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INDIANAPOLIS — Simas Lukosius had 28 points in Butler's 79-71 win over Villanova on Friday night.
Lukosius added three steals for the Bulldogs (11-8, 3-5 Big East). Chuck Harris scored 12 points, finishing 5 of 8 from the floor. Jalen Thomas went 5 of 6 from the field to finish with 11 points.
The Wildcats (8-10, 2-5) were led by Eric Dixon, who posted 22 points and six rebounds. Caleb Daniels added 21 points for Villanova. Cam Whitmore also put up 12 points, eight rebounds and three steals.
A 2-point lead turned into a 12-point advantage for Butler in the first half thanks to a 10-0 scoring run. Harris scored 12 points before the break as his team held a 40-30 halftime advantage. Lukosius scored 18 points down the stretch in the second half to help lead Butler to an eight-point victory.
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Butler's next game is Tuesday against Creighton at home, while Villanova hosts Georgetown on Monday. | https://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/lukosius-leads-butler-past-villanova-79-71/article_d69ac358-93c2-11ed-bb87-ab6bdf4228e1.html | 2023-01-14 07:41:57 | 1 | https://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/lukosius-leads-butler-past-villanova-79-71/article_d69ac358-93c2-11ed-bb87-ab6bdf4228e1.html |
SHANGHAI, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 20, 2022, SmartSens was officially listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 688213). On the first day of trading, SmartSens shares surged by 79.82%, with a total market value of 22.66 billion yuan.
About SmartSens:
SmartSens Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 688213) is a high-performance CMOS image sensor (CIS) chip design company. It is headquartered in Shanghai and has research centers in many cities around the world.
SmartSens has been dedicated to pushing forward the frontier of imaging technology and growing in popularity among customers since it was established. SmartSens' CMOS image sensors provide advanced imaging solutions for a broad range of areas such as surveillance, machine vision, automotive and cellphone cameras.
SmartSens is committed to continuous innovation of products and fueling growth in numerous industries by delivering a more comprehensive portfolio of image sensors.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Friday it is making more electric vehicles — including SUVs made by Tesla, Ford and General Motors — eligible for tax credits of up to $7,500 under new vehicle classification definitions.
The revised standards for EV tax credits follow lobbying by automakers that had pressed the Biden administration to change vehicle definitions to allow higher priced vehicles to qualify for a maximum tax credit. Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with top aides to President Joe Biden last week to discuss the EV industry and the broader goals of electrification.
Under the sweeping climate law approved last summer, pickup trucks, SUVs and vans with a sticker price up to $80,000 qualify for EV tax credits, while new electric cars, sedans and wagons can only be priced up to $55,000. The rule had disqualified some higher-priced EVs, such as GM’s Cadillac Lyriq, prompting complaints from Tesla and other automakers.
Ford and market leader Tesla both said in recent weeks that they are cutting prices on some EV models, including the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y and the Ford Mustang Mach-E, in part to qualify for the new federal tax credit and spur buyer interest.
The EV tax credits are among a host of changes enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act, which Congress approved in August with only Democratic votes. The law is designed to spur EV sales as part of a broader effort to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
But a complex web of requirements, including where vehicles and batteries must be manufactured to qualify, has cast doubt on whether buyers can receive the full $7,500 credit.
The Treasury Department said Friday that it hopes to make it easier for consumers to know which vehicles qualify for the credit. Under the revised rule, vehicle classifications will be determined by a consumer-facing fuel economy labeling standard, rather than a more complicated formula set by the Environmental Protection Agency, Treasury said.
The change “will allow crossover vehicles that share similar features to be treated consistently,” Treasury said, and also will align vehicle classifications under the clean vehicle credit with the classification displayed on the vehicle label and on the consumer-facing website, FuelEconomy.gov.
The adjustment is retroactive to Jan. 1; motorists who bought vehicles under the new definition can get the credit, Treasury said.
The decision raises the retail price cap for tax credits to $80,000 for GM’s Cadillac Lyriq, Tesla’s five-seat Model Y, Volkswagen’s ID.4 and Ford’s Mustang Mach-E and Escape plug-in hybrid.
GM had publicly asked Treasury to reconsider classification of the Lyriq — which starts at about $63,000 — to allow it to qualify for federal tax credits. Musk tweeted last month that the earlier Treasury rules were “Messed up!”
Musk and Biden, who have had a rocky relationship, did not meet in Washington last week. But White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Jan. 27 sit-down between Musk and White House aides Mitch Landrieu and John Podesta “says a lot” about how Biden sees the importance of the climate law and the broader goal of electrification.
Landrieu oversees federal spending on infrastructure, which includes financial help for the EV industry, while Podesta is Biden’s point man on implementing the climate law.
“I think it’s important that his team, senior members of his team, had a meeting with Elon Musk,” Jean-Pierre said last week.
John Bozzella, president and CEO of Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a key industry group, hailed the revised Treasury guidelines.
“A very good decision that clears up some EV tax credit confusion and instantly helps customers shopping today and tomorrow for an electric crossover or SUV,” Bozzella said Friday.
Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Transport Campaign for the Center for Biological Diversity, said he welcomed the administration’s goal to make more crossover EVs eligible for the maximum tax credit.
But he said environmental groups are “counting” on the Biden administration to reject automaker pleas to allow crossover SUVs to count as light-duty trucks in upcoming fuel-economy regulations for gas-powered vehicles. Such a classification “would permit the companies to increase air pollution by making more gas-guzzling pickups and SUVs.” | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-treasury-makes-more-electric-suvs-eligible-for-tax-credits/ | 2023-02-04 14:29:13 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-treasury-makes-more-electric-suvs-eligible-for-tax-credits/ |
LAKE CITY, Fla. — An Amazon driver is being hailed a hero after she helped save the lives of three puppies from a house fire in Lake City.
Columbia County Fire Rescue said the unidentified woman noticed smoke coming from a home on Tuesday and called 911.
Fire crews told USA Today that they responded to the single-story house fire at 3:45 p.m.
The department said on their Facebook page that the three puppies were saved and revived from smoke inhalation.
"Thank you to the Amazon driver who noticed the smoke and called 911," the department said on its Facebook page. "Since the homeowner was not at home at the time, she saved the home and the puppies' lives!"
The homeowner told USA Today that "she was grateful to all involved who helped rescue her pets." | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/amazon-driver-hailed-a-hero-for-helping-save-lives-of-3-puppies-from-burning-home | 2022-09-03 01:18:08 | 1 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/amazon-driver-hailed-a-hero-for-helping-save-lives-of-3-puppies-from-burning-home |
Germany plans to buy Australian-made combat vehicles
BERLIN (AP) — Germany plans to buy more than 100 Australian-made combat vehicles as it moves ahead with plans to modernize its armed forces, the government said Thursday.
German and Australian officials signed an agreement to cooperate on the procurement of the new combat reconnaissance vehicles, based on the Boxer family of armored fighting vehicles and equipped with a 30-millimeter gun. The aim is for deliveries to start in 2025, the Defense Ministry said.
It didn’t give a price for the purchase. However, it said the money will come from a special 100 billion-euro ($108 billion) fund for the modernization of the military that Germany approved after Russia invaded Ukraine last year.
The new vehicles will replace the German army’s Wiesel 2 armored vehicles, the Defense Ministry said.
Germany’s military is widely acknowledged to be suffering from years of neglect and in particular from aging, poorly functioning equipment.
The German government has faced criticism for making a slow start to spending the special fund, but has said that 30 billion euros has already been committed to contracts.
In December, German lawmakers gave the go-ahead for a series of procurement projects including the purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets.
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Builds on historic first-ever crypto partnership with an NFL team
DALLAS, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Blockchain.com, one of the world's most trusted and popular platforms to buy, sell, and trade crypto announced a multi-year partnership with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott to serve as brand ambassador.
Building on the first-ever crypto partnership with an NFL team, Dak brings his personal brand firepower to introduce crypto to a broader audience.
As part of the deal, Dak will be featured across TV, radio, social media, and digital, as well as in select physical appearances. Dak will also appear in educational content designed to increase crypto awareness among football fans.
Today, Dak launched the first spot to his 2.2M Instagram and 1.4M Twitter followers. Called "Less Complicated," the spot acknowledges crypto's complexity and the importance of simplifying it for mass audiences. A key goal of the partnership is to demystify crypto for Cowboys fans and beyond.
Down the road, fans can expect tutorial videos on how to use the Blockchain.com Wallet, plus additional content to promote financial literacy. Dak's philanthropic efforts know no bounds and Blockchain.com is committed to working with him to help bring important causes to the forefront.
"As I've said before, the world needs change," said Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys Quarterback. "Crypto offers a path to financial freedom and stands to transform our relationship with money. I'm honored to help generate awareness alongside Blockchain.com as they work towards building the future of finance."
"Blockchain.com is trusted by millions, by America's team, and now by the star quarterback of America's Team," said Peter Smith, Blockchain.com CEO and Co-Founder. "Dak Prescott represents many values important to us – humility, integrity and a champion mindset. A long time believer in crypto's ability to bring financial freedom, Dak will help us bring awareness and education to NFL fans in Dallas and beyond."
Cowboys fans can see Dak and the whole Dallas Cowboys team at the inaugural Blue Carpet Kickoff Event sponsored by Blockchain.com. The made-for-TV event where Blockchain.com will present the first ever Playmaker Award will take place at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco on Thursday, Aug. 25, the night before the team's final preseason game and aired on NFL Network on August 29, 2022.
With more than 80 million customers in over 200 countries, Blockchain.com makes crypto easy to use with a powerful Wallet, lightning-fast Exchange, data-rich Explorer, and a bespoke Institutional business. It has transacted more than $1.2 trillion on its platform to date.
About Blockchain.com
Blockchain.com is connecting the world to the future of finance. The most trusted and fastest growing global crypto company helps millions across the globe safely access cryptocurrency. Venture backed since 2014, Blockchain.com was last valued at $14 billion. Visit Blockchain.com for more info, follow us on Twitter @blockchain, on Instagram @blockchainofficial, check out The Blockchain.com Podcast, and read our blog for the latest company news.
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brooks@blockchain.com
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BISMARCK, N.D., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MDU Resources Group, Inc.'s (NYSE: MDU) board of directors has approved the previously announced separation of the company's wholly owned construction materials subsidiary, Knife River Corporation, through a pro rata distribution of the outstanding shares of common stock of Knife River Holding Company, which is the newly formed parent company for Knife River Corporation.
"This is a historic day for MDU Resources," said David L. Goodin, president and CEO of MDU Resources. "We started our construction materials business with a single aggregate company acquisition in 1992. We have successfully grown Knife River Corporation in 31 years to be one of the Top 10 largest sand and gravel producers in the nation, substantial enough to stand on its own as a publicly traded company."
As previously announced, MDU Resources stockholders will retain their current shares of MDU Resources common stock and, on the distribution date, each MDU Resources stockholder will receive a distribution of one share of Knife River common stock for every four shares of MDU Resources common stock owned as of the record date.
Knife River common stock is expected to be distributed at 11:59 p.m. EDT May 31, 2023, to MDU Resources stockholders of record as of 5 p.m. EDT on May 22, 2023, the record date for the distribution. The distribution is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the Securities and Exchange Commission declaring the Registration Statement on Form 10 for Knife River to be effective.
Fractional shares of Knife River common stock will not be distributed to MDU Resources stockholders; they will instead be aggregated and sold on the open market, with the net proceeds distributed pro rata in cash payments to MDU Resources stockholders who would otherwise have received a fractional share of Knife River common stock.
The distribution of shares does not require stockholder approval and no action is required by MDU Resources stockholders to receive the shares of Knife River common stock, or cash in lieu of fractional shares. An information statement with details of the distribution of shares of Knife River common stock, Knife River's management and business following the spinoff, and other details regarding the spinoff will be distributed to impacted MDU Resources stockholders prior to the distribution date.
The distribution is expected to be tax free for MDU Resources stockholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
A "when-issued" public trading market for Knife River common stock is expected to begin on or about May 25 on the New York Stock Exchange, continuing through May 31. Upon completion of the distribution, MDU Resources will continue to trade in the regular way on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "MDU" and Knife River will trade in the regular way on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "KNF."
Following the separation, MDU Resources and Knife River will be independent, publicly traded companies with distinct investment identities, business operations, customers and geographic markets.
"This is a very exciting time for us — and we are in this great position because of the hard work of our 5,700 team members and the generations of Knife River employees who helped build our company into what it is today," said Knife River President and CEO Brian R. Gray. "We have grown our aggregates-based business from a $50 million company in 1992 to $2.5 billion in revenue last year. We are well established, we are confident about our future, and we are just getting started."
In connection with the anticipated separation of Knife River, an Investor Day is planned for 10 a.m. EDT May 18 at the NYSE. Management's presentation of Knife River's investment highlights, operations, financial performance and growth prospects, as well as a question-and-answer session, also will be webcast. Interested parties can access information about the Investor Day at www.mdu.com.
MDU Resources also announced today its first quarter financial results, which can be found on the company's website at www.mdu.com.
About MDU Resources
MDU Resources Group, Inc., a member of the S&P MidCap 400 and the S&P High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats indices, is Building a Strong America® by providing essential products and services through its regulated energy delivery and construction materials and services businesses. For more information about MDU Resources, visit www.mdu.com or contact the Investor Relations Department at investor@mduresources.com.
About Knife River
Knife River Corporation mines aggregates and markets crushed stone, sand, gravel and related construction materials, including ready-mix concrete, asphalt and other value-added products. It also distributes cement and asphalt oil. It performs integrated contracting services. For more information about Knife River, visit www.kniferiver.com.
Advisors
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and PJT Partners are serving as financial advisors for the transaction; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal advisor.
Forward-Looking Statement
The information in this release includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements contained in this release, including statements about the planned separation of Knife River Corporation, the distribution of Knife River common stock, and the future state of MDU Resources, are expressed in good faith and are believed by MDU Resources to have a reasonable basis. Nonetheless, actual results may differ materially from the projected results expressed in the forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance of the ultimate timing of the distribution or that the distribution will be completed. For a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, refer to Item 1A-Risk Factors in MDU Resources' most recent Form 10-K and 10-Q.
Media Contacts: Laura Lueder, MDU Resources manager of communications and public relations, 701-530-1095
Tony Spilde, Knife River senior director of communications, 541-213-0947
Investor Contact: Brent Miller, director of financial projects and investor relations, 701-530-1730
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Jaskolski Brings Over Twenty Years of Experience Scaling Businesses to Madison Reed's Quickly Growing Omnichannel Organization
SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Madison Reed, the prestige beauty brand that has revolutionized the hair color industry, today announced the appointment of Angela Jaskolski as Chief Revenue Officer. Jaskolski brings with her a wealth of retail and service sector experience hailing from her leadership background at Aveda and Self Esteem Brands, the parent company of Anytime Fitness and Waxing the City, along with Thrive Pet Healthcare, where she served as COO. She also previously served as VP of Operations with Regis Corporation, consisting of over 50 brands, including Supercuts and Cost Cutters. With her passion for creating a better lifestyle and more opportunities for salon professionals, coupled with her ability to successfully establish high-performing teams, this strategic hire will support in continuing to scale Madison Reed's quickly growing business.
"Put simply, joining Madison Reed was a serendipitous moment for me. From working in the industry for over two decades, I was familiar with Madison Reed as the brand that revolutionized hair color, but as I learned more, I fell in love with the heart and soul of this values-driven company," said Angela Jaskolski, Chief Revenue Officer at Madison Reed. "This is an opportunity to lead a scaling disruptor brand with a focus on continuing to promote a superior employee and customer experience. Amy Errett is an unstoppable leader and a true embodiment of the Madison Reed brand, and I am thrilled to work alongside her as she continues to change the lives of her team, stylists, and customers."
In this role, Jaskolski will lead all aspects of Madison Reed's Hair Color Bar business and e-commerce revenue operations to drive efficiencies while also building additional revenue streams. Jaskolski will report to Madison Reed CEO and Founder Amy Errett, working alongside her and the C-Suite to continue scaling the disruptor brand while maintaining a superior employee and customer experience.
"I am thrilled for Angela to be joining us during this period of growth as we continue to scale our business and become the employer of choice for hair stylists across the country," said Amy Errett, CEO and Founder of Madison Reed. "Angela's rich experience running large-scale service businesses in the beauty industry, paired with her deep admiration and passion for the stylist community aligns with the mission of Madison Reed and our future goals. Above all else, Angela is truly people-first, and will be instrumental in keeping our culture strong as we continue to grow."
This appointment comes during a year of tremendous growth for Madison Reed, as the brand continues to rapidly build their omnichannel footprint. Most recently, Madison Reed introduced the Limitless Membership and Rewards Program, an expanded series of membership and rewards programs, making it more convenient and affordable for customers to get gorgeous hair color, at home or at one of Madison Reed's Hair Color Bars nationwide. For more information, please visit www.madison-reed.com.
About Madison Reed
Founded in 2013, Madison Reed is the prestige beauty brand revolutionizing the hair color industry. Madison Reed offers clients over 55+ shades of gorgeous color, Smart 8-Free formulas developed in Italy, technology, personalized service, and the freedom to get salon-gorgeous results whether they color their hair at home or by a professional colorist in one of Madison Reed's 87 and counting Hair Color Bars across the country. Products can be found online at www.madison-reed.com, Amazon, Madison Reed Hair Color Bars, Ulta and select Ulta at Target locations, in addition to DoorDash delivery.
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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wayman Aviation Academy has received formal accreditation from the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET) to offer associate degrees in Aeronautical Science for students seeking to become commercial pilots. The new two-year associate degree program is the only one of its kind in South Florida, as the academy is the only independent flight school in the region with AA accreditation. Classes will begin on January 11, 2023.
Wayman's program will allow students the opportunity to secure 72 college credits including all FAA certifications through Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor ratings. Those who earn the degree, and the requisite 1,250 hours of flight experience will be eligible to be hired by an airline.
"For over 30 years, we have proudly been providing the South Florida community with high-quality aviation instruction and are excited to take this next step in our evolution," said Tony Shen, president of Wayman Aviation Academy. "Through our associate degree program, we hope to usher in the next generation of pilots and help our industry."
Thousands of pilots retired during COVID-19, outpacing the rate of those entering the field and leaving a major industry gap. The resulting staffing shortages have contributed to flight delays and cancellations nationwide. While the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects there to be more than 18,000 openings for airline and commercial pilots each year over the next decade, it is uncertain whether there will be enough pilots to fill these positions.
"By offering accessible and affordable aviation instruction, it is our hope that the associate degree program will inspire more people to explore a career in flying," said Wayman Eduardo Luy, vice president of Wayman Aviation Academy.
The void in qualified pilots presents an opportunity for South Florida to become a beacon for aeronautical education. The aerospace and aviation industry is currently the region's largest employer according to the Florida Economic Development Council.
"We are thrilled that Wayman Aviation Academy is offering an associate degree in aeronautical science and anticipate it will help alleviate the problems our state's airport staffing shortages have caused for travelers and pilots alike," said Miami-Dade Aviation Department's Marc Henderson.
The degree offers courses on theory and flight training, commercial piloting, and the opportunity to complete flying hours on-site. Students will be able to access Wayman's 39 certified instructors, 40 airplanes, state-of-the-art simulators, and campus. Wayman's new accreditation also creates access to scholarships and financial aid for students.
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Father charged after death of toddler left in car, police say
ATMORE, Ala. (WALA) - A 2-year-old Alabama boy is dead after police say his father left him inside his truck for several hours instead of dropping him off at daycare.
Shawn Rounsavall is charged with reckless murder in relation to the death of his 2-year-old son. Atmore Police told WALA the father apparently forgot to drop the child off at daycare Monday, and it wasn’t until he went to pick the boy up that he was found, still in the back seat.
“This is a terrible, terrible tragedy. This community is shocked,” said Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks.
Brooks said his officers responded to the Atmore Community Hospital Monday evening, where medical staff had officially pronounced the 2-year-old boy dead. His father was arrested and charged with causing that death.
By all accounts, Brooks said it was unintentional. But because of the negligence shown by Rounsavall, which he said led to the toddler’s death, the father now faces a very serious charge of reckless murder.
“Because of the reckless…or the disregard for the child, you know, a criminal charge, he was arrested for that particular incident,” Brooks said.
Brooks said the entire family is devastated by the incident.
Investigators said Rounsavall went to the daycare at First Baptist Church around 4:30 p.m. to pick up the 2-year-old. When told by the staff that the boy hadn’t been dropped off that morning, police said Rounsavall and some of the daycare staff found the boy in the back of his vehicle.
According to investigators, Rounsavall had spent the day working at his restaurant downtown while the child was left, apparently forgotten.
It’s been a very difficult time for many in the Atmore community. A rose was brought in for each daycare worker who knew the boy. A message of prayer was left posted on the front door of the Rounsavalls’ restaurant, encouraging folks not to judge.
Across the street from the diner and ice cream shop, a fellow business owner said his heart goes out to the family.
“We have to have hearts of compassion and reach out and do our best to support the family, pray for the family,” said Terry Kelly, owner of Terry’s Furniture and Music. “Be with the family and help the family through this tragedy.”
Brooks said it’s been tough on his officers as well.
“As a law enforcement officer, we have to put our personal opinions to the side. Like I said, this has been a hard, hard case to work. My officers have been affected by it, and we will deal with that and get them the help that they need to get past this,” Brooks said.
Atmore Police continue to investigate. Until an autopsy is finished, there won’t be an official cause of death.
Rounsavall had a bond hearing Tuesday. That bond was set at $500,000.
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BEB expands Africa Operations to equip Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania with technology solution
PLANO, Texas, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas-based software non-profit BEB takes another step of remarkable growth by announcing expansion of its Children First Software (CFS) into four additional African Countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania.
BEB began Africa operations in Uganda five years ago and today over 10,000 children are registered in CFS. Further, over 1,000 children have been placed from institutions into families, primarily through reunification with biological family members. Uganda is proving how CFS can accomplish BEB's mission to equip a country to change its child welfare system. The Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development (MGLSD) now requires children's homes to use CFS to track children's identities, stories, and paths to families in order to receive licensing from the government. MGLSD Permanent Secretary Aggrey David Kibenge shares, "We are excited about the roll out of all the system modules to the entire country and children's homes [of Uganda]. We are also looking forward to the building of capacity of our social service workforce who are key stakeholders in the implementation of the system."
This progress for the children of Uganda is making an impact for other children of Africa as the success of CFS is attracting new partners to begin implementing the software. BEB Africa Regional Manager Kenneth Ayebazibwe shares, "The implementation of Children First Software in Africa is an integrated child service especially for children living in institutional care. With digital profiles of vulnerable children, government and NGOs will provide coordinated and monitored services across the African continent." In Ethiopia, Mulugeta Bekele of Sele Enat charitable organization discusses the lack of statistical data regarding the children they have served for over 20 years. He says, "It was time-consuming and challenging to know statistics like the number of orphaned or abandoned children. But CFS has made that an easy task that only takes a few minutes."
In Nigeria, BEB initiated the first pilot training last week with 12 child welfare organizations that are committed to use the software in their homes. Malawi and Tanzania are next to begin training and roll-out of the software in their children's homes. BEB teams in each country will work alongside these partners to ensure all paper records on children are converted to create digital identities for boys and girls under their care. Simultaneously, BEB will train its partners to use all five software modules which help decision makers realize and execute the best family placements for the children.
BEB was founded in January 2010 as a 501(c)(3) organization to promote systemic change for vulnerable children. BEB works to capture comprehensive digital profiles of children through Children First Software (CFS), a technology designed to identify a child's best opportunity for family-based care. Partnering with countries around the world, BEB transforms the process to move children to their best future, a chance to grow and flourish in a loving family.
Margaret Elizabeth McKissack
Vice President, External Affairs
214-850-7532
mepmck@me.com
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NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Krane Funds Advisors, LLC ("KraneShares"), an asset management firm known for its global exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and innovative investment strategies, announced the launch of the KraneShares Electrification Metals ETF (Ticker: KMET) on the New York Stock Exchange today.
KMET offers broad coverage of the key metals needed for the electrification of the global economy. The Fund tracks the Bloomberg Electrification Metals Index, which is comprised of futures contracts on aluminum, copper, nickel, zinc, cobalt, and lithium. As the economy decarbonizes, we expect to see massive demand for renewable energy, electrification, and battery storage. More than $140 trillion of investment is needed for the clean energy transition over the next thirty years.1
From Electric Vehicles (EVs) and batteries to renewable energy infrastructure, KMET offers exposure to the core metals expected to see strong demand from a range of electrification uses. Increased EV adoption has led to a growing demand for batteries, the key components of which include lithium, nickel, zinc, and cobalt. From 2020-2025, the global battery market could see a nearly five-fold increase in demand.2 While still a relatively new market, EV battery production is well-positioned to be a major growth opportunity for these metals as we continue to improve and streamline the battery supply chain.
Beyond batteries, copper and aluminum will also play an important role in the electrification of the global economy. Aluminum, a durable, lightweight material, can offset the weight of the EV's larger battery and should see increased demand from the expansion of the EV market. Additionally, aluminum has application use in transmission and distribution grids and as a key material in solar panels and wind turbines. Among the most conductive metals, copper is used extensively for electrical wiring. EVs require more than twice as much copper than traditional cars.3 Moreover, copper is a core element in the wiring and cabling for various renewable energy technologies.
"Transitional commodities are expected to experience a supply and demand imbalance over the next decade," said Luke Oliver, Head of Strategy at KraneShares. "These resources may be repriced depending on how they factor into the decarbonization of the global economy. We believe now is the time to invest in these electrification metals as demand is poised to accelerate into the energy transition."
"KMET is a timely expansion of the KraneShares Climate Investment suite, which has quickly evolved from our flagship KraneShares Global Carbon Strategy ETF (Ticker: KRBN) to include regional carbon markets, energy transition equities, and now electrification metals," said Jonathan Krane, Chief Executive Officer at KraneShares. "We believe investors should have direct access to the global decarbonization investment opportunity. We are proud to launch the KraneShares Electrification Metals ETF (Ticker: KMET), which provides unique exposure to a key component of this opportunity and furthers KraneShares' leadership in the space."
"Our goal has always been to push development forward in providing new solutions for the world's changing investment demands," said Dave Gedeon Head of Product for Bloomberg's Multi-Asset Index business. "Integrating unique research data alongside our established Bloomberg Commodity Benchmark, we are proud that KraneShares has adopted our electrification metals index for KMET to meet the thematic demand across the changing commodity markets."
For additional information on the KraneShares Electrification Metals ETF (Ticker: KMET), contact your financial advisor or visit kraneshares.com/KMET.
Krane Funds Advisors, LLC is the investment manager for KraneShares ETFs. KraneShares is a premier platform that develops and delivers differentiated, high-conviction investment strategies to global investors.
Since 2013, KraneShares has become one of the leading China ETF providers. Given China's importance in addressing the global climate challenge, our Climate Suite is a natural growth area. KraneShares strives to deliver innovative first-to-market strategies based on strong partnerships and deep investing knowledge. KraneShares helps investors stay current on global market trends and provides meaningful diversification.
Krane Funds Advisors, LLC, is a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investing (UN PRI). The firm is majority-owned by China International Capital Corporation (CICC).
Citations:
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Forecast as of June of 2021. Data retrieved 5/31/2022.
- S&P Global Market Intelligence, EV Impact: Battery disruptors are jolting metal supply chains, September 21, 2021
- Reuters, "Copper's Role in Growing Electric Vehicle Production," May 5, 2021, retrieved 9/22/2021.
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GENEVA (AP) — The first World Cup in the Middle East is one month away, nearing the conclusion of an often bumpy 12-year journey for Qatar that has transformed the nation.
Qatar has faced skepticism about how it persuaded FIFA to vote for the country in 2010; criticism of how migrant workers were treated building stadiums and tournament infrastructure; and derision from the soccer world for changing the dates from the traditional June-July period to November-December.
The small Arab country jutting out into the Persian Gulf has overcome all of that, as well as hostility from neighboring states who imposed a three-year economic and diplomatic boycott that ended in January 2021.
On Nov. 20, the biggest tournament in soccer will finally get started a couple hours after sunset at the 60,000-seat Al Bayt Stadium — a new venue north of Doha built for the World Cup. The maroon-and-white clad national team from the host country will open a tournament that has come to define the gas-rich emirate’s image against the team from Ecuador — probably.
All 64 games over the course of 29 days involving 32 teams will be held in the Doha area, with many more shows and cultural events planned for a soccer-led party in the conservative Muslim society.
For one month, Qatar will relax its strict limits on where alcohol can be bought, including serving beer from World Cup sponsor Budweiser at the eight stadiums and at the official big-screen viewing site in Al Bidda Park.
Promises of “the best World Cup ever, on and off the field” were made Monday by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who said the same in Moscow four years ago when Russia hosted the tournament.
However, since the decisions in 2010 to pick Russia and Qatar as future World Cup hosts, 21 of the 24 men on the FIFA executive committee were variously convicted in criminal or ethics cases, indicted, acquitted at trial or implicated in wrongdoing.
The president of FIFA at that time, Sepp Blatter, is one of them, still banned from the sport he led for 17 years for various misdeeds. Blatter, however, has said he didn’t vote for Qatar.
About 1.2 million visitors are expected in Qatar for the first World Cup to be played in the middle of the traditional European soccer season, a move made to avoid the oppressive desert heat in the Middle East.
“We are opening our doors in Doha to them without discrimination,” the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, told the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month.
There is one bit of unprecedented late doubt, however, with the actual lineup of the tournament still under appeal. Chile and Peru have gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge Ecuador’s qualification, claiming it used an ineligible player.
This year’s tournament will be among the most expensive World Cups for fans to follow and certainly the most political in modern times. Currently, players from Brazil are being used as political weapons in an election campaign and players from Iran have been supporting protests at home following the death of a 22-year-old woman after being detained by the morality police.
Eight of the 13 European teams said last month their captains will wear an armband with a heart-shaped, multi-colored design at games to support the “One Love” campaign against discrimination.
The gesture is a clear breach of FIFA rules. It also reflects unease at home about taking soccer’s biggest event to Qatar, where homosexual acts are illegal and labor and human rights have been a decade-long controversy. Qatar points to changes in its labor laws in its defense and says LGTBQ fans won’t face arrest.
This week, the United States Soccer Federation joined six European federations in backing calls by rights advocates to create a compensation fund for workers, many from south Asia, who have been killed or injured.
“With the World Cup looming, the job of protecting migrant workers from exploitation is only half done, while that of compensating those who have suffered abuses has barely started,” said Steve Cockburn, the head of economic and social justice at Amnesty International.
FIFA deputy secretary general Alasdair Bell said last week it is open to talks on remedy and reparations. It is unclear if any money would come from FIFA’s $6 billion World Cup revenues; the Qatari government, which has reformed many labor laws faster than its regional rivals; or construction firms, which employed the workers in physical and contractual conditions decried by activists as modern slavery.
The migrant workers have helped transform Doha into a futuristic city whose ambitions to rival regional hubs like Dubai and Singapore will be given a showcase by the World Cup.
“As you look around the country today, at the state-of-the-art stadiums, the training pitches, the metro, the wider infrastructure, everything is ready and everyone is welcome,” said Infantino, who moved from Zurich to live in Doha for the final year of preparations.
The infrastructure is there. The challenges for Qatar are on the human scale for a country of only 350,000 citizens in a population swelled to 2.6 million by migrants working in construction, domestic and service sectors, as well as in white-collar jobs.
“The world will see that medium-sized and small countries are able to host global events with great success,” the emir told U.N. delegates.
As for security, Qatar will rely on expertise and hardware from allies, including sniffer dogs, an anti-drone system and a surveillance airplane from France, and a warship and riot police from Turkey. The U.S. military’s Central Command has its forward headquarters at Al Udeid Air Base.
This year’s World Cup will be hosted on the smallest territory since Switzerland in 1954 and will uniquely have most of the fans living together in one city.
Turkey is sending about 3,000 riot police for a tournament that — though typically bringing a wealthier type of fan than a stereotypical soccer hooligan — should see a boisterous, Western-style exuberance on Doha’s streets.
“We want to make sure that law enforcement … is in the right place,” U.S. Ambassador Timmy Davis said this week. “We want to make sure that in the ministries there is a level of patience and tolerance for what the world brings when you invite the world to your country.”
One recent arrival to Doha was carrying 3 kilograms (6 pounds) of methamphetamine in a suitcase that was seized, Qatar’s customs service said this week.
A party scene is being created in Doha that will likely be a hub for ravers from across the Gulf states, with ticket prices running from $45 to $7,500.
Lineups confirmed this month include DJs David Guetta and Fatboy Slim, rappers DaBaby and Tyga, and singers Amr Diab and Jorja Smith, performing at open-air festivals deep into the Doha night when temperatures rarely drop below 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit).
Close to the main airport, the Aravia festival site for 5,000 people is being run by a Saudi music promoter, and the nearby 15,000-capacity Arcadia Spectacular brings a flavor of storied English festival Glastonbury, including its giant, fire-breathing metal spider stage.
Post Malone, Maroon 5 and Black Eyes Peas are on the concert program at Doha Golf Club.
It all adds up to the pledge Qatari officials have made since 2009 when the hosting campaign started: We love soccer like you, come and enjoy it, but be respectful of our cultural traditions.
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TX Corpus Christi TX Zone Forecast for Sunday, December 11, 2022
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749 FPUS54 KCRP 120903
ZFPCRP
Zone Forecast Product for South Texas
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
TXZ343-122300-
Coastal Nueces-
Including the cities of Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers this morning, then partly cloudy this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the lower
70s. Southeast winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower
60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to north 15 to
20 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cooler. Less humid with highs in the upper 60s. North
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to
15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ443-122300-
Nueces Islands-
Including the city of Port Aransas
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers this morning, then partly cloudy this
afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the lower
70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Breezy with
highs in the mid 70s. South winds 20 to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Breezy with lows in the lower 60s. South winds 20 to
25 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Breezy and less
humid with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 20 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph, diminishing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Breezy with lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ243-122300-
Inland Nueces-
Including the cities of Robstown, Tuloso, and Bishop
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers this morning.
Patchy fog this morning. Highs around 80. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 70. Southeast winds around
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Cooler with lows
around 60. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler.
Less humid with highs around 70. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning. Highs in
the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ234-122300-
Victoria-
Including the cities of Victoria and Bloomington
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper
60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. South winds
15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Cooler. Less humid with lows in
the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north after
midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler.
Less humid with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ239-122300-
Webb-
Including the cities of Laredo, Bruni, and Orvil
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to
15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to
10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 50s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ242-122300-
Inland Kleberg-
Including the cities of Kingsville, Loyola Beach, Ricardo,
and Riviera
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Cooler with lows
around 60. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north after
midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Much
cooler. Less humid with highs around 70. North winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning. Highs in
the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ342-122300-
Coastal Kleberg-
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers this morning, then partly cloudy this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature around 70.
Southeast winds around 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower
60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to northwest 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cooler. Less humid with highs in the upper 60s. North
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to
15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ442-122300-
Kleberg Islands-
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers this
morning, then partly cloudy this afternoon. Highs in the lower
70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature around 70.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s. South winds 20 to
25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Breezy with lows in the
lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to west 20 to
25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Breezy and less
humid with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 20 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph, diminishing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ344-122300-
Coastal San Patricio-
Including the cities of Portland and Ingleside
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature around 70.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight.
Cooler with lows around 60. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph,
increasing to northeast 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler.
Less humid with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ244-122300-
Inland San Patricio-
Including the cities of Sinton, Mathis, Taft, and Odem
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers this morning.
Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature around 70.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Cooler with lows
in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north after
midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler.
Less humid with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ245-122300-
Coastal Aransas-
Including the cities of Rockport and Fulton
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature around 70.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in
the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows around 60. South winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to northeast 15 to 20 mph after
midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Less humid with
highs in the upper 60s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs around 60. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ345-122300-
Aransas Islands-
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature around 70. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in
the mid 70s. South winds 20 to 25 mph, becoming 15 to 25 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Breezy, cooler with lows around
60. South winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to northwest 20 to
25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Breezy and less
humid with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 20 to 25 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ346-122300-
Coastal Refugio-
Including the cities of Bayside and Austwell
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature around 70.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to south 10 to 15 mph
after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in
the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Cooler with lows in the upper
50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north 5 to 10 mph
after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Cooler. Less humid
with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 50s. Temperature falling into the mid 50s in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ246-122300-
Inland Refugio-
Including the cities of Refugio and Woodsboro
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper
60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
around 80. South winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph
in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Cooler with lows in the upper
50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler.
Less humid with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ247-122300-
Inland Calhoun-
Including the city of Long Mott
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature around 70.
Southeast winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Cooler with lows in the upper
50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Cooler. Less humid
with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ347-122300-
Coastal Calhoun-
Including the cities of Seadrift, Port Lavaca, and Port O Connor
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature around 70. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Cooler with lows around 60.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to north 15 to 20 mph
after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Cooler. Less humid
with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ447-122300-
Calhoun Islands-
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature around 70. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s. South winds
around 20 mph, becoming 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Breezy, cooler with lows around
60. South winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to northwest 20 to
25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Breezy and less
humid with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 20 to 25 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ233-122300-
Goliad-
Including the city of Goliad
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper
60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
around 80. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 50s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ232-122300-
Bee-
Including the cities of Beeville, Skidmore, Pettus, and Pawnee
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers this morning.
Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to southeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper
60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Cooler. Less
humid with lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph,
increasing to north after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ241-122300-
Jim Wells-
Including the cities of Alice, Orange Grove, and Premont
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Areas of fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs around
80. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs around 70. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ231-122300-
Live Oak-
Including the cities of George West and Three Rivers
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to southeast 10 to
15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest in
the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 50s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs around 70. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ240-122300-
Duval-
Including the cities of Freer, Benavides, and San Diego
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Areas of fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs around
80. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 5 to
10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, increasing to north after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ229-122300-
La Salle-
Including the cities of Cotulla and Encinal
303 AM CST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to
15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the mid 50s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs around 70. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ230-122300-
McMullen-
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First patients treated under leadership of Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, Gustave Roussy, Paris
NEW YORK, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Promontory Therapeutics Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company advancing immunogenic small molecule approaches in oncology, has expanded its clinical presence to France. This week the company treated its first four patients in France – at Gustave Roussy and at the Military Hospital (HIA) Bégin in Paris – on the ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of lead therapeutic candidate, PT-112, in patients with late-stage metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02266745).
The Phase 2, open-label, multi-center proof of concept study has the objective of characterizing the benefit-risk ratio and selecting the optimal dose regimen for pivotal development of PT-112, in line with the FDA's Project Optimus. In addition to proof of concept via safety and efficacy findings among late-stage metastatic patients, the study aims to generate meaningful supportive data via correlative research, for example on immune activation by PT-112 monotherapy, and by examining circulating tumor cell reductions.
Within France, the study is being led by primary investigator Dr. Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, medical oncologist at Gustave Roussy, and professor of oncology at the University of Paris-Saclay. Gustave Roussy and HIA Bégin, the latter led by investigator Carole Helissey, MD, are the first two of ten sites across France that will recruit patients for the study. Promontory plans to enroll up to 109 patients in total on the study.
"Dr. Fizazi is a global leader in prostate cancer and under his guidance, we are looking forward to treating mCRPC patients in France and further understanding the potential impact of PT-112 on these late-stage mCRPC patients, who currently have few options for life-prolonging therapy," said Promontory Therapeutics Chief Medical Officer Johan Baeck, MD.
"We are very pleased to begin treating patients in France with advanced, metastatic prostate cancer, as part of the ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of PT-112" said Dr. Fizazi. "Based upon early data, PT-112 has the potential to offer a promising form of immune activation to such patients, who generally do not have effective immunotherapy options to date."
For more information about Promontory's clinical trials, visit www.PromontoryTx.com.
About PT-112
PT-112 is the first small-molecule conjugate of pyrophosphate in clinical development in oncology. PT-112 has numerous advantages — including its tolerability and inhibition of ribosomal biogenesis (RiBi) which leads to immunogenic cell death (ICD), through the release of damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) that bind to dendritic cells and lead to downstream immune effector cell recruitment in the tumor microenvironment. PT-112 represents a highly potent inducer of this immunological form of cancer cell death. Further, PT-112 harbors a property known as osteotropism, or the propensity of the drug to reach its highest concentrations in certain areas of the bone, making it a candidate for treatment of patients with cancers that originate in, or metastasize to, the bone. The first in-human study of PT-112 demonstrated an attractive safety profile and evidence of long-lasting responses among heavily pre-treated patients and data were published in eClinicalMedicine, part of The Lancet. The combination Phase 1b dose escalation study of PT-112 with PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor avelumab in solid tumors was reported in a mini-oral presentation at the ESMO 2020 Virtual Congress and the Phase 2a dose confirmation cohort in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients was reported at ESMO I-O 2022. The Phase 1 study in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma presented at ASH 2020 is the third completed Phase 1 study of PT-112. Monotherapy Phase 2 development is ongoing in mCRPC, as detailed in a trial-in-progress poster presentation at ASCO GU 2023, and also includes the Phase 2 proof of concept study in thymic epithelial tumors under the company's formal CRADA with the NCI. Interim data from the NCI study were published at ASCO 2023.
About Promontory Therapeutics
Promontory Therapeutics Inc. is a privately held, clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on small molecule immunotherapy. Clinical data generated across three Phase 1 studies have demonstrated single-agent and combination anti-cancer activity and an attractive tolerability profile, and two Phase 2 studies of PT-112 are underway. The company's research and development work has been conducted in the United States, Europe and Asia. The company also sponsored the completed clinical study of PT-112 in combination with the PD-L1 inhibitor avelumab, and has an active Phase 2 trial underway with the NCI utilizing PT-112 in thymic epithelial tumors where PT-112 has received Orphan Drug designation.
To learn more about Promontory Therapeutics, visit the company's website here.
CONTACTS:
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Brooke Raphael, MS
VP, Strategy & Operations
Tel: +1 (646) 974-6453
Email: braphael@promontorytx.com
Investors:
Stan Musial
Tel: +1 (646) 222-6932
Email: smusial@promontorytx.com
ICR Westwicke
Media:
Alexis Feinberg
Tel: +1 (203) 939-2225
Email: alexis.feinberg@westwicke.com
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Massage Envy, the nation's No. 1 provider of massage in the U.S. collectively across its franchise network and a national leader in skincare, today announced that it is supporting the American Red Cross with a "Give Hope & Give Blood " campaign.
Between now and September 30, the brand is hoping to inspire 5,000 blood donations, as well as encourage those who are able, to make a financial contribution to the Red Cross.
The Give Hope & Give Blood campaign is a virtual blood and fund drive Massage Envy members, location employees, employees of the Franchise Support Center and the general public use to make a gift and / or set an appointment to donate at a Red Cross blood drive.
As the largest membership model massage provider in the U.S., Massage Envy hopes to leverage its extensive network of approximately 1,100 franchised locations across 49 states, in communities large and small, to support the Give Hope & Give Blood campaign.
"We have an amazing network of caring franchisees who, together with their teams are passionate about helping their communities. Combine that with the franchisees' large loyal member base, our support center employees and vendors, families and friends, Massage Envy hopes to make a huge difference," said Beth Stiller, Massage Envy's chief executive offer.
The brand will also spread awareness of the campaign through its large social media following using the hashtag #BloodSavesLivesME.
"Thanks to Massage Envy for launching the Give Hope & Give Blood campaign supporting our lifesaving mission," said Jason Benedict, Regional Donor Services Executive for the Arizona-New Mexico region of the American Red Cross. "Whether it's supporting a family displaced by a wildfire, collecting lifesaving blood or distributing comfort kits to service members and veterans, we're grateful for partners like Massage Envy that enable us to respond immediately in times of crisis."
"Donating to the Red Cross, whether a blood donation or a monetary gift, is a great way for all Americans to support their communities," Stiller said. "If any member of the public or friend of Massage Envy would like to join the campaign, they should go to www.redcross.org/donate/cm/massageenvy-pub.html/ to join in and make a difference. 100% of all donations collected through the site between now and September 30 will go to the American Red Cross."
Massage Envy, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a national franchisor and does not independently own or operate any of the Massage Envy franchised locations nationwide. The Massage Envy franchise network, through its franchise locations, is the leading provider of massage services. Founded in 2002, Massage Envy has more than 1,100 franchise locations in 49 states that have together delivered more than 190 million massages and facials. For more information, visit www.massageenvy.com, or follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook at @MassageEnvy.
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation's blood; teaches skills to save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or cruzrojaamericana.org, or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.
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TUCSON, Ariz., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The issue in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, is whether the Supreme Court of the United States has the authority to repeal medical-practice-related laws of 50 States, says the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS).
"The federal government has no constitutional authority to regulate the practice of medicine," states AAPS executive director Jane Orient, M.D. "The Constitution has no explicit provision establishing a right to abortion. This supposed right was not 'found' until 1973, when Justice Blackmun perceived it to be hidden in emanations and penumbras."
In its amicus brief, AAPS noted that in Roe the Court relied on scientific presumptions shown to be wrong in the past 50 years of research.
"Starting with Roe, this Court's abortion jurisprudence has repeatedly pledged allegiance to scientific fact," AAPS writes. "The Court has a 'constitutional duty' to reexamine its jurisprudence given the now-repudiated 'factual' underpinnings of Roe's central holding."
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President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys, Chocolate and Chip, on Monday as he discharged the presidential duty of the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon.Watch the turkey pardon ceremony in the video above"The votes are in, they've been counted and verified, no ballot stuffing, no fowl play. The only red wave this season is going to be if German Shepherd Commander knocks over the cranberry sauce," Biden told an audience on the White House South Lawn.Justice, and perhaps a side of cranberry sauce, was served as Biden roasted the 2022 National Thanksgiving Turkey and an alternate, Chocolate and Chip. The president quipped that the two birds were part of "another flock hoping to come to Washington in 2024."Baste on tradition, Biden designated Chocolate as the official National Thanksgiving Turkey, but both Chocolate and Chip were pardoned. The birds weigh in at 46 and 47 pounds, respectively, and were raised by National Turkey Federation (NTF) chairman Ronnie Parker near Monroe, North Carolina.As he began his remarks on the crisp November morning, Biden joked he would keep it short because "nobody likes it when the turkey gets cold."The poultry of honor arrived in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, where they gobbled up an opportunity to stay at the nearby Willard Hotel and ruffled some feathers as they trotted around a Sunday press conference. Biden made much ado about stuffing before heading to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina, for a Friendsgiving dinner with service members and military families, part of first lady Dr. Jill Biden's Joining Forces initiative. The Biden family will spend the Thanksgiving holiday in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where family discussions about the president's political future and a 2024 run will begin in earnest.Despite the cornucopia of jokes cracked Monday, the turkey pardon comes as Americans are facing rising costs at their Thanksgiving tables. The American Farm Bureau's annual survey found that the average price of Thanksgiving dinner is up 20% since last year due to high inflation, as well as supply chain disruptions and the war in Ukraine.There was also the added challenge this year, the Department of Agriculture said in a memo, of a "highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which resulted in the loss of over 50 million birds, including over 8 million turkeys." The USDA, the memo said, worked with states and producers "to implement a comprehensive, collaborative, and all-hands-on-deck response to this outbreak and ensure there is an adequate supply of turkeys for the holiday season, successfully ensuring that everyone who wants a bird will be able to get one."Rumors of turkey pardons go back in presidential history as far as the Lincoln administration. Folklore has it that Lincoln's young son asked his father to spare a pet turkey that was supposed to be part of their Thanksgiving dinner.The NTF became the official turkey supplier to the first family in 1947 and the formal turkey presentation ceremony has been around since President Harry Truman. Truman was the first to accept a turkey from them -- however, he did not spare the bird.The first documented turkey pardon was given by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, though it didn't catch on right away. Even though President Gerald Ford pardoned President Richard Nixon, neither one of them decided to officially pardon any turkeys.Turkey pardoning became the norm in the White House in 1989 when President George H.W. Bush revived the tradition, now a staple of the White House holiday season.Biden's most recent predecessors have peppered their pardons with turkey and other topical political puns.Last year, Biden pardoned Peanut Butter and Jelly as he acknowledged a return to Thanksgiving traditions amid the Covid-19 pandemic."Eventually, Peanut Butter and Jelly were selected based on their temperament, appearance and, I suspect, vaccination status," the president joked. "Yes, instead of getting basted, these two turkeys are getting boosted."Former President Donald Trump poked fun at the impeachment inquiry in 2019, telling a crowd that the turkeys "have already received subpoenas to appear in Adam Schiff's basement."And former President Barack Obama employed his signature rhetoric: "I do -- I want to take a moment to recognize the great turkeys who weren't so lucky, who didn't get to ride the gravy train to freedom. Who met their fate with courage and sacrifice and proved that they weren't chicken.""Yes, we cran," Obama added.Chocolate and Chip will retire to North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, following their trip to the nation's capital.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys, Chocolate and Chip, on Monday as he discharged the presidential duty of the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon.
Watch the turkey pardon ceremony in the video above
"The votes are in, they've been counted and verified, no ballot stuffing, no fowl play. The only red wave this season is going to be if German Shepherd Commander knocks over the cranberry sauce," Biden told an audience on the White House South Lawn.
Justice, and perhaps a side of cranberry sauce, was served as Biden roasted the 2022 National Thanksgiving Turkey and an alternate, Chocolate and Chip. The president quipped that the two birds were part of "another flock hoping to come to Washington in 2024."
Baste on tradition, Biden designated Chocolate as the official National Thanksgiving Turkey, but both Chocolate and Chip were pardoned. The birds weigh in at 46 and 47 pounds, respectively, and were raised by National Turkey Federation (NTF) chairman Ronnie Parker near Monroe, North Carolina.
As he began his remarks on the crisp November morning, Biden joked he would keep it short because "nobody likes it when the turkey gets cold."
The poultry of honor arrived in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, where they gobbled up an opportunity to stay at the nearby Willard Hotel and ruffled some feathers as they trotted around a Sunday press conference.
Biden made much ado about stuffing before heading to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina, for a Friendsgiving dinner with service members and military families, part of first lady Dr. Jill Biden's Joining Forces initiative. The Biden family will spend the Thanksgiving holiday in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where family discussions about the president's political future and a 2024 run will begin in earnest.
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The National Thanksgiving Turkey and the alternate, Chocolate and Chip, wait to be pardoned by President Joe Biden on the South Lawn of the White House, Nov. 21, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
Despite the cornucopia of jokes cracked Monday, the turkey pardon comes as Americans are facing rising costs at their Thanksgiving tables. The American Farm Bureau's annual survey found that the average price of Thanksgiving dinner is up 20% since last year due to high inflation, as well as supply chain disruptions and the war in Ukraine.
There was also the added challenge this year, the Department of Agriculture said in a memo, of a "highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which resulted in the loss of over 50 million birds, including over 8 million turkeys." The USDA, the memo said, worked with states and producers "to implement a comprehensive, collaborative, and all-hands-on-deck response to this outbreak and ensure there is an adequate supply of turkeys for the holiday season, successfully ensuring that everyone who wants a bird will be able to get one."
Rumors of turkey pardons go back in presidential history as far as the Lincoln administration. Folklore has it that Lincoln's young son asked his father to spare a pet turkey that was supposed to be part of their Thanksgiving dinner.
The NTF became the official turkey supplier to the first family in 1947 and the formal turkey presentation ceremony has been around since President Harry Truman. Truman was the first to accept a turkey from them -- however, he did not spare the bird.
The first documented turkey pardon was given by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, though it didn't catch on right away. Even though President Gerald Ford pardoned President Richard Nixon, neither one of them decided to officially pardon any turkeys.
Turkey pardoning became the norm in the White House in 1989 when President George H.W. Bush revived the tradition, now a staple of the White House holiday season.
Biden's most recent predecessors have peppered their pardons with turkey and other topical political puns.
Last year, Biden pardoned Peanut Butter and Jelly as he acknowledged a return to Thanksgiving traditions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Eventually, Peanut Butter and Jelly were selected based on their temperament, appearance and, I suspect, vaccination status," the president joked. "Yes, instead of getting basted, these two turkeys are getting boosted."
Former President Donald Trump poked fun at the impeachment inquiry in 2019, telling a crowd that the turkeys "have already received subpoenas to appear in Adam Schiff's basement."
And former President Barack Obama employed his signature rhetoric: "I do -- I want to take a moment to recognize the great turkeys who weren't so lucky, who didn't get to ride the gravy train to freedom. Who met their fate with courage and sacrifice and proved that they weren't chicken."
"Yes, we cran," Obama added.
Chocolate and Chip will retire to North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, following their trip to the nation's capital. | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/biden-pardon-thanksgiving-turkeys/42025770 | 2022-11-21 19:33:35 | 0 | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/biden-pardon-thanksgiving-turkeys/42025770 |
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Life is Good products are now available in select European countries.
BOSTON, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Life is Good, the original positive lifestyle brand, is now available in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and the Netherlands through the Amazon marketplace. In response to customer requests, the company explored several channels for distribution overseas and ultimately decided to begin its international expansion via Amazon.
European customers can access the Life is Good store by visiting their country's local Amazon web store where a selection of men's and women's short and long sleeve graphic tees have been tailored to the local interests of each country. Similar to the U.S. market, the assortment will update seasonally to incorporate new styles, maintaining a relevant offering for consumers.
"This is just the first leg of our worldwide adventure. Soon we'll be expanding to the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand as well," said Tom Hassell, President of The Life is Good Company. "We listen to our community and are excited to bring Life is Good abroad through the convenience of Amazon."
Life is Good donates 10 percent of annual net profits to The Life is Good Playmaker Project, helping over 1 million kids in need each year, and this will continue with the sales through these new channels. With primary focus on the U.S. and Haiti, Life is Good Playmaker Project also recently conducted training with child and family service providers from Lviv, Ukraine, a city where over 75,000 displaced children have arrived since the start of the war. Attendees left with the skills needed to help these kids heal from the trauma of war.
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WASHINGTON — Trick-or-treaters this year may have to resort to using tricks on Halloween. Executives with Hershey, the maker of beloved chocolates and candy bars, said Thursday during a quarterly earnings report that there may be a candy shortage for the autumn holiday.
"We will not be able to fully meet consumer demand," for Halloween, Hershey Chief Executive Officer Michele Buck said in prepared remarks ahead of the company's Q2 earnings call Thursday.
During the call, Buck and other executives laid out the problem:
"We began producing Halloween back in the spring," he said. "And that's really when we needed to make these key decisions on what we were going to produce, so tough trade out to make."
Buck said the company, which produces Hershey's, Kit Kats, Twizzlers and several other candies, was "quite constrained" this year, and that long-term investments in shoring up production line bottlenecks won't see results until 2023.
He blamed the war in Ukraine and the months-long shipping backlog for part of the issue, saying the raw ingredients were simply harder to come by.
"There are certain places we're not constrained, others that we are," Buck said.
But some of the blame rests internally, with how the company chose this year to allocate resources for production amid soaring demand. Because Hershey uses the same production lines for both their Halloween candy and regular candy, they must choose between the two.
As Hershey CFO Steve Voskuil put it, "it's definitely all hands on deck. You make mistakes."
While the candy maker is facing supply issues, it may lose ground to other competitors such as Mars Wrigley (maker of skittles and M&Ms) during the Halloween season.
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Shale producers are surging Monday as traders bet they could be potential takeover targets for Big Oil companies looking to expand after Exxon Mobil Corp.’s reported interest in Pioneer Natural Resources Corp.
Pioneer shares jumped 5.8%, its biggest gain since October, on a report of Exxon’s preliminary takeover talks, leading shale oil peers higher as the S&P 500 Energy Index gained 0.7% Monday. Oil and gas producer Diamondback Energy Inc. rose 1.9%, while Devon Energy Corp. advanced 0.9%.
After years of growth, the US shale patch may be primed for consolidation.
Output is slowing as some of the most productive drilling areas become less fruitful, making acquisitions the main growth engine in regions including the oil-rich Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico. Buying Pioneer would make Exxon the largest producer in the Permian, and provide more than a decade-long runway of lucrative locations to drill wells.
While Stifel analyst Derrick Whitfield views “an imminent deal with PXD as unlikely,” if Exxon does buy Pioneer, then Diamondback and Permian Resources Corp. are “the best derivatives,” he wrote in a note. Whitfield called Diamondback the closest peer to Pioneer.
Some investors see Exxon’s interest in Pioneer as an isolated play for a sizable number of drilling locations. “This may be unique,” said Eric Nuttall, senior portfolio manager and partner at Ninepoint Partners, noting that Pioneer has the “longest-dated inventory” in the Permian in Texas.
However, Nuttall isn’t anticipating a wave of oil takeovers, especially outside of Texas and beyond the US into Canada and elsewhere.
Truist Securities analyst Neal Dingmann disagrees, expecting the rest of 2023 to be a busy time for oil deals. He expects Exxon and competitor Chevron Corp. to be on the hunt, given their desire to boost inventory. And he sees Devon, Diamondback, Coterra Energy Inc., APA Corp. and Permian Resources as firms that “could remain active in the M&A market,” he wrote in a note.
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PARIS, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Plataine, a leading provider of AI-based optimization solutions for advanced manufacturing, announced today a Try & Buy package for its Time Sensitive Material Management software solution. The cloud software automatically manages time sensitive material ensuring higher quality while avoiding rework and material waste. The application provides complete visibility of inventory and real-time tracking of time sensitive material properties such as remaining shelf-life and exposure times.
Plataine's Time Sensitive Material Manager provides an easy-to-use cloud software to track and manage material and assets in real-time, eliminating the dependency on paper and manual processes. The Try & Buy package will provide advanced manufacturers a sneak peek into the future of digital manufacturing with zero risk or downtime.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
9-6-8, FIREBALL: 2
(nine, six, eight; FIREBALL: two)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
9-6-8, FIREBALL: 2
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Paychex data also shows effects of Hurricane Ian on labor market conditions in Florida
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The pace of hourly earnings growth for U.S. small business workers moderated for the second consecutive month to 5.01 percent, according to the latest Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch. One-month annualized hourly earnings growth stands below four percent. The Small Business Jobs Index, which measures the rate of small business job growth, slowed 0.32 percent in October to 99.43.
"Hourly earnings growth for workers of U.S. small businesses may be cooling, with growth slowing from 5.15 percent in May to 5.01 percent in October," said James Diffley, chief regional economist at IHS Markit. "Small business job conditions slid, notably in the Northeast, down 0.66 percent for the month."
"The compensation landscape is shifting. Hourly earnings growth remains at five percent, but is slowing," said John Gibson, Paychex president and CEO. "At the same time, we've seen a significant increase in hours-worked in recent months, possibly a sign that small businesses are adapting to labor market pressures and looking to leverage existing staff. The growth in hours worked is having a positive impact on weekly earnings growth, which increased to 4.88 percent in October."
In further detail, the October report showed:
- One-month weekly hours worked growth increased to 1.49 percent in October, nearing its highest level in more than two years.
- Weekly earnings growth increased for the eighth consecutive month to 4.88 percent.
- Small business employment growth slowed in the Northeast, falling 0.66 percent in October.
- Despite impacts from Hurricane Ian on Florida, the South continues to lead small business employment growth and was the only region to improve in October.
- North Carolina remained the top state for small business job growth; Florida was once again the top state for worker hourly earnings growth.
- Dallas continues to lead U.S. metros in small business job growth and hourly earnings growth for workers.
- Other services (except public administration) remained the top sector for job growth in October at 102.15.
Analysis on the impact of Hurricane Ian reveals:
- Weekly hours-worked growth fell sharply in Florida, with one-month annualized weekly hours-worked falling to -5.46 percent, pushing its ranking last among states.
- Due to the drop in hours-worked, one-month annualized weekly earnings growth in Florida turned negative (-1.36 percent).
- In Tampa, the closest metro to the impact zone, one-month annualized weekly hours-worked growth declined to -6.22 percent.
Paychex solutions reach 1 in 12 American private-sector employees, making the Small Business Employment Watch an industry benchmark. Drawing from the payroll data of approximately 350,000 Paychex clients with fewer than 50 employees, the monthly report offers analysis of national employment and wage trends, as well as examines regional, state, metro, and industry sector activity.
The complete results for October, including interactive charts detailing all data, are available at www.paychex.com/watch. Highlights are available below.
- The national index (99.43) is down 0.32 percent from last month and 1.01 percent from last year.
- After slowing for eight consecutive months (from 101.33 in February 2022 to 99.43 in October 2022), the national index is at its lowest level since July 2021.
- Hourly earnings growth moderated to 5.01 percent in October from a revised 5.02 percent in September. One-month annualized growth remained below 4 percent.
- One-month weekly hours worked growth increased to 1.49 percent in October, nearing its highest level in more than two years.
- At 4.88 percent, weekly earnings growth increased for the eighth consecutive month.
- At 100.59, the South continued to lead all regions in small business employment growth for the seventh consecutive month. The region was the only one to improve its job index in October (0.05 percent).
- The Northeast fell to 98.93 (-0.66 percent) in October, making it the last among regions for the first time since June 2021.
- The South led regions in hourly earnings growth (5.52 percent) for the seventh consecutive month.
- The Northeast had the weakest hourly earnings growth (4.62 percent) but is the only region with positive weekly hours-worked growth (0.04 percent).
- Now at $32.76, hourly earnings in the West increased $1.57 (5.05 percent) during the past year.
- At 102.34, North Carolina led all states in small business job growth for the fourth straight month. The North Carolina jobs index has topped 102 for the past year, indicating strong and consistent job growth.
- Missouri (0.91 percent) and Tennessee (0.49 percent) had the best one-month gains among states in October.
- New Jersey (-1.14 percent), Pennsylvania (-0.80 percent), and New York (-0.68 percent) suffered the largest one-month losses among states in October.
Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest states based on U.S. population.
- Florida (6.60 percent), followed by Missouri, Texas, and Indiana, all had hourly earnings growth above six percent in October.
- Virginia and Michigan were the only two states with hourly earnings growth below 4 percent in October.
- Likely a result of Hurricane Ian, weekly hours-worked growth in Florida fell to last among states in October and one-month annualized weekly earnings growth turned negative (-1.36 percent).
Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest states based on U.S. population.
- Dallas (103.43) and Houston (102.44) ranked first and second for metro job growth for the fifth consecutive month. Both metros' indexes were more than a point higher than all others.
- Philadelphia (99.04) and New York (98.86) fell sharply, with job growth rates in both dropping 1.03 percent in October.
Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest metro areas based on U.S. population.
- Despite slowing in October, Dallas led metros in hourly earnings growth (6.89 percent) for the eighth consecutive month, despite slowing in October.
- Washington and Detroit were the only two metros with hourly earnings growth below 4 percent in October.
- Due to the impact of Hurricane Ian on the Tampa metro, one-month annualized weekly hours-worked growth declined to -6.22 percent.
Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest metro areas based on U.S. population.
- Other services (except public administration) slowed 0.51 percent in October. Still, at 102.15, it remained the top industry for the fifth consecutive month.
- The education and health services index remained flat in October, while all other sectors slowed.
- The trade, transportation, and utilities index decreased 0.68 percent to 97.79, joining manufacturing (97.49) and financial activities (97.35) with an index below 98.
Note: Analysis is provided for seven major industry sectors. Definitions of each industry sector can be found here. The other services (except public administration) industry category includes religious, civic, and social organizations, as well as personal services, including automotive and household repair, salons, drycleaners, and other businesses.
- Other services (7.58 percent) and leisure and hospitality (6.44 percent) led sectors in hourly earnings growth in October.
- Construction led sectors in weekly hours-worked growth, up 0.31 percent year-over-year, boosting weekly earnings growth to 5.54 percent.
- At 4.21 percent, education and health services' hourly earnings reached a new record level since reporting began in 2011. Nevertheless, growth has been the weakest since September 2021.
Note: Analysis is provided for seven major industry sectors. Definitions of each industry sector can be found here. The other services (except public administration) industry category includes religious, civic, and social organizations, as well as personal services, including automotive and household repair, salons, dry cleaners, and other businesses.
For more information about the Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch, visit www.paychex.com/watch and sign up to receive monthly Employment Watch alerts.
*Information regarding the professions included in the industry data can be found at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
The Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch is released each month by Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of integrated human capital management software solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services, and IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics, and expertise. Focused exclusively on small business with fewer than 50 employees, the monthly report offers analysis of national employment and wage trends, as well as examines regional, state, metro, and industry sector activity. Drawing from the payroll data of approximately 350,000 Paychex clients, this powerful tool delivers real-time insights into the small business trends driving the U.S. economy.
Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq:PAYX) is a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services. By combining innovative software-as-a-service technology and mobility platform with dedicated, personal service, Paychex empowers business owners to focus on the growth and management of their business. Backed by 50 years of industry expertise, Paychex serves more than 730,000 payroll clients as of May 31, 2022 in the U.S. and Europe, and pays one out of every 12 American private sector employees. Learn more about Paychex by visiting www.paychex.com and stay connected on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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WARREN, N.J. (AP) _ Bellerophon Therapeutics Inc. (BLPH) on Monday reported a loss of $4.1 million in its second quarter.
The Warren, New Jersey-based company said it had a loss of 43 cents per share.
The company's shares closed at $1.42. A year ago, they were trading at $4.05.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Kathy Hochul, who became New York's governor when her predecessor Andrew Cuomo resigned amid scandal, is looking to make history Tuesday by becoming the first woman to win election to the job.
But Hochul’s ability to break that barrier has become shaky in the final stretch of the election as her opponent, Republican congressman Lee Zeldin, has tapped into voter fears about violent crime and made the race competitive.
Zeldin, an ally of former President Donald Trump who objected to the 2020 election results, has made appeals to scared suburbanites and rattled urbanites amid a string of high-profile violent incidents.
The issue of crime is one that Republicans have been running on across the country and nowhere is its saliency more on display than in the campaign of Zeldin, who has harnessed it to carve a potential path to win in the blue state and become the first Republican elected New York governor in two decades.
Though Hochul has been governor for a year, she is not as well known as her predecessor. Cuomo was known for his aggressive style and became a national media fixture for his pandemic briefings before his tenure was overshadowed by scandal.
Hochul, a former congresswoman, was serving as Cuomo’s low-profile lieutenant governor before taking over in August 2021 when he resigned amid sexual harassment allegations, which he denies. She has tried to cast herself as a fresh change from Cuomo, promising more collaboration and transparency while trying to steer the state through the pandemic aftereffects.
The Buffalo native’s formidable campaign fundraising brought in about $50 million, which she’s used to fund a smattering of campaign ads staking herself as a defender of abortion rights and portraying Zeldin, who hails from Long Island, as “extreme and dangerous” because of his ties to Trump and his vote against certifying the 2020 election results.
As Zeldin's message appeared to be resonating in the final month, Democrats found themselves on the defensive.
Hochul began speaking more about public safety, including announcing an effort to deploy more officers to New York City subways and called in Democratic heavy hitters to rally with her in the final days, including Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Zeldin is an Army Reserve lieutenant colonel who has represented eastern Long Island in Congress since 2015. He was a vocal defender of Trump during his two impeachments and as a member of the U.S. House voted against certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
As he has run to lead New York, Zeldin has downplayed his ties to Trump, appearing with the former president at a closed-door campaign fundraiser but not at any public rallies, as candidates elsewhere have done.
He has focused almost exclusively on sending a message that violent crime is out of control — casting blame on policies passed by Democrats in Albany who control the Legislature, along with Hochul and Cuomo.
Rates of violent crime and killings have broadly increased around the U.S. since the coronavirus pandemic, in some places climbing from historic lows.
The issue became personal for Zeldin in the final month of the election, when two teenage boys were wounded in a drive-by-shooting in front of his Long Island home.
“It doesn’t hit any closer to home than this,” Zeldin said. “This could be anyone across this entire state.”
He has called for toughening the state’s bail laws and declaring a crime “emergency” that would allow him to suspend laws that curb solitary confinement in jails and that stopped automatically treating 16 and 17-year-olds as adults in the criminal justice system.
Hochul meanwhile, has poured blame on Republicans and conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court for opposing gun control measures. She led an effort to tighten licensing rules for semiautomatic rifles after a racist mass shooting killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in her hometown of Buffalo last spring. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/GOP-s-Zeldin-looks-to-block-Hochul-s-path-to-17566940.php | 2022-11-08 10:53:12 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/GOP-s-Zeldin-looks-to-block-Hochul-s-path-to-17566940.php |
Runners lace up their sneakers for RIFA
JACKSON, Tenn. —Runners lace up their running shoes to help one well-known local non-profit.
It’s Jackson Walk’s 10th annual Jackson Walk 5k.
The race began at 9 this morning at the Lift Wellness Center in Jackson Walk Plaza, taking runners through a picturesque route through the Lane neighborhood and the University of Memphis-Lambuth campus.
Runners were encouraged to come dressed in their St. Patrick’s Day attire and race to the “Pot of gold.”
Organizers say this race is very important with proceeds to benefit the work of the Regional Inter-Faith Association.
“So we just want everyone to live the happy living lifestyle. So that’s kind of what our company is all about, our healthy living community celebration is all about, living a fit and healthy lifestyle,” said Ashley Carmack, Property manager, Jackson Walk and High Point Apts.
Following the 5k race, awards were handed out to the top runners.
For more local news, click here. | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2023/03/18/runners-lace-up-their-sneakers-for-rifa/ | 2023-03-18 22:24:11 | 0 | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2023/03/18/runners-lace-up-their-sneakers-for-rifa/ |
Twice-convicted Cleveland suspect learns new fate in death of front-seat passenger while driving drunk
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - William Motley, 36, who was found guilty of killing a man he called his friend, was sent to prison on Thursday.
Back in February of 2020, Motley was driving a stolen car.
Cardon Smith and three others were in the vehicle.
The driver, Motley, was three times the legal limit when the car crashed into the back of a semi at East 55th Street and Bessemer.
Two of the passengers were hurt, while Smith died at the scene.
On Thursday, his grieving parents couldn’t hold back their pain and anger.
Cardon’s grieving mother: “It was your foot on the gas pedal and your hands on the steering wheel. Your decision not to stop your car. Instead, you drove it directly into the back of that truck and you killed, you killed my son. You should have died too.”
Michael Dix, Smith’s father: “There’s no greater pain than the pain I’m suffering right now from the loss of my child, man. You have changed my life drastically. You have changed the life of my family drastically and it hurts. This is a new norm for me. This is a new way that I have to live. This pain ain’t never going away.”
Common Pleas Court Judge Nancy Fuerst sentenced William Motley to 19 years in prison.
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‘Texas 4000′ makes a stop in Wichita Falls
“Fighting cancer one mile at a time”
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - A group of University of Texas students called, Texas 4000 for Cancer, are biking to Anchorage, Alaska in hopes of providing information about cancer prevention and early detection.
Each student has a personal reason for joining the fight with one common goal to provide hope, knowledge, and charity for the battle against cancer. Hope is shared by riding for those affected by cancer and to let them know they are fighting for a world with no cancer. Knowledge is given by providing the communities with life-saving information to help prevent cancer. Charity is shown by contributing to cancer research and cancer support services.
Prior to becoming part of Texas 4000, students must apply and raise $4,500. That’s the amount of miles from Austin to Anchorage. They also must have 2,000 training miles with their team, volunteer 50 hours of community service and help plan every aspect of the ride. Previous cycling experience is not a requirement.
The ride will take a total of 70-days with several stops along the way.
“They’re riding for an incredible cause,” said owner of 9th Street Studio Becky Raeke. “I mean 23 young people that are in college going so far, you know for such a cause is really something that’s admiral so we want to support that in whatever way but also want to support anyone coming through Wichita Falls on a cross country journey.”
The students split in half on day two forming two groups. “Ozark” and “The Rockies”. They take two different paths to help spread more information. The bikers rejoin just before they reach Alaska to ride the last nine days together.
“The reason that we split into different routes is so that we can spread our mission throughout more parts of the country and continent,” said senior Carolina Bruce. “We meet up in Whitehorse just before we reach Alaska and that’s basically so that our team can finish as one big team”
For the riders, each morning begins with a ride dedication and sharing who they are riding for that day and show that they support them.
“I personally ride for my grandfather,” said Bruce. “He was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer when I was a freshman in college and he was given a month to live. I’m riding personally for the knowledge pillar and I would love for more research and more treatments so that a diagnosis like my grandfather’s doesn’t have to be terminal.”
Students are estimated to arrive in Alaska on July 28, 2023.
Copyright 2023 KAUZ. All rights reserved. | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2023/05/26/texas-4000-makes-stop-wichita-falls/ | 2023-05-26 05:02:09 | 1 | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2023/05/26/texas-4000-makes-stop-wichita-falls/ |
Wayne Street between Harrison and Calhoun streets will have lane restrictions Monday, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A utility crew will be working in the area and should finish the same day.
For more information, call 260-427-6155 or visit www.trecthefort.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/wayne-street-lane-restrictions/article_bc934af0-11d7-11ee-9a82-63e25f940c16.html | 2023-06-23 16:20:42 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/wayne-street-lane-restrictions/article_bc934af0-11d7-11ee-9a82-63e25f940c16.html |
Bus monitor charged with manslaughter following death of 6-year-old girl
FRANKLIN, N.J. (News12 New Jersey) - Two parents in New Jersey are distraught after their 6-year-old died Monday on a school bus.
The woman responsible for her safety at that time is now facing manslaughter charges.
The pain has been consuming Wali Williams and his wife Najmah Nash.
They are in mourning for the death of their 6-year-old daughter Fajr Williams, who left to an extended school year program at Clermont Elementary School in Franklin Township, New Jersey, on Monday and never came back home.
“For these types of bus companies servicing children that’s handicapped, they need to know that when they take that job, they have lives in their hands,” Wali Williams said.
The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed 27-year-old Amanda Davila has been arrested and charged in relationship to the death of the girl.
“The most important thing is that we want justice for Fajr,” Wali Williams said.
Davila, hired by Montauk Transit Service, was the monitor assigned to Fajr’s school bus, according to officials. She allegedly secured Fajr’s wheelchair to the bus.
Investigators revealed that while on the road, a series of bumps caused the 6-year-old to slump in her wheelchair seat. That caused the four-point harness that secured her to the chair to become tight around her neck, ultimately blocking her airway.
“There is video that I have yet to view, but I will,” Nash said.
According to authorities, during the ride as the school bus monitor, Davila was seated towards the front of the bus while using a cellphone and earbud headphones in both ears.
“I am picturing her fighting. She can’t speak, she can’t defend herself. She cannot take the things off her neck,” Wali Williams said.
The investigation revealed that this was in violation of policies and procedures.
“I pray that these people weren’t up there lollygagging, playing and joking on their phones while my daughter is back there fighting for her life,” Wali Williams added.
Davila was booked at the Somerset County Jail until her detention hearing.
She is facing second-degree manslaughter charges as well as endangering the welfare of a child.
Montauk Transit Service did not immediately respond with a statement on the incident.
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Winter Park considers 20-year traffic plan for smart roads
WINTER PARK, Fla. - Winter Park's streets and crosswalks could get major upgrades over the next two decades to make them safer for pedestrians and more efficient for drivers. The technology is called CAV infrastructure, which stands for "connected and autonomous vehicle."
Basically, it means that all the traffic lights, crossing signals, road sensors, cameras, and even smart vehicles on the road can communicate with each other electronically. They send signals on when to stop or go, even letting vehicles know when there's something in the way that they can't see.
Professor Yaser Fallah, who teaches computer engineering at UCF says the technology is closer than we think. "If this becomes reality it's going to have a big impact," he said.
The technology can recognize cars and objects on the road, and switch signals or even prompt smart vehicles to stop. This will make crosswalks and intersections less risky for people and traffic. "What we envision is that all of these are connected together and talking to each other," Fallah said.
The plan also includes technology like roadside sensors for parked cars, so people can use an app to find where the free parking spaces are. Consultants for the city say none of this will happen soon. But as they replace and repair traffic lights, signal boxes, and street cameras, the idea is to upgrade them to new ones that use this technology.
Visitors like Jerry Thompson said that would be a good thing. "It would be nice if there were some way to sync one right after the other, and everything else, not counting the cars resting on whatever it takes to go through each traffic light." | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/winter-park-considers-20-year-traffic-plan-for-smart-roads | 2023-04-27 23:23:44 | 1 | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/winter-park-considers-20-year-traffic-plan-for-smart-roads |
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Palm Beach County and The Port of Palm Beach are working together to curb the number of manatees dying due to lack of seagrass.
Large holes are being dug in the intracoastal waterways to build causeways. The holes are low oxygen spots and are essentially poor habitat for marine life.
Through the recently approved Bonefish Cove project, the Port of Palm Beach plans to fill the large holes with recycled materials.
Dredge material stored in the port’s spoil site on Peanut Island will be used to construct 7.8 acres of mangrove island, 1.7 acres of oyster reef, 26.8 acres of seagrass recruitment area, and 0.2 acres of shorebird nesting habitat. In total, there will be three islands.
Experst say the islands will promote growth for seagrass, oyster reefs, mangroves, and more.
Upwards of 1,000 manatees pass through the area and due to a lack of seagrass, many are dying of starvation. Port Engineer Ron Coddington said the project could change that.
"We did a lot of impact to our lagoons and our waterways as much as 100 years ago when we were building causeways and things like this," Coddington said. "This is coming back and restoring and fixing mistakes we made in the past and hopefully to create a better future."
During April’s Port of Palm Beach District Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting, the board unanimously voted to approve an agreement that would allow the county to remove approximately 270,000 yards of excess material from the port’s dredge material management area.
The Bonefish Cove project has an estimated cost of $12 million. It will take approximately 18 months to build the islands.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The person who operates the Twitter account claims to be an Islamic fundamentalist living in Spain, empathizing with violent extremists and longing for the days, more than six centuries ago, when Muslims ruled the country.
The views are as fake as the account, part of a loose and informal effort by far-right nationalists in Spain to use social media to stir up anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant fervor and to undermine faith in Spain’s multicultural democracy. In some cases, they exploit Twitter’s loose rules to spread hateful messages and threats of violence, while in others they pose as Muslims as a way to disparage actual followers of Islam.
By harnessing the power of social media to communicate, coordinate and evangelize, those behind the so-called Reconquista movement are relying on the same playbook used by far-right extremists in the U.S., Brazil and other countries who have used social media to expand their power and recruit new followers.
Reconquista also borrows the same rhetoric used by far-right groups in the U.S., and even some of the same online memes, including Pepe the Frog, a crudely drawn amphibian who has become a mascot for white supremacist and antigovernment groups in the U.S. In one Reconquista meme, Pepe is shown wearing the garb of a 16th century Spanish conquistador.
As in the U.S. and other countries, the Spanish nationalists have seized on debates over trans rights, spreading misleading claims about the exploitation of children and supposed conspiracies to eradicate the idea of gender. They’ve also criticized COVID-19 vaccines, feminism, efforts to address climate change and support for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion.
The remarkable overlap of tactics and interests isn’t a coincidence, but reflects how far-right groups in many countries are learning from one another, copying each other’s successes, said Joel Finkelstein, co-founder of the Network Contagion Research Institute, a Princeton, N.J. group that partners with Rutgers University on the Network Contagion Lab, a training and educational center focused on cyber threats.
The institute published a report on Reconquista this week. The findings were first reported by The Associated Press.
“This is a recipe for disaster,” Finkelstein told the AP. ”All over the world we’re seeing different manifestations of the same kind of problem. The flags are all different, but it’s remarkable how similar the memes are.”
One concern, Finkelstein said, is that the rhetoric could lead to real-world violence.
Reconquista takes its name from the successful effort by Christian leaders to reconquer vast parts of the Iberian peninsula from its Islamic rulers and expel Muslims during the Middle Ages. It’s a term embraced by some on the far-right, who see their opposition to Islam and immigrants as a divinely ordained sequel of sorts to that bloody, centuries long conflict.
Anti-Muslim rhetoric from accounts linked to Reconquista soared after a Moroccan man attacked two Catholic churches in the southern city of Algeciras in January, killing a church officer and injuring a priest. The man, an unauthorized immigrant, is now jailed in the psychiatric ward of a Spanish prison awaiting the results of a judicial probe; authorities believe he acted alone.
Many of the violent threats against Muslims that spread on Twitter following the attack violated the platform’s rules, and in some cases the platform did act to remove the content or suspend the author. But often those behind the content simply created a new account days after they were suspended.
The far-right party Vox helped popularize Reconquista online, using the term repeatedly in Tweets ahead of the 2019 election. Vox, whose members express strongly anti-immigrant views, now holds 52 seats, or the third largest number, in Spain’s 350-member lower legislative chamber. The party’s Twitter account was briefly suspended in 2020 for accusing its critics of promoting pedophilia, and again in 2021 for inciting hatred against Muslims.
The party’s leader, Santiago Abascal, has made several references to the Reconquista, as he did last year in a Tweet. “Today is the anniversary of the reconquest of Granada, an indelible memory of the day the recovery of the entire national territory was completed after eight centuries of Islamic invasion,” he wrote.
Supporters of La Reconquista often display Spanish flags in their profiles and some openly praise Francisco Franco, the fascist dictator whose rule ended more than 40 years ago. They often refer to Muslims as Moors, an outdated historical term for Muslims from North Africa. One uses a photo of ex-U.S. President Donald Trump as their profile picture.
“If loving Spain is very facha, well, I am very facha,” reads the Twitter bio of one supporter of La Reconquista, using a Spanish term for fascism.
“Reconquista style, but we won’t only remove the moors but also those who opened their doors to them,” wrote another.
Spain has responded to the effort to rehabilitate Franco’s legacy by passing a law last year that made it a crime to glorify the dictator. In 2019 Franco’s body was exhumed from a tomb at a grandiose memorial complex built by the fascists. He was reburied in a nearby cemetery.
Far-right groups in several countries have sought to reshape public understanding of events like the holocaust, slavery and, more recently, the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. By ignoring the details of the historic Reconquista or Franco’s dictatorship, La Reconquista seeks to legitimize its own anti-immigrant views as traditional Spanish values, according to Marc Esteve Del Valle, a professor at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands who has studied Reconquista’s use of the internet.
In that sense, the internet isn’t just a place where Reconquista supporters find each other and share information, but a method of shaping public opinion and politics.
“The social networks are tools to organize, to mobilize. It’s where the movement lives,” Esteve Del Valle said.
Twitter has drastically reduced its staff focused on ferreting out misinformation, hate speech and extremist content since it was bought by Elon Musk. The company did not respond to messages seeking comment about La Reconquista.
In recent years a number of informally organized far-right groups have used social media in similar ways.
In Italy, an anti-vaccine group known as V_V (after the movie “V for Vendetta”) has used Telegram to threaten nurses, doctors and others involved in efforts to save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Germany, a similar group known as Querdenken used Facebook to encourage violence against vaccine supporters until it was kicked off the site. In Brazil, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro plotted on social media ahead of January’s violent attack in Brasilia.
And in the U.S., social media played a critical role in spurring the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, and is now being used by supporters of Trump in an effort to whitewash the events of that day.
Trump himself has helped build bridges between some of the groups, as when he praised the Spanish Vox Party during a video message played at a rally last year.
“We have to make sure that we protect our borders and do lots of very good conservative things,” Trump told the crowd. “Spain is a great country and we want to keep it a great country. So congratulations to Vox for so many great messages you get out to the people of Spain and the people of the world.” | https://www.koin.com/news/politics/anti-muslim-twitter-feed-in-spain-a-recipe-for-disaster/ | 2023-05-05 19:40:50 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/politics/anti-muslim-twitter-feed-in-spain-a-recipe-for-disaster/ |
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In the 12-month period ending in December 2022, over 79,000 people in the U.S. were reported to have died of an opioid overdose, of which 90% – approximately 72,000 – were linked to illicit synthetic opioids, mainly fentanyl1
Approval based on data from a pharmacodynamic study demonstrating that OPVEE provides fast onset of reversal of respiratory depression induced by the synthetic opioid remifentanil2
RICHMOND, Va., May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Indivior PLC (LSE: INDV) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved OPVEE® (nalmefene) nasal spray for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose induced by natural or synthetic opioids in adults and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older, as manifested by respiratory and/or central nervous system depression.2 OPVEE contains nalmefene, an opioid receptor antagonist that provides fast onset and long duration reversal of opioid-induced respiratory depression, which is the primary cause of opioid overdose injury and death.2,3,4 OPVEE was designed to address the challenges of today's opioid crisis.
"OPVEE's FDA approval represents a significant achievement in the development of new treatment options to address today's era of opioid overdoses that are driven by powerful synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl," said Mark Crossley, CEO, Indivior. "OPVEE is an emergency treatment for the fast reversal of respiratory depression triggered by natural or synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, 2,3,4 and we are committed to making this novel rescue medication widely available to those who need it most to help save lives."
OPVEE was approved via the 505(b)(2) pathway. In a first of its kind pharmacodynamic study (NCT04828005) in 61 opioid-experienced, non-dependent subjects, the effect of 2.7 mg OPVEE was assessed on remifentanil-induced respiratory depression. Following OPVEE administration, the time to onset of reversal of respiratory depression was observed between 2.5 to 5 minutes and full recovery of respiratory drive was manifested as early as 5 minutes after OPVEE administration. The duration of action of nalmefene is as long as most opioids, including fentanyl. These attributes are well-suited to address the challenges of today's opioid overdose crisis.
"Despite our collective effort to stem opioid abuse in America, addiction can happen to anyone, and millions of people are at risk for not only opioid overdose, but also poisoning from illicit synthetic opioids such as fentanyl," said Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Health Equity Initiatives, Purdue University. "With OPVEE, first responders will have a fast and long-acting rescue medication option to combat the current opioid epidemic and save lives."
The speed of action, long duration, and high potency of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are driving unprecedented overdose deaths across a broader range of ages, and they are now a leading cause of death for people ages 18 to 45.5 For each opioid-induced fatality, it has been estimated that there are an additional 6.4-8.4 non-fatal overdoses that can lead to long-term physical and mental disability.6
"I have seen firsthand the devastating impact of the opioid crisis on college campuses and in emergency rooms," said Madeline Hilliard, Founder, Team Awareness Combating Overdose (TACO) and DopaGE. "The FDA approval of OPVEE is good news for everyone impacted by the overdose crisis. In fact, it uses the same device as currently available nasal overdose reversal agents on the market."
A federally funded contract from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response within the US Department of Health and Human Services, for up to $10.8 million, combined with a $7.4 million U01 "grand opportunities in medications development" grant received from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), supported the development of OPVEE. The contract (number HHSO100201800029C) with BARDA was intended to develop OPVEE for reversal of opioid overdoses in the community and as a medical countermeasure and reversal agent in the event of a chemical attack using synthetic opioids.
OPVEE is expected to be in the market in Q4 of 2023.
Indivior added OPVEE to its portfolio with the acquisition of Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which closed March 2, 2023. As previously indicated, Indivior believes the clinical profile of OPVEE supports the potential for this treatment to deliver annual net revenue of $150 million to $250 million, with expected earnings accretion from the Opiant acquisition after the second full year of launch of OPVEE.
About OPVEE® (nalmefene) Nasal Spray
OPVEE® (nalmefene) nasal spray is an opioid receptor antagonist approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse opioid overdose. OPVEE nasal spray is indicated for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose induced by natural or synthetic opioids in adults and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older, as manifested by respiratory and/or central nervous system depression.2
OPVEE contains the opioid receptor antagonist nalmefene, which works quickly by blocking the brain opioid receptors. In a clinical model of opioid-induced respiratory depression in opioid-experienced, non-dependent subjects, OPVEE had an onset of action of 2.5 to 5 minutes and fully reversed respiratory depression as early as 5 minutes after OPVEE administration.2 Other clinical data include a terminal plasma half-life of approximately 11 hours.2 While the duration of action of nalmefene is as long as most opioids, a recurrence of respiratory depression is possible.2 Most common adverse reactions (incidence at least 2%) are nasal discomfort, headache, nausea, dizziness, hot flush, vomiting, anxiety, fatigue, nasal congestion, throat irritation, rhinalgia, decreased appetite, dysgeusia, erythema, and hyperhidrosis.
HIGHLIGHTED SAFETY INFORMATION
INDICATION
OPVEE nasal spray is an opioid antagonist indicated for the emergency treatment of known or suspected overdose induced by natural or synthetic opioids in adults and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older, as manifested by respiratory and/or central nervous system depression.
OPVEE nasal spray is intended for immediate administration as emergency therapy in settings where opioids may be present.
OPVEE nasal spray is not a substitute for emergency medical care.
HIGHLIGHTED SAFETY INFORMATION
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Hypersensitivity to nalmefene or to any of the other ingredients.
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Risk of Recurrent Respiratory and Central Nervous System Depression: While the duration of action of nalmefene is as long as most opioids, a recurrence of respiratory depression is possible, therefore, keep patient under continued surveillance and administer repeat doses of OPVEE using a new nasal spray with each dose, as necessary, while awaiting emergency medical assistance.
Limited Efficacy with Partial Agonists or Mixed Agonist/Antagonists: Reversal of respiratory depression caused by partial agonists or mixed agonists/antagonists, such as buprenorphine and pentazocine, may be incomplete. Larger or repeat doses may be required.
Precipitation of Severe Opioid Withdrawal: Use in patients who are opioid dependent may precipitate opioid withdrawal. In neonates, opioid withdrawal may be life-threatening if not recognized and properly treated. Monitor for the development of opioid withdrawal.
Risk of Cardiovascular (CV) Effects: Abrupt postoperative reversal of opioid depression may result in adverse CV effects. These events have primarily occurred in patients who had preexisting CV disorders or received other drugs that may have similar adverse CV effects. Monitor these patients closely in an appropriate healthcare setting after use of nalmefene hydrochloride.
Risk of Opioid Overdose from Attempts to Overcome the Blockade: Attempts to overcome opioid withdrawal symptoms caused by opioid antagonists with high or repeated doses of exogenous opioids may lead to opioid intoxication and death.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
Most common adverse reactions (incidence at least 2%) are nasal discomfort, headache, nausea, dizziness, hot flush, vomiting, anxiety, fatigue, nasal congestion, throat irritation, rhinalgia, decreased appetite, dysgeusia, erythema, and hyperhidrosis.
For more information about OPVEE and the full Prescribing Information visit Indivior | Products.
About Indivior
Indivior is a global pharmaceutical company working to help change patients' lives by developing medicines to treat substance use disorders (SUD) and serious mental illnesses. Our vision is that all patients around the world will have access to evidence-based treatment for the chronic conditions and co-occurring disorders of SUD. Indivior is dedicated to transforming SUD from a global human crisis to a recognized and treated chronic disease. Building on its global portfolio of OUD treatments, Indivior has a pipeline of product candidates designed to both expand on its heritage in this category and potentially address other chronic conditions and co-occurring disorders of SUD, including alcohol use disorder and cannabis use disorder. In March 2023, Indivior acquired Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., gaining access to a pipeline focused on opioid overdose rescue (OPVEE) and other potential SUD treatments. Opiant Pharmaceuticals entered into the contract with BARDA prior to the acquisition. Headquartered in the United States in Richmond, VA, Indivior employs more than 900 individuals globally and its portfolio of products is available in 39 countries worldwide. Visit www.indivior.com to learn more. Connect with Indivior on LinkedIn by visiting www.linkedin.com/company/indivior.
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Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements because they relate to future events. Various factors may cause differences between Indivior's expectations and actual results, including, among others, the material risks described in the most recent Indivior PLC Annual Report and in subsequent releases; our ability to commercialize and market acceptance of new products; the substantial litigation and ongoing investigations to which we are or may become a party; our reliance on third parties to manufacture commercial supplies of most of our products, conduct our clinical trials and at times to collaborate on products in our pipeline; our ability to comply with legal and regulatory settlements, healthcare laws and regulations, requirements imposed by regulatory agencies and payment and reporting obligations under government pricing programs; risks related to the manufacture and distribution of our products, some of which are controlled substances; market acceptance of our products as well as our ability to commercialize our products and compete with other market participants; the uncertainties related to the development of new products, including through acquisitions, and the related regulatory approval process; our dependence on a small number of significant customers; our ability to retain key personnel or attract new personnel; our dependence on third-party payors for the reimbursement of our products and the increasing focus on pricing and competition in our industry; unintended side effects caused by the clinical study or commercial use of our products; our use of hazardous materials in our manufacturing facilities; our import, manufacturing and distribution of controlled substances; our ability to successfully execute acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, dispositions or other strategic acquisitions; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and the substantial cost of litigation or other proceedings related to intellectual property rights; the risks related to product liability claims or product recalls; the significant amount of laws and regulations that we are subject to, including due to the international nature of our business; macroeconomic trends and other global developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic; the terms of our debt instruments, changes in our credit ratings and our ability to service our indebtedness and other obligations as they come due; changes in applicable tax rate or tax rules, regulations or interpretations; and our ability to realize our deferred tax assets.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date that they are made and should be regarded solely as our current plans, estimates and beliefs. Except as required by law, we do not undertake and specifically decline any obligation to update, republish or revise forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrences of unanticipated events.
References and Notes:
- Ahmad FB, Cisewski JA, Rossen LM, Sutton P. Provisional drug overdose death counts. National Center for Health Statistics. 2023. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm.
- OPVEE Prescribing Information. Opiant Pharmaceuticals; 2023.
- Boom M, Niesters M, Sarton E, Aarts L, Smith TW, Dahan A. Non-analgesic effects of opioids: opioid-induced respiratory depression. Curr Pharm Des. 2012;18(37):5994-6004. doi: 10.2174/138161212803582469. PMID: 22747535.
- Britch, S.C., Walsh, S.L. Treatment of opioid overdose: current approaches and recent advances. Psychopharmacology 239, 2063–2081 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-022-06125-5
- "TOP 10 Leading Causes of Death for People Ages 18 to 45 in the US." Families against Fentanyl, www.familiesagainstfentanyl.org/. Accessed Oct. 4AD.
- Skolnick P. (2022). Treatment of overdose in the synthetic opioid era. Pharmacology and Therapeutics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2021.108019
Note: Madeline Hilliard has been engaged by Indivior to consult for the purposes of the approval of OPVEE.
Note: Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, has been engaged by Indivior to consult for the purposes of the approval of OPVEE.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Techcon, part of OK International and Dover (NYSE: DOV), and a leader in precision fluid dispensing technologies, today announced the launch of the new TS8200D Series Micro-Meter Mix Dispensing System, a precision volumetric mixing and dispensing system for two-component adhesives, such as epoxies, reactive acrylics, or polyurethanes.
The Micro-Meter Mix consists of two newly updated M-Series Progressive Cavity (PC) Pumps integrated into a fluid manifold and connected to a static mixing nozzle. This configuration enables software-controlled mix ratio configurations from 1:1 to 10:1, achieving incredibly accurate and repeatable dispensing results.
"Techcon's TS8200D Micro-Meter Mix is the natural evolution of our highly successful PC Pump, based on industry-proven progressive cavity technology. Techcon's TS580D-MM smart controller manages the rotation of the PC pump rotors, delivering precise volumetric fluid metering with no guesswork required," said Can La, Techcon Product Manager. "Since the fluid path of the adhesive resin and hardeners are maintained separately in each PC pump all the way to the static mixing nozzle, the likelihood of cross-contamination is significantly reduced, making clean up fast and easy."
An optional pressure sensor is available to attach to each pump outlet for monitoring internal pressure. If the difference in pressure between the two pumps is higher than normal, the Micro-Meter Mix controller sends an alarm to signal the operator to check the pumps for clogging. This feature greatly reduces the likelihood of cross-contamination and damage to the pumps, a common issue among similar two-component systems.
The combination of multiple mix ratios and the ease of maintenance makes the Micro-Meter Mix a cost-effective solution for the electronics, mobile device, computer, and automotive manufacturing industries where accurate dispensing of two-component materials are needed.
For more information about the new TS8200D Series Micro-Meter Mix, visit www.techcon.com.
Since 1961, Techcon has provided precision fluid and adhesive dispensing equipment to a range of service industries, including industrial assembly, aerospace, military, material packaging, medical device, and electronics. Techcon products are renowned for their superior accuracy and durability, yielding improved industrial hygiene and enhanced productivity. Backed by our expert engineering team, Techcon, an OK International company, is delivering smarter, cleaner, more durable solutions. For more information, visit techcon.com.
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Mounting job vacancies push state and local governments into a wage war for workers
Fulton, Mo. — At the entrance to Missouri prisons, large signs plead for help: “NOW HIRING” ... “GREAT PAY & BENEFITS."
No experience is necessary. Anyone 18 and older can apply. Long hours are guaranteed.
Though the assertion of “great pay” for prison guards would have seemed dubious in the past, a series of state pay raises prompted by widespread vacancies has finally made a difference. The Missouri Department of Corrections set a record for new applicants last month.
“After we got our raise, we started seeing people come out of the woodwork, people that hadn’t worked in a while,” said Maj. Albin Narvaez, chief of custody at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center, where new prisoners are housed and evaluated.
Public employers across the U.S. have faced similar struggles to fill jobs, leading to one of the largest surges in state government pay raises in 15 years. Many cities, counties and school districts also are hiking wages to try to retain and attract workers amid aggressive competition from private sector employers.
The wage war comes as governments and taxpayers feel the consequences of empty positions.
In Kansas City, Missouri, a shortage of 911 operators doubled the average hold times for people calling in emergencies. In one Florida county, some schoolchildren frequently arrived late as a lack of bus drivers delayed routes. In Arkansas, abused and neglected kids remained longer in foster care because of a caseworker shortage. In various cities and states, vacancies on road crews meant cracks and potholes took longer to fix than many motorists might like.
“A lot of the jobs we’re talking about are hard jobs,” said Leslie Scott Parker, executive director of the National Association of State Personnel Executives.
Lingering vacancies “eventually affects service to the public or response times to needs,” she added.
Workforce shortages worsened across all sorts of jobs due to a wave of retirements and resignations that began during the pandemic. Many businesses, from restaurants to hospitals, responded nimbly with higher wages and incentives to attract employees. But governments by nature are slower to act, requiring pay raises to go through a legislative process that can take months to complete — and then can take months more to kick in.
Meanwhile, vacancies mounted.
In Georgia, state employee turnover hit a high of 25% in 2022. Thousands of workers left the Department of Corrections, pushing its vacancy rate to around 50%. The state began a series of pay raises. This year, all state employees and teachers got at least a $2,000 raise, with corrections officers getting $4,000 and state troopers $6,000.
The Georgia Department of Corrections used an ad agency to bolster recruitment and held an average of 125 job fairs a month. It's starting to pay off. In the first week of July, the department received 318 correctional officer applications — nearly double the weekly norm, said department Public Affairs Director Joan Heath.
Almost 1 in 4 positions — more than 2,500 jobs — were empty in the Missouri Department of Corrections late last year, which was twice the pre-pandemic vacancy rate in 2019.
Missouri gave state workers a 7.5% pay raise in 2022. This spring, Gov. Mike Parson signed an emergency spending bill with an additional 8.7% raise, plus an extra $2 an hour for people working evening and night shifts at prisons, mental health facilities and other institutions. The vacancy rate for entry level corrections officers now is declining, and the average number of applications for all state positions is up 18% since the start of last year.
At the Fulton prison, where staff shortages have led to a standard 52-hour work week, newly hired employees can earn around $60,000 annually — an amount roughly equal to the state's median household income. The prison also is proposing to provide free child care to correctional officers willing to work nights.
If prison staffing is too low, "it can get dangerous” for both inmates and guards, Narvaez said.
Public safety concerns also have arisen in Kansas City, where a country music fan attacked before a concert last month waited four minutes for a 911 call to be answered and an hour for an ambulance to arrive. About one-quarter of 911 call center positions are vacant — “a huge factor" in the longer wait times to answer calls, said Tamara Bazzle, assistant manager of the communications unit for the Kansas City Police Department.
In Biddeford, Maine, a 15-person roster of 911 dispatchers dipped to just eight employees in July as people quit a “pressure cooker job" for less stress or better pay elsewhere, Police Chief JoAnne Fisk said. The city is now offering fully certified dispatchers $41 an hour to help plug the gaps on a part-time basis — $10 an hour more than comparable new workers normally would earn.
This month, Biddeford also launched a $2,000 bonus for city employees who refer others who get jobs. That comes a year after Biddeford adopted a four-day work week with paid lunch periods to try to make jobs more appealing, said City Manager Jim Bennett.
To attract workers, other governments have dropped college degree requirements and spiced up drab job descriptions.
Nationally, the turnover rate in state and local governments is twice the average of the previous two decades, according federal labor statistics.
Uncompetitive wages were the most common reason for leaving cited in exit interviews, according to a survey of 249 state and local government human resource managers conducted by MissionSquare Research Institute, a Washington, D.C. -based nonprofit. The hardest positions to fill included police and corrections officers, doctors, nurses, engineers and jobs requiring commercial driver's licenses.
Along Florida's east coast, the Brevard County transit system and school district have been competing for bus drivers. On days when drivers are lacking, the transit system has cut the frequency of bus stops on some routes. The school system, meanwhile, has asked some bus drivers to run a second route after dropping children off at school, often resulting in the second busload arriving late.
Since 2022, the county has twice raised bus driver wages to a current rate of $17.47 an hour. The school board recently countered with a $5 increase to a minimum $20 an hour for the upcoming school year. The goal is to hire enough drivers to regularly get kids to class on time, said school system communications director Russell Bruhn.
In Arkansas, the goal is to get foster kids into permanent homes in less than a year. But during the first three months of this year, the state met that target for just 32% of foster children — well below the national standard of over 40%. More than one-fifth of the roughly 1,400 positions in the Arkansas Division of Children and Family Services are vacant.
Many new employees leave in less than two years because of heavy caseloads and the “very difficult, emotionally tolling work,” Mischa Martin, the Department of Human Services' deputy secretary of youth and families, told lawmakers last month.
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Drummer Fred White, who backed up his brothers Maurice and Verdine White in the Grammy-winning ensemble Earth, Wind & Fire, has died. He was 67.
Earth, Wind & Fire began in 1970 under the leadership of Maurice White, who created a band that could combine elements of jazz, funk, R&B, soul, dance, pop and rock, and celebrated African musicianship and spiritualism. Driven by their horn section the Phenix Horns and a reputation for energetic and bombastic live performances, the group’s popularity grew after they moved to Columbia Records, which was then under the leadership of Clive Davis.
Fred White was already an accomplished drummer, playing for Donny Hathaway, before he joined Earth, Wind & Fire in the mid-1970s. Paired alongside drummer and percussionist Ralph Johnson, the band’s rhythm section was tight and upbeat and set the stage for songs like “Boogie Wonderland” and “September” to become instant favorites.
Verdine White called his brother Fred was a gifted child musician, “with gold records at the young age of 16 years old!” Fred White remained with the band until 1983.
“But more than that at home and beyond he was the wonderful bro that was always entertaining and delightfully mischievous! And we could always count on him to make a seemingly bad situation more light hearted!” wrote White.
Some of the band’s biggest hits are still widely popular, often sampled and used in countless movies. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, played the 2005 Super Bowl halftime show and has six Grammys. The band’s “Got to Get You Into My Life” was on President Barack Obama’s first Spotify playlist.
The band’s most successful period started with the 1975 album “That’s The Way of The World” and continued through the rest of the decade. Other hits included “Serpentine Fire,” ″Shining Star” and a cover of the Beatles’ “Got to Get You Into My Life.”
Maurice White died at the age of 74 in 2016. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/earth-wind-and-fire-drummer-fred-white-dies-at-age-67/2023/01/02/cfbc8bf6-8aef-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html | 2023-01-02 23:56:35 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/earth-wind-and-fire-drummer-fred-white-dies-at-age-67/2023/01/02/cfbc8bf6-8aef-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html |
Indiva Launches Pearls by Grön Gummies and Remains the National Market Share Leader in the Edibles Category
LONDON, ON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Indiva Limited (the "Company" or "Indiva") (TSXV: NDVA) (OTCQX: NDVAF), the leading Canadian producer of cannabis edibles and other cannabis products, is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022. All figures are reported in Canadian dollars ($), unless otherwise indicated. Indiva's financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). For a more comprehensive overview of the corporate and financial highlights presented in this news release, please refer to Indiva's Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022, and the Company's Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, to be filed on SEDAR and made available on the Company's website, www.indiva.com.
"We are very pleased to report record net revenue and gross profit on a year-to-date basis, and expect to see further revenue growth in the second half of 2022, driven by the introduction of more than 25 new SKUs across Canada," said Niel Marotta, President and Chief Executive Officer of Indiva. "The second quarter was extremely busy operationally, as we began manufacturing new products, including our first commercial batches of Pearls gummies, which were delivered to the OCS subsequent to quarter end. We expect to ship Pearls, and many other new products, to additional provinces in the coming weeks. We are pleased to see improvement in gross margins in the quarter, however as per our June 27, 2022, press release, delays in new product deliveries and lack of provincial delivery appointments in certain provinces in late June caused approximately $1 million of sales to slip into Q3 2022, resulting in declining net revenue on a year-over-year basis. We are very excited for the launch of Pearls by Grön, Indiva Life cookies, lozenges and chocolates, and Dime Vapes. The feedback from key accounts, provincial wholesalers and budtenders across the country has been very positive, and we look forward to continuing to delight of-age Canadian cannabis enthusiasts with the quality and innovation that Indiva products are known for."
- Gross revenue in Q2 2022 was $8.9 million, representing an 8.3% sequential decrease from Q1 2022, and a 9.9% decrease year-over-year from Q2 2021. Year-to-date, gross revenue increased 11.0% year over year to a record $18.6 million.
- Net revenue in Q2 2022 was $8.1 million, representing an 8.5% sequential decrease from Q1 2022, and a 9.7% decrease year-over-year from Q2 2021, due to difficult comparisons versus the introduction of Wana Quick in Q2 2021, and delays in provincial deliveries of new and existing products, causing revenue to slip into the third quarter. Revenue continues to be driven primarily by higher sales of category leading edibles including Wana Sour Gummies and Bhang Chocolate. Year-to-date, net revenue increased 12.1% year over year to a record $17.0 million.
- Net revenue from edible products in the quarter was $7.2 million, down 14.8% from $8.5 million in Q1 2022 and down 13.9% from $8.4 million in the prior year period. Edible product sales represent 89.1% of net revenue in Q2 2022. Year-to-date net revenue from edible products increased 13.0% year-over-year to a record $15.7 million or 92.6% of net revenue.
- Gross profit before fair value adjustments, impairments and one-time items declined year-over-year, but increased sequentially, to $2.7 million, or 33.1% of net revenue, versus 29.6% in Q1 2022 and 30.1% in Q2 2021. The improvement in gross margin was due to lower material costs on certain inputs, improved production efficiencies and lower returns and impairments to inventory, offset by lower revenues and lower overhead absorption on goods sold in the quarter. Year-to-date, gross profit before fair value adjustments, impairments and one-time items increased to a record $5.3 million, or 31.3% of net revenue, versus $4.2 million or 27.6% of net revenue in the corresponding period last year.
- In Q2 2022, Indiva sold products containing 44.2 million milligrams of distillate, the active ingredient in edible products, which represents a 19% decrease when compared to the 54.5 million milligrams in products sold in Q1 2022, and a 16% decrease compared to 52.5 million milligrams sold in Q2 2021.
- Impairment charges in the quarter totaled $0.52 million. This impairment includes a write off of aged finished goods and bulk cannabis flower, and to a lesser extent, certain packaging for obsolete products, offset by a recovery on oil-based products. The Company will continue to work to monetize any impaired inventory which remains saleable. The Company expects lower inventory impairments going forward as most of the bulk flower inventory originating from terminated contract manufacturing has either been sold or written down.
- Operating expenses in the quarter decreased 0.4% sequentially, representing 42.9% of net revenue, versus 39.4% in Q1 2022 and 34.4% in Q2 2021. Operating expenses declined due to lower general and administrative costs, which were down 18.8% year-over-year and down 6.1% sequentially, offset by higher marketing costs and sales commissions. Year-to-date, operating expenses increased by 31.2% to $7.0 million due entirely to higher marketing costs and sales commissions.
- Adjusted EBITDA improved sequentially in Q2 2022 to a loss of $0.15 million, versus a loss of $0.38 million in Q1 2022, and declined versus a profit of $0.49 million in Q2 2021, due to lower revenue and higher marketing expenses, offset by lower cost of goods. Year-to-date, adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $0.53 million versus a loss of $0.01 million in the corresponding period last year. See "Non-IFRS Measures" below.
- Comprehensive net loss of $2.5 million included one-time expenses and non-cash charges for impairment of inventory and property, plant and equipment totaling $0.5 million. Excluding these charges, comprehensive loss declined to $2.0 million versus an adjusted loss of $2.02 million in Q1 2022 and $0.72 million in Q2 2021.
- Dime Industries ("Dime"): Indiva signed an exclusive licensing and manufacturing agreement with Dime. The agreement has a five year term which automatically renews for three additional five year terms. Indiva intends to launch Dime's proprietary and innovative vape products, including disposable vapes, 510-thread carts and custom batteries beginning in Q3 2022, marking Indiva's first entrance into the vape category.
- Awards: Artisan Batch was awarded Best in Grow from Cannabis NB for best Indica flower, namely Sour Glue, produced by Purplefarm Genetics.
- Indiva launched additional SKUs including Artisan Batch Mimosa Live Rosin. Wana Passion Fruit, Wana Lemon Iced Tea, and Wana Quick Rise and Shine Clementine, with CBG.
- Indiva introduced its new consumer brand Indiva Life at the 2022 Lift&Co conference. The initial cannabis products to be launched under the Indiva Life brand will include edibles and extracts. All of the Indiva Life SKUs are now actively being ordered by provincial wholesalers.
- Indiva was awarded 25 additional SKU listings by the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS), including five SKUs which will participate in the "Flow-Through" program. These additional listings bring Indiva's OCS listings to a total of 60 SKUs, up from the current level of 35 SKUs. The newly accepted SKUs are across six brands: Indiva Life (including lozenges, cookies and chocolates), Artisan Batch, Pearls by Grön, including three SKUs in addition to the initial four Pearls SKUs delivered in July, Pips by Grön, Dime Vapes and Bhang Chocolate. All SKUs are expected to launch in Ontario in October 2022, with deliveries to additional provinces beginning in September 2022.
- Indiva completed an agreement with Kronic Relief, of Toronto, Ontario, to bring its premium craft flower to market under the Artisan Batch brand. The OCS has accepted this cultivar, and 3.5 gram jars of Kronic Relief flower are expected to hit shelves in Ontario in Q4 2022.
- Indiva shipped its initial deliveries of Pearls by Grön to the OCS. The company expects the product to be available for sell-in to Ontario licensed retailers as of August 23rd.
- Data from Hifyre Inc. for the second quarter of 2022 shows strong sell-through of Indiva edible products. With 31.6% share of sales, Indiva continues to lead in the #1 market share position in the edibles category:
The Company identified an error in the calculation of excise taxes related to additional duty charged by certain provinces and determined an adjustment is required to excise taxes payable on sales for the period of January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2022. As a result, prior years amounts on the consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss with respect to excise taxes, cost of sales, and marketing and sales were corrected to reflect the corrected excise tax payable on sales in those periods, as well as royalty and sales commissions which are recoverable as a result of decreased net revenues for those prior period sales. Management assessed the materiality of the correction described above on prior period financial statements and concluded that these corrections were not material to any prior annual or interim periods. Accordingly, amounts related to the three and six ended June 30, 2021, and as at June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2021, have been re-presented after correction of such immaterial adjustments solely for comparability purposes.
- The Company expects Q3 2022 and 2H 2022 net revenue to be higher sequentially and year-over-year driven primarily by new product introduction including Pearls gummies, Dime Industries vape products, as well as new Indiva Life branded products, resulting from in-house innovation, namely Double-Stuffed Vanilla Cookies and Double Stuffed Fudge Cookies, as well as Wild Cherry THC Lozenges and Lemon THC Lozenges.
- Margins are expected to benefit in the second half of 2022 due to the implementation of automation in the production and packaging of edible products. The Company expects to deliver on its commitments for existing or new listings of products, despite some delays in receiving equipment due to global COVID-19-related lockdowns.
Government and private entities are still assessing the present and future effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indiva has continued to operate with enhanced health and safety protocols in place to protect its employees. The Company continues to assess the customer, supply chain, and staffing implications of COVID-19 and is committed to making continuous adjustments to minimize disruption and impact. Indiva will remain proactive in its response to the pandemic and compliant with any and all provincial and/or federal policy enacted to protect Canadians.
The Company will host a conference call to discuss its results on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. (EST). Interested participants can join by dialing 416-764-8658 or 1-888-886-7786. The conference ID number is 34309929.
A recording of the conference call will be available for replay following the call. To access the recording please dial 416-764-8691 or 1-877-674-6060. The replay ID is 309929#. The recording will remain available until Friday, September 16, 2022.
Indiva sets the standard for quality and innovation in cannabis. As a Canadian licensed producer, Indiva produces and distributes award-winning cannabis products nationally, including Bhang® Chocolate, Wana™ Sour Gummies, Jewels Chewable Tablets, Grön edibles, Dime IndustriesTM vape products, as well as capsules, edibles, extracts, pre-rolls and premium flower under the INDIVA, Indiva Life and Artisan Batch brands. Click here to connect with Indiva on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and here to find more information on the Company and its products.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) has in any way passed upon the merits of the contents of this news release and neither of the foregoing entities accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release or has in any way approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release.
Certain statements contained in this news release constitute forward-looking information. These statements relate to future events or future performance. The use of any of the words "could", "intend", "expect", "believe", "will", "projected", "estimated" and similar expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking information and are based on the parties' current belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events. Actual future results may differ materially. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking information relating to, among other things, (i) the Company's outlook for and expected operating margins and future financial results, (ii) the projected growth of its business and operations (including existing and new segments thereof), and the future business activities of, and developments related to, the Company within such segments after the date of this news release, including the anticipated introduction of new product offerings (iii) the Company's ability to capture and/or maintain its market share in any jurisdiction, and (iv) the Company's ability to deliver on its commitments for existing or new listings of products. Various assumptions or factors are typically applied in drawing conclusions or making the forecasts or projections set out in forward-looking information. Those assumptions and factors are based on information currently available to the Company, and include, without limitation, assumptions about the Company's future business objectives, goals, and capabilities, the cannabis market, the regulatory framework applicable to the Company and its operations, and the Company's financial resources. Although the Company believes that the assumptions underlying, and the expectations reflected in, forward-looking statements in this news release are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from what is projected in the forward-looking statements. Specifically, readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, as applicable, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to: (i) the available funds of the Company and the anticipated use of such funds, (ii) the availability of financing opportunities, (iii) legal and regulatory risks inherent in the cannabis industry, (iv) risks associated with economic conditions, (v) dependence on management, (vi) public opinion and perception of the cannabis industry, (vii) risks related to contracts with third-party service providers, (viii) risks related to the enforceability of contracts, (ix) reliance on the expertise and judgment of senior management of the Company, and ability to retain such senior management, * risks related to proprietary intellectual property and potential infringement by third-parties, (xi) risks relating to the management of growth and/or increasing competition in the industry, (xii) risks associated to cannabis products manufactured for human consumption, including potential product recalls, (xiii) risks related to the economy generally, and (xiv) risk of litigation.
The forward-looking information contained in this news release is made as of the date hereof and the Company is not obligated to, and does not undertake to, update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Because of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions inherent in forward-looking information, investors should not place undue reliance on forward looking information. The foregoing statements expressly qualify any forward-looking information contained herein.
This news release contains future-oriented financial information and financial outlook information (collectively, "FOFI") about the Company's prospective results of operations, which are subject to the same assumptions, risk factors, limitations, and qualifications as set out in the above paragraph. FOFI contained in this news release was approved by management as of the date of this news release and was provided for the purpose of providing further information about the Company's future business operations. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any FOFI contained in this news release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required pursuant to applicable law. Readers are cautioned that the FOFI contained in this document should not be used for purposes other than for which it is disclosed herein.
This news release makes reference to certain non-IFRS measures. These measures are not recognized measures under IFRS, do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS, and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to complement those IFRS measures by providing further understanding of our results of operations from management's perspective. Accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of our financial information reported under IFRS.
The non-IFRS measure used in this news release includes "Adjusted EBITDA". The Company calculates Adjusted EBITDA as a sum of net revenue, other income, cost of inventory sold, production salaries and wages, production supplies and expense, general and administrative expense, and sales and marketing expense, as determined by management. Adjusted license fee eliminates 50% of the fee which is equivalent to the Company's share of the joint venture company to which the license fee is paid. Adjusted EBITDA is provided to assist readers in determining the ability of the Company to generate cash from operations and to cover financial charges. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors as it is an important indicator of an issuer's ability to generate liquidity through cash flow from operating activities and equity accounted investees. Adjusted EBITDA is also used by investors and analysts for assessing financial performance and for the purpose of valuing an issuer, including calculating financial and leverage ratios. The most directly comparable financial measure that is disclosed in the financial statements of the Company to which the Non-IFRS measure relates is income (loss) from operations.
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Ford’s latest Mustang is set to go racing all over the globe, with the company on Friday revealing a new GT3 customer race car that’s confirmed for both North America’s IMSA SportsCar Championship and the global FIA World Endurance Championship. Entry in the latter will see the Mustang GT3 compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Mustang GT3 is derived from the track-focused Mustang Dark Horse, and will be ready to race from the 2024 season. Ford will field the car in the SportsCar Championship’s GT3 class starting next year, and customer team Proton Competition will enter it in the World Endurance Championship’s GTE class, also from next year. GTE is the same class in which Ford took a class victory at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, with a race car based on its GT supercar.
Some of the cars the Mustang GT3 will compete against will include race cars based on the likes of the Aston Martin Vantage, Chevrolet Corvette, Mercedes-Benz AMG GT, and Porsche 911.
Ford has developed the Mustang GT3 with motorsports partners Multimatic and M-Sport. Multimatic is the same company that builds the GT supercar, as well as the more recent Bronco DR racer, and will also build the Mustang GT3. M-Sport in recent years has worked closely with Ford in rally competition, and will be responsible for building the Mustang GT3’s engine, in this case a bespoke 5.4-liter version of the regular 5.0-liter V-8. It’s possible the engine will also end up in a road-going Mustang GT3 hinted at by Ford CEO Jim Farley in March.
The Mustang GT3 race car also features unequal-length double-wishbone suspension front and rear, a rear-mounted transaxle gearbox, carbon-fiber body panels, and an aero package developed to meet GT3 rules.
Its first race will be the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona next January. The race is the opening round of the SportsCar Championship.
Joey Hand, one of the class-winning drivers in Ford’s 2016 Le Mans campaign, is serving as a test and development driver for the program.
Versions of the latest Mustang are competing across a wide spectrum of racing series, including NASCAR, Australia’s Supercars series, and soon also GT3 competition. A Mustang GT4 race car is also coming to further expand the car’s eligibility in global competition. Ford is also known to be working on a Mustang Dark Horse R race car that could potentially form the basis of a new one-make series.
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East Texas tornado leaves damage to homes, high school
WINONA, Texas - A confirmed tornado caused damage Monday morning in East Texas.
The Smith County fire marshal confirmed multiple reports of a tornado that touched ground in Winona, which is about 100 miles east of Dallas.
It happened after school had started, and Winona ISD was temporarily placed on lockdown.
There were at least four homes that were damaged and minor damage at the local high school.
A portable building was picked up during the storm and dropped in the middle of a road out there.
A local constable said it’s the most damage he has seen in such a short amount of time.
No injuries were immediately reported.
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‘We were in shock’: Father of newborn killed in tornado, family says
LAGUNA HEIGHTS, Texas (KRGV) – A family is in mourning after the father of a newborn child was killed in a Texas tornado.
Danial Martinez, the cousin of 41-year-old Robert Flores, said the family was awake when the severe weather rolled in.
“We had a call, a group chat, and in that group chat we saw that there were sirens and firefighters,” she said.
Flores’ family said a nearby trailer lifted during the storm and landed on his home.
When rescue crews arrived at the scene, they tried to ask him questions and see if he could respond, but he never did.
Flores was the father of a 6-month-old baby. He would’ve turned 42 years old in a few weeks.
“We didn’t know what to say because we were in shock, we couldn’t believe that something like that happened,” Martinez said.
More than a day after the tornado swept through, the devastation it left behind is becoming clearer.
Neighborhood rounds were made to check on other residents. Fortunately, everyone else seemed to be fine.
Flores’ loved ones, in the meantime, are cherishing the time they spent with him, remembering him as a funny, kind and hard-working father.
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AP sources: No more action from Trump grand jury this week
NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing testimony about hush money paid on Donald Trump’s behalf will not take up that inquiry again this week, meaning any potential vote on an indictment won’t happen until next week at the earliest, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
The panel did meet on Monday, and a longtime Trump friend and potential key witness in the investigation was seen leaving the building where the grand jury has been meeting.
The grand jury has been meeting regularly on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, but did not hold last Wednesday’s session and met last Thursday for other unrelated matters.
Trump himself has ratcheted up anticipation that an indictment could be near by posting on his social media platform that he expected to be arrested imminently. His representatives later said that they had not received any such indication on timing from Manhattan prosecutors.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is leading the investigation, has taken several steps seen as signaling that it could be close to wrapping up, including inviting Trump to testify.
The people who confirmed that no additional action related to Trump was expected this week were not authorized to speak publicly about secretive grand jury proceedings and did so on condition of anonymity. A message left with the district attorney’s office was not immediately returned.
NBC News was first to report the development.
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TOKYO, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KLab Inc., a leader in online mobile games, announced that its head-to-head football simulation game Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team will hold the World Dream Campaign from Friday, November 4th to Friday, December 2nd. The campaign will feature SSR Genzo Wakabayashi wearing the Japan national team's official kit. See the original press release (https://www.klab.com/en/press/) for more information.
World Dream Campaign
During the campaign period, new players wearing the official kits of national football teams from around the world will appear in sequence.
National Teams: Japan, Germany, Uruguay, Brazil, Italy, England, France, Argentina, Mexico, Spain
*From December onwards, players wearing the official kits from the Swedish and Dutch national teams will also debut.
From today, various events such as World Dream Campaign: FREE 10-Player Transfer, World Dream: Gifts for All, and Fight, Warriors in Blue: Japan National Team Transfer are being held, so please check the in-game notifications for more information.
Fight, Warriors in Blue: Japan National Team Ticket Transfer
The special tickets obtained from the World Dream: Login Bonus Day Part 1 can be used to perform the Transfer up to five times during the event period. Tsubasa Ozora, Shingo Aoi, and Ryo Ishizaki wearing the Japan national team's official kit are available in this Transfer.
Overview of Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team
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Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams could be suspended or fined for shoving a photographer to the ground as he left the field following Monday night's loss at Kansas City.
A person familiar with the process told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the league is reviewing Adams' actions following a 30-29 loss to the Chiefs, with possible punishment including a fine or suspension. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league hadn't made the review public.
NFL Network first reported that Adams could face discipline.
Detectives from the Kansas City Police Department’s assault unit are investigating the incident and will work with prosecutors to determine whether charges are warranted, spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said Tuesday.
He did not provide a timetable, other than to say it could take more than a couple of days.
As Adams left the field, he pushed what appeared to be a member of a camera crew to the ground as he headed into the Arrowhead Stadium tunnel to the locker room.
Becchina said the photographer went to the hospital for treatment for injuries that were not life-threatening.
Adams apologized in his postgame comments to the media and later on Twitter.
“He jumped in front of me coming off the field. I kind of pushed him. He ended up on the ground,” Adams said after the game. “I want to apologize to him for that. That was just frustration mixed with him really just running in front of me.
“I shouldn’t have responded that way, but that’s the way I responded. I want to apologize to him for that.”
Adams had three catches for 124 yards and two touchdowns in the game. He has 29 catches for 414 yards and five TDs so far in his first season with the Raiders.
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I’ve written twice recently about this coming winter. We expect a rare weather situation which could put Michigan in an active storm track.
This winter is going to be the third winter in a row with La Niña conditions. A La Niña is when a large stretch of the Pacific Ocean along the Equator from South America to Indonesia has colder than normal surface water.
Since our storm systems are usually born over the ocean, this alteration of the water temperatures eventually affects the storm track over the U.S.
The long-range forecasters from NOAA say the third winter of a La Niña could have an even stronger tie to an active storm track for Michigan, when compared to the first two La Niña winters in this rare three-year stretch.
We can use the terms “jetstream” and “storm track” interchangeably. The jetstream is the fastest blowing stretch of strong winds up around 30,000 feet in the atmosphere. Centers of storm systems are produced below the strong winds of the jetstream.
So if La Niña alters the average position of the jetstream, it will also alter the storm track.
The forecast for December through February clearly shows how NOAA forecasters believe the storm track will be located over Michigan.
The forecasters say they’ve found the third year of La Niña could have a jetstream that stays west of the Appalachians. Typically, as you can see in my graphic above, the most dominant storm track in mid-winter is a track out into the Atlantic Ocean. This causes a rapid intensification of storm centers that then move up the East Coast. In this kind of usual storm track, the widespread shield of winter weather misses Michigan to the east.
If the storm track shifts northwest this winter, Michigan could fall right in the center of the heavy moisture. The extended forecast for this winter indicates that shift north and west into Michigan.
This doesn’t mean that every storm system would be a huge snowstorm. It means Michigan could have several very large areas of precipitation with heavy moisture by winter standards. A storm system I’m talking about could produce one-half inch of moisture to 2 inches of moisture from the far southeast corner of Michigan to the western U.P. So all of us would have some sort of significant weather to deal with. If the storm center tracked over the Detroit area, southeast Lower Michigan could have heavy rain in winter terms, while central Lower has an ice storm and northern Lower and the U.P. have a snowstorm. If the track of the storm is far south into northern Ohio, Michigan could have all snow and ice.
There could be two or three of this type of storm this winter.
There are a few more things the NOAA forecasters pointed out to me.
They feel the strongest link to this storm pattern will occur in late winter and what some might call spring- February, March and April. So they warn us that this winter could drag on some.
They also say this pattern could have wild temperature fluctuations with a few weeks to a month of warm after a stretch of cold, snowy weather. This means we may have enough of a break in harsh winter weather to make winter not feel so long for some Michiganders.
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Those observing dramatic events play out in Israel seem convinced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is setting a trap for his opposition — including the legions of protesters, who for months took to the streets to protest the government’s planned and inaptly named “judicial reform.” (It’s actually a power grab that would make the national Supreme Court subordinate to the prime minister, allow the government to overrule the court and insulate Netanyahu, still under criminal prosecution, from removal by the court.)
When Netanyahu, after months of mass protests, finally announced that he would pause efforts to pass his plan during the Passover holiday and negotiate with opponents, American skeptics were sure this was a wily scheme to undermine his opponents’ momentum.
What those critics fail to appreciate is that Netanyahu of today is not the Netanyahu of old, the keen political mind who could overwhelm opponents, bully his own allies and navigate international diplomacy while keeping himself in tune with domestic public opinion. Talking to Israeli media, politicians and scholars over the past few weeks, I heard over and over again that this is a much-diminished Netanyahu, someone who entirely misread public opinion and failed to anticipate the broad coalition of opponents he was creating. They also pointed out that Netanyahu — who fancies himself a diplomatic Svengali — was surprised and frankly embarrassed when Saudi Arabia announced it would resume ties with Iran, Israel’s archenemy.
In an essay in Foreign Policy, Aaron David Miller and Daniel C. Kurtzer, who have spent years as negotiators and observers in the Middle East, put it simply: “It’s hard to exaggerate the magnitude of Netanyahu’s strategic blunder in imagining he could unilaterally — even with a Knesset majority — destroy an independent judiciary and alter the character of the country.”
“His preemptive firing of his defense minister, a career military man, for daring to speak out against the judicial reforms reinforced the impression that the prime minister has placed his personal politics above the security of the nation — an image reflected in the protests of thousands of Israeli military reservists,” they wrote.
Although Miller and Kurtzer cautioned that it’s too early to write Netanyahu’s political obituary, they observed that while he has “historically been risk-averse and cautious by nature … [and] prided himself in the ability to triangulate, to read the political real estate correctly and stay within the broad outlines of what the public might tolerate,” he’s gone tone deaf. His recklessness does not denote strength but rather “‘flabbergasting failure’ at things he is usually good at.”
Opposition leaders contend Netanyahu has no strategy for resolving the fight that has torn apart Israeli society as no other issue has (except the territories). He seems not to know what he wants to accomplish. After all, judicial reform had never been high on his list of priorities.
Moreover, he has never faced such a diverse and engaged popular uprising that embraces religious and secular Jews, intellectuals, members of the military, young people and the business community (which fears he will poison the well of the start-up economy he was instrumental in creating). This uprising, more sophisticated and energized than any previous popular movement, has kept the massive protests going even during Netanyahu’s pause, a sign that it does not intend to fade away.
“Polls show that 70% of the population want the [judicial reform] legislation suspended, favor a dialogue and want a compromise,” wrote veteran Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “The demonstrations have been unprecedented in size, the spectrum of who is involved, their staying power, and the public’s clear determination to safeguard Israel’s democracy. Those who have never demonstrated are doing so because of their perception of the stakes.”
Netanyahu’s political grip on a country he has dominated for decades is slipping. The Times of Israel reported, “More Israelis prefer National Unity party leader Benny Gantz as prime minister to incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu if paired against each other in a head-to-head matchup,” with 38 percent favoring Gantz and 31 percent Netanyahu. In another pairing, Netanyahu is tied with opposition leader Yair Lapid at 32 percent.
Israelis involved in negotiations over judicial reform with Netanyahu under the auspices of President Isaac Herzog hesitate to predict how this will all work out. However, they remain convinced Israel is undergoing a tectonic political shift in which Netanyahu is no longer the commanding strategist he once was regarded as being. A diminished Netanyahu finds himself on the defensive against an Israeli public roused to action for democratic principles as never before.
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DALLAS (AP) _ Kosmos Energy Ltd. (KOS) on Monday reported third-quarter net income of $222.3 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had profit of 47 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 19 cents per share.
The independent oil and gas company posted revenue of $456.1 million in the period.
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Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt
PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Casting about for ways to get a handle on entrenched problems with drug use and addiction, the Canadian province of British Columbia embarked early this year on a pilot program decriminalizing user amounts of drugs — something Oregon voters approved in 2020.
British Columbia covers the westernmost segment of Canada, forming Washington’s northern border. It houses the city of Vancouver, which is bigger than Portland by about 34,000 people.
Decriminalization in B.C. is supposed to be part of a multi-pronged approach to the addiction problem, an attempt to cut down on the high number of drug-related deaths there — in part by fighting back against the stigma that might be a barrier for seeking help.
As the new rules there went into effect at the end of January, a network crew from CBC News, Canada’s national news outlet, paid a visit to Portland in order to get a glimpse of what the future might hold.
They started out their report like this:
“This is Portland, Oregon, two years after decriminalizing personal amounts of hard drugs,” said reporter Lyndsay Duncombe. “The open drug use, the deaths worse than ever.”
The Story’s Pat Dooris caught up with Duncombe recently as she traveled to cover forest fires in B.C.
The Portland example
While Duncombe was in Portland, she spent time downtown with police, taking a look at some of the challenges facing the city every day. She said that there were some obvious differences between Portland and Vancouver, B.C. — not so much with the drug laws themselves, but with the location of the drug use.
“It’s very interesting to compare the two cities, because I think one of the things that we noticed is that so many of the people who were using on the streets and living on the streets in Portland seemed to be very spread out over a large region of the downtown, several blocks,” she said. “Whereas in B.C. or in Vancouver specifically, it certainly is more focused geographically to a highly concentrated area in our downtown east side.”
“Now recently a tent encampment was moved out by the city (of Vancouver) so it has become more spread out, or at least runs the potential for that to happen as the fallout from that continues,” Duncombe continued. “But it was a different sort of — different sort of interaction (in Portland) because we did feel it was block upon block upon block of seeing the real human suffering of addiction.”
Duncombe said she’d been briefed on the scale of drug use in Portland, so she wasn’t terribly surprised to see it when she arrived. She rode along with Portland police officer David Bayer in downtown, seeing the open trading of drugs in Portland for herself.
“I was surprised by the interactions with the police, I think, and how it just seemed to be such a familiar routine of stopping, chatting, ticketing — that sort of thing,” Duncombe said. “I was surprised by the desperation. You know, we were there while a young man who had been already revived by emergency crews the previous day was then again revived by the emergency crews and by the police. Just really, really heartbreaking.”
By “revived,” Duncombe means that first responders are using Narcan to reverse overdoses on the street. Officer Bayer told her that it happens every day.
Duncombe reported in her segment that two people die of drug overdoses each day in Oregon, and the death toll in B.C. is three times that. But Oregon’s decriminalization hasn’t resulted in numbers going down. In the first year after Oregon passed Measure 110, she reported, opioid overdose deaths rose 52%.
Oregon’s drug decriminalization occurred just as the streets of many North American cities became flooded with the synthetic opioid fentanyl — cheap, powerful, highly addictive and prone to resulting in overdoses.
‘They’re just trying to keep them from dying’
As CBC covered the first day of decriminalization in B.C. on January 31, they found that many people were unaware of the new legal landscape. The network also pointed out that police had generally stopped arresting anyone for having small amounts of drugs back in 2020.
That’s not unlike Oregon’s story. When the Secretary of State’s office released its audit of Measure 110 earlier this year, auditors noted that even prior to the measure, Oregon had no adults in custody serving prison time solely for drug possession charges. Generally speaking, people committing crimes related to substance abuse and addiction were being arrested and prosecuted for the other crimes, not for drug possession.
The audit also found inconsistencies in the way that law enforcement agencies have adopted the citation and referral process under Measure 110.
B.C. is the first province in Canada to decriminalize drugs, but the city of Toronto has requested the same permission. The Canadian Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Dr. Carolyn Bennett, believes that it’s a good move.
“We will be able to reduce the stigma, the fear and shame that keep people who use drugs silent about their use or using alone and help more people access life-saving supports and treatment,” Bennett said.
Drug decriminalization has been in effect for a few months in B.C. now, but it’s perhaps too early to tell how it’s going since one of the main goals is to reduce the stigma around drug use.
While reporting on downtown Portland last week, Pat Dooris bumped into a Canadian tourist who lives just outside of Vancouver, B.C. He said that he sees the same problems there as in Portland.
“I think we’re really dealing with a lot of the same issues. But it’s just … Abbotsford, it’s gotten really bad,” the tourist said, referring to his home city between Vancouver and the U.S. border. “There’s a huge homeless population. It’s just drugs. It’s the drugs, the fentanyl — and then ’cause they need the cash, the crime … and it’s — they don’t seem to be worried about getting them off the drugs. They’re just trying to keep them from dying.”
Drug decriminalization in B.C. is loosely modeled on the example set by Portugal. But like Oregon, the B.C. policy has received criticism for lacking the kind of infrastructure that Portugal employs to aid people in long-term recovery.
RELATED: Oregon modeled Measure 110 on Portugal’s drug decriminalization. They aren’t remotely the same
Unlike in Oregon, drug decriminalization in B.C. has a built-in expiration date, or at the very least a date by which the government will evaluate how it’s going. The pilot program lasts three years, ending January 31, 2026.
By the numbers
Portland-based DHM Research recently put out polling on Oregon’s Measure 110. They found that 51% of voters believe it has been bad for Oregon and that the majority of voters believe Measure 110 has made drug addiction, homelessness and crime worse.
DHM found that 63% of respondents would support bringing back criminal penalties for drug possession while keeping the part of the measure that allocates cannabis tax money for drug treatment programs.
The same survey found that 59% of respondents think the root cause of homelessness is drug addiction and mental health issues, not a lack of affordable housing.
The DHM survey was conducted during the last week of April, involving 500 people from around the state. DHM said the results have a margin of error at 4.5%.
The last completed stats for overdoses in Oregon come from 2021, the first year of Measure 110, as state and federal agencies have yet to publish updated data for 2022. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, there were 1,171 drug overdose deaths in Oregon that year, or a “death rate” of 26.8 per 100,000 people in the state.
While certainly higher than in previous years, Oregon’s drug overdose mortality rate in 2021 was far from the highest in the nation. The worst states for drug overdose deaths that year were West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisiana. In fact, Oregon and neighboring Washington and California were comparable, and all in the lower half of U.S. states for drug overdose mortality rate.
At the same time, there are signs that Oregon’s drug crisis is worsening more quickly than in other states. Also in 2021, overdose deaths in Oregon rose 41%, compared to a nationwide increase of 16%. Those increases are fueled by fentanyl and more powerful forms of methamphetamine.
Just this last weekend, Portland police put out a warning about a potential “bad batch” of drugs being bought and sold on the streets. Eight people died in Portland from suspected drug overdoses between Friday morning and Sunday afternoon.
Police said that the victims believed they were using cocaine, but the cocaine was either mixed with fentanyl or was pure powdered fentanyl. Police suspect fentanyl overdoses in at least six of the eight cases, with more testing needed on the last two cases.
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Offensively, the Edmonton Oilers continue to dazzle. As they ready to play host to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday, it is Edmonton’s defensive struggles under the gun.
The Oilers are winless in four games, the last three in extra time and the last two while squandering 3-0 leads. In those four games, they have surrendered 22 goals, plus a pair of shootout winners.
“It’s important we look in the mirror here and determine how we’re going to try and win hockey games,” Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. “There were a lot of good things in (their last) game, especially offensively. We got contributions up-and-down the lineup, but to dress it up as anything other than disappointing that we didn’t defend the right way down the stretch would be false.”
Just over a week ago, the Oilers ended a lengthy road trip with a 6-2 loss in Montreal, needed a frantic third-period comeback against the Detroit Red Wings only to lose 5-4 in a shootout in their first game back home and then wasted a 3-0 lead en route to another 5-4 shootout loss at the hands of the New York Rangers.
They are coming off another blown 3-0 lead in Sunday’s 6-5 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche, which has the Oilers on a 1-1-4 skid that has them sitting in the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
“We score enough goals and the mentality has to be to defend, and we’re definitely capable of it,” Edmonton forward Warren Foegele said. “It’s just having the right mindset.”
Edmonton had a day off Monday, so there was no word whether forward Evander Kane would return after missing the Colorado game due to injury.
The Flyers arrive after snapping a four-game losing skid with a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday afternoon.
After opening a four-game road trip with consecutive 6-2 losses, the Flyers beat the Flames despite being outshot and outplayed from start to finish and even surrendering a 3-1 third-period lead.
“We needed it,” Flyers forward Scott Laughton said. “Not the best start to the road trip, but we battled hard. Guys left it out there and we have to do the same thing (Tuesday) against a really good team.”
The Flyers are not mathematically eliminated from the playoff race, but desperately need a miracle run over their remaining 24 games.
In beating the Flames, though, they received excellent goaltending from Samuel Ersson — who will likely give way to No. 1 goalie Carter Hart in Edmonton — along with timely scoring and determination. Case in point, they blocked 30 Flames shot attempts.
“Guys were blocking shots like crazy,” Ersson said after a 32-save performance. “That’s what it takes and gives so much energy to the group and that’s how we win games.”
However, the Flyers may be without their leading goal scorer and point producer, Travis Konecny. He left the Calgary game late in the third period — having already collected one goal and one assist — due to an upper-body injury following a hard hit from Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar.
Flyers coach John Tortorella had no update on the status of his top-line player, who was spotted leaving the arena in Calgary with his left arm in a sling.
“I’m not sure what’s going to happen, but guys stepped up when we needed it without him,” Laughton said. “I just hope it’s OK.”
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A blueprint for women to transform their career and fast track into leadership roles
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In Show Your Worth: Eight Intentional Strategies for Women To Emerge as Leaders at Work, business leader and empowerment speaker Shelmina Babai Abji shares how she learned from her trials, tribulations and triumphs to achieve success and become one of the highest-ranking women of color at IBM.
Shelmina grew up in a small town called Mwanza in Tanzania that didn't even have education past tenth grade. Her mother had a fourth grade education and had her first child when she was fifteen. Shelmina had to first leave her home, then her continent to become the first person in her family to graduate college.
When she started her career, there was no one in the room who looked like her, much less in leadership. She found herself afraid to speak in meetings. She undermined her capabilities and underestimated her worth—she felt underrepresented, undereducated, and underexperienced.
There was no blueprint for her to achieve success.
She discovered eight intentional strategies which enabled her to become a Vice President at IBM, all while raising two kids as a single mother.
Today, she has mentored thousands of young women, and they continue to face the same struggles she did. There's still no blueprint for success. Most advice for women to succeed in business comes from folks who are not relatable to them. They inspired her to write this book.
77% of women say the biggest obstacle to gender equity in the workplace is the lack of information on how to advance. Only 41% of women surveyed, as opposed to 64% of men, said they have a network of coaches, mentors, and sponsors offering them career guidance. (Working Mother Research Institute)
With humor and tough love, her book is a deep dive into how women can use intentional strategies to transform obstacles into opportunity and create a fast track for leadership. It's also a vulnerable exploration of Shelmina's struggles as an immigrant and a single mother, with additional personal stories from high-powered women such as Gwendolyn Sykes, CFO- US Secret Services and Kathleen Hogan, Chief People Officer, Microsoft.
With this book, every woman can create her own definition of success, show her worth, and rise into leadership roles.
"In Show Your Worth, Shelmina beautifully shares a blueprint for how women can emerge as leaders in their fields. From showcasing the importance of women supporting other women to digging deep in difficult times, Shelmina's own story of empowerment and the powerful insights she's learned along the way can help inspire a new generation of female leaders."
—Stephanie Linnartz, President, Marriott International
"The framework Shelmina lays out in Show Your Worth, helps women navigate the all-too-common career challenges and pitfalls we have all faced. This book should be in every woman's hand to ensure we close the gender gap in Corporate America."
—Deidra Merriwether, Chief Financial Officer, W. W. Grainger
As an Engineering manager in technology, a single mom, an immigrant, and a woman of color, Shelmina's guidance will help me scale new heights. If I had this book early in my career, it would have been a game changer.
—Kavita Ryali, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft
Show Your Worth releases on June 21 by McGraw Hill. For more information about the book, visit www.shelmina.com
Shelmina is a public speaker and experienced mentor who gives dynamic, deeply personal interviews. She loves to share her story and her wisdom. She can be contacted for interviews at connect@shelmina.com
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, October 13, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
238 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TRINITY AND NORTH
CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
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HERSHEY, Pa. — Grammy Award-winning recording artist Bill Gaither will perform a holiday concert at Hershey's Giant Center Thursday night as part of his seven-city The Brighter The Light Tour Christmas 2022.
The show is set for 7 p.m. on Dec. 1, according to a press release.
"For nearly half a century, multi-Grammy and Dove Award winner, Bill Gaither has been a musical trailblazer," the press release states. "His reputation as a performer, songwriter and mentor for newly-discovered artists is known worldwide. His beloved series of Homecoming Series has consistently topped sales charts and attracted an ever-increasing audience."
For more than 25 years, Gaither has been bringing Christmas concert events each holiday season to cities nationwide. This year's show is touted as "an exciting celebration, filled with the very best in Christian music, including Gaither’s own multi-award winning group, The Gaither Vocal Band."
During The Brighter The Light Tour, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame members will ring in the holidays with joyful harmonies and signature stylings.
The Gaither Vocal Band, featuring Gaither, Wes Hampton, Adam Crabb, Todd Suttles and Reggie Smith, will be joined on this season’s Christmas Tour by several talented musical guests. Throughout the evening these talented performers will share timeless gospel classics, as well as refreshing, inspiring new favorites, in addition to classic Christmas standards guaranteed to ring in holiday cheer.
Taking the stage with Gaither and the Gaither Vocal Band will be multi-talented singer/songwriter/speaker and former Vocal Band alumni Mark Lowry, as well as Gospel Music Hall of Fame members, The Nelons, popular female vocalists, Angie Primm and Ladye Love Smith, as well as talented male vocalist, Gene McDonald.
Gaither’s musical entourage, comprised of Kevin Williams, Matthew Holt and Michael Rowsey, will also add musical delight to each evening.
“I've always said it all starts with a great song, and we are fortunate that each concert includes great songs that have stood the test of time," Gaither said. "With all the musical choices that are available now, there is still a special place for the joy and optimism that reside in Gospel music and the traditional Christmas classics. Good news never gets old.”
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Tomorrow.io to Provide Air Force With Global Weather and Ocean Data Under Multi-Year $19.3 Million Contract Funded Through Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program
BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2022 The Tomorrow Companies Inc. ("Tomorrow.io"), developer of a leading platform for global weather and climate security, has completed assembly and testing of its first precipitation radar and delivered the payload to Astro Digital for satellite integration. Tomorrow.io was awarded a multi-year $19.3 million contract last year from the U.S. Air Force, funded through the Air Force's Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program, to support deployment of the company's first four satellites.
Tomorrow.io selected Astro Digital's Corvus-XL satellite platform for the first two satellites of its constellation. Delivery of the radar payload, after Tomorrow.io and the Air Force conducted a successful critical design review earlier this year, puts Tomorrow.io on track to launch its first satellite in early 2023, with a full constellation expected in orbit during 2025.
Tomorrow.io will offer operational satellite data-as-a-service to the U.S. Department of Defense and governmental agencies worldwide, while also ingesting the data into its proprietary modeling suite that powers its Weather and Climate Security Platform, which is used by hundreds of organizations to proactively manage weather-related challenges.
Precipitation measurements are critical to weather forecasting and are ranked the top priority out of 152 Earth observations by the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations. Radar provides detailed observations of precipitation that no other sensor can see, yet much of the world lacks reliable ground-based radar coverage, including many areas of interest to the Department of Defense.
Tomorrow.io plans to launch a constellation of approximately 30 small satellites to provide high-resolution global coverage of 3-D precipitation and other key parameters—revisiting each point on the globe every hour on average, compared to the 2- to 3-day revisit rate of existing spaceborne radar missions.
"Global environmental data is essential to effective mission planning and execution of air and ground operations," said John Dreher, materiel leader, Weather Systems Branch, in an Air Force news release. "This satellite constellation partnership with Tomorrow.io will give Air Force weather operators a vastly improved awareness of current and forecasted weather conditions."
The constellation will enhance the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) mission to provide authoritative and accurate 24/7 global weather intelligence to the warfighter. Capabilities delivered under this contract are expected to further the Department of Defense's ability to address the Joint Requirements Oversight Council Meteorological and Oceanographic Collection Requirements and bolster weather observations around the globe.
Tomorrow.io announced earlier this year the addition of microwave sounders to its planned satellite constellation, which would create the first commercial multi-sensor weather satellite system owned and operated by a private company. The combined sensing capabilities from radars and sounders will allow Tomorrow.io to acquire multiple types of near real-time, global atmospheric data critical to improving operational weather forecasts.
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CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Thursday, December 1, 2022
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San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
This is an automatically generated product that provides average
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CAZ505-030200-
Coastal North Bay...Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows in the mid
30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. East winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear except for frost in the evening. A
chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid
40s. Southeast winds around 5 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph
after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 50s. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the lower 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Point Reyes 34 52 36 51 / 100 30 70
$$
CAZ503-030200-
Sonoma Coastal Range-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows in the
lower 30s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in
the mid 50s. East winds around 5 mph...becoming south in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning. A chance of rain in the
morning, then rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Areas of frost. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Areas of frost. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ502-030200-
Marin Coastal Range-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the mid
30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Areas
of frost in the morning. Highs in the upper 40s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s.
East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 40s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the lower
50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs around 50.
$$
CAZ506-030200-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost and patchy
fog. Lows in the mid 20s to upper 30s. North winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost and patchy fog in the
morning. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Northeast winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Areas of frost in the evening, then widespread frost
after midnight. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the mid
20s to lower 40s. East winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the 40s to mid 50s. East winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the
30s to mid 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to
20 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in
the 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Patchy fog. Rain likely. Lows in the mid 30s to
upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A chance of rain. Highs in
the upper 40s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of
rain. Lows in the upper 20s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog and frost. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Areas of frost and patchy fog. Lows in the upper 20s to
lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Areas of frost. Highs in the 40s to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Areas of frost and patchy fog. Lows in the upper
20s to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Widespread frost and patchy fog. A chance of rain. Highs
in the 40s to upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 25 56 26 52 / 100 20 70
San Rafael 36 53 37 54 / 100 40 80
Napa 31 52 33 48 / 100 40 70
$$
CAZ504-030200-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the
lower to mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in
the 40s to lower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the 30s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 5 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs
around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs around 50.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows near
40.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
40s to lower 50s. Lows in the 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid 40s
to lower 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 34 50 35 48 / 100 40 80
$$
CAZ006-030200-
San Francisco-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 40. North winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. Northeast winds
5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
East winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid
40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the lower
to mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 38 54 40 54 / 100 50 80
Ocean Beach 39 54 41 54 / 100 50 80
$$
CAZ509-030200-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to lower
40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 10 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows near 40. East winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the 40s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of
rain. Lows in the 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows near
40. Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the lower
50s.
$$
CAZ508-030200-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s. North winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s.
East winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
mid 50s. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid
50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 39 54 41 55 / 100 50 80
Oakland 36 54 38 54 / 100 50 80
Fremont 33 53 37 53 / 100 50 80
Redwood City 36 55 38 56 / 100 50 80
Mountain View 36 52 39 54 / 100 50 80
$$
CAZ510-030200-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost and patchy fog.
Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Areas
of frost and patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 50s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Areas of frost after midnight. A chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds around
5 mph...becoming southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows
in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows
around 40.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy frost. Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. A chance of rain.
Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 31 52 32 51 / 100 40 80
Livermore 31 50 34 53 / 100 50 80
$$
CAZ513-030200-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear except patchy fog and frost. Lows
in the lower 30s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Areas
of frost and patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain likely after midnight. Lows in the upper
30s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph...becoming southeast 5 to 15 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows
in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of
rain. Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Highs in
the upper 50s. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. A slight chance of rain.
Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 35 55 39 58 / 100 50 80
Morgan Hill 31 55 37 56 / 100 60 80
$$
CAZ512-030200-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the 30s.
North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the 40s to mid 50s.
Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain likely after midnight. Lows around 40.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs near 50. South winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to
around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds 5 to
10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A chance of rain. Lows
in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper 40s
to mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows near
40.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of rain. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s
to lower 40s. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
40s to mid 50s.
$$
CAZ515-030200-
East Bay Hills-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the mid
30s. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the mid
40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.
East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around 50.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper 40s.
$$
CAZ514-030200-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows in the
lower 20s to mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight.
Lows in the 20s to upper 30s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows
in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Widespread frost. A slight chance
of rain. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Widespread frost. Highs in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Widespread frost. Lows in the 20s to upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows in the
20s to upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of rain and snow. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
CAZ529-030200-
Northern Monterey Bay-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear except for frost and fog. Lows in
the lower 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Areas
of frost in the morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of rain in the evening, then rain
likely after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Rain. Highs in the mid
50s. East winds around 5 mph...becoming southwest in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Patchy fog. Rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Light
winds...becoming southeast around 5 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A chance of rain. Lows
in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of
rain. Lows around 40.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost.
Highs in the mid 50s. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Areas of frost. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 33 56 39 55 / 100 60 80
$$
CAZ530-030200-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to lower
40s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs
in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph...becoming north 5 to
10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...A chance of rain in the evening, then rain likely
after midnight. Lows in the 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming south 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows
in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in
the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 36 56 42 58 / 100 10 70 80
Big Sur 38 56 44 58 / 100 10 70 80
$$
CAZ528-030200-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear except patchy fog and frost. Lows
in the lower 30s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. Areas
of frost in the morning. Highs in the 50s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...A chance of rain in the evening, then rain likely
after midnight. Lows near 40. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after
midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A chance of rain. Lows
in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of
rain. Lows around 40.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows in the 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Areas of frost. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 32 56 40 56 / 100 10 70 80
Carmel Valley 35 58 43 60 / 100 10 70 80
Hollister 31 53 38 56 / 100 10 70 80
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Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. A slight chance
of rain. Lows in the lower 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Areas of frost and patchy fog in the morning. A slight
chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of rain in the evening, then rain
after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight
chance of rain. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in
the mid 30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost and patchy fog.
Lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Widespread frost and patchy fog. Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Widespread frost and patchy fog. Lows in the upper
20s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Widespread frost and patchy fog. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 30 54 40 59 / 100 10 80 90
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Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the
lower to mid 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the 40s to 50s. East winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows near 40. South
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then rain likely after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid 40s
to upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in
the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow. Highs in the
40s to 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
rain and snow. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Highs in the 40s
to 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the 40s to
50s. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s.
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Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
301 AM PST Fri Dec 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows in the
upper 20s to mid 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the lower 40s
to mid 50s. East winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid 30s to
lower 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Breezy, rain. Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s.
South winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Rain in the evening, then rain likely
after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. South winds 20 to
30 mph...becoming southwest 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of
rain. Lows in the 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the mid 40s to upper
50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the lower 40s to mid
50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows in the 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Widespread frost. Lows in the upper 20s to mid
30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s to mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 28 55 37 57 / 100 10 70 90
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s sudden departure from the cable network is being greeted as good news by Republicans who support U.S. intervention in the war in Ukraine.
Carlson was one of the most prominent critics of U.S. involvement to defend Kyiv against Moscow’s invasion.
“It’s a bad day for Vladimir Putin,” a Senate Republican aide said. “This takes one of the biggest critics of Ukraine war in Republican and conservative circles off the table.”
The aide noted that some GOP senators were also uncomfortable with what they viewed as Carlson’s over-the-top rhetoric opposing vaccine mandates, which divided conservatives during the pandemic.
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) declared that the war in Ukraine was a “territorial dispute” and not a vital national interest — a statement that many Republicans later criticized — he did so in response to a query from Carlson.
DeSantis quickly walked back his comment after getting strong pushback on Capitol Hill from prominent lawmakers including Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
One Republican senator, who requested anonymity to comment on a media figure who had a loyal following among many right-leaning voters, said Carlson’s departure from prime time would be a positive development for maintaining public support for the war.
“He wasn’t troubled by whether something was true or not. He was mean, irresponsible and dangerous,” the lawmaker said.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who has called the Ukraine crisis “one of the greatest demonstrations of good versus evil we’ve seen in our lifetimes,” said Carlson had a big influence on many Republicans.
“There have been some that have argued that he was setting foreign policy for the Republican Party, which I find to be bizarre. Certainly not for me,” he said. “To the primary [Republican] voter, the active participant, the grassroot voter, he’s a person they listen to and has a big influence.”
Asked how he evaluated Carlson’s influence on the GOP electorate, Romney said “it depends on the issue but I think with regards to Russia and Ukraine he was misguided.”
Romney also expressed disbelief over Carlson’s defense of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to halt the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
Carlson aired television specials that attempted to reframe the attack on the Capitol as a largely peaceful protest activity after his show gained exclusive access to 41,000 hours of security footage.
“It’s really disheartening and disappointing that an intelligent person would take a stance defending people who break into the symbol of democracy here and around the world,” Romney said.
Carlson may continue to have a media profile, such as other former Fox stars such as. Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck, but he’s not expected to have nearly the same influence on Republican politics without his prime-time slot on Fox.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an adviser to the Senate Republican leadership team, said Carlson is not “going away” but predicted he’ll have less influence on Republican politics now that he’s lost his coveted 8 p.m. slot on Fox News, which drew more than 3 million viewers a night.
Cornyn noted that Beck “continued to be a voice and have some impact although it was diminished” after leaving Fox.
Carlson questioned what the United States hoped to accomplish by intervening in the conflict and grilled Republican presidential hopefuls about what they thought the exit strategy should be.
He defended Putin by asking his viewers to ask themselves: “Why do I hate Putin? … Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him?”
Carlson clashed with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other defense hawks last year when he urged Republicans to oppose an omnibus spending package that included a 9.7 percent increase for defense programs.
“Here’s the amazing thing, some Republicans in the Senate are working with Democrats to get this bill passed before Christmas. They don’t have to do that,” he said in December, arguing that GOP senators could have insisted on a spending freeze until after Republicans took control of the House in January.
“What is going here. It seems like a great betrayal,” he said.
Cornyn said most Republican senators disagreed with Carlson’s skeptical view of U.S. support for Ukraine, which has cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars.
“I disagree with what he was advocating for and I think the majority opinion, the substantial majority opinion, in the Congress is it’s in America’s best interest to continue to support Ukraine,” he said.
Asked about DeSantis’s statement minimizing the war in Ukraine as a “territorial dispute,” Cornyn noted the Florida governor “walked that back some.”
“I think people are just trying to find the center of mass of public opinion on that but my view is that it’s in our national interest to help Ukraine,” he said.
He added that it was his “impression” that DeSantis had Carlson’s criticism of U.S. support for the war in mind when he issued his controversial statement.
Danielle Pletka, a distinguished senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute specializing in foreign and defense policy, echoed others in calling Carlson one of the nation’s most prominent critics of U.S. support for Ukraine and hailed his departure from Fox as a significant development.
“Yay, ding dong, Tucker Carlson is gone,” she said.
Pletka said Carlson appeared at times to have more prominence in the debate over Ukraine than Biden.
“The idea that an anchor on Fox News was influencing the debate when the president of the United States hasn’t spoken on the issue, it’s really staggering,” she said, arguing that Biden has not done enough to explain to the nation why the war is an important national security concern.
“Tucker Carlson is on TV every single night, no one else is. Nature abhors a vacuum and he filled it nicely,” she added, with a dose of sarcasm. “I think he was an influential voice. It was uninformed and a dangerous voice against” U.S. support for the war.
Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) said Carlson’s sudden departure from Fox won’t have an immediate impact on any votes on Capitol Hill for military and economic aid to Ukraine but acknowledged the former primetime host had a large following.
“I think the votes up here probably are what they are,” he said. “Clearly he’s got a following and he’s got an audience out there but I think people up here are going to weigh the relative value of America’s involvement in that war based on what’s in our national security interests.”
Some lawmakers were reluctant to comment on Carlson’s abrupt split with Fox without knowing all the details.
“I assume, don’t know, but I assume it was a business decision. Obviously there was something they didn’t have a meeting of the minds about. I assume he’ll have a voice wherever he goes next. He had a following there,” Thune said. | https://www.kxnet.com/hill-politics/why-some-republicans-see-carlsons-departure-as-a-good-thing/ | 2023-04-26 12:07:54 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/hill-politics/why-some-republicans-see-carlsons-departure-as-a-good-thing/ |
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — After the Buffalo Niagara International Airport had been closed since Friday due to the blizzard, it reopened on Wednesday, but only a handful of flights went in and out.
The airport was originally slated to reopen on Tuesday, but officials on Monday pushed the reopening date back a day. This was because Transit Police and airport fire crews were on the frontlines of storm response, helping with search and rescue efforts on the roads.
Over half of the flights in and out of the airport were canceled on Wednesday and several flights for Thursday morning have already been canceled. The NFTA says that the delays are caused by a nationwide backlog. That includes Southwest Airlines, which has seen heat in the past several days as over 60% of the airline’s flights nationwide were canceled on Tuesday.
However, airport officials say that they don’t control the airlines. Travelers say that ticket prices have also been skyrocketing. Some of them have been stuck at the airport since last Thursday.
“If you think about it, people have families, people have kids, and they’re just trying to get back or try to get where they’re going. And if you have four people in a family, people can’t, I can’t afford. It’s outrageous, they got to do something about that,” said traveler Alex Elliott, who has been attempting to fly home to Denver.
The airport says it hopes to get back to normal operations by the end of the week. Meanwhile, they encourage travelers going in and out of Buffalo to check with their airline to make sure that their flight is still flying and is on time.
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Health Security Agency said on Friday that measles vaccination rates in parts of London have dropped so low that the capital could see tens of thousands of cases of the rash-causing disease unless immunization coverage is quickly boosted.
In a statement, the agency said that among some groups of children in London, fewer than 70% have received their first dose of the standard measles, mumps and rubella vaccine; two doses are needed to provide protection. Measles is among the world’s most infectious diseases and health experts estimate that about 95% of the population must be immunized to stop new outbreaks.
The Health Security Agency said that although the risk of an outbreak across the U.K. was low, the current levels of immunization in London suggest that “a measles outbreak of between 40,000 and 160,000 cases could occur in the capital.” As of June 30, there have been 128 cases of measles in Britain this year, versus 54 cases last year. More than 60% of the cases in 2023 have been in London.
Britain’s National Health Service said it was starting a targeted national campaign to boost measles vaccination in communities with the lowest coverage rates.
U.K. officials said people aged 19 to 25 were at particularly high risk of catching measles, noting that many of them may have missed vaccinations following spurious allegations made by British physician Andrew Wakefield in 1998 that the MMR vaccine was linked to autism. The research was later discredited and Wakefield was barred by medical authorities for misconduct, but he seeded an anti-vaccination movement that damaged immunization rates in the U.K. and beyond for years.
Globally, measles immunization rates have dropped substantially in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic; the World Health Organization warned last November that about 40 million children in the world missed a measles vaccine dose in 2021. In Europe, the WHO noted that cases have jumped in some countries including Russia, Austria, Serbia and the U.K. this year.
Measles is an airborne disease and typically causes a cough, red eyes and a facial rash. Serious complications are mostly seen in children under five and adults over 30 and include blindness, encephalitis and pneumonia.
In 2021, the disease killed more than 128,000 people, mostly children under five, according to the WHO. | https://phl17.com/health/ap-health/ap-uk-officials-warn-low-measles-immunization-rates-could-lead-to-tens-of-thousands-of-cases-in-london/ | 2023-07-14 18:53:28 | 1 | https://phl17.com/health/ap-health/ap-uk-officials-warn-low-measles-immunization-rates-could-lead-to-tens-of-thousands-of-cases-in-london/ |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois judge ruled Friday that two emergency medical professionals should face first-degree murder charges after a patient they strapped facedown to a stretcher suffocated.
Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow bound Peggy Finley and Peter Cadigan over for trial following a 3 1/2-hour preliminary hearing rife with defense objections and ridicule of the state’s claims. Prosecutors charged the pair on Jan. 9 in the death of 35-year-old Earl Moore.
Finley and Cadigan were summoned Dec. 18 to Moore’s Springfield apartment. Police body camera video shows the officers trying to get Moore to his feet to walk out the door for medical assistance and then placing him in a prone position on the gurney. Cadigan, an emergency medical technician, then strapped him in while Finley, a paramedic, put a blanket over him.
As the defendants entered the courtroom, Finley saw seven family members sitting in the front row. She took a seat at the defense table and with tears streaming down her face looked at her family and mouthed “I’m sorry.” Family members declined to comment to The Associated Press.
An autopsy revealed that Moore died of “positional asphyxiation” and that he had two broken ribs, which State’s Attorney Dan Wright attributed to his being strapped in so tightly facedown. Finley later told hospital officials and an investigator that Moore had been combative.
“There’s no medical reason to transport someone in a prone position,” Wright said.
Referring to Springfield police bodycam video, he continued, “Clearly, Mr. Moore is not combative. He was the complete opposite of combative. He needed help. For them to cover themselves by telling hospital staff that he was combative goes to their credibility.”
Under Illinois law, a first-degree murder charge applies when a defendant “knows that such acts create a strong probability of death or great bodily harm.” Experts have said it’s rare for emergency medical providers to face criminal charges in a patient’s death.
“If this goes to trial, the state is going to have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that when they placed him on the gurney, that they thought to themselves, ‘I think I’m killing him,’” said Justin Kuehn, one of Cadigan’s attorneys. “Were their acts reckless? That’s for another day.”
If convicted, Finley, 44 and Cadigan, 50, could each face 20 to 60 years in prison. They pleaded not guilty and are being held in the Sangamon County Jail on $1 million bond each.
Their next court date is Feb. 6. Their attorneys say they will next seek their release on personal recognizance.
Friday’s hearing was riddled with objections, mostly from defense attorneys who claimed Wright was creating testimony in questioning the lone witness, Sgt. Zachary Weisahaar, an Illinois State Police investigator.
Finley and Cadigan told Weisahaar that Moore had been combative. Cadigan said he based that conclusion on seeing Moore flailing and a police officer jump out of the way, Weisahaar said.
Bodycam footage showed Moore unable or unwilling to stand on his own and at times thrashing. His blood-alcohol level was .077, which is just under the legal limit for driving in Illinois of .08. Finley entered the apartment and screamed at Moore to get up.
Weisahaar said Finley told him that she had monitored Moore’s vital signs on the way to HSHS St. John’s Hospital. But Wright played for the court a recording of Finley’s call to alert the hospital of their arrival in which she said, “I’m not messing with vitals because I don’t want to poke the bear.”
Both Finley and Cadigan had sufficient training and knowledge to know that Moore’s position was detrimental, Weisahaar testified. He said Cadigan told him that in 20 years, he had never been instructed that putting a patient in the prone position was dangerous.
But Weisahaar said he learned that Cadigan had attended two training sessions just last year in which the instructor insisted that warning against prone positions was emphasized.
Another Cadigan attorney, Edward Unsell, said it’s more likely that the broken ribs Moore suffered resulted from hospital staffers’ attempts to resuscitate him.
Finley’s attorney, W. Scott Hanken, said the charges aren’t warranted.
“There are two venues — civil and criminal. We’re in the wrong venue,” Hanken said. “You’ve not heard one scintilla of evidence that goes to accountability.”
Moore’s family announced Thursday that they have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Finley, Cadigan and their employer, LifeStar Ambulance Service.
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Florida woman finds iguana in her toilet
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (WSVN) - A Florida woman got some Saturday night company in her home.
Michelle Reynolds said she went downstairs to make herself a “treat.”
“I put it in the microwave and skipped on over to the bathroom and opened the door and did a quick turnaround because I saw this thing in there and quickly shut the door!” she said.
Her iguana visitor was not able to find its way out, so Reynolds had to get some help.
Harold Rondon with Iguana Lifestyles was able to rescue the iguana from the toilet.
Rondon said he has removed several iguanas from south Florida properties this year.
“This is the second one this week already,” he said.
Rondan said the iguana he removed from the toilet is a Mexican spiny tail iguana. Males can get up to 18 inches long, with tails that can also get up to 18 inches long.
“He took up most of the toilet bowl,” Reynolds said.
Although they are not native, iguanas have become common in south Florida.
It is believed that they were brought to the area as pets in the 1960s, and some may have escaped or been released.
While they are not dangerous to people, some iguanas can transmit salmonella.
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Israeli army says Palestinian militants fire rocket from Gaza into Israel, testing cease-fire
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel on Sunday, less than 24 hours after a cease-fire was declared ending a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel.
The cease-fire had appeared to be holding before Sunday’s launch, which the army said landed in an open area of southern Israel. There was no claim of responsibility, and no immediate Israeli response.
But the launch presented an early test for the Egyptian-brokered truce.
The latest round of Gaza fighting was sparked Tuesday when Israeli jets killed three top commanders from the Islamic Jihad militant group in response to earlier rocket launches from Gaza. Those killings set off a barrage of militant fire and the conflagration threatened to drag the region into another all-out war until Egypt mediated a cease-fire that took hold late Saturday.
While the calm appeared to bring a sense of relief to Gaza’s 2 million people and hundreds of thousands of Israelis who had been largely confined to bomb shelters in recent days, the agreement did nothing to address the underlying issues that have fueled numerous rounds of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip over the years.
In Gaza, residents surveyed the latest damage caused to their surroundings, with gaping holes left in the apartments serving as what Israel said were hideouts for the six senior Islamic Jihad members killed during this round. Gaza’s main cargo crossing with Israel reopened Sunday after warnings that keeping it closed would force Gaza’s sole power plant to shut down, deepening a power crisis.
Israel was gradually lifting restrictions on residents in southern Israel, which had borne the brunt of the rocket fire.
Israeli officials expressed satisfaction with the latest battle, having killed at least six members of Islamic Jihad’s top brass in what it says were pinpointed strikes based on solid intelligence. But at least 13 of those killed in Gaza were civilians, among them children as young as 4 years old, as well as women.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the targeted attacks on the militants’ hideouts would reverberate around the region.
“Israel’s enemies in Gaza and much farther than Gaza know that even if they try to hide, we are able and prepared to reach them at any time,” he told a meeting of his Cabinet.
Israel has faced criticism in the past from rights groups over the civilian casualties in its bombardments in Gaza. Israel says it does its utmost to avoid harming civilians in its strikes and says militants operate from within the territory’s densely populated areas to fire rockets indiscriminately at Israeli communities.
Even if some of the strikes were precise, others destroyed the homes of uninvolved Palestinians.
“If they want to target a house, let them target it alone. Why destroy the whole neighborhood? Why?” said Mai Sarson, whose house in Deir el-Balah was reduced to ruins in an Israeli strike.
Throughout the fighting, Israel’s repeated airstrikes targeting Islamic Jihad and its command centers and rocket-launching sites showed no signs of stopping the rocket fire, prompting Islamic Jihad to declare victory and sending cheering Palestinians out into the streets late Saturday.
The Israeli military reported over 1,400 launches throughout the fighting, with some rockets reaching as far as the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem areas. Israeli jets struck more than 400 targets, according to a preliminary military tally, which also showed about a fifth of the rockets were misfired and landed in Gaza, while most of the rest were either intercepted or landed in open areas.
An 80-year-old woman and a Palestinian laborer who was working inside Israel were killed by rocket fire. A Palestinian human rights group said three people, including two children, were killed in Gaza by errant rockets.
It was the latest in a long series of battles between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza since the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of the seaside territory in 2007. Israel and Hamas have fought four wars, and there have been numerous smaller flareups as well.
The more powerful Hamas has praised Islamic Jihad’s strikes but remained on the sidelines during the latest round of fighting, limiting the scope of the conflict. As the de facto government held responsible for the abysmal conditions in the blockaded Gaza Strip, Hamas has recently tried to keep a lid on its conflict with Israel. Islamic Jihad, on the other hand, a more ideological and unruly militant group wedded to violence, has taken the lead in the past few rounds of fighting with Israel.
Saturday’s deal did not address many of the causes of the repeated fighting, including Israel’s ongoing blockade of Gaza, the large arsenals of weapons possessed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad and Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem.
The Gaza violence came after more than a year of fighting in the occupied West Bank, where the Israeli military has been staging near-nightly arrest raids and Palestinians have carried out repeated attacks. Tensions could once again soar this week when nationalist Israelis hold an annual march through a sensitive area of Jerusalem’s Old City, which the Palestinians view as provocative.
Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians claim all three areas for a future state. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, but Hamas subsequently overran the territory and expelled forces loyal to the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority.
Israel and Egypt have maintained a blockade over Gaza in what Israel says is a policy aimed at preventing Hamas from arming. The Palestinians and international rights groups say the policy, which restricts the movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza, amounts to collective punishment.
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Goldenberg reported from Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Republicans are warning that the unprecedented indictment of former President Trump on multiple charges sets a dangerous precedent that will lower the bar for future political prosecutions while putting the nation on a precarious slippery slope.
Some Republicans are comparing Trump’s indictment over crimes related to the payment of $130,000 to an adult film actress to the House Republican impeachment of then President Bill Clinton in 1998 on charges related to his affair with a White House intern.
They predict that indicting Trump will make future former presidents and other political figures more susceptible to politically motivated prosecutions.
Democrats counter with the refrain that no person is above the law, regardless of whether he served in the Oval Office.
But some Democrats were not thrilled to hear that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg would be the first prosecutor to indict Trump, since the conduct he is targeting has been publicly known for five years and other prosecutors, including Bragg’s predecessor, Cyrus Vance, Jr., passed on the opportunity.
“I think it is a terrible precedent for the country. I think it’s bad for America, bad for the Republican Party and it’s bad for the political system in our country. Once you start down this path, there’s no way you’re going to reverse it. That’s what we saw with impeachment,” said Vin Weber, a Republican strategist and former member of the House GOP leadership.
“We’re going to see political prosecutions brought, some of them for meritorious reasons, some of them to advance the careers of the prosecutors. But all of this is harmful to America and our political process,” he added.
Weber said “another whole aspect” of the case is that Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, according to ten of the most recent national polls.
“There are people in this vast country of ours who have less than sterling motivations and you want them to be inhibited by rules that we’ve established, informal rules, that are designed to protect the whole system,” he said.
“Once this wall of precedent has been destroyed, we’re going to find people around the country who are going to find reasons to engage in political prosecutions,” he added, noting that some Republicans are talking about the possibility of bringing charges against President Biden or his son Hunter after he leaves office.
“I don’t know if that’s likely or not but we’re going to see something somewhere,” he said.
Some Republican officeholders are framing Trump’s indictment as motivated purely by politics.
“These charges aren’t about enforcing the law. Democrats barely pretend they are. They are the left telling the nation, we’re in charge here. And if you threaten us, we will destroy you,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) tweeted last week.
Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), a one-time advisor to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s (Ky.) leadership team, said “it’s extremely dangerous for our democracy to indict a former president unless there is an unequivocal violation representing a very significant offense.”
“This does not appear to rise anywhere near that. In fact it appears to be extremely political from a distance,” he added. “So I think it sets a precedent and it’s a very dangerous precedent for democracy.
“It creates an atmosphere where the courts are being used as a political weapon,” he said. “It undermines I think the confidence of the American people in their democracy, in their legal system.”
Critics of Bragg’s case, such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), point out that Trump’s then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, made the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election and the statute of limitations for misdemeanors in New York is two years and for minor felonies is five years.
These critics believe Bragg will try to tie that payment to an effort to conceal another crime, most likely a violation of campaign finance law, to get around the statute of limitations.
Cruz noted that a similar charge was brought against former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) and thrown out at trial. Edwards used nearly $1 million in payments from his political backers to support his mistress during the 2008 campaign. Democrats at the time criticized the charges brought by a Republican prosecutor as politically motivated.
“Bragg’s case is even weaker because [the New York law in question] is ordinarily a misdemeanor with a two-year statute of limitations so he couldn’t bring the claim,” he said. “In order to get it to be a felony, there’s a separate New York statute, which requires you have a fraudulent business record that aided in another crime.
“He’s got to bootstrap presumably a federal campaign finance violation, which the federal government declined to bring,” Cruz explained. “The core allegation at the heart of Bragg’s case is that Trump mischaracterized a payment as legal fees when it was not in fact legal fees.
“Hillary Clinton at the exact same time, in 2016 during the presidential campaign … paid $1 million for the Steele Dossier to be compiled — the fake and fantastical work of fiction that her oppo research team put together that tragically became the basis of [Special Counsel Robert’ Mueller’s investigation,” he said.
Cruz said Clinton also characterized the funding of the Steele Dossier research as legal payments, arguing that this shows Bragg is playing politics.
“It make obvious this is partisan politics,” he said.
Experts say the precedent set by indicting Trump will reverberate into the future.
“Every time a threshold is crossed in politics, it sets a predicate for another line to be crossed. Once a taboo is violated politically, it just makes it easier to do it a second time. There’s precedent,” said Ross K. Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University.
He said Bragg’s case appears to be weaker than possible charges anticipated from Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
“I think it would be better if the precedent were stronger. If it were an open-and-shut case, it would be harder to argue … local district attorneys shouldn’t have the power to indict presidents,” he said.
Baker said the “gravity” of the allegations against Trump related to his alleged role inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and to his alleged role in trying to subvert the election results in Georgia in 2020 would give any charges brought by the Department of Justice or the Fulton County DA’s office more credibility than Bragg’s case. | https://www.wane.com/hill-politics/gop-warns-trump-charges-will-lead-to-more-political-prosecutions/ | 2023-04-04 11:11:25 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/hill-politics/gop-warns-trump-charges-will-lead-to-more-political-prosecutions/ |
Which Vera Bradley crossbody is best?
If you’re tired of carrying a clutch and you find traditional purses uncomfortable, give a crossbody bag a try. They’re easier to shift around your body so you can always find your comfortable sweet spot. Many can also have their straps adjusted or removed to serve as purses or clutches.
The best Vera Bradley crossbody bag is the Vera Bradley Carson Crossbody Purse. It’s light and has just enough storage compartments to serve as the perfect everyday bag.
What to know before you buy a Vera Bradley crossbody
Size
Vera Bradley crossbody bags come in three sizes.
- Clutch bags are just that; clutches with a removable strap. They’re best used as wallets. They can also carry your phone and keys, but storage might be tight. They measure roughly 5 inches by 8 inches by 1 inch.
- Full bags are the standard. They’re large enough to fit all your essentials and have wide straps so the weight is evenly distributed. They measure roughly 10 inches by 12 inches by 4 inches.
- Mini bags are in between, useful for day trips and dates where you need a few items but not enough to justify carrying a full bag. They measure roughly 8 inches by 7 inches by 1 inch.
Storage compartments
Vera Bradley crossbody bags are worn for fashion, but they also need to hold your stuff. Check how many and what kinds of compartments are included in your prospective bag to be sure you can organize your things how you want.
What to look for in a quality Vera Bradley crossbody
Material
Most Vera Bradley bags use cotton, either in total or mixed with polyester lining. This makes them light and durable. Plus, they can be machine-washed. However, it also makes them poor choices when the weather report calls for rain. In these cases, consider a Vera Bradley polyester microfiber bag instead.
RFID protection
This means the bag has a lining that blocks the signals in your chipped cards. It prevents your information from being stolen by tech-savvy thieves, who could otherwise steal it without ever touching your bag.
Straps
Straps have several aspects to consider.
- Length: Most Vera Bradley crossbody straps are between 52-56 inches long.
- Adjustable length: That said, the best Vera Bradley straps also have adjustable lengths. You can’t make them as small as a standard purse’s strap, but you can adjust how high or low they rest on your body.
- Width: Vera Bradley strap widths vary based on bag size. Bigger bags have wider straps so heavier weights can be better distributed. The width is roughly half an inch at the thinnest and 1.5 inches at the widest.
- Removable: Sometimes, you don’t want to wear your bag as a crossbody. In these cases, look for Vera Bradley bags with removable straps. Otherwise, you’re stuck with wadding the strap up inside.
How much you can expect to spend on a Vera Bradley crossbody
They typically cost $50-$100, depending on the size and features included. For example, a small bag with multiple pockets and RFID protection will cost more than a larger bag with few pockets and no protection.
Vera Bradley crossbody FAQ
Why should I use a crossbody bag over other bags?
A. There are several benefits to wearing a crossbody bag rather than a traditional purse or clutch.
- Comfort: Crossbody bags have better weight distribution. Plus, you can shift the bag around your body until it falls comfortably.
- Everyday ease: Clutches and purses take up a hand to hold them or keep them steady. Crossbody bags don’t, making everyday tasks easier.
- Security: Clutches and purses can easily be ripped away from you. Crossbody bags take effort to steal.
- Style: Crossbody bags have a unique look so you can shake up your usual style.
Do Vera Bradley crossbodies use recycled materials?
A. Some use recycled cotton, though no bag uses entirely recycled cotton. Vera Bradley’s process starts by collecting excess raw and scrap processed cotton. It’s then cleaned and blended with freshly produced cotton before being spun into yarn. Not all designs use recycled cotton but those that do are clearly labeled if you want to prioritize it.
What’s the best Vera Bradley crossbody to buy?
Top Vera Bradley crossbody
Vera Bradley Carson Crossbody Purse
What you need to know: This is the perfect bag for casual, everyday use.
What you’ll love: It comes with removable and fully adjustable 18-inch shoulder and 52-inch crossbody straps so you can wear it how you want to. Interior storage compartments include two slip pockets and a zip pocket plus exterior compartments include two flap-covered and one non-flap-covered slip pocket.
What you should consider: A few consumers had issues with zippers sticking and being otherwise hard to use. Others reported the colors to be less vibrant than the image suggests.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Vera Bradley crossbody for the money
Vera Bradley Deluxe All-Together Crossbody Purse
What you need to know: This cute part-crossbody, part-clutch bag is a great choice for fun events.
What you’ll love: The 52-inch strap is adjustable and removable. It’s packed with storage compartments, including 18 RFID-protected card slips, two zip pockets, multiple slip pockets and a removable checkbook cover with a clear ID window.
What you should consider: It’s best used as a wallet rather than a go-bag. Larger phones may not fit inside. A few customers received damaged bags.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Vera Bradley Mini Hipster Crossbody Purse
What you need to know: This mini bag is a great choice for dates and weekend excursions.
What you’ll love: Its storage options include six card slips, a slip pocket, a zipper pocket and an ID pocket with a clear window. The strap is 56 inches long at max but is adjustable. It has RFID protection and comes in both mono-color and patterned designs.
What you should consider: A few purchasers had issues with zippers getting stuck or breaking off. Others reported the card slots being large enough for cards to slip out.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Teamsters Set the Standard for Baltimore-Area School Bus Employees
BALTIMORE, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- School bus drivers and monitors at Durham School Services in Baltimore have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first collective bargaining agreement with Teamsters Local 570. The workers, who provide student transportation services for Baltimore public schools, voted to organize with the union in March of this year.
"Members knew when they came to the Teamsters, they could fight for a more equitable pay structure – instead of the one that they had, which was unfairly inconsistent," said Sean Cedenio, Local 570 Secretary-Treasurer. "We are proud of these workers for having the confidence in the bargaining committee, which has led to a rich contract they can further build upon in coming years."
The new three-year agreement includes several significant improvements for the workers. These include wage increases upwards of 30 percent throughout the lifetime of the contract, an increase in the minimum hourly guarantees the workers receive, and a new policy that allows new drivers and monitors to receive the top rate of pay after completing one year of service. This is in addition to the non-economic benefits the workers now have, such as seniority, a grievance procedure, and much more.
"It was definitely a learning experience," said Nicole Green, a driver who served on the bargaining committee. "I believe we had the best outcome for our location. I'm glad to have been part of this much-needed change."
"These negotiations were never about 'me' but about 'we,'" said Kartika Easley, a monitor and bargaining committee member. "After these negotiations, we can only go up from here."
Teamsters Local 570 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout Baltimore and the surrounding communities. For more information, go to http://team570.org.
Contact:
Sean Cedenio, (410) 284-5081
team570@comcast.net
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman convicted in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history had psychotic, delusional and paranoid symptoms that made him unable to understand the world or make appropriate decisions, his lawyer said Monday, launching an effort to persuade jurors to spare his life.
Robert Bowers has had a psychotic condition since childhood, as well as serious brain defects and a history of suicide attempts, defense lawyer Michael Burt said on the opening day of the penalty phase of Bowers’ federal trial. Bowers was convicted this month in the 2018 killings of 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
The defense argues that Bowers was unable to form the requisite level of intent to allow the jury to impose a death sentence. Medical tests found Bowers’ brain to be “structurally deficient,” with symptoms of epilepsy and schizophrenia, Burt said.
Prosecutor Troy Rivetti, in his opening statement Monday, said the government was prepared to rebut any mental health defense.
Bowers clearly intended to kill everyone he could find in Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, Rivetti said. He called the magnitude of Bowers’ crimes staggering,
“He came to kill,” Rivetti said. “The defendant entered the Tree of Life synagogue, a sacred place to gather and pray, and he murdered 11 innocent worshippers.”
Bowers, flipping through papers, gave little indication that he was listening to the lawyers’ statements. He has shown little reaction throughout the trial.
Prosecutors rested their case Monday afternoon in the first stage of the penalty phase — proving that the case is eligible for the death penalty — and the defense is slated to begin calling witnesses Tuesday. The jury must decide if the case is eligible for the death penalty before hearing further evidence and arguments on whether to impose it.
The death penalty has become a prominent topic in the 2024 presidential race. The federal death penalty wasn’t a high-profile issue until former President Donald Trump’s administration resumed executions in 2020 after a 17-year hiatus. With 13 inmates put to death in his last months in office, Trump oversaw more federal executions than any president in more than 120 years.
President Joe Biden said during his 2020 campaign that he would work to end capital punishment at the federal level and in states, and Attorney General Merrick Garland has paused executions to review policies and procedures. But federal prosecutors continue to work to uphold already-issued death sentences and to pursue the death penalty for crimes that are eligible, as in Bowers’ case.
If jurors decide Bowers deserves to die, it would be the first federal death sentence imposed during Biden’s presidency.
The first federal capital trial under Biden ended in March with jurors split on a death sentence, sparing the life of Islamic extremist Sayfullo Saipov for killing eight people in New York City.
Bowers, 50, a truck driver from suburban Baldwin, killed 11 members of three congregations — Dor Hadash, New Light and Tree of Life — who had gathered for Sabbath services in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community. He also wounded two worshippers and five police officers.
The jury convicted Bowers on June 16, after five hours of deliberations, on all 63 counts he faced. The same jurors now must decide whether Bowers is eligible for the death penalty.
Prosecutors first have to show proof of intent and at least one aggravating factor that made the killings more heinous.
Rivetti told the jury Monday that many of Bowers’ victims were frail and elderly. He displayed a photo of a cane left on a pew by Bernice Simon, who was shot and killed as she attempted to tend to her mortally wounded husband, both in their 80s.
The prosecutor also argued there was evidence of intent at every step of the attack.
Bowers raged against Jews online, fixating on a Jewish refugee-aid organization that he accused of bringing in “invaders.” He then drove half an hour from his apartment to the synagogue, his car loaded with weapons and ammunition, and made “decision after decision” to pull the trigger, Rivetti said.
From the beginning, Bowers’ punishment — a death sentence or life in prison without parole — has been the only question in the case. His attorneys admitted he carried out the attack, offered only a token defense at trial, and have long signaled their focus would be on saving his life.
Before the trial, Bowers’ attorneys offered a guilty plea in return for a life sentence, which prosecutors rejected. Most of the victims’ relatives support seeking the death penalty.
The guilty verdict followed three weeks of wrenching survivor testimony and often graphic evidence, including victims’ 911 calls and photographs of the carnage. Bowers’ lead defense attorney, Judy Clarke, called no witnesses. She suggested Bowers was driven not by religious hatred but a deluded belief that by killing Jews, he was saving children from the genocide he believed was being perpetrated by immigrants aided by Jews.
On Monday, relatives of several victims gave poignant testimony about their loved ones’ frailties, such as difficulty walking, hearing or a lack of situational awareness, as evidence to bolster the case that Bowers targeted the vulnerable — a potential aggravating factor.
Diane Rosenthal testified to the genetic developmental disabilities of her brothers, Cecil and David Rosenthal. They needed help dressing themselves and were distressed by loud noises, she said. Routine was important, and they always attended the Saturday service at Tree of Life.
“That was their comfort place, that was their safe place,” she said.
The sentencing phase of the trial was expected to last four to five weeks.
Assuming it finds Bowers is eligible for the death sentence, the jury will then hear victim impact statements demonstrating the trauma suffered by survivors and the victims’ loved ones, as well as mitigating factors that might prompt a more lenient sentence, which may include pleas from his relatives.
To put him on death row, jurors will have to agree unanimously that the aggravating factors outweigh the mitigating ones.
Clarke has represented other killers in high-profile capital cases, including Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is appealing his death sentence, and 1996 Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph and the late Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, who both received life sentences.
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(The Conversation) – While COVID-19 vaccines continue to be highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death, it has become clear that the protection offered by the current vaccines wanes over time. This necessitates the use of booster shots that are safe and effective in enhancing the immune response against the virus and extending protection.
But when to get a first or second booster, and which shot to choose, are open questions. Many people find themselves unsure whether to wait on new, updated formulations of the COVID-19 vaccines or to mix and match combinations of the original vaccine strains.
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses its knob-shaped spike protein to gain entry into cells and to cause infection. Each of the existing and upcoming vaccines relies on emulating the spike protein to trigger the immune response. However, each vaccine type presents the spike protein to the immune system in different ways.
As immunologists studying inflammatory and infectious diseases, including COVID-19, we are interested in understanding how the COVID-19 vaccine designs differ in the type of immunity they trigger and the protection that results.
New bivalent vaccines
Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, the two companies whose mRNA vaccines have been the primary options for COVID-19 vaccination across all age groups, both have new vaccine formulations on the way. An advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration is set to meet on June 28, 2022, to evaluate the newest versions and to decide on which are likely to be recommended for use in this fall’s booster shots.
Moderna’s new bivalent vaccine mixes mRNA that encodes for the spike proteins of the original SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as the slightly different spike protein of the more infectious omicron variant.
In early June 2022, Moderna said that in clinical trials, its bivalent vaccine outcompetes the original vaccine strain, inducing a stronger immune response and longer protection against the original SARS-CoV-2 and its variants, including omicron.
Moderna later announced that its newest formulation also performs well against the newest omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, which are quickly becoming the dominant strains in the U.S. Because of the significantly stronger immune response that the new shot induces, Moderna predicts that such protection may last a year and plans to introduce its new vaccine in August.The new Moderna booster could be available by fall 2022.
And most recently, on June 25, Pfizer-BioNTech also announced results for its two new COVID-19 vaccine formulations: a bivalent formulation consisting of mRNA that encodes for the spike proteins of the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and the original BA.1 omicron subvariant, and a “monovalent” version that is only directed at the spike protein of BA.1.
The company’s preliminary studies demonstrated that both the monovalent and the bivalent vaccines triggered antibodies that neutralized the newer omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, although to a lesser degree than the BA.1 subvariant. However, Pfizer’s monovalent vaccine triggered better virus-neutralizing antibodies against the omicron BA.1 subvariant than did the bivalent vaccine.
However, whether the differences in the levels of such antibodies seen with the monovalent versus bivalent vaccines translate into different levels of protection against newer omicron variants remains to be established in clinical trials.
Progress on the Novavax vaccine
Another vaccine formulation that is working its way toward authorization is Novavax, a vaccine built using the spike protein of the original SARS-CoV-2 virus. The Novavax vaccine has the advantage of being similar to traditional vaccines, such as the DTaP vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, or the vaccines against other viral infections such as hepatitis and shingles. The Novavax vaccine has been clinically tested in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the U.S. and found to be safe and highly effective with 90% efficacy against mild, moderate and severe forms of COVID-19.
An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration endorsed the Novavax vaccine in early June 2022. Now, the FDA is reviewing changes that Novavax made during its manufacturing process before making its decision to authorize the shot.
In Australia, the Novavax vaccine was recently registered provisionally as a booster for individuals aged 18 years and over. The company is performing phase 3 clinical trials to determine if its vaccine can be used safely and effectively as a booster in people who have previously taken mRNA vaccines.
When these new vaccines become available in the coming months, people will have significantly more options for mixing and matching vaccines in order to enhance the duration and quality of their immune protection against COVID-19.Novavax does not need to be frozen, so storage and delivery of the vaccine is much easier.
Mixing and matching
Until then, clinical studies have shown that even mixing and matching the existing vaccine types is an effective strategy for boosting. For example, recent studies suggest that when adults who were fully vaccinated with any of the original three COVID-19 vaccines – Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson – received a booster dose with a different vaccine brand from the one they received in their initial series, they had a similar or more robust immune response compared to boosting with the same brand of vaccine.
Vaccine mixing has been found to be safe and effective in various studies. The reason why mixing vaccines might produce a more robust immune response goes back to how each one presents the spike protein of the virus to the immune system.
When the SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates in regions of the spike protein, as has been the case with each of the variants and subvariants, and tries to evade the immune cells, antibodies that recognize different parts of the spike protein can stop it in its tracks and prevent the virus from infecting the body’s cells.
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FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Power Knot Ocean, the market leader for onboard organic waste management solutions in the marine environment, announced today that it has launched a new effluent system specifically designed for vacuum systems. The WEP-100V allows any machine that produces waste water to connect to a vacuum system for its disposal. The WEP-100V effluent system is fully compatible with the LFC® biodigester family which now has eight different models that can process from 10 kg (22 lb) up to 3000 kg (6600 lb) of food waste per day.
The WEP-100V effluent vacuum system is a fully automatic machine made with stainless steel. It has universal ac input, and utilizes a high reliability vacuum valve that operates at 24 Vdc for enhanced safety.
The machine comprises a tank into which the waste water flows by gravity. The vacuum valve is fitted outside the tank and can be positioned on the left side or rear of the WEP system. The entire system is self-contained with the computer board integrated as part of the assembly. Level sensors indicate when the pump should be activated and the software is smart to accommodate for installations on a ship where the WEP pump may be rocking from side to side.
"We designed the WEP-100V effluent system for hotels and cruise ships where it is necessary to integrate the LFC biodigesters into a vacuum system," said Iain Milnes, President at Power Knot. "But the WEP-100V effluent system can be used with other products, such as washing machines that were not inherently designed to work with vacuum systems."
The WEP pump is available for ordering now with shipments starting in January 2023.
For more information, access http://www.powerknot.com/wep.
Power Knot Ocean provides safe and economically sound solutions for managers of cruise ships, cargo ships, and yachts globally seeking to reduce their carbon footprint and comply with DOJ and MARPOL regulations. Our technologies are proven, available today, have been in reliable use for many years, and offer a payback period typically of less than two years. We design, develop, and manufacture our products in our headquarters in Silicon Valley, California.
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Cecillia Wong
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Health Podcast Network's new online platform supports creators of health podcasts, ultimately leading to more accessible health information and better-informed audiences
NEW YORK, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Based Media, a leading digital media company creating health podcasts, announced the launch of its online membership community designed to help creators of health podcasts collaborate, connect, and learn from each other. The Health Podcast Network (HPN) online community is dedicated to empowering health podcasters to engage their audiences in innovative and impactful ways, leveraging the latest technologies, strategies, and services.
Staying up-to-date with the constantly evolving podcast industry is a challenge for healthcare professionals, health leaders and advocates. To help explain how these changes apply to health content, the community provides access to exclusive resources, training, educational materials, and networking opportunities through online and in-person events.
Health Podcast Network was launched in January 2020 with a handful of carefully selected shows. It has grown to include about 90 active shows, and now boasts a vast library of over 15,000 episodes.
"The vision has grown, and our team has grown," said Dan Kendall, CEO and founder of Mission Based Media. "The unveiling of this online community marks a major milestone for us. We are making it easier for members to access support, share knowledge, and cultivate stronger relationships that will help accelerate the creation of evidence-based, human-centered health podcasts."
In addition to producing its own Originals, including miniseries like the Health Unmuted Alzheimer's Disease Podcast, Mission Based Media has worked with over 100 companies and independent producers to distribute over 130 health podcasts. The company's mission-driven focus on high-value content, growth, and innovation not only helps members of the network create meaningful impact, but also provides opportunities for monetization.
"Our members have rigorous standards for the information they publish and are held to high ethical and professional standards. These standards also apply to promotional messages, so, understandably, we are very selective about the brands we work with. Companies looking to promote their health products or services can benefit from the contextual relevance of health podcasts, as these shows tend to attract audiences that are more likely to be interested in their offerings. We are always looking for innovative partners who want to reach specific audiences," said Kendall.
Learn more at healthpodcastnetwork.com and stay connected on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The HPN online community is a membership benefit of Health Podcast Network. Apply to join here: on.healthpodcastnetwork.com
About Mission Based Media Ltd.
Mission Based Media is a digital media company, studio, and network that specializes in creating and distributing high-quality health content that educates, engages, and empowers listeners. The company's mission is to provide valuable knowledge to a broad audience, reach underrepresented communities, promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in all its content, and distribute resources people need to make informed decisions about their health. For more information, visit Health Podcast Network, Digital Health Today and Health Unmuted.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will participate in the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, which begins Sunday, Nov. 6, and runs through Friday, Nov. 18. The COP27 summit brings together countries from around the world to increase ambition by implementing existing goals and strengthening commitments to solutions that address climate change.
The agency's vantage point from space provides critical information to advance understanding of our changing planet, including impacts from greenhouse gas emissions, the effects of warming including the decline of Arctic Sea ice, rising sea levels, more severe wildfires and shifting animal migration patterns.
"NASA has a unique role in the global effort to continue understanding impacts of climate change and in addressing and mitigating those impacts," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "Beyond our Earth-observing satellites in space, instruments and research which provide an unparalleled understanding of our home planet, we are committed to working with our international partners to provide free and open data to the public. NASA is excited to be part of the discussions at COP27 to help answer the most pressing questions in addressing climate change."
Throughout the conference, NASA staff and scientists will speak at several events and give presentations at the NASA Hyperwall, an interactive visual display of NASA imagery and data. Staff in attendance will include:
- Kate Calvin, NASA's chief scientist and senior climate advisor
- Susie Perez Quinn, NASA's chief of staff
- Tahani Amer, program executive, NASA Earth Science Division
- Laura Lorenzoni, program scientist, ocean biology and biochemistry, NASA Earth Science Division
- Mike Falkowski, program scientist, terrestrial ecology, NASA Earth Science Division
To inquire about interview availability with one or more of these staff members, media should contact Tylar Greene at: tylar.j.greene@nasa.gov.
The NASA Hyperwall will be a main attraction at the U.S. Center. NASA scientists will provide two presentations per day, showing how NASA's global leadership in climate science and research helps model and predict ocean health, heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and droughts. The full list of NASA presentations during the conference is available online.
Climate adaptation and mitigation efforts cannot succeed without robust climate observations and research. NASA's fleet of satellites and instruments observe how the planet is changing and measure key climate indicators, such as rising sea level, intensity of precipitation, and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
NASA is currently working to launch the next generation of Earth observing satellites- the Earth System Observatory, which will provide a 3D, holistic view of Earth to help us better understand what our planet's changes mean for humanity. NASA is also designing an Earth Information Center, which will allow people to see how our planet is changing and provide easy-to-use information and resources that support decision makers to mitigate, adapt and respond to climate change.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Juuso Parssinen had two goals and an assist and the Nashville Predators extended their winning streak to three games with a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.
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Filip Forsberg, Colton Sissons and Nino Niederreiter also scored for Nashville, and Juuse Saros made 29 saves. Roman Josi had four assists.
“The key is finding ways to win, and we made enough plays tonight to give ourselves a chance to win,” Nashville coach John Hynes said. “I think that’s good on the guys for finding a way.”
The win was Hynes’ 100th with Nashville.
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Adam Pelech and Jean-Gabriel Pageau each had a goal and an assist, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri also scored and Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves for the Islanders, who had their two-game winning streak halted.
“We weren’t sharp out of the gate,” Islanders coach Lane Lambert said. “We have to be better, that’s all there is to it to start the game.”
After trailing by three, the Islanders cut the Nashville lead to one at 4:32 of the third on a goal by Clutterbuck. But, Parssinen scored on a power play at 9:52 of the third, giving the Predators the insurance goal they needed. Pageau scored on a power play at 15:39, closing the game to a goal once again.
“It was a tough game, and we got the fifth goal, so I think it was the important goal,” Parssinen said. “We got a little bit of breathing room there.”
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Nashville managed just three shots on goal in the third period.
The Predators came out strong in the first, scoring three times in the first 10 minutes. Forsberg got the scoring started at 1:03. Niederreiter and Sissons added goals. Sissons’ was his first of the season.
“I think we had a great first period, probably one of our best periods all year,” Josi said. “We put a lot of pressure on them, a lot of zone time, a lot of chances, a lot of good looks.”
Pelech had the only goal for the Islanders in the first.
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Parssinen has three goals in his first NHL games since getting his first callup to the NHL on Saturday.
MCDONAGH’S 800TH
Predators defenseman Ryan McDonagh skated in his 800th career NHL game. After beginning his career with the New York Rangers, McDonagh played for the Tampa Bay Lightning, winning two Stanley Cups. After Tampa Bay was defeated in last season’s Stanley Cup Final, McDonagh was traded to Nashville in the offseason.
He recorded one assist Thursday.
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FIRST PERIOD SUCCESS
After scoring just nine first-period goals through 15 games, the Predators have scored five in the first period in their last two games.
Nashville still has been outscored by opponents 21-14 in the first this season.
LAMBERT’S RETURN
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Lambert coached with the Predators organization for a total of eight seasons, beginning with the 2006-07 season as an assistant with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals. He then served four seasons as Milwaukee’s head coach before joining the staff of then Nashville head coach Barry Trotz for three seasons as an assistant. Lambert followed Trotz as an assistant/associate coach in his stints with the Washington Capitals and Islanders before taking over the top job on Long Island this offseason.
UP NEXT
Predators: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
Islanders: Visit the Dallas Stars on Saturday.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nevro Corp. (NYSE: NVRO), a global medical device company delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions for the treatment of chronic pain, today announced a series of data presentations supporting the use of the company's HFX™ 10 kHz Therapy for patients with chronic pain. Results will be presented at the 2023 North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) Annual Meeting held from January 12-15, 2023.
A total of 18 scientific abstracts reviewing clinical results for 10 kHz Therapy™, including two late-breaking presentations, seven podium presentations, and nine posters, will be presented at NANS 2023. This year, Nevro will showcase its comprehensive HFX™ spinal cord stimulation (SCS) portfolio, including its new AI-enabled HFX iQ™ system and support services for the treatment of chronic back and leg pain, including non-surgical back pain (NSBP), and painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) at exhibit booth #824.
"Nevro is proud to continue our longstanding commitment to investing in the field of neuromodulation and expanding our growing body of clinical evidence," said D. Keith Grossman, Chairman, CEO and President of Nevro. "We are excited for Dr. Petersen and Dr. Kapural to share the significant 24-month data from the SENZA-PDN and the SENZA-NSRBP trials at NANS, reflecting our mission to help physicians treat underserved patient populations suffering from debilitating chronic pain. Additionally, we are pleased that many of the clinical investigators studying our proprietary 10 kHz Therapy will have the opportunity to present the results of numerous additional studies around the world."
Key presentations are highlighted below:
Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN)
Nevro's PDN data presentation ("10 kHz SCS Provides Durable Pain Relief for Patients with Painful Diabetic Neuropathy") will highlight complete 24-month follow-up results for pain relief and improved neurological function. Nevro's SENZA-PDN trial is the largest, Level 1 randomized controlled trial (RCT) of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) treatment studying PDN completed thus far with 216 randomized subjects. Results will be presented by Erika A. Petersen, MD, from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, on January 14, 2023, from 11:20 am – 11:50 am PT during the E3 Session: Critical Updates in Neuromodulation.
A second PDN data presentation ("10 kHz SCS Significantly Improves Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Painful Diabetic Neuropathy") will feature the results showing improvement in multiple quality of life metrics with 10 kHz Therapy. Results will also be presented by Erika A. Petersen, MD, on January 13, 2023, from 11:20 am – 11:50 am PT during the E1 Session: APP.
Non-Surgical Back Pain (NSBP)
Nevro's NSBP data presentation ("Treating Non-surgical Refractory Back Pain with 10kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation: 24 Month Follow-up from RCT") will feature 24-month outcomes from its SENZA-NSRBP RCT investigating 10 kHz Therapy for treating non-surgical refractory back pain, with 159 randomized participants from 15 study centers. Results will be presented by Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD, from Carolinas Pain Institute, Winston-Salem, NC, on January 13, 2023, from 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm PT during the Plenary Session II: Late-Breaking Abstracts.
A second NSBP data presentation ("10kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation for Non-Surgical Refractory Back Pain: Objective Functional Outcome to 24-Months") will feature the important improvements in non-pain outcomes such as sleep, mental health and function experienced by patients treated with 10 kHz Therapy in the SENZA-NSRBP RCT. Results will be presented by Jessica Jameson, MD, FASA, from Axis Spine Center, Coeur d'Alene, ID on January 13, 2023, from 11:20 am – 11:50 am PT during the D1 Session: Spine.
10-Year Real-World Data on Efficacy of 10 kHz Therapy
In addition to the data presentations described above, a poster presentation ("Ten-Year Real-World Data on the Efficacy of High-Frequency 10 kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation") will feature 10-year follow-up data from patients who originally participated in the SENZA EU study and continued with usual care in a real-world setting over a mean period of 10 years. This poster will be presented by Prof. Jean-Pierre van Buyten from the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, AZ Nikolaas Hospital, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
For more information, please visit https://conference.neuromodulation.org/.
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About Nevro
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Nevro is a global medical device company focused on delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions that continue to set the standard for enduring patient outcomes in chronic pain treatment. The company started with a simple mission to help more patients suffering from debilitating pain and developed its proprietary 10 kHz Therapy™, an evidence-based, non-pharmacologic innovation that has impacted the lives of more than 100,000 patients globally. Nevro's comprehensive HFX™ spinal cord stimulation (SCS) platform includes a Senza SCS system and support services for the treatment of chronic pain of the trunk and limb and painful diabetic neuropathy.
Senza®, Senza II®, Senza Omnia™, and HFX iQ™ are the only SCS systems that deliver Nevro's proprietary 10 kHz Therapy™. Nevro's unique support services provide every patient with an HFX Coach™ throughout their pain relief journey and every physician with HFX Cloud™ insights for enhanced patient and practice management.
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Volkswagen Group and Innoviz last week signed a major deal concerning the supply of lidar systems and related software for use in future automated driving systems.
Innoviz is an Israeli firm that specializes in lidar sensors and the software that takes identifies objects using the incoming lidar information, for instance other vehicles or road markings.
The deal is specifically between Innoviz and VW Group’s Cariad software development unit. Cariad has been tasked with developing software for the full VW Group portfolio of brands, including a self-driving system for private use. VW Group is also working with America’s Argo AI to develop a self-driving system for commercial use, such as a taxi fleet.
Innoviz expects to supply enough units for between 5 million and 8 million vehicles over a period of about eight years starting around the middle of the decade. That could be as much as $4 billion in sales, according to CNBC.
“We are thrilled to work with the Cariad team and be a supplier of lidar sensors and perception software to support safe mobility for vehicles launching from the middle of the decade,” Omer Keilaf, Innoviz’s CEO and co-founder, said in a statement.
VW Group has worked with Intel’s Mobileye on sensor systems for driver-assist features, though these have relied on cameras rather than lidar. The two also announced in 2018 plans to have a self-driving taxi service up and running in Israeli in 2022, though an update on those plans hasn’t been announced.
VW Group is expected to have its first vehicles with true hands-off, eyes-off driving capability on sale in the second half of the decade, with the system likely to be initially available for highway use. The automaker has also announced it will have a self-driving taxi service using Argo AI’s self-driving system in operation starting in 2025, with the first locations to be the German cities of Hamburg and Munich. VW and Argo AI will also start testing self-driving taxis in the U.S. in 2023.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, December 2, 2022
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Coast. Reported visibilities are between one- half to 5 miles,
with the lower visibilities concentrated near the coast. These
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BUTLER — Working the land is what farmers and gardeners do and do very well.
Students in Eastside’s agriculture classes are getting first-hand experience in what it takes to prepare land and raise produce with a piece of ground between the softball field and main school campus.
Agriculture teacher Lauren Hook said the idea for the produce patch came to her while in college. “We had a class that was all about FFA program planning: ‘What is your vision for your program when you get to be a teacher?’
“This was one of the things I came up with when I was there, so to see this actually happening is really cool,” she said.
The patch — just under a quarter-acre — is located along the fence line just east of the softball field in a grassy area that sat behind the old Butler Elementary School.
Hook proposed growing pumpkins in the patch. DeKalb Eastern Superintendent Dr. Shane Conwell and Eastside Principal Orie Foster suggested sweet corn. Foster also donated seeds for tomatoes and a produce patch took root.
“We got that ball rolling this year,” Hook said. “We talked about different places we could do it — maybe at the school farm behind the elementary school or if they could find a green patch here by the high school that we could use.
“Dr. Conwell came up with this spot, which is perfect because it’s close to the ag room and we don’t have to take a bus to it.”
The school district’s maintenance department sprayed the plot to kill off the grass and Hook’s ag classes went to work in the spring.
“My classes tilled it and then we started the planting process before school was out,” she said.
The plot includes sweet corn, tomatoes and pie pumpkins — small ones that are perfect for pies.
“It’s come together really nicely,” Hook said. “A lot of things could have gone wrong — a lot of things did go wrong — but we were able to power through those.
“It’s virgin ground. We’re dealing with ground that was at one point was a school playground, parking lot or something like that, so the nutrients aren’t necessarily here.
“That’s been a challenge in making sure we have that fertilizer and looking to next year when we do this again, thinking of how we are going to get those nutrients back into the soil to help our crops more,” she said.
“Right now, things have greened up. They’ve come out of their yellow stage, so that’s been really nice.”
During the school year, every FFA class worked the plot on at least a couple of occasions. In the summer, 10-15 students — three or four at a time — have been regular workers.
With the school year over, getting students to come and help tend to the crops has been a challenge, as has been warm, dry conditions.
“We’ve figured out what time of day and day of the week works out for everyone so we can get people here to help,” Hook said. “It’s not my garden; it’s the kids’ garden.” The plants have been watered regularly to counter the dry conditions.
“My ag business class came up with a couple of different ideas” to sell the produce, she said.
“We talked about taking it to the farmer’s market here in Butler and the farmer’s market in Auburn or setting up a stand in front of the school where people can pick up their produce and drop their money in there.
“We had a group that decided it might be a cool idea to sell cooked corn on the cob at football games or set up produce stands there.”
Pumpkins will be made available for Butler’s Harvest Festival and to Butler and Riverdale elementary schools.
“Our goal this year was to make this possible,” Hook said. “We had this vision of this school produce patch that we wanted to see come to fruition.
“It’s happening. It’s a real thing now.
“Next year, our goal is to take what we’ve learned and make our patch a little bit bigger — to get it to that full quarter- or maybe even a half-acre — and diversifying what we grow.
“We’ve noticed that since we’ve tilled our ground, it’s kind of sandy, so maybe we can grow some watermelon or cantaloupe next year,” Hook said.
“We want to include the kids on what interests them and what they want to grow (because) that will be critical to the future of this produce patch.” | https://www.kpcnews.com/butlerbulletin/article_d96f2d8f-a12e-5603-b39d-b518a88a5ea9.html | 2022-07-06 07:48:36 | 0 | https://www.kpcnews.com/butlerbulletin/article_d96f2d8f-a12e-5603-b39d-b518a88a5ea9.html |
Everybody wants to rule the world or the scoreboard. Morton did exactly that with a 64-29 win against Canton in an Illinois boys basketball matchup on January 21.
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Oscars race: Clock ticks for film buffs to binge on nominees
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) —
A film buff from Oklahoma City, Elyssa Mann has scant time to waste, needing to cross just four more movies off her Oscars binge list before Sunday’s Academy Awards broadcast: Two animated films, one for cinematography and another for costume design.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, Steve Tornello has just one left — the latest “Avatar” — before he can fairly judge all 10 of the Best Picture nominees.
In the perfect multiverse, time would bend to allow time-strained movie buffs to watch anything anywhere, all at once. But in the real world, not the googly eyed one, time keeps ticking and that makes things difficult for diehard film fans hoping to fill every bracket in their personal Oscars scoresheets.
“I have four Oscars movies left in my quest to watch all the ones nominated for picture/acting/craft etc,” Mann wrote in a tweet, “and this somehow feels insurmountable.”
As it is, Sunday morning’s time change (don’t forget to spring forward) will mean an hour less to binge.
“I am a person who thrives under pressure, like I need the deadline. So it’s good that it’s here,” Mann, a 31-year-old marketer, said during a phone call. “Now I have to watch them.”
She’ll watch two or three Saturday, and save whatever’s left for Sunday before the ceremony. Since the New Year, she’s watched nearly 30 of the nominated films, escalating her project when the nominations were announced in late January. She acknowledged there isn’t enough time to view nominees in a handful of categories, including documentaries.
It would take days without sleep to watch every one of the more than 50 movies receiving at least one nomination in any of the roughly two dozen categories being awarded.
Theoretically, those voting on the nominated movies are supposed to watch every film. But even for the pros, that apparently doesn’t happen. After all, does anyone really have the time?
Tornello, a fledgling screenwriter and creative director for a tech company, is trying to make time this weekend to finally trudge out to the movie theater to watch “Avatar: The Way of Water,” the final movie on his Best Picture list.
“I have a lot on my plate right now,” he said. “That’s a movie I know I need to see in the theater to get the full experience.”
Most of the rest he’s watched at home through a streaming service.
Drawn by all the buzz, he saw “Everything Everywhere All at Once” shortly after it was released last spring. He watched “Women Talking” earlier this month.
“I try to see as many movies as I possibly can, the ones I think are going to be a nominee, before Oscar nominations come out,” Tornello said. “I just want to get them all in so I can really enjoy the show.”
Like Mann, James Bramble has already seen all of the Best Picture nominees and more.
“So I’ve seen every picture nominated for Best International film, Best Documentary, Best Animated and before Sunday night, I will finish,” he said, saying he has a few more in the short film categories which shouldn’t require much time to watch.
Every year, there are bound to be nominated films that he thinks were a waste of his time. Not this year, he said.
“I really liked, so far, everything that I’ve seen. Yeah, it’s a good year,” said Bramble, an attorney from Salt Lake City.
Mann hopes to beat the clock.
On her watch list this weekend: The animated features “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” and “Turning Red,” as well as “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” for costume design and “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” for cinematography.
She should have started sooner, she confessed.
“It’s something that I’ve always kind of considered doing, but seemed like too big of a project,” she said. But with the deep winter doldrums, she needed an outlet. “I love movies. And so I thought this would be a fun one.” | https://kion546.com/news/ap-california/2023/03/11/oscars-race-clock-ticks-for-film-buffs-to-binge-on-nominees/ | 2023-03-11 16:31:38 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-california/2023/03/11/oscars-race-clock-ticks-for-film-buffs-to-binge-on-nominees/ |
SHANGHAI, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd (Nasdaq: NISN) ("Nisun" or the "Company") announced today that on July 24, 2023, it received notification from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ") confirming the Company has been granted an additional 180 calendar day period for compliance under the timely filing of periodic financial reports requirement through November 13, 2023. To regain compliance with NASDAQ's periodic reports requirement, the Company is required to file the Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022 by November 13, 2023.
About Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd
Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd (NASDAQ: NISN) is a technology-driven, integrated supply chain solutions provider focused on transforming the corporate finance industry. Leveraging its rich industry experience, Nisun is dedicated to providing professional supply chain solutions to Chinese and foreign enterprises and financial institutions. Through its subsidiaries, Nisun provides users with professional solutions for technology supply chain management, technology asset routing, and digital transformation of tech and finance institutions, enabling the industry to strengthen and grow. At the same time, Nisun continues to deepen the field of industry segmentation through industrial and financial integration, by cultivating/creating an ecosystem of openness and empowerment. Nisun has built a linked platform that incorporates supply chain, banking, securities, trust, insurance, funds, state-owned enterprises, among other businesses. Focusing on industry-finance linkages, Nisun aims to serve the upstream and downstream of the industrial supply chain while also assisting with supply-side sub-sector reform. For more information, please visit http://ir.nisun-international.com/.
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The 155th Air Refueling Wing of the Air National Guard has been selected to house a training flight simulator at the Guard base in Lincoln.
The USAF KC-135 Operational Flight Training device will provide significant training opportunities, Col. John Williams said.
"The full motion KC-135 simulator provides incredibly realistic training experiences to pilots in nearly every imaginable condition," said Williams, commander of the 155th Air Refueling Wing.
The simulator is capable of recreating realistic missions while providing training for any emergency situation pilots may face while in an aircraft. Electrical problems, engine failure and loss of pressurization are just a few.
The last time Williams used it, the technician running the simulator asked where he wanted to fly, and he chose Lincoln.
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"The visuals were fantastic, all the buildings you see on our base were represented," Williams said. "It felt like I was back in Lincoln."
Convenience is another benefit of the new simulator.
Currently, there are four of these devices, spread among 18 wings. If Williams wanted to use one of these simulators today, he would have to fly to Milwaukee.
Williams said he makes the trip twice a year, traveling two days and using the simulator for two days each time. With a simulator in Lincoln, the opportunities seem endless.
"Having it here, I will be able to get in that device every day that I want to," Williams said.
Plus, his newest aviators can jump in "The Box," as they call it, whenever they're having trouble.
"They can do that 365 days instead of waiting for those one or two opportunities a year."
One of the strong selling points for a simulator coming to Lincoln was centrality. Two other bases, the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, and the 190th Air Refueling Wing in Topeka, Kansas, will both be within a three-hour drive of the simulator.
The simulator is ready, but a final decision on what building it will reside hasn't been made. Williams said the Air Guard could use a reconditioned building that was formerly considered for a simulator in the past.
Since the simulator is also considered a new mission, they could use military construction money to build a new facility for it as well.
The simulator will also create up to eight jobs locally, with government contractors needed to run the simulator and perform maintenance.
"We have an outstanding campus here. This is really going to make our outstanding facilities that much better," he said. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/air-national-guard-flight-training-simulator-coming-to-lincoln/article_720411f8-d97f-11ed-badf-1388421a1d0f.html | 2023-04-16 23:58:47 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/air-national-guard-flight-training-simulator-coming-to-lincoln/article_720411f8-d97f-11ed-badf-1388421a1d0f.html |
Apple Pay & McDonalds have recently collaborated! The new Apple promo was emailed to everyone stating: “Order ahead and save. Get a free 6-piece Chicken McNugget® with any minimum $1 purchase in the McDonalds app with Apple Pay, through April 11″.
To claim your free McNuggets you must be at a “participating” McDonalds, you’ll have to select the deal using the mobile app, and you will have to opt-in to the McDonalds rewards program. As of right now, McDonalds is the only restaurant that is being featured in this promo however, Apple partners with DoorDash, Grubhub, & Uber Eats for convenient deliveries.
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PHARR, Texas (Border Report) — A new International Bridge Trade Corridor that will connect international bridges with border highways has been years in the planning and comes as Rio Grande Valley politicians hold key positions in Austin.
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, on Monday announced that he has asked the Texas Transportation Commission, and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for $150 million to start a 13-mile segment of the non-tolled road. The 4-lane divided road would connect South Texas cities from Pharr to Donna, and provide direct interstate access for commercial trucks from Mexico at several international ports of entry.
This includes connecting trucks arriving at the Pharr International Bridge, the No. 1 port of entry for fruits and vegetables from Mexico, which brings in $40 billion in trade with Mexico every year.
Abbott made the IBTC request before a draft of the state’s Unified Transportation Program is expected to be released this week, which will lay out a decade of transportation infrastructure plans and priorities for the Lone Star State.
“Strengthening our ports and roadways infrastructure to support international trade will help Texas remain the No. 1 exporting state and a global economic powerhouse,” Abbott said in a statement. “This project will bolster international trade and accelerate throughout at border checkpoints to better move freight and improve security.”
“It will avoid all the traffic jams, the bumper-to-bumper traffic. Also, many times these commercial trucks are a risk to our local residents. So this is a good way to expedite commerce and to make it safer for our communities and to be able to accommodate continued growth in trade with Mexico,” Texas State Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, told Border Report on Tuesday.
Hinojosa is vice chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, “a key” appointment to helping line up funding.
But he points out that he’s not the only Valley lawmaker who has worked on this, nor has the political sway to make it happen
He calls it a “team effort” and says this project has been years in the making and has required buy-in from every major mayor in the Rio Grande Valley including from the cities of Pharr, Edinburg, Mission and McAllen.
Hinojosa said several South Texas politicians and appointees hold key posts to urge those in Austin to make it happen.
That includes Texas state Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, who is chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
“It’s a challenge to overstate just how important IBTC is to the Rio Grande Valley,” Canales said. “Fully funding IBTC has been a priority for me for many years.”
In March, Abbott appointed Alex Meade, of Mission, Texas, to the Texas Transportation Committee, which oversees TxDOT.
Meade was the city manager of Pharr for several years and is the executive vice president of a bank. He was nominated by Hinojosa and when his appointment came there were big smiles and expectations for future infrastructure and transportation growth in the Rio Grande Valley.
In essence, he was like the lynchpin to projects that Hinojosa says have been in the works and planning for years.
The city of McAllen is expanding the Anzalduas International Bridge to soon accept full-cargo commercial vehicles, and Mexico also is pitching in by expanding and building a second span of its segment of the Pharr International Bridge.
“We have a very strong Valley delegation. We work together as a team,” Hinojosa said. “This is not just for the benefit of Pharr or Mission only, or even Hidalgo County, for that matter. This has benefits for the whole Valley. So we are taking very much a regional approach.”
But the $150 million will not be enough. “That’s why it’s so important the IBTC Corridor will be part of the Texas highway system to help qualify for formula funding from the state,” Hinojosa says.
Once fully funded, the corridor should be finished by 2026.
Hinojosa says that will have economic benefits not only for South Texas but for the entire border and state.
“Looking to the future, commercial trade with Mexico will not diminish, it will continue to increase and not by the millions — but by the billions,” Hinojosa said. “Not only in The Valley but along the border, all the way up to El Paso from Brownsville.” | https://www.ksn.com/border-report-tour/new-international-bridge-trade-corridor-a-political-win-for-rgv-and-boost-for-border-and-state-economy/ | 2023-06-28 00:24:44 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/border-report-tour/new-international-bridge-trade-corridor-a-political-win-for-rgv-and-boost-for-border-and-state-economy/ |
MESA, Ariz., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Verra Mobility Corporation (NASDAQ: VRRM), a leading provider of smart mobility technology solutions, announced today that it will be hosting an in-person and virtual investor day at 1:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York located at 151 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10036 and Virtual Nasdaq MarketSite®.
Speakers include David Roberts, President and CEO; Craig Conti, CFO and Mike McMillin, SVP, Corporate Development and Strategy. In addition, Steve Lalla, EVP, Commercial Services; Jon Baldwin, EVP, Government Solutions and Adam Blake, President of T2 Systems, will each present an overview of their respective business units.
"We look forward to sharing a deep-dive into our long-term growth strategy, financial outlook and capital allocation priorities at our inaugural investor day conference," said David Roberts. "We will discuss specific growth opportunities and strategies to accelerate value creation for our shareholders."
For a complete agenda and to register and attend in person or virtually, please visit irday.verramobility.com.
About Verra Mobility
Verra Mobility (NASDAQ: VRRM) is a leading provider of smart mobility technology solutions that make transportation safer, smarter and more connected. The company sits at the center of the mobility ecosystem, bringing together vehicles, hardware, software, data and people to enable safe, efficient solutions for customers globally. Verra Mobility's transportation safety systems and parking management solutions protect lives, improve urban and motorway mobility and support healthier communities. The company also solves complex payment, utilization and compliance challenges for fleet owners and rental car companies. Headquartered in Arizona, Verra Mobility operates in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit www.verramobility.com.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Macungie man is being accused of repeatedly assaulting another man who later died.
Hosheem Klotz, 30, is charged with homicide and aggravated assault, both first-degree felonies, according to a news release from the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.
Around 6:41 p.m. on March 9, 2023, Allentown Police were called to North 10th and Linden streets for a report of an unconscious man lying in the street.
Police and paramedics found the victim, Mastapha Brown, seated on the curb at the corner of North 10th Street and Linden Street. At this time the victim was conscious and speaking, the DA's office said.
A witness whose name will not be released told officers on scene that Brown was assaulted by a man who was in a nearby parked car. An investigation determined that man was Klotz, according to the news release.
The DA's office says video surveillance from multiple sources showed Klotz and Brown engaged in an argument at a nearby restaurant on North 10th Street.
Klotz pulled the victim outside the restaurant and hit Brown multiple times in the head and face, according to the DA's office. Brown fell to the ground and Klotz continued the assault, stomping on the victim’s head, causing it to strike the asphalt roadway, the DA's office said.
The investigation showed Brown got up, walked over to the curb and stepped up on the sidewalk. Klotz turned and shoved Brown, causing the victim to fall backwards into the street and again strike his head on the road, the DA's office said.
The DA's office says a second witness whose name will not be released also identified Klotz as the person who assaulted the victim.
Brown was later taken to an area hospital and admitted to intensive care unit with head trauma.
On March 13, Brown was declared dead. His cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the Lehigh County Coroner. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/da-man-accused-in-assault-that-left-another-man-dead/article_981fdb46-ce77-11ed-b87b-d348c6aee365.html | 2023-03-29 22:40:57 | 0 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/da-man-accused-in-assault-that-left-another-man-dead/article_981fdb46-ce77-11ed-b87b-d348c6aee365.html |
Woman wins $200,000 lottery prize after buying scratch-off at gas station where she works
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (Gray News) - Lottery officials in North Carolina say a woman did not have to go far to find herself a winning ticket.
According to the North Carolina Educational Lottery, Kimberly Coleman recently won $200,000 after buying a $5 scratch-off ticket from the gas station where she works.
Coleman said she plans to share the money with her family and buy a home down the line.
“One of my dreams is to save the money to buy a house in the future where my mom could live with me,” she said. “I want a house where I can help take care of her later on.”
Coleman bought her winning ticket from Quick Pantry, a convenience store and gas station, in the Waynesville area while playing the $5 Carolina Jackpot game.
She said she purchased the ticket on her day off.
“It was very, very exciting,” Coleman said. “I kind of acted like a fool a little bit jumping up and down.”
Coleman said she got emotional when she shared the news of her big win with her family.
“I brought it home and showed my mom, and she started to cry,” she said. “I cried too. It was just a whole bunch of people crying out of excitement.”
Coleman claimed her winnings on Wednesday, taking home $142,501 after required taxes, according to lottery officials.
The $5 Carolina Jackpot game debuted in June 2022 with six $200,000 top prizes. According to officials, a $200,000 prize still remains to be claimed.
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Former state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane appealed the suspension of her driver’s license for refusing to submit to a blood alcohol test after she was involved in a suspected drunken driving crash.
Kane, 56, was charged with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence: general impairment and a summary count of careless driving after police said she crashed her car into another vehicle at Moosic Street and Meadow Avenue in Scranton on March 12.
Police say Kane showed signs of impairment and smelled of alcohol. She refused to take a test to determine her blood alcohol content, which triggers an automatic one-year license suspension.
Kane served as attorney general from 2013 to August 2016, when she was convicted in Montgomery County Court of obstructing the administration of law, official oppression and conspiracy for leaking information about a 2009 grand jury probe of a Philadelphia man to a newspaper and lying to the grand jury that investigated the leak.
Kane admitted last month that the DUI arrest violated her probation, and a judge sentenced her to two months to a year of jail. However, she was given credit for time already served and was scheduled to be paroled directly to a residential treatment center for alcohol use.
In the license appeal, Kane alleges she was not given an adequate opportunity to submit to the test and was not adequately advised of the consequences if she refused.
Lackawanna County Judge Andy Jarbola directed the state reply to the petition by June 30. A hearing, if necessary, will be held July 20. She faces a preliminary hearing on the drunken driving charge on Aug. 4. | https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-kathleen-kane-drivers-license-20220624-trraom2u6ffotci2rcxhnrulpy-story.html | 2022-06-24 21:13:50 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-kathleen-kane-drivers-license-20220624-trraom2u6ffotci2rcxhnrulpy-story.html |
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — In the Colorado ski town of Steamboat Springs, motels line the freeway, once filled with tourists eager to pitch down the slopes or bathe in the local hot springs.
Now residents like Marc McDonald, who keep the town humming by working service-level jobs, live in the converted motels. They cram into rooms, some with small refrigerators and 6-foot-wide kitchens, or even just microwave kitchenettes. Others live in mobile homes.
Steamboat Springs is part of a wave of vacation towns across the country facing a housing crisis and grappling with how to regulate the industry they point to as a culprit: Short-term rentals such as those booked through Airbnb and Vrbo that have squeezed small towns’ limited housing supply and sent rents skyrocketing for full-time residents.
“It’s basically like living in a stationary RV,” said the 42-year-old McDonald, who lives with his wife in a just over 500-square-foot converted motel room for $2,100-a-month, the cheapest place they could find.
McDonald, who works maintenance at a local golf course and bartends at night, and his wife, who is in treatment for thyroid cancer and hepatitis E, said they will be priced out when rent and utilities jump to about $2,800 in November.
“My fear is losing everything,” he said, “My wife being sick, she can’t do that, she can’t live in a tent right now.”
Short-term rentals have become increasingly popular for second homeowners eager to offset the cost of their vacation homes and turn a profit while away. Even property investment companies have sunk hundreds of millions of dollars into the industry, hoping to pull a larger yield from tourists seeking their own kitchen, some privacy and a break from cookie-cutter hotel rooms.
In turn, local governments — from Lincoln County on Oregon’s coast to Ketchum in Idaho’s Smoky Mountains — are grappling with how to regulate the $74 billion industry they say fuels their economies while exacerbating their housing crises.
In June, the Steamboat Springs City Council passed a ban on new short-term rentals in most of town and a ballot measure to tax the industry at 9% to fund affordable housing.
“There is not a day goes by that I don’t hear from someone ... that they have to move” because they can’t afford rent, said Heather Sloop, a council member who voted for the ordinance. “It’s crushing our community.”
The proposed tax is strongly opposed by a coalition that includes businesses and property owners, the Steamboat Springs Community Preservation Alliance. Robin Craigen, coalition vice president and co-founder of a property management company, worries the tax will blunt any competitive edge Steamboat might have over other Rockies resorts.
“The short-term rental industry brings people to town, funds the city, and you want to tax it out of existence?” Craigen said. “It doesn’t make sense.”
While larger cities, including Denver and Boston, have stricter short-term rental regulations, smaller tourist destinations must strike a delicate balance. They want to support the lodging industry that sustains their economies while limiting it enough to retain the workers that keep it running.
“No one has found the perfect solution yet,” said Margaret Bowes, executive director of the Colorado Association of Ski Towns, which tracks efforts to control short-term rental markets.
“The trajectory of the number of properties becoming (short-term rentals) is not sustainable,” she said.
While the industry’s major companies, including Airbnb and Vrbo, do not release comprehensive data publicly, figures from analytics firm AirDNA and the U.S. Census Bureau show nearly 30% of homes in Steamboat Springs are vacation rentals.
That’s some 3,000 units taken out of the Steamboat Springs’ housing supply as the town’s median home prices jumped 68% to $1.6 million since early 2020, according to data from Zillow.
A study commissioned by Airbnb found that short-term rentals support 13,300 jobs in popular Rocky Mountain counties and, it argued, have little impact on housing prices. The real problem, it said, is that housing construction hasn’t kept up with job growth.
“This report underscores the integral role of short-term rentals in the Colorado tourism economy,” Airbnb spokesperson Mattie Zazueta wrote in an email.
“Vacation rentals … help some vacation homeowners and residents afford their homes, and are a key revenue generator in local economies,” Vrbo parent company Expedia Group said in a statement.
The new Steamboat Springs ordinance divides the township into three zones. The red zone, where new short-term rentals are prohibited, covers most of the city but those who have rented in the past 12 months can continue to operate. The yellow zone caps the number of new vacation rentals, while the green zone, set largely beneath the ski mountain, has no cap.
For Sean Bailey, 44, the new laws could not have come sooner. Bailey, who moved to Steamboat in 2019 and works at the outdoors store Big Agnes, squeezes into a bedroom in a mobile home that he rents for $650 a month, while he waits on an affordable housing waitlist.
But now, even “low-income housing is being priced out of the water for a lot of us who are just trying to get by,” Bailey said.
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Jesse Bedayn is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Bedayn on Twitter. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Amid-housing-crises-vacation-towns-limit-17391766.php | 2022-08-23 14:35:26 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Amid-housing-crises-vacation-towns-limit-17391766.php |
Suns vs. Nuggets: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - Western Conference Semifinals Game 4
The Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets are meeting in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, with Game 4 on tap.
You can check out odds, spreads, over/unders and more across multiple sportsbooks for the Suns vs. Nuggets matchup in this article.
Suns vs. Nuggets Game Info
- Date: Sunday, May 7, 2023
- Time: 8:00 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Venue: Footprint Center
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Suns vs. Nuggets Odds, Spread, Over/Under
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Suns vs. Nuggets Betting Trends
- The Suns' +170 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by two points per game) is a result of scoring 113.6 points per game (17th in the NBA) while giving up 111.6 per outing (sixth in the league).
- The Nuggets have a +273 scoring differential, topping opponents by 3.3 points per game. They're putting up 115.8 points per game, 12th in the league, and are giving up 112.5 per contest to rank eighth in the NBA.
- The two teams combine to score 229.4 points per game, 1.9 more points than this matchup's total.
- These teams surrender a combined 224.1 points per game, 3.4 fewer points than this matchup's total.
- Phoenix has won 42 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover or pushing 40 times.
- Denver has compiled a 44-36-2 ATS record so far this season.
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CALGARY, AB, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Pembina Pipeline Corporation ("Pembina") (TSX: PPL) (NYSE: PBA) announced today that none of Pembina's Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares, Series 15 ("Series 15 Shares") (TSX: PPL.PR.O) will be converted into Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate Class A Preferred Shares, Series 16 of Pembina ("Series 16 Shares") on October 3, 2022.
After taking into account all the conversion notices received from holders of its outstanding Series 15 Shares by the September 19, 2022, deadline for the conversion of the Series 15 Shares into Series 16 Shares, less than the 1,000,000 Series 15 Shares required to give effect to conversions into Series 16 Shares were tendered for conversion.
Pembina Pipeline Corporation is a leading energy transportation and midstream service provider that has served North America's energy industry for more than 65 years. Pembina owns an integrated network of hydrocarbon liquids and natural gas pipelines, gas gathering and processing facilities, oil and natural gas liquids infrastructure and logistics services, and a growing export terminals business. Through our integrated value chain, we seek to provide safe and reliable infrastructure solutions which connect producers and consumers of energy across the world, support a more sustainable future and benefit our customers, investors, employees and communities. For more information, please visit pembina.com.
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KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, said he was deeply moved by a “solemn and sad” visit to the former site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, describing it Saturday as an important part of his work combating antisemitism for the Biden administration.
Emhoff told reporters he would never forget his emotional Friday visit to the memorial and museum at the site in Poland, where he saw children’s shoes and human hair stripped from people before they were killed in the Nazi German camp. Some 1.1 million people were killed there during World War II, around 90% of them Jews.
“I feel a deep connection to all those who perished in Auschwitz,” he said in opening remarks during a roundtable discussion in Krakow on antisemitism. “I know many American Jews feel the same way.”
Friday was the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the camp on Jan. 27, 1945, with observances which the second gentleman joined. He paid tribute to victims at an execution wall and placed a candle near the ruins of crematoria where hundreds of thousands of Jews were burned after being killed.
He followed that visit with other visits that helped him learn more about the tragic fate of Jews in Europe. On Saturday, he toured the Oskar Schindler Enamel Factory in Krakow, where he saw an exhibit about “Schindler’s List,” the 1,000 Jews saved by the German industrialist during the Holocaust.
Emhoff is the first Jewish spouse of either a U.S. president or vice president. He is on a six-day tour of Poland and Germany meant to further the Biden administration’s work combating antisemitism and to deepen ties with U.S. partners.
He also visited a new center run by the U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, where he was briefed about its efforts to help Ukrainian refugees. Emhoff approached a group of Ukrainian woman doing arts and crafts at a table and told them that he wanted to let them know on behalf of the U.S. president and vice president that “we are going to support” Ukrainians.
During the roundtable at Krakow’s Galicia Jewish Museum, he described antisemitism as a growing problem in the United States and across the world.
He denounced “so-called” leaders who use antisemitism to promote their agendas and those who lack the courage to confront them at a time of murderous attacks on Jewish communities, hateful threats and antisemitic lies.
“People used to be afraid to say the ugly epithets and lies out loud. Now, they are literally screaming them. We are witnessing an epidemic of hate in the United States and internationally,” Emhoff said.
He did not cite any specific incidents. But in recent months, former President Donald Trump hosted Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust-denying white supremacist, at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida; the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, expressed love for Adolf Hitler in an interview; basketball star Kyrie Irving appeared to promote an antisemitic film on social media.
Neo-Nazi trolls, meanwhile, are clamoring to return to Twitter as new CEO Elon Musk grants “amnesty” to suspended accounts. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-emhoff-says-somber-auschwitz-visit-key-to-antisemitism-work/ | 2023-01-29 11:00:13 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-emhoff-says-somber-auschwitz-visit-key-to-antisemitism-work/ |
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled against President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans.
The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, effectively killed the $400 billion plan, announced by Biden last year. The court held that the administration needs Congress' endorsement before undertaking so costly a program.
Biden had proposed erasing $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households earning less than $250,000. Borrowers who received Pell Grants to go to college would get up to $20,000 of their debt canceled. The White House has said some 26 million Americans applied or automatically qualified for relief.
The court's decision comes one day after it voted to strike down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
Who voted to strike down Biden's student loan forgiveness plan?
Justices appointed by Republican presidents voted to reject Biden's loan relief plan. These are:
- Chief Justice John Roberts
- Samuel Alito
- Clarence Thomas
- Neil Gorsuch
- Brett Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
Who voted to allow Biden's student loan forgiveness plan?
Justices appointed by Democrat presidents voted to allow the loan forgiveness plan. These include:
- Elena Kagan
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
When will student loan payments be resuming?
Following Friday's Supreme Court decision, borrowers will still have a few months to get their finances in order before payments are due and interest resumes on student loans.
The Department of Education previously confirmed that student loan interest will kick in starting Sept. 1, but borrowers won't need to make payments until October.
The department didn't provide a specific date for payments to begin in October.
In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for the DOE said the Biden administration was still working to ease the transition back to monthly payments for millions of Americans. The statement said the administration would be in touch directly with borrowers and loan providers ahead of October.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Regulus Therapeutics Inc. (RGLS) on Thursday reported a loss of $7.3 million in its second quarter.
On a per-share basis, the San Diego-based company said it had a loss of 50 cents.
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Take 5 Oil Change® expands total footprint to over 800 locations across the U.S. and Canada, with over 950 additional locations in pipeline, providing a multiyear runway for growth
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Driven Brands Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: DRVN) ("Driven Brands" or the "Company") the largest automotive aftermarket company in North America, announced today that Take 5 Oil Change® opened its 200th U.S. franchised location this week, in Hutto, Texas. Ranked in Entrepreneur magazine's 2022 list of the Fastest-Growing Franchises, Take 5 Oil Change® has doubled its U.S. franchise store count over the last year.
Since acquiring Take 5 Oil Change® in 2016 with its differentiated fast, friendly, 10-minute stay-in-you-car oil change model, Driven Brands has scaled the business from less than 50 locations to more than 800 company-operated and franchised locations across the U.S. and Canada today. Franchise openings have accelerated as the differentiated speed and service of the Take 5 Oil Change® offering continues to resonate with consumers and drive strong unit level economics and high return on investment.
"The Take 5 Oil Change® team has done a phenomenal job at taking a differentiated go-to-market strategy and building it into one of the most well-respected brands in the category. We offer a simple operating model with compelling unit level economics and operate in a highly fragmented industry that provides us with a significant runway for growth," said Danny Rivera, EVP and Group President of Maintenance at Driven Brands. "That momentum has continued with an expanded pipeline of over 950 future locations, primarily franchised, that provide us strong visibility into unit growth over the next few years."
Take 5 Oil Change® franchisees are often multi-unit developers and operators who commit to opening multiple locations in a geographic region. Given the strong return on investment, many franchisees are already signing their second multi-location development agreement. The 200th U.S. franchisee, Larry King is a longtime CARSTAR® franchise owner, who expanded his Driven Brands relationship to also own and manage four Take 5 Oil Change® locations, with two more to open later this year.
Take 5 Oil Change® is a quick lube service featuring a unique drive-thru concept that allows customers to never leave the comfort of their car. It offers a convenience to retail and commercial customers with a simple operating model and focused menu that enables industry-leading speed of service.
Driven Brands™, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, is the largest automotive services company in North America, providing a range of consumer and commercial automotive needs, including paint, collision, glass, vehicle repair, oil change, maintenance and car wash. Driven Brands is the parent company of some of North America's leading automotive service businesses including Take 5 Oil Change®, Take 5 Car Wash®, Meineke Car Care Centers®, Maaco®, 1-800-Radiator & A/C®, and CARSTAR®. Driven Brands has more than 4,600 locations across 15 countries, and services over 50 million vehicles annually. Driven Brands' network generates more than $1.7 billion in annual revenue from more than $5.0 billion in system-wide sales.
Established in 1984, Take 5 Oil Change® is a quick lube service featuring a unique drive-thru concept that allows customers to never leave the comfort of their car. The brand offers an on average 10-minute oil change service and ancillary services such as air filter replacement, wiper blade changes, and coolant exchanges. Take 5 has more than 800 company-owned and franchised service centers throughout the United States and Canada. For more information, visit www.take5oilchange.com.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence is preparing to fight a subpoena from the special counsel investigating former President Trump, setting up a complex, drawn-out legal fight as the Justice Department ramps up its probe.
Pence’s resistance to the subpoena, which is consistent with his previous reluctance to testify about the events surrounding Jan. 6, 2021, could come to define the powers and privileges that come with the vice presidency. But more immediately, it could throw a wrench into special counsel Jack Smith’s efforts to investigate Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Pence is planning to roll out a novel legal argument — one that hinges on his role on Jan. 6 as the presiding officer of the Senate.
His team is expected to argue that under his former position as president of the Senate, his work technically falls under the legislative branch, and he is therefore protected from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) subpoena under the “speech and debate” clause of the Constitution, according to a source familiar with the former vice president’s plans.
The clause, which offers protection from being questioned “in any other place” beyond legislative chambers, has traditionally been used by lawmakers.
“I really think that if Vice President Pence is successful in this, it will morph our understanding of separation of powers. I think that success for him is unlikely because the Constitution is very clear about which branch the vice president belongs to,” said Juliet Sorenson, a law professor at Northwestern University.
But some see the vice president’s unique, if only periodic, role in the Senate as affording such protections.
Roy Brownell, an expert in separations of powers who has penned a paper examining the vice president’s role, said courts have generally interpreted the clause broadly, with the protections previously extended to include activities beyond direct lawmaking and in some cases even applying to congressional staff.
“Some constitutional clauses are interpreted very narrowly and some broadly. And speech or debate has been interpreted broadly,” Brownell said.
“The key issue for Pence will be trying to demonstrate that his conversations with Trump constituted legislative activity.”
The vice president may choose “to spend 99 percent of his time not with legislative branch stuff,” Brownell noted, but the role includes unique features that indicate Senate membership. He also pointed to a statute laying out federal government organization that defines “member of Congress” as including the vice president.
“If you figure the fact you can break tie votes and the fact that he gets his paycheck from the Senate, those are pretty clear indications that at least when he’s acting in his legislative capacity in the Senate, that he is part of that branch,” Brownell said.
While Pence wrote at length in his memoir about his conversations with Trump and his interactions with Trump’s legal team leading up to Jan. 6, he has resisted testifying under oath about the events around that day.
While former Pence officials from the White House testified last year to the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 riots, the former vice president said Congress had “no right” to his own testimony.
“We have a separation of powers under the Constitution of the United States,” Pence told CBS News in November. “And I believe it would establish a terrible precedent for the Congress to summon a vice president of the United States to speak about deliberations that took place at the White House.”
The House committee investigating the attack never subpoenaed Pence, however, leaving the question over the compulsory process unconfronted until now.
Many attorneys, however, said Pence’s argument is a stretch.
They noted his role in the Senate comes with limitations not imposed on the chamber at large — including that the vice president isn’t allowed to speak or debate in the upper chamber without permission from a senator.
“I’m a skeptic,” said Neil Eggleston, who served as White House counsel under President Obama.
“Although the Constitution gives the vice president a role in vote counting, the Constitution does not make the vice president a senator. Senators are defined in Article One. The vice president is not a senator. And I read the speech and debate clause as only applying to senators and representatives. … I don’t think the language of the Constitution permits any other reading.”
Sorenson, the Northwestern professor, noted that the language of the subpoena itself will be important in determining the strength of Pence’s legal case, particularly if it references his duties in the Senate such as casting tie-breaking votes and certifying the election, or otherwise characterizes him as a legislator.
If Pence’s efforts to resist the subpoena are rebuffed, he could choose to appeal, leading to a drawn-out legal fight that could in turn hamper Smith’s efforts to try to wrap up his investigation.
Smith would then be forced to decide how critical Pence’s testimony is to his probe into Trump’s efforts to overturn the election and what role he had in the violent riots at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment.
Attorneys agreed, however, that a speech or debate claim from Pence would only go so far and may not protect him from inquiries Smith may have into Trump’s pressure campaign on the vice president.
“This theory does not keep him from testifying. The most it does is keep him from having to answer some questions,” Eggleston said.
“If you think about what they want to ask him about, it’s all the conversations between the election and Jan. 6 where Trump was leaning on him to declare that Trump had won and not certify the election and that kind of stuff. Those are the questions they really want to ask him about. And if he thought he was a senator that day, I’m not sure it would apply to conversations with Trump before [Jan. 6]. But I don’t think any of this matters because I think this language does not apply to him.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) recently hit a roadblock in his own efforts to claim the privilege, with a judge ordering him to appear before a Georgia grand jury investigating Trump’s interference in the 2020 election.
Brownell said a successful assertion would limit prosecutors to questions outside of Pence’s role in certifying the vote.
“If it involves President Trump’s conversation about Pence’s role in the electoral count as presiding officer, then that clearly has a legislative branch component. If it’s the public campaign Trump was waging or whatever dubious things Trump was doing with respect to state election officials and all that lunacy, that would not seem to have any claim to the electoral count,” he said.
Also looming over any decision to testify about Trump’s efforts to overturn the election are Pence’s own political plans. The former vice president is weighing a 2024 presidential campaign, which would pit him against his former boss in a fight for the GOP nomination.
Any protracted legal fight could keep Pence from testifying against Trump, whose own attorneys have already indicated they will assert executive privilege claims over the former vice president’s possible testimony.
That could be appealing in itself to Trump, who has been known to pursue court challenges that have the potential to outlast the underlying legal issue.
“I think it’s something that if Trump or Pence lose, they will take it to the Supreme Court under this sort of theory that delay is good,” Eggelston said. “And so why not?” | https://www.fox16.com/hill-politics/pence-plots-unusual-legal-strategy-in-fight-against-subpoena/ | 2023-02-15 14:19:29 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/hill-politics/pence-plots-unusual-legal-strategy-in-fight-against-subpoena/ |
Nine people rescued from fast-moving waters in San Diego County
Flooding along Los Peñasquitos River in Torrey Pines.
At least nine people were rescued Monday in three separate swift-water incidents in San Diego County, which is experiencing tremendous runoff due to back-to-back storms that turned out to be stronger than anticipated.
The latest storm — which arrived Sunday night and will last into Tuesday — also has produced debris flows and flooding throughout the region, the National Weather Service said.
The largest rescue involved seven people who became stuck on a small island in fast-moving water near 4700 Pacific Highway in San Diego just after 9 a.m. Some of the victims ended up in the water. Rescue crews quickly moved the people to safety.
About two hours earlier, an unidentified person got caught in swift waters flowing through the Otay Lakes area east of Chula Vista. Cal Fire said they found a vehicle in the water with the victim on top. The person was rescued and released after an assessment by paramedic crews.
Around 6 a.m., a swiftwater team rescued a woman whose car entered the San Diego River in Mission Valley. The car was in about 2 feet of water.
That area has received 2 to 3 inches of water over a 24-hour period, and the river was at flood stage — 12.77 feet, the weather service said.
The storm also triggered a debris flow along State Road 78 near Julian, blocking both lanes of traffic, the weather service said. Flooding also was a factor in the closure of a portion of Discovery Street in San Marcos, Harmony Grove Road in Escondido and Central Avenue near Bonita. Flooding also closed part of a popular horse trail in Carmel Valley.
The Alliance San Diego’s 35th Annual All Peoples Celebration in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was hosted as scheduled at the Balboa Park Activity Center, but the community information tables were moved inside.
The county also has been impacted by powerful winds.
The weather service said a downed tree slowed traffic at the intersection of Valley Center Road and Mac Tan Road in Valley Center. The area was hit by nearly 2 inches of rain over a 24-hour period and winds gusting nearly 30 mph.
Since late Sunday, the weather service has reported gusts to 74 mph on Palomar Mountain, 48 mph at Camp Pendleton, 44 mph at North Island and 39 mph at San Diego International Airport.
As for rainfall, through 9:18 a.m Monday, the two storms had dropped 10.62 inches of rain on Palomar Mountain, 7.31 inches at Lake Cuyamaca, 7.16 inches at Lake Henshaw, 6.32 inches at Otay Mountain, 6.08 inches at Mount Laguna, 5.72 inches at Lake Wohlford and 5.30 inches at Escondido.
The storm also dropped 3.96 inches at Santee, 3.86 inches at National City, 3.81 inches at Encinitas, 3.61 inches at San Onofre and 2.58 inches at San Diego International Airport.
On the coast, a high surf advisory will be in effect through 10 p.m. Tuesday. The waves have been slamming local beaches for days.
“A slight decrease in surf is possible on Monday before another west swell (though with a slightly shorter period) produces more elevated to high surf Monday night through Tuesday, mostly remaining below 10 feet,” the weather service said.
“The surf will gradually lower Tuesday night and Wednesday, with no high surf expected the rest of the week.”
Union-Tribune staff writer Lauren J. Mapp and City News Service contributed to this story.
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More Mid-Day Sunshine
We are starting out a little gloomy on this Wednesday, with low clouds, fog, and a little drizzle following the overnight rain. The clouds/fog will slowly clear out through the morning, allowing for a little more mid-day sunshine to return to the area. Wind will be a bit breezy out of the west, only to ease up and turn out of the north by the afternoon. This light north wind and early cloud cover, will keep our temperatures from warming up all that much, only the lower 40s for highs. | https://www.kaaltv.com/kaal-weather/more-mid-day-sunshine/ | 2023-03-22 22:51:02 | 1 | https://www.kaaltv.com/kaal-weather/more-mid-day-sunshine/ |
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and major consumer technology players on Tuesday launched an effort to put a nationwide cybersecurity certification and labeling program in place to help consumers choose smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking.
Officials likened the new U.S. Cyber Trust Mark initiative — to be overseen by the Federal Communications Commission, with industry participation voluntary — to the Energy Star program, which rates appliances’ energy efficiency.
“It will allow Americans to confidently identify which internet- and Bluetooth-connected devices are cybersecure,” deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger told reporters in a pre-announcement briefing.
Amazon, Best Buy, Google, LG Electronics USA, Logitech and Samsung are among industry participants.
Devices including baby monitors, home security cameras, fitness trackers, TVs, refrigerators and smart climate control systems that meet the U.S. government’s cybersecurity requirements will bear the “Cyber Trust” label, a shield logo, as early as next year, officials said.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said the mark will give consumers “peace of mind” and benefit manufacturers, whose products would need to adhere to criteria set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to qualify.
The FCC was launching a rule-making process to set the standards and seek public comment. Besides carrying logos, participating devices would have QR codes that could be scanned for updated security information.
In a statement, the Consumer Technology Association said consumers could expect to see certification-ready products at the industry’s annual January show, CES 2024, once the FCC adopts final rules. A senior Biden administration official said it was expected that products that qualify for the logo would undergo an annual re-certification.
The Cyber Trust initiative was first announced in October following a meeting between White House and tech industry representatives.
The proliferation of so-called smart devices has coincided with growing cybercrime in which one insecure device can often give a cyberintruder a dangerous foothold on a home network.
An April report from the cybersecurity firm Bitdefender and networking equipment company NetGear, based on their monitoring of smart homes, found that the most vulnerable devices in 2022 were, far and away, smart TVs, followed by smart plugs, routers and digital video recorders.
Providers of numerous smart home devices often don’t update and patch software fast enough to thwart newly emerging malware threats. The Cyber Mark standards are expected to make clear which devices patch vulnerable software in a timely fashion and secure their communications to preserve privacy, officials said. Also important will be informing consumers which devices are equipped to detect intrusions. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-admin-us-cyber-trust-label-program/507-d15955d6-05d3-4e09-b582-698e42d0a3ea | 2023-07-18 15:34:48 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-admin-us-cyber-trust-label-program/507-d15955d6-05d3-4e09-b582-698e42d0a3ea |
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