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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The stage at St. Andrews was all set for Rory McIlroy.
The show belonged to Cameron Smith, and so did that silver claret jug he won in a Sunday stunner at the British Open with the best closing round the Old Course had ever seen.
Smith was four shots behind at the start as a record crowd was eager to see McIlroy cap off a week of celebrations at the 150th Open in style. He was three behind when he made the turn.
And then the plucky Australian with his magical putter ran off five straight birdies to take the lead, stared down a nervy putt around the edge of the nefarious Road Hole bunker to save par and finished with two putts from 80 feet for birdie for an 8-under 64.
“To win an Open Championship in itself is probably going to be a golfer’s highlight in their career,” Smith said. “To do it around St. Andrews I think is just unbelievable.”
So was his golf.
In the 29 previous times golf’s oldest championship was held at St. Andrews, no winner had ever closed with a 64. Smith finished at 20-under 268, a record score for the Old Course and matching the lowest score to par in any major.
“I got beaten by the better player this week. To go out and shoot 64 to win the Open Championship at St. Andrews is a hell of a showing. Hats off to Cam,” McIlroy said.
McIlroy hit every green in regulation and two-putted all of them — two were birdies, the rest were pars — for a 70 that left him in third place and having to wait nearly nine months before he can try to end his drought in the majors that now is at eight full years.
Smith won by one shot over Cameron Young, who holed a 15-foot eagle putt on the final hole to ever-so-briefly tie for the lead.
It wasn’t enough, and neither was anything McIlroy could muster.
McIlroy couldn’t make a putt early. He couldn’t hit it close enough late. His last good chance was a 15-foot birdie attempt on the dangerous Road Hole at No. 17, and it narrowly missed to the left. McIlroy needed eagle to tie him, and his chip through the Valley of Sin had no chance.
Smith won for the third time this year, all on entirely different courses — the generous fairways of Kapalua, the visual intimidation of water on the TPC Sawgrass and the oldest links in the world with its double greens and pot bunkers.
He beat the No. 1 player in the world (Jon Rahm) at Kapalua. He beat the best field in golf at The Players Championship. And he had to overcome a four-shot deficit against a heavy crowd favorite to capture his first major.
Even with the silver claret jug in his hands, it was hard to believe.
“All the names on there, every player that’s been at the top of their game has won this championship,” Smith said. “It’s pretty cool to be on there. It really hasn’t sunk in yet. I don’t think it will for a few weeks. Yeah, it’s just unreal.”
Smith is the first Australian to win at St. Andrews since Kel Nagle in 1960, when he topped a rising American star named Arnold Palmer, the people’s choice.
That’s what McIlroy is now. He moved into the void left when Tiger Woods missed the cut in what might be his final Open at St. Andrews. He had support that carried him to the cusp of winning at the home of golf. “The Holy Grail,” McIlroy had called it earlier in the week.
All day there was an energy along the humps and hollows of the Old Course, all of them waiting to celebrate McIlroy as an Open champion at St. Andrews.
He gave them little to cheer.
“The putter went cold on me,” McIlroy said. “When both Camerons — especially Smith — went on that run on the back nine, I had to dig deep to make birdies. And I just couldn’t.”
That left Smith, the 28-year-old Aussie known for his grit and his putting stroke, on the 18th green to be introduced as the “champion golfer of the year.”
Smith is the first Australian to win the Open since Greg Norman in 1993 at Royal St. George’s. Norman was asked not to return this year — there was no indication he was coming — because of his Saudi-funded LIV Golf that has offered millions to attract players like Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau, major champions who finished in the top 10.
But this day belonged to Smith and that putter that answered every test.
McIlroy was playing controlled golf, his only birdie a two-putt from 18 feet on the par-5 fifth. Viktor Hovland, who started the final round tied with McIlroy, was never a factor. He didn’t make his first birdie until the 12th hole and closed with a 74.
That run by Smith on the back nine is now part of Open lore.
He hit a nifty pitch to 5 feet for birdie on the short 10th. He was bold to a back pin on the par-3 11th and holed a 15-foot birdie, and he birdied the next two holes from about that length. His fifth in a row was a putt from 90 feet on the par-5 14th, over a huge mound and down the slope to tap-in range that gave him the lead for the first time.
McIlroy couldn’t catch up. His lag putting was terrific. That wasn’t what he needed. And he got no help from Smith, whose one missed shot set up his biggest challenge.
The Road Hole bunker was between him and the flag on the 17th. He used his putter to ride over the right edge of the bunker and onto the green, 10 feet away, and he poured in another putt, this one for par to stay in front.
Young had his chances in his Open debut. He left short a 6-foot putt with about a foot of break on the 15th. He came up short with a wedge on the next hole. He drilled his drive and approach to the 17th, only to leave another birdie chance short.
He finally delivered, but all that got him was a 65 and the silver medal. In two majors this year, the PGA Tour rookie missed a playoff by one shot at the PGA Championship and made his best putt too late at St. Andrews.
Smith made his last birdie and the engraver went to work on the claret jug, a prize first awarded to the 1873 champion at St. Andrews. There’s a lot of history around this gray, old town, and Smith became part of it in a big way.
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High-performance connectivity and security service turbocharges access, last-mile and end-to-end performance
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloudbrink today announced $25 million in venture funding led by Highland and The Fabric co-creation studio to launch the industry's first hybrid access as a service (HAaaS). The Cloudbrink service delivers enterprise-grade network performance, reliability and security to the hybrid workforce.
Cloudbrink instantly transforms any home Internet or cellular connection to deliver business-grade in-office performance with robust reliability and zero trust security to users wherever they are. The 100% software-only solution increases employees' productivity and reduces enterprise threat vectors without any gateway, hardware or appliance management.
Enterprises that have tested the software-only technology report performance improvements of up to 30x. For example, the software can reduce the effects of packet loss on latency from 300 msec on a video conference to less than 10 msec.
Prakash Mana, co-founder and chief executive officer of Cloudbrink, said: "We've spoken to hundreds of CIOs and CISOs who are struggling to resolve the twin problems of performance and security for the hybrid workforce. They have found no existing solution that adequately addresses the performance issues.
"Cloudbrink's HAaaS replaces legacy VPN and SD-WAN architectures and enables employees to work from anywhere in the world. We're seeing an order-of-magnitude reduction in file transfer times and a terrific audio/video quality improvement. The business cares about that because when you transform the quality of experience for the user you don't just increase productivity, you transform morale."
Cloudbrink has three components:
- The Brink App installed on end-user devices leverages the power of AI to overcome any network challenges and guarantees an excellent quality of experience for the end-user, regardless of the network.
- Enterprise access edges called Fast Edges automatically created close to the end user enable Cloudbrink to react rapidly to changes in demand, guaranteeing the highest possible performance.
- Cloudbrink software deployed in the customer's cloud environment or data center provides a secure end-to-end connection built on dark network and zero trust principles from the end user to their applications.
Mauricio Sanchez, research director at networking analyst Dell'Oro Group said:"As enterprises shift to the cloud and embrace hybrid work, a resulting challenge has been the inferior application experience arising from the stability and performance inadequacies in the last mile. As a result, we see the focus on application experience as a vital driver of the SD-WAN market and our expectation of revenue doubling to $4 billion by 2026."
Rajan Raghavan, CEO of The Fabric and co-creator of Cloudbrink said: "Legacy remote access, broadband and wide area network solutions are not able to scale for the new digital and mobile workforce. With its deeply differentiated technology, Cloudbrink is extremely well-positioned to enable enterprises to deliver secure productivity to their hybrid workforce."
Nitesh Trikha, chief product officer, at smart buildings technology company View, said: "Zoom and Teams meeting interactions across the US and India teams were subpar compared to interactions within the US, due to last mile connectivity issues. Our teams struggled with video, screen share, and application experiences due to latency. The minute they started using Cloudbrink, it was like turning on a light. Productivity and collaboration experiences have improved significantly for the team."
About Cloudbrink
Cloudbrink brings the industry's highest-performance connectivity to the modern hybrid workforce anywhere in the world. The company uses AI and ML to provide edge-native hybrid access as a service (HAaaS), delivering accelerated performance for cloud, SaaS and data center applications.
With thousands of dynamic PoPs, Cloudbrink's software-only solution builds on highly secure zero-trust and dark network principles to enable an in-office experience for users anywhere while reducing operational complexity for network, security and IT administrators.
Based in Sunnyvale, California, the Cloudbrink team has decades of combined expertise in last-mile network connectivity, security, and distributed systems. The team includes co-founder Prakash Mana (former PulseSecure and Citrix) and founder Subbu Ponnuswamy (former Mojo Networks and Aruba).
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Note: For the figures included in their FFSS, the Company has accounted for the effects of inflation adjustment adopted by Resolution 777/18 of the Comisión Nacional de Valores ("CNV"), which establishes that the restatement will be applied to the annual financial statements, for intermediate and special periods ended as of March 31, 2018 inclusive. Accordingly, the reported figures corresponding to 1Q22 include the effects of the adoption of inflationary accounting in accordance with IAS 29. Finally, comments related to variations of results of 1Q22 and vs. 1Q21 mentioned in this press release correspond to "figures restated by inflation" or "constant".
- The results included for comparative purposes (March 2021) contain the effect of the year over year inflation as of March 2022, which was 55.1%.
- Consolidated Revenues amounted to P$117,372 million in 1Q22 (-8.3% in constant currency vs. 1Q21), in a context of high inflation. Service Revenues totaled P$109,378 million (-8.6% in constant currency vs. 1Q21).
- We have increased the number of clients versus 1Q21 in our 3 main segments. Mobile clients in Argentina reached 20.2 million in 1Q22 (+1.4 million vs. 1Q21), cable TV subscribers totaled approximately 3.5 million (+11 thousand vs. 1Q21), while broadband accesses amounted to almost 4.2 million (+66 thousand vs. 1Q21).
- Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization amounted to P$40,691 million in 1Q22 (-12.7% vs. 1Q21), while our Operating margin before D&A was 34.7%.
- The Company's Net Income amounted to P$23,745 million in 1Q22 (+69.9% vs. $13,978 million in 1Q21). Our Net financial results were positive and totaled P$22,340 million, while income tax charge was positive in $28 million.
- Investments (including rights of use assets) reached P$18,783 million in 1Q22, equivalent to 16.0% of our Consolidated Revenues.
- Net Financial Debt amounted to P$251,888 million in 1Q22 (-12.4% in constant currency vs. 1Q21).
*Market Cap as of May 9th, 2022
**Unaudited non financial data
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Telecom Argentina S.A. ('Telecom Argentina') - (NYSE: TEO; BYMA: TECO2), announced today a net income of P$23,745 million for the period ended March 31, 2022 (+69.9% vs. 1Q21). The net income attributable to the controlling company was P$23,526 million (+73.5% vs. 1Q21).
Comparative figures for the previous fiscal year have been restated so that the resulting information is presented in the current measurement unit as of March 31, 2022.
The following table shows the evolution of the consumer price index (National CPI - according to INDEC's official statistics) as of March 31, 2022 and as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, which were used to restate the figures in constant currency:
During the 1Q22, Consolidated Revenues amounted to P$117,372 million, from which Service Revenues totaled P$109,378 million.
As of March 31, 2022, total mobile clients in Argentina and Paraguay amounted to 22.4 million. In 1Q22, total mobile services revenues represented P$45,377 million (-P$1,935 million vs. 1Q21).
As of March 31, 2022, total mobile subscribers amounted to more than 20.2 million (+1.4 million vs. 1Q21). Postpaid clients represented 41% of our subscriber base.
In 1Q22, mobile service revenues in Argentina amounted to P$41,529 million (-1.4% vs 1Q21). Mobile internet revenues were 86% of mobile service revenues. The average monthly revenue per user ('ARPU' – restated in constant currency as of March 31, 2022) amounted to P$682.5 during 1Q22 (-9.4% vs. 1Q21). The effect generated by the inflation adjustment as of March 31, 2022 (included in the ARPU) amounted to P$37.7 and P$287.4, for 1Q22 and 1Q21, respectively. Mobile churn was 2.3% (vs. 1.4% in 1Q21).
Personal Pay continued improving its value proposition and adding new features. Currently, our digital wallet allows customers to pay, save and transfer money, efficiently and safely. Users can add money to their account through transfers in cash from authorized recharge centers, recharge their mobile phones, and pay their bills in the case of postpaid clients.
As of March 31, 2022, Núcleo's subscriber base reached 2.2 million clients. Prepaid and postpaid customers represented 81% and 19%, respectively.
Núcleo´s mobile service revenues during 1Q22, amounted to P$3,848 million (-25.8% vs. 1Q21), mainly due to decrease in the ARPU measured in constant pesos, which was partially offset by the appreciation of the Guaraní against the Argentine peso.
Cable TV service revenues were P$21,784 million in 1Q22 (-P$4,162 million vs. 1Q21). Cable TV subscribers totaled 3.5 million (+11 thousand vs. 1Q21). The monthly Cable TV ARPU (restated in constant currency as of March 31, 2022) reached P$1,990.2 during 1Q22 (vs P$2,389.6 in 1Q21). The effect generated by the restatement in terms of the measuring unit as of March 31, 2022 included in the ARPU amounts to P$116 and P$919, for the 1Q22 and 1Q21, respectively. The average monthly churn during was 1.3% and 1.2% as of March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Flow continued to strengthen its offering by incorporating new products in music, national and international films, and gaming.
During March 2022, Flow broadcasted the Lollapalooza Argentina international festival through live streaming. More than one million people enjoyed the event through four exclusive channels.
Revenues generated by fixed telephony and data reached P$14,821 million in 1Q22 (-P$3,533 million vs. 1Q21).
The monthly fixed voice ARPU (restated in constant currency as of March 31, 2022) reached P$970.9 (vs. P$914.4 in 1Q21). The effect generated by the restatement in terms of the measuring unit as of March 31, 2022, included in the ARPU amounted to P$134.4 and P$350.1 for the 1Q22 and 1Q21, respectively.
During the first quarter of the year, the following initiatives were developed in the corporate segment:
- Presented a new tool called "Fortalecimiento de usuarios" which helps to reduce the risk of cyberattacks on companies.
- A technological alliance with Frávega was announced, for the contracting of the Amazon Web Services' (AWS) cloud solutions.
- The Company participated in Expo Agro 2022, presenting our agribusiness IoT solutions portfolio and offering our connectivity during the exhibition.
- We were the official sponsor and technological partner of the Argentina Open tennis tournament, installing 4G technology to enhance mobile coverage.
Internet services revenues totaled P$26,439 million during 1Q22 (-P$643 million vs. 1Q21). As of March 31, 2022, total broadband accesses reached approximately 4.2 million (+66 thousand vs. 1Q21).
Additionally, broadband ARPU (restated in constant currency as of March 31, 2022) amounted to P$2,000.5 per month in 1Q22 (vs. P$2,107 in 1Q21). The effect generated by the restatement in terms of the measuring unit as of March 31, 2022, included in the ARPU amounted to approximately P$114.9 and P$810.9, for the 1Q22 and 1Q21, respectively.
The average monthly churn rate for the 1Q22 was 1.5% (vs. 1.3% in 1Q21). As of 1Q22, 74% of our total customer base had a broadband service of 50Mb or higher (this percentage was 61% as of 1Q21).
Equipment revenues amounted to P$7,994 million (-P$430 million vs. 1Q21). Said decrease was mainly due to a drop of 7% in the volume of handsets sold, which have increased their average price due to the devaluation of the Argentine peso.
Consolidated Operating Costs (including D&A and impairment of fixed assets) totaled P$116,115 million in 1Q22 (-P$3,565 million or -3.0% vs. 1Q21). Excluding D&A and impairment of fixed assets, operating costs experienced a reduction of 5.8%.
Our costs breakdown was as follows:
- Employees benefits and severance payments: P$24,218 million (+1.8% vs. 1Q21). Total employees amounted to 22,444 as of 1Q22.
- Interconnection and transmission costs (including roaming, international settlement charges and lease of circuits) were P$3,587 million (-27.6% vs. 1Q21). This saving was mainly due to a new business dynamic that optimizes our links and sites which has offset higher technology prices due to the devaluation of the Argentine peso.
- Fees for services, maintenance, materials and supplies: P$12,352 million (-13.3% vs. 1Q21). Fees for services and maintenance and material costs decreased by P$607 million and P$1.309 million vs. 1Q21, respectively.
- Taxes and fees paid to regulatory authorities: P$8,975 million (-9.9% vs. 1Q21). This decrease was mainly due to lower sales during 1Q22 vs 1Q21. These costs represent 7.6% and 7.8% of total revenues as of 1Q22 and 1Q21, respectively.
- Commissions and advertising (commissions paid to agents, collection fees and other commissions): P$6,425 million (-5.5% vs. 1Q21). Said decrease was mainly explained by a reduction in advertising costs.
- Cost of handsets sold: P$6,011 million (-0.9% vs. 1Q21). P$5,689 million were related to the cost of sales of devices in Argentina, which decreased vs. 1Q21 mainly due to lower volume of handsets sold. Their purchase prices were also affected by the devaluation of the Argentine peso.
- Programming and content costs: P$7,497 million (-20.5% vs. 1Q21). Said reduction was mainly generated by commercial efficiencies, which were partially offset by price increases in almost all of our broadcasting signals.
- Other Costs totaled P$7,436 million (-24.0% vs. 1Q21). Bad debt expenses reached P$3,199 million (+98.9% vs. 1Q21).
Our bad debt ratio was 2.7% as of March 31, 2022 (vs. 1.3% in 1Q21). The increase was mainly explained by the harder economic situation in Argentina, which has a direct impact on our clients´ incomes.
Other operating costs (including charges for lawsuits and other contingencies, energy and other public services, insurance, rents and internet capacity) totaled P$4,237 million (-3.4% vs. 1Q21). This decrease was mainly related to lower energy costs, rental charges, and internet capacity, which were partially offset by higher lawsuits and other contingency charges.
- Depreciation, amortization and impairment of fixed assets amounted to P$39,434 million (+3.1% vs. 1Q21). This increase was due to the impact of the amortization of assets incorporated after March 31, 2021, partially offset by the effect of the assets that were completely amortized after such date.
Net Financial Results (including Financial Expenses on Debt and Other Financial Results) were P$22,340 million in 1Q22 (vs. P$10,502 million in 1Q21), mainly due to:
Our income tax includes the following effects:
(i) the tax to be paid according to local tax legislation, and
(ii) the effect of applying the deferred tax method on temporary differences generated when comparing our asset and liability valuation according to tax and financial accounting criteria which includes the effect of the income tax inflation adjustment.
Our income tax amounted to a positive amount of P$28 million in 1Q22 (vs. a loss of P$5,007 million in 1Q21). The tax paid according to item (i) above amounted to P$10,967 million in 1Q22 (vs. $161 million in 1Q21) and the income tax effect related to the application of the deferred tax method described in item (ii) above amounted to a gain of P$10,995 million in 1Q22 (vs. a loss of P$4,846 million in 1Q21).
On May 6, 2022, the Company filed the Income Tax affidavit corresponding to fiscal year 2021, including:
(i) a restatement of the tax amortizations of all its fixed assets and intangible assets pursuant to the requirements of sections 87 and 88 of the Income Tax Law;
(ii) the allocation of the computable tax losses carry forward from previous years in accordance with the procedure provided for in section 25 of said Law.
For further details on the abovementioned, refer to Note 13 to the Financial Statements as of March 31, 2022.
As of March 31, 2022, our net financial debt (cash, cash equivalents plus financial investments and financial NDF & interest rate swaps minus loans) amounted to P$251,888 million, decreasing P$35,718 million (-12.4%) when compared to the consolidated net financial debt as of March 31, 2021 adjusted by inflation.
During the 1Q22, the Company invested (including rights of use assets) P$18,783 million (-38.0% vs. 1Q21). Said investments represented 16.0% of consolidated revenues in 1Q22, and were focused on:
- Projects related to the expansion of TV and internet services to improve our transmission and access speed.
- Deployment and modernization of our 4G mobile access sites, supporting the growth in the coverage of our mobile network.
- Extension of our transmission and transport networks in order to unify the different access technologies and to consolidate the deployment of last-mile networks with FTTH (Fiber to the home) architecture.
- New customer contact systems.
Issuance of Class 12 and 13 Local Notes
Class 12
Issuance Date: March 9, 2022.
Amount Issued: US$22.7 million to be paid in Argentine pesos at the applicable exchange rate (equivalent to P$2.458 million at the Issuance Date)
Maturity Date: March 9, 2027.
Amortization: Bullet.
Interest Rate and payments: 1.00% p.a, quarterly interest payments.
Class 13
Issuance Date: March 9, 2022.
Amount Issued: P$2.347 million
Maturity Date: September 9, 2023.
Amortization: Bullet.
Interest Rate and payments: BADLAR + 1.50% p.a, quarterly interest payments.
Loan with China Development Bank Shenzhen Branch (CDB):
During the first quarter of 2022, the Company received new disbursements under this credit facility for a total of RMB 120.4 million, equivalent to P$2,062 million.
Finnvera
On March 31, 2022, the Company received a disbursement of US$11.4 million, drawing the total amount under this credit facility.
Preliminary injunction
On April 22, 2022, we informed of the decision rendered by the Federal Administrative Litigation Matters Court No. 8 in the proceedings "Telecom Argentina S.A. a/EN-Enacom and other re. preliminary injunction (Autonomous)" (Docket No. 12,881/2020) whereby the Court decided to further extend for a period of 6 (six) months the preliminary injunction previously granted to us according to section 5 of Law N° 26,854.
Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting held on April 27, 2022
The Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting held on April 27, 2022 approved, among other matters, the following:
The Board's proposal, adjusted as of March 31, 2022 using the National Consumer Price Index (National CPI) published on April 13, 2022 in accordance with the provisions of CNV Resolution No. 777/2018, with respect to Retained Earnings as of December 31, 2021 which reported a positive balance of P$ 10,056,956,479, which proposal consisted of the following:
i) allocating P$ 502,847,824 to establish the Legal Reserve;
ii) allocating P$ 9,554,108,655 to the "Facultative Reserve to maintain the level of capital investments and the current level of solvency of the Company"; and
iii) Reclassify the amount of P$ 18,817,248,927, from the "Facultative Reserve to maintain the capital investments level and the current level of solvency of the Company" account (which consequently will amount to P$ 63,181,266,161) by charging that amount to the "Share Premium" account.
- Granting the Board of Directors the authority to withdraw, before June 30, 2022, the "Facultative Reserve to maintain the capital investments level and the current level of solvency of the Company" in an amount which allows to distribute a combination of 2030 Global Bonds and 2035 Global Bonds as dividends in kind with a market value as of its valuation date of up to P$ 41,000 million.
Núcleo S.A. – Dividend distribution
Nucleo's Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting held on April 21, 2022 decided to distribute dividends for a total of Guaraníes 150,000 million (equivalent to $2,473 million as of the date of the Shareholders' Meeting). Dividends will be payable in two installments (May and October 2022).
Telecom Argentina is a leading telecommunications company in Argentina, where it offers, either itself or through its controlled subsidiaries local and long distance fixed-line telephony, cellular, data transmission, and pay TV and Internet services, among other services. Additionally, Telecom Argentina offers mobile, broadband and satellite TV services in Paraguay and pay TV services in Uruguay. The Company commenced operations on November 8, 1990, upon the Argentine government's transfer of the telecommunications system in the northern region of Argentina.
As of March 31, 2022, Telecom Argentina had 2,153,688,011 shares issued and outstanding.
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This document may contain statements that could constitute forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to (i) the Company's expectations for its future performance, revenues, income, earnings per share, capital expenditures, dividends, liquidity and capital structure; (ii) the continued synergies expected from the merger between the Company and Cablevisión S.A. (or the Merger); (iii) the implementation of the Company's business strategy; (iv) the changing dynamics and growth in the telecommunications and cable markets in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the United States; (v) the Company's outlook for new and enhanced technologies; (vi) the effects of operating in a competitive environment; (vii) the industry conditions; (viii) the outcome of certain legal proceedings; and (ix) regulatory and legal developments. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "will," "may" and "should" or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. In addition, certain forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others: (i) the Company's ability to successfully implement our business strategy and to achieve synergies resulting from the Merger; (ii) the Company's ability to introduce new products and services that enable business growth; (iii) uncertainties relating to political and economic conditions in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the United States, including the policies of the new government in Argentina; (iv) the impact of political developments, including the policies of the new government in Argentina, on the demand for securities of Argentine companies; (v) inflation, the devaluation of the peso, the Guaraní and the Uruguayan peso and exchange rate risks in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay; (vi) restrictions on the ability to exchange Argentine or Uruguayan pesos or Paraguayan guaraníes into foreign currencies and transfer funds abroad; (vii) the impact of currency and exchange measures or restrictions on our ability to access the international markets and our ability to repay our dollar-denominated indebtedness; (viii) the creditworthiness of our actual or potential customers; (ix) the nationalization, expropriation and/or increased government intervention in companies; (x) technological changes; (xi) the impact of legal or regulatory matters, changes in the interpretation of current or future regulations or reform and changes in the legal or regulatory environment in which the Company operates, including regulatory developments such as sanctions regimes in other jurisdictions (e.g., the United States) which impact on the Company's suppliers; (xii) the effects of increased competition; (xiii) reliance on content produced by third parties; (xiv) increasing cost of the Company's supplies; (xv) inability to finance on reasonable terms capital expenditures required to remain competitive; (xvi) fluctuations, whether seasonal or in response to adverse macro-economic developments, in the demand for advertising; (xvii) the Company's ability to compete and develop our business in the future; (xviii) the impact of increased national or international restrictions on the transfer or use of telecommunications technology; and (xix) the impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 on the global economy and specifically on the economies of the countries in which we operate, as well as on our operations and financial performance. Many of these factors are macroeconomic and regulatory in nature and therefore beyond the control of the Company's management. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, planned or projected. The Company does not intend and does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this document. These forward-looking statements are based upon a number of assumptions and other important factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from our future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are encouraged to consult the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and the periodic filings made on Form 6-K, which are periodically filed with or furnished to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the presentations periodically filed before the Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission (Comisión Nacional de Valores) and the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos), for further information concerning risks and uncertainties faced by the Company.
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WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University‘s 2022 Summer Commencement ceremonies are this weekend, celebrating nearly 1,700 students and their accomplishments.
One of those students will be graduate student Will Raymer, who will also be the featured ‘Student Responder’ for one of the two ceremonies on Saturday. Raymer, who is graduating with a Masters degree after one year at Purdue, following his undergrad studies at Utah State University, will continue on at Purdue this Fall as a Ph.D. student while also preparing for the U.S. Space Force.
On the latest episode of Full Steam Ahead: A Podcast About Purdue, FOX59’s Adam Bartels talks with Raymer about his time at Purdue, his reaction to being selected as student responder, his message to his fellow graduates, and much more!
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NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of HV Bancorp, Inc. ("HV Bancorp" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: HVBC), in connection with the proposed merger of the Company with Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: CZFS). Under the merger agreement, HV Bancorp shareholders will have the right to elect to receive for each share of HV Bancorp common stock owned, either $30.50 in cash or 0.400 shares of CZFS common stock.
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- Founded in 2007, the renowned Japanese mobile gaming company is now developing blockchain-based games and services
- The company has a strong global presence and exceptional networks, and collaborates with major intellectual property (IP) holders in Japan
- A validator of many projects, gumi will contribute its expertise to the WEMIX3.0 security enhancement
SEOUL, South Korea, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading global blockchain game company Wemade today announced that Japanese gaming company, gumi, has joined the 40 WONDERS, WEMIX3.0 Mainnet's NCP, as WONDER 17.
Now, gumi is expanding its business by developing new content for "unique" technologies such as blockchain and XR and investing in leading global companies with growth potential. As pioneers in creating entertainment using new technologies, gumi aims to continue delivering surprises and excitement to the world, while also creating a new business ecosystem through decentralization and capitalization of digital data.
Moreover, gumi operates various nodes as an integral part of the business with the world's top blockchains. By leveraging the expertise and know-how gained from experience, gumi plans to contribute to the enhancement of WEMIX3.0's security and stability.
Leading blockchain companies all over the world are joining WEMIX3.0's NCP. More information on 40 WONDERS can be found on the official website at https://40wonders.wemix.com.
About Wemade
A renowned industry leader in game development with over 20 years of experience, and developer & owner of "The Legend of Mir" IP, a highly successful game with over 500 million users, Wemade is leading a once-in-a-generation shift as the global games industry pivots to blockchain technology. Wemade is building through subsidiary WEMIX, an experience-based, platform-driven, and service-oriented mega-ecosystem to offer a wide spectrum of intuitive, convenient, and easy-to-use Web3 services, which includes the WEMIX PLAY global blockchain gaming platform that can transform games of every genre into blockchain games.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Eugenio Suárez smacked a three-run homer, Chris Flexen pitched six solid innings to win his fourth straight start and the Seattle Mariners got their ninth straight win by beating the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Wednesday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Jesse Winker, Adam Frazier and Cal Raleigh hit solo home runs for Seattle, which last won nine in a row in 2003 (May 27 through June 5). The surging Mariners also have won 17 of 20 for the first time since April 2-23, 2002.
“We're winning games a lot of different ways and I think that's the mark of a really good team,” said Winker, who returned after a six-game suspension for his role in a fight with the Los Angeles Angels on June 26.
Juan Soto, who was caught in a rundown between third and home on Nelson Cruz's double to end the seventh, tried to help the Nationals in the ninth inning with a three-run homer off Penn Murfee with two outs to make it 6-4. But Paul Sewald retired Cruz for his 11th save.
“At the end of the day, it feels more terrible when I hit the ball. Because the things that happened on the bases and everything, you can see how close the game (would) be," said Soto, who now has 18 home runs and a 14-game hitting streak.
Flexen (6-8) had a 3-0 lead before he threw a pitch and proceeded to give up one run on six hits, while walking two and striking out one. He has a 2.88 ERA over his past seven starts.
“To get an early lead like that forces you to want to step on the gas even more and stay in the zone,” Flexen said. “I just tried to attack and compete and put us in a situation to win.”
The Nationals, who have lost five straight and 11 of 12, also saw production from Keibert Ruiz, who had a double and a single.
Washington starter Josiah Gray (7-6) allowed five runs on six hits, three of them home runs, in five innings. He walked three and struck out seven.
Gray struggled with his control early, walking two of the first three batters in the first inning before Suárez homered to left on an 0-1 fastball.
“He had trouble settling in,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said of Gray. “Oftentimes the most vulnerable starting pitchers are is in that first inning. He really didn't have a feel for the strike zone and we took advantage.”
Winker's and Frazier's solo shots came in the fourth.
Washington loaded the bases against Flexen with no outs in the fifth, but settled for Luis Garcia's sacrifice fly to make it 5-1 before Flexen retired Josh Bell and Cruz around a walk to Soto.
The second game is a makeup of the game rained out Tuesday.
ROSTER MOVE
The Nationals announced after the game they had called up RHP Tyler Clippard and placed RHP Tanner Rainey on the 60-day injured list with a right UCL sprain. Clippard, 37, was 4-1 with a 2.48 ERA and one save at Triple-A Rochester. He previously spent seven years with Washington (2008-14) and was 34-24 with a 2.68 ERA and 34 saves. Rainey, 29, went 1–3 with 12 saves and a 3.30 ERA in 29 games this season.
BRAWL SUSPENSIONS DONE
Mariners' All-Star center fielder Julio Rodríguez served a one-game suspension stemming from his involvement in the brawl with the Angels. All of the sanctioned Mariners have now served their suspensions.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Nationals: LHP Josh Rogers (left shoulder impingement) pitched 5 1/3 innings in a rehab start with Double-A Harrisburg Tuesday night. He allowed four runs on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts. ... RHP Hunter Harvey (right pronator strain) made his first major league appearance since April 20 and pitched a scoreless sixth inning.
UP NEXT
Mariners RHP Erik Swanson (0-0, 0.79 ERA) will serve as the opener in Game 2 of the twinbill and LHP Tommy Milone, previously announced as the opener, will follow. The Nationals will start RHP Erick Fedde (5-6, 5.01 ERA), who has never faced the Mariners.
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MILWAUKEE , July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wipfli LLP, a top 20 national consulting and accounting firm, is pleased to announce Liz Kuoppala, executive director of the MAHUBE-OTWA Community Action Partnership in western Minnesota, is the winner of the Evelyn Wright Moore Award for Innovation Excellence.
Kuoppala was presented with the award earlier this month during Wipfli's 2022 Stronger to Serve nonprofit training conference for nonprofit leaders in Las Vegas.
"Liz transformed the agency's service delivery model using a whole-family approach focused on equity to create multi-generational, upward mobility for low-income and elderly residents in five Minnesota counties," said Kathleen DuBois, nonprofit, government and education industry leader for Wipfli. "What a tremendous feat. Her clients are lucky to have her leading the organization."
The Evelyn Wright Moore Award provides $5,000 to support the life-changing efforts of the winning recipient's agency. The award's namesake was a Head Start leader from Angleton, Texas, who attended the conference for 17 years until her passing in 2017.
Kuoppala, who assumed her leadership role in 2017, said her team's vision at the time pivoted from focusing on funders to putting families at the center of the agency's work.
"The agency used to look at regulations as the ceiling of what could be done. But we shifted our view. If the regulations we must follow are the floor, we began to look at where we could launch from that," Kuoppala said. "If we see what families need, but government funding doesn't support it, we go to private sources."
The agency, with a $19 million budget, serves 7,000 households, including 16,000 individuals over a sprawling 5,000 square-mile area.
For more than 90 years, Wipfli has been serving clients with a mission of creating a lasting, positive impact through deep empathy and relationships. With more than 2,900 associates and 88,000 clients, Wipfli ranks among the top 20 accounting and business consulting firms in the nation.
Business today is more fluid than ever. Helping firms achieve their goals takes imagination, discipline and a process that delivers results today while anticipating tomorrow's demands.
Wipfli provides holistic services that include business optimization, finance and accounting, regulatory compliance, digital services, and talent and change management. Learn more at wipfli.com.
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Police: 14-year-old suspect in Ala. double murder arrested
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Police in Alabama say a 14-year-old boy suspected in the fatal shootings of two women has been arrested. He may be charged as an adult.
Vincent Lamar Oliver Jr., 14, was taken into custody Monday on charges of capital murder, according to Dothan Police. He will be detained at the Southeast Alabama Diversion Center, WTVY reports.
No additional information has been released regarding Oliver, due to court order restrictions.
Oliver was wanted in relation to the killings of 21-year-old Jasmine Danielle Bean and 20-year-old Ja’Lexius Lashon Wells. The two women were found fatally shot Sunday night in a Dothan home.
Police say neither victim lived at the home located on the 200 block of Fifth Avenue. They add that they believe a gathering was taking place at that time. But other than the victims, no one else was at the scene when authorities arrived.
Police say Oliver also had active juvenile pickup orders for two counts of first-degreee attempted assault and one count of discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle in relation to a July incident.
Before his arrest, courts issued an order allowing Oliver’s information to be released for the sake of public safety. Alabama juvenile privacy laws typically do not allow the release of juvenile information in criminal cases.
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CATANIA, Sicily (AP) — The captain of a charity-run migrant rescue ship refused Italian orders to leave a Sicilian port Sunday after authorities refused to let 35 of the migrants on his ship disembark — part of directives by Italy’s new far-right-led government targeting foreign-flagged rescue ships.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s two-week-old government is refusing safe port to four ships operating in the central Mediterranean that have rescued migrants at sea in distress, some as many as 16 days ago, and is allowing only those identified as vulnerable to disembark.
On Sunday, Italy ordered the Humanity 1 to vacate the port of Catania after disembarking 144 rescued migrants, including with children, more than 100 unaccompanied minors and people with medical emergencies.
But its captain refused to comply “until all survivors rescued from distress at sea have been disembarked,” said SOS Humanity, the German charity that operates the ship. The vessel remained moored at the port with 35 migrants on board.
Later Sunday, a second charity ship arrived in Catania, and the vetting process was being repeated with the 572 migrants aboard the Geo Barents ship operated by Doctors Without Borders. The selection was completed by late evening, with 357 allowed off but 215 people blocked on board.
Families were the first to leave the ship. One man cradling a baby expressed his gratitude, saying “Thank you, Geo Barents, thank you,” as he left. Another man in a wheelchair was carried down by Red Cross workers.
Yet two other boats run by non-governmental organizations remained stuck at sea with no port willing to accept the people they rescued.
Humanitarian groups, human rights activists and two Italian lawmakers who traveled to Sicily protested the selection process as illegal and inhumane. Italy’s new Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi is targeting non-governmental organizations, which Italy has long accused of encouraging people trafficking in the central Mediterranean Sea. The groups deny the claim.
“Free all the people, free them,” Italian lawmaker Aboubakar Soumahoro said in an emotional appeal directed at Meloni from the Humanity 1 rescue ship.
The passengers have faced ”trauma, they have faced everything that we can define as prolonged suffering,” said Soumahoro, who spent the night on the ship.
Later at the port, he accused Meloni of playing politics at the expense of “newborns, of women, of people who have suffered traumas of all kinds,” including torture in Libyan prisons.
He said neither translators nor psychologists were on hand during Italy’s selection process and many of the migrants were from Gambia, unable to speak French, English or Italian.
“Their fault is to speak another language. Their fault is to have another color,” Soumahoro said, accusing the Italian government of using the migrants to distract from other issues, including high energy prices.
Aboard the Humanity 1, doctors in Italy identified people needing urgent medical care after the ship’s doctor refused to make a selection, said SOS Humanity spokesman Wasil Schauseil. Thirty-six people were declared non-vulnerable and were not permitted to disembark, prompting one to collapse and be taken away by an ambulance.
“You can imagine the condition of the people. It is very devastating,″ he said.
Both SOS Humanity and Doctors Without Borders issued statements declaring that all of their passengers were vulnerable after being rescued at sea, and deserving of a safe port under international law. SOS Humanity said it plans to file a civil case in Catania to ensure that all 35 survivors on board have access to formal asylum procedures on land.
Doctors Without Borders emphasized that “a rescue operation is considered complete only when all of the survivors have been disembarked in a safe place.”
Two other charity ships carrying rescued migrants remained stuck at sea, with people sleeping on floors and decks and spreading respiratory infections and scabies as food and medical supplies drew low.
The German-run Rise Above, carrying 93 rescued at sea, sought a more protected position in the waters east of Sicily due to the weather, but spokeswoman Hermine Poschmann said Sunday that the crew had not received any communications from Italian authorities.
Poschmann described cramped conditions on the relatively small 25-meter (82-foot) ship.
The Ocean Viking, operated by the European charity SOS Mediteranee, with 234 migrants on board, remained in international waters, south of the Strait of Messina, and got no instructions to proceed to an Italian port, a spokesman said Sunday. Its first rescue was 16 days ago.
“Agitation is evident among the survivors,” a charity worker named Morgane told The Associated Press on Sunday. Cases of seasickness were soaring after high waves tossed the ship through the night.
“Today, the weather considerably deteriorated, bringing strong winds, rough seas and rain on deck. … these extreme conditions added suffering,” she said.
The confrontational stance taken by Meloni’s government is reminiscent of the standoffs orchestrated by Matteo Salvini, now Meloni’s infrastructure minister in charge of ports, during his brief 2018-2019 stint as interior minister. Italy’s new government is insisting the countries whose flags the charity-run ships fly must take in the migrants.
In a Facebook video, Salvini repeated his allegations that the presence of the humanitarian boats encourages smugglers.
Nongovernmental organizations reject that claim, saying they are obligated by the law of the sea to rescue people in distress and that coastal nations are obligated to provide a safe port as soon as feasible.
Amnesty International called Italy’s stance “disgraceful.”
“Italy legitimately expects other EU member states to share responsibility for people seeking asylum, but this does not justify imposing measures that only increase the suffering of already traumatized people,” the group said.
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Colleen Barry reported from Milan. Emily Schultheis contributed from Berlin and Angela Charlton from Paris.
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Future of Oregon outdoor recreation at stake as Legislature takes up liability bill
It’s been an expensive few years for Steve Koch, owner of Diamond Lake Resort in southern Oregon.
Koch and his family have owned the resort since 1956 and offer recreation year-round, including renting snowmobiles, boats, skis and snowshoes, while offering cat skiing and snow tubing on a lake nestled between Mount Thielsen and Bailey east of Roseburg.
He and other Oregon recreation business owners are facing an unexpected challenge to their bottom line: the rising cost of liability insurance following an Oregon Supreme Court decision and recent lawsuits.
“Our insurance went way up, and at first we couldn’t get some of our activities covered,” Koch said. “It was a surprise. We used to have one policy that covered almost everything, but they wouldn’t renew and we’ve ended up having to buy insurance from a bunch of different companies to cover all of our activities. We finally got it, but it’s very expensive and restrictive. It wouldn’t cover our guided snowmobiling, so we had to drop that.
“It makes it tough when we’re trying to keep prices moderate for the families that come up here,” he added. “Right now, Oregon is making is pretty hard to have outdoor recreation.”
To remedy the problem, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced state Senate Bill 754. The bill would essentially restore the legal power of liability waivers — an agreement that a person assumes the risk of a ski area or mountain bike park if they get injured.
“With this legislation, Oregon would return to the same standard as every other western state,” the group Protect Oregon Recreation, which is supporting the bill, said in a news release.
The bill faces opposition from the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. They say the bill will make it harder for victims who are injured, paralyzed or even killed due to shoddy jumps or facilities to get needed money to pay for medical expenses.
“This bill would allow a recreational facility’s negligence to go unchecked,” the OTLA said in a statement. “It gives them blanket immunity and reason to not follow safety standards.”
The bill is scheduled for its first public hearing at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
How did we get here?
In 2006, 18-year-old Myles Bagley was paralyzed from the waist down when he crashed after going off an expert-level jump in the terrain park at Mount Bachelor.
Bagley and his lawyers claimed the resort was responsible because the jump’s design was flawed and the liability waiver he signed — when he purchased a season pass — was “unconscionable.”
The Deschutes County Circuit Court and the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that by signing a liability release, Bagley had waived his right to sue.
But the Oregon Supreme Court disagreed and in December 2014 overturned the previous court decisions, ruling the waiver represented an “unconscionable contracts.”
“Plaintiff had no opportunity in this case to negotiate for different terms or pay an additional fee for protection against defendant’s negligence,” Justice David Brewer wrote in the decision. “Simply put, plaintiff had no meaningful alternative to defendant’s take-it-or-leave-it terms if he wanted to participate in downhill snowboarding.”
The lawsuit was allowed to continue and Bagley and the ski resort settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.
The issue simmered for years but burst back to the forefront last May when a Multnomah County jury awarded $11.4 million to Gabriel Owens after he was injured while mountain biking at Mt. Hood Skibowl. The former professional mountain biker was riding an expert-level trail when he hit a drainage ditch, lost control and slammed into a signpost that left him paralyzed.
After the payout, Skibowl announced it was closing its mountain biking trails.
“Eliminating all risks with recreational activities — especially in downhill mountain biking through forests at high speed — is something that is just not possible,” the resort wrote.
Spike in insurance costs leads to increased prices
The state Supreme Court decision and other verdicts have had a widespread impact across Oregon’s recreation businesses, according to Jordan Elliott, president of the Pacific Northwest Ski Areas Association, and multiple recreation business owners.
“What we’ve seen is more lawsuits filed for things that would normally be considered inherent risk — the stopgap has just been eliminated,” Elliott said. “The consequence is that insurance premiums are going up because they have to worry about paying out a lawsuit. It’s now a lot more expensive to operate a recreation business in Oregon than in other states. That cost gets passed on to Oregonians, making recreation more expensive, or eliminates it altogether."
Safehold Special Risk, a custom insurance company, said they’d seen “a significant decrease in carrier underwriting appetite in Oregon for all types of recreational risks, which has resulted in correlated increases to premiums.”
In some cases, the insurance crunch has resulted in small businesses being unable to even get insurance.
Peter Lunoak, owner of Flywheel Bicycle in Talent, said he wanted to offer a small number of mountain bikes for rental but couldn’t get the needed insurance.
“It wasn’t going to be a huge part of the business, but the idea was that people could pay a rental fee and take one of our high-end mountain bikes out for a trail ride and see if they wanted to buy it,” said Lunoak, who rebuilt the business after it burned down in the Almeda Fire. “It seemed like that would be simple but my insurance broker couldn’t find anyone to cover it. She was really surprised. And since it’s not a primary part of my business, I just dropped it for now.”
This is Elliott’s main fear — that getting liability insurance will become such a hassle recreation businesses will simply drop it, damaging an industry that generates $16.75 billion in economic activity in Oregon and employs 245,000 Oregonians in rural and urban areas.
“Without waiver reform, Oregonians risk losing access to their favorite outdoor activities across our state’s mountains, trails, lakes and rivers,” he said in a news release.
Ski area response
Oregon’s largest ski areas have responded to the Supreme Court decision in different ways. At Mt. Hood Meadows, skiers now have the option of signing a “bifurcated release” — meaning if someone doesn’t want to sign a liability release they can pay a little extra, Meadows spokesman Dave Tragethon said.
“This is to satisfy a condition in the Bagley ruling that the guest didn’t have a choice except the sign the release. We’ve been doing that with season passes for several years and this year we have added that option to all of our day lift ticket, lesson and rental products,” he said.
“We would prefer that liability releases be enforceable so we don’t have these added steps and costs.”
Victims don't want resorts to have blanket immunity
The Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, the main opponent of the bill, didn’t address the rise in insurance premiums facing recreation businesses but stressed the bill would make it harder to get relief for people injured by the negligence of another person or business.
Bagley and Owens, for example, weren’t cases of a snowboarder or mountain biker simply falling down or running into a tree. Both cases rested on the fact they were paralyzed by questionable design work and negligence by two major ski areas.
In the Owens case, the former professional mountain biker won a multi-million dollar judgement, from a jury, because he "crashed after hitting an unavoidable drainage ditch that the defendant built across the entire width of the Cannonball trail – a hazard that Skibowl’s own employees had warned the company about, was easily fixable and violated safety standards,” wrote Michael Rosenbaum, an attorney that represented Owens, to The Oregonian/OregonLive. “(Then) he struck a 4x4 post that had been placed far too close to the trail.
“He is paralyzed for life and faces millions of dollars in hospital bills. Skibowl is even scapegoating Gabriel as the reason it is suspending mountain biking operations on its website. As a result, my client has been receiving hate mail."
Bagley, who was 18 at the time of the accident, was injured by what his lawyers called a faulty jump design at Bachelor's terrain park.
“You can’t give big corporations, like the out-of-state corporation operating Mt. Bachelor, a free pass on negligence,” Bagley said in a statement to the Statesman Journal. “I was just 18 years old and an expert snowboarder when my life was forever changed by their defective, man-made jump design. I’ll never walk again, and I can’t stomach the idea of that happening to someone else with no accountability or incentive for businesses and corporations to ensure safety for their patrons.”
Elliott said the goal of the legislation isn’t to provide blanket immunity, but rather to give recreation businesses some protection against lawsuits and ease insurance costs.
“If a business is being grossly negligent, they will still face accountability,” he said. “But right now, it has become too easy to file a lawsuit. The hope here is to restore balance.”
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For the first time since 1960, both the writers and actors are on strike at the same time. Hollywood is on hold.
The entertainment industry is slowly grinding to a halt. Actors officially went on strike today, joining the writers, as they could not reach a new labor agreement with the studios.
A prolonged strike by both writers and actors could lead to a lack of newly scripted TV shows in the early fall. That would lead to a thinning of Hollywood movies and TV shows.
Streaming services such as Netflix and Max tend to produce programming far out in advance, as do movie studios, so they will not feel the effects of the strike until late in 2024.
The reasons for the strike are related to compensation, royalties, and the use of artificial intelligence during the creative process.
In a press conference on Thursday, president of the Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Fran Drescher said she couldn’t believe how far apart the two sides were from one another on these issues.
“The entire business model has been changed by streaming, digital, artificial intelligence,” Drescher said. “If we don’t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in trouble. We are all going to be in jeopardy of being replaced by machines and big business.”
Members of SAG are claiming that the current payments are not keeping up with the revenue media companies are generating from scripted content around the globe.
SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said the union sought a 2% cut of streaming subscription revenues for performers, which was a nonstarter for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
There is also a concern that artificial intelligence could be used to replace writers. Actors are concerned that AI could be used to copy their image and be used without their consent or compensation.
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PITTSBURGH, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a simple way for a musician or singer to produce the tones and sounds of various musical instruments," said an inventor, from Danville, Ill., "so I invented the ANTI- PRODUCER. My design enables you to create and record music whenever inspiration strikes."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to create and record music without instruments. In doing so, it eliminates the need to purchase a drum machine, mixer, etc. It also saves time and effort and it could make the creative process easier and more convenient. The invention features a compact design that is easy to use so it is ideal for singers, musicians, music hobbyists, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Chicago sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SGM-126, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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It's clear that the Cincinnati Bengals' season hasn't started like many people expected it to.
But quarterback Joe Burrow isn't seeing any of the criticism, as he said that he's removed multiple social media apps from his phone.
"What's great is I don't have Twitter or Instagram right now, so I've seen none of it," Burrow said on Wednesday when asked about the outside noise. "We're focused on what's going on in here. I'm sure it's not a very good reaction, but I think it'll be a different reaction as we get going here."
Burrow later explained that the apps have been deleted for a while, but it's probably a good thing that he isn't endlessly scrolling right now.
The defending AFC champions are 0-2, with tough losses against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys, and the 25-year-old Burrow is struggling. He has three touchdowns and four interceptions, while being sacked a league-leading 13 times.
The Bengals will seek their first win of the season in Week 3 against the New York Jets. While a road game against the Jets might seem like a get-right game, the Bengals did lose at MetLife Stadium last season to Mike White and Co.
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Updated: 3 children injured in rollover crash on I-35 north of Albert Lea
Published 7:52 am Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Three children were injured Tuesday evening in a vehicle rollover on Interstate 35 north of Albert Lea.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, children ages 2, 6 and 12 were taken to hospitals after the crash, which occurred at 7:53 p.m.
The 6- and 12-year-olds were taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea, and the 2-year-old was treated at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. All injuries were considered not life-threatening.
The State Patrol states Ella Gangodo, 38, of Austin, was the driver of the 2006 Buick Rendezvous in the crash. There were five children passengers and one other adult, a 60-year-old woman from Albert Lea.
Names of all of the passengers have not yet been released.
Authorities state the Buick Rendezvous was southbound on I-35 near milepost 20, when it left the roadway and rolled, coming to rest in the median ditch.
The roads were dry at the time of the crash.
Gangodo and the injured 6-year-old child were listed as not wearing seat belts.
The Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office, Albert Lea Fire Rescue and Mayo Ambulance assisted at the scene. | https://www.albertleatribune.com/2022/07/3-children-injured-in-rollover-crash-on-i-35-north-of-albert-lea/ | 2022-07-13 16:14:21 | 1 | https://www.albertleatribune.com/2022/07/3-children-injured-in-rollover-crash-on-i-35-north-of-albert-lea/ |
Seeing is a function too often associated with sight. Sa’Lynn Woodside, a visually impaired Zachary High student, challenges that notion.
She sees a great need, she sees solutions, and she sees a path to raise awareness and enlighten those who see but are metaphorically blind to the challenges of the blind community.
Sa’Lynn has always been unique but at a young age she realized the constant questions were a sign that the sighted community needed and wanted to understand her perspectives.
“Well, at first I was a little bit very shy about it,” she said. “I really didn’t want to be different; I wanted to be normal like everybody else.”
Programs and services that helped Sa’Lynn participate in mainstream Zachary classrooms have armed her with facts and empowerment. She took on a project to first impact her town. She drafted a letter to Zachary Mayor David Amrhein to put a special focus on White Cane Day and the residents of the area living with visual impairments.
Amrhein had a positive response and made efforts to proclaim Oct. 15 as White Cane Safety Day in Zachary. The mayor gave Sa’Lynn a copy of proclamation at the Oct. 11 City Council meeting.
White canes, introduced in the 1930s, are a way to help visually impaired people travel independently. They also helped drivers identify and yield to people using the white canes. The use of white canes is protected by U.S. law and White Cane Safety Day, Oct. 15, was established in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson to raise awareness.
Shannon Woodside adopted Sa’Lynn when she was 3 years old and has taken on the role of both mother and advocate. Woodside has learned a lot about low vision/blindness and the genetic condition — Bardet-Biedl syndrome — that causes it.
Woodside explained that Bardet-Biedl syndrome affects other parts of the body, and she has limited knowledge about how it might affect other biological family members. Her daughter is now legally blind.
Sa’Lynn started school surrounded by children at the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, so she didn’t stand out. When Woodside chose to bring her into the Zachary schools, she made big adjustments, and her schoolmates began to learn about her use of a cane and tools to read and write in Braille. In time, she embraced her role to educate others about both her special tools and abilities.
Sa’Lynn’s outreach began with a group of visually impaired elementary students that she mentors in Zachary. Her mentees learned about White Cane Safety Day before she moved to educate the sighted community. “I didn’t before, but now it is my job to teach people around me what I can do,” Sa’Lynn said.
Sa’Lynn hopes to pair her love for helping people with her love for animals. “When I graduate, I want to work with animals because they deserve it,” she said. “They give us all the love for what they get. They are there when we just need a relationship.”
It is hard to choose a favorite pet because Sa’Lynn says her mother is an “animal collector.” They have a cat, a horse and three dogs. There is one dog, a golden doodle named Brew, who has a special bond because his vision is impaired by cataracts, and he is “the goofiest dog” with a warm heart.
Sa’Lynn describing a patient, loving creature empowered by his challenges and the “angel with a tail” sounds remarkably familiar. “Yes, he totally understands,” she said. “My little sister is a survivor of shaken baby syndrome, and he is often rolling around near her mat. She'll just start hitting in the air and kicking him and he sits there like he does not have a care in the world.” | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/zachary/article_92505ea2-520d-11ed-ac22-4b143b0f5fe4.html | 2022-10-25 22:59:21 | 0 | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/zachary/article_92505ea2-520d-11ed-ac22-4b143b0f5fe4.html |
New Zealand is welcoming back tourists as the country drops most of its remaining COVID-19 rules.
On Monday, the country announced the removal of its vaccine requirements and mask mandates as the country dropped its COVID traffic light framework just after midnight.
According to the country's ministry of health's website, masks are no longer required to be worn anywhere. Also, travelers coming into the country will no longer need to be vaccinated.
Vaccine mandates for health and disability workers also ended.
However, the country will keep two rules in place: masks must be worn in certain healthcare facilities like hospitals, and those who test positive for the virus must isolate for seven days, the website said.
The website added that places of worship and some workplaces might ask people to wear masks.
News of the country removing most of its COVID rules comes a few months after New Zealand began welcoming back tourists.
In May, the country announced it was reopening its borders to travelers from the U.S. and other countries after they imposed strict COVID borders restrictions in early 2020 to combat the spread of the virus, the Associated Press reported.
According to the news outlet, before the pandemic halted international tourism, more than 3 million tourists a year visited New Zealand. | https://www.wptv.com/news/world/new-zealand-drops-mask-vaccine-requirements-as-it-removes-most-of-its-covid-19-rules | 2022-09-12 20:02:58 | 0 | https://www.wptv.com/news/world/new-zealand-drops-mask-vaccine-requirements-as-it-removes-most-of-its-covid-19-rules |
SHENZHEN, China, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 15, an event themed "Chinese with the Same Root; Carnival of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Hand-in-hand" was held in Qianhai, South China's Guangdong province, and live-broadcast in Hong Kong and Macao simultaneously. Attended by Hong Kong female entrepreneurs from Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub (QSHKYIEH), the event was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, according to Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone.
"Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Strategy-National Women Entrepreneur and Innovation Base" was established by QSHKYIEH in 2019 and up until now, the base has incubated a total of 41 female entrepreneurial teams.
To date, the female entrepreneurs from Hong Kong are playing an important role among the Qianhai youth entrepreneurs. An example is Sisley Cheng, vice president of the Qianhai's Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and a leader of the QSHKYIEH-National Women Entrepreneur and Innovation Base. She started living in Qianhai in 2018. "What attracts me here is the beautiful environment, pleasant greenery and modern cityscape. It's also easy to get around. My company in Hong Kong is very close to Qianhai, normally a half-hour drive."
In 2020, Sisley Cheng moved her career to Qianhai as well. At the Hub, she launched the "Bays Work Accelerator Program", which helps Hong Kong companies quickly land in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area by reducing operating costs. "When starting a business, you always have this or that confusion. At the National Women Entrepreneur and Innovation Base, training and exchange activities can provide Hong Kong entrepreneurial women in Qianhai with ideas to get over their confusion," said Sisley Cheng.
Hong Kong women entrepreneurs in Qianhai are busier than one can imagine. Ruby Fang is among these busy bees.
From studying law overseas to making a complete career change to becoming a professional fashion designer, Fang has never lacked a halo: Hong Kong's Ten Outstanding Young Persons, founder of Ruby Fang haute couture clothing brand, etc. However, she still does not dare slacken on the road of entrepreneurship in Qianhai. As she depicted, "As soon as I open my eyes, competition begins."
This is the actual state of the entrepreneurial women in QSHKYIEH. Like Ruby Fang, many other Hong Kong female entrepreneurial teams are looking for more possibilities here.
Qianhai is magnetizing more and more ladies to start up for its constantly optimized business environment. "What Qianhai impresses me most is its 'youthfulness' and 'service,'" said Sisley Cheng. "The female entrepreneurial friends around me all like Qianhai's atmosphere."
To better serve Hong Kong entrepreneurial women, Qianhai is said to improve its business environment constantly. Lately, it has carried out the "Talent Service and Support Program," integrating 451 services for international talents in government, business and life, forming a full coverage of public talent services in Qianhai. "Whatever difficulties the female entrepreneurs may have, in work or life, we can get a quick response after communicating with Qianhai Administration or QSHKYIEH," said Sisley Cheng.
Qianhai's benign business environment and friendly atmosphere give Hong Kong businesswomen who have come to make their dreams bigger more confidence and thinking about the future. Just like Ruby Fang said, as an entrepreneurial woman, how to live and work meaningfully in the new era is a worthy subject to study. The prospect of "She-Power" is promising in Qianhai.
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(NerdWallet) – As online sports betting rolls out in more states, people are encountering legalized gambling in new ways. But whether you’re wagering on March Madness from your couch or flying to Las Vegas for a weekend at the tables, you’ll have to pay taxes on your winnings.
The IRS has clear-cut rules on gambling income that predate the recent explosion of the sports betting industry. In short, the proceeds from a successful wager are taxable income, just like your paycheck or investment gains.
While you can write off some gambling losses if you itemize, that deduction can’t exceed the amount of your winnings.
“The U.S. tax code is very broad in how it defines what is taxable. Everything that you earn is taxable, unless it is otherwise said not to be,” says April Walker, lead manager for tax practice and ethics with the American Institute of CPAs.
Here are some tax considerations to keep in mind if you’re lucky enough to be in the black.
What is Form W-2G?
Gambling establishments, including digital operations such as online sportsbooks, usually provide you and the IRS with a record of your taxable winnings.
The statement is known as the W-2G, and it includes an overview of your gambling winnings, along with any withholding you elected when you gave the establishment your tax information.
Gambling businesses are required to report payouts they made that meet certain thresholds, according to the IRS. You’ll likely receive one or more W-2G forms if you:
- Won $1,200 or more playing bingo or slots.
- Netted $1,500 or more from keno.
- Exceeded $5,000 in winnings from a poker tournament.
- Obtained $600 or more in another gambling endeavor, such as sports betting, and the payout was at least 300 times the amount you put on the line.
Are all gambling winnings taxable?
It’s worth noting that these requirements don’t cover every potential situation in which you might win a bet. For instance, your winnings might be below these thresholds, but be mindful that you’re supposed to pay taxes on anything you win. So if you get a W2-G, you can be sure the IRS knows about whatever the casino or sportsbook has listed there.
Similarly, the coworker who organized your office March Madness bracket pool is unlikely to send you and the IRS records of your participation.
If you win, though, it’s still technically income, says Walker, who is based in North Carolina. But, she adds, “It’s between you and the priest … how you handle it from there.”
How do you deduct gambling losses?
You can deduct gambling losses, but there are some significant challenges. For starters, you can’t deduct more than the amount you took home in gaming revenue. If you’re in the red for the year, don’t expect to recoup those losses with tax deductions.
In addition, you won’t be able to write off gambling losses unless you itemize your deductions. However, many people do not itemize, instead choosing to take the standard deduction, which knocks a set amount off your taxable income without you having to do anything.
For 2022 tax returns, which are due this year, the standard deduction is $25,900 for married couples filing jointly. If your gambling losses, combined with all your other deductions, don’t reach at least this number, you might not want to write off those bad bets.
Another consideration: if you’re a professional gambler who makes a good chunk of your living from placing bets, you may have more freedom to deduct your losses. This, however, requires a whole other tax approach that may not make sense for casual gamblers.
Do you need any other documents?
Another factor to consider when writing off gambling losses is that while a casino or sportsbook might send you a record of your gains, they’re unlikely to break down what you lost. You’ll need to keep your own records for these purposes, the IRS says.
“To deduct your losses, you must keep an accurate diary or similar record of your gambling winnings and losses and be able to provide receipts, tickets, statements, or other records that show the amount of both your winnings and losses,” the agency says on its website.
Walker says it’s a good idea to be vigilant with recordkeeping anyway. If you have documentation, you can ensure your information jibes with whatever records you might receive from a casino.
How do state taxes treat gambling?
If you have gambling winnings, it’s worthwhile to understand the tax considerations in the state where you live and where you gambled.
While Walker says you’re most likely to have to settle up with your home state, tax rates and reporting requirements vary widely across the U.S.
Even FanDuel, one of the country’s leading online sports betting platforms, doesn’t hazard a guess about how states will handle gambling proceeds.
“It depends on the state,” FanDuel says on its website, adding that it might have to submit tax information “to one or more state taxing authorities, even if you legally live in another state.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/as-march-madness-looms-so-do-sports-betting-taxes/ | 2023-03-05 19:40:27 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/as-march-madness-looms-so-do-sports-betting-taxes/ |
RADNOR, Pa., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) informs investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed against Latch, Inc. f/k/a TS Innovation Acquisition Corp. ("Latch") (NASDAQ: LTCH). The action charges Latch with violations of the federal securities laws, including omissions and fraudulent misrepresentations relating to the company's business, operations, and prospects. As a result of Latch's materially misleading statements and omissions to the public, Latch investors have suffered significant losses.
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On August 25, 2022, Latch filed a Form 8-K with the SEC informing investors that the company's Audit Committee and management had determined that Latch's consolidated financial statements for 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 would need to be restated. Latch also disclosed to investors that certain revenue recognition errors occurred as a result of unreported sales arrangements due to sales activity that was inconsistent with the company's internal controls and procedures.
Following this news, Latch's stock fell $0.13, or 12.2%, to close at $0.95 per share on August 26, 2022.
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The Sundance Film Festival is back in-person this year — after being mostly online for two years. The team sifted through 16,000 submissions — the highest number ever.
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Oliver Wyman Forum Sees Changing Purpose of Airports, With Climate Sustainability, Passenger Experience as Key Priorities
BARCELONA, Spain, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm and a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), launched a new report today on the future of airports. The report was produced by the consulting firm's think tank Oliver Wyman Forum in collaboration with Airports Council International (ACI World) and the Sustainable Tourism Global Center (STGC), a multinational coalition spearheaded by the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia.
The report, entitled The Evolution of Airports: A Flight Path to 2050 identifies priorities and trends needed to "future-proof" operations and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving net zero represents a key priority.
Airports account for 2% to 5% of total aviation emissions, which represent approximately 2.5% of total carbon emissions globally. According to the report authors, airports will become energy hubs and producers that provide the alternative fuels needed to support aviation's efforts to reduce emissions. This will happen as airports simultaneously work to electrify their own ground transport and take other steps to work toward net zero.
Meanwhile, biometrics and digital identities will transform the passenger experience, and artificial intelligence and 3D printing will improve the efficiency of airport operations. As part of this transition, today's approximately 11.3 million airport workers will need to develop a more specialized skillset in such applications as digital technology and cybersecurity. In addition, collaboration with public transit agencies will be required to pursue integrated, green-transit strategies.
The report identifies four airport types and includes interviews with 18 airport chief executives from across these airport types to understand the megatrends shaping their future. Flight Path to 2050 presents case studies from four of today's airports around the world representing each of these types: Dubai International Airport represents "Global Hub Connectors", Memphis International Airport is an example of "Cargo Gateways", Geneva Airport represents "City Airports", and Uruguay's Carrasco International Airport is an example of "Leisure Gateways."
The report was released today at the ACI EUROPE/WORLD Annual General Assembly, Conference and Exhibition. Rana Nawas, a partner in Oliver Wyman's Transportation and Services practice, will present the findings at the conference. "Because airports are a critical enabler of the global economy, the aim of our report is to map out the biggest disruptors airports can expect, along with potential solutions for implementation by governments, airport leaders, and the air travel industry at large," Nawas said.
Luis Felipe de Oliveira, ACI World Director General, said: "We are thrilled to be launching The Evolution of Airports: A Flight Path to 2050 with our partners Oliver Wyman and the STGC. The future is not a distant horizon but something airports are creating daily to benefit travelers worldwide. This view-from-the-top report highlights the main trends shared by the world's leading airport CEOs as well as strategic guidance from participating organizations. The Evolution of Airports provides thoughtful insights into the future trends shaping the world's airports and offers stakeholders and regulators advice on how they can support the path forward for airports."
Her Excellency Gloria Guevara, Chief Special Advisor at the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia said: "As airports plan their roadmaps to 2030 and beyond, they have the potential and opportunity to lead the aviation industry, and support the Travel & Tourism sector to accelerate the reduction of emissions and transition to net zero. We have witnessed a number of airports achieving climate neutrality already; and more can join. Indeed, airports are a crucial backbone of the sector and their leadership is instrumental to the future of the sector and its fight against climate change. The development and deployment of new technologies, including data and digital identity, at airports also heralds the potential to create traveler centric experiences whilst reducing emissions and costs, increasing efficiencies, and improving the health of the planet."
About the Oliver Wyman Forum
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About Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 6,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh McLennan [NYSE: MMC].
For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.
About Airport Council International
Airports Council International (ACI), the trade association of the world's airports, is a federated organization comprising ACI World, ACI Africa, ACI Asia-Pacific, ACI EUROPE, ACI Latin America and the Caribbean and ACI North America. In representing the best interests of airports during key phases of policy development, ACI makes a significant contribution toward ensuring a global air transport system that is safe, secure, efficient, and environmentally sustainable. As of January 2023, ACI serves 712 members, operating 1925 airports in 171 countries.
About Sustainable Tourism Global Center
The Sustainable Tourism Global Center (STGC) is the world's first multi-country, multi-stakeholder global coalition that will lead, accelerate, and track the tourism industry's transition to net-zero emissions, as well as drive action to protect nature and support communities. It will enable the transition while delivering knowledge, tools, financing mechanisms and innovation stimulation into the tourism sector. The STGC, incubated by the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia, was announced by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during the Saudi Green Initiative in October 2021 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb, Minister of Tourism for Saudi Arabia then led a panel discussion during COP26 (November 2021) in Glasgow, United Kingdom, to elaborate on how the Center will deliver on its mandate with founding country representatives and experts from partner international organisations. The countries invited to be part of this important coalition in phase one, include the UK, US and Saudi Arabia among many others. These countries have prioritised climate, tourism and SMEs which will allow for synergies for this important initiative.
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Primary Election 2022: All races for Lane County commissioner are contested; 1 has 4 candidates
All three races for a seat on the Lane County Board of Commissioners are contested this year. Two of the races include incumbents running for reelection and one race has four candidates for a seat to be vacated by Commissioner Jay Bozievich, who is not running for reelection.
The five-person board legislates and administers county government and is a full-time, paid body.
Three seats on the board are on the ballot this year:
- District 1: Western Lane County
- District 2: Springfield
- District 5: Eastern Lane County
Here’s what candidates in each race told The Register-Guard about why they’re running for office and why voters should cast a ballot for them.
District 1
Four people are running for the seat representing western Lane County after Bozievich decided not to run for reelection. A fifth candidate, Rod Graves, has withdrawn from the race.
Ryan Ceniga
Ceniga said he's "always been involved" within the community and enjoys local politics because it's a way for people to "raise their hand to contribute."
Though Ceniga never pictured himself getting into politics full time, he said friends approached him about running for county commissioner after he was elected to the Junction City School Board.
"There was a need for a community-minded leader. After some thinking and talking with others, I decided it was the right decision," Ceniga said.
He added while it would be hard to leave his job as a utility contractor for the Eugene Water & Electric Board, he couldn't ignore "the call to be a voice for west Lane County" and he wants to make a difference and give voters "commissioners our communities are proud of."
If elected, Ceniga would focus on:
- Prioritizing public safety
- Making real progress on homelessness
- Addressing skyrocketing housing costs
All three issues are related to funding and having a balanced budget, he said, and he has "a vast knowledge of how budgets work" because of his experience in public and private construction.
Ceniga also has been a union and non-union employee and "sat on both sides of the bargaining table." The commissioners give the county's final seal of approval over union contracts for employees.
He said his experience on the school board and the district's Long Range Facility Planning Committee also have given him "a lot of insight into the commissioner position."
Terry Duman
Duman wants to provide "desperately needed" representation of the diverse needs and areas of western Lane County, which runs from the rural areas outside Eugene to the coast.
"Historically, I worry that decisions have been made for our county without enough representation or advocacy," Duman said. "I’m passionate about supporting and preserving the land, and know the importance of adapting, changing and maintaining our communities."
The county needs to step up to support the needs of rural areas, which are growing and expanding, he said.
If elected, Duman would focus on:
- Advocating for access to services in western Lane County
- Additional police protection in rural areas
- Addressing housing crisis and zoning deficits in "resourceful and logical ways"
- Increasing access to transportation to remove barriers for traveling to Eugene
- Improving access to technology, internet and in-person services
Duman said he's "confident and ready" to lead as commissioner and help with continued progress. He pointed to his small business and career experience, which has included commercial fishing, farming, dune buggy guiding and owning a bicycle shop.
Duman said he has experience contracting with government agencies through work in road reconstruction and maintenance, wetland restoration and habitat creation for salmon and snowy plover. He's also been involved in many stages of land development.
He's a third-generation Florence resident who's raising his own family in the Siuslaw valley and said he has more than 10 years of experience on a political board and is currently board chair of the Siuslaw Port Commission.
"I’m ready to move forward in a new direction, representing our collective needs as community members, consumers, taxpayers, business owners, friends and family," Duman said.
Misty Fox
Fox did not respond to a Register-Guard reporter's request for answers, but according to her Facebook page and information she submitted for the county voter pamphlet, she works as a private law enforcement officer and has been a precinct committeeperson.
Fox wrote that she grew up in Triangle Lake and Junction City and learned about community involvement from her grandfathers and the need for renewable natural resources from her parents.
She chose to run for office because she sees a "great need for a change" and thinks people need to take a stand to change the way they're represented.
"I am sick and tired of seeing public servants doing as they please and throwing our concerns to the side and squandering our hard earned money," Fox wrote on Facebook.
People need to stop choosing politicians, she added, and vote for everyday people running for office.
Fox wrote she's against mandates, believes in government transparency and supports:
- Local law enforcement
- Election integrity
- Second Amendment and constitutional carry
- Medical freedom
- Parental rights
- Education choice
- Logging and grazing over letting it burn
Fox added she's been involved in politics since 2006 because she's "sick of our voices being muted, our liberties being trampled and our communities being overran with crime." She testified in person and in writing and collected signatures for ballot petitions, including the Lane County Second Amendment Sanctuary Amendment.
Fox says she has a "proven backbone of standing up and doing what is right" even if it means standing alone and gets out to learn about community concerns that elected officials should be addressing.
Dawn Lesley
Lesley said she's running "out of a fierce sense of urgency" because she wants to do more to address "critical challenges facing our community," such as the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, wage increases falling behind inflation, the housing crisis and inequities in public safety and health care.
She said one challenge is the most critical: the current political climate.
"The thing that most endangers us is our current inability to talk with each other and work together across political and social divides," Lesley said. "We must be able to cooperate on humane, creative solutions to the problems we face."
If elected, Lesley would focus on:
- Climate action, especially curbing greenhouse emissions and preparing for disasters like wildfires and droughts
- Affordable housing through taking "bold steps to ensure more housing of all types," being creative about where and how to build and using policy to meet needs rather than creating barriers
- Better representing rural areas in western Lane County
- Improving public safety, especially by reducing delays on rural 911 response
Lesley said in her career as a scientist, she has to solve problems using data and find consensus between people with different perspectives and interests.
"I also have to be excellent at asking questions and explaining processes in a way that makes sense to everyone at the table," Lesley said. "I will bring these same skills to my work daily as county commissioner, creating data-driven solutions, ensuring transparency and building trust."
Lesley also has stayed "deeply involved and invested" in the community.
She is vice-chair of the county's budget committee and an executive board member for the Santa Clara Community Organization and said she's volunteered "thousands of hours" in public schools, Egan Warming Centers, the YMCA's Big Sister program and "with many other community organizations."
District 2
The incumbent representing Springfield is running for reelection and has one challenger.
Joe Berney
Berney said he initially ran for the seat four years ago after retiring and looking for ways to "best use my life experience to serve the community."
He scored an "upset victory" then and now is offering himself on the ballot for "one last term of public service" as a commissioner.
"And, frankly, I’m worried about the divisive political climate and will fight to keep a calm, rational, inclusive, compassionate and business perspective when making policy decisions," Berney said, adding he brings people together and gets things done.
He said that's why he has support from five of the six people on Springfield City Council, the city's mayor and most of the Springfield School Board, Lane Community College Board and Willamalane Park District Board as well as support from a variety of local businesses and several organizations.
If reelected, Berney would focus on:
- Expanding on the "invest local" procurement priorities he helped build into county government, such as a requirement for living wages, contracts with local businesses and provision of health care and retirement
- Significantly increasing the availability and ease of recycling
- Decreasing the county's carbon footprint in "smart, business-friendly ways"
- Increasing housing stock by offering incentives not just for more rentals but also starter homes and by developing ways to keep seniors secure in their homes
Berney and his family have deep roots in the community and love Springfield, he said, and he brings pragmatic and successful business experience, including job creation, to the table.
His experience includes co-owning a broccoli processing and cold stage business, developing a training center for migrant farmworkers, developing a clean energy commercial and industrial retrofit business, and teaching in both secondary and post-secondary education.
Berney pledged to continue his legacy, which he says includes keeping money circulating locally, increasing the number of deputy sheriffs to "keep rural areas safer," increasing pay to keep officers and attract new applicants, prioritizing good jobs in county partnerships, advocating for more behavioral health resources and supporting local businesses and workers.
David Loveall
Loveall describes himself as "a hands-on, partnership-driven kind of guy." He said he's helped redevelop downtown Springfield and could help the county with similar efforts, adding he sees a lot of areas where the Board of Commissioners needs work to be more effective.
"The taxpayers need a greater return on investment," Loveall said.
If elected, Loveall would focus on:
- Getting the county back into timber
- Fully funding public safety, citing concerns about "just two deputies roaming the county on any given shift"
- Restructuring and reallocating the way the county spends money addressing homelessness and related issues. He said there's a "toxic charity arena" of spending on the homelessness crisis that isn't really fixing the problem.
Loveall's career and life experiences have taught him how to work through challenges, he said. He knows how to work through red tape but also understands "government isn't the savior of all our problems" and would bring his entrepreneurial spirit to help build up the county, he said.
"It doesn’t matter what side of the aisle you’re on, people have the same concerns in their community," he said, something he's found by knocking on "thousands of doors."
Loveall said voters should "elect the person who can do what's right by the citizens." He thinks the coronavirus pandemic became a "cloak for transparency" and said if elected, he would be employed by the people.
Officials need to get back to grassroots approaches, he added, because much of people's animosity is "because they don't feel they're being heard."
Communication is part of Loveall's lifestyle, he said, and he would fight for Springfield and "for those people who want us to fight for them," and he's "happy to make hard decisions to get that done."
District 5
The incumbent representing eastern Lane County also is running for reelection and has one challenger.
Kyle Blain
For Blain, the county's response to the Holiday Farm Fire was "the straw the broke the camel's back." He said when survivors needed less barriers to rebuild, Lane County "went the opposite direction" in its response.
"After years of watching public safety issues spiral out of control, the lackluster response from county leadership regarding the fire motivated me to want to make a difference and to throw my hat in the ring," Blain said.
Blain has owned a small business and worked in loan origination and the timber and construction industries. He's also currently a city councilor for Coburg and touts his work on fiscal goals, land use and other code updates, street repair, and attracting small businesses and helping them during the pandemic.
If elected, Blain would focus on:
- Trimming "pet projects and excessive office budgets" and focusing on timberlands to prioritize and restore funding for the sheriff's office and prosecutors
- Providing affordable housing
- Removing barriers and regulations that make building time-consuming and expensive
- Increasing the supply of buildable lands and making it easier for rural residents to build on their own land
Blain said these areas of focus would help the county be more secure and less expensive for families. He knows about the latter from experience — his family spent a "year wading through the county's expensive planning and building process."
In his career, Blain has created innovative products and helped others achieve their dreams of owning a home.
He also has practical experience in local government from his time on the Coburg City Council.
"Not a single business closed due to the COVID lockdowns," he said. "We created three new neighborhoods and are working on bringing 107 acres of employment lands into the City of Coburg, which will create local jobs."
Heather Buch
Buch said she initially ran four years ago because of her background, experience and "desire for change in Lane County."
She's proud of the work she's done as a commissioner through natural disasters and the coronavirus pandemic, including directing federal CARES Act and American Rescue Plan funding to her district, publicizing "dependable public health information" to residents, helping secure funding for wildfire recovery and waiving more than $1 million in permits fees for rebuilding after the Holiday Farm Fire.
"I’m proud of this work, yet there is so much more we can do to ensure the resiliency of Lane County and big projects underway that I want to see realized," Buch said. "I love my job, and I’m not done fighting for Lane County families."
If reelected, Buch would focus on:
- Continuing efforts to rebuild and restore the McKenzie River area
- Improving housing affordability
- Finding solutions for unsheltered neighbors
- Strengthening public safety
Buch said one of her top priorities is implementing the county's Affordable Housing Action Plan, which she said is a comprehensive approach that incorporates strategies to sustain affordable housing programs.
For Buch, that action plan is a good start toward "a more regional approach to addressing housing and homelessness rather than our tradition siloed method." She also plans to continue to champion ongoing projects like a mental health care stabilization center, a rural health care center in Cottage Grove and a version of CAHOOTS — a crisis response team that's an alternative to police response — for southern Lane County.
She also touted recent work to pass funding for 12 new deputy and detective positions, invest millions in upgrades to the jail system and secure funds to update emergency communication technology.
"I want to build upon this progress," Buch said.
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Red Sox vs. Yankees: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Run Line, Home/Road Splits
Masataka Yoshida and the Boston Red Sox will try to get to Clarke Schmidt when he takes the mound for the New York Yankees on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
Oddsmakers list the Red Sox as -130 favorites on the moneyline, while giving the underdog Yankees +105 moneyline odds to win. The total for the matchup is listed at 9 runs.
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Red Sox vs. Yankees Odds & Info
- Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV: FOX
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Venue: Fenway Park
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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- The Red Sox have played as the favorite in four of their past 10 games and won two of those contests.
- When it comes to hitting the over, the Red Sox and their opponents are 4-6-0 in their last 10 games with a total.
- The Red Sox have not played a game with a spread over their last 10 outings.
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Red Sox Betting Records & Stats
- The Red Sox have gone 15-12 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 55.6% of those games).
- In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -130 or shorter, Boston has gone 8-8 (50%).
- The Red Sox have a 56.5% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline's implied probability.
- Boston has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 37 times this season for a 37-30-2 record against the over/under.
- The Red Sox are 2-6-0 against the spread this season.
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Funded by the Engelstad Foundation, the program offers law enforcement medical training and equipment to save lives before emergency medical personnel are allowed onto scene
LAS VEGAS, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Touro University Nevada, home to Nevada's largest medical school, announces the Las Vegas Crisis Response Medical Training Program with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). The program offers comprehensive medical training and curriculum for Metro officers to help save lives in emergency crime situations in Las Vegas.
Made possible by a $1 million dollar grant from the Engelstad Foundation, the program provides one-of-a-kind, simulated reality medical training for officers, teaching them to stop life-threatening bleeds often associated with accidents, lacerations, firearm wounds, and other incidents where law enforcement is first on the scene. The medical training program also provides local first responders with Individual First Aid Kits (IFAKs), comprehensive medical kits needed to perform life-saving measures in the field.
"This collaboration allows our officers to enhance their abilities to apply critical care during any situation," said Christopher Darcy, Undersheriff, LVMPD. "The training and the Individual First Aid Kits that come with it have transformed the way our officers are taught to respond to a situation where medical care is required. Officers practice using the first aid kits on simulated human-casualty mannequins, which provide a hyper-realistic experience meant to induce stress. This means that in a real-world scenario, officers will be better prepared to render first aid to critically wounded subjects until medical personnel can arrive on scene."
"Partnering with Metro is a perfect example of how a collaboration between a medical school and a law enforcement agency can help save lives," said Shelley Berkley, Senior Vice President, Touro University. "In the past, officers were not provided with this type of life-saving training. Thanks to the Engelstad Foundation, Touro University Nevada and Metro are working together to ensure that our first responders can provide life-saving care when they arrive on scene. We believe this program may be one of the first-of-its-kind in the nation, and we hope that it serves as a model to other municipalities as we work together to make our communities safer."
More than 1,200 Metro officers have already completed the training program, with 700 more officers expected to complete the training by September.
"Just as we strongly believe in the importance of hands-on training for our medical students through lab coursework and residency programs, we believe that law enforcement should receive hands-on medical training that allows them to provide on-the-spot critical care," said Dr. Andrew Priest, Campus President and Provost of Touro University Nevada. "This partnership supports Touro University Nevada's mission of providing quality healthcare and education programs in concert with the Judaic commitment to social justice, intellectual pursuit and service to humanity. And while our hope is to never come across a situation that requires such training, we want our community's first responders to be equipped and ready to save as many lives as possible."
The first phase of the program includes training for all Metro commands, encompassing nearly 3,000 officers. The training program is administered at the new Joint Emergency Training Institute (JETI), a high-tech, reality-based training center for law enforcement in east Las Vegas.
The JETI is the permanent home to LVMPD's Multi-Assault, Counter Terrorism Action Capabilities team (MACTAC). Through this program, Touro aims to provide training to all existing and incoming law enforcement personnel in the Valley, with training made available for additional agencies as well. The university is seeking additional private funds to expand the medical training program.
"This program means a lot to our officers, especially given the recent tragedies our country and our world have endured, including the October 1, 2017 incident in Las Vegas - an event that served in large part as the genesis for our new world-class training center," said Capt. Reggie Rader of Metro's Organizational Development Bureau. "Our officers are expanding their skills and knowledge in stopping bleeds from critical wounds, triage care, emergency care, and hospital transfers, to name a few. These skills can be the difference-maker in reducing deaths and improving outcomes both during daily medical emergencies where officers are first to the scene as well as situations involving violent crime."
ABOUT TOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA
Touro University Nevada (Touro) is Nevada's largest school of medicine and largest school of physician assistant studies, fully accredited, and a private, non-profit, Jewish-sponsored institution. Opened in 2004, Touro was established to help address critical needs in health care and education and as a resource for community service throughout the state. Its mission is to provide quality education programs in the fields of healthcare and education in concert with the Judaic commitment to social justice, intellectual pursuit, and service to humanity. Touro is home to more than 1,500 students in a wide variety of degree programs including osteopathic medicine, physician assistant studies, education, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and medical health sciences. The University's Henderson campus includes a multi-specialty health center for the public that accepts all health insurance and the multi-disciplinary Sharon Sigesmund Pierce and Stephen Pierce Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities. For more information on Touro, visit www.tun.touro.edu or call 702-777-8687.
ABOUT LVMPD
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is the largest police agency in the state of Nevada serving approximately 1.7 million residents and 32-million visitors a year. The agency employs 4,700 police employees and 1,300 detention employees. LVMPD is committed to our mission to protect the community through prevention, partnership and professional service. That commitment and dedication extends to the millions of visitors that Las Vegas plays host to each year.
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CA Los Angeles/Oxnard CA Zone Forecast for Monday, December 26, 2022
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ZFPLOX
Zone Forecast Product for California
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
CAZ364-280145-
Los Angeles County Beaches-
Including LAX, Long Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach,
Santa Monica, and Torrance
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.TONIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows mid to upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
CAZ365-280145-
Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles-
Including Beverly Hills, Compton, Culver City, Downey, Hollywood,
Lakewood, and Norwalk
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.TONIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Chance of rain 60
percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows around 50.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
CAZ087-280145-
Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands-
Including Avalon and Two Harbors
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TONIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid
60s. Areas of west winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
$$
CAZ362-280145-
Malibu Coast-
Including Malibu, Pacific Palisades, and Zuma Beach
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Rain likely in the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.
Lows around 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid
60s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the morning.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows upper 40s to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs around
60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid to upper 50s.
$$
CAZ354-280145-
Ventura County Beaches-
Including Oxnard, Point Mugu, Port Hueneme, and Ventura
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.
Lows mid 40s to lower 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid
60s. West winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows mid 40s to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to lower 50s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs around
60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
$$
CAZ355-280145-
Ventura County Inland Coast-
Including Camarillo and East Ventura
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.
Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs around
60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs
around 60.
$$
CAZ350-280145-
Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast-
Including Carpinteria, Goleta, Montecito, and Santa Barbara
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...A slight chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to around 50. Northwest winds around 15 mph
after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid
60s. Northwest winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows mid 40s to lower 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the
evening.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper
50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows mid 40s to lower
50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s to around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ349-280145-
Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast-
Including El Capitan State Beach, Gaviota, Jalama Beach,
and Refugio State Beach
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to lower 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph
after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows mid 40s to around 50. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. East
winds around 15 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. Lows in
the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to lower 50s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s to around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ351-280145-
Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range-
Including San Marcos Pass
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s. Northwest winds around
15 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows mid 40s to around 50. North winds 15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid
50s. Southeast winds around 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain.
Lows mid 40s to lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 50s.
$$
CAZ352-280145-
Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range-
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...A slight chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Southwest winds
around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to lower 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph
after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to mid
60s. Northwest winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows in the 40s to lower 50s. North winds around 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s to
mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows mid 40s to lower
50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the 50s to around 60. Chance of rain 70
percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to lower 50s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s and 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s and 50s.
$$
CAZ548-280145-
Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley-
Including East Los Angeles, El Monte, Pasadena, Pomona,
and San Gabriel
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
.TONIGHT...Rain. Lows around 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in the
afternoon. Highs upper 50s to mid 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows around 50.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs mid 50s to lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ547-280145-
Los Angeles County San Fernando Valley-
Including Burbank, Northridge, Universal City, and Woodland Hills
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid
60s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.
Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s. Northwest
winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 30s and
40s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the 50s to around 60. South winds around 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows mid 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
CAZ088-280145-
Santa Clarita Valley-
Including Castaic Lake, Newhall, Santa Clarita, and Valencia
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds
10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows mid 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid to upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid to upper 50s.
$$
CAZ359-280145-
Southeastern Ventura County Valleys-
Including Moorpark, Newbury Park, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60. South winds around
15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.
Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid
60s. West winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows mid 40s to around 50.
North winds around 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 50s. East winds around 15 mph shifting to the
south in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s to around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ358-280145-
Central Ventura County Valleys-
Including Fillmore, Piru, and Santa Paula
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.
Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs upper 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper
50s. South winds around 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30
percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows mid to upper 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s to around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows mid 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
CAZ357-280145-
Ojai Valley-
Including Oak View and Ojai
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows mid to upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows mid 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs near 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
CAZ356-280145-
Lake Casitas-
Including Meiners Oaks
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs lower to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s to around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
CAZ363-280145-
Santa Monica Mountains-
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain likely in the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.
Lows mid 40s to lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid
60s. Northwest winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 40s to mid
50s except the lower 40s colder valleys. Northeast winds around 15
mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. East winds around 15 mph
in the morning.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows mid 40s to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows mid 40s to mid 50s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s to around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s and 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ059-280145-
Antelope Valley-
Including Lancaster and Palmdale
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to
mid 60s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows around 40. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the 50s to around
60. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows mid 30s to lower 40s. West
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows mid to upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to
around 60. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Chance of rain40
percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the upper 40s to mid 50s.
$$
CAZ054-280145-
Los Angeles County Mountains-
Including Acton and Mount Wilson
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain likely in the afternoon. Highs from around 60 at low
elevations to the lower to mid 50s at high elevations. Southwest
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight.
Lows from the 40s at low elevations to the mid 30s to around 40 in
colder valleys and peaks. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts
to 40 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Snow level 5500 to
6000 feet in the morning. Little or no snow accumulation. Storm
total snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs from the mid 50s to
around 60 at low elevations to the mid 40s to around 50 at high
elevations. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows from the lower to mid 40s at
low elevations to the 30s in colder valleys and peaks. West winds
15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain or snow.
Snow level 4500 to 5000 feet increasing to 7000 feet. Highs from
around 50 at low elevations to the upper 30s to mid 40s at high
elevations. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows
from the mid to upper 40s at low elevations to the mid 30s to
around 40 in colder valleys and peaks.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs from the 50s at low elevations to
the mid 40s to around 50 at high elevations.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows from the mid 40s to around
50 at low elevations to the upper 30s to mid 40s in colder valleys
and peaks.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs from the 50s at low elevations to the mid to
upper 40s at high elevations.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain or snow likely
after midnight. Lows from the lower to mid 40s at low elevations to
the mid to upper 30s in colder valleys and peaks.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain or
snow in the afternoon. Highs from the upper 40s to mid 50s at low
elevations to the upper 30s to mid 40s at high elevations.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows from around 40 at low
elevations to the upper 20s to mid 30s in colder valleys and peaks.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs from the upper 40s to mid 50s at low
elevations to the upper 30s to mid 40s at high elevations.
$$
CAZ053-280145-
Ventura County Mountains-
Including Lockwood Valley and Mount Pinos
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...A slight chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs from around 60 at low elevations to the upper 40s
to mid 50s at high elevations. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts to 40 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain or snow after
midnight. No snow accumulation. Lows from the upper 30s to mid 40s
at low elevations to the upper 20s to mid 30s in colder valleys and
peaks. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Snow level 5000 to
5500 feet. Little or no snow accumulation. Storm total snow
accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs from the 50s to lower 60s at low
elevations to the 40s at high elevations. Northwest winds 15 to 25
mph with gusts to 35 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows from the upper 30s to mid 40s at low elevations to the mid 20s
to lower 30s in colder valleys and peaks. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain or snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level 4500 to
5000 feet in the morning. Highs from the lower to mid 50s at low
elevations to the 40s at high elevations. Southwest winds 10 to 20
mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows
from the 40s to around 50 at low elevations to the 30s to around
40 in colder valleys and peaks.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning.
Highs from the mid 50s to lower 60s at low elevations to the mid
40s to lower 50s at high elevations.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows from the mid 40s to lower 50s at low elevations to
the mid 30s to lower 40s in colder valleys and peaks.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs from the mid 50s to around 60 at low
elevations to the mid 40s to around 50 at high elevations.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow in the evening, then rain or snow
likely after midnight. Lows from the upper 30s to mid 40s at low
elevations to the upper 20s to mid 30s in colder valleys and peaks.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs from the
upper 40s to mid 50s at low elevations to the mid 30s to lower 40s
at high elevations.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows from the mid 30s to mid 40s at
low elevations to the mid 20s to around 30 in colder valleys and
peaks.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs from the upper 40s and 50s at low
elevations to the upper 30s to mid 40s at high elevations.
$$
CAZ353-280145-
Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains-
Including Big Pine Mountain, Figueroa Mountain,
and San Rafael Mountain
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows from the lower to mid 40s at low elevations to the
mid 30s to around 40 in colder valleys and peaks. Northwest winds
15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Snow level 4500 to 5000 feet
in the morning. Little or no snow accumulation. Highs from the mid
50s to lower 60s at low elevations to the mid 40s to mid 50s at high
elevations. North winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows from the lower to mid 40s at low elevations to the mid 30s to
around 40 in colder valleys and peaks. North winds around 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain or snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level 4500 to
5000 feet in the morning. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. South
winds around 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows from
the mid 40s to around 50 at low elevations to the lower 40s in
colder valleys and peaks.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows from the lower to mid 50s at low elevations to the
40s in colder valleys and peaks.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows from the mid to upper 40s at low elevations to the
mid 30s to around 40 in colder valleys and peaks.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain orsnow
in the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs from
the 50s at low elevations to the 40s at high elevations.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows from the upper 30s to mid 40s
at low elevations to the lower to mid 30s in colder valleys and
peaks.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 50s.
$$
CAZ340-280145-
San Luis Obispo County Beaches-
Including Arroyo Grande, Avila Beach, Cambria, Morro Bay,
and Pismo Beach
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TODAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60. South winds
around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s. Northwest winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. North winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly
cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the
mid 40s to around 50. North winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the
mid to upper 50s. Southeast winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows
around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning, then a
slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the evening,
then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain developing. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then a chance of rain
after midnight. Lows mid 40s to around 50. Chance of rain 70
percent.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to
around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
$$
CAZ341-280145-
San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast-
Including Lopez Lake, Nipomo, and San Luis Obispo
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. West winds around 15 mph in
the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
lower 60s. North winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s. North winds around 15 mph in the
evening.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows
around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs in
the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower to
mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ346-280145-
Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches-
Including Lompoc and Vandenberg Space Force Base
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TODAY...Rain developing. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to around 50. Northwest winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs around
60. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows mid 40s to around 50. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs in the
mid to upper 50s. Southeast winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows
around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then a chance of rain
after midnight. Lows mid 40s to around 50. Chance of rain 70
percent.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
$$
CAZ347-280145-
Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast-
Including Buellton and Santa Maria
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain developing. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. West winds around 15 mph in
the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 30s and 40s. North winds 15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the mid 50s. Southeast winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows in
the mid 40s to around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s to around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ348-280145-
Santa Ynez Valley-
Including Lake Cachuma, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, and Solvang
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Northwest winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in
the evening.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper
50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows mid 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
CAZ343-280145-
Southern Salinas Valley-
Including Atascadero, Lake Nacimiento, Paso Robles, San Miguel,
and Templeton
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows around 40. Northwest winds around 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly
cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain after midnight. Lows around
40.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the
lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows in
the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning, then a
slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper
50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows around 50.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain developing. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs mid to upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows mid to upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ342-280145-
Santa Lucia Mountains-
Including Hearst Castle and Irish Hills
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds around 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the upper 30s and 40s. West winds around 15 mph
shifting to the northwest after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
50s to around 60. North winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly
cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the
upper 30s and 40s. North winds around 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s. Southeast winds around 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows in
the mid 40s to around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning, then a
slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to
around 60. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the evening,
then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s to mid
50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain developing. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then a chance of rain
after midnight. Lows in the 40s to around 50. Chance of rain 70
percent.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs mid to upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows mid 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s and 50s.
$$
CAZ344-280145-
San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys-
Including Carrizo Plain, Creston, and Shandon
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. Southwest winds
around 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 30s to around 40. West winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s to mid
50s. North winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows mid 30s to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 40s to mid 50s. South winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows in
the lower to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning, then a
slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to
around 60. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows mid 40s to
around 50. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s to around 40.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
$$
CAZ345-280145-
San Luis Obispo County Mountains-
Including Caliente Range, La Panza Range, and Santa Margarita Lake
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain. Highs in the 50s to around 60. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 30s to lower 40s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs from the mid 50s to
around 60 at low elevations to around 50 at high elevations. North
winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows mid 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs in
the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows mid 40s to
lower 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs from
the lower to mid 50s at low elevations to the mid 40s to around
50 at high elevations.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s to around 40.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs from the mid to upper 50s at low elevations to
around 50 at high elevations.
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Cuyama Valley-
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs around 60. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows around 40. West winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the 50s
to around 60. North winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows mid 30s to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid
50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs in
the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows mid 40s to around 50.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows mid 30s to around 40.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 50s.
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CAZ549-280145-
San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands-
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...A slight chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs around
60. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph in
the evening.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Lows
around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then a chance of rain
after midnight. Lows around 50. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
$$
CAZ550-280145-
Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands-
323 AM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
.TODAY...Rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TONIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows around 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid
60s. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows mid 40s to around 50.
Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to
around 60. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows around 50.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to
mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows mid to upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
$$
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PHOENIX — Get ready for warmer temperatures on Sunday.
As high pressure builds in, temperatures across Arizona are on the rise.
Valley highs return to the low 90s Sunday and Monday.
Winds will stay light and skies will be mostly clear statewide through the weekend.
Another storm system will be passing to our north next week bringing cooler air our way.
This will bring a windy week our way too.
Winds will be out of the west southwest with gusts around the state expected to be between 25-40 mph.
With humidity levels below fifteen percent, fire danger will also be heightened around the state.
Highs will fall back into the mid-80s by Tuesday and stay in the 80s for the rest until the end of the week.
Although our Valley forecast will stay dry, Flood Warnings remain in effect for the Salt and Gila rivers through next Friday (April 21st) due to recent water releases from our reservoirs. Do not attempt to cross any flowing water in any of these areas.
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2023 Rainfall totals:
Sky Harbor Official Rainfall: 2.88" (+0.14" from average)
Valley Average (Phoenix Rainfall Index): 3.33"
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2022 Rainfall totals:
Sky Harbor Official Rainfall: 5.78" (-1.44" from average)
Valley Average (Phoenix Rainfall Index): 7.02"
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Daily rainfall reports from all across the Valley can be found here.
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PHOENIX IS GETTING DRIER - LOWER RAINFALL AVERAGES NOW
Average Monsoon Rainfall in Phoenix (1981-2010): 2.71" of rain
NEW Average Monsoon Rainfall in Phoenix (1991-2020): 2.43" of rain
Average Yearly Rainfall in Phoenix (1981-2010): 8:03" of rain
NEW Average Yearly Rainfall in Phoenix (1991-2020): 7.22" of rain
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HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Bristow Group Inc. (VTOL) on Wednesday reported a loss of $7 million in its fiscal third quarter.
The Houston-based company said it had a loss of 25 cents per share.
The provider of helicopter transportation services posted revenue of $313.6 million in the period.
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WASHINGTON — As rioters stormed through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was sheltering in a secure location and trying to do what her job demands: take charge of a situation.
“There has to be some way,” she told colleagues, "we can maintain the sense that people have that there is some security or some confidence that government can function and that you can elect the president of the United States.”
Then, an unidentified voice interjected with alarming news: Lawmakers on the House floor had begun putting on tear gas masks in preparation for a breach. Startled, Pelosi asked the woman to repeat what she said.
“Do you believe this?” Pelosi said in disbelief to another Democratic leader, Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina.
It was around 2:45 p.m. and the violent cacophony had already disrupted the planned certification of the 2020 presidential election results. It would be hours before the building was secure.
At one point, Pelosi said of President Donald Trump, “I'm gonna punch him out.”
Never-before-seen video footage played Thursday by the House Jan. 6 committee, and later on CNN, showed Pelosi and other leaders, including Republican allies of Trump, responding anxiously — and angrily — to the insurrection.
The recordings offer a rare glimpse into the real-time reactions of the most powerful members of Congress as they scrambled to drum up support from all parts of the government, including from agencies seemingly ill prepared for the chaos, and vented anger over a president whose conduct they felt had endangered their lives.
In the videos, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer negotiate with governors and defense officials to try to get the National Guard to the Capitol as police were being brutally beaten outside the building.
The deployment of the Guard was delayed for hours as Trump stood by and did little to stop the violence of his supporters.
The footage, recorded by Pelosi's daughter, Alexandra, a documentary filmmaker, was shown during the committee's 10th hearing as an illustration of the president's inaction in the face of grave danger posed by the rioters to the lawmakers forced into hiding inside.
“As the president watched the bloody attack unfold on Fox News from his dining room, members of Congress and other government officials stepped into the gigantic leadership void created by the president's chilling and steady passivity that day,” said Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a committee member.
The concerns were not theoretical. Around 3 p.m., as a Trump loyalist outside Pelosi's office pointed her finger and shouted, “We're coming in if you don't bring her out," the speaker was huddled somewhere else in a room with Schumer, who said, “I'm gonna call up the effin' secretary of DoD.”
And so he did, telling acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller on speakerphone that there were senators still in hideaway spaces and imploring him to send in the Maryland National Guard. Pelosi chimed in that she was going to call the mayor of Washington, D.C., for help as well.
As the violence persisted outside — “Officer down, get him up,” a voice could be heard bellowing in one clip shown by the committee — the leaders kept making calls inside. One went to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam about the possibility of help from the Virginia National Guard, with Pelosi narrating the events based on what she saw from television news footage.
An angrier call followed with Jeffrey Rosen, the then-acting attorney general. Days earlier, and unbeknownst at the time to Congress or to the public, Rosen and colleagues had fended off a slapdash attempt by Trump to replace him with a subordinate eager to challenge the election results.
On that day, though, Schumer and Pelosi sat shoulder-to-shoulder on the couch and laid bare their frustrations with the country's top law enforcement official.
“They're breaking the law in many different ways,” Pelosi said. “And quite frankly, much of it at the instigation of the president of the United States.”
Schumer weighed in too, shaking his head to the side for emphasis: “Yeah, why don't you get the president to tell them to leave the Capitol, Mr. Attorney General, in your law enforcement responsibility? A public statement they should all leave.”
In a clip that aired later on CNN, Pelosi was told that the Secret Service had dissuaded Trump from going to the Capitol.
“If he comes, I’m gonna punch him out,” Pelosi responded. “I’ve been waiting for this. For trespassing on the Capitol grounds, I’m gonna punch him out. And I’m gonna go to jail, and I’m gonna be happy.”
It wasn't until the evening that the Capitol would be cleared and work would resume. The news that Congress would be able to reconvene to finish its work in certifying the election results was delivered to the congressional leaders not by Trump but by Vice President Mike Pence.
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Woman Injured by Black Bear Near Nisswa Released from Hospital
NISSWA, Minn. (Valley News Live) - A woman was treated and released from the hospital after being injured by a black bear near Nisswa Friday morning.
The incident occurred when the woman, who was staying at a cabin near Gull Lake, let her dog outside shortly after midnight. Concerned about her pet’s safety, she ventured into the yard to check on the dog, only to encounter the bear.
The bear swiped at her, striking her in multiple places. Following the incident, the bear promptly left the immediate area. While the woman sustained serious injuries, they were not life-threatening.
According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, there had been no reported complaints of bear activity in the area this spring prior to this incident. Experts believe the bear was likely startled by the sudden appearance of the dog in the middle of the night, leading it to swipe at the woman as a defensive measure. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office provided assistance to the DNR in handling the incident, while DNR conservation officers are currently monitoring the area for any bears that may pose a threat to public safety.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Kardashian was honored at Monday’s Council of Fashion Designers of America Fashion Awards for her shapewear line and used the honor to call for designers to be inclusive for all body shapes.
Kardashian was awarded the first-ever Innovation Award presented by Amazon Fashion for her shapewear brand SKIMS. Co-Founder and CEO Jens Grede and Founding Partner and Chief Product Officer Emma Grede also joined Kardashian to receive the inaugural award.
The fashion industry’s equivalent of the Oscars was held in person Monday night and hosted by actress Natasha Lyonne and designers and CFDA members Joseph Altuzarra, Gabriela Hearst, Aurora James, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough. The evening commemorated the history of American fashion and 60 years of the fashion organization.
“We have put a strong emphasis since our launch on continuing to shape the industry to embrace size equality and diversity as a fixture and not just a trend and I see so many of you are doing just that,” Kardashian said to the starry audience that included her sisters Khloe and Kendall and her mom, Kris Jenner.
Martha Stewart presented the award to Kardashian, who had to make a quick announcement when a phone rang right before she started speaking. “Mom, turn your phone off,” Kardashian said to Jenner to laughter from the audience.
The Kardashians were fully represented at the show, with Jenner, Khloe Kardashian and Kendall and Kylie Jenner watching as their sister accepted her honor.
Other big wins were Elena Velez for 2022’s Emerging Designer of the Year.
Velez shouted out Middle America in her acceptance speech. “We also have a perspective on the fashion industry that deserves to be heard. So, with this sort of recognition this kind of fortifies that mission and allows me to serve as a pipeline in the industry for other local artisan craftspeople.”
Law Roach was honored with a new award recognizing stylists for their work.
“Once upon a time, there was a queen born on the south side of Chicago. A queen who was a fear force for good and for beauty and she changed the landscape of fashion just by being her,” Kerry Washington said, retelling the story of Roach’s early life.
He shared with the audience that he was watching the CFDA Awards in 2016 from behind the scenes as Zendaya’s stylist.
“I watched from the kitchen as the waiters served your food and I just said to myself, ‘One day I’m going to be on that stage.’ I am an example that anything and everything is possible,” Roach said.
Bradley Cooper, Trevor Noah, and Christina Ricci were among other presenters on a night when a variety of designers took home trophies and Lenny Kravitz received the CFDA’s Fashion Icon Award.
“(Kravitz is) effortless, cool, eclectic, fearless,” Cooper said while introducing Kravitz. “Whatever it is, he’s got it. And when it comes to fashion, there’s no one cooler. There is no other musician alive today who wears leather and leopard like Lenny.”
“My mother’s closet was my own personal boutique. I put on scarfs, belts, platform boots, boas emulating my heroes from the Jackson Five, Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, David Bowie and Miles Davis,” Kravitz said, recounting his youth growing up in the late 60s and 70s.
Last year, Zendaya was the youngest person to win the Icon award. Previous recipients have included Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, and Jennifer Lopez.
Cher also made a surprise appearance to present an honor to stylist Patti Wilson. “Fashion is to be fun and feared and Patti Wilson is fearless,” Cher said.
The accessories design award went to Raul Lopez.
In the American designer categories, Catherine Holstein won the womenswear prize for KHAITE and Emily Adams Bode Aujla took the prize for menswear designer.
The Board of Trustee’s Award was awarded to Virgil Abloh to honor the late designer’s contribution to global fashion. The award was received by his wife, Shannon Abloh, who said “what he was able to accomplish in his short 41 years will live on to inspire all of us for decades to come.” | https://who13.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-kim-kardashian-honored-at-cfda-awards-calls-for-inclusivity/ | 2022-11-08 22:21:17 | 1 | https://who13.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-kim-kardashian-honored-at-cfda-awards-calls-for-inclusivity/ |
Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association, one of the largest cryptocurrency lobbying groups, knows it won’t be easy to rebuild the industry’s reputation.
Lawmakers are outraged by the fall of FTX, one of the largest crypto exchanges, and whose founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, was formerly a trusted voice on Capitol Hill. More than 1 million FTX users may lose their funds after an affiliated trading firm blew through their deposits on risky gambles, and Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday in the Bahamas after charges were filed against him in the U.S.
The high-profile failure — which follows several other crypto collapses this year — has cast a shadow over an industry that had been making inroads with lawmakers and will only spur more scrutiny from crypto’s most vocal skeptics.
“I’m outraged too,” Smith said in a recent interview with The Hill that came before Bankman-Fried’s arrest. “This is just a pattern of really egregious behavior, and if you look at some of the reporting that’s been out there, there’s a very good case that this could be fraud.”
“It’s going to be incumbent upon the crypto industry to explain that this is incredibly abnormal behavior,” she added.
Her association, which doesn’t represent FTX but does list bankrupt crypto lenders Voyager Digital and BlockFi among its members, is gearing up for a flurry of meetings with leery lawmakers early in the new Congress next year.
Its primary goals are to demonstrate the benefits of crypto and explain why Congress must create regulatory clarity to ensure crypto firms set up shop in the U.S. FTX is based in the Bahamas, and thus did not fall under the scope of U.S. regulators.
Seeking distance from disaster
Distancing FTX from the broader crypto community could be crucial for the industry’s political survival.
Smith and other crypto figures say they were always wary of Bankman-Fried, particularly over his efforts to dominate the conversation in the halls of Congress — and the tens of millions of dollars in political donations he made to cosy up with lawmakers.
They refer to the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act — the first piece of comprehensive crypto legislation — as “the FTX bill” because Bankman-Fried was effectively its lead author.
The Blockchain Association lobbied for major changes to the bill and pushed back on Bankman-Fried’s controversial proposal before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that would allow FTX users to make trades using borrowed money without going through a clearing house.
Smith said she had an uneasy feeling as a speaker at Bankman-Fried’s extravagant “Crypto Bahamas” conference in April, which featured a host of celebrities including Tom Brady, Katy Perry and even former President Clinton. Just how was he pulling this off, she wondered.
“This guy got the entire world thinking he was a genius, and it looks like he may end up being nothing more than a common criminal,” Smith said.
Bankman-Fried is the most high-profile crypto kingmaker to face criminal probes and congressional scrutiny, but he’s not the first. Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network faces federal and state-level investigations into its operations, while Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon is on the run after the collapse of his TerraUSD coin wiped out $40 billion in investor funds.
Smith said that as the industry fights to rebuild its reputation, it must also look inward and call out its problematic figures. She acknowledges that identifying the bad actors is a difficult task — and something crypto trade groups, lawmakers and financial services giants alike have failed at.
“I think we need to step back and stop hero-worshiping the ‘founders’ and really take a more objective look at what it is they’re building and ask the tough questions,” she said. “Until there’s a better regulatory framework in place, the industry itself is going to be on the front lines for weeding out these bad actors.”
‘The advantage of being one of the first people to show up’
A Los Angeles native, Smith came to the nation’s capital to study biology at George Washington University.
She first dipped into politics as an intern for the late Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.). Smith worked her way up to a legislative role where she focused on internet and telecom policy.
After four years as deputy chief of staff to then-Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) and multiple stints at lobbying firms, Smith joined the Blockchain Association in 2018, seeking to return to tech and internet policy.
She wasn’t satisfied with the direction of the current state of the internet due to its focus on social media and unchecked personal data collection.
“For me, getting into this space was a return to trying to be a specialist in something,” Smith said. “And given that there were very few people in Washington doing this, I had the advantage of being one of the first people to show up.”
The conversation has evolved from when Smith first started. In most cases, she no longer has to explain to lawmakers the basics of how crypto and blockchain technology works.
That’s a relief, but she remains frustrated that Congress still hasn’t passed any legislation to regulate the crypto industry, something she hopes will get done next year.
The easiest issue to tackle is regulating so-called stablecoins, digital assets that match the value of the dollar and other traditional currencies, which Congress has been examining for several years. Legislation could prevent a repeat of stablecoin crashes earlier this year that rattled the crypto market.
Smith added that Congress should decide which agency will regulate crypto spot markets, something that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is also pushing for.
Getting a comprehensive crypto regulation and consumer protection bill through will be a bigger lift. While crypto supporters and skeptics agree on the need for regulation, they disagree on how strict the rules should be. The FTX collapse will only embolden doubters such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to double down.
“I think the bigger question is going to be: How far apart are the approaches for how to regulate this space?” Smith said. “And is it something where there can be a deal that people can coalesce around?”
Smith, like many crypto diehards, doesn’t see the latest setbacks as the end of the road, but rather a natural, if painful, process of weeding out crypto’s bad actors.
She still believes that crypto’s underlying blockchain technology will transform the internet by handing power over to users and taking it away from tech giants and other power players. For Smith, it’s a matter of when, not if.
“I think that the fundamental underlying technology is good and powerful and something that ultimately will prove out as time goes on,” she said. “So yeah, I’m more excited than ever.” | https://www.qcnews.com/hill-politics/lobbying-to-salvage-cryptos-reputation/ | 2022-12-13 11:59:46 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/hill-politics/lobbying-to-salvage-cryptos-reputation/ |
$4.5 million overhaul will enable residents to enjoy beautiful, affordable homes for years to come
Supportive services, arranged in partnership with community organizations, are expanding access to healthcare and improving quality of life for residents
COVINGTON, Ky. , Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fairstead, a purpose-driven, vertically integrated real estate company committed to sustainable development and the creation and preservation of high-quality housing, joined City of Covington Mayor Joseph U. Meyer and the Kentucky Housing Corporation to celebrate the completion of a $4.5 million overhaul of Colony Apartments with a Community Day and ribbon cutting. Residents of the 137-unit senior housing complex will enjoy major home upgrades, including new kitchens, bathrooms, cabinetry, energy-efficient appliances, and lighting, as well as lower monthly utility bills. Fairstead also partnered with local organizations to bolster on-site support services at the property, located at 3800 Locke Street in central Covington, KY.
The comprehensive renovations mark a new beginning for the 43-year-old property. The Community Day celebration brought together residents and community leaders for an afternoon of entertainment and food in honor of the landmark effort. Colony residents had access to free health screenings through community partners and enjoyed local food trucks, a DJ, a magic show, and succulent planting.
"With the help of Kentucky Housing Corporation and Mayor Joseph Meyer, Fairstead has been able to preserve affordable housing and provide residents with important social services to enhance quality of life," said Bobby Byrd, Managing Partner, Development at Fairstead. "Affordable housing for seniors has become a precious resource. We want our seniors to be able to age in place with dignity and live independently for as long as possible. Our work at Colony is a great example of how we are doing this across the nation."
"In this chapter of their lives, our oldest residents deserve to live in a place they're proud to call 'home,' a place that feels like community and that brings them peace and comfort," Covington Mayor Joe Meyer said. "The City of Covington was proud to support Fairstead's work to elevate the physical surroundings and thus the living conditions at the Colony Apartments here in Latonia to ensure that this vibrant complex is such a place. Congratulations to all."
Financing for the rehabilitation of Colony Apartments came from the Kentucky Housing Corporation, Capital One, and Boston Financial.
"Kentucky Housing Corporation was proud to participate in the revitalization of the Colony Apartments by providing $662,000 in Low Income Housing Tax Credits and $13.5 million in tax exempt bonds. This project breathes new life into a 43-year-old building, providing Kenton County residents access to more affordable, safe, stable housing. We commend Fairstead and all of the partners on this project and look forward to the grand reopening," said Winston Miller, Executive Director and CEO of the Kentucky Housing Corporation.
"It's an exciting milestone to see the renovations completed at Colony Apartments, which will ultimately drive better outcomes for the community's residents," said Evan Williams, Capital One Senior Vice President of Agency Finance. "The energy savings and ADA compliance upgrades are evidence of Fairstead's commitment to preserving quality affordable housing for the senior population in Covington, Kentucky."
"Boston Financial is proud to have partnered with Fairstead on the preservation of Colony Apartments in Covington, Kentucky," said Steven Napolitano, Senior Vice President, Boston Financial. "Our investment has helped Fairstead to modernize 137 units of housing for seniors, strengthened their community through tailored on-site services, and preserved much-needed affordable homes for future seniors in the region. We believe in Fairstead's commitment to building vibrant communities across the US, and our work together reinforces our own vision to create a future where everyone has a home, one investment at a time."
Renovations of the 137 apartments included new kitchens and bathrooms with new cabinetry, energy-efficient appliances, and lighting. Fairstead also replaced all the windows, roofs, and HVAC systems, as well as a renovating the community room and business center. The outdoor area now features a new gazebo and landscaping improvements, such as new trees and plantings. Fairstead also boosted security measures at the property by adding new lighting and a state-of-the-art camera system.
Supportive services are improving access to care for residents, including through community events, food access, civic engagement, educational opportunities, healthcare, security, and more. The on-site property management and social services team has developed relationships and programming with a diverse range of partner organizations to ensure residents' needs are met, including the Health Alliance and the Senior Resource Center.
The reopening comes as Fairstead works to complete a $12 million overhaul of the nearby Cambridge Square apartment complex in a deal that also extended the property's affordability for years to come. The residential community, comprised of 200 affordable apartments, includes gut renovations for every home, as well as improvements to the façade and buildings systems.
Fairstead is a purpose-driven vertically integrated real estate developer specializing in creating sustainable, high-quality housing. The firm's national footprint includes more than $6 billion in assets and identified pipeline. With offices in New York, Maryland, and South Carolina, Fairstead's team manages 90+ communities across the country and runs its comprehensive real estate platform, which includes acquisitions and development, venture capital investments in prop tech, design and construction, energy and sustainability, property management, marketing, and leasing. The firm also administers one of the industry's most proactive community impact programs to provide on-site support services to residents. For more information, visit www.fairstead.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – Large swathes of the U.S. could suffer blackouts this summer, according to the annual assessment from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).
The report, which forecasts how prepared the energy grids that power air conditioners, medical devices, lights and other vital resources are, found that roughly two thirds of the country are at an “elevated risk” of power loss.
Those regions include the entire continental U.S. from Texas to the West Coast, along with large portions of the Midwest and New England.
Despite the extensive areas flagged by the nonprofit, there is some positive news. In contrast to last year’s report, there are no “high risk” regions where normal peak conditions could max out operating reserves. In 2022, the NERC map showed many states under the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), such as Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, either entirely or partly at high risk.
“Increased, rapid deployment of wind, solar and batteries have made a positive impact,” Mark Olson, NERC’s manager of Reliability Assessments, said in a statement. “However, generator retirements continue to increase the risks associated with extreme summer temperatures, which factors into potential supply shortages in the western two-thirds of North America if summer temperatures spike.”
This year’s analysis shows that the grids should be able to function under normal summer weather, but extreme weather events such as the deadly 2021 “heat dome”, a period of record heat baking much of the Western U.S., could cripple grids from the Pacific Northwest and Sun Belt to Texas, according to energy and environment publication E&E News.
“The system is closer to the edge. More needs to be done,” John Moura, NERC director of reliability assessment and performance analysis, told reporters Wednesday.
Using past data of Americans’ summer energy usage and temperature history, the NERC is estimating that there is a 1-in-10 chance this summer of extreme conditions, according to E&E. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/these-areas-of-the-us-at-elevated-risk-of-blackouts-this-summer/ | 2023-05-20 21:11:42 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/these-areas-of-the-us-at-elevated-risk-of-blackouts-this-summer/ |
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Advanced Therapies (WuXi ATU), a wholly owned subsidiary of WuXi AppTec, today announced a licensing agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson ("Janssen"). Under this agreement, WuXi ATU will license to Janssen its TESSA™ technology, a high-performance system that can produce 10 times more adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors than traditional AAV manufacturing systems. Janssen will also have access to work on WuXi ATU's proprietary clonal suspension HEK293 cell line. This agreement was facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation.
AAV vectors are commonly used for the delivery of gene therapies to patients due to their ability to transduce numerous cell and tissue types. WuXi ATU's TESSA™ technology responds to industry demand for large scale AAV manufacturing by producing higher quality AAV particles more efficiently. WuXi ATU has also successfully scaled up the TESSA™ technology to 200L; this achieved a 10-fold higher yield and a significantly higher percentage of full AAV capsids, greatly reducing overall AAV production costs compared to traditional plasmid-based AAV production systems.
"We are honored that Janssen selected WuXi ATU's TESSA™ technology." said Dr. David Chang, Chief Executive Officer of WuXi Advanced Therapies. "We remain committed to improving the TESSA™ platform to produce faster and more cost-effective AAV products for patients."
As a Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CTDMO) with global operations, WuXi ATU will continue to enhance its capability and capacity to help customers develop and deliver life-changing cell and gene therapies faster for patients in need.
About WuXi Advanced Therapies (WuXi ATU)
As the advanced therapies business unit of WuXi AppTec, WuXi Advanced Therapies is a Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CTDMO) that offers integrated platforms to transform the discovery, development, testing, manufacturing, and commercialization of cell and gene therapies. Our services and solutions accelerate time to market and support customer programs around the world. For more information, please visit https://www.advancedtherapies.com
About WuXi AppTec
As a global company with operations across Asia, Europe, and North America, WuXi AppTec provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services that enable global pharmaceutical and healthcare industry to advance discoveries and deliver groundbreaking treatments to patients. Through its unique business models, WuXi AppTec's integrated, end-to-end services include chemistry drug CRDMO (Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization), biology discovery, preclinical testing and clinical research services, cell and gene therapies CTDMO (Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization), helping customers improve the productivity of advancing healthcare products through cost-effective and efficient solutions. WuXi AppTec received AA ESG rating from MSCI in 2021 and its open-access platform is enabling more than 5,850 collaborators from over 30 countries to improve the health of those in need – and to realize the vision that "every drug can be made and every disease can be treated." Please visit: http://www.wuxiapptec.com
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How did a man board a Tampa-bound flight with a box cutter?
TAMPA, Fla. - Transportation and Security Administration employees who allowed a man to board a Tampa-bound plane in Cincinnati with a box cutter after removing the blades have been placed in a training status, according to the TSA.
On Friday, a plane headed to Tampa from Ohio was forced to land in Atlanta after the TSA says a ‘disruptive’ passenger on board was found to have a box cutter on him.
How was the man allowed to board the plane with a box cutter?
A TSA spokesperson says the traveler, who has not been publicly identified, showed security agents a temporary Ohio driver’s license that had been renewed once. He also presented two backpacks and submitted additional loose items into a bin to be screened to board a plane headed to Tampa.
The TSA says the man’s items were screened with CT technology which creates a 3-D image that can be turned 360 degrees for a thorough analysis. Following a review of the incident, including closed-circuit television (CCTV), the TSA says the image review capabilities of the CT were not fully used.
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According to the TSA, the box cutters were not identified by the CT operator, but the man’s property was identified for further search. During the search, one box cutter was discovered and the TSA says visible blades were removed from the box cutter and provided back to the passenger.
The TSA says this is contrary to the standard operating procedure which requires these items to be placed in checked bags or voluntarily abandoned. The TSA says the backpack containing the other box cutter, and the remainder of the traveler’s property, was screened for explosives, but the box cutter was not discovered.
The man was allowed to board the plane and the flight departed from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Friday evening and headed toward Tampa. However, Frontier Airlines said the plane was diverted to Atlanta after the man became ‘unruly’ and his box cutter was located.
According to officials with Frontier, the plane landed safely in Atlanta and the passenger was taken into custody by Atlanta law enforcement.
No passengers or crew members on board were injured, flight officials said. All passengers were deplaned and were provided with overnight hotel accommodations in Atlanta.
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The TSA says its employees that were involved in this incident have been placed in a training status for remediation on CT image review and physical search procedures.
The TSA is also conducting shift briefs on the incident for all CVG and State of Kentucky employees, with reminders on the proper disposition of box cutters and other prohibited items discovered during search.
According to the TSA, statewide refresher training is being scheduled for CT image review, with emphasis on the use of image rotation and manipulation tools for optimal detection.
Nationally, the TSA says it will issue a shift brief for all screening employees on this incident with reminders on the use of the technology tools and prohibited items.
After spending the night in Atlanta, the passengers on board the plane arrived in Tampa on Saturday morning without incident. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/how-did-a-man-board-a-tampa-bound-flight-with-a-box-cutter | 2022-11-13 17:37:19 | 1 | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/how-did-a-man-board-a-tampa-bound-flight-with-a-box-cutter |
On the eve of free agency, the Giants are making a big splash on the trade market.
The Giants had a deal in place Tuesday to acquire Raiders tight end Darren Waller, according to multiple reports.
New York sent back to Las Vegas the 100th pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapaport. The Giants acquired that third-round compensatory pick when they traded wide receiver Kadarius Toney to the Chiefs last November.
The Giants also got a 2023 sixth-round pick from Kansas City in that trade and still have 10 picks overall in the upcoming draft.
Waller, 30, made the Pro Bowl in 2020 and provides the Giants with one of the NFL’s best pass-catching tight ends at a position of need.
Waller had 197 catches for 2,341 yards and 12 touchdowns during the 2019 and 2020 seasons but battled injuries each of the last two years, totaling 1,053 yards in 20 games.
Waller has four years and $52.5 million remaining on his contract, but his $11 million salary in 2023 is the only guaranteed money that the Giants inherit.
NFL free agency officially kicks off at 4 p.m. Wednesday, but teams were permitted to begin negotiating with agents Monday at noon.
The only major signing that the Giants have reportedly agreed to so far is a four-year, $40 million deal for former Colts linebacker Bobby Okereke, who was a third-round pick in 2019. | https://www.mcall.com/2023/03/14/giants-reportedly-trading-for-raiders-tight-end-darren-waller/ | 2023-03-20 06:40:57 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/2023/03/14/giants-reportedly-trading-for-raiders-tight-end-darren-waller/ |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google on Wednesday disclosed plans to infuse its dominant search engine with more advanced artificial-intelligence technology, a drive that’s in response to one of the biggest threats to its long-established position as the internet’s main gateway.
The gradual shift in how Google’s search engine runs is rolling out three months after Microsoft’s Bing search engine started to tap into technology similar to that which powers the artificially intelligent chatbot ChatGPT, which has created one of Silicon Valley’s biggest buzzes since Apple released the first iPhone 16 years ago.
Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc., already has been testing its own conversational chatbot called Bard. That product, powered by technology called generative AI that also fuels ChatGPT, has only been available to people accepted from a waitlist. But Google announced Wednesday that Bard will be available to all comers in more than 180 countries and more languages beyond English.
Bard’s multilingual expansion will begin with Japanese and Korean before adding about 40 more languages.
Now Google is ready to test the AI waters with its search engine, which has been synonymous with finding things on the internet for the past 20 years and serves as the pillar of a digital advertising empire that generated more than $220 billion in revenue last year.
“We are at an exciting inflection point,” Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai told a packed developers conference in a speech peppered with one AI reference after another. “We are reimagining all our products, including search.”
More AI technology will be coming to Google’s Gmail with a “Help Me Write” option that will produce lengthy replies to emails in seconds, and a tool for photos called “Magic Editor” that will automatically doctor pictures.
The AI transition will begin cautiously with the search engine that serves as Google’s crown jewel.
The deliberate approach reflects the balancing act that Google must negotiate as it tries to remain on the cutting edge while also preserving its reputation for delivering reliable search results — a mantle that could be undercut by artificial intelligence’s penchant for fabricating information that sounds authoritative.
The tendency to produce deceptively convincing answers to questions — a phenomenon euphemistically described as “hallucinations” — has already been cropping up during the early testing of Bard, which like ChatGPT, relies on still-evolving generative AI technology.
Google will take its next AI steps through a newly formed search lab where people in the U.S. can join a waitlist to test how generative AI will be incorporated in search results. The tests also include the more traditional links to external websites where users can read more extensive information about queried topics. It may take several weeks before Google starts sending invitations to those accepted from the waitlist to test the AI-injected search engine.
The AI results will be clearly tagged as an experimental form of technology and Google is pledging the AI-generated summaries will sound more factual than conversational — a distinct contrast from Bard and ChatGPT, which are programmed to convey more human-like personas. Google is building in guardrails that will prevent the AI baked into the search engine from responding to sensitive questions about health — such as, “Should I give Tylenol to a 3-year-old?” — and finance matters. In those instances, Google will continue to steer people to authoritative websites.
Google isn’t predicting how long it will be before its search engine will include generative AI results for all comers. The Mountain View, California, company has been under intensifying pressure to demonstrate how its search engine will maintain its leadership since Microsoft began to load AI into Bing, which remains a distant second to Google.
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The potential threat caused Alphabet’s stock price to initially plunge, although it has recently bounced back to where it stood when Bing announced its AI plans to great fanfare. More recently, The New York Times reported Samsung is considering dropping Google as the default search engine on its widely used smartphones, raising the specter that Apple might adopt a similar tactic with the iPhone unless Google can show its search engine can evolve with what appears to be a forthcoming AI-driven revolution.
Alphabet’s shares surged 4% Wednesday after Google’s wave of AI announcements to finish at $111.75, the highest closing price since Bing began melding with ChatGPT in early February.
As it begins to ingrain AI in its search engine, Google is aiming to make Bard smarter by connecting with the next generation of a massive data set known as a “large language model,” or LLM, that fuels it. The LLM that Bard relies on is dubbed Pathways Language Model, or PaLM. The AI in Google’s search engine will draw upon the next-generation PaLM2 and another technology known as a Multitask Unified Model, or MUM.
Although people will have to wait to see how Google’s search engine will deploy generative AI to find answers, a new tool soon be more broadly available to all users. Google is going to add a new filter called “Perspectives” that will focus on what people are saying online about whatever topic is entered into the search engine. The new feature will be placed along existing search filters for news, images and video.
Besides using its annual tech showcase to tout its prowess in AI, Google also unveiled the first foldable smartphone in its Pixel line-up of gadgets. Google’s entry into a new type of smartphone design that allows users to deploy the device as a mini-tablet too comes nearly three years after Samsung — the leading maker of smartphones powered by Google’s Android software — introduced its first bendable model.
Foldable phones so far have remained a niche market, largely because of prices ranging between $1,500 and $2,000. Last year, about 14 million foldable phones were sold worldwide, accounting for just 1% of overall smartphone shipments, according to the research firm International Data Corp.
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WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, June 26, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
332 AM PDT Sat Jun 25 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Hot temperatures of 95 to 105 in the valleys during the
afternoons and 85 to 95 at usually cooler hilly locations.
Overnight lows will also be unusually warm, generally in the
60s.
* WHERE...Eastern Douglas County Foothills including Toketee
Falls and Steamboat.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Saturday to 11 PM PDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The hottest day of this heat wave is
expected to be Sunday. This heat wave is likely to feel
unusually hot to most due to fairly cool temperatures, thus
far, this warm season.
* View the hazard area in detail at
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
11 PM PDT MONDAY...
afternoons and 85 to 95 at usually cooler, hilly locations.
* WHERE...Central Douglas County including Roseburg, Tri City,
Tiller, Azalea, Glendale, Camas Valley, Sutherlin, Elkton,
Drain, and Scottsburg.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Saturday to 11 PM PDT Monday.
expected to be Sunday. On Monday the Heat Advisory area is
likely to be smaller as temperatures cool slightly. This heat
wave is likely to feel unusually hot to most due to fairly
cool temperatures, thus far, this warm season.
afternoons and 85 to 95 at usually cooler mid-elevation
locations. Overnight lows will also be much warmer than
normal, generally in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
* WHERE...In California, Dunsmuir, Mount Shasta City, Tennant,
Macdoel, Dorris, and Tulelake. In Oregon, portions of the
South Central Oregon Cascades, Siskiyou Mountains, and
Southern Oregon Cascades including Crescent Lake, Union Creek,
and Howard Prairie. Much of the Upper Klamath Basin including
Keno, Klamath Falls, Bonanza, and Chiloquin.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...Hot temperatures of 85 to 100 in the valleys during the
afternoons. Overnight lows will also be much warmer than
normal, generally in the 50s.
* WHERE...In California, all except the higher mountains of
Modoc County. In Oregon, Northern and Eastern Klamath County
and Western Lake County and Central and Eastern Lake County
including Lakeview, Adel, Bly, Beatty, Sprague River, Silver
Lake, Summer Lake, Chemult, and Crescent.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Sunday to 11 PM PDT Monday.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...This heat wave is likely to feel
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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Akayleb Evans was placed in the concussion protocol three times last season, a frustrating and humbling theme of his rookie year with the Minnesota Vikings.
For as much as they could have used him down the stretch at cornerback, the Vikings decided, Evans needed the downtime more. He went on season-ending injured reserve after the last one on Dec. 4.
“I understand they want to be safe. I have a lot more life to live after football, so it was the smart thing to do," Evans said last week.
Following another season of passive and leaky pass coverage, the Vikings have their secondary again under construction.
The greatest upgrade potential actually lies in their draft class from the previous year. Injuries kept the collective contributions from Evans, cornerback Andrew Booth and safety Lewis Cine — three of their first five picks in 2022 — to a bare minimum.
If these three players can stay healthy all season and prove their worth as NFL -caliber defenders, or even if just one or two of them make those strides, the Vikings might have a fighting chance to keep opposing quarterbacks from carving them up as frequently as they did last season.
With a pay cut for Harrison Smith and the return of Camryn Bynum, the safety positions are set. That reduces the pressure on Cine in his recovery from a badly broken leg after the first-round draft pick out of Georgia was hurt on special teams in the fourth game of the season.
The departure of Patrick Peterson, though, gave the development of Booth and Evans a heightened urgency. The signing of Byron Murphy in free agency from Arizona gave the Vikings an established starter, but Duke Shelley and Chandon Sullivan also went elsewhere to further deplete the depth chart. The Vikings signed veteran Joejuan Williams and drafted Mekhi Blackmon from USC in the third round last month to add to the mix, but major roles for Booth and Evans are there for the taking.
“They played in spurts last season, and you saw the potential and we saw on draft day,” general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said. “This sport isn’t about flashes or one play. It’s about showing consistency over a lot of plays. That is also a challenge that every young player has, and we are going to help them to get them to the best ability they can. We’re really excited about what they have and what they are coming back with.”
For Evans, a fourth-round pick out of Missouri, adjusting his tackling style will be the top priority for his second season. He was also recently fitted for a new custom helmet to help prevent a concussion recurrence.
“Not every tackle has to be as hard as I can, so just being smart about that,” Evans said. "Whenever I do go in to make a tackle, just being smart to keep my head out of it, being intentional about it. So I’ve been working really hard at that.”
Evans played in 10 games before he was shut down, but spending time with the eight-time Pro Bowl pick Peterson was probably just as valuable.
“I was able to show some flashes of what I can do last year, but I feel like this year is about taking over for sure. I also see myself as a leader. I’ve usually been the quiet guy, but I feel like Pat P really set a good example of how to lead in your own way,” Evans said.
The Vikings are installing a different system favoring more man-to-man coverage under new defensive coordinator Brian Flores, which helps mitigate the impact of the lost time for Evans and Booth in their rookie seasons.
Booth, the second-round pick out of Clemson, played in only six games. He tore the lateral meniscus in his knee in his first start and eventually had surgery. That was after he missed practice and game time with hernia, ankle and quadriceps injuries.
The learning process for him revolved around the trainer's room with injury prevention and treatment.
“Your body is what’s going to get you through this, and that’s what’s going to provide my longevity,” Booth said. "They say our bodies are like Ferraris, so you’ve got to treat it a certain way.”
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CALGARY, AB, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Gibson Energy Inc. announced today that it expects to release its 2022 fourth quarter and year-end financial and operating results on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 after the close of North American markets. The 2022 fourth quarter and year-end management's discussion and analysis and audited consolidated financial statements will be available on the Company's website at www.gibsonenergy.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Earnings Conference Call & Webcast Details
A conference call and webcast will be held to discuss the 2022 fourth quarter and year-end financial and operating results at 7:00am Mountain Time (9:00am Eastern Time) on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
The conference call dial-in numbers are:
- 416-764-8659 / 1-888-664-6392
- Conference ID: 28344403
This call will also be broadcast live on the Internet and may be accessed directly at the following URL:
The webcast will remain accessible for a 12-month period at the above URL. Additionally, a digital recording will be available for replay two hours after the call's completion until March 8, 2023, using the following dial-in numbers:
- 416-764-8677 / 1-888-390-0541
- Replay Entry Code: 344403
About Gibson
Gibson Energy Inc. ("Gibson" or the "Company") (TSX: GEI) is a Canadian-based liquids infrastructure company with its principal businesses consisting of the storage, optimization, processing, and gathering of liquids and refined products. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, the Company's operations are focused around its core terminal assets located at Hardisty and Edmonton, Alberta, and include the Moose Jaw Facility and an infrastructure position in the U.S.
Gibson shares trade under the symbol GEI and are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.gibsonenergy.com.
For further information, please contact:
Mark Chyc-Cies
Vice President, Strategy, Planning & Investor Relations
Phone: (403) 776-3146
Email: mark.chyc-cies@gibsonenergy.com
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Truck hits 2 Ole Miss students, killing 1; suspects arrested
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — One University of Mississippi student was killed and another was injured when a pickup truck struck them in a parking lot early Sunday behind Oxford City Hall. Law enforcement officers arrested two suspects by Monday. Both are from Collierville, Tennessee. Police say 18-year-old Tristan Holland was taken into custody Sunday on accessory after the fact, and 24-year-old Seth Rokitka was arrested Monday and charged with manslaughter and aggravated DUI. Rokitka is also charged with violating the duties of a driver involved in an accident resulting in death or injury. The student killed was 21-year-old Walker Fielder of Madison, Mississippi. The student injured is 20-year-old Blanche Williamson of Raleigh, North Carolina. She is hospitalized in Memphis, Tennessee. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/10/17/truck-hits-2-ole-miss-students-killing-1-suspects-arrested/ | 2022-10-18 00:28:18 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/10/17/truck-hits-2-ole-miss-students-killing-1-suspects-arrested/ |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Workers at refineries crucial for Iran’s oil and natural gas production protested Monday over the death of a 22-year-old woman, online videos appeared to show, escalating the crisis faced by Tehran.
The demonstrations in Abadan and Asaluyeh mark the first time the unrest surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini threatened the industry crucial to the coffers of Iran’s long-sanctioned theocratic government.
While it remains unclear if other workers will follow, the protests come as demonstrations rage on in cities, towns and villages across Iran over the Sept. 16 death of Amini after her arrest by the country’s morality police in Tehran. Early on Monday, the sound of apparent gunshots and explosions echoed through the streets of a city in western Iran, while security forces reportedly killed one man in a nearby village, activists said.
Iran’s government insists Amini was not mistreated, but her family says her body showed bruises and other signs of beating. Subsequent videos have shown security forces beating and shoving female protesters, including women who have torn off their mandatory headscarf, or hijab.
From the capital, Tehran, and elsewhere, online videos have emerged despite authorities disrupting the internet. Videos on Monday showed university and high school students demonstrating and chanting, with some women and girls marching through the streets without headscarves as the protests continue into a fourth week. The demonstrations represent one of the biggest challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the 2009 Green Movement protests.
Online videos analyzed by The Associated Press showed dozens of workers gathered at the refineries in Asaluyeh, some 925 kilometers (575 miles) south of Tehran, on the Persian Gulf. The vast complex takes in natural gas from the massive offshore natural gas field that Iran shares with Qatar.
In one video, the gathered workers — some with their faces covered — chant “shameless” and “death to the dictator.” The chants have been features across protests dealing with Amini’s death.
“This is the bloody year Seyyed Ali will be overthrown,” the protesters chanted, refusing to use the title ayatollah to refer to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. An ayatollah is a high-ranking Shiite cleric.
The details in the videos correspond with each and to known features of the facility compared against satellite photos taken Sunday.
Iran did not acknowledge any disruption at the facility, though the semiofficial Tasnim news agency described the incident as a salary dispute. Iran is one of the world’s top natural gas suppliers, just after the U.S. and Russia.
In Abadan, a city once home to the world’s largest oil refinery, videos also showed workers walking off the job. The New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran cited a statement it said came from the Contractual Oil Workers Protest Organizing Council that called for a strike over “the suppression and killings.”
“We declare that now is the time for widespread protests and to prepare ourselves for nationwide and back-breaking strikes,” the statement said. “This is the beginning of the road and we will continue our protests together with the entire nation day after day.”
The violence early Monday in western Iran occurred in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province, as well as in the village of Salas Babajani near the border with Iraq, according to a Kurdish group called the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights. Amini was Kurdish and her death has been felt particularly in Iran’s Kurdish region, where demonstrations began Sept. 17 at her funeral there.
Hengaw posted footage it described as smoke rising in one neighborhood in Sanandaj, with what sounded like rapid rifle fire echoing through the night sky. The shouts of people could be heard.
There was no immediate word if people had been hurt in the violence. Hengaw later posted a video online of what appeared to be collected shell casings from rifles and shotguns, as well as spent tear gas canisters.
Authorities offered no immediate explanation about the violence early Monday in Sanandaj, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of Tehran. Esmail Zarei Kousha, the governor of Iran’s Kurdistan province, alleged without providing evidence that unknown groups “plotted to kill young people on the streets” on Saturday, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported Monday.
Kousha also accused these unnamed groups that day of shooting a young man in the head and killing him — an attack that activists have roundly blamed on Iranian security forces. They say Iranian forces opened fire after the man honked his car horn at them. Honking has become one of the ways activists have been expressing civil disobedience — an action that has seen riot police in other videos smashing the windshields of passing vehicles.
In the village of Salas Babajani, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Sanandaj, Iranian security forces repeatedly shot a 22-year-old man protesting there who later died of his wounds, Hengaw said. It said others had been wounded in the shooting.
It remains unclear how many people have been killed so far. State television last suggested at least 41 people had been killed in the demonstrations as of Sept. 24. There’s been no update from Iran’s government since.
An Oslo-based group, Iran Human Rights, estimates at least 185 people have been killed. This includes an estimated 90 people killed by security forces in the eastern Iranian city of Zahedan amid demonstrations against a police officer accused of rape in a separate case. Iranian authorities have described the Zahedan violence as involving unnamed separatists, without providing details or evidence.
Meanwhile, a prison riot has struck the city of Rasht, killing several inmates there, a prosecutor reportedly said. It wasn’t immediately clear if the riot at Lakan Prison was linked to the ongoing protests, though Rasht has seen heavy demonstrations in recent weeks since Amini’s death.
The semiofficial Mehr news agency quoted Gilan provincial prosecutor Mehdi Fallah Miri as saying, “some prisoners died because of their wounds as the electricity was cut (at the prison) because of the damage.” He also alleged prisoners refused to allow authorities access to those wounded.
Miri described the riot as breaking out in a wing of a prison housing death penalty inmates.
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If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting 9-8-8.
The statistics are sobering. Nearly 1 in 3 teen girls report having seriously considered suicide in the past year. One in 5 teens identifying as LGBTQ+ say they attempted suicide in that time. Between 2009 and 2019, depression rates doubled for all teens. And that was before the COVID-19 pandemic. The question is: Why now?
"Our brains, our bodies, and our society have been evolving together to shape human development for millennia. ... Within the last 20 years, the advent of portable technology and social media platforms [has been] changing what took 60,000 years to evolve," Mitch Prinstein, the chief science officer at the American Psychological Association (APA), told the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. "We are just beginning to understand how this may impact youth development."
Prinstein's 22-page testimony, along with dozens of useful footnotes, offers some much-needed clarity about the role social media may play in contributing to this teen mental health crisis. For you busy parents, caregivers and educators out there, we've distilled it down to 10 useful takeaways:
1. Social interaction is key to every child's growth and development.
Humans are social creatures, and we learn through social interaction. In fact, said Prinstein, "numerous studies have revealed that children's interactions with peers have enduring effects on their occupational status, salary, relationship success, emotional development, mental health, and even on physical health and mortality over 40 years later. These effects are stronger than the effects of children's IQ, socioeconomic status and educational attainment."
This helps explain why social media platforms have grown so big in a relatively short period of time. But is the kind of social interaction they offer healthy?
2. Social media platforms often traffic in the wrong kind of social interaction.
What's the right kind, you ask? According to Prinstein, it's interactions and relationship-building "characterized by support, emotional intimacy, disclosure, positive regard, reliable alliance (e.g., 'having each other's backs') and trust."
The problem is, social media platforms often (though not always) emphasize metrics over the humans behind the "likes" and "followers," which can lead teens to simply post things about themselves, true or not, that they hope will draw the most attention. And these cycles, Prinstein warned, "create the exact opposite qualities needed for successful and adaptive relationships (i.e., [they are] disingenuous, anonymous, depersonalized). In other words, social media offers the 'empty calories of social interaction,' that appear to help satiate our biological and psychological needs, but do not contain any of the healthy ingredients necessary to reap benefits."
In fact, research has found that social media can actually make some teens feel lonelier
3. It's not all bad.
The APA's chief science officer also made clear that social media and the study of it are both too young to arrive at many conclusions with absolute certainty. In fact, when used properly, social media can feed teens' need for social connection in healthy ways.
"Research suggests that young people form and maintain friendships online. These relationships often afford opportunities to interact with a more diverse peer group than offline, and the relationships are close and meaningful and provide important support to youth in times of stress."
What's more, Prinstein pointed out, for many marginalized teens, "digital platforms provide an important space for self-discovery and expression" and can help them forge meaningful relationships that may buffer and protect them from the effects of stress.
4. Adolescence is a "developmentally vulnerable period" when teens crave social rewards, but don't have the ability to restrain themselves.
That's because, as children enter puberty, the areas of the brain "associated with our craving for 'social rewards,' such as visibility, attention and positive feedback from peers" tend to develop well before the bits of the brain "involved in our ability to inhibit our behavior, and resist temptations," Prinstein said. Social media platforms that reward teens with "likes" and new "followers" can trigger and feed that craving.
5. "Likes" can make bad behavior look good.
Hollywood has long grappled with groups of parents who worry that violent or overly sexualized movies can have a negative effect on teen behavior. Well, similar fears about teens witnessing bad behavior on social media might be well-founded. But it's complicated. Check this out:
"Research examining adolescents' brains while on a simulated social media site, for example, revealed that when exposed to illegal, dangerous imagery, activation of the prefrontal cortex was observed suggesting healthy inhibition towards maladaptive behaviors," Prinstein told lawmakers.
So, that's good. The prefrontal cortex helps us make smart (and safe) decisions. Hooray for the prefrontal cortex! Here's the problem.
When teens viewed these same illegal and/or dangerous behaviors on social media alongside icons suggesting the negative content had been "liked" by others, the part of the brain that keeps us safe stopped working as well, Prinstein said, "suggesting that the 'likes' may reduce youths' inhibition (i.e., perhaps increasing their proclivity) toward dangerous and illegal behavior."
In other words, bad behavior feels bad — until other people start liking it.
6. Social media can also make "psychologically disordered behavior" look good.
Prinstein spoke specifically about websites or online accounts that promote disordered-eating behaviors and nonsuicidal self-injury, like self-cutting.
"Research indicates that this content has proliferated on social media sites, not only depicting these behaviors, but teaching young people how to engage in [them], how to conceal these behaviors from adults, actively encouraging users to engage in these behaviors, and socially sanctioning those who express a desire for less risky behavior."
7. Extreme social media use can look a lot like addiction.
"Regions of the brain activated by social-media-use overlap considerably with the regions involved in addictions to illegal and dangerous substances," Prinstein told lawmakers.
He cited a litany of research that says excessive social media use in teens often manifests some of the same symptoms of more traditional addictions, in part because teen brains just don't have the kind of self-control toolbox that adults do.
8. The threat of online bullying is real.
Prinstein warned lawmakers that "victimization, harassment, and discrimination against racial, ethnic, gender and sexual minorities is frequent online and often targeted at young people. LGBTQ+ youth experience a heightened level of bullying, threats and self-harm on social media."
And online bullying can take a terrible physical toll, Prinstein said: "Brain scans of adults and youths reveal that online harassment activates the same regions of the brain that respond to physical pain and trigger a cascade of reactions that replicate physical assault and create physical and mental health damage."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "youth who report any involvement with bullying behavior are more likely to report high levels of suicide-related behavior than youth who do not report any involvement with bullying behavior."
Earlier this month, a 14-year-old New Jersey girl took her own life after she was attacked by fellow students at school and a video of the assault was posted on social media.
9. It's hard not to compare yourself to what you see in social media.
Even adults feel it. We go onto social media sites and compare ourselves to everyone else out there, from the sunsets in our vacation pics to our waistlines – but especially our waistlines and how we look, or feel we should look, based on who's getting "likes" and who's not. For teens, the impacts of such comparisons can be amplified.
"Psychological science demonstrates that exposure to this online content is associated with lower self-image and distorted body perceptions among young people. This exposure creates strong risk factors for eating disorders, unhealthy weight-management behaviors, and depression," Prinstein testified.
10. Sleep is more important than those "likes."
Research suggests more than half of adolescents are on screens right before bedtime, and that can keep them from getting the sleep they need. Not only is poor sleep linked to all sorts of downsides, including poor mental health symptoms, poor performance in school and trouble regulating stress, Prinstein said, but "inconsistent sleep schedules are associated with changes in structural brain development in adolescent years. In other words, youths' preoccupation with technology and social media may deleteriously affect the size of their brains."
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s former national security director was arrested Saturday over a suspected cover-up surrounding North Korea’s killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the rivals’ sea boundary in 2020.
Suh Hoon’s arrest early Saturday came as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s conservative government investigates his liberal predecessor’s handling of that killing and another border incident the same year, cases that prompted criticism Seoul was desperately trying to appease the North to improve relations.
Former President Moon Jae-in, who staked his single-term on inter-Korean rapprochement before leaving office in May, has reacted angrily to the investigation into Suh’s actions. Moon issued a statement this week accusing Yoon’s government of raising groundless allegations and politicizing sensitive security matters.
Judge Kim Jeong-min of the Seoul Central District Court granted prosecutor’s request to arrest Suh over concerns that he may attempt to destroy evidence, the court said in a statement. Suh didn’t answer reporters’ questions about the allegations on Friday as he appeared at the court for a review over the prosecution’s warrant request.
A previous inquiry by South Korea’s Board of Audit and Inspection concluded that officials from Moon’s government made no meaningful attempt to rescue Lee Dae-jun after learning that the 47-year-old fisheries official was drifting in waters near the Koreas’ western sea boundary in September 2020.
After confirming that Lee had been fatally shot by North Korean troops, officials publicly played up the possibility that he had tried to defect to North Korea, citing his gambling debts and family issues, while withholding evidence suggesting he had no such intention, the audit board said in an October report.
Suh also served as Moon’s spy chief before being appointed as national security director two months before the killing. He faces suspicions that he used a Cabinet meeting to instruct officials to delete intelligence records related to the incident while the government crafted a public explanation of Lee’s death.
Suh is also suspected of ordering the Defense Ministry, National Intelligence Service, and the Coast Guard to portray Lee as trying to defect in their reports on his killing.
Critics say the Moon government went out of its way to paint Lee as unsympathetic as it tried to appease a nuclear-armed rival with a brutal human rights record.
In June, the Defense Ministry and coast guard reversed the Moon government’s description of the incident, saying there was no evidence that Lee had tried to defect.
Moon’s Democratic Party issued a statement criticizing Suh’s arrest, saying suspicions he might destroy evidence were unreasonable since “all the materials are in the hands of the Yoon Suk Yeol government.”
“The Defense Ministry, Coast Guard, National Intelligence Service and other security-related agencies have made a judgment on the Western Sea incident based on an analysis of information and circumstances,” the party said in a statement. It called the investigation a type of political vendetta.
Yoon’s government is separately investigating the 2019 forced repatriation of two North Korean fishermen, despite their reported wish to resettle in South Korea.
In July, the National Intelligence Service filed charges against Suh and his spy chief successor Park Jie-won for alleged abuse of power, destruction of public records and falsification of documents regarding the two cases.
The agency accused Park, who served as its director until May, of ordering the destruction of intelligence reports on Lee’s death. It accused Suh of forcibly closing an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the 2019 repatriation of the two North Korean fisherman captured in South Korean waters.
Critics say Moon’s government never provided a clear explanation of why it sent the two escapees back to the North to face possible execution. Moon’s officials described the men as criminals who confessed to murder and questioned the sincerity of their wish to defect.
Dozens of international organizations, including Human Rights Watch, issued a joint statement accusing Moon’s government of failing to provide due process or to “protect anyone who would be at substantial risk of torture or other serious human rights violations after repatriation.”
Moon left office with little to show for his engagement efforts with the North and the investigations into the two incidents have further tarnished his legacy.
Moon met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un three times in 2018 and lobbied hard to set up Kim’s meetings with former U.S. President Donald Trump as part of efforts to defuse the nuclear standoff and improve inter-Korean ties.
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Project Timeline Moved Forward
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearSign Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: CLIR) ("ClearSign" or the "Company"), an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety while dramatically reducing emissions, today announces that the Company has received the purchase order to proceed with the next phase of the twenty burner project announced on March 29, 2022 for a California refinery.
The purchase order is for the purchase of four burners for testing, the multi burner test and other ancillary items. The timing and scope of this order is due to the acceleration of the project timeline. The engineering and computer modelling for this project has been completed and the remaining timeline for this project has been accelerated. The Company expects an additional purchase order for the manufacture and supply of the remaining sixteen burners during the fourth quarter of this year.
"We are encouraged to have been notified that this project timeline has been shortened," said Jim Deller, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of ClearSign. "We are looking forward to having another significant installation of our best in class ultra low NOx technology in the ever important California market, and this time in two heaters of a notable refinery. I also thank our partner Zeeco Inc. for seamlessly working with us and our client through the full engineering, fabrication, and scheduling requirements of this top tier project."
ClearSign Technologies Corporation designs and develops products and technologies for the purpose of improving key performance characteristics of industrial and commercial systems, including operational performance, energy efficiency, emission reduction, safety and overall cost-effectiveness. Our patented technologies, embedded in established OEM products as ClearSign Core™, and ClearSign Eye™ and other sensing configurations, enhance the performance of combustion systems and fuel safety systems in a broad range of markets, including the enrgy (upstream oil production and down-stream refining), commercial/industrial boiler, chemical, petrochemical, transport and power industries. For more information, please visit www.clearsign.com.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) resulting from allegations that WWE may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased WWE securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
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WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On June 15, 2022, The Wall Street Journal published an article entitled "WWE Board Probes Secret $3 Million Hush Pact by CEO Vince McMahon, Sources Say" which revealed that "[t]he board of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. [] is investigating a secret $3 million settlement that longtime chief executive Vince McMahon agreed to pay to a departing employee with whom he allegedly had an affair, according to documents and people familiar with the board inquiry." The article further revealed, among other things, that "[t]he board's investigation, which began in April, has unearthed other, older nondisclosure agreements involving claims by former female WWE employees of misconduct by Mr. McMahon and one of his top executives, John Laurinaitis, the head of talent relations at WWE, the people said." On this news, WWE's stock price fell $2.31 per share, or 3.4%, to close at $64.87 per share on June 16, 2022, the next full trading day.
On June 17, 2022, before trading hours, WWE issued a press release entitled "WWE® & Board of Directors Joint Release" which announced that "a Special Committee of the Board is conducting an investigation into alleged misconduct by its Chairman and CEO Vincent McMahon and John Laurinaitis, head of talent relations, and that, effective immediately, McMahon has voluntarily stepped back from his responsibilities as CEO and Chairman of the Board until the conclusion of the investigation." On this news, WWE's stock fell $2.36 per share, or 3.6%, to close at $62.51 per share on June 17, 2022.
On July 22, 2022, Vince McMahon announced his retirement from WWE.
On July 25, 2022, WWE filed with the SEC a current report on Form 8-K which announced, among other things, that "[t]he Company has made a preliminary determination that certain payments that Vince McMahon agreed to make during the period from 2006 through 2022 (including amounts paid and payable in the future), and that were not recorded in the WWE consolidated financial statements, should have been recorded as expenses in the quarters in which those agreements were made (the "Unrecorded Expenses")[,]" which "[a]s of the date hereof, the Company has identified Unrecorded Expenses totaling approximately $14.6 million." The report further announced that "the Company currently anticipates that it will revise its previously issued financial statements to record the Unrecorded Expenses in the applicable periods for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2020 and 2021, as well as the first quarter of 2022[.]" Finally the report also announced that "[t]he Company has also received, and may receive in the future, regulatory, investigative and enforcement inquiries, subpoenas or demands arising from, related to, or in connection with these matters."
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(NEXSTAR) – The Kansas City Chiefs have earned themselves the Vince Lombardi Trophy for defeating the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday in Super Bowl LVII. While the winning team is awarded the gleaming trophy, the individual players get to take home something even flashier: Super Bowl rings.
What about the losers? They also get a ring – though not one to commemorate their presence at the Super Bowl.
Super Bowl losers still get a ring honoring them as champions of their respective conference, the AFC or NFC. The ring designs vary from year to year (last year the Bengals got AFC Championship rings that looked like this), and they are customized to the player, including their name and jersey number.
These NFL teams have never won a Super Bowl
Super Bowl rings also look different every year – though they’re always flashy. The design is up to the winning team’s owner and the jeweler they work with.
Last year, the Los Angeles Rams’ ring – which the team said had “the most diamond carat weight in Championship ring history” – had lots of hidden meaning in its design.
“The .23 carats of diamonds on the columns represent the 23 points scored in the Super Bowl,” the team said. “The palm trees on either side of the Trophy celebrate Los Angeles and consist of .26 carats of diamonds representing the franchise’s 26 total postseason wins.”
Super Bowl bonus: How much extra money do the winners and losers make?
A removable top revealed a replica of SoFi Stadium underneath, complete with turf “made up of a trademark green material that consists of remnants of the actual turf that the 2020 and 2021 seasons.”
“Most people don’t understand how immersed we become in the design process. We are passionate about understanding the team, the season, and the city. We spent an entire day at SoFi Stadium. The first thing I said was, ‘What can you get me from the game? The field? Ball? What else?’ I didn’t just want it to be historical in design, but have physical elements from the event as well,” said Jason Arasheben, CEO Jason of Beverly Hills, the jeweler behind the Rams’ Super Bowl rings.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rice Park Capital Management LP ("Rice Park"), a Minneapolis-based investment firm, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Nexus Nova LLC ("Nexus Nova"),has been ranked a top 50 GSE MBS servicer for the third quarter of 2022.
"We believe we are rapidly becoming a market leader as an investor in mortgage servicing rights and achieving this notable accomplishment in a relatively short-time period is evidence of that," said Nicholas Smith, Managing Partner of Rice Park Capital Management. "We believe our mortgage investment knowledge and experience have contributed to our success, and we expect our market position in MSRs to continue to increase as more and more mortgage lenders look to create liquidity."
Nexus Nova, a Freddie Mac approved servicer, began investing in mortgage servicing rights on December 31, 2021.
The company was ranked 50 by Inside Mortgage Finance Publications for Quarter 3, 2022 and held $15.1 billion in GSE MSR. Today, it holds approximately $25 billion of GSE MSR.
Rice Park Capital Management LP is a private investment firm managing funds and investment vehicles on behalf of institutional investors, family offices and high net worth individuals. Its investment focus is to deliver cycle-resistant returns to its limited partners by unlocking value in complex opportunities in the residential and commercial mortgage and real estate sectors. Learn more about Rice Park at www.riceparkcapital.com.
The information contained herein has been prepared solely for informational purposes and is not an offer to buy or sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities or to participate in any investment strategy and may not be used or relied upon in connection with any offer or sale of securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Rice Park is registered as an investment advisor with the SEC and only transacts business in states where it is properly registered or is excluded or exempted from registration requirements.
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Outdoor retailer REI will stop selling products made with Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, the company announced last week.
REI said the prohibition of all products that include PFAS will be complete by 2026, according to the new company guidance.
PFAS are mostly found in nonstick and water-resistant consumer products. PFAS are commonly referred to as "forever chemicals" because they do not break down in the environment.
“The standards keep the co-op and over 1,000 of our brand partners accountable as we address the issues that are most important to our community,” said Chris Speyer, vice president of product for REI. “The products we carry represent our greatest opportunities to support better ways of doing business. We want our members and customers to know the products they purchase at REI are helping to build a better retail industry.”
Cookware, clothing and bags made with PFAS sold by REI will no longer be on shelves by fall 2024. All remaining textiles with PFAS will be banned by the company by fall 2026.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said PFAS do not break down in the environment, can move through soils and contaminate drinking water sources, and build up in fish and wildlife. The CDC said the health impacts for low levels of PFAS are unclear.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections as the November midterm vote approaches.
It's a sharp departure from the social media giant's multibillion-dollar efforts to enhance the accuracy of posts about U.S. elections and regain trust from lawmakers and the public after their outrage over learning the company had exploited people’s data and allowed falsehoods to overrun its site during the 2016 campaign.
The pivot is raising alarm about Meta’s priorities and about how some might exploit the world’s most popular social media platforms to spread misleading claims, launch fake accounts and rile up partisan extremists.
“They're not talking about it," said former Facebook policy director Katie Harbath, now the CEO of the tech and policy firm Anchor Change. “Best case scenario: They're still doing a lot behind the scenes. Worst case scenario: They pull back, and we don't know how that's going to manifest itself for the midterms on the platforms."
Since last year, Meta has shut down an examination into how falsehoods are amplified in political ads on Facebook by indefinitely banishing the researchers from the site.
CrowdTangle, the online tool that the company offered to hundreds of newsrooms and researchers so they could identify trending posts and misinformation across Facebook or Instagram, is now inoperable on some days.
Public communication about the company's response to election misinformation has gone decidedly quiet. Between 2018 and 2020, the company released more than 30 statements that laid out specifics about how it would stifle U.S. election misinformation, prevent foreign adversaries from running ads or posts around the vote and subdue divisive hate speech.
Top executives hosted question and answer sessions with reporters about new policies. CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote Facebook posts promising to take down false voting information and authored opinion articles calling for more regulations to tackle foreign interference in U.S. elections via social media.
But this year Meta has only released a one-page document outlining plans for the fall elections, even as potential threats to the vote remain clear. Several Republican candidates are pushing false claims about the U.S. election across social media. In addition, Russia and China continue to wage aggressive social media propaganda campaigns aimed at further political divides among American audiences.
Meta says that elections remain a priority and that policies developed in recent years around election misinformation or foreign interference are now hard-wired into company operations.
“With every election, we incorporate what we’ve learned into new processes and have established channels to share information with the government and our industry partners,” Meta spokesman Tom Reynolds said.
He declined to say how many employees would be on the project to protect U.S. elections full time this year.
During the 2018 election cycle, the company offered tours and photos and produced head counts for its election response war room. But The New York Times reported the number of Meta employees working on this year's election had been cut from 300 to 60, a figure Meta disputes.
Reynolds said Meta will pull hundreds of employees who work across 40 of the company's other teams to monitor the upcoming vote alongside the election team, with its unspecified number of workers.
The company is continuing many initiatives it developed to limit election misinformation, such as a fact-checking program started in 2016 that enlists the help of news outlets to investigate the veracity of popular falsehoods spreading on Facebook or Instagram. The Associated Press is part of Meta's fact-checking program.
This month, Meta also rolled out a new feature for political ads that allows the public to search for details about how advertisers target people based on their interests across Facebook and Instagram.
Yet, Meta has stifled other efforts to identify election misinformation on its sites.
It has stopped making improvements to CrowdTangle, a website it offered to newsrooms around the world that provides insights about trending social media posts. Journalists, fact-checkers and researchers used the website to analyze Facebook content, including tracing popular misinformation and who is responsible for it.
That tool is now “dying,” former CrowdTangle CEO Brandon Silverman, who left Meta last year, told the Senate Judiciary Committee this spring.
Silverman told the AP that CrowdTangle had been working on upgrades that would make it easier to search the text of internet memes, which can often be used to spread half-truths and escape the oversight of fact-checkers, for example.
“There’s no real shortage of ways you can organize this data to make it useful for a lot of different parts of the fact-checking community, newsrooms and broader civil society,” Silverman said.
Not everyone at Meta agreed with that transparent approach, Silverman said. The company has not rolled out any new updates or features to CrowdTangle in more than a year, and it has experienced hourslong outages in recent months.
Meta also shut down efforts to investigate how misinformation travels through political ads.
The company indefinitely revoked access to Facebook for a pair of New York University researchers who they said collected unauthorized data from the platform. The move came hours after NYU professor Laura Edelson said she shared plans with the company to investigate the spread of disinformation on the platform around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which is now the subject of a House investigation.
“What we found, when we looked closely, is that their systems were probably dangerous for a lot of their users,” Edelson said.
Privately, former and current Meta employees say exposing those dangers around the American elections have created public and political backlash for the company.
Republicans routinely accuse Facebook of unfairly censoring conservatives, some of whom have been kicked off for breaking the company’s rules. Democrats, meanwhile, regularly complain the tech company hasn’t gone far enough to curb disinformation.
“It’s something that’s so politically fraught, they’re more trying to shy away from it than jump in head first.” said Harbath, the former Facebook policy director. “They just see it as a big old pile of headaches.”
Meanwhile, the possibility of regulation in the U.S. no longer looms over the company, with lawmakers failing to reach any consensus over what oversight the multibillion-dollar company should be subjected to.
Free from that threat, Meta's leaders have devoted the company's time, money and resources to a new project in recent months.
Zuckerberg dived into this massive rebranding and reorganization of Facebook last October, when he changed the company’s name to Meta Platforms Inc. He plans to spend years and billions of dollars evolving his social media platforms into a nascent virtual reality construct called the “metaverse” — sort of like the internet brought to life, rendered in 3D.
His public Facebook page posts now focus on product announcements, hailing artificial intelligence, and photos of him enjoying life. News about election preparedness is announced in company blog posts not written by him.
In one of Zuckerberg's posts last October, after an ex-Facebook employee leaked internal documents showing how the platform magnifies hate and misinformation, he defended the company. He also reminded his followers that he had pushed Congress to modernize regulations around elections for the digital age.
“I know it’s frustrating to see the good work we do get mischaracterized, especially for those of you who are making important contributions across safety, integrity, research and product,” he wrote on Oct. 5. "But I believe that over the long term if we keep trying to do what’s right and delivering experiences that improve people’s lives, it will be better for our community and our business.”
It was the last time he discussed the Menlo Park, California-based company’s election work in a public Facebook post.
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Associated Press technology writer Barbara Ortutay contributed to this report.
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Walk explores Bentonville
Ozark Hill Hikers, affiliated with the American Volkssport Association, invite all walkers to join a walk on Wednesday in Bentonville. Registration is from 8:30 to 9 a.m. at the Casey's store, 100 S.E. J St. There is a short drive to the start point at the Bentonville Public Library. Walkers may choose a 5- or 10-kilometer route.
Membership dues to the Ozark Hill Hikers are $12 a year prorated $1 for each month remaining in the calendar year. For more information, email bvvohh@gmail.com or call 479-381-9366.
Hobbs needs watering help
There is an urgent need for volunteers to water Ozark chinquapin trees being raised in a grove at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area. Trees require frequent watering during summer to survive. Watering takes about an hour to 1.5 hours once or twice a week.
Contact volunteer coordinator Avery Blair, avery.blair@arkansas.gov for information or to volunteer or call 479-789-5009. Visit https://ozarkchinquapinmembership.org/ to learn more about endangered Ozark chinquapin trees.
Louks tops Elite anglers
David Louks won the Beaver Lake Elite Series bass tournament held June 17 at Beaver Lake. His five-bass tournament limit weighed 15.37 pounds. Anglers fish solo in Elite Series tournaments.
Hunter Jordan was second with five bass at 15.14 pounds. Roger Easley placed third with five bass at 14.38 pounds.
Fourth through 10th, all with five bass, were: fourth, Rodger Taylor, 13.53; fifth, Drew Sagely, 13.47; sixth, Mike Jones, 12.26; seventh, John Newlun, 12.1; eighth, Dale Marsh, 12.07; ninth, Jeremy Claypool, 12.0; 10th, Johnny Porter, 11.66.
Keith Brashers had big bass at 5.29 pounds. He caught it with a deep-diving crank bait in the Sidewalk Hole area of the War Eagle arm.
Anglers win team finale
Mike White and Preston Scarrow won the Northwest Arkansas Team Trail two-day bass tournament championship held June 10-11 at Beaver Lake.
They weighed five bass at 18.1 pounds on June 10 and five bass at 16.43 pounds on June 11 for a two-day weight of 34.53 pounds.
Collin Cheatham and David Louks were second with 26.47 pounds. Teddy Holt and Mike Jones placed third with 25.78 pounds.
Fourth through 10th were: fourth, Curt Clark, James Whittle, 25.1; fifth, Pat Adams, Bryan Holland, 24.9; sixth, Ronnie Eldridge, Wes Usrey, 24.85; seventh, Jeff Lodwick, Brian Lodwick, 24.46; eighth, Jay Hunt, Jonathan Hunt, 23.80; ninth, Kenneth Peters, Chad Mills, 23.62; 10th, Carter Carlton, Salvador Garcia, 23.54.
Take the stairs
A meditation platform and bench seating has been added to the "The Rise" outdoor stairway at Coler Mountain Bike Preserve in Bentonville.
The stairway is a challenging feature for runners and walkers. It is made up of 185 steps and is equivalent to 11 flights of stairs. It leads to the Hub, the highest point of the preserve.
Motivational phrases have been crafted into the final 11 steps of the stairway.
Coler Mountain Bike preserve has a hard-surface trail and multiple natural surface trails for biking and hiking. It is a community space provided by the Peel Compton Foundation.
Run set at bike preserve
The Paradise Found 5-kilometer trail run will be at 7 a.m. July 8 at Coler Mountain Bike Preserve in Bentonville. The course is along mountain bike trails on the property. The trails will be off limits to bikes during the race until 7:45 a.m.
Go to peelcompton .org to register or volunteer for the race.
Event tests archery skills
The Quiver Archery Range will host a youth archery competition on Aug. 5 and adult competition Aug. 6 at the range located at Osage Park in Bentonville. Entry fee is $40. Visit peelcompton.org to register.
Bring your own mat
Osage Park in Bentonville will host free outdoor yoga sessions at 8 a.m. each Saturday during July. Bring a yoga mat and meet at the cherry trees near the parking lot and pavilion. The session are free, but registration at peelcompton.org is encouraged. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jun/27/outdoor-briefs-anglers-win-team-solo-bass/ | 2023-06-27 11:58:15 | 0 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jun/27/outdoor-briefs-anglers-win-team-solo-bass/ |
DEAR ANNIE: My boyfriend and I have been homeless for three years, ever since I lost my lifelong home to a reverse mortgage on the coldest day of the year. We have been homeless with little money and are very poor, bouncing around from place to place with no security or stability.
For the past six months, we have been living in a metal storage shed that we own and that is situated in my cousin’s yard. We chose this because we have no place else to go. The big house is up for sale and is condemned as well and has no running water. Living this way is illegal, demoralizing and dehumanizing, but, again, we have no choice right now.
We have gone everywhere for help, and no one has helped us. We have tried everything. We now have to get out as soon as possible, but we have nowhere to go. We don’t know what we are going to do, but winter is coming. We are in the middle of a housing crisis, and it has been hell.
The housing agencies that are supposed to help are nothing but a joke. They have done nothing for me in over seven years -- I did try to save my home because I knew I could end up homeless -- but no one helped me then either. We worked our tails off and saved money this summer, as much as we could, but there is nothing to rent around here, and this is where our work is, and we don’t have a vehicle, so we bike and walk everywhere. We need help desperately before we’re evicted into the street. -- Homeless
DEAR HOMELESS: You have to go back to those housing agencies and other government bureaus that are set up to house the homeless. I feel for you and your boyfriend, but something just isn’t adding up. Federal, state and city laws to help house the homeless don’t appear to be working in your case. If that doesn’t work, perhaps you could seek legal help.
As for the reverse mortgage, I’m not sure how you lost your house. If you signed a reverse mortgage and the company failed to make payments on the house, you need to consult legal aid to reclaim your house.
DEAR ANNIE: I lost my husband and soul mate very suddenly four years ago. To say I was inconsolable is an understatement, so I really do know how “Grieving Wife” feels.
A dear friend recommended a book to me, and I found it very helpful, so I want to pass it on to Grieving Wife. It is called “How To Survive The Loss of a Love” by Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield and Melba Colgrove. It is a very easy book to read, and it is unlike any other book I have seen on the subject. I think “Grieving Wife” could greatly benefit from this book. -- Sympathetic Reader
DEAR SYMPATHETIC READER: I am so sorry for your loss, which is truly heartbreaking. Thank you for using your pain to share with others tools that have helped you -- in your case, a superb book recommendation.
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DEAR ANNIE: One year ago, I lost my husband, my prince, and I still feel aching grief at times. Shortly after his passing, I began to write in a journal, and it has helped tremendously. Through my writing, I can talk to him and say everything I’m feeling. I share with him my life as it is now. I have reread it several times, from beginning to the present, and I can see there is light at the end of the tunnel. My favorite picture of him is my bookmark.
I want to say, remember, dear one, your grief means you have loved. -- It’s a Sisterhood
DEAR SISTERHOOD: I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your wonderful tips to help cope with the loss of a loved one.
“How Can I Forgive My Cheating Partner?” is out now! Annie Lane’s second anthology -- featuring favorite columns on marriage, infidelity, communication and reconciliation -- is available as a paperback and ebook. Visit http://www.creatorspublishing.com for more information.
Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.
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Man convicted of killing 6 with SUV in Christmas parade
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man was convicted Wednesday of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade, wrapping up a trial in which he defended himself with bizarre legal theories and erratic outbursts.
It took the jury a little over three hours to find Darrell Brooks guilty of all 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide. He faces a mandatory life sentence on each homicide count.
Brooks, dressed in a suit and tie, silently rested his head on folded hands as the verdicts were read. His subdued demeanor was a stark departure from previous days of the trial, when his sometimes-outrageous behavior drew rebukes from the judge.
Brooks drove his Ford Escape into the Christmas parade in Waukesha in suburban Milwaukee on Nov. 21 moments after fleeing a domestic disturbance with his ex-girlfriend, prosecutors said.
Six people were killed, including 8-year-old Jackson Sparks, who was marching in the parade with his baseball team, and three members of the Dancing Grannies, a group of grandmothers that dances in parades. Scores of others were hurt, some severely.
The incident deeply scarred the community of 70,000 people about 16 miles (25 kilometers) west of Milwaukee. Community members built memorials to the dead and held vigils. The anger was still evident Wednesday; someone in the gallery yelled “burn in hell” as the verdicts were read. Vehicles passing the courthouse honked their horns in celebration, WITI-TV reported.
Judge Jennifer Dorow scheduled a hearing for Monday to set a sentencing date. Victims and their families are expected to make statements then.
Brooks pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease earlier this year but withdrew the plea before his trial began with no explanation.
Days before the trial started, he dismissed his public defenders, electing to represent himself despite overwhelming evidence against him. Police officers and paradegoers testified they saw Brooks behind the wheel of the SUV. District Attorney Susan Opper presented several photos of Brooks driving the vehicle to the jury.
Brooks’ main defense theory appeared to be that he was a sovereign citizen, echoing a conspiracy theory that every person is a nation and isn’t subject to government restrictions. He refused to recognize the court’s jurisdiction over him, refused to answer to his own name, launched into meandering cross-examinations, and muttered under his breath that the trial wasn’t fair.
He got into daily arguments with the judge that often devolved into shouting matches. At one point he glared at Dorow so intensely she had to take a recess because she said she was scared of him.
Multiple times, she moved him into another courtroom where he could watch the proceedings via video and she could mute his microphone when he became disruptive.
One day, after he was moved to the other room, he stripped off his shirt and sat bare-chested on his table with his back to the camera. On another day, he built a barricade out of his boxes of legal documents and hid behind it. On yet another, he held up a Bible so no one could see his face on camera and tossed his copy of the jury instructions into the garbage.
Opper told jurors during her closing arguments Tuesday that Brooks’ refusal to stop once he entered the parade route shows he intended kill people.
Dorow allowed Brooks back into the main courtroom to deliver his closing to jurors face to face. In a rambling, repetitive speech, he tried to raise doubts about whether the SUV’s throttle malfunctioned and whether the driver simply panicked. He lamented how he hasn’t been able to see his children since he was arrested and insisted he’s not a murderer.
Opper countered during her rebuttal that a Wisconsin State Patrol vehicle inspector testified earlier that the SUV was in good working order. She warned jurors that Brooks was just trying to play on their sympathy.
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Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Anna Landre, the Ukraine crisis coordinator for the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, a U.S. disability-led disaster relief organization about the current conditions for people with disabilities who were evacuated from Ukraine.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday signed a law moving the official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25 from Jan. 7, the day when the Russian Orthodox Church observes it.
The explanatory note attached to the law said its goal is to “abandon the Russian heritage,” including that of “imposing the celebration of Christmas” on Jan. 7, and cited Ukrainians’ “relentless, successful struggle for their identity” and “the desire of all Ukrainians to live their lives with their own traditions, holidays,” fueled by Russia’s 17-month-old aggression against the country.
Last year, some Ukrainians already observed Christmas on Dec. 25, in a gesture that represented separation from Russia, its culture and religious traditions.
The law also moves the Day of Ukrainian Statehood to July 15 from July 28, and the Day of Defenders of Ukraine to Oct. 1 from Oct. 14.
The Russian Orthodox Church, which claims sovereignty over Orthodoxy in Ukraine, and some other Eastern Orthodox churches continue to use the ancient Julian calendar. Christmas falls 13 days later on that calendar, or Jan. 7, than it does on the Gregorian calendar used by most church and secular groups.
The Catholic Church first adopted the modern, more astronomically precise Gregorian calendar in the 16th century. Protestants and some Orthodox churches have since aligned their own calendars for the purpose of calculating Christmas and Easter.
Ukraine’s religious landscape has fractured for years. There are two branches of Orthodox Christianity in the country, one aligned with the Russian church, even as it enjoys broad autonomy, the other completely independent of it. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the branch that is separate from the Russian church, announced earlier this year that it was switching to the Revised Julian calendar, which marks Christmas on Dec. 25.
Its leadership last year allowed believers to celebrate the holiday on Dec. 25.
Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported on Saturday that the rival Orthodox Church, which is aligned with the Russian Orthodox Church, vowed to continue observing Christmas on Jan. 7.
Zelenskyy on Saturday traveled to the war-torn Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, which Russia has illegally annexed, but only partially occupies, and met with members of the country’s Special Operation Forces. Zelenskyy noted in an online statement that Saturday marks their official day of recognition and also the anniversary of the deadly attack on the Olenivka prison in the Russian-held part of the region in which dozens of prisoners of war were killed.
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of the attack, with both sides saying that the assault was premeditated in a bid to cover up atrocities. A United Nations fact-finding mission requested by Russia and Ukraine was sent to investigate the killings, but the team was disbanded in January 2023 due to security concerns.
Zelenskyy described the attack as one of Russia’s “most vile and cruel crimes” in a video statement Saturday. | https://www.koin.com/news/ukraine-moves-date-of-christmas-day-to-distance-itself-from-russian-tradition/ | 2023-07-29 21:18:53 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/ukraine-moves-date-of-christmas-day-to-distance-itself-from-russian-tradition/ |
Bam Adebayo NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Heat vs. Knicks - May 8
The Miami Heat, Bam Adebayo included, will play at 7:30 PM on Monday versus the New York Knicks in the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
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- This season, Bam Adebayo has made 8.0 shots from the floor per game, which adds up to 18.7% of his team's total makes.
- Adebayo's Heat average 99.2 possessions per game, which ranks 29th among NBA teams, while the Knicks are one of the league's slowest with 101 possessions per contest.
- On defense, the Knicks have conceded 113.1 points per contest, which is 12th-best in the league.
- The Knicks are the seventh-ranked squad in the league, allowing 42 rebounds per game.
- In terms of assists, the Knicks are 13th in the NBA, allowing 25.1 per game.
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Democrats in both chambers of Congress on Wednesday resurrected a proposal to extend federal nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans, vowing to pass the landmark civil rights legislation that in the past has failed to garner enough bipartisan support.
The Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, economic status, sex and national origin, to further prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.
House and Senate Democrats on Wednesday said the legislation is necessary to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination against the backdrop of rising anti-LGBTQ violence, rhetoric and policies.
“We are filing this bill during Pride Month, a time of celebration but also an opportunity to reflect on a time when being out was nearly impossible,” Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.), the bill’s primary sponsor in the House and one of 12 openly LGBTQ lawmakers in Congress, said during a news conference.
“We cannot allow extremists in our country to once again normalize homophobia and attacks on LGBTQ people,” Takano said in a reference to hundreds of state-level bills filed this year that target the LGBTQ community. “We can’t turn away from the discrimination that still exists for so many LGBTQ people today.”
There is currently no federal law that explicitly prohibits anti-LGBTQ discrimination, and a majority of states do not explicitly protect LGBTQ residents from bias or inequity in key areas of life.
Laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation in areas such as housing and public accommodations exist in less than half of U.S. states, according to the Movement Advancement Project, which tracks state legislation and policies that impact the rights of LGBTQ Americans.
When it comes to employment, just 23 states and Washington, D.C., have adopted laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, according to the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ civil rights group, and only 10 states have adopted policies that explicitly address anti-LGBTQ hate or bias crimes.
“There is a dizzying patchwork of protections for LGBTQ+ people across this country,” Kelley Robinson, HRC’s president, said Wednesday during a Senate hearing on LGBTQ rights. HRC earlier this month declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ people for the time in its 40-year history, citing the passage of more than 75 laws that target the community.
“This bill is simple,” Takano said during Wednesday’s news conference. “It provides for full personhood under the law.”
House and Senate Democrats have pushed for the passage of the Equality Act during every Congress since 2015. While the bill passed the House in both 2019 and 2021, when the chamber was controlled by Democrats, success is less likely this year with a Republican majority.
But this year’s Equality Act may see its first victory in the Senate, where Democrats have a slim majority. A Senate companion bill was also introduced Wednesday, by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.).
Democrats on Wednesday pointed to last year’s Respect for Marriage Act, which passed both chambers with bipartisan support, as an indicator that Congress may finally get the Equality Act across the finish line this year.
“The fight for LGBTQ+ rights has been long, but we have made unmistakable progress in the fight towards true equality,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) said Wednesday. “Just a decade ago, passing marriage equality and the Respect for Marriage Act with a dozen Republican senators on our side would have been unthinkable.”
“We defied political gravity,” she said. | https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/democrats-reintroduce-equality-act-amid-pride-month/ | 2023-06-21 20:18:53 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/democrats-reintroduce-equality-act-amid-pride-month/ |
FINANCE
Columbia Credit Union’s board of directors has named Lindsey Salvestrin interim president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Steve Kenny, who retired. Salvestrin currently is executive vice president/chief operating officer for the credit union. She has more than 20 years of industry experience along with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Western Washington University. Salvestrin’s industry leadership involves facilities, the branch network, digital and online and mobile banking, payments, and high-touch support services. The Columbia Credit Union board has formed an ad hoc Executive Search Committee to recruit candidates for the president/CEO position.
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City and state officials on Saturday announced new efforts to curb violence and other crimes on the city's subway system, including increased police patrols, cameras and mental health help for those in need.
Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul, both Democrats, and other officials disclosed the new measures in the wake of more disturbing attacks in the system, including the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy on an A train in Queens earlier this month and the death of a man pushed in front of another Queens train during a dispute on Monday.
Adams said that while crime in the city is down 4% since 2019, and down 17% from 10 years ago, many in the public don't feel safer. He said the new efforts complement the subway safety plan he announced at the beginning of the year.
“We can give you stats all day,” he said. “The question is, how do New Yorkers feel? We must match the actual impacts with how New Yorkers feel on the streets and in the subway system.”
Adams and Hochul said police with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be taking primary responsibility for patrolling subway stations adjacent and linked to the four major commuter rail hubs — Penn Station and Grand Central Station in Manhattan, Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn and Sutphin-Archer Station in Queens. That will free up about 100 New York Police Department officers and allow for increased patrols at additional subway stations, they said.
Hochul said the state will provide funds for additional police overtime pay. The New York Police Department plans to increase the police presence in the subway system by adding 1,200 overtime shifts per day, or about 10,000 overtime hours daily.
The officials said that will allow NYPD officers to patrol platforms in at least 300 stations during peak hours and transit officers to ride hundreds of additional trains per day, also during peak hours.
Hochul said the state also will help to open two new units at psychiatric care centers, with 50 total beds, to help people on the streets and in the subway system who are experiencing homelessness and severe mental illness.
The MTA also will have conductors announce to riders when they are entering stations with police officers present.
Patrick Lynch, president of the City of New York Police Benevolent Association, the union representing rank-and-file officers, in a statement Saturday called the plan to add overtime shifts “unsustainable.”
“We have 12.45% fewer rank-and-file cops permanently assigned to the subways than we did in 2020,” he said. “The increased workload is crushing the cops who remain. The answer is not to squeeze them for more forced OT. Our city must immediately boost pay and improve working conditions in order to recruit and retain enough police officers."
Last month, Hochul announced that the MTA had received about $5.5 million in state and federal funding to purchase and install security cameras on all of the city’s nearly 6,400 subway cars. The installation is expected to be completed sometime in 2025. The subway system already has more than 10,000 existing security cameras in its 472 stations. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Officials-vow-more-police-patrols-to-curb-NYC-17527487.php | 2022-10-22 22:38:51 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Officials-vow-more-police-patrols-to-curb-NYC-17527487.php |
The 2024 Acura Integra Type S made its public debut Tuesday ahead of the IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach. This sportier version of Acura’s revived Integra hatchback goes on sale in June.
After bringing back the Integra for the 2023 model year as essentially a plusher version of the Honda Civic hatchback, Acura wasted no time in confirming a Type S performance version. The Integra is the fourth Type S model launched in the past two years, following the TLX Type S sedan, MDX Type S crossover, and the NSX Type S which marked the end of NSX production.
The two regular-production Type S models thus far, the TLX and MDX, don’t deviate much from their base model’s styling. That changes with the Integra Type S, which gets flared fenders that make it 2.8 inches wider than the standard Integra, a vented aluminum hood and new front fascia with a larger grille opening that improve airflow by a claimed 170%, and centered exhaust outlets with three tips like the Civic Type R.
Acura previously revealed a 2.0-liter turbo-4, the same engine that powers the Civic Type R, producing 320 hp and 310 lb-ft of torque; the Civic has 315 hp and the same 310 lb-ft. Those are increases of 120 hp and 118 lb-ft over the 1.5-liter turbo-4 that powers the standard Integra. A 6-speed manual transmission sends power to the front wheels through a standard limited-slip differential. An active exhaust system provides varying levels of sound for the three driving modes—Comfort, Sport, and Sport+—including plenty of “pops and bangs” in Sport+ mode, Acura says.
Chassis tweaks include 3.5-inch wider front and 1.9-inch wider rear tracks, a thicker front stabilizer bar, and a dual-axis front suspension, which Acura claims will help cancel out torque steer. Adaptive damping is standard, along with 19-inch wheels that Acura claims are 2 pounds lighter than the 18-inch Integra A-Spec wheels. They come wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires. Braking is handled by 1.5-inch larger front and 0.9-inch larger rear rotors, with Brembo 4-piston aluminum front calipers.
We’re still waiting for some quality time with a Type S to gauge the effectiveness of these changes, but a 2022 prototype drive on a banked oval track signaled good stability at triple-digit speeds.
The front seats get added bolstering and synthetic suede inserts. The same material is also used for the shifter boot, while the shifter itself gets a Type S-specific knob covered in leather (a titanium version is also available as an accessory). Infotainment features carry over from the standard Integra, encompassing a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster, a 9.0-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a 16-speaker, 530-watt ELS Studio 3D audio system.
The Integra Type S will be built alongside the standard Integra at Honda’s plant in Marysville, Ohio. Pricing will be announced closer to the June on-sale date.
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Which yoga mat bag is best?
If you’re a passionate yogi, you spend a lot of time in the studio — and you also spend a lot of time toting your mat to class. Yoga mat bags take the stress out of carrying a bulky mat that can easily unravel. Just roll up your mat, tuck it inside your bag and head to class.
You can choose from oversized styles that hold personal items or other yoga equipment, such as towels and straps, or select a minimalist style that carries nothing but the mat. The top pick, the Kindfolk Yoga Mat Duffel Bag with Pocket and Zipper, has a boxy design that offers plenty of accessory and equipment space.
What to know before you buy a yoga mat bag
Yoga mat bags can be found in several styles.
Sling strap
Sling strap styles are a minimalist’s dream. These bare-bones carriers consist of a strap system that loops and locks around the mat. They’re as lightweight as you can go, though the mat is exposed to the elements and you don’t have any storage options.
Sling bag
Classic sling bags typically consist of a cylindrical bag and an adjustable shoulder strap. They’re lightweight, have zipper or drawstring closures and occasionally include one or two small compartments, though you need to still carry a purse or tote to hold most personal items.
Duffel or tote
If you need to carry a change of clothes or additional equipment, such as blocks, straps or towels, a duffel or tote style is the best choice. They’re preferred by yogis and Pilates practitioners who have larger or thicker mats. Given the added functionality, these tend to cost more than other styles.
Backpack
There are some backpack styles with dedicated space for yoga mats. These are often in the form of side pockets to store mats vertically, or strap systems to hold mats horizontally at the top or bottom of the backpack. While backpack styles store a considerable amount of gear and accessories, they’re usually somewhat bulky and heavy.
What to look for in a quality yoga mat bag
Size
The average yoga mat is 26 inches wide, and it fits into a standard yoga mat bag. Mats that are 28 inches or larger (and sometimes thicker, too) require oversized bags. When selecting a size, it’s also important to consider whether there’s ample storage if you require it.
Materials
Yoga mat bags come in a variety of materials, including canvas, nylon, polyester and cotton. For the most part, they’re made of lightweight materials like these so they don’t become a burden to carry. Adjustable straps are made from webbed cotton or nylon.
Compartments
Yoga mat bags can have one or two small compartments in classic slings, or a series of pockets in oversized styles. Compartments in certain yoga mat bags can be challenging to access. If you need better storage options, choose a yoga mat bag with a large main compartment. These are common in larger styles.
Designs
Yoga mat bags come in a variety of colors and designs, though some manufacturers have bigger selections than others. Some popular bags from leading brands only come in one color or design, so it’s not uncommon to see other yogis with the same bag.
How much you can expect to spend on a yoga mat bag
Classic sling styles cost less than $25, though more spacious bags cost $25-$40. If you need an oversized bag or one with more compartments, expect to spend closer to $50.
Yoga mat bag FAQ
Are yoga mat bags lined?
A. About half of yoga mat bags have linings. Lightweight, inexpensive mat bags are more likely to be unlined than premium styles. Certain premium styles are unlined as well, though that’s often due to their high-quality material.
Will a Pilates mat fit inside a yoga mat bag?
A. You probably need a larger or oversized yoga mat bag. Regular yoga mats are usually between 2 and 5 millimeters thick, whereas Pilates mats can be up to 15 millimeters thick. Some sling strap styles may accommodate Pilates mats.
What yoga mat bag is best to buy?
Top yoga mat bag
Kindfolk Yoga Mat Duffel Bag with Pocket and Zipper
Our take: This is a spacious canvas option for the yogi who needs to carry other supplies like blocks, towels and rugs.
What we like: It offers comfortable rolled straps and a cotton-blend lining. It can hold thicker mats up to 26 inches wide.
What you should consider: This won’t hold the thickest foam mats and it may be too big if you don’t intend to carry many accessories.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top yoga mat bag for the money
Fit Spirit Tree of Life Yoga Mat Bag
Our take: This is a lightweight canvas mat bag preferred by minimalists. It is comfortable to carry, with a wide adjustable shoulder strap.
What we like: It offers a full-length zipper for easy access to the mat, and comes with a couple of compartments for small items. It is also machine-washable.
What you should consider: Fitting objects into the external pockets can be challenging when your mat is in the bag.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Our take: This oversized tote offers a snap closure. It’s a popular option for yogis who get changed at the studio.
What we like: It holds a full change of clothes and additional yoga accessories. It is well-built and available in six designs.
What you should consider: It is better-suited for mats less than 28 inches thick. The snap closure leaves it somewhat exposed.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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LONDON (AP) — Britain announced plans Friday to ease banking rules brought in after the 2008 global financial crisis in a bid to attract investment and secure London’s status as Europe’s leading finance center.
Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt said the changes, which follow Britain’s departure from the European Union in 2020, will make the U.K. “one of the most open, dynamic and competitive financial services hubs in the world.”
The package of more than 30 changes includes lifting a cap on bankers’ bonuses and easing capital requirements for smaller lenders. The government also said it will review regulations that hold bankers accountable for their decisions and will relax “ringfencing” rules intended to separate risky investment banking from retail operations.
Hunt said the government was using “Brexit freedoms” to make Britain more competitive. But many economists point out that the U.K.’s departure from the EU has erected barriers to trade and led some firms to shift offices and jobs to other European cities.
Last year, Amsterdam overtook London as Europe’s largest share-trading hub, though London remains the biggest financial services center overall.
The Conservative government says the rule changes will create a “smarter regulatory framework,” and analysts said the financial sector would appreciate them.
“The direction of travel will definitely be welcome,” said Jonathan Herbst, global head of financial services regulation at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.
He added, however that “it is important for people not to overplay this; there is no sense of any move back to a pre-financial crisis world. Most of the U.K. regulatory regime reflects either international commitments or policy developed over many years to reflect the lessons of experience.”
But critics said the changes could reintroduce the kind of risk that led to the 2008 crisis. The British government at the time was forced to spend billions in taxpayers’ money to save some banks from collapse.
Opposition Liberal Democrat Treasury spokeswoman Sarah Olney said “our financial services need good and smart regulation, not more promises of slashing red tape, or a race to the bottom.”
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted regulation of U.K. financial services would remain “robust.”
“Today’s reforms will ensure the industry remains competitive, we can create more jobs. But of course, this will always be a safe place where consumers will be protected,” he said.
Separately, the U.K. financial regulator fined Santander bank 108 million pounds ($132 million) Friday for lax controls against money-laundering. It said the bank was slow to close suspicious business accounts between 2012 and 2017.
The Financial Conduct Authority said “Santander’s poor management of their anti-money laundering systems and their inadequate attempts to address the problems created a prolonged and severe risk of money laundering and financial crime.”
Santander Chief Executive Officer Mike Regnier said the bank accepted that its procedures at the time “should have been stronger.”
“We have since made significant changes to address this by overhauling our financial crime technology, systems and processes,” he said. | https://www.yourbasin.com/business/ap-uk-to-ease-financial-regulations-in-post-brexit-shakeup/ | 2022-12-09 17:41:17 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/business/ap-uk-to-ease-financial-regulations-in-post-brexit-shakeup/ |
Though layoffs should be used as a last resort, they are sometimes the only viable option and must be handled with great care by HR and organizational leaders.
TORONTO, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - With signs pointing toward an economic recession, many organizations are finding themselves re-evaluating costs and resource allocation. McLean & Company, the trusted research and advisory partner for HR and leadership professionals worldwide, is recommending that organizations and their HR teams explore opportunities to upskill or redeploy employees wherever possible instead of relying on layoffs. However, to support leaders when layoffs are unavoidable, the firm has released research insights to provide business and HR leaders with the tools and best practices for laying off employees when all other options have been exhausted. The published research is an industry blueprint titled The Complete Manual for Layoffs.
When layoffs may be the only viable option for an organization during a potentially difficult economic period, there are certain considerations and steps McLean & Company advises HR professionals consider to ensure the process is done with as much objectivity, humility, and sensitivity as possible.
"The remote work environment many organizations find themselves in adds a layer of complexity to the already sensitive process of laying off employees," says Karen Mann, vice president, HR research, learning solutions & advisory services at McLean & Company. "Layoffs and terminations are not easy for anyone involved, and the element of remote and hybrid employees can make things feel even less human and more detached. Acting with empathy throughout the process will be key in maintaining mutual goodwill and supporting both short- and long-term strategic goals."
When considering layoffs, McLean & Company recommends HR teams and leaders follow five key steps to best navigate the complex processes of reducing headcount as a means of cutting costs in response to an economic downturn:
- Prepare for layoffs – HR and leadership must work together to evaluate internal and external factors that will impact the organization's viability. These factors include the degree of risk involved in continuing operations and remaining profitable and the impact of layoffs on the organization. It is also important to investigate cost-cutting options at this stage, such as upskilling, redeployment, and temporary layoffs. If permanent layoffs are the only option, HR guidelines for layoffs and termination based on local legislation, norms, and culture need to be created. Once guidelines are in place, the development of an overarching plan to communicate timelines and actions to departmental leadership is the next crucial step requiring prep work.
- Objectively identify employees – The criteria used to identify those who will be laid off must be objective and clearly documented to avoid unfair bias. Leaders need to use criteria such as knowledge, ability, experience, measurable performance, potential, and cost when making these tough decisions. They must then identify essential skills and the availability of those skills in the workforce to help prepare managers for team changes and the transfer of critical responsibilities.
- Prepare to meet with employees – The way layoffs are handled impacts exiting employees and signals to remaining employees the value the organization places on its people. Depending on the country or region, there may also be legal requirements to provide advance notice of layoffs to staff. Because laying employees off is a delicate process that demands balancing sensitivity, employee relationships, strategic goals, and legal requirements, those responsible for communicating the layoffs must plan what will be covered in the communication and train managers to deliver the message effectively. Arranging for knowledge transfer and the return of company property are additional considerations during this step.
- Meet with employees – Those involved in communicating the layoffs should liaise with key departments such as IT, legal, and payroll, to ensure all proper documentation is in place and both internal and legal processes are properly followed. Additionally, there may be specific considerations for laying off remote employees and transitional staff. Regardless of the type of employee(s) being laid off, it is best to deliver the news in person whenever possible. If this option is not viable or the employee is remote, video must be used.
- Monitor and manage employee and departmental effectiveness – Taking the step to reduce an organization's workforce may result in an impact on performance due to fewer employees available to complete tasks, as well as an increase in voluntary turnover, so it is critical that the organization manages the post-layoff period effectively. This can be achieved through maintaining support for employees, monitoring and regularly reviewing departmental performance, and being prepared to respond quickly and methodically to an evolving situation.
McLean & Company's research emphasizes the importance of remembering that layoffs should be pursued as a final course of action, because even when handled with extreme care, there remains a risk of damaging the employer brand and the long-term relationship an organization has with its past, present, and future employees.
To learn more about what to do when layoffs are the only option, HR professionals can download McLean & Company's research-backed industry blueprint The Complete Manual for Layoffs.
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- Develop an Offboarding Plan to Manage Risk and Transition Employees Effectively
- Redeploy Your Workforce During a Crisis
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a more thorough and sanitary method for removing waste matter from an ostomy pouch," said an inventor, from Pine Valley, N.Y., "so I invented the BARRIER POUCH CLEANER SWAB. My design would be employed in place of the ineffective and unhygienic practice of using wipes or tissue paper to clean the pouches."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to clean an ostomy pouch. In doing so, it offers an alternative to using wipes or tissue paper. As a result, it increases sanitation and hygiene and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for medical facilities and individuals who have a colostomy, ileostomy, or urostomy. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Rochester sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-RCF-106, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Thanksgiving dinner is going to cost San Antonio shoppers more this year, but the classic holiday feast is a bit less expensive in Texas than other states.
The average price of a Thanksgiving meal for 10 people here is up 10 percent this year to $58.51, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual survey. That’s less than the nationwide average price of $64.05, which is up 20 percent from a year ago.
“The Texas classic Thanksgiving meal appears to be a better buy than in most areas of the country,” said Russell Boening, a farmer and rancher in Wilson County, southeast of San Antonio.
But the higher prices still have some San Antonio shoppers scrimping to get the turkey and trimmings on the table.
After she finished shopping at a West Side San Antonio H-E-B this week, Veronica Arcos said she was able to buy all the ingredients for her family’s Thanksgiving dinner within $2 of her budget. But making ends meet meant pinching pennies on other meals this week.
“I got everything, it’s just that we have to cut on other stuff,” Arcos said. “So we’re going with spaghetti and Salisbury steaks during the week” before Thursday.
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Farm Bureau economists said the average price of a Thanksgiving centerpiece — a 16-pound turkey — is $28.96 nationwide, up 21 percent from last year. The average cost of a 16-pound turkey in Texas is $26.93.
Factors beyond the economy-wide inflation helped push up the price of turkeys this year, said Roger Cryan, chief economist for the Farm Bureau. Those included elevated prices for turkey feed and a smaller flock of birds available.
Boening, president of the Texas Farm Bureau, said farmers are feeling the squeeze, too.
“Farmers and ranchers are working hard to meet growing demands for food — both here in the U.S. and globally — while themselves facing higher prices for fuel, fertilizer and other inputs,” he said.
The Farm Bureau’s annual survey gauges prices for the Thanksgiving fixings of turkey, stuffing, bread rolls with butter, sweet potatoes, cranberries, peas, carrots and celery, a pumpkin pie with whipped cream, milk and coffee.
At the H-E-B off Fredericksburg Road in the Deco District, another shopper said she mostly bought vegetables for the meal to avoid racking up a big expense. But even amid higher prices, she noted the grocery store’s crowd and jam-packed parking lot.
“As much as people gripe about gas, about higher prices, they’re still going to spend,” she said, identifying herself only as Linda. “The grocery stores are (packed).”
On ExpressNews.com: San Antonio gas prices plunge as drivers hit the road for Thanksgiving holiday
The average cost of household foods in the U.S. has increased more than 12 percent in the past year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That increase in food costs outpaced overall inflation, which was up less than 8 percent from a year ago.
The Farm Bureau survey found that every Thanksgiving dinner ingredient is costlier this year — except for cranberries. The survey found stuffing is 69 percent more expensive, while the price of a gallon of milk increased by 16 percent.
In inflation-adjusted dollars, this year’s average price for a Thanksgiving meal is the most expensive since 2011, when the holiday feast cost $64.81 in today’s dollars.
In 1986, when the Farm Bureau began its annual Thanksgiving survey, the meal cost $28.74. That would be $77.58 in 2022 dollars.
And an article published by the New York Times in 1932 found that in “families of moderate income” a “housewife” could serve an “old-fashioned turkey dinner, with all the fixings” for $5.42 — or just more than $122 today.
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The following list includes recent reports from the Midland County Sheriff’s Office and the Midland Police Department. Compiled by reporter Tereasa Nims.
Tuesday, July 5
10:52 p.m. - A deputy spoke with a female Bay County resident about a civil child custody issue involving the father of her two minor children. The woman was referred to the courts in Bay County for further assistance.
11:01 p.m. - Deputies were dispatched to a Warren Township residence for a verbal dispute between a 33-year-old man and his 35-year-old girlfriend. No assault occurred. The man left the residence to stay with a friend for the night.
8:23 a.m. - A deputy was dispatched to a Lee Township residence regarding a woman who was smashing an object with a hammer in the front yard of the home. The deputy spoke with the 45-year-old woman, who stated that she was trying to hammer a cockroach that was found on her property. No criminal activity was observed.
2:38 p.m. – A deputy removed a love seat from the middle of the road in Mills Township.
2:21 p.m. – Police responded to North Saginaw Road and Eastman Avenue for a traffic hazard.
2:20 a.m. – A Hope Township resident complained of a driver doing burnouts in front of his house. The person was located and spoken to by a deputy.
1:10 p.m. – Police responded to the 2500 block of Waldo Avenue for a harassment complaint.
12:13 p.m. – Police were called to Walter Court and Bay City Road for a driving while license suspended complaint.
10:51 a.m. - Animal Control Deputy received a complaint about a dog running loose from a home in Jerome Township. This has been an ongoing problem. Complaint was referred to the prosecuting attorney.
10:18 a.m. - Deputies were dispatched to an Ingersoll Township residence for a man knocking at a residence. Deputies found the 19-year-old man walking on a nearby roadway. The man was taken back to his adult foster care home.
10:12 a.m. - Deputies transported a 30-year-old Lee Township man to the Midland County Jail after he was arrested by the Buena Vista Police Department. The man was arrested for having an outstanding warrant out of the 75th District Court.
1:40 a.m. – Police were called to the 1000 block of Eastlawn Drive for a civil complaint.
12:41 a.m. - Deputies were dispatched to the Village of Sanford Park for a report of an unknown man failing to leave the park after an event. The man left the park prior to deputies’ arrival. Nothing further was requested. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/police_and_courts/article/Crime-log-Deputies-check-on-woman-hammering-17287324.php | 2022-07-06 18:04:27 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/police_and_courts/article/Crime-log-Deputies-check-on-woman-hammering-17287324.php |
RICHMOND, Va. -- Richmond, Virginia, Police Chief Gerald Smith credited a "hero citizen" for a tip that "saved numerous lives on the Fourth of July."
The July 1 tip involved a man or men "threatening to do a mass shooting on or about July 4," at the city's fireworks celebration at Dogwood Dell in Richmond.
Smith said officers were also focused on the Fourth of July celebration at the Diamond in Richmond.
"Their intent was to shoot up our July 4th celebration," Smith said.
Smith was unable to provide additional details nor a motive for the mass shooting.
The tip led police to Julio Alvardo and his home in Richmond.
"Detectives conducted surveillance at an address related to the suspect and observed activity," a police spokesperson said. "A knock and talk was conducted and the male was inside."
Police said a search of the home yielded two rifles, a handgun, and ammunition from the home.
"Unfortunately, the suspect did not have any weapons in his room and did not make incriminating statements," a police spokesperson wrote. "Homeland Security Investigations [HSI] was consulted about the weapons, and they advised the owner was prohibited from possessing any. He was taken to lock up and charged with Alien in possession of firearm."
A second suspect was kept under police surveillance throughout the holiday weekend and taken into custody on July 5.
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Princeton pulls off upset of Wildcats
Published: Mar. 16, 2023 at 3:21 PM MST|Updated: 9 minutes ago
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Arizona Men’s basketball team is going home.
The second-seeded Wildcats lost their opening round game to 15th-seeded Princeton 59-55.
Princeton advances to face the Missouri Tigers Saturday.
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- Hyundai Now Offers Nine TOP SAFETY PICK/TOP SAFETY PICK+ Models in the U.S. When Equipped with Optional Front Crash Prevention and Specific Headlights
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai's all-new 2022 IONIQ 5 (built after December 2021) has received an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) 2022 TOP SAFETY PICK PLUS (TSP+) designation. The significant achievement now gives Hyundai a total of nine 2022 TOP SAFETY PICK PLUS (TSP+) and TOP SAFETY PICK (TSP)-rated vehicles in its lineup, among the most in the industry. Hyundai and Genesis have a combined 14 TSP/TSP+ vehicles.
"As the industry navigates to an all-electric future, we are extremely proud to have been awarded an IIHS TSP+ for our all-new IONIQ 5, the first of three Hyundai EV's to be built on our Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP)," said Brian Latouf chief safety officer, Hyundai Motor North America. "Safety is foundational at Hyundai and earning the IIHS TSP+ award demonstrates our "Safety First" commitment to our customers."
The IONIQ 5 is equipped with the next level of Hyundai SmartSense, advanced driver assistance systems that ensure the highest levels of safety and convenience on the road. IONIQ 5 is the first Hyundai model to offer Highway Driving Assist 2. Other driving assistance systems available include Smart Cruise Control with Machine Learning, Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist, Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist, Intelligent Speed Limit Assist, Driver Attention Warning, High Beam Assist, and more.
Hyundai's 2022 TOP SAFETY PICK+/TOP SAFETY PICK award winning models are:
1. Hyundai IONIQ 5 built after December 2021 – TSP+
2. Hyundai Palisade – TSP+
3. Hyundai Nexo – TSP+
4. Hyundai Santa Fe built after July 2021 – TSP+
5. Hyundai Tucson – TSP+
6. Hyundai Elantra with specific headlights - TSP
7. Hyundai Sonata with specific headlights – TSP
8. Hyundai Santa Cruz with specific headlights - TSP
9. Hyundai Venue with specific headlights – TSP
Both TSP and TSP+ awards require "Good" ratings in all six IIHS crashworthiness tests — driver- and passenger-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints. Award winners must be available with front crash prevention technology that earns a "Superior" or "Advanced" rating in both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations. TOP SAFETY PICK winners must also be available with "Good" or "Acceptable" headlights. The "plus" designation is given to models that have "Good" or "Acceptable" headlights across all trim levels and packages.
Safety Reminder
Always remember to wear your seat belts and use appropriate restraints for all child passengers.
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DALLAS, Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Academic Partnerships (AP), in conjunction with FileInvite, a pioneer in cloud-based data and document collection, have partnered to provide DocCollect, a document portal that streamlines the admissions process for university partners and their students.
One of the biggest pain points for both students and universities during the admissions process is accurately navigating the large volume of documents submitted for consideration in a timely way. AP and FileInvite have worked together to design a best-in-class solution that makes the document submission and collection process much easier for all parties. DocCollect also allows for procurement of student transcripts through the Parchment and National Student Clearinghouse networks.
One AP university partner, Youngstown State University, is already seeing the benefits.
"DocCollect enhances our students' journey by providing a simple and secure portal to upload required documents and order student transcripts," says Jennifer A. Pintar, PhD, MPH, Associate Provost for Youngstown State University, a public university in Youngstown, Ohio.
The DocCollect tool is completely customizable for universities. Qualified prospective students will be able to safely and securely upload important documents into the portal, such as their resume, unofficial transcripts, licensure information and more.
"At AP, our mission is to help expand access to top-quality, affordable and workforce-relevant education delivered online," says George Valiente, AP Senior Vice President, University Partner Support. "This new DocCollect tool helps improve accessibility by automating and streamlining the entire process for both our university partners and their students. Importantly, as always, while AP's student support team can see whether a student has outstanding or submitted documents, at no time can AP view or open the submitted documents. That is fully under the control of our university partners."
"Using the FileInvite platform, DocCollect puts the student experience at the heart of the admissions process by making it easy to submit application documents," says James Sampson, FileInvite CEO. "Today's students expect a digital experience, so providing user-friendly portals with enterprise-grade security translates to better outcomes for university partners in meeting their enrollment goals.
With its US headquarters in Denver, Colorado, FileInvite is a global leader in document collection technology, transforming the way people request and collect documents and information, and enabling seamless digital experiences in document-heavy workflows.
AP is a leading online facilitator focused primarily on adult learners and a partner to approximately 55 universities, primarily regional universities, across North America.
About Academic Partnerships
Based in Dallas, Texas, Academic Partnerships is an online facilitator that assists regional institutions of higher education across North America in taking their academic programs online and recruits and retains qualified students through program completion. AP's mission is to expand access to top quality, affordable and workforce relevant education, especially for working adult students. Founded in digital innovation more than a decade ago, Academic Partnerships brings single-minded dedication, an integrated set of services and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners. For more information on innovative online learning solutions, please visit www.academicpartnerships.com.
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Founded in 2015, FileInvite helps organizations replace email and securely collect documents and information while increasing productivity and providing seamless digital customer experiences. The flexible SaaS platform provides an intuitive customer portal and automated workflows that enable users to digitally complete, sign and upload documents, send communications, and keep track of data requests. Built on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud using industry best practices, FileInvite meets stringent privacy and security standards for handling sensitive customer data and is SOC2 Type II certified, and GDPR, PCI-DSS, FERPA and HIPAA compliant. Find out more at www.fileinvite.com.
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KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The African nations of Gabon and Togo have been admitted into the Commonwealth group of nations.
“We welcome them,” Rwandan President Paul Kagame, whose government hosted a summit of Commonwealth leaders this week, told reporters Saturday.
Gabon and Togo are Francophone countries that actively tried to join the bloc of 54 nations. The Commonwealth’s titular head is Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Prince Charles represented his mother at the summit in Kigali, the Rwandan capital.
The admission of the two new members was a highlight of the summit. The meeting, which closes later Saturday, also raised more than $4 billion in pledges toward the fight against malaria and other tropical diseases.
The summit took place place at an uncertain time for the British monarchy as well as the Commonwealth, whose relevance is sometimes questioned.
Even as the Commonwealth appears attractive to prospective members, some existing member nations are discussing whether to remove the queen as their head of state.
Elizabeth is the head of state of 14 Commonwealth realms, but Barbados cut ties with the monarchy in November. Several other Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, say they plan to follow suit.
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Aaron Rodgers nearly upended the NFL schedule two years ago when he told some within the Green Bay Packers organization he didn’t want to return to the team.
For the sake and sanity of those in the league’s scheduling department, cooler heads prevailed.
Rodgers was on the move during this offseason with his trade to the New York Jets, but it was planned well enough in advance that the league and its network partners could get in their requests. The Jets will make six prime-time appearances and have four games in the Sunday afternoon late window (4:25 p.m. ET).
“Navigating the process was largely about Aaron and his future,” Fox EVP, Head of Strategy and Analytics Mike Mulvihill said. “There’s always a lot of focus on marquee quarterbacks that could change teams. And that was certainly the case this year.”
For the second straight year, ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” gets a marquee QB making his debut with another team when the Jets host the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 11. Russell Wilson’s first game with Denver, which coincidentally was in Seattle, averaged 19.85 million viewers, the most watched Monday night game since ESPN took over the package in 2006.
Three of the Jets’ first four games are in a national widow. The Sept. 17 game at Dallas is the featured CBS game in the late window, and Rodgers’ first meeting with Patrick Mahomes is on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” on Oct. 1 when the Jets host Kansas City.
CBS has at least eight Jets games, with Fox, ESPN, NBC, and Amazon Prime Video getting two apiece. The league does not set networks for all Week 18 games until after Week 17.
Even though this was the first year of the NFL’s new television package, where any game could go to any network, most of the past structure remains in place. Over 90% of Fox’s schedule features at least one NFC team, while CBS remains the top network for the AFC’s top teams.
CBS will have 13 games where both teams are from the NFC, but it still has most of the top AFC matchups.
“The process continues to be more and more collaborative. And the fact that the NFL had so much flexibility for the AFC and NFC packages benefited everybody,” CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said. “The good news is, even though we have all these great NFC games, we’re still the conference of the AFC, which means we get the benefit of all these star quarterbacks.”
Among other notes and reactions from Thursday night’s NFL schedule release:
MAXIMIZING THE CHIEFS
CBS has the defending Super Bowl champions for eight games, including six appearances in the late afternoon window.
McManus said the top game on the network’s wish list was the AFC championship game rematch between Kansas City and the Cincinnati Bengals, which will be on Dec. 31. There’s also Buffalo at Kansas City on Dec. 10, which many thought might be a prime-time game.
The Dec. 25 game between the Chiefs and Las Vegas Raiders will also be the Nickelodeon broadcast. It will be the second straight year the slime-filled broadcast will be on Christmas Day. NBC has the Chiefs three times, ESPN/ABC twice, and Fox, NFL Network, and Prime Video one time each.
CBS is also the network for Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas.
FOX AND AMERICA’S TEAM
With Rodgers heading to the Jets and Tom Brady’s retirement, Fox’s priority, more than other years, was ensuring it had as many Dallas Cowboys games as possible.
The Cowboys are on Fox nine times, including six in the late Sunday 4:25 p.m. ET window.
“I’m not exaggerating at all; we spent more time talking about what our fifth-best Dallas game would be than we spent talking about the No. 1 game on our schedule. Because if you are going to get eight or nine Dallas appearances, you’re going to have a couple of blockbusters,” Mulvihill said. “Last year, we had only three at 4:25, so that’s a big change that’s driven mostly by the departures of Brady and Rodgers.”
The key Fox Cowboys games are at Philadelphia on Nov. 5, Nov. 12 against the New York Giants, at Buffalo on Dec. 17, and Dec. 24 at Miami.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Amazon Prime Video got its preference for the first Black Friday game. It wanted the game in New York and ended up getting an AFC East matchup between the Jets and Miami Dolphins on Nov. 24.
“We said, all things being equal, we’d love to start this new holiday tradition in New York. And so they were able to come through with that and an awesome game,” said Marie Donoghue, Amazon’s Vice President of Global Sports Video.
The second “Thursday Night Football” season on Prime Video will make its first trips to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Las Vegas, and New Orleans.
The Chicago Bears, Steelers, Saints, and Jets will make multiple appearances on Prime Video this year after owners approved allowing teams to play more than one game on a four- or five-day week. That means the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Texans, and Indianapolis Colts will not have any prime-time games this season.
“I think we were already headed in that direction, to some extent already, with the additional Thursday night game we had already added and now adding Black Friday, said Hans Schroeder, the Executive Vice President of NFL Media, about teams making multiple appearances on a short week. ”We’re giving our fans the most appropriate matchups to go into a national window. And that was a way to really help the Thursday night package, and do so in a way that we think was appropriate. “
MONDAY NIGHT MANIA
Besides having flex scheduling beginning in Week 12 for the first time, ESPN has two of the more anticipated games. It has Rodgers’ Jets debut and the Super Bowl rematch between the Eagles and Chiefs on Nov. 20.
“I would argue we’ve got the best two games on the entire board,” said ESPN President of Content Burke Magnus.
There will be games on both ABC and ESPN on Sept. 18, Sept. 25, and Dec. 11. The Dec. 25 game between Baltimore and San Francisco will be on ABC since ESPN has an entire day of NBA matchups.
The Cowboys also make two MNF appearances this season, marking the first time that has happened since the package moved to ESPN in 2006.
SOMETHING BLUE, SOMETHING NEW
For the fifth time since NBC started airing “Sunday Night Football” in 2006, the first Sunday night game will be between the Giants and Cowboys. The Sept. 10 game also marks the 13th time they have met on SNF.
NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service will have a game for the first time. That will be on Dec. 23 when the Buffalo Bills face the Los Angeles Chargers. The Cincinnati Bengals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers matchup on NBC will be preceded by that.
“We spent a lot of time with the NFL and had productive meetings about the proper positioning of that (Peacock) game,” NBC Sports Chairman Pete Bevacqua said. “We think that’s going to be a great combination of using the power of NBC with that late-afternoon game and driving that audience to Peacock for the regular-season exclusive game.”
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WeightWatchers gets into prescription weight loss business
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
AP Business Writer
WeightWatchers soared Tuesday after the company said it was getting into the prescription drug weight loss business with the acquisition of Sequence.
Sequence, a telehealth operator, says that its specialists can prescribe medications under brand names including Ozempic, Wegovy and Trulicity.
Shares of WW International Inc. jumped nearly 29% at the opening bell.
WeightWatchers offers subscribers meal plans with the goal of losing excess weight. With the acquisition of Sequence, the company is tapping into a red-hot market for prescription drugs that addresses obesity, and broadening what it offers to customers.
“It is our responsibility, as the trusted leader in weight management, to support those interested in exploring if medications are right for them,” said CEO Sima Sistani said in a prepared statement late Monday.
Ozempic, also known as semaglutide, works by stimulating the body’s own insulin production and reducing appetite. While it is prescribed for diabetes, Ozempic can also help people lose weight.
If it’s not treated, obesity can lead to lifelong health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes and depression.
“This deal brings access to prescription drug solutions for weight loss to WW’s historical focus on behavior modification model,” wrote UBS analyst Michael Lasser. “This is a significant change in the business. While the deal could bring considerable upside, it also carries sizable risks,”
Lasser said that WW’s business has been disrupted over the last several years and is now trying to take big steps to course correct. “We think it will take time to see if this action really produces a change in the company’s fortunes,” he said.
WW International, Based in New York City, will pay $106 million for Sequence, which served about 24,000 members across the U.S. as of February, with annual revenue of about $25 million.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Unlike the affluent seaside communities of Sanibel Island and Fort Myers Beach, where the media has descended to chronicle every detail of the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the people who live in the squat homes in Dunbar have faced the crisis mostly on their own.
And for many in the historically African-American neighborhood, there's a sense of anger and frustration. "They're saying the islands got destroyed," observes 24-year-old Lexxus Cherry. "Well, we're destroyed, too. We're really messed up here."
There's no electricity. Water comes out of the faucet, but it's little more than a thin brownish stream, unsafe to drink. A faint smell of sewage wafts up from the street.
When people here call the power and water authorities, they get only vague assurances. No promises, and no timeframes.
Authorities accused of slow response in Black communities
Cherry's uncle, Ta'Wan Grant, detects a pattern in their plight.
"I understand that the city is trying its best to restore everybody's power," he says. "But this is a common thing that I'm seeing in cities around America. Whenever a disaster happens, for some reason the city is slow to respond to people in ethnic communities, in low-income communities."
"We are the ones who need the most help," Grant says.
A large piece of twisted aluminum siding, apparently blown in from across the street, lies in a crumpled heap on Grant's front yard. His air-conditioning unit was ripped away, leaving a gaping hole in the side of his house.
Cherry's mother, Chanel, who lives a few blocks away in low-income housing, underwent a kidney transplant in May. She says she's had "no water, no ice, no nothing," since Tuesday. "I haven't seen one police [officer] come to check on the community where we live," she adds.
In the storm-affected area in an around the city on Sunday, an estimated 580,000 people were still without electricity and boil water notices had been issued for 120 areas in 22 counties.
"You can't hide from God"
Earline McCoy has lived next door since 1969. She's seen a lot of hurricanes come through here in the last five decades. But this one tops them all, she admits.
McCoy and her friend, Jesse Howard, stayed at home as Ian approached. "You can't hide from God," she says.
The roof on the back side of her house heaved up and down in the fierce winds, causing the drywall ceiling to give way and collapse. Lucky for her, she's insured.
McCoy, who is 85, says she's been getting bottled water from a nearby relief center. She's optimistic that "if we get lights on in the next day or two, we'll save our food."
Outside nearby Dunbar High School, which is being used as a temporary shelter, Sheddrick Jacobs and his wife Sheneka wait for a bus to take them to the centralized shelter, with power and water, at the Hertz Arena in Estero.
"I'm getting what I need, and I think other people are getting what they need too," he says. "From what I see on Facebook and Instagram and then us coming to here, I think it's been great."
One woman's tale of two storms
About a mile west, in the Dean Park Historic District, Lindsay Comstock's rental house nearly backs up to the Caloosahatchee River, which Ian caused to overflow its banks, sending a torrent of water through the one-story home.
As the storm closed in, she evacuated to nearby Naples, "but they got hit just as bad, and I lost my truck there."
As she's pulling soaked rugs and clothing from the house, her boyfriend telephones. "Everything is gone," she tells him. "Every single thing we own is gone."
Comstock was living on the Jersey Shore during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. She lost almost everything in that storm too, she says.
Since Ian, she's already filed with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. "They really did help me out" after Sandy, she says. "I'm hoping the same with this. It takes a little while."
Looking around the destruction that was her life, she seems resigned.
"This is just stuff, I can get it back," she says. "My family is safe. My dog is safe. It could be worse."
NPR's Martin Kaste contributed to this story from Fort Myers.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away.
A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock — demonstrating that if a killer asteroid ever heads our way, we’d stand a fighting chance of diverting it.
“This is stuff of science-fiction books and really corny episodes of “StarTrek” from when I was a kid, and now it’s real,” NASA program scientist Tom Statler said Thursday.
Cameras and telescopes will watch the crash, but it will take days or even weeks to find out if it actually changed the orbit.
The $325 million planetary defense test began with Dart’s launch last fall.
ASTEROID TARGET
The asteroid with the bull’s-eye on it is Dimorphos, about 7 million miles (9.6 million kilometers) from Earth. It is actually the puny sidekick of a 2,500-foot (780-meter) asteroid named Didymos, Greek for twin. Discovered in 1996, Didymos is spinning so fast that scientists believe it flung off material that eventually formed a moonlet. Dimorphos — roughly 525 feet (160 meters) across — orbits its parent body at a distance of less than a mile (1.2 kilometers).
“This really is about asteroid deflection, not disruption,” said Nancy Chabot, a planetary scientist and mission team leader at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, which is managing the effort. “This isn’t going to blow up the asteroid. It isn’t going to put it into lots of pieces.” Rather, the impact will dig out a crater tens of yards (meters) in size and hurl some 2 million pounds (1 million kilograms) of rocks and dirt into space.
NASA insists there’s a zero chance either asteroid will threaten Earth — now or in the future. That’s why the pair was picked.
DART, THE IMPACTOR
The Johns Hopkins lab took a minimalist approach in developing Dart — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — given that it’s essentially a battering ram and faces sure destruction. It has a single instrument: a camera used for navigating, targeting and chronicling the final action. Believed to be essentially a rubble pile, Dimorphos will emerge as a point of light an hour before impact, looming larger and larger in the camera images beamed back to Earth. Managers are confident Dart won’t smash into the larger Didymos by mistake. The spacecraft’s navigation is designed to distinguish between the two asteroids and, in the final 50 minutes, target the smaller one.
The size of a small vending machine at 1,260 pounds (570 kilograms), the spacecraft will slam into roughly 11 billion pounds (5 billion kilograms) of asteroid. “Sometimes we describe it as running a golf cart into a Great Pyramid,” said Chabot.
Unless Dart misses — NASA puts the odds of that happening at less than 10% — it will be the end of the road for Dart. If it goes screaming past both space rocks, it will encounter them again in a couple years for Take 2.
SAVING EARTH
Little Dimorphos completes a lap around big Didymos every 11 hours and 55 minutes. The impact by Dart should shave about 10 minutes off that. Although the strike itself should be immediately apparent, it could take a few weeks or more to verify the moonlet’s tweaked orbit. Cameras on Dart and a mini tagalong satellite will capture the collision up close. Telescopes on all seven continents, along with the Hubble and Webb space telescopes and NASA’s asteroid-hunting Lucy spacecraft, may see a bright flash as Dart smacks Dimorphos and sends streams of rock and dirt cascading into space. The observatories will track the pair of asteroids as they circle the sun, to see if Dart altered Dimorphos’ orbit. In 2024, a European spacecraft named Hera will retrace Dart’s journey to measure the impact results.
Although the intended nudge should change the moonlet’s position only slightly, that will add up to a major shift over time, according to Chabot. “So if you were going to do this for planetary defense, you would do it five, 10, 15, 20 years in advance in order for this technique to work,” she said. Even if Dart misses, the experiment still will provide valuable insight, said NASA program executive Andrea Riley. “This is why we test. We want to do it now rather than when there’s an actual need,” she said.
ASTEROID MISSIONS GALORE
Planet Earth is on an asteroid-chasing roll. NASA has close to a pound (450 grams) of rubble collected from asteroid Bennu headed to Earth. The stash should arrive next September. Japan was the first to retrieve asteroid samples, accomplishing the feat twice. China hopes to follow suit with a mission launching in 2025. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, meanwhile, is headed to asteroids near Jupiter, after launching last year. Another spacecraft, Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, is loaded into NASA’s new moon rocket awaiting liftoff; it will use a solar sail to fly past a space rock that’s less than 60 feet (18 meters) next year. In the next few years, NASA also plans to launch a census-taking telescope to identify hard-to-find asteroids that could pose risks. One asteroid mission is grounded while an independent review board weighs its future. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft should have launched this year to a metal-rich asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, but the team couldn’t test the flight software in time.
HOLLYWOOD’S TAKE
Hollywood has churned out dozens of killer-space-rock movies over the decades, including 1998′s “Armageddon” which brought Bruce Willis to Cape Canaveral for filming, and last year’s “Don’t Look Up” with Leonardo DiCaprio leading an all-star cast. NASA’s planetary defense officer, Lindley Johnson, figures he’s seen them all since 1979′s “Meteor,” his personal favorite “since Sean Connery played me.” While some of the sci-fi films are more accurate than others, he noted, entertainment always wins out. The good news is that the coast seems clear for the next century, with no known threats. Otherwise, “it would be like the movies, right?” said NASA’s science mission chief Thomas Zurbuchen. What’s worrisome, though, are the unknown threats. Fewer than half of the 460-foot (140-meter) objects have been confirmed, with millions of smaller but still-dangerous objects zooming around. “These threats are real, and what makes this time special, is we can do something about it,” Zurbuchen said. Not by blowing up an asteroid as Willis’ character did — that would be a last, last-minute resort — or by begging government leaders to take action as DiCaprio’s character did in vain. If time allows, the best tactic could be to nudge the menacing asteroid out of our way, like Dart.
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BUTTE – Robbie Knievel, daredevil and son of Butte native Evel Knievel, died from pancreatic cancer at age 60.
Robbie Knievel’s brother, Kelly Knievel, confirmed his brother’s death today and said there will be a service in Butte and Robbie Knievel will be buried in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery in Butte. No date has been set for the funeral service.
Robbie Knievel was the son of Evel Knievel and his first wife, Linda.
Robbie Knievel followed his father’s path of performing death-defying motorcycle stunts under the moniker Kaptain Robbie Knievel.
“Robbie was a great daredevil and, you know, he lived to entertain people and lived for the spotlight, you know, a daredevil’s life is not easy…what else is there to say? The guy lived hard and he’s gone, we’ll all miss him,” said Kelly Knievel in a phone interview with MTN News this morning. | https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-news/robbie-knievel-dies-at-age-60-funeral-service-to-be-held-in-butte | 2023-01-13 21:18:27 | 1 | https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-news/robbie-knievel-dies-at-age-60-funeral-service-to-be-held-in-butte |
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55% of MGMT methylated subjects remain alive at a median of 32.5 months
Dr. David Reardon, Principal Investigator, to present on June 6, 2022 at ASCO
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- INOVIO (NASDAQ: INO) announced results from the company's novel Phase 1/2 trial of INO-5401 and INO-9012 in combination with PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo® (cemiplimab) in the treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM), including encouraging median overall survival (OS) data from fifty-two subjects. Median OS duration in unmethylated MGMT (Cohort A) was 17.9 months. Median OS data in MGMT Methylated patients (Cohort B) are being presented for the first time, at a median of 32.5 months, which compares favorably to historical comparisons (23.2-25 months).
Overall, INO-5401 + INO-9012 is demonstrated to be tolerable and immunogenic when administered with Libtayo and RT/TMZ (radiation and temozolomide) to newly diagnosed GBM patients. Notably, INO-5401 elicited antigen-specific T cells that may infiltrate GBM tumors. The data from this study was selected to be presented in an oral presentation by Dr. David Reardon on Monday, June 6, 2022, at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Presentation Details: June 6, 2022, 12:42 – 12:54 p.m. CDT
Presenting Author: David A. Reardon
Central Nervous System Tumors Session
Abstract #2004: Intramuscular (IM) INO-5401 + INO-9012 with electroporation (EP) in combination with cemiplimab (REGN2810) in newly diagnosed glioblastoma
Fifty-two subjects were enrolled: 32 in Cohort A; 20 in Cohort B (35% women; median age 60 years [range 19-78 years]). The adverse event profile was consistent with known single-agent (INO-5401, INO-9012, EP or Libtayo) events; most events were ≤Grade 2 and no related events were Grade ≥4. Median OS durations in Cohorts A and B were 17.9 months (95% CI 14.5-19.8) and 32.5 months (95% CI 18.4-not reached), respectively. Flow cytometry revealed activated, antigen specific CD4+CD69+PD1+ and CD8+CD69+PD1+ T cells, the latter with lytic potential as defined by presence of perforin and granzyme A. Both subsets exhibited HR
A post-hoc exploratory analysis showed that gene expression levels of INO-5401 antigens and immune cell markers from pre-treatment tumor tissues were similar between alive and deceased groups; however, the alive group displayed significant differential expression of genes regulating apoptosis, proliferation, and immune responses. Post-treatment tumor tissue displayed altered gene expression for immune-related markers versus pre-treatment tissue, including markers of T cell infiltration, activation, and lytic potential.
Dr. David Reardon, Clinical Director, Center for Neuro-Oncology of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and coordinating principal investigator of the study said, "GBM remains one of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat cancers. The fact that we have seen this novel combination trial of a T cell generating DNA medicine combined with a PD-1 checkpoint benefit a large percent of trial participants past 32 months is very encouraging. These latest results and continued development are welcoming as it continues to improve upon a standard of care which was defined 17 years ago and remains sub-optimal for our patients with GBM."
Dr. Jeffrey Skolnik, INOVIO's Senior Vice President, Clinical Development, said, "We, along with our collaborative partner Regeneron, remain encouraged with the progress to date from this novel combination therapy study. As concluded in the abstract, INO-5401 + INO-9012 has an acceptable risk/benefit profile and elicits robust immune responses that may correlate with a potentially enhanced survival when administered with Libtayo and RT/TMZ to newly diagnosed GBM patients. Our goal is to build upon INO-5401's ability to elicit antigen-specific T cells that can infiltrate GBM tumors and complement the clinically-active profile of Libtayo to a potentially larger study in the future."
INO-5401, INO-9012, Libtayo, and the combination of these products have not been approved or evaluated by any Regulatory Authority worldwide for the treatment of newly diagnosed GBM.
Study Design
The trial was designed to evaluate safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of INO-5401 and INO-9012 in combination with Libtayo, with radiation and chemotherapy, in subjects with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM). This is a Phase 1/2, open-label, multi-center trial conducted in 52 evaluable patients with GBM. There are two cohorts in this trial. Cohort A includes 32 participants with a tumor with an unmethylated O6-methylguanine-deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter. Cohort B includes 20 participants with a tumor with a MGMT methylated promoter. Both cohorts received INO-5401 and INO-9012 and Libtayo at the same doses and on the same dosing schedule, and both cohorts received radiation and TMZ. For more information of the clinical study, see www.clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT03491683.
About INO-5401 and INO-9012
INO-5401 encodes for INOVIO's SynCon® antigens for hTERT, WT1, and PSMA, and has the potential to be a powerful cancer immunotherapy in combination with checkpoint inhibitors. The National Cancer Institute previously highlighted hTERT, WT1, and PSMA among a list of important cancer antigens, designating them as high priorities for cancer immunotherapy development. These three antigens were reported to be over-expressed, and often mutated, in a variety of human cancers including glioblastoma, and targeting these antigens may prove efficacious in the treatment of patients with cancer. INO-9012 encodes for IL-12, which is a T cell immune activator.
About Glioblastoma (GBM)
GBM is the most common and aggressive type of brain cancer and remains a devastating disease for both patients and caregivers. Its prognosis is extremely poor, with very few new therapies approved over the last 10 years. The median overall survival for patients receiving standard of care therapy is approximately 15 to 22 months and the median progression-free survival is approximately 7-10 months. In the U.S., the estimated annual incidence of GBM is 11,362 cases or 3.21 cases per 100,000 persons and the median age at diagnosis is 65 years.
About INOVIO
INOVIO is a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing DNA medicines to help protect people from infectious diseases and help treat people with cancer and HPV-associated diseases. Our DNA medicines are delivered using our proprietary smart device to produce a robust and tolerable immune response against targeted pathogens and cancers.
Partners and collaborators include Advaccine, ApolloBio Corporation, AstraZeneca, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense/Department of Defense, HIV Vaccines Trial Network, International Vaccine Institute, Kaneka Eurogentec, Medical CBRN Defense Consortium, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Ology Bioservices, the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Plumbline Life Sciences, Regeneron, Richter-Helm BioLogics, Thermo Fisher Scientific, University of Pennsylvania, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and The Wistar Institute. For more information, visit www.inovio.com.
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Former President Trump is facing intensifying political headwinds in South Carolina, a key early primary state that will play host over the weekend to one of the first high-profile stops of his 2024 White House campaign.
While he’s already racked up endorsements from prominent South Carolina Republicans like Gov. Henry McMaster and Sen. Lindsey Graham, both of whom are expected to attend Trump’s event at the state Capitol in Columbia on Saturday, others are keeping their distance.
The state’s junior senator, Tim Scott (R), hasn’t backed Trump’s 2024 campaign and is said to be seriously considering a presidential bid of his own. Likewise, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, another influential South Carolina Republican, has hinted that she’s weighing a run for the White House.
There are also growing rumblings of support for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), according to several Republicans in the state, who warned that Trump’s grip on South Carolina’s GOP voters is far more tenuous than it used to be.
“The reason that Donald Trump is coming to South Carolina is because it’s an important state, but he’s trying to really lock up some of that support,” said Alex Stroman, a former executive director of the South Carolina GOP. “And I think that support is fairly soft.”
“I know people who have endorsed him who have felt like they were kind of pressured into it and had to do it, but don’t plan on being with him when the election happens early next year in South Carolina,” he said.
The visit could also give the former president the opportunity to build momentum in an early primary state that has played a consequential role in choosing presidential nominees in the past.
“South Carolina was really the divisive blow for him in terms of winning the 2016 Republican presidential primary,” said Ford O’Connell, a Republican strategist.
And national polls show that while Trump’s support has softened since leaving office, he is still in good standing with voters inside out and outside of the GOP.
An Emerson College survey released earlier this week showed Trump leading President Biden in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up by 3 points. The same poll also showed Trump holding a 26-point lead over DeSantis in a hypothetical Republican primary.
“You see that he is gaining steam, and now it’s time to cash in on that,” O’Connell said.
Trump’s appearance at the state Capitol on Saturday is expected to be a smaller affair than his typical rallies, which tend to draw thousands of supporters. One South Carolina Republican said that the former president’s allies have been calling around in the state in recent weeks in an effort to secure endorsements and attendees for the event.
“I think for now you have a lot of people hedging their bets,” the person said. “Some of the folks you would expect to show aren’t going to show, I don’t think. I’ve talked to several people in the last few days, and not a lot of them are saying ‘I’m going to see the former president on Saturday, come out and show support.’”
Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump’s campaign, pushed back on the notion that the former president’s support among the grassroots may be softening.
“President Trump will unveil his leadership teams, which will show the significant support he has from grassroots leaders to elected officials,” Cheung said. “He has continued to dominate in the polls and there is no one else who can generate enthusiasm and excitement like President Trump.”
A poll released this week by the conservative South Carolina Policy Council provided some early evidence for Trump’s struggles. Only 37 percent of likely South Carolina Republican primary voters said that the GOP should nominate Trump in 2024, while nearly half — 47 percent — said they would prefer someone else.
That someone else may be DeSantis. The poll showed the Florida governor leading Trump by a staggering 19-point margin in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up.
Dallas Woodhouse, a longtime Republican operative and the executive director of the South Carolina Policy Council, said that there’s a growing desire for change among voters in both parties, noting that 54 percent of voters in his group’s recent poll said that the country would be better off if neither Trump nor President Biden is elected next year.
“It’s not to say these people wouldn’t vote for Trump if he were the nominee,” Woodhouse said. “But they certainly desire the option to choose somebody else at this time.”
Woodhouse and other Republicans said that GOP voters in South Carolina and elsewhere “want to win and see some fresh ideas,” and especially after the party’s lackluster performance in the 2022 midterm elections, there are lingering concerns about whether Trump is the candidate best positioned to recapture the White House.
“I get a sense that Republicans are being just walloped by inflation, that they have a desire to get back to debating issues,” Woodhouse said. “The issue with Trump is can you debate real issues? Or is Trump himself always the issue? And I think some voters are coming to think the latter.”
Trump’s Saturday visit to South Carolina marks his first real campaign swing since launching his third presidential bid in November. But he’s not the only Republican to make a foray into the Palmetto State.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo headlined a major Republican fundraiser in the state last year and has been running digital ads there as he weighs a bid for the 2024 GOP presidential nod. Likewise, former Vice President Mike Pence has made several trips to the state in an effort to bolster his support among evangelical voters.
Haley and Scott — both South Carolina natives — also remain “very, very popular” in the state, Woodhouse said. Haley, a former South Carolina governor, has been particularly aggressive in positioning herself for a 2024 run, telling Fox News earlier this month that it’s “time for new generational change.”
And that sentiment appears to be resonating within the GOP ecosystem.
“Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Ron DeSantis, Glenn Youngkin — these are folks that really represent ways of winning over a broad coalition of voters as Ron DeSantis did in Florida,” Stroman said.
But it’s DeSantis who many South Carolina Republicans say is the party’s must-see attraction.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A battle over a $1 billion transmission line that won all regulatory approvals only to be rebuked by state residents in a referendum now comes down to nine regular folks.
In a rare move, a jury is being asked to decide a complicated constitutional matter — whether developers have a vested right to complete the 145-mile (233-kilometer) project, which would supply Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid.
The constitutionality of the statewide referendum on the project depends on the jury’s decision on the narrow vested-rights issue. And the case could turn on a simple majority of jurors.
“We’re not aware of a similar instance in which the fate of a large energy asset rests in the hands of a jury. This is an unusual circumstance,” Timothy Fox, vice president of Clear View Partners, an energy research firm in Washington, D.C., said before the trial began Monday.
The courtroom was packed Monday.
Attorneys for groups opposed to the project and the state attorney general’s office, which is charged with upholding the referendum, suggested to jurors on Monday that developers rushed construction with a goal of winning vested rights and nullifying the referendum.
But John Aromando, the lawyer for the developers, said the construction schedule was put in place years earlier, and that the case is “about fundamental fairness, about vested rights, about protection of property rights against retroactive laws.”
Last year, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court breathed new life into the stalled project when it ruled the retroactive nature of the statewide vote to stop the project would violate the developers’ constitutional rights if substantial construction already had begun in good faith before the referendum. Construction started in January 2021, about 10 months before the referendum in which 59% of voters rejected the project.
Justice Michael A. Duddy could have made the fact-finding determination himself. But he ruled in favor of project opponents, including the Natural Resources Council of Maine, who asked for a jury to make the determination. The judge seated nine jurors and two alternates.
Central Maine Power’s parent company and Hydro Quebec teamed up on New England Clean Energy Connect, which was unveiled in 2017 with a goal of supplying up to 1,200 megawatts of Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid. That is enough electricity for 1 million homes.
It’s one of two proposed large-scale transmission projects aimed at tapping hydropower from Quebec. The other would provide electricity to New York City.
Early on, developers envisioned smooth sailing because the transmission path would mostly follow existing corridors, with only a new 53-mile (85-kilometer) section crossing sparely populated woods to reach the Canadian border.
But the project encountered opposition each step of the way even as it received all necessary regulatory approvals. Developers already had begun cutting trees and setting poles for months when the governor asked for work to be suspended after voters rejected the project in November 2021.
Supporters say bold projects such as this one, funded by ratepayers in Massachusetts, are necessary to battle climate change and introduce additional electricity into a region that is heavily reliant on natural gas, which can cause spikes in energy costs.
Critics say the project’s environmental benefits are overstated — and that it would harm the woodlands in western Maine.
In Maine, two lawsuits over the project went before the Supreme Judicial Court, which ultimately upheld a lease for a 1-mile portion of the proposed power line that crossed state land.
The constitutional issue will likely end up back before the Supreme Judicial Court regardless of the outcome of the judge’s decision after the jury trial.
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It would be nice if all racist cops were as dumb and careless as a Cincinnati officer who was caught on her own body camera shouting the n-word all because she was raging while being caught in traffic. We really need them all to expose themselves like this.
According to Vice, On April 5, Officer Rose Valentino was sitting in her patrol car while stuck in traffic right outside of Western Hills University High School, which was near the police station she was trying to pull into. (Already, this is a Black child-involved police use of force incident waiting to happen.) So, school had just ended, which means parents were in their cars trying to pick up their kids—which is the most regular-degular reason for heavy traffic in a school zone. But that didn’t give Valentino pause before she started wilding out like she was the only person who was stuck.
From Vice:
Frustrated by the traffic, Valentino put on her sirens in hopes of getting the vehicles to move, to no avail. Then she became irate and began her tirade.
“You got to move, f***ing ridiculous,” she first said. “F***ing assholes.”
Afterward, she rolled down her window and told another driver, who was Black, that she needed to move her vehicle. Shortly afterward, a 16-year-old student of the school flipped her off, setting her off once more. She rolled her window back up and let the racial epithets fly.
“Oh, I hate them so much,” she said, punching her steering wheel. “I hate this fucking world. Fu***ing n*****s, I f***ing hate them.”
So, not only is this officer of the law one Klan hood short of whole grand wizard cosplay but she’s yet another example of cops who think they’re special because they’re cops. Again, everyone hates traffic. Everyone in traffic is also part of the traffic they hate.
And, I mean, YOU’RE LITERALLY IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL WHEN SCHOOL IS LETTING OUT!. There’s nothing “f***king ridiculous” about cars blocking your way while parents are picking up students at that time. It’s to be expected.
Anyway, surprising to nobody Black, this isn’t the first time Valentino has been accused of racism while on the job.
More from Vice:
In 2019, she was named in a federal lawsuit against the city filed by a realtor and a homebuyer, both of whom were Black, who accused her and two other officers of racial discrimination. During the November encounter, the officers ordered two men out of a home they were viewing at gunpoint in front of the homebuyer’s 9-year-old son. The city settled the lawsuit for $151,000.
She was also arrested for disorderly conduct in 2020 for attacking her own sister and another male family member. She was also suspended and ordered to take anger management classes behind the incident. Apparently, those classes didn’t take.
As for Valentino’s most recent incident, she was suspended but not fired—which kind of flies in the face of my initial remark that cops exposing their racism even matters.
“This is a hard job,” Valentino said in excusing her behavior, according to the report. “I was getting to a point where I was being really affected by it. I have been on for 14 years.”
She also reached the very peak of Mt. Blue Caucasity in saying essentially that she’s not racist—America is just so racist it occasionally becomes contagious. (But only to white people. they just have weak immune systems when it comes to protection from COVID-1619.)
“Frequent exposure had allowed the slur to slip into her vernacular,” the police report said. Valentino also said her use of the slur was an isolated incident caused by a “mental episode,” and that she wasn’t “classifying the whole race with her statement.”
First of all, somebody needs to check all the peer-reviewed medical journals to see which mental illness causes mild symptoms of Klan-ish-ness. Secondly, even if it wasn’t absolute white nonsense that she wasn’t “classifying the whole race” when she used the n-word, it really doesn’t make her look any better if she’s reserving that language specifically for Black students and Black parents who are picking their kids up from school.
Racist cops need to be taken off the streets. Instead, a police report is actually trying to help this cop justify her racism.
But please, tell me more about how systemic racism in policing doesn’t exist.
SEE ALSO:
Why Did A Whole North Carolina Police Department Quit Due To Issues With A Black Woman Town Manager?
Tennessee Police Brutally Beat Black Man At His Home Over An Alleged Traffic Violation
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Police officers in Tampa, Florida, stopped a scaly suspect caught meandering through a neighborhood intersection.Officers encountered a 9-foot alligator out for a stroll at N. Howard Avenue and W. Kathleen Street. While waiting for a trapper to arrive, two men held down the large reptile as a third wrapped duct tape around its mouth.Phil Walters, an alligator trapper contracted with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Nuisance Alligator Program, was called to the intersection to assist. He said that if the alligator was left in the road, especially at night, it could end up damaging vehicles, or worse.“Being aware of your surroundings will keep you out of trouble, because that alligator, if you had hit him in a small car, you’d be totaled,” Walters explained. “If you were on a motorcycle, your body would probably be laying out in the street.”Walters said he has been called to trap an increasing number of alligators, as mating season gets underway. It could start a bit early this year, according to animal experts at Gatorworld Orlando, because of the unusually warm temperatures.“This is the time of year you find them underneath cars. They show up at your front door. They’re moving around,” Walters said. “Winter’s over; spring is here.”The trapper said he was surprised to find the officers from the Tampa Police Department had subdued the gator because “normally, TPD doesn’t get down and dirty.” Walters explained that while the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has an agricultural unit that typically handles rogue animals, TPD does not.“I’ve seen the deputies deal with them. Tampa police, not so much, so I was really surprised and happy when I just showed up and saw they were putting me out of a job,” Walters said. “And they did a great job. So I guess there’s some good ol’ boys on the TPD, they had that thing taken care of for me.”Walters said the alligator measured up at nine feet, four inches long, and is likely a male. In all, it took four men to lift the bound, behemoth gator into the back of a truck.As for what comes next for the alligator, the FWC leaves that decision up to the trapper. Relocating alligators can come at a cost to trappers, according to an Associated Press report, and many opt to sell the animal for its skin and meat. Or, as Walters put it, “luggage and hors d’oeuvres.”
TAMPA, Fla. —
Police officers in Tampa, Florida, stopped a scaly suspect caught meandering through a neighborhood intersection.
Officers encountered a 9-foot alligator out for a stroll at N. Howard Avenue and W. Kathleen Street. While waiting for a trapper to arrive, two men held down the large reptile as a third wrapped duct tape around its mouth.
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Phil Walters, an alligator trapper contracted with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Nuisance Alligator Program, was called to the intersection to assist. He said that if the alligator was left in the road, especially at night, it could end up damaging vehicles, or worse.
“Being aware of your surroundings will keep you out of trouble, because that alligator, if you had hit him in a small car, you’d be totaled,” Walters explained. “If you were on a motorcycle, your body would probably be laying out in the street.”
Walters said he has been called to trap an increasing number of alligators, as mating season gets underway. It could start a bit early this year, according to animal experts at Gatorworld Orlando, because of the unusually warm temperatures.
“This is the time of year you find them underneath cars. They show up at your front door. They’re moving around,” Walters said. “Winter’s over; spring is here.”
The trapper said he was surprised to find the officers from the Tampa Police Department had subdued the gator because “normally, TPD doesn’t get down and dirty.” Walters explained that while the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has an agricultural unit that typically handles rogue animals, TPD does not.
“I’ve seen the deputies deal with them. Tampa police, not so much, so I was really surprised and happy when I just showed up and saw they were putting me out of a job,” Walters said. “And they did a great job. So I guess there’s some good ol’ boys on the TPD, they had that thing taken care of for me.”
Walters said the alligator measured up at nine feet, four inches long, and is likely a male. In all, it took four men to lift the bound, behemoth gator into the back of a truck.
As for what comes next for the alligator, the FWC leaves that decision up to the trapper. Relocating alligators can come at a cost to trappers, according to an Associated Press report, and many opt to sell the animal for its skin and meat. Or, as Walters put it, “luggage and hors d’oeuvres.” | https://www.wisn.com/article/video-police-wrangle-alligator/43474797 | 2023-03-31 09:49:36 | 1 | https://www.wisn.com/article/video-police-wrangle-alligator/43474797 |
Featuring best-sellers like Mango Supreme Cake, Butter Mamon and Chicken Empanada, the new store marks the international bakery brand's 39th location in the U.S.
WEST COVINA, Calif. , Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Ribbon Bakeshop, Inc., the international bakery brand beloved for its unique array of delicious, sweet and savory baked goods, will celebrate the opening of its premiere location in Philadelphia on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Located at 2201 Cottman Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia, the new Red Ribbon will be primely situated within the Great Northeast Plaza shopping center near the area's busy "Cottman and Bustleton" intersection. Red Ribbon's much-anticipated arrival in Philly marks the brand's first-ever location in the State of Pennsylvania and its 39th in the U.S., as the bakery brand continues to grow its presence nationwide.
Red Ribbon specializes in offering delectable, superior-tasting baked goods that you won't find anywhere else. While the bakeshop is best known for its beautifully crafted cakes – considered a special celebration "must have" for many fans – Red Ribbon also features a mouth-watering line-up of both sweet and savory pastries that are perfect for everyday snacking occasions. For Philadelphians who are curious to try the deliciousness of Red Ribbon for the first time, here are some of the brand's best-selling items that are sure to tempt your taste buds:
Shareable Cakes
- Mango Supreme Cake – The signature dessert that put Red Ribbon on the map. Instantly recognized for its vibrant golden hues, it is made with the Philippines' best mangoes, considered to be the sweetest in the world. It features three layers of moist white chiffon cake filled with cream and a golden, mango-filled glaze; it is topped with a generous amount of mango chunks and a maraschino cherry.
- Ube Overload Cake – This iconic Filipino confection is known for its striking shade of purple. The unique coloring comes from its star ingredient: real Philippine ube halaya (purple yam), a flavor that has gained mainstream popularity in recent years. The cake is finished with beautiful white cream frosting rosettes and bright purple ube cake crumbs.
- Yema Caramel Cake – Perfect for those who love the smoothness of caramel combined with a bit of crunch, this Filipino favorite is made of a soft, moist white chiffon cake filled and covered with yema (Philippine custard) caramel filling and finished with toasted cashew nuts.
Snackable Pastries
- Butter Mamon – This exquisite pastry provides the perfect combination of moist chiffon and 100% butter for a melt-in-your-mouth treat. Not too sweet and delightfully tender, it's the all-time favorite of loyal Red Ribbon fans. Also available in Ube, Mocha, and Cheesy flavors.
- Cheesy Ensaimada – This pastry offers soft, moist bread topped with butter, sugar, and cheesy deliciousness for the perfect sweet and savory flavor combination.
- Chicken Empanada – This savory pastry is generously filled with tender chicken and a unique blend of spices deep-fried to a crisp golden brown – a fan-favorite.
Sweet Standouts for Those Craving Chocolate:
- Black Forest Cake – This one is for chocoholics. Layers of liqueur-moistened chocolate cake, brimming with maraschino cherries and cream, rich chocolate shavings and chocolate curls.
- Mocha Flan – The perfect combination of cake and custard. This rich mocha chiffon cake is topped with delicious, creamy leche flan.
- Choco Mocha Crunch – Brimming with both chocolate and coffee flavors, this chocolate chiffon cake is filled with honeycomb candy in every layer; finished with rich mocha cream and topped with more honeycomb candy and chocolate shavings.
"We are so excited to finally be opening our doors in the wonderful city of Philadelphia, where we can't wait to serve both our loyal fans and newcomers our special bakery brand," said Agnes Briones, Business Unit Head, Red Ribbon Bakeshop, Inc. "As the city's most culturally dynamic area known for its diverse food scene, Northeast Philly provides the perfect place for us to entice new audiences who want to treat themselves to something deliciously different, like our mouthwatering Mango Supreme Cake and our melt-in-your-mouth Butter Mamon pastries."
For those eager to check out Red Ribbon's new Philadelphia location, here are the key details to know before you go:
- Address: 2201 Cottman Avenue, Suite 113, Philadelphia, PA 19152
- Hours of Operation: 9AM – 9PM, seven days a week
- Online Ordering Channels: Red Ribbon ordering app (available at the App Store and Google Play); the Red Ribbon website; and the DoorDash delivery platform (activated a few days after opening).
To learn more about Red Ribbon, including its U.S. locations, featured menu items, and nationwide shipping services, please visit redribbonbakeshop.com. Red Ribbon fans can follow @RedRibbonUSA on Facebook and @redribbonusa on Instagram for the latest news, including new products, upcoming store openings and special offers.
Since being founded in 1979, Red Ribbon Bakeshop Inc. has become one of the largest and fastest-growing bakeshops in the Philippines. For the past 40 years the brand has offered superior tasting cakes and pastries and has proved itself as a staple for most Filipino families to mark every special occasion, celebration, and milestone.
Today, the international bakery brand boasts over 500 total locations and over 30 bakeshops across the U.S. with locations in California, Nevada, Washington, Hawaii, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Texas, Illinois, and Florida. The Los Angeles Times has twice cited the brand's cakes as the "Best of L.A." and Eater also named Red Ribbon Bakeshop among the best restaurants for ube desserts in Las Vegas.
Most recently, Red Ribbon entered the "Top 500 Chain Restaurants in the U.S." list, which is published annually by leading foodservice research and consulting firm, Technomic. Additionally, Red Ribbon's California-based manufacturing facility recently received its Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) certification from SGS, the global benchmark for quality and integrity. HACCP is an internationally recognized process control system that identifies where hazards might occur in the food production process and puts into place the safety measures that a facility should take to prevent the hazards from occurring.
Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC, also known as Jollibee Group) is one of the fastest-growing restaurant companies in the world. It operates in 34 countries, with over 6,300 stores globally with branches in the Philippines, United States, Canada, the People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Panama, Malaysia, South Korea, India, and Australia.
Jollibee Group has eight wholly owned brands (Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal, Yonghe King, Hong Zhuang Yuan, Smashburger); six franchised brands (Burger King, Panda Express, PHO24, and Yoshinoya in the Philippines; Dunkin' and Tim Ho Wan in certain territories in China); 80% ownership of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf; 60% ownership in the SuperFoods Group that owns Highlands Coffee and PHO24; and 51% ownership of Milksha, a popular Taiwanese bubble tea brand.
Jollibee Group, through its subsidiary Jollibee Worldwide Pte. Ltd. (JWPL) owns 90% participating interest in Titan Dining LP, a private equity fund that ultimately owns the Tim Ho Wan brand. It also has a joint venture with the THW Group to open and operate THW restaurants in Mainland China. Jollibee Group also has a business venture with award-winning Chef Rick Bayless for Tortazo, a Mexican fast-casual restaurant business in the United States.
Jollibee Group was named the Philippines' most admired company by the Asian Wall Street Journal for ten years. It was also honored as one of Asia's Fab 50 Companies and among the World's Best Employers and World's Top Female-Friendly Companies by Forbes. In 2020, Gallup awarded the Jollibee Group with the Exceptional Workplace Award, making it the first Philippine-based company to receive the distinction.
Jollibee Group has grown brands that bring delightful dining experiences to its customers worldwide, thus spreading the joy of eating to everyone.
To learn more about Jollibee Group, visit www.jollibeegroup.com
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, September 11, 2022
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BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
833 PM PDT Thu Sep 8 2022
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...A southeast swell from 160 degrees from Tropical
Cyclone Kay and a southwest swell from 200 degrees will
generate elevated surf of 3 to 6 feet as well as strong rip
currents and longshore currents. Highest surf will be on south
facing beaches of Orange County. Isolated thunderstorms will
produce lightning strikes.
* WHERE...San Diego County Coastal Areas and Orange County
Coastal Areas.
* WHEN...From Friday morning through Sunday evening. Highest
surf will be Saturday into early Sunday. Lightning is possible
Friday afternoon through Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Strong rip currents and longshore currents will be
hazardous, especially for inexperienced swimmers. Minor tidal
overflow is possible during the high tides each evening.
Lightning will be dangerous to people on the beach or in the
water.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Henry Saenz remembers when he first learned what even the tiniest bit of asbestos could do to his body. He was working at a chemical plant where employees used the mineral to make chlorine, and his coworkers warned him about what could happen each time he took a breath: Tiny fibers, invisible to the eye, could enter his nose and mouth and settle into his lungs, his abdomen, the lining of his heart.
They could linger there for decades. Then, one day, he might develop asbestosis, a chronic disease that makes the lungs harden, or mesothelioma, a vicious cancer that ends the lives of most who have it within a few years.
By then, in the early 1990s, the dangers of asbestos were already irrefutable. The United States had prohibited its use in pipe insulation and branded it so risky that remediators had to wear hazmat suits to remove it. But unlike dozens of other countries that banned the potent carcinogen outright, the United States never did.
To this day, the U.S. allows hundreds of tons of asbestos to flow in each year from Brazil, primarily for the benefit of two major chemical companies, OxyChem and Olin Corp. The companies say asbestos is integral to chlorine production at several aging plants and have made a compelling argument to keep it legal: Unlike in the horrific tales of the past, their current protocols for handling asbestos are so stringent that workers face little threat of exposure.
But at OxyChem's plant in Niagara Falls, New York, where Saenz worked for nearly three decades, the reality was far different, more than a dozen former workers told ProPublica. There, they said, asbestos dust hung in the air, collected on the beams and light fixtures and built up until it was inches thick. Workers tramped in and out of it all day, often without protective suits or masks, and carried it around on their coveralls and boots.
They implored the plant's managers to address the conditions, they said, but the dangers remained until the plant closed in late 2021 for unrelated reasons.
It was hard for Saenz to reconcile the science that he understood — and that he believed OxyChem and government leaders understood — with what he saw at the plant every day. He did his best not to inhale the asbestos, but after a short time, he came to believe there was no way the killer substance was not already inside him, waiting, perhaps 30 or 40 or even 50 years, to strike.
Now, too late for Saenz, the Environmental Protection Agency appears poised to finally outlaw asbestos in a test case with huge implications. If the agency fails to ban a substance so widely established as harmful, scientists and public health experts argue, it would raise serious doubts about the EPA's ability to protect the public from any toxic chemicals.
To fight the proposed ban, the chemical companies have returned to a well-worn strategy and marshaled political heavyweights, including the attorneys general of 12 Republican-led states who say it would place a "heavy and unreasonable burden" on industry.
Lost in the battle is the story of what happened in the decades during which the U.S. failed to act. It's not just a tale of workers in hardscrabble company towns who were sacrificed to the bottom line of industry, but one of federal agencies cowed again and again by the well-financed lawyers and lobbyists of the companies they are supposed to oversee.
It's the quintessential story of American chemical regulation.
For decades, the EPA and Congress accepted the chlorine companies' argument that asbestos workers were safe enough, and regulators left the carcinogen on the list of dangerous chemicals that other countries ban but the U.S. still allows. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration even let OxyChem and Olin into a special program that limited the frequency of inspections at many of their plants.
Along the way, the two companies proved that they didn't need asbestos to make chlorine: They built some modern facilities elsewhere that didn't use it. But they balked at the cost of upgrading the older facilities where it was still in use — even as they earned billions of dollars from chemical sales and raked in record profits this year.
OxyChem, owned by one of the country's largest energy companies, Occidental Petroleum, declined requests for an interview. After ProPublica sent a summary of its reporting, company officials said the accounts from the Niagara Falls plant were "inaccurate" but declined to say what specifically was incorrect. In a statement, the company said it complies with federal regulations on asbestos and that workers who handle it are "trained, work in restricted areas of our plant, protected by personal protective equipment and are offered annual medical examinations."
The company also said it authorizes employees to stop work if they feel unsafe. "The health and safety of every plant worker and the people in our surrounding communities is our top priority," the company said.
Olin did not respond to calls and emails sent over the course of a month.
It has been easy to minimize the toll asbestos takes on workers. Workers' compensation cases are often confidential, and employees may fear speaking out and jeopardizing their livelihood. ProPublica reporters, however, found a unique opportunity to explore what it was really like to work at an asbestos-reliant plant after America's longest-standing facility, the one run by OxyChem in Niagara Falls, shuttered last November.
With their jobs no longer on the line, Saenz and 17 other former workers, some with institutional knowledge dating back to the 1960s and others with memories less than a year old, said they felt free to talk. They agreed to hours of interviews and dug through their homes for documentation to reconstruct their work lives in the decades they spent at the plant.
What they recounted — ever-present asbestos dust with scant protection — stunned six experts in industrial hygiene and occupational health who were consulted by ProPublica.
"Totally unacceptable," said Rachael Jones, professor and chair of the Environmental Health Sciences Department at the University of California, Los Angeles.
"Fraught with danger," said Dr. Philip Landrigan, a public health physician trained in occupational medicine and epidemiology who leads Boston College's program for Global Public Health and the Common Good.
"It sounds like something that maybe would happen in the 1940s or the 1950s," said Celeste Monforton, a lecturer in public health at Texas State University who studies occupational health and safety practices.
"It's just so counter to everything that they put in the record about using [asbestos] safely," Monforton said.
A good factory job
For more than a century, OxyChem's plant on the Niagara River, just 3 miles upstream from the world-renowned falls, was a small city unto itself. It buzzed with workers day and night, and, in its heyday, had its own cafeteria, credit union and health clinic. A job there carried a certain cachet. Workers could make six figures, even without college degrees.
But the plant had a dark legacy. Its previous owner, Hooker Chemical, had buried toxic waste in an unfinished aqueduct called Love Canal, then turned the property over to the city for development in the 1950s. After contaminated groundwater sickened the people who lived there, it became known as one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.
Unlike many of the other workers who grew up in the shadow of the plant, following their fathers and uncles into jobs there, Saenz was originally from Northern California. But he fell in love with a woman from Niagara Falls and moved there to start a family with her, working at a hotel, delivering flowers and tending bar — anything to put food on the table, he said — before deciding OxyChem was the job he wanted to stay in.
He was hired in 1989 and soon after got a crash course in chemistry. A jolt of electricity, he learned, could turn a tank of salt water into three substances: chlorine, caustic soda and hydrogen. The chlorine could be sold for disinfecting water, the caustic soda for making paper, soap and aspirin. There was, however, a real danger: If the chemicals mixed, the tank could turn into a bomb. So each tank had a thick, metal screen inside to keep the chemicals apart.
The screen was coated with a layer of impenetrable asbestos. OxyChem used chrysotile, or white asbestos, the most common type. It showed up on trains in oversized bags that looked like pillows stuffed with down feathers. At OxyChem, there were about 200 tanks, called cells, each the size of a dining room table and containing a metal screen.
When a screen needed to be recoated, a special team of workers removed it and brought it to the cavernous cell-maintenance building. There, they blasted it with a high-pressure water cannon until the old asbestos fell off. Then, they dipped the clean screen into a wet mixture containing new asbestos and cooked it in an oven until the asbestos hardened. They worked on one or two screens each day.
The asbestos job was one of the most hazardous at the plant, requiring special training. But it also provided a rare benefit. Unlike most positions, which forced workers to take afternoon and midnight shifts, the asbestos job was days only. Saenz, who initially worked in a different department, waited years for an opening on the team, eager to spend more time with his growing family. After his fourth child was born, a spot opened up.
The team was a small fraternity of eight or so men who ate lunch together in a special trailer. Some days, when their shift ended at 2 p.m., they would meet at JD's, a dive bar near the plant. Other days, it was the wing joint down the street or the bar in Terry Cheetham's basement.
Cheetham was the big brother of the group; the guys called him Soupie. Reserved and shaggy-haired, garrulous only with a beer in hand, he'd dropped out of high school after his father's death and gone to work for OxyChem. He wanted to help his mom support their family. Soon after Saenz joined the team, Cheetham tapped him on the shoulder. "We're going for a ride after work," he said. Later, they pulled up outside the local liquor store. As the new guy, Saenz had to carry the keg.
The guys raised their kids together, helped each other's families through difficult times. At the plant, they always had each other's backs. Certain hazards, like fires, were hard to miss. Others, like chlorine leaks, were more subtle. Then, there was the asbestos. As Saenz spent more time on the job, he began noticing just how much of it surrounded him.
'Swimming' in dried asbestos particles
Federal workplace safety standards require keeping asbestos fibers wet to prevent them from going airborne, having workers wear protective equipment and containing the asbestos inside certain areas. OxyChem had rules in place to meet those standards. But protocols failed to match reality at the Niagara Falls plant, according to more than a dozen workers.
Water-blasting the screens was like washing a car with a high-powered hose. Asbestos splattered everywhere. It wasn't a problem when the asbestos was wet. But it would dry overnight, and the next morning, it would be stuck to the ceiling and the walls. Clumps would roll across the floor like tiny tumbleweeds. Floating particles would catch the light when the sun poured in.
There was so much asbestos in the cell-maintenance building that it was impossible to keep it all wet, said Robert Cheff, who worked at the plant from 1981 to 2007. "We were constantly swimming in this stuff."
Workers wore protective gear for certain tasks, like pressure washing and screen dipping. But they went into the building to carry out other tasks without special suits or anything protecting their faces, despite company requirements. One worker said managers enforced those rules. But a dozen others interviewed by ProPublica recalled that the bosses looked the other way. Suiting up was impractical, those workers said. It took time away from the tasks that needed to get done and was uncomfortable, especially on hot days, when the temperature inside could reach 100 degrees.
In the summer, the windows and doors were left open to keep the workers from overheating, allowing asbestos to escape outside. Wet asbestos splashed on their uniforms, coats, helmets and boots. One guy seemed to always have some on his mustache. It would dry and flake off their clothes wherever they went, they said. Saenz remembered walking into safety meetings in the administrative building with asbestos drying on his coveralls. The guys carried so much asbestos into the trailer where they ate lunch and took breaks that it needed to be replaced, former union leaders said.
Their uniforms sat in the laundry, caked with dry asbestos. When the union raised the problem in 2010, managers responded by giving the team its own hamper with a lid to contain the asbestos, said longtime union officer Mike Spacone. Only after union leaders threatened to call federal authorities did the company give the team its own laundry facilities, Spacone said.
On occasion, workers who handled asbestos would leave without showering in the plant's locker room or wear their work clothes home. "My kids played sports," recalled Dave Helbig, an employee from 1980 through 2021. "Sometimes I had to leave to get to their games."
The company would have known employees were being exposed; workers with a high risk of exposure sometimes clipped a small monitor to their bodies to measure the amount of asbestos in the air around them. At least five times in 2001 and 2002, the levels around team member Patrick Nowak exceeded OSHA's exposure limit, his company records show. "I failed so many times, they quit testing me," he said. The records do not indicate if Nowak was wearing a protective mask known as a respirator, as some other employees' records do.
Tony Garfalo wore a monitor seven times in 2001, and, on four occasions, the results exceeded OSHA's limit, his records show. Once, the asbestos level was more than five times the allowable limit. The records say he was wearing a half-face respirator. Garfalo said his bosses promised to address the situation, but "nothing changed."
He and the others knew all too well the damage asbestos could cause. Garfalo said his father, who worked the asbestos job at the plant, developed asbestosis. Employees in other departments got sick from a type of asbestos-containing pipe covering that once insulated the plant, longtime employees said and court records show. Cheff said his uncle died from asbestosis at 59. A millwright named Teddy Skiba was diagnosed with mesothelioma and later died.
In addition to those signature diseases, which are rare even among asbestos workers, the tiny strands can harm the body in other ways. They can put people at increased risk of heart disease by scarring the lungs, forcing the heart to work harder to pump blood through them to pick up oxygen. Some scientific evidence suggests an association between asbestos exposure and stroke. And battling all kinds of illnesses with damaged lungs can weaken the body's ability to fight them; that damage can mean the difference between life and death.
One retired member of the team, Umberto Bernardone, died from an aneurysm in 2004 at age 77. He had long had trouble breathing, said his son, Mario, who also worked at the plant. X-rays showed that asbestosis had scarred his lungs. "The asbestos was with him all the time," Mario said.
Not long after, another retired team member, Salvatore "Buddy" Vilardo, died from a blood clot, his son said. He was 62.
Cheetham, the group's big brother, had just retired when he fell ill in 2004. A doctor in Buffalo said it was cancer. Cheetham told his daughter Keri that he was certain the asbestos was responsible and asked her to consult a lawyer after he died. When the guys found out he was sick, they showed up at his house. They found their friend in a bed in his living room, under the care of a hospice nurse, struggling to breathe.
Cheetham died five months before his 56th birthday. His autopsy surprised his family — it wasn't asbestos after all; an aggressive form of skin cancer had killed him. His former co-workers weren't told about the autopsy. For years, they believed his cancer had been brought on by asbestos exposure. The memory of Cheetham's last gasps haunted the guys like a ghost, a harbinger of what their own futures might hold.
EPA's faltering attempts to ban asbestos
Elsewhere in the world, governments were taking action to protect their people. Saudi Arabia banned asbestos in 1998, Chile and Argentina did so in 2001, Australia in 2003. By 2005, asbestos was outlawed across the European Union. "It was a no-brainer," said Tatiana Santos, head of chemical policy at the European Environmental Bureau, a network of environmental citizens' groups.
America's EPA could have banned asbestos. Congress could have banned it. But over and over, they crumpled in the face of pressure from OxyChem and its peers in the chlorine industry.
The EPA tried to enact a ban in the late 1980s, but the companies got ahead of it. Records from the time show corporations testified that removing asbestos from chlorine plants would not yield significant health benefits because workers were only minimally exposed; they also argued it would require "scrapping large amounts of capital equipment" and thus would "not be economically feasible."
Under federal law at the time, the EPA was obligated to regulate asbestos in the way that was "least burdensome" to industry. That forced the EPA to make a cold calculation: Banning asbestos in chlorine plants would prevent "relatively few cancer cases" but increase the companies' costs. So when the agency enacted an asbestos ban in 1989, it carved out an exemption for the mineral's use in the chlorine industry.
The EPA made it clear that the companies should begin using alternatives to asbestos screens; in fact, according to company records made public through litigation and published as part of Columbia University and the City University of New York's Toxic Docs project, OxyChem had already developed screens that didn't need an asbestos coating. Still, the companies celebrated their immunity from regulation.
"WE HAVE A WIN," a lobbyist declared in an internal communication included in the Toxic Docs project.
In the end, asbestos was never banned. The asbestos industry challenged the ban in court, and in 1991, a panel of federal judges deemed the rule too onerous and overturned it. The decision was a stinging blow to the EPA, several current and former employees told ProPublica.
"I still remember the shock on the managers' faces," said Greg Schweer, an EPA veteran who ran its new-chemicals management branch before he retired in 2020. The office "was full of energized people wanting to make their mark. But things changed after that." The agency shelved efforts to regulate other dangerous substances and wouldn't attempt a similar chemical ban for 28 years.
Most industries stopped using asbestos anyway, a phenomenon experts largely attribute to a wave of lawsuits from people with asbestos-related diseases. But the chlorine industry kept using its asbestos screens. It continued importing hundreds of tons of the substance every year, more than the weight of the Statue of Liberty.
In 2002, Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington, tried to get a ban through Congress. She tried again in 2003 and again in 2007. That year, with Democrats in control of the Senate and House, her effort found some traction. OxyChem was keenly aware how much an asbestos ban would hurt its bottom line. Chlorine and caustic soda were the focus of its chemical operation, financial statements show, driving more than $4 billion in annual sales. Most of OxyChem's plants still used asbestos; if they had to close, production would tumble.
Occidental Petroleum, OxyChem's owner, was a force on Capitol Hill, with lobbyists that spent millions influencing policy and a political action committee that pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into campaigns each election cycle. OxyChem was also a member of the American Chemistry Council, an influential trade organization that made campaign contributions of its own.
The industry had an ally in then-Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana; at the time, at least a quarter of the 16 asbestos-dependent plants in the country were located in the Republican senator's home state, records show. At a hearing in June 2007, Vitter echoed the chlorine industry's standby talking point, that its manufacturing process involved "minimal to no release of asbestos and absolutely no worker exposure."
"Now, if this were harming people or potentially killing people, that would be the end of the argument, we should outlaw it," he added. "But there is no known case of asbestos-related disease from the chlor-alkali industry using this technology."
Then-Sen. Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat in favor of the ban, pushed back, saying the chlorine manufacturing process was "not as clean as one would think." But to build support for the bill, proponents ultimately agreed to exclude products that might contain trace levels of asbestos, such as crushed stone, as well as the asbestos used in the chlorine industry.
The bill passed out of the Senate on a unanimous vote. But many of the public health advocates who championed the initial measure opposed the watered-down version, saying it had been practically gutted, and it failed to find support in the House. Vitter, who later went on to lobby for the American Chemistry Council, did not respond to requests for an interview.
In the 15 years that followed, congressional attempts to ban asbestos would continue to fall short.
Federal inspections miss evidence
Yet another federal entity had the power to protect the OxyChem workers. There was once a time when OSHA inspectors visited the Niagara Falls plant about every year. That ended in 1996, when the plant won coveted admission into an OSHA program that exempted it from such scrutiny.
The Star Program, created during the Reagan administration as part of OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs, allows plants that can prove they are model facilities to avoid random inspections. The theory behind the program is that motivating companies to adhere to best practices on their own is more effective than having underfunded government inspectors punish them.
At the Niagara Falls plant, former union leaders believed the program would protect jobs and make the facility safer, they told ProPublica. They worked with management on the application — a months-long process that entailed updating the plant's safety practices and submitting to a rigorous inspection. But what actually changed, the union leaders said, was that OSHA inspectors came far less frequently and announced their visits well in advance.
When OSHA came to re-evaluate the plant, usually every three to five years, management spent months preparing, said Spacone, the union officer. "They would clean the hell out of the place. Everything would be spotless." Work in certain areas came to a halt. Plant representatives tried to limit what the evaluators saw.
Even still, in 2011, evaluators found asbestos "scattered in certain areas of the floor" and covering much of the mechanical equipment, records show. "This contamination can spread easily when dry," they wrote in a report. "Appropriate clean up procedures must be instituted to prevent airborne asbestos." The evaluators did not give the plant an official citation. In the end, they applauded the plant's "commitment to safety and health" and recommended it for continued participation in the program.
Three years later, evaluators identified another issue related to hygiene: Although the plant tested the air for hazards like asbestos, it wasn't using the data to spot problems. What's more, the person in charge of the program wasn't properly trained. OSHA let the plant remain in the program on the condition that it fixed the problems within a year. The plant updated its software and the department leader took a 56-hour course, records show.
Apart from the re-evaluation visits, OSHA made just two other trips to the plant between 1996 and 2021, records show. Only one included a full inspection. On that visit, inspectors cited the plant for failing to protect workers from falls. The other visit did not result in any citations.
With OSHA largely out of the picture, the plant's managers became more lax about safety, Spacone said. "I started thinking [that joining the Star Program] was a mistake," he said. Debbie Berkowitz, a former chief of staff and senior policy adviser at OSHA during the Obama administration, said that, in her experience, it was possible for plants to stay in the program long after their commitment to safety had lapsed. "Once they're in, they're in," she said. "In most cases, it is a total ruse."
OSHA declined to make an official available for an on-the-record interview or comment on ProPublica's findings at the Niagara Falls plant. A Department of Labor spokesperson said that plants can be terminated from the program and that unions can withdraw their support.
In the absence of government intervention, union leaders tried to tackle the asbestos problem themselves, four former union presidents told ProPublica. The union repeatedly asked management to expand the asbestos team and have certain people dedicated to cleaning. Plant leaders refused, they said. "It was a never-ending battle," said Vincent Ferlito, one of the former presidents. "It always came back to the same thing: money."
Fed up with the mess, Garfalo grabbed a roll of red caution tape one day in 2007 and wrapped it around the asbestos-soiled building where his team worked, to the amazement of his colleagues. He barricaded each doorway, then hung as many danger signs as he could find. The protest prompted his managers to hire professionals for a one-time clean, but they also warned him to never do it again, he said.
By 2011, a year after he'd retired, Garfalo couldn't ignore a lingering cough that would occasionally startle him out of sleep. His doctor couldn't tell whether his breathing difficulties were caused by asbestos or his smoking habit, but said that smokers who are exposed to the substance have an even higher risk of serious illness. Garfalo's mind traveled back to a day, a dozen years earlier, when he climbed atop the cell-maintenance building to fix a fan, only to discover that the entire roof was coated in asbestos. Train cars parked beside the building were covered, too. He thought about the homes less than a half-mile away and wondered how far the fibers had traveled.
New battles over a proposed asbestos ban
In August 2021, OxyChem announced it was closing the Niagara Falls plant, blaming "unfavorable regional market conditions" and rising rail costs in New York state. Over time, its workforce had dwindled from more than 1,300 to about 150. OxyChem's chlorine operation was now mostly in Gulf Coast states with lower taxes and less regulation.
And a law that had once protected it from "burdensome" environmental rules had changed.
In 2016, Congress had updated the Toxic Substances Control Act, removing the requirement that the EPA choose regulations that burdened industry as little as possible. Though the change gave the agency another chance to ban asbestos, it wasn't going to happen during the Trump administration; the former president once alleged that the movement against asbestos was "led by the mob" and had his face featured on the packaging of Russian-produced asbestos.
Under the Biden administration, however, the EPA determined that all workers in asbestos-dependent chlorine plants faced an "unreasonable risk" of getting sick from it, citing a review of the companies' own exposure-monitoring data. This April, EPA Administrator Michael Regan proposed a ban for the first time in more than three decades.
It could be eight months or more before the rule is finalized. Two trade associations, the American Chemistry Council and the Chlorine Institute, are imploring the EPA to reconsider. They are once again arguing that the companies use asbestos safely — and they've turned to industry-friendly scientists and consulting firms to accuse the EPA of overestimating the risk to workers.
When given a summary of ProPublica's reporting on the Niagara Falls plant and asked to respond, Chlorine Institute Vice President Robyn Brooks said her organization had no knowledge of the situation and referred reporters to OxyChem. The American Chemistry Council pointed to the plant's participation in the Star program as proof of its "record of performance."
The industry groups have also made the case that a ban would jeopardize the country's supply of chlorine and could even create a drinking water shortage. But the EPA and public health advocates contest those claims. They point out that only a small fraction of the chlorine produced by asbestos-dependent plants is used to clean drinking water and that OxyChem and Olin have voluntarily closed or reduced capacity at several of those plants in recent years without catastrophically disrupting the supply chain.
In fact, OxyChem told investors in August that its plans to upgrade the asbestos-reliant technology at its largest chlorine facility next year would have "no impact on customers," a transcript shows. For at least eight years, the company has been slowly upgrading some plants to a newer technology that uses a polymer membrane to separate the chemicals; it built a completely asbestos-free plant in 2014.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has come to the companies' defense, saying asbestos is "tightly regulated" and "used safely every day" in the chlor-alkali industry. So have 12 Republican attorneys general, including Ken Paxton of Texas and Jeff Landry of Louisiana. In a letter, they questioned whether the EPA has the authority to pursue a ban, signaling a readiness to take the agency to court like the asbestos industry did in 1989. (The Chamber and most of the attorneys general declined to comment or did not respond to inquiries from ProPublica. A spokesperson for Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson called the situation at the Niagara Falls plant "very concerning" and said that it would be "completely misleading" to suggest that the letter implied approval of such circumstances.)
Industry leaders are confident they will prevail. "We've been engaged in this activity for quite a while and have pushed back on it," Olin CEO Scott Sutton told shareholders on a July 29 earnings call. "I think you're not likely to see a final rule come out that is as proposed."
Michal Freedhoff, the EPA's top chemical regulator, said she could not comment on what the final rule-making decision would be. But she said the agency was not backing down on the science and that ProPublica's reporting underscores the need for decisive action.
Given the potential for litigation, lawmakers are renewing their effort to pass a law banning asbestos, which would be more difficult to challenge in court. "It is a brutal and painful fight," said Linda Reinstein, a leading advocate who co-founded the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization after her husband, Alan, died of mesothelioma in 2006. "We're not going away."
Hanging in the balance is the health of hundreds of workers at the eight remaining asbestos-dependent chlorine plants in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama and Kansas. ProPublica reached out to current and former employees at those facilities. At the OxyChem plant in Wichita, union president Keith Peacock said he was comfortable with the way asbestos was handled. "I don't know of anyone who sees this as a health issue," he said. "There are rules in place for it and everyone adheres to those safety guidelines."
But Chris Murphy, a former union president at Olin's plant in Alabama, said the conditions there mirrored the ones described by the workers in Niagara Falls. He said he himself had seen asbestos caked on beams and cranes in recent years and been told to remove it with a putty knife. "There ain't nothing to it," he remembered his managers saying. "You'll be all right. It ain't that bad." He wasn't told to wear protective gear, he said, so he didn't.
The former OxyChem workers who still live in Niagara Falls gather once a month to reminisce over Buffalo wings and beef piled high on salty kummelweck rolls. They can only wait and see if they develop symptoms as they enter the post-exposure time frame in which asbestos-related disease is commonly diagnosed.
Saenz left the plant with a bad back in 2016. Now a 64-year-old grandfather of two, he's been having lung trouble and considering X-rays to see if there are signs of asbestos-related damage. "I'm wondering if I'm not headed down that road," he said.
He sees the burden he now carries as a tradeoff for the lifestyle he was once afforded. "It was a great place to work. I was able to raise four children and buy a house and live the American dream." He even gave his son Henry Jr. his blessing to start a job at OxyChem in 2013, so long as he stayed far away from asbestos. Saenz now wonders how much more time he has left with his family.
"It's a nightmare," he said. "It's a price you pay, I guess."
Photography for this story is by Rich-Joseph Facun and graphics are by Haisam Hussein. Bernice Yeung and Danielle Ivory contributed reporting. Derek Willis contributed data analysis.
Sarah Boden of NPR member station WESA produced the audio version of this story.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored twice, passing Wayne Gretzky for the most road goals in NHL history, and the Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Ovechkin has scored 403 of his 793 career goals away from home. Gretzky holds the overall record with 894.
“It’s always nice when you beat the Great One,” Ovechkin said. “It doesn’t matter what kind of milestone it is. It’s history.”
Anthony Mantha added a goal and an assist for the Capitals (10-11-3). John Carlson and Martin Fehervary also scored, and Darcy Kuemper stopped 31 shots.
Nils Hoglander scored for the Canucks (9-11-3), who had won three in a row. Spencer Martin made 23 saves.
“Spencer’s been great for us. He’s probably a bit like the other players tonight. They weren’t ready to play and it showed on the scoreboard,” Vancouver coach Bruce Boudreau said.
The 37-year-old Ovechkin nearly netted a hat trick when Vancouver pulled Martin for an extra skater with just over six minutes left, but his rocket of a shot skimmed the outside of the post.
“I think he has 13 goals this year and I want to say like eight or nine have been like a new record. So it’s been cool,” Washington center Dylan Strome said. “Any time you pass Wayne Gretzky in anything, it deserves a standing ovation, which he got.”
Fehervary was the one who sealed it, flipping the puck high into the Canucks zone and into the empty net at 15:57 of the third period.
Ovechkin topped Gretzky 11:52 into the first, firing a one-timer from the left circle past Martin to give the Capitals a 2-0 lead with his 13th goal of the season.
“On his second goal, it looks like, ‘Oh, maybe (Martin) should have had it.’ But I’ve seen (Ovechkin) score 100 goals like that,” said Boudreau, who coached the Capitals from 2007-11. “He’s got a shot that finds its way in.”
The star forward from Russia got his first of the night 5:35 in, taking the puck off the stick of Vancouver defenseman Quinn Hughes near the net and batting in a quick shot.
“It could have been 6-1 after the first period, quite frankly, with the amount of chances (Washington) had,” Boudreau said.
It was Ovechkin’s 135th game-opening goal, tying Jaromir Jagr for the most in NHL history.
“(Ovechkin) was really good in the first and I thought we were really good in the first so it was nice to get out and get a jump like that,” Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said. “He certainly led. We knew we needed to have a good first period, have a good game, and you need your best players to do that.”
Carlson scored the lone goal of the second, chipping in a loose puck from the low hash marks at 18:47 to give Washington a 4-1 cushion.
“It’s frustrating. Because when you lose games, it should never be about your compete level and battle level,” Canucks center J.T. Miller said. “It’s frustrating because they didn’t out-skill us today, they didn’t out-system us. They literally just outbattled us and created their own chances.”
NOTES: Washington’s Lars Eller got his 200th career assist. … Miller had an assist, extending his point streak to nine games (four goals, seven assists). … The Capitals swept the two-game season series. … Vancouver assigned winger Vasily Podkolzin and defenseman Jack Rathbone to the Abbotsford Canucks on Monday, then recalled forward Phillip Di Giuseppe from the American Hockey League club on Tuesday.
UP NEXT
Washington: At Seattle on Thursday in the second of a five-game trip.
Vancouver: Host Florida on Thursday in the second of a four-game homestand.
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WASHINGTON, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a shaky start, the WTO negotiators delivered a historic trade deal this morning. After hours of negotiations, the 164-country organization adopted the "Geneva Package" with commitments on some very difficult issues, including pandemic response, intellectual property, fisheries, food security, electronic commerce and institutional reform.
"USCIB congratulates WTO Director General Ngozi and all participants in MC12 for proving that multilateralism is alive and still functional in Geneva," said Brian Lowry, USCIB Senior Vice President, who is reporting from Geneva at the ministerial meeting as an NGO delegate.
For many, this Ministerial was about the continued viability of the WTO. Recent struggles caused by increased protectionism and previous Ministerial Conferences that created few – if any – outcomes, raised serious questions about the rules-based trading system that grew out of the GATT in 1995. Concerns have ranged from relevance to functionality to value.
The Ministerial Statement on WTO Reform has charted a path forward for the trade body that is expected to address longstanding concerns and set a process for discussions on how the WTO can be reformed to be fit for purpose.
The "Geneva Package" covers a range of topics. A group of Ministerial Declarations was adopted on WTO response to emergencies covering food insecurity; export prohibitions on World Food Programme food purchases; and WTO pandemic response and preparedness.
A partial deal to curb fishing subsidies was reached; however, it fell short of a fuller agreement that has been under negotiation for more than 20 years. The agreement addresses rules to prohibit subsidies for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, while action on subsidies for fuel, ship construction and other areas was left unresolved.
Negotiators wrestled to address divergent views on the continuation of a moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions that has been in place since 1998 but was set to expire at the end of the ministerial. A handful of countries challenged the benefits of the digital economy for the developing world, seeking to end the moratorium, gain policy space to address the digital divide and collect needed customs revenues. Ultimately, delegates agreed to an extension of the moratorium with a commitment to study development impacts and revisit the issue at the next Ministerial Conference.
Several concerns about agriculture went without resolution. "The lack of a declaration on these concerns was a disappointment to some but the overall success of MC12 is noteworthy," said Lowry.
About USCIB: USCIB promotes open markets, competitiveness and innovation, sustainable development, and corporate responsibility, supported by international engagement and regulatory coherence. Its members include U.S.-based global companies and professional services firms from every sector of our economy, with operations in every region of the world. USCIB is the U.S. affiliate of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Organization of Employers (IOE) and Business at OECD. More at www.uscib.org.
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Board and management remain laser focused on executing their action plan to drive long-term sustainable growth and value creation
Former directors' misleading and disruptive campaign serves only their short-term agenda and undermines long-term interests of all shareholders
Urges shareholders to vote on Cano Health's WHITE proxy card in favor of the Company's directors and the proposed reverse stock split
MIAMI, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cano Health, Inc. ("Cano Health" or the "Company"), a leading value-based primary care provider and population health company, today announced that it has filed its definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and sent a letter to shareholders in connection with its upcoming Annual Stockholders' Meeting (the "Annual Meeting"), which is scheduled for June 15, 2023.
The Cano Health Board of Directors unanimously recommends that shareholders vote "FOR" each of the proposals listed on the WHITE proxy card enclosed with the definitive proxy statement—including the re-election of Dr. Alan Muney and Kim M. Rivera, and an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to authorize the Company to consummate a reverse stock split. The proposed reverse split serves the best interests of all shareholders by, among other things, ensuring the Company maintains compliance with the minimum stock price requirement for continued listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
In the letter to shareholders issued concurrent with the definitive proxy, the Company highlighted:
- The Board and management's confidence in the strong foundation Cano Health has built and the action plan underway to unlock the significant intrinsic value embedded in the business;
- The encouraging early signs that this strategy is working, including its continued revenue and member growth, clear path to sustainable profitability, and leading clinical outcomes; and
- The Board also commented on the highly misleading and disruptive campaign launched by a group of former directors focused on serving their own short-term interests at the expense of long-term value creation for all shareholders.
The full text of the letter follows:
Dear Fellow Shareholders,
Your Board and management team are deeply committed to creating near- and long-term value for our shareholders. We are confident in the foundation we have built and our plan to strengthen the drivers of long-term value creation—enduring patient confidence, a strong balance sheet, efficient operations, and robust cash flow generation.
We have all been disappointed by our recent share price performance, and we strongly believe the intrinsic value of our business is not reflected in our current market value given the size of our patient base, revenues, and recent earnings performance of our core operations, which we believe will grow materially as our existing medical centers mature. Last year, we took rapid, decisive action in the face of evolving market circumstances—including adjusting capital allocation priorities and tightening overall spending.
Now, to fully address our valuation gap, we are focused on executing the following plan, which we expect will accelerate in the coming quarters, and create a solid launch pad for our next phase of sustainable growth:
Sharpening our focus on Medicare Advantage
We have a very clear view of how best to advance our mission for patients while delivering for our shareholders. After a thorough analysis, we determined that the best path is to prioritize our operating focus on our core Medicare Advantage medical centers. As part of achieving that goal, we are conducting a process to divest certain non-core assets. To be clear, our analysis of non-core assets that we consider to be appropriate for divestiture goes well beyond a simplistic geographic approach. Rather, we looked holistically at a number of key factors in making our determination, including earnings trajectory, return on investment, and long-term market opportunity. Overall, we believe this thoughtful methodology will improve free cash flow and enable us to re-deploy capital to support our highest performing operations. We believe that reinforcing our differentiated Medicare Advantage focused medical centers and accelerating growth from capital-light models will produce the greatest long-term value for the enterprise.
Unlocking embedded medical center profitability
Our organic growth plan is rooted in the proven trajectory of our de novo centers, whose path to profitability follows a predictable J-curve pattern. We believe there is a meaningful earnings growth opportunity from filling our medical center capacity with new membership, and supplementing that with improved patient-level economics and enhanced care management programs in key geographies. To that end, we continue to be well-positioned to double member capacity without adding a single medical center beyond our existing 2023 guidance—reflecting the quality of investments we made in prior years, our strong patient relationships, and low patient acquisition costs.
In addition, our ability to improve member engagement is extremely valuable to help reduce medical costs and unlock intrinsic margin potential, while at the same time improving clinical outcomes. Among other initiatives, we have focused on margin-enhancing opportunities, such as:
- Broadening our Cano@Home service to further close gaps between patients' regular primary care visits, generating an anticipated 5-10% reduction in preventable ER visits; and
- Increasing engagement with high-risk patients, including increasing medical center outbound calls and creating a new task force dedicated to removing barriers to patients accessing care from our platform.
Streamlining operations
By virtue of our differentiated business model and areas of strength, we have a number of levers at our disposal to improve productivity and enhance our cost structure, including:
- Consolidating medical centers where appropriate to enhance clarity and focus;
- Prioritizing high-performing MSO contracts and affiliates, resulting in targeted trimming of underperforming contracts and certain affiliate members; and
- Simplifying and reducing the types of payor agreements to reduce administrative costs and align incentives to Cano Health's differentiated model of care.
Importantly, we continue to evaluate all avenues to optimize our platform to drive expanded and sustainable margins.
Strengthening cash flow
As evidenced by the actions described above, our leadership team is committed to taking decisive actions to reduce cash use and accelerate our path to positive free cash flow. During the first quarter of 2023, operating cash flow improved year-over-year, even as we invested in the growth of the 43 new medical centers we brought online in 2021 and 2022.
At the end of this year's first quarter, we maintained total liquidity of approximately $152 million and thus we believe that we are well positioned to fund our strategic plan moving forward.
Optimizing our management team and governance
Executing this plan requires a team of experts, working efficiently together. To that end, we are strengthening our management team to assure that the right people, with the right expertise, are in the right roles. We need to improve internal collaboration among key functions, and create clear line of sight for better decision-making, accountability, and productivity.
We recently appointed Mark Kent as Chief Strategy Officer, which has already enabled us to consolidate functions and increase internal cooperation among essential areas. We will continue to streamline the organization, guided by our overarching commitment to increased efficiency and productivity.
In addition, in 2023 we separated the roles of Chairman of the Board and CEO to enable our CEO to focus his full attention on executing the plan we've outlined here. We believe this is the right structure at this time to ensure we are fully focused on delivering for our shareholders at both the Board and management levels.
Living our mission and values
Cano Health has always been driven by an unwavering mission to improve patient health by delivering high-quality primary care, while forging a life-long bond with our members, who are predominantly from underserved communities.
Your Board of Directors, management, and our more than 4,000 team members have a deep understanding of these communities and we have built a healthcare delivery platform uniquely positioned to serve their needs. Today, Cano Health and its affiliates care for approximately 389,000 members from our 170 medical centers across 10 U.S. states, including Puerto Rico.
We believe our differentiated model improves patient engagement, reduces hospital visits, and achieves a lower mortality rate, while lowering medical costs relative to Medicare fee-for-service benchmarks. As we continue to help our target universe of patients live longer, healthier lives, we expect our strategy will allow us to capture more share of a massive $1.7 trillion market opportunity for value-based healthcare services.
Our commitment to all shareholders
As large shareholders ourselves, we have made a personal commitment to ensure Cano Health delivers on its enormous potential. We believe an objective assessment of the underlying past performance of our company and our future prospects demonstrates the intrinsic value embedded in our business – value we believe belongs to all our shareholders.
It takes time to scale a transformative healthcare platform and realize the strong intrinsic value already established, yet we are encouraged by early signs that our strategy is working:
- Continued Growth: Total revenues grew 70% year-over-year in 2022 and as of the first quarter of 2023 total membership of approximately 389,000 is 44% higher than this time last year.
- Clear Path to Sustainable Profitability: We have delivered 5 consecutive quarters of positive Adjusted EBITDA. Further, SG&A expense as a percentage of revenue was 260 bps lower year-over-year in the first quarter of 2023, despite serving significantly more patients.
- Leading Clinical Outcomes: Our members are less likely to be admitted to the hospital, compared to patients in fee-for-service models, and our admissions per thousand members were approximately 7% lower in 2022 compared to 2021.
Unfortunately, three former directors with a stated short-term agenda have launched a highly misleading and disruptive campaign, attacking our Board and management. They have a significantly different approach, which would have us continue down paths which were ineffective and value-destructive in the past year.
As we move forward, these efforts will not distract us from our relentless focus on bringing our powerful mission to life—transforming healthcare delivery with better outcomes at lower costs and creating value for our patients, partners, shareholders, and the communities we serve.
In closing, we stand both clear and confident in our focused strategy and detailed operating plan, and are committed to intensely executing on that plan which we believe will bridge the gap between our intrinsic value and our share price, quarter by quarter.
Thank you for your attention, support, and investment.
Dr. Marlow Hernandez Solomon Trujillo
Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Board of Directors
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About Cano Health
Cano Health (NYSE: CANO) is a high-touch, technology-powered healthcare company delivering personalized, value-based primary care to approximately 390,000 members. With its headquarters in Miami, Florida, Cano Health is transforming healthcare by delivering primary care that measurably improves the health, wellness, and quality of life of its patients and the communities it serves. Founded in 2009, Cano Health has more than 4,000 employees, and operates primary care medical centers and supports affiliated providers in nine states and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit canohealth.com or investors.canohealth.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Actual results may also differ materially from such forward-looking statements for a number of other reasons, including those set forth in our filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, the risk factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 15, 2023, as amended by our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on April 7, 2023 (the "2022 Form 10-K"), as well as our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K that we have filed or expect to file with the SEC during 2023 (which may be viewed on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov or on our website at http://www.investors.canohealth.com/ir-home), as well as reasons including, without limitation, delays or difficulties in, and/or unexpected or less than anticipated results from our efforts to: (i) achieve growth, improve our cost structure, improve our operating cash flow, and simplify and optimize our business model, as well as improve and accelerate our earnings trajectory, achieve sustainable profitability, and/or accelerate our path to positive free cash flow, such as due to higher interest rates, higher than expected costs and/or greater than anticipated competitive factors; (ii) unlock substantial embedded profitability from our medical centers, such as due to lower than expected patient utilization rates and/or higher than expected operating costs; (iii) capture additional market share, such as due to higher than expected competition for our patients services; (iv) achieve free cash flow and/or reduce our long-term debt and leverage ratios, whether due to unexpected demands on our cash resources and/or lower than expected revenues; (v) evaluate and/or consummate any asset dispositions, such as due to tightness in the credit markets and/or M&A markets; (vi) achieve our financial guidance for 2023, such as due to a broad recessionary economic environment, less than anticipated utilization of our medical centers and/or access to less than anticipated sources of liquidity; and/or (vii) our delays or other developments that may result in our not consummating the reverse stock split. For a detailed discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, please refer to our risk factor disclosure included in our filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, our 2022 Form 10-K. Investors should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this release in the context of these risks and uncertainties. Factors other than those listed above could also cause our results to differ materially from expected results. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation or duty to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether to reflect actual results of operations; changes in financial condition; changes in general U.S. or international economic, industry conditions; changes in estimates, expectations or assumptions; or other circumstances, conditions, developments or events arising after the issuance of this release. Additionally, the business and financial materials and any other statement or disclosure on or made available through our websites or other websites referenced herein shall not be incorporated by reference into this release.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations headed to Africa on Wednesday, saying she was going to focus on how the United States can help Uganda, Ghana and Cape Verde deal with the food crisis that has hit the continent particularly hard — not to compete with China and Russia.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the long-planned trip is not part of global competition with either of America’s rivals, but it is part of a series of high-level U.S. engagements “that aim to affirm and strengthen our partnerships and relationships with African leaders and peoples.”
Her trip from Aug. 4-7 will be followed immediately by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visits to South Africa, Congo and Rwanda from Aug. 7-11. It also comes on the heels of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit last week to Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda and the Republic of Congo where he accused the U.S. and European countries of driving up food prices.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi began 2022 with a four-day visit to Eritrea, Kenya and the Comoros, keeping a 32-year tradition that the country’s top diplomat make his first trip of the year to Africa.
“We’re not catching up. They are catching up,” Thomas-Greenfield said. “We have been engaging with this continent for decades, and even my own career is very much evidence of that.”
Thomas-Greenfield first went to Africa as a student in the 1970s, and in her career as a U.S. diplomat she rose to be assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017.
She said high energy prices, climate change, COVID-19 and increasing conflict have pushed millions of Africans “to the brink,” and that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 has added to the crisis, “especially since some countries in Africa once got up to 75% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine.”
The U.S. ambassador said the three countries she is visiting — Uganda first followed by Ghana and Cape Verde — all face serious food security situations because of the significant rise in the cost of food and energy. But she said Ghana has been a leader in dealing with it and she will be visiting a market, meeting farmers and going to a grain factory in the country “to see how we can help them improve on their production.”
In an interview and at a news conference ahead of her three-nation visit, Thomas-Greenfield said her trip happens to come on the heels of Lavrov’s visit.
Refusing to call Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a war, Lavrov said: “The situation in Ukraine did additionally negatively affect food markets, but not due to the Russian special operation, rather due to the absolutely inadequate reaction of the West, which announced sanctions.”
Thomas-Greenfield countered: “Russia is there to defend what they know they have to defend — that they took actions that are hurting Africans, and they’re trying to somehow defend their actions and blame somebody else for the impact that their actions are having on the African continent.”
“They can try to do that. But my question to them is, how are you helping Africans to address the food insecurity issue, not whom you’re blaming for the food insecurity issues,” she said. “We’re there to help Africans address those issues. Russia can deal with its own problems.”
As for China, while its trade with Africa last year was dramatically higher than U.S. trade, Thomas-Greenfield said “if you look at our figures, and how far back our engagement has been with the Africans, then we really are far above those numbers.”
“As you look at what China’s doing in Africa, you need to look at the debt trap that African countries, many of them, have faced because of those relationships with China,” she said.
China has become one of the biggest lenders to developing countries through its Belt and Road initiative to expand trade by building ports, railways and other infrastructure across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Wang, China’s foreign minister, insisted during his visit to Kenya in January that there is no “debt trap.”
“The so-called `debt trap’ in Africa is not a fact, but a malicious hype-up,” he said. “It is an ‘utterance trap’ created by those external forces that do not want to see Africa accelerate development. If there is any `trap’ in Africa, it is the `poverty trap.’”
Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. is “not telling African countries they can’t engage with China.”
“What we are engaged in is vision for economic development that promotes democracy and that promotes respect for human rights and transparency and strengthening the capacity for Africans to create jobs for their own citizens,” she said. “We respect the ability of countries to decide for themselves whether they want to partner with China or not.” | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/us-envoy-africa-trip-isnt-to-compete-with-russia-china/ | 2022-08-04 22:42:45 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/us-envoy-africa-trip-isnt-to-compete-with-russia-china/ |
Nursing homes accused of mistreating residents, misusing $83 million in lawsuit from New York AG
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The operators of four nursing homes in New York misused more than $83 million in government funds and neglected residents, including some who were malnourished or were left to sit for hours in their own urine and feces, state Attorney General Letitia James said in a lawsuit Wednesday.
The lawsuit filed in Manhattan accuses owners and operators of Centers Health Care of using Medicaid and Medicare funds to enrich themselves, their relatives and associates instead of for the care of the residents. James claims understaffing at the homes contributed to neglect.
“Residents were left alone and on their own, often unaided and unsupervised, leading to dangerous falls and broken bones. Residents lived in squalor, surrounded by neglected food trays, vermin and the smell of human waste,” James said at a news conference held with residents’ relatives.
The company denied the allegations.
“Centers Health Care prides itself on its commitment to patient care. Centers denies the New York Attorney General’s allegations wholeheartedly and attempted to resolve this matter out of court. We will fight these spurious claims with the facts on our side,” spokesperson Jeff Jacomowitz said in an emailed statement.
The four homes in the lawsuit are Beth Abraham Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in the Bronx, the Holliswood Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Queens, the Martine Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Westchester County and the Buffalo Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing.
The suit claims residents’ meals were late, clothes were stolen and call bells were unanswered. One resident with severe bed sores developed sepsis, was hospitalized and died. Another resident did not have her colostomy bag attached. Others suffered from dehydration.
“My uncle was found sitting in a filthy room, unbathed and only wearing an adult diaper. This wasn’t my uncle. George was a veteran. He was an artist.” said Cynthia Vega, recalling her late Uncle George’s stay at Holliswood.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the homes failed to control its spread. More than 400 residents across the four homes died in 2020, according to James.
The lawsuit names Centers Health Care co-owners Kenneth Rozenberg and Daryl Hagler and a series of businesses owned by them, family members or business associates.
James seeks, among other things, a return of the money and a ban on new admissions until staffing is increased at the homes.
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Colorado Amber Alert cancelled, mom, 2 small kids found safe
Published: May. 28, 2022 at 8:10 PM EDT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
DENVER (Gray News) - An Amber Alert in Colorado has been cancelled after police say two small children and their mother who were believed to have been taken by force were found safe.
Police were looking for 1-year-old Naveana Marrufo and 2-month-old Ramon Marrufo, in addition to their mother, Francheska Tafoya, 24.
Police said the three were taken by Julian Marrufo-Gutierrez, 28.
No further details have been released.
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Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday.
The job cuts come just a week after widespread layoffs at Twitter under its new owner, billionaire Elon Musk. There have been numerous job cuts at other tech companies that hired rapidly during the pandemic.
Zuckerberg as well said that he had made the decision to hire aggressively, anticipating rapid growth even after the pandemic ended.
“Unfortunately, this did not play out the way I expected,” Zuckerberg said in a prepared statement. “Not only has online commerce returned to prior trends, but the macroeconomic downturn, increased competition, and ads signal loss have caused our revenue to be much lower than I’d expected. I got this wrong, and I take responsibility for that.”
Meta, like other social media companies, enjoyed a financial boost during the pandemic lockdown era because more people stayed home and scrolled on their phones and computers. But as the lockdowns ended and people started going outside again, revenue growth began to falter.
An economic slowdown and a grim outlook for online advertising — by far Meta’s biggest revenue source — have contributed to Meta’s woes. This summer, Meta posted its first quarterly revenue decline in history, followed by another, bigger decline in the fall.
Some of the pain is company-specific, while some is tied to broader economic and technological forces.
Last week, Twitter laid off about half of its 7,500 employees, part of a chaotic overhaul as Musk took the helm. He tweeted that there was no choice but to cut the jobs “when the company is losing over $4M/day,” though did not provide details about the losses.
Meta has worried investors by pouring over $10 billion a year into the “metaverse” as it shifts its focus away from social media. Zuckerberg predicts the metaverse, an immersive digital universe, will eventually replace smartphones as the primary way people use technology.
Meta and its advertisers are bracing for a potential recession. There’s also the challenge of Apple’s privacy tools, which make it more difficult for social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Snap to track people without their consent and target ads to them.
Competition from TikTok is also an a growing threat as younger people flock to the video sharing app over Instagram, which Meta also owns.
“We’ve cut costs across our business, including scaling back budgets, reducing perks, and shrinking our real estate footprint,” Zuckerberg said. ”We’re restructuring teams to increase our efficiency. But these measures alone won’t bring our expenses in line with our revenue growth, so I’ve also made the hard decision to let people go.”
Zuckerberg told employees Wednesday that they will receive an email letting them know if they are among those being let go. Access to most company systems will be cut off for people losing their jobs, he said, due to the sensitive nature of that information.
“We’re keeping email addresses active throughout the day so everyone can say farewell,” Zuckerberg said.
Former employees will receive 16 weeks of base pay, plus two additional weeks for every year with the company, Zuckerberg said. Health insurance for those employees and their families will continue for six months.
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Third Quarter Consolidated Revenues of $4.46 Billion*
Third Quarter GAAP Diluted EPS of $1.06 and Adjusted Diluted EPS of $1.77*
Net Income Attributable to Common Stock of $156.0 Million and Adjusted EBITDA of $467.4 Million*
Cash Flow from Operations of $343.4* Million and Strong Free Cash Flow*
Remaining Performance Obligations of $6.8 Billion* and Total Backlog of $20.9 Billion*
Confirming Full-Year 2022 Financial Expectations
* = Record quarterly or record third quarter result
HOUSTON, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) today announced results for the three months ended September 30, 2022. Revenues in the third quarter of 2022 were $4.46 billion compared to revenues of $3.35 billion in the third quarter of 2021, and net income attributable to common stock was $156.0 million, or $1.06 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2022 compared to net income attributable to common stock of $174.4 million, or $1.21 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2021. Adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock (a non-GAAP financial measure) was $1.77 for the third quarter of 2022 compared to $1.48 for the third quarter of 2021.
"Quanta delivered solid results in the third quarter, with multiple record financial metrics, including revenues, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted earnings per share and free cash flow. Quanta continues to profitably grow and perform at a high-level, which we believe demonstrates our repeatable and sustainable model and the successful execution of our strategic initiatives to drive operational excellence, total cost solutions for our clients and value for our stakeholders," said Duke Austin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quanta Services. "Our solid financial performance in 2022, coupled with our record backlog, active customer discussions and robust end market dynamics, reaffirms our confidence in our full-year 2022 consolidated financial expectations.
"We are increasingly excited and confident about the opportunity to drive multi-year revenue and double-digit earnings per share growth by continuing to support the long-term programmatic spend of our customers and capitalizing on the energy transition across our portfolio of services, which we believe has been enhanced by the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Quanta is investing in the future to meet the needs of our customers and capitalize on the visible opportunities ahead of us. We look forward to a strong finish in 2022 and expect significant backlog growth as we enter 2023, which supports our expectations for profitable growth next year."
Certain items impacted the third quarter of 2022 results and are reflected as adjustments in the calculation of Quanta's adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock (a non-GAAP measure). These items are described in the accompanying tables reconciling adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock to GAAP diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock. Quanta completed one acquisition during the first nine months of 2022 and completed ten acquisitions during the full year 2021, and the results of the acquired businesses are included in Quanta's consolidated results from the respective acquisition dates. For further information on the items that impacted comparability of 2022 and 2021, see the footnotes accompanying tables presenting Supplemental Segment Data and reconciliations of adjusted EBITDA and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock (non-GAAP measures) to their comparable GAAP financial measures.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
- Capital Deployment - During the third quarter of 2022, Quanta repurchased 158,499 shares of its outstanding common stock in the open market for $21.0 million. From January through October 2022, Quanta repurchased 1,054,122 shares of its outstanding common stock in the open market for $126.8 million, and as of October 31, 2022 Quanta's stock repurchase program authorized additional repurchases of up to approximately $346.0 million of common stock. Additionally, in July 2022, Quanta acquired a utility contractor that specializes in underground construction and operates in the western United States and is reported in its Electric Infrastructure Solutions segment.
- Published 2021 Sustainability Report - Quanta's 2021 Sustainability Report, published in August 2022, discusses the company's accomplishments last year and marks a key milestone, as the company published its first consolidated set of sustainability metrics, including Scope 1 and 2 emissions. Titled, "Connecting People, Powering Tomorrow," the report discusses Quanta's ongoing commitment to People, Planet and Principles and the important positive impact Quanta has on society through capitalizing on the megatrends and opportunities that help lead the energy transition and enable technological development in a just and equitable manner. Please visit https://sustainability.quantaservices.com to access the microsite and report.
RESULTS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were $12.66 billion compared to revenues of $9.06 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and net income attributable to common stock was $328.6 million, or $2.22 per diluted share, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to net income attributable to common stock of $381.2 million, or $2.64 per diluted share, in the nine months ended September 30, 2021. Adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock (a non-GAAP measure) was $4.66 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to $3.36 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
FULL-YEAR 2022 OUTLOOK
The long-term outlook for Quanta's business is positive. However, weather, regulatory, permitting, supply chain challenges and other factors impacting project timing and execution have impacted the company's historical results and may impact Quanta's future financial results. Additionally, we continue to consider future uncertainty associated with overall challenges impacting the domestic and global economy, including inflation, increased interest rates and recessionary economic conditions. Therefore, Quanta's financial outlook for revenues, margins and earnings reflects management's effort to align these uncertainties with the backlog (a non-GAAP measure) the company is executing on and the opportunities expected to materialize during the remainder of 2022.
Prior to the company's conference call, management will post a summary of updated 2022 guidance expectations with additional commentary in the "News and Events" and "Financial Info" areas of the Investor Relations section of Quanta's website at http://investors.quantaservices.com.
The following forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, and actual results may differ materially. For the full year ending December 31, 2022, Quanta now expects revenues to range between $16.80 billion and $17.00 billion, net income attributable to common stock to range between $473 million and $507 million, diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock to range between $3.19 and $3.43 and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock (a non-GAAP financial measure) to range between $6.15 and $6.39. Additionally, Quanta now expects EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure) to range between $1.44 billion and $1.49 billion, adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure) to range between $1.65 billion and $1.70 billion, and free cash flow (a non-GAAP financial measure) to range between $600 million and $700 million for the full year ending December 31, 2022.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
The financial measures not prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) that are utilized in this press release are provided to enable investors, analysts and management to evaluate Quanta's performance excluding the effects of certain items that management believes impact the comparability of operating results between reporting periods. In addition, management believes these measures are useful in comparing Quanta's operating results with those of its competitors. These measures should be used in addition to, and not in lieu of, financial measures prepared in conformity with GAAP.
Please see the accompanying tables for reconciliations of the following non-GAAP financial measures for Quanta's current and historical results and full-year 2022 expectations (as applicable): adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock (a non-GAAP financial measure) to diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock; adjusted net income attributable to common stock, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP financial measures) to net income attributable to common stock; free cash flow (a non-GAAP financial measure) to net cash provided by operating activities; and backlog (a non-GAAP financial measure) to remaining performance obligations.
CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION
Quanta Services has scheduled a conference call for 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on November 3, 2022, which will also be broadcast live over the Internet. Quanta will utilize a slide presentation to accompany its prepared remarks, which will be viewable through the webcast and will also be available in the "News and Events" and "Financial Info" areas of the Investor Relations section of Quanta's website prior to the start of the call. To participate in the call, dial 1-201-689-8345 or 1-877-407-8291 at least 10 minutes before the conference call begins and ask for the Quanta Services Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call or visit the Investor Relations section of the Quanta Services website at http://investors.quantaservices.com to access the Internet broadcast. Please allow at least 15 minutes to register and download and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot participate live, shortly following the call a digital recording will be available on the company's website and a telephonic replay will be available through November 10, 2022 by dialing 1-877-660-6853 and referencing the conference ID 13730210. For more information, please contact Kip Rupp, Vice President - Investor Relations at Quanta Services, at 713-341-7260 or investors@quantaservices.com.
FOLLOW QUANTA IR ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Investors and others should note that while Quanta announces material financial information and makes other public disclosures of information regarding Quanta through U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, press releases and public conference calls, it also utilizes social media to communicate this information. It is possible that the information Quanta posts on social media could be deemed material. Accordingly, Quanta encourages investors, the media and others interested in our company to follow Quanta, and review the information it posts, on the social media channels listed in the Investor Relations section of the Quanta Services website.
ABOUT QUANTA SERVICES
Quanta Services is a leading specialized contracting services company, delivering comprehensive infrastructure solutions for the utility, renewable energy, communications, pipeline, and energy industries. Quanta's comprehensive services include designing, installing, repairing and maintaining energy and communications infrastructure. With operations throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and select other international markets, Quanta has the manpower, resources and expertise to safely complete projects that are local, regional, national or international in scope. For more information, visit www.quantaservices.com.
Cautionary Statement About Forward-Looking Statements and Information
This press release (and oral statements regarding the subject matter of this press release, including those made on the conference call and webcast announced herein) contains forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the "safe harbor" from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to projected revenues, net income, earnings per share, EBITDA, margins, cash flows, liquidity, weighted average shares outstanding, capital expenditures, interest rates, tax rates and other operating results and GAAP and non-GAAP financial results; expectations regarding Quanta's business or financial outlook; expectations regarding opportunities, technological developments, competitive positioning, future economic and regulatory conditions and other trends in particular markets or industries, including with respect to Quanta's increased operations in the renewable energy market and the transition to a reduced-carbon economy; expectations regarding Quanta's plans, strategies and opportunities; the potential benefits from, and future financial and operational performance of, acquired businesses and investments, including Blattner (as defined below) and Quanta's investments in LUMA Energy, LLC and Starry Group Holdings, Inc.; expectations regarding the outcome of pending or threatened legal proceedings, as well as the collection of amounts awarded in legal proceedings; beliefs and assumptions about the collectability of receivables; expectations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, including potential further impacts of the pandemic and of governmental and customer responses to the pandemic on Quanta's business, operations, supply chain, personnel, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and liquidity; the business plans or financial condition of Quanta's customers, including with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic and transitioning to a reduced-carbon economy; the potential impact of commodity prices and production volumes on Quanta's business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and demand for Quanta's services; expected recognition and realization of remaining performance obligations and backlog; the future demand for, availability of and costs related to labor resources in the industries Quanta serves; future capital allocation initiatives, including the amount and timing of, and strategies with respect to, any future acquisitions, investments, cash dividends, repurchases of equity or debt securities or repayments of other outstanding debt; the ability to deliver increased value or return capital to stockholders; the expected value of contracts or intended contracts with customers, as well as the expected timing, scope, services, term or results of any awarded or expected projects; the development of and opportunities with respect to future projects, including renewable energy projects and other projects designed to support transition to a carbon-neutral economy, electrical grid modernization, upgrade and hardening projects, and larger transmission and pipeline projects; expectations regarding the future availability and price of materials and equipment necessary for the performance of our business; the expected impact of global and domestic economic conditions on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and liquidity, including inflation, interest rates and recessionary economic conditions; the expected impact of changes or potential changes to climate; the impact of existing or potential legislation or regulation; potential opportunities that may be indicated by bidding activity or discussions with customers; expectations regarding our ability to reduce our debt and maintain our current credit ratings; and possible recovery of pending or contemplated insurance claims, change orders and claims asserted against customers or third parties; as well as statements reflecting expectations, intentions, assumptions or beliefs about future events, and other statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance; rather they involve or rely on a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict or are beyond our control, and reflect management's beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time the statements are made. We caution you that actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed, implied or forecasted by our forward-looking statements and that any or all of our forward-looking statements may turn out to be inaccurate or incorrect. Forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions and by known or unknown risks and uncertainties including, among others, market, industry, economic, financial or political conditions that are outside of the control of Quanta, including as a result of, among other things, inflation, interest rates, recessionary economic conditions, and geopolitical conflicts and political unrest; quarterly variations in operating and financial results, liquidity, financial condition, cash flows, capital requirements and reinvestment opportunities; trends and growth opportunities in relevant markets, including Quanta's ability to obtain future project awards; delays, deferrals, reductions in scope or cancellations of anticipated, pending or existing projects as a result of, among other things, supply chain disruptions and other logistical challenges, weather, regulatory or permitting issues, environmental processes, project performance issues, claimed force majeure events, protests or other political activity, legal challenges, inflationary pressure, reductions or eliminations in governmental funding, or customer capital constraints; the effect of commodity prices and production volumes, which have been and may continue to be affected by inflationary pressure, on Quanta's operations and growth opportunities and on customer capital programs and demand for Quanta's services; further effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the impact of the pandemic and business and governmental responses thereto on Quanta's operations, personnel and supply chains and on commercial activity and demand across Quanta's business and its customers' businesses, as well as Quanta's inability to predict the future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; the successful negotiation, execution, performance and completion of anticipated, pending and existing contracts; events arising from operational hazards, including, among others, wildfires and explosions, that can arise due to the nature of Quanta's services and the conditions in which Quanta operates and can be due to the failure of infrastructure on which we have performed services and result in significant liabilities that may be exacerbated in certain geographies and locations; unexpected costs, liabilities, fines or penalties that may arise from legal proceedings, indemnity obligations, reimbursement obligations associated with letters of credit or bonds, multiemployer pension plans (e.g., underfunding of liabilities, termination or withdrawal liability) or other claims or actions asserted against Quanta, including amounts not covered by, or in excess of the coverage under, third-party insurance; the outcome of pending or threatened legal proceedings; potential unavailability or cancellation of third-party insurance coverage, as well as the exclusion of coverage for certain losses, potential increases in premiums for coverage deemed beneficial to Quanta, or the unavailability of coverage deemed beneficial to Quanta at reasonable and competitive rates (e.g., coverage for wildfire events); damage to Quanta's brand or reputation, as well as potential costs, liabilities, fines and penalties, arising as a result of cyber-security breaches, environmental and occupational health and safety matters, corporate scandal, failure to successfully perform or negative publicity regarding a high-profile project, involvement in a catastrophic event (e.g., fire, explosion) or other negative incidents; disruptions in, or failure to adequately protect, Quanta's information technology systems; Quanta's dependence on suppliers, subcontractors, equipment manufacturers and other third-parties, and the impact of inflationary pressure, regulatory, supply chain and logistical challenges and the COVID-19 pandemic on these third parties; Quanta's ability to attract, the potential shortage of and increased costs with respect to skilled labor, as well as Quanta's inability to retain or attract key personnel and qualified employees; Quanta's dependence on fixed price contracts and the potential to incur losses with respect to these contracts, including as a result of inaccurate estimates of project costs or inability to meet project schedule requirements or achieve guaranteed performance or quality standards for a project; estimates and assumptions relating to financial results, remaining performance obligations and backlog; inability to successfully complete remaining performance obligations or realize backlog; adverse weather conditions, natural disasters and other emergencies, including wildfires, pandemics, hurricanes, tropical storms, floods, debris flows, earthquakes and other geological- and weather-related hazards; the impact of climate change; Quanta's ability to generate internal growth; competition in Quanta's business, including the ability to effectively compete for new projects and market share; the future development of natural resources; the failure of existing or potential legislative actions and initiatives to result in demand for Quanta's services; unavailability of, or increased prices for, materials, equipment and consumables (such as fuel) used in Quanta's or its customers' businesses, including as a result of inflation, supply chain disruptions, governmental regulations on sourcing, the imposition of tariffs, duties, taxes or other assessments, and other changes in U.S. trade relationships with foreign countries; cancellation provisions within contracts and the risk that contracts expire and are not renewed or are replaced on less favorable terms; loss of customers with whom Quanta has long-standing or significant relationships; the potential that participation in joint ventures or similar structures exposes Quanta to liability or harm to its reputation as a result of acts or omissions by partners; Quanta's inability or failure to comply with the terms of its contracts, which may result in additional costs, unexcused delays, warranty claims, failure to meet performance guarantees, damages or contract terminations; the inability or refusal of customers or third-party contractors to pay for services, which could result in the inability to collect our outstanding receivables, failure to recover amounts billed to, or avoidance of certain payments received from, customers in bankruptcy or failure to recover on change orders or contract claims; technological advancements and other market developments that could reduce the demand for Quanta's services; budgetary or other constraints that may reduce or eliminate tax incentives or government funding for projects, including renewable energy projects, which may result in project delays or cancellations; risks associated with operating in international markets and U.S. territories, including instability of governments, currency exchange fluctuations, and compliance with unfamiliar legal and labor systems and business practices, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, complex tax regulations and international treaties; inability to successfully identify, complete, integrate and realize synergies from acquisitions or retain key personnel from acquired businesses, including Blattner; the potential adverse impact of acquisitions and investments, including the potential increase in risks already existing in Quanta's operations, poor performance or decline in value of acquired businesses or investments and unexpected costs or liabilities that may arise from acquisitions or investments; the adverse impact of impairments of goodwill, other intangible assets, receivables, long-lived assets or investments; difficulties arising from Quanta's decentralized management structure; the impact of the unionized portion of Quanta's workforce on its operations, including labor stoppages or interruptions due to strikes or lockouts; inability to access sufficient funding to finance desired growth and operations, including the ability to access capital markets on favorable terms, as well as fluctuations in the price and trading volume of Quanta's common stock, debt covenant compliance, interest rate fluctuations, a downgrade in our credit ratings and other factors affecting financing and investing activities; the ability to obtain bonds, letters of credit and other project security; significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; new or changed tax laws, treaties or regulations; inability to realize deferred tax assets; and other risks and uncertainties detailed in Quanta's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and Quanta's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022, and September 30, 2022 (when filed) and any other documents that Quanta files with the SEC. For a discussion of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, investors are urged to refer to Quanta's documents filed with the SEC that are available through Quanta's website at www.quantaservices.com or through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering and Analysis Retrieval System (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov. Should one or more of these risks materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are current only as of this date. Quanta does not undertake and expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Quanta further expressly disclaims any written or oral statements made by any third party regarding the subject matter of this press release.
Quanta Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Data
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Remaining Performance Obligations and Backlog (a non-GAAP financial measure)
Quanta's remaining performance obligations represent management's estimate of consolidated revenues that are expected to be realized from the remaining portion of firm orders for fixed price contracts not yet completed or for which work has not yet begun. For purposes of calculating remaining performance obligations, Quanta includes all estimated revenues attributable to consolidated joint ventures and variable interest entities, revenues from funded and unfunded portions of government contracts to the extent they are reasonably expected to occur, and revenues from change orders to the extent management believes additional contract revenues will be earned and are deemed probable of collection.
While backlog is not a defined term under GAAP, it is a common measurement used in Quanta's industry. Quanta believes this non-GAAP financial measure enables it and its investors to more effectively forecast its future results and better identify future operating trends that may not otherwise be apparent. Quanta's remaining performance obligations, as described above, are a component of Quanta's backlog calculation, which also includes estimated orders under master service agreements (MSAs), including estimated renewals, and non-fixed price contracts expected to be completed within one year. Quanta's methodology for determining backlog may not be comparable to the methodologies used by other companies.
The following table reconciles Quanta's total remaining performance obligations to its backlog by reportable segment along with estimates of amounts expected to be realized within 12 months:
Quanta Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted Net Income and
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share
Attributable to Common Stock
For the Three and Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2022 and 2021
(In thousands, except per share information)
(Unaudited)
The following table presents the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures of adjusted net income attributable to common stock to net income attributable to common stock and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock to diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. These reconciliations are intended to provide useful information to investors and analysts as they evaluate Quanta's performance. Management believes that the exclusion of certain items from net income attributable to common stock and diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock enables it and Quanta's investors to more effectively evaluate Quanta's operations period over period and better identify operating trends that may not otherwise be apparent. However, these non-GAAP measures should not be considered as alternatives to net income attributable to common stock and diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock or other measures of performance that are derived in accordance with GAAP.
As to certain of the items in the table: (i) non-cash stock-based compensation expense may vary from period to period due to acquisition activity, changes in the estimated fair value of performance-based awards, forfeiture rates, accelerated vesting and amounts granted; (ii) amortization of intangible assets is impacted by Quanta's acquisition activity, and therefore can vary from period to period; (iii) acquisition and integration costs vary from period to period depending on the level of Quanta's acquisition activity; (iv) asset impairment charges can vary from period to period depending on economic and other factors; (v) change in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities varies from period to period depending on the performance in post-acquisition periods of certain acquired businesses, the effect of present value accretion on fair value calculations and changes in the estimated fair value of amounts based on the impact of interest rates; (vi) equity in (earnings) losses of non-integral unconsolidated affiliates varies from period to period depending on the activity and financial performance of such affiliates, the operations of which are not operationally integral to Quanta; (vii) unrealized mark-to-market adjustments on Quanta's investment in a publicly traded company vary from period to period based on fluctuations in the market price of such company's common stock; (viii) gains and losses on the sales of investments vary from period to period depending on activity; and (ix) write-offs of deferred financing costs vary from period to period depending on the timing and nature of debt and other financing transactions.
Beginning with the period ended June 30, 2022, adjusted net income attributable to common stock and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock exclude the impact of equity in (earnings) losses of non-integral unconsolidated affiliates. Management believes that excluding the impact of this item allows Quanta's investors and management to more effectively evaluate Quanta's operations between periods and identify operating trends, since the results of these unconsolidated affiliates' operations are not operationally integral to those of Quanta. As a result of this change, the calculation of adjusted net income attributable to common stock and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 has been recast to conform to the current presentation. Because adjusted net income attributable to common stock and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock, as defined, exclude some, but not all, items that affect net income attributable to common stock and diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock, they may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. The most comparable GAAP financial measures, net income attributable to common stock and diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock, and information reconciling the GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, are included in the table to follow.
Quanta Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted Net Income and
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share
Attributable to Common Stock
For the Three and Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2022 and 2021
(In thousands, except per share information)
(Unaudited)
(a) The amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 includes a provision for credit loss of $23.6 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, related to receivables from a customer that declared bankruptcy in July 2021 and its affiliate.
(b) The amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 include, among other things, $11.0 million and $34.0 million of expenses associated with change of control payments as a result of the acquisition of Blattner.
(c) The amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 represents an asset impairment charge primarily related to the discontinued use of the right-of-use asset associated with Quanta's prior corporate headquarters. The amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 represents an asset impairment charge related to certain equipment that was not utilized in our core operations and subsequently sold.
(d) The amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 represent unrealized losses related to the fair value remeasurement of Quanta's common stock investment in Starry Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: STRY), a publicly traded broadband technology provider. The losses were calculated as the difference between the market value of the investment as of September 30, 2022 and the market value of the investment as of June 30, 2022 and Quanta's investment balance as of December 31, 2021. Starry Group Holdings, Inc. became a publicly traded company on March 29, 2022.
(e) The amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 represents a gain as a result of the sale of Quanta's non-controlling interest in a technology company.
(f) The amount for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 represents the write-off of deferred financing costs related to a bridge financing commitment entered into, but ultimately not utilized, in connection with Quanta's acquisition of Blattner.
(g) The income tax impact of adjustments that are subject to tax is determined using the incremental statutory tax rates of the jurisdictions to which each adjustment relates for the respective periods.
(h) As described above, adjusted net income attributable to common stock before certain non-cash adjustments, adjusted net income attributable to common stock and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 have been recast to conform to the current period presentation.
Quanta Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
For the Three and Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2022 and 2021
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
The following table presents reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. These reconciliations are intended to provide useful information to investors and analysts as they evaluate Quanta's performance. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA adjusted for certain other items as described below. Management believes that the exclusion of these items from net income attributable to common stock enables it and Quanta's investors to more effectively evaluate Quanta's operations period over period and to identify operating trends that might not be apparent when including the excluded items. However, these measures should not be considered as an alternative to net income attributable to common stock or other measures of performance that are derived in accordance with GAAP. As to certain of the items below: (i) non-cash stock-based compensation expense may vary from period to period due to acquisition activity, changes in the estimated fair value of performance-based awards, forfeiture rates, accelerated vesting and amounts granted; (ii) acquisition and integration costs vary from period to period depending on the level of Quanta's acquisition activity; (iii) equity in (earnings) losses of non-integral unconsolidated affiliates varies from period to period depending on the activity and financial performance of such affiliates, the operations of which are not operationally integral to Quanta; (iv) unrealized mark-to-market adjustments on Quanta's investment in a publicly traded company vary from period to period based on fluctuations in the market price of such company's common stock; (v) gains and losses on the sales of investments vary from period to period depending on activity; (vi) asset impairment charges can vary from period to period depending on economic and other factors; and (vii) change in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities varies from period to period depending on the performance in post-acquisition periods of certain acquired businesses, the effect of present value accretion on fair value calculations and changes in the estimated fair value of amounts based on the impact of interest rates. Because EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA, as defined, exclude some, but not all, items that affect net income attributable to common stock, such measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. The most comparable GAAP financial measure, net income attributable to common stock, and information reconciling the GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, are included below.
Quanta Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
For the Three and Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2022 and 2021
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
(a) The amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 include, among other things, $11.0 million and $34.0 million of expenses associated with change of control payments as a result of the acquisition of Blattner.
(b) The amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 represents unrealized losses related to the fair value remeasurement of Quanta's common stock investment in Starry Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: STRY), a publicly traded broadband technology provider. The losses were calculated as the difference between the market value of the investment as of September 30, 2022 and the market value of the investment as of June 30, 2022 and Quanta's investment balance as of December 31, 2021. Starry Group Holdings, Inc. became a publicly traded company on March 29, 2022.
(c) The amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 represents a gain as a result of the sale of Quanta's non-controlling ownership interest in a technology company.
(d) The amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 represents an asset impairment charge related to the discontinued use of the right-of-use asset associated with Quanta's prior corporate headquarters. The amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 represents an asset impairment charge related to certain equipment that was not utilized in our core operations and subsequently sold.
Quanta Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Free (Negative Free) Cash Flow
and Other Non-GAAP Definitions
For the Three and Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2022 and 2021
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Reconciliation of Free (Negative Free) Cash Flow:
The following table presents a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure of free (negative free) cash flow to net cash provided by operating activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. This reconciliation is intended to provide useful information to investors and analysts as they evaluate Quanta's ability to generate the cash required to maintain and potentially expand its business. Free (negative free) cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less net capital expenditures. Net capital expenditures is defined as capital expenditures less proceeds from the sale of property and equipment and from insurance settlements related to property and equipment. Management believes that free (negative free) cash flow provides useful information to Quanta's investors because free (negative free) cash flow is viewed by management as an important indicator of how much cash is provided or used by routine business operations, including the impact of net capital expenditures. Management uses this measure for capital allocation purposes as it is viewed as a measure of cash available to fund debt payments, acquire businesses, repurchase common stock and debt securities, declare and pay dividends and transact other investing and financing activities. However, this measure should not be considered as an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities or other measures of performance that are derived in accordance with GAAP. The most comparable GAAP financial measure, net cash provided by operating activities, and information reconciling the GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, are included below.
Other Non-GAAP Definitions:
Days Sales Outstanding:
Days Sales Outstanding is calculated by using the sum of current accounts receivable, net of allowance (which includes retainage and unbilled balances), plus contract assets, less contract liabilities, and divided by average revenues per day during the quarter.
Total Liquidity:
Total liquidity includes Quanta's cash and cash equivalents and availability under Quanta's senior credit facility and commercial paper program. Available commitments for revolving loans under the senior credit facility must be maintained in order to provide credit support for notes issued under the commercial paper program, and therefore such notes effectively reduce the available borrowing capacity under the senior credit facility.
Quanta Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Estimated Adjusted Net Income and
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share
Attributable to Common Stock
For the Full Year 2022
(In thousands, except per share information)
(Unaudited)
The following table presents reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measure of estimated adjusted net income attributable to common stock to estimated net income attributable to common stock and the non-GAAP financial measure of estimated adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock to estimated diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock for the full year ending December 31, 2022. These reconciliations are intended to provide useful information to investors and analysts as they evaluate Quanta's expected future performance. Management believes that the exclusion of certain items from net income attributable to common stock and diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock enables it and Quanta's investors to more effectively evaluate Quanta's operations period over period and better identify operating trends that may not otherwise be apparent. However, these non-GAAP measures should not be considered as alternatives to net income attributable to common stock and diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock or other measures of performance that are derived in accordance with GAAP.
As to certain of the items below: (i) non-cash stock-based compensation expense may vary from period to period due to acquisition activity, changes in the estimated fair value of performance-based awards, forfeiture rates, accelerated vesting and amounts granted; (ii) amortization of intangible assets is impacted by Quanta's acquisition activity, and therefore can vary from period to period; (iii) acquisition and integration costs vary period to period depending on the level of Quanta's acquisition activity; (iv) asset impairment charges can vary from period to period depending on economic and other factors; (v) change in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities varies from period to period depending on the performance in post-acquisition periods of certain acquired businesses, the effect of present value accretion on fair value calculations and changes in the estimated fair value of amounts based on the impact of interest rates; (vi) equity in (earnings) losses of non-integral unconsolidated affiliates varies from period to period depending on the activity and financial performance of such affiliates, the operations of which are not operationally integral to Quanta; (vii) unrealized mark-to-market adjustments on Quanta's investment in a public company vary from period to period based on fluctuations in the market price of the company's publicly traded securities; and (viii) gains and losses on the sales of investments vary from period to period depending on activity.
Beginning with the period ended June 30, 2022, adjusted net income attributable to common stock and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock exclude the impact of equity in (earnings) losses of non-integral unconsolidated affiliates. Management believes that excluding the impact of this item allows Quanta's investors and management to more effectively evaluate Quanta's operations between periods and identify operating trends since the results of these unconsolidated affiliates' operations are not operationally integral to those of Quanta. As a result of this change, the calculation of adjusted net income attributable to common stock and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock for the full year 2022 conforms to the current presentation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. Because adjusted net income attributable to common stock and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock, as defined, exclude some, but not all, items that affect net income attributable to common stock and diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock, they may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. The most comparable GAAP financial measures, net income attributable to common stock and diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock, and information reconciling the GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, are included below.
(a) The amount includes an estimated $35.9 million of expenses associated with certain change of control payments as a result of the acquisition of Blattner. These change in control payments have been expensed on a pro rata basis from January 1, 2022 through the one-year anniversary of Quanta's acquisition of Blattner in October 2022.
(b) The amount represents an asset impairment charge primarily related to the discontinued use of the right-of-use asset associated with Quanta's prior corporate headquarters in connection with its move to a new headquarters.
(c) The amount represents an unrealized loss related to the fair value remeasurement of Quanta's common stock investment in Starry Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: STRY), a publicly traded broadband technology provider, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The loss was calculated as the difference between the market value of the investment as of September 30, 2022 and Quanta's investment balance as of December 31, 2021. Starry Group Holdings, Inc. became a publicly traded company on March 29, 2022.
(d) The amount represents a gain as a result of the sale of Quanta's non-controlling interest in a technology company.
(e) The income tax impact of adjustments that are subject to tax is determined using the incremental statutory tax rates of the jurisdictions to which each adjustment relates for the respective periods.
(f) As described above, adjusted net income attributable to common stock and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock for the year ended December 31, 2022 conforms to the presentation of adjusted net income attributable to common stock and adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.
Quanta Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Estimated EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
For the Full Year 2022
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
The following table presents reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures of estimated EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to common stock for the full year ended December 31, 2022. These reconciliations are intended to provide useful information to investors and analysts as they evaluate Quanta's expected future performance. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA adjusted for certain other items as described below. Management believes that the exclusion of these items from net income attributable to common stock enables it and Quanta's investors to more effectively evaluate Quanta's operations period over period and to identify operating trends that might not be apparent when including the excluded items. However, these measures should not be considered as an alternative to net income attributable to common stock or other measures of performance that are derived in accordance with GAAP. As to certain of the items below: (i) non-cash stock-based compensation expense may vary from period to period due to acquisition activity, changes in the estimated fair value of performance-based awards, forfeiture rates, accelerated vesting and amounts granted; (ii) acquisition and integration costs vary from period to period depending on the level of Quanta's acquisition activity; (iii) asset impairment charges can vary from period to period depending on economic and other factors; (iv) change in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities varies from period to period depending on the performance in post-acquisition periods of certain acquired businesses, the effect of present value accretion on fair value calculations and changes in the estimated fair value of amounts based on the impact of interest rates; (v) equity in (earnings) losses of non-integral unconsolidated affiliates can vary from period to period depending on the activity and financial performance of such affiliates, the operations of which are not operationally integral to Quanta; (vi) unrealized mark-to-market adjustments on Quanta's investment in a publicly traded company vary from period to period based on fluctuations in the market price of such company's common stock; and (vii) gains and losses on sales of investments vary from period to period depending on activity.
Because EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA, as defined, exclude some, but not all, items that affect net income attributable to common stock, such measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. The most comparable GAAP financial measure, net income attributable to common stock, and information reconciling the GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, are included in the table to follow.
(a) The amount includes an estimated $35.9 million of expenses associated with certain change of control payments as a result of the acquisition of Blattner. These change in control payments have been expensed on a pro rata basis from January 1, 2022 through the one year anniversary of Quanta's acquisition of Blattner in October 2022.
(b) The amount represents an asset impairment charge primarily related to the discontinued use of the right-of-use asset associated with Quanta's prior corporate headquarters in connection with its move to a new headquarters.
(c) The amount represents an unrealized loss related to the fair value remeasurement of our common stock investment in Starry Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: STRY), a publicly traded broadband technology provider, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The loss was calculated as the difference between the market value of the investment as of September 30, 2022 and Quanta's investment balance as of December 31, 2021. Starry Group Holdings, Inc. became a publicly traded company on March 29, 2022.
(d) The amount represents a gain as a result of the sale of Quanta's non-controlling interest in a technology company.
Quanta Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Estimated Free Cash Flow
For the Full Year 2022
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
The following table presents a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure of estimated free cash flow to estimated net cash provided by operating activities for the full year ended December 31, 2022. This reconciliation is intended to provide useful information to investors and analysts as they evaluate Quanta's expectations regarding its ability to generate the cash required to maintain and potentially expand its business. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less net capital expenditures. Net capital expenditures is defined as capital expenditures less proceeds from the sale of property and equipment and from insurance settlements related to property and equipment. Management believes that free cash flow provides useful information to Quanta's investors because free cash flow is viewed by management as an important indicator of how much cash is provided or used by routine business operations, including the impact of net capital expenditures. Management uses this measure for capital allocation purposes as it is viewed as a measure of cash available to fund debt payments, acquire businesses, repurchase common stock and debt securities, declare and pay dividends and transact other investing and financing activities. However, this measure should not be considered as an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities or other measures of performance that are derived in accordance with GAAP. The most comparable GAAP financial measure, net cash provided by operating activities, and information reconciling the GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, are included below.
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READING, Pa. - Albright College sophomore Ashley Carden played a game inside the school's current eSports center. She is one of 40 members on the school's team and is excited about plans for a new-state-of-the-art hub.
"It's actually really exciting. We've talked about it a lot with my team and they're all super stoked for it, which is really great," said Carden.
The planned 6,800 square foot space will be on the corner of North 13th and Richmond Streets and will feature professional grade gaming equipment.
It will be for Albright students, as well as high school teams, and eSport tournament organizers. There will be 60 gaming stations, a five-versus-five stage, a cafe, a team room and offices.
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"We are seeing more and more interest from all over the world," said Janice Luck, co-director of athletics at Albright.
Luck said the space will offer more practice time and more home in-person competitions. A program she tells 69 News continues to grow.
"They're learning the same skills that you may learn of a more traditional sport, through teamwork, challenges, competition and learning from your mistakes," said Luck.
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