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Proud Boy testifies in sedition trial about far-right group being the ‘tip of the spear’ on January 6
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN
The sole Proud Boy to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy in connection to the US Capitol riot testified on Wednesday that members of the far-right organization believed the country was barreling toward revolution and that they were the “tip of the spear.”
Jeremy Bertino, a top lieutenant to Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio, testified as part of a cooperation deal that he struck with prosecutors against Tarrio and four other members of the Proud Boys charged with conspiring to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
“We had a big fight on our hands. It was going to be an uphill battle, and everyone had turned against us,” Bertino testified. “My belief was that we had to take the reins and pretty much be the leaders that we had been building ourselves up to be.”
His testimony allowed prosecutors to show jurors how the events of January 6, 2021, unfolded in the mind of a top member of the organization as he watched it online from his North Carolina home, sending messages to his “brothers” about targeting then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and assuring them that members of the far-left group Antifa weren’t there to stop them.
Some of the messages featured in court were from defendants in the case, whom Bertino said he would “take a bullet for.” But Bertino and the five defendants — Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Zachary Rehl, Joseph Biggs and Dominic Pezzola — rarely made eye contact during the testimony.
There was not a premeditated or specific plan to storm the Capitol, Bertino testified, adding that getting the Proud Boys to communicate and work together was like “herding cats.” The Proud Boys had several group messages from the days before the riot where members mentioned descending on the Capitol building, according to exhibits shown by prosecutors.
‘Foot soldiers of the right’
As court challenges to the 2020 election failed, members of the Proud Boys — who saw themselves as the “foot soldiers of the right” — began to believe the country was headed toward an “all-out revolution,” Bertino testified.
“I felt it coming,” he said.
The Proud Boys believed that the government was controlled by “commies,” he testified, and they began to turn against the police, whom the group increasingly saw as their enemy. Everybody in the organization felt “desperate,” including Tarrio, Bertino told the jury.
“His tones were calculated,” Bertino said of Tarrio. “Cold, but very determined. He felt the exact same way that I did.”
Members also were inspired by then-President Donald Trump’s reference to their organization in a 2020 presidential debate, where he told the group to “stand back and stand by.” Bertino testified that there were “nonstop requests for membership” after the debate, specifically from people who wanted to attend rallies, and that the group did less vetting of new members to keep up with applications.
During cross examination, Bertino said that he thought the Proud Boys had a goal to stop the 2020 election but had no knowledge of how that goal would be achieved.
“I didn’t have a direct idea of where they were going, how they were going to get there.”
Bertino was not in Washington, DC, on the day of the riot because he was at home recovering from a stab wound he suffered during a previous pro-Trump rally, but he testified that he watched on a livestream video. He saw the mob as starting the “next American revolution,” and told others Proud Boys he was brought to tears during the attack.
“I was happy, excited, in awe and disbelief that people were doing what they said they would do,” Bertino told the jury. When the crowd descended on the Capitol building, “it meant that we influenced people, the normies, enough to make them stand for themselves and take back their country and take back their freedom,” he said.
In chats to other Proud Boys, Bertino encouraged members to move forward, telling them that he could see the Capitol building on a livestream and that no members of Antifa would be at the building to stop the pro-Trump mob.
Bertino also messaged: “They need to get peloton” — which he testified was a misspelled reference to Pelosi. “She was the talking head of the opposition and they needed to remove her from power,” he said.
By the evening of January 6, Bertino grew angry at Trump supporters for leaving the Capitol building, he told the jury.
“The way I felt at the moment, if we give that building up, we were giving up our country,” Bertino testified. He sent encrypted messages to other Proud Boys members, saying that “we failed,” and “Half measures mean nothing,” and, referring to lawmakers inside the Capitol, “Fuck fear: They need to be hung.”
“Once they took that step, there was no coming back from it,” Bertino testified Wednesday. “And they decided basically to balk and walk away after creating all that chaos down there.”
“The revolution had failed,” he continued, “because the House was still going to go on and certify the election.”
Bertino told the jury that after January 6, he tried to delete what he saw as incriminating messages on his phone and he wasn’t fully truthful with FBI agents when they asked him about the Capitol attack.
“I guess it’s a natural instinct to protect yourself and protect those you love,” Bertino testified.
“I love them,” he said of the five defendants. “I didn’t want to see anything bad happen to them. Still don’t.”
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Couple charged after body found in basement freezer, police say
LOWELL, Mass. (WCVB) - A Massachusetts couple are accused of restraining and holding a man against his will after he was found dead in a freezer in their home.
Samantha Perry, 38, and her 38-year-old boyfriend, Michael Burke, were arraigned Monday in court on kidnapping charges, days after police say a 37-year-old man was found dead at the couple’s home in Lowell, Massachusetts. They both pleaded not guilty.
According to court documents, Perry and Burke told investigators that on Nov. 23, they attacked the victim, with whom they lived, before binding him to a chair and duct-taping his mouth.
Court documents say the couple “forced [the victim] into a wooden chair and then bound him, binding his arms, body and mouth with wire, a green rope, an orange tie down strap and gray duct tape.”
Police found the victim, who is not identified in the court paperwork, dead Friday inside a chest freezer in the couple’s basement while following up on a well-being check.
Perry and Burke are not facing murder charges at this point. The police report reveals that Perry claims another person “attacked the bound [victim], wrapped the green rope around [the victim’s] neck and strangled him until he was apparently deceased.”
The couple then allegedly moved the victim’s body to the freezer, where he was found by police. They say they were forced to partake in the criminal activity by the third person, who was pointing a handgun at them, according to court documents.
Court documents indicate the victim was addicted to opioids. He was reported missing by family after he didn’t show up for Thanksgiving dinner.
Both Perry and Burke are being held pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Dec. 14.
The investigation into the man’s death is ongoing.
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President Biden faces a ticking timer on the resumption of student loan payments by the end of the summer — but will he allow it to go off?
The payments, paused amid the coronavirus pandemic, are set to begin either 60 days after the Supreme Court makes a ruling on Biden’s student debt forgiveness program or 60 days after June 30, the White House has said.
Biden had also previously said the payments would resume at the beginning of 2023, and that there would not be another extension of the pause, which began under then-President Trump in 2020.
Although the White House won’t discuss the possibility of a Plan B if the high court strikes down Biden’s relief proposal, experts believe yet another extension of the loan payment pause is a possibility.
“I definitely think this is on the table,” said Rebecca Natow, assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at Hofstra University and a higher education policy expert.
Policy-wise, the move would put the Democratic president in line with student debt advocates and others in his party who are demanding an extension of the payment pause.
“From a political standpoint, this is popular among a cross section of voting demographics, and that should always be a a consideration going into a presidential election year,” said Rodell Mollineau, a Democratic strategist.
Borrowers have not had to make their payments since March 2020, as the pause has been extended nine separate times.
Even if the legality of Biden’s student debt relief plan isn’t resolved by June 30, the administration insists borrowers will have to soon begin repayment of student loan debt.
“If the program has not been implemented and the litigation has not been resolved by June 30, 2023 — payments will resume 60 days after that,” the White House said when the last pause was extended.
Trump and then Biden paused the payments under the authority of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROES) Act, which gives the Education secretary more power over student loans during a national emergency.
Biden previously tied the resumption of payments to his proposal for up to $20,000 in student loan relief, but if that plan is struck down by the Supreme Court, the resumption of payments could be a blow for voters going into a presidential election year.
“Anybody that takes the pause off is going to be relatively unpopular for a while and not just with Democrats,” said Daniel Collier, assistant professor of higher and adult education in the Department of Leadership at the University of Memphis.
However, if Biden sticks with payments resuming at the end of this summer, there is another whole year until the election, which could give borrowers time to move on from the decision.
“[T]he 2024 elections are still a year and a half away, so any action that occurs in the next few months would probably not be as impactful on the next presidential election as an action that happens closer to next November,” Natow said.
The Biden administration could face difficulty either way, as it has not given a specific reason defining when the pause is no longer needed.
“I believe the Biden administration has made several blunders with the repayment pause in the way that they’ve extended it,” Collier said. “They’re doing this seemingly arbitrarily, you know, there’s no economic targets for like when is it OK to turn this on.”
Even if the political climate would seem ripe for another student loan extension, the legal headaches that follow might be costly.
Currently, the administration is arguing that although the COVID-19 national emergency declaration is ending in May, they can still forgive student loan debts under the HEROES Act because it relates to the lingering effects of the pandemic. The White House could use the same argument for extending student loan payments yet again.
“There’s nothing in the HEROES Act that limits the relief that the secretary can provide to the end date of the national emergency,” said Abby Shafroth, director of the National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project.
The administration could point to its data that shows resuming student loan payments without debt relief could increase the number of delinquency and put borrowers in a worse financial position than before the pandemic.
“There isn’t like a date certain. It’s not like you can only use [the HEROES Act] for one year after the end of the national emergency or anything like that. It’s just based on the facts. It’s based on when and whether relief is still needed to ensure that people aren’t left worse off as a result of the national emergency,” Shafroth added.
Others, however, are not quite as confident about the certainty of the Biden administration’s ability to use to HEROES Act again to extend payments.
“The answer is because the seminal power to do this came from the emergency acts of a pandemic, it’s not really clear that [Biden] alone has the power to keep the pause off,” Collier said. | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/what-are-the-chances-biden-extends-the-student-loan-pause-again/ | 2023-04-11 12:27:48 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/what-are-the-chances-biden-extends-the-student-loan-pause-again/ |
Parts of northern US shut down ahead of winter storm
States in the northern plains are largely shutting down ahead of a massive winter storm that could dump up to 2 feet of snow in some areas, accompanied by strong winds and dangerously cold temperatures.
Many schools throughout the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin were called off for Wednesday, ahead of the storm. Offices closed, and so did the Minnesota Legislature, which won't reconvene until Monday. Emergency management leaders warned people to stay off the roads or face potential “whiteout” conditions due to the snow and fierce winds.
The storm will make its way toward the East Coast later in the week. Places that don't get snow may get dangerous amounts of ice. Forecasters expect up to a half-inch of ice in some areas of southern Michigan, northern Illinois and some eastern states.
The snowfall could be historic, even in a region accustomed to heavy snow. As much as 25 inches may pile up, with the heaviest amounts falling across east-central Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin, the National Weather Service said. Wind gusts could reach 50 mph and wind chills are expected to hit minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul area could see 2 feet of snow or more for the first time in over 30 years.
Some families scrambled Tuesday to get shopping done before the weather closed in. At a Costco in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park, Molly Schirmer stocked up on heat-and-serve dinners and Mexican Coca-Colas, knowing that she and her two teenagers might get stuck at home.
“The schools are already preparing to go online, so the kids will probably be home doing online school,” Schirmer said of her 13- and 15-year-olds.
At another Costco in suburban Eagan, Larry and Sue Lick bought toilet paper, kitchen essentials and coffee ahead of the storm. They also rescheduled medical appointments and a family gathering, just to stay off the roads.
“It’s not so much our driving, but you’ve got to worry about everybody else driving, with so many accidents caused by people that don’t know the winter driving,” said Larry Lick, 77.
The weather service said the blizzard will actually involve two rounds. For the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, the first blast arrives Wednesday afternoon with up to 7 inches of snow. Round 2 starting later Wednesday and extending into Thursday is the real whopper, “with an additional 10 to 20 inches expected.”
Weather service meteorologist Frank Pereira said the system was expected to affect about 43 million Americans.
Temperatures could plunge to minus 15 to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit Thursday and to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit Friday in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Wind chills may fall to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, said Nathan Rick, a meteorologist in Grand Forks.
Wind gusts of 35 mph will be common in western and central Minnesota, with some reaching 50 mph. That will result in “significant blowing and drifting snow with whiteout conditions in open areas,” the weather service said.
According to the weather service, the biggest snow event on record in the Twin Cities was 28.4 inches from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 1991 — known as the Halloween Blizzard. The second-largest was 21.1 inches of snow from Nov. 29 through Dec. 1, 1985. The Twin Cities got 20 inches of snow on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23, 1982.
Hardware store owners said residents were generally taking the forecast in stride.
At C&S Supply, an employee-owned hardware store in Mankato, manager Corey Kapaun said demand was high for salt and grit, but not for shovels, snow blowers or other equipment. He attributed that to the fact that winter is two-thirds over.
Kapaun said he’s sold 130 to 140 snow blowers and around 1,000 shovels this winter, when Mankato has seen more than 3 feet of snow.
“I think people are either prepared or they’re not,” Kapaun said. “It’s usually the first snowfall of the year that gets a lot of attention. With a storm like this, I expected a little bit more, but we’ve already had a big year of snow already.”
In Sioux Falls, Dallas VandenBos has owned Robson True Value hardware store for 48 years. His customers are used to the snow, but don’t necessarily trust the forecast.
“When we had that storm the first part of January, they told us we were probably going to get 3 or 4 inches of snow, and we got 18 inches,” VandenBos said.
Sales of snow-related items haven’t really picked up, but VandenBos has a backlog of snow blowers to repair. Those bringing them in Tuesday were out of luck — they won't be ready for a week.
“They’re not going to get them in time for this snow,” VandenBos said.
Forecasters at AccuWeather said the same storm system could result in icing across a 1,300-mile band from near Omaha, Nebraska, to New Hampshire on Wednesday and Thursday, creating potential travel hazards in or near cities such as Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago and Boston.
As the northern U.S. deals with a winter blast, record warmth is expected in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast — 30 degrees to 40 degrees above normal in some places. Record highs are expected from Baltimore to New Orleans and in much of Florida, Pereira said.
Washington, D.C., could hit 80 degrees on Thursday, which would top the record of 78 degrees set in 1874.
California was also preparing for the latest in a series of winter storms as winds that began blowing Tuesday brought the potential for rain, snow and hail for much of the state. A “major snow event” was possible in foothills and mountains near Los Angeles, with several inches predicted even for elevations as low as 1,000 feet, the National Weather Service said.
“Nearly the entire population of CA will be able to see snow from some vantage point later this week if they look in the right direction (i.e., toward the highest hills in vicinity),” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain wrote on Twitter.
Daytime temperatures in Southern California were unlikely to get out of the low to mid-50s and potentially damaging winds reaching 50 mph were predicted along the central coast, with gusts of 70 mph possible in mountains.
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Salter reported from O'Fallon, Missouri. Steve Karnowski in St. Paul, Minnesota, Scott McFetridge in Des Moines, Iowa, Margaret Stafford in Kansas City, Missouri, and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles contributed to this report. | https://www.wtae.com/article/winter-storm-february-2023/43020039 | 2023-02-22 13:28:30 | 1 | https://www.wtae.com/article/winter-storm-february-2023/43020039 |
Spider-Man: No Way Home hit theaters in December, laying the storytelling groundwork for Marvel fans to jump next into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in May. But even though the latest Spider-Man movie preceded Strange in theaters by almost five months, Doctor Strange started streaming on Disney Plus this week, long before No Way Home will be available to stream anywhere.
To add to the confusion, Spider-Man: No Way Home isn't coming to Disney Plus, even though actor Tom Holland's Spider-Man appears routinely in Disney's Marvel movies and Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed Strange in both films.
When and where is Doctor Strange available to stream?
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hit Disney Plus early Wednesday. It's available to stream at no added cost for all subscribers.
That's about 47 days after its wide release in theaters, much faster than the last two Marvel films made it to Disney Plus. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was in theaters for 70 days before streaming on Disney Plus; for Eternals, it was 68 days.
If Doctor Strange had stuck to that that timeline too, it would have become available on Disney Plus around mid-July. But with this film, Disney is moving closer to the norms of other major studios, which have largely gravitated to giving movies a window of theatrical exclusivity lasting about 45 days.
When and where will Spider-Man: No Way Home stream?
No Way Home will stream on Starz starting July 15.
Even though Spider-Man is part of the so-called Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is largely a Disney-created juggernaut, Sony is actually the studio behind No Way Home. And Sony has a completely different approach to the streaming of its movies.
Sony has an agreement in place for its 2021 movies to go to the premium cable network Starz first, where they're available to watch on its traditional channels as well as on its streaming app. So Starz will start streaming No Way Home on July 15.
Why do these streaming release dates make no sense?
Both movies may be part of the MCU, but the streaming strategies for these films couldn't be more different.
The main reason for the differences is that Marvel characters on film divvied up between two different studios, Disney-owned Marvel Studios and Sony. Spider-Man, as a character, derives from Marvel, but Disney's Marvel struck a complicated license-sharing deal with Sony for characters from the Spider-Man comics.
All the standalone Spider-Man universe movies are made and distributed by Sony. Marvel handles the rest.
Each company can arrange to "borrow" the characters (and the actors who play them) from the other to be part of its own MCU films. That's why Holland appears regularly in Disney's Avengers films, and Cumberbatch played Doctor Strange not only in Sony's No Way Home but also in Disney's Multiverse of Madness. That's also why you can stream some movies on Disney Plus featuring Holland as Spider-Man -- but you can't stream any of the Spider-Man specific films there.
On top of that, Disney and Sony have dramatically different streaming strategies.
Disney has its own streaming service; Sony doesn't. Disney has been flexible during the pandemic, constantly changing when (and if) movies went to theaters and how long they stayed there before streaming. Sony and Starz, on the other hand, have been locked in a deal struck years ago, before the pandemic sped up how quickly new films reach a streaming service.
Disney launched Disney Plus only about four months before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Almost immediately, Disney reimagined the service as an outlet to release big new movies. Some Disney movies -- typically midbudget live-action movies and Pixar films like Luca and Soul -- skipped theaters entirely and were available to stream on Disney Plus at no extra cost. For the biggest films, Disney Plus introduced its Premier Access model to sell streaming access to new, big-screen movies for an extra $30 fee.
Then as society has been reopening in the last year, Disney reintroduced theatrical exclusives. But Disney's "windows" -- the period of time after a movie opens in theaters but before it starts streaming -- have been all over the map. Encanto spent a month in theaters before streaming. For Marvel's Eternals, it was two. West Side Story -- the Steven Spielberg reimagining of the musical -- hit Disney Plus about three months after it played exclusively in cinemas.
Now, with Doctor Strange hitting Disney Plus after 47 days, Disney is moving toward the industry's new normal of giving films about a month and half as theatrical exclusives.
But Sony's streaming approach couldn't be more different.
Unlike Disney, Sony doesn't operate its own streaming service. So Sony's strategy is to license out its movies for others to televise and stream, racking up revenue from these deals in the process.
Sony and Starz struck their deal back in 2017, when it was standard for movies to be in theaters exclusively for about 75 to 90 days and hold them back from streaming for six to nine months after they hit cinemas. Even though the pandemic upended movie release traditions, Sony's deal with Starz still abides by those pre-pandemic standards.
That's why Spider-Man: No Way Home is taking so much longer to start streaming on Starz: Its timeline is an artifact from a different era of movies. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/why-spider-man-no-way-home-isnt-streaming-but-doctor-strange-is/ | 2022-06-24 21:44:38 | 1 | https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/why-spider-man-no-way-home-isnt-streaming-but-doctor-strange-is/ |
Which Asus gaming laptop is best?
Enthusiasts consider Asus one of the top manufacturers of high-performance PC components. It produces a vast range of hardware, including the industry’s most rock-solid motherboards, fastest graphics cards and best-looking monitors. It’s also responsible for some of the most complete and cost-effective gaming laptops.
The Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 wins the title of best Asus gaming laptop due to its premium hardware, high-speed display and relatively reasonable price. However, there are several other great options to choose from if you want to save a little more money.
What to know before you buy an Asus gaming laptop
They’re highly reliable
More so than most other laptop manufacturers, Asus machines have a great reputation for longevity. Asus doesn’t take many shortcuts, and its cooling systems are generally effective enough to ensure laptops’ long lifespans are full of high performance. This isn’t just limited to Asus laptops, for that matter. If you’re on the fence about buying one, it’s reassuring that Asus makes plenty of other highly popular enthusiast-grade PC components.
They range from affordable to super-premium
No matter your budget, you can probably find the perfect Asus gaming laptop for you. Asus knows that PC gaming can be an expensive hobby and goes out of its way to offer reasonably priced options with satisfying performance levels.
At the other end of the spectrum, you can spend a few grand to get your hands on a mind-blowingly powerful Asus laptop. Top-of-the-line performance usually comes at incredible prices, but you can trust that Asus has it on offer.
You can’t upgrade
This is essentially true of all laptops. It’s worth keeping in mind that you only really get one shot at choosing the right hardware in a gaming laptop. System memory and storage are usually the only two things that support aftermarket upgrades. Most Asus laptops do let you replace the solid-state storage and add an additional stick of RAM, but that’s basically it. Under no circumstances would you be able to upgrade a central processing unit or graphics card, so choose wisely at the time of purchase.
What to look for in a quality Asus gaming laptop
CPU and GPU
These two components go the farthest in determining your Asus laptop’s gaming experience. RTX 3050 Ti is a decent entry-level choice, with the RTX 3060 often considered the most cost-effective option. Enthusiasts usually go for the RTX 3070 or 3070 Ti for best performance. The RTX 3080 and 3080 Ti perform somewhat better but usually come at a high premium that they’re not extremely popular.
System memory
Eight GB is the absolute minimum amount of RAM you need for a quality gaming experience. For the most part, 16 GB is a better target. If you opt for an Asus laptop with just 8 GB of RAM, you can usually add an additional stick to bring the total up to 16 GB.
15-inch vs. 17-inch displays
When it comes to gaming, a bigger screen is often better. Even at 17 inches, a 1080p resolution looks clear and crisp. The 15-inch screens aren’t terribly immersive. The major drawback to a 17-inch display is that these laptops can be cumbersome to carry around.
How much you can expect to spend on an Asus gaming laptop
The most affordable Asus gaming laptops cost just under $1,000. Asus’ most powerful models start at over $3,000, but the most cost-effective premium options are in the $2,000 range.
Asus gaming laptop FAQ
What’s the difference between Asus ROG and Tuf laptops?
A. Generally speaking, ROG or Republic of Gamers laptops contain more high-end hardware and cost more than Asus Tuf Gaming laptops. With that said, though, a good deal of Tuf Gaming models sport powerful hardware capable of playing the latest AAA titles.
Do Asus gaming laptops support Windows 11?
A. Almost all new Asus gaming laptops contain the necessary encryption hardware to support Windows 11. It’s called a TPM 2.0 or Trusted Platform Module chipset, and not all laptops have it. Some Asus laptops even ship with Windows 11. Even if a laptop comes with Windows 10. However, it’s currently eligible for a free Windows 11 upgrade, as long as it has that TPM 2.0 chip.
What’s the best Asus gaming laptop to buy?
Top Asus gaming laptop
What you need to know: This 17-inch laptop sports some of the most advanced hardware yet released, including a premium central processor and top-of-the-line display.
What you’ll love: It can display up to 360 frames per second courtesy of a high-refresh-rate panel driven by an Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti graphics card. Almost everything about this laptop is impressive, including the 14-core CPU and next-generation DDR5 system memory. It also boasts per-key RGB lighting and the latest connectivity options, such as Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6E.
What you should consider: It’s not exactly cheap, and it’s limited to just a 1080p resolution. With a 17-inch screen, though, the image clarity will be just fine.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Asus gaming laptop for the money
What you need to know: A moderate price and relatively compact size make this one of the best portable gaming rigs you can buy, and it doesn’t exactly skimp on performance, either.
What you’ll love: The 2021 release of the Dash 15 offers an effective blend of components backed by a dependable cooling system that keeps performance high. The RTX 3050 Ti isn’t the strongest GPU, but it works well with the Full HD, 144-hertz screen. If you want to take a step up in performance but still stick with the 15-inch format, consider the 2022 Dash 15, which uses a higher-tier GPU and comes with additional memory.
What you should consider: A 15-inch display isn’t ideal for an immersive gaming experience, nor is just 8 gigabytes of memory, although there is an open slot for adding more RAM.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: It combines cost-effective midrange performance with the 17-inch display needed for the most satisfying portable gaming experience possible.
What you’ll love: Its hardware is perfectly matched to deliver good graphics at high frame rates without creating any bottlenecks. It sports advanced technology such as Wi-Fi 6 and high-speed solid-state storage that make for lightning-fast everyday use and there’s enough system memory for any purpose.
What you should consider: The display isn’t very bright and has subpar color volume, so you’ll get the best results playing in dark or dimly lit rooms.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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WA Pendleton OR Zone Forecast for Monday, April 17, 2023
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.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of rain or snow showers in the afternoon. Highs
in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Areas of frost in the morning. A
20 percent chance of rain or snow showers in the afternoon. Highs
in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up
to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 50s. West wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 50s. Lows
in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
WAZ027-182300-
Yakima Valley-
Including the cities of Naches, Sunnyside, Toppenish, and Yakima
358 AM PDT Tue Apr 18 2023
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the lower to mid 50s. Windy. Southwest wind 15 to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy frost overnight. Lows in the
upper 20s to mid 30s. Breezy. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Gusts
up to 30 mph in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Areas of frost in the morning. A
20 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s to lower
30s. West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. Southwest wind
5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s
to lower 60s. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the upper 30s to mid
40s. Highs in the 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
$$
WAZ028-182300-
Lower Columbia Basin of Washington-
Including the cities of Connell, Prosser, and Tri-Cities
358 AM PDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. Windy.
Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Southwest
wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. Southwest wind
5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph increasing to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Southwest
wind 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to
mid 60s. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid to
upper 60s. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance
of rain showers. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Lows in the
lower to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 60s.
$$
WAZ029-182300-
Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington-
Including the cities of Dayton, Waitsburg, and Walla Walla
358 AM PDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Snow level 2000 feet. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
Windy. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. South wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or snow showers in
the morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower to mid 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts
up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Snow level 2000 feet. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid to upper 30s. Highs in
the lower 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the upper 50s to upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain showers. Highs in the 60s. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
$$
WAZ030-182300-
Northwest Blue Mountains-
Including the city of Ski Bluewood Resort
358 AM PDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers. Highs in the
lower to mid 30s, except in the upper 30s to mid 40s valleys.
Windy. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 19 to 29. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the
morning, then snow showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs in the
upper 30s to mid 40s. West wind 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the 20s. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow
showers. Highs in the upper 30s to upper 40s. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of rain and mountain snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to
mid 30s. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain showers. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Highs
in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Highs in the 50s.
Lows in the lower 30s to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain and high
mountain snow showers. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
$$
WAZ522-182300-
Upper Slopes of the Eastern Washington Cascades Crest-
Including the cities of Roslyn and Easton
358 AM PDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Snow showers likely in the morning, then snow showers
likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow
accumulation of 2 to 4 inches valleys and 3 to 7 inches in the
mountains. Highs in the 30s. Breezy. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of snow showers
overnight. Snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches. Lows 18 to 24.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph in the evening, becoming light. Gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow showers in the morning, then snow showers and a
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to
2 inches. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s. West wind 5 to
15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows 19 to 26. West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain and mountain snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to
lower 30s. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
and high mountain snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain and
high mountain snow showers. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s,
except in the lower to mid 50s valleys.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and high mountain snow showers likely.
Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Rain and high mountain snow showers likely. Light high
mountain snow accumulations. Highs in the 40s, except in the
upper 40s to lower 50s valleys. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain and mountain snow showers. Lows in the upper 20s to lower
30s. Highs in the upper 30s to upper 40s.
$$
WAZ523-182300-
Lower Slopes of the Eastern Washington Cascades Crest-
Including the cities of Appleton, Cle Elum, and Cliffdell
358 AM PDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning,
then a chance of rain showers, snow showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Snow level 2000 feet in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 30s to mid 40s, except in the 40s valleys. West wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers, snow showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of snow showers
overnight. Snow level 2000 feet. Lows in the 20s. Southwest wind
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the
morning, then rain showers, snow showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch.
Snow level 2000 feet. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s, except in
the 40s valleys. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph
in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers,
snow showers and thunderstorms. Snow level 2000 feet. Lows in the
20s. West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain or
snow showers. Snow level 2000 feet. Highs in the upper 30s to
upper 40s, except in the upper 40s to lower 50s valleys. West
wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
and mountain snow showers. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and mountain snow
showers. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the upper 40s to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Highs
in the upper 40s to upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain and high mountain snow showers. Lows in the 30s. Highs in
the mid 40s to mid 50s.
$$
WAZ521-182300-
Simcoe Highlands-
Including the cities of Goldendale and Bickleton
358 AM PDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning,
then a chance of rain or snow showers in the afternoon. Snow
level 2000 feet in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower
50s. Windy. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around
40 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or snow showers in the
evening, then a chance of snow showers overnight. Snow level
2000 feet. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Breezy. Southwest
wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain or snow showers in the afternoon.
Snow level 2000 feet. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Breezy.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower
30s. Breezy. West wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain or
snow showers. Snow level 2000 feet. Highs in the upper 40s to mid
50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
and mountain snow showers. Lows in the 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain and
mountain snow showers. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 30s.
Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the 50s.
$$
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Percentages: FG .439, FT .615.
3-Point Goals: 3-17, .176 (Coles 1-4, Peavy 1-4, Walker 1-5, Baugh 0-2, Wells 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 2.
Blocked Shots: 6 (Miller 2, Coles, Lampkin, Peavy, Walker).
Turnovers: 17 (Baugh 5, Peavy 4, Wells 3, Lampkin 2, Miller 2, Cork).
Steals: 10 (Peavy 6, Baugh, Coles, Cork, Miller).
Technical Fouls: None.
Percentages: FG .459, FT .826.
3-Point Goals: 7-19, .368 (Nowell 3-7, Johnson 2-2, Carter 1-3, Sills 1-3, Greene 0-1, Massoud 0-1, Tomlin 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: None.
Blocked Shots: 3 (N'Guessan, Nowell, Sills).
Turnovers: 15 (Johnson 6, Nowell 6, Carter 2, Greene).
Steals: 9 (Carter 2, Nowell 2, Sills 2, Greene, N'Guessan, Tomlin).
Technical Fouls: None.
. | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/no-12-kansas-state-82-no-17-tcu-61-17770667.php | 2023-02-08 05:04:43 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/no-12-kansas-state-82-no-17-tcu-61-17770667.php |
Cleveland Browns GM: ‘Plan in place’ for Deshaun Watson’s in-season massage treatments
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Leaders from the organization said there has been “a plan in place” for Deshaun Watson’s massage treatments with team therapists since the Cleveland Browns acquired the quarterback.
“I will be honest, in terms of the soft-tissue work and massages, that is something that we have had a plan in place since the start of the transaction,” Cleveland Browns executive of football operations and general manager Andrew Berry said. “That is not something that is new now because year-round, athletes need that type of soft-tissue work as they train and prepare for the upcoming season. That is something that has already been implemented in place for the past couple of months.”
Berry’s remarks came on Thursday shortly after the NFL announced an 11-game suspension for Watson.
The 26-year-old quarterback joined Berry and Cleveland Browns team owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam to answer questions from the media in Berea before hosting a joint practice with the Philadelphia Eagles.
“We have a plan as an organization, and we have just have to keep attacking that plan, pushing forward and making sure we are all on the same page,” Watson said.
“It is fair to say it is team approved,” Jimmy Haslam added.
According to NFL.com:
- Aug. 30 - Watson’s suspension takes effect.
- Oct. 10 - Watson can return to the team’s facilities.
- Nov. 14 - Watson can resume practice with the Browns.
- Nov. 28 - Watson can apply for reinstatement, making him eligible to return to play in week 13 against his former team, the Houston Texans.
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Takeaways:
- Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk's Messages call for a decentralized social media blockchain: DeSo could be the answer.
- Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder of FTX crypto exchange, also had a conversation about buying Twitter or creating a blockchain-based social network
- The DeSo Foundation just released its roadmap to decentralize social media
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The DeSo Foundation announces the release of their ambitious roadmap to decentralize social media and build The Social Layer of Web3.
Milestones on the roadmap will be executed over the next 2 quarters to solve the major problem with social media today.
"Most people don't realize that social media is more centralized than the financial system was when Bitcoin was invented. Only a handful of companies currently control what we see and do online. We can solve this problem by decentralizing social media and storing all content on a blockchain." said Nader Al-Naji, the founder of DeSo.
The roadmap release comes as new messages emerge between Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey, showing his idea for a blockchain-based social media protocol that does payments and short text messages.
Additionally, there was a conversation between Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX, about making a blockchain Twitter or buying Twitter outright.
However, this may not be necessary considering what's on DeSo's roadmap.
DeSo released the first milestone on their roadmap with their MetaMask integration, which went live last week. It allows millions of Ethereum users to log in to DeSo with one click. They also plan to add more cross-chain communication bridges between ecosystems.
A move from Proof-of-Work to "Infinite Proof-of-Stake" is also in the works. Like Ethereum's switch to Proof-of-Stake, DeSo Proof-of-Stake will reduce consumption and become more energy efficient.
A hackathon at a major Ivy League Institution where students can compete to build the next great decentralized social network is also in the works.
The above is expected to be completed by Q4, along with a critical COO hire to help scale business and marketing operations.
DeSo is a new layer-1 blockchain built from the ground up to decentralize social media and scale storage-heavy applications to billions of users. They raised $200 million and are backed by Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, and several others.
$DESO, the native currency of the DeSo blockchain, is listed on Coinbase.
Check out the full roadmap and claim your username on deso.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "As a former competitive, professional skater and Canadian Olympic and World team coach, I thought there should be a tool to fix holes in the ice that every ice rink facility should have," said the inventor from Coquitlam, Canada. "I created a prototype to fill the holes with slush and pack it in so that it gives you a perfect repair of the ice."
He created a prototype for ICE N' PATCH that provides a useful dual-purpose tool that could be used by ice rink maintenance personnel, as well as figure skating coaches, figure skaters, hockey coaches, referees and players. This tool would eliminate the need for an individual to gather snow and ice with his hands, then pack the material into a rut or divot with a hockey puck or some sort of provisional, temporary tool. It would allow for quick and timely repairs to the ice and would help prevent delays to games, competitions and practices. It could also help enhance comfort and keep the individual's hands warm. Additionally, the invention can be used as a gardening tool or as a beach toy.
The original design was submitted to the Toronto sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TRO-615, 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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A Boston lawmaker is demanding answers from the city’s public housing authority after a search of an apartment where an adult was found dead reportedly uncovered four children, drug paraphernalia and sex toys.
The discovery was made Saturday around 11 a.m. at the Mary Ellen McCormack complex in South Boston, according to WFXT.
The children are now in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.
"A lot of drug paraphernalia and sex toys all around, and then one of the firefighters said that they heard a cry for help," Boston City Councilor Erin Murphy told the station. "That there were four children in the back room, and I am hearing that the adults in the apartment were not wanting first responders to go back when they heard kids crying for help, so that is very disturbing to me."
MAN CONVICTED OF STABBING EX IN FRONT OF HER BOOK CLUB AT MASSACHUSETTS RESTAURANT
"Still trying to piece it all together," she added.
Murphy, WFXT reported, wants the Boston Housing Authority to answer questions about how such a situation like this happened.
The station, citing her, said first responders arrived at the apartment in response to a call about a person not breathing.
BOSTON WOMAN ALLEGEDLY POSED AS TEEN, DUPED MULTIPLE HIGH SCHOOLS: ‘SOPHISTICATED FRAUD’
They found the remains of an adult, whose cause of death remains under investigation.
Firefighters also found six adults "who appeared to be males" inside the apartment and four kids in a back room of the apartment, ages 5 to 10, the station added, citing a report from the Boston Fire Department.
It was not immediately clear what the relationship is between the adults and children inside the property.
"The Department of Children and Families has taken custody of the children who live in the home," the agency told WFXT.
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday that it is "aware of the incident and the investigation, and will appropriately prosecute any arrests that result." The DA's office added that no charges have been filed so far.
In a statement to WFXT, the Boston Housing Authority said it "is working closely with the Boston Police Department as they continue to investigate the circumstances around the recent death at Mary-Ellen McCormack."
"BHA received no complaints about activity in this unit prior to the incident, but we care deeply about the safety of all our residents and are working actively with the agencies involved to take all appropriate follow-up action," it added. "BHA has a strong partnership with BPD and communicates with them often. The only call BHA received this year about this unit was for a routine maintenance issue in May, which was responded to appropriately at that time." | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/boston-lawmaker-wants-answers-after-apartment-death-investigation-uncovers-children-drugs-sex-toys-report/article_9c7fab8a-f14c-5956-820d-ad016b394807.html | 2023-06-22 21:18:11 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/boston-lawmaker-wants-answers-after-apartment-death-investigation-uncovers-children-drugs-sex-toys-report/article_9c7fab8a-f14c-5956-820d-ad016b394807.html |
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece announced on Friday an increase in the minimum wage that will restore pay to levels existing before sweeping cuts were imposed more than a decade ago during an international bailout. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the gross minimum monthly salary will go up on April 1 to 780 euros ($830) from 713 euros. “I have no illusions. We know that in our country, wages are still low, and they are being squeezed even more by inflation,” said Mitsotakis, whose center-right government faces a general election in the spring. Under pressure from lenders, Greece imposed severe pay cuts in 2012 during bailout programs funded by a European Union rescue fund and the International Monetary Fund. As the country was on the brink of bankruptcy, the government took control of wage policy ‒ previously set through labor negotiations ‒ and slashed the minimum monthly pay from 751 euros to 586 euros. Greek salaries are paid out over 14 installments annually, to provide extra at Christmas, Easter and the summer holidays. Averaged over 12 payments, the new gross minimum monthly pay will rise to 910 euros. | https://www.ksn.com/news/business/ap-business/greece-raises-minimum-wage-to-pre-bailout-levels/ | 2023-03-17 16:39:21 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/business/ap-business/greece-raises-minimum-wage-to-pre-bailout-levels/ |
Lil Nas X is now a beauty industry baby!
The "Old Town Road" rapper has already cemented himself as a style icon with his gender bending looks in daring prints, patterns and silhouettes. So, it only makes sense that he'd tap into the beauty space with a bold new partnership.
On Aug. 26, Lil Nas X announced that he's YSL Beauty's latest U.S. ambassador.
The 23-year-old is the face of The Bold campaign which introduces the new Rouge Pur Couture: Bold collection. It's a line of 12 high-pigment lipsticks that YSL Beauty described were "for those who aren't shy."
"I'm happy to be a part of something so unique and groundbreaking in the beauty world," Lil Nas X stated in a press release shared with E! News. "Shout out to YSL for embracing me and my campness and for inspiring change for the next generation of beauty."
The "Industry Baby" rapper explained how his new beauty gig is another way for him to showcase his creative expression.
"Building my brand is an ongoing process as I continue to try new things, he told Complex, "but I'm all about having fun, standing out and making a statement, and creating great music."
He continued, "Everything I do is an extension of that, and I'm always looking for ways to break the mold."
No matter the route Lil Nas X takes, he said when he's driven by something he'll "completely dive in and indulge myself in it, to the point where I'm doing things that I haven't done before."
The star's latest gig comes just a few days before he's expected to take center stage with Jack Harlow at this year's MTV Video Music Awards (slated to air on Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. ET). Additionally, the "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" rapper is nominated for seven Moon Person awards.
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Biden tells Brittney Griner’s wife he’s working to get her home
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke Wednesday with the wife of detained WNBA player Brittney Griner, who is on trial in Russia, and assured her that he is working to win Griner’s freedom as soon as possible, the White House said.
Biden’s conversation with Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, followed Brittney Griner’s personal appeal to the president in a handwritten letter from the basketball player the White House received on Monday. In the letter, Griner acknowledged her fears that she would spend forever in detention in Russia and asked Biden to not “forget about me and the other American Detainees.”
Griner has been detained for four months and is currently on trial in Russia, accused of possessing vape cartridges containing cannabis oil.
“The President called Cherelle to reassure her that he is working to secure Brittney’s release as soon as possible, as well as the release of Paul Whelan and other U.S. nationals who are wrongfully detained or held hostage in Russia and around the world,” the White House said in a statement. “He also read her a draft of the letter the President is sending to Brittney Griner today.”
Biden offered his support to the family and committed to making sure they receive “all possible assistance” while the administration pursues steps to win Brittney Griner’s release, the White House said.
Griner is in the midst of a trial in Russia that began last week after she was arrested on Feb. 17 on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for her Russian team. The trial is scheduled to resume Thursday.
Fewer than 1% of defendants in Russian criminal cases are acquitted, and unlike in U.S. courts, acquittals can be overturned.
Cherelle Griner told “CBS Mornings” in an interview Tuesday that it was “disheartening” to her that she had yet to hear from Biden during Brittney Griner’s detention.
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Homeowner shoots, holds intruder at gunpoint before deputies arrive: sheriff’s office
BOSQUE COUNTY, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - Authorities in Texas say a homeowner shot an intruder and held the person at gunpoint before they arrived.
The Bosque County Sheriff’s Office reports deputies responded to a residence at about 7 p.m. on Tuesday regarding an attempted burglary.
KWTX reports arriving deputies found a man lying on the sidewalk in front of a house with the homeowner holding the suspect at gunpoint.
According to the sheriff’s office, the homeowner was disarmed, and deputies rendered first aid to the suspect who was suffering from a gunshot wound to his right leg.
The homeowner reportedly told deputies the intruder rammed his vehicle through a locked gate and approached the residence’s front door “aggressively” while attempting to break in.
The sheriff’s office identified the intruder as William Strauser. He was booked on charges of attempted burglary, criminal mischief and criminal trespass.
Deputies said the homeowner and intruder appeared to know each other and the incident was not considered to be a random burglary attempt.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP's ultimate presidential nominee, according to draft language set to be adopted when the Republican National Committee meets next week.
The proposal sets up a potential clash with former President Donald Trump, who has raised the possibility of leaving the Republican Party and launching an independent candidacy if he does not win the GOP nomination outright. While RNC officials and Trump aides downplay that possibility, such a move could destroy the GOP's White House aspirations in 2024 and raise existential questions about the party's future.
“After the primary, it is imperative to the health and growth of our Republican Party, as well as the country, that we all come together and unite behind our nominee to defeat Joe Biden and the Democrats,” RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel said in a statement to The Associated Press when asked about the loyalty pledge.
As many as a dozen Republicans are expected to enter the 2024 presidential contest as the GOP braces for an all-out civil war in the months ahead.
Much of the party is eager to move past Trump and his divisive politics, but in reality, Republican leaders have few, if any, tools to control the former president given his popularity with the GOP's most passionate voters. RNC leaders are hopeful that a loyalty pledge, while ultimately unenforceable, would generate some shared commitment to unity, albeit a fragile one, as the presidential primary season takes off.
A senior Trump aide could not say whether the former president would sign the pledge to support the eventual nominee but suggested privately that he plans to participate in the debates. Campaign spokesman Steven Cheung declined to answer the question directly as well.
“President Trump is the undisputed leader of the Republican Party and will be the nominee," Cheung said. “There is nobody who can outmatch President Trump's energy or the enthusiasm he receives from Americans of all backgrounds.”
Facing similar concerns in 2016, Trump signed a similar loyalty pledge that was not tied to debates, but he later reneged as the primary campaign became more contentious. At the very first Republican primary debate that year, Trump was the only candidate on stage who refused to commit to supporting the party's eventual nominee unless it was him.
And just last December, Trump shared an article on social media encouraging him to seek a third-party bid to punish the GOP should Republican primary voters select another presidential nominee in 2024.
Meanwhile, there is no such threat on the Democratic side.
Virtually every Democrat thought to have presidential aspirations has already promised to unite behind President Joe Biden, assuming the 78-year-old Democrat follows through on his plan to seek a second term. Biden may face token resistance from a lower-profile intra-party rival — activist and author Marianne Williamson is exploring another White House bid, for example — but the Democratic president would face little pressure to appear on the debate stage before the fall of 2024 for the general election debates, should they occur.
The Republican loyalty pledge is among several provisions likely to be adopted as the RNC's Temporary Standing Committee on Presidential Debates meets next week to determine the rules governing which candidates may participate in the GOP's upcoming debate season — and which media networks will host the events.
The committee is considering between 10 and 12 debates to begin in late July at the Reagan Library in California or at the RNC’s summer meeting in Milwaukee, the host of the GOP’s next national convention.
Committee officials are sorting through proposals from as many as 18 media companies eager to host a debate. They include major television networks like CNN, MSNBC and Fox and lower-profile conservative favorites like Newsmax, according to people directly involved in the process who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share internal discussions.
While the likes of CNN and NBC hosted Republican primary debates in 2016, Republican officials suggest it would be a mistake to assume they will be selected this time around given widespread disdain for the networks among the party's base. Representatives from each network will pitch the RNC in person next Wednesday and Thursday.
Meanwhile, the criteria for debate participants will almost certainly include a new donor threshold to demonstrate broad support among the party's grassroots in addition to a polling threshold of either 1% or 2%. Participants will also be asked to sign a pledge to avoid any general election debates hosted by the Commission for President Debates; the commission has hosted every general election presidential debate since 1988, but Republicans increasingly believe the non-partisan group is biased against them.
While there are many moving pieces, GOP leaders are most concerned about the party's ability to come together after what promises to be a divisive primary election season.
Dave Bossie, a former Trump aide and current RNC member leading the debate committee, noted that the committee is modeling its 2024 loyalty pledge after the 2016 pledge that every Republican candidate signed.
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NPR's Juana Summer's speaks with Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba on a new bill that would allow the state to create a separate court system for a district in the city.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Midday" game were:
06-14-15-24-29
(six, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-four, twenty-nine)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Midday" game were:
06-14-15-24-29
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MLB adopts pitch clock, shift limits, bigger bases for 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball adopted its first pitch clock, limits on defensive shifts and larger bases for next season in an effort to shorten games and increase offense in a tradition-bound sport.
The decision on the clock and shift limits by the sport’s 11-man competition committee was made Friday over the unanimous opposition of players on the panel. The changes had long been pushed by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred in an effort to combat the increase in dead time over four decades and suffocation of offense in the age of analytics.
“Throughout the extensive testing of recent years, minor league personnel and a wide range of fans — from the most loyal to casual observers — have recognized the collective impact of these changes in making the game even better and more enjoyable,” Manfred said in a statement.
Until last winter, MLB needed one year advance notice to make changes to on-field rules without the approval of the players’ association. The union agreed in the March lockout settlement to establish the committee, which includes six management representatives, four players and one umpire.
“Players live the game — day in and day out. On-field rules and regulations impact their preparation, performance, and ultimately, the integrity of the game itself,” the union said in a statement. “Major League Baseball was unwilling to meaningfully address the areas of concern that players raised.”
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More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said Sunday, as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its brutal full-scale war last February.
While celebrations were subdued due to security risks, with a curfew barring the faithful from customary all-night services, Ukrainian authorities and ordinary people shared messages of hope, linking the story of Jesus’ resurrection to their longing for peace and a Ukrainian victory.
Dozens of families had special reasons to rejoice, as presidential adviser Andriy Yermak announced that 130 soldiers, sailors, border guards and others captured by Moscow were on their way back home following a “big Easter prisoner exchange.”
Yermak said in a Telegram post Sunday that those released included troops who fought near Bakhmut, the eastern mining city which has for months been the focus of Russia’s grinding offensive.
“The lives of our people are the highest value for us,” Yermak said, adding that Kyiv’s goal was to bring back all remaining POWs.
There was no immediate information on how many Russian prisoners were released, but the press service of the founder of the Wagner Group, the Kremlin-affiliated paramilitary force whose fighters are prominent in eastern Ukraine, also released a video Sunday showing Ukrainian prisoners of war being readied for an exchange.
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The video, published on the Telegram messaging service, features Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin instructing a soldier to prepare the Ukrainian captives to leave Russian-controlled territory “by lunchtime” on Sunday. The POWs are then shown boarding trucks and walking along a road.
In his Easter address released on Sunday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the holiday as marking “the victory of good, the victory of truth, the victory of life,” and he stressed what he said was Ukrainian unity in the face of Russian aggression.
“Belief in victory unites all of us always, and especially today. At Easter, which from time immemorial has been a family holiday for Ukrainians, a day of warmth, hope and great unity. We are one big family — Ukrainians. We have one big home — Ukraine. We have one big goal — victory for all,” Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine's top soldier, Gen. Valery Zaluzhnyy, likewise drew parallels between the Christian message of resurrection and renewal and Ukraine's hopes for victory.
“Easter is a holiday of great hope. Hope that will bring us peace. I believe that together, united, we will overcome the enemy,” he wrote in a Facebook post. He also thanked all front-line soldiers who he said will “hold the defense in the trenches, stay in the dugouts, (...) carry out combat duty" as the rest of the country celebrates.
In central Kyiv, people gathered in the courtyard of the landmark St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery on Sunday morning to have their Easter eggs and baskets of food blessed by a priest. A curfew had prevented most from attending the traditional all-night service there hours earlier, with many tuning into a live stream instead.
Ukrainian churches are usually crowded on Orthodox Easter Sunday. But this year, the wide courtyard was barely half full, and the line of people waiting for the priest to sprinkle holy water on their adorned baskets was moving briskly.
For a second year in a row, Moscow's brutal war has interrupted holiday routines. Ukraine's main security service this week issued a statement urging residents not to linger in churches on Sunday, in order to avoid crowding and minimize security risks.
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Alla Voronina, one of the people who came to St. Michael's with baskets containing Easter cakes and multi-colored eggs, said that the restrictions were “very hard" on residents' morale.
“You constantly recall how it used to be before the war," she told The Associated Press. She said that she and her family would nevertheless follow the security recommendations and go straight home after receiving the blessing.
Others in the line echoed Zaluzhnyy's words about a wartime Easter being a symbol of hope.
“As never before, Easter at a time of war inspires us with hope and faith in the future, in the victory of Ukraine, in God’s protection of our Motherland,” said Inna Holivets.
Another worshipper, Tetiana Voloshyna, said she was praying for Ukrainian troops “who defend us and make it possible for us to have this holiday.” She added she had come to the monastery with her “personal pain and personal requests to God for victory, peace and life.”
Despite the shared Orthodox holiday, Russian shelling and missile attacks continued to sow destruction in Ukraine, according to social media statements from Ukrainian regional officials. Officials in the country's south and east said that churches had not been spared. The governor of the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhii Lysak, claimed in a Telegram update that Russian forces stationed at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant shelled a church in a nearby town, wounding two civilians.
“The Russians have once again confirmed that they hold nothing sacred,” Lysak said in his post. He did not immediately provide evidence of the strike or its consequences.
Earlier on Sunday, the head of the local military administration in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia province reported that Russian shelling overnight hit an Orthodox church in the town of Komyshuvakha. Photos showed local residents rescuing icons from the church, its gutted frame visible in the background.
At least four civilians were killed and eight others were wounded on Saturday and overnight, Ukrainian officials reported on Sunday morning.
Across the front line, in Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine’s industrial east, the Kremlin-appointed head of the Donetsk region claimed that a Ukrainian strike killed one civilian and wounded six others in the province’s namesake capital. Denis Pushilin wrote in a Telegram post that shelling hit the center of the city, near its Holy Transfiguration cathedral.
Neither Pushilin's claim nor those from Ukrainian authorities regarding the civilian death toll could be independently verified.
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MONTREAL, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - (NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE) – Representatives of the media, analysts and institutional investors are invited to attend CAE's 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders virtually on Wednesday, August 10, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET).
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There is value in honesty, transparency and in-depth analysis after it snows. many in the region today are wondering, where’s the snow that was forecast?
This weather system was one of those setups where we were on the edge of getting snow or rainfall. It’s a forecaster’s nightmare because small adjustments in the track of the low pressure system can make or break us getting snowfall. And too often, this is the case with winter systems in this area.
Meteorologists had high confidence on Tuesday that our northwestern spots would get measurable snowfall and have lingering issues on the roads for the morning drive. That is exactly what locals woke up to this morning. Check out some of the snow totals:
4.0″ Milan, IN
4.0″ Sumnan, IN
3.0″ Oxford, OH
3.0″ Somerville, OH
2.5″ Batesville, IN
2.0-4.0″ for Dayton and surrounding areas
2.0″ Liberty, IN
1.9″ Groesbeck, OH
1.5″ Mason, OH
1.2″ Hamilton, OH
1.0″ Harveysburg, OH
1.0″ Maineville, OH
0.9″ Wilmington, OH
0.8″ Alpine, IN
0.5″ Loveland, OH
But what happened to the east and south? Warm air. We knew this was a possibility.
And this isn’t a meteorologist trying to say “gotcha” or anything to that effect. We know it’s frustrating when we call for 2-3″ inches of snowfall and you get nothing. Schools cancelled, schools delayed, people adjusted their plans or cancelled travel.
This system was definitely one of those that came down to a 30-50 mile shift in the track of the low pressure system. And when you think about scale of these weather systems, it’s a really small change. But when that shift is right over your town, it can make or break a snowy day and make it a rainy day instead.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s capital Beijing has closed city parks and imposed other restrictions as the country faces a new wave of COVID-19 cases.
Elsewhere, more than 5 million people were under lockdown Friday in the southern manufacturing hub Guangzhou and the western megacity Chongqing.
The country reported 10,729 new cases on Friday, almost all of them testing positive while showing no symptoms.
With the bulk of Beijing’s 21 million people undergoing near daily testing, another 118 new cases were recorded in the sprawling city. Many city schools switched to online classes, hospitals restricted services and some shops and restaurants were shuttered, with their staff taken to quarantine. Videos on social media showed people in some areas protesting or fighting with police and health workers.
Chinese leaders promised Thursday to respond to public frustration over its severe “zero-COVID” strategy that has confined millions to their homes and severely disrupted the economy.
No details were offered other than a promise to release “stranded people” who have been in quarantine or blocked for weeks from leaving cities where there are cases.
“Zero-COVID” has kept China’s infection rate relatively low but weighs on the economy and has disrupted life by shutting schools, factories and shops, or sealing neighborhoods without warning. With the new surge in cases, a growing number of areas are shutting down businesses and imposing curbs on movement. In order to enter office buildings, shopping malls and other public places, people are required to show a negative result from a virus test taken as often as once a day.
With economic growth weakening again after rebounding to 3.9% over a year earlier in the three months ending in September, forecasters had been expecting bolder steps toward reopening the country, whose borders remain largely closed.
President and ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is expected to make a rare trip abroad next week, but has given little indication of backing off on a policy the party has closely associated with social stability and the superiority of his policies.
That has been maintained by its seven-person Politburo Standing Committee, which was named in October at a party congress that also expanded Xi’s political dominance by appointing him to a third five-year term as leader. It is packed with his loyalists, including the former party chief of Shanghai, who enforced a draconian lockdown that sparked food shortages, shut factories and confined millions to their homes for two months or more.
People from cities with a single case in the past week are barred from visiting Beijing, while travelers from abroad are required to be quarantined in a hotel for seven to 10 days — if they are able to navigate the timely and opaque process of acquiring a visa.
Business groups say that discourages foreign executives from visiting, which has prompted companies to shift investment plans to other countries. Visits from U.S. officials and lawmakers charged with maintaining the crucial trading relations amid tensions over tariffs, Taiwan and human rights have come to a virtual standstill.
Last week, access to part of the central city of Zhengzhou, home to the world’s biggest iPhone factory, was suspended after residents tested positive for the virus. Thousands of workers jumped fences and hiked along highways to escape the factory run by Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group. Many said coworkers who fell ill received no help and working conditions were unsafe.
Also last week, people posted outraged comments on social media after a 3-year-old boy, whose compound in the northwest was under quarantine, died of carbon monoxide poisoning. His father complained that guards who were enforcing the closure refused to help and tried to stop him as he rushed his son to a hospital.
Despite such complaints, Chinese citizens have little say in policy making under the one-party authoritarian system that maintains rigid controls over media and public demonstrations.
Speculation on when measures will be eased has centered on whether the government is willing to import or domestically produce more effective vaccines, with the elderly population left particularly vulnerable.
That could come as soon as next spring, when a new slate of officials are due to be named under Xi's continuing leadership. Or, restrictions could persist much longer if the government continues to reject the notion of living to learn with a relatively low level of cases that cause far fewer hospitalizations and deaths than when the pandemic was at its height. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/China-reports-10-000-new-virus-cases-capital-17576259.php | 2022-11-11 04:23:11 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/China-reports-10-000-new-virus-cases-capital-17576259.php |
Republicans are rushing to defend former President Trump after his indictment on Thursday in an alleged hush money scheme, signaling that the criminal charges could bolster his standing in the 2024 presidential race and ease his path to the GOP nomination.
The indictment doesn’t bar Trump from running for the White House. Yet it marked an extraordinary turn for the former president, who is seeking to reclaim the Oval Office after a 2020 loss that roiled the GOP and sparked a party-wide reckoning over Trump’s political instincts and broader appeal among the country’s voters.
While there’s still an uncertain road ahead for Trump, many Republicans said that the indictment would only strengthen his standing among an influential conservative base and complicate his GOP rivals’ efforts to cut into his support in an expectedly contentious 2024 primary.
“It may turn traditional Republicans away from Trump but it solidifies his position with MAGA [Make America Great Again] voters and will make it harder for other candidates to win them over,” said Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor, adding that “Trump will make great use of this. It will give him a big fundraising boost and lots of free media.”
“The indictment has put Trump back at the top of the polls, supercharged his online fundraising and scattered landmines in front of every Republican challenging him for the nomination.”
Trump has given every indication that he will continue on with his presidential campaign in spite of the indictment, using the charges against him as a cudgel to argue that Democrats are desperate to take him out of the 2024 race because they fear a rematch against him.
John Feehery, a Republican strategist, slammed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), whose office is behind the indictment, saying that he made a mistake in charging Trump.
“Bragg’s a joke. This was a stupid thing for him to do,” Feehery said, adding that Trump’s opponents in the presidential campaign won’t use this against him. “If this had more validity, they would use this against Trump, but it’s so stupid. Bragg doesn’t come across as a prosecutor. He comes off as a political hack. Bragg is going to be the easy guy to attack.”
Yet some Republicans said that the indictment carries considerable risks for Trump. He is the first current or former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges, and many in the GOP have already grown weary from the various controversies and dramas that have swirled around Trump and his political career.
Kevin Madden, a longtime Republican strategist who worked as a senior adviser for Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) during his presidential bid in 2012, said for any other candidate the indictment “would be a huge obstacle that would prevent them from advancing politically.”
“But he’s going to use this to his advantage. His team has already signaled they’re going to paint this as politically motivated,” Madden said.
At the same time, Madden added, “Trump fatigue has set in and the nonstop focus on this … that’s going to weigh heavily on some voters and over time the burden could get greater and greater on this.”
“The biggest question is ‘What are his declared opponents going to do?’” he continued. “This would be a gift to any other field of candidates … it should open it up and scramble the race but that’s only if the other candidates try and take advantage of it.”
For Republicans hoping to challenge Trump for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nod, the indictment also carries serious political risks. One Republican strategist who’s been in touch with multiple 2024 hopefuls said that the next several weeks could prove difficult for both declared and potential candidates.
“Republicans are going to rally around Trump and so the question is: How do you find a way to go after him without pissing off a lot of the people that you’re trying to win over?” the strategist said. “I don’t know that I have a good answer right now.”
For now, Trump’s rivals are standing behind him. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who jumped into the race last month, condemned the charges as a “dangerously politicized prosecution,” while former Vice President Pence, a prospective 2024 candidate, called the indictment an “outrage.”
Another 2024 contender, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, slammed the charges against Trump on Thursday, tweeting that the indictment is “more about revenge than it is justice.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who hasn’t yet announced a campaign but is widely expected to in the coming months, said that he would not “assist in any extradition request,” and tweeting on Thursday that the indictment was “un-American.” Trump is a Florida resident, and while state law allows the governor to intervene in extradition matters if they are contested, he would not be able to stop it altogether.
Early polling shows DeSantis has the most serious threat to Trump’s 2024 ambitions, making him the target of near-constant attacks from the former president and his allies. One DeSantis ally said that he could use the indictment to distinguish himself from Trump in the coming months and telegraph that he wouldn’t bring the same kind of drama to the White House.
Republican strategist Susan Del Percio, who doesn’t support Trump, said, “politically for now [the indictment] will be a wash with Republican primary voters. Trump doesn’t gain any votes, but he doesn’t lose any core support.”
Yet she argued that the charges are “very bad news for Ron DeSantis. For at least a week, it will be all Donald Trump all the time, so DeSantis should put his book tour on hold.”
“On the other hand, if he has any negative news that may come out, he should get it out next week because all eyes will be on Trump,” she added.
How the indictment plays out among the broader electorate remains an open question. A Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday found that while 55 percent of voters surveyed believe that Bragg’s office is probing for “serious” claims, 60 percent also believe the case is politically motivated.
Feehery, the Republican strategist, said Democrats are trying to use the charges against Trump to peel away independent voters. Ultimately, he predicted, that effort would come back to haunt them.
“The long game is they’re trying to influence independent voters,” he said. “They’re hoping that there’s enough of a stain that it has an impact on independent voters, but when the FBI raided Mar a Lago, it backfired.”
“The ultimate problem here is that people will start losing faith in the justice system,” Feehery added. “They’re basically criminalizing politics, and that’s how Trump supporters will see it.”
Yet others are less certain about what Trump’s indictment will mean for the 2024 presidential race. The first primaries are still nearly a year away, and there’s likely a long legal road ahead for Trump, who also faces multiple other possible indictments in separate cases, including a federal investigation into his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection and a grand jury inquiry into his alleged intervention in the 2020 election in Georgia. Trump is expected to be arraigned next week in the New York hush money case.
“The most honest answer I can give: I don’t know. I don’t know what it means for the country, the GOP, 2024, etc.,” said Doug Heye, a Republican strategist. “I don’t know how voters react or how Trump will behave as this process plays out. And I suspect no one else does either.” | https://www.localsyr.com/hill-politics/republicans-see-indictment-as-boon-for-trump-in-2024/ | 2023-03-31 15:54:31 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/hill-politics/republicans-see-indictment-as-boon-for-trump-in-2024/ |
Trump election probe special grand jury selected in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — A special grand jury was selected Monday for the investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
The investigation has been underway since early last year, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took this unusual step of requesting the special grand jury to help it along. She noted in a letter to the chief judge that the special grand jury would be able to issue subpoenas to people who have refused to cooperate otherwise.
The chief judge ordered the special grand jury to be seated for a period of up to a year, beginning Monday. Of the pool of about 200 people called from the county master jury list, 26 were chosen to serve — 23 grand jurors and three alternates. Special grand juries focus on investigating a single topic and making recommendations to the district attorney, who then decides whether to seek an indictment from a regular grand jury.
Because of the intense public interest in this case, the court made arrangements for parts of Monday’s selection process to be broadcast live. Now that the special grand jury has been selected, however, everything it does will happen in secret.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s been tasked with overseeing the special grand jury, told the people summoned to the jury pool that they would not be hearing a trial, but would instead be serving on an investigative special grand jury looking into actions surrounding the 2020 general election.
“Now it’s time for 26 members of our community to participate in that investigation,” McBurney said.
Willis has confirmed that her team is looking into a January 2021 phone call in which Trump pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” the votes needed for him to win the state. She has also said they are looking at a November 2020 phone call between U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Raffensperger, the abrupt resignation of the U.S. attorney in Atlanta on Jan. 4, 2021, and comments made during December 2020 Georgia legislative committee hearings on the election.
McBurney said the grand jurors won’t begin meeting until June and won’t meet every week. They will be notified in advance of when they need to be there, and there’s some wiggle room if they can’t make it to every session as only 16 are needed for a quorum, he said.
McBurney then led the 200 potential grand jurors in swearing an oath to give truthful answers about their qualifications.
He explained that grand jurors must be at least 18, must be U.S. citizens and must have lived in Fulton County for the past six months. Anyone who’s an elected official or has been for the last two years, anyone convicted of a felony or anyone who’s served on a Fulton County jury or grand jury in the last year is not qualified to serve, McBurney said.
The investigation involves actions surrounding the 2020 general election, and it is important that grand jurors “bring an open mind to the process,” the judge said. Anyone who is already convinced that a crime did or did not happen should say they have a conflict when asked, McBurney said.
After identifying other potential conflicts — for example, plans to be out of the country for an extended time, having to care for someone after a major surgery — McBurney went through the first 100 potential jurors and asked them individually — addressing them only by number — to say whether they have a conflict. A quarter of the grand jurors said they had a conflict and the judge and prosecutors began questioning them privately to determine whether they could be excused. Then he closed the courtroom so he and prosecutors could speak privately with those selected.
While the district attorney’s office will generally be steering the investigation, grand jurors will be able to question witnesses who appear before them. If they believe there are other witnesses they would like to hear from or documents they would like to see, they have the power to issue subpoenas.
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Ask any avid home chef about the most important tools in their kitchen and a good set of knives will likely be right at the top. Most cooks have a single go-to knife they lean on most when doing their prep work but each blade in your set has advantages for cutting, slicing, chopping and even crushing various types of food.
Storing knives in a drawer keeps them out of the way but keeping them in a block also has its advantages. Not only does a knife block keep them in an easy-to-reach spot on top of your kitchen counter, but it also prevents accidental pokes from happening when reaching for them. It’s also nice to keep all your knives in one place. Storing cutlery in blocks can also help keep the edges sharp longer, too, which can extend the longevity of your knife set.
We recently found a deal at Amazon on a top-rated knife set from a trusted brand that is worth checking out if you’re looking for some new blades.
Cuisinart C77BTR-15P Classic 15-Piece Triple Rivet Block Set
The Cuisinart C77BTR-15P Classic Triple Rivet Block Set offers a 15-piece set of knives, kitchen scissors, a blade sharpener and the block. The knives feature tapered ground blades that narrow gradually to a sharp, fine edge. The blades are secured into the handles using three stainless steel rivets, which should keep them from becoming wobbly, even with a lot of use.
At Amazon, this Cuisinart knife set boasts an impressive rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars with more than 9,500 global ratings so far. They scored highly for being easy to clean, sturdy and for being a good value for the money, according to the vast majority of Amazon raters. Several purchasers also mentioned that the set looked great on their countertops in the block.
This Cuisinart knife set should make for a good cutlery starter set for new cooks because it has a little bit of everything. In addition to six 4 1/2-inch steak knives, a sharpening tool, kitchen shears and the wooden knife block, each set includes one of the following:
- 8-inch chef knife
- 8-inch slicing knife
- 7-inch santoku knife
- 5 1/2-inch utility knife
- 3 1/2-inch paring knife
- 2 3/4-inch bird’s beak paring knife
One Amazon reviewer named Tabitha wrote, “My kitchen is a full-on homestead, working kitchen. I have had a few good brands of knife sets. These are up to par and possible crossing over into my new favorite set yet. Very sharp, and I love that it comes with so many styles of knives and a knife sharpener. Great buy, highly recommend.”
To keep the knives in tip-top condition, Cuisinart recommends washing them by hand.
You can get this Cuisinart knife set for $139.99 on Amazon, which is a slight markdown from the usual price.
What do you think? Does this block set make the cut for home cooks?
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SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 11th, 2022, SKYPlay Inc. opens global pre-registration of Coin Grid, an eP2E(easy play-to-earn) game before the beta release of its blockchain platform, "SKYPlay" at the end of this month.
All pre-registered participants will receive commodities and game characters which can be used in the game, Coin Grid. There will be an air-drop event for additional goodies, such as SKP tokens to those participants who take part in friend invitation activities. The given game characters are the top picks from the poll on SKYPlay's official community which had taken place last month. Players can receive up to four characters per person.
Pre-registration is available at SKYPlay(skyplay.io) and the game will be released with the timeline of the platform's beta release.
The game's UX/UI has been upgraded to integrate user satisfaction and participation for the game based on the insights from the two global tests which had taken place in the first half of this year. Considerable details and advancement work have been put into the game so that the player's time and effort put into the game could return into a cashable asset.
Coin Grid is a new NFT game with the theme of saving cute Antarctic characters in danger of global warming, and to adventure together. It is the first casual game to be presented by Kyung-Min Kim, the CEO of IDaNote, who had formerly served as the Global Manager for the 'Modoo Marble' from Netmarble.
Under the leadership of the Singapore corporation, SKYPlay Inc. listed its cryptocurrency, SKYPlay Token(SKP) on MEXC, one of the global leading cryptocurrency trading platforms. SKYPlay Inc. will develop and publish a series of eP2E games based on the Polygon(MATIC) network, and plans to release two more games within this year.
Sang-ok Chang, the CEO of SKYPlay Inc. stated, "Prior to the grand debut of our platform, we synchronized our company name with 'SKYPlay', the platform that is accessible, practical, and connected to our everyday life. Starting with eP2E games, we will diversify the various lifestyle contents services to encourage virtuous circles and growth of the SKP ecosystem."
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WA Pendleton OR Zone Forecast for Friday, October 28, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Northeast Oregon and South Central Washington
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
358 AM PDT Sat Oct 29 2022
WAZ026-292300-
Kittitas Valley-
Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp
358 AM PDT Sat Oct 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. West wind
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost overnight. Lows in the
mid 30s to lower 40s. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Patchy frost in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
West wind 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the upper 30s to upper 40s. Southwest wind 5 to
10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid to upper 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph with
gusts to around 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain or snow.
Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 20s to lower 30s. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain or
snow. Highs in the mid to upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance
of rain. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Highs in the mid 40s to
lower 50s.
$$
WAZ027-292300-
Yakima Valley-
Including the cities of Naches, Sunnyside, Toppenish, and Yakima
358 AM PDT Sat Oct 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s
to lower 60s. Light wind.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
Light wind.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Light wind,
becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts
to around 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid to upper 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 20s to lower 30s. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of rain or snow. Highs in
the mid to upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance
of rain. Lows in the 30s. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
$$
WAZ028-292300-
Lower Columbia Basin of Washington-
Including the cities of Connell, Prosser, and Tri-Cities
358 AM PDT Sat Oct 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Light wind,
becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 60. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 40s. Southwest
wind 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Lows in the
lower 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
40s to lower 50s. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain or
snow. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance
of rain. Lows in the mid to upper 30s. Highs in the mid 40s to
mid 50s.
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WAZ029-292300-
Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington-
Including the cities of Dayton, Waitsburg, and Walla Walla
358 AM PDT Sat Oct 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Southwest
wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. South wind 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Breezy. Southwest
wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Lows in the upper 30s.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Lows in the
30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain or
snow. Highs in the mid to upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s to lower
30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of rain or snow. Highs in
the mid to upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Highs in the mid
40s to mid 50s.
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WAZ030-292300-
Northwest Blue Mountains-
Including the city of Ski Bluewood Resort
358 AM PDT Sat Oct 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 40s, except in
the 50s valleys. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Lows in the 30s. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Rain and mountain snow likely. Light mountain snow
accumulations. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
and mountain snow. Lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of snow. Highs in the 30s. Lows in the lower 20s to lower
30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain and mountain snow. Lows in the upper 20s to lower
30s. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
$$
WAZ520-292300-
East Slopes of the Washington Cascades-
Including the cities of Appleton, Cle Elum, and Cliffdell
358 AM PDT Sat Oct 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in
the mid 40s to mid 50s, except in the mid to upper 50s valleys.
Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers
overnight. Areas of frost overnight. Lows in the 30s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers. Highs in the
lower 40s to lower 50s, except in the lower to mid 50s valleys.
West wind 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the lower 40s to lower
50s, except in the upper 40s to mid 50s valleys. West wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
and mountain snow showers. Lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain or snow.
Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s, except in the upper 30s to
upper 40s valleys.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the 20s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 30s to lower 40s, except in the upper 30s to upper 40s
valleys. Lows in the 20s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance
of rain or snow. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s, except in
the 40s valleys. Lows in the lower 20s to lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain and high
mountain snow. Highs in the upper 30s to upper 40s, except in the
mid 40s to lower 50s valleys.
$$
WAZ521-292300-
Simcoe Highlands-
Including the cities of Goldendale and Bickleton
358 AM PDT Sat Oct 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. West
wind 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. West
wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the 50s. Breezy. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts
to around 35 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of rain or snow.
Highs in the 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
or snow. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 40s.
Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of rain or snow. Highs in
the 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance
of rain. Lows in the upper 20s to upper 30s. Highs in the lower
40s to lower 50s.
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Column: Here's how Ivy Tech is improving student outcomes
Earlier this spring, an Associated Press story painted a bleak picture of the future of community colleges, but that picture doesn’t represent the bright future and growing opportunities students in Indiana have when they choose Ivy Tech Community College.
In fact, our reality is quite the opposite. In recent years at Ivy Tech, enrollment is up, completions are up, degree tracks and certifications have expanded, and new programs are increasing overall student success.
Many of these programs and approaches are possible because of partnerships and funding provided by employers in the state, our donors and the foresight of our state Legislature, which established Ivy Tech 60 years ago and continues to support the college and create opportunities for Indiana students to connect with educational offerings.
Earlier this year, we launched our new strategic plan, Higher Education at the Speed of Life. We’d like to share just a few of the ways we’re innovating around higher education:
Ivy+ Tuition and Textbooks: We’ve kept college affordable with a low tuition rate, flat tuition for full time students regardless of the number of credits registered in a semester, and a low per-credit-hour textbook rate that guarantees day-one access and affordability to required materials. No other accredited college in Indiana is as affordable as Ivy Tech.
Ivy Achieves: First-generation college students and those who identify as Black, Latino or two or more races are mentored through Ivy Achieves to establish key habits for student success, such as creating an academic completion plan, registering early for classes and working with an advisor.
Ivy+ Career Link: Our reimagined career services group focuses on helping students find a fulfilling career path, honing the employability skills, giving students access to a career coach, and partnering with employers to connect and interact early with students who are skilled and ready to meet the demands of the world of work.
Ivy+ IT Academy: Established this year to meet the needs of the growing Indiana tech industry, the IT Academy allows students to earn accelerated non-credit certificates in as little as a few days or weeks, teaching them the skills they need to enter the workforce or to expand the skills of working professionals.
Student-First Approach: We’re reducing the headaches students often have with higher education by doing away with policies such as transcript holds. If a student needs a transcript but owes the college money, we won’t hold them hostage from having the information they need to continue their journey at another institution. Since lifting this hold, we’ve helped almost 4,000 students with that next step by supplying their transcripts.
We’re also working hard to find financial assistance for all students who need it, and that combined with our already affordable approach to tuition, fees and textbooks makes it possible for 80% of our students to graduate with no student loan debt.
These are just a few ways we’re transforming higher education to move faster, produce more value and create more opportunity for students and communities in Indiana.
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Caleb Martin helps Heat to 103-84 Game 7 win over Celtics and spot in NBA Finals
BOSTON (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 28 points and Caleb Martin had 26 points and 10 rebounds in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night to help the Miami Heat beat the Celtics 103-84 and turn back Boston’s attempt at an unprecedented comeback.
The Heat recovered after blowing a 3-0 lead in the series and advanced to the NBA Finals for the second time in four seasons. They will face the Western Conference champion Nuggets, with Game 1 in Denver on Thursday night.
Bam Adebayo scored 12 points with 10 rebounds for Miami, which is the first No. 8 seed to play for a championship since the 1999 New York Knicks. Top-seeded Denver has been waiting since sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers on May 22.
Butler was named the Eastern Conference finals Most Valuable Player, an award named after Celtics Hall of Famer Larry Bird.
Game 6 hero Derrick White scored 18 for Boston, which was hoping to become the first NBA team ever to advance after falling behind 0-3 in a best-of-seven series. Jaylen Brown scored 19 with eight rebounds but went 1 for 9 from 3-point range.
Jayson Tatum, who scored a Game 7 record 51 points against Philadelphia in the conference semis, had 14 points with 11 rebounds after turning his ankle on the first play of the game and limping through 42 minutes.
The Celtics led by five points early before conceding a 14-4 run to end the first quarter and then giving up 16 of the first 22 points in the second. Boston cut the deficit to seven points late in the third, but Miami took a 76-66 lead at the break and scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter to pull away.
The Heat took the first three games – two of them in Boston – and needed just one more win to reach to the NBA Finals. None of the 150 teams that have opened a 3-0 lead in an NBA playoff series has ever failed to advance.
But the Celtics hyped themselves up by watching a documentary on the Boston Red Sox comeback from a 3-0 deficit against the New York Yankees on their way to the 2004 World Series. When the Celtics took the floor for Game 4 in Miami, ex-Yankees Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter were sitting courtside.
Boston won Games 4 and 5 by double digits and had a cushy lead in Game 6 before Miami rallied back to take a one-point lead with 3 seconds left. The Heat appeared to clinch it when Marcus Smart’s desperation 3-pointer rimmed out, but White scored on a putback in the final 10th of a second to force a decisive seventh game.
Back at home, the Celtics greeted their fans with a pregame video intercutting highlights from the Red Sox comeback with their own. 2004 Red Sox catalyst Kevin Millar recorded a message to hype up the crowd.
But the heavily favored Celtics couldn’t repeat the feat.
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With record heat stifling the Southwestern U.S., Jon Rice embarked on what is likely one of the hottest miles ever run.
Last week, Rice ran a mile while wearing a Darth Vader costume in the middle of Death Valley. Rice completed the mile as the temperature hit 126 degrees. Believe it or not, it was not a record for Rice.
In 2013, he ran when the temperature reached 129 in Death Valley.
This was the ninth time Rice completed the Darth Valley Challenge.
"Even a mile in that heat is exhausting, more so when you're recovering from an injury - so I was feeling pretty heavy in the legs and wished I hadn't had to turn back to face the sun at the halfway point from the car. The mask just kept getting hotter," Rice said.
While exerting yourself in extreme heat can be risky, Rice said he was cautious. To prepare for the event, he trains in a sauna to adapt to the heat. He said he does this training about three to four times a week.
He added that he managed to continue training for the run despite facing injuries.
"After many years of taking safety very seriously in these conditions, I was also confident I would finish without hurting myself," he said.
He admits, however, that the temperature can reach 180 degrees inside the mask and he is breathing in a lot of carbon dioxide.
So should you try running in the extreme heat? The Road Runners Club of America advises against it.
It says athletes should not run when temperatures exceed 98.6 degrees and when the relative humidity tops 70–80%. The group says this kind of heat prevents the body from naturally cooling off.
The club also advises that runners drink fluids before and during runs. It also suggests runners know the signs of heat-related illnesses and immediately stop running and find shade if they exhibit these symptoms.
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MURNAU AM STAFFELSEE, Germany, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In the early morning hours of today, the anticipated osmium fork occurred, conducted by the Osmium Institutes as part of their ESG-M specifications. This fork has led to a price adjustment for crystalline osmium, with the new gram price set at €1,184.23, reflecting a 34.814 percent discount. Additionally, owners of crystalline osmium listed in the Osmium World Database will receive complimentary compensation shipments to balance their existing inventory.
Unlike the blockchain world, forks have been unprecedented for precious metals until now. The osmium institutions are pioneering this fork as part of their ESG-M requirements. In the case of osmium, the goal is to pass on the improved production prices of the crystallizing refinery in Switzerland to the market, without disadvantaging owners who purchased at higher prices. This fork presents an opportunity for the expanding jewelry market to acquire crystalline osmium at favorable prices, enabling more manufacturers to offer osmium jewelry and existing manufacturers to expand their inventories.
As part of today's fork, all current owners of crystalline osmium will receive an email from their respective country's osmium institute within the next few hours, granting them the right to receive compensation shipments of crystalline osmium based on their current inventory. This compensation delivery is comparable to the effects of a stock split. In the event that some owners do not receive the appropriate compensation email for technical reasons, they are encouraged to contact an Osmium Institute, providing their Osmium Identification Code and, if applicable, Owner Change Code. The hotline for such inquiries is +49 (89) 7 44 88 88 88.
Executing the Osmium Production Fork measures poses a logistical challenge for the Osmium Institutes, involving the shipment of thousands of packages worldwide. If any delivery issues arise, owners are requested to promptly contact an Osmium Institute for assistance.
With the support of major jewelry associations, crystalline osmium is increasingly being utilized in the exclusive jewelry market. The precious metal has found a growing market as a high-quality alternative to labor-intensive diamond carpets due to declining diamond prices. Crystallization of flat disks, coupled with high purification, is a pivotal technology for this highly valuable precious metal. The process now allows for the crystallization of larger discs at nearly identical harvest rates (8-9%) without increased energy consumption. This significant increase in usable area per production run enables inlays of up to 9.5 cm using only one piece.
It is unlikely that another fork of this nature will occur, as the physical production limits appear to have been reached with the achieved diameter. Concurrent crystallization has reduced costs, while prices for high purification, cutting, and certification remain unchanged. However, the savings in energy and effort are considerable. To illustrate the impact of the fork, a correction to the gram prices has been made on the chart available on the www.osmium-preis.com website.
Owners will receive free compensation goods to maintain the equivalent value in their personal osmium holdings despite the price reduction. Their personal capital investment remains unchanged. Simultaneously, the shipment of compensation goods reduces the total quantity of crystalline osmium in inventory, bringing the Osmium BigBang and Osmium ThinOut closer.
For further details on the production fork, please visit www.osmium.com and refer to the FAQ documents provided. Orders and reservations for crystalline osmium will continue to be accepted on the website, with increased server capacity to handle the higher volume of requests. The osmium hotline, +49 (89) 7 44 88 88 88, is available with expanded staff and supports multiple languages.
Please be aware that due to the substantial workload involved, non-binding reservations made on the day of the fork will remain active for two months. Any unused non-binding reservations will automatically expire on August 5, 2023.
All non-binding reservations should be made on the day of the fork or submitted informally via email to fork@osmium-institute.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ybrain recently received the Translational Research Award at this year's Neuroergonomics Conference and NYC Neuromodulation Conference held from July 28 to August 1 for its neuromodulation technology in transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).
The highly sought-after recognition was conferred to researchers who made a significant contribution to the neuromodulation field with only two out of dozens of renowned scholars of neuromodulation being awarded.
The conferences were joined together to address the state-of-the-art neurotechnology for brain-body performance and health. It focused on the latest approaches for both brain function and dysfunction including brain/body performance, depression, skill acquisition, stress and fatigue, pain, addiction and binge eating, cognition and physical recovery, eye-tracking, neuromarketing, and remote/mobile sensing. These themes were intended to encourage discussion that crossed traditional sub-domains of neurotechnology.
Ybrain's award-winning neuromodulation technology, tDCS, is designed for the treatment of major depressive disorder and tDCS caters to patients that wish to manage use of antidepressants as a form of treatment. tDCS is used in the company's MINDD-STIM+ treatment. This is especially relevant in today's post-pandemic world as COVID-19 resulted in a surge of new cases.
For some individuals, major depressive disorder can give rise to severe impairments that disrupt or limit an individual's ability to perform major life activities. It is estimated that in 2020, 21 million adults in the US had at least one depressive episode, with a higher incidence amongst females rather than males and individuals aged between 18 and 25 years. With the COVID-19 pandemic, 32.8% of American adults experienced elevated depressive symptoms in 2021 as compared to 8.5% before the pandemic.
"We hope that our 'at-home electroceutical treatment' will be used as the new neuromodulation technology to solve the mental health problems exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic," says Kiwon Lee, CEO of Ybrain. "With the alleged increase in the patient population with depression in the US, Ybrain's new MINDD-STIM+ hopes to bring an electroceutical alternative to patients who are averse to using antidepressants, right from the comfort of their own home."
People suffering from depression may choose to control antidepressants for one of many reasons. Serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a type of drug commonly used to treat depression that increases serotonin levels at nerve junctions, do not work for approximately 30% of the population with major depressive disorder. Furthermore, the prolonged use of antidepressants has made it difficult for some to call quits, experiencing dizziness, confusion, fatigue, and other common symptoms of drug withdrawal.
The 2022 Neuroergonomics Conference & NYC Neuromodulation Conference brought together visitors from academia and companies alike, paving the way for future collaborations and partnerships for Ybrain. According to Ybrain officials, treating major depressive disorder is the first step, with clinical trials for schizophrenia, dementia, stroke, and Parkinson's disease well underway. Aiming to penetrate the American market, Ybrain has submitted and expected the clearance of MINDD-STIM+ as De Novo from FDA early next year.
About Ybrain
Established in 2013 in South Korea, Ybrain develops medical devices that measure, and cure neuropsychiatric diseases based on neuroscience. The company provides wearable devices(electroceutical) based on tDCS that cure Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and other psychiatric illnesses with its digital platform. Led by a diverse group of experts in neuroscience, software, and electronic engineering, Ybrain aims to offer accessible mental health treatment to everyone through electroceuticals. For more information, visit https://www.ybrain.com/en/.
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CAMPBELL COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — John Michael Montgomery and two others were injured when the singer’s tour bus crashed in Tennessee near the Kentucky state line.
The 57-year-old country musician was a passenger on a 2001 Prevost Featherlite bus traveling south on I-75 just south of Jellico when it veered off the interstate, hit an embankment and overturned, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report.
“Despite some cuts and broken ribs, I am doing well,” the singer said in a statement. Montgomery said he was on his way to a concert in North Carolina at the time of the crash.
Montgomery, who hails from Nicholasville, Kentucky, has released 10 studio albums and had more than 30 singles on the Billboard country charts, including “I Love the Way You Love Me,” “Life’s a Dance,” and “I Swear.”
He is the father of country singer Walker Montgomery and brother to Eddie Montgomery, with whom he performed as part of the band Montgomery Gentry.
“Thanks to everyone for your concern,” Montgomery said.
Photos and video from the scene show the bus on its side in the middle of the interstate, and being set upright by a towing company.
Two others on the bus – Marc Wood and William Salyer – were also injured in the crash, according to the THP report.
The report also states that Montgomery and Wood were using seat belts, but Salyer was not wearing one.
“I will take some time over the next couple of weeks to heal and be back on the road soon,” Montgomery said. “I am grateful to the medics and highway patrol for their quick response to this difficult situation.”
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NEW YORK , July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company ("La Jolla" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LJPC) in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by Innoviva, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVA) via tender offer. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $6.23 in cash for each share of La Jolla common stock owned. The transaction is valued at approximately $149 million.
If you own La Jolla shares and wish to discuss this investigation or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, visit our website:
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Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) La Jolla's board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the $6.23 per-share merger consideration adequately compensates La Jolla's shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed.
Weiss Law has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded clients and obtained important corporate governance relief in many of these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at stockinfo@weisslawllp.com
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CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif., Jan. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Waterdrop is famous for designing and manufacturing efficient water purification products that improve the quality of life of users by keeping their drinking water safe and healthy. The brand has taken another step in this direction with the launch of its new generation tankless reverse osmosis system, the Waterdrop G3P600.
While the market already offers a wide range of tankless reverse osmosis filters, the new entry from Waterdrop promises something much-better and different. It is designed to be an upgrade to all the existing tankless reverse osmosis systems in the current market. In the words of the Product Manager at Waterdrop, the "G3P600 is not just another RO filter system; we have designed it to take user experience and filtration performance to a level that consumers have never imagined."
The G3P600 is expected to conveniently meet the daily water needs of an average American family with its extensive filtration capacity of 600 gallons per day. The flow rate of the filtered water has also been improved in this upgraded filter system, ensuring consumers can get their filtered water faster for drinking, cooking, or washing fruits and vegetables. In terms of filtration performance, the Waterdrop G3P600 also ticks all the essential boxes and even more. Consumers can count on the more efficient eight-stage filtration of this tankless reverse osmosis system to reduce most contaminants in their tap water, including chlorine, chloride, particles, calcium, nitrate, fluoride, PFAs, chromium, and TDS, amongst others.
Describing the product, the Product Design Team Head reported using "advanced technology and innovative design to give consumers a reverse osmosis water filter that requires less space, uses water more efficiently, and dispenses high-quality filtered water faster than ever." The fashionable, tankless design of the G3P600 means homeowners can save up to 70% under-sink space without altering the safety of the filtered water. It also makes installation easier and filter replacement even easier.
Another aspect of the G3P600 Waterdrop paid attention to is the user-machine interaction. Including a smart display faucet in the reverse osmosis system makes it super easy for users to keep track of the filter life and drinking water quality. "Some of the feedback we got from our current users identified how challenging it is to monitor the lifespan of their filter. That is why we have introduced this display faucet that provides real-time information that improves their experience."
The Waterdrop G3P600 is duly certified by standard organizations in the water purification industry, including NSF, ANSI, and the Federal Communications Commission. Waterdrop also ensures that the product meets the EU and UKCA standards for safety.
If people want a new RO water filter system for their home, the G3P600 offers everything they expect from a reliable and efficient household filtration system. It has all they need to safeguard the cleanliness and health of the drinking water.
Customers can read more about other exciting features of the Waterdrop G3P600 tankless reverse osmosis system at the Waterdrop website. They can also take advantage of the recent launch to get your unit at the best rates possible.
About the Waterdrop Brand
Since its inception, Waterdrop has stayed true to its goal of taking world-class, reliable, and durable water purification solutions closer to the people that need them. Every product from the stables of the brand is a step closer to actualizing this noble goal.
More than ever, Waterdrop is committed to helping people from all parts of the world live and experience the reality of a beautiful life through a pure glass of water. You can learn more about Waterdrop and its products here.
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New survey by Health Canal reveals that personal health and safety concerns drive older adults' intentions and attitudes toward bivalent booster shots
GROVE CITY, Ohio, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The CDC has recommended the bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines since September 2022, yet only 42.4 percent of older adults have received the updated vaccine.
The FDA's recent update to the bivalent COVID-19 booster authorizations allows those ages 65 and older to receive a second dose four months after the initial bivalent shot.
With lower uptake rates of the bivalent vaccine, a new survey conducted by Health Canal has revealed older adults' intentions and attitudes towards it, shedding light on their hesitancy to receive it.
Data analysis found that personal health and safety concerns were the primary factors in older adults' decisions to get the new booster. The results also highlighted potential gaps in public knowledge regarding the risks associated with getting the vaccine versus not and the potential for side effects.
More than half (57.19%) of older adults said they were likely to get the booster — but this does not mean they will follow through with it.
The top five reasons to get the bivalent booster shot included:
- To protect against the new omicron variant (88.89%)
- To protect against severe illness due to COVID-19 (69.97%)
- To protect others (63.02%)
- To prevent long-term symptoms of COVID-19 (60.86%)
- Following the recommendation of the CDC to get the booster dose (53.82%)
The top five reasons not to get the bivalent booster shot included:
- Not knowing if the newly formulated vaccine was safe (40.73%)
- Concern over potential side effects (31.05%)
- Skepticism about the new formula's effectiveness (27.82%)
- The belief that they still have strong protection against COVID-19 (29.44%)
- The belief that they still have strong protection against severe illness due to COVID-19 (20.56%)
"These findings are timely as we move toward a post-pandemic world," said Kelsey Costa, MS, RDN and Health Research Consultant for Health Canal. "It's important to bridge any existing information gap by providing more detailed vaccine safety and side effects information so individuals can make informed decisions about their health care."
Methodology
The survey was conducted online over 24 hours, collecting responses from 1,113 individuals aged 65 and older in the United States. Limitations of the survey include its sample size and the period covered; most participants self-identified as white; California, Florida, and Texas had the highest representation among states; and technology access may have impacted participation.
Despite these limitations, the survey results offer valuable insights into the intentions and attitudes of older adults concerning vaccination with the updated bivalent booster shot.
Read the full report here: https://www.healthcanal.com/health/the-bivalent-covid-19-booster-survey
About Health Canal
Health Canal is an online health-related news, information, and research resource. Our mission is to provide comprehensive coverage of relevant health topics anyone can access and understand. We strive to make reliable healthcare information accessible by providing evidence-based content from experts in their fields. For more information, visit our website at www.healthcanal.com.
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Christ Church Anglican
Festival of St. Francis Pet Blessing + 5K, Oct. 22
The Garlic Press
Beer Dinner, Oct. 17
Hispanic Culture Center
“Roar with Laughter” hosted by Midland Northside Lion’s Club, Oct. 15
Jake’s Clays
Saving True Pairs & Pink the Basin, 10th anniversary, Oct. 7
Midland Beer Garden
Legends of Hip Hop Karaoke, Saturday
Midland Community Theatre
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Mabee Theatre II, Saturday
Midland Humane Coalition
FURR-IESTA Gala, Oct. 22
Museum of the Southwest
Midland Downtown Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Every Saturday
Permian Basin Bookies, Inc.
Writer’s Workshop, Oct. 8-9
Divas3, Oct. 11
Cinema Under the Stars, “Hocus Pocus,” Oct. 20
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Off-road fans in the U.S. will soon have an alternative to rugged SUVs such as the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, Land Rover Defender, and Mercedes-Benz G-Class in the form of the Ineos Grenadier, the first product from the newly minted automotive arm of British chemical giant Ineos.
Ineos Automotive last week announced U.S. pricing for the Grenadier and confirmed a May 31 start date for the reservation process via the company’s website. The first customer deliveries here are scheduled for late 2023, meaning the Grenadier should arrive as a 2024 model. Orders will be finalized with dealerships that Ineos will announce around August.
The Grenadier will be offered in the U.S. in three grades, with prices set at $71,500 for a base grade and $79,190 for Trialmaster and Fieldmaster grades. Ineos said the more expensive grades are pre-configured to suit professional off-roaders in the case of the Trialmaster and more occasional off-roaders in the case of the Fieldmaster.
The Trialmaster and Fieldmaster names come from the fashion brand Belstaff, which is also owned by the Ineos chemical company, and is known for its rugged clothing line, including water-resistant waxed cotton jackets. In the case of the Trialmaster, Ineos includes features like electronically activated front and rear differential locks, a raised air intake, an auxiliary battery, and BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires. The Fieldmaster has similar upgrades in combination with comfort features such as leather trim, carpeted floor mats, and heated front seats.
There’s only the one body style at present, a five-door SUV, though Ineos is currently testing prototypes for a Grenadier pickup truck and has confirmed plans to start production of an electric 4×4 smaller than the Grenadier in 2026.
The single powertrain for the Grenadier is a 3.0-liter turbo-6. The engine is sourced from BMW and in the Grenadier is hooked to an 8-speed automatic and a four-wheel-drive system with a 2-speed transfer case. Final specifications for the U.S. market will be announced at a later date, but in other markets the engine is rated at 281 hp in the Grenadier.
The Grenadier is based on a body-on-frame platform with solid beam axles, Panhard rods front and rear, and progressive coil springs. To help reduce weight, the body is made from a mix of aluminum, high-strength steels, and even some composites. To help with the development, Ineos teamed up with Austria’s Magna Steyr, the same company that helped Mercedes-Benz develop the G-Class and still builds the iconic SUV to this day.
Production of the Grenadier, which started in mid-2022 for other markets, is handled at a former Mercedes plant in Hambach, France.
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2023 The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday Schedule: Thursday Start Time, How to Watch Live Stream, Tee Times & Pairings
The 2023 The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday will be held in Dublin, Ohio at Muirfield Village GC, with the course playing at 7,571 yards as a par-72 and a $20M purse on the line. The golfers will aim to replicate Billy Horschel's success after he took home a win in this event the last time it was played.
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MIAMI (AP) — Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics keep on enjoying their trips to Miami.
Tatum scored 29 points, Jaylen Brown added 28 and the Celtics beat the Miami Heat 111-104 on Friday night in a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference finals.
The Celtics — whose most recent trip to Miami was a Game 7 win in that playoff series — outscored Miami 42-24 from 3-point range, and improved to 2-0 under interim coach Joe Mazzulla.
“We’ve got a great team and we’re still trying to figure each other out,” Tatum said. “And I love playing against the Heat. We’ve got some history here the last couple years, and they push you. They make you a better team. They’ve got a lot of fire, a lot of great players, a great coach.”
Tyler Herro scored 25 points for Miami, which got 19 from Bam Adebayo, 18 from Jimmy Butler and 17 from Kyle Lowry.
Miami cut a 14-point deficit to five late, before back-to-back baskets by Tatum helped seal matters.
“Our guys love playing defense,” Mazzulla said. “And any time you have a group of guys who love defense, you have a chance to be special.”
It’s Miami’s first 0-2 start since 2007-08 — so it’s the first in Erik Spoelstra’s 15 years as Heat coach. Miami had been one of only two teams without an 0-2 start in that span; now, only Portland is on that list.
“We weren’t able to get over the hump and get the job done, but we just have to stay the course,” Spoelstra said. “There was definite improvement from Game 1 to Game 2.”
Boston led by as many as 11 in the first half, took a 59-51 lead into the break and stretched the lead to 12 when Brown made consecutive baskets to open the third.
That’s around the time Miami put together perhaps its best stretch of the night. A 20-6 run by the Heat, with Herro and Lowry each scoring six points, gave Miami a 71-69 edge — its first lead since midway through the first quarter.
But just when Miami got the lead, Adebayo got his fourth foul, then a technical, the game changed. Miami was plus-20 with Adebayo on the floor, and minus-27 in the 13 minutes when he wasn’t on the court.
The Celtics matched Miami’s 20-6 run with a 20-6 burst of their own, Tatum scoring eight of those points, Grant Williams ending it with a pair of 3’s and it was 89-77 going into the fourth.
“It’s not our offense,” Adebayo said. “I feel like 104 points can win a game. It’s the other end we’ve got to lock in on.”
TIP-INS
Celtics: Boston has won four straight in Miami, going back to last season’s East finals. The Celtics’ longest winning streak in Miami is five, done twice (1988-90, 2015-17). … The Celtics had a 27-18 edge in bench scoring. … Williams and Derrick White each scored 10 for Boston.
Heat: Spoelstra has now faced 104 different coaches in his NBA career, after matching wits with Mazzulla for the first time. … Victor Oladipo (left knee) missed his second consecutive game. He has not made an October appearance in the NBA since 2018.
IN MEMORIAM
The Heat paid tribute to Celtics great Bill Russell throughout the evening, even with staff wearing T-shirts with a large “6” on them — Russell’s jersey number, which now is on a banner swaying in Miami’s arena. Miami also had a pregame moment of silence for referee Tony Brown, who died Thursday from pancreatic cancer.
UP NEXT
Celtics: Visit Orlando on Saturday night.
Heat: Host Toronto on Saturday night.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Misleading claims about the neo-Nazi gunman responsible for Saturday's mass shooting at a Dallas-area shopping center are reverberating across Twitter, in large part because of Twitter owner Elon Musk.
Musk has questioned whether the man identified by authorities as the shooter, Mauricio Garcia, really had an account on a Russian social media platform, and Musk suggested that revelations about the shooter's background could be a “psyop,” or psychological operation, in which the public is misled about the real details of the shooting.
Garcia proclaimed his white supremacist views on social media and sported Nazi tattoos. Authorities and independent researchers have confirmed his interest in far-right extremism and white supremacism. When police killed Garcia, he was wearing a patch that read “RWDS,” an acronym that stands for “ Right Wing Death Squad.”
“We do know he had neo-Nazi ideation,” Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Hank Sibley said a news conference on Tuesday. “He had patches. He had tattoos.”
Musk also cast doubt on a Netherlands-based research group known as Bellingcat that released information about Garcia's online history when he tweeted that it “specializes in psychological operations.” He offered no evidence to support his claim, but the attack led to a barrage of harassment directed at Bellingcat from Musk's online fans.
“This is either the weirdest story ever or a very bad psyop!” Musk wrote in a tweet viewed more than 3 million times. Musk also responded to revelations about the gunman's ideology, with posts suggesting he didn't believe them. “Very strange,” Musk wrote in one instance. “This gets weirder by the moment,” in other.
Garcia's online history leaves little doubt that he harbored deeply negative views of Jewish people, people of color and women, according to an analysis of his posts conducted by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, an Alabama-based nonprofit that tracks extremist groups online.
“Going back 10 years, the posts and diary entries show that Garcia held deep-seated white supremacist and neo-Nazi beliefs, as well as misogynistic and incel views, and a proclivity for violence,” the organization concluded in its report. “Incel” refers to “involuntarily celibate,” a term used by a largely online movement of men who blame women for their lack of sexual and romantic opportunities.
Musk has laid off much of the staff at Twitter dedicated to ferreting out misinformation and toxic content and has since emerged as a source of misinformation himself. A new Twitter feature called “community notes” was created to allow users to add context or fact check claims themselves. But no community notes were attached to Musk's own Tweets about the gunman as of Wednesday.
Twitter did not answer questions seeking comment about Musk's misleading tweets, and instead responded in its now regular fashion, with an automated email containing only the excrement emoji.
Musk wasn't the only prominent user spreading false claims about the shooter on Twitter.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., shrugged off Garcia's self-professed racist views, noting that he was Latino. “Only dumb white people would believe that a Mexican gang member is killing people for white supremacy.”
Greene's Tweet ignores the fact that white supremacist groups have long tried to recruit Latinos; some such groups have created Spanish-language versions of their websites. And Enrique Tarrio, a Cuban American, is the former leader of the Proud Boys, one of the nation's most influential far-right groups. | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/05/10/elon-musk-s-tweets-about-texas-mall-gunman-spread-misleading-claims--question-shooter-s-background | 2023-05-10 20:54:32 | 0 | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/05/10/elon-musk-s-tweets-about-texas-mall-gunman-spread-misleading-claims--question-shooter-s-background |
Each year, millions of adults and children in the United States get sick with the common cold, especially during the fall and winter.
Many people believe that it’s possible to catch a cold from inclement weather, like being out in frigid or rainy weather without a coat on. Others think you can cure a cold by “sweating it out,” while some people claim gargling salt water can fix a sore throat.
But are any of these common cold beliefs true? VERIFY asked health experts to weigh in.
QUESTION #1
Can cold or rainy weather make you sick?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
No, cold or rainy weather cannot make you sick.
WHAT WE FOUND
Colds are minor infections of the nose and throat that are typically spread through airborne droplets that are coughed or sneezed into the air by a sick person. They can also spread when a sick person touches another person or a surface, like a doorknob.
People are more likely to catch a cold during early fall to late winter due to a variety of factors, including schools being in session, staying indoors more often while in close proximity to other people and low humidity. But Johns Hopkins Medicine explains on its website that cold weather on its own does not cause a cold.
“Contrary to popular belief, cold weather or being chilled doesn't cause a cold,” Johns Hopkins says.
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The Mayo Clinic and Virtua Health, a healthcare system based in southern New Jersey, agree with Johns Hopkins. They both call this old wives’ tale a myth.
“It’s a myth that going out in cold weather will make you sick. You can go out with a wet head and without a jacket — these things have nothing to do with catching a cold,” Virtua Health says on its website.
People can reduce the risk of catching a cold by washing their hands often with soap and water, avoiding touching their eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands, and staying away from people who are sick.
QUESTION #2
Can you cure a cold by “sweating it out?”
THE SOURCES
- Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Mayo Clinic
- Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a physician in pulmonary and critical care medicine
THE ANSWER
No, you can’t cure a cold by “sweating it out.”
WHAT WE FOUND
Cold symptoms typically appear around two to three days after the virus has entered a person’s system. Most colds last from several days to several weeks.
There are no cures for the common cold, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Mayo Clinic. So, it’s not possible to cure a cold by “sweating it out.”
When a person is fighting off a virus like the common cold, their body temperature may increase slightly, causing them to sweat. But too much sweating can cause dehydration, which could make it harder for a person with a cold to get better, according to Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
“Sweating out is an energy-efficient manner to dealing with an elevated body temperature. That's it. If it relieves symptoms, sure — nothing wrong with feeling a little bit better during a time where you feel bad,” Galiatsatos told VERIFY. “My bigger concern is you're pushing yourself more to dehydration because that sweat is not the virus. It's just literally your hydration.”
Galiatsatos says staying hydrated is one of the best ways a person can fight off just about any infection, including the common cold.
To stay hydrated while fighting a cold, health experts recommend drinking warm liquids, like tea or warm water with lemon or broth, which prevent dehydration and ease congestion.
QUESTION #3
Does gargling salt water cure a sore throat?
THE SOURCES
- Mayo Clinic
- Penn Medicine
- Cole Beeler, M.D., assistant professor of clinical medicine at Indiana University
THE ANSWER
No, gargling salt water doesn’t cure a sore throat, but it may help relieve the pain.
WHAT WE FOUND
A sore throat is usually caused by an infection like the common cold, the flu or strep throat. Sore throats caused by viral infections typically last about five to seven days, and eventually go away on their own.
Gargling salt water isn’t a cure for a sore throat — only time can do that. But gargling the mixture can help soothe sore throat pain, kill bacteria in the back of the throat and help loosen mucus, according to Penn Medicine.
To create the mixture, the Mayo Clinic suggests mixing eight ounces of warm water with a half-teaspoon of salt before gargling it.
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Cole Beeler, M.D., an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Indiana University, says people have historically gargled salt water to relieve sore throat symptoms.
“Most of these are passed down from generation, to generation, to generation, and it's just kind of what people have done for symptom relief,” Beeler told VERIFY.
If a fever, chills, difficulty swallowing, or the inability to drink fluids accompany your sore throat, Penn Medicine says you should schedule an appointment with your doctor or healthcare provider because these could be a sign of a more serious illness.
Do you have a cold myth you want the VERIFY team to fact-check? Email us at questions@verifythis.com.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – For Arkansans who are looking for something to do this weekend, the Natural Sate has plenty to offer, including a cat show, breakfast at the zoo, a special night with the Travelers and live music.
Saturday and Sunday, the Statehouse Convention Center will be home to the Little Rock Cat Show. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features adoptable rescue cats, free cat coloring books and a cat costume contest.
For animal lovers of a different breed, the Little Rock Zoo will be hosting Breakfast with a Twist Saturday morning. The event features a continental breakfast as well as a painting session where guests get to create a custom animal painting. Breakfast starts at 8 a.m. with painting to follow at 8:45.
Also happening Saturday morning is the Argenta Farmer’s Market. Located in the history Argenta Arts District in North Little Rock, the market includes fresh locally-grown vegetables, fruit, flowers, pasture-raised meat and much more.
Saturday evening, Alzheimer’s Arkansas will be hosting their Champions of the Year event at The Venue at Westwind. The event is the largest annual fundraiser for the organization and includes dinner, entertainment, a live and silent auction, as well as a short program to honor individuals who are making a difference for caregivers in Arkansas.
Saturday night, the Arkansas Travelers will be hosting Faith & Family night at Dickey-Stephens Park. Gates open at 4:35 and there will be a pre-game q&a session with Duck Dynasty’s Jep Robertson. After the game there will be a free screening of the film “God’s Not Dead”.
Sunday night things get much louder in the Capitol City as futuristic rock group Starset lands at The Hall. Joining them will be Red, Fame On Fire and Smash Into Pieces.
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As one of the busiest crossing points along the southwest border, the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona is a hot spot for fentanyl seizures in passenger and commercial vehicles.
"April, May, we're going to be bringing in 30 to 40 million pounds of produce a day through the Port of Nogales," area Port Director Michael Humphries said. "Several months ago, we got about 1.2 million fentanyl pills and a couple of hundred pounds of meth in the commercial environment."
Humphries closely tracks and tweets every seizure in his area.
"We had two enormous ones," he said. "One was close to 900,000 pills that was concealed in a vehicle. And then the next day, we got a second load that had about 1.6 million fentanyl pills."
He says this fiscal year, officers at the Nogales Port of Entry seized more than 25 million fentanyl pills, which is nearly double compared to the previous year — and there's still six months left of FY2023.
Dug traffickers smuggle the tiny fentanyl pills or fentanyl powder in creative ways.
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"We find some inside of produce, inside of dry goods," Humphries continued."Most of the time, when we get a load in the commercial environment, most of the time it's in the tractor or the trailer, you know, gas tanks, side walls, roofs, sometimes, and within the commodity itself."
And now, a powerful new scanner is helping track down the drugs more efficiently.
"From the time it starts driving through to fully through, is maybe eight seconds to 10 seconds, maybe," Humphries said.
Last summer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection installed a multi-energy portal to scan and take x-ray photos of semi-trucks at a faster rate, cutting down inspection time from 15 minutes to roughly 10 seconds.
CBP says this multi-energy portal, that resembles a giant car wash, allows officers to scan between 400 and 700 semi-trucks a day for drugs. Under the old system, they say they topped off at about 150 semi-trucks. Its another tool to combat drug trafficking.
"The drug cartels have grown bigger, more sophisticated and more treacherous. For more than five years now, they have been trafficking fentanyl — the drug of death," U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 107,000 people died of drug overdoses in a 12-month period ending in January 2022. Sixty-seven percent of those deaths involved synthetic opioids, like fentanyl.
"Last year, 1,773 Arizonans lost their lives to opioid overdose. Nearly all of these cases involve synthetic opioids, like fentanyl," Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said.
"We are matching this unprecedented challenge with unprecedented solutions," Mayorkas said. "We are surging resources and increasing efficiency, prioritizing smart border security solutions and making historic investments in technology."
To help stop fentanyl from pouring over the border, the White House plans to install 123 large-scale scanners at points of entry along the southwest border by 2026.
Construction is underway in El Paso, Texas to install low-energy portal systems to help identify potential threats and scan vehicles for weapons and drugs.
The first multi-energy portal, like the one in Nogales, is in the works in El Paso. It's a move to increase efficiency along the border, help stop drugs and prevent drug-related deaths.
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The Vikings said Sunday the team is gathering information about a reported arrest of offensive lineman Olisaemeka Udoh late Saturday night in Miami, Fla.
According to a report by South Florida radio host Andy Slater of Fox Sports 640, Udoh was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after following a woman into the restroom of a nightclub.
The Pioneer Press filed a records request with Miami police but wasn’t immediately able to confirm the details, although the Vikings acknowledged the arrest in a short statement to the newspaper.
“We are aware of last night’s arrest of Oli Udoh and are gathering additional information at this time,” the team said.
A sixth-round pick in the 2019 draft, Odoh, 25,has played only three snaps on offense this season, and three on special teams. He has appeared in 30 NFL games, including 16 stats at right guard in 2021.
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Among U.S. faith leaders and denominations, there are sharp differences over the bill advancing in the Senate that would protect same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law.
The measure, a high priority for congressional Democrats, won a key test vote Wednesday when 12 Senate Republicans joined all Democrats to forward the bill for a final vote in the coming days. At least 10 GOP senators were needed for that to happen.
On Tuesday, one of the most prominent conservative-leaning denominations — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — came out in favor of the legislation. But the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention remain opposed, saying the bill – even with a newly added amendment aimed at attracting Republican support – is a dire threat to religious liberty.
A paramount concern for these leaders of the country’s two largest denominations is that even the updated bill would not protect religious schools or faith-based nonprofits such as adoption and foster care providers.
The bill “is an intentional attack on the religious freedom of millions of Americans with sincerely held beliefs about marriage, based on dictates of faith in God,” leaders of the Missouri Baptist Convention, an SBC affiliate, said in a letter this week to U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican.
The letter failed to sway Blunt; he voted for the bill.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, chairman of the Catholic bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty, dismissed the bipartisan amendment as failing even the “meager goal” of preserving the status quo in balancing religious freedom with the right to same-sex marriage.
“The bill will be a new arrow in the quiver of those who wish to deny religious organizations’ liberty to freely exercise their religious duties, strip them of their tax exemptions, or exclude them from full participation in the public arena,” Dolan said earlier this week.
Meanwhile, many left-of-center faith leaders are cheering the bill, including some who planned a Thursday morning rally at the U.S. Capitol. Rally sponsors include the Interfaith Alliance, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, the United Church of Christ Justice and Local Church Ministries and Hindus for Human Rights.
“This is common sense legislation which provides religious liberty for all and not just a few,” said Tarunjit Singh Butalia, executive director of Religions for Peace USA. “Faith communities need to work on living out the principles of marriage enshrined in their own faith without imposing their religious views on people of other faiths and no faith.”
The bill won approval in the House in July. A final Senate vote is expected soon, and the measure — if approved — would then return to the House for consideration of Senate changes.
The bill has gained steady momentum since the Supreme Court’s June decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion. An opinion at that time from Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that an earlier high court decision protecting same-sex marriage could also come under threat.
Rachel Laser, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, noted the court opinions in her statement lauding Wednesday’s vote. She called the legislation a “vital step in our nation’s march toward freedom without favor and equality without exception.”
The legislation included a proposed Senate amendment, designed to bring more Republicans on board, clarifying that it does not affect rights of private individuals or businesses that are already enshrined in law. Another tweak would make clear that a marriage is between two people, an effort to ward off some far-right criticism that the legislation could endorse polygamy.
However, numerous conservative faith leaders scoffed at the changes.
“The new amended Senate bill—the ‘commonsense’ bill that ‘protects Americans’ religious liberties’—actually does no such thing,” wrote the Rev. Al Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, in an opinion piece. “What is left wide open is the threat to ministries such as Christian orphanages and children’s care as well as adoption ministries and foster care.”
The head of the Southern Baptist’s public policy arm, Brent Leatherwood of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, faulted the bill’s Senate backers for pushing legislation “that will only divide us.”
“We oppose this bill because marriage is an institution created by God, one with a very specific design: A union between one man and one woman for life,” Leatherwood said via email.
Pastor Jack Hibbs who leads Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, an evangelical megachurch in Southern California, said the legislation “creates an atmosphere of great disrespect for marriage.”
“We have seen this in recent years, for example, regarding businesses that provide services for weddings, from wedding venues to bakeries and florists,” he said, adding that nonprofits could be sued “because of their personal and foundational convictions, which should be protected by the First Amendment.”
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, chairman of the Catholic bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth, said the bill provided inadequate religious protections.
“I object to language like exceptions, because it means that we’re allowed a pass to discriminate,” he said in an interview Wednesday. “But that’s not what we’re doing at all. We’re affirming that children need a mother and a father.”
He acknowledged that leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “seem to be moving in a different direction” regarding same-sex marriage. “But they’ve been very, very strong partners with us in trying to keep the focus on the the need to preserve the family.”
In its statement Tuesday, the Utah-based LDS said church doctrine would continue to consider same-sex relationships to be against God’s commandments, but that it would support rights for same-sex couples as long as they didn’t infringe upon religious groups’ right to believe as they choose.
Among the faith leaders urging passage of the bill was the Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, an American Baptist pastor who is president of Interfaith Alliance and is part of a same-sex marriage.
”There is a misconception that faith and LGBTQ+ equality are fundamentally incompatible,” he wrote in an opinion piece carried Wednesday by Religion News Service.
“As a religious leader, I regard this historic legislation as an important contribution to America’s religious freedom,” he wrote. ”More immediately, I am not willing to leave the status of the marriages I’ve performed or my own to chance.”
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AP Religion Team journalists Holly Meyer, Peter Smith, Deepa Bharath and Luis Andres Henao contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK (AP)Justin Verlander has that look: four or five days of stubble when he takes the mound, a focused glare, a game-day demeanor that if not quite ornery is admittedly intense.
”I can’t be that guy that rolls in on start day and is just kind of like loosey-goosey and having fun with guys and then try to turn it on when I take the field,” he said. ”It doesn’t work for me.”
Back in the major leagues after missing last year due to Tommy John surgery, Verlander once again is among the best pitchers in the game.
Verlander pitched two-hit ball for eight innings, light-hitting backup catcher Jason Castro lined a two-run drive in the ninth for his first homer this season and the Houston Astros beat the Mets 2-0 Wednesday to send New York to its first three-game skid this season.
”He’s the guy that stops losing streaks. He creates winning streaks,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said.
Verlander (10-3) became the major leagues’ first 10-game winner, striking out six and walking one. The 39-year-old right-hander, a two-time Cy Young Award winner and the 2011 AL MVP, lowered his ERA to 2.03 ERA – third to Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan and Miami’s Sandy Alcantara.
”My curveball this year has been really good,” Verlander said. ”My slider is not as good as it was in `19. My fastball has playing pretty well, getting a lot of weak contact, kind of infield popups, high popups. Swing and miss is a little bit down. It’s just interesting. I feel largely the same, but the stuff seems to be playing a little bit different.”
Before the game, Baker compared Verlander’s game-day bearing to Andy Messersmith, Don Sutton and Jerry Reuss – they were Dodgers stars in Dusty’s playing days.
”He didn’t say `good morning’ the other day – he’s ready,” Baker said.
Brandon Nimmo doubled on Verlander’s first pitch, and Pete Alonso walked with two outs to put runners at the corners.
Jeff McNeil fouled off a full-count slider and then a fastball. Verlander shook off Castro four times and followed with one of only three changeups he would throw all day, an outside pitch McNeil chased for strike three.
”It’s gotten me out of a couple jams year,” Verlander said. ”In my mind, it was screaming changeup. And I’ve been working on it, and I’m like, all right, well, if there’s ever a time, here it is.”
That started a streak of 12 consecutive hitters retired, including Dominic Smith on a grounder off a game-high 97 mph fastball that ended a 12-pitch at-bat in the fifth. Verlander retired 19 of his last 20 batters, allowing only Ender Enciarte’s infield hit on a checked-swing dribbler in the fifth.
New York’s Taijuan Walker gave up four hits in a season-high 7 1/3 innings – he was replaced with leadoff man Jose Altuve coming up and has not faced a batter four times in a game since 2017.
Kyle Tucker singled leading off the ninth against Drew Smith (1-2) and Castro, who began the day hitting .095 with one RBI in 74 at-bats, homered on a belt-high slider with two outs. Ryan Pressly pitched a perfect bottom half for his 16th save in 19 chances, finishing the Astros’ second two-game sweep of the Mets in a nine-day span.
In the clubhouse after the game, Verlander said he adopted his game-day attitude in 2009 in order to focus.
”This kind of like intensity/anger, whatever you want to call it, started from the second I opened my eyes in the morning,” he said.
Now he waits until heading the ballpark to morph into game mode because ”it got a bit tiresome there after a few years of doing it.” His goal was to ”be less angry, especially with my family. That’s a big benefit.”
His wife, model Kate Upton, is appreciative along with 3-year-old daughter Genevieve.
”As I’ve gotten older, I’ve been able to kind of like just have this more calm demeanor during the day,” Verlander said. ”I’m able to kind of enjoy my wife and my kid and spend some time with them. But I know that she would tell you that I’m still different, quite a bit, on start day and really kind of lock it in on my way to the park.”
SCARY
Astros left fielder Yordan Alvarez and shortstop Jeremy Pena were hurt when they collided in the eighth while running down Dominic Smith’s popup. Both called for the ball and as Pena caught the pop, and they hit each other in the face with their gloves. Alvarez was removed on a cart, sitting up, and Pena walked back to the dugout during the eight-minute delay. Both were walking in the clubhouse postgame, and Baker said the team was awaiting medical reports.
ROAD WARRIORS
In a six-game trip against the Yankees and Mets, the Astros trailed only after two pitches – both walk-off hits by Aaron Judge.
PER CHANCE
Mets third baseman Luis Guillorme had a dozen chances – two putouts and 10 assists. Boston’s Rafael Devers set the record for a nine-inning game with 14 against the Yankees in 2019.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mets: RHP Max Scherzer (strained oblique) allowed three runs – two earned – four hits and one walk in 4 2/3 innings while striking out eight in his second rehab start for Double-A Binghamton, at Hartford on Wednesday night. He threw 80 pitches. … RHP Jacob deGrom (stress reaction right shoulder) threw 27 pitches to batters at Port St. Lucie, Florida and could be ready to start a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment.
UP NEXT
Astros: RHP Luis Garcia (5-5) starts Thursday’s one-game series at home against the New York Yankees and RHP Luis Severino (4-2), a makeup of a game postponed by the lockout.
Mets: RHP Chris Bassitt (6-5) starts a home series against Texas on Friday night.
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Wall Street closed well down on Friday, dragging all three main stock indexes to their biggest weekly drop of 2023, as investors braced for the possibility of more aggressive rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve as U.S. economic data pointed to resilient consumers.
All three indexes posted weekly declines of around 3%, with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average on track for its biggest weekly decline in five months.
After a strong January, stocks have retreated this month as a slew of economic data amplified worries that the U.S. central bank might have to keep rates higher for longer.
Data on Friday showed the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, shot up 0.6% last month after gaining just 0.2% in December. Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, jumped 1.8% last month, exceeding forecasts for a 1.3% rise.
"The headline and core PCE numbers were well above expectations. What worries us most is that the data since the last Fed meeting has been extremely strong," said Gene Goldman, chief investment officer at Cetera Investment Management.
"If the Fed had this data at the last meeting they probably would've raised by 50 (base points) and the tone from the press conference would've been a lot different."
Traders of futures tied to the Fed's policy rate added to bets of at least three more rate hikes this year, with the peak rate seen in the range of 5.25%-5.5% by June.
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said the Fed should raise interest rates higher than necessary if need be to get inflation fully under control.
According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 41.90 points, or 1.04%, to end at 3,970.42 points, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 195.52 points, or 1.67%, to 11,394.88. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 335.47 points, or 1.01%, to 32,818.44.
Most of the major S&P sectors fell, with technology and consumer discretionary among the biggest decliners. Communication services fell to a sixth straight loss, its worst run since a similar six-session skid in August.
Megacap stocks including Tesla, Amazon.com and Nvidia slid as Treasury yields rose.
The yield on two-year Treasury notes, which are highly sensitive to Fed policy, climbed to 4.826% -- its highest in nearly four months.
Boeing slid after the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane maker temporarily halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner jets.
Adobe sank on reports the U.S. Justice Department would block the Photoshop maker's $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma.
On the positive side, Beyond Meat Inc. surged as the plant-based meat maker's results indicated that its cost-control measures were finally bearing fruit.
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An organization that is working to counter hate and disinformation online is raising concerns about the type of videos young people may be seeing on TikTok.
The Centers for Countering Digital Hate set out to test TikTok's algorithm after hearing concerns from parents about what their children are seeing on the platform. The nonprofit organization says it set up eight new accounts in the U.S., U.K, Canada and Australia, and listed the user as 13 years old, the youngest allowed by TikTok.
For the experiment, the accounts briefly watched and liked videos about body image and mental health.
"Within 2.6 minutes, TikTok recommended suicide content. Within 8 minutes, TikTok served content related to eating disorders. Every 39 seconds, TikTok recommended videos about body image and mental health to teens," the organization claims.
The Centers for Countering Digital Hate says some of the videos disclosed information about teens expressing the desire to attempt suicide. Other self-harm videos featured razor blades.
In a statement about the report, a spokesperson said the experiment does not reflect how regular people use the platform.
"This activity and resulting experience does not reflect genuine behavior or viewing experiences of real people," the spokesperson said. "We regularly consult with health experts, remove violations of our policies, and provide access to supportive resources for anyone in need. We're mindful that triggering content is unique to each individual and remain focused on fostering a safe and comfortable space for everyone, including people who choose to share their recovery journeys or educate others on these important topics."
TikTok's Community Guidelines state that it does not allow content "depicting, promoting, normalizing, or glorifying activities that could lead to suicide, self-harm, or disordered eating." It vowed to remove content cited in the report that violated its Community Guidelines.
While TikTok acknowledges it will not catch every piece of content that violates its guidelines, it says it has a team of more than 40,000 safety professionals who are responsible for helping keep the platform safe.
TikTok says from April to June of this year, more than 90% of content that violated policies for suicide and self-harm was removed before there was a single view.
Still, the Centers for Countering Digital Hate believes more should be done to protect teens from dangerous content. It created a guide for parents to help them understand the potential problems on TikTok. It's also pushing policymakers to force social media companies to be more transparent about their algorithms and economic incentives. In addition, the organization believes companies should be held accountable when they fail to enforce policies that are aimed at stopping harm.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TransPerfect, the world's largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business, today announced that it has achieved ISO 18841:2018 certification for its interpretation services. This standard signifies that TransPerfect's processes and workflows meet the requirements to guarantee high-quality interpretation services for clients.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) created the ISO 18841 certification to define global best practices for interpretation. To earn ISO 18841 certification, an organization must meet certain requirements for interpretation definitions and principles, conditions of interpreting assignments, and interpreter qualifications and competency.
TransPerfect offers interpretation services for remote and on-site engagements, including language support for large conferences, structured meetings, informal exchanges, customer relations, legal proceedings, and medical appointments.
Kristyna Marrero, TransPerfect Vice President of Production, said, "We are excited to achieve an ISO 18841 certification for our interpretation services, underscoring our commitment to following best practices and providing the highest quality interpretation for our clients."
TransPerfect President and CEO Phil Shawe stated, "Interpretation services has been core to TransPerfect's offering since 1992, and we are always seeking to improve to meet the demands of our clients."
TransPerfect is the world's largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business. From offices in over 100 cities on six continents, TransPerfect offers a full range of services in 200+ languages to clients worldwide. More than 6,000 global organizations employ TransPerfect's GlobalLink® technology to simplify management of multilingual content. With an unparalleled commitment to quality and client service, TransPerfect is fully ISO 9001 and ISO 17100 certified. TransPerfect has global headquarters in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit our website at www.transperfect.com.
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DUBLIN, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "LED Lighting Market by Installation (New, Retrofit), Product Type (A-type, T-type, Decorative, Directional), Sales Channel (Retail, Direct, E-commerce), Application (Residential, Commercial, Industrial) and Geography - Global Forecast to 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The LED lighting market size is estimated to be USD 75.3 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 124.7 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 10.6% during the forecast period.
The booming lighting industry contributes most to the rising demand for energy-efficient products and modifications in the existing lighting products using LED technology. Moreover, technological innovations and rising environmental concerns have further accelerated the growth of LED lighting market. Competitive manufacturing costs, high economic growth rate, and large-scale industrial constructions in residential and commercial segments are some of the other major factors driving the growth of the LED lighting market.
Decorative luminaire to register highest growth between 2022 to 2027
Decorative luminaires are expected to record the highest CAGR during the forecast period. The easy availability of decorative lights with a variety of color combinations in attractive shapes and sizes for interior decoration, coupled with the growing use of highly energy-efficient products to reduce energy bills, is the major factor propelling the growth of the market. Bullet, candle, flare, globe, and any other decorative lamp shapes, integrated chandeliers, single-head pendants, wall sconces, lanterns, and cove luminaire products fall under the category of decorative lighting. Commercial and hospitality applications contribute most to the increasing demand for decorative lighting.
Lamps segment to account for a larger share of the LED lighting market in 2022
A-type and T-type lamps have high penetration in residential applications, which, in turn, leads to a larger market size of the overall lamps category compared to luminaires. The enormous rise in the use of LED lighting solutions has changed every aspect of modern life.
The modern technology equipped with LED lamps enables improved efficiency with low maintenance costs. The warm light from the LED lamps allows for complete brightness without energy loss. Compared to the lifespan of average incandescent bulbs, the lifespan of an LED light is far superior. A-type LED lamps are also referred to as plug-and-play. These lamps directly replace traditional lamps such as compact fluorescent (CFL) and linear fluorescent. A-type lamps are considered the classic type of light bulb that has been used for general-purpose lighting for over 100 years.
The streets and roads application segment likely to dominate the outdoor LED lighting market from 2022 to 2027
According to market estimates, The streets and roads segment is expected to account for the largest market share throughout the forecast period due to rapid urbanization and government efforts to reduce energy consumption with the adoption of LED lighting solutions. Streets and roadways are continuously illuminated; hence, there is a high requirement for energy. Therefore, switching to LED lighting is a better choice. Streets and roadways are expected to provide lucrative opportunities to LED lighting market players.
Asia Pacific followed by Middle East, and Africa region likely to witness higher growth rate from 2022 to 2027
The LED lighting market has enormous potential in the Asia Pacific region, and it is anticipated that consumers would accept these systems as an integral part of digitalized households. Increasing construction activities in Asia Pacific contribute significantly to the growth of the LED lighting market in the region.
The thriving electrical and electronics industry in Asia Pacific also supports the growth of the LED lighting market. In the last few years, LED lighting has become the dominant artificial light source and is preferred over all the conventional light sources such as incandescent bulbs, CFL and fluorescent lamps, high-pressure sodium lamps, and metal halide lamps in the region. The LED lighting market in RoW is growing slowly compared to other regions; however, emerging economies such as South Africa and the GCC countries in the Middle East are expected to contribute to the market growth in the coming years.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Introduction
2 Research Methodology
3 Executive Summary
3.1 Realistic Scenario
3.2 Optimistic Scenario
3.3 Pessimistic Scenario
4 Premium Insights
4.1 Attractive Growth Opportunities in Led Lighting Market
4.2 Led Lighting Market, by Product Type
4.3 Led Lighting Market, by Installation
4.4 Led Lighting Market, by Lamp Type
4.5 Led Lighting Market, by Sales Channel
4.6 Led Lighting Market, by Application
5 Market Overview
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Market Dynamics
5.2.1 Drivers
5.2.1.1 Increasing Utilization of Smart Lighting Systems in Several Applications
5.2.1.2 Surging Adoption of Led Bulbs and Luminaires to Achieve Goal of Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
5.2.1.3 Rising Demand for Led Lighting Systems in Residential Interior Designing and Home Decorating Applications
5.2.1.4 Ongoing Release of New Innovative Led Products due to Constant Technological Advances
5.2.2 Restraints
5.2.2.1 High Installation Cost of Larger Projects
5.2.2.2 Short-To-Medium-Term Impact on Market due to Us-China Trade Conflict and Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War
5.2.3 Opportunities
5.2.3.1 Government Initiatives to Reduce Energy Consumption and Cut Down Ghg Emissions from Public Electricity and Heat Production
5.2.3.2 Continuous Decline in Prices of Led Chips and Other Components of Lighting Systems
5.2.4 Challenges
5.2.4.1 Slow Rate of Adoption of Led Technology in Developing Countries
5.2.4.2 Constant Threat of Data/Security Breach in Iot-Based Lighting Systems
5.3 Value Chain Analysis
5.4 Led Lighting Market Ecosystem
5.5 Porter's Five Forces Analysis
5.6 Average Selling Price Analysis
5.7 Trade Analysis
5.8 Revenue Shift & New Revenue Pockets for Led Lighting Market
5.9 Case Study Analysis
5.9.1 Uline, Shipping Supply Company, Shifted to Led Lighting System from Conventional Lighting System
5.9.2 Abb Atlanta International Airport (Atl) Went Over Complete Makeover with Led Lighting
5.9.3 Commercial Led Lighting Implemented at Franklin Institute
5.10 Led Lighting Market: Detailed List of Conferences and Events
5.11 Patent Analysis
5.11.1 Patent Registrations, 2018-2021
5.11.2 Led Lighting: Patent Analysis
5.12 Technology Trends
5.13 Government Regulations and Standards
5.14 Key Regulatory Bodies, Government Agencies, and Other Organizations
5.15 Key Stakeholders in Buying Process
6 Led Lighting Market, by Product Type
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Lamps
6.2.1 A-Type
6.2.1.1 A-Type Lamps are Primarily Used in Residential Buildings for Energy Saving
6.2.2 T-Type
6.2.2.1 T-Type Lamps are Widely Used in Commercial and Industrial Applications as They are Cheaper, More Efficient, and Long-Lasting Light Source
6.2.3 Others
6.3 Luminaires
6.3.1 Downlighting
6.3.1.1 Downlighting to Dominate Luminaires Segment due to Increasing Number of Residential, Construction, and Industrial Infrastructure Projects
6.3.2 Decorative Lighting
6.3.2.1 Commercial and Hospitality Applications Contribute Most to Increasing Demand for Decorative Lighting
6.3.3 Directional Lighting
6.3.3.1 Directional Lighting is Widely Used for Accentuating Purpose
6.3.4 Others
7 Led Lighting Market, by Application
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Indoor
7.2.1 Residential
7.2.1.1 Residential Segment is Likely to Capture Majority of Market Share During Forecast Period
7.2.2 Commercial
7.2.2.1 Offices
7.2.2.1.1 Recessed Luminaires and Downlighters are Most Commonly Used Lighting Fixtures in Offices
7.2.2.2 Retail Stores
7.2.2.2.1 Retail Shops and Malls are Expected to Witness Accelerated Demand for Led Lighting Systems During Post-COVID-19 Scenario
7.2.2.3 Horticulture Gardens
7.2.2.3.1 Led Lighting Systems are Increasingly Used as Supplemental Lighting Sources in Greenhouses and Vertical Farms
7.2.2.4 Others
7.2.3 Industrial
7.2.3.1 Landscape Lighting Solutions, Spotlights, Led Tubes and Panels, and Floor Panels are Most Commonly Used Industrial Lighting Solutions
7.2.4 Others
7.3 Outdoor
7.3.1 Streets and Roadways
7.3.1.1 Increasing Number of Road and Street Development Projects in Developing Economies to Drive Market Growth
7.3.2 Architectural Buildings
7.3.2.1 Led Lighting to Witness Increased Demand from Heritage Buildings, Historical Buildings, and Contemporary Architectural Landmarks
7.3.3 Sports Complexes
7.3.3.1 Existing Stadiums and Sports Complexes Expected to Switch to Led Lighting in Near Future
7.3.4 Tunnels
7.3.4.1 Upcoming Tunnel Construction Projects Worldwide to Provide Market Opportunities to Led Lighting System Providers
7.3.5 Others
8 Led Lighting Market, by Installation
8.1 Introduction
8.2 New
8.2.1 New Led Lighting Fixtures are Likely to be Deployed in Various Upcoming Construction Projects
8.3 Retrofit
8.3.1 Traditional Lighting Solutions are Widely Replaced with Led Lighting Solutions Across Several Applications
9 Led Lighting Market, by Sales Channel
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Retail/Wholesale
9.2.1 Retail/Wholesale Distribution Channels Account for Major Market Share
9.3 Direct Sales
9.3.1 Direct/Contract-Based Sales Channels Eliminate Third-Party Interference, Thereby Reducing Procurement Costs
9.4 E-Commerce
9.4.1 E-Commerce-Based Led Lighting Sales Will Increase Significantly Until 2027
10 Lumens in Led Lighting
10.1 Introduction
10.2 1,600 Lumens
10.3 1,100 Lumens
10.4 800 Lumens
10.5 450 Lumens
10.6 Low-Power Led
10.7 High-Power Led
11 Geographic Analysis
12 Competitive Landscape
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Key Player Strategies/Right to Win
12.2.1 Product Portfolio
12.2.2 Regional Focus
12.2.3 Manufacturing Footprint
12.2.4 Organic/Inorganic Growth Strategies
12.3 Market Share Analysis, 2021
12.4 Revenue Analysis of Top Players in Led Lighting Market
12.5 Company Evaluation Quadrant
12.5.1 Star
12.5.2 Pervasive
12.5.3 Emerging Leader
12.5.4 Participant
12.6 Competitive Benchmarking
12.7 Startup/Sme Evaluation Quadrant
12.7.1 Progressive Company
12.7.2 Responsive Company
12.7.3 Dynamic Company
12.7.4 Starting Block
12.8 Company Footprint
12.9 Competitive Situation and Trends
12.9.1 Product Launches & Developments
12.9.2 Deals
12.9.3 Others
13 Company Profiles
13.1 Key Players
13.1.1 Signify N.V.
13.1.2 Acuity Brands
13.1.3 Cree Lighting (Part of Ideal Industries, Inc.)
13.1.4 Osram Licht AG (Ams Osram)
13.1.5 Lg Electronics
13.1.6 Dialight plc
13.1.7 Panasonic Corporation
13.1.8 Hubbell Lighting, Inc. (Part of GE Current)
13.1.9 Zumtobel Group
13.1.10 Savant Systems, Inc.
13.2 Other Companies
13.2.1 Honyar
13.2.2 Samsung
13.2.3 Sharp Corporation
13.2.4 Siteco GmbH (Ge)
13.2.5 Havells India Limited
13.2.6 Trilux GmbH& Co. Kg
13.2.7 Fagerhults Belysning Ab
13.2.8 Syska Led Lights Private Limited
13.2.9 Go Green Led
13.2.10 Forest Lighting
13.2.11 Lighting Science Group Corporation
13.2.12 Wipro Lighting (Parent Company Wipro Limited)
13.2.13 Opple Lighting Co. Limited
13.2.14 Nvc Lighting Technology Corporation
13.2.15 Soraa
14 Appendix
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Redevelopment to Create 155-190 Affordable Workforce Housing Units
MADISON, Wis., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Repvblik LLC -- the nationwide leader in privately funded marketplace solutions to create workforce, student, and senior housing through adaptive re-use of distressed real estate -- today announced the purchase of the Madison Plaza Hotel in Madison and unveiled plans to convert the hotel into much-needed workforce housing for the greater Madison area.
Repvblik plans to fully renovate and repurpose the property into an estimated 155-190 affordable studio and one bedroom housing units ready for occupancy in 2023.
The property -- located on East Washington Avenue, Madison -- has already turned over the keys. Purchase price for the property was not disclosed. The project permitting process with the City of Madison will begin this fall.
Repvblik builds workforce housing for the 60% - 120% area median income (AMI) earners. At this property, rents will be affordable – meaning the residents spend no more than 30% of their income on housing – to 60% AMI earners, creating an affordable option for almost all moderate, and middle-income earners.
Renovation and construction will commence once all permits and approvals are in-hand and is expected to include façade renovation, pool area updates, fitness center, lounge & game room, coworking space and meeting rooms, onsite laundry addition, parking lot refinishing, upgrades to interior fixtures and finishes, kitchenettes, and landscaping and greenspace.
"I'm ecstatic to see our vision coming to life," said Richard Rubin, Founder & CEO of Repvblik. "It's been quite the journey these last few years, but as we start developing and opening more and more properties, it's great to see our idea and vision become a reality. We strongly believe adaptive reuse has a place in this economy and will continue to grow."
In cooperation with HotelBrokerOne, Jameson and Company facilitated the sale of the 197-unit property.
The transaction closed in early March and construction/renovation is expected to take ten to twelve months once begun.
Repvblik Leading in Adaptive Re-Use
Repvblik is leading in the nationwide trend of adaptive re-use real estate development without Federal funds or tax incentives.
Recent Repvblik projects include:
- Reuse of two Motel 6's bolstering much needed affordable housing in the booming Reno, NV market.
- Conversion of a Wyndham Garden Hotel in Sterling Heights, MI. Construction is currently underway.
- Private-funded project to create 150 quality workforce housing units from a shuttered Ramada Inn property in Sheffield, AL.
- Conversion of a former Days Inn Property in Branson, MO, to be the largest affordable, workforce-targeted housing project in the US to be completed entirely without Federal funding or tax credits.
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About Repvblik
Repvblik is an independent property developer and a pioneer in non-Federal funded, non-LITC (Low Income Tax Credit) commercial marketplace solutions to achieve quality workforce housing, affording student housing, and 55-plus senior housing through adaptive re-use in communities nationwide.
Repvblik was formed in 2018 and is principally owned by PK Companies, LLC, and Richard Rubin. PK Companies is a strategic investor in Repvblik and shares a common principal in Chris Potterpin. Based in Okemos, MI, PK is committed to creating partnerships that provide housing solutions to better fulfill the needs of their communities, and it strives to add value to the areas that it serves to enrich the lives of their residents. PK's portfolio now consists of completed projects and managed properties in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, Missouri, Texas, and California.
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Most unsuccessful Arizona statewide Republican nominees formally contested their opponents’ certified victories, pushing vast allegations to argue votes should be set aside or adjusted that would flip the outcomes.
State and county election officials insist no voter was disenfranchised, finishing the certification process last week in accordance with a statutory timeline that began a five-day window when voters could file legal challenges.
Republican nominees for governor and secretary of state, who lost their races, and attorney general, whose race remains in an automatic recount, filed challenges and claimed they should be certified as the winners.
Senate candidate Blake Masters is the only failed statewide GOP nominee in Arizona to not contest their race. The Republican superintendent candidate, who also did not file a suit, has not yet been declared the winner but leads ahead of an automatic recount.
In initial hearings this week, judges began setting aggressive schedules so they can issue decisions ahead of Arizona’s inauguration early next month.
Here’s a rundown of the lawsuits challenging Arizona’s election results:
Governor: Kari Lake
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who lost to Katie Hobbs (D), asked a judge last Friday to vacate Hobbs’s certificate of election because “hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots infected” the results, an argument based on claims disputed by election officials.
Lake, an ally of former President Trump, had declined to commit to accepting the election results on multiple occasions prior to the midterms. One of her attorneys in the case, Kurt Olsen, was subpoenaed by the House Jan. 6 committee after reports emerged he spoke with Trump on the day of the Capitol riot. Lake is requesting the courts either declare her the winner of the election or toss out the results and mandate a new vote.
The defendants plan to ask for the case to be dismissed and have until noon Thursday to file their motions.
Lake claims Hobbs as Arizona’s secretary of state and Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, a Republican who also runs an anti-Trump PAC, engaged in “intentional misconduct” in support of Hobbs’s candidacy.
The allegations largely focus on printer malfunctions that printed ballots too light for tabulators to read at some vote centers in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix and comprises about 60 percent of Arizona’s population.
Election officials insist voters could use one of multiple backup options, but Lake argues the issues effectively disenfranchised enough Election Day voters — who lean Republican — to erroneously give Hobbs the victory.
The suit further alleged about 200,000 ballots did not have proper chain of custody paperwork and many mail ballots with mismatched signatures were tabulated anyways.
Lake also claimed Hobbs and Richer violated the First Amendment, citing an email Hobbs’s office sent urging a review on tweets containing falsehoods about the 2020 election and a presentation Richer gave to Department of Homeland Security officials and Twitter’s legal counsel about election misinformation.
Hobbs’s campaign team called the lawsuit a “desperate attempt to undermine our democracy,” ahead of a statement on Saturday.
“Kari Lake needs attention like a fish needs water — and independent experts and local election officials of both parties have made clear that this was a safe, secure, and fair election,” Hobbs campaign manager Nicole DeMont said. “Arizonans made their voices heard and elected Katie Hobbs as their governor.”
Governor: Sonny Borrelli
State Sen. Sonny Borrelli (R) and two Mohave County voters contested Hobbs’s gubernatorial win, arguing “multiple systemic failures” in Maricopa County changed the outcome.
The suit largely focuses on Maricopa’s use of a third-party software that gives confidence ratings about whether mail ballot signatures match a voter’s file.
Election workers use the rating as they decide whether the signature matches, but the suit claims using the software is unconstitutional and violates state law without providing evidence that the software affected the results.
“Real human beings charged by statute with verifying signatures are not supposed to act as rubber stamps for unreliable decisions already made by private corporations’ trade-secret software,” the suit states.
Secretary of state: Mark Finchem
Republican Mark Finchem, who lost Arizona’s secretary of state race to Adrian Fontes (D) by about 120,000 votes, argued Arizona’s elections have become a “laughingstock among the 50 states” in contesting his result and asking a judge to issue a criminal referral for Hobbs.
Fontes and Hobbs urged the judge to dismiss the case, and a ruling is expected on their motions on Friday. Hobbs’s attorneys called the suit “little more than a publicity stunt.”
Finchem’s challenge describes the backup options in Maricopa as “weak and unsatisfying,” claiming he would have received 201,232 additional votes had the malfunctions not occurred, enough to change the outcome.
“The court system is the proper place for campaigns challenging the results to make their case,” the county said late last week. “Maricopa County respects the election contest process and looks forward to sharing facts about the administration of the 2022 General Election and our work to ensure every legal voter had an opportunity to cast their ballot.”
Finchem’s suit also goes further, promoting unfounded claims that voting equipment in the state was not properly certified by an accredited laboratory. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which oversees the accreditation process, and state election officials previously refuted those allegations.
The attorney representing Finchem, Daniel McCauley, represented the GOP-controlled Cochise County board last month when it defied a statutory deadline to approve the vote canvass based on similar allegations. The refusal was declared unlawful by a state judge.
“This is an election contest founded upon a flimsy tantrum of conspiracy theories and outright falsities in which Plaintiff Mark Finchem – a twice sanctioned litigant who has maintained totally baseless lawsuits against his political rivals and a failed politician who roundly lost the 2022 General Election – asks this Court to wholly disregard the People’s will, overturn the 2022 General Election and do it all over again in a manner he prefers,” Fontes’s attorneys wrote in court filings on Tuesday.
Finchem’s suit was initially joined by Jeff Zink, who lost to Rep. Reuben Gallego (D) by 54 points, but that race was later removed from the suit.
Attorney general: Abe Hamadeh and Republican National Committee
Republican attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh, who trails his Democratic rival by just 511 votes out of more than 2.5 million ballots, filed a challenge with the Republican National Committee and two voters ahead of the automatic recount.
But unlike the other suits, Hamadeh’s complaint does not allege “any fraud, manipulation or other intentional wrongdoing” and instead argues the cumulative effect of the printer malfunctions was enough to flip the razor-thin margin.
His complaint also alleges election workers made errors in tabulating damaged ballots that workers transposed onto a duplicate ballot and ballots with unclear markings that workers from different parties adjudicated. The suit also claims a material number of mail ballots had mismatched signatures and shouldn’t have been counted.
Hamadeh asked a state judge to amend the tabulations to fix the alleged inaccuracies, provide allegedly disenfranchised voters with an opportunity to vote and declare Hamadeh as the winner. | https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/here-are-all-the-gop-legal-challenges-to-arizonas-election-results/ | 2022-12-15 20:18:41 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/here-are-all-the-gop-legal-challenges-to-arizonas-election-results/ |
Updated February 12, 2023 at 10:13 AM ET
OSMANIYE, Turkey — A young boy, no more than five years old, struggles along a dirt road, his arms filled with water bottles and some food.
He's just left an aid distribution center in this rural corner of the outskirts of Osmaniye, a provincial capital in southern Turkey's Mediterranean agricultural region, his full arms a sign that there's no shortage of volunteers when it comes to responding to the earthquake – at least on the ground at the local level.
Osmaniye took its share of the hit from the powerful earthquake and large aftershocks that devastated a huge swath of territory across the southern part of the country last week.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan included the city in his tour of hard-hit areas, acknowledging that the government didn't respond quickly enough.
Row after row of white tents erected by AFAD, Turkey's emergency management agency, fill one side of a pasture where the aid center is located. Across a fence, young men climb over a small mountain of plastic bags filled with donations. They upend the bags, spilling coats, clothes, shoes and other items onto a growing colorful pile.
Victims of the earthquake sift through the items, looking for warm clothes and blankets.
Burying the dead, sleeping outdoors
Sibel Dahli, a 27-year-old schoolteacher, says there was no aid that she could see for the first two days after the quake, but on the third day it began to be distributed.
She says her two-story house was cracked in the earthquake, so she and her relatives are now sharing a tent with two other families. She's also been in mourning for 17 members of her extended family, who perished in the quake.
As for returning home, she says that's out of the question at the moment.
"Even if the house is safe, I can't go in right now, it feels like it's shaking when I go inside the house," she says, adding that a "tent is good enough for me."
Government response 'not impressive'
Another woman, Gonul, 56, asks to be identified only by her first name because she's worried about retaliation from authorities for speaking about its earthquake response.
Gonul's property is small but lovely, filled with olive and orange trees that seem to have survived intact. The house, however, is badly cracked. She's waiting for an inspection to determine whether it can be repaired or must be demolished. To an untrained eye, the latter seems more likely.
She says when she woke up Monday morning to feel the ground shaking, she ran to the balcony and clung to the iron bars outside the window.
"I held onto the iron bars, the shaking was so strong," she says, "I went back and forth, back and forth."
She was not impressed by President Erdogan's visit and his claim that no state could have dealt with a disaster of this size. But more irritating to her was the fact that Erdogan's main political ally, the leader of the far-right National Action Party, Devlet Bahceli, didn't visit Osmaniye, where he was born.
"This is his hometown, he needs to show up," she says, adding "He's losing votes in his own hometown."
Newer buildings fared worse
A walk through this Osmaniye neighborhood offers anecdotal evidence to support a popular and longstanding complaint. Local residents point out how many older buildings are still standing, while newer ones collapsed into heaps of rubble.
This may seem counterintuitive, since the newer buildings were constructed after Turkey's 1999 earthquake, when more stringent building codes were put in place. The theory holds that the older buildings were more soundly constructed – they had, after all, withstood the 1999 quake, which killed more than 17,000 people.
The consensus here is that the problem wasn't the new regulations themselves, but shady contractors who increased their profits by cutting corners and not following the new rules. There are allegations that inspectors were bribed to sign off on the buildings.
People in the earthquake zone have their doubts as to whether contractors or anyone else will be held accountable, but the prosecutor in one affected province, Diyarbakir, began to issue arrest warrants on Saturday, and the first detentions were reported Sunday.
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Taco Bell testing new vegan meat alternative
Published: Aug. 18, 2022 at 8:50 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - Taco Bell is testing a new plant-based meat alternative at some of its locations.
The fast-food chain announced it has debuted a new crispy melt taco at some restaurants in Alabama.
Unlike its other new items, this product is being tested with Taco Bell’s new proprietary plant-based protein.
According to the company, the product is a soy and pea protein blend inspired by classic Taco Bell flavors.
It says the American Vegetarian Association has certified the protein vegan, and it can be added to other menu options.
Testing the new product comes as Taco Bell partners with Beyond Meat for more vegetarian options.
Taco Bell said it plans to have those products available before the end of the year.
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Global shares were mostly higher Thursday as the latest bout of turbulence on Wall Street abated.
Benchmarks rose in all major markets and U.S. futures jumped. Oil prices fell back.
European countries united in condemning a decision by Russia to cut natural gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria as a failed attempt to divide the West in its support for Ukraine.
Russia's escalation in the economic standoff of sanctions and countersanctions could force targeted countries to ration gas, dealing a fresh blow to economies strapped by rising prices.
Natural gas prices surged as much as 24% Wednesday in Europe and the euro weakened after Russia said it would cut off supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Natural gas and oil prices already were rising as the pandemic eased and demand increased, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine has added to price increases.
Stock markets appeared to shrug off those concerns Thursday.
Germany's DAX jumped 1.7% to 14,024.01 while the CAC 40 in Paris added 1.7% to 6,555.55. Britain's FTSE surged 0.8% to 7,484.85. The future for the S&P 500 climbed 1.5% while the Dow future was up 0.9%.
Oil prices fell back, with U.S. benchmark crude oil losing 46 cents to $101.56 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It picked up 32 cents on Wednesday to $102.02 per barrel.
Brent crude, the standard for pricing international oil, shed 60 cents to $104.35 per barrel.
Shares advanced in Asia after the Bank of Japan kept its near-zero interest rate stance unchanged.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.8% to 26,847.90 on stronger-than-expected retail sales data. However, the Japanese central bank downgraded its outlook for the world's third-largest economy to take into account rising energy costs and uncertainties raised by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The dollar rose to 130.60 Japanese yen from 128.43 yen late Wednesday. It started the year at about 115 yen and has risen much faster than earlier estimates on expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will aggressively raise interest rates to counter surging inflation. That has prompted investors to sell yen to seek higher returns in dollar-denominated assets.
The euro slipped to $1.0545 from $1.0560.
Some Japanese officials have expressed concern over the yen's weakness at a time when costs for imported oil, gas and other commodities are soaring. But the Bank of Japan has indicated it intends to keep lending conditions ultra-lax to help support the sluggish economy.
In its summary of the outlook for the economy, the BOJ said the chief risks were coronavirus outbreaks and “extremely high uncertainties over developments in the situation surrounding Ukraine and the associated developments in commodity prices, global financial and capital markets, and overseas economies."
Chinese benchmarks were higher amid a flurry of official commentary highlighting the ruling Communist Party's efforts to counter the impact of pandemic shutdowns in many cities.
The Shanghai Composite index gained 0.6% to 2,975.48 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 1.5% to 20,238.22.
Strict COVID-19 lockdown measures in China have added to concerns about slowing growth, disrupting the flow of industrial goods and other business activity in Shanghai, home of the world’s busiest port, and other industrial cities including Changchun and Jilin in northeast China.
Beijing has been conducting mass testing this week as it decides on what degree of controls to impose in the capital.
Elsewhere, the Kospi in Seoul added 1.1% to 2,667.49. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 surged 1.3% to 7,356.90.
Wall Street ended Wednesday with a lackluster finish as traders braced for more earnings reports from major U.S. companies. Twitter, Apple and Amazon will report their results on Thursday.
The S&P 500 saw most of a midday rally evaporate and wound up with a gain of just 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also added 0.2% while the Nasdaq was barely changed. The Russell 2000 fell 0.3%. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Asian-shares-mostly-higher-after-wobbly-day-on-17132657.php | 2022-04-28 08:22:45 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Asian-shares-mostly-higher-after-wobbly-day-on-17132657.php |
Parroting Trump, GOP primary losers cast doubt on elections
It was no shock that state Rep. Ron Hanks and Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters handily lost their recent Republican primaries in Colorado for U.S. Senate and secretary of state.
Hanks was outspent 14-to-1 by his rival. Peters, who was vying to become Colorado's top elections official, had been indicted on seven felony charges alleging she helped orchestrate a breach of her voting system's hard drive.
But this past week, both candidates formally requested recounts of their primary elections from June 28, suggesting widespread irregularities seen by no one other than their own campaigns and allies.
“I have reasons to believe extensive malfeasance occurred in the June 2022 primary,” Peters wrote in her recount request, “and that the apparent outcome of this election does not reflect the will of Colorado voters not only for myself but also for many other America First statewide and local primary candidates.”
America First is a coalition of conservative candidates and officeholders who, among other things, promote the falsehood that Democrat Joe Biden did not win the 2020 presidential election.
This idea has seeped deeply into this year's Republican primaries, which have revealed a new political strategy among numerous candidates: running on a platform that denies President Donald Trump's defeat two years ago. As some of those candidates lose their own races, they are reaching new frontiers in election denial by insisting that those primaries, too, were rigged.
“There's a clear reason they're doing it, and it's a much broader, coordinated attack on the freedom to vote across the country,” said Joanna Lydgate of States United Action. Her group supports election officials who recognize the validity of the 2020 election.
Noting that she coaches youth basketball, Lydgate added another reason: “Really, what this is is people who are sore losers, people who don't want to accept defeat."
The primary losers have an obvious role model: Trump himself.
After his first election loss during his 2016 run for the White House, in the Iowa caucuses, Trump baselessly claimed fraud and demanded an investigation. When he was elected president later that year, he claimed that fraud was the reason Democrat Hillary Clinton won more votes than he did. Trump set up a commission to try to prove that. That commission was disbanded when it failed to produce any evidence.
After his 2020 defeat, Trump and his supporters lost 63 of 64 legal challenges to the election. Trump continued to blame fraud, without evidence, even after his own attorney general and election reviews in the states failed to turn up any widespread wrongdoing that would have any impact on the outcome.
This year's post-primary election denial may be a preview for November, when Republicans face Democrats in thousands of races across the country. The GOP is expected to do well — an expectation that could set the stage for more false claims of fraud when some of those candidates lose.
Still, some Republicans aren't waiting for Democratic voters to weigh in before making unsubstantiated fraud claims.
Some recent candidates who have done that are relatively marginal ones.
In Georgia, Trump's two recruits to challenge the state's governor and secretary of state — former Sen. David Perdue and former Rep. Jodi Hice — admitted defeat after they lost the May primaries. But Kandiss Taylor, a fringe candidate who won only 3% of the primary vote for governor, refused to concede, claiming there was widespread cheating.
In South Carolina, Republican Harrison Musselwhite — who goes by Trucker Bob — lost his primary against Gov. Henry McMaster by 66 percentage points. Still, he complained of problems with the election to the state party, as did another losing GOP contender, Lauren Martel, who ran for for attorney general. The party rejected their claims.
Others who have cried fraud are more prominent.
Joey Gilbert, who came in second in the Nevada Republican primary for governor, posted a Facebook video days after the June tally showing him 26,000 votes short. “These elections, the way they’ve been run, it’s like Swiss cheese,” he said. "There’s too many holes.”
Gilbert, who attended Trump's rally near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, before the riot at the U.S. Capitol, demanded a recount. The results appear unlikely to substantially change the final tally. He did not return messages seeking comment.
In Arizona, former newscaster Kari Lake won Trump's endorsement in her quest for the party's nomination for governor, insisting that he won the presidency in 2020. This past week, she told supporters that her top opponent in the primary “might be trying to set the stage for another steal” in next month's primary.
That earned her a rebuke from Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican who has endorsed Lake's chief rival, Karin Taylor Robson.
“The 2022 elections haven’t even been held yet, and already we’re seeing speculation doubting the results – especially if certain candidates lose,” Ducey tweeted. “It’s one of the most irresponsible things I can imagine.”
Lake's campaign did not return messages seeking comment.
In Colorado, county clerk Peters immediately questioned the primary results once the tally showed her losing badly in the secretary of state's race. Claiming fraud as she trailed former county clerk Pam Anderson, a regular debunker of Trump's election lies, Peters said: “Looking at the results, it’s just so obvious it should be flipped.”
She and Senate candidate Hanks repeated Trump's election lies, a position that had won them strong support last spring at the 3,000-strong GOP state assembly, a convention attended by the party's strongest activists. Both candidates, in letters to the secretary of state’s office this past week demanding a recount, cited that support in explaining why they could not have lost their primaries.
Hanks referred a reporter to an email address for media for the two candidates, though no one responded to questions sent to that address.
The activists who attend the GOP gathering are just a small fraction of the 600,000 who voted in the June primary. According to preliminary results, Peters lost by 88,000 votes and Hanks by 56,000 votes.
Their recount letters gave reasons why the candidates believed those vote tallies were “being artificially controlled.”
The Colorado Secretary of State's office said a recount will cost $236,000 for each candidate. As of Friday night, the deadline set by the office to receive the money, neither candidate had paid, according to spokeswoman Annie Orloff. | https://www.wgal.com/article/gop-primary-losers-cast-doubt-on-elections/40631188 | 2022-07-17 01:10:25 | 1 | https://www.wgal.com/article/gop-primary-losers-cast-doubt-on-elections/40631188 |
Aleksandar Kovacevic 2023 Mifel Open Odds
After bowing out in the round of 32 of the Hall of Fame Open in his most recent tournament (losing to Jordan Thompson), Aleksandar Kovacevic will open the Mifel Open versus Omni Kumar (in the round of 32). Kovacevic currently is +3300 to win it all at Cabo Sports Complex.
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- Next Round: Round of 32
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African leaders arrive in Russia for summit as Kremlin seeks allies amid fighting in Ukraine
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Some African leaders arrived in Russia on Wednesday for a summit with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin seeks more allies amid the fighting in Ukraine.
Putin has billed the two-day summit that opens Thursday in St. Petersburg as a major event that would help bolster ties with a continent of 1.3 billion people that is increasingly assertive on the global stage.
On Wednesday, Putin held one-on-one talks with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and said Russia will more than triple the number of Ethiopian students it hosts and cover their education costs.
Ethiopia’s government has been under pressure from the U.S. and the World Food Program after they made the extraordinary decision to suspend food aid to the country earlier this year following the discovery of massive theft of aid. They seek reforms that involve the government giving up controls over aid distribution. Meanwhile, watchdogs say hunger is rising in areas like the Tigray region that is recovering from two years of conflict.
Later in the day, Putin is set to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.
Africa’s 54 nations make up the largest voting bloc at the United Nations and have been more divided than any other region on General Assembly resolutions criticizing Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
It’s the second Russia-Africa summit since 2019. The number of heads of states attending shrank from 43 then to 17 now because of what the Kremlin described as a crude Western pressure to discourage African nations from taking part.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov deplored “unconcealed brazen interference by the U.S., France and other states through their diplomatic missions in African countries, and attempts to put pressure on the leadership of these countries in order to prevent their active participation in the forum.”
“It’s absolutely outrageous, but it will in no way prevent the success of the summit,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said that while only 17 heads of state will attend the summit, 32 other African countries will be represented by senior government officials or ambassadors.
The summit follows Russia’s withdrawal from a deal that allowed Black Sea exports, vital to many African countries, a move that drew a strong condemnation around the world and raised new threats to global food security.
Russia shrugged off criticism and doubled down by launching a barrage of missile attacks on Ukrainian ports and agriculture facilities.
At the same time, Putin has repeatedly pledged that Russia would offer free grain to low-income African countries now that the Black Sea deal has been terminated.
“I want to give assurances that our country is capable of replacing the Ukrainian grain both on a commercial and free-of-charge basis,” Putin said in a statement Monday, asserting that Russia shipped almost 10 million tons of grain to Africa in the first half of the year.
Along with grain, another issue likely to be on the agenda will be the fate of Russia’s Wagner military company led by Yevgeny Prigozhin following its brief rebellion against the Kremlin last month. Wagner’s future will be an urgent issue for countries like Sudan, Mali and others who contract with the mercenary group in exchange for natural resources like gold. Russian officials and Prigozhin have said the company will continue working in Africa.
A peace proposal for Ukraine that African leaders have tried to pursue is set to be discussed as well.
“The summit background will also offer an opportunity to African heads of state who are part of the African Leaders Peace Mission to continue talks with President Putin on the confidence-building measures that will create conducive conditions for a path to peace between Russia and Ukraine,” a statement from the South African presidency said Wednesday.
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Cara Anna in Nairobi, Kenya contributed to this report.
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TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Wind chill values as low as
14 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs around 19. East winds
10 to 15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 8 below in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows around 9 above. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
south after midnight. Wind chill values as low as 2 below.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 3 below
in the morning.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the
lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Not as cool with highs in the
lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ022-221715-
Castro-
Including the cities of Dimmitt and Hart
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 11. North
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill values as
low as 21 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 6 above. North winds
15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 13 below.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. Cold
with highs around 18. North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in
the afternoon. Wind chill values as low as 9 below in the
morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows around 10 above. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
south after midnight. Wind chill values as low as 1 below.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 2 below
in the morning.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the
lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Not as cool with highs in the
lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ023-221715-
Swisher-
Including the cities of Tulia and Happy
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 11. North
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill values as
low as 21 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows around 5 above. North winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Wind chill values as low as 13 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs around 18. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind
chill values as low as 10 below in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 10 above. East winds around
5 mph, becoming southwest after midnight. Wind chill values as
low as zero.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill values as low as zero in
the morning.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the
lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ024-221715-
Briscoe-
Including the cities of Silverton and Quitaque
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, windy and much colder with highs around 12. North
winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph this morning. Wind chill
values as low as 21 below.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 8 above. North winds
15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 11 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs around 19. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind
chill values as low as 9 below in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 16. Northeast
winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cold with lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ025-221715-
Hall-
Including the cities of Turkey and Memphis
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny and very windy. Much colder with highs around 14.
North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, diminishing to
20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph this afternoon. Wind chill
values as low as 18 below.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 10 above. North
winds 15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 7 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 6 below in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 13. North winds around
5 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cold with lows in the upper
20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ027-221715-
Bailey-
Including the city of Muleshoe
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 16.
Northeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill
values as low as 14 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows around 7 above. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 9 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 6 below in the
morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows around 10 above. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Not as cool with highs in the
lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ028-221715-
Lamb-
Including the cities of Littlefield, Amherst, and Olton
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 14. North
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill values as
low as 16 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows around 7 above. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Wind chill values as low as 10 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs around 20. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Wind chill
values as low as 7 below in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows around 10 above. Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming
south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows 15 to 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cold with lows in the upper
20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ029-221715-
Hale-
Including the cities of Plainview and Hale Center
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 13. North
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill values as
low as 18 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows around 6 above. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
Wind chill values as low as 11 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs around 19. North winds
5 to 10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 9 below in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 10 above. East winds around
5 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows 15 to 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the
lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ030-221715-
Floyd-
Including the cities of Floydada and Lockney
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, windy and much colder with highs around 13. North
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Wind chill values as
low as 19 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 8 above. North winds
15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 11 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs around 19. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind
chill values as low as 9 below in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 11. East winds around 5 mph,
becoming southwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cold with lows in the upper
20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ031-221715-
Motley-
Including the cities of Matador and Roaring Springs
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much colder with highs around
14. North winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph this morning.
Wind chill values as low as 16 below.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 10 above. North
winds 15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 7 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 7 below in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 17. Northwest
winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cold with lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ032-221715-
Cottle-
Including the cities of Paducah and Cee Vee
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Very windy and
much colder with highs around 15. North winds 30 to 35 mph with
gusts up to 50 mph, diminishing to 20 to 30 mph this afternoon.
Wind chill values as low as 14 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 11. North winds
15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 7 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wind chill values as low as 5 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 18. North
winds around 5 mph, becoming west around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ033-221715-
Cochran-
Including the cities of Morton and Whiteface
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 18.
Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill
values as low as 6 below this morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows around 8 above. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 7 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 5 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 11. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cold with lows in the upper
20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ034-221715-
Hockley-
Including the cities of Levelland and Sundown
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 17. North
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill values as
low as 9 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows around 8 above. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
Wind chill values as low as 8 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 5 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 11. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cold with lows in the upper
20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ036-221715-
Crosby-
Including the cities of Ralls and Crosbyton
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, windy and much colder with highs around 15. North
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Wind chill values as
low as 15 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 10 above. North
winds 15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 9 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs around 20. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 7 below in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 13. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cold with lows in the upper
20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ037-221715-
Dickens-
Including the cities of Spur and Dickens
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, windy and much colder with highs around 16. North
winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph this morning. Wind chill
values as low as 15 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 11. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Wind chill values as low as
7 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 6 below in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 17. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ038-221715-
King-
Including the cities of Dumont and Guthrie
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much colder with highs around
18. North winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph this morning.
Wind chill values as low as 12 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 13. North winds
15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 5 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 4 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 18. North
winds around 5 mph, becoming west around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cold with lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ039-221715-
Yoakum-
Including the cities of Denver City and Plains
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs in the mid 20s.
Northeast winds 20 to 25 mph. Wind chill values as low as
1 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Colder with lows around 9 above. Northeast winds 15 to
20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 7 below after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 4 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 13. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cold with lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper
30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ040-221715-
Terry-
Including the cities of Brownfield, Meadow, and Wellman
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 20.
Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill
values as low as 3 below.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows around 9 above. Northeast winds 15 to
20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 6 below after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 4 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 13. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cold with lows in the upper
20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ041-221715-
Lynn-
Including the cities of Tahoka, New Home, and ODonnell
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 19. North
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill values as
low as 6 below this morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows around 10 above. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
Wind chill values as low as 5 below in the evening.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 4 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 14. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ042-221715-
Garza-
Including the cities of Post and Lake Alan Henry
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 20. North
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill values as
low as 6 below this morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 14. North winds
15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 3 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 2 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 15. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ043-221715-
Kent-
Including the city of Jayton
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, blustery and much colder with highs around 20.
North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Wind chill
values as low as 7 below this morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows around 12. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Wind
chill values as low as 3 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wind chill values as low as 2 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 15. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ044-221715-
Stonewall-
Including the cities of Aspermont and Old Glory
345 AM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Windy and much
colder with highs in the lower 20s. North winds 20 to 30 mph with
gusts up to 40 mph. Wind chill values as low as 7 below this
morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold. Near steady temperature around 14. North winds
15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 3 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Cold with highs in the lower 20s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 2 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 15. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cold with lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs around 70.
$$
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White House won't pay for Twitter verification under Elon Musk's new rules: report
The White House will not pay for staffers to have their official Twitter accounts continue to be verified, according to a report.
Beginning today, Twitter is shutting down its legacy verified program and will remove blue checkmarks from everyone that does not sign up for a Twitter Blue subscription. That means celebrities, journalists, and even White House staff will need to fork over $8 per month to Twitter CEO Elon Musk if they want to keep their verified accounts.
White House officials have become accustom to having verified accounts to ensure that their messages are received by the public as trustworthy. However, in email guidance reported by Axios on Friday, White House director of digital strategy Rob Flaherty told staffers that the government will not pick up the tab for their Twitter Blue subscriptions.
"It is our understanding that Twitter Blue does not provide person-level verification as a service. Thus, a blue check mark will now simply serve as a verification that the account is a paid user," Flaherty wrote, according to the report.
TWITTER WILL DO AWAY WITH LEGACY BLUE CHECKS SOON
While this email was sent internally to White House staff, Axios reports that similar guidance to some agencies and departments may follow in the future.
Musk previously promised to change how Twitter verification works, citing a need for users on the platform to be treated equally. Following his $44 billion takeover of the company, he announced that Twitter would launch an $8 monthly subscription service for account verification that would also come with other features, including the ability to edit tweets, upload high-quality videos and more.
TWITTER BLUE DEADLINE APPROACHES, WHILE CELEBRITIES SCOFF AT MUSK'S PUSH TO PULL LEGACY CHECK MARKS
Businesses can sign up to be a "Verified Organization" and receive a gold checkmark on their account for a $1,000 monthly subscription fee.
As for government/multilateral organizations and officials, some accounts will be eligible for a gray checkmark. According to Twitter, accounts that are eligible for the government profile label include heads of state (presidents, monarchs, and prime ministers), deputy heads of state, national-level cabinet officials, official spokespersons for government agencies, executive and administrative offices, individual lawmakers, and other institutional accounts.
ELON MUSK PASSES BARACK OBAMA TO BECOME MOST FOLLOWED ACCOUNT ON TWITTER
Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that beginning April 1st, Twitter will wind down its legacy verification program. (CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The White House said it will not pay to be a verified organization, and it won't reimburse staff who sign up for Twitter Blue, Axios reported.
"Twitter’s enterprise service, Verification for Organization, does appear to provide organization-association verification. There are ongoing trials for the program that we are monitoring, but we will not enroll in it," Flaherty wrote.
"Staff may purchase Twitter Blue on their personal social media accounts using personal funds," he added.
The White House guidance reportedly included instruction on how staffers may report account impersonations after the loss of their verified status.
LINK: Get updates and more on this story at foxbusiness.com. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/white-house-pay-twitter-verification-elon-musk-new-rules | 2023-04-03 13:39:43 | 0 | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/white-house-pay-twitter-verification-elon-musk-new-rules |
Germany offers Poland Patriot missiles to defend airspace
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s defense minister says the country has offered Eurofighters and Patriot defense systems to Poland to help it defend its airspace. In comments published in German newspapers Monday, she said that “we have to position ourselves in the alliance even better in terms of air defense,” and that that goes particularly for Poland, Slovakia and the Baltic countries.” Christine Lambrecht said Germany is present with these air defense weapons in Slovakia already and wants to extend that through 2023 or even beyond. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said he received Germany’s offer of additional Patriot missiles “with satisfaction” and will have them deployed close to the border with Ukraine. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/11/21/germany-offers-poland-patriot-missiles-to-defend-airspace-2/ | 2022-11-21 16:45:51 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/11/21/germany-offers-poland-patriot-missiles-to-defend-airspace-2/ |
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares began the year mixed, with European benchmarks opening higher on Monday after a lackluster session for the few Asian markets not closed for New Year holidays.
U.S. markets are also closed.
This week brings employment data and minutes from the latest meeting of the Federal Reserve, as 2023 begins with persisting uncertainties over the war in Ukraine and over the risk that interest rate hikes meant to tame inflation might lead to recession.
Germany’s DAX gained 0.5% in early trading to 13,996.02 and the CAC40 in Paris added 0.7% to 6,520.71. Markets in Britain and in the U.S. are closed Monday in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday.
In Asia, South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.5% to 2,225.67 and the Sensex in Mumbai gained 0.4% to 61,109.23. Jakarta’s benchmark was flat.
Over the weekend, a report showed that Chinese manufacturing contracted for a third consecutive month in December, in the biggest drop since February 2020, as the country grapples with a nationwide COVID-19 surge after suddenly easing anti-epidemic measures.
A monthly purchasing managers’ index declined to 47.0 from 48.0 in November, according to data released from the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday. Numbers below 50 indicate a contraction in activity.
It’s uncertain what impact removing strict COVID-19 policies that crimped production for raw materials and goods and discouraged travel will have on the global economy.
The specter of recession in the U.S. and other major economies, as well as a prolonged slump in China, are factors overhanging markets.
“We expect one third of the world economy to be in recession,” Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said in an interview Sunday with the CBS television network’s “Face the Nation.”
“And yes … even countries that are not in recession, it would feel like recession for hundreds of millions of people,” she said.
Georgieva said, however, that the U.S. economy was “remarkably resilient,” and that measures such as the Inflation Reduction Act and child tax credit measures were “good for the U.S. Good for the world.”
The minutes of the Fed’s meeting potentially will give investors more insight into its next moves. The government will also release its November report on job openings Wednesday. That will be followed by a weekly update on unemployment on Thursday. The closely-watched monthly employment report is due Friday.
Wall Street is also waiting for corporate earnings reports that are due to start flowing in around mid-January. Companies have told investors inflation will likely crimp their profits and revenue in 2023, even after they raised prices on everything from food to clothing to offset inflation, helping to pad their profit margins.
On Friday, U.S. markets logged more losses in quiet trading, closing the book on the worst year for the benchmark S&P 500 since 2008.
The S&P 500 fell 0.3%. It posted a 5.9% loss for the month of December and a 19.4% decline in 2022, or 18.1%, including dividends.
That’s just its third annual decline since the financial crisis of 2008 when the S&P 500 plunged 38.49%, and a painful reversal for investors after the S&P 500 notched a gain of nearly 27% in 2021. All told, the index lost $8.2 trillion in value, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.
The Dow dropped 0.2% on Friday while the Nasdaq slipped 0.1%. The Russell 2000 shed 0.3%.
Stocks struggled all year as pandemic stimulus was withdrawn and inflation put increasing pressure on consumers while central banks raised interest rates to fight high prices.
The Fed’s key lending rate stood at a range of 0% to 0.25% at the beginning of 2022 and closed the year at a range of 4.25% to 4.5% after seven increases. The U.S. central bank forecasts it will reach a range of 5% to 5.25% by late 2023, with no rate cut before 2024.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine worsened inflationary pressure earlier in the year by making oil, gas and food commodity prices even more volatile amid existing supply chain issues. Oil closed Friday around $80, about $5 higher than where it started the year. But in between oil jumped above $120, helping energy stocks post the only gain among the 11 sectors in the S&P 500, up 59%.
In currency dealings, the U.S. dollar rose to 130.94 Japanese yen from 130.89 yen. The euro fell to $1.0677 from $1.0699. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-asian-markets-mixed-after-sp-500-ends-worst-year-since-2008/ | 2023-01-02 18:19:23 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-asian-markets-mixed-after-sp-500-ends-worst-year-since-2008/ |
SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law, in what is believed to be the largest campaign finance penalty in U.S. history.
The penalty issued by King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North was the maximum allowed for more than 800 violations of Washington's Fair Campaign Practices Act, passed by voters in 1972 and later strengthened by the Legislature. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson argued that the maximum was appropriate considering his office previously sued Facebook in 2018 for violating the same law.
Meta, based in Menlo Park, California, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Washington’s transparency law requires ad sellers such as Meta to keep and make public the names and addresses of those who buy political ads, the target of such ads, how the ads were paid for and the total number of views of each ad. Ad sellers must provide the information to anyone who asks for it. Television stations and newspapers have complied with the law for decades.
But Meta has repeatedly objected to the requirements, arguing unsuccessfully in court that the law is unconstitutional because it “unduly burdens political speech” and is “virtually impossible to fully comply with.” While Facebook does keep an archive of political ads that run on the platform, the archive does not disclose all the information required under Washington's law.
“I have one word for Facebook’s conduct in this case — arrogance,” Ferguson said in a news release. “It intentionally disregarded Washington’s election transparency laws. But that wasn’t enough. Facebook argued in court that those laws should be declared unconstitutional. That’s breathtaking. Where’s the corporate responsibility?"
In 2018, following Ferguson’s first lawsuit, Facebook agreed to pay $238,000 and committed to transparency in campaign finance and political advertising. It subsequently said it would stop selling political ads in the state rather than comply with the requirements.
Nevertheless, the company continued selling political ads, and Ferguson sued again in 2020.
"Meta was aware that its announced ‘ban’ would not, and did not, stop all such advertising from continuing to be displayed on its platform,” North wrote last month in finding that Meta violation's were intentional.
Each violation of the law is typically punishable by up to $10,000, but penalties can be tripled if a judge finds them to be intentional. North fined Meta $30,000 for each of its 822 violations — about $24.7 million. Ferguson described the fine as the largest campaign finance-related penalty ever issued in the U.S.
Meta, one of the world's richest companies, reported quarterly earnings Wednesday of $4.4 billion, or $1.64 per share, on revenue of nearly $28 billion, in the three month period that ended Sept. 30. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Meta-fined-24-7M-for-campaign-finance-disclosure-17537296.php | 2022-10-27 02:12:28 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Meta-fined-24-7M-for-campaign-finance-disclosure-17537296.php |
DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A North Carolina boy found in a padlocked dog kennel told deputies he had been living there since April, and that he didn’t have a room in the house where his father and stepmother were living, according to search warrants.
Warrants also revealed that people in the area knew about his living conditions during that time.
On Oct. 19, Davidson County deputies responded to a home in Lexington on reports of a 9-year-old boy locked in a dog kennel. The boy was found and taken to the hospital.
The child’s father, stepmother and the stepmother’s aunt, who owns the property, were arrested and charged with felony child abuse.
Search warrants show that an anonymous person called 911 just before 7 a.m. on Oct. 19 and told them about the boy. She said her husband had taken him food “in the past.”
The child was found in a T-shirt and jeans with no shoes, after a night of below-freezing temperatures. Deputies, who saw frost on the ground when they arrived, broke into the padlocked kennel to get to the boy.
According to the warrant, the child said he had been living outside since April. He also told a lieutenant that he did not have a room in the house “because he lived outside.”
The deputies saw a woman at the back door of the home holding a small child. She walked out of sight and turned the lights off, according to warrants. The deputies forced entry into the home, where they detained Sarah Starr, the boy’s stepmother. She told deputies she did not know the combination to the lock on the kennel and that only her aunt, Shelley Barnes, knew it.
Starr was holding an 8-month-old baby, and a 4-year-old child was found under Starr’s bed. They were taken out of the home by EMS.
Starr told deputies she knew the boy was being held in the dog kennel, according to the warrant, and allegedly told a detective that she and her husband were “upset about it.”
Starr told them she had two other children, a 7- and an 8-year-old, both of whom were at school.
A neighbor came to the house on a four-wheeler and told deputies the child had been in the kennel around 10:30 p.m. the night before. The man said he had brought the child a coat and snacks, according to warrants.
All five of the children were taken into custody by the Department of Social Services. During a press conference, the sheriff’s office said that the children were in good health.
Sarah and Jonathan Starr are charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious physical injury, misdemeanor child abuse and false imprisonment.
Barnes is charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious physical injury, misdemeanor child abuse, false imprisonment and possession of a firearm by a felon. The warrants show Barnes was convicted of identity theft in 2004. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/child-found-locked-in-dog-kennel-said-hed-lived-outside-since-april-warrants-show/ | 2022-10-25 14:27:41 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/child-found-locked-in-dog-kennel-said-hed-lived-outside-since-april-warrants-show/ |
Black bear crashes Easter egg hunt, eats all the candy
WINDSOR, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – Easter egg hunts in Connecticut are … different.
While most people nationwide probably enjoyed their egg hunts without wildlife interruption, several Connecticut residents told WFSB that bears became part of the game, rooting through plastic eggs and eating the candy inside.
One incident happened in the town of Windsor, where a woman captured video of a black bear opening the eggs and eating the candy.
“Look who’s coming to eat the eggs!” she says on camera.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said that giving bears easy access to food can become a bad habit, leading to the animals becoming habituated, comfortable and unafraid of people.
DEEP said it’s critically important to minimize enticing bears with food in any way, as human-bear conflicts continue to rise. In 2022 in Connecticut, bears entered people’s homes 67 times, surpassing the previous yearly record of 45, and sharply increasing from seven years ago when bears entered homes less than 10 times annually.
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Submission of EXXUA (gepirone HCl), a novel targeted single serotonin receptor agonist for treatment of Major Depressive Disorder receives PDUFA action date of June 23, 2023.
HOUSTON, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fabre-Kramer Pharmaceuticals, a leading developer of novel small molecule medications to address unmet needs in the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders, announced today it received on January 20, 2023 acknowledgement and acceptance of its December 23, 2022 NDA Amendment for EXXUA (gepirone hydrochloride) extended release tablets for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). The FDA designated the filing as a Complete Response Class 2 resubmission of NDA 021164 and assigned a PDUFA action date of June 23, 2023.
EXXUA is a novel serotonin (5HT) single receptor (1A) agonist that has demonstrated effectiveness and a favorable safety profile in clinical trials as monotherapy for major depressive disorder.
"We are pleased with FDA's acceptance of EXXUA for regulatory review for the treatment of MDD and look forward to working with the Agency on the review" stated Stephen Kramer, MD, CEO of Fabre-Kramer. "Prescribers and patients can greatly benefit from truly novel treatments for MDD that employ new mechanisms and address important unmet needs."
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Midday" game were:
03-12-14-19-25
(three, twelve, fourteen, nineteen, twenty-five)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Midday" game were:
03-12-14-19-25
(three, twelve, fourteen, nineteen, twenty-five) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Take-5-Midday-game-17410556.php | 2022-08-31 19:11:09 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Take-5-Midday-game-17410556.php |
The PUMP Act, a bill designed to extend workplace protections to an additional 9 million nursing parents, goes into full effect on Friday.
Now, workers will be able to sue their employers if they are not compliant with the law, which requires businesses to provide a private space that’s not a bathroom and adequate break time for workers to express breastmilk. The bill passed Congress with bipartisan support in December.
The PUMP Act will close loopholes and “unintentional” mistakes in a 2010 bill, the Break Time for Nursing Mothers Act, said Liz Morris, the deputy director of the Center for WorkLife Law, which helped draft the model legislation the PUMP Act is based on. Previously, protections only extended to hourly workers who qualified for overtime, but even then, it restricted any restitution workers could seek. If workers wanted to sue their employer, there was no legal mechanism to do so. Now, the majority of those covered has expanded to also include salaried workers, such as teachers and nurses, most of whom are women.
About 83 percent of parents start out breastfeeding their children, but without a national paid parental leave policy, the most time many workers get is 12 weeks of unpaid leave through the Family and Medical Leave Act. As many parents go back to work, breastfeeding rates drop: By the time kids are 3 months old, 69 percent are breastfeeding, falling to 56 percent at 6 months, according to 2019 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But the PUMP Act could help parents breastfeed for longer. Sascha Mayer, the cofounder and chief experience officer at Mamava, the company that invented the lactation pods now ubiquitous at many airports, stadiums and workplaces, said the law will go a long way toward creating visibility around breastfeeding and the needs of breastfeeding parents.
“When I was breastfeeding, that was one of the things that really struck me, that this fundamental thing that sustains human life had so little design around it and it was also so hidden,” Mayer said. “It is a really powerful moment to make it official — the PUMP Act is this visibility to this super common thing and that’s a key moment.”
In the past several years, a formula shortage, a national push for expanded child care policies, and a mass exodus of women from the workforce have all drawn public awareness to just how little the United States has done to support caregivers at work. The PUMP Act is designed to build in the protections that many argue should have been there all along for parents who nurse, particularly mothers.
Now the country is realizing, Mayer said, that “it’s very costly to have a society that doesn’t support families. It’s costly for employers, it’s costly for the economy.”
What is the PUMP Act?
The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act is a bill passed by Congress on December 23 as part of a $1.7 trillion federal spending package. It passed the Senate with 92 votes in favor (Republican Sens. Rand Paul, John Cornyn, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson and Patrick Toomey voted against it.) In the House, the bill passed on a 276-149 vote.
The law broadens the number of workers who must be accommodated by their workplaces for lactation, including workers such as taxi and truck drivers and home care aides. It also clarifies how employees must be compensated if they pump while working and adds additional avenues for legal recourse.
The first part of the bill, the requirement to provide lactation break time and space, went into effect on December 29. The enforcement provision, which allows workers to sue their employers if they’re in violation of the law, goes into effect Friday, April 28.
What stays the same from the previous law?
The Break Time for Nursing Mothers Act, signed in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act, requires that employers provide a private, non-bathroom space that is free from intrusion for workers to express breastmilk for up to one year. Employers have to provide reasonable break time for workers to pump — most people need two to three breaks in an eight-hour workday, and pumping can take 15 to 30 minutes a session.
Employers with 50 or fewer employees are exempt from providing accommodations if they can prove complying with the law would cause an “undue hardship” to their business, a standard that attorneys say is fairly difficult to meet. That exemption still applies under the PUMP Act.
Experts note that most workplaces will be able to find a way to accommodate workers — many have been doing it for 13 years under the Break Time for Nursing Mothers Act.
“It is possible to accommodate workers in all industries,” Morris said. “The issue is often that the employer doesn’t fully understand the needs of lactating workers and hasn’t thought creatively about how to provide break time and space.”
Who is covered by the PUMP Act now?
An estimated 9 million additional workers who are not eligible for overtime are now covered by the PUMP Act. That group is largely salaried workers who were initially left out. The PUMP Act also includes some hourly workers who were initially excluded, such as farmworkers, who don’t qualify for overtime pay.
Who is still not covered?
Gig and contract workers are not covered by the PUMP Act. Neither are airline pilots and flight attendants, because the airline industry lobbied against the bill, arguing that it was a safety concern. Several airlines, including Alaska Airlines and Frontier, have their own policies that allow in-flight crew to pump. Airline employees who are not crew members are covered, however.
The law also does not apply to surrogate parents or parents who have experienced the loss of a child.
Additionally, the railway and motorcoach industry got an exemption that allows those employers an additional three years to implement the law. For employees who work on train crews, rail carrier employees who maintain the right of way or motorcoach workers, the law goes into effect on December 29, 2025.
Those employers are also not required to make accommodations that would require a significant expense, such as removing seats, adding additional crew members or making unscheduled stops.
The exemption for the railway and motorcoach industry also came about because of specific lobbying against the bill from that industry. In June, the PUMP Act failed to pass through unanimous consent in Congress. One of the opponents was Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis, of Wyoming, who said the bill could hurt the transportation industry and further damage the supply chain.
Ultimately, the exception for the railway and motorcoach industry was worked into the final version.
If I’m not covered by the PUMP Act, can I get break time and space to pump through another law?
Potentially. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which also passed in December and goes into effect on June 27, requires that employers make “reasonable accommodations” for conditions related to pregnancy, including lactation. An accommodation can be a change in work duties, schedule or work space.
Beyond time for pumping, accommodations could also look like time off for treatment if a worker develops mastitis, a painful infection related to breastfeeding, for example. If an employee cannot express enough milk using a pump, an employer may allow a caregiver to bring the baby to work for feedings.
What does the bill say about pumping and working at the same time?
The PUMP Act clarifies that employers need to count the time a worker spends pumping toward minimum wage and overtime pay if the worker is at least partially working during a pumping break.
What kinds of accommodations could employers make?
Accommodations could be as simple as a space with a curtain or partition that is private for a worker to pump. Spaces should be “shielded from view and free from intrusion,” according to the legislation. That means away from windows, free from cameras, and employers can choose to also install a lock or put up a sign for privacy, though that is not required.
Optionally, the space can also have a hospital grade pump for workers to use, a power outlet to plug in a pump, a mirror, a sink, a microwave and some sort of refrigeration. It should be easy for the employee to access whenever they need to — not often used for other purposes — and near their workspace.
“Think of these spaces as being more like a kitchen — you are preparing food for a new human,” said Mayer of Mamava during a webinar for employers, employees and HR professionals on the particulars of the law.
If the workplace is a clothing store, for example, an employer can set aside one changing room, or the worker can use a lactation pod available at the mall, like the ones Mamava offers. In agricultural settings, pop-up tents could be used.
“When people hear, ‘Oh, you have to provide lactation space,’ people think, ‘Well, I don’t have a room in my workplace and so it’s not possible,’ but there are so many creative solutions,” Morris said.
How many lactation spaces do employers need to create?
The National Institute of Health recommends about one space per 100 employees, two per 250 employees or six lactation spaces per 1,000 employees. There has to be ample space so that a worker can access a lactation space any time they need it, even if there are other lactating workers at the same location.
How does the Department of Labor determine whether an employer has 50 or fewer employees to qualify for an exemption?
The department will count all workers employed by a business covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act regardless of whether workers are spread out across different work sites. Full-time and part-time employees are counted toward the total.
Do workers have to use their existing break times to pump?
No. Separate break time needs to be provided, though workers can choose to use their existing break time if they wish.
Does the break time have to be paid?
Not necessarily, but if the employer already provides paid break times for other purposes, then break time to pump must also be paid.
Does the law cover off-site work trips?
Yes. It is the employer’s responsibility, regardless of where the employee is located, to provide break time and a lactation space. If employees are on a work trip, the employer has to facilitate any conversation or arrangements to ensure that wherever workers are located, they will have the time and space to pump.
If employees are working remotely, employers must allow them to take breaks to pump or turn off cameras during virtual meetings.
What do I do if my employer is not complying with the law?
If an employer is not offering a space for pumping, workers need to first notify their employer that they are not in compliance. After 10 days, they can file a lawsuit. However, if the employer is not offering adequate break time, there is no requirement to notify the employer and a worker could file a lawsuit at any time.
Workers can also file a complaint with the Department of Labor by reaching out to the Wage and Hour Division online or by calling 1-866-487-9243. They can also file a complaint with their state labor enforcement agencies, or with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for violations of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act after it goes into effect on June 27.
What remedies are available for workers who sue?
Under the PUMP Act, workers can be reinstated to their jobs, promoted, or awarded monetary damages in the form of lost wages, attorneys’ fees and lawsuit costs, according to the Center for WorkLife Law.
How should I talk to my employer if I believe they are not in compliance?
A Better Balance, a work and family legal center, recommends talking to employers about pumping needs before the start of parental leave to give plenty of time to plan.
Prepare by asking other coworkers how they’ve pumped on the job and reading up on any internal policies around lactation. A good place to start is having a conversation with your manager who understands your work schedule best or to discuss it with HR when you discuss your parental leave.
It’s good practice to be clear with employers about the kind of space and break time is likely needed, and be prepared to educate them about what pumping requires, including frequency and duration. A Better Balance also suggests explaining why lactation is important to both parent and baby.
Coming prepared with suggestions about how the space should be configured can be helpful in situations where the employer has not had to provide the accommodation previously.
“It is helpful to remind your boss that you are dedicated to doing a good job and that you believe taking pumping breaks will not affect your work performance,” the center suggests.
Guides for talking to bosses about pumping are available in English and Spanish.
Do other laws go further than the PUMP Act?
Yes. Many states and municipalities have laws already on the books that build in more protections for workers. For example, some states only exempt employers with 25 workers or less instead of 50, while others require that the space include an electrical outlet or that the law protects other people, such as students in school settings.
In Vermont, workers are protected for three years after the birth of a child instead of one. In California, breastfeeding employees have to have access to refrigeration or a cooler provided by the employer.
The law with the most stringent protections takes precedent.
“The PUMP Act is really just the bare minimum,” Mayer said.
Where can I get more information and support on the PUMP Act?
The Supporting Nursing Moms at Work website offers examples of accommodations businesses are already providing across the country.
A Better Balance and the Center for WorkLife Law have a confidential, free legal hotline that workers can call to get any answers to their questions about their protections under the law. Workers can email [email protected] or call 415-703-8276 for the Center for WorkLife Law or 1-833-NEED-ABB for A Better Balance.
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La. man arrested for allegedly jumping into Fla. gator exhibit for social media stunt
Tampa, Fla. (WAFB) - A 20-year-old man from Prairieville, La. has been identified as the person who illegally entered an alligator enclosure at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Fla. as part of a social media stunt, officials said.
According to Tampa police, Jacob Pursifull “jumped over a fence to unlawfully enter the park on the afternoon of June 1” and entered the alligator enclosure with two others, one of who filmed him.
Police said they arrested Pursifull on Monday, June 5, for the incident and booked him into Orient Road Jail on the charges of burglary, theft of services, and trespassing.
Surveillance video captured him and his accomplices illegally entering the park, according to arrest records. Records also state he yelled at the crowd while inside the alligator enclosure and then jumped back over the fence and fled the park.
Linked social media posts of the uploaded video on TikTok helped investigators identify Pursifull as the suspect and find him, officials added.
Jail records show Pursifull has been released.
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CHICAGO (WTAJ) — Penn State men’s basketball beat Illinois 79-76 in the second round of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament on Thursday.
The tenth-seeded Nittany Lions beat the seventh-seeded Illini for the third time this season.
Seventeen of Andrew Funk’s 20 points came in the second half. Seth Lundy had 17 points and ten rebounds for the Nittany Lions, while Cam Wynter added 18 and Jalen Pickett 12.
Illinois lead 31-30 at the half, but Penn State lead by as many as 12 in the second half.
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ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - Disasters of all kinds can strike anytime, and September has been designated as a month to raise awareness.
Let's face it, when it comes to disasters, we always think it will never happen to us until it does and National Preparedness Month is a time to acknowledge the importance of preparing for emergencies in homes, businesses, schools, and even on the road.
"Disaster can happen here, we've seen disasters happen here. We know our surrounding counties have had tornadoes recently. We know, especially on that tornado side, that's going to happen here in Allen County sometime soon, warned Tom Berger, Allen County EMA director.
Disasters come in a variety of forms. From a weather standpoint, flooding continues to be the number one natural disaster that kills more each year aside from heat. Your household should have a disaster safety plan.
"Especially on the communication side. If you have children, how are you going to contact your children, how are they going to contact you? Do you have a rally point outside your home as far as a fire?" asked Berger.
A part of being prepared includes having a few basic items organized in your homes such as a flashlight, batteries, first-aid kit, toiletry items, water, and non-perishable foods.
"It's kind of tough for everybody to get that in one area, especially now with the way the economy is and having all the stuff in one location. But if you have it in your house, as long as you are aware of it and have a bag to where if you need to grab that stuff you can put it in the bag real quick and exit," said Berger.
Those with special needs or limited mobility should be aware that the Emergency Management Agency has partnered with Allen County Public Health to develop a registry called "Ready Allen County". Registration will give first responders valuable information to help serve you or a loved one in an emergency.
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Swiss electric vehicle startup Piech has hired some big guns to help bring its zero-emission performance cars to market.
The company last week announced the hiring of Manfred Fitzgerald as chairman and Tobias Moers as chief technology officer, both veterans of the industry. Both executives will also share the role of CEO at Piech.
Fitzgerald replaces Matthias Müller, a former Volkswagen Group CEO who was only with Piech for 11 months. Fitzgerald’s last role was as head of Genesis, but perhaps more important to Piech is his time spent at Lamborghini. Fitzgerald spent 12 years at Lamborghini as its head of brand and design, a role in which he helped turn Lamborghini into the globally successful brand it is today.
Moers joins Piech following a brief and somewhat rocky stint as CEO of Aston Martin. Moers’ greatest success has been with Mercedes-Benz AMG. Under his leadership, he helped to double AMG’s product portfolio and quadruple its sales, as well as lay the groundwork for the current expansion into EVs.
Piech, co-founded by a son of Ferdinand Piëch and backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, first made headlines in 2019 when it presented at the Geneva auto show the striking Mark Zero concept, an electric grand tourer with sultry lines reminiscent of classic Aston Martins. The Piëch family has been part-owners of VW and Porsche for decades.
The company last fall said the production version of the Mark Zero was on track for launch in mid-2024, after which a crossover and 2+2 coupe would be added. The cars would all use bespoke platforms developed in-house at Piech.
For the production Mark Zero, Piech promises a trio of electric motors generating 603 hp, and a 75-kwh battery good for a range approaching 300 miles on a charge. According to Piech, an 80% charge will be possible in just eight minutes using a DC fast charger.
“With Manfred Fitzgerald and Tobias Moers, two established authorities from the sophisticated and rapidly evolving world of sports cars and automotive luxury brands join the Piëch team,” Toni Piëch, Piech’s co-founder, said in a statement. “Both have a proven and enviable track record in this segment and possess extensive knowledge, an adept sense of how to communicate with exclusive customers and a distinct understanding of luxury brands.”
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Evening" game were:
3-5-1
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Preliminary dose-escalation data anticipated in second half of 2022 for ongoing ARROS-1 Phase 1/2 clinical trial of NVL-520 for patients with advanced ROS1-positive NSCLC and other solid tumors
First patient dosed in ALKOVE-1 Phase 1/2 clinical trial of NVL-655 for patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC and other solid tumors
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuvalent, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating precisely targeted therapies for clinically proven kinase targets in cancer, today announced progress on its parallel lead clinical programs NVL-520, a novel ROS1-selective inhibitor, and NVL-655, a novel ALK-selective inhibitor. Nuvalent announced that it plans to share preliminary data from the dose-escalation portion of its ongoing ARROS-1 Phase 1/2 clinical trial for NVL-520 in patients with advanced ROS1-positive NSCLC and other solid tumors in the second half of 2022. In addition, Nuvalent announced that the first patient has been dosed in ALKOVE-1, its Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating NVL-655 in patients with advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other solid tumors. NVL-520 and NVL-655 have been designed to address the clinical challenges of emergent treatment resistance, off-target CNS adverse events, and brain metastases that may limit the use of currently available ROS1 and ALK kinase inhibitors.
"Advancing two novel candidates into clinical development in a little over six months is a significant achievement that we believe demonstrates our ability to scale as a clinical stage company with our growing portfolio, and the value of continued collaboration with leading physician-scientists in the advancement of investigational opportunities for patients in need of new therapies," said Christopher Turner, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Nuvalent. "We remain committed to the efficient and data-driven development of NVL-520 and NVL-655 through our ARROS-1 and ALKOVE-1 studies and look forward to the opportunity to share preliminary data from the dose-escalation portion of the ARROS-1 trial later this year."
ARROS-1 is a Phase 1/2, multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation and expansion trial evaluating NVL-520 in patients with advanced ROS1-positive NSCLC and other solid tumors. ARROS-1 is actively enrolling patients with previously treated ROS1-positive solid tumors in the Phase 1 portion of the study. Additional information on the ARROS-1 trial is available on www.ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05118789).
ALKOVE-1 is a Phase 1/2, multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation and expansion trial evaluating NVL-655 in patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC and other solid tumors. The Phase 1 dose-escalation portion of the study is open and enrolling patients with previously treated ALK-positive solid tumors and will evaluate the overall safety and tolerability of NVL-655. Additional objectives include determination of the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D), characterization of the pharmacokinetic profile, and evaluation of preliminary anti-tumor activity.
Once a safe and tolerable dose is determined as the RP2D, the ALKOVE-1 trial is designed to transition directly into the Phase 2 multiple cohort expansion portion, which will evaluate the overall activity of NVL-655 in patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC and other solid tumors. The Phase 2 portion will examine several cohorts of patients based on the number and type of prior anti-cancer therapies they have received. The Phase 2 cohorts are designed with the intent to expand in size, as data emerge and in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), into potential registrational cohorts for the treatment of previously treated patients with ALK-positive NSCLC. Additional information on the ALKOVE-1 trial is available on www.ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05384626).
"The ALKOVE-1 study has been designed with the goal of seamlessly accelerating from first-in-human dose-exploration of NVL-655 into Phase 2 cohorts evaluating a range of ALK-positive patient populations," said Darlene Noci, A.L.M., Senior Vice President of Product Development & Regulatory Affairs for Nuvalent. "We believe the growing body of preclinical data generated to date for NVL-655 continue to demonstrate its promise as a differentiated ALK-selective inhibitor with the potential to overcome the limitations of currently available therapies, and are supportive of its development throughout the treatment paradigm for patients with ALK-positive cancers."
In addition to NVL-520 and NVL-655, Nuvalent continues to advance its pipeline expansion efforts with multiple discovery-stage research programs.
NVL-520 is a brain-penetrant ROS1-selective inhibitor designed to remain active in tumors that have developed resistance to currently available ROS1 inhibitors, including tumors with the prevalent G2032R resistance mutation and those with the S1986Y/F, L2026M, or D2033N resistance mutations. NVL-520 has been optimized for brain penetrance to potentially improve treatment options for patients with brain metastases. NVL-520 has been observed in preclinical studies to selectively inhibit wild-type ROS1 and its resistance variants over the structurally related tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) family to potentially avoid TRK-related CNS adverse events seen with dual TRK/ROS1 inhibitors and drive more durable responses for patients. NVL-520 is currently being investigated in the ARROS-1 study (NCT05118789), a first-in-human Phase 1/2 clinical trial for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other solid tumors.
NVL-655 is a novel brain-penetrant ALK-selective inhibitor created to overcome limitations observed with currently available ALK inhibitors. NVL-655 is designed to remain active in tumors that have developed resistance to first-, second-, and third-generation ALK inhibitors, including tumors with the solvent front G1202R mutation or compound mutations G1202R / L1196M ("GRLM"), G1202R / G1269A ("GRGA"), or G1202R/L1198F ("GRLF"). NVL-655 has been optimized for CNS penetrance to improve treatment options for patients with brain metastases. NVL-655 has been observed in preclinical studies to selectively inhibit wild-type ALK and its resistance variants over the structurally related tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) family to potentially avoid TRK-related CNS adverse events seen with dual TRK/ALK inhibitors and drive more durable responses for patients. NVL-655 is currently being investigated in the ALKOVE-1 study (NCT05384626), a first-in-human Phase 1/2 clinical trial for patients with advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other solid tumors.
Nuvalent, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVL) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating precisely targeted therapies for patients with cancer, designed to overcome the limitations of existing therapies for clinically proven kinase targets. Leveraging deep expertise in chemistry and structure-based drug design, we develop innovative small molecules that have the potential to overcome resistance, minimize adverse events, address brain metastases, and drive more durable responses. Nuvalent is advancing a robust pipeline with parallel lead programs in ROS1-positive and ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), along with multiple discovery-stage research programs. We routinely post information that may be important to investors on our website at www.nuvalent.com. Follow us on Twitter (@nuvalent) and LinkedIn.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, without limitation, implied and express statements regarding Nuvalent's strategy, business plans, and focus; the clinical development programs for NVL-520 and NVL-655 and the timing thereof; the potential clinical effect of NVL-520 and NVL-655; the design and enrollment of the ARROS-1 and ALKOVE-1 studies and the timing thereof; the potential of Nuvalent's pipeline programs, including NVL-520 and NVL-655; Nuvalent's research and development programs for the treatment of cancer; risks and uncertainties associated with drug development; and capital allocation. The words "may," "might," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "aim," "goal," "intend," "believe," "expect," "estimate," "seek," "predict," "future," "project," "potential," "continue," "target" or the negative of these terms and similar words or expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Drug development and commercialization involve a high degree of risk, and only a small number of research and development programs result in commercialization of a product. You should not place undue reliance on these statements or the scientific data presented. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and important factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, including, without limitation: risks that Nuvalent may not fully enroll the ARROS-1 or ALKOVE-1 studies or that enrollment will take longer than expected; unexpected concerns that may arise from additional data, analysis, or results obtained during clinical trials; the occurrence of adverse safety events; risks of unexpected costs, delays, or other unexpected hurdles; risks that Nuvalent may not be able to nominate drug candidates from its HER2 Exon 20 and ALK IXDN programs; the direct or indirect impact of COVID-19 or other global geopolitical circumstances on the timing and anticipated timing and results of Nuvalent's clinical trials, strategy, and future operations, including the ARROS-1 and ALKOVE-1 studies; the timing and outcome of Nuvalent's planned interactions with regulatory authorities; and obtaining, maintaining, and protecting its intellectual property. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as well as any subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent Nuvalent's views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Nuvalent explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
12-19-28-30-36
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
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CAZ103-280145-
Northern Humboldt Coast-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy late in the
morning then becoming partly cloudy. Areas of fog in the morning.
Highs 49 to 59. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of dense fog. Lows 34 to 44.
North wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 45 to 55. North wind 5 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Lows
33 to 43. North wind around 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 46 to 56. North wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Areas of frost. Lows 25 to 35.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 46 to 56.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 27 to 37.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 49 to 59. Lows
27 to 37.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs 50 to 60.
Lows 31 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 49 to
59.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
McKinleyville 54 37 50 / 0 0 0
Arcata 54 36 51 / 0 0 0
Eureka 54 39 50 / 0 0 0
Fortuna 53 40 50 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ104-280145-
Southwestern Humboldt-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy early in the
afternoon then becoming partly cloudy. Areas of fog in the
morning. Highs 46 to 57. North wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Areas of dense fog. Breezy. Lows 34 to 44. North wind
15 to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 41 to 51. North wind 10 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 33 to 43. North wind 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 43 to 53. North wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Clear. Widespread frost. Lows 27 to
37. Highs 43 to 54.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 28 to 38.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 46 to 56. Lows
30 to 40.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs 46 to 56.
Lows 33 to 43.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 45 to
55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Honeydew 54 38 48 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ105-280145-
Northern Humboldt Interior-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy late in the
morning then becoming mostly sunny. Highs 47 to 61.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of dense valley fog through the
night. Areas of frost overnight. Lows 28 to 38.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs
40 to 52.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow
level 1500 feet overnight. Lows 27 to 37.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 37 to 52.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Widespread frost. Lows 20 to 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 41 to 53.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 24 to 34.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 46 to 58. Lows
26 to 36.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs 47 to 60.
Lows 29 to 39.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow. Highs
44 to 56.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Orleans 61 35 52 / 0 0 0
Hoopa 57 35 50 / 0 0 0
Willow Creek 58 34 50 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ106-280145-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of valley fog in the morning. Highs
49 to 59.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of dense valley fog through the
night. Widespread frost overnight. Lows 29 to 39.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
41 to 53.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 28 to 38.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 40 to 53.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Clear. Widespread frost. Lows 20 to
30. Highs 40 to 55.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 23 to 33.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost. Highs 47 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 27 to 37.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs 48 to 59.
Lows 29 to 39.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow. Highs
44 to 56.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Garberville 56 36 50 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ107-280145-
Northern Trinity-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Areas of
frost in the morning. Highs 45 to 60.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost in the evening. Areas of
dense valley fog through the night. Widespread frost overnight.
Lows 23 to 33.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 40 to
55.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost. Slight chance
of snow. Snow level 1500 feet overnight. Lows 21 to 31.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 34 to 49.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Widespread frost. Lows 12 to 22.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 37 to 52.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 18 to 28.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 44 to 59. Lows
21 to 31.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 25 to 35.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers. Highs
40 to 55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Trinity Center 56 32 52 / 0 0 0
Weaverville 56 29 51 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ108-280145-
Southern Trinity-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy until early afternoon then clearing.
Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 48 to 62.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of dense valley fog in the
evening. Widespread frost through the night. Patchy dense valley
fog overnight. Lows 26 to 36.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 42 to
54.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost. Lows 24 to 34.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 36 to 51.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 17 to 27.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 38 to 53.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 21 to 31.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 45 to 59. Lows
23 to 33.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 27 to 37.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow. Highs
41 to 54.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hayfork 57 27 50 / 0 0 0
Ruth 58 29 52 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ109-280145-
Mendocino Coast-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread fog in the morning. Highs 53 to
63. North wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of dense fog. Lows 34 to 44. North
wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 47 to 57. Northwest wind 10 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 34 to 44. North wind 10 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 47 to 57. North wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 27 to 37.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost. Highs 46 to 56.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 28 to 38.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost. Highs 47 to 57.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 32 to 42.
Highs 47 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 35 to 45.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 47 to
57.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Fort Bragg 57 40 53 / 0 0 0
Point Arena 55 42 51 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ110-280145-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 55 to
66.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy frost in the evening. Areas of
dense valley fog through the night. Widespread frost overnight.
Lows 28 to 38.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 46 to
57.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost. Lows 27 to 37.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 43 to 53.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread
frost. Lows 22 to 32. Highs 43 to 55.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost. Highs 48 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 26 to 36.
Highs 48 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 29 to 39.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 45 to
55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Leggett 59 35 51 / 0 0 0
Laytonville 59 32 50 / 0 0 0
Willits 60 32 51 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ111-280145-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
.TODAY...Sunny then becoming partly cloudy early in the afternoon
then becoming sunny. Highs 50 to 64.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of dense valley fog through the
night. Widespread frost overnight. Lows 29 to 39.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs 43 to 56.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost. Lows 24 to 34.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 35 to 50. North wind around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 19 to 29.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 37 to 52.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 21 to 31.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 43 to 57.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost. Lows 27 to 37.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 44 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 28 to 38.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow. Highs
40 to 55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Covelo 61 31 53 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ112-280145-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Widespread valley fog in the morning. Highs 55 to
65.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of dense valley fog through the
night. Patchy frost overnight. Lows 32 to 42.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs
47 to 57. Northwest wind around 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 33 to 43. Northwest wind
around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 47 to 57.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread
frost. Lows 26 to 36. Highs 47 to 57.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost. Highs 49 to 59.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 28 to 38.
Highs 49 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 32 to 42.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 47 to
57.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Boonville 59 35 51 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ113-280145-
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Areas of valley fog in the morning. Highs 55 to
65. Northwest wind around 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Areas of dense valley fog through the night. Patchy frost
overnight. Lows 31 to 41.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs
47 to 57. Northwest wind around 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 30 to 40. Northwest wind
around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 44 to 54.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread
frost. Lows 24 to 34. Highs 44 to 56.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost. Highs 48 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 27 to 37.
Highs 48 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 31 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 45 to
55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Ukiah 64 35 55 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ114-280145-
Northern Lake-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 52 to 64.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Patchy dense valley fog in the evening. Areas
of frost and dense valley fog overnight. Lows 30 to 40.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 45 to 56.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows 24 to 34.
Northwest wind around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 36 to 50. North wind around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost. Lows 20 to 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 36 to 51.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 21 to 31.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 43 to 56. Lows
24 to 34.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 28 to 38.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow. Highs
41 to 52.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Pillsbury 63 32 55 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ115-280145-
Southern Lake-
244 AM PST Fri Jan 27 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 56 to 66.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of dense valley fog through the
night. Patchy frost overnight. Lows 32 to 42.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 50 to 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 28 to 38. Northwest wind
around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 43 to 53. North wind around
20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 24 to 34.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 42 to 52.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 24 to 34.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost. Highs 47 to 57.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 27 to 37.
Highs 47 to 57.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 30 to 40.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 45 to
55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lakeport 61 35 54 / 0 0 0
Middletown 64 36 58 / 0 0 0
Clearlake 62 35 56 / 0 0 0
$$
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Kelsey Snell is a Congressional correspondent for NPR. She has covered Congress since 2010 for outlets including The Washington Post, Politico and National Journal. She has covered elections and Congress with a reporting specialty in budget, tax and economic policy. She has a graduate degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. and an undergraduate degree in political science from DePaul University in Chicago.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thiolina Marpaung still panics anytime she smells smoke, immediately recalling the bomb explosion that upended her life 20 years ago.
Marpaung, now 48, was in a car with her colleagues on the Indonesian resort island of Bali in 2002 when the blast shook their vehicle from behind. Marpaung was temporarily blinded as shards of glass pierced her eyes. She remembers calling out for help and someone bringing her to the sidewalk, before an ambulance raced her to a hospital with other victims.
“I was traumatized by the sound of ambulance sirens,” Marpaung said.
She is one of dozens of Indonesian survivors who were outside of Sari Club on the night of October 12, 2002, when a car bombing there and the nearly simultaneous suicide bombing at nearby Paddy’s Pub killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists, including 88 Australians and seven Americans.
Marpaung later had surgery in Australia to remove the glass from her eyes, but the pain still bothers her and requires treatment to this day. At the urging of her psychologist, she has thrown away and burned photographs, news articles, clothing and other reminders of that day. She even tossed the shards of glass that were removed from her eyes onto Kuta Beach in Bali, not far from the attack site.
“That’s made me feel better until now,” she said.
Two decades after the Bali bombings, counterterrorism efforts in the world’s most populous Muslim country remain highly active. More than 2,300 people have been arrested on terrorism charges, according to data from the Center for Radicalism and Deradicalization Studies, since a national counterterrorism unit, known as Densus 88, was established in the wake of the attacks.
In 2020, 228 people were arrested on terrorism charges. The number rose to 370 last year, underscoring authorities’ commitment to pursue suspects even as the number of terrorist attacks in Indonesia has fallen.
But the aggressive police work has also prompted concerns about potential overreach.
“The government’s recent move towards expanding the definition of the threat of terrorism by going after non-violent, ideologically conservative organizations can undermine the legitimacy of its counterterrorism efforts if the public begins to see anti-terrorism as something of a political thing rather than a law enforcement effort,” said Sana Jaffrey, director of the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict in Jakarta.
The pursuit of suspects related to the Bali bombings has also continued, even in recent years.
In December 2020, police arrested Aris Sumarsono, 58, whose real name is Arif Sunarso but is better known as Zulkarnaen, in the southern town on Sumatra island. He became the latest person arrested over the 2002 bombing, and the court sentenced him to 15 years in prison for his role. Indonesian authorities also suspect him to be the mastermind of several other attacks in the country.
In August this year, Indonesia’s government considered granting an early prison release to the bombmaker in the Bali attack, Hisyam bin Alizein, 55, better known by his alias, Umar Patek, who has also been identified as a leading member of the al Qaida-linked Southeast Asian Islamic radical group Jemaah Islamiyah. Indonesian authorities said Patek was an example of successful efforts to reform convicted terrorists and that they planned to use him to influence others not to commit terrorist acts.
Ni Luh Erniati, who lost her husband in the Bali bombing and has raised two sons as a single mother the past two decades, met Patek at a prison in East Java province last month. She’s met other convicted terrorists too, saying she believes the meetings can help relieve her grief.
“I told him that I worked at Sari Club and I met my husband at Sari Club, and then I had to lose my husband at Sari Club. It is a memory that is very, very unforgettable and tragic. And I said, because of that incident, I lost my true love, and I told him my life after that. He was crying, really crying,” Erniati said.
Patek begged for her forgiveness, she said.
“Finally, I couldn’t help but take it. He knelt down. I held his hand, I said, ‘Yes, I have forgiven you.’ He was crying louder,” Erniati said.
“I also told him, let’s work together to protect our beloved country so that the same tragedies don’t happen in the future. … He was still crying,” she added.
Although she forgives him, Erniati says the decision over his release is now up to the government, which is deciding whether to free him after he served half of his 20-year sentence.
Indonesia’s Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly says Patek has fulfilled all requirements for parole as recommended by Indonesia’s counterterrorism agency.
But the Australian government has expressed its strong opposition to his possible release. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described Patek as “abhorrent.”
Peter Hughes, another survivor of the 2002 bombing who hails from the Australian west coast city of Perth, has visited Bali more than 30 times in the past 20 years after overcoming his physical and psychological trauma.
Hughes spent a month in an induced coma after suffering burns to 55% of his body in the Paddy’s Pub explosions in Bali.
He said he plans to visit again for the 20th anniversary commemoration service.
“I’m mainly going back because I’m on holiday and while I was there I just thought I’d pay my respects. That’s a given,” Hughes said.
He can understand why some survivors of the Bali bombings might never want to return.
“People have a choice. People deal with deep trauma differently. It’s unpredictable how people deal with issues. I don’t really have an issue with it. I put it down to a bit of bad luck and that just keeps it good in my space, if you know what I mean,” Hughes said.
Hughes was interviewed by an Australian news crew at a Bali hospital hours after the blasts. Blistered and swollen, he told the reporter he was feeling “really good” and other victims were worse off.
Hughes today says he was certain he would die in Bali but wanted to send a positive message to his 21-year-old son Lee, who might see the news.
“I just lied. The whole idea was to get something back to my son,” Hughes said.
Hughes said he was not concerned that Patek, the Bali bombmaker, could soon be released from prison.
“It doesn’t worry me. I have no issue with it. The Indonesian judicial system is a little bit different to us, I guess,” Hughes said.
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McGuirk reported from Canberra, Australia. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-20-years-later-bali-bombing-survivors-still-battling-trauma/ | 2022-10-10 19:49:34 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-20-years-later-bali-bombing-survivors-still-battling-trauma/ |
Stacie Mendoza, 42, was found guilty of first-degree murder with special circumstances last Friday.
Prosecutors said she befriended 74-year-old Kenneth Coyle while working as a waitress at a local restaurant.
RELATED: Hanford husband and wife accused of gruesome torture and murder of a Vietnam War veteran
Stacie Mendoza and her husband, Jose Mendoza, were arrested in April of 2018. Investigators said the two tortured Coyle at his house before killing him.
Stacie Mendoza is not eligible for parole. She will be sentenced on July 1. | https://abc30.com/hanford-murder-woman-convicted-husband-wife-arrested-vietnam-war-veteran-killed/11930479/ | 2022-06-06 00:09:07 | 1 | https://abc30.com/hanford-murder-woman-convicted-husband-wife-arrested-vietnam-war-veteran-killed/11930479/ |
Police arrest mother of 7-year-old girl whose body was found decaying in closet
ATLANTA (AP) — Police in Georgia have arrested the mother of a 7-year-old girl whose body was found decaying in the closet of a vacant apartment.
Alondra Hobbs, 27, was charged with felony murder and cruelty in the second degree, DeKalb County police said on Facebook. It was not immediately clear whether she had an attorney.
A police spokeswoman, Officer Elise Wells, said Hobbs was at a hospital Friday. She was charged on Thursday, according to police. They identified her daughter as Alivia Hobbs-Jordan.
An officer discovered the girl’s body last Sunday at an apartment complex outside Atlanta after someone called to report a dead child in the closet, according to a police report.
A neighbor told the officer the tenant had moved out and she had not seen her for a couple of months. The officer said he saw what appeared to be a full head of hair and a decaying arm and leg in the closet.
Another officer found a piece of mail with the name Alondra Hobbs on it, according to the report.
Police have not said how the girl died.
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American Airlines will switch out first class cabins for business seating
Published: Oct. 20, 2022 at 4:35 PM CDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
(CNN) – American Airlines announced they will no longer have first class cabins on international flights.
Instead, the airline will be replacing those cabins with more business class seats.
The move was announced Thursday in response to customer demand.
The company’s chief said the decision to replace the first class cabins with business seats is to keep up with what the customers “most want or are most willing to pay for.”
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Appointment Signals a Continued Focus on Driving Growth and Impact
CHARLOTTE, N.C. and SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Education (or the "Company"), a global edtech company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake"), today announced the appointment of Jeremy Cowdrey as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Former CEO Scott Kinney will retire from fulltime duties after over 18 years with Discovery Education and will work with Mr. Cowdrey and the Company as a member of the Board of Directors to enable a seamless transition and to continue to support the organization.
Mr. Cowdrey was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Imagine Learning. Having joined the company in 2006, Mr. Cowdrey also served as Imagine Learning's President, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Regional Partnership Director.
"Jeremy's record of success at prior edtech firms, his understanding of the education marketplace, and his commitment to supporting the success of all learners make him the natural choice to lead Discovery Education as its new CEO," said James Pade, Partner and Managing Director at Clearlake, and Scott Kinney, Discovery Education Board Member. "We know the entire organization welcomes Jeremy to his new role and looks forward to supporting him in executing our strategic plan, driving growth and impact, and providing educators worldwide new and innovative digital tools that support the success of all learners."
Prior to joining Imagine Learning, Mr. Cowdrey served in sales and management positions for several software and education companies, including Scott Foresman Addison Wesley, Pearson, and Novell. With over 23 years of experience in edtech, and as the first person in his immediate family to graduate from college, Mr. Cowdrey has a deep-seated belief in the value, purpose, mission, and importance an education brings.
"Each day, educators worldwide depend on Discovery Education to provide the digital tools they need to design and deliver the engaging learning experiences that build life-long learners," said Mr. Cowdrey. "I look forward to working with the Discovery Education team to prepare learners for tomorrow by creating innovative classrooms connected to today's world."
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The Rimac Nevera has set nearly two dozen new performance records, including a 0-60 mph acceleration record for production cars, the company announced Wednesday.
The all-electric Nevera achieved 0-60 mph in 1.74 seconds at the Automotive Testing Papenburg (ATP) test track in Germany, a number that was independently verified by data loggers from Dewesoft and RaceLogic, according to a Rimac press release.
This beats the 1.79-second record set by the Pininfarina Battista—which shares a powertrain with the Nevera—in 2022. The Battista had in turn beaten a previous 1.85-second record set by the Nevera.
The new record, as well as the previous records set by the Nevera and Battista, were achieved with one foot of rollout. Without rollout, i.e. timing acceleration from a complete standstill, the time would be slightly slower. Rimac said the latest record was achieved with road-legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires “on non-prepped asphalt.” The previous Nevera time was done on a high-friction dragstrip surface. How Rimac achieved the traction to beat the record without a prepped surface is perplexing.
On the same day as the 0-60 mph record, Rimac claims it also set a new 0-400-0 kph (0-249-0 mph) record of 29.93 seconds, which the company says is more than a second quicker than the previous record holder. These are just two of 23 performance records Rimac claims to have set in a single day. That figure is itself a record for most vehicle performance records broken in a single day, Rimac claims.
Among the other records is a new quarter-mile record for production cars. The two independent sources differ slightly here, with Dewesoft recording an 8.25-second run and RaceLogic posting 8.26 seconds, but either way it beats the Nevera’s own record of 8.58 seconds set in 2021. Other new records include 0-100 kph, eighth-mile time, half-mile time, and the standing mile.
The Nevera used for this record-setting spree wore a special livery inspired by the Rimac BMW e-M3, the E30 BMW company founder Mate Rimac converted into an EV, a project that became the genesis for the Rimac company. Rimac says that car set a number of all-electric speed records in its day, so the Nevera is keeping a tradition going.
In addition to this long list of records, the Nevera also holds the record for world’s fastest production EV with a top speed of 256 mph recorded in 2022. First shown in 2018 as the C_Two concept, production started in July 2022. Rimac plans to build just 150 examples, after which the company will move on to other projects, including the next generation of Bugatti supercars.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We thought there should be a way for female officers to use the restroom without having to remove their pants and utility belts," said one of two inventors, from Rancho Cucamongo, Calif., "so we invented the K- GAR TACTICAL PANT. Our design could provide added convenience and safety for wearers."
The invention provides an improved design for uniform pants. In doing so, it eliminates the need to lower the pants to relieve themselves. As a result, it saves time and effort and it eliminates the need to remove a utility belt, radio, etc. The invention features a practical design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for law enforcement officers, members of the military, first responders, fire fighters, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
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While all entrances of Yellowstone National Park are temporarily closed because flooding has damaged roads and bridges, the park's northern portion in particular may remain closed for "a substantial length of time," park officials said Tuesday.
"Many sections of road in (the park's northern areas) are completely gone and will require substantial time and effort to reconstruct," a news release reads. "... It is probable that road sections in northern Yellowstone will not reopen this season due to the time required for repairs."
Dangerous flooding caused by abundant rain and rapid snowmelt began to hit the park and several counties in southern Montana on Monday, washing out or eroding roads and bridges and inflicting widespread damage on homes and businesses.
The park on Monday closed all five of Yellowstone's entrances in Montana and Wyoming to inbound traffic -- in part to prevent people from being stranded as conditions deteriorated -- with no firm date for their reopening.
And park officials told visitors already there to leave -- more than 10,000 have left the park since Monday, park Superintendent Cam Sholly said Tuesday.
"These record levels make the event a 500-year flood," according to a Facebook post from public works officials in Billings, Montana.
Though cooler temperatures and drier weather have allowed some parts of swollen rivers to start receding, higher temperatures are expected later this week and into the weekend, which could cause more snow-melt runoff and therefore more flooding, CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said.
"There will be no inbound visitor traffic at any of the five entrances into the park, including visitors with lodging and camping reservations, until conditions improve and park infrastructure is evaluated," the park's release reads.
Quickly deteriorating road conditions in Yellowstone created harrowing evacuations for some visitors, including the parents of CNN supervising producer Tim Carter, who had to exit over a bridge that had been compromised.
"When we were going over it, it was really scary because the water was already violently swirling around the bridge," Martha Carter said. "We did find out later that it had washed out."
Meanwhile, some surrounding communities in Montana were left without power or safe drinking water as flood conditions made it impossible or unsafe to travel and compromised water supplies.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte declared a statewide disaster Tuesday and announced he would seek an expedited presidential disaster declaration to help cover the cost of recovery.
The dangerous flooding is just one of several extreme weather events bearing down on communities across the US, including a blistering heat wave affecting more than 100 million people, and severe storms that have knocked out power for hundreds of thousands in the Midwest and Ohio River Valley.
Dramatic flooding prompts evacuations and rescues
Rain and snowmelt flooded rivers including the Yellowstone River, which runs northwest through Yellowstone Park in Wyoming and then north and eastward through several nearby Montana communities.
The flooding washed out parts of roads especially in the northern part of the park, and inundated south Montana homes, businesses and infrastructure Monday, forcing many families to evacuate. In the Montana city of Gardiner, a gateway to the park's northern entrance, video from witnesses showed a building collapsing into the Yellowstone River on Monday.
In Montana's Park County, which includes Gardiner, at least two homes collapsed into the intruding river and numerous homes and businesses were flooded, Greg Coleman, the county's disaster emergency services manager, told CNN Wednesday.
For some, roads and bridges were rendered temporarily impassable by the flooding, leaving them trapped, at times without clean water or power.
The Montana National Guard used four helicopters to help with evacuations in affected areas on Monday and Tuesday and also sent soldiers to the city of Red Lodge to establish a command center for search and rescue efforts, the force said. The Guard has used helicopters to rescue 87 people in south-central Montana since Monday, it said Wednesday.
A Montana helicopter company flew about 40 people out of Gardiner, which was temporarily isolated by flooding, Laura Jones with Rocky Mountain Rotors told CNN.
In the south Montana community of Absarokee, situated along a Yellowstone River tributary, resident Tracy Planichek and her husband had just reached their long-awaited goal of having a new home when the flood threat forced them to evacuate.
Now, she told CNN, she is desperately hoping it has avoided the destruction seen in other homes, some of which were swept away. "(We've) never been able to afford a new house," she said. "It's sitting at the top of the lane and we're hoping that by some God miracle that our house will be there."
A road from Livingston into Gardiner was reopened Tuesday to local traffic, goods and services, but "significant damage" remains, Park County Sheriff Brad Bichler said.
Flood wave moves to Billings and further east
A wave of flooding still was moving east Wednesday along the Yellowstone River, threatening more trouble in south Montana.
By early Wednesday, major flooding from the river was being reported in Billings, roughly a 175-mile drive east of Gardiner. The river in Billings rose above its previous record, 15 feet, around 4 p.m. Tuesday, said the National Weather Service.
"Exactly how high the river is is a bit unsure with flood waters impacting the gauge a bit at these higher levels, but have not seen a downturn trend yet," the service's office in Billings tweeted early Wednesday.
Fields and streets were flooded along the river Tuesday just outside Billings, images posted to Facebook by the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office show. One picture showed two people walking in calf-deep water in a neighborhood.
Billings public works officials said they decided Tuesday night to shut down water plant facilities after flooding in the Yellowstone River caused river levels to exceed 16 feet, according to a Facebook post from the department.
"As of Wednesday at 8:30 a.m., the water level at the plant reached more than 16 feet. For the plant to operate effectively, the river needs to be at 15 feet or below," officials said in the post.
Public works director Debi Meling said Wednesday that no one had planned for the 500-year event when the facilities were designed and recognized the diligence of the facilities' operational teams.
She added that the plant would not return to "normal operations" until river water levels decrease.
Meling also said all reservoirs are filled and the plant would have water for the community for about a day to a day and a half. Superintendent of Parks Mike Pigg said firetrucks were filled with water and water for all city parks was turned off.
The river should crest there Wednesday -- though attention will turn to high temperatures that could cause more snow melt and more flooding in the region this weekend.
Billings will approach record temperatures in the upper 90s Friday and Saturday, while the higher elevations will be in the 60s and 70s. This would be warm enough to melt the remaining snow pack and lead to additional river rises over the weekend. And more rain is possible in the area on Sunday.
A lot of rain and snow melt in only three days
What led to the flooding was substantial rainfall and snow runoff over the weekend in the Beartooth and Absaroka mountain ranges, which span across the Montana-Wyoming state line.
The combination of rain and snow melt created a "total water event of at least 4 to 9 inches," the National Weather Service in Billings said Tuesday.
That amount of runoff is similar to the region receiving two to three times a normal June's precipitation in only three days, according to CNN meteorologists.
In the park, officials had all visitors move out of lodging and campgrounds and leave the park to prevent anyone from being stranded, the National Park Service said in a news release. The park averages between 15,000 and 20,000 visitors in June, Sholly said.
The park has also closed the Yellowstone back country and has been in contact with groups in the area.
"We have contacted or know the whereabouts of every back country user currently in Yellowstone," Sholly said, noting that one group remained in the northern range. No helicopter evacuations have been necessary, he said.
No known injuries or deaths occurred in the park because of the flooding, Sholly said, and officials do not believe the animals in the park have been significantly affected.
The park's southern loop "appears to be less impacted than the northern roads" and teams will try to determine when that loop can be reopened. But officials expect even that loop to stay closed at least through Sunday, the park's release states.
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN and FRANK BAJAK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran’s intelligence agency and its leadership in response to malicious cyberattacks on Albanian government computer systems in July.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Esmail Khatib, who heads the ministry, for what it said were cyber-related activities against the U.S. and its allies.
Albania, a NATO member, cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled its embassy staff this week over the cyberattack. It was the first known case of a country cutting diplomatic relations over a cyberattack.
The Albanian government has accused Iran of carrying out the July 15 attack, which temporarily shut down numerous Albanian government digital services and websites.
Microsoft, which assisted Albania in investigating the cyberattack, said in a blog post Thursday that it was moderately confident the hackers belong to a group that has been publicly linked to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security.
It said the attackers were observed operating out of Iran, used tools previously used by known Iranian attackers and had previously targeted “other sectors and countries” consistent with Iranian interests. The destructive malware deployed was also previously used by a “known Iranian actor,” it said.
“Iran’s cyber attack against Albania disregards norms of responsible peacetime State behavior in cyberspace,” Brian Nelson, Treasury’s under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.
“We will not tolerate Iran’s increasingly aggressive cyber activities targeting the United States or our allies and partners,” he said.
Since at least 2007, Iran’s intelligence agency and its proxies have been accused of conducting cyber operations targeting public and private entities around the world.
Treasury, which uses an Obama-era executive order that targets people and entities that engage in malicious cyber activities as an authority to impose the sanctions, has been ratcheting up its financial penalties on Iran this year.
This comes as President Joe Biden’s administration has been working to renew the tattered Iran nuclear deal, which placed curbs on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief, which Iran insists it has never received.
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Llazar Semini in Tirana contributed to this report. Bajak reports from Boston.
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Strauss Group wraps up Q3 2022 with NIS 2.5 billion in revenue, 7% organic growth[1] and a decline in operating profit
Published: Nov. 28, 2022 at 12:51 AM CST|Updated: 46 minutes ago
While achieving strong growth in the coffee business in Brazil and Europe as well as all other businesses in Israel excluding confectionery, the Group has contended with ongoing significant increases in raw material prices, which have eroded margins;
The chocolate production site in Nof Hagalil has restarted manufacturing and the Company is preparing to restock shelves;
Sabra has resumed full production and is growing its market share in the USA
PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, Strauss Group (TASE: STRS) published its financial statements for the third quarter of 2022. In the quarter, the Company recorded an increase of 7%1 in revenue, which amounted to NIS 2.5 billion. In the first nine months of 2022, revenue totaled NIS 7 billion, up 7.6%1. The increase is largely due to sales growth in the coffee company in Brazil and Eastern Europe as well as continued growth in the water company but was offset by the drop in sales by the Confectionery Division and Sabra, both of which operated partially in the past several months.
The consequences of the confectionery recall and the adjustment plan in Sabra, as well as the rising costs of raw materials, mainly raw milk, green coffee, packaging materials and shipping and transportation costs, led to a 9.9% drop in gross profit, which was NIS 746 million in the quarter (gross margin of 30%). These circumstances also caused a drop in operating profit, which amounted to NIS 111 million, down 63.3% compared to the corresponding period last year. Income attributable to shareholders in the quarter was NIS 35 million, reflecting a drop of 82.4% compared to the corresponding quarter of 2021.
In an immediate report issued this morning, the company updated the estimated damage to its net profit for 2022 due to the recall event and the shutdown of the plant to a range of NIS 290-310 million.
Giora Bardea, Strauss Group CEO: "Strauss Group delivered growth in most of its businesses, other than the confectionery category in Israel and International Dips & Spreads. At the same time, coping with inflation and considerable increases in raw material prices, as well as Sabra's gradual return to the market and the suspension of confectionery operations have led to margin erosion. Strauss Coffee posted a quarter of strong performance, Strauss Water is growing admirably, and Strauss's food and beverage business in Israel, excluding confectionery, is maintaining market share and continues to grow nicely. In recent weeks, we have continued to implement the strategic plan we announced last March. We also announced the extension of our partnership agreement with the Lima family in Brazil for another twenty years and kicked off the Group's restructuring plan in the Israel geography. I am currently handing over leadership of the Group to Shai Babad and will assist him in assuming the position."
Strauss Israel wrapped up the quarter with NIS 871 million in revenue, down 10.7%, largely the result of a 47% drop in sales by the Fun & Indulgence segment, which amounted to NIS 143 million in the quarter due to the confectionery recall.
The Company's market share in the dairy, fresh foods, salty snacks and Yad Mordechai categories grew in the first nine months of 2022. Sales by the Health & Wellness segment were up 3.2% in the quarter and amounted to NIS 728 million, mainly due to growth in sales of dairy products and dairy alternatives. Rising raw material prices, notably the "target price" of milk, eroded the segment's operating profit, which amounted to NIS 66 million, and the operating margin was 9% compared to 13.6% in the corresponding period last year.
Strauss Coffee delivered an outstanding quarter, with NIS 1.3 billion in revenue and 37.3% growth across all geographies. In Israel, the coffee company's revenue was NIS 200 million, reflecting 15.7% growth compared to the corresponding period last year. In Brazil, sales soared 33.6%[2] to NIS 697 million, largely the result of a price update introduced this year. The Três Corações coffee company holds a 32.5% share of the roast & ground coffee market in Brazil, compared to 30.6% in the corresponding period. An agreement was recently signed with the partners in the joint venture to extend the successful partnership, which has created exceptional shareholder value throughout the years, for a further twenty years. The coffee business in Europe delivered an especially strong quarter, with sales growth2 of 67% in Russia and Ukraine and 23.5% in Poland.
Sabra continues its growth process after the implementation of the adjustment plan at the plant in Virginia. The company, whose activity was largely suspended in the first half of 2022, has resumed full-scale manufacturing operations and has recently regained a 34.8% share of the hummus market in the USA, whereas in the corresponding period last year its market share was 61%. Sales in the third quarter amounted to NIS 82 million (reflecting 50% ownership), down 47.6%, and the operating loss was NIS 36 million (50% ownership). The Company estimates that Sabra will reach operating break-even by the end of the fourth quarter. Obela, which is active in dips and spreads in other regions, wrapped up the third quarter with NIS 22 million in revenue (50% ownership), reflecting 8.2% growth.
Strauss Water continued to grow commendably in the third quarter as well. The company's sales amounted to NIS 210 million - an increase of 9.1% - largely thanks to growth in the installed base and in sales of new appliances. The business in China continues to be impacted by COVID-19 but grew2 4.7% to NIS 161 million (reflecting 100% ownership) in the quarter. The business in the U.K. is expanding, and the company recently launched the new and advanced "edge" water bar series.
The Kitchen FoodTech Hub launched its second incubator in October. In addition, as of September 30, 2022, the total value of investments in the FoodTech incubator, as stated on the company's balance sheet, amounted to NIS 138 million. The fair value[3] of these investments on the above date was NIS 556 million, compared to NIS 326 million on September 30, 2021.
Conference Call
Strauss Group will host a Zoom conference call in Hebrew on Monday, November 28, 2022 at 14:00 (Israel time) with the participation of company management to review the financial statements of the company for the third quarter of 2022. Following is information for those wishing to join the conference:
Strauss Group will also host a Zoom conference call in English on Monday, November 28, 2022 at 15:30 (Israel time) (13:30 UK, 08:30 EST) with the participation of company management to review the financial statements of the company for the second quarter of 2022.
A recording of the calls will subsequently be available on the company's website at:
http://ir.strauss-group.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=92539&p=irol-conferencecalls
The financial statements of the company for the fourth quarter and full year 2021 and the presentation that will accompany the conferences will be available prior to the conference calls on the following websites:
http://www.tase.co.il
http://www.magna.isa.gov.il
http://ir.strauss-group.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=92539&p=irol-irhome
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- Organic growth excluding foreign currency effects.
Data in this document are based on the company's non-GAAP figures, which include the proportionate consolidation of jointly controlled entities and do not include share-based payment, mark-to-market at end-of-period of open positions in the Group in respect of financial derivatives used to hedge commodity prices and all adjustments necessary to delay recognition of gains and losses arising from commodity derivatives until the date when the inventory is sold to outside parties, other net income and expenses, and the tax effect of excluding those items, unless stated otherwise. - Organic growth excluding foreign currency effects.
- The fair value of each of the companies is based on the data of the most recent funding round completed multiplied by the Company's actual holding in that company, other than two companies, where a decision was made to write off the investment. Companies in which respect certainty as to future fundraising is low were zeroed out or included at their most up to date fair value proximate to the date of publication of the report.
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JABALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — Twenty-one victims of a fire that tore through a top-floor apartment in the Gaza Strip during a birthday party were members of the same family, two of their relatives said Friday.
Thousands later joined a funeral procession for the victims.
Officials in Hamas-run Gaza have said Thursday night’s blaze in a three-story residential building in the Jabaliya refugee camp was apparently fueled by stored gasoline. They said it was not clear how the gasoline ignited, and that an investigation is underway.
It was one of the deadliest incidents in Gaza in recent years outside the violence stemming from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The blaze destroyed the top-floor apartment in the building, home to the Abu Raya family.
Mohammed Abu Raya, a family spokesman, told The Associated Press that the extended family had gathered for twin celebrations — the birthday of one of the children and the return of one of the adults from a trip to Egypt.
Abu Raya spoke at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, where the bodies had been taken and where sobbing relatives were waiting for funeral processions to begin.
Abu Raya challenged assertions that stored gasoline fueled the blaze, saying furniture made from flammable materials was more likely to have accelerated the flames.
“The disaster was that no one came out alive to tell us the truth of things,” he said. “I do not think that it was stored gasoline.”
Those killed were from three generations — a couple, their five sons and one daughter, two daughters-in-law and 11 grandchildren, according to Abu Raya and Mohammed Jadallah who had married into the Abu Raya family.
Gaza faces a severe energy crisis, largely because of a crippling Israeli-Egyptian border blockade that has been in place since the Islamic militant Hamas seized control of the territory 15 years ago.
People often store cooking gas, diesel and gasoline in homes in preparation for winter. House fires have previously been caused by candles and gas leaks.
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Texas ranked 7th best state to drive in: WalletHub study
HOUSTON - The streets in Texas may be weird to some people, but it's still one of the best states to drive in, according to a recent study.
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Researchers at WalletHub compared all 50 states across several factors including average gas prices, rush-hour traffic congestion, and road quality. Its findings showed Texas as the 7th best state to drive in.
The Lone Star State ranked ahead of other southern states like Tennessee and Alabama but fell behind places like Oklahoma and Iowa, which was found to be the very best state to drive in.
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Texas also took the number one title for average gas prices, 2nd in car dealerships per capita, and 5th in having the most auto-repair shops per capita.
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Thousands pack Keeneland for 2023 Spring Meet opening day
LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- The opening day of Keeneland’s Spring Meet produced a packed track as race fans returned to watch horse racing.
“We love our Keeneland. It’s the prettiest sight you ever want to see,” says Mary Nell Isaacs.
Thousands of people came out in droves to the track to watch some of the most experienced jockeys and horses compete.
Keeneland officials say the spring meet provide a major economic boost to the area.
“We bring in people from around the world for racing and sales. They stay in hotels in the area. They rent cars, they go shopping, entertainment, other than racing sales. So its really an economic generator,” says Amy Gregory, the Director of Communications.
Some drove miles to make the trip for the first time.
“I’ve never been to Keeneland before. This is my first time so had to dress the part, mimosa, we’ve got our bets in. We’re hoping to have a good day,” says Claudia Hurd, who made the trip from Chicago.
“Everybody is so excited to be here and we’re trying to learn how to place bets, mostly fifty cents bets,” says Kathy McCauley.
Others have been coming for decades.
“50-plus maybe, yeah. Yeah. So its the first time we’ve ever been on Good Friday. So I think it’s going to be a good Friday in more ways than one,” says Isaacs.
Racing continues Saturday with first post at 12:30 and features the $1 million dollar Toyota Bluegrass Stakes.
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The walls and roof collapsed of a boarded-up restaurant that caught fire in an East Bay Strip mall on Friday morning.
Flames were first reported at 4 a.m. outside the former Imperial Seafood restaurant in Concord, said Joe Ottolini, a spokesperson for the Contra Cost County Fire Protection District. When firefighters arrived on scene, the fire was eating into the building's interior and flames eventually tore into the attic.
"As crews were making entry, the walls of the building collapsed, so we pulled out and went into defensive mode," Ottolini told SFGATE over the phone. "We started fighting the fire from the exterior."
After the walls collapsed, the roof followed.
"It was a single alarm fire but it became complicated once the fire got into the attic," he said.
This isn't the first time firefighters have responded to a blaze at the shuttered restaurant, but it is the biggest.
"It has been vacant for a number of years," Ottolini said. "We've gone out there for several other smaller fires. It has been used as a homeless encampment."
The fire was under control by 5:30 a.m. There were no injuries reported. | https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Massive-fire-breaks-out-at-closed-restaurant-in-17524778.php | 2022-10-21 15:57:55 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Massive-fire-breaks-out-at-closed-restaurant-in-17524778.php |
NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Revere Securities is pleased to announce the closing of a $4 Million private placement for Crown Electrokinetics Corp. (NASDAQ: CRKN).
"This new capital will allow Crown to deliver its first-generation product, while also providing us with the runway to continue negotiating debt capital, which the Company will require to initiate our next phase of manufacturing." said Doug Croxall, Chairman and CEO of Crown Electrokinetics.
Crown is a smart glass technology company and the creator of DynamicTint™ We Make Your Glass Smarter™. Originally invented by Hewlett-Packard (HP, Inc.), our technology allows any glass surface to transition between clear and dark in seconds. At the core of our technology is a thin film that is powered by electrically charged pigment which not only replaces common window tints but is also a more sustainable alternative to traditional window treatments. With its unique ability to be retrofitted to existing glass, DynamicTint™ offers myriad benefits related to reducing carbon emissions. The company is supported by a robust patent portfolio.
Revere Securities is a global broker-dealer firm providing strategic and financial support to institutional investors, hedge funds, and individual investors. The firm's professionals are involved in all components of the sales and trading process and include extensive compliance and operational personnel. In addition, Revere Securities LLC provides differentiated corporate access, helping institutional clients gain access to management as a component of their investment process. The firm has industry focused sales specialists who possess "buy-side" experience; therefore, providing a sound, alternate perspective, to the investment process.
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's former rebel leader jailed by the International Criminal Court, Jean-Pierre Bemba, has been appointed Congo's Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle.
Bemba's appointment to the key positions was announced Thursday evening on state television by President Felix Tshisekedi's spokeswoman. Bemba's promotion and other Cabinet appointments come less than a year ahead of Congo's presidential elections.
Congo's former vice president between 2003 and 2006, Bemba was later imprisoned by the ICC for more than a decade, accused of murders, rapes and pillaging committed by his Movement for the Liberation of Congo forces in the neighboring country of Central African Republic. In a surprising ruling, he was acquitted by the ICC in 2018. Bemba has always maintained his innocence.
Bemba's return to prominent government positions comes nine months ahead of Congo's presidential elections scheduled for December. Bemba's political comeback was likely decided to help Tshisekedi win votes in Congo's war-torn northeast, where Bemba's rebel group was popular in the 1990s and 2000s, say analysts.
“This is clearly a pre-election reshuffle and Jean-Pierre Bemba has been appointed to bring his supporters in line to rally behind the president ahead of the race,” said Benjamin Hunter, Africa analyst for Verisk Maplecroft, a risk assessment firm.
“Despite Bemba’s previous imprisonment by the ICC, he is a political heavyweight with the patronage networks and contact book to help Tshisekedi’s election campaign,” he said.
Conflict in eastern Congo has been simmering for decades with more than 120 armed groups fighting for power, land, resources and some to defend their communities. Tshisekedi came to office in 2019 promising to stem Congo's instability and violence, but it's only increased.
Other new government postings in the Cabinet reshuffle include Tshisekedi’s former chief of staff, Vital Kamerhe, who was named the minister of the economy. Kamerhe was sentenced to 20 years in prison but acquitted last year. Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi, a former warlord in Ituri province was appointed minister of state for national integration. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/former-rebel-leader-is-named-congo-s-new-defense-17857921.php | 2023-03-24 14:25:29 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/former-rebel-leader-is-named-congo-s-new-defense-17857921.php |
We are excited to announce the 2022-2023 Michigan State University Federal Credit Union Performing Arts Season.
Performances kick off this summer with "Tuesdays With Morrie," the beloved stage play by Mitch Albom and Jeffrey Hatcher, which is making its Michigan premiere right here in downtown Traverse City.
"Tuesdays" stars Michael Russotto as Morrie and Cody Nickell as Mitch, with direction by Jenna Place. Michigan's own Water Works Theatre Company is touring this powerful affirmation of life and friendship, revived from its recent run at Theater J in Washington, DC.
With show dates between Aug. 10-14, including matinee performances, the play is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling book. That’s not all — audiences attending the opening night event have the opportunity to stay after the performance for a special VIP talk back with author Mitch Albom.
Tickets are expected to go quickly, so visit our website or call the Box Office to reserve your seats today.
There are also a number of children’s shows in the season, including one that readers of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan will enjoy, the action-packed musical, "The Lightning Thief."
The story centers on young Percy as he deals with the challenges of school, family … and the mythological monsters and gods of Mount Olympus.
Bringing classical Greek mythology to life for younger audiences, this show is perfect for lovers of the book as well as those who want to see some heroic battle scenes and mythical beasts.
Traverse City will also receive a special visit early next year from British icon Paddington Bear.
In this fun show for the whole family, the beloved bear finds himself in some sticky situations. Find out what happens when Paddington Gets in a Jam, Jan. 29 at 3 p.m.
Other international stars will also be making their way to the stage, including Israeli group, "Voca People." These singer-comedians will wow audiences on Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Some may remember seeing the group a decade ago. They are returning as part of their 10th anniversary tour.
Using no musical instruments and producing all sounds live combining a capella and modern beat-box techniques, this group’s mashups, featuring music from Madonna to Mozart, will leave you amazed.
Also returning this season are two of the world’s most celebrated fiddlers, Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, on March 9 at 7:30 p.m. after having to cancel last year’s planned performance. They will be bringing Celtic sounds to the region just in time for St. Patrick’s Day.
The season also features world class acts based a bit closer to home, including Boston Brass, performing burning jazz standards and the best of original bass repertoire on Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. And, Shaun Johnson’s Big Band Experience will bring the Emmy award-winning crooner’s vocal jazz and swing to the 130 year old historic venue on Apr. 21 at 8:00 p.m.
We are also proud to announce an expanded partnership with Interlochen Center for the Arts to include performances highlighting students in the school’s musical theatre, jazz and contemporary dance programs. These are in addition to presenting the 3rd annual Interlochen Arts Academy Singer-Songwriters on Feb. 3 at 8 p.m.
Those are only a few of the unforgettable events ahead. We are proud to serve as the premier performing arts center located in the heart of downtown Traverse City and we hope to see you at an event soon. For a complete listing and to purchase tickets, visit cityoperahouse.org. | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/diane-baribeau-a-michigan-theatre-premiere-family-shows-music-and-more/article_bffe7506-e9de-11ec-b48b-2f3c14e9b4b5.html | 2022-06-17 16:09:56 | 0 | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/diane-baribeau-a-michigan-theatre-premiere-family-shows-music-and-more/article_bffe7506-e9de-11ec-b48b-2f3c14e9b4b5.html |
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Charleston-area lawmaker is stepping down from the West Virginia House of Delegates to become a senior adviser to Gov. Jim Justice.
Del. Larry Pack, a Republican from Kanawha County, announced Monday that he will withdraw his name from the November general election. He was set to run against Democratic Del. Kayla Young after the lawmakers were thrust together to compete in a newly created district.
The Kanawha County Republican Executive Committee will be responsible for choosing a candidate to take Pack’s spot on the ballot.
Pack, of Charleston, is a businessman who was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2020. He recently sold Stonerise, a network of 17 transitional and skilled nursing care centers, therapy, home health, and hospice care providers across West Virginia and southeast Ohio.
Prior to Stonerise, Larry owned and operated six other health care centers throughout West Virginia. He co-founded the accounting firm Pack Lambert & Burdette, which later merged with Suttle and Stalnaker, where he provided tax, accounting, and consulting services to various entities.
“I appreciate Speaker Hanshaw and my colleagues in the House of Delegates for their friendship and our service together,” Pack said in a statement. “I am thankful to the voters of House District 35, who gave me the honor of representing them in the House of Delegates. I will always work to make West Virginia shine in this new role and beyond.” | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/West-Virginia-lawmaker-to-become-adviser-to-17361523.php | 2022-08-09 15:24:36 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/West-Virginia-lawmaker-to-become-adviser-to-17361523.php |
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