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DON'T WAIT — YOU MUST FILE A CLAIM BY AUGUST 7, 2023
KALAMAZOO, Mich., May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Kroll Settlement Administration regarding the Wayside Church v. Van Buren County Tax Foreclosure Settlement.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
On March 24, 2023, United States District Judge Paul L. Maloney entered an Order preliminarily approving a Settlement in a class action lawsuit called Wayside Church v. Van Buren County, Case No. 1:14-cv-01274, pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. This class action lawsuit alleges that many counties in Michigan violated the rights of property owners or heirs by failing to pay to the former owners or other interest holders the proceeds from the sale of the tax-foreclosed properties that exceeded the unpaid taxes, fees, and other costs associated with those properties. These claims have become known as "surplus-proceeds claims."
WHO IS INCLUDED?
You are included as a Class Member if you owned, inherited, or held an interest in property foreclosed on and sold by some Michigan Counties between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2020 by that County. (Common examples of interests in real property include ownership, mortgage interests, and other types of liens.) If the original owner or interest holder is deceased or no longer exists, then heirs or successors are included as Class Members.
Almost all counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the western half of Michigan's Lower Peninsula are participating in this Settlement. For a full list of Counties, visit www.TaxForeclosureSettlement.com.
WHAT DOES THE SETTLEMENT PROVIDE?
Each Class Member who submits a valid claim will usually receive 80% of the surplus proceeds from the sale of the property less the amount the court awards to cover attorney fees. If more than one valid claim is made for surplus proceeds from a property, the total amount available to pay claims connected with that property will be 80% of the surplus proceeds less the court-awarded attorney fees. The deadline to submit a Claim is August 7, 2023.
"This settlement is good news for everyone involved. It will allow thousands of former interest holders in tax foreclosed properties located in Michigan to receive money if their property was later sold and generated proceeds beyond the amount of the unpaid property taxes," said David H. Fink, one of the attorneys representing the Plaintiffs in this lawsuit. "If anyone thinks they might have a claim, they should go to the website or contact us for assistance."
WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?
- File a Claim: You must complete and submit a Claim to qualify for a payment under the Settlement. You may file your Claim online or download a claim form at www.TaxForeclosureSettlement.com. If you submit by U.S. mail, claim forms should be sent to Wayside Church v. Van Buren County, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391. Claims must be submitted by August 7, 2023.
- Opt Out: If you do not want to be bound by the Settlement, you must exclude yourself by July 22, 2023.
- Object: You may submit an objection and explain why you do not like the Settlement. You may still participate in the Settlement by filing a Claim. Objections must be submitted by July 22, 2023.
- Do Nothing: If you do nothing, you will not receive money, but you will be legally bound by decisions of the Court and will give up any right to sue for the claims resolved by this Settlement.
For instructions on how to file a Claim, opt out, or object: visit www.TaxForeclosureSettlement.com or call 1-833-709-0093.
WHEN IS THE FAIRNESS HEARING?
The Court will hold a hearing on November 8, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. at 174 Federal Building, 410 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49007 to hear any objections, determine if the Settlement is fair, and to consider attorney fees of 20% of each Settlement Payment. The motion for attorney fees will be posted to the settlement website after it is filed. Class Members may attend the Hearing, but they aren't required to.
This is only a summary. If you have questions or want more information about this lawsuit, the Settlement, and your rights under the Settlement, visit TaxForeclosureSettlement.com, call 1-833-709-0093, or write to: Wayside Church v. Van Buren County, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391.
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Investigation underway after semi drags car about 8 miles following Wednesday crash
By KCTV Staff
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — On Wednesday morning, Leawood police said a driver had been taken to the hospital after a crash involving a semi.
Officers stated the semi hit a silver, compact Kia at the intersection of an on-ramp from State Line Road to westbound I-435 just after 3:30 a.m.
The Kia became stuck underneath the rear of the trailer on the right side.
The semi continue to drive west on I-435 for about 8 miles, dragging the car under the edge of its trailer, before arriving at Lackman Road.
Officers said the person driving the Kia, a 28-year-old woman, was conscious and was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Any witnesses have been asked to contact investigators by emailing tips@leawood.org or calling 913-642-7700.
Thursday update: On Thursday afternoon, the Leawood Police Department shared “one photograph from the final stop location of the Kia under the trailer’s edge.” That has been added below.
They also shared two videos of the vehicle being dragged, which were taken by cameras along the road. The version of those videos that we put on-air has been added to this story.
“Please note: KC Scout has authorized the release of these videos bearing their logo, but the videos were NOT recorded by KC Scout,” the police department added. “They do not record the videos.”
They also said a crash report is still being worked on and has not been shared with the media yet.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World's self-governing district, punishing the company over its opposition to the so-called “Don't Say Gay” law.
The bill requires DeSantis, a Republican, to appoint a five-member board to oversee the government services that the Disney district provides in its sprawling theme park properties in Florida.
"Today the corporate kingdom finally comes to an end," he said at a bill signing ceremony in Lake Buena Vista. "There's a new sheriff in town, and accountability will be the order of the day."
The signing came as DeSantis gears up for an expected presidential run and marks a high-profile legislative victory for a governor whose leveraging of cultural and political divides has pushed him to the fore of national Republican politics. DeSantis, whose book, "The Courage to be Free," is coming out Tuesday, has moved in recent weeks to expand his national profile and political network through fundraisers and meetings with donors, elected officials and conservative influencers.
The takeover of the Disney district began last year when the entertainment giant publicly opposed "Don't Say Gay," which bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade and lessons deemed not age-appropriate.
DeSantis moved to quickly to penalize the company, directing lawmakers in the GOP-dominated Legislature to dissolve Disney's self-governing district during a special legislative session last year, beginning a closely watched restructuring process.
In February, DeSantis called on lawmakers to again return to deal with Disney and finalize state control over the district in another hastily called special session that signaled the governor's willingness to wield the power of state government to accomplish political goals, a strategy that is expected to continue in the coming months ahead of his potential White House run.
The new law changes the district’s name from the Reedy Creek Improvement District to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and subjects it to various layers of state oversight. Board members are currently named through entities controlled by Disney.
It leaves the district and its financial abilities and debt obligations intact, addressing a chief concern of surrounding governments. It also prevents people who have worked with or contracted with a theme park in the past three years from serving on the district’s new governing board.
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City of Wichita Falls celebrates 140th birthday
Published: Sep. 27, 2022 at 6:34 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - It’s a special day for the City of Wichita Falls.
The city is celebrating its 140th birthday on Tuesday. Sept. 27 is the day Wichita Falls was incorporated.
“As the 40th mayor of Wichita Falls, it is my honor and privilege to wish a 140th birthday to the city of Wichita Falls,” Mayor Stephen Santellana said.
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LumineticsCore™ (Formerly IDx-DR)'s New Look Adds a Human Touch to Technology
CORALVILLE, Iowa, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Diagnostics – a leading AI diagnostics company on a mission to transform global healthcare – has rebranded its flagship product, the AI diagnostic system formerly known as IDx-DR, to LumineticsCore™.
The name references the words "illuminate", which means to supply or brighten with light, and "cybernetics", which is the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things. The "Core" identifier denotes LumineticsCore as the first in the Luminetics product line and represents the central nature of the flagship diagnostic system within the Digital Diagnostics suite of products. Adding identifiers to current and future product brand names provides clarity for users as well as product brand differentiation in the market. The new name, LumineticsCore, better illustrates how the system uses science, technology, and imaging to autonomously diagnose disease.
"We want our current and future product brands to be reflective of the Digital Diagnostics mission and we have thoughtfully considered how to pay tribute to the company brand in the renaming of our flagship product," said Jacque Engle, vice president of marketing at Digital Diagnostics. "The product that the market has come to know as IDx-DR has not changed, however the refreshed brand name and logomark help to further tell the story of AI diagnostics, highlighting the creativity and humanity of the LumineticsCore system."
A newly designed LumineticsCore logo serves as a visual representation of the holistic approach that Digital Diagnostics brings to healthcare. The logo employs the same spherical shape as the Digital Diagnostics company logo, which is meant to illustrate a continuous and encompassing cycle of care.
The logo mark is represented in blue to convey clarity and calm and is reminiscent of the side view of an eye with the hash marks on the left representing the allowance of light to illuminate the retina. The hashmarks are also intended to represent steppingstones on the patient's journey of care, from the first meeting to the final diagnosis.
"As we continue to develop our product pipeline and bring new systems to market, we want to establish product branding that is relatable and strongly represents our mission and brand," continued Engle. "Often, with the former product name, IDx-DR, letters were easily interchanged, and it conveyed a more clinical, robotic feel. We want our customers, patients, industry experts, and the entire healthcare ecosystem to feel comfortable speaking about and interacting with our products. That starts with a name that is approachable, easy to understand, and comforting, which is why IDx-DR is now LumineticsCore."
The updated LumineticsCore branding more clearly represents Digital Diagnostics' dedication to transforming the accessibility, affordability, equity, and quality of global healthcare through the application of technology in the medical diagnosis and treatment process. The Indications for Use and autonomous AI technology behind LumineticsCore™ (formerly IDx-DR) are unchanged. To find out more about LumineticsCore visit www.digitaldiagnostics.com
About Digital Diagnostics Inc.
Digital Diagnostics Inc. is a pioneering AI diagnostics company on a mission to transform the quality, accessibility, equity, and affordability of global health care through the application of technology in the medical diagnosis and treatment process. The company, originally founded by Michael Abramoff, MD, PhD, a neuroscientist, practicing fellowship-trained retina specialist, and computer engineer, is led by him and co-founders John Bertrand and Seth Rainford.
LumineticsCore™ (formerly IDx-DR) is an FDA-cleared AI-based diagnostic system designed for use at the front lines of care to detect diabetic retinopathy (including macular edema), a common complication of diabetes and a leading cause of blindness. LumineticsCore is cleared by the FDA to make a diagnosis without the need for a clinician to also interpret the image or result, making it usable by health care providers who may not normally be involved in eye care. For more information and the latest news follow: https://digitaldiagnostics.com/
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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) _ Xponential Fitness Inc. (XPOF) on Thursday reported a loss of $7.1 million in its third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Irvine, California-based company said it had a loss of $1.53. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 10 cents per share.
The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 12 cents per share.
The franchisor of boutique fitness brands posted revenue of $63.8 million in the period, which beat Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $55.2 million.
Xponential Fitness expects full-year revenue in the range of $235 million to $240 million.
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Innovative upcycled fruit brand leaves snackers 's-peach-less' with latest 'peel-powered' offering
NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- What's all the fuzz about? RIND® Snacks is excited to announce its first exclusive product launch – Peach Chips – in partnership with health-first membership for conscious living, Thrive Market. The limited-time offering delivers sweet, summery, stone fruit flavors with a unique crispy crunch. RIND Peach Chips embody whole fruit snacking at its finest, with single-ingredient California peaches and nothing added – just as Mother Nature intended! Each 3 oz bag of RIND Peach Chips contains healthy sources of vitamins A and C, as well as nine grams of fiber per bag and only 100 calories per serving. Peach Chips, like all of RIND®'s products, contain no added sugars or preservatives and are naturally vegan, gluten-free, Kosher certified and non-GMO verified.
"The time was ripe for a bolder, fresher take on fruit snacking – one that is better aligned with consumers' preferences for pure, whole fruit with big, bright flavor," noted Matt Weiss, RIND®'s founder & CEO. "The idea of taking one of the most beloved staples of summer, like yellow peaches, and creating a tangy, thin-cut chip was there for the picking! We're thrilled to be partnering with the online leader in sustainable, healthy and affordable shopping, Thrive Market, for our first-ever exclusive launch."
RIND®'s mission is to maximize nutrition and minimize waste through the 'Power of the Peel.' The brand uses upcycled, rescued produce while retaining a fruit's natural, nutrient-rich skin through a proprietary, low-heat dehydration process. With its rapid growth and distribution, RIND® is on track to divert over one million pounds of edible food waste from landfills this year. The brand is helping pave the way for a new generation of 'conscious consumers' focused on whole fruit nutrition and upholding sustainable, transparent best practices.
"We love bringing to 'fruit-ion' innovative and healthy products that align seamlessly with our core values," shared James Ren, Thrive Market director of branded merchandising. "These addictive, upcycled Peach Chips from RIND® are a fun and functional seasonal snack we're proud to exclusively offer to our members."
Peach Chips are RIND®'s latest venture beyond the traditional, chewy dried fruit category, building on last year's launch of crispy, thin-cut Fruit Chips in vibrant flavors, including Orange and Kiwi. RIND®'s limited-edition Peach Chips will be available exclusively at Thrive Market beginning Tuesday, July 5, while supplies last.
About RIND®
RIND® is a line of functional and sustainable whole-fruit snacks that encourage consumers to 'Keep it Real & Eat the Peel.' Launched in NYC in 2018, RIND® is the result of a multigenerational family focus on delicious, all-natural foods that sustain personal and planetary health. By gently dehydrating whole fruit with its nutrient-rich skins intact, RIND® is packed with fiber and vitamins and helps fight food waste by using upcycled, whole produce that would otherwise go to waste. The company's products are non-GMO Verified, Kosher, naturally vegan and gluten-free. For more information, visit rindsnacks.com or follow them on social media @rindsnacks.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony Santander hit a two-run double to spark Baltimore’s three-run first inning, Spenser Watkins and four relievers scattered six hits and the Orioles extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 7-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.
It’s the Orioles’ longest winning streak in a single season since they won 13 in a row from Sept. 7-22, 1999.
According to ESPN Stats & Info, the only team with a longer current drought without a double-digit win streak in a season is Miami, which has never had one.
With the victory, the Orioles (45-44) also went over the .500 mark for the first time since April 8, 2021, when they were 4-3. Baltimore finished off the game to chants of “Let’s Go O’s!” at Wrigley Field, where the Orioles were playing their first series since 2014.
“We feel every bit of Birdland, especially here,” Watkins said. “You have ‘O’ chants going on in Wrigley Field. That’s pretty cool.”
The Cubs lost their sixth consecutive game, their longest skid since dropping 10 straight games June 4-16.
Watkins (3-1) limited the Cubs to four hits in five-plus innings. Watkins is 3-0 with a 1.19 ERA in his last four starts since being recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on June 25. He allowed a single to Ian Happ to start the sixth and was lifted in favor of Dillion Tate.
“Spenser was fantastic,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “He set the tone. He put zeroes up early.”
Tate, Cionel Perez, Joey Krehbiel and Bryan Baker combined to allow two hits the rest of the way.
“We’re pitching with confidence,” Hyde said. “We’re aggressive. We’re pitching with emotion. I think our pitching has really turned the corner.”
Meanwhile, Cubs starter Justin Steele (3-6) — pitching on eight days rest after his girlfriend gave birth Monday to the couple’s first child — retired the final 11 batters he faced over six innings.
“The best of my life,” Steele said of the last few days. “Becoming a dad was just so special. Bawled my eyes out as soon as it happened. We decided on the name, Beau. Literally so ready to get back home to him right now and just love on him.”
But the damage was done in the first two innings. Three of the first four batters reached base, prompting pitching coach Tommy Hottovy to make a mound visit after Santander’s double. But Austin Hays followed with a single, and Santander scored after left fielder Happ misplayed the hit.
The Orioles extended their lead in the second when Trey Mancini hit a double to score Rougned Odor and Cedric Mullins, who was initially ruled to have beaten the relay throw from shortstop Nico Hoerner to catcher Willson Contreras. But a replay overturned the safe call on Mullins, and Steele got Ryan Mountcastle to ground to short to end the inning.
The Cubs scored their lone run off Watkins in the fifth when Christopher Morel tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Rafael Ortega.
The Orioles added three runs with two outs in the eighth on a double by Adley Rutschman, a single by Odor and a balk by reliever Daniel Norris.
HENDRICKS OUT INDEFINITELY
Cubs ace Kyle Hendricks will need at least two or three weeks before he can consider playing catch, manager David Ross said. Hendricks hasn’t pitched since July 5, when he threw only three innings at Milwaukee because of a right shoulder strain.
Hendricks, 32, missed a start in early June because of shoulder fatigue but still leads the team with 84 1/3 innings pitched.
HAPP HUMBLED BY EPSTEIN TEXT
Happ was moved by a congratulatory text message on his All-Star selection from Theo Epstein, the Cubs’ former president of baseball operations who oversaw his selection as the ninth overall pick in the 2015 draft.
“And I thanked him for giving me the chance here and to be able to do it in front of these fans and this city,” Happ said of Epstein, now a consultant with Major League Baseball.
Happ rebounded from a miserable 2021 season, when he had a slash line of .175/.284/.318 on Aug. 11.
“He’s becoming an all-around player, and I don’t know I could have said that last year,” Ross said.
RETURN OF THE STOLEN BASE
Jorge Mateo (22) and Mullins (18) have accounted for 40 of the Orioles’ 55 stolen bases, and Hyde will continue to give them the green light.
“Those two guys are such elite base stealers, it’s weapon for us, and a weapon for them,” Hyde said. “I still think it’s an important part of the game.”
MOVES
Cubs: Norris was activated from the 15-day injured list. RHP Matt Swarmer was optioned to Triple-A Iowa.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: INF Nick Madrigal (left groin strain) will spend the rest of the week building strength and volume with the training staff in Chicago. … RHP Ethan Roberts underwent Tommy John surgery in Arlington, Texas.
UP NEXT
The Orioles haven’t named a starter for Friday’s series opener against the Rays.
The Cubs will start RHP Keegan Thompson in Thursday’s series opener against the Mets. Thompson allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings Friday in a 4-3 loss to the Dodgers.
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Comedian Freddie Roman, the former dean of The Friars Club and a staple of the Catskills comedy scene, has died. He was 85.
Roman died Saturday afternoon at Bethesda Hospital in Boynton Beach, Florida, his booking agent and friend Alison Chaplin said Sunday. His daughter told the entertainment trade Deadline that he suffered a heart attack that morning.
Roman made his name performing at hotels and resorts in the Catskill Mountains, also referred to as the Borscht Belt for the largely Jewish crowd that vacationed there and the comics such as Mel Brooks and Don Rickles who entertained them. He later performed at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Bally’s Grand in Atlantic City, and he roasted the likes of Rob Reiner, Chevy Chase, Jerry Stiller and Hugh Hefner. He also conceived of “Catskills on Broadway,” where he and his friends Dick Capri, Marilyn Michaels and Mal Z. Lawrence brought their nostalgia-tinged, Catskills-flavored standup to New York. He also appeared in various television shows and films over the years, including “Red Oaks” on Amazon.
“A great loss to the world of comedy,” Paul Reiser wrote on Twitter. “He was such a huge supporter & mentor when I was starting out. A GREAT comic, the ultimate pro with the biggest heart. I will miss our phone calls and his big, beauty laugh.”
Born Fred Kirschenbaum on May 28, 1937 in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in Jamaica, Queens, Roman got a taste for stand-up comedy early thanks to his family. His uncle and grandfather owned the Crystal Spring Hotel in the Catskills, where Roman started emceeing at age 15.
In “Catskills on Broadway,” Roman commented about everything from his childhood in Queens to his “retirement life” in Florida.
“I took a cholesterol test,” Roman quipped. “My number came back 911.”
The New York Times, in its review of the show in 1991, wrote, “Catskill resorts may be fighting the recession, but Catskill comedy has not lost its flair.”
The show, he’d later say, changed his life. It went to Broadway and then toured around the country, and Roman would continue performing for years to come. He was also made Dean of the New York City Friars Club, where he mentored many aspiring comedians and infused the private club with young talent.
One of those young comedians was Jeffrey Ross, who said of Roman in 2003 that, “When I was becoming a member, there weren’t many of us who were younger. … But Freddie would always come over and spend time with me and my friends and be real lovable.”
Capri, in the same interview, said Roman was the perfect comedy ambassador.
“He’s the social director of the world,” Capri said. “And he loves every second of it.”
The stint lasted a bit longer than he expected. Roman joked of his tenure that, “Eleven years ago I became president for two years. I’m like the Fidel Castro of comedians. I’m president for life.” In 2014, he was succeeded by Larry King.
But, he told Atlantic City Weekly in 2011, the greatest job he ever had was opening for Frank Sinatra, when his regular opening comedian Tom Dreesen wasn’t available. Roman learned about the opportunity on a layover in Chicago, left the plane and boarded another for Philadelphia to make the show in Atlantic City with just a few hours to spare.
He left the stage to see Sinatra laughing. The singer even called him back for another bow.
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If you're looking for the plot that's the surest to suck people in, you could do worse than centering on a contest. Be it Rocky, Pitch Perfect or Squid Game, such stories possess a built-in suspense and drama. They make us ask, "Who's going to win?"
This question comes luxuriously bottled in Drops of God, a pleasurable new Apple TV+ mini-series about a contest set in the world of upmarket wine with its connoisseur vintages, voluminous snobberies and undercurrents of business chicanery. Although the basic idea is taken from a hit Japanese manga, the show is a French-made production that changes the story in huge ways. Where this comic ran a seemingly endless 44 volumes, the series clocks in at eight episodes and — amazingly — it actually ends there. More importantly, the series changes the lead character from a Japanese man to a French woman.
The plot begins with the death of Alexandre Léger, a powerful French wine critic based in Tokyo. He leaves behind him a 87,000-bottle cellar worth nearly $150 million and an exceedingly manipulative will. To decide who shall inherit his estate, Léger has devised three nearly impossible tests that range from identifying arcane vintages to teasing out clues hidden in a painting.
The contestants are the two people he seemingly cared about most. First is his estranged daughter, Camille, played by Fleur Geffrier, whose palate Alexandre trained so fanatically as a little girl that she turned against wine. The other is his protege, Issei Tomine — that's Tomohisa Yamashita — a cool, self-possessed young man who comes from a haughty, high-born family that hates his interest in wine.
Where Issei is analytical and erudite, the more emotional Camille knows almost nothing about wine but was born with a palate so sensitive that, during the contest, she gets called "the Mozart of wine." Give her a taste and she plunges into a surreal headspace rather like Anya Taylor-Joy's chess whiz in The Queen's Gambit.
Awash in paparazzi, this high-stakes contest carries the competitors from sleek Tokyo mansions to picturesque French vineyards to ancient Italian cities. It also takes them into the past, as both Camille and Issei must unpack painful family histories that change how they see themselves and their futures. Even as each encounters fresh romantic possibilities, the show uses Camille's ignorance of wine to help show us its charms and rituals.
Now, Drops of God is a high-gloss drama — expensive, lushly-shot and skillfully acted, even if Camille and Issei are characters tinged with cultural cliché. It's almost the opposite of the original manga, written by the brother-sister team of Shin and Yuko Kibayashi, which is delightfully goofy and freewheeling. Although serious about wine, they use humor to counteract their fetishism of famous wineries and vintages.
Not surprisingly, this French version takes a more serious approach. Wine is essential to France's national identity, which may explain why the show's vision of wine sometimes becomes almost sacramental. Clearly hoping to avoid the charge of wine-porn voyeurism, Drops of God makes a point of telling us that the true meaning of wine isn't found in its posh labels, but in the way drinking it binds people together. Of course, a couple minutes after somebody says this, the show cracks open a bottle that will cost you 600 bucks.
It's always delicate to transpose a story from one culture to another. Part of what makes Drops of God fascinating is seeing how the series finesses the fact that the contest must produce a winner. After all, if Camille wins, the show will have appropriated a manga about two Japanese contestants, then transformed it into a story about France's unbeatable superiority in wine. Not cool. If Issei wins, the show risks alienating France by suggesting that a Japanese wine expert is greater than a French one with the intuitive genius of a Mozart. Impossible.
Deep into the series, the lawyer who's executing the will says he's overseen many such battles and that they never end well for either the loser or the winner. "Legacy," he says, "is a tragedy." By the end of the show's slightly hokey final episode, we not only find out whether the lawyer is right, but learn what we really want to know all along: Who's walking away with the wine?
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(The Hill) – Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) accidentally filled in a service trench he mistook for a pothole in his Los Angeles neighborhood, the city told NBC Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The “Terminator” actor on Tuesday posted a video to Twitter of himself filling in a hole in the road, saying, “I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it. Here you go.”
But Schwarzenegger unintentionally filled a trench purposely created by SoCal Gas, the City of Los Angeles said in a statement to NBC Los Angeles.
“This location is not a pothole,” a city spokesperson told the outlet. “It’s a service trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed at the location by SoCal Gas, who expects the work to be completed by the end of May.”
In his Twitter video, Schwarzenegger said the hole in question had been there for weeks.
“Today, after the whole neighborhood has been upset about this giant pothole that’s been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks, I went out with my team and fixed it,” Schwarzenegger captioned the video.
The video also showed a neighbor rolling down her window to thank Schwarzenegger and his team for their efforts.
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Parkview Health Services Secures Strategic Investment from ArtesRx and Flexpoint Ford
Published: Jun. 28, 2023 at 8:00 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
AMHERST, N.Y., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Parkview Health Services, LLC ("Parkview" or "PHS"), an innovative provider of specialized pharmacy services, is excited to announce a strategic growth investment from ArtesRx, LLC ("ArtesRx"), an affiliate of Flexpoint Ford ("Flexpoint"), a private equity firm specializing in investments in the healthcare and financial services industries. The transaction closed on June 23, 2023.
Flexpoint partnered with experienced pharmacy executive, Dom Meffe, to establish ArtesRx as a new company to acquire, scale and support pharmacy businesses that serve complex patient populations. Mr. Meffe has built and led several successful specialty pharmacies as CEO including ModernHEALTH and CuraScript. He will serve as CEO of ArtesRx and make an investment in the company alongside Flexpoint. "ArtesRx was founded to bring dedicated resources to pharmacy businesses across the country in order to build a national, patient-focused platform that differentiates based on clinical excellence and customer service," said Dom Meffe, CEO of ArtesRx. "We have been impressed with Parkview's culture and its deep commitment to the communities it serves, and we are excited to partner with Paul O'Leary and the PHS team in their mission to expand their high-touch service model into new markets."
Parkview provides pharmacy services to patients who are treated in group homes, mental health clinics, addiction services provider offices and other care settings. With a patient-centric approach and a reputation for delivering tailored solutions to its customers, PHS is well-positioned for continued growth. The company will remain headquartered in Amherst, New York and continue to be led by CEO Paul O'Leary and the current management team.
"We are thrilled to partner with ArtesRx and Flexpoint, and we look forward to leveraging their domain knowledge and expertise in growing pharmacy and outsourced pharmacy services businesses," commented Paul O'Leary. "This new investment not only ensures that we can continue providing our customers and patients with the exceptional care they have come to expect from our team over the past 38 years, but also enables us to accelerate growth both organically and through complementary acquisitions."
"We couldn't be more excited about partnering with Paul O'Leary and the Parkview team and establishing ArtesRx with Dom Meffe," said Michael Fazekas, Managing Director at Flexpoint. "We have been actively searching for the ideal starting platform for ArtesRx and have found it in Parkview. Parkview has built a strong position in its markets through its differentiated ability to serve complex patient populations and help deliver improved clinical outcomes, and we believe Parkview's demonstrated care model can address unmet needs in other markets across the country."
Lincoln International LLC served as financial advisor and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP served as legal counsel to Parkview Health Services. Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Bass, Berry & Sims PLC served as legal counsel to Flexpoint Ford.
About Parkview Health Services
Parkview Health Services, LLC ("PHS"), based in Amherst, New York, owns and operates three pharmacies; Parkview Health Services, Riverview Professional Pharmacy, and Parkview RX Niagara Falls. With over 38 years of experience, PHS pharmacies provide comprehensive medication solutions to group homes, mental health clinics, addiction services providers, and other congregate care settings in addition to patients who need assistance managing their medications at home. For more information, visit www.parkviewhs.com.
Flexpoint Ford is a private equity investment firm that has approximately $7.5 billion of regulatory assets under management and specializes in privately negotiated investments in the healthcare and financial services industries. Since the firm's formation in 2005, Flexpoint Ford has completed investments across a broad range of investment sizes, structures and asset classes. Flexpoint Ford has offices in Chicago, Illinois, and New York, New York. For more information, visit www.flexpointford.com.
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An African American musical group in Michigan that's been singing spirituals since the Civil Rights era is about to give its final concert.
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Nicolas Cage has been in well over 100 movies, including Valley Girl, Raising Arizona, Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation, Con Air, Face/Off and many more. But only one of his films evokes so much emotion from fans it leaves him feeling pain.
The 59-year-old Academy Award winner spoke with ET's Rachel Smith on Monday at the New York City premiere of his upcoming horror-comedy film Renfield, and he recalled the bizarre incident that would unfold courtesy of fans enthralled by his 1987 rom-com film, Moonstruck, which also starred the legendary Cher.
"For the longest time, back from Moonstruck, I would walk to the airport and people just had a habit of saying, 'Snap out of it!' from Moonstruck -- the Cher 'snap out of it' [line] -- and I did get slapped a few times," said Cage, whose revelation left his Renfield co-star, Nicholas Hoult, in utter shock.
"No, no!" Hoult reacted.
"Oh yeah, I did," Cage confirmed. "And that, you know, it's part of the job."
As for what could possibly have compelled fans to do such a thing, Cage has floated around a theory.
"I think maybe [they think] I'll cast them in something," he quipped. "Who knows?"
But when it comes to one of his favorite lines ever, Cage recites his iconic line from the 1990 film Wild at Heart, when he's on the dance floor and responds after his snakeskin jacket gets criticized before a brawl breaks out: "And for me it's a symbol of my individuality and my belief and personal freedom."
Meanwhile, Cage is adding to his long list of films, with the Chris McKay-directed Renfield, in which he plays Count Dracula and Renfield's (played by Hoult) narcissistic boss. It's a role Cage salivated over the moment he read the Dracula novel.
"As soon as I read the book Dracula, I thought there was something so deep in the character that was profound and compelling," Cage said. "Dracula, although it's a supernatural character, he's really saying something about the human experience, which is if you supplant an addiction to blood with an addiction to alcohol, or heroin, or sex, you can see that those are human issues that people contend with, and then you factor in eternal life or eternal undead experience, you're going to get ... your heart broken time and time again and be betrayed. And I think that's something people can also relate to."
Renfield hits theaters April 14.
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73-Year-Old Casper Woman Seeking Identities of Three ‘Angels’ Who Shoveled Her Walk
It happened again! Just last week we reported that four kiddos had volunteered to shovel their neighbors' walkways on Thanksgiving, just because "It was the right thing to do."
And now, perhaps inspired by that story, perhaps not, another group of people offered to do the very same thing for a woman they didn't even know.
A woman named Gina Brady took to Facebook to praise three men who volunteered to shovel her mother's walk and driveway.
"My husband was getting ready to go clear my parents driveway this morning," Brady wrote on Casper Classifieds. "I called my mom to let her know he would be on his way and she said there was no need because God sent her 3 angels. I am not sure who they were, but this morning, 3 gentlemen driving a black Chevrolet truck, saw my 73-year-old mom shoveling a path and they stopped and asked if they could help."
Naturally, the woman said yes.
"My mom took them up on their offer and all 3 grabbed shovels and cleared her driveway and walkways lickety split," Brady wrote. "She asked what she owed them and they told her 'Not a thing. Merry Christmas!' If you were one of the gentlemen who did this act of kindness for the lady on Long Lane, may God bless you twofold! Your kindness and generosity are overwhelming and beyond appreciated. Thank you hardly seems to be enough."
Because that's what Casper does. That's who Casper is. It's doing things just because they're "the right thing to do." It's seeing an older woman shoveling her walk and immediately jumping into action because, even though she's certainly a strong independent woman, sometimes three heads are better than one, and sometimes six arms are better than two.
Brady said that both she and her mother would like to know the identities of the men, even if to only tell them thank you one more time.
"All she can tell me is that these three gentlemen were in a newer black extended cab truck that was towing a utility trailer," Brady told K2 Radio News. "She's not sure of the type of truck and she said there were no business signs on it, but she's seen the vehicle in the neighborhood before."
Read More: “It Was the Right Thing To Do,” Casper Kids Spend Thanksgiving Shoveling Neighbors’ Sidewalks
She said that the three men and shovels with them and, upon seeing her mother, immediately got to work on her walkway and driveway.
"We are all just overwhelmed by the kindness they showed and we would love to figure out who they are so we can give them a proper thank you," Brady said.
If you are, or if you know one or all of those three men, reach out to Gina Brady. But even if you choose to remain anonymous, just know that your simple act of kindness really, truly impacted many people.
There are random acts of kindness, and those are great. But sometimes, somebody offers an intentional act of kindness, and that's exactly what this situation seems to be.
Casper agrees. Brady posted the story just a couple hours ago, and it already has almost 1,000 likes. There are numerous comments as well, which serve as a testament to the fact that these three men impacted more than just the woman they helped. They inspired an entire community.
"That's awesome, I love those acts of kindness," one woman wrote. "There truly are some wonderful people out there. Such a blessing!!"
Another woman stated that "Nowadays, people don't understand how far a little kindness goes a long way."
One man invoked his civic pride, writing that "That is why we live in Wyoming!"
Yet another person wrote that "There still are good people in the world! Nice to hear positive things instead of negative all the time."
And that's true for us, too. Working in news is hard sometimes. You are constantly inundated with sad stories, with angry stories, with scary stories. Whether it's a death, a car crash, a drug bust, books being banned, or something else entirely, constantly writing about these stories takes its toll. And that's why we're so quick to print stories like these. Because they show what this community is really about. And they prove that, more often than not, people are good. People are kind. People want to help each other. Stories like this are proof of that, and it's why we value them so much.
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LONDON (AP) — Here is one way to look at what Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and the now-retired Roger Federer accomplished: The group known as the Big Three of men’s tennis accumulated so many Grand Slam titles — 63 in all — that it seems unlikely anyone will reach the standards they set.
Not anytime soon, certainly.
Here was another way to think about things as the professional level of the sport began its post-Federer life on Saturday, following the last match of his career: What he and the other two members of that distinguished trio, along with Serena Williams, managed to do was demonstrate that it is possible to dominate for decades, not merely years, at a time.
And the 41-year-old Federer, for one, thinks up-and-coming players can learn from the way he and the others of his era went about it, from their self-belief and attitudes about setting goals to their training, nutrition and other methods of ensuring longevity.
He laughed when relaying a conversation with Bjorn Borg, who is the captain of Team Europe at the Laver Cup, about what life was like back when he was winning his 11 major championships from 1974 to 1981 before retiring in his 20s. During an interview with The Associated Press this week, Federer recalled a conversation in which Borg talked about getting one weekly massage and maybe the occasional hot bath during his time on tour.
Federer’s massage routine over his quarter-century as a player?
“Every day, probably. Sometimes I would get tired of them, so I would say, ‘Can we skip a day today?’ You know what I mean? I will not miss those. I mean, I loved my massages from time to time, but come on; number 1,423 gets a little bit like, ‘Jesus. I’d rather do something different,’” Federer said, then added through a self-aware grin: “Complaining at a high level here.”
When Pete Sampras won the 2002 U.S. Open in his last match, he collected his 14th Slam trophy, two more than any other man in the history of tennis to that point. Indeed, there were those who wondered at the time whether that mark would ever be broken.
Seems quaint now. Here we are, 20 years later, and Federer wound up with 20; Djokovic has 21; Nadal leads with 22. The latter two are still adding to their counts: Nadal, 36, won the Australian Open in January and the French Open in June; Djokovic, 35, won Wimbledon in July.
“No. 1, it’s easier nowadays to run through different surfaces. Pete only made one semi at the French. Borg never went to Australia. ... And,” Federer said, “it was less professional back in the ’70s.”
Federer also made this point: He, Nadal, Djokovic and Williams, and the rise of social media, all contributed to a change in the paradigm of Grand Slam importance vis a vis other tournaments and made chasing those records — and talking about chasing those records — more widely accepted and matter-of-course.
“It’s a different world now,” Federer said.
In bygone days, he said, “It was not about records. This whole record thing started, I’d say, with Sampras wanting to surpass the 12 of (Roy) Emerson. This is what set up this generation that we see with Novak and Rafa right now. For me, I don’t remember much, when I came up in the ’90s, about all these records. I remember Pete was kind of chasing them, but I was not aware of it. They just said, ‘Oh, you play like Pete, so you’re going to be ‘the next Pete Sampras.’ I was like, ‘Oh, OK.'”
With that, he rolled his eyes.
Then Federer continued discussing Sampras: “I don’t even remember how many Slams he had at that time. I don’t even remember where he passed that record. It was a big moment, I’m sure, but I, a historian of the game, don’t really remember it.”
Players have changed. Media coverage has changed. Fans’ attention has changed.
“We behave different, in the process, as well, and we are driven in a different way. I don’t think you were planning years ahead: ‘OK, I have 10 years ahead, so let’s break it down. What do I have to do to achieve such a thing?’ Back in the day, it was ‘OK, what are we playing next week?’” Federer said. “I just think it’s different and that’s why I think we’ll see more successful players in the future and they’ll be able to play longer, because they’ll maintain their bodies.”
For the current crop of new talent, including U.S. Open champion and No. 1-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who is just 19, or French Open and U.S. Open runner-up Casper Ruud, who is No. 2 at age 23, the example is there.
Now the question is: Can they follow it?
“They brought it to a whole different level and showed that anything is possible. Just imagine if one of the three was not there, how many the two other ones would have. They would probably be close to 30. ... It gives young players like myself and the younger generation inspiration to see how well it’s possible to play,” Ruud said. “I don’t think that record will be broken, ever, but let’s see in the future. Anything can happen.”
Felix Auger-Aliassime, a U.S. Open semifinalist at age 21 last year, agrees that having something to aspire to is helpful.
As is having role models, which Team World vice captain Patrick McEnroe pointed out the Big Three are in terms of sportsmanship and the “way the game is actually played on the court.”
“Now the younger players are training hard, always trying to improve, being more and more professional,” Auger-Aliassime said. “It does raise the bar of the level and the competitiveness of the sport, which I think pushes the sport forward.”
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More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Federer-Nadal-Djokovic-set-new-bar-for-next-17464441.php | 2022-09-24 21:19:48 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Federer-Nadal-Djokovic-set-new-bar-for-next-17464441.php |
Some find it comforting and more productive to work in an office environment, but there is a growing movement worldwide to work on the go. It might not be for everyone, but many enjoy the freedom of working from wherever they please.
But that does present a few challenges, as a traditional office is usually stocked with all the electronics and work gadgets you could possibly need. However, that shouldn’t hold you back from working on the beach or next to the pool. If you know what you need, you’ll never have to go into an office building again.
In this article: Kroser 17.3-inch Laptop Backpack, SwissGear 1900 Scansmart TSA 17-inch Laptop Backpack and Wireless Portable Charger 30,800 milliamp-hour 15-watt Wireless Charging.
Tools of the trade
It’s easy to grab your laptop bag and head out, but often that’s not all you’ll need. Sure, you might be able to get some portion of your work done, but soon, things can start to feel uncomfortable.
If you don’t have a laptop backpack, that should be the first accessory on your list. A good bag will reduce the strain from lugging heavy equipment around, and it’s much easier to keep all your things protected. Characteristics of an excellent backpack are sturdy shoulder straps with ample padding, durable zippers that close tightly and enough pockets for everything to be organized.
Working on the go also means you might not be near any charging points. This can be a challenge for running a successful business, so a powerful power bank is the best option to prevent downtime.
A large-capacity power bank should recharge your mobile phone several times, and it’s easily topped up through a USB port. But remember, all power banks can charge your phone, but only specific models are suitable to recharge a laptop. Check with each power bank maker to ensure compatibility.
Best products for those who work on the go
Kroser 17.3-inch Laptop Backpack
This water-resistant laptop backpack is perfect for keeping your tools in good shape. It is large enough to carry a 17.3-inch gadget and has three spacious, padded compartments. There is a dedicated slot for passing your mobile phone charge cable through to connect it to a power bank. One of the padded shoulder straps has a glasses hook.
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SwissGear 1900 Scansmart TSA 17-inch Laptop Backpack
This laptop backpack is an excellent choice if you travel a lot through airports. The design lets TSA scan the content of your bag without you having to take out your laptop. It is large enough to accommodate up to a 17-inch laptop, and there is a padded slot for a tablet. It has mesh bottle holders on each side.
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Wireless Portable Charger 30,800 milliamp-hour 15-watt Wireless Charging
To ensure your phone won’t run flat, a power bank like this 30,800 milliamp-hour gadget is a great choice. The capacity is large enough to charge an iPhone 13 about six times, and it can fully charge a device in just over an hour. It has two USB ports and can also charge compatible devices wirelessly.
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AsperX 2-Pack 10000 milliamp-hour USB C Output Portable Charger
These double-pack power banks have a large enough capacity to charge a mobile phone several times. It has two USB ports and one USB-C port, letting you charge three devices simultaneously. There is a power button on the side to prevent accidental discharge, and they have built-in protections against over-voltage, overcharging, over-current and short circuits.
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Skullcandy Ink’d+ In-Ear Earbuds
You never know when you could be called into an online meeting, and you’ll always be ready with these earbuds. They have an in-line microphone to capture your voice and a dedicated button to end the call. They are compatible with any mobile device or laptop with a 3.5-millimeter jack and have noise-isolating tips.
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Logitech Design Collection Limited-Edition Wireless Compact Mouse
This wireless mouse is an excellent choice if you prefer to work with a gadget that is comfortable and looks stylish. It features the Golden Garden limited edition design with gold leaves over the top. It has a rechargeable battery that lasts 12 hours, a durable scroll wheel and two buttons. There is a slide-out compartment underneath to store the wireless receiver.
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Amazon Basics Wireless Computer Keyboard and Mouse Combo
This mouse and keyboard set is perfect for getting you up and working quickly. While neither device uses Bluetooth, both use a 2.4-gigahertz unifying receiver, letting you work wirelessly. The U.S.-layout full keyboard has 12 multimedia keys and a numeric keypad. The mouse is contoured for a comfortable grip, has two buttons and uses three AAA batteries.
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Hopony Ergonomic Mouse Pad with Wrist Support Gel
When you are working on the road, your comfort is key to being productive. This mouse pad has a raised part with support gel for your wrist, making it more comfortable for long hours of scrolling. It has a nonslip rubber base and smooth Lycra covering on the top. It measures 10 inches by 9.1 inches.
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Netgear AC797-100NAS Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot
This mobile hot spot is a critical part of staying connected to the internet. It is capable of a maximum download speed of 400 megabits per second and supports multiple devices. The hot spot is unlocked for 3G/4G and LTE connections from any internet service provider and has a rechargeable battery that lasts 11 hours.
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Toshiba Canvio Flex 2-terabyte Portable External Hard Drive
If you need to access your files quickly and don’t have cloud storage, a portable hard drive like this one is an excellent addition to your arsenal. It has a large 2TB capacity, formatted in exFAT file format for cross-device compatibility, and works through USB-C and USB-A cables.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Max Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton late to earn a record-tying 13th win of the season at the United States Grand Prix on Sunday, and delivered a victory to honor the memory of Red Bull team founder and owner Dietrich Mateschitz.
Verstappen’s race was nearly undone by a rare slow pit stop by Red Bull midway through the race that dropped him well behind Hamilton. But Verstappen fought back to pass last season’s rival for the championship on lap 50 of 56.
Verstappen then had to hold off the pestering Hamilton through the final laps as his team warned him not to exceed track limits that would draw a penalty.
The win as a relief for Red Bull. The team had announced shortly before qualifying on Saturday that Mateschitz had died at age 78. Verstappen vowed he’d give everything to get the win to honor him.
“We gave it everything out there, it was a difficult weekend for us,” Verstappen said. “The only thing we could do today was win.”
“This one is definitely dedicated to Dietrich,” Verstappen said. “I pushed it to the limit to come back.”
The win continued Verstappen’s run of dominance in 2022. He had already clinched the season championship in Japan two weeks earlier. Sunday’s win tied him with Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel for most in a season with three races still to go.
Since its founding, Red Bull has won six driver championships and five constructors' titles. Verstappen's win clinched this season's team championship. His Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez finished fourth.
“We wanted to do that in style and I think we did that today," Verstappen said.
Mateschitz, the Austrian billionaire co-founder of the Red Bull energy drinks global empire, bought the Jaguar team in 2004 and rebranded it as Red Bull in 2005. He added a second team to the Red Bull stable when he bought the Minardi program renamed it Toro Rosso in 2006 to be a program for training younger drivers. That team is now Alpha Tauri.
The team brought a teenage Verstappen into its racing program and promoted him to F1 in 2015 when he was just 17, with the hopes he could become the youngest champion in series history. Mercedes' dominance over 2014-2020 prevented that.
But Mateschitz, who had been reportedly ailing for months and died at age 78, lived long enough to see Verstappen win two championships and start what could be another dominant era for the team he founded.
F1 held a brief tribute to honor Mateschitz before the race. Large signs of “Danke Didi” (Thank you, Didi) were posted on the video screens and Vettel, who won four championships with Red Bull and now races with Aston Martin, appeared to be fighting back tears.
Verstappen also appeared to wipe away tears as he stood on the victory podium and the team gathered below him.
“This one is definitely dedicated to Dietrich,” Verstappen said. “I pushed it to the limit to come back.”
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Verstappen-gets-record-tying-13th-win-at-US-Grand-17528947.php | 2022-10-23 22:44:03 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Verstappen-gets-record-tying-13th-win-at-US-Grand-17528947.php |
On March 27, Nintendo will shutter digital storefronts for the Wii U and 3DS consoles for good. That means classic games like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies or Pokémon X & Y will no longer be widely purchasable on the aging hardware, driving a hot discussion about how this ephemeral but beloved medium can be preserved as official access gets more limited.
Because unlike movies or books, games require special hardware to play, and — increasingly — don't even exist in the physical world at all.
Archiving the intangible
Fans have been airing their grievances over the closure when it was first announced back in February 2022. In a public statement, Nintendo said the closure comes at the end of their product's "natural life cycle," as the 3DS and Wii U have long been eclipsed by their fast-selling Switch console.
But plenty of collectors, content creators, and fans of the DS and 3DS in particular still play its older games. Soon, they won't be able to buy digital versions altogether. The situation is even more dire for smaller indie games or add-ons, which were never released physically, and only existed as purchasable downloads.
Meanwhile, hard copies for titles on the even-older Game Boy, Super Nintendo, and the Nintendo DS have soared in price since before the pandemic, with some reaching well beyond the cost of a modern AAA game.
Last year, Kinda Funny Gamecast spoke with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer about the importance of preserving video game history.
"I really wish as an industry we'd come together to help preserve the history of what gaming is about so we don't lose the ability to go back," he said. Classic Nintendo, PlayStation, and even Xbox games are harder to obtain because of the outmoded technology used to play them.
Video games can't be archived the same way film and television are, as older titles require a number of tools to keep them playable over time. This includes emulation — which imitates the technology a given game operates under.
Emulation and its limitations
Independent programmers and aficionados have developed numerous well-crafted emulators to keep us connected to the games of our childhood. Software emulation imitates a console's software, with programs like Dolphin Emulator and Project64 available on most PCs, smartphones, and a burgeoning handheld device market.
Even with these upsides, software emulation isn't without its faults. In order to play a game on an emulator, you need a copy of the original title, commonly saved as a ROM (or read-only memory) file. Depending on how the title is copied, what the condition of the cartridge or game disc is in, or the geographic region the game is locked to, you can find yourself with a buggy version of Pokémon Crystal or Super Mario Bros. 3 that can hardly run. Creating and distributing ROMs is also fraught with legal issues.
However, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (or FPGAs) have provided safer, hardware-based solutions. Without getting into the complicated specifics of this technology, FPGAs essentially emulate the old console's actual circuitry, making for more accurate representations of older video games. This technology imitates everything about a console, not just its software.
They come at a hefty price though — one popular handheld that utilizes FPGAs, the Analogue Pocket, launched at $219, but high demand has caused prices to more than double on places like eBay.
But there's more to a game than just its code.
"I think the future of game preservation is in making sure we're considering more than the literal games themselves," says Kelsey Lewin, co-director of the Video Game History Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to preserving games and teaching their history. Lewin pointed to massively multiplayer RPGs — where community is essential to the experience — as an example of games that could never be replicated.
"We might be able to preserve World of Warcraft — but is a historian coming to it 20 years later really playing World of Warcraft? [...] All games have additional context that could be lost if we're not preserving and telling [their individual] stories now."
A Completionist's Quest
Ahead of the Nintendo eShop closures, one content creator embarked on the daunting task of buying all 866 Wii U games, as well as the 1,547 3DS games made available. Jirard Khalil, host of the YouTube channel The Completionist, said the idea came out of the need to preserve the games soon to be made permanently unavailable.
"The reason why [preservation] is important is because it's about having not just one copy, but as many copies or several copies as possible," he said when I asked him about the project.
"And while fans out there and archivists and people online have gone out of their way to download games and make them easy for people to rip and consume and to preserve, there's no legal way for anyone to play these [older] games."
Khalil said the project ran his team nearly $23,000 and the effort was a glaring reminder that the upcoming eShop closure could have damaging implications.
"Digital is taking over, and so now more than ever, it is becoming so important that you physically go out and buy your games because you never know what's going to happen."
Though Khalil is frustrated with the upcoming closure, he's happy with the way the project turned out. The Completionist plans to donate all the Wii U and 3DS hardware used and software downloaded to the Video Game History Foundation in an effort to preserve both popular and niche titles soon to disappear from Nintendo's digital storefront.
Niche titles that have garnered a cult following will feel the brunt most, Khalil believes. "You have this situation where there are tons of games that are literally not going to exist," he expressed. "They're there for a month or a year and then they disappear forever. And a lot of these developers go defunct and and no one will ever play their game ever again."
The Nintendo Wii U and 3DS eShops are set to close March 27, leaving fans only a couple of days to grab their favorite games before they may be gone for good.
James Perkins Mastromarino contributed to this story. contributed to this story
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The president of a private university in Minnesota that was criticized for firing a professor who showed a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in an art history class announced Monday that she is retiring next year.
Neither Miller nor the university directly referenced the controversy in the statement announcing her upcoming departure and search for a replacement. The closet the statement came was when Miller expressed pride in “creating a sense of belonging for all on campus.”
Issues arose in October when Erika López Prater showed a 14th-century painting depicting the Prophet Muhammad to her students as part of a lesson on Islamic art after warning them beforehand and giving them an opportunity to opt out. She has sued the liberal arts school in St. Paul over Miller’s decision not to renew her contract.
While leaders of some local Muslim groups have criticized López Prater, the national office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations disputed claims that her actions were Islamophobic. The group said professors who analyze images of the Prophet Muhammad for academic purposes are not the same as “Islamophobes who show such images to cause offense.”
Faculty at the school were so upset that they called in a January vote for Miller to resign, objecting to what they considered a violation of academic freedom.
But several student groups defended her in a letter to the student newspaper. The letter said Miller has been a consistent supporter of students, and the faculty’s call for her resign betrayed them.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — In a press conference held Friday afternoon, the Hoover Police Department announced that Carlee Russell had been charged with filing a false police report and filing a false statement to law enforcement authorities, a Class A misdemeanor.
The Hoover Police Department (HPD) revealed that Carlee had turned herself in Friday to the Hoover City Police and was released on a $2,000 bond – $1,000 per charge.
“Judging from the amount of phone calls and emails that we have received from all over the country, I know that many are shocked and appalled that Miss Russell is only being charged with two misdemeanors, despite all the panic and disruption her actions caused,” Derzis said. “Let me assure you, I, too, share the same frustration, but existing laws only allow the charges that were filed to be filed.”
Derzis said he will be contacting Alabama legislatures and asking them to look at this law and “urge them to add enhancement to current legislation” for when an individual falsely reports kidnapping or a violent crime.
During the press conference, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said HPD have not uncovered anything about her whereabouts during the 49 hours she was missing, and they have not been able to confirm that she acted alone.
“This story opened wounds for families whose loved ones really were victims of kidnappings, some of which even helped organize searches in hopes that they could find Carlee alive so that her family would not experience the pain and suffering that they felt when their loved ones never returned home,” Derzis said.
This press conference comes days after Russell, 25, admitted to lying about being kidnapped earlier this month. Between July 13 and July 15, the Hoover native was missing.
On Monday, July 24, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis addressed the public in what was HPD’s second press conference since Carlee’s disappearance. There, he read a statement from Russell that had been prepared by her attorney, Emory Anthony, where she admitted that she was not adducted the night of July 13 and that she had not seen a child on I-459.
At 9:30 p.m. July 13, Russell called 911 to report that she saw a toddler on the side of I-459 near Exit 10. When police arrived, she was nowhere to be found. This launched a 49-hour search for Carlee that gained nationwide attention. On July 15, Russell was reported by the Hoover police as having safely returned home.
Four days after her return, parents Talitha Robinson-Russell and Carlos Russell went on the “Today” show where they said they believed their daughter had been kidnapped. That same day, HPD had held a press conference where Derzis recounted what Russell had told police happened to her.
During his recounting, Derzis said Russell reported being kidnapped while she was checking on the child; being made to climb a fence; being kept in a tractor-trailer; being recaptured after an attempted escape; being forced to strip naked; and being fed cheese crackers.
Russell’s search history was also combed through, which a search for the movie “Taken,” a question about Amber alerts and how to take money from a register.
Prior to any charges being brought against her, speculations had circulated on how much money it would cost to cover the efforts that were put into the search for Carlee.
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LONDON (AP) — England’s women’s soccer team is continuing to generate unprecedented fan interest following its European Championship victory, with its planned game against the United States at Wembley Stadium in October selling out in less than a day.
The game pitting the European champion against the reigning world champion was announced on Tuesday by England’s Football Association and will be played Oct. 7, subject to England having secured World Cup qualification in September.
The Lionesses’ official Twitter account posted an update early Wednesday that read: “YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. 65,000 tickets have already been sold for our October international against the United States!”
The team later said the game was sold out, but did not say how many tickets had been put up for general sale.
The ticketing website briefly crashed on Tuesday amid the huge demand.
It comes after a crowd of 87,192 — the biggest-ever attendance for a European Championship match, men’s or women’s — saw the Lionesses beat Germany 2-1 after extra time at Wembley on Sunday as England’s women’s team secured its first major trophy.
Sarina Wiegman’s team will play World Cup qualifiers against Austria away on Sept. 3 and then Luxembourg at Stoke’s stadium three days later. Ticket sales for the latter fixture had reached 20,000 by midday on Tuesday.
England currently tops its World Cup qualifying group with a maximum 24 points from eight matches and would seal qualification for next year’s tournament in Australia and New Zealand with a draw against second-place Austria or a win against Luxembourg.
If England has to play in the World Cup playoffs in October, anyone with a ticket for the U.S. game would be entitled to a refund, the FA said.
The team is also using its Euros success to urge politicians to do more to promote the women’s game.
The Lionesses wrote an open letter Wednesday to the two candidates in the running to be Britain’s next Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, calling on them to prioritize funding for girls’ soccer in schools.
“We have made incredible strides in the women’s game, but this generation of school girls deserve more,” the letter said. “This is an opportunity to make a huge difference. A change that will impact millions of young girls’ lives.”
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TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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The affected areas were...
Galveston Bay...
The thunderstorm has weakened to below 34 knot wind gusts, but can
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Rickie Fowler and Wyndham Clark lead the way into the US Open’s final round on Sunday, June 18. The final round will be live streamed on Peacock and fuboTV (free trial).
Clark was the one who had reason to be elated. Fowler made a 70-foot birdie putt and was in the lead for much of Saturday at Los Angeles Country Club. But then he missed a 3 1/2-foot par putt on the last hole. Clark hit a bold approach and made birdie.
They were a shot ahead of Rory McIlroy, who played a relatively boring round that seems to work just fine in the U.S. Open. Scottie Scheffler had an eagle-birdie finish and was two strokes back.
When is the US Open?
The final round of the US Open is set for noon (1 p.m. ET) on Sunday, June 18.
Will it be live streamed?
Peacock
Peacock is the place for NBC Universal content and has an archive of NBC comedies and dramas, live sports, Universal Studios films and new original content.
There are a few options to consider.
- Peacock TV Free: Just like the name implies, this is a free service. There are ads and you have access to a limited library or archive.
- Peacock Premium with Ads: For $4.99 a month or $50 a year, this plan gives users full access to Peacock TV content with commercial breaks.
- Peacock Premium without Ads: For $9.99 a month or $100 a year. This paid plan gives users full access to Peacock TV content with no commercials.
FuboTV
The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo pro” package, which comprises 146-plus channels for $74.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.
There is also the “fubo elite” package, which comprises 205-plus channels for $84.99 per month. It comes with fuboExtra (48 more channels) and News Plus (11 more channels). Plus, more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.
The “fubo premiere” package is “fubo elite” with the addition of Showtime for $94.99 per month.
The reveal will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial) and televised on the SEC Network.
Will the final round be televised?
The final round of the US Open will be televised on NBC.
Tee times
10:23 a.m. – Ryo Ishikawa
10:34 a.m. – Patrick Reed, Jacob Solomon
10:45 a.m. – Adam Svensson, Maxwell Moldovan (a)
10:56 a.m. – Ben Carr (a), David Puig
11:07 a.m. – Romain Langasque, Aldrich Potgieter (a)
11:18 a.m. – Abraham Ancer, Adam Hadwin
11:29 a.m. – Ryan Gerard, Mackenzie Hughes
11:40 a.m. – Yuto Katsuragawa, Gordon Sargent (a)
11:51 a.m. – Jordan Smith, Sam Bennett
12:07 p.m. – Nick Hardy, Sebastián Muñoz
12:18 p.m. – Charley Hoffman, Sahith Theegala
12:29 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Austin Eckroat
12:40 p.m. – Kevin Streelman, Sergio Garcia
12:51 p.m. – Sam Stevens, Tommy Fleetwood
1:02 p.m. – Jon Rahm, Dylan Wu
1:13 p.m. – Gary Woodland, Denny McCarthy
1:24 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Patrick Rodgers
1:35 p.m. – Ryan Fox, Brian Harman
1:51 p.m. – Justin Suh, Eric Cole
2:02 p.m. – Sam Burns, Keith Mitchell
2:13 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Joaquin Niemann
2:24 p.m. – Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton
2:35 p.m. – Cameron Young, Russell Henley
2:46 p.m. – Shane Lowry, Tony Finau
2:57 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Matt Fitzpatrick
3:08 p.m. – Padraig Harrington, Patrick Cantlay
3:19 p.m. – Min Woo Lee, Viktor Hovland
3:35 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Smith
3:46 p.m. – Bryson DeChambeau, Tom Kim
3:57 p.m. – Ryutaro Nagano, Xander Schauffele
4:08 p.m. – Dustin Johnson, Harris English
4:19 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy
4:30 p.m. – Rickie Fowler, Wyndham Clark
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
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WASHINGTON — With the go-broke date for Social Security currently expected to hit in 2035, a group of Democratic lawmakers have proposed a plan to fully fund the program for decades longer while also increasing benefits for recipients.
The Social Security Expansion Act, from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, along with several others, would employ higher taxes on the wealthy to expand benefits by $200 a month, or $2,400 per year.
Currently, payroll taxes are applied to income up to $147,000. The proposal would lift this cap and subject all income above $250,000 to the Social Security payroll tax. A fact sheet released from Sanders said that more than 93% of householders wouldn't see their taxes go up under the bill.
The proposal would also extend the solvency of Social Security through 2096. Last week, the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report said Social Security’s trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2035.
Social Security pays benefits to more than 65 million Americans, mainly retirees as well as disabled people and survivors of deceased workers.
When the Social Security trust fund is depleted the government will only be able to pay 80% of scheduled benefits, the report said.
Top Republicans were quick to criticize the plan, especially the proposed tax increases.
During a Senate hearing on Thursday, Sen. Mitt Romney said the proposal won't be passed by Congress.
“This bill has no chance whatsoever of receiving a single Republican vote in either House,” Romney said. The Utah senator has previously proposed a bill called the TRUST Act, which would establish committees to come up with a plan to help struggling federal programs including Social Security, Medicare and the Highway Trust Fund.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass talks about the 42 migrants that were recently sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to L.A. as part of his push against federal immigration policies.
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SAGINAW, MI — Christopher Boyd will spend the next year as chairman of the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners.
In a 7-4 vote, Boyd was appointed by the 11-member commission in favor of the runner-up and fellow Democrat, Sheldon Matthews, during a 12-minute Tuesday, Jan. 3, board meeting aimed at establishing the group’s leadership hierarchy for 2023.
Boyd, a Democrat, received a majority-Republican vote. The GOP-aligned commissioners who endorsed Boyd included Denny Harris, Dennis Krafft, Mark Piotrowski and Rich Spitzer. The Democrats who chose Boyd were Jack Tany and Michael Webster. Boyd voted for himself.
A retired Saginaw County District Court judge and former prosecuting attorney for the county, Boyd was elected to his first term on the commission in 2020. He won re-election in November for a second two-year term.
He represents District 9, which includes 16,342 constituents in parts of both Saginaw city and township.
He will take over chairman duties from Carl Ruth, who did not seek re-election last year and oversaw his final board meeting last month.
Tany on Tuesday was selected as the board’s vice chairman by five votes: Democrats Boyd and Webster as well as Republicans Piotrowski and Tracey Slodowski. Tany voted for himself.
The Democrat bested Krafft and Gerald Little, who received three votes apiece, in a three-person race for the vice chair seat.
The Tuesday votes marked the first decisions for a new slate of commissioners elected in November: Harris, Piotrowski and Spitzer as well as Democrat Lisa Coney.
They replaced Ruth and Republican Kyle Harris, who also did not seek re-election; as well as Republican Carol Ewing and Democrat Cynthia Winiecke, who both fell short in their campaigns to stay on the county’s governing body.
The new board includes six Democrats and five Republicans, replacing the previous commission that featured seven Democrats and four Republicans.
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Whitmer picks Frankenmuth native as state’s chief legal counsel
Here are some of the largest 2023 state roadway projects planned in Saginaw County
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When your baby is around 6 months old, they can begin to eat solid foods. Their first attempts are likely to be messy, and it may take a while for them to get used to it. When it’s time for your child to begin this messy learning process, you’ll want an excellent high chair to make it easier for everyone involved.
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- Safety harness: You’ll want a chair with a three-point or five-point safety harness to keep your little one in place.
- Folding design: Consider buying a foldable chair if you don’t have the space to leave it assembled at all times.
- Durability: Buying a sturdy chair that can support your baby’s weight is essential. Durability is particularly important if you plan on having more kids and passing the chair down to their younger siblings.
- Convertibility: Many high chairs grow with your child, converting from infant chairs to toddler chairs. These often give you the most bang for your buck.
- Cleaning: Your baby is sure to make a mess while they eat, so you’ll want a high chair that’s easy to clean. Many have removable, dishwasher-safe trays and machine-washable seat pads.
High chair FAQ
Q. When should you stop using a high chair?
A. This will depend on your child. Some children use high chairs until they’re 3 years old, and others transition to booster seats much earlier. The most important consideration is ensuring your child doesn’t exceed the high chair’s weight limit.
Some children will indicate when they’re ready to transition out of the high chair by pointing to a grown-up chair, trying to escape their high chair or mimicking you as they eat. Still, you’ll want to ensure your child can safely sit up without the harness before transitioning them.
Q. Do you have to use a high chair?
A. Not necessarily; there are safe alternatives to using a high chair, such as holding your baby in your lap or keeping them stable as they sit on the floor. Still, high chairs are the easiest way to establish a safe eating environment for your child.
Q. Can you take your high chair with you while traveling?
A. If you want a high chair that’s easy to take on the go, it’s best to buy one with folding capabilities. Many compact high chairs don’t take up much space when folded down. Still, you’ll want to ensure you buy one that’s stable when put together.
Best versatile high chairs
Graco Blossom 6-in-1 Convertible High Chair
This converts from an infant high chair with reclining capabilities to a traditional high chair, an infant booster seat, a toddler booster seat and a children’s chair. Once it reaches the children’s chair phase, you can still use the remaining components as an infant booster seat if you have another kid.
Sold by Amazon
This converts from an infant high chair to a convenient step stool for toddlers. It features three reclining positions and a hook on the back to keep your bibs in one place. Many said it was easy to clean and move around. It has a removable five-point safety harness.
Sold by Amazon
Evenflo 4-in-1 Eat and Grow Convertible High Chair
This affordable option converts from an infant high chair to a toddler dining chair and a stand-alone chair with a table. The seat pad is machine-washable. It’s available in two fun designs. It has a five-point safety harness.
Safety 1st 3-in-1 Grow and Go High Chair
This converts from an infant reclining high chair to a toddler high chair and a toddler seat. It folds down for easy storage. It has six height settings, and the tray is dishwasher-safe. Many said it was durable and easy to put together. It has a five-point safety harness.
Sold by Amazon
Mallify 3-in-1 Convertible Wooden High Chair
The tray has three adjustment settings, so it can fit children from 6 months to 3 years old. Many said it was easy to assemble and clean. It features a stylish wooden design and is available in six colors.
Sold by Amazon
Graco Floor2Table 7-in-1 High Chair
This converts from an infant floor seat to an infant high chair, an infant booster seat, a toddler booster seat, a children’s stool and a children’s table and chair. When you reach the children’s stool phase, you can use the remaining components as an infant booster seat.
Sold by Walmart
Maxi-Cosi 6-in-1 Minla High Chair
The six convertible settings ensure your child can use this from 6 months to 6 years old. Many said it was easy to assemble, use and clean. It features a sleek design and is available in four color combinations. It has a five-point safety harness.
Sold by Amazon
This converts from a high chair to a toddler booster seat. It has two wheels on the front, making it easier to move from room to room. Many said it was easy to assemble and clean.
Jeep Classic Convertible 2-in-1 High Chair
This converts to a toddler chair and has six height positions. It has two recline settings and an adjustable footrest. The removable tray is dishwasher-safe. It has a five-point safety harness.
Sold by Amazon
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I work in construction and I wanted to create an easy way to compensate for uneven placement of floor or ceiling joists," said an inventor, from Philadelphia, Pa., "so I invented the JOIST EXTENSION. My design eliminates the need to replace the joist and it would prevent bending, curving or uneven finished materials and adds depth and insulation."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to extend a ceiling/floor joist to adjust for uneven joist configurations. In doing so, it ensures that the joist is aligned with the others in a row. As a result, it reduces the likelihood of uneven drywall or other substrate installations. It also creates a convenient way to add depth to joist or studs to address thicker insulation requirements. The invention features a practical design that is easy to install so it is ideal for contractors, carpenters, do-it-yourselfers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Philadelphia sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-PLB-181, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Sol Chip's sustainable digitalization solution will optimize Japan Post's mail collection operations.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sol Chip, a leading provider of sustainable digitalization solutions, announced an innovative initiative with Japan Post today at the SmartCityX Conference, a culmination of the Scrum Studio open innovation program*. The initiative aims to develop a digitalization solution that will allow Japan Post to monitor the status of postboxes over its vast network in Japan and provide optimized mail collection operations. Sol Chip systems will also allow real-time monitoring of environmental data and other information profitable for local consumers.
Sol Chip is an Israeli startup providing sustainable digitalization solutions for a wide variety of IoT verticals including agtech, proptech, smart city, and assets management. Based on a patented light-harvesting chip, Sol Chip provides an everlasting battery as well as a maintenance-free IoT platform for a variety of sensors and system controls.
Coupled with its proprietary everlasting battery, Sol Chip's system provides continuous power and dedicated IoT communication for a variety of sensors and system controls. The Sol Chip system supports IoT devices, communication, data collection, storage & management, and control of third party systems.
Sol Chip serves huge markets that need to transform their operations into the digital era. Its sustainable solutions are applicable to any non-digitalized process. Sol Chip's technology provides the capacity to both sustainably transform data into cloud storage and digitally control various systems. In closing the digital loop, Sol Chip also offers Decision Support Systems/Artificial Intelligence services to further optimize such processes.
Sol Chip CEO, Teddy Golan commented, "We are showing accelerated growth in our agtech business, while in parallel targeting growing verticals such as proptech and smart city markets that can benefit from our services. This important initiative with Japan Post together with our other pilots running worldwide, positions Sol Chip as a major player in the global IoT market."
Sol Chip is currently raising funds to support and develop its expanding business opportunities.
*About Scrum Studio Inc.
Scrum Studio Inc. is an open innovation platform established by Scrum Ventures, formed to bridge the gap between iconic Japanese corporations with startups from around the world. The platform focuses on three pillars to create new business opportunities: acceleration, incubation, and connection. Its vertical studio programs include SPORTS TECH TOKYO, SmartCityX, and Food Tech Studio - Bites!
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CEO Sol Chip
info@sol-chip.com
Tel: +972.4.821.6942
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Schoolhouse Rock, that rambunctious, colorful series of educational videos that taught Gen Xers their multiplication tables, how to unpack their adjectives and the preamble to the US Constitution, turns 50 on Friday. On Jan. 6, 1973, the math segments, known as Multiplication Rock, debuted on ABC, so Schoolhouse Rock can now join the rest of us Xers in AARP. And I can't let its big birthday go unnoticed.
I was too young to remember the moon landing and too old to get into Minecraft, but dammit if I won't be able to hum "I'm Just a Bill" or "Conjunction Junction" when I've forgotten nearly everything else. I'll be spouting "What's your function?" when nothing on me is even functioning anymore.
As a Gen Xer born in 1967, I was squarely in the prime audience for Schoolhouse Rock. I loved it then and I love it now. It came about when ad man David McCall noticed his young son struggled to learn his multiplication tables, but sure knew Rolling Stones song lyrics.
So, McCall thought, what if those dry-as-dust school facts were delivered in snazzy, jazzy tunes, complete with cartoon stories? And because the segments ran between Saturday morning cartoons, they had the captive audience to beat all captive audiences. The idea was pure genius.
And did it ever work! Would I know the preamble without Schoolhouse Rock? Unlikely, although I can't say it without singing it in my head with the exact inflections of the song: "WE the PEE-PLE…"
Did Schoolhouse Rock help me learn my times tables? Not only that, but the video about fives, "Ready Or Not, Here I Come," taught my entire kid neighborhood group the rhymes we used for hide-and-seek. "Twenty nickels make a dollar, I didn't hear anybody holler!"
Did Schoolhouse Rock videos teach me random facts about the planets, the Revolutionary War, women's suffrage also and cement in my brain what a conjunction was? "And, but and or, they'll get you pretty far," the little conductor promised. And so they have.
Schoolhouse Rock is where we kids were introduced to a wistful ice skater skating a figure eight, a cigar-smoking cat with an affinity for pool halls, and a joyous family celebrating three as a magic number. I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday, but I'll always remember a jolly little guy dubbed My Hero, Zero, who taught me about the importance of … nothing.
Schoolhouse Rock kids lived in a weird world, where kids were put to work in their family's adverb store and you could take a kangaroo or an aardvark on the city bus. Don't even get me started on the camp that sent kids unpacking their adjectives near a hairy, scary bear.
Schoolhouse Rock lived well beyond the first go-round, and entertained and educated Millennials, too. New segments dropped occasionally over the years, including 1990's "The Tale of Mr. Morton," which taught subject and predicate, plus segments on computers, ecology and money management. The more popular segments, especially "I'm Just a Bill," have been spoofed on SNL and The Simpsons.
In fact, just this week, the hapless Bill character showed up in a meme mocking Kevin McCarthy and the repeated votes for Speaker of the House. As the Bill sits slumped on the Capitol steps, he seems to be explaining to the kid from the original segment, "There's no song to explain this shit." It's just one more sign Schoolhouse Rock has taken up residence in our craniums, even 50 years after its introduction.
You can still watch Schoolhouse Rock, from the original oldies to newer segments you may never have heard of, on Disney Plus. They're still catchy, still memorable and still worth your time. In fact, I think I'm going to unpack my adjectives, find Interplanet Janet, and go watch some now. | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/happy-50th-birthday-schoolhouse-rock-gen-x-owes-you-one/ | 2023-01-06 22:23:06 | 0 | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/happy-50th-birthday-schoolhouse-rock-gen-x-owes-you-one/ |
LAS VEGAS (AP)When the Los Angeles Chargers last came to Las Vegas, a tie would have put them and the Raiders in the playoffs.
Both teams looked as though they were heading there together in overtime last January – before the Raiders decided to go alone with a 47-yard field goal as time expired.
Now the Chargers are back to play the Raiders on Sunday, and only one team appears to be playoff contention. Los Angeles (6-5) is just outside the postseason picture. The Cincinnati Bengals and New York Jets, each 7-4, are just inside.
That’s not the case for Las Vegas, which at 4-7 is trying to work its way to .500 after consecutive overtime road victories.
”You look closer to that record and how the games have actually been played, I think they’ve lost six games by one score,” Chargers coach Brandon Staley said. ”You know that this is a dangerous team from the first time we played them, and they’re still a dangerous team.”
The Chargers won the first meeting 24-19 in the season opener after holding off a late Raiders rally. Los Angeles has since dealt with injuries to players such as linebacker Joey Bosa and wide receiver Mike Williams, and the Raiders underperformed expectations.
”The depth of their roster has really been challenged, and they’ve used a lot of people,” Raiders coach Josh McDaniels said of the Chargers. ”They’ve gone in there and played good football. I don’t say it’s a completely different team, but there are some changes from the first time we played them three months ago to now.
”So a lot of our focus is going to be on just getting familiar with the people that we’re going to be lined up against, which is a little different than the first game.”
A BAD RUN
The Chargers have allowed at least 157 rushing yards in five straight games and six 100-yard rushers on the season. It doesn’t get any easier this week with Josh Jacobs.
The fourth-year running back has only one 100-yard game in six meetings, but that came in last year’s Week 18 overtime thriller in Las Vegas.
Jacobs rushed for 57 yards in the Week 1 meeting, but averaged 5.7 yards per carry. The Chargers are giving up 5.44 yards per carry, which is the highest a team has allowed in its first 11 games since the merger.
”They know how to run the ball. They have an identity. They have tight ends who can block, which makes the running game go a lot better,” Staley said. ”You can’t block everything perfectly, you have to have running backs that can create on their own. Josh is as good as anybody at that because he can make you miss and he can run through you. He’s a very dangerous player. They’ve really established a consistency in that phase.”
FINDING ANOTHER GEAR
Justin Herbert hasn’t had a 300-yard passing game since Week 4 at Houston, but the passing attack is beginning to show signs of progress with Keenan Allen in the lineup the past two games.
Allen has 10 catches for 143 yards and a touchdown since returning from a hamstring injury that caused him to miss seven of the first nine games. Allen originally sustained the injury during the first half against the Raiders on Sept. 11.
Williams is dealing with an ankle injury, which has prevented the Chargers from going downfield consistently. But Herbert is being able to throw more on intermediate 10- to 20-yard routes since Allen’s return compared to mainly checking it down near the line of scrimmage, which was the case for two games when both Allen and Williams were out of the lineup.
Running back Austin Ekeler continues to be a scoring threat with 12 touchdowns, including five receiving. He is also Herbert’s most-trusted target with 80 receptions, the most by a running back through 11 games in NFL history.
NOT FRIENDS THIS WEEK
Las Vegas quarterback Derek Carr and Los Angeles defensive end Khalil Mack were once teammates with the Raiders.
Mack has bragging rights in their relationship after sacking Carr three times in the opener.
”At the end the day, we’re friends,” Carr said. ”We’ll be friends forever. He’s one of my favorite teammates I’ve ever had, one of my closest friends have ever had playing football.
”Not this week, obviously.”
KEEP AN EYE ON …
The Chargers’ special teams, which has made huge strides under coach Ryan Ficken.
Despite having to use three kickers, Los Angeles has made 18 straight field goals. The punt coverage unit has also allowed a league-low 3.9 yards per return.
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AP Sports Writer Joe Reedy in Los Angeles contributed.
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TOKYO, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KLab Inc., a leader in online mobile games, announced that its hit 3D action game Bleach: Brave Souls, currently available on smartphones, PC, and PlayStation 4, is gearing up for its 7th anniversary on July 23rd with the 7th Anniversary Bankai Live broadcast on Sunday, July 17th from 8:00 pm (JST/UTC+9). See the original press release (https://www.klab.com/en/press/) for more details.
This special live broadcast will feature Yoshiyuki Hirai from America Zarigani, a popular comedy duo based in Japan, as MC. It also features an impressive display of talents from the Bleach anime series, including Masakazu Morita, the voice of Ichigo Kurosaki, Ryotaro Okiayu, the voice of Byakuya Kuchiki, Noriaki Sugiyama, the voice of Uryu Ishida, and Fumiko Orikasa, the voice of Rukia Kuchiki.
There will be a variety of special corners with the latest in-game news and more so be sure to check out. In addition, there will be more information about the 7th anniversary 7 campaigns celebration and updates to improve the quality of gameplay.
Bankai Livestream URLs
YouTube Live:
(EN) https://youtu.be/nq0aZgrb6kI
(JP) https://youtu.be/UaitEyhumLU
Twitter Live:
(EN) https://twitter.com/bleachbrs_en
(JP) https://twitter.com/Bleach_BS
Facebook Live (EN Only): https://www.facebook.com/BleachBS.en/
EN: Japanese audio with English commentary.
JP: Japanese audio only.
Overview of Bleach: Brave Souls
Download here
App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1003168863
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klab.bleach
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201240/BLEACH_Brave_Souls
PlayStation Store: https://store.playstation.com/concept/10002097
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A tiny California mouse now has a big title after winning a Guinness World record for longevity.
A Pacific pocket mouse named Pat — after “Star Trek" actor Patrick Stewart — received the Guinness approval Wednesday as the oldest living mouse in human care at the ripe age of 9 years and 209 days, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced after a certification ceremony.
Pat was born at the at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on July 14, 2013, under a conservation breeding program, the alliance said.
The Pacific pocket mouse, which weighs as much as three pennies, is the smallest mouse species in North America and gets its name from cheek pouches the animals use to carry food and nesting materials, the wildlife alliance said.
The mouse once had a range stretching from Los Angeles south to the Tijuana River Valley but the population plunged after 1932 because of human encroachment and habitat destruction, the alliance said.
The mouse was thought to be extinct for 20 years until tiny, isolated populations were rediscovered in 1994 in Dana Point in Orange County but the species remains endangered, the alliance said.
In 2012, the alliance began a breeding program to help save the mouse from extinction. Last year, the alliance recorded 117 pups born in a record 31 litters. Many of the mice will be reintroduced to the wild this spring, the alliance said.
A new population of Pacific pocket mice was established in Orange County’s Laguna Coast Wilderness Park and the mice began breeding without human assistance in 2017, the alliance said.
Though it doesn't receive the publicity of larger and more charismatic species, the Pacific pocket mouse is critical to its ecosystem because the mice disperse the seeds of native plants and their digging encourages plant growth, the alliance said.
“This recognition is so special for our team, and is significant for the species,” said Debra Shier, who established and oversees the conservation program. “It’s indicative of the dedication and incredible care we as an organization provide for each species, from the largest to the very smallest.” | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/tiny-california-mouse-wins-guinness-award-for-17772927.php | 2023-02-09 03:30:00 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/tiny-california-mouse-wins-guinness-award-for-17772927.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kellyanne Conway, a senior presidential adviser in the Trump White House, and her husband, attorney George Conway, a prominent critic of the former president, say they are divorcing.
The Conways posted a joint statement on their Twitter accounts Saturday, which said in part that “we are in the final stages of an amicable divorce.” The two said their marriage more than 20 years ago included “many happy years” and “four incredible children.”
Washington observers questioned the state of their union after George Conway began criticizing Donald Trump with a fervor that often matched his wife’s support of the president. While Kellyanne Conway defended Trump at every turn, her husband wrote tweets and articles and appeared on news shows to condemn his actions. He helped found the Lincoln Project, which sought Trump’s defeat in 2020.
In their statement, the couple asked that their privacy be respected and said they appreciated those who “know us, care for us, and support us.” | https://fox59.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-trump-adviser-kellyanne-conway-and-husband-are-divorcing/ | 2023-03-05 12:35:04 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-trump-adviser-kellyanne-conway-and-husband-are-divorcing/ |
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Inmates get GEDs, associate degree at Saguaro Correctional Center graduation ceremony
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Alabama freshman Brandon Miller, whose tremendous season on the court has been clouded by controversy off it, is The Associated Press player of the year and newcomer of the year in the Southeastern Conference.
Texas A&M’s Buzz Williams was named coach of the year on Tuesday in voting by 14 reporters who cover the SEC.
Texas A&M guard Wade Taylor IV and Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe, last year’s national player of the year, were unanimous first-team picks. The other first-team selections are Missouri guard/forward Kobe Brown and Mississippi State forward Tolu Smith.
Miller was a first-team pick on all but one ballot, received 12 player of the year votes and 11 as top newcomer for the regular-season SEC champions and No. 4-ranked Crimson Tide. The 6-foot-9 forward is only the fourth freshman in the last 50 years to lead the SEC in scoring, averaging 19.6 points along with 8.0 rebounds. He is also tops in 3-pointers made, making 92 and hitting at a 40.4% rate.
Miller’s name surfaced in court testimony in the capital murder case of now-former teammate Darius Miles and another man in the shooting death of 23-year-old Jamea Harris near campus.
A police officer testified that Miles texted Miller asking him to bring Miles’ gun in the early morning hours of Jan. 15. Fellow freshman starter Jaden Bradley was also at the scene. Neither has missed a start or been accused of any crime. The university has described Miller as a cooperating witness, not a suspect.
A day after that testimony, Miller scored 41 points and hit the game-winning shot in overtime to beat South Carolina amid jeers from Gamecocks fans. Afterward, Alabama coach Nate Oats called Miller “one of the most mentally tough kids I’ve ever coached.”
The Aggies’ Taylor also received two votes as player of the year. LSU forward KJ Williams, Arkansas guards Ricky Council IV and Anthony Black each received a vote for newcomer of the year.
Williams received eight votes, Missouri’s Dennis Gates five and Alabama’s Oats one in the coach of the year balloting.
The second team included Council, Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler, Williams, Florida forward Colin Castleton and Vanderbilt forward Liam Robbins.
FIRST TEAM
Guard — Kobe Brown, Missouri, Sr., 6-8, 250, Huntsville, Alabama.
u-Guard — Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M, So., 6-0, 185, Dallas.
Forward — Brandon Miller, Alabama, Fr., 6-9, 200, Antioch, Tennessee.
Forward — Tolu Smith, Mississippi St., Sr., 6-11, 245, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
u-Forward — Oscar Tshwiebe, Sr., 6-9, 260, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
SECOND TEAM
Guard — Ricky Council IV, Arkansas, Jr., 6-6, 205, Durham, North Carolina.
Guard — Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee, So., 5-9, 171, Long Island, New York.
Forward — Colin Castleton, Florida, Sr., 6-11, 250, Deland, Florida.
Forward — Liam Robbins, Vanderbilt, Sr., 7-0, 250, Davenport, Iowa.
Forward — KJ Williams, LSU, Sr,, 6-10, 250, Cleveland, Mississippi.
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Coach of the year — Buzz Williams, Texas A&M.
Player of the year — Brandon Miller, Alabama.
Newcomer of the year — Brandon Miller, Alabama.
___ AP All-SEC Voting Panel: Rick Bozich, WDRB-TV, Louisville, Kentucky; Kevin Brockway, Gainesville Sun; Travis Brown, Bryan-College Station Eagle; David Cloninger, Post & Courier; Adam Cole, Opelika-Auburn News; Clayton Collier, WATN-TV, Memphis, Tennessee; Robbie Faulk, Starkville Daily News; Aria Gerson, The Tennessean; Bob Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; Stefan Krajisnik, Clarion-Ledger; Dave Matter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Sheldon Mickles, Baton Rouge Advocate; Mike Rodak, al.com; Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald.
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NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated.
But the space agency said it will still be watching human-caused carbon pollution but in different ways.
NASA on Tuesday announced that its GeoCarb mission, which was supposed to be a low-cost satellite to monitor carbon dioxide, methane and how plant life changes over North and South America, was being killed because of cost overruns.
When it was announced six years ago, it was supposed to cost $166 million, but the latest NASA figures show costs would balloon to more than $600 million and it was years late, according to NASA Earth Sciences Director Karen St. Germain.
Unlike other satellites that monitor greenhouse gases from low Earth orbit and get different parts of the globe in a big picture, GeoCarb was supposed to be at a much higher altitude of 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) from one fixed place in orbit and focus intently on North and South America. That different and further perspective proved too difficult and costly to get done on budget and on time, St. Germain said.
The equipment alone has more than doubled in price and then there were non-technical issues that would have added more, she said. The agency has already spent $170 million on the now-canceled program and won't spend any more.
“This doesn’t reflect any reduction in our commitment to the science, the observations associated with greenhouse gases and climate change,” St. Germain said in an interview Tuesday. “We’re still committed to doing that science. But we’re going to have to do it a different way because we don’t see this instrument coming together.”
Monitoring of greenhouse gases, the main cause of global warming, is important on many levels. It can help spot leaks, say of methane, or hold to account companies and countries that have pledged to reduce emissions. Beyond governments, many private companies now do satellite monitoring of greenhouse gases.
Instead of its project, NASA is looking to launch a yet-to-be-decided Earth-focused mission, designed to be bigger and less risky. The space agency also is getting methane data from a special instrument on the International Space Station that was meant to look at mineral dust but is monitoring the potent greenhouse gas as a bonu s, plus there are methane monitoring satellites from the European and Japanese space agency and some commercial and non-profit firms, she said.
NASA also has two dedicated satellites that monitor carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.
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BURLINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — A North Carolina school district is investigating a “senior prank” at Williams High School in Burlington — which caused over $4,000 in damages. The school system says students “gained entry” overnight and poured cement into the toilets and urinals.
Alamance-Burlington School System says Williams was not its only school that suffered damages, either.
Maintenance crews are cleaning up overturned desks, damaged lockers, graffiti, eggs and trash at several other high schools. Other acts of vandalism were also reported across the district.
“We believe in celebrating milestones in a responsible and respectful way, without crossing the line and causing harm or damage,” ABSS said in a statement.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Carrier Global Corporation (CARR) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $199 million.
The company posted revenue of $5.99 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $5.77 billion.
Carrier Global expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.55 to $2.65 per share.
Carrier Global shares have risen 32% since the beginning of the year. The stock has increased 43% in the last 12 months.
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Judy Heumann is lauded as the mother of the modern disability rights movement. She served as the first special advisor on international disability rights for the U.S. State Department in the Obama administration. After her passing last weekend at the age of 75, Sara Minkara has taken over the role.
Minkara says that while the U.S. is seen as a leader in disability rights worldwide, there’s still work to do. And people with disabilities must be involved in every step of that work to ensure accessibility needs are met.
“When we talk about accessibility, we need to make sure I am comfortable as a person with a disability to bring my true full self forward,” Minkara says.
Full interview transcript:
Celeste Headlee: It’s Here & Now. We’re reflecting on the life of disability rights activist Judy Heumann, who died over the weekend at age 75. Heumann was known as the leader of the modern disability rights movement. She was the first to serve as the State Department’s special adviser on international disability rights, a position created by President Obama. In this role, Heumann fought for the rights and protection of the more than 1 billion people in the world who live with a disability. Sara Minkara continues Heumann’s work. She’s the current special adviser on international disability rights at the State Department. And Sara, it’s a pleasure to have you.
Sara Minkara: Thank you, Celeste. It’s great to be here.
Headlee: I understand you knew Judy personally. How would you want her to be remembered?
Minkara: Oh, Judy is a mother to so many, a grandmother to so many, a mother of disability, someone who empowered millions, I think, of people across the globe, someone that has left an amazing legacy of impact. You know, the past few days when we found out the awful and horrible news on Saturday, a lot of us have been mourning. The disability community has been mourning. The friends that the disability community has been mourning. Because she’s been, in so many ways, an amazing and dear friend, mentor, ally, mother to all of us.
Headlee: And I’m certainly really sorry for your loss. She leaves a big hole in the nation, not just for those who are part of the disabled community, but she also leaves behind this position that you have taken. She was the first to serve and you are now picking up this mantle from her. What is the goal of your work as the special adviser on international disability rights?
Minkara: You know, first, it’s really big shoes to fill. You know, she, in being the first to serve in this role and now in the past year or so that I’ve been traveling the world, her legacy is there. Every place I’ve been to, people remember her impact and remember the work she’s done around, you know, bringing forward the expertise and the learning lessons from the [Americans with Disabilities Act], the [Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities], and just a lot of that work. She really put it forward and put disability at the table. And from my end, it’s how do we continue that work? How do we continue her legacy? How do we continue getting the global community to see the value of the inclusion of persons with disability? How do we make sure that the 1.2 billion individuals in this world with a disability are seen, are heard, are valued? And again, it’s not just promoting the rights of persons with disability. That is the core basis of our work, but also how to bring the value of persons with disability to the system at large and make sure that we’re benefiting from that.
Headlee: You have visited some places where there have been conflicts, where there has been unrest, both disasters, natural or not, and wars can really complicate life for everyone, but especially people with disabilities. We spoke with activist Anna Landre about the conditions for people with disabilities in Ukraine, and she says people in that community are often left behind. Have you seen this as well?
Minkara: Definitely. I mean, the disability perspective, the disability voice, persons with disabilities are left out when it comes to the space of conflict and crisis. This is why I say we need to bring the disability community into the planning phase, bring them to the table, have them design the response, have them design, be part of the designing of the aid, have them make sure they’re, from the get-go, at the table. And when they are at the table from the get-go, then our response is going to be more inclusive and accessible and reaching the disability community. There’s a phrase in the world, ‘nothing about us without us,’ in the disability world, right? ‘Nothing about us without us.’ I actually take that a step further and I say, ‘nothing without us.’ Make sure the disability community is at the table from the get-go on all issues, not just, you know, ‘Oh okay, great. Now we need to bring in the disability community. No, it needs to be from the get-go.
Headlee: The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law more than 30 years ago. Obviously, it was a landmark achievement, but the U.S. still lags behind other countries in the world in terms of fully integrating people with disabilities, not only in the decision-making process, as you just mentioned, but in the design of our systems, our buildings, our transportation. What might we learn in the U.S. from other countries that have made more strides in improving services for people with disabilities?
Minkara: I mean, I actually would say U.S. is the leader when it comes to disability. Our ADA law and legislation is still looked towards as an example across the globe. Wherever I travel, people are looking towards the ADA and our enforcement provisions and our implementation. Not to say there’s not still work to be done in terms of how do we continue moving forward towards a more inclusive world. When we look at inclusivity across employment, right, and employment of persons with disabilities, there’s a lot of work still to be done. I always reference this article that Accenture came out with a few years ago that showcases that businesses that hire persons with disability, it helps their profit margin, their bottom line. So how do we really bring forward that narrative and really get across-the-board businesses, the employment sectors say, ‘we need to employ persons with disability because it brings value to our system’? That’s one layer. Then how do we bring forward and make sure we are building an inclusive and accessible space? I also talk about accessibility not from a technical lens, but also from an adaptive lens. How do we build a culture of accessibility? It’s not enough for me to be at the table. The question is, am I comfortable bringing my true authentic self to the table? And that’s the question. When we talk about accessibility, we need to make sure I am comfortable as a person with a disability to bring my true full self forward.
Headlee: Sara Minkara, special advisor on international disability rights at the U.S. State Department. Such a pleasure. Thank you for your time.
Minkara: Thank you so much, Celeste.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police backed by commandos staged a massive raid on Tuesday and said they rescued more than 2,700 workers from China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and more than a dozen other countries who were allegedly swindled into working for fraudulent online gaming sites and other cybercrime groups.
The number of human trafficking victims rescued from seven buildings in Las Pinas city in metropolitan Manila and the scale of the nighttime police raid were the largest so far this year and indicated how the Philippines has become a key base of operations for cybercrime syndicates.
Cybercrime scams have become a major issue in Asia with reports of people from the region and beyond being lured into taking jobs in countries like strife-torn Myanmar and Cambodia. However, many of these workers find themselves trapped in virtual slavery and forced to participate in scams targeting people over the internet.
In May, leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed in a summit in Indonesia to tighten border controls and law enforcement and broaden public education to fight criminal syndicates that traffic workers to other nations, where they are made to participate in online fraud.
Brig. Gen. Sydney Hernia, who heads the national Philippine police’s anti-cybercrime unit, said police armed with warrants raided and searched the buildings around midnight in Las Pinas and rescued 1,534 Filipinos and 1,190 foreigners from at least 17 countries, including 604 Chinese, 183 Vietnamese, 137 Indonesians, 134 Malaysians and 81 Thais. There were also a few people from Myanmar, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Nigeria and Taiwan.
It was not immediately clear how many suspected leaders of the syndicate were arrested.
Police raided another suspected cybercrime base at the Clark freeport in Mabalacat city in Pampanga province north of Manila in May where they took custody of nearly 1,400 Filipino and foreign workers who were allegedly forced to carry out cryptocurrency scams, police said.
Some of the workers told investigators that when they tried to quit they were forced to pay a hefty amount for unclear reasons or they feared they would be sold to other syndicates, police said, adding that workers were also forced to pay fines for perceived infractions at work.
Workers were lured with high salary offers and ideal working conditions in Facebook advertisements but later found out the promises were a ruse, officials said.
Indonesian Minister Muhammad Mahfud, who deals with political, legal and security issues, told reporters in May that Indonesia and other countries in the region have found it difficult to work with Myanmar on cybercrime and its victims.
He said ASEAN needs to make progress on a long-proposed regional extradition treaty that would help authorities prosecute offenders more rapidly and prevent a further escalation in cybercrime. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/philippine-police-raid-alleged-cybercrime-buildings-rescue-2700-workers-from-18-countries/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2023-06-27 12:39:11 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/philippine-police-raid-alleged-cybercrime-buildings-rescue-2700-workers-from-18-countries/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
When the pandemic put touring theatrical productions on pause, the show I was most sorry to see postponed was Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell’s 2019 Tony-winning reimagining of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as a raucous, romantic celebration of American roots music. Two full years after originally scheduled, the show has finally arrived at Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center (running through Dec. 18).
I’m happy to report the long walk through the darkness was well worth the wait, because this railroad to hell is paved with more than just good intentions; it’s by far the most satisfying show of this Broadway season.
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Hermes (Nathan Lee Graham), our fabulously fleet-footed emcee, narrates the tragedy of Orpheus (Chibueze Ihuoma), his naive young protegé whose divinely inspired lyre-plucking might restore springtime to his ravaged homeland. Competing with music-making for Orpheus’ attentions is Eurydice (Hannah Whitley) a wandering waif who captures his heart. Unfortunately, she also catches the eye of Hades (Matthew Patrick Quinn) the Trumpian dictator of the industrial hellscape down the road, whose soused spouse, Persephone (Lindsey Hailes), spends six months each year fleeing from his fumes.
Hadestown retells a tale as old as time, but when Orpheus’ love is put to the test, his epic battle between trust and doubt hits just as hard today as it did thousands of years ago. And it may still be the same sad song, but it’s a pleasure hearing it sung in such a fresh, joyful way by this inspiring ensemble.
Mitchell’s toe-tapping score weaves jazz, blues and folk music with Tin Pan Alley traditions into songs that feel both timeless and current; they could have been unearthed on a century-old wax record, or be streaming today on WXPN’s “World Cafe.” And with piano-pounding Nathan Koci leading the onstage honky-tonk orchestra, it’s hard not to wish that scenic designer Rachel Hauck’s NOLA-meets-Bartertown juke joint extended beyond the proscenium (as it did in the immersive New York production), so you could jump up on the turntable and join in with choreographer David Neumann’s organic movement.
Much of the show’s success should be credited to co-developer Rachel Chavkin, whose deceptively intricate direction keeps the party flowing through the fun times and hammers home the heartbreak when the time comes. However, it’s up to the touring performers to maintain that tender balance in town after town. Thankfully, this talented cast proves that innovative visions don’t have to be blunted by the road. Ihuoma’s angelic falsetto and open face make him the ideal innocent, and his tender chemistry with Whitley — whose gorgeously gruff voice would make her a great grunge-rock Cosette — helps transform the elliptical epilogue into an epiphany about enduring love, instead of an anti-climactic downer. Likewise, the heat generated by Hailes’ Nina Simone-style sass steams up her scenes with Quinn, even if his Thurl Ravenscroft-worthy bass sometimes makes Hades sound like a cartoon villain.
Finally, it is the gregarious Graham who is the true hero of Hadestown, as his Hermes channels the love child of Cab Calloway and RuPaul while singing like a classically trained CeeLo Green. As much as I loved Hadestown, what I really want to see is a two-person cabaret with Graham backed by trombonist Emily Fredrickson, the band’s breakout star. I’d sit still for all of Ovid if those two were calling the tunes.
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On Your Side answers common consumer questions about EV charging
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Soon after Devon Rood bought an electric vehicle, she decided to upgrade to a smart charger in her garage that she can control through app.
“On peak rates are between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., which is when I want to avoid charging, so I can put that in there and it avoids charging,” Rood said. “Say I came home at 3:00 p.m. and plugged it in, it will charge until 4:00 p.m. Then [it would] stop until 7:00 p.m. and then start again.” Rood works from home and drives about 300 miles every couple weeks. “My electricity bill didn’t really go up very much at all,” she said. “We’re actually a two EV household, so about $20 more a month.”
Electric vehicles are getting more popular as car makers commit to more electric models, but a majority of American drivers have never been behind an EV’s wheel. According to a recent Consumer Reports survey, about 7% of Americans have driven an EV. The survey also shows drivers, though they are interested in potentially owning an EV, remain concerned about the up-front cost and access to charging. During National Drive Electric Week, On Your Side asked Judson Tillinghast, the leader of APS’ customer technology team, to break down some of the charging basics.
“If you charge in the off-peak hours, there’s lots of opportunity to save money on your energy bill to lower costs to drive,” Tillinghast said. “For home charging, there’s really level one and level two charging. Level one charging is the same type of plug you would use for a toaster, but it’s very slow charging your car. It can take overnight, if not longer, to do a full charge. A level two charger is easily six to eight times faster.” It’s similar to the plug used for a clothes dryer, so consumers will need to call an electrician to install the system. A charger like this is possible in four to six hours.
To help defray the increased cost of a level two network charger like the one Rood uses, APS has a $250 rebate for smart chargers purchased between July 28, 2021 and December 31, 2022. According to APS, 300 applications have been submitted for the smart charger rebate program to date. Tillinghast expects an increase in interest. “It’s really the standard,” he said. “If it’s going to be your only car, it’s really something you need to consider budgeting for.” SRP offers a similar $250 rebate for smart chargers.
Consumers have also expressed concerns about EV battery range. Rood says she relies on apps to find public charging stations on road trips. “I think a lot of people talk about range anxiety and, ‘Oh, how am I going to make it?’ And after driving it, I’ve learned range anxiety isn’t there.” According to Yessica del Rincon, an APS spokesperson, the utility is installing fast chargers through the Take Charge AZ program in Payson, Globe, Prescott and Sedona.
Fast chargers near Show Low City Hall went live early this year. “We chose these locations because they are located near popular travel corridors, helping increase range confidence for drivers looking to take longer road trips throughout the state,” del Rincon said.
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Woman, 69, fatally mauled by 3 dogs while walking home
HOLMES COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG) - A 69-year-old Florida woman was killed while walking home when three dogs attacked her, according to the sheriff.
Shirley Johnson, a 69-year-old Holmes County resident, was found dead last Sunday in Gritney, Florida. Holmes County Sheriff John Tate said her cause of death was dog bites, WJHG reports.
Johnson was walking home from her son’s house last Saturday evening when three dogs attacked her, according to Tate. The sheriff said Johnson was found by a passerby nearly 24 hours later.
The medical examiner determined Johnson had been bitten more than 100 times.
The three dogs believed to be responsible have now been euthanized. Neighbors say they had a history of aggressive behavior.
Tate said there are no charges pending against the dogs’ owner because there is no physical evidence tying the dogs to Johnson’s death.
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HBO Max is absolutely stuffed with sci-fi movies, from the classics to recent blockbusters to underrated bangers more people need to watch. Try little Spanish gem Timecrimes, Moon (starring Sam Rockwell) or Monsters (directed by Gareth Edwards).
Thanks to the recent Warner Bros. and Discovery merger, HBO Max has seen a few casualties, including the removals of Moonshot, Superintelligence, 2020's The Witches, An American Pickle, Locked Down and Charm City Kings. Thankfully, none of those are worthwhile sci-fi flicks. Here's everything you need to know about the merger.
Scroll down for the extensive options available on HBO Max.
Super 8 (2011)
Basically Stranger Things set in the '70s. Super 8 follows a group of teens who are filming their own movie when a train derails and a dangerous presence begins stalking their town.
Dune (2021)
Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi blockbuster is back on HBO Max. The epic based on Frank Herbert's novel recently scored a host of Oscars, including best original score and cinematography. Catch the sprawling story of the Atreides family, who find themselves at war on the deadly planet Arrakis. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya and more stack out a hugely impressive ensemble cast.
Westworld (1973)
With the latest season of HBO's Westworld currently airing on TV, you may as well go back and watch its source material, if you haven't already. The premise is pretty much the same as the series: An adult amusement park transports visitors to themed worlds, including a Western World. James Brolin plays one of the characters, among the creepy humanoid androids. An excellent sci-fi thriller that's much easier to understand than the series it spawned.
Ex Machina (2014)
One of the best Alex Garland films featuring one of the best robot dance scenes.
Under the Skin (2013)
Prepare to be both deeply unsettled and riveted by this unique sci-fi horror. Scarlett Johansson plays an alien roaming the streets of Scotland, preying on unsuspecting men. With amateur actors, unscripted sequences shot with hidden cameras and a lens capturing the alien's perspective, this mesmerizing flick is unique in more ways than one.
Jurassic Park (1993)
A new Jurassic Park movie is headed to theaters this year, so catch up on the (superior) original now. 1993's Jurassic Park kicked off the franchise, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. Spoiler: Original cast members Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum are set to make a return in the upcoming 2022 flick.
Pacific Rim (2013)
Its sequel didn't reach the same lofty heights, so watch the first monster epic in the Pacific Rim franchise. 2013's Pacific Rim is helmed by Guillermo Del Toro, so expect a strong brush of visual artistry over the monster mayhem.
Timecrimes (2007)
This truly mind-bending Spanish sci-fi is a wild card to take a chance on if you're in the mood. Featuring all the trimmings of a low-budget thriller, Timecrimes follows a middle-aged man who finds himself stuck in a time loop. A stream of twists will keep you on your toes.
Source Code (2011)
This smart, tightly packaged sci-fi thriller might have a slightly preposterous setup, but its gripping storytelling quickly shuts off your cynicism. Jake Gyllenhaal is Captain Colter Stevens, an ex-army pilot who wakes up on a train in the body of another man. If you haven't seen Source Code yet, it's best to let it carry you along its exhilarating ride, careening down many twists and turns toward a satisfying, emotionally impactful final destination.
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Roland Emmerich, "master of disaster," presents The Day After Tomorrow. The director also made this year's Moonfall, in which the moon falls out of its orbit on a collision course with Earth. You already know what kind of fun this movie is going to be.
Oblivion (2013)
Oblivion came out of the build-a-sci-fi-movie workshop. Starring Tom Cruise, it follows humans at war with aliens, paying homage to '70s sci-fi films including The Omega Man and Silent Running. A love letter in the form of a half-decent sci-fi action adventure.
Monsters (2010)
This solid British sci-fi comes from Gareth Edwards, who went on to direct Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and 2014's Godzilla. His mastery of atmosphere, wonder and beauty is on show here, all on a shoestring budget. Monsters follows a couple attempting to cross an "Infected Zone" teeming with giant tentacled monsters.
The Matrix (1999)
If you haven't seen The Matrix, and somehow don't know its major plot points, well done for avoiding spoilers for 23 years. The sequels Reloaded, Revolutions and Resurrections are also on HBO Max.
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Watch two and a half hours of atmospheric, sumptuous spectacle, but don't expect any conclusions to the question posed by the original Blade Runner: Is Rick Deckard a replicant?
Colossal (2016)
Colossal might look like a romantic comedy on the surface, but it has surprisingly dark layers underneath. This black comedy stars Anne Hathaway as an alcoholic out-of-work journalist who moves back home to New Hampshire after her suave British boyfriend (Dan Stevens) dumps her. What happens next is both hugely unexpected and a massive metaphor: She discovers she has a connection with a colossal Kaiju monster destroying Seoul, in South Korea. Yes, Colossal has a ton of soul, a standout performance from Jason Sudeikis and an imaginative, at times thrilling story.
Tenet (2020)
Love it or hate it -- get it or find its "science" baffling -- Tenet is eye-popping entertainment. Best advice: Don't question Tenet, submit to the Tenet experience.
Inception (2010)
The superior Christopher Nolan movie on this list.
The Dead Zone (1983)
A David Cronenberg sci-fi thriller based on a Stephen King novel -- what more do you need to entice you to watch The Dead Zone? A plot, maybe? Christopher Walken stars as a school teacher who awakens from a coma to discover he has psychic powers. What he uses them for: Preventing a certain politician from becoming president. Yes, The Dead Zone is an '80s horror referenced by Stranger Things. It's also one of the better Stephen King adaptations out there.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
"Alexa, play 2001: A Space Odyssey."
Reminiscence (2021)
This sci-fi mystery from one half of the duo that created Westworld (Lisa Joy) is pure mind boggle, but the interesting ideas are worth a gander. Reminiscence follows Hugh Jackman's Nick Bannister, who uses a machine that can see into people's memories.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The best Terminator movie? Make your judgment by watching The Terminator sequel.
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
An enjoyable B-movie, The Butterfly Effect sees college student Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher) tinker with the past and discover how each change affects the present.
Stalker (1979)
Make it through Stalker's slow start and you'll be able to say you've watched an existential masterpiece of Russian cinema.
Solaris (1972)
Before Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky made huge leaps for sci-fi cinema, with his complex, character-driven piece about astronauts having wild hallucinations that may or may not be real. The 2002 American remake of Solaris is also on HBO Max, with added George Clooney romance.
Cloverfield (2008)
Matt Reeves has gone on to big things since directing this slick found-footage monster morsel. See what he was up to before The Planet of the Apes movies and 2022's The Batman.
Moon (2009)
This immense low-budget sci-fi starring Sam Rockwell has everything. It has Sam Rockwell. A Clint Mansell score. A claustrophobic retro set and gorgeously moody moonscapes. Hard sci-fi ideas. The basic premise: A man coming to the end of a three-year solitary stint on the far side of the moon suffers a personal crisis. A must-watch.
I, Robot (2004)
A routine blockbuster for reliable entertainment.
Scanners (1981)
A warning for the body horror-averse before hitting play on this David Cronenberg sci-fi. Scanners follows people with special abilities, including telepathic and telekinetic powers. Not the first in this list to become a cult classic after a lukewarm initial response, Scanners left a lasting impression, not least because of a memorable scene involving a head explosion.
The Faculty (1998)
Robert Rodriguez isn't the most popular among Star Wars fans at the moment, mainly for making a character do a pointless ballerina twirl in the divisive The Book of Boba Fett finale. The Faculty, directed by Rodriguez, isn't great, but it isn't bad either, following teens who investigate mysterious happenings at their high school. | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/the-best-sci-fi-movies-to-see-on-hbo-max-tonight/ | 2022-08-21 23:48:55 | 1 | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/the-best-sci-fi-movies-to-see-on-hbo-max-tonight/ |
Parts of the Northeast were bracing for a powerful winter storm that could dump heavy, wet snow and unleash strong winds, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people.
The National Weather Service says the storm is expected to begin late Monday and last into Wednesday. The storm could hit parts of New England, upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, and northern New Jersey, with snowfall totals expected to range from a few inches to a few feet, depending on the area.
“This could be deadly,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned at a storm briefing in Albany. “Let me repeat: This will be a dangerous storm. Please stay off the roads for your own safety.”
Higher elevations in New York's mid-Hudson region and the Albany area could receive 3 feet (91 centimeter) of snow.
Hochul, who will issue a state of emergency starting at 8 p.m. Monday, said snow plow crews from Long Island and utility crews as far away as Canada were being sent to the region. She also said 100 National Guard members were brought in to assist with emergency response.
Snow in the western part of Massachusetts could exceed 18 inches (45 centimeters), but along the coast, the totals could be 3 or 4 inches (7.5 centimeters to 10 centimeters), Bill Simpson, a spokesman for the National Weather Service in Norton, Massachusetts, said.
"I'm not quite sure of the exact track," Simpson said. “That makes all the difference in the world.”
A winter storm warning was due to take effect Monday evening and last through Wednesday morning for parts of upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, southern sections of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont as well western Massachusetts and parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Some schools in the region canceled classes for Tuesday ahead of the storm, and Maine Gov. Janet Mills directed that all state offices be closed on Tuesday.
Connecticut’s largest electricity provider, Eversource, was bringing in extra crews from other states as it prepared for up to 130,000 power outages.
“That combination of heavy wet snow, long duration of sustained winds, long duration of gusts will almost certainly bring down tree limbs and entire trees,” said Steve Sullivan, president of Connecticut electric operations for Eversource. “Those will damage the electric system.”
In New Hampshire, the storm will hit on Election Day for town officeholders. Dozens of communities postponed voting, while others reminded voters that they could vote by absentee ballot on Monday instead.
Similar back-to-back Election Day storms in 2017 and 2018 sparked widespread confusion about who could reschedule elections.
Lawmakers have since changed the law to allow town moderators to postpone elections if the National Weather Service issues a storm warning. For Tuesday, such warnings have been issued for at least parts of seven of the state’s 10 counties.
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AP reporters Holly Ramer contributed to this report from Concord, New Hampshire, as did David Collins in Hartford, Connecticut and Maysoon Khan in Albany, New York.
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Facebook parent Meta unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset Tuesday with the hope that people will soon be using it to work and play in the still-elusive place called the “metaverse."
The $1,500 Meta Quest Pro headset sports high-resolution sensors that let people see mixed virtual and augmented reality in full color, as well as eye tracking and so-called “natural facial expressions" that mimic the wearer's facial movements so their avatars appear natural when interacting with other avatars in virtual-reality environments.
Formerly known as Facebook, Meta is in the midst of a corporate transformation that it says will take years to complete. It wants to evolve from a provider of social platforms to a dominant power in a nascent virtual-reality construct called the metaverse — sort of like the internet brought to life, or at least rendered in 3D.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has described the metaverse as an immersive virtual environment, a place people can virtually “enter” rather than just staring at it on a screen. The company is investing billions in its metaverse plans that will likely take years to pay off.
VR headsets are already popular with some gamers, but Meta knows that won't be enough to make the metaverse mainstream. As such, it's setting office — and home office — workers in its sights.
“Meta is positioning the new Meta Quest Pro headset as an alternative to using a laptop,” said to Rolf Illenberger, founder and managing director of VRdirect, which builds VR environments for businesses. But he added that for businesses, operating in the virtual worlds of the metaverse is still “quite a stretch."
Meta also announced that its metaverse avatars will soon have legs — an important detail that's been missing since the avatars made their debut last year. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/article/Facebook-owner-Meta-unveils-1-500-VR-headset-17502756.php | 2022-10-11 23:04:01 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/article/Facebook-owner-Meta-unveils-1-500-VR-headset-17502756.php |
Funding to Support Growth Worldwide and Accelerate Product Development to Combat Climate Change
BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarity Movement Co. today announced it closed a US$9.6M Series A+ funding round. The round was co-led by Amasia and the Active Fund, with participation from Spero Ventures, SOSV's HAX program, Jason Calacanis' Launch Fund and The Climate Syndicate.
Clarity is the only air quality monitoring solution to provide continuous, real-time monitoring, on a robust data platform, with data calibration and expert services. The Series A+ will support growth worldwide and accelerate product development to further address climate change.
Clarity nodes extend the resolution of traditional measurement stations with easy-to-install nodes that provide reliable and accurate results within minutes using solar power and cellular communication. Thousands of Clarity nodes have been successfully installed in hundreds of cities in more than 60 countries, including London, Los Angeles and Singapore.
"Our motivation is simple – if you can't measure it, you can't fix it," explained David Lu, CEO of Clarity. "Air pollution is one of the greatest risks to global health and a major factor contributing to climate change. We focus on providing localized, real-time and accurate air quality data by combining the latest technology advances and our expertise to make our solutions cost-effective, easy to implement, and accurate."
Clarity networks can incorporate add-on modules to supplement data collected with additional air pollutant measurements. The first three add-on modules, for Wind, Ozone, and Black Carbon, were introduced in 2021 in response to customer demand.
About Clarity Movement Co.
Clarity Movement Co., a privately-held remote-first company headquartered in Berkeley, California, is transforming the way governments, campuses, businesses and communities understand and respond to air pollution. Clarity provides the most complete, scalable air monitoring solution, with unmatched hardware, software and expert services. Used in more than 60 countries around the world, Clarity solutions empower our customers with continuous monitoring, for accurate data in a fully supported, worry-free environment. For more information, visit: <https://www.clarity.io/>.
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1 dead, 3 hurt after motorcycle gang shootout at Texas bar
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - One person has been killed and three others injured following a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs at a bar in Midland Texas. The Midland Police Department says officers were called to Your Place bar at 8:26 p.m. Sunday and discovered four people had been shot, one fatally. The three injured victims were taken to the hospital, where one was in critical condition. Police believe multiple suspected gang members were involved. The suspects were last seen heading westbound toward Odessa.
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Futuristic, ‘floating’ SeaPods will offer eco-friendly aquatic living
One company is looking to the future, unveiling what they describe as the "world's first eco-restorative homes" in the form of "floating" pods that sit in the ocean.
It’s basically "Waterworld" but with fancy floating homes.
Ocean Builders, an ocean-innovation technology company, announced it will be offering the purchase and rental of their eco-friendly homes: the SeaPod, which is built for aquatic living, the GreenPod, which is for land living, and an EcoPod version will be available for either/or SeaPod or GreenPod as an eco-friendly alternative home, according to the company website.
A fleet of pods is already under construction in Linton Bay Marina located in Panama and the company hopes the homes will be ready by 2023.
Reservations to either rent or own a future pod can be made today with a $100 deposit, according to the company website.
"We are planting the SeaPod seed here in Panama, but our eventual goal is to have SeaPod homes in every corner of the ocean, all around the world," said Ocean Builders CEO Grant Romundt in a June 2022 statement.
RELATED: What is net-zero living and why experts say it’s worth it
How much will the pods cost?
The cost of SeaPods or GreenPods will cost anywhere between $295,000 to $1.5 million depending on what buyers decide to add on.
The company claimed it is trying to keep the cost of the pods as "close as possible to an average U.S. family home," according to the website.
Here’s what the pods will look like
Where are they located?
For now, the SeaPods and GreenPods are being constructed in Panama but the goal is to eventually have them in all oceans and countries across the globe, according to the website.
How will residents get supplies?
Ocean Builders is currently working on perfecting a drone delivery system for the SeaPods that will all be connected through smart technology, according to the website.
The drone will be unmanned and in theory, will use an artificial intelligence system currently under development by the company to deliver not just pizza and groceries but medical supplies also.
"Instead of risking taking the boat back during an emergency or waiting for someone to come to you, the drone would be able to bring you what you need much quicker," the company said in a blog post.
What is an eco-restorative home?
The SeaPods will not only be futuristic and fun to look at but they will also help to grow and restore an aquatic ecosystem below.
"SeaPods are what marine biologists call ‘fish aggregation devices.’ This means that anytime you put something in the water that makes shade it attracts sea life. It often starts with barnacles and other life starts to grow on the underwater surface of your Pods. This can lead to coral grow and eventually homes for fish. After a process of years this can grow into a thriving underwater ecosystem," the website said.
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DETROIT (AP) — Diego Pavia threw for 167 yards and two touchdowns, and New Mexico State held off a late rally by Bowling Green to win the Quick Lane Bowl 24-19 on Monday.
The Aggies (7-6) were up 24-7 late in the third quarter, but the Falcons closed the gap in the fourth quarter to make it 24-19 after a field goal, a safety off of a blocked punt and Camden Orth’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Tyrone Broden with 6:27 left.
From there, New Mexico State kept control of the ball for the rest of the game.
Bowling Green (6-7) lost starting quarterback Matt McDonald early in the first quarter when he was hit late by Aggies safety Dylan Early while going out of bounds on a third-down run. He was replaced by Orth, who twice led the Falcons into field-goal range in the first half but Mason Lawler missed both tries.
The Aggies scored first to make it 7-0 on Pavia's 15-yard scoring pass to Star Thomas on their first possession of the game. The junior quarterback later added a 2-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter to Eric Marsh.
THE TAKEAWAY
New Mexico State: It's only the second time in the last 20 seasons that New Mexico State has won at least seven games, the first being 2017 when the Aggies beat Utah State in the Arizona Bowl.
Bowling Green: The Falcons' defense struggled throughout the season and it carried over into the game. Bowling Green was unable to slow the Aggies' offense, especially Pavia's ability to extend plays with his passing and running.
UP NEXT
New Mexico State: After five seasons as an independent, the Aggies join Conference USA. New Mexico State will aim to go to a bowl in back-to-back years for the first time since 1959-60. Their first game next season is Aug. 26, hosting Massachusetts.
Bowling Green: Will be at Liberty on Sept. 2 to start the season. The Falcons will have to replace two key starters in McDonald and defensive end Karl Brooks. McDonald started 29 of Bowling Green’s 30 games since he transferred from Boston College in 2019. Brooks was one of the nation's leading defensive linemen with 10 sacks and 18 tackles for losses.
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TRAVERSE CITY — For Ian Robertson and the rest of Traverse City West’s baseball seniors, this spring marks conflicting emotions.
Upgrades to their field are part of a series of athletic facility improvements at West, leaving the Titans are without a permanent home.
So they found a new one: Turtle Creek Stadium, home of the Traverse City Pit Spitters.
“It’s a little bit tough,” TC West infielder and pitcher Ian Robertson said. “It is what it is. The Pit Spitters part technically being our home field this year is pretty cool, though.”
The team is still in the process of fundraising to pay to play at the minor-league ballpark with an artificial playing surface.
“The seniors are missing out on having a home field,” West head coach Matt Bocian said, “and we want them to have a memorable season.”
The Titans hope to play all three of their home Big North Conference doubleheaders, including the rivalry matchup with TC Central in late April, plus ones with Kingsley and Sault Ste. Marie at Turtle Creek Stadium.
“Every year, every program has to fundraise,” Bocian said. “So it isn’t out of the norm.”
The team usually needs to raise at least $10,000 to cover season expenses, including transportation.
The team needs to raise about an additional $10,000 to play the games at Turtle Creek, plus have a few practices there. The Titans will mainly be practicing at West Middle School and in the high school gym.
So far, they’re at about $8,000 after efforts such as T-shirt sales and a silent auction at Lake Ann Brewing Company. The team also conducts two youth camps in February that already have 70 players signed up and a cash raffle in March.
“We’re doing pretty good,” Bocian said. “I’m happy with where we’re at.”
The Titans’ new field in the same location as the old one will have lighting, a press box with storage area, locker room and a second batting cage. The field should be about the same size as the previous one, but includes an architectural block wall behind the plate that’ll have netting extending up to the press box to protect spectators from batted balls. It’s expected to be ready for game play for the 2024 season.
In the meantime, Titan players have to adjust to the bigger stadium. Not only is the outfield much more spacious, the area behind home plate also presents a larger area to cover for catchers and infielders.
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New Year’s resolution or not, there’s no bad time to start lifting weights — and this Amazon deal on a set of adjustable dumbbells is all the motivation you might need. Typically a pair clock in around $550, but right now they’re 30% off and marked down to $379.
Bowflex ST 552 Dumbbell (pair) – $379 ($170 Off; Originally $549)
The set of two from Bowflex can scale up and down from 5 lbs. each to 52.5 lbs. each, which for those of us mere mortals should be a pretty useful range for training (and they replace about 15 sets of weights, which is useful for those of us with tiny home gyms — or gym corners in our rooms).. You just use the side dials to adjust the weights to the heaviness of your choosing, which releases the weights you don’t want from the dumbbell.
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GENEVA (AP) — Prosecutors in the fraud trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini asked Wednesday for both men to get 20-month suspended prison sentences.
Blatter and Platini, a former France national team captain who was president of European governing body UEFA, faced sentences of up to five years for financial wrongdoing but actual jail time was considered to be unlikely ahead of their 11-day trial. Verdicts are expected on July 8.
The 86-year-old Blatter’s legal jeopardy increased Wednesday when prosecutors in FIFA’s home city Zurich confirmed to The Associated Press they had opened criminal proceedings against him in a separate complaint filed by soccer’s world body in 2020.
Blatter and his longtime right-hand man, former FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke, are now formal suspects in an investigation of alleged mismanagement relating to the FIFA World Football Museum project in central Zurich. The new details were first reported by a Swiss financial news website.
Earlier Wednesday at the Swiss federal criminal court in Bellinzona, prosecutor Thomas Hildbrand also asked the three judges for Platini to pay FIFA more than 2.2 million Swiss francs ($2.2 million) in compensation.
Blatter and Platini deny fraud and lesser charges relating to a FIFA-approved $2 million payment to the France great in 2011. At the time, Platini was UEFA president, a FIFA vice president and was expected to succeed Blatter, likely in 2015.
Platini said in a statement published after the court session that he was “serene and confident.”
“The indictment of the prosecutor today is devoid of any basis,” Platini said. “The debates of the trial proved that this criminal procedure had no reason to exist.”
The prosecution argued there was no legal or contractual basis for FIFA to pay Platini’s invoice for working as a presidential adviser in Blatter’s first term between 1998 and 2002. FIFA also paid $229,000 of social security taxes in Zurich.
Both have long denied wrongdoing and claim they had a verbal deal in 1998 for Platini to get extra salary that FIFA could not pay at the time. Platini signed a contract in August 1999 to be paid 300,000 Swiss francs ($300,000) annually.
Their defense previously failed at the FIFA ethics committee, which banned them from soccer and removed them from office, the FIFA appeals committee, and later in separate appeals at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Blatter has said FIFA accounted for the money properly, and Platini has claimed the allegation came to light in September 2015 to block him from campaigning to be FIFA president.
In June 2015, Blatter announced his plan to resign early as president in fallout from a sprawling American corruption investigation. A separate but cooperating case by Swiss prosecutors led to the Platini payment being investigated.
Blatter and Platini testified last week and both are expected to make closing statements at the end of the trial on June 22.
Two federal criminal proceedings and one at canton (state) level are now ongoing against Blatter and also Valcke.
FIFA asked Zurich prosecutors to look at the $140 million renovation of a downtown Zurich building for a museum long seen as a pet project of Blatter that opened in 2016. The loss-making museum is tied to a longterm FIFA rental of apartments and offices on the site owned by insurance firm Swiss Life.
Lawyers for Blatter said 18 months ago the museum allegations are “baseless and are vehemently denied.”
Federal prosecutors including Hildbrand are also investigating a FIFA loan of $1 million in 2010 to the Trinidad and Tobago soccer federation. The suspects are Blatter, Valcke and former FIFA finance director Markus Kattner, who testified in court Tuesday about the Platini payment.
The loan was later waived and effectively gifted soccer money to Jack Warner, then a FIFA vice president, weeks before he was a candidate in the Caribbean islands’ general election. Warner then became a government minister.
Valcke is also awaiting a federal appeals court verdict in Bellinzona after a retrial in March on charges linked to use of a Qatari-owned villa in Sardinia and World Cup broadcast rights. The three defendants include soccer and broadcast executive Nasser al-Khelaïfi, the president of French champion Paris Saint-Germain.
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Dear Amy: My spouse and I recently went to Egypt and Greece. Three days before we were to return home, we conducted COVID-19 self-tests, because he had some sniffles.
He tested positive. I did not. We were faced with a choice, either I rebook quickly and return home the next day (in case I should also become positive in the following day or so), or I stay and risk getting infected.
Outside of the sniffles, he had no symptoms.
We also have a dog who had already been boarded for 15 days and if we both had to stay in Greece it would have likely added five to 10 days to him being stuck in a kennel.
We decided that I should return home, which I did.
He only stayed a few more days, and returned home as soon as he tested negative.
Now, I am getting grief: “You deserted me in Greece!” Should I have stayed?
– Accused of Desertion
Dear Accused: This question brings up an important topic that all traveling families should discuss and consider before they leave home: “What should we do if COVID hits one or more of us while we’re away?”
I hope that you and your spouse will go a little easy on yourselves; the fact that you are bringing this topic into other households through your question might help others to arrive at their own workable strategy.
Understanding that self-tests are fallible, you decided to lessen your possible exposure by leaving quickly.
You state: “We decided that I should return home.” If that is true, then your spouse agreed that you should depart the region, rather than both of you being stuck there for an indeterminate period of time.
If he gives you “grief” about this by repeating his claim, you should take him seriously and ask him, “Do you truly feel I deserted you?”
He may have been surprised by his own anxieties surfacing after you had left, and if so – you should encourage him to talk about it.
After talking earnestly about this, you should then ask him if he considers the matter settled. If not, talk some more.
If he does accept the way this challenging situation was handled by both of you – then ask him to frame this not as a “desertion,” but a “decision.”
Dear Amy: I’m engaged to a wonderful guy – he’s kind, smart, and my best friend. I truly couldn’t ask for a better partner! We’re planning to get married next spring.
My mother disapproves, and it is breaking my heart.
She says he’s a great man, but she doesn’t approve of our relationship. She always had a certain idea of what kind of man I’d end up with, and he doesn’t fit her mold. I know there’s no changing her mind.
She and I recently had a heart-to-heart talk and she asked if I was still planning on going through with marrying him. I asked her if she’d be at the wedding. She said that if I’m marrying him, she’s not sure.
Amy, I want my mom to be there more than anything. She’s the only one who raised me, and I love her.
Thankfully, her answer isn’t a direct no, but I’m so worried.
I’m trying to not focus too much on her choice right now, but I’m very worried and upset. How can I prepare myself for the worst?
– Dejected Daughter
Dear Dejected: Now that you and your mother have discussed this, and she has made her views clear, you should not bring it up again.
You and your guy should continue with your plans and trust her to make up her mind in her own way and time.
Respect her, love her, and listen to her. But unless she raises legitimate issues regarding your marriage, don’t let her control you. The more you worry about her choice, the tighter her control.
“He doesn’t fit my mold” is not a legitimate reason to oppose a marriage.
She may be struggling to let you go; this is not something you can necessarily help her with.
Dear Amy: The question from “Concerned Mother” worried me. Her daughter abruptly quit her job and moved back home.
You focused on the fact that she isn’t working. It seems obvious to me that this woman is depressed!
– Concerned
Dear Concerned: Yes, it is possible that this young-adult is depressed. In my response, I wrote: “Does she need counseling? Help her to find it.”
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curebase, a company committed to democratizing access to clinical studies, has named human resources management veteran Andi Seymour as its VP of People.
Curebase's decentralized clinical trial model ensures more diverse studies because unique populations – which typically are underrepresented in clinical trials – can be included. The company's virtual research sites also provide physicians with new and unique options to offer their patients, regardless of location. The Curebase platform empowers sponsors, CROs, and physicians from practices of all sizes to conduct clinical research, including private practices, independent clinics, and large academic research sites.
"Andi's expertise in HR leadership and her experience in helping technology startups grow makes her ideal for the critical role of VP of People," said Tom Lemberg, founder and chief executive officer of Curebase. "As we continue to scale our business and workforce, Andi will ensure Curebase maintains its core values, culture and professional standards while expanding our workforce skill set."
Andi brings more than 15 years of progressive and hands-on experience managing global human resources teams. Prior to joining Curebase, Seymour was vice president of people operations in America for data science platform startup Dataiku. She also has served as VP of human resources for 7Park Data, an alternative data aggregator and analytics provider based in NYC; global head of human resources for AxiomSL, a fintech company for regulatory and risk reporting and global HR operations manager for fintech company MarketAxess, a leading fixed income electronic trading platform based in NYC where she was employed for nearly 10 years.
"I strongly believe in what Curebase is doing to transform clinical trials and I'm impressed by the collaborative, respectful and mission-driven culture the company has developed," Seymour said. "I also love a fast-paced organization and it's clear that Curebase is both well-positioned and ready to seize growth opportunities."
Seymour received her bachelor's degree with top honors in public administration with a minor in HR management from City University of New York - John Jay, and holds HR certifications from Cornell University. She is an active member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), along with other community-based organizations.
About Curebase
At Curebase, our mission is to bring quality medical innovations to patients faster and improve human wellbeing through more efficient clinical studies. We are proving that clinical research can be radically accelerated if we empower physicians everywhere to enroll patients in the communities where they live. By applying cutting edge clinical software and remote study management techniques to the problem, we are reinventing clinical trials and research from the ground up. For more information, please visit www.curebase.com.
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Review: Alison Janney grows taciturn in the thriller ‘Lou,’ plus more movies to watch at home
‘Lou’
Allison Janney has spent much of her career playing women who can outthink and outtalk just about anyone. As the title character in the thriller “Lou,” Janney again plays someone two or three steps ahead of whomever crosses her path — though this time she doesn’t talk so much, because she doesn’t want to risk spilling one of her many secrets.
Directed by Ann Foerster from a screenplay co-written by Maggie Cohn and Jack Stanley, “Lou” stars Janney as a reclusive landowner in a small Pacific Northwest coastal community in the late 1980s. Set during a dangerous storm, the film follows Lou’s cash-strapped tenant Hannah (Jurnee Smollett), who needs help when her unreliable ex, Phillip (Logan Marshall-Green), kidnaps their young daughter for reasons that may have something to do with the other shady guys who are creeping around in the woods. As Lou heads out into the rain-soaked wilderness to straighten all this out, she proves so surprisingly capable at tracking and killing that Hannah quickly realizes that her prickly landlord must have a dark past.
The mystery of who Lou is and why she takes an interest in Hannah isn’t as surprising as the movie makes it out to be; but Janney is so commanding as an unlikely action hero that the picture still works. The plot races from one tense outdoor confrontation to the next, as “Lou” tells a simple but effective story about two women enduring the harshness of the elements and the machinations of violent men.
‘Lou.’ R, for violence and language. 1 hour, 47 minutes. Available on Netflix
‘Meet Cute’
Like a lot of recent movies and TV shows about time-loops, the romantic dramedy “Meet Cute” doesn’t waste time setting up its premise. Kaley Cuoco plays Sheila, who in the opening scene hits on Gary (Pete Davidson) in a bar, and confesses something: She has access to a time machine that can reset the past 24 hours, and she has been using it over and over to relive their first magical night together. Director Alex Lehmann and screenwriter Noga Pnueli presume their audience is familiar with the likes of “Groundhog Day” and “Palm Springs,” so they get straight to the action, which sees Sheila repeatedly tweaking small details in her never-ending date with Gary.
Unlike “Groundhog Day” and “Palm Springs” (and “Russian Doll,” “Edge of Tomorrow,” “Happy Death Day,” “Source Code,” etc.), “Meet Cute” falls into a rut fairly quickly, because it lacks the breadth of imagination that makes the best time-loop stories work. All of Sheila’s machinations come from a mundane place: She’s broken and Gary’s broken; and so they spend most of their time together just enjoying the wonders of New York City while comparing their respective traumas. Even the rules of the time-loop stop mattering after a while.
Lehmann does make the city look magnificent; and Cuoco and Davidson throw themselves fully into these characters, who are equal parts funny, awkward and dark. But while there’s the germ of a great time-loop plot idea here — the notion that even the greatest date won’t keep a person happy forever — Lehmann and Pnueli don’t expand on it enough, or do anything surprising or cool. The one idea turns out to be the only idea, and barely worth repeating.
‘Meet Cute.’ TV-MA, for violence, coarse language and smoking. 1 hour, 29 minutes. Available on Peacock
‘Carmen’
Natascha McElhone is a wonder in writer-director Valerie Buhagiar’s charming dramedy “Carmen,” a film about a long-overlooked woman who finally comes out of her shell and puts a lifetime of silent observations to use. McElhone plays Carmen, who has spent decades working as a housekeeper for her brother, a Catholic priest on the island of Malta. When he dies, the diocese evicts her; but Carmen still has the keys to the church, where she hides out and secretly hears confessions from women who prefer her practical advice to her brother’s old-fashioned penance.
“Carmen” relies too much on coincidences to keep its story going; and Buhagiar threads in a few too many impressionistic flashbacks to the heroine’s youth and to the romance her family forced her to abandon. But McElhone strikes a fine balance between humor and pathos, playing someone who has spent 30 years watching — and forming opinions — as her neighbors have struggled with the complications of couplehood, parenthood and making ends meet. When she starts breaking rules, making money and dressing pretty, Carmen find herself both exhilarated and terrified. The audience gets to feel all this right along with her, as she lives what she’d previously only studied.
‘Carmen.’ In Maltese and English with English subtitles Not rated. 1 hour, 27 minutes. Available on VOD
‘The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales’
The activist and filmmaker Abigail Disney has often been critical of the company her grandfather Roy and her granduncle Walt co-founded back in the 1920s, but she’s rarely taken her family’s legacy on as directly as she does in the documentary “The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales,” which she co-directed with Kathleen Hughes. The movie follows Disney’s efforts in recent years to shame the Walt Disney Co. for the vast disparity between its executive compensation and the paltry wages paid to its lowest-level employees, who sometimes have to rely on food banks and unsafe housing to survive.
As Disney makes clear, her family’s business is far from the worst offender when it comes to robbing workers of their fundamental dignity. But because of what Walt Disney represents — and because the company used to be a relatively responsible corporate citizen — she and Hughes use them as an example of how far American business has drifted from its mid-20th century ideals. This is an unapologetic advocacy doc; and as such it’s likely to rub some viewers the wrong way. But even those who want to watch it just to argue should find that “The American Dream” is a worthy opponent.
‘The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales.’ Not rated. 1 hour, 27 minutes. Available on VOD
‘Me to Play’
Veteran New York actors Dan Moran and Chris Jones spent decades working on the stage and screen before both men were stricken with the debilitating physical effects of Parkinson’s disease, which has made it difficult for them to remember lines and hit marks. Director Jim Bernfield’s short and sweet documentary “Me to Play” follows Moran and Jones as they work with some of their old colleagues to mount a production of Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame,” a play with existentialist and apocalyptic themes that the two leads find especially resonant. The film charts the often difficult rehearsal process, while also spending time with the actors’ family members and friends, who in some cases are unusually honest about what a nightmare it’s been to see someone they love decline. “Me to Play” doesn’t make some grand pronouncement about living with illness or theater as therapy. It’s a small slice of life about a couple of guys trying to exemplify that classic Beckett quote: “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.”
‘Me to Play.’ Not rated. 1 hour, 12 minutes. Available on VOD and Fandor
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Ronald Hansen, 77
Published 7:29 pm Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Ronald (Ron) Hansen, 77, of Albert Lea, Minnesota passed away Monday, May 22, 2023 at Thorne Crest Skilled Nursing Facility in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
The Family would like to give a special thanks to Ron’s care team of “angels” at Thorne Crest and St. Croix Hospice for their exceptional care.
The celebration of life service will be held at 10:00am, on Saturday July 1, 2023 at Bayview-Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, Minnesota with Father Kurt Farrell officiating. The visitation will be prior to the service from 8:30am to 10:00am.
Ron was born July 1, 1945 to Marvin and Albertha Hansen in Austin, Minnesota. Shortly after graduating from Pacelli High School in 1964 he married Nancy Feierer on December 4, 1965 in Austin, Minnesota and they were married for 57 years.
Ron and Nancy spent over 25 years working together as the proud owners of Albert Lea Paint and Glass, serving the people of Albert Lea and surrounding communities. They enjoyed spending this time working together.
Ron and Nancy had two sons, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Family meant the world to Ron, and he spent his life making them feel loved and cherished.
Ron is survived by his wife Nancy; sons, David (Kim) Hansen and Jon Hansen; grandchildren, Cole Hansen, Olivia Hansen, Justin (Nicole) Hansen and Danielle Hansen; great-grandchildren, Jordan and Hannelore Hansen. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and three brothers. | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2023/06/ronald-hansen-77/ | 2023-06-21 05:37:18 | 0 | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2023/06/ronald-hansen-77/ |
Biden's 'clean and green' push will result in blackouts and bankruptcy for America
Biden's energy plan will create problems and huge costs for Americans
From the beginning, President Joe Biden has made it clear his administration will focus on a "clean" and "green" future, including an aggressive move toward electric vehicles (EVs).
Unfortunately, his administration continues to overestimate electric vehicle market trends and force a massive volume of EVs into a power grid that simply isn’t prepared. Their latest move comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whose proposed new tailpipe emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles are so strict the administration predicts a shocking two-thirds of new vehicles sold in 2032 would be electric vehicles.
The goal of this proposal is not just about cleaner cars, but a broader plan by Biden and the environmental lobby to force the extinction of internal combustion engine vehicles and reach zero emissions by 2050. While decreasing emissions is certainly a laudable goal, the path the administration and its agencies are using to get us there is not a realistic one and will create problems and huge costs for the American public.
As one outlet noted, "The new rules would require nothing short of a revolution in the U.S. auto industry, a moment in some ways as significant as the June morning in 1896 when Henry Ford took his ‘horseless carriage’ for a test run and changed American life and industry."
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The rule will certainly change the auto industry, but in this instance, the revolutionary change will only exacerbate serious challenges we face, not conquer them.
First take our nation’s power grid. Where do you think that electricity is coming from when you plug your car into a charger? Growing demand for electricity is already straining our aging power grid and a flood of new demand from EVs will only strain it more.
The Electric Power Supply Association recently pointed to National Renewable Energy Laboratory calculations in 2021 finding that electrifying the economy could increase electric demand by as much as 81% in 2050 – a calculation made without the EPA’s new rule. Heading into the summer, The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) warned our nation’s power grid is already in precarious shape with renewed risks for outages due to rising temperatures and intense storms. The EPA should heed this warning before moving forward with their proposed rule.
Our nation's electricity production would have to at least double by 2050 to meet the demand from the dramatic rise from 7% EVs on the road today to 67%. This is on top of the fact the administration is already effectively requiring consumers to transition from reliable fuels like natural gas through its goal of 100% "clean electricity" by 2035. Rather than admit the fact we’ll need natural gas, alongside renewable generation and battery storage, to achieve his ambitious goals, the administration has done all it can to frustrate development of this baseload power fuel.
Second, the EPA’s proposed rule will cost American families and businesses dearly. The average price of an EV is about $58,940 compared to the average gas car price of $44,182. This could grow even higher, as supply chain problems are already driving up the average costs for cars.
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The EPA’s proposal will also deepen problems caused by outdated permitting processes. Permit approvals are already backed up for all types of energy projects – natural gas, wind, solar and transmission lines. Making an unprecedented move to an electrified transportation fleet will take huge infrastructure investments, specifically in critical mineral mining. Today, China controls around three-fourths of the world’s EV battery manufacturing capacity and is home to the world’s largest supplies of lithium, cobalt and nickel, critical minerals needed for EVs.
As Biden’s own national security adviser Jake Sullivan recently advised, "We are going to have to take further steps" to incentivize critical minerals mining because "there are just certain realities [to the energy transition]." In short, the EPA’s rule could hurt our national security by making America even more beholden to China for critical minerals.
We could short-circuit China’s grip on critical minerals by mining them here at home, but slow and outdated permitting approval processes present significant roadblocks. These processes take years, meaning any new mines that manage to gain permits likely won’t produce enough critical minerals to meet demand quickly enough. These slow processes would also hamper the construction of the countless new transmission lines we’d need to accommodate car charging infrastructure.
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If we follow the EPA’s lead, the U.S. power grid will experience even greater strain, American families and businesses who are already struggling will be saddled with even higher costs, and the Chinese will continue to gain an advantage in the area of critical minerals, thereby jeopardizing America’s national security.
Congress should come together and embrace pro-growth energy policies in H.R.1, which include provisions for mining and permitting reform as part of the larger debt ceiling negotiations, as opposed to the administration’s push to genuflect at the altar of the unrealistic environmentalists and push these types of rules. | https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-clean-green-blackouts-bankruptcy-america | 2023-05-31 15:32:38 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-clean-green-blackouts-bankruptcy-america |
Hotter oceans mean hungrier, more vicious marine predators: study
By Alexandra Mae Jones
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TORONTO (CTV Network) — As oceans warm across the globe, marine predators are poised to become more and more aggressive according to new research, potentially leaving countless species and marine ecosystems on the edge of imbalance.
Researchers ran experiments ranging from locking prey species up in cages to putting “squid pops” out to measure how many predators came to chow down depending on what temperature of water they lived in.
It’s long been observed that marine predators are more vicious in tropical waters, but with climate change driving the warming of waters worldwide, researchers at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) wanted to study what implications this could have for the future.
Usually, temperature shifts that drive big change in marine ecosystems take place over millenia, not a matter of decades.
“It’s taken thousands of years to get to this state, and then suddenly we’re ramping up the temperature at a much higher rate,” Gail Ashton, lead author of the new report and marine biologist with SERC, said in a press release. “And we don’t really know the implications of that temperature increase.”
An international team of researchers led by the SERC performed experiments on marine predators and prey at 36 sites on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas in order to study how these species react to different temperatures, hoping to predict what a warmer ocean would bring.
The results, published Friday in the journal Science, found that predation would increase in intensity as oceans warm, with unknown – yet certainly extensive – impacts on other species and the ocean as a whole.
“Warmer waters tend to favour animals high in the food chain, which become more active and need more food, and it’s their prey who pay for that increased activity,” Emmett Duffy, director of the Smithsonian’s Marine Global Earth Observatory network (MarineGEO) and co-author of the study, said in the release. “This suggests that warming seas could see big shifts in the life of sensitive seabed habitats.”
To come to their results, researchers ran three specific experiments in each of the locations to test how strong the predator response was in various waters.
The sites went as far north as Alaska and as south as Tierra de Fuego, an archipelago at the very bottom of South America.
First, researchers confirmed that warmer waters correlate with higher predation.
In this experiment, researchers created an appealing treat for predators, coined a “squid pop” for its resemblance to the dessert “cake pops”. These balled up pieces of dried squid on a stick were left underwater to attract fish, and then researchers checked back in an hour to see how much of the “squid pops” were left. The results were clear: in warmer waters, many more predators came out to have a nibble, while in waters lower than 20 degrees Celsius, there was almost zero recorded predation.
“This temperature threshold represents an ecological tipping point in these coastal marine ecosystems, above which predation intensity increases,” Amy Freestone, co-author and associate professor of biology at Temple University, said in the release. “With climate change, more coastal waters will exceed this tipping point, or warm even further, fundamentally changing how these ecosystems function.”
Once this was established, researchers put prey creatures in different positions of availability to predators to see how predation affected their growth and numbers in different waters.
In one experiment, they let prey such as underwater invertebrates tunicates and bryozoans grow on plastic panels for three months, some protected from predators by cages, and others left exposed to any potential fish that wanted a snack.
In the final experiment, researchers put protective cages around all of their prey subjects for 10 weeks and then uncaged half of them for two more weeks to test what happened when they grew in safety and then were exposed to predators.
These experiments were performed in waters of drastically varying temperatures, and the results confirmed what researchers had suspected would happen: the levels of prey species plummeted in hotter waters if left uncaged and unprotected. But in colder waters, it didn’t matter whether the prey was protected or not — the levels of predation remained very low regardless, reinforcing that predation is not as active in colder waters.
But what does this actually mean for the overall ecosystem as more and more waters become warmer?
Researchers say that the overall marine ecosystems could become more “top-down” as waters get warmer, with predators controlling the oceans instead of being in balance with them.
“Such broad-scale shifts in top-down control could have far-reaching consequences, given the key role of species interactions in maintaining ecosystem structure, diversity, biogeochemical processes, and the provision of critical ecosystem services to human communities,” the study stated.
For instance, some of the prey species that were consumed more in the higher predation areas, such as tunicates, perform essential roles in the overall ecosystem. Tunicates filter the water and provide “nooks and crannies” for other marine creatures to live in, the press release explained.
“As predation changes, some species will be winners and some will be losers,” Greg Ruiz, head of the SERC’s Marine Invasions Research Lab and study co-author, said in the release. “Some will be defended; others will be vulnerable. But we don’t know exactly how that will play out.”
Although these issues have been measured in smaller studies before, this is one of the largest to look at the bigger picture of how temperature affects these predation levels.
Researchers noted that due to different levels of marine species in different regions of the ocean, some of the results may have been impacted by these differing biomass levels.
“More broadly, the variation among sites underscores the need for high replication and broad coverage to thoroughly evaluate both regional and global patterns,” the study stated.
“Our results imply that climate change may have predictable effects on the regulation of nearshore communities along the world’s shorelines.”
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In a game of runs, the Arizona women's basketball team couldn't catch Washington State down the stretch.
Washington State upset No. 19 UA (16-5, 6-4 Pac-12) 70-59 on Sunday afternoon before 7,502 fans at McKale Center. The Cougars (15-8, 5-5) went on a 10-2 run to start the game and added a 9-0 spurt to begin the second half.
“The Cougars came in here and outplayed us,” said UA head coach Adia Barnes. “I think that they had a stellar third quarter, they really punched us in the face and came out with a 9-0 run, started very flat in the third quarter and that’s unacceptable and so honestly they came in manhandled us and we should’ve lost the game.”
UA senior guard Helena Pueyo ended the Cougars' game-opening run with a 3-pointer. That started a 7-0 run that cut the lead to 10-9. Arizona senior Esmery Martinez scored nine of Arizona’s 14 points in the first quarter and with 8:47 left in the second quarter, UA took the lead back with a Martinez layup.
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WSU retook the lead with 1:42 left in the second with a 3 from freshman guard Astera Tuhina.
“We all know the score but we also have to play defense, so just pride,” said UA freshman guard Kailyn Gilbert said. “You don’t have to be the fastest in the world but as long has you have pride then that’s gonna go a long way on the defensive end, so just having heart and pride to stop your defender."
The loss snapped UA’s five game home winning streak. On Friday the Wildcats topped Washington 61-54.
Washington State beat Arizona for the second straight time, having upset the Wildcats 72-67 last February in Pullman.
Arizona closed out the first half Sunday with no field goals in the last 6:30, missing their last seven shots. Senior guard/forward Jade Loville made two of three free throws with no time on the clock to cut Wazzu’s lead to 29-27 at the half.
WSU opened the third quarter on an 9-0 run to go up 11, but UA tied it at 46, using an 8-0 run thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers by sophomore guard Madison Conner.
“I felt like just going in there, playing hard, trying to do whatever it takes to get the lead and kinda come back,” Conner said. “That’s kinda what we’re supposed to do coming off the bench: stay ready, whenever you go in just bring that spark and honestly do anything that you have to.”
With WSU up 50-48 early in the fourth quarter, Martinez got called for a technical foul after pushing a Cougar that ran into her before the Wildcats could inbound the ball.
The Cougs added four points from the free throws and ensuing possession. Barnes said the foul had a huge impact and that there was bump before but “that’s basketball.”
“We had fought so hard and we’re playing pretty good to come back and then down two, that was a huge momentum shift,” Barnes said. “It was like the first dagger.”
UA went on to miss six straight field goals until Conner hit a 3.
Martinez led the UA in scoring with 14, while Conner added 13. WSU had four players in double figure scoring, led by center center Bella Murekatete with 18 and senior forward Ula Motuga, who had 16.
Murekatete, who scored 27 in their last meeting, just missed out on a double-double with nine boards.
The Wildcats suffered through two scoring droughts of over two minutes in the fourth period, while Washington State made their last five field attempts to pull away.
Arizona shot 31% from the field, while Washington State shot 41%. UA was 12 for 14 from the free-throw line, but was outrebounded 43-35.
Up next for the Wildcats is the L.A. road trip, starting with No. 8 UCLA (17-5, 6-4) on Friday. The Bruins fell 71-69 at No. 9 Utah on Sunday. | https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/basketball/cougars-use-sustained-scoring-runs-to-knock-off-wildcats-at-mckale-center/article_ff022140-9ffe-11ed-970f-5fb1b1039a1f.html | 2023-01-30 00:40:35 | 1 | https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/basketball/cougars-use-sustained-scoring-runs-to-knock-off-wildcats-at-mckale-center/article_ff022140-9ffe-11ed-970f-5fb1b1039a1f.html |
(The Hill) — The stabbing attack on disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar in federal prison was not captured on camera, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
A person familiar with the matter said Nassar was attacked inside his prison cell, which is a blind spot for cameras that only cover the common areas and corridors. He was stabbed multiple times in the neck, back and chest by another inmate at United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida.
He was declared to be in stable condition as of Monday.
Nassar pleaded guilty in 2017 to sexual assault charges after being accused by dozens of gymnasts of sexual abuse throughout his career. He was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in 2018.
He has also been sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography and 40 to 125 years in prison for three additional counts of sexual assault.
More than 150 individuals who shared their own experiences of abuse by Nassar spoke at his sentencing hearing or submitted statements to be included in the record, including Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney.
Nassar has admitted to sexually abusing gymnasts while working at Michigan State University and for USA Gymnastics.
A person familiar with the stabbing incident told AP that a prisoner armed with a makeshift weapon attacked Nassar, and the two officers guarding the cell where he stayed were working overtime shifts because of staffing shortages.
The attack on Nassar in prison is the second time that he has been targeted since he began his sentence. He was previously assaulted at a federal prison in Arizona in 2018 within hours of being placed in the general prison population.
His attorneys blamed the attack on the attention given to his case and the weeklong televised sentencing hearing in which his victims made their statements.
Cameras from outside Nassar’s cell might have been able to capture the assailant walking in and out of Nassar’s cell even if the attack itself was not recorded. Cell doors in most federal prison units are usually open during the day to allow prisoners to move around.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/nassar-stabbing-not-captured-on-prison-cameras-report/ | 2023-07-12 15:49:23 | 0 | https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/nassar-stabbing-not-captured-on-prison-cameras-report/ |
– VONJO® (pacritinib) net product revenue of $12.3 million in the second quarter –
– Management to host conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET –
SEATTLE, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CTI BioPharma Corp. (Nasdaq: CTIC) today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"CTI continues to make substantial headway with the U.S. commercial launch of VONJO, as we work to become the market leader in the treatment of cytopenic myelofibrosis. In the second quarter, we have performed well generating net product revenue of $12.3 million," said Adam Craig, President and Chief Executive Officer of CTI BioPharma. "With a differentiated profile, VONJO is a simple, safe and effective treatment that is a meaningful alternative to existing therapies. We look forward to extending the reach of VONJO over the coming months and years."
Recent Accomplishments and Updates
- VONJO listed as recommended treatment in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, as a first-line treatment for high-risk patients with myelofibrosis with platelet counts <50 x 109/L who are not candidates for transplant, and as a second-line treatment for lower-risk and higher-risk patients with myelofibrosis with platelet counts ≥50 x 109/L who are not candidates for transplant.
- Planned data presentations at international medical meetings by end of year that demonstrate pacritinib's activity as a potent ACVR1/ALK2 inhibitor as well as data on pacritinib's substantial anemia benefit in myelofibrosis.
- Data presented at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2022 Congress demonstrating that full dose pacritinib achieved higher response rates and a similar, manageable safety profile compared to lower-dose ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis who have moderate or severe thrombocytopenia.
- Data presented at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting demonstrating the safety profile of pacritinib 200 mg twice a day is comparable to best available therapy, including ruxolitinib, and that pacritinib 200 mg twice daily could be a full-dose therapeutic option for patients with myelofibrosis, including those who experience severe thrombocytopenia.
- Filing of patent term extension application for the composition of matter U.S. Patent No. 8,153,632, with a requested five-year extension, which, if granted, would extend the expiration date of that patent from January 2029 to January 2034.
Second Quarter Financial Results
Net product sales of $12.3 million and $14.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, were entirely attributable to VONJO product sales in the United States. There were no product sales for the comparable periods in 2021. Operating loss was $18.9 million and $19.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $54.0 million and $36.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decrease in operating loss between the three-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was primarily attributable to net product sales, offset by an increase in selling, general and administrative activities related to the commercial launch of VONJO. The increase in operating loss between the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 resulted primarily from an increase in selling, general and administrative activities related to the commercial launch of VONJO, as well as a $10.3 million milestone expense related to FDA approval of VONJO, which was included in other operating expenses.
Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was $22.7 million, or $0.21 for basic and diluted loss per share, compared to net loss of $19.7 million, or $0.21 for basic and diluted loss per share, for the same period in 2021. Net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $59.8 million, or $0.57 for basic and diluted loss per share, compared to net loss of $36.9 million, or $0.44 for basic and diluted loss per share, for the same period in 2021.
As of June 30, 2022, our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $95.9 million. We expect our present financial resources, along with expected cash receipts from net product sales of VONJO and up to $25.0 million in contractual funding commitments receivable upon achievement of minimum net product sales of VONJO under the terms of the previously-announced debt and royalty transactions with DRI Healthcare Trust, will enable us to fund our operations for at least one year.
Conference Call and Webcast
CTI will host a conference call and webcast to review its second quarter 2022 financial results and provide an update on business activities today, August 8, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. ET. To access the live call by phone please dial (888) 317-6003 (domestic), (855) 669-9657 (Canada) or (412) 317-6061 (international); the conference ID is 0078819. A live audio webcast of the event may also be accessed through the "Investors" section of CTI's website at www.ctibiopharma.com. A replay of the webcast will be available for 30 days following the event.
About VONJO (pacritinib)
Pacritinib is an oral kinase inhibitor with activity against wild type Janus Associated Kinase 2 (JAK2), mutant JAK2V617F form and FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), which contribute to signaling of a number of cytokines and growth factors that are important for hematopoiesis and immune function. Myelofibrosis is often associated with dysregulated JAK2 signaling. Pacritinib has higher inhibitory activity for JAK2 over other family members, JAK3 and TYK2. At clinically relevant concentrations, pacritinib does not inhibit JAK1. Pacritinib exhibits inhibitory activity against additional cellular kinases (such as CSF1R and IRAK1), the clinical relevance of which is unknown.
VONJO is indicated for the treatment of adults with intermediate or high-risk primary or secondary (post-polycythemia vera or post-essential thrombocythemia) myelofibrosis with a platelet count below 50 × 109/L. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on spleen volume reduction. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial(s).
Important VONJO Safety Information
Hemorrhage:
Serious (11%) and fatal (2%) hemorrhages have occurred in VONJO-treated patients with platelet counts <100 × 109/L. Serious (13%) and fatal (2%) hemorrhages have occurred in VONJO-treated patients with platelet counts <50 × 109/L. Grade ≥3 bleeding events (defined as requiring transfusion or invasive intervention) occurred in 15% of patients treated with VONJO compared to 7% of patients treated on the control arm. Due to hemorrhage, VONJO dose reductions, dose interruptions, or permanent discontinuations occurred in 3%, 3%, and 5% of patients, respectively.
Avoid use of VONJO in patients with active bleeding and hold VONJO seven days prior to any planned surgical or invasive procedures. Assess platelet counts periodically, as clinically indicated. Manage hemorrhage using treatment interruption and medical intervention.
Diarrhea:
VONJO causes diarrhea in approximately 48% of patients compared to 15% of patients treated on the control arm. The median time to resolution in VONJO-treated patients was two weeks. The incidence of reported diarrhea decreased over time, with 41% of patients reporting diarrhea in the first eight weeks of treatment, 15% in weeks 8 through 16, and 8% in weeks 16 through 24. Diarrhea resulted in treatment interruption in 3% of VONJO-treated patients. None of the VONJO-treated patients reported diarrhea that resulted in treatment discontinuation. Serious diarrhea adverse reactions occurred in 2% of patients treated with VONJO compared to no such adverse reactions in patients in the control arm.
Control pre-existing diarrhea before starting VONJO treatment. Manage diarrhea with antidiarrheal medications, fluid replacement, and dose modification. Treat diarrhea with antidiarrheal medications promptly at the first onset of symptoms. Interrupt or reduce VONJO dose in patients with significant diarrhea despite optimal supportive care.
Thrombocytopenia:
VONJO can cause worsening thrombocytopenia. VONJO dosing was reduced due to worsening thrombocytopenia in 2% of patients with pre-existing moderate to severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count <100 × 109/L). VONJO dosing was reduced due to worsening thrombocytopenia in 2% of patients with pre-existing severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count <50 × 109/L).
Monitor platelet count prior to VONJO treatment and as clinically indicated during treatment. Interrupt VONJO in patients with clinically significant worsening of thrombocytopenia that lasts for more than seven days. Restart VONJO at 50% of the last given dose once the toxicity has resolved. If toxicity recurs hold VONJO. Restart VONJO at 50% of the last given dose once the toxicity has resolved.
Prolonged QT interval:
VONJO can cause prolongation of the QTc interval. QTc prolongation of >500 msec was higher in VONJO-treated patients than in patients in the control arm (1.4% vs 1%). QTc increase from baseline by 60 msec or higher was greater in VONJO-treated patients than in control arm patients (1.9% vs 1%). Adverse reactions of QTc prolongation were reported for 3.8% of VONJO-treated patients and 2% of control arm patients. No cases of torsades de pointes were reported.
Avoid use of VONJO in patients with a baseline QTc of >480 msec. Avoid use of drugs with significant potential for QTc prolongation in combination with VONJO. Correct hypokalemia prior to and during VONJO treatment. Manage QTc prolongation using VONJO interruption and electrolyte management.
Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE):
Another JAK)-inhibitor has increased the risk of MACE, including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke (compared to those treated with TNF blockers) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition for which VONJO is not indicated.
Consider the benefits and risks for the individual patient prior to initiating or continuing therapy with VONJO, particularly in patients who are current or past smokers and patients with other cardiovascular risk factors. Patients should be informed about the symptoms of serious cardiovascular events and the steps to take if they occur.
Thrombosis:
Another JAK-inhibitor has increased the risk of thrombosis, including deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and arterial thrombosis (compared to those treated with TNF blockers) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition for which VONJO is not indicated.
Patients with symptoms of thrombosis should be promptly evaluated and treated appropriately.
Secondary Malignancies:
Another JAK-inhibitor has increased the risk of lymphoma and other malignancies, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) (compared to those treated with TNF blockers), in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition for which VONJO is not indicated. Patients who are current or past smokers are at additional increased risk.
Consider the benefits and risks for the individual patient prior to initiating or continuing therapy with VONJO, particularly in patients with a known malignancy (other than a successfully-treated NMSC), patients who develop a malignancy, and patients who are current or past smokers.
Risk of Infection:
Another JAK-inhibitor has increased the risk of serious infections compared to best available therapy (BAT) in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms. Serious bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal and viral infections may occur in patients treated with VONJO. Delay starting therapy with VONJO until active serious infections have resolved. Observe patients receiving VONJO for signs and symptoms of infection and manage promptly. Use active surveillance and prophylactic antibiotics according to clinical guidelines.
Interactions with CYP3A4 Inhibitors or Inducers:
Co-administration of VONJO with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers is contraindicated. Avoid concomitant use of VONJO with moderate CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers.
Drug interruptions due to an adverse reaction occurred in 27% patients who received VONJO 200 mg twice daily compared to 10% of patients treated with BAT. Dosage reductions due to an adverse reaction occurred in 12% of patients who received VONJO 200 mg twice daily compared to 7% of patients treated with BAT. Permanent discontinuation due to an adverse reaction occurred in 15% of patients receiving VONJO 200 mg twice daily compared to 12% of patients treated with BAT.
Please visit http://www.ctibiopharma.com/vonjo_prescribing_information for full Prescribing Information and the Medication Guide.
About Myelofibrosis
Myelofibrosis is bone marrow cancer that results in formation of fibrous scar tissue and can lead to thrombocytopenia and anemia, weakness, fatigue and an enlarged spleen and liver. Within the United States, there are approximately 21,000 patients with myelofibrosis, 7,000 of which have severe thrombocytopenia (defined as blood platelet counts of less than 50 x109/L). Severe thrombocytopenia is associated with poor survival and high symptom burden and can occur as a result of disease progression or from drug toxicity with other JAK2 inhibitors, such as JAKAFI and INREBIC.
About CTI BioPharma Corp.
We are a commercial biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of novel targeted therapies for blood-related cancers that offer a unique benefit to patients and their healthcare providers. CTI has one FDA-approved product, VONJO® (pacritinib), a JAK2 and IRAK1 inhibitor, that spares JAK1. VONJO is approved for the treatment of adults with intermediate- or high-risk primary or secondary (post-polycythemia vera or post-essential thrombocythemia) myelofibrosis with a platelet count below 50 × 109/L. This indication is approved under FDA accelerated approval based on spleen volume reduction. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial(s). CTI is conducting the Phase 3 PACIFICA study of VONJO in patients with myelofibrosis and severe thrombocytopenia as a post-marketing requirement.
VONJO® is a registered trademark of CTI BioPharma Corp.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements included in this press release that are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on current assumptions that involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, events or developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to successfully commercialize VONJO and generate future revenues with respect to VONJO; our limited experience in generating revenue from product sales; the accuracy of our assumptions regarding our planned expenditures and sufficiency of our cash to fund operations; risks and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to our operations and ongoing clinical trials; and those risks more fully discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. "CTI BioPharma" and the CTI BioPharma logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of CTI BioPharma Corp. in various jurisdictions. All other trademarks belong to their respective owner.
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WEMIX Kanvas will make onboarding dApps easier and faster
SINGAPORE, Feb. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading blockchain-based ecosystem developer WEMIX today unveiled WEMIX Kanvas, its next-gen Ethereum Layer 2 based on EVM-Equivalent ZK Rollup - and a key component of the mega blockchain ecosystem which WEMIX is committed to building.
"As a global leader with great success in blockchain gaming, WEMIX had launched our own mainnet to create a bigger ecosystem, not just in the blockchain gaming sector," said Shane Kim, CEO of WEMIX PTE., LTD. "WEMIX Kanvas will expand WEMIX to Ethereum which has the world's largest blockchain ecosystem, and help contribute to solving Ethereum's scaling issue."
Starting from Q1 2023, WEMIX Kanvas will deploy using a two-phase process beginning with an Optimistic Rollup with ZK Fault Proof before evolving to the EVM-Equivalent ZK Rollup. The Testnet of WEMIX Kanvas will first launch using Optimistic Rollup, one of the two major methods with proven utility before further improvement by incorporating zkEVM Fault Proof in the Optimistic Rollup phase. This lays the groundwork to bypass the limitations and technical difficulties inherent in universal purpose ZK Rollups in their current state, for a seamless completion of phase one.
Following this, WEMIX Kanvas will fully transition to EVM-equivalent ZK Rollup to pursue the twin goals of EVM compatibility & fast finality. WEMIX Kanvas will be EVM-equivalent in phase two, enabling near effortless onboarding and migration of other dApps. The speed of withdrawals will also become much faster compared with an Optimistic Rollup, from as long as 7 days to just 60 minutes.
WEMIX Kanvas will offer:
Lower Transaction Fees
- WEMIX Kanvas uses the Rollup method to compress transactions and post them to L1, thereby lowering transaction fees
○ Therefore, dApps which previously had difficulty using the Ethereum blockchain due to high gas fees can participate in the Ethereum ecosystem utilizing WEMIX Kanvas
Faster Withdrawals from Ethereum
- In the existing Optimistic Rollup, due to late finality, users' withdrawals from L1 were delayed for up to one week
- WEMIX Kanvas uses zkEVM for ZK Rollup to ensure fast finality with fast proof generation, solving the problems of slow withdrawals
Seamless Onboarding for Developers
- WEMIX Kanvas, from the beginning, is designed as a hybrid system which combines the advantages of Optimistic and ZK rollup, ensuring easy onboarding for new dApps
- dApps which previously were on the Ethereum blockchain can be directly onboarded to WEMIX Kanvas without major code updates
- When the EVM-Equivalent ZK Rollup is reached, finality can be drawn up within a few hours and withdrawal can be done quickly
Interconnectedness with the WEMIX mega-ecosystem
WEMIX Kanvas is designed to enhance the interconnectivity of L2 with the broader WEMIX ecosystem in the following ways:
- Being the bridge that connects all the components of the mega ecosystem, WEMIX coin will be the governance coin of both WEMIX Kanvas and WEMIX 3.0
- This means that dApps on WEMIX 3.0 and services that have been successfully running on WEMIX like KLEVA, and those under development (Kurrency, Konverter and WESHLIST) can easily migrate and build interconnectivity with dApps that are already on WEMIX Kanvas
- WEMIX coin will be more widely used and it all leads to expansion of WEMIX ecosystem
WEMIX plans to deploy the project starting with the launch of the testnet for its Optimistic Rollup with ZK Fault Proof in Q2 2023.
Note to editors:
- Aiming to become the main branch of Ethereum execution layer, WEMIX Kanvas will launch and expand the ecosystem based on technical leadership and service capabilities.
- WEMIX 3.0 is a high-performance EVM-compatible open-source protocol powered by SPoA(Stake-Based Proof of Authority) consensus algorithm which is secured by 40 decentralized authority nodes operated by highly-qualified global partners as well as on-chain community DAO(Decentralized Autonomous Organization).
- There are two main types of rollups, Optimistic and Zero-Knowledge (ZK) and ZK rollups offer greater speed and security, but are also more complex and challenging to implement.
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About WEMIX
WEMIX is a blockchain gaming platform developed by WEMIX Pte. Ltd, providing services that include a cryptocurrency wallet, decentralised exchange, NFT marketplace, WEMIX token staking programme and the game gateway. WEMIX Pte. Ltd. is a subsidiary of Wemade, the developer and owner of "The Legend of Mir" IP, a highly successful game with over 500 million users. For more information, visit www.WEMIXnetwork.com
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Vaxxing and Masking Goes Away Inviting Guests to Cruise Regardless of Vaccination Status
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, UnCruise Adventures announced updated vaccination guidelines that now allow guests to cruise regardless of vaccination status. Following previous years of successful vaccination requirements, the new no vax guidelines go into effect April 7th, 2023, for all future sailings. Given the significant and positive progress in public health and in line with global travel organizations, the small ship cruise line protocols will no longer require vaccination, boosters, pre-testing or onboard masking.
The cruise line will continue its focus on thorough and effective onboard health and well being guidelines. These include sanitation guidelines overseen by the cruise lines safety officers for guests and crew along with onboard awareness for any contagious illness.
"We implement top-notch health measures so all you need to bring is your sense of adventure," said Dan Blanchard, CEO of UnCruise Adventures. "While vaccines have played a crucial role in the fight against COVID-19, we are confident in the effectiveness of our onboard health and wellbeing policies and are excited to welcome all of our guests back onboard without the added step of vaccination requirements."
Key points for the updated vaccine, mask, and testing guidelines onboard UnCruise Adventures:
- Suspension of vaccination booking policy goes into effect April 7th, 2023.Applicable to all destinations and itineraries.
- The cruise line will longer be operating at limited capacity.
- Guests sailing on any 7,10,12- or 14-night adventures will no longer need to provide proof of vaccination, booster, or pre-testing to sail on any of the cruise lines ten itineraries.
- Robust onboard health and wellbeing policies, including enhanced cleaning and sanitation measures remain in place. Ongoing guidelines reflect the cruise lines dedication to a safe environment for all guests and crew.
- Onboard testing will no longer be provided by the cruise line or required to pre-board. Any positive tests reported onboard may require individuals to isolate in their cabin up to 5 days or depart the vessel in line with medical authority recommendations.
The small ship adventure cruise line is known for its immersive, active experiences in some of the world's most breathtaking destinations from Southeast Alaska to Latin America and Galapagos. It has been repeatedly voted best adventure cruise line, and is an multiple award-winning adventure offering guests the ability to have truly experiential
These updated guidelines are subject to the local regulations of applicable homeports and destinations and reflect our ongoing commitment to providing a safe and healthy environment for all. We will continue to monitor the situation and may revisit this policy in the future, but for now, we are focused on providing a safe and enjoyable vacation experience for all our guests.
Find all destinations and WAVE season savings at uncruise.com to reserve your cabin early. Our Adventure Specialists are ready at 888-862-8881 or contact your travel advisor.
Your Health & Wellbeing
To ensure the health and safety of our guests and crew, UnCruise Adventures has implemented safety and sanitary measure onboard all of its vessels. The company's updated vaccine policy and travel resources can be found on the website uncruise.com.
About UnCruise Adventures
UnCruise Adventures' is a responsible travel and adventure leader in the small boat industry. They operate boutique yachts and small boats carrying 22-86 guests on voyages in Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, Mexico's Sea of Cortés, Columbia & Snake Rivers, coastal Washington, Galápagos, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, and Colombia. UnCruise Adventures was picked as the top adventure cruise line by Cruise Critic. Travel & Leisure readers also named UnCruise Adventures in its World's Best Awards and its list of top 10 small ship ocean cruise lines three years in a row. UnCruise Adventures is a member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association and the Transformational Travel Council.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government on Monday announced proposed new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk being shut down.
The proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rules would declare salmonella an adulterant — a contaminant that can cause food-borne illness — in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products. That includes many frozen foods found in grocery stores, including chicken cordon bleu and chicken Kyiv products that appear to be cooked through but are only heat-treated to set the batter or breading.
The agency notified producers of the proposed changes on Friday.
USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Sandra Eskin said it marks the beginning of a broader agency effort to curtail illnesses caused by the salmonella bacteria, which sickens 1.3 million Americans each year. It sends more than 26,000 of them to hospitals and causes 420 deaths, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
Food is the source for most of those illnesses.
The CDC says approximately one in every 25 packages of chicken sold at grocery stores contains salmonella bacteria.
Since 1998, breaded and stuffed raw chicken products have been associated with 14 salmonella outbreaks and approximately 200 illnesses, the USDA said in a statement. An outbreak last year tied to frozen breaded raw chicken products caused 36 illnesses in 11 states and sent 12 people to hospitals.
The USDA currently has performance standards that poultry processing plants have to meet to reduce contamination, but the agency cannot stop products from being sold. There is also no adequate testing system to determine levels of salmonella in meat, Eskin said.
The proposed new rules require routine testing at chicken processing plants. Products would be considered adulterated when they exceed a very low level of salmonella contamination and would be subject to regulatory action, including shuttering plants that fail to reduce salmonella bacteria levels in their products, Eskin said.
“This action and our overall salmonella initiative underscore our view that our job is to ensure that consumers don’t get sick from meat and poultry products,” she said. “They shouldn’t be sold if they’re contaminated to the degree that people get sick.”
In 1994, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service took a similar step by declaring some strains of E. coli a contaminant in ground beef and launched a testing program for the pathogen.
Eskin said the agency met with food safety experts and poultry processors for ideas on how to reduce contamination in processing.
Representatives of the National Chicken Council, a trade group, and Tyson Foods said they would withhold comment until they received details of the new USDA rule.
Diana Souder, a spokeswoman for Maryland-based Perdue Farms, also declined to comment but pointed out that the company belongs to the Coalition for Poultry Safety Reform, a group formed last year to work with USDA and others to reduce foodborne illnesses from salmonella contamination.
The new rules will be published in the Federal Register this fall and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will seek public comment before finalizing the rules and setting a date for implementation.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CODX) between May 12, 2022 and August 11, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important October 17, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Co-Diagnostics securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Co-Diagnostics class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8137 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 17, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) there was significant falloff in demand of Co-Diagnostics' Logix Smart™ COVID-19 Test as demand for the tests plummeted throughout the quarter ended June 30, 2022; and (2) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the demand for its Logix Smart™ COVID-19 Test lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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98 migrants rescued from boat off Florida coast lacked food
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Almost 100 people, mostly from Haiti, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
A Coast Guard helicopter spotted the 98 Haitians, as well as a passenger each from Uganda and the Bahamas, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Boca Raton, Florida, last week. They were transferred to Bahamian authorities on Sunday.
The passengers told Coast Guard crew members that they had been at sea for a week and lacked food and water during the last two days. The 40-foot cabin cruiser was overloaded with 53 men, 35 woman and 10 children, the Coast Guard said in a statement.
No one was injured.
“Smugglers do not care whether you live or die,” said Capt. Robert Kinsey of the Coast Guard’s District Seven, citing the lack of sustenance and the overloaded vessel. “These people are lucky to be alive.”
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HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says it does not plan to sell any shares in its one-third shareholding in financial technology company Ant Group because it wants to retain its stake in an “important strategic partner.”
Alibaba Group Holdings said in a filing Sunday that it will not participate in Ant’s share buyback program. It allows shareholders to sell back up to 7.6% of their holdings at an unspecified price that values the company at 567.1 billion yuan ($78.8 billion).
Ant, which operates one of China’s leading mobile payments services Alipay, has seen its valuation fall nearly 70% from about $280 billion ($38.9 billion) at the time it was planning an IPO in 2020. That was derailed by regulators who conducted an investigation into the firm and then fined it nearly $100 billion for violating laws and regulations in the payments sector.
Given the plunge in Ant’s valuation, investors who sell their shares to Ant will likely get far less than they would have gotten in 2020.
“Given that Ant Group continues to be an important strategic partner to Alibaba Group’s various businesses, Alibaba Group has decided that it will not sell any shares to Ant Group under the proposed share repurchase, so as to maintain its shareholding in Ant Group,” Alibaba said in the filing.
Alibaba had said earlier that it might sell shares during the program. Singapore state-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings also said it was considering selling some of its shares.
Founded by Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, Ant Group’s Alipay is the primary payment method on Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall e-commerce platforms. It serves over a billion users.
Alibaba earlier this year split its businesses into six business groups to try to increase shareholder value. It plans to spin off those businesses into companies that could eventually go public and raise funding.
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MINNEAPOLIS, July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, National Grid Renewables announced its pledge to donate over $500,000 to the New Underwood, South Dakota School District, sourced from its 128 megawatt (MW) Wild Springs Solar Project (Wild Springs or the project) located in Pennington County, South Dakota. The new Wild Springs Education Fund will be administered by the New Underwood Area Community Foundation, a local fund governed by the South Dakota Community Foundation.
"The New Underwood School District appreciates the pledge of $25,000 per year for 20 years provided by the Wild Springs Education Fund," said Katie Albers, Superintendent of the New Underwood School District. "The district will use these funds in a variety of ways to benefit our students, school and community."
National Grid Renewables initiates charitable funds for each of its large-scale renewable energy projects and commences funding of its pledge once the project achieves commercial operation. These charitable funds are intended to provide additional assistance to community activities and opportunities within the local host communities. These gifts donated by the charitable funds are above and beyond any tax revenue delivered by National Grid Renewables' projects.
"We are incredibly proud of the local community benefits resulting from these charitable funds," said Joe Ibrahim, Vice President of Construction and Engineering at National Grid Renewables. "When we construct a clean energy project, we are laying down roots in a community – and we take our role as a good neighbor seriously. We have the opportunity and the responsibility to give back and be a positive impact on both the residents and the local economy."
Wild Springs announced construction in early 2023 and is projected to be the largest solar energy project in the state to-date. Once operational, Wild Springs is anticipated to avoid 190,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually – the equivalent to removing roughly 42,000 cars from the road for one year. The project also expects to produce nearly $12 million in new tax revenue throughout the first 20 years of operation.
About National Grid Renewables
National Grid Renewables develops and operates large-scale renewable energy assets across the United States, including solar, wind, and energy storage. As a farmer-friendly and community-focused business, National Grid Renewables repowers America's electricity grid by reigniting local economies and reinvesting in a sustainable, clean energy future. National Grid Renewables supports National Grid's vision of being at the heart of a clean, fair, and affordable energy future for all. To learn more about National Grid Renewables, visit www.nationalgridrenewables.com or follow the company on LinkedIn.
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FINGERS CROSSED
The playoff-hopeful Seattle Mariners are holding their collective breath that All-Star rookie Julio Rodríguez isn't seriously injured.
Rodríguez was hit on the back of his right hand near the wrist as he swung awkwardly at a pitch in the eighth inning Saturday night at Houston. He struck out, but played defense in the bottom half before exiting in the ninth.
Seattle manager Scott Servais said the outfielder would get X-rays later Saturday.
“He did not feel comfortable with a bat in his hand,” Servais said. “So, we’ll pray that it is not broken.”
Abraham Toro pinch-hit for Rodríguez and delivered a two-run single with two outs in the ninth as the Mariners rallied for a 5-4 victory.
The 21-year-old Rodríguez, who was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts, is batting .274 with 18 homers and 57 RBIs.
ALL RISE
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has been on an incredible tear since the All-Star break, hitting .436 with nine homers and 21 RBIs in 10 games. He went deep again in Saturday's victory over Kansas City, becoming the second-fastest player in major league history to reach 200 career home runs.
Judge's 200th homer came in his 671st career game. Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard achieved the feat in 2009 in his 658th game.
Eligible for free agency after the season, Judge has 42 homers and is on pace for 67. He is tied with Sammy Sosa and two behind Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire for the most before Aug. 1 in MLB history. Bonds holds the season record with 73 homers in 2001.
The American League-leading Yankees try for a four-game sweep. They’ve won seven straight against the Royals and 10 of the last 11.
BEST OF THE METS
Taijuan Walker (8-2, 2.67 ERA) and the NL East-leading New York Mets go for their sixth straight victory and a three-game sweep in Miami when they take on Pablo López (7-5, 3.03) and the Marlins.
Through 100 games, the Mets (63-37) have the second-best record in club history. The 1986 World Series championship team was 68-32 at the same point.
The Marlins lost their sixth in a row at home. They have not homered in their own ballpark since July 5 — a stretch of 11 games.
E-ROD EMERGES
Tigers left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez will report to Detroit’s spring training facility in Florida and could pitch for Class A Lakeland next week.
Rodriguez signed a $77 million, five-year contract last November but hasn’t pitched for the Tigers since May 18, when he left a game against Tampa Bay in the first inning with sprained ribs. He was then placed on the restricted list June 13 due to personal reasons.
The ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher is 1-3 with a 4.38 ERA in eight starts. The Tigers spent big on him and shortstop Javier Báez last winter but have struggled this season, going into Sunday’s game at Toronto 41-61.
OUCH!
Holding a slim lead in the AL Central, the Minnesota Twins will be without two dangerous hitters for a while.
The team placed outfielder Max Kepler and infielder Miguel Sanó on the 10-day injured list Saturday, a big setback for a squad with playoff aspirations.
Sanó’s return to the IL with left knee inflammation is particularly tough because he had returned just four days earlier from missing 75 games after having surgery in May to repair torn meniscus in the knee. He apparently aggravated the knee during his recent rehab assignment.
The Twins say he will undergo an MRI when they return to Minneapolis after a weekend series at San Diego.
Sanó went 0 for 6 in his three games back.
Kepler broke the fifth toe on his right foot when he was hit by a pitch at Detroit last Sunday. He had gone through workouts and the Twins hoped to keep him on the active roster but decided to shut him down.
Kepler was hitting .244 with nine homers and 39 RBIs.
GUARD DOWN
Guardians breakout slugger Josh Naylor is sidelined and set to meet with team doctors after experiencing numbness in the same right ankle he severely injured in June 2021.
Naylor was scratched from the lineup Saturday before a 6-4 loss to the Rays, and manager Terry Francona said Naylor will be evaluated when the team returns home after Sunday’s series finale.
“He was on his way to go get loose and said it went numb on him and it was hard for him to walk,” Francona said. “It’s hard to imagine that something significant happened when he was on his way to get loose, so that’s hopeful.”
In a game at Minnesota on June 27, 2021, Naylor was in right field and chasing a shallow flyball when he collided with second baseman Ernie Clement on Jorge Polanco’s single.
Naylor is hitting .282 with 14 homers, 53 RBIs and an .846 OPS in 70 games this season.
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Lowe’s worker gets fired after being punched 3 times trying to stop thieves
RINCON, Ga. (Gray News) - A Lowe’s employee is out of a job after trying to stop thieves from stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise.
According to the Rincon Police Department, three people entered the store June 25 and loaded up a shopping cart with about $2,000 worth of items.
Police said as the group was trying to leave without paying a 68-year-old employee named Donna Hansbrough tried to stop them and grabbed their cart.
But that’s when one of the thieves hit her in the face three times.
According to police, she suffered a swollen black eye before the trio left the store.
Officers said they were able to arrest one of the suspects, identified as Jarmar Lawton. They are currently looking for Takyah Berry and Joseph Berry who remain on the run. The two are niece and uncle.
The department said after the incident, Hansbrough ended up being fired from Lowe’s for violating the store’s policy by attempting to stop the thieves.
The 68-year-old had worked for the company for 13 years.
Anyone with further information on the whereabouts of the two suspects has been urged to contact police at 912-826-5200.
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Below, we’ll cover the Agriculture Department’s announcement of the availability of $11 billion in grants and loans for rural electrification. But first:
Momentum grows for banning Russian imports of uranium used in nuclear fuel
Legislation to ban Russian uranium imports is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers look to further punish Moscow for invading Ukraine.
Yet the United States remains heavily reliant on Russia for uranium, the main fuel used by nuclear power plants – yet another conundrum facing lawmakers as they seek to combat climate change while curbing U.S. dependence on foreign adversaries.
Congress took swift action to ban Russian oil and gas imports a month after the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. But blocking uranium imports has taken much longer, in part because Russia supplies more than 20 percent of U.S. nuclear fuel. Similar challenges are bedeviling the U.S. solar industry as it works to scale up domestic manufacturing while reducing its reliance on China, which dominates the global supply chain for solar cells and panels.
The details
Today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security will mark up three bills, including the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act.
- The legislation would “prohibit the importation into the United States of unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation.”
- The measure also would authorize the Energy Department to issue waivers for utilities that would have to shut down nuclear reactors if Russian supplies were immediately cut off. The waivers would allow these utilities to continue importing limited quantities of Russian uranium up until 2028.
- The bill was introduced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), who chairs the full committee, and Rep. Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio), chair of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
McMorris Rodgers told The Climate 202 yesterday that she is “hopeful” the bill will eventually pass the House, adding that she is “working to build support” among committee members.
“We voted to ban [Russian] oil and natural gas last year, and I believe it’s important that we do this,” McMorris Rodgers said. “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin is using energy as a weapon, and we have a lot of infrastructure and supply here. And this is an important signal to investors that America wants to lead in nuclear energy.”
How we got here
America’s reliance on Russian uranium can be traced back to a 1993 nuclear disarmament program soon after the Cold War ended.
- Under the program, dubbed Megatons to Megawatts, the United States bought 500 metric tons of uranium from dismantled Russian nuclear warheads and converted it to nuclear reactor fuel.
- In exchange for giving U.S. utilities cheap fuel and placating arms-control advocates, Moscow got desperately needed cash.
At the time, policymakers in Washington hailed the deal as a win-win. But today, some experts say it had the unintended consequence of delivering such inexpensive Russian fuel that U.S. and European companies struggled to compete.
Now, Russia ranks as the world’s biggest supplier of enriched uranium, accounting for nearly half of global capacity. And Moscow’s state-owned nuclear power conglomerate, Rosatom, has earned billions from U.S. and European customers.
Yet documents show Rosatom has been working to supply the Russian arms industry with components, technology and raw materials for missile fuel, heightening calls for sanctions on Capitol Hill.
In the Senate
Unlike the House version of the bill, which has only Republican co-sponsors, the Senate version has garnered strong bipartisan backing.
- Original co-sponsors include Sens. James E. Risch (R-Idaho), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.).
- Manchin’s support bodes well for the bill’s potential passage out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which he chairs, although the panel has not yet scheduled a markup of the measure.
“To be as dependent as we are on both Kazakhstan and Russia for our uranium is indefensible,” Lummis told The Climate 202 yesterday. “We get over 90 percent of our uranium from overseas, those countries being principal among them. We should be producing our own uranium, enriching it here and using it here.”
Lummis was referring to the fact that landlocked Kazakhstan ships much of its uranium through Russia to the United States and Europe.
View from the industry
Uranium mining companies, nuclear energy trade groups and nuclear-reliant utilities have largely said they support the bill, as long as policymakers help boost Western capacity for uranium mining and enrichment.
- Nima Ashkeboussi, senior director of fuel and radiation safety at the Nuclear Energy Institute, said in an email that the trade group “commends” the co-sponsors of the legislation.
- Joseph Dominguez, president and chief executive of Constellation, the largest U.S. nuclear utility, testified at a recent hearing that the utility has purchased enough nuclear fuel “to meet our needs through 2028" even if sanctions were imposed.
- And Scott Melbye, executive vice president of uranium miner Uranium Energy and president of the Uranium Producers of America, told The Climate 202 that he thinks existing uranium mines could quickly ramp up Western production, while lawmakers could help speed up the licensing process for new mines in the coming years.
“After the Soviet Union broke up and Russia was joining the civilized world, we dialed back a lot of our activities to make room for Russia in the global nuclear fuel market,” Melbye said. “Obviously, with the events in Ukraine, everyone is really rethinking that.”
Agency alert
USDA announces $11 billion to bring clean energy to rural America
The Agriculture Department today announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loans to help deploy clean energy in rural communities, marking the largest investment in rural electrification since former president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1936 Rural Electrification Act.
The money, which was authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act, will come from two programs.
- The Powering Affordable Clean Energy Program will make $1 billion available in partly forgivable loans to clean-energy developers or electric service providers to help finance large-scale solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, hydropower and storage projects.
- The Empowering Rural America Program will deliver $9.7 billion to eligible rural electric cooperatives to deploy renewable energy and carbon capture technology.
“An investment in rural America is an investment in all America,” John Podesta, the White House senior adviser for clean-energy innovation and implementation, told reporters on a call yesterday. “We’re committed to do all we can to make sure that the best strategy reaches every corner of our country.”
Energy Department to buy 3 million barrels to replenish oil reserve
The Energy Department announced Monday that it is seeking bids for up to 3 million barrels of oil to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in August, marking the agency’s second attempt to fill the emergency fuel stockpile since it released more than 200 million barrels last year to help ease soaring energy costs, Bloomberg News’s Jennifer Jacobs and Ari Natter report.
In a statement, the agency said it plans to “repurchase crude at a lower price than the over $94 per barrel price it was sold for in 2022, while strengthening energy security by providing certainty to the industry in a way that helps encourage near-term supply.”
Monday’s solicitation comes after the agency canceled a January attempt to refill the reserve because it received offers that were either too expensive or didn’t meet other specifications. Last fall, the Biden administration said it wants to replenish the reserve when prices are at or below $67-$72 per barrel.
Awards will be announced in June. As it stands, the reserve holds about 360 millions barrels of oil, or nearly half of its overall capacity, according to Energy Department data.
Climate in the courts
Supreme Court declines to hear Delaware, Hoboken climate cases
The Supreme Court yesterday declined a request from fossil fuel companies to move climate liability cases to federal court, allowing lawsuits from Delaware and the city of Hoboken, N.J., to proceed in state court.
Both lawsuits are aimed at holding oil and gas companies — including ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell — accountable for allegedly misleading the public about their role in causing climate change. Last month, the high court also turned down petitions to hear climate liability lawsuits brought by Rhode Island and cities or counties in California, Colorado, Maryland and Hawaii.
In the atmosphere
- Vietnam is going all-in on a climate-change resistant coffee bean — Rebecca Tan and Nhung Nguyen for The Post
- U.S. lawmakers want to boost ethanol’s green appeal as EVs threaten fuel use — Kim Chipman and Jennifer A. Dlouhy for Bloomberg News
- Biden plan would open leases to conservation, not just drilling and grazing — Matthew Brown for the Associated Press
- Mountain Valley Pipeline regains permit to pass through the Jefferson National Forest — Laurence Hammack for the Roanoke Times
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Figure skating minimum age rises to 17 before 2026 Olympics
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian national champion Kamila Valieva at this year’s Beijing Games.
A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday by the International Skating Union in a 110-16 vote that will raise the minimum age to 17 before the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
“This is a very important decision,” ISU president Jan Dijkema said. “I would say a very historic decision.”
The limit will be phased in with 16-year-olds allowed to compete in the 2023-24 season, rising to 17 the season after, which is the last before the Olympics.
The change was coming even before figure skating at the Beijing Olympics was dominated by the emotional stress put on the 15-year-old Valieva. She was the favorite to take individual gold, after helping the Russians win the team title, before her positive doping test from December was belatedly revealed during the Olympics.
The teenager was allowed to train under intense scrutiny as a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing was prepared that allowed her to compete pending the full investigation in Russia. That is still ongoing.
However, her main routine was filled with errors and she dropped to fourth place. She was then criticized rink-side by her coach, Eteri Tutberidze.
The ISU drafted an age-limit proposal saying “burnout, disordered eating, and long-term consequences of injury” were a risk to young teenage skaters who are pushed to perform more quadruple jumps.
The governing body said it had “a duty of care to protect the physical and psychological health and safety of all athletes including elite adolescent athlete(s).”
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Colt DCS extends its presence in Chiba, Japan
INZAI, Japan, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), a leading provider of global hyperscale and large enterprise data centre solutions, has today announced the commencement of construction of its fourth major data centre in Inzai City, Japan. Inzai City is located in the Chiba Prefecture, north-east of Tokyo, Japan. This region is one of the most competitive areas of data centre real estate for enterprise, research, and technology customers.
Colt DCS' Inzai 4 Data Centre has been designed to meet the needs of hyperscale cloud service providers and large enterprises that require scalable infrastructure. The site is located 600m from Colt Data Centre Services' existing Inzai Campus and forms its fourth development in Inzai. This addition marks a further milestone in the company's implementation of its global expansion strategy.
Inzai 4 represents the second development under the joint venture between Fidelity Investments and Mitsui following the announcement of the grand opening of the first development in Osaka Keihanna in March 2023. Colt DCS was appointed by the joint venture as the exclusive service provider for the design, development, operations and customer service management for the venture.
The design of the Inzai 4 Data Centre will build on Colt DCS' key learnings as a long-time provider in the Japanese market, since 2001. It has a site area of 8,747m2 and a designed capacity of approximately 20MW and is already 100% pre-let. The combined IT capacity of the extended Inzai campus is nearly 70MW.
Inzai 4 is an attractive proposition for customers. The data centre facility is located in an area with resilient fibre and connectivity solutions, a strong bedrock and a very low risk of natural disaster. It is easily accessible for customers and is located within close proximity to the three other Inzai data centres and Chiba New Town train station. Inzai 4 is approximately 30 minutes from Narita International Airport and 35 minutes from Tokyo by express train. The new data centre is expected to provide employment opportunities for 50 ~ 60 people.
Niclas Sanfridsson, CEO Colt DCS said: "Colt DCS' latest expansion within Inzai City is part of our long-term strategy to provide scalable growth for our customers with refined data centre design and proven experience. We are trusted by our customers to effectively build their digital infrastructure, as well as manage and operate their data centre with their scalability needs in mind.
We see this as an exciting opportunity to deepen our digital footprint and increase our IT capacity within the region. Colt DCS' customer-centricity has always been at the heart of our operations and growth strategy, and we look forward to continuing our ethos with Inzai 4 –the fifth hyperscale data centre Colt DCS has built in Japan."
Takashi Nakai, General Manager of the Financial Business Division of Mitsui & Co. said: "The launch of Inzai 4 is testament to the service and operation that Colt DCS offer, and highlights them as a trusted data centre operator. We're delighted that our partnership with Fidelity Investments encompasses the launch of Inzai 4, and we're excited to see how this new hyperscale data centre can help to further serve the data centre needs of businesses worldwide."
Ellen Hall, Fidelity's Head of Direct Real Estate said: "The announcement of Inzai 4 is a prime example of our strong partnership with Mitsui and Colt DCS. The new data centre is a great opportunity for Colt DCS to extend their reach within Japan as well as the wider APAC region. We are proud to be working on such an exciting and expansive project within the market."
The first phase of the Inzai 4 Data Centre is currently expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
About Colt DCS
Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) provides true service and operational excellence in the sustainable design, build, delivery, and operational management of hyperscale data centres across Europe and APAC. We provide data centre solutions to hyperscale and large enterprise customers across 15 state-of-the-art carrier neutral data centres spanning 8 cities.
Our Hyperscale and colocation solutions allow our customers freedom to plan effectively for the growth of their business, knowing that their data centre strategy is ready for the demands of tomorrow.
We have over 25 years of experience in the industry, delivering on our vision of being the most trusted and customer centric data centre operator in the market. We put environmental awareness at the heart of everything we do because we know it's the right thing to do for our planet. That's why we're taking the ownership to reduce our environmental impact globally and make sustainability a key strategic driver. As part of our sustainability journey, alongside our sister company we are committed to achieving global net zero emissions for our own operations by 2045.
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How to Watch Duke vs. Tennessee on TV or Live Stream - NCAA Tournament Second Round
Published: Mar. 18, 2023 at 9:20 AM EDT|Updated: 49 minutes ago
The No. 4 seed Tennessee Volunteers (24-10) head into their second round NCAA Tournament matchup against the No. 5 seed Duke Blue Devils (27-8) on Saturday at 2:40 PM. The winner will move on to the Sweet 16 in the East Region bracket.
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Duke vs. Tennessee Game Info
- When: Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 2:40 PM ET
- Where: Amway Center in Orlando, Florida
- TV: CBS
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Duke Stats Insights
- The Blue Devils are shooting 45.2% from the field this season, 8.2 percentage points higher than the 37% the Volunteers allow to opponents.
- Duke is 21-6 when it shoots higher than 37% from the field.
- The Volunteers are the 22nd-ranked rebounding team in the country, while the Blue Devils sit at 14th.
- The Blue Devils score 14.7 more points per game (72.6) than the Volunteers give up (57.9).
- When Duke totals more than 57.9 points, it is 22-7.
Duke Home & Away Comparison
- Duke is averaging 76.7 points per game when playing at home. Away from home, it is averaging 68 points per contest.
- The Blue Devils cede 60.8 points per game at home this season, compared to 68.4 in road games.
- Looking at three-point shooting, Duke has performed better when playing at home this year, sinking 7.3 three-pointers per game with a 35.1% three-point percentage, compared to 7.1 threes per game and a 34.5% three-point percentage on the road.
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Trump rallies for Oz, Mastriano in Pa. amid midterm worries
MYERSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Larry Mitko voted for Donald Trump in 2016. But the Republican from Beaver County in western Pennsylvania says he has no plans to back his party’s nominee for Senate, Dr. Mehmet Oz — “no way, no how.”
Mitko doesn’t feel like he knows the celebrity heart surgeon, who only narrowly won his May primary with Trump’s backing. Instead, Mitko plans to vote for Oz’s Democratic rival, John Fetterman, a name he’s been familiar with since Fetterman’s days as mayor of nearby Braddock.
“Dr. Oz hasn’t showed me one thing to get me to vote for him,” he said. “I won’t vote for someone I don’t know.”
Mitko’s thinking underscores the political challenges facing Trump and the rest of the Republican Party as the former president heads to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Saturday for his first rally of the general election season. While Trump notched a long list of wins in GOP primaries this summer, many of the candidates he elevated were inexperienced and polarizing figures who are now struggling in their general election races, putting control of the Senate — once assumed to be a lock for Republicans — on the line.
They include Oz in Pennsylvania, author JD Vance in Ohio, venture capitalist Blake Masters in Arizona and former football star Herschel Walker in Georgia.
“Republicans have now nominated a number of candidates who’ve never run for office before for very high-profile Senate races,” said veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres. While he isn’t writing his party’s chances off just yet, he said, “It’s a much more difficult endeavor than a candidate who had won several difficult political races before.”
The stakes are particularly high for Trump as he lays the groundwork for an expected 2024 presidential run amid a series of escalating legal challenges, including the FBI’s recent seizure of reams of classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago club. Investigators also continue to probe his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
This week, President Joe Biden delivered a primetime speech in Philadelphia warning that Trump and other “MAGA” Republicans posed a threat to U.S. democracy as he tries to frame the midterms — as he did the 2020 election — as a battle for the “soul of the nation.”
While Republicans were once seen as having a good chance of gaining control of both chambers of Congress in November amid soaring inflation, high gas prices and Biden’s slumping approval ratings, Republicans have found themselves on defense since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights.
Some candidates, like Doug Mastriano, the GOP’s hard-line nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, are sticking with their primary campaign playbooks, hoping they can win by turning out Trump’s loyal base even if they alienate more moderate voters. Mastriano, who wants to outlaw abortion even when pregnancies are the result of rape or incest or endanger the life of the mother, played a leading role in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election and was seen outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as pro-Trump rioters stormed the building.
But others have been trying to broaden their appeal, scrubbing from their websites references to anti-abortion messaging that is out of step with the political mainstream. Masters, for instance, removed language from a policy section of his website that labeled him “100% pro-life,” as well as language saying, “if we had had a free and fair election, President Trump would be sitting in the Oval Office today.” Others have played down Trump endorsements that were once featured prominently.
The shifting climate has prompted rounds of finger-pointing in the party, including from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who last month cited “candidate quality” as he lowered expectations that Republicans would recapture control of the Senate in November.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, shot back, saying those who complain about the party’s nominees have “contempt” for the voters who chose them.
“It’s an amazing act of cowardice, and ultimately, it’s treasonous to the conservative cause,” he wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Examiner.
Trump, too, fired back, calling McConnell a “disgrace” as he defended the party’s candidate roster.
“There’s some very good people,” he said in a radio interview. “You know, takes a lot of courage to run and they spend their wealth on it and they put their reputations on the line.”
Democrats have also piled on.
“Senate campaigns are candidate versus candidate battles and Republicans have put forward a roster of deeply flawed recruits,” said David Bergstein, the Senate Democratic campaign committee’s communication director. He credited Trump with deterring experienced Republicans from running, elevating flawed candidates and forcing them to take positions that are out of step with the general electorate.
“All those factors have contributed to the weakness of the slate of Republican candidates they’ve been left with,” he said. A Trump spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.
In Pennsylvania, Republicans are hoping Oz’s shortcomings as a candidate will be overshadowed by concerns about Fetterman, who suffered a stroke just days before the primary and has been sidelined for much of the summer. He continues to keep a light public schedule and visibly struggled to speak at a recent event.
Republicans concede that Oz struggles to come off as authentic and was slow to punch back as Fetterman spent the summer trolling him on social media and portraying him as an out-of-touch carpetbagger from New Jersey. While Fetterman, whom Republicans deride as “Bernie Sanders in gym shorts,” leads Oz in polls and fundraising, Republicans say they expect the money gap to narrow and are pleased to see Oz within striking distance after getting hammered by $20 million in negative advertising during the primaries.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is helping finance a new round of Oz’s television ads, and the Senate Leadership Fund, a McConnell-aligned super PAC, says it added $9.5 million to its TV buy — boosting its overall commitment to $34.1 million by Election Day.
“Regardless of what people may have heard in the primary, they’re going to realize that Oz is the best choice for Pennsylvania,” said Pennsylvania Republican National Committeeman Andy Reilly.
A super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, meanwhile, says it has made $32 million in television ad reservations in the state.
Oz has won over some once-skeptical voters, like Glen Rubendall, who didn’t vote for the TV doctor in his seven-way primary — a victory so narrow it went to a statewide recount — but said he’s come around.
“I’ve been listening to him speak, and I have a pro-Oz view now,” said Rubendall, a retired state corrections officer.
Traci Martin, a registered independent, also plans to vote for Oz because she opposes abortion, despite ads that aired during the primary featuring past Oz statements that seemed supportive of abortion rights.
“I hope he is (anti-abortion),” Martin said, “but the sad part is we live in an age when we see politicians say one thing and do another.”
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Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Brian Slodysko contributed to this report from Washington.
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WFO BOSTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, December 24, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
253 PM EST Wed Dec 21 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM EST
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 55 mph
expected.
* WHERE...In Connecticut, Hartford CT, Tolland CT and Windham CT
Counties. In Massachusetts, Western Franklin MA, Eastern
Franklin MA, Western Hampshire MA, Western Hampden MA, Eastern
Hampshire MA and Eastern Hampden MA Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 AM Friday to 1 AM EST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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Dems urge Biden to halt aid to Peru over protest crackdown
MIAMI (AP) — A group of House Democrats is urging the Biden administration to suspend all U.S. security assistance to Peru over a “pattern of repression” of antigovernment protests that has resulted in more than 50 civilian deaths.
The letter, sent Monday and a copy of which was shared with The Associated Press, urges the Biden administration to halt all security assistance until it can confirm that the crackdown has ended and the Peruvian officials responsible for human rights abuses are being held accountable.
Peru’s foreign minister is in Washington this week seeking international support for President Dina Boluarte’s increasingly besieged government. Pressure has been mounting on Boluarte, the vice president under President Pedro Castillo, to resign the post she inherited last month when Castillo was impeached and arrested for his ill-fated attempt to close Peru’s Congress.
“Security forces have indiscriminately responded with almost no regard for protestors’ human rights,” according to the letter, which was signed by 20 mostly progressive House Democrats. “Rather than working to deescalate tensions, the Boluarte government has substantially increased tensions — including classifying protesters as ‘terrorists’ and limiting citizens’ right of movement.”
The U.S. provides more than $40 million annually to Peru in security assistance, according to the Washington Office on Latin America. The vast majority is aimed at helping Peru counter drug trafficking.
While initially protesters were demanding Castillo’s release from jail, the unrest has spread across the country, galvanizing the support of many poor, indigenous Peruvians who have benefitted little from Peru’s mining-driven economic boom.
Protesters demand that both Boluarte and Congress stand down and that new elections be held this year. Lawmakers rejected that Friday, but after another protester died and Boluarte urged them to reconsider, Congress narrowly agreed Monday to debate a proposal to hold elections in October.
Meanwhile, as the protests stretch into their second month, beleaguered security forces have become more forceful.
Among the incidents cited in the letter organized by Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania was the national police raid on student dormitories at San Marcos University in Lima, which included the mass arrest of nearly 200 people. That shocked many Peruvians because campuses have long been off limits to security forces except when crimes are being committed.
The campus invasion drew sharp condemnation from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which said it collected testimony from civil society groups who said law enforcement officers invaded the bedrooms of student leaders, slung racist remarks at indigenous activists and forced women to strip naked and do squats.
Officials from the United Nations and European Union have strongly condemned what they consider the disproportionate use of force. The Biden administration has been more measured, calling for impartial investigations into abuses while also expressing support for Boluarte’s efforts to restore calm and seek a political solution.
Amid the unrest, outgoing U.S. Ambassador Lisa Kenna announced an additional $8 million in U.S. support for coca eradication efforts in the remote Upper Huallaga valley. She has also met with the defense minister and other Cabinet members.
Such actions send an “ambiguous message,” according to the letter, which was also signed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, a longtime voice for human rights in Latin America.
“The U.S. government can and must do more,” they wrote. “We believe our proposed actions would send a powerful signal in support of fundamental rights and help promote effective engagement for a political resolution.”
A copy of the letter was also sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- High-efficiency propane appliances offer impeccable energy savings over their electric counterparts and can save you hundreds in annual energy costs. But did you know you can save even more on your energy bill?
This heating season and in the New Year, check out these tips for additional savings:
- Consider replacing old electric appliances with more energy-efficient propane models.
- Have your furnace serviced yearly to ensure it's in working order.
- Replace your air filters once a month or regularly as needed.
- Only heat the rooms you use. If you have rooms that you never use, like guest rooms or large storage areas, close the vents in those rooms to be more energy efficient and direct the flow of air to the rooms you use most.
- Placing rugs on bare floors will help make it feel warmer in the home.
- Don't let furniture and rugs block vents and baseboard outlets. Ventilation is essential to your heating system working properly.
- Use a programmable thermostat to set your heater back when you are not home.
- Run your ceiling fan in reverse to distribute heat evenly to rooms and recirculate trapped warm air.
- Exhaust fans can contribute to heat loss. The U.S. Department of Energy recommends turning off the kitchen, bath, and other exhaust fans within 20 minutes after using them and consider installing high-efficiency, low-noise models.
- Shield your home against drafts around windows and doors by caulking and weather-stripping.
- Open curtains on your south-facing windows during the day to allow sunlight to heat your home naturally and close them at night to reduce the chill you may feel from the cold.
- Keep your fireplace damper closed unless you have a fire going. Keeping the damper open is like keeping a window wide open during the winter; it allows warm air to go right up the chimney.
For more information about propane, please visit www.propanecounciloftexas.org.
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The Epic, Multi-Sensory Indulgence Features Spectacular Destinations
Invitation-Only, Money-Can't-Buy Experience is Another Benefit for Suite Guests
Brooke Shields Stars as the Voice of the Voyager
SANTA CLARITA, Calif., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new, invitation-only experience from Princess Cruises will soon transport guests nightly to the Mediterranean – no matter where they're actually sailing – engaging all of their senses with the tastes, sights, sounds, touches and fragrances of the Mediterranean. The fully-immersive 360: An Extraordinary Experience is the cruise line's most epic experience ever offered and is now available onboard Discovery Princess and coming to Enchanted Princess in late January.
With the 360: An Extraordinary Experience, guests booked in suite accommodations are invited to embark on a six senses journey showcasing the spectacular hilltops of Santorini, Amalfi Coast, Barcelona and Provence. Through synchronized authentic storytelling, imagery, music, scents, cuisine and stunning visual film, guests are introduced to local ingredients, artisans, passionate purveyors, and culinary methods simultaneously mirrored with a seven-course gourmet experience including wines that emerge from the story of each destination.
"360 is a fusion of master storytelling, world-class cuisine, visual entertainment and ground-breaking technology that manifests in what can only be described as an Extraordinary Experience," said Princess President John Padgett. "360 is a remarkable adventure that immerses our guests into the compelling cultures and flavors of the Mediterranean in a 90-minute celebration of the senses."
With two seatings nightly, the cloaked venue accommodates 20 guests surrounded by LED walls in a circular format that places guests into featured destinations using stunning 4K cinematography. The Mediterranean takes center stage as guests are drawn into the memories of a fellow traveler who relives her adventures and local connections made in each destination as her travel journal comes to life.
360: An Extraordinary Experience is configurable and adaptable, with the Mediterranean taking the debut spotlight. Venue personalization is enabled by the OCEAN platform, the Internet of Things platform that powers the exclusive MedallionClass on all Princess ships, and, in addition, each guest receives a unique and limited "360" Princess Medallion that is only available to guests that have participated in the Extraordinary Experience.
Beloved actress and model Brooke Shields, renowned for her extensive modeling, film and TV careers, in addition to her latest entrepreneurial project Beginning Is Now, a global digital platform and brand inspiring inspire women over the age of 40 to live their fullest lives, is the voice of Bethany, the voyager who takes guests on the sensory journey.
An experience that is as memorable as it is priceless, 360 is currently available exclusively for guests booked in suite accommodations on Discovery Princess and Enchanted Princess or for guests sailing on the Discovery Princess or Enchanted Princess that book a future cruise with suite accommodations on any Princess ship including Princess Premier at non-cancelable rates. Invitation access may also be gained from participation in specific "VIP" casino gaming and retail event sailings.
More information about Princess Cruises is available through a professional travel advisor, by calling 1-800-PRINCESS (1-800-774-6237), or by visiting the company's website at www.princess.com.
One of the best-known names in cruising, Princess Cruises is the world's leading international premium cruise line and tour company operating a fleet of 15 modern cruise ships, carrying millions of guests each year to 330 destinations around the globe, including the Caribbean, Alaska, Panama Canal, Mexican Riviera, Europe, South America, Australia/New Zealand, the South Pacific, Hawaii, Asia, Canada/New England, Antarctica, and World Cruises. A team of professional destination experts have curated 170 itineraries, ranging in length from three to 111 days and Princess Cruises is continuously recognized as "Best Cruise Line for Itineraries." In 2017 Princess Cruises, with parent company Carnival Corporation, introduced MedallionClass Vacations enabled by the Medallion device, the vacation industry's most advanced wearable device, provided free to each guest sailing on a MedallionClass ship. The award-winning innovation offers the fastest way to an effortless personalized vacation, giving guests more time to do the things they love most. The company is part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:CUK).
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Officer saves kidnapped woman who mouthed ‘help me’ during traffic stop
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) - Police in South Carolina are praising an officer for her quick thinking when it came to taking a shooting and kidnapping suspect into custody.
The North Myrtle Beach Police Department said Officer Wallace was patrolling in the early morning hours last Sunday on Highway 17 when she saw a white Jeep go through a red light, WMBF reports.
Police said Wallace pulled the Jeep over and saw a female driver and a male passenger. She noticed the woman appeared distressed.
“While the male passenger wasn’t looking at the driver, the female silently mouthed ‘help me’ repeatedly,” posted the department on its Facebook page.
Wallace noticed the driver’s message. She got the man out of the Jeep and put him in the back seat of her patrol car.
When she went back to the Jeep, police said the driver told Wallace that the passenger had just shot someone. Moments later, a “be on the lookout” alert for the Jeep went across the police radio.
The passenger, identified as 29-year-old Collins Bates, was then arrested.
A Horry County police report stated that Bates shot someone in the stomach outside of The Waterway House, a Myrtle Beach-area restaurant. He then allegedly forced the Jeep’s driver to drive him away from the scene.
Police say that thanks to Wallace, Bates was located within minutes. A gun underneath his seat in the Jeep matched the caliber of the casing that was found at the shooting scene, according to the arrest warrants. Bates was allegedly carrying the gun unlawfully.
“Due to Officer Wallace proactively patrolling the streets of North Myrtle Beach, even to the last 30 minutes of her shift, a suspect in a shooting was arrested,” the police department posted.
Bates faces several charges, including attempted murder and kidnapping. He is being held at J. Reuben Long Detention Center under no bond.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says prison officials ordered him to serve at least three days in solitary confinement, citing a minor infraction, in retaliation for his activism behind bars.
A post about the punishment appeared in Navalny’s social media accounts on Monday. It wasn’t immediately clear how the politician got the information out — the post says that those in solitary confinement are not allowed to have visitors, letters or parcels, the only possessions at Navalny’s disposal are “a mug and a book,” and he gets to have a pen and some paper for just over an hour a day.
Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, was arrested in January 2021 upon returning from Germany, where he had been recuperating from nerve-agent poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin. He received a 2½-year sentence for violating the conditions of his parole while outside Russia.
In March, Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of fraud and contempt of court, allegations he rejected as a politically motivated attempt by Russian authorities to keep him behind bars for as long as possible.
During his time behind bars, his social media accounts have been regularly updated with posts about life in prison. Just last week, Navalny announced setting up a labor union for convicts, of which he said he was the only member at the time. Navalny said the union has successfully argued for replacing backless stools with chairs in the prison’s sewing shop where he works.
According to the post published on Monday, the union activity was the real reason prison officials sent him to solitary confinement: “The Kremlin wants to see its GULAG consisting of voiceless slaves. And here I am, instead of begging for pardon, uniting some people and demanding that some laws be observed.”
The post said Navalny was summoned by prison officials and told that video surveillance showed he regularly unbuttoned his prison garb while in the work area. “This certainly characterizes me as a hopeless villain. So, a decision has been made to send me to punitive solitary confinement” for three days, the post read.
If Navalny “doesn’t change (his) attitude,” his stay there would be extended, prison officials told him, according to the post.
The post described solitary as “the most severe punishment in the legal prison hierarchy” — a small concrete cell, in which “it is very hot and there is almost no air.” There is a metal bed attached to a wall, and a mattress and a pillow are only brought at 9 p.m. and taken away at 5 a.m.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar plans to send 10,000 cabins and caravans from last year's World Cup to provide shelter for survivors of the Turkish earthquakes, officials said.
The gas-rich Gulf nation says it had always planned to donate the mobile homes. They were needed to help house some of the 1.4 million fans who descended on the small country during soccer's biggest tournament.
An initial batch of 350 structures was shipped out on Sunday, the Qatar Fund for Development said.
The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine hours apart on Feb. 6 killed more than 35,000 people in southeastern Turkey and war-torn northern Syria. The toll is expected to climb even further as search and rescue teams find more bodies.
Tens of thousands of buildings were destroyed or severely damaged, leaving millions homeless. As shelters filled up in the days after the quake many were forced to sleep outside in wet, wintry weather.
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USMNT beat Canada to reach Gold Cup semifinals
Posted/updated on: July 10, 2023 at 6:11 amByKYLE BONAGURA
CINCINNATI — Goalkeeper Matt Turner made two key penalty shootout saves as the United States outlasted Canada 2-2 (3-2) to advance to the Gold Cup semifinals.
“The way he makes big plays [stands out],” U.S. interim coach B.J. Callaghan said. “He started in the Jamaica game. He’s the captain right now leading us. Those are the moments you expect big players to step up.”
After the U.S. conceded just one goal in three group-stage matches, Canada scored twice Sunday night after the game’s initial 90 minutes were played. Steven Vitoria beat Turner down the middle on a penalty in stoppage time before Jacob Shaffelburg put Canada up 2-1 in the 109th minute. An own goal by Canada’s Scott Kennedy made it 2-2 in the 115th.
Turner got his revenge against Vitoria right away in penalties. Vitoria was the first player to shoot and, again, went middle on Turner.
“A lot of the penalties that I had seen on my sheets or in my preparation, most of those guys were off the pitch by the time the pens were there,” Turner said. “I just trusted my instincts, really, and typically when I do that, I find myself having a lot more success.”
This time the Arsenal goalkeeper was ready, parrying the shot with his right hand to give the U.S. a boost. After Brandon Vázquez missed for the U.S., Turner dove to his left to save a Liam Fraser shot, and the U.S. didn’t look back.
Cade Cowell, Gianluca Busio and Jesús Ferreira all scored for the U.S., which took a 3-2 lead to the fifth round, when Canada’s Charles-Andreas Brym hit the crossbar, securing the U.S. win.
“These are the high-stakes, high-impact games that we’re looking to play because they test the character of the group, and tonight we showed up,” Callaghan said.
Turner was the lone holdover for the starting XI that featured against Canada in the Nations League last month.
The Americans have reached 12 straight Gold Cup semifinals. Going to a shootout for the first time since losing to Panama in the 2015 Gold Cup third-place game, the Americans improved to 5-4 in games decided by penalty kicks.
The USMNT will now take on Panama in the semifinals on Wednesday night in San Diego.
The U.S.-Panama winner advances to the championship match on July 16 against Mexico or Jamaica at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
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PHILADELPHIA, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Berger Montague is investigating securities fraud allegations on behalf of investors who purchased the securities Mullen Automotive, Inc. ("Mullen" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MULN, NETE) between June 15, 2020 and April 6, 2022 (the "Class Period").
If you purchased the securities of Mullen during the Class Period, would like to discuss Berger Montague's investigation, or have questions concerning your rights or interests, please contact attorneys Andrew Abramowitz at aabramowitz@bm.net or (215) 875-3015, or Michael Dell'Angelo at mdellangelo@bm.net or (215) 875-3080 or visit: https://investigations.bergermontague.com/mullen-automotive/
Whistleblowers: Anyone with non-public information regarding Mullen is encouraged to confidentially assist Berger Montague's investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under this program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to thirty percent (30%) of recoveries obtained by the SEC. For more information, contact us.
Mullen purports to be an electronic vehicle manufacturer. On November 5, 2021, Mullen Technologies, Inc. underwent a merger with and into Net Element, Inc., and the Company changed its name to Mullen Automotive, Inc.
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that, among other things: (1) Mullen overstated its ability and timeline regarding production; (2) Mullen overstated its deals with business partners; and (3) Mullen overstates its battery technology and capabilities.
On April 6, 2022, market analyst Hindenburg Research released a report regarding which detailed several alleged issues with the Company. On this news, Mullen's stock price fell $0.27 per share, or 10%, to close at $2.38 per share on April 7, 2022.
Berger Montague, with offices in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and San Diego, has been a pioneer in securities class action litigation since its founding in 1970. Berger Montague has represented individual and institutional investors for over five decades and serves as lead counsel in courts throughout the United States.
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Far-right activist Ammon Bundy, who led the takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, an associate and three of their groups must pay over $50 million in damages for accusing a hospital of child trafficking and harassing medical staff, a jury has decided.
The defamation lawsuit by St. Luke’s Regional Health accused Bundy and Diego Rodriguez of making defamatory statements against the hospital and its employees after Rodriguez’s infant grandson was removed from his family for several days and taken to St. Luke’s amid concerns for his health.
The emergency room physician, Dr. Rachel Thomas, testified that the 10-month-old baby’s stomach was distended, his eyes were hollow and he was unable to sit up, reminding her of severely malnourished babies she had treated in Haiti, according to the Idaho Statesman newspaper. Police said at the time that medical personnel determined the child was malnourished and had lost weight.
Bundy responded by urging his followers to protest at the hospital and at the homes of child protection service workers, law enforcement officers and others involved in the child protection case. Rodriguez wrote on his website that the baby was “kidnapped,” and suggested that the state and people involved in the case were engaged in “child trafficking” for profit.
Bundy — who didn’t attend the trial nor hire a lawyer, saying it would be too costly — denied in a video he posted Monday on YouTube that the baby was mistreated and said law enforcement and hospital staff put him at risk by removing him from his mother. The baby was healthy except for suffering from cyclic vomiting syndrome, Bundy said, unable to keep anything except his mother’s breast milk down.
The hospital claimed Bundy and Rodriguez orchestrated a smear campaign against it.
Late Monday, a jury at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise agreed, awarding damages exceeding $50 million, the hospital announced.
A statement on behalf of the law firm representing the plaintiffs said Bundy, Rodriguez and their supporters had surrounded St. Luke’s hospital campuses in Meridian and Boise, forcing lockdowns and causing diversion of emergency patients, disruption of planned procedures and cancelation of hundreds of appointments.
“The jury’s decision imposes accountability for the ongoing campaign of intimidation, harassment and disinformation these defendants have conducted,” St. Luke’s said in a statement. “It also affirms the importance of protecting health care providers and other public servants from attacks intended to prevent them from carrying out their responsibilities.”
Bundy did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the jury’s decision. But in an interview Tuesday with KBOI News Talk radio, Bundy said he was innocent and called the civil trial “illegitimate.”
“I’ve been a thorn in the side of the establishment here in Idaho for quite a while and this is their mechanism to try to destroy me,” Bundy said, adding that he didn’t have funds to pay the damages.
Lindsay Schubiner, programs director at Western States Center, an organization monitoring right-wing extremist groups, said the verdict “is a moment of real accountability for Ammon Bundy and his reckless campaign against St. Luke’s.”
The jury’s verdict requires Bundy to pay the plaintiffs $6.2 million in compensatory damages and $6.15 million in punitive damages and Rodriguez to pay $7 million in compensatory damages and $6.5 million in punitive damages, according to Holland & Hart, the law firm, representing St. Luke’s. The remainder of the total $52.5 million in damages was assessed to the People’s Rights Network, Freedom Man Press and the Bundy campaign for governor.
Bundy and his People’s Rights Network had earlier carried out protests at the Idaho Statehouse over coronavirus-related measures. He was temporarily banned from the government building in 2020.
In 2016, Bundy led a 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, to protest the arson convictions of two ranchers who set fires on federal land where they had been grazing their cattle. Bundy was acquitted of criminal charges in the matter.
The hospital’s lawsuit was filed more than a year ago. Since then, Bundy ignored court orders related to the lawsuit, filed trespassing complaints against people hired to deliver legal paperwork and called on scores of his followers to camp at his home for protection when he learned he might be arrested on a warrant for a misdemeanor charge of contempt of court.
In 2014, Bundy’s father, rancher Cliven Bundy, rallied supporters to stop officers from impounding Bundy Ranch cattle over more than $1 million in unpaid fees and penalties for grazing livestock on government land. The Nevada criminal case ended in a mistrial. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national/ap-far-right-activist-ammon-bundy-loses-idaho-hospital-defamation-case-must-pay-millions-in-fines/ | 2023-07-26 21:23:41 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national/ap-far-right-activist-ammon-bundy-loses-idaho-hospital-defamation-case-must-pay-millions-in-fines/ |
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s auto safety watchdog is sending investigators to another Tesla crash, this time one that killed two people along Interstate 75 in Florida.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed Friday that it sent a Special Crash Investigations team to probe the Wednesday crash into the back of a semi-trailer at a rest area near Gainesville.
The agency would not say if the Tesla was operating on one of the company’s partially automated driving systems.
The 2015 model year Tesla was traveling on Interstate 75 about 2 p.m. Wednesday when, for an unknown reason, it exited into a rest area. It then went into the parking lot and hit the back of a parked Walmart Freightliner tractor-trailer, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a release.
The driver and passenger, both from Lompoc, California, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Highway Patrol Lt. P.V. Riordan said Friday night in an email that his agency will determine whether any partially automated features were in use. “That is a consideration that will be explored during our investigation,” he said.
A message was left Friday seeking comment from Austin, Texas-based Tesla.
NHTSA is investigating 37 crashes involving automated driving systems since 2016. Of those, 30 involved Teslas, including 11 fatal crashes that have killed a total of 15 people.
The agency also said in documents that it’s investigating a fatal pedestrian crash in California involving a Tesla Model 3 that happened this month. It also sent a team to probe a Cruise automated vehicle crash in California that caused a minor injury in June.
NHTSA also has been investigating Teslas on Autopilot crashing into parked emergency vehicles. In a separate probe, the agency is looking at Teslas on Autopilot braking for no apparent reason.
Last week, newly confirmed NHTSA Administrator Steven Cliff told The Associated Press that the agency is intensifying efforts to understand the risks posed by automated vehicle technology so it can decide what regulations may be necessary to protect drivers, passengers and pedestrians. He also says automated systems such as automatic emergency braking have huge potential to save lives.
In June, NHTSA released data from automakers and tech companies showing nearly 400 crashes over a 10-month period involving vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 with Teslas.
The agency cautioned against using the numbers to compare automakers, saying it didn’t weight them by the number of vehicles from each manufacturer that use the systems, or how many miles those vehicles traveled.
Automakers reported crashes from July of last year through May 15 under an order from the agency, which is examining such crashes broadly for the first time.
Tesla’s crashes happened while vehicles were using Autopilot, “Full Self-Driving,” Traffic Aware Cruise Control, or other driver-assist systems that have some control over speed and steering. The company has about 830,000 vehicles with the systems on the road.
The next closest of a dozen automakers that reported crashes was Honda, with 90. Honda says it has about 6 million vehicles on U.S. roads with such systems.
Tesla’s crash number may appear elevated somewhat because it uses telematics to monitor its vehicles and get real-time crash reports. Other automakers don’t have such capability, so their reports may come slower or crashes may not be reported at all, NHTSA said.
Auto safety advocates said driver-assist and self-driving systems have potential to save lives, but not until NHTSA sets minimum performance standards and requires safety improvements to protect all road users.
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AP writers Curt Anderson in St. Petersburg, Florida, and David Fischer in Miami contributed to this story. | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/nhtsa-to-investigate-florida-tesla-crash-that-killed-2/ | 2022-07-09 06:09:01 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/nhtsa-to-investigate-florida-tesla-crash-that-killed-2/ |
When “Jackass” star Steve-O says his Bucket List tour is XXX-rated, he means it.
“I came up with a batch of ideas for stunts that were so absurd there were a lot of good reasons why they never happened,” Steve-O said.
On The Bucket List tour, headed to Richmond’s Dominion Energy Center this Sunday, Steve-O combines a stand-up comedy show with videos of the craziest stunts he’s ever performed.
Take for instance, the Vasectomy Olympics, inspired by a joke he heard as a kid. “What’s the definition of macho? The joke was: It’s a man who jogs home from his own vasectomy,” Steve-O said.
On “The Bucket List,” Steve-O gets a vasectomy on camera, but instead of jogging home, he hops a on a horse and gallops home without a saddle.
The stunts are so graphic that grown men often pass out, roughly once a night.
“We’ve had as many as 6” pass out in one night, Steve-O said. “I wouldn’t promise it. But it happens a lot.”
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The 48-year-old started doing stand-up in 2010, he said. “I worked really, really hard at it. I toured the country, going to all these little comedy clubs,” the comedian, whose real name is Stephen Glover, said. He made two TV stand-up comedy specials.
“Up until then, my stand-up comedy show was just me living in the past. I had mined my crazy life and put all these juicy stories out there. It worked really well. But I felt it was a little depressing and becoming a bit pathetic to just be regaling my glory days, so to speak,” Steve-O said.
And that’s when he came up with the idea for The Bucket List tour.
“I’m 48 years old now. I’m running out of time to do this. My life has become a race against the clock. To hurry up and do all this crazy s*** before it becomes too creepy to watch me do it,” Steve-O said.
Sobriety also played a major role in The Bucket List.
“I wouldn’t have been able to do any of this if I hadn’t got clean and sober. I have 14 years of sobriety under my belt,” Steve-O said. “I’m laser focused now. I’ve been on a tear.”
Earlier this year, the “Jackass Forever” movie opened at #1 at the box office. He has a new book coming out in September called “A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions.” And the successful podcast “Steve-O’s Wild Ride” which has included guests like Demi Lovato, Shaq, Tony Hawk, Post Malone, and more.
And he’s engaged.
“My fiancé and I, neither one of us want to have children. Our idea is to buy some land and have an animal sanctuary. Our whole goal is to pour ourselves into helping animals,” Steve-O said.
But first, he’s headed to Richmond on Sunday for The Bucket List, where he’ll be joined by Danger Ehren from the “Jackass” movie, who’s known for taking all kinds of hits to the genitals.
“Given what his balls went through in the last ‘Jackass’ movie, it’s really notable,” Steve-O said with a laugh. “It’s of supreme note that he’ll be joining me on stage.” | https://richmond.com/entertainment/interview-steve-o-on-bringing-his-xxx-rated-crazy-stunt-show-to-richmond/article_3d3f325b-3975-56ef-95b1-3881492c0a8f.html | 2022-07-14 18:49:20 | 1 | https://richmond.com/entertainment/interview-steve-o-on-bringing-his-xxx-rated-crazy-stunt-show-to-richmond/article_3d3f325b-3975-56ef-95b1-3881492c0a8f.html |
(The Hill) – Emergent BioSolutions Inc., the maker of narcotic overdose treatment Narcan, said on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its application to grant priority review of its overdose nasal spray as an over-the-counter (OTC) product.
“The application has been granted Priority Review by the FDA and, if approved, would be the first 4 mg naloxone nasal spray available OTC in the U.S. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date is March 29, 2023,” said the company.
Naloxone, sold under the brand name Narcan, is a drug administered to reverse the effects of a suspected opioid overdose. The drug can be administered nasally and through an autoinjector.
Narcan can be bought without a prescription at most pharmacies in all U.S. states and territories, but it is typically not available OTC. It is usually bought “behind the counter” (BTC), which means a person must speak to a pharmacy employee in order to get the drug.
In November, the FDA issued a notice encouraging naloxone makers to get in contact with the agency to start discussions on switching the drug from BTC to OTC.
“It is our preliminary opinion at this time that naloxone nasal spray up to 4 milligrams (mg), and naloxone autoinjector for intramuscular (IM) or subcutaneous (SC) use up to 2 mg, have the potential to be safe and effective for use as directed in nonprescription drug labeling without the supervision of a healthcare practitioner,” said the FDA.
In most states, insurance providers are required to cover Narcan to some degree. However, cities and states also operate programs making the treatment available for free.
Emergent said in its announcement that its submission to the FDA had included human studies demonstrating the safety and efficacy of Narcan.
“We look forward to working with the FDA to advance our application under Priority Review designation and believe in the scientific evidence that supports the efficacy and safety of NARCAN Nasal Spray as an over-the-counter option for opioid overdose reversal,” Robert Kramer, president and CEO of Emergent Biosolutions, said. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/narcan-maker-says-over-the-counter-nasal-spray-fast-tracked-by-fda/ | 2022-12-07 17:14:39 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/narcan-maker-says-over-the-counter-nasal-spray-fast-tracked-by-fda/ |
HAMILTON - The Hog Trough Fire burning on the Bitterroot National Forest has grown slightly to 798 acres.
Containment on the blaze has grown to 41%.
The blaze — which is 18 miles southeast of Hamilton — was discovered on July 17 and is burning in rugged and remote terrain in the burn fire scar from the 2005 Signal Rock Fire.
No structures are currently threatened.
Fire managers report rews have completed removing hazardous trees along the 5071 Road.
Additionally, hotshot crews are continuing to set up hose lays and sprinklers to increase the humidity in the dense vegetation along the constructed line in the Railroad Creek drainage.
Forest Service 75 (Skalkaho-Rye) Road is currently closed from the junction of Skalkaho Highway to near the Skalkaho Creek Trailhead. Forest Service 5071 Road is closed.
There are 328 people assigned to the Hog Trough Fire.
Road Closures:
- Skalkaho Road (Forest Service road 75) and Forest Service road 711 are both closed at the junction of Skalkaho Highway, including the ancillary roads leading from the 711 Road.
- Skalkaho Road is open past Mile Marker 5 (Skalkaho Creek-Jerry Lake Trailhead #503).
- Forest Service roads 5070 and 5071 are closed.
Trail Closures:
- Railroad Creek, National Forest System Trail #77 to Trail #313 at the gate.
- Weasel Creek, National Forest System Trail #156 from milepost 0.00 at its junction with NFSR #461.
- A section of the Bitterroot Rock Creek Divide Trail #313, National Forest System Trail #313 where it intersects Trail #77 Railroad Creek, Weasel Creek Trail #156.
- Skalkaho Creek – Jerry Lake Trail #503, National Forest System Trail #503
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Area Closure:
- See Closure Map and Closure Order for Pintler Ranger Station of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Closure Area
Bitterroot National Forest Area Closure:
- See Closure Map and Closure Order for Darby Ranger Station of the Bitterroot National Forest Closure Area. | https://www.kxlf.com/weather/fire-watch/hog-trough-fire-grows-to-798-acres | 2022-08-08 18:05:48 | 1 | https://www.kxlf.com/weather/fire-watch/hog-trough-fire-grows-to-798-acres |
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In your recent editorial, “Have an opinion? Please write to us,” you are asking your readers to write more letters. I have noticed that some editions of the Bangor Daily News haven’t had any letters and the Jan. 27 edition was one of these. When there are letters, you state: “If a letter or OpEd is published, submissions by the same writer will not be considered for 60 days.”
Now, in the .COMments section, many of the same people write comments multiple times — sometimes in the same edition. These people are good at expressing themselves in real time online and get their opinions printed over and over; so as a reader, I know pretty much how the repeat writers are going to respond on any given issue.
My question to the BDN editorial staff is why limit writers of actual letters to just one published letter every 60 days? You might get more letters if people could write more often.
Karen Jo Young
Corea | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/02/01/opinion/letters/letter-bdn-letters-suggestion/ | 2023-02-01 18:07:51 | 1 | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/02/01/opinion/letters/letter-bdn-letters-suggestion/ |
TO’HAJIILEE, N.M. (AP) — A school tucked into the sandstone cliffs and juniper-dotted mesas of central New Mexico is fortified on one side by a wall of sandbags and an earthen berm. On the other side, melting snow puddles along the edges of classrooms.
Inside, caulking, paint and metal plates hide the cracks that have formed over decades in the block walls. With each rainstorm, the nearly century-old To’Hajiilee Community School on the fringes of the Navajo Nation sinks further into the ground.
The layers of bandages won’t have to hold much longer. Residents of the small community off Interstate 40 recently learned that after years of raising flags about the school that lies in a floodplain, the latest federal budget included $90 million for a new campus.
“It’s just unbelievable that we would ever have anything that great happen,” said Paulene Abeyta, a mother and vice president of the school board.
To’Hajiilee Community School is just one of about 80 schools funded by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education that are in desperate need of repair or replacement. The agency’s priorities stretch across the country with schools in Maine, Wisconsin, North Dakota, New Mexico, Arizona and Washington.
The price tag tops $6.2 billion, and the wait is long.
To’Hajiilee would not have been moved up the priority list last year if not for a community campaign driven by stories of flooded classrooms and playgrounds, relentless calls to Washington, D.C., and invitations for decision-makers to see it in person. Otherwise, another decade would have passed and another generation of students would have walked the same halls.
“When you see the kids here today and the talent and just the excitement, you think about how limitless the opportunities are for kids if they can just focus on becoming the people that they were meant to be and not have to deal with crumbling classrooms,” said U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico.
Stansbury joined school officials, students and parents earlier this month to celebrate the funding. While it puts only a small dent in the bureau’s backlog, she said it will mark a new era for the Navajo community.
Officials hope to break ground in about a year. Already, Abeyta charged the students with dreaming big.
That means softball fields free of prickly weeds, and ant piles, water bottle filling stations, a gym with long bleachers and a big scoreboard, toilets that flush, motion-sensing sinks, well-equipped classrooms for art and woodworking, a music room filled with instruments and a culinary program with big ovens.
School administrator Willinda Castillo said community input will be vital to ensuring success.
“The school is, I think, the heart of this community,” she said.
Generations of To’Hajiilee students have learned Navajo history and language in the school. Plaques outside classroom doors display the grade and subjects taught in Navajo, or Diné. Murals adorn hallways and posters remind students and teachers to integrate Diné as often as possible.
Many of the students at the recent celebration wore traditional clothing while members of the senior class danced and performed a blessing way song.
Students erupted with cheers and stomped their feet on the wooden bleachers when school board members talked about the possibilities ahead.
Abeyta and others shared stories of teachers fleeing to their vehicles to avoid being stranded as floodwaters washed over the school grounds. Other times, classes were canceled as moats formed around portable buildings and parking lots were submerged. Flooding even washed out the bridge leading to the school.
Castillo checks the forecast daily and adjusts evacuation plans if needed.
With the backlog of deferred maintenance across the bureau’s system ballooning, To’Hajiilee knew pleading from afar wouldn’t be enough — they invited former U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland who now heads the Interior Department, members of Congress and top officials from the Bureau of Indian Education to see the school for themselves.
“You know, there’s a lot of times when our voices are not heard, and in order for our voices to be heard we just had to take it upon ourselves,” Castillo said. “I think that’s what made the difference.”
Stansbury and her staff followed a visit last year with countless emails, regular phone calls and conversations with as many congressional leaders as possible. They had a singular plea as Congress finalized the budget in December — funding for To’Hajiilee. Videos of raging flood waters, damaged foundations and cracked walls helped make the case that students and staff weren’t safe.
The To’Hajiilee campus dates to the 1930s, when the first rock-walled classrooms were erected as part of the federal Works Progress Administration. Those buildings are long gone, having been replaced in the 1950s with buildings that were then overhauled in the 1980s.
Larry Holman, To’Hajiilee’s administrative services specialist, picked up a section of broken bathroom piping that was sitting on a shelf in his office. It was thick with corrosion and had a crack running down one side — more evidence of the condition of plumbing throughout the school.
The water gets tested every other week, but it’s not potable. The school doles out water bottles daily, creating another expense.
Along with the new school, the community will be tying into the water supply for Albuquerque, which is New Mexico’s largest city about 30 miles (48 kilometers) to the east.
“It’s not only about building a new place for this community for kids to go to school, but it will be the place where future generations grow up and become who they are. And, you know, a school can literally transform lives,” Stansbury said.
The congresswoman, who worked in the Office of Management and Budget during the Obama administration, rallied lawmakers last year to increase the bureau budget for school construction and repairs. Still, the 2023 budget is a fraction of what advocates say is needed to address deficiencies in a school system that serves more than 45,000 Native students in nearly two dozen states.
The To’Hajiilee Community School has roots as a federal boarding school. The community itself was settled during the Long Walk when thousands of Navajos endured cold, disease and starvation as the U.S. attempted to relocate them to eastern New Mexico. Some residents say the initial inhabitants of this stretch of high desert were a renegade band of sorts that refused to go farther. They called the spot To’Hajiilee, which translates roughly to “drawing water from a well.”
While the $90 million cost for a new school was unfathomable to second-graders in Adrianne Keene’s class who were learning about money, it’s not out of line with construction costs for modern education facilities.
Keene handed out bags of play coins for the class to count. When asked if they wanted to count to $90 million, the students gasped but didn’t hesitate to share their ideas about what they wanted at their new school.
“Will we get a new playground?” one girl asked.
“A rollercoaster!” a boy said. | https://phl17.com/us-news/ap-us-news/ap-navajo-community-wins-fight-to-replace-crumbling-campus/ | 2023-02-25 02:06:22 | 0 | https://phl17.com/us-news/ap-us-news/ap-navajo-community-wins-fight-to-replace-crumbling-campus/ |
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A long time coming getting back to the top of the podium, Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier captured another national pairs gold at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday night with a spectacular free skate that scored them an overall season-best 227.97.
The reigning world champions were forced to withdraw the night before last year’s nationals when Frazier contracted COVID-19, denying them a chance to defend their 2021 title from their first season together.
Skating second-to-last and ahead of eventual silver medalists Emily Chan and Spencer Howe, Knierim and Frazier performed a breathtaking routine to Harry Styles’ “Sign of the Times” for a 146.01 to win by more than 30 points. They recovered from a slight miscue in their planned triple toeloop-double toeloop-double toeloop combination by going clean the rest of the way and executing all the difficult elements with flair and determination.
When they were done, fans jumped to their feet in a rousing ovation.
The tandem, who train in Southern California and paired up after Knierim’s husband Chris retired from skating in 2020, had to petition for a spot on the Olympic team for Beijing after missing the 2022 nationals. There, they helped the Americans to a silver medal in the team event and placed sixth in pairs. The twosome also earned silver in the Grand Prix final last month.
Knierim and Frazier held a commanding lead of more than 15 points over Chan and Howe — 81.96 to 66.86 — after a personal-best short program Thursday heading into Saturday’s free skate.
Chan and Howe continued their breakout season with a season-best score of 196.86 and their 130.00 free skate, set to a rendition of “Unchained Melody.” They lost points when Chan fell on their throw triple loop.
Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea placed third with a 184.01. They came into Saturday sitting third after scoring a 65.75 short program, then Kam fell on their opening triple twist in the free skate and nearly slid into the boards. The two teamed up just four months ago and have high hopes of an Olympic run.
Sonia Baram and Daniel Tioumentsev were fourth at 179.08, scoring a 115.96 in the free skate to move up from fifth place after the short program with a beautiful routine Saturday at SAP Center.
Earlier Saturday, Madison Chock and Evan Bates defended their ice dancing title Saturday at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, scoring 137.85 in the free dance for a top total score of 229.75.
The recently engaged couple has medaled at nationals in every season since 2013. That’s 11 straight years, which matches former training mates Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue (2012-22) for the most consecutive years on the U.S. ice dance podium.
“It’s a great honor to be one of the teams with the longest longevity in the sport,” Chock said. “It’s something that we really pride ourselves on because we’re very motivated people. That’s something that drives us through our career, and we’ve had a lot of success because of that.”
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AP Freelance Writer Sonja Chen contributed to this report.
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DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Westwood Holdings Group Inc. (WHG) on Wednesday reported net income of $714,000 in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had net income of 9 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 45 cents per share.
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JEROME — The restaurant inside of the Jerome Country Club, once known as the Caddy Shack, has a new name and a new owner who is looking to take it to new heights.
The 19th Hole Bar & Grill, managed by Jay Purtell, held its grand opening on Jan. 28.
“I’ve worked in the restaurant business for 27 years,” Purtell said. “I know a couple of guys who are on the board of directors here and they knew where I was working before. They said, ‘Hey, the current owners are retiring and we are going to start taking bids and proposals to get someone new in there.’ So, I put one together and met with the board and fortunately they picked me.”
The restaurant is serving cheeseburgers, fish and chips, chicken wings, flatbread pizzas and much more, plus prime rib on Fridays and Saturdays.
The 19th Hole Bar & Grill is located inside of the Jerome Country Club at 649 Golf Course Rd. Call 208-324-5081 or email the19thhole208@gmail.com.
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Times-News: How’s it been since you’ve taken over?
Jay Purtell: It’s been good. Just getting to meet a lot of the members and people in the neighborhood. Figuring out what they really want to eat, figuring out some drink and food specials and starting some ‘Happy Hour’ type of things.
T-N: What has been the best part of taking this over?
Purtell: The best part has been getting to meet the members and getting to know people. I have 425 memberships here and those are family memberships so it’s not just one person; it’s their spouse, any of their kids under 21, grandkids. This is the closest restaurant to like 900 houses. So, I’d just say the friendships.
T-N: What is something you want the public to know that they may not know?
Purtell: Anyone can come in here. A lot of people definitely still think its a country club, like Blue Lakes, where you have to have a membership. They don’t. Anyone can walk in. We get a pretty good crowd after church. We are starting to do more of a brunch menu. We are doing specials every day, whether it’s a drink thing and a food thing. Hours are going to change so we are open a lot more because we go as the golf course goes. We don’t do a huge breakfast on Tuesday, when it’s snowing out. But if it’s Sunday in July and you have 200 people playing golf, I’m sure you get a pretty good crowd.
T-N: What are your goals?
Purtell: We just want to be more a part of the community of Jerome. Be a place where people can say I want to go there for dinner. It’s not like we are a restaurant part of a golf course, we are a restaurant that happens to be at a golf course. We just want to work with everybody and have fun and go from there.
Which locally owned business in the Magic Valley should we visit next week? Email Brayden Weeks at bweeks@magicvalley.com. | https://magicvalley.com/business/come-on-in-new-jerome-country-club-restaurant-is-open-to-the-public/article_a5fcec6c-bc3a-11ed-9646-0b920e0bae13.html | 2023-03-07 16:41:56 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/business/come-on-in-new-jerome-country-club-restaurant-is-open-to-the-public/article_a5fcec6c-bc3a-11ed-9646-0b920e0bae13.html |
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