board revoke the charters for Urban Prep’s Englewood and Bronzeville campuses during its Wednesday meeting — a move that comes on the heels of district claims of financial mismanagement and a district inspector general investigation that alleges sexual misconduct by the school’s founder. | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/chicago-public-schools-slated-revoke-urban-preps-charters | 2022-10-25 16:11:34 | 0 | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/chicago-public-schools-slated-revoke-urban-preps-charters |
WARSAW, Poland — President Joe Biden, returning on Tuesday to the Polish castle where he spoke shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year, said the war had hardened Western resolve to defend democracy around the globe.
He warned that there were “hard and bitter days ahead,” but pledged that the United States and its allies would “have Ukraine’s back” as the war enters its second year.
“Democracies of the world will stand guard over freedom today, tomorrow and forever," he said at the Royal Castle, a historical landmark in Warsaw, before a cheering crowd of Polish citizens and Ukrainian refugees.
Biden's speech came one day after his daring, unannounced trip to Kyiv, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“Kyiv stands strong,” Biden declared. “Kyiv stands proud.”
Before his speech, Biden met with Polish President Andrzej Duda as he began a series of consultations with allies to prepare for an even more complicated stage of Russia’s invasion.
“We have to have security in Europe,” Biden said at the presidential palace in Warsaw. “It's that basic, that simple, that consequential.”
He described NATO as “maybe the most consequential alliance in history," and he said it's “stronger than it's ever been” despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's hopes that it would fracture over the war in Ukraine.
Earlier Tuesday, Putin announced that Moscow would suspend its participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States.
The so-called New START Treaty caps the number of long-range nuclear warheads they can deploy and limits the use of missiles that can carry atomic weapons.
Biden laid into Putin throughout speech, but did not mention the START suspension.
Duda, in his meeting with Biden, praised the American president's unannounced visit to Kyiv as “spectacular,” saying it “boosted morale of Ukraine's defenders."
He said the visit was “a sign that the free world, and its biggest leader, the president of the United States, stands by them.”
On Wednesday, Biden plans to meet again with Duda along with other leaders of the Bucharest Nine, a group of the easternmost members of NATO military alliance.
The conflict in Ukraine — the most significant war in Europe since World War II — has already left tens of thousands of people dead, devastated Ukraine’s infrastructure system and damaged the global economy.
While Biden is looking to use his whirlwind trip to Europe as a moment of affirmation for Ukraine and allies, the White House has also emphasized that there is no clear endgame to the war in the near term, and the situation on the ground has become increasingly complex.
The administration on Sunday revealed it has new intelligence suggesting that China, which has remained on the sidelines of the conflict, is now considering sending Moscow lethal aid. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it could become a “serious problem” if Beijing follows through.
Biden and Zelenskyy discussed capabilities that Ukraine needs “to be able to succeed on the battlefield” in the months ahead, Sullivan said. Zelenskyy has been pushing the U.S. and European allies to provide fighter jets and long-range missile systems known as ATACMS — which Biden has declined to provide so far. Sullivan declined to comment on whether there was any movement on the matter during the leaders' talk.
With no end in sight for the war, the anniversary is a critical moment for Biden to try to bolster European unity and reiterate that Putin's invasion was a frontal attack on the post-World War II international order. The White House hopes the president's visit to Kyiv and Warsaw will help bolster American and global resolve.
In the U.S., a poll published last week by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that support for providing Ukraine with weapons and direct economic assistance is softening. And earlier this month, 11 House Republicans introduced what they called the “Ukraine fatigue” resolution urging Biden to end military and financial aid to Ukraine, while pushing Ukraine and Russia to come to a peace agreement.
Biden dismissed the notion of waning American support during his visit to Kyiv.
“For all the disagreement we have in our Congress on some issues, there is significant agreement on support for Ukraine,” Biden said while in Kyiv. He described the conflict as "about freedom of democracy at large.”
Ahead of the trip, the White House spotlighted Poland's efforts to assist Ukraine. More than 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees have settled in Poland since the start of the war and millions more have crossed through Poland on their way to other countries. Poland has also provided Ukraine with $3.8 billion in military and humanitarian aid, according to the White House.
The Biden administration announced last summer that it was establishing a permanent U.S. garrison in Poland, creating an enduring American foothold on NATO's eastern flank.
“The truth of the matter is the United States needs Poland and NATO as much as NATO needs the United States,” Biden told Duda on Tuesday. | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/biden-in-poland-says-us-and-allies-have-ukraines-back/article_1b1efc8e-6ffb-5c5d-8e70-51c13f9ee4e6.html | 2023-02-21 19:52:15 | 1 | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/biden-in-poland-says-us-and-allies-have-ukraines-back/article_1b1efc8e-6ffb-5c5d-8e70-51c13f9ee4e6.html |
Renovated, expanded Tuerk House to help restore people struggling with addiction, mental illness
New renovations and expansions at a west Baltimore substance use treatment center will help more people recover.
The Tuerk House, which serves about 300 patients every day throughout the city, held a ribbon-cutting at its main campus Friday in celebration of a whole new wing at the center. It's all about restoration -- restoring the building and adding new spaces to help restore more people who are struggling with addiction and mental illness.
"If you were here seven years ago, you would not have seen what you see today. This was a completely run-down, beat-down building," said Bernard Gyebi-Foster, executive director of the Tuerk House.
The Tuerk House unveiled the third phase of a $10.2 million renovation project that includes a pharmacy and a state-of-the-art café where patients can choose from healthy food options. It also includes 18 more beds for in-patient detox treatment. There are currently 40 beds in use, and by the end of 2023, the Tuerk House hopes to have 92 beds in which people can recover comfortably.
"Environment of care is like 30% of treatment," Gyebi-Foster said. "When people go to a place like this, what it communicates to them is dignity, that we care for them, and that has a lot of effects on their psyche."
It also has an effect on public safety. Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates said programs like this are crucial for those struggling with mental illness or addiction issues who commit quality-of-life crimes.
"This is the type of program that, eventually, we would like to sit and talk and work with the police to say, 'Hey, we don't even want to bring them to jail. We can bring them to you at the center like this immediately,'" Bates said. "This way, they can deal with the detox and any of the other issues individuals will have. So, that way, they are not about being incarcerated. It's about being directed immediately to the services they need to change their life."
Gyebi-Foster said it's about changing and saving lives in a place that gives hope that recovery is possible.
"Our doors are always open, and we encourage everyone who is struggling with this disease to come in," Gyebi-Foster said.
The additional beds, café area and pharmacy will all open Monday. The project's final phase will include renovating the building's exterior and the stairwells, which are expected to be complete by July. | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/tuerk-house-renovated-expanded-addiction-mental-illness-treatment/42418122 | 2023-01-06 20:33:06 | 0 | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/tuerk-house-renovated-expanded-addiction-mental-illness-treatment/42418122 |
(KTLA) – One Los Angeles neighborhood is being bombarded with Uber Eats deliveries the residents did not order or buy.
The deliveries started about two weeks ago, and seem to be focused in the area of Range View Avenue in the Highland Park neighborhood. They’ve been showing up at all hours.
One man said he received 13 deliveries in one day, none of which he ordered. His neighbors had similar stories.
Caroline Aguirre said she’s received items from “low-fat milk, to a Danish, to chicken McNuggets, french fries, an egg croissant.”
The free food was “a nice treat at first,” William Neal said, “Then, when it became too much food at once, we’d try to find places to donate it or give it away.”
“It was bag after bag after bag, sometimes three at a time, 3 in the morning, 5 in the afternoon,” he added.
One neighbor even put a “no deliveries” sign on his front door, but the surprises kept coming, up to 10 bags a day.
The residents said the names on the orders, primarily fast food, did not match anyone who lives there. Some of the neighborhood’s residents don’t even have Uber Eats accounts.
Neighbors told KTLA that other delivery services, such as DoorDash and Postmates, have been involved as well, though it’s been too difficult to contact any customer service representatives to learn more.
San Francisco-based Uber told the Los Angeles Times that the company has launched an investigation into the bizarre, relentless deliveries. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/los-angeles-residents-getting-mystery-uber-eats-deliveries/ | 2023-03-19 19:42:49 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/los-angeles-residents-getting-mystery-uber-eats-deliveries/ |
Detroit police search for gunman in fatal ‘random’ shootings
DETROIT (AP) — Four people were shot, three fatally, by a person who appeared to be firing at people randomly over a roughly 2 1/2-hour period Sunday morning in Detroit, police said.
Police were searching for a suspect Sunday afternoon with help from the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Detroit Police Chief James White warned residents to be alert and to call 911 if they know the identity or whereabouts of the suspect.
“What we want to do today is get him off the street,” White said.
White said police traced all four shootings to one firearm and believe there is one shooter. He said investigators don’t believe there was any connection between the victims, noting one person was walking a dog and another waiting for a bus when they were shot.
He said police discovered a woman in her 40s who had been shot multiple times around 4:45 a.m. on Sunday. While officers were investigating that fatal shooting, a witness reported a 28-year-old man had been shot multiple times nearby, White said.
A third victim, a woman in her 40s, was found in the area around 6:50 a.m. She died after being shot multiple times, police said.
Around 7:10 a.m., an elderly man reported he saw a man peering into vehicles. When the elderly man told the person to get away from the cars, the gunman fired at the elderly man, who was shot once and survived, police said.
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A new obstacle appeared out of nowhere on the steeplechase course at world championships.
A cameraman.
Trying to get a great shot of the triple jump competition going on in the infield Monday night, a World Athletics cameraman stepped onto the track, unaware that there was a live race going on behind him.
As a phalanx of runners was approaching the cameramen, the runners spread out to pass him and nobody was hurt.
“I was a little worried that he was going to dart one way or another, right at the last second,” said Evan Jager of the U.S., who finished sixth. “Thankfully he didn’t realize we were there until we all passed him.”
Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali won the race in a time of 8 minutes, 25.13 seconds.
He was involved in the strange scene, though maybe not as harrowing as seven years ago at worlds in Beijing. Usain Bolt had just won the 200 meters and a cameraman riding a portable scooter lost control of the scooter and it tumbled onto the track and upended Bolt. He jumped up and dusted himself off, no worse for wear.
World Athletics President Seb Coe said the federation is looking into what happened.
“I don’t want to be cavalier about these things,” he said. “But these things happen. He did actually have the presence to recognize what was going on, and he stood still, which is the most important thing. He didn’t move.”
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A New Year's Eve street party in South Carolina's capital city won't be held again, organizers said.
Columbia's Famously Hot New Year started ambitiously in 2011 to give the city a way to party and celebrate.
The party took place virtually in 2020 and was canceled in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizers recently decided it was time to end the event, with the festival's board saying in a statement that they encourage people to “create new traditions around the holiday that include enjoying all that our vibrant region has to offer."
Music groups that played at the festival included George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Kool & the Gang, Sister Hazel, En Vogue, Salt-N-Pepa and Arrested Development.
The party often included a massive fireworks display over the Statehouse at midnight. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Columbia-cancels-its-massive-New-Year-s-Eve-17140123.php | 2022-05-01 18:33:35 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Columbia-cancels-its-massive-New-Year-s-Eve-17140123.php |
New tech repair shop provides fast fixes for phones, tablets, laptops and more
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new electronics repair shop, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, has opened in Midlothian at 11545 Busy St. The store offers professional fixes for most consumer electronics, from smartphones, tablets and computers to game consoles, smart speakers, drones and more.
While common repairs include cracked screens, battery issues and water damage, the company's repair experts have fixed millions of devices and can help with most any tech mishap, and many basic repairs can be completed in 45 minutes or less.
The store is locally owned by Bret Bauer and Charles Allen, who also own four other locations in the surrounding Richmond area.
"There is nothing more rewarding than owning a business that provides meaningful service to the community," Bauer said. "We're looking forward to delivering top-notch, affordable device repairs to our neighbors, and making Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions the top-of-mind service for our customers."
The store's expert repair technicians fix all kinds of technology, regardless of make or model, and the store is an authorized repair provider for Samsung Galaxy® and Google Pixel™ smartphones. Customers can book a repair appointment online or stop by the store for walk-in service. The store offers free, no-obligation diagnostics on all gadgets, as well as a 1-year limited warranty on all repairs. It even offers a price match guarantee on any local competitor's regularly published price for the same repair.
The new Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions store brings the company's retail footprint to more than 750 locations across the U.S. Formerly known as uBreakiFix®, all U.S. locations are rebranding as Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions.
"We are excited to serve people in Midlothian with fast and affordable tech repair," said Dave Barbuto, CEO of Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions. "We all rely on our phones and laptops more than ever before, and our mission is bigger than repairing shattered screens and broken charge ports. We fix tech because people depend on it to stay connected to things that are important to them. I look forward to serving this community through our new location."
The new store is located at:
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions
11545 Busy St, Richmond, VA 23236
(804) 805-8646
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions, formerly known as uBreakiFix, is the retail brand operated and franchised by a subsidiary of tech care company Asurion. As the world's leading tech care company, Asurion eliminates the fears and frustrations associated with technology to ensure its 300 million customers get the most out of their devices, appliances and connections. Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions stores specialize in the repair of consumer technology, including smartphones, game consoles, tablets, computers and nearly everything in between. Asurion Tech Repair and Solutions repair experts fix cracked screens, software issues, camera issues and most other tech mishaps at more than 750 stores across the U.S. The stores provide fast, affordable fixes for nearly any device type, regardless of make or model, including authorized repairs for Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
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ROANOKE, Va. – A trend not new to the Star City: gun violence.
Despite millions of dollars in funding and countless new prevention programs, it’s still a problem we hear about constantly.
10 News spoke with Roanoke Chief of Police Sam Roman to ask about what’s being done to stop the cycle of violence.
He said one of the biggest approaches is working collaboratively with other city entities, like the Gun Violence Prevention Commission, the judicial system and other community organizations.
“One of the components of reducing crime is holding those accountable who perpetuate the crime. As I often mention law enforcement is just one small piece in the ecosystem of criminal justice,” said Roman.
One statistic is going down according to Chief Roman — gang-related crime.
Although that reduction hasn’t stopped the cycle of violence, these instances are not random.
“Would I consider it a success that our team is making end roads with some of the gang culture that we have seen in the past? Absolutely that is a success,” said Roman.
“It is equally a tragedy that in other incidents that we have seen in Roanoke over the past couple of weeks, that someone has lost their life. In many cases, as I have said in council [meetings], the victim and the perpetrator are known to each other, just not a gang culture relationship,” he said.
10 News asked the chief about his message for people who are frustrated with the gun violence continuously seen in Roanoke.
“I think the way to combat that is to instill hope. Ensure that people see that, with my cooperation and my input, I am apart of the process of stopping the culture of violence that we have seen,” said Roman. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/02/09/roanoke-city-police-chief-addresses-recent-string-of-shootings/ | 2023-02-09 00:30:03 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/02/09/roanoke-city-police-chief-addresses-recent-string-of-shootings/ |
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — American and Filipino forces on Tuesday launched their largest combat exercises in decades in the Philippines and its waters across the disputed South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, where Washington has repeatedly warned China over its increasingly aggressive actions.
The annual drills by the longtime treaty allies called Balikatan — Tagalog for “shoulder-to-shoulder” — will run up to April 28 and involve more than 17,600 military personnel. It will be the latest display of American firepower in Asia, as the Biden administration strengthens an arc of alliances to better counter China, including in a possible confrontation over Taiwan, an island democracy that Beijing claims as its own.
That dovetails with efforts by the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to defend its territorial interests in the South China Sea, which China claims virtually in its entirety, by boosting joint military exercises with the U.S. and allowing rotating batches of American forces to stay in additional Philippine military camps under a 2014 defense pact.
“The relationships that we have, that we build into these exercises, will make us faster to respond to conflict, crisis, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief,” U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Eric Austin said.
About 12,200 U.S military personnel, 5,400 Filipino forces and 111 Australian counterparts are taking part in the exercises, the largest since Balikatan started three decades ago. The drills will showcase U.S. warships, fighter jets as well as Patriot missiles, HIMARS rocket launchers and anti-tank Javelins, according to U.S. and Philippine military officials.
In a live-fire drill the allies will stage for the first time, U.S. and Filipino forces will sink a target ship in the Philippine territorial waters off the western province of Zambales on April 26, in a coordinated inland and coastal artillery bombardment and airstrike, Col. Michael Logico, a Philippine spokesman for Balikatan, told reporters.
“We have to fire at a target that is closer to what we would expect in an actual threat, which is an intrusion coming from an adversary by sea,” Logico told reporters. “We are demonstrating that we are combat ready.”
Asked if Marcos raised any concern that Beijing may be antagonized by the rocket-firing near the busy waterway that China considers its territory, Logico said that did not come up when he briefed the president about the event. Marcos wants to witness the live-fire drill, he said.
In western Palawan province, which faces the South China Sea, the exercises will involve retaking an island captured by enemy forces, Logico said.
Philippine military officials said the maneuvers were aimed at bolstering the country’s coastal defense and disaster-response capabilities and were not aimed at any country.
Such field scenarios will “test the allies’ capabilities in combined arms live-fire, information and intelligence sharing, communications between maneuver units, logistics operations, amphibious operations,” the U.S. Embassy in Manila said.
In a sign of deeping defense cooperation, the Philippine foreign and defense secretaries will meet their American counterparts in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the American military presence and proposed joint naval patrols, officials said.
Washington and Beijing have been on a collision course over the long-seething territorial disputes involving China, the Philippines and four other governments, and Beijing’s goal of annexing Taiwan, by force if necessary.
China last week warned against the intensifying U.S. military deployment to the region. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in a regular news briefing in Beijing that it “would only lead to more tensions and less peace and stability in the region.”
The Balikatan exercises opened in the Philippines a day after China concluded three days of combat drills that simulated sealing off Taiwan, following Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week in California that infuriated Beijing.
On Monday, the U.S. 7th Fleet deployed guided-missile destroyer USS Milius within 12 nautical miles off Mischief Reef, a Manila-claimed coral outcrop which China seized in the mid-1990s and turned into one of seven missile-protected island bases in the South China Sea’s hotly contested Spratlys archipelago. The U.S. military has been undertaking such freedom of navigation operations for years to challenge China’s expansive territorial claims.
“As long as some countries continue to claim and assert limits on rights that exceed their authority under international law, the United States will continue to defend the rights and freedoms of the sea guaranteed to all,” the 7th Fleet said.
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Associated Press journalists Joeal Calupitan and Aaron Favila contributed to this report.
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DETROIT - For the final time this season, the Detroit Red Wings step onto the ice at Little Caesars Arena, looking to end the home portion of their schedule on a high note as they take on the Dallas Stars.
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The Red Wings did not have the best time against a desperate Pittsburgh Penguins team Saturday afternoon. The Penguins scored a pair of goals in the opening period, and despite a goal from Pius Suter in the second period, Pittsburgh ended up pulling away with a 5-1 win, thanks to Sidney Crosby’s three-point performance.
With losses in three of their last five games, Detroit will look to win their 20th home game of the season in their finale on Monday.
Dallas is in a duel with the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche for the top spot in the Central Division. Following their shootout victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday, the Stars are tied with the Avs for first place. However, Colorado has five games left in the regular season, while Dallas has just three contests left.
In their lone meeting down in Dallas, the Stars pulled out an overtime win over the Wings back in December.
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Who: Dallas Stars (44-21-14) vs. Detroit Red Wings (35-34-10)
When: Monday, April 10
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, Mich.)
Channel: Bally Sports Detroit
Stream: FuboTV (Free Trial), DirecTV Stream
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Police: Woman arrested for stabbing Indiana University student in racially-motivated attack
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WNDU/Gray News) - An Indiana University student was hospitalized after police say a woman stabbed her multiple times on a bus near campus because she was Asian.
According to a report from Bloomington police, first responders were dispatched to reports of an assault with injuries at a bus stop at about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Police reported the 18-year-old unidentified victim told investigators she was standing near the entrance of the bus, waiting to exit it, when a woman confronted her. She said the woman began to strike her in the head repeatedly.
The woman, identified by police as 56-year-old Billie Davis, reportedly then exited the bus and began to get away. However, a witness on the bus tailed Davis on foot and provided responding officers with updated locations of her whereabouts.
Davis was detained and initially charged with battery, according to police.
The victim, who was bleeding following the attack, was transported to the hospital. There, doctors discovered multiple stab wounds on her head.
Police obtained security footage from the bus. According to police, the video showed Davis stabbing the victim multiple times as the victim waited for the doors to open.
They reported there were no prior interactions between Davis and the victim before the attack.
According to WNDU, court documents reported Davis admitted to police that she targeted the student because of her race.
Police said Davis’ charges were amended to attempted murder as well as aggravated battery following further investigation.
The university’s Asian Culture Center released a statement following reports of the attack.
“We are outraged and heartbroken by this unprovoked act of violence,” the center said in part. “But we also worry about the well-being of our community.”
In the statement, the center urged students and community members to speak up against racial violence. They also announced they would create a space for students to share their feelings regarding the attack.
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E. Michigan (5-4) at Akron (1-8), 7 p.m.
Ohio (6-3) at Miami (Ohio) (4-5), 7:30 p.m.
Ball St. (5-4) at Toledo (6-3), 8 p.m.
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Buffalo (5-4) at Cent. Michigan (3-6), 7 p.m.
Kent St. (3-6) at Bowling Green (5-4), 7 p.m.
N. Illinois (2-7) at W. Michigan (3-6), 7 p.m.
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Georgia Southern (5-4) at Louisiana-Lafayette (4-5), 7:30 p.m.
Tulsa (3-6) at Memphis (4-5), 7:30 p.m.
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East Carolina (6-3) at Cincinnati (7-2), 8 p.m.
Sacramento St. (9-0) at Portland St. (4-5), 9 p.m.
Colorado (1-8) at Southern Cal (8-1), 9:30 p.m.
Fresno St. (5-4) at UNLV (4-5), 10:30 p.m.
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Maine (2-7) at Albany (NY) (2-7), Noon
Navy (3-6) vs. Notre Dame (6-3) at Baltimore, Noon
Oklahoma (5-4) at West Virginia (3-6), Noon
Columbia (4-4) at Brown (3-5), Noon
Bryant (3-6) at Holy Cross (9-0), Noon
Merrimack (7-2) at CCSU (1-8), Noon
Duquesne (3-6) at St. Francis (Pa.) (7-2), Noon
Princeton (8-0) at Yale (6-2), Noon
Sacred Heart (4-5) at Wagner (1-8), Noon
Valparaiso (4-5) at Marist (4-5), Noon
Colgate (3-6) at Lehigh (1-8), Noon
Liberty (8-1) at Uconn (5-5), Noon
Bucknell (1-8) at Georgetown (2-7), 12:30 p.m.
Richmond (7-2) at Delaware (7-2), 1 p.m.
SC State (3-6) at Howard (3-6), 1 p.m.
Harvard (5-3) at Penn (7-1), 1 p.m.
Rhode Island (6-3) at New Hampshire (6-3), 1 p.m.
Towson (4-5) at Stony Brook (2-7), 1 p.m.
Dartmouth (2-6) at Cornell (4-4), 1 p.m.
Stonehill (4-3) at LIU Brooklyn (2-7), 1 p.m.
Lafayette (3-6) at Fordham (7-2), 1 p.m.
Morgan St. (3-6) at Delaware St. (5-4), 2 p.m.
Maryland (6-3) at Penn St. (7-2), 3:30 p.m.
Appalachian St. (5-4) at Marshall (5-4), 3:30 p.m.
Florida St. (6-3) at Syracuse (6-3), 8 p.m.
SMU (5-4) at South Florida (1-8), Noon
Missouri (4-5) at Tennessee (8-1), Noon
Charleston Southern (2-7) at NC A&T (6-3), Noon
Virginia Tech (2-7) at Duke (6-3), Noon
Vanderbilt (3-6) at Kentucky (6-3), Noon
Pittsburgh (5-4) at Virginia (3-6), Noon
W. Carolina (4-5) at ETSU (3-6), 1 p.m.
James Madison (5-3) at Old Dominion (3-6), 1 p.m.
Austin Peay (6-3) at Kennesaw St. (5-4), 1 p.m.
Gardner-Webb (4-5) at Campbell (4-5), 1 p.m.
Villanova (5-4) at William & Mary (8-1), 1 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe (3-6) at Georgia St. (4-5), 1 p.m.
Elon (7-3) at Hampton (4-5), 1 p.m.
VMI (1-8) at Wofford (2-7), 1:30 p.m.
Samford (8-1) at Chattanooga (7-2), 1:30 p.m.
E. Kentucky (6-3) at Jacksonville St. (7-2), 2 p.m.
Rice (5-4) at W. Kentucky (6-4), 2 p.m.
Robert Morris (0-9) at Murray St. (1-8), 2 p.m.
NC Central (7-2) at Norfolk St. (1-8), 2 p.m.
Va. Lynchburg (0-6) at The Citadel (2-7), 2 p.m.
MVSU (1-8) at Southern U. (5-4), 3 p.m.
Furman (7-2) at Mercer (7-2), 3 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman (2-7) at Alcorn St. (4-5), 3 p.m.
Florida A&M (7-2) at Alabama St. (6-3), 3 p.m.
Army (3-5) at Troy (7-2), 3:30 p.m.
North Texas (6-4) at UAB (4-5), 3:30 p.m.
Miami (4-5) at Georgia Tech (4-5), 3:30 p.m.
Charlotte (2-8) at Middle Tennessee (4-5), 3:30 p.m.
Alabama (7-2) at Mississippi (8-1), 3:30 p.m.
Louisville (6-3) at Clemson (8-1), 3:30 p.m.
UCF (7-2) at Tulane (8-1), 3:30 p.m.
Boston College (2-7) at NC State (7-2), 3:30 p.m.
South Carolina (6-3) at Florida (5-4), 4 p.m.
Texas A&M Commerce (5-4) at Nicholls (2-7), 4 p.m.
UT Martin (5-4) at Tennessee St. (3-6), 5 p.m.
Texas State (3-6) at South Alabama (7-2), 5 p.m.
Jackson St. (9-0) vs. Alabama A&M (3-6) at Mobile, Ala., 5 p.m.
Tennessee Tech (3-6) at North Alabama (1-8), 5 p.m.
Georgia (9-0) at Mississippi St. (6-3), 7 p.m.
Northwestern St. (4-5) at SE Louisiana (6-3), 7 p.m.
FAU (4-5) at FIU (4-5), 7 p.m.
Texas A&M (3-6) at Auburn (3-6), 7:30 p.m.
Southern Miss. (5-4) at Coastal Carolina (8-1), 7:30 p.m.
North Carolina (8-1) at Wake Forest (6-3), 7:30 p.m.
Indiana (3-6) at Ohio St. (9-0), Noon
Purdue (5-4) at Illinois (7-2), Noon
Rutgers (4-5) at Michigan St. (4-5), Noon
Morehead St. (2-7) at Dayton (7-2), 1 p.m.
South Dakota (3-6) at North Dakota (6-3), 1 p.m.
McKendree (0-0) at Lindenwood (Mo.) (6-3), 2 p.m.
Butler (7-2) at Drake (1-8), 2 p.m.
Indiana St. (1-8) at W. Illinois (0-9), 2 p.m.
N. Dakota St. (7-2) at S. Illinois (5-4), 2 p.m.
Stetson (3-5) at St. Thomas (Minn.) (8-1), 2 p.m.
Youngstown St. (6-3) at Missouri St. (3-6), 3 p.m.
Illinois St. (5-4) at S. Dakota St. (9-1), 3 p.m.
SE Missouri (7-2) at E. Illinois (2-7), 3 p.m.
Nebraska (3-6) at Michigan (9-0), 3:30 p.m.
Wisconsin (5-4) at Iowa (5-4), 3:30 p.m.
Northwestern (1-8) at Minnesota (6-3), 3:30 p.m.
LSU (7-2) at Arkansas (5-4), Noon
Abilene Christian (6-3) at Sam Houston St. (5-2), 1 p.m.
Temple (3-6) at Houston (5-4), 3 p.m.
Umass (1-8) at Arkansas St. (2-7), 3 p.m.
McNeese St. (2-7) at Houston Christian (2-7), 3 p.m.
Prairie View (5-4) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (2-7), 3 p.m.
Louisiana Tech (3-6) at UTSA (7-2), 3:30 p.m.
Iowa St. (4-5) at Oklahoma St. (6-3), 3:30 p.m.
Cent. Arkansas (4-5) at Stephen F. Austin (5-4), 5 p.m.
Kansas (6-3) at Texas Tech (4-5), 7 p.m.
Kansas St. (6-3) at Baylor (6-3), 7 p.m.
Grambling St. (3-6) at Texas Southern (4-5), 7 p.m.
TCU (9-0) at Texas (6-3), 7:30 p.m.
N. Arizona (3-6) at N. Colorado (2-7), 2 p.m.
Tarleton St. (5-4) at Utah Tech (3-6), 3 p.m.
Lincoln University (CA) (0-4) at S. Utah (3-6), 3 p.m.
E. Washington (2-7) at Montana (6-3), 3 p.m.
Idaho St. (1-8) at Weber St. (7-2), 3 p.m.
Arizona St. (3-6) at Washington St. (5-4), 3:30 p.m.
New Mexico (2-7) at Air Force (6-3), 3:30 p.m.
Lamar (1-8) at New Mexico St. (3-5), 4 p.m.
Davidson (7-2) at San Diego (3-5), 5 p.m.
Washington (7-2) at Oregon (8-1), 7 p.m.
Wyoming (6-3) at Colorado St. (2-7), 7 p.m.
UC Davis (5-4) at Idaho (6-3), 7 p.m.
Montana St. (8-1) at Cal Poly (1-8), 8 p.m.
California (3-6) at Oregon St. (6-3), 9 p.m.
Stanford (3-6) at Utah (7-2), 10 p.m.
San Jose St. (6-2) at San Diego St. (5-4), 10:30 p.m.
Boise St. (6-3) at Nevada (2-7), 10:30 p.m.
Arizona (3-6) at UCLA (8-1), 10:30 p.m.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has led thousands of protesters in a third round of anti-government demonstrations on Thursday as the government warned that no more violent protests would be tolerated.
The opposition is blaming President William Ruto for the rising cost of living and alleges he illegally manipulated his election in last year’s polls, although the Supreme Court has upheld the validity of the election results.
Odinga says the protests will only stop after the government lowers the cost of basic food items and allows access to the 2022 election results from the electoral commission’s main computers.
Ruto, who on Thursday arrived back in the country from a four-day trip in Belgium and Germany, has remained adamant that the ongoing protests are illegal.
Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki, who is in charge of the police, on Wednesday said no more violent protests would be tolerated, stating “we must halt the descent.”
U.S Senator Chris Coons on Wednesday met Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for what the Kenyan leader described as “strengthening ties.”
Coons also met opposition leader Odinga for talks about “upholding the constitution and the rule of law,” according to the Kenyan politician.
Police have been using force to disperse protesters and so far four people are reported to have died since the protests started last week.
Odinga said the protests will be held twice every week until the opposition’s demands are met. A governor from Odinga’s stronghold of Kisumu county had banned protests in the area but quickly rescinded and local government officials joined in Thursday’s demonstrations.
The protests have sparked counter violence against opposition targets. Last Monday saw the destruction of private property at former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family farm outside the capital, Odinga’s gas cylinder manufacturing firm near the central business district and the burning of shops in Odinga’s stronghold of Kibera slums.
The independent Policing Oversight Authority is investigating four incidents of police shooting and killing protesters as well allegations that police failed to respond to a report on the damaging of private property. The authority has urged police to abide by the law while protecting life and property.
Civil society groups that include Amnesty Kenya and the Kenya Human Rights Commission have expressed concern over the abuse of human rights by the police during the protests and urged police to uphold their service to humanity.
The African Union has called for calm and dialogue among stakeholders recalling a “successful conduct of the general elections and confirmation of the outcome by the Supreme Court.”
Western diplomatic missions in Kenya expressed concern over the violence and damage to places of worship and private property.
The Media Council of Kenya said that journalists have been attacked in the demonstrations and said it would work closely with the police to ensure perpetrators face the law. | https://wgntv.com/news/international/ap-international/kenya-opposition-in-fresh-protests-amid-government-warning/ | 2023-03-31 05:49:07 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/news/international/ap-international/kenya-opposition-in-fresh-protests-amid-government-warning/ |
The astronomical art concert starts a conversation with the universe by delivering an unforgettable musical experience
SHANGHAI, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Music is a reflection of the harmony between heaven and earth, according to Book of Ritual and Music. On September 26, 2022, an astronomical art-themed concert entitled Chinese Music Talking to the Sky (Guo yue wen tian in Chinese) kicked off at the world's largest planetarium, Shanghai Astronomy Museum, in Lingang New City, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. During the hybrid online and offline event, renowned Chinese zhongruan virtuoso Feng Mantian (Ruan: traditional Chinese musical instrument with 2000-year history) and his band, in collaboration with InCulture, QQ Music and China News Service (CNS), delivered a truly delightful audiovisual experience to music fans worldwide. Concert engineers deployed analog surround sound technology allowing the audiences to immerse themselves in the event simply by putting on a set of headphones.
With a number of artists putting on improvised performances with traditional Chinese music instruments including the ruan, the bo and Chinese drums that generate musical notes just like stars in the sky, the concert created a spectacular musical experience that connected the audience with the universe by creating the sensation as if they were exploring the universe in a spaceship. "There are some powerful moments in the music, like a mass of meteorites going through your soul, and you don't get hurt, you feel the power of the universe," said a viewer when posting a comment about the event online.
In ancient times, Chinese sages explored the laws of the universe and life, giving birth to invaluable heritages, such as the 24 solar terms and traditional Chinese medicines. The ancient philosophy that man is an integral part of nature has been passed down through the generations to modern times. "The universe is all things, the earth is a part of the universe, every grass and every grain of sand is also a part of the universe, and of course man is also a part of the universe. It's just that man sometimes attaches some external things to himself, and man is separated from the universe. Maybe, if you give up artificiality and forget yourself, you can become one with the universe," said Mr. Feng. " When people look up at the stars, they may be thinking about other things, and it is difficult to integrate with the universe. If there is music involved, as long as you listen attentively, everyone will forget yourself. The 'I' here is the 'me' in the social model, the 'me' after people grow up and touch social civilization. Pay attention to listening. That social model may still be there, but it doesn't matter anymore. You can hear your heartbeat, feel your breath, breathe with the universe, nothing else. The universe has big breaths, we have small breaths. Their vibrational frequencies are the same."
Mankind has been exploring the universe in various ways since ancient times. "Music is one of the ways to explore the universe in that they have a lot in common," added Mr. Feng. "For example, the universe is full of abstraction, and music is also abstract. Another example is that the universe is dynamic, and so is music. You can feel the dynamics of the universe with your hearing." Mr. Feng delivered an impressive musical improvisation experience without adding any harmony, human emotions or forms to improvised works just like the clouds that are completely natural yet so different from each other. A cloud is something that cannot be designed."
Besides Mr. Feng, the participating artists also included percussionist Yu Lei, keyboardist Han Tianhe, world-renown percussionist Zhao Bing and audio engineer Titus. The concert also featured interactive visual artist Jung Hyun Moon who, through creative programming and audiovisual interactions alongside the accompanying rhythmic improvisation, created a random horizon that allowed the audiences to immerse themselves in the depths of the universe by breathing as one with the universe and feeling its dynamic.
"The universe is relatively eternal and much stronger than the earth when it comes to vitality. It would be wonderful if the audience could forget the self and become one with the universe at some point by devoting their full attention to the concert," stated Mr.Feng. "It's a feeling the logic cannot remember, but the subconscious mind will. It can be beneficial to the rest of your life as you can recall the memory when you need it in the future."
"The event was not only a non-figurative concert but also a meaningful music experiment for cross-border integration," added Linda Shen, the producer of the concert. "Through participation in the live concert, artists from the four corners of the globe have spread love and the healing power of music by using sound drift bottles. A few music lovers with visual impairment were also invited to the onsite event."
The concert was webcast worldwide. Supporting was provided by several organizations, including Shanghai Lingang Culture and Art Foundation, Lingang Service, and Show Life.
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When the NJSIAA divulged its realignment plan for the 2023-24 individual postseason on June 22 — a strategy that “redistributed” power programs across all 32 districts and eight regions — there was an assortment of reactions from the wrestling rank and file.
With little surprise, the feedback ran the gamut, from rancor to helplessness and everything in between. | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/07/will-wrestling-realignment-make-non-public-programs-stronger-coaches-assess-changes.html | 2023-07-12 19:23:13 | 0 | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/07/will-wrestling-realignment-make-non-public-programs-stronger-coaches-assess-changes.html |
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel’s U.N. ambassador accused the Palestinians on Wednesday of stabbing a knife into any chance for reconciliation by seeking an advisory opinion from the U.N.’s highest court on Israel’s decades-old occupation — and the Palestinian U.N. envoy accused Israel’s new government of seeking to crush its people.
The always contentious monthly U.N. Security Council meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was even more vitriolic and threatening this week, and U.N. Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland warned that “a dangerous cycle of violence persists on the ground, amidst increased political tension and a stalled peace process.”
“Israelis and Palestinians remain on a collision course amid escalating political and inflammatory rhetoric as well as heightened violence in the West Bank — both with potentially grave consequences,” he said. “Absent a concerted and collective effort by all, with strong support from the international community, spoilers and extremists will continue to pour more fuel on the fire and we will move still further from a peaceful resolution of the conflict.”
Underlying the ongoing violence is the Palestinians’ decades-long quest for an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, territories seized by Israel in the 1967 war. Israel considers the West Bank to be disputed territory and has built dozens of settlements that are now home to roughly 500,000 Jewish settlers.
In the latest confrontation, the Palestinians and their supporters won U.N. General Assembly approval on Dec. 30 of a resolution asking the International Court of Justice or ICJ to intervene in one of the world’s longest-running and thorniest disputes and render an advisory opinion on the legality of Israeli policies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
While the court’s rulings are not binding, they do influence international opinion.
Israel’s new hardline government responded on Jan. 6 by approving steps to penalize the Palestinians in retaliation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they were aimed at what he called “an extreme anti-Israel” step at the United Nations.
The measures include withholding $39 million from the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority and transferring the funds instead to a compensation program for the families of Israeli victims of Palestinian militant attacks, deducting an amount equal to the sum the authority paid last year to families of Palestinian prisoners and those killed in the conflict including militants implicated in attacks against Israelis, and ending VIP travel privileges for leading Palestinians.
The Palestinians responded by getting more than 90 countries to sign a statement expressing “deep concern” at penalizing the Palestinians for going to the court, and urging Israel to reverse the punitive measures. Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen rejected the statement.
At Wednesday’s Security Council meeting, Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan accused the Palestinians of drafting “a poisonous and destructive resolution” referring Israel to the ICJ “with the sole purpose of destroying Israel as the Jewish state.”
He claimed this has been a Palestinian goal since before Israel’s founding in 1948, and said one weapon they use “is the manipulation and abuse of international bodies” to force Israel to agree to their demands, which he called “multilateral terror.”
Erdan pointed to anti-Israel activities spurred by the Palestinians at the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court, and said that with the adoption of the General Assembly resolution on the ICJ, “the Palestinians stabbed a knife in the heart of any chances for dialogue or reconciliation.”
He also accused the Palestinians and the U.N. of exaggerating Palestinian casualties and under-reporting and discriminating against Israeli victims. While 2022 “may have been the deadliest year for Palestinian terrorists,” he said, “it was also the year with the most terror attacks committed against Israelis in a decade.”
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, told the council the new Netanyahu-led government has said openly its program is to increase settlements, “annexation, systemic discrimination and oppression.”
“It does not recognize our rights anywhere, and proclaims a right for its settlers everywhere,” Mansour said.
The international community overwhelmingly considers settlements to be illegal. Israel’s annexation of east Jerusalem, home to the city’s most sensitive holy sites, also is not internationally recognized.
Mansour said “peace is still possible,” but only if the Security Council and the international community “stand up to the supremacists” and take action to end Israel’s occupation, ensure accountability for its annexation of Jerusalem, recognize the state of Palestine, and reject Israeli settlers in occupied territory.
“We face the absurd situation where impunity is enjoyed by those who violate the law and collective punishment is endured by those entitled to its protection,” Mansour told the council. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-israel-and-palestinians-clash-at-un-meeting-as-tensions-rise/ | 2023-01-19 19:42:12 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-israel-and-palestinians-clash-at-un-meeting-as-tensions-rise/ |
WASHINGTON — The holiday shopping season — for Mega Millions lottery ticket buyers, at least — is ramping up as officials say the estimated jackpot for Tuesday night's drawing has surpassed half a billion dollars.
As of late Monday, lottery officials estimate Tuesday's prize at $565 million — or more than $293 million if delivered in cash — after there were no lucky winners holding a ticket that matched all six numbers in the last drawing held on Friday.
Tuesday's drawing will be held at 11 p.m. EST.
Players must match all five numbers and the gold Mega Ball number to win the jackpot. Players face astronomical odds for a jackpot win: 1 in 302.5 million.
One player in California and another in Illinois won $1 million in Friday's drawing by matching all five numbers but not the Mega Ball. It was a big night for smaller wins: 31 people will take home $10,000 and three people hit the Megaplier to win $40,000.
If the jackpot is won during the next drawing on Tuesday, Dec. 27, it would be the sixth largest prize in the history of the game.
Tickets sold in California and Florida for an Oct. 14 drawing shared the last Mega Millions jackpot of $502 million. The lottery's top prize has been building anew over 20 drawings held since then.
The country has seen a record-setting year for lottery games, with multiple huge jackpots for both Mega Millions and Powerball.
After months of hype, a single Powerball ticket in California won the record-setting $2.04 billion jackpot in November. The winners have not yet come forward or been identified. California law requires winners to come forward publicly, but they have a year to do so.
Over the summer, a near-record $1.377 billion Mega Millions jackpot had Americans in a lottery frenzy in July. A winner in Illinois eventually put the run to an end and matched all six numbers to take home the grand prize. Two people came forward to claim it, but chose to stay anonymous, something that is allowed in Illinois but not every state.
In October, the jackpot climbed again to nearly half-a-billion dollars. Two ticket-holders in California and Florida matched all six Mega Millions numbers, splitting an estimated prize of $494 million between the two of them. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/nation-world/mega-millions-tuesday-jackpot/507-e86b33b9-cb25-4e4b-b43e-039b97299519 | 2022-12-27 13:21:29 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/nation-world/mega-millions-tuesday-jackpot/507-e86b33b9-cb25-4e4b-b43e-039b97299519 |
DUBLIN (AP) — DUBLIN (AP) — Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (JAZZ) on Wednesday reported a loss of $240.7 million in its fourth quarter.
The Dublin-based company said it had a loss of $3.82 per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 7 cents per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 51 cents per share.
The drugmaker posted revenue of $972.1 million in the period, which also missed Street forecasts. Nine analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $972.7 million.
For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $224.1 million, or $3.58 per share. Revenue was reported as $3.66 billion.
Jazz expects full-year earnings in the range of $16.90 to $17.85 per share, with revenue in the range of $3.68 billion to $3.88 billion.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran faced international criticism on Tuesday over the death of a woman held by its morality police, which ignited three days of protests, including clashes with security forces in the capital and other unrest that claimed at least three lives.
The U.N. human rights office called for an investigation. The United States, which is trying to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, called on the Islamic Republic to end its “systemic persecution” of women. Italy also condemned her death.
Iranian officials dismissed the criticism as politically motivated and accused unnamed foreign countries of fomenting the unrest.
Separately, an Iranian official said three people had been killed by unnamed armed groups in the Kurdish region of the country where the protests began, the first official confirmation of deaths linked to the unrest.
Later on Monday, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported that small groups of protesters had again gathered in downtown Tehran, chanting “Death to the dictator.” It said the crowd numbered around 300 and that the protesters damaged street signs.
The governor of Tehran province, Mohsen Mansouri, accused foreign embassies of fanning the protests and said three foreign nationals had been arrested. He did not specify the nationality of the embassies or the detainees.
The U.N. body said Iran’s morality police have expanded their patrols in recent months, targeting women for not properly wearing the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab. It said verified videos show women being slapped in the face, struck with batons and thrown into police vans for wearing the hijab too loosely.
A similar patrol detained 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last Tuesday, taking her to a police station where she collapsed. She died three days later. Iranian police have denied mistreating Amini and say she died of a heart attack. Authorities say they are investigating the incident.
“Mahsa Amini’s tragic death and allegations of torture and ill-treatment must be promptly, impartially and effectively investigated by an independent competent authority,” said Nada Al-Nashif, the acting U.N. high commissioner for human rights.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Amini “should be alive today.”
“Instead, the United States and the Iranian people mourn her. We call on the Iranian government to end its systemic persecution of women and to allow peaceful protest,” he tweeted.
Italy’s Foreign Ministry called for “the perpetrators of this cowardly act” to be held to account, saying “violence against innocent people, especially women and girls, can never be tolerated.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian rejected the criticism, accusing the U.S. of “shedding crocodile tears.”
“An investigation was ordered into (the) tragic death of Mahsa, who, as (the) President said, was just like our own daughters,” he tweeted. “To Iran, human rights are of inherent value — unlike those who see it (as) a tool against adversaries.”
Iranian police released closed-circuit video footage last week purportedly showing the moment Amini collapsed. But her family says she had no history of heart trouble.
Amjad Amini, her father, told an Iranian news website that witnesses saw her being shoved into a police car.
“I asked for access to (videos) from cameras inside the car as well as courtyard of the police station, but they gave no answer,” he said. He also accused the police of not transferring her to the hospital promptly enough, saying she could have been resuscitated.
He said that when he arrived at the hospital he was not allowed to view the body, but managed to get a glimpse of bruising on her foot.
Authorities then pressured him to bury her at night, apparently to reduce the likelihood of protests, but Amini said the family convinced them to let them bury her at 8 a.m. instead.
Amini, who was Kurdish, was buried Saturday in her home city of Saqez in western Iran. Protests erupted there after her funeral and police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators on Saturday and Sunday. Several protesters were arrested.
The governor of Iran’s Kurdistan province, Esmail Zarei Kousha, told Fars that three people were killed by unnamed armed groups, linking the violence to the unrest.
He did not identify the victims, but said one was killed in the town of Divandarreh by a weapon not used by Iranian security forces. He said the second body was found in a car near Saqez and that the third killing was “completely” suspicious.
The province has seen past violence between Iranian security forces and Kurdish separatists.
The protests spread to Tehran and other cities on Monday. A news website affiliated with state TV said 22 people were arrested at a protest in the northern city of Rasht.
State TV showed footage of protests on Monday, including images of two police cars with their windows smashed. It said the protesters torched two motorbikes as well, and that they burned Iranian flags in Kurdish areas and Tehran.
The state-run broadcaster blamed the unrest on foreign countries and exiled opposition groups, accusing them of using Amini’s death as a pretext for more economic sanctions.
Iran has seen waves of protests in recent years, mainly over a long-running economic crisis exacerbated by Western sanctions linked to the country’s nuclear program. Authorities have managed to quash the protests by force. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/ap-iran-faces-global-criticism-protests-over-womans-death/ | 2022-09-20 23:20:49 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/ap-iran-faces-global-criticism-protests-over-womans-death/ |
HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. defense contractor and his wife who lived for decades under the identities of two dead Texas children have been charged with identity theft and conspiring against the government, according to federal court records unsealed in Honolulu.
Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison, both in their 60s, who allegedly lived for decades under the names Bobby Edward Fort and Julie Lyn Montague, respectively, were arrested Friday in Kapolei on the island of Oahu.
Prosecutors are seeking to have the couple held without bail, which could indicate the case is about more than fraudulently obtaining drivers' licenses, passports and Defense Department credentials.
Those documents helped Primrose get secret security clearance with the U.S. Coast Guard and as a defense contractor and old photos show the couple wearing uniforms of the KGB, the former Russian spy agency, Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Muehleck said in court papers. Faded Polaroids of each in uniform were included in the motion to have them held.
A "close associate" said Morrison lived in Romania while it was a Soviet bloc country, Muehleck said.
Morrison's attorney said her client never lived in Romania and that she and Primrose tried the same jacket on as a joke and posed for photos in it. Even if the couple used new identities, attorney Megan Kau told The Associated Press, they have lived law-abiding lives for three decades.
"She wants everyone to know she's not a spy," Kau said. "This has all been blown way out of proportion. It's government overreaching."
Prosecutors said there is a high risk the couple would flee if freed. They also suggested that Primrose, who was an avionics electrical technician in the Coast Guard, was highly skilled to communicate secretly if released.
The couple is also believed to have other aliases, Muehleck said.
A lawyer for Primrose declined comment. A bail hearing was scheduled for Thursday in U.S. District Court.
The secret clearance Primrose had provides access to information that is "enormously valuable to our enemies," said Kevin O'Grady, a Honolulu defense attorney not involved in the case.
The Coast Guard works closely with the Army and Navy, helps with counterintelligence and serves as the country's maritime border patrol, said O'Grady, an Army reservist and lieutenant colonel judge advocate.
"The Coast Guard has a unique perspective on our vulnerabilities," he said, including how to infiltrate the country through water ports. Hawaii, a major military center, "is a prime target for a lot of espionage and such," he said.
For one family whose deceased child's name was stolen, the news Wednesday came as a shock.
John Montague, who lost his daughter Julie in 1968 at 3 weeks of age, was stunned to learn someone had been living under her name for so long.
"I still can't believe it happened," Montague, 91, told AP. "The odds are like one-in-a-trillion that they found her and used her name. People stoop to do anything nowadays. Let kids rest in peace."
Primrose and Morrison were born in 1955 and they attended high school together in Port Lavaca, Texas, and then went to Stephen F. Austin University, according to court records. They married in 1980.
There is no indication in court papers why the couple in 1987 assumed the identities of deceased children who would have been more than a decade younger than them. But an affidavit filed by Special Agent Dennis Thomas of the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service noted that the couple lost their home in Nacogdoches, Texas, to foreclosure that year.
They remarried under their assumed names in 1988, Thomas said.
Court records don't provide any information about what happened from the time they assumed their new identities until 1994, when Primrose, then about 39, enlisted in the Coast Guard as Fort, who would have been about 27.
If there was an obvious age discrepancy between what Primrose looked like and the birth certificate he presented, "that's an abject failure," O'Grady said.
"That's something if they can figure it out now, they should have caught it then," he said.
Montague said that "somebody's not doing their jobs."
Primrose was in the service until 2016, when he began work for an unnamed defense contractor at the U.S. Coast Guard Air station at Barbers Point.
"While he held that secret clearance with the U.S. Coast Guard, defendant Primrose was required to report any foreign travel," prosecutors wrote. "Investigation has revealed that defendant Primrose did not report several trips to Canada while he did report other foreign travel."
The couple lived in a Honolulu suburb in a modest two-bedroom bungalow beneath palm trees. They owned a neighboring house they rented to military personnel, said Mai Ly Schara, who lived next door.
She knew them as Bob and Lynn, with Morrison apparently Julie Lyn Montague's middle name.
Primrose did yard work for Schara for $50 a month, she said. Morrison took in, fed and spayed and neutered cats. She also had several rabbits and dedicated a room to the pets.
"They kept to themselves, but they were friendly," Schara said. "They just kind of were, like, a little nerdy."
Schara wasn't sure what Primrose did for a living, but thought it was military related. Morrison once worked as a parking attendant at a Waikiki hotel but had been tutoring neighborhood children.
The FBI created a scene in the quiet neighborhood when they searched the house and took photos.
"It was just shocking, like, oh my gosh," Schara said. "It was pretty crazy."
The State Department declined to comment on the arrests.
The couple is charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S., false statement in passport application and aggravated identity theft.
Fort, who lived fewer than three months, died in October 1967 at the same hospital where Julie Montague passed away about three months later in January 1968. They are buried 14 miles (23 kilometers) apart.
When Tonda Ferguson learned from her father that Morrison had used her late sister's birth certificate to create an alias, she thought of her mother, who died in 2003, and how many years had gone by.
"For all the mothers who are living and have to know this happened to their babies, I can't even begin to imagine," Ferguson said. "I'm glad my mama's with the Lord. This would be so traumatic for her."
Ferguson was in eighth grade when her sister died. She never got to see her little sister or hold her. She was buried in Burnet, Texas, the small town where they lived at the time outside of Austin.
"She came from a place of love, deep love," Ferguson said. "For someone to turn around to steal her identity for evil, it's tough. It's hurtful. ... I hope they rot."
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Melley reported from Los Angeles. Caleb Jones in Kapolei, Hawaii, and Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this report. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/hawaii-couple-charged-after-living-for-decades-using-names-of-dead-texas-children | 2022-07-28 02:39:32 | 0 | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/hawaii-couple-charged-after-living-for-decades-using-names-of-dead-texas-children |
WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 3, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
146 PM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Kenedy,
northeastern Hidalgo, southeastern Brooks and northwestern Willacy
Counties through 200 PM CDT...
At 146 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Rudolph, or 14 miles north of Raymondville, moving northwest at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Raymondville, Armstrong, Encino, Norias, Yturria, U S 77 Border
Patrol Station, Rudolph, Los Angeles Subdivision and Armstrong Ranch
Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Brownsville.
LAT...LON 2708 9777 2665 9756 2649 9779 2674 9799
2678 9798 2678 9802 2697 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 148DEG 14KT 2669 9778
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Lubbock,
northern Lynn, northwestern Garza, northeastern Terry and
southwestern Crosby Counties through 215 PM CDT...
At 149 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Ransom Canyon to near
Slide. Movement was southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
Lubbock, Slaton, Wolfforth, Ransom Canyon, Southland, Slide, Lubbock
South Plains Mall, Woodrow, Wilson, Buffalo Springs, New Home and
Lubbock Science Spectrum.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
LAT...LON 3339 10211 3339 10208 3348 10208 3352 10207
3365 10145 3333 10144 3320 10217
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 042DEG 12KT 3357 10159 3345 10191
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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New Patent Application to Simplify Fabrication of Polymer Modulators Designed to Integrate with Silicon Photonics to Enable Enhanced Internet Traffic Flow and Reduced Energy Usage
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG), a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power, today announced the publication of a U.S. patent application on a new invention that will simplify polymer modulator fabrication when integrated with silicon photonics for high-volume foundry manufacturing applications.
This patent application – entitled "TFP (thin film polymer) optical transition device and method," – illustrates the design of a simpler to fabricate, lower cost hybrid integrated photonics chip using electro-optic polymers which are more advantageous for high-volume production. The simplified fabrication approach enables us to simplify the production of very high speed, low power proprietary polymer modulators that will enable significantly faster data rates in the internet environment.
The essence of the invention is a hybrid polymer-silicon photonics engine that fits into fiber optic transceivers (either pluggable or co-packaged) that are used in the routers, servers and network equipment that are proliferating with the growth of data centers, cloud computing and optical communications capacity. The hybrid polymer-silicon photonics engine is designed to use high-volume silicon foundry infrastructure and is published with publication number 2022/0113566 A1.
Dr. Michael Lebby, Chief Executive Officer of Lightwave Logic commented, "This patent application is core to our drive to provide a hybrid integrated photonics platform to boost the performance of silicon photonics technologies using our proprietary electro-optic polymers. The patent application teaches the simplicity of fabricating the design in standard large volume silicon foundries, further simplifying manufacturing for our foundry partners.
"This is another important addition to our IP portfolio that allows our polymer technology platform to become the engine for pluggable fiber optic transceivers that are being utilized throughout internet infrastructure. You need simplicity and efficiency in chip design for foundries, and this patent application serves that purpose acutely. With this patent application, we are changing the internet and enabling faster data – improving the lives of countless millions who rely on the internet to work, play and communicate," concluded Lebby.
About Lightwave Logic, Inc.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG) is developing a platform leveraging its proprietary engineered electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power. The company's high-activity and high-stability organic polymers allow Lightwave Logic to create next-generation photonic EO devices, which convert data from electrical signals into optical signals, for applications in data communications and telecommunications markets. For more information, please visit the company's website at lightwavelogic.com.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the nation’s largest public utility from replacing a Tennessee coal-burning power plant with one using natural gas.
In a federal lawsuit filed this week, Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club challenge a decision earlier this year by the Tennessee Valley Authority to build a natural gas facility at the site of the aging Cumberland Fossil Plant in Tennessee. The lawsuit contends that the power provider didn’t properly consider cleaner energy options or correctly factor in climate and economic impacts.
The federal utility moved forward with the plan despite concerns raised by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the utility’s analysis of alternatives was faulty and that the project is at odds with President Joe Biden’s clean energy goals.
Biden has called for a carbon-pollution-free energy sector by 2035. That’s a goal TVA has said it can’t achieve without technological breakthroughs in nuclear generation and energy storage. The federal authority has a goal of 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2035 over 2005 levels and net-zero emissions by 2050.
The lawsuit claims TVA violated a requirement of federal agencies under the National Environmental Policy Act to give serious consideration to other alternatives. The challenge also argues that TVA did not afterward sufficiently consider the failures at certain coal and gas plants that led to rolling blackouts at Christmas time last year. Additionally, the lawsuit says the public utility didn’t appropriately account for renewable energy incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act.
“Instead of studying the environmental and financial impacts of its decision, the Tennessee Valley Authority relied on flawed reasoning and faulty assumptions to downplay the effects of its planned gas plant,” said Amanda Garcia, director of the Tennessee office of the Southern Environmental Law Center, which filed the lawsuit for the conservation groups.
On Thursday, Tennessee Valley Authority spokesperson Scott Brooks said the utility followed the environmental law in question.
“TVA takes our environmental compliance obligations seriously, and the Cumberland Fossil Plant Retirement Environmental Impact Statement fully complied with all NEPA requirements,” Brooks said.
TVA plans to retire the first of two coal burning units at the Cumberland plant by the end of 2026 and expects to have the 1,450-megawatt gas plant up and running before then. TVA also plans to retire Cumberland’s second coal-burning unit by the end of 2028. It has proposed a plan to replace part of that lost production with a 900-megawatt gas plant in Cheatham County, Tennessee, along with a 400-megawatt battery storage system.
TVA has said the new gas plants will provide the flexibility needed to add 10,000 megawatts of solar to its overall system by 2035 and still meet peak demand periods.
For the Cumberland plant, the utility’s review process compared the costs and benefits of two types of natural gas plants as well as a solar array with battery storage. It determined that the solar array would cost $1.8 billion more and could not be completed by the utility’s 2026 deadline.
The groups that sued contend that TVA overestimated the amount of solar and battery storage needed, dramatically driving up the cost estimate, and failed to factor in costs for the gas plan, such as the planned future use of carbon capture and hydrogen blending at the facility.
They also pointed out that the TVA signed contracts with two gas companies months before it completed the environmental impact study that was supposed to guide its decision.
The utility corporation said the contracts were necessary to allow preliminary planning work. They were not binding agreements to choose gas, Brooks the TVA spokesperson has said. They were contingent on TVA’s final fuel decision.
A gas pipeline application remains pending with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
TVA’s energy mix — topping out at about 38,000 megawatts — includes 43% nuclear, 26% natural gas, 13% coal, 14% hydroelectric and 4% of other types of renewables, such as solar, according to a May filing with the Securities Exchange Commission.
A similar lawsuit seeks to block a gas-burning TVA plant at the retired coal-burning Johnsonville Fossil Plant, claiming the utility violated federal law last year by failing to properly assess the environmental and climate impacts. TVA has declined to comment on the case.
Last month, TVA announced plans to build a new natural gas plant to replace its coal-burning Kingston Fossil Plant — the site of a massive coal ash spill in 2008 — one day after the Biden administration proposed strict new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/conservation-groups-sue-over-federal-utilitys-plan-to-replace-coal-plant-with-gas/ | 2023-06-17 15:07:28 | 0 | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/conservation-groups-sue-over-federal-utilitys-plan-to-replace-coal-plant-with-gas/ |
NY New York NY Zone Forecast for Friday, September 16, 2022
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.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to
20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ073-172000-
Bronx-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to
20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows around 60. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ176-172000-
Northern Queens-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to
20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ178-172000-
Southern Queens-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up
to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ075-172000-
Kings (Brooklyn)-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up
to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to
20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ074-172000-
Richmond (Staten Island)-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to
20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows around 60. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ177-172000-
Northern Nassau-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to
20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ179-172000-
Southern Nassau-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows around 60. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ078-172000-
Northwest Suffolk-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts
up to 20 mph in the evening.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to
20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ080-172000-
Southwest Suffolk-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ079-172000-
Northeast Suffolk-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs around 80. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs around 80. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ081-172000-
Southeast Suffolk-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
NYZ071-172000-
Southern Westchester-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to
20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
NYZ070-172000-
Northern Westchester-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. A
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ069-172000-
Rockland-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to
20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs around 80.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ068-172000-
Putnam-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the evening,
then partly cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows
in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ067-172000-
Orange-
317 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Showers likely in the evening.
Lows around 60. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) in submitting a comment letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona regarding his department’s proposed changes to Title IX.
The rulemaking would force schools to allow biological males and females to compete against each other in sports, undoing critical, longstanding safeguards for women’s athletics.
“This proposed rule is a monumental setback for the generations of women who have benefited from Title IX’s enactment over the last 50 years,” wrote the senators. “The Department should not move forward with this proposed rule, but should instead work with Congress on legislative action meant to strengthen the protections afforded to women in the original statute. Any interpretation of Title IX that permits biological males to participate in female athletics does irreparable harm to women as a protected class under the law.”
Joining Senators Cramer and Tuberville are Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.).
In June 2022, on the 50th anniversary of Title IX’s enactment, the U.S. Department of Education issued a proposal to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports. The Department finalized the rule and expects to make it effective during the 2023-2024 school year.
In the 117th and 118th Congresses, Cramer cosponsored the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The bill ensures Title IX provisions determine gender “solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth” and bans beneficiaries of federal funding from operating, sponsoring or facilitating athletic programs that permit males to participate in women’s sporting events. | https://www.willistonherald.com/news/senators-push-back-on-department-of-education-title-ix-sports-proposal/article_bc1b630a-f427-11ed-ac30-833c741e0ffe.html | 2023-05-17 09:57:20 | 1 | https://www.willistonherald.com/news/senators-push-back-on-department-of-education-title-ix-sports-proposal/article_bc1b630a-f427-11ed-ac30-833c741e0ffe.html |
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Saudi-led OPEC oil cartel and allied producers including Russia did not change their targets for shipping oil to the global economy amid uncertainty about the impact of new Western sanctions against Russia that could take significant amounts of oil off the market.
The decision at a meeting of oil ministers Sunday comes a day ahead of the planned start of two measures aimed at hitting Russia’s oil earnings in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Those are: a European Union boycott of most Russian oil and a price cap of $60 per barrel on Russian exports imposed by the EU and the Group of Seven democracies.
It is not yet clear how much Russian oil the two sanctions measures could take off the global market, which would tighten supply and drive up prices. The world’s No. 2 oil producer has been able to reroute much, but not all, of its former Europe shipments to customers in India, China and Turkey.
The impact of the price cap is also up in the air because Russia has said it could simply halt deliveries to countries that observe the limit. But analysts say the country would likely also find ways to evade the cap for some shipments.
On the other side, oil has been trading at lower prices on fears that coronavirus outbreaks and China’s strict zero-COVID restrictions would reduce demand for fuel in one of the world’s major economies. Concerns about recessions in the U.S. and Europe also raise the prospect of lower demand for gasoline and other fuel made from crude.
That uncertainty is the reason the OPEC+ alliance gave in October for a slashing production by 2 million barrels per day starting in November, a cut that remains in effect. Analysts say that took less than the full amount off the market because OPEC+ members already can’t meet their full production quotas.
An OPEC+ statement Sunday pushed back against criticism of that October decision in view of the recent weakness in oil prices, saying the cut had been “recognized in retrospect by the market participants to have been the necessary and the right course of action towards stabilizing global oil markets.”
The White House, which has pressed for more oil supply to keep gasoline costs down for U.S. drivers, at the time called the cut “shortsighted” and said the alliance was “aligning with Russia.”
With the global economy slowing, oil prices have been falling since summertime highs, with international benchmark Brent closing Friday at $85.42 per barrel, down from $98 a month ago. That has eased gasoline prices for drivers around the world.
Average gas prices have fallen for U.S. drivers in recent days to $3.41 per gallon, according to motoring club federation AAA.
While U.S., European and other allies seek to punish Russia for the war in Ukraine, they also want to prevent a sudden loss of Russian crude that could send oil and gasoline prices back up.
That is why the G-7 price cap allows shipping and insurance companies to transport Russian oil to non-Western nations at or below that threshold. Most of the globe’s tanker fleet is covered by insurers in the G-7 or EU.
Russia would likely try to evade the cap by organizing its own insurance and using the world’s shadowy fleet of off-the-books tankers, as Iran and Venezuela have done, but that would be costly and cumbersome, analysts say.
The cap of $60 a barrel is near the current price of Russian oil, meaning Moscow could continue to sell while rejecting the cap in principle. Oil use also declines in the winter, in part because fewer people are driving.
“If Russia ends up taking off more oil than about a million barrels per day, then the world becomes short on oil, and there would need to be an offset somewhere, whether that’s from OPEC or not,” said Jacques Rousseau, managing director at Clearview Energy Partners. “That’s going to be the key factor — is to figure out how much Russian oil is really leaving the market.”
The OPEC+ statement set its next meeting for June 4 but said the coalition could meet at any time to address market developments.
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's government said Wednesday it was planning to house thousands of asylum seekers in two disused military bases, the latest in a series of measures to discourage migrants from crossing the English Channel to U.K. shores in small unseaworthy boats.
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said the former Royal Air Force barracks in England will provide “basic and functional accommodation” for up to 3,700 asylum seekers and save the government billions of pounds (dollars) a year housing them in expensive hotels.
“Accommodation for migrants should meet their essential living needs and nothing more. Because we cannot risk becoming a magnet for the millions of people who are displaced and seeking better economic prospects,” Jenrick said.
Authorities say taxpayers are footing a 2.3 billion-pound ($2.8 billion) hotel bill a year to house asylum seekers, who often remain in temporary accommodation for months as they wait for a decision from officials struggling to cope with a backlog of hundreds of thousands of cases.
The use of hotels to accommodate migrants has sparked heated debate and sometimes violent protests across the U.K. In February, a hotel that housed asylum seekers in the seaside town of Newquay, in southwest England’s Cornwall, drew hundreds of protesters who clashed over opposing views on the issue.
Charities criticized the government's latest plans as unsuitable for vulnerable people fleeing war.
“We must ensure that people fleeing war, conflict and persecution can access safe, dignified, and appropriate accommodation while in the U.K. asylum system,” said Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council.
More than 45,000 people arrived in Britain by boat from northern France in 2022, up from 28,000 in 2021 and 8,500 in 2020.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative government is determined to crack down on the arrivals. Authorities are pushing forward with a controversial migration bill that would bar asylum claims by anyone who reaches the U.K. by unauthorized means and deport migrants back home or to a safe third country.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kevin Love and the Cleveland Cavaliers have completed a buyout of his contract, and the five-time All-Star is strongly considering a move to the Miami Heat, two people with knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
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The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because Love will still have to clear waivers before he can sign with a new team.
Other teams are expected to try to talk to Love, who is making $31.3 million this season, before he finalizes a decision, one of the people told the AP.
Love, 34, has been with Cleveland since 2014 and was the last remaining link to the 2016 team that won the NBA title and ended the city’s 52-year pro sports championship drought.
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This season, he's averaging career-lows of 8.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 20 minutes per game. But over parts of 15 NBA seasons with Cleveland and Minnesota, Love has averaged 17.2 points and 10.5 rebounds. He’s also a 37% career shooter from 3-point range, and helped USA Basketball win both Olympic and FIBA World Cup gold medals.
Love is in the final year of a $120 million, four-year extension he signed in 2018. He did not play in any of Cleveland's last 12 games before the All-Star break and his representatives approached the Cavaliers about the buyout.
Miami created the flexibility to absorb at least one player in a buyout situation by trading away Dewayne Dedmon to San Antonio earlier this month in exchange for cash considerations. That essentially opened a roster spot for at least one move.
Cleveland entered the break fourth in the Eastern Conference at 38-23. Miami is seventh in the East at 32-27, a half-game behind No. 6 New York.
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PESHAWAR – The death toll from a boating accident in a lake in northwest Pakistan over the weekend reached 51, the military said Tuesday. The wooden boat was carrying children and teachers from a seminary on a picnic.
Police on Sunday said at least 10 students drowned after the large wooden boat they were in capsized in Tanda Dam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. They said at the time that the vessel was carrying 25 people.
Later, however, officials said the boat was overcrowded and in fact was carrying 57 people, mostly children, and at least 51 had died. Qismat Khan, area police chief for the district of Kohat, said authorities have handed over the victims' bodies for burial but police were still investigating.
The military said in a statement that divers from the army and local emergency service rescued five survivors. It said the search for the remaining person was continuing.
Khan said the casualties might have been avoided if the owner of the boat, who also died in the incident, had provided life jackets to the picnic goers. Khan said divers from the army and local emergency service searched for missing boaters since the accident Sunday.
Hundreds of relatives and family members of the missing children and their teachers waited near the lake for news.
“Whenever divers returned with the bodies, we heard cries from the relatives of these children," he said. Footage and photos provided by the military showed divers in boats returning with at least three children who were rescued and later transported to a nearby hospital. They were among the five survivors and were listed in stable condition.
The body of the owner of the boat, Sajid Din, was found Tuesday.
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Which cotton candy machine is best?
Cotton candy may be one of the most nostalgic markers of childhood joy. Bringing back memories of summer nights at a traveling circus or local carnival, cotton candy machines let you spin clouds of pillowy sugar in the comfort of your backyard. The best cotton candy machine means this delicious treat is just minutes away.
How to select a cotton candy machine
Commercial vs. home use
The first consideration is whether you want a machine for commercial or home use.
- Commercial: Commercial machines are durable and built to last through many servings of fluffy spun sugar. Although this is great in theory, in practice this makes commercial cotton candy machines heavier and more expensive. If you only make this confection now and then, it may not be worth it.
- Home use: For the average home cook who just wants to make cotton candy for the occasional birthday party or sleepover, machines designed for home use may be the best choice. These are more affordable and also more compact.
Cart vs. countertop
You’ll need to determine how and where you’ll use your cotton candy machine when deciding between a cart versus a countertop style.
- Cart: Carts are great for cotton candy poolside or somewhere other than your kitchen. However, they do require additional storage space and can be more expensive.
- Countertop: Countertop models have a smaller footprint and perform just as well as carts. They can be used anywhere there is an outlet, but they need a sturdy, heat-resistant surface to sit on.
Important cotton candy machine features
The best cotton candy machines come loaded with features that bring the aromas and flavors of the fair to your door.
Quick warm-up
The first thing to look for is quick heating. Some cotton candy machines take as many as six minutes, while others can be ready to go in just two. Commercial machines are more likely to heat faster.
Nearly instant candy floss
When your machine is ready to go, no one wants to wait for their treat. Machines that hold their heat better produce more servings of cotton candy in less time.
The speed of treat creation is related to the number of watts your machine uses. Commercial machines with 1,800 watts can churn out six servings of cotton candy per minute, while lower-watt machines (900 or less) may only make one in the same amount of time.
Domes
A clear dome keeps the thin, sugary threads in the bowl (and not all over the counter or the lawn). Look for a dome with a wide opening in the front. This lets you easily insert a hand to gather the cotton candy.
Safety features
Because of the heat involved in melting and spinning sugar into delicate floss, safety features are critical. These include locking mechanisms on the bowl and heat-safe exteriors that stay cool.
Regardless of which safety features your cotton candy machine includes, children should never operate these machines without adult supervision.
Large reservoir
A large reservoir means your machine can create multiple servings without the need for sugar refills. Look for a reservoir that can hold at least as many servings as there are people in your household.
Included floss sugar
If you are new to cotton candy making, it may be best to purchase the machine that comes with floss sugar to get you started. This lets you try multiple flavors and doesn’t send you back to the store for specialty sugar products.
The best cotton candy machines
Display4top Commercial Cotton Candy Machine
It heats up in less than three minutes so you can have cotton candy faster. Built-in music and lights make it seem like you’re at the county fair. It makes up to four servings of cotton candy per minute.
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Cotton Candy Express Cotton Candy Machine With Five-Sugar Pack
The kit includes five sugar flavors — cherry, grape, blue raspberry, orange and pink vanilla — plus 50 paper cones for serving. Each flavor makes 20 servings. It’s compact and easy to use in both indoor and outdoor settings.
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Great Northern Popcorn Flufftastic Cotton Candy Machine With Cart
This commercial-grade machine heats up in four minutes and makes fluffy cotton candy in less than 30 seconds. It has large wheels for easy maneuvering and adjustable legs for more stability. Shelves on either side of the cotton candy basin hold three completed cones of cotton candy each. It’s easy to operate.
Anfire Commercial Electric Cotton Candy Machine
Use either sugar or hard candy to spin three to four servings of cotton candy per minute. This durable commercial-grade machine heats quickly. The direct drive motor minimizes noise and shaking, and the countertop machine sits on rubber feet for more stability.
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Vivo Pink Electric Commercial Cotton Candy Machine
Beginners can explore the world of cotton candy as well as other types of candy making that include Nerds, Lifesavers and Soda Poppers. Although it takes longer to heat than some of the other commercial models, it performs just as well when it’s ready to go, producing up to three servings per minute. It includes a large bowl and a dome.
Vbenlem Commercial Cotton Candy Machine
This takes five minutes to heat up and makes a serving of cotton candy every 30 seconds. The large bowl means less sugar refilling, and locking clips keep it stable during operation. The built-in supply drawer is perfect for storing cotton candy sticks, cones and sugar floss. It is available in three colors and comes with or without a cover.
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Nostalgia Store Classic Retro Countertop Cotton Candy Maker With Cotton Candy Party Kit
This countertop machine comes with everything you need to get started, including three flavors of sugar floss and two reusable cones. Operate it with a simple on-off switch and an LED power gauge that lets you know when it’s ready to spin. It can also be used with hard candy.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched a three-hitter for his first big league nine-inning shutout, Ezequiel Duran hit a two-run homer in the fifth and the Texas Rangers beat the listless Yankees 2-0 Saturday night for New York's fifth loss in seven games.
Yankees captain Aaron Judge missed his second straight game with a mild hip strain, joining Giancarlo Stanton, Josh Donaldson and Harrison Bader on the sidelines. New York was shut out for the first time this season and has scored two runs or fewer in five of its last seven games.
Jake Bauers didn’t make it past the first inning of his Yankees debut, crashing headfirst into the left-field wall in a full sprint while catching Adolis García’s drive and leaving with a bruised right knee.
The 27-year-old fell to the ground and held onto the ball for the final out of the inning, stranding Travis Jankowski on second base. New York said X-rays were negative.
Before 40,027, a record crowd at Globe Life Field, Eovaldi (3-2) struck out a season-high eight and walked none against one of his former teams.
His only previous shutout was a five-inning, rain-shortened game for Boston against Tampa Bay last Oct. 4. It was the third career complete game for Eovaldi and the first shutout by a Texas pitcher at Globe Life Field, which opened in 2020.
Jhony Brito (2-3) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the team will evaluate Judge through the weekend before determining whether the reigning AL MVP will go on the injured list.
Rangers: RHP Jacob deGrom was placed on the 15-day IL with right elbow inflammation after early exits in two of his last three starts. ... SS Corey Seager (left hamstring) took some grounders Saturday. He has been on the IL since he got hurt running bases April 11.
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In a match of All-Star left-handers with 3-1 records, Martín Pérez starts Sunday for the Rangers and Nestor Cortes for the Yankees.
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SOUTH WHITTIER, Calif. (KTLA) – A group of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruits was struck by a vehicle in Southern California on Wednesday morning. Officials say 23 people, including the driver, were injured, five of them critically.
The collision, which took place at about 6:25 a.m., sent dozens of police, fire and medical units to an intersection in South Whittier, near the LASD’s STAR Explore Training Academy.
The 22 LASD victims were initially identified as cadets, though the LASD later confirmed that they are recruits.
Five of the recruits were critically injured, four were moderately injured, and 13 others were minorly injured.
Patients were taken to several hospitals, including St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood and LAC+USC Medical Center.
Capt. Sheila Kelliher of the Los Angeles County Fire Department shared a statement Wednesday morning, wishing all of the injured recruits a speedy recovery.
“It is hard to see because these young people are getting ready to go put themselves in the line of danger in their career, and who knows that while you’re training to do that, you’ve put yourself in harm’s way,” said Capt. Kelliher. “So my heart goes out to all of them as they pursue this career.”
Aerial footage from Nexstar’s KTLA showed a gray SUV, possibly a Honda CRV, that appeared to have crashed into a pole, suffering major front-end damage. Victims were also seen being attended to by emergency personnel, with some on gurneys and others receiving care at the scene.
“The vehicle’s driver that struck the recruits was detained pending further investigation,” the department said in a press release.
The driver was identified as a 22-year-old man heading the wrong way on the street, according to Kelliher. His injuries were minor.
A motive, and the events leading up the crash, are still under investigation.
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Ellis’ 3 TDs lead Tennessee State past Tennessee Tech, 30-14
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Draylen Ellis threw a pair of touchdown passes and raced 50 yards for a touchdown just before intermission as Tennessee State scored the first 30 points in a 30-13 win over Tennessee Tech in their Ohio Valley Conference opener Saturday.The Tigers dropped their first four games of the season and now have won back-to-back contests, including last week’s 41-17 win over Bethune-Cookman. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/10/15/ellis-3-tds-lead-tennessee-state-past-tennessee-tech-30-14/ | 2022-10-16 05:50:00 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/10/15/ellis-3-tds-lead-tennessee-state-past-tennessee-tech-30-14/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent evening in early November, shoppers at the Bryant Park holiday market in New York City were in the holiday spirit well before Black Friday. The scent of pine wafted from candle sellers’ booths, people snapped up gingerbread cookies and hot apple cider and ice skaters swirled figure eights around the rink in the center of the market.
After two years of pandemic holidays when people spent more dollars online, shoppers are back in force in stores and at holiday markets. Small businesses say it is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, both emotionally and financially.
“It’s definitely been busier than last year,” said Sallie Austin Gonzales, CEO of soap company SallyeAnder based in Beacon, New York. This is her second year at the Bryant Park market – officially called the Holiday Shops by Urbanspace at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park.
“People are taking advantage of being a part of society again and walking around.”
Christmas markets have been popular in Germany and Austria, where they’re called Christkindlmarkets, and other parts of Europe for centuries. They’ve become more popular in the U.S. over the past few decades, springing up in Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, and many other cities. In New York, the Grand Central holiday market and the Union Square holiday market started in 1993.
Urbanspace now operates three holiday markets in New York: Bryant Park, Union Square and Columbus Circle. The pandemic put a damper on festivities in 2020, when only a scaled-back Bryant Park opened. Last year, Bryant Park was open at full capacity, but Union Square was at 80% capacity and Columbus Circle at 50%. This year, not only are all three markets at full capacity, Urbanspace is adding another one in Brooklyn that opens Nov. 28. Vendors apply for pop-up spaces and pay weekly or monthly rent to Urbanspace.
“We’ve received more applications than ever before, that tells us vendors are excited to be back in the pop-up game,” said Evan Shelton, Director of Pop-Up Markets at Urbanspace. “I’m very optimistic.”
So far, foot traffic is up slightly from last year as tourism continues to improve, Shelton said. While the number of tourists remains below 2019 levels, the tourism trade group NYC & Company expects 56.4 million domestic and international visitors by the end of 2022, up 30% from a year ago. That bodes well for small businesses as the holiday shopping season can account for 20% of annual sales.
For Austin Gonzales, the CEO of SallyeAnder in Beacon, New York, the Bryant Park market is a way to meet new customers and see what resonates with them. So far this year, her lemongrass and charcoal detoxifying soap and a tub of natural insect repellent are popular items. Like most businesses, she’s facing higher costs for everything from olive oil to paper bags. She's raised the price of her soaps from $8 to $9.25.
“Holiday shops do a great job for us," she said. "We see thousands and thousands of customers, and get tons of new advice, ideas, suggestions and testimonials.”
For some small businesses, the markets are a welcome respite after a punishing couple of years. Elizabeth Ryan, who owns and operates Breezy Hill Orchard in Staatsburg, New York, said the initial onset of COVID-19 caused her revenue to plunge 80% in 2020.
Ryan is a founding member of the Union Square Greenmarket and a longtime staple at the Manhattan holiday markets, where she sells cider, cider doughnuts and gingerbread cookies. She said her orchard has mainly recovered, with the help of a good apple crop this year. But holiday markets give her a much-needed revenue boost.
“We love working for the holiday markets, it has helped us a lot to get through various and sundry problems,” she said.
Preparing for holiday markets is labor intensive, because many small businesses have to schlep their goods from miles away and spend long hours staffing their booths. Ryan’s farm is 100 miles north of the city and Ryan drives in almost every day. But being at the market and watching New York City recover from the pandemic are worth the hassle.
“Reopening of the shops and the return of Christmas last year was very exuberant and joyful. I hope this year is the same,” she said.
While holiday market-goers might be feeling the pinch of 40-year high inflation rates, Lisa Devo, owner of Soap & Paper Factory, a Nyack, N.Y.-based maker of candles and other scented products, said shoppers are still looking for an affordable treat or gift. Devo, who has had a booth at Bryant Park for about seven years, has six or seven products under $25 and not many items over $50. She's had to raise some prices, for example, candles that were $28 now retail for $32.
Shoppers return yearly for her “Roland Pine” line of products including candles and diffusers, which has a piney scent that wafts out of her booth. Devo calls the scent “the star of our company.”
“We are a feel-good thing for under $50 bucks,” she said. “People will spend $30 on a candle. It’s not like spending $10,000 on a couch or something. … I haven’t really seen much pushback.”
Most of Soap & Paper Factory’s revenue comes from wholesale orders, but selling items at markets for retail prices provides a boost. "We’re hoping for a great year -- we compare our numbers every year and we’re off to a great start.”
She said the crowds seem more robust than last year, though it still doesn’t feel quite back to pre-pandemic levels of “normal.” She senses the fear of COVID-19 has subsided and is happy to see fewer masks.
“So yeah, I think it’s good. It feels like things are kind of like back on like track.”
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Wichita Falls begins South Wenonah Boulevard project
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - The City Council approved moving $4.7 million in tax increment funds to the design and construction of South Wenonah Boulevard, a new road stretching from Maplewood to Kell Freeway.
“What that does is help relieve traffic on Lawrence, particularly truck traffic, we see a lot of truck traffic that goes through Lawrence and will probably access that for deliveries and other things on the backside of Gregory and Tarry road. Definitely an excellent project, one that’s been on the radar for some time,” Director of Development Services Terry Floyd said.
The funds come from the remaining tax increment financing Number 2 Board, taxes that have already been collected and saved.
“Very fortunate to have this many funds. We should be able to have this conversation and start the project,” Floyd said.
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MIAMI (AP) — Pat Riley sometimes finds himself waking up in the middle of the night these days, turning on the television because he’s unable to sleep.
This is when the president of the Miami Heat watches Garfield cartoons.
Turns out, his young grandson Connor is a big fan of the lasagna-loving cynical orange cartoon cat, so Riley — like many doting grandfathers probably would — has become a bit of a Garfield fan as well.
“Connor’s going to love hearing this,” Riley said.
Here’s the part that Heat fans might love hearing: It’s in these moments where Riley’s mind is racing with thoughts about how close Miami came to a championship this season — and what needs to happen to get it done next season.
Riley held his annual end-of-season review Tuesday, reflecting on a year like few others and insisting that if there is a way to get better this summer, the Heat will do it. Miami nearly missed the playoffs and had to rally in the play-in tournament just to make the postseason, then made its way to the finals as the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference.
“Another championship team, that’s my goal,” Riley said. “I have no other plans other than to do that.”
Retirement was not discussed during Riley’s 35-minute session with reporters; he’s shown no signs of slowing down and there’s been no talk of any exit strategies for the 78-year-old who has been part of nine NBA championships — three in Miami.
The Heat were involved in the trade talks over the weekend that ultimately resulted in Bradley Beal waiving his no-trade clause to go from Washington to Phoenix, a deal that's still awaiting final approvals from all sides and the NBA. And if Portland's Damian Lillard decides he wants a trade, it's a poorly kept secret that Miami would be more than willing to talk to the perennial All-Star and gauge his interest in joining the Heat.
Riley, by league rule, cannot talk about players under contract elsewhere. But his approach every summer is to find the player or players who can bring Miami closer to a title. That won't change this summer, and he doesn't think the current roster has to be decimated to make change happen either.
“We’re not going to take a wrecking ball to this thing,” Riley said, channeling the lyrics of his friend Bruce Springsteen, whom he quotes often. “Good times come, good times come. Hard times come, hard times come. We’re not going to take a wrecking ball to a good team that had some real adversity this year. We had a good team, probably a great team. We wouldn’t have as gotten as far as we have, and there’s no caveat in any of that, if you weren’t a great team.”
Riley raved about Jimmy Butler, who just finished his fourth season in Miami — “he's a whole different bag of tricks, let me tell you, and love him to death,” Riley said — and spoke at length about the continued evolution of Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro from late-lottery picks to integral parts of the Heat plan.
There's a No. 18 pick in Thursday's draft to add, then free agency awaits a week later. If a move presents itself, Riley is ready to pounce. If not, he won't panic.
“Persistence and perseverance has been something that's been part of my life forever. Just has been,” Riley said. “And patience is the last thing that came with it. And so, we’re going to show some patience here instead of react without knowing what the consequences could be in doing something. So right now, this is what we have.”
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73-year-old rancher held on $1M bond in killing near US border
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A rancher who lives near Arizona’s border with Mexico is being held on a charge of first-degree murder in last week’s fatal shooting of a man tentatively identified as a Mexican citizen. His bail was set at $1 million.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office in Nogales, Arizona, confirmed Monday that George Alan Kelly, 73, was arrested last week in the killing. Authorities believe the victim was Gabriel Cuen-Butimea, 48, who lived just south of the border in Nogales, Mexico, because of a Mexican voter registration card he carried.
The killing occurred Jan. 30 in the Kino Springs area just outside Nogales, Arizona, said the sheriff’s chief deputy, Gerardo Castillo. The address where the killing happened is the same one listed in public records for Kelly’s cattle ranch.
Details about the shooting were sketchy, and it was unknown if the two men previously knew each other. Authorities have not given a motive.
Kelly was being held at the Santa Cruz County Jail after his arraignment in the county’s Justice Court last week. He is set to return to court Wednesday.
Local attorney Brenna Larkin, who was appointed by the court to represent Kelly, did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the charge against him.
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Dark comes early this time of year in Tupper Lake, a mountain village in northern New York not far from the Canadian border.
But as we set off across a snow-covered bridge, the path is luminous, decked in glittering white bulbs.
"It's pretty and magical and there are pools of light reflecting down on the snow," says my friend Catherine Seidenberg, who bundled up to make the walk with me.
The path follows the edge of a frozen pond into shadowy forest. There among towering white pines we find luminous washes of yellow, rose and silver.
When you think holiday lights, that usually means a neighbor's house lit up like a cruise ship, or a downtown street transformed by color.
But this is the Wild Center, a nature museum deep in the Adirondack Mountains.
Each winter the staff creates a light display in the woods above the icy Raquette River. Beyond the river stretches the vast High Peaks Wilderness.
The museum also enlists a composer to make dreamy, ethereal music that plays softly on speakers among the trees.
"They've got this music playing and it's just nice to get away and enjoy a walk together and, you know, get a little peace," says Bonnie Durbin, who strolls arm-in-arm through the pools of light with her husband Gil.
It's cold. You can see your breath in the colored light. There are people everywhere in heavy coats and mittens.
"The crunch of the snow, it's just gorgeous, it's just a Christmas scene," says Terry Low. She walks close with her husband Ralph, keeping each other warm.
"We recently had about two feet of snow, so all the trees are beautiful," Ralph says.
We walk on deeper into the woods, to a place where more people are gathered, their faces glowing in the light.
A sculptor has woven branches and twigs into what looks like a big beautiful nest, covered in snow and decked in more white bulbs.
"It's mesmerizing," says Jocelyn Dubrey. "There's so much to look at all at once."
She's come with her friend Skyler Spoor, both bundled up against the cold, grinning like they've found a secret treasure.
""It's honestly magical," Skyler says. "This place feels blissful."
The small crowds is mostly quiet, lot of people holding each other as they look.
Outside this little circle of light, the woods are black. Wilderness stretches away in every direction, icy and still. But here in the glow it feels a little like church.
"Wild Lights" at the Wild Center museum in Tupper Lake New York is open to the public 5-8 pm through February 25th. Click here for details, admission prices and more information.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Julio Rodríguez homered on Frankie Montas’ first pitch and drove in both runs, Robbie Ray struck out a season-high 12 and the Seattle Mariners beat Oakland 2-1 on Sunday to deal the Athletics their 25th loss in 31 games.
Ray (7-6) combined with Andrés Muñoz and Paul Sewald on a four-hitter and to strike out 16 batters. The A's are last in the major leagues with a .211 batting average and have the worst record in the big leagues at 26-55.
Ray reached 1,400 strikeouts by fanning Ramón Laureano and Christian Bethancourt back-to-back in the third inning and reached double digits for the fourth time this season. It was the 2021 AL Cy Young Award winner’s fifth straight quality start, helping the Mariners to their fifth win in six games and their 10th in the last 13.
He allowed a seventh-inning homer by Elvis Andrus on his 107th and final pitch, which stopped Ray's 18-inning scoreless streak.
Rodríguez home run on a sinker was the 12th first-pitch homer in Mariners history — nine were by Ichiro Suzuki.
Montas (3-9) left with an unspecified injury. He threw 13 pitches and his fastball averaged 93.8 mph, down from 96.2 mph coming in.
Reliever Austin Pruitt retired 13 straight, striking out the side in the fourth and getting two more in the fifth. Dyan Moore singled with one out in the sixth and scoed on Rodríguez's double to the left-center gap for a 2-0 lead.
Pruitt struck out six in 4 1/3 innings.
Muñoz struck out three in the eighth and Sewald pitched a perfect ninth, throwing a called third strike past pinch-hitter Stephen Vogt for his ninth save in 11 chances.
RAY’S RUN
Ray became the second pitcher in Mariners history to allow three or fewer runs with 40 or more strikeouts over a five-game span. He joined Hall of Famer Randy Johnson, who did it from May 28 to June 19, 1997. Ray struck out 40 and walked nine dating to June 12, a stretch of 33 2/3 innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: OF/DH Kyle Lewis (concussion) was expected to start a rehab assignment as early as Sunday. Manager Scott Servais said the 2020 AL Rookie of the Year’s stay at Triple-A Tacoma will probably be lengthy as he recovers from a pitch that glanced off his head and continues to rehab from knee surgery. Lewis went on the seven-day concussion list on May 29. Servais said Lewis will get plenty of outfield work while in Tacoma. He was limited to the designated hitter role previously this season. ... 1B Ty France (left elbow strain) could rejoin the team as early as next weekend. … C Tom Murphy has returned to the team following shoulder surgery and will rehab in Seattle for the remainder of the season, Servais said. France is on the 60-day IL and out for the year.
UP NEXT
Athletics: LHP Cole Irvin (2-6, 3.58 ERA) takes the mound as the A’s return to Oakland for a three-game series with Toronto on Monday. Irvin is still looking for his first win since returning from the IL on May 22. He is 0-5 in eight starts since.
Mariners: RHP Chris Flexen (4-8, 4.32) starts off the two-game series at San Diego on Monday. Flexen has eight starts of seven innings or more pitched while allowing one or fewer runs this season, second in the AL.
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NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Terex Corporation (NYSE:TEX) announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.13 per share. The dividend is to be paid on December 19, 2022 to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 10, 2022.
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Terex is a global manufacturer of materials processing machinery and aerial work platforms. We design, build and support products used in construction, maintenance, manufacturing, energy, recycling, minerals and materials management applications. Certain Terex products and solutions enable customers to reduce their environmental impact including electric and hybrid offerings that deliver quiet and emission-free performance, products that support renewable energy, and products that aid in the recovery of useful materials from various types of waste. Our products are manufactured in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia and sold worldwide. We engage with customers through all stages of the product life cycle, from initial specification and financing to parts and service support.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (HGV) on Monday reported first-quarter net income of $51 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Orlando, Florida-based company said it had profit of 42 cents.
The company posted revenue of $779 million in the period.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Medaille University announced it will be closing this summer, following the termination of its integration deal with Trocaire College last week.
The official last date for the school will be Aug. 31.
Medaille cited “financial instability, declining enrollment, outstanding liabilities, and other challenges that are impacting institutions of higher education across the region, state and nationally” as its reasons for closing.
Medaille said in its announcement that it will be working with students on an individual basis to assist them in the teach-out process, as well as assisting faculty and staff with finding news institutions or organizations.
“Our first concern and highest priority is to successfully transfer all current Medaille students to other schools where they will be able to finish their academic careers in their chosen discipline.”
The University also said students on track to finish their degrees before Aug. 31 will be able to finish their academic careers at Medaille.
Initially, Medaille and Trocaire had a “cooperative agreement,” announced Aug. 18, 2022, to “fulfill the missions of both institutions.” On April 4, it was announced that Medaille was set to be acquired by Trocaire, with Medaille to integrate into the College on July 31.
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Which high-end LeapFrog toy is best?
In 1995, a father who desired greater technology-based options to teach his kids to read created LeapFrog. LeapFrog is now one of the most popular toy brands. It is highly esteemed for producing toys that help develop skills through technology and interactive games.
Each toy has a “Core Learning Skills” focus and makes learning fun and interesting for children 3 months to 6 years old. If you are searching for a high-end LeapFrog toy that will help your child’s mental development, the Learn and Groove Musical Table is a premium option.
What to know before you buy a LeapFrog toy
Age
To buy the most effective LeapFrog toy for your child, it’s essential to look at the appropriate age. It is best to buy within the correct age range to give your child something that interests and entertains them and challenges them.
Learning focus
Many options concentrate on things such as counting, reading and music. Be sure to check on the learning focus for the toy before buying to ensure it matches what you need.
Safety
The most important thing to keep in mind when shopping for LeapFrog toys and when your child is playing with them is their safety. Regardless of age, at least some supervision is always required, especially for items such as learning tables since most children using these are just recently learning to stand and they are not the most stable objects.
What to look for in a quality LeapFrog toy
Engagement
The most important thing is that the toy causes the child to engage, have fun, explore and bring mental stimulation.
Education
Especially for reading and counting, a quality LeapFrog toy will educate your child without realizing it because they are having so much fun playing. For ages as young as 3-months-old, many of the toys simply introduce concepts to them, but that simple first introduction plays a vital role in their education.
Experiences
LeapFrog does a great job of providing new experiences for young children who are beginning to explore life. Each toy has a learning focus, but they also help provide experiences for the child that stimulate brain activity and enjoyment.
Development
A quality LeapFrog toy will develop and improve motor skills and coordination through challenging games and activities that often include shape sorting, using numbers and letters and pressing buttons that evoke a response.
How much you can expect to spend on LeapFrog toys
For smaller, compact LeapFrog toys, prices generally are around $15-$20. For larger LeapFrog toys, such as learning tables, you can usually expect to spend up to around $50.
LeapFrog FAQ
How old does my child have to be to play with a LeapFrog toy?
A. Leapfrog toys are for children in age, ranging from 3 months up to 6 years old.
What skills does LeapFrog teach?
A. LeapFrog introduces and teaches various core skills and concepts, such as reading, counting, music and motor skills.
Do LeapFrog toys really make a difference?
A. Yes. Because children learn through play and exploration, toys that create a fun learning experience, especially early on in their lives when it comes to reading and writing, math, geography and many others, help kids have a more positive mindset toward learning in the long run.
What’s the best LeapFrog toy to buy?
Top LeapFrog toy
Learn and Groove Musical Table
What you need to know: This table encourages development and teaches through musical instruments, songs and sounds.
What you’ll love: Featuring over 70 sounds and learning responses such as the piano, drums, xylophone, as well as songs such as “Itsy Bitsy Spider,” this musical table is a fun way to get your child engaged and active. The legs are detachable, which allows the table to grow with your child from the floor to standing up. Recommended ages are 6 months to 3 years old.
What you should consider: Some users reported the table being slightly wobbly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top LeapFrog toy for the money
What you need to know: Cute and cuddly Violet is an interactive, plush dog perfect for ages six months to three years old.
What you’ll love: It has a personalization feature that allows Violet to say your child’s name as well as play a variety of their favorite songs and more by connecting through the app. Buttons on the paws control activities, songs and night mode.
What you should consider: Some users may have difficulty connecting Violet with the app.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Buy Buy Baby
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Filled with fun games, sounds and songs, this smartphone entertains and helps children ages 18 months and up actively learn new things.
What you’ll love: This is the ideal toy to give your child when reaching for your smartphone. This kid-friendly version of a smartphone teaches counting, cause and effect, as well as conversational skills. When pressing the buttons, Scout will count out the numbers on the display screen.
What you should consider: The graphics are not the most up-to-date.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Fridge Phonics Magnetic Letter Set
What you need to know: This multi-sensory interactive set of magnetic letters introduces ages two and up to the alphabet. At the same time, they develop their motor skills by placing each letter on the fridge.
What you’ll love: As children connect the letter tiles to the school bus, they hear Tad the tadpole pronounce each letter. When pressed again, Tad will use that letter in a sentence. The music note button has three learning songs it can play. This is ideal for young ones to learn how to speak, read and write.
What you should consider: The bus and tiles may slide if the magnetic surface is not strong.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Two churches have officially lost the fight to remain within the Southern Baptist Convention all because they let women serve as pastors. The convention also passed an amendment that, by next year, could constitutionally ban women pastors. Some observers say this moment marks a turning point for the future of Southern Baptists. That includes Monique Moultrie. She's an associate professor of religious studies and women and gender and sexuality studies at Georgia State University. And she joins us now. Welcome.
MONIQUE MOULTRIE: Thank you.
CHANG: So just to recap, Fern Creek Baptist - that's a church in Kentucky - as well as Saddleback, the megachurch founded by retired pastor and bestselling author Rick Warren in California - they both lost their appeals to stay in the SBC yesterday because they have women pastors. Can you just really quickly sum up why the convention's statement of faith, which was adopted over two decades ago, says that women cannot be pastors?
MOULTRIE: The statement of faith is referencing Paul in the New Testament, and it references scriptures where women are called to be more silent or called not to be in senior leadership in the early Christian church. And so the faith statement that was approved reiterates this particular reading of the biblical understanding that women are not to serve in those senior positions but that women do have gifts and can be used in other spaces and other types of service.
CHANG: OK, well, what's the practical effect of these expulsions? I mean, what do those two churches lose out on now that they are independent and no longer officially part of the SBC?
MOULTRIE: It's at both ends. So members pay dues into the SBC, so you pay your - you pay into the convention. But you also have access to resources from the convention and access for mission work and for other types of charity work, the legal umbrella that comes from being a member of this larger institution. But it does mean that they won't get access to the resources that they did have access to. They won't be voting members. They won't be able to make changes into the denomination for which many of them have spent their entire lives.
CHANG: I guess I'm just trying to wrap my brain around - how significant are those consequences to these two churches?
MOULTRIE: I don't think it'll be a significant consequence for Saddleback. They sort of were Southern Baptists in name only in the sense that they are really their own campus. They have such a huge congregation that they make their own policy. But I think for the church in Kentucky that, from what I've seen, seems to - appears to be smaller and probably more reliant on associations and affiliations, I think this may be a problem for some of these smaller congregations when they are disfellowshipped.
CHANG: Well, what about the SBC? What are the consequences to the convention for losing those two churches?
MOULTRIE: Largely, I think for a church as large as Saddleback, they're going to lose numbers. They'll lose a significant congregation. But for other congregations that will be disfellowshipped, they'll lose talent and sheer force. They'll lose willing bodies to work for the convention. And that will be a disservice. And for the next generation, they will lose some of their children's interests in participating in the Southern Baptist Convention.
CHANG: Well, it will be another year before we even know whether the SBC will officially amend its constitution to ban women pastors. What do you expect to see from congregations in the coming year on that front? Like, will a lot of them, for example, still be campaigning against this constitutional amendment?
MOULTRIE: I think you will see that. I think you will see congregations that want to remain in the Southern Baptist Convention, and they want the convention to steer in a different direction. Currently, it's being steered in a more conservative-leaning direction. And I think those who want to push back at that will be vocal. My hope is, in the year, that folks will find their people, they will find their allies, that those who've been disfellowshipped or those who will be under radar of being disfellowshipped because they are currently out of compliance will find support networks. And what that year can do is provide them another set of support when the convention ceases to be that.
CHANG: That is Monique Moultrie, associate professor of religious studies and women and gender and sexuality studies at Georgia State University. Thank you so much for your time.
MOULTRIE: Thank you.
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LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BURST Oral Care continues its mission of creating brighter smiles with the launch of their new Teeth Whitening Trays by BURST. Designed for safe and easy use, this powerful at-home whitening treatment was created with the collaborative support of hundreds of members from BURST's community of over 35,000 hygienists and dentists to ensure the trays are effective, yet gentle enough for even the most sensitive smiles.
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Just days after dispatching the 2021 NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks, the Nets extended their winning streak to nine in survival mode via a 125-117 victory over the third-seeded Cavaliers on Monday night.
The nine-game streak marked the franchise’s longest-winning streak since 2004 — when current Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn was part of a team that won 14 in a row.
“We’ve gotta have the approach to every game the same way, same approach, same mentality, same unity,” said TJ Warren, who came off the bench and scored 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the field. “Everyone coming in and playing for one another. Let’s continue this streak.”
Kevin Durant fouled out with 1:54 remaining in the fourth quarter, and Cavs star Darius Garland powered Cleveland back from down 19 points late in the game, but the Nets withstood Garland’s 46-point night to hold on for the victory.
It’s another win proving the Nets have worked themselves into the Eastern Conference’s elite. They have beaten championship contenders in back-to-back games and have leapfrogged the Cavaliers now for the No. 3 seed in the East.
The Nets have won 13 of their last 14 games and are now 20-7 since Jacque Vaughn stepped in for Steve Nash as head coach.
The Nets also improved to 12-3 in clutch games this season — games decided by five or fewer points in the final five minutes of regulation or overtime.
And after beating two of the top three seeds in the East, the only team the Nets haven’t checked off the list is the Boston Celtics.
The Cavaliers hung around late in the game, thanks to their crafty All-Star Garland, who got where he wanted on the floor. The Cavaliers ran their offense almost exclusively through him after Ben Simmons neutralized Donovan Mitchell on the other side of the floor.
Mitchell, who averages 29 points per game, shot just 5-of-16 from the field for 15 points. Simmons was his primary defender most of the night and blanketed him every time he was on the ball.
Durant and Kyrie Irving finished with 32 points apiece. Durant surpassed Tim Duncan for 15th place on the NBA’s all-time leading scorers list. Simmons finished with four points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and Yuta Watanabe scored 10 points off the bench.
Ex-Net Jarrett Allen finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Former Nets star Caris LeVert mustered just eight points in 20 minutes.
The Nets are now the Eastern Conference’s third seed and look to protect that standing Wednesday in Atlanta against the Hawks.
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VALCOURT, QC, Aug. 30, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - BRP Inc. (TSX: DOO) (NASDAQ: DOOO) will hold its second quarter FY23 financial results conference call on Wednesday, September 14, 2022.
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RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — A woman has been sentenced in the death of a newborn whose body was found inside a trash bag at college dormitory outside Cleveland.
Breyona Reddick, 21, of Cleveland, was sentenced Tuesday to a minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of 15 years, based on good behavior. She pleaded guilty in April to involuntary manslaughter as part of a deal with Portage County prosecutors, who dismissed several other counts including aggravated murder, child endangerment and tampering with evidence,
The newborn’s body was found in October 2019 inside a trash bag that had been left in a dormitory restroom at Hiram College, a small liberal arts school. The Portage County coroner has said the child was a boy and was born full-term, but prosecutors said defense lawyers were expected to argue at trial that the child was stillborn.
Speaking at her sentencing, Reddick expressed remorse for her actions, saying it was a “lapse in judgement.”
Hiram College officials have said Reddick had been a student at the school but was not enrolled when her baby was found.
Hiram is roughly 42 miles (68 kilometers) southeast of downtown Cleveland. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Mom-sentenced-in-death-of-newborn-found-in-17255219.php | 2022-06-21 16:16:10 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Mom-sentenced-in-death-of-newborn-found-in-17255219.php |
(KTLA) – The Las Vegas skyline is changing once again, and if you’ve been to the city lately, you might have noticed that they’re building a giant orb-like structure.
What is it?
“It certainly has the potential to be one of the most photographed buildings on the planet,” said Lucas Watson, president of MSG Entertainment.
It’s called the MSG Sphere, and it’s slated to be a new high-tech entertainment venue.
“We hope we’ll redefine what it means to do live entertainment,” said Watson.
The structure is located behind the Venetian on the strip, and it’s being built by the same folks that own Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Recently, they hit a new milestone: the primary steel structural work is now complete.
It’s massive – over 500 feet wide and 300 feet tall, making it the world’s tallest spherical structure.
The exterior is going to be wrapped in one giant screen that you can see from space. They’ll even have a neat camera trick that will make it seem like you can “see through” the structure to the other side.
Inside, you’re surrounded by 775 tons of steel. It will hold a giant 16k LED screen that starts from behind your seat and goes from side to side. The idea is that you’re completely immersed in the media playing on it.
The canvas is so unique that MSG built a new studio in Burbank to create new forms of content for the screen.
“It’s meant to be an entirely new toolbox and palette for the world’s best creators,” said Watson.
There will be haptic seats plus the ability to manipulate wind, temperature, and smell. Imagine Disney’s Soarin’ to the extreme and with 20 years of newer technology.
There will also be 164,000 speakers with beamform technology, which directs sound to individual seats. MSG tells me each seat that has the tech will sound like your own personal studio.
The venue can hold up to 20,000 people and plans to host music, entertainment, and live experiences. Apparently, the stage area isn’t large enough for sports like basketball or football.
“We certainly think that this technology is a whole generation ahead of other venues and experiences that you can see today,” said Watson.
MSG Sphere is scheduled to open in the second half of 2023. The price tag is reportedly near $2 billion dollars. Something tells me the beers inside won’t be cheap. | https://www.wane.com/news/whats-that-giant-sphere-being-built-in-las-vegas/ | 2022-05-31 14:03:37 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/whats-that-giant-sphere-being-built-in-las-vegas/ |
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Saturday the Chinese coast guard’s use of military-grade laser that briefly blinded some of the crew aboard a Philippine patrol vessel in the disputed South China Sea was not enough for him to invoke a mutual defense treaty with the United States, but warned that such aggression should stop.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told a news conference he also reminded China’s ambassador to Manila that escalating aggression and incursions into Philippine waters by Beijing’s coast guard, navy and government-backed civilian fishing fleets violate an agreement he struck with Chinese President Xi Jinping last month.
“Despite the fact that it was a military-grade laser that was pointed at our coast guard, I do not think that that is sufficient for it to trigger the Mutual Defense Treaty,” Marcos said in his first public remarks about the Feb. 6 incident involving two Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal.
Responding to a question, Marcos said he was concerned that activating the 1951 treaty would ratchet up regional tensions.
Marcos spoke to reporters in the northern resort city of Baguio where he delivered a speech before cadets and former graduates of the Philippine Military Academy and repeated a vow to defend the country’s territory amid a new territorial spat with China.
“This country will not lose one inch of its territory,” Marcos said to applause. “We will continue to uphold our territorial integrity and sovereignty in accordance with our constitution and with international law.”
“We will work with our neighbors to secure the safety and security of our peoples,” Marcos said without elaborating.
Like his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, Marcos has taken steps to nurture friendly ties with Beijing. He met Xi in the Chinese capital early last month to boost relations and discuss the Asian neighbors’ long-seething territorial disputes in the strategic waterway that also involve Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei.
China claims the South China Sea virtually in its entirety, putting it on a collision course with other Asian claimants and separately with Washington. The U.S. lays no claims to the disputed sea but has deployed its Navy ships and fighter jets to patrol the waters, promote freedom of mobility and challenge China’s territorial claims.
The contested waters have become a delicate front in the broader rivalry between the U.S. and China in Asia and elsewhere.
In the latest flare-up, the Philippines says a Chinese coast guard ship beamed a high-grade laser to block the Philippine vessel from approaching Second Thomas Shoal, which is held by Philippine forces. The Marcos administration sent a strongly worded diplomatic protest to the Chinese Embassy in Manila and Marcos summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian on Tuesday to express his concern.
China responded by saying its coast guard ship used a hand-held laser and another light-emitting gadget to harmlessly measure the distance and speed of the Philippine vessel, which it claimed intruded into Chinese territorial waters and was warned to leave the area.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said China’s “dangerous operational behavior directly threatens regional peace and security, infringes upon freedom of navigation in the South China Sea as guaranteed under international law.”
Washington, he said, was standing by its treaty ally Manila following the latest sea feud.
Price renewed a warning that an armed attack on Philippine military forces, public vessels or aircraft, including those of the coast guard in the South China Sea, would invoke U.S. mutual defense commitments under the 1951 treaty.
Australia, Japan, Canada, Germany, Denmark and the United Kingdom also expressed alarm following the Chinese coast guard’s use of the military-grade laser against the Philippine patrol vessel that they said threatens regional peace and stability. | https://who13.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-marcos-china-laser-not-enough-to-activate-us-defense-pact/ | 2023-02-18 14:27:12 | 0 | https://who13.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-marcos-china-laser-not-enough-to-activate-us-defense-pact/ |
Continuing to drive value through Business Spend Management for global organizations
SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP) today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites* for the seventh consecutive time. For a complimentary copy of the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites, click here.
The report evaluated 16 procurement management vendors across 15 types of evaluation criteria and positioned Coupa in the Leaders quadrant and placed it furthest for Completeness of Vision and highest on Ability to Execute.
"It's an immense honor to be continuously recognized by Gartner in Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Suites. We believe this is a huge validation of the customer-focused innovations we've co-created with our Business Spend Management (BSM) community," said Raja Hammoud, Executive Vice President of Products at Coupa. "With mounting economic volatility, it's more critical than ever for companies to have visibility and control of every dollar they spend. They also have to ensure compliance, and reduce risk and fraud."
"Coupa's BSM Platform brings together powerful technologies to connect teams and deliver new levels of performance and purpose. And with the real-time insights from nearly $4 trillion in aggregated business spend, our customers are empowered with community-driven prescriptions that accelerate their success," Hammoud said.
Kantar is the world's leading data, insights, and consulting company providing insights and actionable recommendations to clients worldwide. In 2019, Bain Capital purchased a majority stake in Kantar from WPP. With that transition, the business needed to build out its own standalone procurement organization to deliver greater value to the business.
"One of our objectives while shaping the procurement organization at Kantar has been to build on the use of data to guide our procurement and sourcing strategies, which ultimately lead to our selection of Coupa," said Stephen Day, Chief Procurement Officer for Kantar. "The results so far have been impressive. We now use our data to ensure better visibility into who we're doing business with, which we've linked to our sourcing strategy. We set a target that by 2025 we want 12.5% of our spend going through measurable, diverse, and inclusive suppliers and, thanks to our data, we are already over halfway to achieving this goal, helping us to drive real impact."
Coupa continues to innovate across its foundational procure-to-pay solution, as well as developing integrations across the platform to help organizations improve their end-to-end procurement processes.
Major capabilities of the Coupa Procure-to-Pay solution include:
- Unified Spend Management Processes: Guide employees through the buying process by alerting them to discounted pricing via seamless connection to contracts, multiple options for electronic invoicing, real-time supplier risk alerts, immediate analysis of spend, and much more.
- Intelligent Fraud Detection: Manage risk more efficiently and effectively by leveraging the latest AI and ML to detect errors and flag fraudulent activity automatically across all business spend with Spend Guard.
- Compliant Invoicing: Keep up with changing regulations while managing suppliers across borders with Coupa's Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS).
- Seamless Payments: Automate reconciliation and easily manage all payments to suppliers, employees, subsidiaries, and other beneficiaries with Coupa P2P.
- Prescriptive Insights: Take advantage of collective community insights and connections to get the best prices, drive more efficiencies, and improve operational performance by leveraging over $4T in spend data across Coupa's platform using AI.
- Ecosystem of Partners: Make Coupa the hub of any business's spend management operations through pre-built and certified partnerships with hundreds of third-party companies including payment partners, suppliers, and technology partners.
Get started with Coupa today. Visit coupa.com.
*Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites, By Micky Keck, Lynne Phelan, Balaji Abbabatulla, Patrick Connaughton, Published 28 November 2022.
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LONDON (AP) — A man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of assault after an egg was allegedly hurled towards King Charles III during a visit to a town center, police said.
Bedfordshire Police said a man in his 20s was being questioned over an alleged common assault.
Charles was meeting members of the public outside the town hall in Luton, 30 miles (46 kilometers) north of London, when the projectile was apparently thrown. He was moved to a different area by his security guards and resumed shaking hands with members of the public.
The king has traveled widely across Britain since becoming monarch on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in September. He was due to visit several sites in Luton on Tuesday, including a transit station and a Sikh house of worship, a gurdwara.
Last month a 23-year-old man was arrested after eggs were hurled at Charles and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, during a visit to York, northern England. The man was later released on bail. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/entertainment-news/ap-man-arrested-after-egg-allegedly-thrown-at-king-charles-iii/ | 2022-12-07 12:50:55 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/entertainment-news/ap-man-arrested-after-egg-allegedly-thrown-at-king-charles-iii/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Finke, the veteran reporter who became one of Hollywood’s top journalists as founder of the entertainment trade website Deadline.com and whose sharp-tongued tenacity made her the most-feared columnist in show business, has died. She was 68.
Finke died Sunday in Boca Raton, Florida, after a prolonged illness, according to Deadline.
A famously reclusive blogger, Finke began writing LA Weekly’s “Deadline Hollywood” column in 2002 and made it essential reading for gossip and trade news. Four years later, she launched Deadline Hollywood Daily as a website.
Blogging at Deadline.com, Finke made a pugnacious media empire of scoops and gossip, renowned for her “live-snarking” award shows and story updates that blared “TOLDJA!” when one of her earlier exclusives proved accurate.
Finke’s sharp-elbow style earned her plenty of enemies in Hollywood. But the Long Island native’s regular drumbeat of exclusives proved her considerable influence with executives, agents and publicists. In 2010, Forbes listed her among “the world’s most powerful women.” Finke was unapologetic, declining to soften her approach for the most glamorous stars or the most powerful studio executives.
“I mean, they play rough,” Finke told The New York Times in 2015. “I have to play rough, too.”
Finke did it all largely from the confines of her apartment in west Los Angeles, not schmoozing at red-carpet premieres or cocktail parties. But from her reclusive remove, Finke could ruthlessly skewer executives whose decision making she disapproved of. She once called Jeff Zucker, then-president of NBC Universal, “one of the most kiss-ass incompetents to run an entertainment company.”
“I can’t help it!” Finke told The New Yorker in 2009. “It’s like meanness pours out of my fingers!”
In 2009, Deadline Hollywood was purchased by Jay Penske, whose company, Penske Media Corporation, would later also acquire Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Finke often quarreled with Penske, particularly after his purchase of the Deadline rivals. She departed the site in 2013 after months of public acrimony, but remained under contract as a consultant. “He tried to buy my silence,” Finke wrote at the time. “No sale.”
“At her best, Nikki Finke embodied the spirit of journalism, and was never afraid to tell the hard truths with an incisive style and an enigmatic spark. She was brash and true,” Penske said in a statement Sunday. “It was never easy with Nikki, but she will always remain one of the most memorable people in my life.”
After her departure, Finke played with various projects but never returned to entertainment journalism. Her deal with Penske reportedly prohibited her to report on Hollywood for 10 years, though she at one time threatened to go solo again with NikkiFinke.com. Instead, she debuted HollywoodDementia.com, with fictional showbiz tales instead of real ones.
Before her notoriety with Deadline, Finke had spent years as a reporter for The Associated Press, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, the New York Post and the New York Observer. She inspired a 2011 HBO pilot that starred Diane Keaton as reporter Tilda Watski. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/entertainment-news/ap-nikki-finke-sharp-tongued-hollywood-columnist-dies-at-63/ | 2022-10-09 20:41:15 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/entertainment-news/ap-nikki-finke-sharp-tongued-hollywood-columnist-dies-at-63/ |
Biden presses computer chips case in advance of Senate vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling semiconductors “the building blocks for the modern economy,” President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to move quickly and send him a bipartisan bill designed to boost the computer chips industry and high-tech research in the United States.
The Senate was originally expected to take a critical vote in the evening to advance the legislation, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced that storms on the East Coast had disrupted travel plans for several senators and that he would be delaying the vote until Tuesday morning. The bill needs support from at least 60 senators to clear procedural hurdles and place it on a path to final passage later this week, giving Biden a signature win on legislation his administration says is necessary to protect national security and help the U.S. better compete with China.
The bill provides about $52 billion in grants and other incentives for the semiconductor industry as well as a 25% tax credit for those companies that build chip plants in the U.S. Supporters say those incentives are necessary to compete with other nations that are also spending billions of dollars to lure manufacturers.
The pandemic has underscored how much the United States relies on semiconductor manufacturers abroad to provide the chips used in automobiles, computers, appliances and weapons systems. The Biden administration has been warning lawmakers they need to act before leaving for their August recess to ensure the companies invest in U.S. fabs instead of building the plants elsewhere.
Biden, who is still recovering from COVID-19, held a virtual roundtable with members of his administration and industry leaders about the merits of the bill. He said that a shortage of semiconductors was the primary driver of rising automobile costs, which are a core component of the inflation gripping the country.
Biden said the U.S. relies on Taiwan for the production of the most advanced chips and that China was also starting to move ahead of the U.S. on the manufacturing of such chips.
“America invented the semiconductor. It’s time to bring it home,” Biden said.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told him that chip manufacturers are finalizing investment plans and that money provided through the bill will be instrumental in their decision.
“We know they will expand, because they have to in order to meet demand. There’s no question about that,” Raimondo told Biden. “The question is, where will they expand? And we want them, we need them to expand here in the United States.”
The leaders of Medtronic, a medical device maker, as well as Cummins Inc. and defense contractor Lockheed Martin, pitched the president on the need for the bill as well.
“Like others at the table, we are facing a supply chain crisis. We are unable to get the components we need and semiconductors is always at the top of the list,” said Tom Linebarger, chairman and CEO of Cummins Inc., which makes diesel engines.
Linebarger said the company is now paying brokers as much as 10 times the regular cost to get the computer chips it needs. The federal government’s investments through the bill would move manufactures from “wringing our hands about where we sit in competition with others to actually moving onto the field and helping U.S. manufacturers compete,” he said.
Overall, the bill would increase U.S. deficits by about $79 billion over the next 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The bill also authorizes about $200 billion to advance high-tech research in the U.S. over the coming decade. Congress must approve that funding as part of future spending bills and the CBO did not include that research money in its deficit projection.
Critics have likened the spending to “corporate welfare” and have said the money would be better spent on other priorities or not at all. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he doesn’t hear from people about the need to help the semiconductor industry. Voters talk to him about climate change, gun safety, preserving a woman’s right to an abortion and boosting Social Security benefits, to name just a few.
“Not too many people that I can recall — I have been all over this country — say: ‘Bernie, you go back there and you get the job done, and you give enormously profitable corporations, which pay outrageous compensation packages to their CEOs, billions and billions of dollars in corporate welfare,’” Sanders said.
Once the Senate has acted, the bill will be taken up in the House. The window for passing the bill is narrow if some progressives join with Sanders and if most Republicans line up in opposition based on fiscal concerns. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has said she’s confident that it will have enough support to pass before lawmakers leave Washington for the August recess.
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Microsoft and Samsung are working together for enhanced device protection
Combine the advanced technology of Samsung devices with the protection of cloud-based Microsoft endpoint management and you have a collaboration that’s built to bring peace of mind to businesses and individuals alike when it comes to protecting vital smart devices.
Cyberattacks are real, and they are becoming more prevalent and tricky. Samsung and Microsoft have joined forces to protect against security breaches with their new mobile hardware-backed attestation. The two industry leaders are making it possible for companies to focus more on productivity and less on potential hackers.
Benefits of the new Microsoft and Samsung collaborative
Imagine you are a manager and have just gotten word that several employees’ smartphones have become victims of cyberattacks. In addition to possible damage to pricey devices, the biggest fear is that data that’s vital to the company has been compromised. The best solution is to prevent such attacks before they happen. Microsoft’s and Samsung’s partnership makes this possible.
Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets are some of the most popular devices available and are used by many businesses. In turn, Microsoft is a leader in hardware-based security systems. The two companies have corporate security interests at the forefront with the new mobile device attestation. Whether Samsung devices are provided by a business or are owned privately by employees, they can be protected by this on-device solution.
Compatible Samsung devices
The new security system is supported by Samsung smartphones and tablets that are powered by Android OS 10 or later. Devices that ran on Android OS 9 at the time of the attestation launch are also compatible.
Best Microsoft and Samsung devices
If you are looking for a premium smartphone that folds, the Fold5 is the one to buy. It’s a full-length folding model, which maximizes screen space. You can choose from 256 gigabytes, 512 gigabytes or 1 terabyte of storage. It comes in five colors.
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A trim design, a vivid display with a responsive touch screen and 5G connectivity make the Surface Pro 9 a good choice for work or play. It was updated in 2022 with a speedy processor and generous storage capacity. The battery gets as much as 15 hours of runtime with each complete charge.
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With a slim build and a choice of eight colors, this stylish smartphone looks great but is also an impressive performer. It’s fast and available with 256GB, 512GB or 1TB of storage. It offers a crisp display and 5G connectivity and is compatible with the S Pen, which is included. This makes this phone ideal for drawing, note-taking and more.
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Although the Surface Pro 3 is an older version of the popular device, it is still worth considering. It offers features users love, such as a crisp display, compact design and long battery life. These features are available for a price that’s lower than newer models. The 10.5-inch screen is ideal for those who prefer toting around a smaller but capable device.
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This fan-favorite foldable phone is updated to feature a more user-friendly design with a large front screen that can preview photos before you take them. Compact and easy to carry, it comes with 256GB or 512GB and in a choice of eight colors.
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Whether you are a business manager or owner or individual, the S23 is a good pick for those who want a flagship phone for a reasonable price. It’s available in 128GB or 256GB, so there’s enough storage for most users. Although not as feature-packed at the Ultra, it still sports a trim design and notable display. It comes in six colors.
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NEW YORK (AP) — After fans waited through a 2 1/2-hour rain delay, Major League Baseball postponed the decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between Cleveland and New York — and the Yankees announced Nestor Cortes will start on short rest Tuesday against the Guardians.
Cleveland stayed with Aaron Civale for the game, which was rescheduled for 4:07 p.m.
Neither manager spoke with media after Monday night’s rainout, and Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said Aaron Boone had texted him with the change to Cortes in place of Jameson Taillon.
The game was scheduled to start at 7:07 p.m., and the postponement was announced at 9:38 p.m.
“Once it became clear that it was going to be well after 10 o’clock when the game was going to start, I think we felt like it was a no-brainer,” said Chris Marinak, MLB’s chief operations and strategy officer.
The winner will have a short turnaround, traveling to Houston to face the Astros in the AL Championship Series starting Wednesday at 6:37 p.m. CDT.
Cortes, a first-time All-Star who went 12-4 this season, allowed two runs over five innings Friday in Game 2, which the Yankees lost 4-2 in 10 innings. He threw 99 pitches.
His only time starting on short rest was Sept. 10, 2019, at Detroit, when he was used as an opener and left with a 6-1 lead and two runners on in the third inning. Cortes allowed four runs — two earned — and six hits in 2 1/3 innings while throwing 46 pitches in the Yankees’ 12-11 loss. He had thrown 16 pitches in relief four days earlier at Fenway Park.
Civale was in Cleveland’s rotation before being sidelined three times this season with injuries.
Bieber, the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner, allowed two runs and five hits over 5 2/3 innings in Game 2, giving up Giancarlo Stanton’s two-run homer in the first. He threw 101 pitches.
A strained right shoulder limited Bieber to 16 games last year, and manager Terry Francona said last week the team was hesitant to start him on short rest.
“You don’t ever want to just say no. But I think (pitching coach Carl Willis) and I, both our thoughts were that we weren’t leaning towards that as an option that we really wanted to do, just because of what he’s been through and everything,” Francona said last Thursday.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman would not address the pitching change and said it was not his call to make Boone available to reporters.
“He’s had a rough go of it. We got in late last night and been here all day. We’ve got a lot on our minds,” Cashman said.
Cashman said approximately six Zoom calls took place involving both general managers, MLB and forecasters.
“The forecast was that any point from 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9 at the latest, worst-case scenario, we could get this thing in. It’d be dry after,” he said. “It slowed down on us. So, obviously it adjusted the goalpost to some degree closer to the worst-case scenario, but at no point was it ever that we expected not to play.”
“We were actually wrestling with the first-pitch time and then a new system popped up with moderate rain,” he added, “and that’s obviously what eventually took us down.”
Both teams took batting practice Monday under partly cloudy skies.
Cleveland center fielder Myles Straw, who got into an angry confrontation with Yankees fans in April, tossed a football with fans in the first and second decks during the early part of the delay, as did backup outfielder Will Brennan.
The center field video board showed split screen coverage of New York City’s 3-0 win over Miami in the Major League Soccer playoffs, the New York Rangers’ NHL game against the Anaheim Ducks and the Denver Broncos’ NFL matchup vs. the San Diego Chargers.
It was the second postponement of the series following Game 2 at Yankee Stadium getting pushed back a day last week until Friday afternoon.
Cleveland has been contending with inclement weather all season. The young Guardians were rained out nine times at home and had two more postponements on the road, one because of a COVID-19 outbreak.
The Yankees get an extra day to rest their banged-up and beleaguered bullpen.
New York used Clay Holmes for 17 pitches and Wandy Peralta for seven on Sunday, a night after Peralta threw 27, Clarke Schmidt 12, Jonathan Loáisiga 15 and Lou Trivino seven. Peralta had pitched three straight days.
The Yankees are missing relievers Chad Green, Scott Effross, Zack Britton, Michael King and Ron Marinaccio because of injuries, and Aroldis Chapman was left off the series roster after failing to show up for a mandatory Oct. 7 workout.
Cleveland has not used its top relievers since Friday, when All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase threw 33 pitches after Trevor Stephan tossed 21 and James Karinchak 29.
The Guardians used Sam Hentges (31), Enyel De Los Santos (19) and Eli Morgan (12) on Saturday, and Morgan (23), Cody Morris (22) and Zach Plesac (11) on Saturday.
PLAYING THE FIELD
Stanton could see time in left field in Houston if the Yankees advance. He has been limited to DH and pinch hitting, and he last played the outfield on July 21, before he went on the injured list for a month with left Achilles tendinitis.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: Marinaccio (right shin) and fellow RHP Frankie Montas (right shoulder inflammation) could be available if the Yankees face Houston. Marinaccio last pitched Oct. 2 and Montas on Sept 16. … OF Andrew Benintendi, who hasn’t played since Sept. 2, had an injection for his right wrist and probably would not be available against the Astros.
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This past week was all about the conferences. House Democrats held their annual caucus issues conference in Baltimore, and in nearby National Harbor, the conservatives held their annual meeting, the Political Action Conference, or CPAC, where former President Donald Trump made a hefty campaign speech.
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DONALD TRUMP: In 2016, I declared, I am your voice. Today, I add, I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution. I am your retribution.
RASCOE: NPR's national political correspondent Mara Liasson is on the line with us now. Good morning, Mara.
MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: Good morning, Ayesha.
RASCOE: So let's start with what we just heard. Like, was CPAC all about Trump?
LIASSON: It sure was. From the Trump merch to the straw poll that Trump handily won to that one-hour-and-45-minute-long speech, this was all about Trump. It's why many people there were calling it TPAC instead of CPAC. But CPAC is the hot molten core of the Republican base, and a big portion of that base is still with Trump, even though many Republicans, including many conservatives at CPAC, were also talking about moving on to newer, younger candidates.
RASCOE: OK, so we had Nikki Haley, who has declared her candidacy, speak, as did Mike Pompeo, who has not announced his candidacy but is considered to be a potential candidate. Both took swipes at Trump without naming him, you know, saying things like how the GOP should avoid, quote, "following celebrity leaders." But not all of the players were there. Ron DeSantis, for instance, didn't show up. So what is the state of play with this primary for 2024?
LIASSON: I think there are three big questions that remain to be answered. No. 1, will there be a multicandidate group of alternatives that split the anti-Trump vote, allowing him to get the nomination the same way he did in 2016, basically by getting a plurality, not a majority of votes? He could squeak through with 35% or 40%. No. 2, will Republicans coalesce around an alternative to Trump, just one candidate? If that candidate is Ron DeSantis - and he certainly has captured the hearts of the Republican donor class - how will he take on Trump? So far, DeSantis has brushed off every question about Trump, but Trump has already started to attack DeSantis. And at CPAC, without naming him, he clearly attacked DeSantis by saying, we're not going back to people that, quote, "want to destroy our great Social Security system." DeSantis voted many times in Congress to privatize Social Security. And then the third question, which is if Trump doesn't get the nomination, will he decide to burn the whole thing down, run as independent, possibly helping elect a Democrat? He sure seemed pretty mad at the Republican Party and the Republican establishment this weekend.
RASCOE: Now, let's talk about the thing that everyone was talking about at the House Democrats issues conference, and that's President Biden's decision to not veto a piece of legislation backed by Republicans that would undo portions of a new D.C. crime bill. So there's a lot in that sentence, but, like, basically, it all started with D.C. Council's decision to reform parts of the district's criminal code, right?
LIASSON: That's right. Some of the changes would mean lessening the penalties for offenses like carjacking. The D.C. mayor, Muriel Bowser, who's also a Democrat, vetoed the bill, but the council overrode her. And then House Republicans, with help from 31 House Democrats, passed legislation overturning the D.C. Code. They said it was soft on crime. And then President Biden on Thursday pretty much chose politics over principle. He said he was for D.C. statehood. He's for home rule, but he clearly doesn't want Democrats to be on the wrong side of the crime issue. And this is an election year. You already saw Democrats like Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot get defeated because of this issue. But the problem was Biden didn't tell Democrats in advance that he was going to sign the bill.
RASCOE: I mean, so in the 30 seconds we have left, it seems like the political execution of this was problematic for some Democrats.
LIASSON: That's right. That's right. There were criminal justice activists who were angry about the substance, but mostly Democrats felt that a lot of them voted against the bill thinking he would veto it. Now they're in a tough spot. They're stuck having voted against it. And it's going into law.
RASCOE: That's NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Thanks, Mara.
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NEW YORK – Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his Manhattan jail cell with his hands over his ears, desperate to muffle the sound of a toilet that wouldn’t stop running.
Epstein was agitated and unable to sleep, jail officials observed in records newly obtained by The Associated Press. He called himself a “coward” and complained he was struggling to adapt to life behind bars following his July 2019 arrest on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges — his life of luxury reduced to a concrete and steel cage.
The disgraced financier was under psychological observation at the time for a suicide attempt just days earlier that left his neck bruised and scraped. Yet, even after a 31-hour stint on suicide watch, Epstein insisted he wasn't suicidal, telling a jail psychologist he had a “wonderful life” and “would be crazy” to end it.
On Aug. 10, 2019, Epstein was dead.
Nearly four years later, the AP has obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Epstein’s death from the federal Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Act. They include a detailed psychological reconstruction of the events leading to Epstein's suicide, as well as his health history, internal agency reports, emails and memos and other records.
Taken together, the documents the AP obtained Thursday provide the most complete accounting to date of Epstein's detention and death, and its chaotic aftermath. The records help to dispel the many conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein's suicide, underscoring how fundamental failings at the Bureau of Prisons — including severe staffing shortages and employees cutting corners — contributed to Epstein's death.
They shed new light on the federal prison agency's muddled response after Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell at the now-shuttered Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.
In one email, a prosecutor involved in Epstein's criminal case complained about a lack of information from the Bureau of Prisons in the critical hours after his death, writing that it was “frankly unbelievable” that the agency was issuing public press releases "before telling us basic information so that we can relay it to his attorneys who can relay it to his family.”
In another email, a high-ranking Bureau of Prisons official made a spurious suggestion to the agency’s director that news reporters must have been paying jail employees for information about Epstein’s death because they were reporting details of the agency’s failings — impugning the ethics of journalists and the agency's own workers.
The documents also provide a fresh window into Epstein's behavior during his 36 days in jail, including his previously unreported attempt to connect by mail with another high-profile pedophile: Larry Nassar, the U.S. gymnastics team doctor convicted of sexually abusing scores of athletes.
Epstein's letter to Nassar was found returned to sender in the jail’s mail room weeks after Epstein’s death. “It appeared he mailed it out and it was returned back to him," the investigator who found the letter wrote told a prison official by email. "I am not sure if I should open it or should we hand it over to anyone?”
The letter itself was not included among the documents turned over to the AP.
The night before Epstein’s death, he excused himself from a meeting with his lawyers to make a telephone call to his family. According to a memo from a unit manager, Epstein told a jail employee that he was calling his mother, who’d been dead for 15 years at that point.
Epstein's death put increased scrutiny on the Bureau of Prisons and spurred an AP investigation that has uncovered deep, previously unreported problems within the agency, the Justice Department’s largest with more than 30,000 employees, 158,000 inmates and an annual budget of about $8 billion.
AP reporting has revealed rampant sexual abuse and other criminal conduct by staff, as well as dozens of escapes, prisoner deaths and severe staffing shortages that have hampered responses to emergencies.
An internal memo, undated but sent after Epstein’s death, attributed problems at the now-shuttered jail to “seriously reduced staffing levels, improper or lack of training, and follow up and oversight.” The memo also detailed steps the Bureau of Prisons has taken to remedy lapses Epstein’s suicide exposed, including requiring supervisors to review surveillance video to ensure officers made required cell checks.
The workers tasked with guarding Epstein the night he killed himself, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, were charged with lying on prison record s to make it seem as though they had made their required checks before Epstein was found in his cell.
Prosecutors alleged they were sitting at their desks just 15 feet (4.6 meters) from Epstein’s cell, shopped online for furniture and motorcycles, and walked around the unit’s common area instead of making required rounds every 30 minutes.
During one two-hour period, both appeared to have been asleep, according to their indictment. Noel and Thomas admitted to falsifying the log entries but avoided prison time under a deal with federal prosecutors. Copies of some of those logs were included among the documents released Thursday, with the guards' signatures redacted.
Epstein arrived at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on July 6, 2019. He spent 22 hours in the jail's general population before officials moved him to the special housing unit “due to the significant increase in media coverage and awareness of his notoriety among the inmate population,” according to the psychological reconstruction of his death.
Epstein later said he was upset about having to wear an orange jumpsuit provided to inmates in the special housing unit and complained about being treated like he was a “bad guy” despite being well behaved behind bars. He requested a brown uniform for his near-daily visits with his lawyers.
During an initial health screening, the 66-year-old said that he had 10-plus female sexual partners within the previous five years. Medical records showed he was suffering from sleep apnea, constipation, hypertension, lower back pain and prediabetes and had been previously treated for chlamydia.
Epstein did make some attempts to adapt to his jailhouse surroundings, the records show. He signed up for a Kosher meal and told prison officials, through his lawyer, that he wanted permission to exercise outside. Two days before he was found dead, Epstein bought $73.85 worth of items from the prison commissary, including an AM/FM radio and headphones. He had $566 left in his account when he died.
Epstein's outlook worsened when a judge denied him bail on July 18, 2019 — raising the prospect that he'd remain locked up until trial and, possibly longer. If convicted, he faced up to 45 years prison. Four days later, Epstein was found on the floor of his cell with a strip of bedsheet around his neck.
Epstein survived. His injuries didn't require going to the hospital. He was placed on suicide watch and, later, psychiatric observation. Jail officers noted in logs that they observed him, “sitting at the edge of the bed, lost in thought,” and sitting “with his head against the wall.”
Epstein expressed frustration with the noise of the jail and his lack of sleep. His first few weeks at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, Epstein didn't have his sleep apnea breathing apparatus he used. Then, the toilet in his cell started acting up.
“He was still left in the same cell with a broken toilet," the jail's chief psychologist wrote in a email the next day. "Please move him to the cell next door when he returns from legal as the toilet still does not work.”
The day before Epstein ended his life, a federal judge unsealed about 2,000 pages of documents in a sexual abuse lawsuit against him. That development, prison officials observed, further eroded Epstein's previous elevated status.
That, combined with a lack of significant interpersonal connections and "the idea of potentially spending his life in prison were likely factors contributing to Mr. Epstein’s suicide,” officials wrote.
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Horacio de la Iglesia, University of Washington
(THE CONVERSATION) With the school year underway around the U.S., parents and caregivers are once again faced with the age-old struggle of wrangling groggy kids out of bed in the morning. For parents of preteens and teenagers, it can be particularly challenging.
Sometimes this gets chalked up to laziness in teens. But the main reason why a healthy person is unable to naturally wake up without an alarm is that they are not getting the sleep their brain and body need.
That’s because studies show that adolescents need more than nine hours of daily sleep to be physically and mentally healthy.
But the likelihood that you know a teenager who gets enough sleep is rather slim. In the U.S., less than 30% of high school students – or those in grades 9 through 12 – sleep the recommended amount, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among middle schoolers in grades 6-8, nearly 60% do not get enough sleep at night.
Yet my laboratory’s research suggests that a much higher percentage of teens are getting too little sleep.
I am a professor of biology and have been studying sleep and circadian rhythms for more than 30 years. For the past seven years, my laboratory at the University of Washington has been doing research on sleep in Seattle-area teenagers. Our research has found that, just as in other areas of the U.S., high schoolers in Seattle are not getting the amount of sleep they need. Our study objectively measured sleep in 182 high school sophomores and seniors and found only two that slept at least nine hours at night during school days.
Our studies and those of others indicate that three important factors lie behind this lack-of-sleep epidemic: a physiological regulation of sleep that leads to a delayed sleep timing in teens and that is not aligned with early school start times, a lack of morning exposure to daylight and excessive exposure to bright electric light and screens late in the evening.
Teen sleep biology
The time people go to bed, fall asleep and wake up is governed by two main factors in the brain. The first is a so-called “wakefulness tracker,” a physiological timer that increases our need to sleep the longer we stay awake. This is in part the consequence of the accumulation of chemical signals released by neurons, such as adenosine.
Adenosine accumulates in the brain when we are awake, leading to increased sleepiness as the day wears on. If, for instance, a person wakes up at 7 a.m., these chemical signals will accumulate throughout the day until the levels are high enough that the person will fall asleep, typically in the late evening.
The second factor that drives the sleep/wake cycle is a 24-hour biological clock that tells our brain what times of the day we should be awake and what times we should be sleeping. This biological clock is located in an area of the brain called the hypothalamus. The clock is composed of neurons that coordinate the brain areas regulating sleep and wakefulness to a 24-hour sleep/wake cycle.
These two regulators operate with relative independence from each other. But under typical conditions, they are coordinated so that a person with access to electric-powered light would fall asleep in the late evening – between about 10 p.m. to 11 p.m., and wake up in the early morning, around 6 a.m. to 7 a.m.
So why do teenagers often want to go to bed later and wake up later than their parents?
It turns out that during adolescence, both the wakefulness tracker and the biological clock conspire to delay the timing of sleep. First, adolescents can be awake until later hours before their wakefulness tracker makes them feel sleepy enough to fall sleep.
Second, the biological clock of teenagers is delayed because in some cases it appears to run at a slower pace, and because it responds differently to light cues that reset the clock daily. This combination leads to a sleep cycle that operates a couple of hours later than in an older adult – if an older adult feels the signals to fall asleep around 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., this won’t happen until midnight or later in a teenager.
How school start times contribute
To help find more hours of sleep for teens, one measure that some school districts around the country have taken is to delay the school start time for middle schools and high schools. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that schools for this age group should not start before 8:30 a.m.. Yet the majority of high schools in the U.S start at 8 a.m. or earlier.
Based on the recommendation of sleep experts, the Seattle school district, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, delayed middle school and high school start times by nearly an hour, from 7:50 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. In a study our team conducted after the district enacted the plan, we found that students gained 34 minutes of daily sleep – a huge gain by sleep medicine standards. In addition, student attendance and punctuality improved, and median grades went up by 4.5%.
Despite an abundance of research evidence and the advice from virtually all sleep experts in the country, most school districts are still stuck with school start times that promote chronic sleep deprivation in teenagers. The early school starts are further aggravated by daylight saving time – when clocks are set one hour ahead in the springtime. This time shift – one that could become permanent in the U.S. in 2023 – exposes teenagers to artificially dark mornings, which exacerbates their naturally delayed sleep timing.
Teaching healthy sleep habits to teens
School start times aside, kids also need to learn the importance of healthy habits that promote sufficient sleep.
Getting bright daylight exposure, particularly during the morning, pushes our biological clock to an earlier time. This, in turn, will promote an earlier bedtime and a natural early morning wake time.
In contrast, light in the evening – including the light emitted by screens – is highly stimulating to the brain. It inhibits the production of natural signals such as melatonin, a hormone that is produced by the brain’s pineal gland as the night arrives and in response to darkness. But when these cues are inhibited by artificial light in the evening, our biological clocks are delayed, promoting a later bedtime and a later morning wake time. And thus the cycle of having to roust a sleepy, yawning teenager from bed for school begins again.
Yet few schools teach the importance of good daily routines and sleep timing, and parents and teens also do not fully appreciate their importance. Chronic sleep deprivation disrupts every physiological process in the body and has been consistently linked to disease, including depression and anxiety, obesity and addictive behavior.
Conversely, sufficient sleep not only helps to reduce physical ailments and improve mental health, but it has also been shown to be fundamental for optimal physical and mental performance.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/school-start-times-and-screen-time-late-in-the-evening-exacerbate-sleep-deprivation-in-us-teenagers-179178. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/School-start-times-and-screen-time-late-in-the-17446077.php | 2022-09-16 13:59:41 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/School-start-times-and-screen-time-late-in-the-17446077.php |
For years, the beauty of Brevard’s barrier islands has been a big draw for tourists and for developers.“I would say it’s been overdeveloped,” said Republican state Rep. Thad Altman of Indialantic.He’s now fronting legislation that would consider the barrier island as an area of critical state concern, protecting the limits on development.“You look at a map and there’s very little green space on the barrier island now, except for the south beaches. The south beaches is a place that has a remnant of what it used to be like,” Altman said. The coast is the largest nesting area for loggerhead sea turtles in the world and was home to a flourishing sea trout population Altman says is now down 90%.It’s key for the endangered manatees in the area as a home for its main food source. “This area has some of the last remaining healthy seagrass beds in Brevard County,” Altman said. The enhanced protection would run from southern Melbourne Beach down to near the Brevard County line at Sebastian Inlet state park.Altman uses an existing area of islands with this designation as an example of why he’s confident the bill will sidestep opposition.“Probably the most known is the Florida Keys. If you talk to those in the Keys, that was controversial at first, but they will tell you that it basically a key in preserving the quality of life we know have,” Altman said.So, for the Brevard barrier islands, it’s still an open question if the move for enhanced protection will receive a similar reception. Now that it was approved in a State House subcommittee, the next step for the legislation is a State Senate committee hearing next week.Top headlines: 1 year after FreeFall tragedy: The fatal fall and resulting investigation Report: Insurance provider plans to raise some Florida home coverage rates Florida teen sentenced for stabbing girl 114 times, killing her
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — For years, the beauty of Brevard’s barrier islands has been a big draw for tourists and for developers.
“I would say it’s been overdeveloped,” said Republican state Rep. Thad Altman of Indialantic.
He’s now fronting legislation that would consider the barrier island as an area of critical state concern, protecting the limits on development.
“You look at a map and there’s very little green space on the barrier island now, except for the south beaches. The south beaches is a place that has a remnant of what it used to be like,” Altman said.
The coast is the largest nesting area for loggerhead sea turtles in the world and was home to a flourishing sea trout population Altman says is now down 90%.
It’s key for the endangered manatees in the area as a home for its main food source.
“This area has some of the last remaining healthy seagrass beds in Brevard County,” Altman said.
The enhanced protection would run from southern Melbourne Beach down to near the Brevard County line at Sebastian Inlet state park.
Altman uses an existing area of islands with this designation as an example of why he’s confident the bill will sidestep opposition.
“Probably the most known is the Florida Keys. If you talk to those in the Keys, that was controversial at first, but they will tell you that it basically a key in preserving the quality of life we know have,” Altman said.
So, for the Brevard barrier islands, it’s still an open question if the move for enhanced protection will receive a similar reception.
Now that it was approved in a State House subcommittee, the next step for the legislation is a State Senate committee hearing next week.
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Rochelle Nguyen’s mailbox has been inundated with glossy campaign mailers. Because her household includes registered Republicans as well as Democrats, the materials run the gamut of hot-button topics under discussion in the midterms.
But one thing is different this election, the Nevada assemblywoman said: “I can tell you, everything from social media messaging to mailers – I’ve never received so much in Vietnamese.”
The pile of political mail sitting in Nguyen’s home in Las Vegas is one indicator that Asian American communities have emerged as a critical constituency for both Republicans and Democrats, particularly in key battlegrounds like Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District — one of the most expensive congressional races in the country.
Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial or ethnic group in the United States and make up more than 10% of the population in five states, including Nevada, which has large Filipino and Chinese American populations. The state’s Asian American voting age population is roughly 350,000. President Joe Biden won in 2020 by about 34,000 votes.
Both parties are testing whether their campaign messaging about crime, inflation and abortion resonates in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, including the region’s largest, neighborhoods west and southwest of the Las Vegas Strip.
The GOP’s Congressional Leadership Fund has spent $10.9 million to campaign in the Las Vegas area district — more than any other in the nation. The Democrats’ House Majority PAC has spent $3.4 million, according to data aggregated by California Target Book, which tracks federal campaign finance filings.
U.S. Rep. Susie Lee spent an afternoon this week visiting Las Vegas’ Chinatown Plaza to talk to business owners about how she and other Democrats have worked to ensure they have the resources to withstand skyrocketing costs and the scars the pandemic inflicted on the nation’s economy.
The second-term Democrat said her district’s Asian American community has always been a focus, but Lee’s eleventh-hour push comes amid unprecedented efforts from Republicans in Nevada, including her opponent, April Becker, to direct the party’s economy-focused message toward Asian American voters.
“I continue to remind people that, yes, inflation is affecting all of us; it’s causing us to hurt at the gas pump and in the grocery store. But there’s one party that has taken action to take on inflation and there’s one party that wants to use it as a talking point,” Lee said, noting that Asian American business owners often thank her for supporting economic relief throughout the pandemic.
Becker declined to be interviewed for this story.
The Democratic-controlled Legislature prioritized uniting the Asian American community into the 3rd District when they redrew the state’s political maps last year without Republican support. Asian Americans now account for 21% of the voting-age population.
On paper, the district now leans bluer than it did previously, but the new boundaries could backfire.
After outperforming their expectations in 2020 with Asian Americans, Republicans are working to further their inroads in places like southwest Las Vegas, where the Republican National Committee opened an “Asian Pacific American Community Center” to headquarter their outreach efforts six months ago.
More than ever before, they say, Republicans are publishing campaign materials in Chinese, Hindi, Korean and Vietnamese and advertising in community newspapers like the Philippine Times of South Nevada and the Asian Journal of Las Vegas, where RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel published an op-ed last month titled: “Filipino Americans Strengthen Our Country. Democrats Don’t.”
Similar outreach tactics have for years been employed by Democrats to get out the vote in Asian American communities. This year in Nevada, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is running abortion and hate crime-focused ads, including in Tagalog, to draw contrast between Lee and Becker. They’re running ads in the same community newspapers as Republicans as well as in the bimonthly Korea Times Las Vegas and on the Filipino radio station PHLV.
Though Asian Americans historically have leaned Democratic, Republicans hope to narrow the margin.
“It’s not going to be winning the AAPI vote outright, it’s going to be the GOP earning more votes while Democrats keep losing Asian voters. They’re going to be the margin of victory in close races, whether that’s in Nevada, whether that’s Texas, Arizona or Georgia,” said Nainoa Johsens, the RNC’s AAPI outreach director.
“We’ve made inroads in places that people in the past didn’t traditionally think the GOP would,” he added.
Amid a spate of anti-Asian hate crimes, Republicans have said their emphasis this year on public safety will resonate in Asian American communities. They also hope turnout will be encouraged by the experience of Asian American students in college admissions, which is at the center of a high-profile affirmative action case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Janelle Wong, a University of Maryland professor who co-directs the research group AAPI Data, said both parties have contacted more voters than in elections past.
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are a diverse group linguistically, economically and politically, yet survey data show the group — in comparison to other demographics — is relatively united around certain issues, including in support of access to reproductive health care.
Though Democrats have made abortion a centerpiece of their midterm campaigns since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, if Republicans are able to motivate voters around issues such as crime or a sluggish economy, their efforts could be decisive in races that come down to a few thousands of voters.
“If their goal is to eat away at the Democratic bloc and if the past is any indication, they could be successful,” Wong said.
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LIVERPOOL, England — Everton striker Salomon Rondon agreed to terminate his contract with the club six months early on Friday.
“Salomon Rondon has left Everton with immediate effect after reaching an agreement with the club to terminate his contract,” the club said in a statement.
His contract was to initially finish in June 2023.
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Twitter said Tuesday it will add a gray “official” label to some high-profile accounts to indicate that they are authentic, the latest twist in new owner Elon Musk’s chaotic overhaul of the platform’s verification system.
The site’s current system of using what are known as “blue checks” confirming an account’s authenticity will soon go away for those who don’t pay a monthly fee. The checkmarks will be available at a yet-to-be-announced date for anyone willing to pay a $7.99-a-month subscription, which will also include some bonus features, such as fewer ads and the ability to have tweets given greater visibility than those coming from non-subscribers.
The platform’s current verification system has been in place since 2009 and was created to ensure high-profile and public-facing accounts are who they say they are.
Experts have expressed concern that making the checkmark available to anyone for a fee could lead to impersonations and the spreading of misinformation and scams. The gray label — a color that tends to blend into the background whether you use light or dark mode to scroll Twitter — is an apparent compromise. But it might lead to more confusion, as Twitter users accustomed to the blue check as a mark of authenticity will now have to look for the less obvious “official” designation.
Esther Crawford, a Twitter employee who has been working on the verification overhaul, said Tuesday on Twitter that the “official” label will be added to “select accounts” when the new system launches.
“Not all previously verified accounts will get the ‘Official’ label and the label is not available for purchase,” said Crawford, who recently was the subject of a viral photo showing her sleeping on the floor of a Twitter office while working to meet Musk’s deadlines.
Crawford said those receiving the label include government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, publishers and some public figures.
There are about 423,000 verified accounts under the outgoing system. Many of those belong to celebrities, businesses and politicians, as well as media outlets.
But a large chunk of verified accounts belong to individual journalists, some with tiny followings at local newspapers and news sites around the world. The idea was to verify reporters so their identities couldn’t be used to push false information on Twitter.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The AFFIRM Originals Movie SUN MOON will debut exclusively on Pure Flix on May 5, 2023. This movie focuses on family, faith and transformation as the characters travel to Taiwan to discover God's plan for their lives.
Kelsey's vision for her future is shattered when her fiance leaves her at the altar. Heartbroken and humiliated, she leaps at the chance to escape her life and teach English in Taiwan. Will she ever find happiness and love again?
"My character, Kelsey, is trying to figure out what's left of her life after her fiance ends their relationship. Everything has fallen apart for her and she's hurt and confused," said actress MacKenzie Mauzy. "I think it's a really relatable story where we feel like we're at the bottom but those moments shape our perspective as we move forward and discover opportunities that might have never existed before."
SUN MOON stars MacKenzie Mauzy (INTO THE WOODS, NCIS: New Orleans), Justin Chien (upcoming Netflix Original Series The Brothers Sun), Madison McLaughlin (Arrow, Chicago, P.D.) and Michael Jong-Quin Huang (The Haunted Heart). The film also features Jason Burkey (I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, FEARLESS FAITH) and Leanne Morgan (Netflix Original Stand-up special that debuts April 11, I'm Every Woman). SUN MOON was produced by Steve Taylor, a two-time Grammy nominee and director of THE SECOND CHANCE and BLUE LIKE JAZZ. The film is Sydney Tooley's screenwriting and directorial debut and was co-written by Susan Isaacs.
Set in the heart of Taiwan, the movie is Tooley's love letter to the country that helped her discover joy and purpose during a trying period of her life. Sydney taught English in Taiwan after college and was able to draw inspiration for the script from her experiences.
"SUN MOON is a story about hope during the dark times where God is asking us to step out in faith and do intimidating things," said writer and director Sydney Tooley. "It reminds me of the phrase 'Jesus take the wheel.' I don't know where they think they're going but sometimes you find yourself off-roading in the jungle without a map. In the movie, Kelsey has to decide if she'll follow the map that God has given her. She learns that having the faith to follow God as the mapmaker isn't always the easiest choice but ultimately He'll lead you back to the things that are most important."
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Employed Baby Boomers much less likely to search for a new job, and also cite age as a potential barrier to finding new work
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly six in 10 U.S. workers are concerned their paycheck is not enough to support themselves or their families as employees look to keep up with the rise of inflation, according to the latest American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor® online survey.
When asked, 58% of employed U.S. adults expressed concern that their paycheck is not enough to support themselves or their families. This number was even higher for Hispanic workers (69%) and for parents with children under 18 (66%).
As the cost of living increases, workers are looking to change their circumstances. Twenty-eight percent of employed U.S. adults plan to search for a new job in the next six months, while 27% plan to start a second job to supplement their income and 20% plan to ask for a raise from their current employer. Twenty-one percent of employed Americans say they would use a staffing agency if they wanted a new job, including 26% of employed millennials.
Searching for new work in response to inflation skews to younger generations—40% of employed Millennials and 36% of Gen Z plan to look for higher-earning jobs in the next six months. Meanwhile, only 13% of employed Baby Boomers plan to look for a new job in response to increased living costs, and only 8% plan to ask for a raise. Age is a perceived barrier for Baby Boomers, as 46% of employed Baby Boomers say age is a factor that could prevent them from getting a new job if they wanted one.
"Workers are concerned about the effects of inflation, and they're planning on taking action," said Richard Wahlquist, ASA president and chief executive officer. "Employers need to provide competitive compensation and work flexibility, and invest in employees' professional development, if they want to keep and recruit quality talent in this labor market."
This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by The Harris Poll on behalf of ASA June 2–6, 2022, among a total of 2,027 U.S. adults age 18 and older of whom 1,165 were employed. The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the sample data are accurate to within + 2.8 percentage points using a 95% confidence level. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact Megan Sweeney at 703-253-1151.
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OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian police say they are investigating an overnight mass shooting in Oslo that killed two people and injured more than a dozen as a case of possible terrorism.
In a news conference Saturday, police officials said the man arrested after the shooting was a Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin who was previously known to police but not for major crimes.
They said they had seized two firearms in connection with the attack: a handgun and an automatic weapon.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Two people were killed and more than a dozen injured early Saturday when a man opened fire outside a bar popular with the LGBTQ community in Norway’s capital, Oslo, police said.
The events occurred in the early hours as the city was gearing up for its annual Pride parade. Organizers canceled all Pride events planned for Saturday on the advice of the police.
A suspect was arrested and police don’t believe any other people were involved, police spokesman Tore Barstad said.
Barstad said the motive was not immediately known and it wasn’t clear whether the shooting had any connection to the Pride parade.
Oslo Pride said it was nevertheless advised by police to cancel the parade and other Pride events.
“Oslo Pride therefore urges everyone who planned to participate or watch the parade to not show up. All events in connection with Oslo Prides are canceled,” organizers said on the official Facebook page of the event.
Barstad said 14 people were receiving medical treatment, eight of whom have been hospitalized.
Olav Roenneberg, a journalist from Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, said he witnessed the shooting.
“I saw a man arrive at the site with a bag. He picked up a weapon and started shooting,” Roenneberg told NRK. “First I thought it was an air gun. Then the glass of the bar next door was shattered and I understood I had to run for cover.”
The shots were fired outside the London Pub, which describes itself as the most popular gay bar in Oslo since it opened in 1979.
“The shooting outside London Pub in Oslo tonight was a cruel and deeply shocking attack on innocent people,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a Facebook post.
He said that while the motive was unclear, the shooting had caused fear and grief in the LGBTQ community.
“We all stand by you,” Gahr Stoere wrote.
Christian Bredeli, who was at the bar, told Norwegian newspaper VG that he hid on the fourth floor with a group of about 10 people until he was told it was safe to come out.
“Many were fearing for their lives,” he said. “On our way out we saw several injured people, so we understood that something serious had happened.”
Norwegian broadcaster TV2 showed footage of people running down Oslo streets in panic as shots rang out in the background.
Norway is a relatively safe country but has experienced violent attacks by right-wing extremists, including one of the worst mass shootings in Europe in 2011, when a gunman killed 69 people on the island of Utoya after setting off a bomb in Oslo that left eight dead.
In 2019, another right-wing extremist killed his stepsister and then opened fire in a mosque but was overpowered before anyone there was injured.
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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not play this weekend in the team’s first preseason game.
Coach Kevin O’Connell confirmed the diagnosis Friday at practice, where Cousins was absent for a second straight day. He felt ill Thursday and sent home.
“I like the way he handled it, reporting the symptoms and going through our in-house process we have here,” O’Connell said. “Ultimately looking out for his teammates and making sure we’ll get him back, ready to roll as soon as possible.”
Cousins has “very minimal” symptoms, O’Connell said.
Sean Mannion and Kellen Mond will split time in the exhibition Sunday at Las Vegas, where Cousins was unlikely to play much, if at all, even if he wasn’t sick. There are no other quarterbacks on the roster.
“No matter who starts, they’re both going to play a ton. Big evaluation game for us of those guys,” O’Connell said. “They’ve done a lot of really good things in camp, and now we get to see them play against a complete defensive structure, different coverages. I think it’ll be good for those guys.”
The Vikings are planning, roughly, an even split of the snaps against the Raiders.
“If a guy gets hot, starts feeling maybe he should take one more or two-minute or something like that, we’ll always adapt,” O’Connell said. “But we’ll have plenty of snaps to make it right through these next three games.”
Cousins missed Minnesota’s second-to-last game of the 2021 season after testing positive for COVID-19. He also missed five days in training camp last year due to what was deemed a close contact. Cousins followed NFL protocols for unvaccinated players last season.
Earlier this year, the league suspended all coronavirus protocols. The current recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is for people who test positive to isolate from others for at least five days. Isolation can end, the CDC says, if they are fever-free for 24 hours without medication and experiencing improvement in symptoms.
The Vikings’ next practice is Tuesday, putting Cousins on track to return to the field then, assuming he’s feeling fine.
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Back-to-school health fairs in Sacramento offer free supplies, COVID-19 vaccines
The city of Sacramento, along with local nonprofits, is hosting several back-to-school fairs this weekend, providing free supplies and vaccines for families in the region.
The three fairs will be held on Saturday, and will include free entertainment, food, backpacks and supplies. COVID-19 vaccinations will also be available, and anyone who gets vaccinated that day will be eligible for a gift card.
City officials say the fairs will be held in the following locations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
- Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center at 450 West El Camino Ave.
- Oak Park Community Center at 3425 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
- Maple Neighborhood Center at 3301 37th Ave.
"We are very proud to be participating in the upcoming health fair and in the City's overall vaccination campaign," said Julie Rhoten, Stanford Settlement's executive director.
"The support we received from the City during this campaign has allowed us to help more people in our community navigate the vaccination process. We were able to bring on a vaccine ambassador to assist residents and address their questions about vaccines, follow up with them to get their needed second shots or boosters and hold more vaccination events at our community center,” Rhoten continued.
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Gonzalez, Giménez homer off Clevinger, Guardians top Padres
By BERNIE WILSON
AP Sports Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Offense was hard to come by at Petco Park on Tuesday night and the Cleveland Guardians got just enough against former teammate Mike Clevinger.
Rookie Oscar Gonzalez and Andrés Giménez homered off Clevinger and the AL Central-leading Guardians beat the Padres 3-1.
Gonzalez hit a line shot to left field with two outs in the second, his fourth. Giménez drove a ball deep into the seats down the right field line leading off the fifth, his 15th.
“That’s not normally the way we score, a couple solos, but we’ll take it,” manager Terry Francona said.
The homers were the only hits and runs Clevinger allowed in six innings, while striking out four and walking one.
The Indians had only four hits total.
“He’s got a real quick arm,” Francona said. “I don’t know if he made mistakes but we got a couple home runs because that was all we had. Clev can pitch, man. We’ve been around him long enough to know he’ll compete like crazy, too.”
Clevinger (4-5) was facing the Guardians for the second time since they traded him to San Diego in a nine-player deal during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The right-hander made his season debut against in the opener of a doubleheader at Cleveland on May 4 and got a no-decision in San Diego’s 5-4 victory.
The Padres hoped Clevinger would help them make a deep playoff run in 2020. Instead, he injured his elbow during his final regular-season start, missed the first-round series against St. Louis and was forced out of the Division Series opener against the Dodgers in the second inning. He had Tommy John surgery and missed all of 2021.
San Diego, which came in leading Milwaukee by 1 1/2 games for the NL’s third wild card spot, lost for the sixth time in 10 games.
Earlier in the day, Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. privately apologized to his teammates for the 80-game suspension imposed by Major League Baseball after a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance, then publicly expressed remorse.
Nick Sandlin (5-2) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win and Emmanuel Clase pitched the ninth for his 29th save.
The Padres pulled to 2-1 in the fifth when Austin Nola hit a leadoff double, advanced on Jurickson Profar’s groundout and and scored on Jake Cronenworth’s single.
Jose Ramirez hit a two-out RBI single in the eighth to give Cleveland a 3-1 lead.
Cleveland starter Aaron Civale was pulled one batter after allowing Cronenworth’s RBI single. He gave up one run and four hits, struck out four and walked two.
“I don’t think I had the best command tonight, as the ball and strike ratio would show, but I acknowledged that early and made the most of what I had,” Civale said. “I just tried to keep them off balance by mixing it up as best I can.”
EJECTION
Plate umpire Stu Scheurwater called Brandon Drury out on on a low pitch in the fourth. Drury turned and said something to the ump and was ejected. It was Drury’s first career ejection.
GUARDIANS ROSTER MOVES
The Guardians recalled OF Richie Palacios from Triple-A Columbus and optioned OF Nolan Jones to Columbus. This is Palacios’ fourth big league stint this year. He came in hitting .250 with 10 RBIs.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: RF Juan Soto was a late scratch with left mid-back tightness. … RHP Yu Darvish, who had been scheduled to start Wednesday, was placed on the paternity list and LHP José Castillo was recalled from Triple-A El Paso. Castillo is on the active roster for the first time since 2019.
UP NEXT
Guardians RHP Cal Quantrill (9-5, 3.77), who was sent to Cleveland in the Clevinger trade, and Padres LHP Blake Snell (5-6, 3.76) are scheduled to start the series finale Wednesday.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 100 Black Men of the Twin Cities Chapter, in partnership with the Women Presidents Organization (WPO), are proud to announce the 2022 Women of Color Achievement Awards. A total of 24 women are being recognized for outstanding professional achievement and demonstrating exemplary community service. Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking, the event will take place on October 19, 2022, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at The Minneapolis Club, 729 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
"100 Black Men of the Twin Cities, Inc. is delighted to partner with the Women Presidents Organization in recognizing outstanding women of color in our community for their leadership, business savvy and dedication to community service," said Kentalé Morris Sr, President of 100 Black Men of the Twin Cities, Inc. "These amazing women exemplify excellence in all that they do and shine brightly as representatives of achievement to the youth and families we serve in the Twin Cities and beyond. We celebrate these exceptional women for their accomplishments and dedication while also highlighting a path of possibilities for others to follow."
"The 2022 Women of Color Achievement Awards continues a longstanding tradition between WPO and 100 Black Men to identify and celebrate influential local women leaders. We are honored to recognize these successful female entrepreneurs who not only lead multi-million-dollar businesses, but also serve to improve the greater Minneapolis community. Congratulations to all of Minneapolis' deserving award winners," said Camille Burns, CEO of the WPO.
The following women will be honored:
- Farhana Luna Ahmed, ILM Professional Services
- Khadija Ali, Global Language Connections
- Tonya Allen, McKnight Foundation
- Tawanna Black, Center for Economic Inclusion
- Alyza Bohbot, Alakef Coffee Roasters
- Shelley Carthen Watson, YWCA MN
- Gloria Contreras Edin, Contreras & Metelska PA
- Dr. Verna Cornelia Price, The Power of People Consulting Group
- Gloria Freeman, Olu's Home, Inc.
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You might not know it, but you're probably consuming food that comes from Africa on a daily basis.
Yet between sips of Ethiopian single-origin light roast coffee, our thoughts of African agriculture might be of destitute farmland and impoverished faces wanting for more.
Ndidi Nunweli believes that perspective is profoundly incorrect. She has been working for decades trying to change the narrative that African countries have nothing to contribute to the global food supply. She's founded multiple organizations — such as LEAP Africa and Sahel Consulting — that aim to bring agricultural and economic prosperity to bright young entrepreneurs in Africa. She is also a podcaster, TED speaker, and powerful voice in the world of African agriculture.
We spoke to Ndidi about her work, how young entrepreneurs are the engine of agricultural innovation, cooking with Bill Gates and even the World Cup.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
How would you describe yourself to someone who is unfamiliar with what you do?
I'm a social entrepreneur. I live in Lagos, Nigeria, and I have worked in the international development landscape for about 25 years. I first started in the area of youth development and then transitioned to focusing on economic empowerment of women. For the last 14 years I have been exclusively focused on the food and agricultural landscapes, basically ensuring that Africa nourishes itself and the world.
Why have you chosen to dedicate your life to African agricultural development?
When people think of Africa, they think of a hungry child, and we're very aggressively trying to change that. Because if people don't believe that Africans can change their future and transform their landscape, they're going to continue to frustrate their efforts by trying to solve problems for the [African] people who can solve it themselves.
You know, we are the birthplace of coffee, we have the best coffee in the world. We are the biggest contributors of cocoa in the world. You actually interact with food from Africa without recognizing the source on a daily basis.
How is your perspective on tackling problems related to agriculture and youth movements different from others who have tried to address these problems?
I think the first thing that makes my approach different is that I believe that small and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] are the engine of innovation, and that supporting them to scale on the African continent is the best solution and the most sustainable solution in the ecosystem.
If you help farmers grow more food, but they don't have customers to buy the food and they're not connected to markets, then you have more waste. But if you help those who buy from the farmers, the consumers are happier, the farmers are happier and the [agricultural] ecosystem grows.
We're working with thousands of SMEs to create this $3 trillion dollar industry the African Development Bank says our food ecosystem should be. We believe that if you can drive demand for African products within the continent and abroad, we can change the ecosystem and we can also change the way people view Africa.
Does your previous work on youth movements have a connection to the work you do now in food and agriculture?
Yes, Africa is a youthful continent, 70% of our population is under 35. Nutrition and access to nutritious food is critical for young people. But young people also make a huge part of the labor force for agriculture. Through the work I do with LEAP Africa, we train young people in public schools on leadership and social innovation to become entrepreneurs to start and scale successful food companies and agribusinesses in Africa.
Can you give us an example of someone who has directly benefited from your work?
One is a company called JAM The Coconut Food Company. It's a woman-run business started by a woman called Ebun Feludu and the majority of the staff are women. She makes coconut balls, the best snacks you've ever tasted. She benefited from a six-month program [Changing Narratives Africa] to learn about how to package her story, get on global platforms and increase her revenue growth.
Now she's been able to get her products on some of the global shelves and is taking the best coconut products from Nigeria to the world. We're so proud because as she grows, the women who work with her benefit. Their livelihoods are improved and also the farmers that she sources from benefit.
Has 2022 been a good year for year? Do you have any memorable moments to share?
[Sigh] 2022 has been a very, very difficult year. It culminated with Bill Gates [who is a funder of NPR and the Goats and Soda blog] making fonio [an African grain used in a salad] on a global stage with celebrity chef, Chef Pierre Thiam, from Senegal. Seeing a world-recognized leader prepare African foods grown by African women on a global stage was for me a very emotional moment.
I know the World Cup likely doesn't have any direct relationship to sustainable agribusiness in Africa, but did Morocco making it to the semifinal round do anything to change these narratives about Africa on the global stage?
Well, I was extremely proud that Morocco made it. I was hoping that Senegal would have joined them and Ghana as well. What we saw even at the end of the World Cup was still very, very exciting. When I look at the French team, I see a lot of my African youth who brought so much energy and zeal and passion to the game. [It shows that Africa] continues to change mindsets, breaking stereotypes, breaking boundaries and demonstrating what excellence is on all fronts.
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Police: Arizona teens charged after developmentally disabled man beaten to death with baseball bat
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13/Gray News) - Two teens are facing murder charges after a developmentally disabled, non-verbal Tucson man was beaten to death with a baseball bat.
The Tucson Police Department said a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old have been charged with first-degree murder and are being held on $1 million bonds. The TPD said the teens’ names and mugshots are not available.
Two 15-year-olds were allegedly involved but left during the fatal attack, the TPD said. The 15-year-olds have not been charged, but the case has been turned over to the Pima County Attorney’s Office for review.
The TPD said officers were called to the scene around 12 p.m. on Saturday.
Officers found 37-year-old Rabi Magar suffering from blunt force trauma. He was transported to the hospital and put on life support but died two days later.
The TPD said witnesses told investigators that four teens approached Magar. The teens were allegedly armed with a baseball bat and BB gun.
According to the TPD, two of the teens, the 13-year-old and 17-year-old, pointed the gun at Magar and hit him with the bat. The two 15-year-olds ran away.
The TPD said Magar tried to run away, but the 13-year-old chased him down and continued to beat him.
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The Red Sox have nearly completed their turnover of the 2018 World Series team.
It all happened so quickly.
Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez, Christian Vazquez, Nathan Eovaldi, Matt Strahm and Rich Hill entered free agency this winter with the reasonable expectation that the Red Sox would be interested in a reunion.
Two months into the offseason and all six of them have now signed with new teams, leaving the Red Sox in undoubtedly worse position than they were while ending the season in last place.
It’s gone from bad to worse on Jersey Street, where the Sox are only signing players to one- or two-year deals, with the only exception being a five-year deal for 29-year-old Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida.
As for every other signing this offseason?
They’re veterans in the final stages of their career, which could bode well if the Sox actually make the postseason, but the more likely scenario is that Kenley Jansen, Chris Martin, Justin Turner and perhaps others will be flipped for prospects in July if (when) the Sox find themselves out of the playoff picture because of a failure to upgrade at any position except relief pitcher this winter.
Typically, bad teams go into the winter in one of two ways: full-throttle to improve after a disappointing season (see: Rangers, Texas), or they continue to shed veterans while focusing on the future.
The Red Sox have, once again, done neither, instead trying to operate in the muddy middle that has this team bound for another season in purgatory.
Or worse.
Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom thought he was making a joke when he had bottles of wines labeled “Pessimist” as a gag gift for the reporters covering the event.
But if the Red Sox are genuinely feeling good about their chances of competing in 2023, we’ll have to send them a case of “Delusional.”
So far, they’ve fallen $120 million short of retaining Bogaerts and have yet to sign a replacement middle infielder. If Bogaerts was Plan A, it’s fair to wonder if Plans B, C, D and E have similarly gone up in smoke as Bogaerts, Carlos Correa, Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson and even the second-tier Jean Segura have all signed elsewhere.
To go from Bogaerts and Trevor Story in the middle infield to Story and a replacement-level player is about as clear as it gets that this year’s Red Sox aren’t exactly serious about competing.
They may have similarly downgraded from the 35-year-old Martinez to the 38-year-old Turner, depending how well Turner’s body and bat speed hold up with age.
Going from Eovaldi and Michael Wacha to Corey Kluber and James Paxton, a pair of oft-injured pitchers who might have a season or two left in them, could be just as egregious.
If there’s any reason to feel hopeful it’s the Red Sox’ bullpen, where they’ve added Jansen, Martin, Joely Rodriguez and perhaps some of their starting pitching depth that won’t be needed in the rotation and could fortify the middle innings.
But overall, this looks like a team of the past, a bunch of guys who have done amazing things in their careers but have very legitimate questions around how much they have left.
Perhaps that can be Alex Cora’s message when he does his annual speech to the organization in spring training this year: this team has experience, this team has wisdom, this team has leadership – now they need to prove to the rest of the league that they can still play at an elite level.
That still doesn’t explain the loss of Bogaerts, nor the most recent loss of Eovaldi, who said he was hoping to return at season’s end but fled to Texas for $34 million over two years.
Eovaldi knew he was better than what he’d showed in the second half, when he tried, once again, to push himself back from an injury too quickly and then hurt himself worse. He admitted as much in August, when he said he stumbled into bad mechanics while trying to rediscover his velocity that disappeared after shoulder and back problems.
To count him out would be a mistake, as he’s proven time and time again while bouncing back from injuries, and if the Rangers make the postseason you know they’ll be feeling good about putting him on the mound.
Supposedly, that was the criteria of what the Red Sox wanted in a starting pitcher this winter.
Bloom said so at the Winter Meetings when asked what he meant by his desire for “upside” in a free agent pitcher.
“Someone that you would be really proud to have taking the mound for you in a playoff game,” Bloom said. “That can look different for different guys, obviously, but that’s the type of impact that we’re looking for.”
Their response has thus far been only to sign Kluber, the 37-year-old who hasn’t made a quality start in the postseason since 2016. Since then, he’s allowed 14 earned runs in 12 innings over four playoff appearances.
Worse, the Sox have now just about gutted the entire roster from the 2018 World Series team.
The only guys left are Rafael Devers, Chris Sale, Matt Barnes and Ryan Brasier.
Perhaps that’s Bloom and Co.’s plan: tear it down to build it back up.
It’s hard to make sense of it otherwise.
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September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, so here is what you need to know about the fastest growing cancer diagnosis in the United States.
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
1) How common is thyroid cancer?
The incidence of thyroid cancer has more than doubled since the 1970s, and it is now the fastest growing cancer diagnosis in the United States. Thyroid cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, and it affects women three times more commonly than men.
"Part of the increasing rate of thyroid cancer is that we've gotten so good at detecting it through imaging like ultrasounds and CT scans," says Dr. Rashmi Roy, Senior Thyroid Surgeon at the Clayman Thyroid Center at the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery in Tampa, Florida. "And that's important, because as is true with all cancers, early detection is key."
2) How likely am I to get thyroid cancer?
There are two main risk factors for thyroid cancer: a family history of thyroid cancer, and significant exposure to radiation. If an immediate family member has papillary thyroid cancer (the most common type of thyroid cancer), their first-degree relatives have up to ten times increased risk of developing a thyroid cancer. Despite this, it's important to note that the vast majority of thyroid cancer patients do not have either of these risk factors.
While thyroid cancer is more common in women, it affects men as well. It most commonly affects those aged 30-50, however it can affect people of all ages – including children.
"As the mother of a 14-year-old with thyroid cancer," says Dana, whose daughter was a recent patient at the Clayman Thyroid Center, "I can tell you it was a bizarre and maddening experience. It wasn't even something that was on my radar. I didn't know there was a risk of cancer in an otherwise healthy teenager. I didn't know what to do, until I did my research and chose the best thyroid surgeon I could find. Then everything changed for us."
3) How will I know if I have thyroid cancer?
The majority of thyroid cancer patients do not have symptoms, just a lump in their neck. Between the lack of symptoms and the prevalence of thyroid cancer, it is extremely important to screen and perform self-checks. Just like breast self-exams, self-checks of your neck may be the crucial step in diagnosing your own thyroid cancer.
Performing a self-check is simple. Feel the whole front of your neck and both sides, looking for any lumps or abnormalities including enlarged lymph nodes. Surgeons at the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery have created a video to help guide you through the process of checking your own neck for thyroid cancer.
If any lumps are identified, an expert evaluation is the next step.
4) What are the symptoms of thyroid cancer?
Most people with thyroid cancer have no symptoms at all—they are found to have a lump in the front of their neck which is then examined by scans to find out what it is. Here are the top 5 thyroid cancer symptoms:
- Lump or mass in the neck
- Sense of feeling like you need to swallow something
- A cough that won't go away
- Change in voice
- Bad fatigue
Read more about the symptoms of thyroid cancer.
5) What does a thyroid cancer evaluation entail?
An expert evaluation for thyroid cancer starts with a high-resolution ultrasound that looks at the thyroid gland and all the lymph nodes in the center and sides of the entire neck with a detection capability as small as 1 millimeter. If anything look suspicious, an ultrasound guided needle biopsy is immediately performed. Endocrine pathologists will interpret the findings and determine if cancer is present. This process can take a week or more at most centers but is provide at the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery in about 20 minutes.
6) Can thyroid cancer be detected and diagnosed in just one visit?
At most hospitals around the world, the various steps to diagnose thyroid cancer and establish a treatment plan takes between 1 and 3 months. The surgeons at the Clayman Thyroid Center have developed a one-day thyroid cancer detection process composed of 1) ultrasound, 2) biopsy, 3) endocrine pathology, and 4) surgical consultation with an expert thyroid surgeon.
7) Is surgery the only treatment for thyroid cancer?
Thyroid surgery is the primary treatment for thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer surgery can often be minimally invasive with an approximately one-inch incision in the lower front neck that will heal beautifully in most patients. Some small thyroid cancers can be operated on with no neck scar whatsoever by robotic thyroid surgery. Dr Hyun Suh at the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery performs more robotic thyroid surgery than any other surgeon or hospital in the US.
Thyroid cancer surgery, when done in the right hands, results in a cure, no complications and a very acceptable, or even zero scar for the vast majority of patients.
8) Are there different operations for thyroid cancer?
There are three different operations for thyroid cancer. Which operation is performed is determined by the size of the tumor and the involvement of any lymph nodes in the neck. Learn about the three best operations for thyroid cancer.
9) Why is expert care for thyroid cancer important?
Cure rates for thyroid cancer are directly related to the experience of the surgeon. Specialized thyroid surgeons at high-volume centers have cure rates for most thyroid cancers approaching 100% and complication rates are near zero. But in the hands of an occasional thyroid surgeon, patients have a much higher risk of recurrence – or worse. Thyroid cancer surgery must not only address the thyroid gland, but also all lymph node areas that either have cancer already or are at risk of harboring cancer.
10) How do I choose a surgeon and hospital to address my thyroid cancer?
High volume thyroid surgeons at specialty hospitals provide the best outcomes for thyroid cancer. "It really doesn't depend on what type of surgeon you choose to do your surgery, it depends on what their experience is," says Dr. Gary Clayman, Founder and Medical Director of the Clayman Thyroid Center.
"Only highly experienced thyroid surgeon should be doing thyroid surgery," says Dr. Clayman. "And what is meant by highly experienced? You need to do literally thousands of these operations before you have the skill set to do it safely, effectively, and in a highly curative fashion. The average thyroid surgery is performed a thyroid surgeon that does less than 10 operations per year. You want a surgeon that does 10 thyroid operations per week. We do 10 per day." There is more about choosing a thyroid cancer surgeon here.
The Clayman Thyroid Center moved into its new home at the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery in Tampa, Florida in January 2022, uniting with the Norman Parathyroid Center and Carling Adrenal Center to become the highest volume endocrine surgery practice in the world.
The Hospital for Endocrine Surgery is the first of its kind – a facility dedicated solely to thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal surgery with world-renowned surgeons and care teams. Patients travel from all over the world to have their tumors and cancers cured in Tampa, with more than 50% of patients traveling from outside the state of Florida and nearly 10% traveling from foreign countries.
"Every week, we see patients who have had surgery elsewhere and their thyroid cancer has come back," says Dr. Clayman. "Or more likely, they didn't get it all during the first surgery. This is heartbreaking because it's something that can be avoided. Do your homework. Find a highly experienced surgeon who specializes in thyroid surgery, someone who can cure you of your cancer the first time so you can get back to living your life."
Founded by one of the nation's best-known thyroid surgeons, the Clayman Thyroid Center is the highest volume thyroid cancer referral center in the United States. The Center boasts the most experienced thyroid surgeons in the US who provide personalized care allowing the greatest opportunity for cancer cure, wellness, and cosmetic and functional outcomes via all types of thyroid surgery from minimal incision to scarless thyroid surgery to advanced cancer care.
www.thyroidcancer.com | (813) 940-3130
The Scarless Thyroid Surgery Center is a worldwide destination for the most advanced robotic surgical techniques that allow removal of nearly all thyroid masses and smaller cancers without a scar. With chief surgeon, Dr. Hyun Suh, previously Chief of Endocrine Surgery at Mt Sinai, NYC, the center performs more robotic thyroid surgery operations than any other hospital in the United States.
www.scarless-thyroid.com | (813) 940-3130
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Ban social media for kids? Fed-up parents in Senate say yes
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Katie Britt says she hears about it constantly when she is at home in Alabama — at school track meets, basketball tournaments and on her regular morning walks with friends. And when she was running for the Senate last year, Britt says, “parent after parent” came up to her wanting to discuss the way social media was harming their kids.
Britt also navigates the issue in her own home, as the mother of a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old.
“Enough is enough,” says Britt, a Republican who last week introduced bipartisan legislation with three other senators — all parents of young children and teenagers — to try and better protect children online. “The time to act is now.”
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, too, deals with it firsthand as a father to an 11-year-old and 14-year-old. Murphy says he’s seen the upsides to social media, like connection during the pandemic and silly videos that bring them joy. But he’s also seen the downsides, including children he knows who he says have ventured into dark corners of the online world.
“I just feel like we’ve reached this point where doing nothing is not an option,” says Murphy, a Democrat. “And increasingly, when members of Congress go home, this is one of the first or second issues that they’re hearing about from their constituents.”
Legislation introduced by Britt and Murphy, along with Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., aims to prohibit all children under the age of 13 from using social media and would require permission from a guardian for users under 18 to create an account. While it is one of several proposals in Congress seeking to make the internet safer for children and teens, the four senators said in a joint interview with The Associated Press that they believe they are representative of millions of American parents who are gravely worried that social media companies are largely unchecked in what they can serve up to their children.
“The idea that an algorithm has some sort of First Amendment right to get into your kid’s brain is preposterous,” says Schatz, who initially brought the bipartisan group of four together. “And the idea that a 13-year-old has some First Amendment right to have an algorithm shove upsetting content down their throat is also preposterous.”
Along with the age restrictions, the legislation would prohibit social media companies from using algorithms to recommend content to users under 18. It would also require the companies to try and verify the ages of users, based on the latest technology.
The bipartisan bill comes at a time when there is increasing appetite in Congress for regulating social media companies — and as those companies have for years eluded stricter regulation in Washington. Some states like Utah and Arkansas have enacted their own laws, creating an even bigger challenge on the federal level.
This time, the four senators said they believe there is an unusual bipartisan momentum around the issue as parents grapple with a burgeoning post-pandemic mental health crisis among young people. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for example, showed that 60% of teen girls reported feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness, and 30% said they seriously considered attempting suicide.
“This is an issue that unites parents all across the country, no matter what their political views on other matters might be,” Cotton said.
Still, any legislation proposing to regulate technology and social media companies faces major challenges, and not only because of the companies’ deep pockets. While the European Union has enacted much stricter privacy and safety protections online, Congress has so far been unable to agree on a way to regulate the behemoth industry. Past legislation has failed amid disagreements about overregulation and civil liberties.
And despite the widespread bipartisan interest in taking action, it remains to be seen if any legislation could successfully move through the Democratic-majority Senate and the Republican-controlled House. The two parties have various and sometimes conflicting priorities over what should be done about tech companies.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that “I believe we need some kind of child protections” online, but did not specify legislation.
A separate bill on child safety by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee last year. It takes a different approach, requiring social media companies to abide by a “duty of care” to make their platforms safer and more transparent by design. That bill, which the two reintroduced this week, would force the companies to give minors the option to disable addictive product features and algorithms and enable child safety settings by default.
Another bill introduced Wednesday by Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., would expand child privacy protections online, prohibiting companies from collecting personal data from younger teenagers and banning targeted advertising to children and teens. Republicans and Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, too, have been working on a more expansive online privacy bill that would give adults as well as children more control over their data.
Other bills would aim to ban TikTok or give the government more leeway to review foreign-owned platforms deemed a possible security threat.
Industry groups have criticized the child safety bills, warning of overreach. They say the rules could backfire and prevent some teenagers from finding helpful resources on suicide or LBGTQ+ issues, in particular.
“Being a parent in the twenty-first century is hard, but inserting the government between parents and their teens is the wrong approach,” said Carl Szabo of NetChoice, an advocacy group that counts Meta, TikTok, Google and Amazon among its members.
Another industry-aligned group, Chamber of Progress, said the prohibition on algorithmically targeted content would actually make it harder for teenagers to find age-appropriate material. “We should listen to teens, who are saying that social media is mostly playing a positive role in their lives,” said CEO Adam Kovacevich.
Blumenthal also criticized the four senators’ bill, saying this week that he has “strong concerns” that the legislation would put more of a burden on parents than the technology companies and potentially give industry the opportunity to collect more data as parents attempt to verify their children’s ages.
“Our bill in effect puts the burden on big tech” rather than parents, Blumenthal said about his legislation with Blackburn.
Schatz defended their legislation as “elegant in its simplicity.”
“We simply say kids 12 and under shouldn’t be on a social media platform at all,” Schatz says. “That’s a policy call. That’s within the purview of the Congress. And I think most people agree with us.”
Cotton says that most social media companies are already collecting data on children, and that their bill does not pose any additional risk. The fact that there are several bills out there, he says, highlights “a lot of energy and enthusiasm about putting some reasonable guardrails around social media.”
Many teenagers want some regulation as well, Murphy says.
“When I talk to the kids that hang around my house, they know that they’re not being protected and looked after,” he says. “They know that sometimes these sites are sending them into places where they shouldn’t be.”
Britt says some of her friends and fellow parents in her walking group texted her news reports about her bill after they introduced it.
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Jury selection begins in trial of former deputy accused of failing to confront Parkland shooter
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection began Wednesday in the trial of a former Florida sheriff’s deputy charged with failing to confront the shooter who killed 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school five years ago.
The first four dozen prospective jurors to be considered for Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson‘s child neglect trial were brought into Circuit Judge Martin Fein’s courtroom at mid-morning. Fein, prosecutors and Peterson’s attorney will spend several days winnowing through hundreds of prospects until they find a pool of 50 who say they could serve for the two months the trial is expected to take.
From those 50, the attorneys will try next week to agree on a panel of six and four alternates to hear the case. Florida is one of six states that allow six-member juries for trials other than capital murder. The others are Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah. All other states use 12-member juries in felony trials.
Peterson, 60, remained outside a three-story classroom building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during Nikolas Cruz’s six-minute attack on Feb. 14, 2018.
He is charged with seven counts of felony child neglect for four students killed and three wounded on the 1200 building’s third floor. Peterson arrived at the building with his gun drawn 73 seconds before Cruz reached that floor, but instead of entering, he backed away as gunfire sounded.
He says he thought the shots were coming from outside the building, perhaps from a sniper. His attorney also argues that under Florida law, Peterson had no legal obligation to enter the building and confront Cruz.
Peterson is also charged with three counts of misdemeanor culpable negligence for the adults shot on the third floor, including a teacher and an adult student who died. He also faces a perjury charge for allegedly lying to investigators. He could get nearly a century in prison if convicted on the child neglect counts and lose his $104,000 annual pension.
Prosecutors did not charge Peterson in connection with the 11 killed and 13 wounded on the first floor before he arrived at the building. No one was shot on the second floor.
Peterson retired shortly after the shooting and was then fired retroactively.
Cruz pleaded guilty in 2021 to the killings. In a penalty trial last year, his jury couldn’t unanimously agree on whether he deserved the death penalty. The 24-year-old former Stoneman Douglas student was then sentenced to life in prison.
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The wait in between Bling Empire seasons was way too long. Even so, the Netflix stars really came through for Season 2, of course. New cast member Leah Qin brought the glamour and the good tea that had us all gasping in front of our TV screens. And now, we continue the waiting game, hoping that Season 3 will be here ASAP.
If you want more Bling Empire content between seasons, Leah just gave us a behind-the-scenes glimpse at her incredibly fabulous life. The real estate developer shared the must-have makeup and skincare products she keeps in her bag along with her favorite book. She answered some of our beauty questions.
We may not have a Bling Empire-level budget, but shopping from Leah's list of essentials is a great way to feel like you're a part of the cast.
Bling Empire Star Leah Qin's Beauty Must-Haves Q&A
Sephora Collection Outrageous Plumping Lip Gloss
E!: What's your favorite beauty product under $25?
LQ: The Sephora Collection Outrageous Plumping Lip Gloss is a must-have.
This gloss has 130.5K+ "Loves" from Sephora shoppers and there are eight shades to choose from.
Common Heir Vitamin C Serum
E!: What are some products from AAPI-founded beauty brands that you recommend?
LQ: I love the Common Heir Vitamin C Serum.
Juno & Co. Clean 10 Cleansing Balm 10 Ingredients Makeup Remover
E!: Is there a product that you've used forever that doesn't get the hype it deserves?
LQ: The Junoskin Cleansing Balm. I've lost count of how many boxes I've used. It's the best makeup remover I've have ever used!
This cleansing balm has 6,300+ 5-star Amazon reviews.
Gillette Venus Sensitive Disposable Razors for Women with Sensitive Skin, 6 Count
E!: What is your go-to drugstore beauty/grooming product?
LQ: A Venus Gillette shaver is a reliable product always.
These razors have 11,000+ 5-star Amazon reviews.
Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner
E!: What is a beauty product you always buy at least two of?
LQ: To be honest, I almost have two of everything. My bathroom is just like a Sephora. A real estate agent told me, "I have never seen so much makeup," when they looked at my bathroom. If I had to pick just one product to stock up on, I would go with the Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner.
This eyeliner has 380.3K+ "Loves" from Sephora shoppers, 5,000+ Ulta reviews, and it's available in 6 shades.
Bling Empire Star Leah Qin Shares What's in Her Bag
Charlotte Tilbury Brow Lift Refillable Triangular Eyebrow Pencil
"It's a multi functional wonder. I can draw any shape of my eyebrow I want, while using the other end to brush my eyelashes, all while making my look more exotic!"
This brow pencil has 14.4K+ "Loves" from Sephora shoppers.
Anthropologie Tonal Hair Tie Set- 10 Hair Ties
"I like to tie my hair up in a pony when I work out or whenever I feel like styling my hair away from my face. This hair tie is my go-to, ever watch Sailor Moon?"
Clarity & Connection by Yung Pueblo
"This is the book I repeatedly read this year! It's an amazing read about healing, growth, and love."
This book has 4,500+ 5-star Amazon reviews.
Touchland Power Mist Hydrating Hand Sanitizer Top 5-Pack
"It's cute looking and keeps me clean and fresh. Great form factor, and I love all their scents."
La Mer The Luminous Lifting Cushion Foundation SPF 20 + Refill
"It's so functional. I can fix my makeup and flaws everywhere any time and does not dry out my skin."
This foundation has 13.2K+ "Loves" from Sephora shoppers.
Chanel 19 Card Holder
"Small, portable, and easy to use! And, of course, looking fabulous."
This card holder also comes in yellow.
Apple AirPods Pro
"I love a good noise-cancelling earphone! I'm on business calls all the time and they help mute out the noise when I focus. They're also cute and fashionable!"
Bling Empire Star Leah Qin's Go-To Bag
Dior Large Book Tote
If you're in the mood to splurge, this is one of Leah's favorite bags. This tote has more than enough room for all of your daily essentials.
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