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Updated April 30, 2023 at 12:17 PM ET
A convoy of hundreds of Americans has arrived in a port city in eastern Sudan, the State Department said, in the first U.S.-led evacuation effort of private U.S. citizens since deadly fighting erupted in the country two weeks ago.
Buses carrying 300 people reached Port Sudan on Saturday after leaving the capital of Khartoum late Friday.
The group of mostly Americans — along with some Germans, Norwegians and local staff — were driven on seven buses contracted by the U.S. and monitored by armed drones on the journey, a Pentagon official told NPR. The U.S. government contracted 16 buses total and will use the remaining buses if a second convoy is needed.
Conflict between rival generals from the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed more than 500 people and injured more than 4,000 others since fighting broke out on April 15. Bombings and gun battles have rattled Khartoum, devastating buildings in residential neighborhoods.
The RSF assisted the convoy with three vehicles to help get the buses safely through checkpoints, according to a Pentagon official.
Some 16,000 Americans had been registered in Sudan before the convoy's departure. Families of trapped Americans in Sudan have criticized the U.S. for initially ruling out a U.S.-run evacuation, The Associated Press reported.
The U.S. is among several countries to have closed their embassies and evacuated their staff and families.
From Port Sudan, the Americans can cross the Red Sea to a port in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.
"The U.S. government has taken extensive efforts to contact U.S. citizens in Sudan and enable the departure of those who wished to leave," the statement read. "We messaged every U.S. citizen in Sudan who communicated with us during the crisis and provided specific instructions about joining this convoy to those who were interested in departing via the land route. We encourage U.S. citizens who want to leave Sudan but chose not to participate in this convoy to contact the Department of State using the crisis intake form on our website."
The Pentagon has assisted the evacuation by deploying intelligence and surveillance support, "and we are moving naval assets within the region to provide any necessary support along the coast," according to a statement on Saturday from Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh.
A U.S. official told NPR American ships are just off Port Sudan, but not in the port itself. The official said there are no State Department or U.S. military personnel at the Port.
The U.S. has repeated its warning to Americans not to travel to Sudan.
NPR's Michele Kelemen contributed reporting.
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Boston University went 8-8 on the road and 22-13 overall last season. The Terriers shot 45.4% from the field and 35.4% from 3-point range last season.
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(CNN) — Daffne Cruz has worked at public elementary, middle and high schools in Polk County, Florida, for 10 years. And for all 10 years, she’s never made an effort to downplay or hide her queerness.
A high school assistant principal, Cruz has faced criticism from other school administrators in the county for being an out gay educator. She wears bowties and suspenders to work and proudly displays photos of her wife and their daughter around her office. Some have suggested she conceal her queerness for the sake of her career; she said one county official misgendered her in a forum of her colleagues.
But it wasn’t until this school year that a parent came into her school’s office and said, referring to Cruz, “I don’t want to talk to the gay one.”
Cruz said she was shocked. But the surge in bills that aim to restrict the discussion of pronouns, gender identity and sexuality in classrooms, along with the hateful rhetoric that often accompanies debates of those bills, has “created a culture of audacity, boldness and intolerance” among parents and administrators, Cruz told CNN.
“It’s inviting a lack of respect,” she said.
This year alone, states have introduced more than 220 bills related to gender identity and sexuality in schools, per the ACLU. That list of 13 states that have passed bills this year ranges from Arkansas prohibiting schools from requiring teachers to use a student’s correct pronouns or name without parental consent to Wyoming disallowing trans girls from participating in girls school sports.
Florida’s HB 1557, colloquially known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which kickstarted a trend of attempted legislative bans on discussion of LGBTQ topics in schools, was expanded in April to restrict some discussions of gender identity and sexual orientation in public classrooms from kindergarten to 12th grade. The original bill, passed last year, was limited to kindergarten through third grade classrooms.
These laws don’t just minimize LGBTQ history or prevent classroom conversations with students about what it means to be queer and trans: LGBTQ educators who spoke to CNN said these bills, regardless of whether they’re passed in one’s home state, start to chip away at their confidence and comfort in a classroom. Knowing their presence in a classroom is a matter of debate can make it even harder to continue their work in a profession already plagued by stagnated pay, concerns about safety and major labor shortages. And while many queer educators are using the attacks as fuel to keep going, the harassment some LGBTQ teachers have faced is driving some of them to leave the field entirely.
Some LGBTQ teachers have been targeted
First grade teacher Jake Daggett is a reliably smiling face among instructors with large Instagram followings. An elementary school instructor in the Milwaukee area, Daggett regularly shares clips of his students enthusiastically performing chants to learn about punctuation marks and suffixes, along with other tips he’s used as a literacy teacher. And though he maintains his optimism in the classroom with his young students, the reality of being a gay teacher in a political climate that’s become increasingly hostile toward LGBTQ people can be much more challenging, even dangerous, he said.
“For us queer teachers right now, it’s almost brave to show up,” he said. “(We) can’t even focus on what we’re teaching because we’re just trying to defend our rights to be in a classroom.”
Last year, after a student gifted Daggett a coffee mug that read “Ask me my pronouns,” the influential anti-LGBTQ account Libs of TikTok found and shared a photo of Daggett posing with the mug, which caused an uproar among some viewers who took issue with Daggett encouraging students not to make assumptions about someone’s gender. He said he received death threats after the story made national headlines.
Daggett, who just completed his seventh year of teaching, still receives hateful messages on a daily basis on his popular Instagram account, where he has 113,000 followers, he said. But it’s “very rare” for parents and others in his school community to be the ones raising concerns, he said.
Discussions of pronouns and family structures – some of his students have two moms, for instance, he said — crop up organically in his classroom, Daggett said. Students might ask him about his weekend and excitedly push him for details about a carnival he and his partner attended. He’s paused lessons after overhearing a student use the term “gay” in a pejorative way, taking time to address the student and their questions about the word. One of his first graders even reprimanded Daggett recently for referring to the titular character in the picture book “The Gruffalo” with male gendered pronouns — “‘Mr. D., we don’t assume!” Daggett said the student reminded him.
None of those discussions are from pre-planned lessons, Daggett said, but they’re still essential ones. Like observing Black History Month with a lesson on Martin Luther King Jr., or reading a book with a character wearing hijab, these brief but meaningful conversations help his students learn what it means to be inclusive. And his students’ families have largely supported him, he said.
“Students come to school, they’re loved, nurtured, held to high expectations,” he said. “I invite families in, I don’t mask who I am, I don’t pretend.”
Serious strides in LGBTQ visibility and representation in media and politics convinced some that “everything’s fine now” in terms of rights and acceptance of LGBTQ people, Daggett said. But it’s “worse than it was.”
“We are losing,” he said.
Last year, after Florida introduced what critics called its “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, several other states followed suit and filed similar bills that affect whether teachers can use pronouns or names students ask them to use.
The last two years have also seen more than half of US states propose legislation that attempts to restrict the rights of trans people, from banning gender-affirming health care for minors or barring students from playing school sports that match their gender, according to the Human Rights Campaign, which tracks anti-LGBTQ legislation.
And this year, some conservative lawmakers have attempted to place restrictions on drag, affecting where and when the artform can be performed and who can view it. (However, in Tennessee, a federal judge this month deemed its anti-drag bill unconstitutional.)
Daggett and Cruz said these bills are a distraction from concerns that teachers have raised for years, including low pay and risks of school violence.
LGBTQ teachers build followings online to share the good and bad
Some LGBTQ teachers have fought efforts to silence them through visibility, turning to TikTok and other social media to reach an audience beyond their classroom.
Selina Peña, a high school English teacher in South Texas, shares lighthearted TikToks from her classroom about the “Gen Z drama” she overhears, how she bounces back when ADHD momentarily robs her focus, and the specific joys and trials of being a queer Latina teacher. In nearly all of them, she wears a lanyard from the Human Rights Campaign that reads, “I proudly support LGBTQ+ youth.”
“Navigating the intersection of multiple identities myself, I am committed to establishing a learning atmosphere that not only accepts but also celebrates diversity in all its forms,” Peña told CNN.
That’s the atmosphere she creates online, too, one that’s amassed her more than 80,000 followers and fans from across the country. Many comment to thank her for her candor or wonder how their high school years could have been different having an out gay teacher like her.
Despite the legislative attacks aimed at queer and trans people, Peña said she wants to continue to do her part to make LGBTQ students at her school and around the US “feel acknowledged, supported, and empowered as they embark on their journey of self-discovery and education.”
Teachers on TikTok is a thorny topic, though, and Cruz said her videos have landed her in trouble with school officials in the past, particularly those in which she discusses Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or the state legislation that impacts queer and trans students. But posting far and wide is a way for her to engage students beyond her small school community – and sound the alarm about concerning developments in her home district, she said.
“Our community is so clouded – there’s a rain cloud over us,” Cruz said. “I want to be beacon of hope in the queer community in whatever capacity that I can.”
LGBTQ teachers find different ways to persevere
Daggett has struggled at times to maintain his optimistic demeanor in the face of near-constant hateful comments on his Instagram account and the general stressors of being a public-school teacher — it’s hard enough, he said, to stay afloat even when anonymous critics aren’t flooding his Instagram with hateful comments.
But he keeps going, he said, because of the relationships he’s formed with his students and their families. Seeing them almost every day makes it easier to tune out the oft-vocal strangers who harass him online.
“I just focus on the people that I’m actually impacting,” he said.
High school English teacher-turned-curriculum creator Brittany Jeltema, who shares inclusive lesson plans through her website “The Superhero Teacher,” recently moved to Florida with her wife and two children. Though she said she’s “naturally terrified” for LGBTQ youth during this time, she said she felt it was her family’s “responsibility to be part of the (LGBTQ) community” in the state and lend her voice to the movement.
But many LGBTQ teachers are finding it difficult to cope, especially when supporters of anti-LGBTQ legislation zero in on them. NBC News reported on two teachers in Florida and Kentucky, respectively, the latter of whom was named Kentucky Teacher of the Year in 2022, who quit their jobs after some parents and community members criticized them for being out gay men and sharing details about their personal lives with students.
Other queer and trans teachers, particularly after Florida passed its “Don’t Say Gay” bill last year, have said they no longer feel supported or mentally healthy enough to continue teaching, according to reporting from CNN affiliate WPTV.
“There are a lot of people that, very rightfully so, don’t keep going (in the profession),” Daggett said. “I fully support that. If you’re to the point where your mental health is being affected, for our low salaries and low level of general respect in society, you have to do what you have to do.”
Daffne Cruz, meanwhile, doesn’t think she’ll return to her post at her Florida high school after finishing this school year. She’s opting instead to partner with Equality Florida and other organizations in her home state that work to advance the rights of LGBTQ Floridians, students and adults alike. She’s watched the queer and trans students she’s advised go on to graduate and embrace their identities more wholly once they leave, but she feels she’d have a greater impact if she starts to work on a statewide level.
“I think that I’ve given everything that I’ve been able to give, starting within the four walls of a classroom,” Cruz said.
Being herself, too, without minimizing any elements of her identity, is perhaps the biggest draw of leaving education. She’s choosing herself, she said, now that she can’t continue to be authentic in the job she loved.
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Though growing visitation to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks has led to overflowing parking lots and traffic snarls, superintendents say visitor patterns and geography make transitioning to shuttle systems unlikely anytime soon.
Citing separate studies, Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly and GTNP Superintendent Chip Jenkins recently said parkwide shuttle systems don’t make sense for the popular northwestern Wyoming destinations. That’s because visitors often drive in one entrance and out another and the costs of shuttling them would be huge, among other reasons.
“I don’t foresee anytime in the future a parkwide shuttle system,” Sholly said. A shuttle system, he said, is “not going to solve everything” related to congestion.
Their stances cast doubt on one of the tools people have looked to mitigate the effects of crowds in the parks’ most popular spots.
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Grand Teton
Rising visitation has stressed parts of both parks as maintenance budgets, aging infrastructure and staff numbers lag behind the growth. Visitation was relatively steady for much of the 1990s-2000s, but that began to change in the mid-2010s, fueled by factors such as the 2016 “Find Your Park” campaign, the growth in outdoor recreation participation and the 2017 solar eclipse. The pandemic only accelerated the trend.
In GTNP, for example, 2021 brought a record-breaking 3.9 million visits — a 50% increase from a decade earlier.
In response, the park has been experimenting by limiting vehicles at crowded lots and requiring camping reservations. The park in 2021 studied traffic patterns, trail-use numbers and visitor experiences. Grand Teton shared an executive summary of the report in late February.
In a press call about that study, Superintendent Jenkins stressed that 91% of vehicles that enter the park stop at least once somewhere in the park, and most make multiple stops.
“The way that people come and visit Grand Teton is not really what many people expect,” Jenkins said. “It’s very complicated. There’s not necessarily a normal pattern. And what we really learned is that visitation is highly dispersed, highly varied and that there is no dominant travel pattern.”
That reality, Jenkins said, “sets up a really interesting … both question and dilemma for us.”
If the park were to shift away from private transportation, he said, it would strip people of the autonomy to visit the way they appear to enjoy. “Driving in their private vehicle affords them that opportunity to continue this kind of visitor experience,” he said.
Only about 5% of visitors are local residents, Jenkins said, who use the park differently from out-of-towners; locals tend to drive directly to their destination, while visitors meander and stop at turnouts to take in the scenery. In addition, the study shows visitors enter from various areas — from Dubois, Jackson and Yellowstone, for example.
There have been calls to expand the regional transit system into the park, Jenkins said, and the park is open to exploring the feasibility with stakeholders.
But the idea of an alternative transportation system, he said, would entail either having to “fundamentally change the kind of experience people had, or you would have to have such a web of connections that it’s a pretty complex system.”
Not only would a shuttle system be insufficient to fix the park’s traffic problems, he continued, “conversely, it might create a whole bunch of other problems.
“And while there are many people who have ideas and thoughts about what solutions might be to problems,” he said, “part of what we’re trying to figure out is … exactly what the problems are.”
The data will help the park understand what is happening in the park as visitation mounts, Jenkins said. The park already identified several places — such as Jenny Lake, Lupine Meadows and Taggart Lake — where parking demand exceeds spaces, and will “continue to experiment” with alternatives.
A shuttle may still come to the park, though from another source. The Southern Teton Area Rapid Transit operates a robust transit system in the Jackson area that includes in-town and commuter rides.
“The START board, and, you know, many citizens, including the county commission, have long talked about service up to the park, and that now is one of our top priorities,” board Chair Jared Smith said. “But we also acknowledge that it’s very challenging to come up with viable solutions” given the park’s use patterns.
START hopes to identify funding to do pilot or demonstration projects in the near future that would provide service to the park, he said.
Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park entered 2022 intending to celebrate its 150-year anniversary, but historic floods in June threw a wrench into those plans, wiping out roads and forcing closures. Visits dropped 32% from the record 4.9-million tally of 2021.
Still, Sholly expects numbers to rebound fairly quickly back to the “normal range” of about 4 million and continue to grow. Though the flood diverted park officials’ attention last year, the park has not stopped thinking about how to solve challenges around managing growth, he said.
To that end, a transit feasibility study was completed in late 2022. Though alternative transportation is “consistently pointed to by park visitors and employees, the public and key stakeholder groups,” it reads, those options have been minimally explored in previous reviews. The study aimed to do that — with a focus on whether transit services for the busy Old Faithful-Madison corridor and Canyon Village areas are feasible, and “whether transit would significantly reduce traffic congestion, improve visitor mobility, and address key park concerns.”
The study found that several concepts — such as closing certain zones to all but pedestrian/bike/transit traffic — would result in less congestion and/or more parking. But they would also bring major infrastructure, staffing and overhead costs, and none of the concepts met park “achievability criteria.”
“At least in this park, it’s unclear exactly how positively impacting that would be on traffic and congestion and things like that,” Sholly said of a shuttle system, especially compared to the cost of the investment, which he called “monumental.”
The park’s size, with five entrances and roughly 500 miles of road, would further complicate the logistics of shuttle travel planning, he said.
While it was a valuable exercise, Sholly said, the study also underscored that shuttles alone won’t solve all the congestion problems — especially without a guarantee that people will use them.
The study added that “congestion could be also controlled by just managed access, regardless of whether there was transit service.”
Sometimes, Sholly said, measures aimed at alleviating the problems only compound them. When the park added a temporary parking lot near Midway Geyser Basin in 2017, for example, it didn’t add trash cans and bathrooms. “So what we’ve seen in our monitoring … is a lot more litter, human waste, social trails, things like that.”
The park is planning to replace that temporary lot with a permanent one that could only be used through a “timed-entry system,” he said. That process will be open to the public, he said.
Glimpse into the future
Visitation to both parks slowed in 2022, a trend likely influenced by flooding. Even without the disaster, however, a nearly universal slowing of visitation across Wyoming public lands indicates it likely would have been a softer year.
Jenkins and Sholly believe visitation growth will generally continue, though not as dramatically as 2021. In some respects, Jenkins said, that anomaly was a gift, because “we have a glimpse of the future.”
Much of this conversation, Sholly said, centers around the question of what number triggers action to prevent resource impacts or reduce congestion. “And that’s not an exact science.”
As visitation increases, he said, “I have no doubt some of those actions will have to get more aggressive. But I don’t think right this second we’re at a point where we need to cap visitation, and also I can’t tell you exactly where that threshold is.”
It’s going to take thoughtful conversations that include stakeholders, including gateway communities like Cody and Jackson, Sholly said. “We’ve got significant issues, in certain parts of the park at certain times of the year, that need to be addressed. But they need to be addressed strategically.” | https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/yellowstone-grand-teton-superintendents-wary-of-shuttles/article_03ba03ac-d7b2-11ed-82cf-0b04e52a52ea.html | 2023-04-10 20:27:06 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/yellowstone-grand-teton-superintendents-wary-of-shuttles/article_03ba03ac-d7b2-11ed-82cf-0b04e52a52ea.html |
Californians will soon be able to cross the street outside of a formal intersection without being ticketed -- as long as it's safe to do so.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Freedom to Walk Act into law on Friday, according to a news release from Assemblymember Phil Ting, who wrote the bill.
The law stipulates that pedestrians can only be ticketed for jaywalking -- or crossing outside of an intersection -- if there is "immediate danger of a collision," says the release.
The new law will take effect on January 1.
In the release, Ting seemed to reference racist policing and the unfair targeting of Black pedestrians for jaywalking arrests.
"It should not be a criminal offense to safely cross the street. When expensive tickets and unnecessary confrontations with police impact only certain communities, it's time to reconsider how we use our law enforcement resources and whether our jaywalking laws really do protect pedestrians," said Ting.
"Plus, we should be encouraging people to get out of their cars and walk for health and environmental reasons."
According to the release, jaywalking is "arbitrarily enforced" in California, and disproportionately affects "people of color and lower-income individuals who cannot afford tickets that can often total hundreds of dollars."
In 2020, protests erupted when an Orange County sheriff's deputy shot and killed Kurt Reinhold, a homeless Black man, after stopping him for allegedly jaywalking. Prosecutors eventually declined to bring charges against the deputy who shot Reinhold.
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TOWN OF TONAWANDA N.Y. (WIVB) – A CPR instructor in the Town of Tonawanda, New York, was in the right place at the right time on Thursday.
During a training course that night, Karen Mayfield went from teaching CPR to administering it, and saving someone’s life in the process.
“It was wild, and it just, to me, is just a great example of why we take these classes,” said assemblyman Bill Conrad, who was attending the class.
The training session was being held at Saint John the Baptist Church. Conrad said he noticed a man come to the class, watch part of it, and then leave.
About 20 minutes later, the man returned, according to Conrad. He said his neighbor was unresponsive, and he was hoping find someone who knew how to perform CPR. That’s when Karen Mayfield ran out of the room and over to an apartment building next door.
“Someone made sure 911 was called, one of the parents was making sure of that,” said Conrad. “I kinda jolted over there to help, and then was in the apartment watching the compressions, holding the door open for the paramedics. It was crazy.”
Conrad added that earlier, Mayfield said she’d never needed to perform CPR on “an actual person before.” But she was more than capable, he observed.
“It prepared her and she did a fantastic job and saved that woman’s life. She’s alive today.”
Matthew DeRose, the Town of Tonawanda Police Department Paramedic Supervisor, also praised Mayfield’s quick action.
“Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a very difficult situation to begin with and survivability isn’t that high,” DeRose said. “Anything we can do to make that better, benefits the patient at the end of the day.”
DeRose said there’s also been rising interest in CPR training ever since Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest.
“Having the knowledge and the skills helps to save lives,” DeRose said.
“She’s a hero to me, and to this woman,” Conrad said. “It just shows you how important these classes are, that literally we’re taking it, and it was spurred by what happened to Damar Hamlin, but it’s just amazing to see that it works and it’s real. It happened literally the same night as the training, and how crazy that is.”
Mayfield — the assistant director for CPR, Risk Management & Student Employee Development Recreation at the University of Buffalo — is a little shaken from the whole experience. But she did send a statement to Nexstar’s WIVB, stressing the importance of CPR training.
“I hope this story can serve as yet another reminder of how invaluable a familiarity with CPR can be, and that it inspires others to pursue the training,” Mayfield said. “I commend the efficiency and expertise of the town paramedics and police, who every day on the job endure the stress of critical events and emergencies.” | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/saved-that-womans-life-cpr-instructor-stops-class-to-restart-womans-heart/ | 2023-01-21 19:31:25 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/saved-that-womans-life-cpr-instructor-stops-class-to-restart-womans-heart/ |
Astros vs. Angels: Odds, spread, over/under - July 15
The Houston Astros (51-41) will lean on Kyle Tucker when they visit Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels (45-47) at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Saturday, July 15. The first pitch will be thrown at 9:07 PM ET.
The Astros are listed as -160 moneyline favorites for this matchup with the Angels (+135). An 8-run over/under has been set in the contest.
Astros vs. Angels Time and TV Channel
- Date: Saturday, July 15, 2023
- Time: 9:07 PM ET
- TV: BSW
- Location: Anaheim, California
- Venue: Angel Stadium of Anaheim
- Probable Pitchers: Framber Valdez - HOU (7-6, 2.51 ERA) vs Reid Detmers - LAA (2-6, 4.31 ERA)
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Astros vs. Angels Betting Trends and Insights
- This season, the Astros have been favored 57 times and won 33, or 57.9%, of those games.
- The Astros have gone 19-9 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -160 or shorter (67.9% winning percentage).
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Houston has a 61.5% chance to win.
- The Astros won all of the three games they played while the moneyline favorite over their last 10 matchups.
- In its last 10 matchups, Houston and its opponents combined to go over the total four times (all 10 games had set totals).
- The Angels have been victorious in 17, or 44.7%, of the 38 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- The Angels have a mark of 2-5 in contests where sportsbooks favor them by +135 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Angels have played as underdogs five times over their past 10 games and lost each of those contests.
- In the last 10 games with a total, Los Angeles and its opponents are 6-3-1 when it comes to hitting the over.
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NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Nolan Henderson threw for four touchdowns, three to Chandler Harvin, and Delaware beat Saint Francis (Pa.) 56-17 on Saturday in the first round of the FCS playoffs.
The Blue Hens (8-4), who gained an at-large berth and home game after going 4-4 in the Colonial Athletic Association, will play at top-seeded South Dakota State next Saturday.
Henderson was 16-of-23 passing for 266, throwing TD passes of 30, 7 and 58 yards to Harvin, a Sam Houston transfer, who had a season-high 128 yards on four catches. Henderson, who took a seat early in the fourth quarter, also had a rushing TD. Kyron Cumby rushed for 111 yards on 10 carries.
Henderson, who reached a program record with 32 passing TDs this season, led Delaware to a 28-3 halftime lead with the Blue Hens already having 331 yards offense and 17 first downs. They would outgain Saint Francis 586-259 with 303 in the air and 283 rushing.
Saint Francis quarterback and Northeast Conference Offensive Player of Year Cole Doyle was only 7-of-20 passing for 82 yards and didn't play in the second half after an apparent leg injury.
Pitt transfer Justin Sliwoski took over in the second half and led the Red Flash to their first touchdown on a 12-yard pass to Dawson Snyder in the third quarter after Kerry Galloway returned an interception 54 yards from the end zone. Sliwoski connected with Makai Jackson for a 45-yard score late in the fourth quarter and finished with 103 yards passing.
The Red Flash (9-3), who went undefeated in the NEC, had a nine-game winning streak snapped.
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Development of Revolutionary Next-Gen Electrotherapy Device Fully Complete
Company expects to start filling orders in Q1 2023
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Electromedical Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: EMED) ("Electromedical" or the "Company"), a pioneer in the development and production of bioelectronic devices designed to relieve chronic, intractable, and acute pain through frequency and electro-modulation, is very excited to introduce its new next-generation flagship device, the WellnessPro Infinity™.
See the WellnessPro Infinity™ https://electromedtech.com/wp-infinity/
"The WellnessPro Infinity™ will set an entirely new standard in the Bioelectronics marketplace" remarked Electromedical Founder and CEO, Matthew Wolfson. "There's nothing like it on the market in terms of capability, flexibility, ease of use, and doctor-patient interface. And most important of all - Patient results. "
The NEW WellnessPro Infinity™ device features:
- One compact device that encompasses ALL electrotherapy modalities.
- Can produce any frequency, any wave form (typical or atypical), any level of modulation
- Designed to support: TENS, Microcurrent, IF, EMS, PEMF, CES, VNS, PNS, COLD Laser, POD Synchronization, IDNA™, Deep Pluse™, Cloud access and much more.
- Unprecedented accuracy.
- Easiest to use electrotherapy device on the market.
- New Doctor-Patient Portal for updates and personalized treatments.
Wolfson added, " I want to thank our shareholders for the continued support, everyone at EMED and especially our incredible engineering team in Europe, for the hard work, innovation and long hours our team put in, to create a device we believe will help millions of people live happier healthier Pain Free lives and help battle the Opioid epidemic. Now that we have completed development of our NEW flagship model by October as planned, the next step is electrical laboratory safety testing. After that, it will be production ready. Once production is underway, we will begin taking pre orders. Our goal is to start shipping units next quarter. POD development is going as planned and we look forward to sharing progress in our upcoming press releases soon. Our goal is to go to market with the WellnessPro Infinity™ first, then shortly after releasing the POD upon FDA 510k clearance."
About Electromedical Technologies
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Electromedical Technologies, Inc. is a commercial stage, FDA cleared, bioelectronic medical device manufacturing company initially focused on the treatment of various chronic, acute, intractable, and post-operative pain conditions. Through University collaboration agreements, the Company is working to develop a comprehensive research program in defining the effects of electro-modulation on the human body. By studying the impacts of electrical fields in cell signaling and effects on virus assembly and immune responses, the Company's goal is to reduce pain and improve overall human wellbeing. The Company's current FDA cleared product indications are for chronic acute post traumatic and post-operative, intractable pain relief.
For more information, please visit www.electromedtech.com.
Note: Nonhuman preliminary studies that we are planning to start in the near future and their applications are not related to our current product in any way and are currently not cleared in the US.
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COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) _ Cummins Inc. (CMI) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $702 million.
The Columbus, Indiana-based company said it had profit of $4.94 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $4.77 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $4.37 per share.
The engine maker posted revenue of $6.59 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $6.48 billion.
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BOSTON, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearl Meyer has added Joe McNeal as a managing director in the firm's executive compensation consulting practice. McNeal specializes in developing executive pay strategies, short- and long-term incentive plan designs, and addressing the broader human capital management matters that are of growing concern to compensation committees. He also has significant experience guiding companies to and through IPO or SPAC transactions.
"Joe brings a depth of experience in compensation strategy and design for high-growth companies and he is a great addition to our team," said Pete Lupo, president of executive compensation consulting for Pearl Meyer. "His work in life sciences and his consultation to both private and public companies will help our firm expand services in that very dynamic industry, and support other clients undergoing rapid change."
As an advisor to high-growth companies in the knowledge economy, McNeal advises management teams and compensation committees on a broad range of issues including disclosure and regulatory issues, technical accounting issues, equity award valuation, and say-on-pay considerations. His clients range from early-stage pre-IPO startups to Fortune 500 companies.
"Pearl Meyer's approach to compensation is a great fit for my own philosophy and I'm eager to build on the firm's momentum," McNeal said. "The firm's emphasis on developing compensation programs that support long-term business strategy and organizational culture is more important than ever, especially given our increasingly challenging governance environment."
Before joining Pearl Meyer, McNeal was the life sciences executive compensation practice lead at Aon/Radford. He holds a BA from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science. McNeal will be based in Denver.
Pearl Meyer is the leading advisor to boards and senior management on the alignment of executive compensation with business and leadership strategy, making pay programs a powerful catalyst for value creation and competitive advantage. Pearl Meyer's global clients stand at the forefront of their industries and range from emerging high-growth, not-for-profit, and private companies to the Fortune 500 and FTSE 350. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Rochester, and San Jose.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A defamation trial begins May 17 in Kern County Superior Court where scandal-plagued utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) stands accused of making known false statements in a press release to cover up its own negligence after a massive gas explosion and avoidable death of a worker.
At question is a press release PG&E sent out shortly after a 2015 pipeline breach led to a gas line explosion that killed one person, injured two others, and caused other severe damage. The release accused business owner, Jeff Alexander of serious violations, including:
- Being responsible for the November 13, 2015 incident
- Conducting "illegal and unsafe" excavations in Kern County
- Committing repeated violations of state law
- Having a "complete disregard for the law"
- And more
This defamation suit contends that PG&E was not only responsible for the November 13 incident but that the utility knew it was responsible and knowingly published and distributed a press release with false information. According to the complaint, Big N Deep and owner Jeff Alexander began deep plowing only after PG&E cleared the field marked its gas lines (albeit improperly).
According to the complaint, PG&E caused substantial financial damage to Alexander and his business because of the utility broadcasting complete fabrications. He allegedly lost roughly $6 million from the loss of business, the destroyed equipment, and the repair costs of more than $1 million. He also suffered damages for the loss of his reputation in the Kern County agricultural community where his family has farmed since before he was born.
Parris stated he intends to ask the jury for punitive damages of $1.2 billion. Any lesser amount will not punish a company the size of PG&E.
Incident In Question
On November 13, 2015, an employee of Big N Deep was deep plowing in the area when he struck an underground PG&E gas line. This caused an explosion that burned him to death, the flames burned down a nearby home, caused significant burn injuries to the women and a child inside the home, it destroyed the tractor the employee was operating when the explosion threw the caterpillar tens of feet into the air flipping it upside down.
On December 7, 2015, PG&E issued a press release blaming Jeff Alexander (owner of Big N Deep) and allegedly libeling him to reduce PG&E's liability.
Jeff and his company Big N Deep were accused by PG&E of "illegal and unsafe excavations'' in Kern County, according to the complaint. However, PG&E has testified the marks they use are difficult to see when someone is operating a tractor. The small flags they use were placed twice the distance allowed by law and were not intended to be used in rural areas.
PG&E was found to be at fault for a similar incident by the Public Utilities Commission a year earlier. One reason they were found at fault was PG&E must provide a standby (flagman) but it failed to provide one. PG&E also failed to provide a flagman on November 13, 2015.
According to the complaint, allegations made in PG&E's press release were demonstrably false and PG&E knew, or should have known this, even while the release was being written. The press release was prepared by a 34-person crisis management team, which included members of the PG&E board of directors.
Further libeling Jeff and his company, Nick Stavropoulos the president of billion-dollar PG&E, wrote an opinion letter in the Bakersfield Californian pointing fingers at Jeff Alexander, an independent Kern County small businessman.
Patricia Poppe the current CEO for PG&E has been subpoenaed to testify about PG&E's long history of placing profits over safety. She has stated publicly that she was hired to fix this culture.
PG&E History Of Bad Behavior
In 2018, the California Public Utilities Commission reported that PG&E had a long history of negligent behavior, including employees facing pressure from bosses to falsify data "so requests for pipeline locating and marking would not appear as late." This report covered the period of 2012-2017, the exact era this tragedy occurred.1
The case is Jeff Alexander, Big N Deep Agricultural Development v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co, Kern County Superior Court, Case No. BCV-15-101623.
About PARRIS Law Firm
The PARRIS Law Firm is recognized as one of America's top personal injury, employment, and environmental law firms. With a proven track record of fighting for justice on behalf of families and individuals, the firm boasts numerous seven and eight-figure verdicts and settlements. To learn more about the firm, please go to: www.parris.com
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Horse set to compete in Kentucky Derby euthanized after severe injury
Published: Apr. 27, 2023 at 1:59 PM CDT|Updated: 8 minutes ago
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD/Gray News) - A horse that was set to race in the Kentucky Derby on May 6 has been euthanized after it suffered an injury during its workout early Thursday morning.
The horse’s owner, Frank Sumpter, said Wild On Ice made a wrong step on his back right leg, which caused a fracture. The horse was taken to a clinic in Lexington where they made the decision to euthanize the horse due to the injury’s severity.
Sumpter said he’s sad at his loss because there’s always another race but there won’t be another horse like Wild On Ice.
“Wild On Ice and the Lord gave us an amazing run and it’s a tough, tough deal,” he said.
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Cloud Integration Industry Veteran to Lead India Operations and Global Engineering
AUSTIN, Texas and MUMBAI, India, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Contentstack, the Content Experience Platform (CXP) category leader and composable architecture pioneer, today announced the appointment of the first-ever General Manager for India and Global Engineering Leader, Vasudeva Kothamasu. He brings a wealth of experience in Contentstack's leadership expansion weeks after the onboarding of new Chief Marketing Officer, Susan Beermann, and the new Vice President of Global Partnerships, Preseetha Pettigrew. Additionally, the company announced its $80 million Series-C funding in November, which will be used to continue supporting enterprise companies as they adopt composable architectures.
Vasudeva Kothamasu will be responsible for leading Contentstack's global software engineering and cloud infrastructure teams where he will drive engineering execution for Contentstack's future roadmap reporting to Contentstack's Founder and CTO, Nishant Patel.
Vasudeva Kothamasu – widely known in the Bengaluru tech circle as Vasu – is a software industry veteran with over 24 years as a well-regarded engineering leader with deep experience building enterprise-class software, integration technologies, and scaling cloud infrastructure. He joins Contentstack after 18 years at Software AG, Germany's second-largest enterprise software company and a leader in API Management, Integration and IoT. Most recently, he led Software AG's global engineering group for webMethods.io iPaaS, API Management, and Cloud transformation supporting key technology initiatives for global brands.
"As Contentstack continues to lead global brands through their composable journeys, Vasu's deep expertise in integration will play a critical role in their success," said Patel. "Integration is at the core of composable architecture and we are excited to welcome Vasu's leadership and scale experience to accelerate Contentstack and our products through future growth."
"Joining Contentstack during the company's rapid growth stage coupled with the industry's adoption of composable architecture is a unique opportunity," said Vasudeva Kothamasu. "I am looking forward to driving product innovation and providing a superior Content Experience Platform for our customers while continuing to be involved in India's fast growing SaaS ecosystem."
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Contentstack™ – the Content Experience Platform (CXP) category leader – empowers marketers and developers to deliver composable digital experiences at the speed of their imagination. Companies such as ASICS, Chase, Express, Holiday Inn, Icelandair, Mattel, McDonald's, Mitsubishi, Riot Games, and Shell trust Contentstack to power their most critical content experiences with uncompromising scale and dependability. Famous for its Care without Compromise™, Contentstack has achieved its highest customer satisfaction rating. Contentstack is also a founder of the MACH Alliance, setting the industry agenda for open and composable technology that is Microservices-based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS, and Headless. Learn more at http://www.contentstack.com.
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Carroll County’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, which was officially established two years ago this month, is now ready to start hiring new career personnel, according to Director Michael Robinson Sr.
“Over the past year, the [department] has made significant progress to create infrastructure, policies and procedures and is now poised to begin hiring personnel, incrementally, who will deploy to fire stations in the next several months,” Robinson said in a staff report he presented to the Board of Carroll County Commissioners Thursday.
“This will fulfill critical staffing needs for 13 of our 14 volunteer fire companies as we transition to county employees staffing these stations,” he said.
The Harney Volunteer Fire Company in Taneytown will receive no new staffing, as it has no ambulances and a low call volume.
Robinson said he was preparing to hire up to 240 employees in the next two years.
“This will be implemented incrementally starting with the hiring of 12 lieutenants,” Robinson stated, in an email after the meeting.
Robinson’s plan will allow for 15 medic units to provide 24-hour staffing, seven days a week and at least one fire apparatus driver at all but the Harney station, he stated. Stations in Westminster, Sykesville and Mount Airy will also have lieutenants serving as a station supervisor, since they will have at least six staff on each of the four shifts.
“In addition we will have a shift commander in an SUV who is responsible for countywide operations, and also a paramedic-equipped unit and two paramedic ‘chase cars’ that will respond with the transport medic units on critical care and high acuity calls, such as cardiac arrests, unconscious, heart attacks, serious motor vehicle crashes, severe trauma and other calls that would require two paramedics, due to complex patient care issues and decisions,” Robinson stated.
The push to create a combination paid and volunteer county fire service began in Carroll County began more than a decade ago. In 2018, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation allowing the county government to establish the new department and in October 2020, commissioners unanimously voted to pass an ordinance that created it.
Robinson secured the role of director in September 2021 and is charged with the overall direction, administration and evaluation of the department and has been planning policies and procedures since then.
During the meeting Thursday there was also a great deal of discussion about overtime pay for newly hired career firefighters and EMS workers. The ordinance that created the new department states that time-and-a-half will be paid after a firefighter or paramedic works 212 hours in a 28-day work period.
“Federal Labor Standards Act allows employers to pay certain classes of employees [including firefighters and paramedics] overtime that differ from the traditional 40-hour per week employee,” Robinson stated, in an email. “This meets the FLSA requirement.”
But Commissioner Dennis Frazier, who represents District 3, said the overtime pay has to be better than what is written in the ordinance in order to attract new hires.
“I just think it has to be better,” Frazier said. “We want to do this, we want to set up this force, we have to be competitive, with the [counties] around us that are trying to hire the exact same people. We want them to come to Carroll County. I think that’s a major issue.”
Robinson said a regular 28-day work cycle is 168 hours. Employees would need to work another 44 hours until they would be eligible for overtime pay.
Frazier argued that overtime should start after the 168 hours. “I don’t think this is right, it’s as simple as that,” he said.
Afternoon Update
Commissioners’ President Ed Rothstein, who represents District 5, said he had concerns about finding the money to offer overtime pay after 168 hours.
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West Virginia University and University of Alabama round out the top three
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ohio State (OSU) & Wilberforce University Team has been named the winner of Year One of the EcoCAR Electric Vehicle (EV) Challenge, taking the lead in the four-year collegiate engineering competition. West Virginia University took second place and University of Alabama finished third in the judged competition, which was held from May 21–26, 2023 in Orlando, Florida.
Managed by Argonne National Laboratory and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors, and MathWorks, the EcoCAR EV Challenge is a cross-disciplinary competition among 15 North American universities designed to build an EV talent pipeline through cutting edge automotive engineering education and practical application. Participating teams are tasked with complex, real-world technical EV challenges, including enhancing the propulsion system of a 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ to optimize energy efficiency while maintaining consumer expectations for performance and driving experience throughout the four-year competition. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the forefront of the EcoCAR EV Challenge, which promotes STEM to inspire the next generation of an EV workforce that is representative of all communities.
"Year One of EcoCAR is all about generating big ideas and developing a strategy for the remainder of the competition," said Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alejandro Moreno. "These students are already demonstrating the capacity and drive needed to pursue careers in the EV sector and become trailblazers in the mobility industry."
While OSU has been in Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC) for more than two decades, this was the first time they chose to form a collaborative partnership with another school to compete in the program. Last fall, the team set out to establish a partnership with Wilberforce University (HBCU). This presented unique challenges with integration between the two groups of students, but the team has now proven they can compete successfully as one cohesive team. The Team excelled across all judged categories in Year One, earning top three finishes for 12 of the pre-competition deliverables, ten of which were first place finishes. The Team will take home $10,000 in prize money from industry sponsors.
In Year Two of the competition, each student team will receive a Cadillac LYRIQ, a next-generation battery electric vehicle (BEV) provided by GM. Teams will be tasked with reengineering the vehicle to add new energy efficient and customer-friendly features designed to address the decarbonization needs of the automotive industry.
"As a proud EcoCAR sponsor, we are honored to continue to provide the tools and training to help build the next generation of EV talent," stated Ken Morris, Vice President Electric and Autonomous Vehicles at GM. "As this competition progresses, we look forward to seeing how the students incorporate their ideas from this year and put their skills to the test in reengineering their Cadillac LYRIQs. We congratulate the Ohio State & Wilberforce Team on their first-year win and are excited to see what the remainder of the competition has in store."
"The Team's complex embedded system designs were impressive," said Lauren Tabolinsky, Global Academic Student Programs Manager at MathWorks. "We look forward to seeing the teams continue to use MATLAB and Simulink to build and simulate their EV designs throughout the duration of the multi-year competition."
For more information about the EcoCAR EV Challenge, please visit avtcseries.org.
About EcoCAR EV Challenge:
Managed by Argonne National Laboratory and sponsored by DOE, General Motors, and MathWorks, the EcoCAR EV Challenge is a four-year collegiate engineering program that builds on the successful 35-year history of Department of Energy Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC), which exemplifies the power of government/industry partnerships to address our nation's toughest energy and mobility challenges and provide practical skills to the future leaders of the transportation workforce.
General Motors provides each of the competing teams with a Cadillac LYRIQ – the brand's first all-electric vehicle built on GM's Ultium Platform which encompasses a common set of propulsion components – battery cells, modules, packs, and a family for Ultium Drive units. GM also provides vehicle components, seed money, technical mentoring, and operational support.
A foundational principle of EcoCAR is the use of Model-Based Design, a mathematical and visual design approach using MATLAB and Simulink that enables users to manage projects quickly and cost-effectively, collaborate on designs, and develop complex embedded systems. MathWorks provides teams with a full suite of software tools, simulation models, training, technical mentoring, and operational support.
The U.S. Department of Energy and its research and development facility, Argonne National Laboratory, provide competition management, team evaluation and logistical support. Other sponsors provide hardware, software, and training.
Reference to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply the U.S. Department of Energy's endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. Government or any agency thereof. The Department of Energy's role in this competition does not include the solicitation or selection of sponsorships, nor does it include the establishment of sponsorship criteria.
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LONDON (AP) — Virgin Orbit said Thursday it is pausing all operations amid reports that the company is furloughing almost all its staff as part of a bid to seek a funding lifeline.
The California-based satellite launch company confirmed it’s putting all work on hold, but didn’t say how long for.
“Virgin Orbit is initiating a company-wide operational pause, effective March 16, 2023, and anticipates providing an update on go-forward operations in the coming weeks,” the company said in a statement.
It said the move was “to conserve cash while the company continues to evaluate all available options.”
The company declined to comment on reports that all but a small number of workers will be temporarily put on unpaid furlough.
Virgin Orbit, which is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, was founded in 2017 by British billionaire Richard Branson to target the market for launching small satellites into space. Its LauncherOne rockets are launched from the air from modified Virgin passenger planes, allowing the company to operate more flexibly than using fixed launch sites.
In January, a mission by Virgin Orbit to launch the first satellites into orbit from Europe failed after its rocket’s upper stage prematurely shut down. The failure was a disappointment for Virgin Orbit and British space officials, who had high hopes that the launch, which took off from Cornwall in southwest England, would mark the beginning of more commercial opportunities for the U.K. space industry.
The company said last month that an investigation found that its rocket’s fuel filter had become dislodged, causing an engine to become overheated and other components to malfunction. The nine small satellites it carried fell back to Earth and landed in the Atlantic Ocean.
“Our investigation is nearly complete and our next production rocket with the needed modification incorporated is in final stages of integration and test,” Virgin Orbit said in its statement Thursday.
The company has said that its next launch will take place from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California for a commercial customer. It hasn’t provided a date.
Virgin Orbit has completed four successful satellite launches so far from California for a mix of commercial and U.S. government defense uses. Other than the U.K., it also has ambitions to expand its operations to mainland Europe and South Korea. | https://phl17.com/science/ap-science/virgin-orbit-pausing-all-work-reportedly-furloughs-staff/ | 2023-03-17 00:11:01 | 0 | https://phl17.com/science/ap-science/virgin-orbit-pausing-all-work-reportedly-furloughs-staff/ |
2-year-old believed to have drowned in Florida canal, police say
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) – A 2-year-old boy is believed to have drowned in a Bradenton canal Friday morning, police say.
Police say a witness called 911 around 10:30 a.m. to report what looked like a child in the canal behind the View Carlton Arms Apartments.
The witness pulled the child from the water and waited for help to arrive, police said. First responders arrived at the location within five minutes, but the boy died at the scene.
An investigation revealed that the boy lived at the apartment complex. The parents were located in their apartment and are working with police to piece together what happened.
While an official cause of death will be confirmed by the medical examiner, it is believed the toddler drowned, police said.
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BEIJING, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- H3C Magic NX30 dual-band 3000Mbps Wi-Fi6 router, a new entry-level home router of New H3C Intelligence Terminal Co., Ltd. ,is to be released.
The NX30 adopts the latest Wi-Fi6 wireless protocol technologies. It provides a wireless transmission rate of 2976 Mbps in total, with the 2.4 GHz rate increased to 574 Mbps and the 5 GHz rate increased to 2402 Mbps. With four high-gain external antennas and support of EasyMesh, the router provides more flexible and wider coverage to meet the needs of various apartment types. Equipped with the Qualcomm professional chip, dual-core 1.0 GHz CPU, independent network acceleration engine NPU, as well as 256 MB DDR, the router supports a maximum of 256 terminal accesses, making your network more stable. The chip-exclusive CSA and SCS technologies and 2 MHz narrowband enhance the wireless anti-interference capability. The adoption of wireless IDS, anti-piggybacking, and the latest WPA3 encryption technology makes your network more secure.
Innovative vertical appearance, further performance improvement
The NX30 adopts an I-shape design, which creatively adjusts the angle between the antenna and the device to 180°. Compared with the traditional 90° L-shape design, I-shape increases the distance between the antenna and the metal PCB board to reduce the possibility of signal attenuation. This increases the signal field strength and makes the transmission performance more stable.
Vertically deployed, the NX30 provides three-dimensional heat dissipation and allows air flow to go through the unblocked rear panel. Equipped with a large-size metal heatsink, the router can effectively improve the heat dissipation efficiency and ensure stable operation. The external antennas are deployed strictly according to the golden section ratio of 1:0.618, and the antenna length is designed in proportion to the width of the device, which decreases inter-antenna interference and adds elegance to the outlook.
Qualcomm professional chip, stable operation and higher speed
H3C Magic NX30 is equipped with a Qualcomm dual-core 1 GHz CPU and a new generation professional chip with independent network acceleration engine NPU. It supports 12-channel dual-frequency concurrency and can provide stable network transmission when processing multiple applications concurrently. From the overall data point of view, the anti-interference ability of NX30 is improved by 30% overall, and the data forwarding speed is increased by 10%. The router supports a maximum of 256 terminal accesses and can easily cope with complicated scenarios with a large number of users and devices.
In addition, the dual-band total rate of the NX30 reaches 3000 Mbps, and the 5 GHz wireless rate is twice the rate of the AX1800 router. On the 5 GHz band, the router supports the 160 MHz ultra-high bandwidth, nearly doubled channel speed, and is compatible with 20M/40M/80MHz bandwidth access. At the same time, OFDMA technology is used to ensure highly efficient and fast data transmission. The router supports sending uplink and downlink data for up to eight terminals at one transmission with the network delay reduced by 36%.
About the New H3C Intelligence Terminal Co., Ltd.
New H3C Intelligence Terminal Co., Ltd. is committed to providing products and solutions with extreme user experience for smart home users. At present, the number of operating intelligent terminal products on the network has exceeded 20 million, enabling tens of millions of small and medium-sized enterprises and families to enjoy digital office and smart life.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A mother was shot and killed by her 3-year-old child who found a gun inside their South Carolina home, authorities said.
Cora Lyn Bush, 33, died at the hospital a short time after the Wednesday morning shooting, the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office said in a statement.
The child’s grandmother was in the Spartanburg home and what she told deputies matched the evidence in the home, the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Deputies continue to investigate how the child was able to get the gun and why it wasn’t secure.
Nearly 200 children have unintentionally fired a gun they found in 2022, resulting in more than 80 deaths, according to data collected by Everytown for Gun Safety, a group working to prevent gun violence. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-child-3-accidentally-shoots-and-kills-mother-in-sc-home/ | 2022-09-24 12:07:25 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-child-3-accidentally-shoots-and-kills-mother-in-sc-home/ |
NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumitomo Corporation of Americas ("SCOA") announced today its investment in TAE Technologies ("TAE"), a fusion power company and world leader in hydrogen-boron fusion research. The investment will help fund the construction of TAE's next research reactor, "Copernicus" and accelerate SCOA's implementation of fusion power in Japan and Asia as part of the company's strategy to help realize a carbon-neutral society.
Fusion power is expected to be a next-generation baseload power source. Considering this, the Japanese government is promoting the research and development of fusion technology as a non-carbon power source and moving toward formulating a nuclear fusion strategy. To support the evolving energy market, Sumitomo Corporation established its Energy Innovation Initiative ("EII") in April 2021, and has set "development and deployment of carbon-free energy" as one of the key strategies. Through this investment in TAE, Sumitomo Corporation will deepen its understanding of fusion power generation technology with the intent of leveraging its experience and business network to apply this resource across multiple markets and sectors, aiding in the decarbonization of society.
"We look forward to being a partner in bringing TAE's clean energy solutions to the Asian market, which will be paramount to sustaining local economies without impacting our planet," said Sandro Hasegawa, General Manager, Energy Innovation Initiative Americas at Sumitomo Corporation Of Americas. "We are pleased to support TAE's groundbreaking fusion technology to create safe, sustainable energy sources across multiple industries and applications."
Since 1998, TAE has worked toward delivering cost-competitive, environmentally benign hydrogen-boron fusion. Its fifth-generation reactor, Norman, was unveiled in 2017 and designed to keep plasma stable at 30 million degrees Celsius. After five years of experiments to optimize Norman's performance, the machine has proven capable of sustaining stable plasma at more than 75 million degrees Celsius, 250% higher than its original goal. TAE's approach differs from other nuclear fusion technologies in development because of its unique combination of plasma physics and accelerator physics. In addition, TAE's preferred fuel source of abundant hydrogen-boron will not have environmental impact, particulate emissions, radioactivity or fuel scarcity.
Fusion reactions are the same source of energy found on the Sun. TAE's technology recreates this reaction to produce energy that is non-radioactive, creating the fastest, most practical, and economically competitive solution to bring abundant carbon-free energy to the grid. TAE's Copernicus reactor is designed to demonstrate the viability of achieving net energy generation with TAE's advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) – the penultimate step on TAE's path to commercialize clean fusion power.
"The caliber and interest of our investors validates our significant technical progress and supports our goal to begin commercialization of fusion by the end of this decade," said Michl Binderbauer, CEO of TAE Technologies. "Global energy demand is growing exponentially, and we have a moral obligation to do our utmost to develop a baseload power solution that is safe, carbon-free, and economically viable."
About TAE Technologies
TAE Technologies (pronounced T-A-E) was founded in 1998 to develop commercial fusion power with the cleanest environmental profile. The company's pioneering work represents the fastest, most practical, and economically competitive solution to bring abundant clean energy to the grid. With 1,800 patents filed globally and over 1,100 granted, $1.2 billion in private capital raised, five generations of National Laboratory-scale devices built and two more in development, and an experienced team of over 400 employees, TAE is now on the cusp of delivering this transformational energy source capable of sustaining the planet for thousands of years.
The company's revolutionary technologies have produced a robust portfolio of commercial innovations in large adjacent markets such as power management, energy storage, transmission, electric mobility, life sciences, and more. TAE is based in California, and maintains international offices in the UK and Switzerland. Multidisciplinary and mission-driven by nature, TAE is leveraging proprietary science and engineering to create a bright future.
For more information, visit tae.com; for interviews contact press@tae.com
About Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Established in 1952 and headquartered in New York City, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) has eight offices in major U.S. cities. SCOA is the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of the world's leading traders of goods and services. As an integrated business enterprise, the firm has emerged as a major organizer of multinational projects, an expediter of ideas, an important international investor and financier, and a powerful force for distribution of products and global communications through a network of offices worldwide. Its core business units include Tubular Products, Environment and Infrastructure, Steel and Non Ferrous Metals, Transportation and Construction Systems, Chemicals and Electronics, Media and IOT Applications, Real Estate, Mineral Resources and Energy, and Food. For more information, visit www.sumitomocorp.com
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The distillery toasts the milestone on National Bourbon Day with a charitable donation
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Old Forester® is celebrating the 5th anniversary of its return to Whiskey Row in downtown Louisville with special surprise bottle drops during June and a charitable donation to a Louisville non-profit.
In the five years since the distillery's opening on June 14, 2018 (National Bourbon Day), Old Forester has doubled its business nationwide as bourbon aficionados discover and rediscover the brand – the only bourbon to exist before, during, and after Prohibition.
The distillery has served as a top tourist attraction in Louisville, garnering more than 126,000 visitors last year to explore fermentation, distillation, maturation, and bottling process experiences as well as its one-of-a-kind barrel making facility – the only major distiller to own and operate an onsite cooperage.
"Old Forester is 153 years old, but we are always innovating and looking to the future," said Old Forester Master Taster Melissa Rift. "Old Forester never gets old."
As a "gift" Rift said, surprise bottle drops – on random days, at random times – will give consumers the opportunity to purchase rare bourbons, such as President's Choice, the 117 Series and the highly-coveted Birthday Bourbon.
To celebrate the anniversary, Old Forester today donated $12,000 to the Center for Women and Families, a Louisville non-profit that helps women and families in crisis by providing housing, support and safety from domestic violence. The proceeds are a result of the inaugural Old Forester Sleepeasy immersive experience on Main Street.
Located in the heart of the historic Whiskey Row in downtown Louisville, the distillery pays homage to Old Forester's roots as the first-ever bottled bourbon since its founding in 1870. Tours are available at the Main Street location for either a general tour or VIP guided tour and tasting.
For more information on Old Forester, please visit www.oldforester.com.
Address: 117 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
About Old Forester Bourbon:
Old Forester is Brown-Forman's founding brand, founded in 1870 by George Garvin Brown. Brown believed Old Forester was so pure and consistent that he sealed it, signed it, and pledged, "There is nothing better in the market."
About Brown-Forman:
For more than 150 years, Brown-Forman Corporation has enriched the experience of life by responsibly building fine quality beverage alcohol brands, including Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, Jack Daniel's Tennessee RTDs, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Fire, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Apple, Gentleman Jack, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel, Woodford Reserve, Old Forester, Coopers' Craft, The GlenDronach, Benriach, Glenglassaugh, Slane, Herradura, el Jimador, New Mix, Korbel, Sonoma-Cutrer, Finlandia, Chambord, Fords Gin, and Gin Mare. Brown-Forman's brands are supported by approximately 5,200 employees globally and sold in more than 170 countries worldwide. For more information about the company, please visit brown-forman.com. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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Four hundred people filled an auditorium Saturday, April 8, at the Sylvania campus of Portland Community College — and 300 of them sought to tell Oregon lawmakers what they think about state spending for the next two years.
More than 50 of them got their chance in two-minute segments spread across two hours while members of the Legislature’s budget committee listened.
It was the first of five field hearings by the committee — and the first in-person hearings since 2019, a year before the coronavirus pandemic curtailed public meetings of the Legislature.
“It’s great to see people want to participate,” said Sen. Elizabeth Steiner, a Democrat from Northwest Portland who was than and now the Senate co-chair of the committee. “This is what democracy is about: Hearing people’s voices.”
Rep. Tawna Sanchez, a Democrat from Northeast Portland, became the House co-chair in 2022.
“It’s a new and interesting experience,” she said afterward. “It is unfortunate that we cannot hear from everyone. But we are doing the best we can.”
More hearings are scheduled April 14 in Newport, April 21 in Roseburg, April 28 in Ontario, and May 3 online, when the committee will be in Salem. Written testimony can be filed in advance, and is accepted up to 48 hours after the close of each hearing.
Though 18 of the 90 lawmakers were in attendance — some are not full members of the committee, and Senate President Rob Wagner was there — Sens. Dick Anderson of Lincoln City and Lynn Findley of Vale were the only Republicans present.
Steiner and Sanchez announced their framework March 23 for the two-year budget, which proposes to spend about $500 million less from the tax-supported general fund and Oregon Lottery proceeds — the two most flexible sources for state spending — than Gov. Tina Kotek proposed in her $32.1 billion recommendation back on Jan. 30. The framework will be the basis for subcommittees that do the detailed work on agency budgets, and lawmakers will make final decisions after the state’s next economic and revenue forecast on May 17. The new cycle starts July 1.
Unlike the governor, who proposes a single budget, lawmakers approve a series of agency bills that fit the framework known as the “co-chairs budget.”
If the first hearing is any indication, most who testified urged lawmakers to spend more money, not less, on specified programs. Some sought money for projects such as a new Gervais fire station, a new roof for Gervais High School, Hall Boulevard in Tigard, the proposed Family Peace Center in Washington County and a new baseball stadium next to the existing Rin Tonkin Field in Hillsboro.
But after legislative approval of two major policy initiatives by Kotek, the co-chairs budget has just $325 million for new priorities – an amount that Steiner and Sanchez say will not fully fund everything.
Schools and child care
Though both Kotek and the chief budget writers propose a $9.9 billion state school fund — the other main source for school operations is local property taxes that are subject to state limits —advocates continue to press for $10.3 billion. The 197 districts also will get excess corporate income taxes, now estimated at $1.55 billion when the current two-year budget ends June 30, but that amount is excluded from future base calculations.
“This is certainly not a time to consider any cuts to school funding,” Scott Overton, a past president of the Oregon PTA, said. “We cannot afford to lose any staff or resources for the coming budget years.”
Lindsay Ray, a math teacher, is president of the Beaverton Education Association, which represents teachers in Oregon’s third largest district.
“Our obligation as public educators is to meet every student where they are when they walk through our doors. That means we have to use every resource we have to ensure their safety and their success,” she said, particularly with the new behavioral health and wellness teams set up in each school.
“The needs of our communities are not going away and we must continue to support them. A lack of funding would not only lead to the loss of support for these behavioral health and wellness teams but would have other impacts.”
Kotek’s budget proposes $100 million more for early learning centers, $100 million for reading skills as part of a longer-range effort to boost student achievement, and $50 million for 2023 summer school programs.
Some speakers called for more for child care, given the scarcity and expense of current programs.
“We want you to remember that early childhood investments are the ultimate upstream diversion, which saves so much money for the state in the long run and makes life better for families right away.,” said Molly Day, early learning director for United Way of the Columbia/Willamette.
Day spoke after a mother of two from Northeast Portland said: “There are simply not enough facilities to support the needs of our community. I was also shocked to discover that despite spending more than 50% of my salary on child care, how little the hard-working educators who care for my children were getting paid — an amount that was better than at most other centers.
“It’s time for Oregon to love its families back.”
More to do
Lawmakers approved about $1 billion in new spending on mental health and addiction treatment — and some proceeds from state marijuana sales taxes finally were redirected last year to programs as required by a ballot measure that voters approved in 2020. Some advocates urged lawmakers to continue to press not only for expanded services but also adequate support for recruiting, training and incentives for workers in those programs.
“We are serving half the kids than we were three years ago,” said Allison Stark, chief executive of Albertina Kerr, the Portland organization that serves people with mental health challenges and intellectual and developmental disabilities. “That is because we cannot recruit and retain staff.”
Inadequate services often result in people going to hospital emergency rooms, jails and prisons, or the streets, where care is far more expensive or nonexistent.
“Investments in behavioral health reach far beyond our own sector and will meaningfully impact many difficult policy issues you are facing,” Alison Noice, executive director of CODA Inc., a Portland not-for-profit that operates substance use treatment programs. “These challenges rest on a broader platform: Better access to a broad array of services.”
Tony Mann, Molalla River schools superintendent, said he and his counterparts have had to inform parents of the death of their children by drug overdoses.
“I also have had an experience that I hope none of those superintendents have experienced — and that is the addiction experience of my own child,” he said. “When my wife and I looked for a solution, you would think a guy in my role would have access — and I did. I knocked on every door and worked to open them all. None of them opened. Oregon students’ likelihood of substance use disorder and access to care does not exist. It puts us at the bottom of this country.”
Pending legislation (House Bill 2767, which has emerged from the House Education Committee) would establish recovery schools on the model of Harmony Academy in Lake Oswego, which opened in 2019 and is funded by the state corporate activity tax, which is tied to specific school improvements.
Kotek proposed $40 million and the co-chairs budget $67 million for more spending on legal representation for indigent criminal defendants. The lack of available lawyers has resulted in the dismissal of cases in Multnomah and Washington counties. A work group involving all three branches of government has not yet concluded its work.
“We are not getting out of this crisis with Band-Aids like one-time bonuses or extra student loan repayment assistance,” said Lee Wachocki, who spoke for Multnomah Defenders Inc., where 25 lawyers have left since the end of 2019. “Public defense providers will continue to hemorrhage attorneys until the reimbursement rate for public defense work is increased.”
Prospects for federal aid
Two of Gov. Kotek’s early policy initiatives account for $400 million in the next budget — $217 million for homelessness and housing, though $30 million was redirected from the current budget ,and $210 million for businesses seeking a share of federal money for domestic semiconductor manufacturing under the CHIPS Act.
Some advocates urged lawmakers not to pass up other opportunities for Oregon to obtain federal money for climate-change resilience and carbon-free energy. A 2022 law sets aside $370 billion over 10 years for the largest national commitment to date.
Tim Miller, director of Oregon Business for Climate, described it in a statement as a law “that could turbocharge our state's transition off fossil fuels toward the clean energy economy and clean and safe buildings. Similar to the CHIPS Act, we have the opportunity to significantly leverage federal investments for Oregon, if the Legislature acts now."
“Please look at the framework budget to ensure that we invest in climate and communities now,” said Melanie Plaut, a retired obstetrician/gynecologist who spoke for Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility. “Without near-term policy action, we risk leaving the most vulnerable Oregonians … with ever-more expensive energy bills and without access to healthy resilient and affordable homes.”
Joshua Basofin spoke for Climate Solutions, which operates in Oregon and Washington.
“This budget will be of historic importance in leveraging federal funding for Oregon to improve our electric grid, bolster our communities, and make rapid progress in our state’s path toward decarbonization,” he said. “There will be an exponential return on that investment.”
Zachary Lauritzen of Oregon Walks was the only witness who proposed spending less — although if Oregon lawmakers pledge $1 billion to match a commitment from Washington state for a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River to connect Portland with Vancouver, the source is unlikely to be the tax-supported general fund. Virtually all transportation money comes from earmarked sources that cannot fund other programs.
“I encourage you to allocate money to replace the bridge – but do not expand the bridge and the freeway,” he said. “Everyone is asking for more money. I am doing something novel here. I am asking for less money so that you can fund these incredible programs.”
Lauritzen said, however, that Oregon must spend more to step up efforts to reduce injuries and deaths of pedestrians and bicyclists. | https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/legislative-budget-hearing-draws-a-crowd/article_ddef40f0-d659-11ed-9831-73f2449f23eb.html | 2023-04-09 10:48:10 | 1 | https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/legislative-budget-hearing-draws-a-crowd/article_ddef40f0-d659-11ed-9831-73f2449f23eb.html |
(The Hill) – President Biden on Tuesday said it initially appears unlikely that a missile that hit a rural town in Poland near the Ukraine border was fired from Russia, but he said a final determination is pending a full investigation into the incident.
“There is preliminary information that contests that,” Biden told reporters when asked whether the missile was fired from Russia. “I don’t want to say until we completely investigate. It’s unlikely in the minds of the trajectory that it was fired from Russia.”
Biden, who is attending the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit in Bali, Indonesia, spoke to the press after convening a meeting with the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Spain, Japan and the Netherlands. The leaders of the European Commission and European Union were also in attendance.
Hours earlier, a missile struck a grain silo in a village about 15 miles from the Ukraine border. Polish authorities said the missile was Russian-made. Russia’s Defense Ministry has denied firing any missiles near the Ukraine-Poland border.
Biden spoke with Polish President Andrzej Duda before meeting with other allies in Bali.
“We agreed to support Poland’s investigation into the explosion in rural Poland near the Ukrainian border, and I’m going to make sure we figure out exactly what happened,” Biden told reporters after the meeting. “Then we’re going to collectively determine our next step as we investigate and proceed. There was total unanimity among folks at the table.”
Biden condemned Russia for escalating its war in Ukraine at a time when other world leaders were in Indonesia urging a de-escalation of the conflict. Russia invaded Ukraine in February, and in recent days has fired missiles targeting Ukrainian cities.
The U.S. and other NATO members have largely said they are still gathering information on the incident before deciding how to respond. The missiles landed in Poland amid a fierce Russian aerial barrage on Ukraine targeting energy infrastructure ahead of winter.
The strike has set off a frenzy over the Western alliance’s mutual defense mechanism known as Article 5.
That article says that any attack on a NATO member “shall be considered an attack against them all.” It was last invoked following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. | https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/biden-unlikely-missile-that-hit-poland-was-fired-from-russia-pending-investigation/ | 2022-11-16 03:00:26 | 0 | https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/biden-unlikely-missile-that-hit-poland-was-fired-from-russia-pending-investigation/ |
TX Brownsville TX Zone Forecast for Monday, April 17, 2023
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 70s.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs around 90.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s.
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70s. Lows in the lower 60s.
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph.
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15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ455-181600-
Cameron Island-
Including the cities of South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Isolated showers this afternoon. Breezy.
Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 20 to
25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Near steady temperature in
the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Near steady temperature in the mid
70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 80.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Near steady temperature in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ252-181600-
Starr-
Including the cities of Rio Grande City and Roma
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then partly sunny with
isolated showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the
upper 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A chance
of showers. Cooler with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 80.
$$
TXZ254-181600-
Inland Willacy-
Including the city of Raymondville
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then mostly cloudy with
isolated showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Breezy with
highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows around 70. Southeast
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ354-181600-
Coastal Willacy-
Including the city of Port Mansfield
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then mostly cloudy with
isolated showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Breezy with
highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts
up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 15 to
25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ248-181600-
Zapata-
Including the city of Zapata
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with isolated showers this morning, then
partly sunny this afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper
70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
TXZ249-181600-
Jim Hogg-
Including the city of Hebbronville
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ250-181600-
Brooks-
Including the city of Falfurrias
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Isolated
showers this morning, then scattered showers this afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ353-181600-
Northern Hidalgo-
Including the city of San Manuel
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ251-181600-
Inland Kenedy-
Including the city of Sarita
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Isolated
showers this morning, then scattered showers this afternoon.
Breezy with highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows around 70. Southeast
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ351-181600-
Coastal Kenedy-
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms. Breezy with highs
around 80. Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows around 70. Southeast
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 15 to
25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ454-181600-
Willacy Island-
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Breezy with highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 80. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ451-181600-
Kenedy Island-
355 AM CDT Tue Apr 18 2023
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Isolated thunderstorms. Isolated showers this morning, then
scattered showers this afternoon. Breezy with highs in the upper
70s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
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Copyright 2023 AccuWeather | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/tx-brownsville-tx-zone-forecast-17903314.php | 2023-04-18 10:32:29 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/tx-brownsville-tx-zone-forecast-17903314.php |
Just seconds before the final horn signaled the end of unbeaten, No. 1-ranked UMS-Wright’s dominating 56-13 Class 5A first-round state playoff win over Headland, Bulldogs’ safety Joe Lott and coach Terry Curtis shard a heartfelt embrace on the sidelines.
It was a snapshot of what all of Curtis’ current and many former players in attendance must have felt as the legendary Bulldogs’ boss became the all-time winningest football coach Alabama High School Athletic Association history.
“I’m so relieved,” said the 72-year-old Curtis, surrounded by TV crews, sportswriters, photographers, and a sea of well-wishers on the field afterwards.
“Its good to get it out of the way, because I believe in some ways it’s been a little distraction to the guys. So now to get it over with we can go on about playing football and seeing how far we can do this thing.”
Curtis’ 347 victories moved him past Vestavia Hills legend Buddy Anderson for the most high school wins in AHSAA history.
“He’s always been a class act and does a great job,” said AHSAA Executive Director Alvin Briggs, who made the trip from Montgomery to be in attendance at Ervin S. Cooper Stadium for the history-making event.
“This community believes in him, so it’s awesome.”
Nothing short of awesome also describes the performance turned in by Bulldogs running back Cole Blaylock, as the University of South Alabama commit carried 17 times for 302 yards and four touchdowns to push UMS-Wright (11-0) into the second round of the playoffs next Friday against Beauregard, 35-10 winners over Marbury in their opener.
“The holes were just there,” said Blaylock, surrounded by offensive linemen Drew Crane, Liston Peterson, and Jack Otts.
The 6-foot, 185-pound Blaylock scored on runs on 3, 42, 48 and 38 yards for the undefeated Bulldogs, while UMS-Wright also got a touchdown runs of 7 yards by Lott and 1 yard by Crane, fulfilling an offensive lineman’s dream, a 13-yard TD strike from quarterback Sutton Snypes to Bo Wills and a 5-yard run by Jake Jaye.
John Ramsay was true on all 8 PAT kicks.
Headland’s two scores came on Jaxon Williams’ 71-yard TD spring on the second play of the game, and his 44-yard touchdown pass to Tylen Williams that briefly gave the Rams a 13-7 lead early in the second period.
They finish the season 6-5.
Key sequence: With just 2:10 left in the half, Blaylock’s 42-yard run made it 21-13. After the defense forced a 3-and-out, he ripped off a 48-yarder 28-13 lead just 2 seconds before intermission and followed that with his 38-yard sprint to the right pylon on the second play of the second half to make it 35-13.
By the numbers: 359-130 -- Margin UMS-Wright is outscoring opponents by this season; 246-18 -- Number of victories vs. losses the Bulldogs have when scoring 20 or more points; 31: -- Number of first-round victories UMS has in the playoffs (31-4).
Coachspeak: “Hats off to them. They’re a great football team. They’re very well coached and disciplined. I think that shows by (coach Curtis) breaking the record tonight. I’m very proud of my guys for coming over here fighting.” -- Tearful Headland coach Reggie Melton
They said it: “We just opened it up for him and he made plays like he always does.” -- Otts.
“We watched the film, and we knew we’d be able to run it tonight.” -- Crane. | https://www.al.com/highschoolsports/2022/11/cole-blaylock-ums-wright-rout-headland-as-terry-curtis-breaks-all-time-wins-mark.html | 2022-11-05 05:29:25 | 0 | https://www.al.com/highschoolsports/2022/11/cole-blaylock-ums-wright-rout-headland-as-terry-curtis-breaks-all-time-wins-mark.html |
(The Hill) – Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she will support Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) for Senate in California if Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) chooses to retire from office in 2024.
The former Speaker said in a statement released by Schiff’s Senate campaign on Thursday that she will support Feinstein if she chooses to run for another term, but she is endorsing Schiff if Feinstein does not run.
“If Senator Feinstein decides to seek re-election, she has my whole-hearted support. If she decides not to run, I will be supporting House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff, who knows well the nexus between a strong Democracy and a strong economy,” she said.
Pelosi said she wanted to recognize Feinstein’s record of being a “champion” for democracy and working to oppose the far right. She noted that some of Feinstein’s accomplishments include the passage of the Violence Against Women Act and the Respect for Marriage Act in her capacity as the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
She said Schiff would be effective at prioritizing “people over politics” and helping to make the economy work for everyone in the Senate.
“Ever since I supported Adam in his race for Congress in 2000, I have known his commitment to putting the American Dream in place for everyone,” Pelosi said. “Adam has dedicated his life to public service. Every time I have asked Adam to take on the tough fight against extremist forces, he has responded with integrity, strength and success.”
Pelosi’s endorsement gives Schiff the backing of a top Democrat in what could be a crowded primary. Feinstein, who is 89 years old, has not officially announced whether she will run for reelection in 2024 and has said she will likely decide by the spring.
But that has not slowed down Schiff and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) from announcing their bids for the seat.
Schiff has said Feinstein told him to “go forward” with his Senate run despite her not having made an announcement yet on her plans.
Reps. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna have also been rumored to be planning to make runs in the Democratic primary for the seat.
Following Pelosi’s endorsement, 20 other current and former members of California’s congressional delegation endorsed Schiff. The current members are Democratic Reps. Julia Brownley, Jim Costa, Anna Eshoo, Jimmy Gomez, Jared Huffman, Mike Levin, Ted Lieu, Grace Napolitano, Jimmy Panetta, Scott Peters, Brad Sherman, Eric Swalwell, Mike Thompson and Juan Vargas.
“I am honored to have earned the support of Speaker Pelosi and so many of my colleagues from the California delegation,” Schiff said in a release. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/pelosi-backing-schiff-if-feinstein-retires/ | 2023-02-02 23:01:17 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/pelosi-backing-schiff-if-feinstein-retires/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — LaPorte County prosecutors have filed animal cruelty charges against the operator of a Michigan City-based animal rescue.
John Naughton, operator of Fur Ever Family Animal Rescue, 207 Earl Road in Michigan City, is charged with 11 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty, court records show.
Prosecutors filed the charges on January 30 and a warrant was issued on January 31.
Naughton has not yet been arrested, court records show.
As WRTV reported last month, Indianapolis Animal Care Service cut ties with Naughton’s animal rescue amid allegations the rescue mistreated animals in its care.
The Michigan City Police Department opened a criminal investigation into Fur Ever Family Animal Rescue, 207 Earl Road in Michigan City, after receiving “information from multiple concerned citizens and animal groups regarding the treatment of rescue dogs.”
“Numerous evidentiary items have been collected thus far and no rescue dogs remain at the business," the police department said in a statement to WRTV. “The business is currently closed.”
The rescue says on its Facebook page that it is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, but WRTV could not find any organizational or financial information for the rescue using Guidestar, a website that gathers information on nonprofits.
Indianapolis Animal Care Services started using Fur Ever Family Animal Rescue in September 2022.
An IACS spokesperson says a total of 17 dogs have been sent from Indianapolis Animal Care Services to Fur Ever Family Animal Rescue.
In a January 17 email to staff and volunteers, IACS Deputy Director Katie Trennepohl said she had received concerning stories that dogs were not properly cared for while at the rescue.
“First and foremost, we have confirmed that all of the dogs that came from IACS are no longer in Fur Ever Family’s care,” read the email. “They are now being cared for by other rescues who stepped up to help.”
Since the rescue is located outside of Indianapolis, IACS has no enforcement authority to get involved, said Trennepohl.
“As a result of the allegations of neglect and abuse, IACS will no longer work with Fur Every Family Animal Rescue,” said Trennepohl. “IACS staff and volunteers work hard day and night to care for and find the perfect placement for every animal that comes through our doors. This situation has been deeply disturbing for all involved, I want to ensure you that we are having conversations as to what we can do differently in the future to protect animals pulled from IACS.”
WRTV Investigates has called, emailed and messaged Fur Ever Family Animal Rescue on Facebook, and we have not been able to reach anyone for a response.
In a January 18 Facebook post, the rescue said “WE ARE CLOSED.”
Michigan City Police is asking anyone with information to please contact Det. Washluske at (219) 874-3221 Ext. 1081 or by email at swashluske@emichigancity.com.
The Michigan City Animal Control and Michigan City Code Enforcement teams are assisting in this investigation. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/wrtv-investigates/indiana-animal-rescue-operator-charged-with-11-animal-cruelty-charges | 2023-02-01 17:07:37 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/wrtv-investigates/indiana-animal-rescue-operator-charged-with-11-animal-cruelty-charges |
HOUSTON, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GATE Energy is pleased to announce that they have been awarded the topsides commissioning management and execution contract by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.(HHI) for Beacon's Shenandoah FPS. GATE's scope includes pre-commissioning and commissioning planning and execution at HHI's fabrication yard in Ulsan, South Korea.
Mark Myhre, President of GATE Energy Commissioning, said, "GATE Energy is grateful for the opportunity to nurture our business relationship with HHI over the past few years. This award is largely due to the trust we built with HHI in the successful delivery of the King's Quay FPS along with recognition that the certainty we deliver creates a competitive advantage."
GATE Energy established their South Korea branch in 2020 to better support the Asian market. On the topic, Myhre continued, "Our strong backlog in South Korea and Singapore, along with our expanding operations in Mexico, solidifies GATE Energy as a premier choice for commissioning across the globe. It's this international expansion paired with entrance into new US market segments that will ensure continued growth for our organization and opportunities for our people."
The Shenandoah deepwater development is located in the Gulf of Mexico in Walker Ridge blocks 51, 52 and 53 with water depths ranging up to 6,200 ft. The FPS will be constructed in South Korea with installation expected in 2024.
GATE Energy is a family of companies that provide scalable, fit-for-purpose services for the energy sector including engineering, commissioning, and specialty field services.
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(The Hill) – After three years, the student loan payment pause is officially ending for 40 million borrowers.
The cycle of extensions for the payment pause, which began under then-President Trump during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, finally met its end under the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement negotiated by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Biden signed the measure on Saturday.
The pause will now end 60 days after June 30, giving borrowers nearly three months to prepare.
Here is what borrowers should begin to do:
Confirm your student loan servicer and the amount owed
It has been a long time since some users checked on their student loan accounts, while many graduated during the pandemic and are logging in for the first time.
Borrowers can log in to the Federal Student Aid website to check on which servicer holds their loans.
Even if users were paying loans before the pause, it is important to check because some servicers dropped their federal contracts and many borrowers had their accounts transferred to another.
Once borrowers figure out who their servicer is, they will be able to check on their account balance to see how much debt and interest is still owed.
Speak with your student loan servicer
Past the basics, it is essential borrowers begin talking to thei loan servicers now about their debt and their options for repayment.
Servicers have been warning for months they do not have sufficient resources to restart student loans.
“The department has meaningfully reduced the amount of resources we have and people we can put on the phones. That’s going to be a challenge where we will probably have longer hold time, and processing time for requests and applications could take a lot longer than usual,” Scott Buchanan, executive director for Student Loan Servicing Alliance, previously told The Hill.
The Department of Education has pointed the finger at Congress for inadequate funding, but Buchanan says there is still money going to other programs where it is not needed.
Once a person is able to get through to their student loan provider, they can talk about different repayment options and what they qualify for based on their income.
They will also be able to talk about the exact day student loan repayments will resume with their servicer.
Look through your payment plan options
The federal government offers multiple repayment options depending on an individual’s income level and profession.
The Department of Education has a loan simulator that can give options if borrowers are struggling to make their monthly payments. A user can look through and decide on options by themselves, with their loan servicers or get a financial adviser.
The department “will give students and borrowers the time they need to plan for restart and ensure a smooth pathway back to repayment,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has said.
Even if you had a certain payment plan set up before the pause began, it is important to be on top of the best repayment options if a financial situation has changed.
And some options could be changing soon, such as income-driven repayment (IDR) plans. If the department’s plans are approved, some borrowers that qualify might not have to pay anything each month. The changes would also shorten the time a borrower needs to repay in order to earn loan forgiveness.
Another option that could lead to debt relief is the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which allows government employees and some who work for nonprofits to get their loans forgiven after 10 years of payment.
Biden’s student loan relief proposal is still at play
While some are skeptical, there is still a long shot for Biden that the conservative-majority Supreme Court greenlights his student debt relief plan.
The proposal would give borrowers making less than $125,000 a year $10,000 in student debt relief. Those who had Pell Grants in school making less than $125,000 would get $20,000 in relief.
While Biden has framed the debt ceiling agreement that ends the pause as a win because it did not include slashing his student debt relief plan, advocates think that point is mute considering it is likely the plan will get the axe.
Biden has admitted it’s easy to see the high court tossing his proposal.
“I’m confident we’re on the right side of the law,” he previously. “I’m not confident about the outcome of the decision yet.”
The Biden administration argued in front of the high court if payments are resumed without debt relief, it could lead many to default on their loans.
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Fleeing the Russians: Evacuations are slow, arduous, fraught
By ELENA BECATOROS and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE
Associated Press
BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — To a threatening soundtrack of air raid sirens and booming artillery, civilians are fleeing towns and cities in eastern Ukraine as Russian forces advance.
Negotiating narrow apartment building staircases, volunteers carry the elderly and infirm in their arms, in stretchers or in wheelchairs to waiting minibuses, which then drive them to central staging areas and eventually to evacuation trains in other cities.
“The Russians are right over there, and they’re closing in on this location,” Mark Poppert, an American volunteer working with British charity RefugEase, said during an evacuation in the town of Bakhmut on Friday.
“Bakhmut is a high-risk area right now,” he said. “We’re trying to get as many people out as we can in case the Ukrainians have to fall back.”
He and other Ukrainian and foreign volunteers working with the Ukrainian charity Vostok SOS, which was coordinating the evacuation effort, were hoping to get about 100 people out of Bakhmut on Friday, Poppert said.
A few hours earlier, the thud of artillery sounded and black smoke rose from the northern fringes of the town, which is in the Donetsk region in Ukraine’s industrial east. Donetsk and the neighboring region of Luhansk makes up the Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists have controlled some territory for eight years.
The evacuation process is painstaking, physically arduous and fraught with emotion.
Many of the evacuees are elderly, ill or have serious mobility problems, meaning volunteers have to bundle them into soft stretchers and slowly negotiate their way through narrow corridors and down flights of stairs in apartment buildings.
Most people have already fled Bakhmut: only around 30,000 remain from a pre-war population of 85,000. And more are leaving each day.
Fighting has raged north of Bakhmut as Russian forces intensify their efforts to seize the key eastern cities of Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk, 50 kilometers (30 miles) to the northeast. The two cities are the last areas under Ukrainian control in the Luhansk region.
Northwest of Bakhmut in Donetsk, Russia-backed rebels said Friday they had taken over the town of Lyman, a large railway hub near the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, both which are still under Ukrainian control. On Thursday, smoke rising from the direction of Lyman could be seen clearly from Slovyansk.
But even when faced with shelling, missiles and an advancing Russian army, leaving isn’t easy.
Svetlana Lvova, the 66-year-old manager for two apartment buildings in Bakhmut, huffed and rolled her eyes in exasperation upon hearing that yet another one of her residents was refusing to leave.
“I can’t convince them to go,” she said. “I told them several times if something lands here, I will be carrying them — injured — to the same buses” that have come to evacuate them now.
She’s tried to persuade the holdouts every way she can, she says, but nearly two dozen people just won’t budge. They’re more afraid to leave their homes and belongings for an uncertain future than to stay and face the bombs.
She herself will stay in Bakhmut with her husband, she said. But not because they fear leaving their property. They are waiting for their son, who is still in Sieverodonetsk, to come home.
“I’m not going anywhere,” she said. “I have to know he is alive. That’s why I’m staying here.”
Lvova plays the last video her son sent her, where he tells his mother that he is fine, and that they still have electricity in the city but no longer running water.
“I baked him a big cake,” she said, wiping away tears.
Poppert, the American volunteer, said it was not unusual to receive a request to pick people up for evacuation, only for them to change their minds once the van arrives.
“It’s an incredibly difficult decision for these people to leave the only world that they know,” he said.
He described one man in his late 90s evacuated from the only home he had ever known.
“We were taking this man out of his world,” Poppert said. “He was terrified of the bombs and the missiles, and he was terrified to leave.”
In nearby Pokrovsk, ambulances pulled up to offload elderly women in stretchers and wheelchairs for the evacuation train heading west, away from the fighting. Families clustered around, dragging suitcases and carrying pets as they boarded the train.
The train slowly pulled out of the station, and a woman drew back the curtain in one of the train carriages. As the familiar landscape slipped away, her face crumpled in grief and the tears began to flow.
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BUTTE - Women living in Butte have an easier time getting a mammogram, but many women across southwest Montana don’t have the means or time to get one.
St. James Healthcare is raising funds through its 2022 Spirit Gala to buy a mobile mammogram unit to make it easier for women to get the healthcare they need across southwest Montana.
Kacie Bartholomew, the director of development for the St. James healthcare foundation, says the foundation raised about $90,000 before the pandemic closed down events.
"Our goal over the next two years is to raise about $770,000 and that’s why this event is so crucial is because it really helps us raise a significant amount to put towards that," said Bartholomew.
Once operational, the unit will initially serve Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Powell, Granite, Beaverhead, Madison, and Jefferson counties.
1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and Montana's rate for mammograms is one of the lowest in the nation.
Mobile mammogram units allow women in rural areas to access crucial services. These units can also help detect breast cancer early which happened to Vonni Bray, a Laurel resident using St. Vincent’s mobile mammogram service.
"Results were there was a spot that they wanted to check and so I was to set up an appointment for a diagnostic mammogram in the hospital downtown. . . it was then that I appreciated the easiness and convenience of the bus," said Bray.
Bartholomew says the better access St. James can provide, the better chance they have of catching breast cancer early.
"We really want to provide that access for our rural area," said Bartholomew. | https://www.kxlf.com/news/local-news/st-james-continuing-efforts-for-mobile-mammogram | 2022-06-10 16:54:51 | 0 | https://www.kxlf.com/news/local-news/st-james-continuing-efforts-for-mobile-mammogram |
Wickremesinghe becomes interim Sri Lankan president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic collapse forced him from office. Wickremesinghe was acting president since Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday after angry protesters had stormed his official residence. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana said Friday that Parliament will convene to choose a new leader and within seven days a new president will be elected. Protesters cooked and distributed milk rice — a food Sri Lankans enjoy to celebrate victories — after Rajapaksa’s resignation. But they insisted Wickremesinghe also should step aside.
As Biden visits, a look at those targeted in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is credited for pushing through bold reforms. But his reputation remains that of a brazen leader who has simultaneously unleashed a sweeping crackdown on intellectuals, secularists, clerics, rights activists, businessmen and senior royals. He has also overseen Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. It's against this backdrop of dozens of the royal’s critics who remain imprisoned or banned from leaving the country that U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Prince Mohammed on Friday. Biden says that while he “always” raises human rights issues in his conversations, the purpose of his trip to Saudi Arabia is “broader” and designed to “reassert” U.S. influence in the Middle East.
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Fetterman absence raises stakes for Dems in key Senate race
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German climate activists aim to stir friction with blockades
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Russian missiles kill at least 23 in Ukraine, wound over 100
VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 100 others, including children, while dozens were missing. Officials say cruise missiles fired from a Russian ship in the Black Sea struck a medical center, stores and residential buildings in Vinnytsia, a city southwest of Kyiv, the capital. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accusing Russia of intentionally aiming missiles at civilians and repeating his call for Russia to be declared a state sponsor of terrorism. One military analyst thinks Thursday's attack mirrors previous ones on residential areas that Moscow has launched “to try to pressure Kyiv to make some concessions.”
House making 1st attempt to protect abortion in post-Roe era
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to vote on two bills that would restore and guarantee abortion access nationwide. It’s the Democrats’ first attempt at responding legislatively to the Supreme Court’s seismic decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The legislation coming to the floor Friday stands almost no chance of becoming law, with support lacking in the 50-50 Senate. Yet it marks the beginning of a new era in the abortion debate as lawmakers, governors and legislatures grapple with the impact of the high court’s decision. The ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
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EXPLAINER: The Unification Church's ties to Japan's politics
TOKYO (AP) — The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has revealed long-suspected, little-talked-of links between him and the Unification Church. The church started in South Korea but has spread around the world. Police and Japanese media have suggested the alleged attacker was angry about Abe’s reported ties to the church, which has pursued relationships with politically conservative groups and leaders. The suspect reportedly was upset over his mother’s massive donations to the church. Many Japanese have been surprised as revelations have emerged of the ties between the church and Japan’s top leaders, which have their roots in shared anti-communism efforts during the Cold War.
China leader Xi visits Xinjiang amid human rights concerns
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the northwestern Xinjiang region this week amid concerns over China's detention of a million or more members of primarily Muslim ethnic native minorities. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Xi called Xinjiang a “core area and a hub" in China's program of building ports, railways and power stations connecting it to economies reaching from Central Asia to Eastern Europe. Under Xi, authorities have carried out a sweeping crackdown on Xinjiang's native Uygur and Kazakh communities following an outburst of separatist violence. Critics have described the crackdown that placed thousands in prison-like indoctrination camps as a form of cultural genocide. The U.S. and others have placed officials responsible under visa bans. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-news-summary-at-3-30-a-m-edt/article_d220ec3d-29df-5127-9f93-b2caf34604ca.html | 2022-07-15 08:12:35 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-news-summary-at-3-30-a-m-edt/article_d220ec3d-29df-5127-9f93-b2caf34604ca.html |
WASHINGTON – Work requirements for federal aid programs have emerged as a sticking point in ongoing negotiations over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, and President Joe Biden has signaled openness to a possible compromise even as many in his party have balked.
Legislation passed by the House in April would impose new or expanded work requirements for three federal programs — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the food aid formerly known as food stamps; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, which offers aid to low-income families with children; and Medicaid assistance for adults without dependents.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is insisting that the proposed work requirements be part of negotiations with Biden over raising the debt limit and avoiding a national default. While Biden has signaled that making any changes to benefits for Medicaid is a non-starter, he has been less clear when asked about House GOP proposals to strengthen work requirements for SNAP and TANF.
Asked Wednesday about his openness on work requirements, Biden told reporters “there could be a few others” but “not anything of any consequence.”
A look at the work requirements, who they could affect and the politics behind them:
THE HOUSE BILL
Republicans have for years tried to boost work requirements for federal aid and Democrats have been mostly successful in holding them off. McCarthy has said that there will be no deal this time if Democrats don’t agree to changes.
Creating new work requirements for Medicaid would create the most savings out of the GOP work proposals, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office — $109 billion over the next decade. The Republican proposal would require for the first time that some able-bodied Medicaid recipients without dependents participate in work-related activities for at least 80 hours a month.
Biden said on Sunday that he will not accept anything that takes away people’s health care coverage.
“I voted for tougher aid programs that’s in the law now, but for Medicaid it’s a different story,” he said, referring to 1996 welfare reforms passed when he was in the Senate. “And so I’m waiting to hear what their exact proposal is.”
On SNAP, the bill would save $11 billion over 10 years by raising the maximum age for existing standards that require able-bodied adults who do not live with dependents to work or attend training programs. While current law applies those standards to recipients under the age of 50, the House bill would raise the age to include adults 55 and under. The bill would also decrease the number of exemptions that states can grant to some recipients subject to those requirements.
Lastly the House legislation would save a small amount — under $10 million, according to CBO — by boosting work requirements for some adults on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that 600,000 Medicaid recipients could become uninsured, 275,000 SNAP recipients could fall off the rolls each month and that the TANF changes could “reduce state grants slightly” if the GOP proposal became law.
Democrats and anti-hunger groups have strongly objected. They say the changes could cause needy Americans to lose benefits without saving the government much money or putting many people back to work.
“There’s no evidence that this is going to make people better off, it just takes their food assistance away from them,” says Dottie Rosenbaum, a senior fellow at the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which has analyzed the effects of the cuts.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on CNBC that it is “entirely unreasonable” to consider new work requirements in the context of a default, especially since “there are already significant work requirements that exist under law.”
POSSIBLE COMPROMISE?
Rebuffed for years — even when they controlled both chambers of Congress — Republicans believe this is the moment they can achieve new work standards for the aid programs.
“Let’s help people get lifted out of poverty into jobs,” McCarthy said Wednesday, laughing off Biden's comments that he wouldn't support anything of consequence.
McCarthy has repeatedly noted that Biden voted for the 1996 welfare overhaul and that then-President Bill Clinton had signed it. That law created the TANF program and the work rules for food stamps.
“This is a senator who voted for work requirements,” he said of Biden.
Biden’s stance on the full package of work requirements — and whether he would accept any of the changes — is so far uncertain. After seeming to draw a red line on the Medicaid cuts over the weekend, leaving the other work proposals as an open question, he tweeted Monday that the GOP bill “would put a million older adults at risk of losing their food assistance and going hungry. Rather than push Americans into poverty, we should reduce the deficit by making sure the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share in taxes.”
On Wednesday, Biden said he is not going to accept any new requirements in those programs that impact “the medical health needs of people.”
“I voted years ago for the work requirements that exist,“ Biden said. “But it’s possible there could be a few others, but not anything of any consequence.”
PARTY PUSHBACK
While trying to keep the country from a devastating default, Biden is also navigating his own party politics. Democrats are pressuring him to draw a hard line with McCarthy on any new requirements that could cut benefits.
“I can’t believe we’re talking about using poor people as hostages” over the debt limit, said Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga. “I’m not having any of that.”
Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said the cuts “would harm people, people in rural areas, black, brown, indigenous folks.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been quieter on the subject, deferring to Biden. But the New York Democrat told reporters on Tuesday that “you know the feelings of my caucus on work requirements.”
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said he has faith in Biden but doesn’t see how it will get resolved in time.
“The president always wants to try to find common ground. That’s why he won his election,” Murphy said. “I appreciate that about him. I think the size of the asks on the table from House Republicans make it pretty hard to get a deal in time to stem the crisis.”
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Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro and Seung Min Kim contributed to this report. | https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2023/05/17/new-work-requirements-for-federal-aid-gop-pushes-proposals-in-debt-talks/ | 2023-05-17 22:27:47 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2023/05/17/new-work-requirements-for-federal-aid-gop-pushes-proposals-in-debt-talks/ |
Are you regularly searching for streaming dates for shows like The Mandalorian season 3, The Witcher: Blood Origin or Yellowstone? Is Google your main source when you want to know when a title arrives on Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max and the like? Probably. Keeping track of what's available on multiple streaming services can be time-consuming without a system.
So what's the best way to chase down information for releases all the streaming platforms? Write it on a sticky note? Pop it in your phone's calendar? While those methods may be effective, there are apps that do it better.
Here are my suggestions for free apps that help you track streaming TV shows and films you plan to watch, ones you're already immersed in and titles you may be curious about but need solid recommendations. They can alert you when new episodes are set to drop or remind you where you left off in a show. I should mention that some apps below are integrated with Trakt, a web-based platform that syncs with your PC, phone or home media center, but its native app is still pretty clunky, so we left it off this list.
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TV Time is available for Android and Apple users and you can sign up for an account using Google, Apple, Twitter, Facebook or email. Choose what shows you've watched on which streaming service (or network). Interestingly, when scrolling through Hulu's selections, only its originals are listed but the app tells you that you can add more later.
With TV Time, you can choose from multiple lineups, including Trending Shows like Wednesday, The White Lotus, 1899 or Willow. There are also categories for genres, a "Most Added" section with titles such as You, Riverdale, American Horror Story, and Rick and Morty, and even a "Most Added Animation Series" row.
Once you lock in your choices, TV Time collates a Watch List and suggests which episodes of your chosen shows you should watch next. There's a separate tab labeled "Upcoming" that outlines the day and time that new episodes drop. Thanks to TV Time, I now know the exact premiere dates for Andor on Disney Plus and Big Mouth season 6 on Netflix.
The app also prompts you to check off which movies you've watched, and the list spans decades, platforms and genres. Once you've completed that step, TV Time then asks what movies you want to watch. Here is where you search for specific titles or pick from TV Time's trending list to add them to a calendar. To test, I added Knives Out 2 (Netflix), which was seamlessly added to my calendar.
Additionally, you can filter your TV Time display by progress -- including what you finished, shows and movies you stopped midway or what you're currently watching.
You may already be familiar with JustWatch as an app that curates where a title is streaming, but you can also make a watchlist, track upcoming releases, and watch a show with a single click. Once you open the app, you can select each streaming service you use -- including Disney Plus, Crunchyroll and Fubo -- to watch shows and films. There are 100-plus providers listed on JustWatch, and the app recently added a streaming guide for sports.
Use the app to search for TV shows and movies or click Discover to go on a scrolling adventure. Narrow your search by platform, genre, year or rating. When you click a show tile, you can tap "Track" to keep up with every episode and season. JustWatch will ask which episodes you've watched, and you can check off entire seasons or individual installments. Where this app stands out is when you navigate to "Watch Now" to click a streaming service's logo, and you're immediately taken to the show's landing page to begin watching. Talk about convenience.
Add a title to your watch list, and JustWatch tells you which episode to watch next or you can check off when you're caught up. It also displays the dates for upcoming episodes.
For sports fans, JustWatch Sports directs you to where you can stream football (NFL and NCAA), soccer (MLS, Liga MX and all major European leagues), tennis and Formula 1 legally online. Basketball and baseball guides are coming soon.
The app also has a personal recommendation feature and displays the price of each streaming platform. You can use JustWatch on a web browser, on Fire TV devices or on iOS and Android mobile devices. Sign up directly on the app or with your Google or Facebook account.
Available on iOS and Android, Hobi is one of the most popular and comprehensive tracking apps out there. When you open it, you can select the shows you plan to watch or have watched, and Hobi indicates where you left off. The titles are added to your watch list. If it's an old show, Hobi lets you know the series ended but still reminds you which episodes are next for you. The Discover feature highlights trending shows, series returning in the current week, new ones airing for the month, and recommendations across genres and networks, including HBO and Netflix.
In addition to monitoring your watch list and new episode release dates, Hobi provides personal viewing stats on how much TV you've watched. It also estimates your favorite genres based on those statistics. The app can be integrated with Trakt.
SeriesGuide is available on Android and Amazon Fire TV, and touts that it has no ads and doesn't track your personal information.
When you first sign on to SeriesGuide, it gives you the option to block spoilers for show episodes you haven't watched yet. You can either search for a title or click Discover and scroll through a lengthy list of content. Like Hobi and TV Time, the app lets you know which platform houses the series or movie you'd like to watch or track. It also integrates with Trakt.
Once you select your shows, SeriesGuide provides upcoming release dates or recent release dates and times. For example, the display shows that episode 6 of The White Lotus season 2 dropped on HBO Max at 9 p.m. ET, and Emily in Paris season 3 drops on Netflix in two weeks on a Wednesday. I've been able to glean tracking information for content on Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime Video, HBO Max, Paramount (Yellowstone) and more.
Its movie listings are pulled from TMDB and JustWatch, and you'll find the release date, run time, cast credits and synopsis on the page. You can add films to your personal watchlist, click on the trailer link or tap the Stream/Purchase option if the digital version is available.
Among its features, there's a notification system that alerts you when new episodes are available, a favorites list and a catalog of how many episodes remain unwatched per season. With SeriesGuide, you can click "Skip" and the app will consider an episode watched. The user interface is very easy to navigate, and you can sync alerts to your device's calendar, rate content or check out your viewing statistics for movies and shows.
Cinetrak allows you to track both TV shows and movies, but you have to set up a Trakt log-in in order to create watch lists. You will see ads at the bottom of the screen, but the interface is clean and intuitive. Under the TV Shows menu, you can find titles under several categories: Genres, Trending, Popular and Top Watched. Click on a series and Cinetrak pulls up general information about the show and the seasons. Tap the plus sign to add a show by title, episode or season.
The calendar feature allows you to see episodes that have been watched, added to collections or added to your watch lists. Basic access is free, but you can upgrade your account for additional features such as creating "Liked" lists, curated collections or sharing with friends.
Streaming TV tracker apps FAQs
What about privacy concerns?
Take the time to review the privacy notices and settings for each service. JustWatch explains that it collects user data that may be used to target ads based on your movie tastes, while TV Time also uses nonpersonal information for marketing and advertising purposes. With the latter, you're also able to toggle your personal account settings and set it to private, which prevents nonfollowers from viewing your activity. You can also unlink social media accounts.
Should I pay to upgrade for more tracking perks?
Though some of these apps offer the ability to upgrade, we recommend sticking with the free versions, especially if you just want a basic way to remind yourself of upcoming releases or to track your progress for a show.
Why didn't Reelgood make this list?
Reelgood is an excellent platform that enables you to track movies and TV shows that have already been released or those with scheduled arrivals for the current month. However, it does not provide information for the months ahead. For example, You season 4, part 1 is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on Feb. 9, 2023, but Reelgood only lists information for the previously aired first three seasons. JustWatch and TV Time, on the other hand, show the release date for the new season along with an episode count. You can even set a notification for its arrival. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/five-apps-track-streaming-tv-release-dates-your-top-shows/ | 2022-12-07 23:55:35 | 0 | https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/five-apps-track-streaming-tv-release-dates-your-top-shows/ |
Study: U.S. gun death rates hit highest levels in decades
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades, and the rate among women has been growing faster than that of men, according to study published Tuesday.
The increase among women — most dramatically, in Black women — is playing a tragic and under-recognized role in a tally that skews overwhelmingly male, the researchers said.
“Women can get lost in the discussion because so many of the fatalities are men,” said one the authors, Dr. Eric Fleegler of Harvard Medical School.
Among Black women, the rate of firearm-related homicides more than tripled since 2010, and the rate of gun-related suicides more than doubled since 2015, Fleegler and his co-authors wrote in the paper published by JAMA Network Open.
The research is one of the most comprehensive analyses of U.S. gun deaths in years, said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard University’s Injury Control Research Center.
In October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data on U.S. firearm deaths last year, counting more than 47,000 — the most in at least 40 years.
The U.S. population is growing, but researchers say the rate of gun deaths has been getting worse, too. America’s gun-related homicide and suicide rates both rose 8% last year, each hitting levels not seen since the early 1990s.
In the new study, the researchers examined trends in firearm deaths since 1990. They found gun deaths began to steadily increase in 2005, but the rise accelerated recently, with a 20% jump from 2019 to 2021.
Why did gun deaths rise so dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s “a straightforward question with probably a complicated answer that no one really knows the answer to,” said Fleegler, an emergency medicine physician at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Factors could include disruption of people’s work and personal lives, higher gun sales, stress, and mental health issues, experts said.
The researchers counted more than 1.1 million gun deaths over those 32 years — about the same as the number of American deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the last three years.
About 14% of those killed by guns were women, but the rate increase among them is more pronounced. There were about 7 gun deaths per 100,000 women last year, up from about 4 per 100,000 in 2010 — an increase of 71%. The comparable increase for men was 45%, the rate rising to about 26 per 100,000 from about 18 per 100,000 in 2010.
For Black women, the firearm suicide rate rose from about 1.5 per 100,000 in 2015 to about 3 per 100,000 last year. Their homicide death rate last year was more than 18 per 100,000, compared with about 4 per 100,000 for Hispanic women and 2 per 100,000 for white women.
The highest homicide gun death rates continue to be in young Black men, at 142 per 100,000 for those in their early 20s. The highest gun suicide death rates are in white men in their early 80s, at 45 per 100,000, the researchers said.
In a commentary accompanying the study, three University of Michigan researchers said the paper confirmed racial and sexual differences in U.S. gun deaths and that homicide deaths are concentrated in cities and suicides are more common in rural areas.
“Firearm violence is a worsening problem in the United States,” and will require a range of efforts to control, they wrote.
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Woman accused of stabbing boyfriend’s daughter to death during argument
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ/Gray News) - A woman in West Virginia has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend’s daughter to death.
According to the Charleston Police Department, officers responded to a home Thursday night regarding reports of a stabbing.
WSAZ reports officers found 20-year-old Abigail Marcinkowsky with several stab wounds inside the residence.
Investigators said it appeared Marcinkowsky was stabbed by her father’s girlfriend, 41-year-old Amber Wymer, after the two got into an argument.
Wymer is accused of stabbing Marcinkowsky several times in the neck. Charleston police said the 20-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to authorities, Wymer was found with blood on her hands and clothing. A criminal complaint said she admitted to killing Marcinkowsky with a knife.
Police said Wymer was in a relationship with Marcinkowsky’s father and they lived together at the home.
Authorities said Wymer has been charged with murder and booked into the South-Central Regional Jail.
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Dr. Samir J. Serhan, Chairman of Air Products Qudra and Air Products' Chief Operating Officer, to Speak at the Strategic Hydrogen Conference on October 31 at 12:30PM GST
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products Qudra will showcase world leading technologies and capabilities at ADIPEC 2022 where it is the proud Gold sponsor of the exhibition, the newly-launched Decarbonization Zone and the Middle East Energy Club. Dr. Samir J. Serhan, Chairman of Air Products Qudra and Air Products' Chief Operating Officer, will speak on a panel during the ADIPEC Strategic Hydrogen Conference on the topic of "Hydrogen: Reality, Promise, Prospect" on October 31, 2022 at 12:30PM GST. ADIPEC is the world's largest oil, gas and energy gathering for energy industry leaders, taking place between October 31 and November 3 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, United Arab of Emirates.
"Now is the time to invest in tomorrow's energy, and we are doing just that," said Dr. Serhan. "We are investing billions of dollars in low-carbon hydrogen projects globally and continuing our efforts in helping the Middle East achieve its ambitious goals to accelerate the energy transition and drive to lower carbon solutions."
This year, Air Products Qudra is also sponsoring the newly launched Decarbonization Zone. This Zone will be a forum for leaders to build networks, discuss low-carbon technology deployment, and further advance the broader transition to cleaner energy.
Mr. Ebubekir Koyuncu, Chief Executive Officer of Air Products Qudra, said: "The energy transition is a key focus for governments and business leaders worldwide as countries seek to diversify their energy portfolio. We are seizing the momentum to generate a cleaner future with our technical expertise, proven technology, and strong local knowledge."
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — An exit poll in Bulgaria suggested Sunday that the center-right GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov, a party blamed for presiding over years of corruption, will be the likely winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election.
The poll conducted by Gallup International showed the GERB party earning 24.6% support, apparently edging out the reformist We Continue the Change pro-Western party of former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, which is expected to capture 18.9%. Still, the predicted percentage won’t be enough for Borissov’s party to form a one-party government, and the chances for a GERB-led coalition are slim.
The exit poll also predicted that eight parties could pass the 4% threshold to enter a fragmented parliament with populist and pro-Russia groups showing increased gains.
The European Union nation’s fourth election in 18 months was marked by a raging war nearby, political instability and economic hardships in the bloc’s poorest member. A low turnout reflected voter apathy.
Petkov conceded defeat late Sunday.
“We lost the election, albeit by a small margin, and now GERB has the responsibility to form a coalition and govern the country,” he said.
It could take days before the final official results are announced. If they confirm the exit poll, Borisov will be handed a mandate to form his fourth cabinet. It will be an uphill task for him to produce a stable governing coalition, however, since most political groups have in advance rejected any cooperation with his GERB party, which presided over years of corruption that hampered development.
The early election came after a fragile coalition led by Petkov lost a no-confidence vote in June. He claimed afterward that Moscow had used “hybrid war” tactics to bring down his government after it refused to pay gas bills in rubles and ordered an expulsion of Russian diplomats from Bulgaria.
The deputy chief of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Vessela Cherneva, said the predicted result could produce two types of coalitions: an anti-corruption coalition, in which GERB under Borissov would find no place, or a geopolitical coalition of the centrist parties, which would be possible only if Borissov resigns from leading his party.
“The scenario under which there is no coalition possible would undermine parliamentary democracy in Bulgaria and will further tilt the balance towards the pro-Russian President (Rumen) Radev,” Cherneva said.
After casting his vote Sunday, Borissov told reporters that Bulgaria needs to clearly position itself on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“With this aggression, with this war with a clear aggressor in the face of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin – (I have) nothing against the Russian people — with this farce with the referendums, Bulgaria must be very clear, categorical, and precise about its place in the European Union and NATO,” he said.
He said getting Bulgaria into Europe’s 19-nation shared currency eurozone should be the next government’s most important task.
Petkov ran on promises to continue efforts to eradicate corruption, but a European energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war on Ukraine was the dominant economic theme for voters.
Many Bulgarians share pro-Russia sentiments, which provides fertile soil for aggressive Kremlin propaganda in the Balkan country.
The pro-Russia party Vazrazhdane, riding on those feelings, captured 10.2% of the vote, up from 4.9% in the previous election, the exit poll predicted.
Unlike the stance taken by the EU, which has fully condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine and slapped sanctions on Russia for it, Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov has urged “full neutrality” for Bulgaria in the war. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-bulgarians-hold-fourth-election-in-18-months-amid-turmoil/ | 2022-10-02 23:09:02 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-bulgarians-hold-fourth-election-in-18-months-amid-turmoil/ |
Political leader, lottery owner fatally shot in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A former presidential candidate who led a political party in Haiti has been shot to death in the capital. The slaying of Eric Jean Baptiste has stunned many in a country already facing a profound crisis. A party spokesman says Baptiste was killed late Friday along with his bodyguard. He was the leader of Haiti’s Rally of Progressive National Democrats, a party founded by former President Leslie Manigat. Baptiste also also owned one of the biggest lottery companies in Haiti. No one has been arrested. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/10/29/political-leader-lottery-owner-fatally-shot-in-haiti/ | 2022-10-31 04:24:59 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/10/29/political-leader-lottery-owner-fatally-shot-in-haiti/ |
Teen gives first aid to gunshot victim on her way home from school
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The quick actions of a Kentucky high school student on the way home may have saved the life of a gunshot victim.
Nylaia Carter, 16, made her father pull over when she saw the victim on the drive home from Louisville’s Central High School. She relied on emergency first aid she learned in class as a sophomore to help the man.
“I had to do something,” Nylaia Carter told WAVE. “I’m trained to stop the bleeding, so I had to do something, anything.”
Using her sweatshirt to make a tourniquet, the teenager stopped the bleeding and kept the man conscious until paramedics arrived.
“I was proud of my daughter because she told me to ‘pull over, Dad,’” said her father, Adam Carter. “And I didn’t want to pull over. It had been a long day. I wanted to get home.”
But Nylaia Carter did not hesitate to help.
Police said the man was shot two and a half miles away. He tried to drive himself to the hospital, but the loss of blood cut his journey short, ending next to Central High School.
“Just blood. Blood everywhere,” Nylaia Carter said. “His clothes were just a mess.”
Days after leaving the scene, Nylaia Carter and her father visited the man in the hospital. They said he was grateful and surprised to find out she was only 16.
“And he remembered her being there,” Adam Carter said. “But she had a bookbag, so he thought she was the paramedic. So, we had a chance to talk to him and pray with him, and I think that she has a lifelong friend now.”
“Yeah, I did what I was supposed to do,” Nylaia Carter said. “He’s alive, and that’s all that matters.”
The 16-year-old said she hopes to earn a basketball scholarship and eventually go into the field of physical therapy.
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MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — A somber gathering of about 5,000 people marked the 10th anniversary of what has become known as the Marikana massacre, when police opened fire on striking miners, killing 34 in 2012.
“10 Years of Betrayal,” said T-shirts worn by many at the commemoration, expressing bitterness that those killed have not received justice and that promises of better pay and conditions for the miners have not been fulfilled.
Clustered on a small hilltop near where the shootings took place, the miners sang mournful songs and chants. Many at the event wore green and black, the colors of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union that led the strike.
A small contingent of police monitored the gathering.
“Ten years later, there has not been justice. We all saw the miners being killed in broad daylight but nobody has been arrested for it,” the regional secretary of the mineworkers' union Phuthuma Manyathi told South Africa's eNCA broadcaster before the gathering.
The Marikana killings were preceded by days of violence in which 10 other people were killed, including police and security guards.
Videos of police opening fire on the miners shocked South Africa and were broadcast around the world, sparking outrage and leading to a commission of inquiry to investigate the police actions. Although the official investigation found police responsible for the killings, no one has been charged with the deaths.
The government has paid more than 170 million rands (more than $10 million) in compensation to 280 claimants, mainly the families of the slain mineworkers and those injured that day or who were wrongfully arrested, it said in a statement earlier this month.
There are still 24 claims to be addressed by the end of August, according to the government.
A survivor of the shooting, Mzoxolo Magidiwana, 34, said he feels let down as the living conditions in Marikana have not improved in the decade since the killings.
“I regard this (August 16) as the day I survived death when it was staring at me. Many of the people that I was with on that day, their lives ended in this place," Magidiwana told The Associated Press.
“To survive nine bullets, I still wonder how God saved me when people were trying to kill me,” said Magidiwana. “It is a day that I respect very much. Every year I literally get shivers because I know that I was not supposed to be here. I have not seen yet why God saved me but I know there is a reason he spared my life."
Magidiwana said that he is disappointed that despite the strike, the lives of the miners and their families have not improved.
“Everybody can see that nothing much has changed in this place. People still live in the same conditions as before," he said. "Even at the koppie (the hill where the shootings occurred), there was supposed to be a monument, an official remembrance similar to others that are done for significant events in this country, but there is nothing.” | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/South-African-miners-mark-10th-anniversary-of-17376309.php | 2022-08-16 12:20:40 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/South-African-miners-mark-10th-anniversary-of-17376309.php |
(The Hill) – If the White House and House Republicans fail to raise the debt ceiling and the U.S. defaults on its national debt for the first time ever, the economic consequences for Americans will be wide-ranging and long-lasting.
Social Security checks could be held up, government salaries and contracts could be frozen, Medicare reimbursements to doctors and hospitals could be paused, markets for stocks and bonds will almost certainly take a dive, and financing levels for basic private purchases could skyrocket.
The good news is that aside from this, the U.S. economy’s underlying health is in pretty good shape. Employment levels have refused to budge from near record highs and American consumers continue to spend money on things they want to buy.
Wage increases over the pandemic have been largely eaten up by inflation, but high churn in the labor market has given employees some degree of freedom and independence from their employers. Corporate profits are still way above historical levels.
Inflation has also been falling pretty steadily: Egg prices were down to $3.27 on average in April, and the price of gasoline has fallen to $3.57 a gallon from $4.60 a year ago, off a record high of $5.01 in April of last year.
But that solid bill of health could be swapped for a sickly prognosis in the event of a default, especially if the economy hits a recession in the second half of the year.
Here’s how to ready household finances in the case of a first-ever U.S. default.
Save some extra cash in case benefit checks don’t arrive
If you’re one of the 67 million Americans who get a Social Security check every month or one of the 86 million Americans enrolled in Medicaid, a government default could mean that a payment you’re expecting won’t arrive.
Personal finance experts often recommend maintaining a cash buffer fund in the event of emergencies, but extra money on hand could prove especially useful if a check that goes toward groceries or medications doesn’t arrive in the mail.
A buffer fund should have a few hundred dollars in it if possible, experts say.
“I don’t know if it’s going to be the first day [after default] or the first week or the first month, but at some point, [the government] will not have the money to pay Social Security benefits. They also won’t have the money to pay doctors and hospitals for Medicare reimbursement,” said Howard Gleckman, tax and federal revenue expert with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center in an interview.
“It’s the federal government so people don’t typically think of it this way, but if you write checks, there has to be money to pay the bill. If not, that check will literally bounce,” he said.
People who work with retirees, who constitute the vast majority of people on Social Security, say there’s a lot of concern now about checks that could fail to come in.
“There is a huge concern about this,” David Briseño, who manages retirement facilities with La Casa Family Health Center in Clovis and Portales, New Mexico, told The Hill in an interview.
“These seniors are already on a fixed income, they’re already struggling. For many of them, there’s an issue of food insufficiency in their homes. Having to make decisions on whether they’re going to pay the electric bill or whether they’re going to get food or whether they’re going to get prescription medications — there are those concerns,” he said.
“If this funding is cut, it makes it even worse,” he added.
Don’t worry too much about the stock market
From the dot-com crash of the early 2000s to the global financial crisis of 2008, the stock market has a history of bouncing back from financial shocks. More recently, equities came roaring back in the aftermath of the economic shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic in one of the most successful recoveries on record.
Unless you’re a technical trader or a professional investor who speculates on short-term fluctuations in financial markets, it’s best not to try to profit off of volatility, experts say.
Hold onto your assets, keep your investments spread out across various sectors, and wait for things to settle down.
“We watch this debt ceiling debate play out every couple of years, and it always results in the same drama — the same volatility,” Principal Asset Management analyst Seema Shaw wrote in a note on Friday.
“Investors would be best served by having a broad toolkit that is well-diversified among strategies, products, and industries,” Shaw wrote.
Think carefully about big purchases
Consumers might question whether now is a good time to make a major purchase, such as a car or a house.
Broadly speaking, each household is in the best position to evaluate where their finances stand, Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate, told The Hill.
“Right now, they’re seeing a high level of risk that things could go badly, but this could be quickly resolved. And so, if someone has a high sense of concern, I would just simply say consider deferring a decision, Hamrick said.
Hamrick added that he would also advise consumers not to lose sleep over the matter given that all sides are working to resolve the issue.
“And if that’s resolved, that’s going to be one major source of uncertainty that is eradicated. And then we’ll just go back to the other sources of uncertainty that we’ve been dealing with,” he said.
Lock in a lower mortgage rate
Housing is already unaffordable for many amid persistently high prices and stubborn mortgage rates. A debt default could freeze housing market activity as mortgage rates would soar past last year’s peak.
This would effectively lock both buyers and sellers out of the market. Sellers may be reluctant to give up their low pandemic-era mortgage rates, while projected rates would keep buyers on the sidelines.
Buyers, in the meantime, might consider locking into a rate sooner rather than later as a protracted debt ceiling fight, without a default, could lead to a drop in mortgage rates, Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather told The Hill.
“This is because a long debt fight would increase the risk of recession. In an actual default, interest rates would likely increase,” she said. “This is because investors would doubt the ability of the U.S. government and banks to make good on their debt.”
“Given that rates could swing down then up, I would advise borrowers to lock a rate now, but have a float down option, so you can take advantage of a scenario where rates fall but be protected against rates going up,” she concluded.
Manage spending and credit
Economic uncertainty may lead consumers to put a little more into savings each week and evaluate their own debt.
One way to manage personal cash flows for the less stock-savvy consumer could be through a high-yield savings account with an interest rate of 3 percent or better, Bankrate’s Hamrick said.
These are highly liquid, and many do not require minimum amounts.
“This is one of the consequences, and perhaps a rare one, that’s beneficial in the high and rising interest rate environment,” he said.
“We’ve been really pounding the table for some time now that people are paying attention to high rates as it relates to borrowing. But they should also be paying attention to high rates with respect to return on savings and that’s something that’s having a moment right now,” Hamrick said.
A debt crisis could tighten credit conditions and lead to higher rates, fewer options and more costly borrowing for those at the margins, Hamrick said.
But for those with credit card debt, it’s always a good idea to pay down debt, though it might benefit consumers to find a balance between credit debt and other savings goals.
“Paying down the most expensive debt is the most optimal because that’s obviously a higher cost. Credit card debt would tend to be at the top of that hierarchy,” he continued. “It needs to be balanced with the appropriate, sometimes competing goals, which need to coexist, so that is saving for emergencies and saving for retirement.” | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/social-security-medicare-and-stocks-how-a-debt-ceiling-crisis-could-affect-you/ | 2023-05-27 15:22:43 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/social-security-medicare-and-stocks-how-a-debt-ceiling-crisis-could-affect-you/ |
The announcement was so shocking that not even PGA Tour players knew what was coming. The tour was fighting the threat of Saudi-backed LIV Golf for more than a year. On Tuesday, they decided to start working together.
The PGA Tour, European tour and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund say they will combine their commercial businesses into a new company with hopes of unifying golf.
That means all lawsuits are being dropped immediately. The other details create as many questions as answers. That starts with whether top stars like Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka — suspended for taking massive Saudi money to leave the PGA Tour for LIV — will have a way back. They would rejoin players who stayed loyal to the tour.
The PGA Tour was in federal court trying to require Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund, to give testimony in an antitrust case. And now, Al-Rumayyan is on the PGA Tour board of directors. He also will be chairman of the new business venture involving the three tours.
Some players felt they were betrayed. Top players have not commented because they know so little about what this means.
Missing from all the announcements was Greg Norman, the commissioner of LIV Golf.
LIV Golf is a rival league funded by the Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund that has tried to reinvent the structure of professional golf with 48-man fields, no mid-tournament cuts and up to $25 million in prize money. There also is a team component. The league is run by Greg Norman, a former PGA Tour star who tried nearly 30 years ago to create a world tour. LIV Golf lured away 13 former major champions, including Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, who then were suspended by the PGA Tour.
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The kingdom has been investing in sports and entertainment in recent years as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's initiative called “Vision 2030” to diversify and reduce its dependence on oil. Golf was a natural fit.
It has led to accusations of “ sportswashing," an attempt to use sports investments to gloss over human rights abuses, such as the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the CIA says occurred on the orders of bin Salman.
LIV Golf was trying to get all the top players in the world ranking. A majority of them turned down bonuses estimated at $100 million or more to stay loyal to the PGA Tour.
Rory McIlroy accused LIV defectors of “taking the easy way out” and Tiger Woods said they “turned their backs” on the very tour that made them famous. It also caused a great divide in golf, because LIV players were not allowed to play on the PGA Tour. Now they are angry over the notion LIV players might return without consequences.
The PGA Tour looks nothing like it did when LIV Golf started. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan says he couldn't match Saudi money, but it wasn't because of a lack of effort. This year the PGA Tour had 13 “elevated events” with $20 million purses. For 2024, it has returned its schedule to start in January and end in August. There will be about 15 tournaments with $20 million purses — nearly twice as much as they were — for the top 50 in the season points race on the PGA Tour.
Monahan refused to meet with the Saudi Golf group for two years. But a few months ago, PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne arranged a meeting. Monahan, European tour CEO Keith Pelley and Al-Rumayyan began working out an agreement. Monahan realized LIV Golf had a deep well of funds and wasn't going anywhere. He says golf was too divided and had too much tension and it was best for everyone to come together.
The PGA Tour policy board will add Al-Rumayyan, and then it will either add another player or remove one of the spots that belong to the corporate world. The new commercial company — it still doesn't have a name — will have Al-Rumayyan as the chairman and Monahan as the CEO. The PGA Tour will have a majority stake in the new company. However, PIF at first will be the exclusive investor alongside the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and the DP World Tour. Going forward, PIF will have the exclusive right to further invest.
The PGA Tour will keep tax-exempt status as a 501-c-6 organization that is charity driven. As far as fans are concerned, it will still be the same logo and the same tour. Ditto for the European tour, whose commercial name is DP World Tour.
LIV Golf will finish its second season this year as scheduled. After that is anyone’s guess. Monahan says officials will conduct a thorough evaluation of how to integrate team golf into the PGA Tour. LIV Golf was trying to turn its 12 teams into franchises. No one had sponsored a team.
It is unlikely that if LIV Golf still exists, players can play both sides. That's what led to this in the first place. Curiously missing from all the announcements was Norman's name. Al-Rumayyan said on CNBC that he told Norman about the merging tours only a few minutes before the announcement.
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Wells Fargo exec fired, arrested for urinating on woman during flight
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian police have arrested an unruly airline passenger following a complaint by a woman aboard an Air India flight from New York that he urinated on her in business class.
Shankar Mishra was picked up by police in the southern city of Bengaluru and brought to the Indian capital on Saturday, New Delhi Police spokesperson Suman Nalva said on Sunday.
Nalva declined to say what Mishra told investigators after his arrest. The Times of India newspaper cited Mishra as saying that he was drunk and could not believe what he had done.
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A New Delhi court sent him to prison for 14 days as police investigate the complaint accusing Mishra of outraging the modesty of a woman during the New York-New Delhi flight. If convicted, he faces up to three years in prison.
Sugata Bhattacharjee, another passenger on the flight, told reporters he saw Mishra consuming excessive liquor and that Mishra was talking incoherently, asking him the same question about his family several times.
Also Saturday, Air India issued written notices and grounded one pilot and four cabin crew as the incident triggered outrage on social media and among activists who said that banning Mishra from flying for 30 days was not enough.
Air India filed a police complaint this week, though the incident occurred on Nov. 26. It said the crew did not summon police upon landing in New Delhi as they believed that the two had sorted out the issue on their own.
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Indian media reports said Air India acted after being pressed by the family of the woman passenger, a senior citizen, to punish Mishra.
"Air India acknowledges that it could have handled these matters better, both in the air and on the ground and is committed to taking action," said the airline’s CEO and managing director Campbell Wilson in a statement.
Meanwhile, Mishra’s job as a Mumbai-based executive has been terminated by his employer Wells Fargo & Company, an American multinational financial services company, the firm said in a statement on Friday. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/wells-fargo-exec-fired-arrested-for-urininating-on-woman-during-flight | 2023-01-09 20:48:26 | 0 | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/wells-fargo-exec-fired-arrested-for-urininating-on-woman-during-flight |
LONDON (AP) — Humza Yousaf was confirmed as first minister of Scotland on Tuesday, becoming the first person of color to head the Scottish government, and the first Muslim national leader in any Western democracy.
The milestone comes five months after the U.K. got its first Hindu leader in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Britain’s capital city is headed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the son of Pakistani immigrants.
All three politicians reflect the accelerating diversification of politics in Britain, a country whose imperialist past has – uncertainly and sometimes painfully – forged a multi-ethnic present.
“There’s an expectation now, or a familiarity with diversity in British politics, that we don’t see in other European countries,” said Sunder Katwala of British Future, a think-tank that studies identity and race.
Lawmakers in the Edinburgh-based Scottish parliament voted on Tuesday to confirm 37-year-old Yousaf as first minister, a day after he was elected leader of the governing Scottish National Party. Scotland, a country of 5.5 million people, is part of the United Kingdom, but has a semi-autonomous government with broad power in areas including health and education.
In an acceptance speech on Monday, Yousaf said he was “forever thankful that my grandparents made the trip from the Punjab to Scotland over 60 years ago.”
“As immigrants to this country, who knew barely a word of English, they could not have imagined their grandson would one day be on the cusp of being the next first minister of Scotland,” he said. “From the Punjab to our parliament, this is a journey over generations that reminds us that we should celebrate migrants who contribute so much to our country.”
The U.K. has not always heeded that reminder: migrants have often experienced racism and hostility both covert and overt. That hostility remains government policy for people who arrived by unauthorized means: Sunak’s government plans to detain and deport anyone who crosses the English Channel in small boats, and wants to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda.
But British society and politics have grown markedly more diverse. About 18% of the population is non-white, and many people have roots in countries the British Empire once ruled, including India, Pakistan and Caribbean nations such as Jamaica.
Yousaf was born in Glasgow in 1985. His father’s family came from Pakistan, his mother’s from East Africa, part of an exodus of South Asian families who faced post-independence discrimination. One grandfather worked in a Singer sewing machine factory, while a grandmother was a Glasgow bus conductor.
At primary school, Yousaf later recalled, “there was only me and one other brown face.” He attended a private high school, then studied politics at the University of Glasgow — after breaking it to his parents, who had hoped he’d become a lawyer.
Yousaf joined the pro-independence SNP in 2005, inspired partly by its then-leader Alex Salmond’s opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, which the U.K. under Prime Minister Tony Blair had joined. Yousaf said he felt independence from the U.K. was the only way to ensure Scotland would not become embroiled in another illegal war.
Elected to the Scottish parliament in 2011, he has served in several government roles, most recently health. Opposition politicians are scathing about his political record, citing Scotland’s long waiting times for health care and serious drug-addiction problems.
Still, Scottish Labour Party leader Anas Sarwar — also a Muslim Glaswegian — said that “regardless of your politics, this is a significant moment for Scotland.”
Yousaf has spoken of the strength he draws from religion, but his Muslim faith drew little comment during the SNP contest. Instead it was the faith of his opponent Kate Forbes, an evangelical Christian, that attracted attention. She was criticized after disclosing her opposition to same-sex marriage, which is legal in Scotland — and which Yousaf supports.
Britain is not the only European country whose politics are growing more diverse. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has an Indian father, and Portuguese leader Antonio Costa also has South Asian roots.
But Britain has seen rapid political change. Forty years ago there were no ethnic-minority lawmakers in the British Parliament. Now there are 65 – 10% of the total. The foreign secretary, home secretary and trade secretary in Sunak’s government are all people of color.
Katwala said a notable feature of the diversification is that “it’s happening in all parties” — Yousaf is a Scottish nationalist, Sunak a Conservative, Khan a Labour Party member.
“If you can have a prime minister who is Indian Hindu or a Scottish leader who is Asian Muslim, that must mean those groups are part of the ‘us’ and aren’t now facing the question, ‘Will they govern for their own group or will they govern for everybody?’” he said.
“There’s a confidence — among British ethnic minorities, but (also) reciprocated broadly – that politicians who are Black, Asian or white can represent everybody, not just their own group.” | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/muslim-leader-for-scotland-a-sign-of-uk-political-diversity/ | 2023-03-29 03:52:51 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/muslim-leader-for-scotland-a-sign-of-uk-political-diversity/ |
CA Marine Warnings and Forecast for Thursday, April 20, 2023
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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Diego CA
216 AM PDT Mon Apr 17 2023
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts 25 to 30 kt. Seas
6 to 10 ft expected.
* WHERE...Waters from San Mateo Point to the Mexican Border
Extending 30 to 60 nm out including San Clemente Island.
* WHEN...From 4 PM today to 2 AM PDT Thursday. Strongest winds
Tuesday afternoon and evening.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
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Study Reveals Classic Rock Concert Tickets Are Most Expensive
Whoever said "rock is dead" likely isn't looking at the box office totals of the last few years. But FinanceBuzz recently did a statistical breakdown of the touring income generated by acts across all music genres and found that rock and its various offshoots are still earning quite well once all the receipts were counted. In fact, Classic Rock acts are yielding the highest average ticket price.
For this study, FinanceBuzz analyzed 13 genres of music, utilizing statistical data from Pollstar's Top 200 North American tours of 2019-2021 and the Top 100 Global tours of 2017-2018.
While rock fans have remained loyal, they've also shown a penchant to spend when it comes time to see their favorite artists. According to the study, Classic Rock was deemed the most expensive music genre to see live, with concertgoers paying on average $119.14 per ticket sold between the years of 2017-2021. Rock artists place fourth overall behind the Pop and Latin genres with an average ticket going for $85.94 over the same period of time. Meanwhile, alt-rock acts kept it relatively cheap by comparison with at average ticket going for $63.54 over the same period.
One of the reasons Classic Rock tickets were so high is that Bruce Springsteen's Springsteen on Broadway run helped raise the average. Overall, the most expensive tickets during the 2017-2021 run were the show's 2017 ($496.16), 2018 ($508.93) and 2019 ($506.39) ticket price averages. Those ended up being the three highest average ticket prices incurred throughout all genres during the study period. Only two other artists had an average ticket price that tallied more than $300. In 2020, pop star Lady Gaga's fans shelled out an average of $337.43 for her 2020 tour, besting Bruno Mars' 2021 tally of $330.73.
While Classic Rock tickets were viewed as the most expensive, the Pop genre narrowly bested Classic Rock for Average Ticket Sales Per Tour by Genre. Pop tours amassed $38,600,010 during the 2017-2021 survey period, while Classic Rock took in $35,564,485. And trailing close behind was the Rock genre with $33,702,372. Once again, Alt-Rock acts took in considerably less making $13,894,485 over that time.
So who was racking up in their respective genres? As you might guess from ticket price stats, Bruce Springsteen's average ticket price for a single tour was $508.93 in the Classic Rock genre. Metallica led the Rock genre with an average of $229.31 for a ticket, while The Strokes were Alt-Rock's top ticket during the period with an average of $126.70.
Despite the high prices, fans seems to still be willing to pay them. Pop tops all genres for total ticket sales making a reported $5.29 billion. But both Classic Rock and Rock still fared will with $3.55 billion made for Classic Rock and $2.43 billion made for Rock. And despite the lower ticket prices for Alt-Rock acts, they finished fifth in Total Ticket Sales right behind Country, making $1.14 billion.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The California man accused of plotting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh had an expansive goal to change the makeup of the Supreme Court “for decades to come,” according to a recent court filing that cites discussions the man had online.
Nicholas John Roske, 26, told unidentified internet users that his goal was to reverse the then-leaked draft decision of the since-overturned Roe v. Wade decision, according to an affidavit for a search warrant in the case, filed in Maryland federal court this week.
Killing one jurist could change the decisions of the court “for decades to come,” authorities said that Roske wrote, adding, “I am shooting for three.”
Roske explained that "all of the major decisions for the past 10 years have been along party lines so if there are more liberal than conservative judges, they will have the power.”
The details represent the newest indication that Simi Valley, Calif., man wasn't focused solely on Kavanaugh, although it does not identify the other justices.
According to the filing, first reported by The Daily Beast, Roske's cellphone history in May and June of this year included searches for “quietest semi auto rifle,” “Reagan assassination attempt,” “most effective place to stab someone,” “assassin skills,” “assassin equipment,” “assassinations,” “supreme court" and “how to be stealthy.”
Roske is charged with attempting to murder a justice of the United States. He has pleaded not guilty, and a tentative trial date has been set for next month.
Prosecutors say Roske traveled from California to Kavanaugh's home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with the intent of killing him. Roske pulled up near the home in a taxi shortly after 1 a.m. on June 8 carrying a suitcase with a gun and ammunition, a tactical chest rig with pepper spray and a knife, a flashlight, a laser, a thermal monocular and other burglary tools, according to court papers.
Spotted by two U.S. Marshals who were part of 24-hour security provided to the justices following the leak of the draft opinion, Roske was apprehended after he called 911 and told a police dispatcher that he was near Kavanaugh’s home and wanted to take his own life.
The leaked opinion draft led to protests, including at several of the justices' homes. Roske's arrest spurred the House to approve a bill expanding that around-the-clock security protection to the justices' families. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Feds-Kavanaugh-plotter-sought-to-alter-court-17335549.php | 2022-07-28 17:39:58 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Feds-Kavanaugh-plotter-sought-to-alter-court-17335549.php |
Nissan on Tuesday announced that it had surpassed one million global EV sales—a milestone that took 12 years to achieve.
The automaker was a pioneer of modern electric cars, launching the first-generation Leaf in December 2010. As the longest-running Nissan EV and the longest-running EV in the North American market, the Leaf accounts for 650,000 of the million EV sales Nissan has accumulated. While it has sold the e-NV200 electric van, the automaker only recently began introducing other electric passenger cars in the form of the Ariya crossover SUV and the Japanese-market Sakura.
Of those million sales, just 210,000 have gone to North America. The most (320,000) went to Europe. China and Japan account for 230,000 EV sales each, while the remaining 10,000 went to other regions.
While Nissan deserves credit for being among the first automakers to launch a modern EV, its progress in growing sales has been slow. Tesla reported about 889,000 deliveries in the first half of 2023 alone. At this rate, it is likely already past a million deliveries for the year today, in late July. Tesla passed a million annual EV sales in 2022, and even outsold Toyota in the important California market in this past quarter.
Nissan, in contrast, has been slow to add electric models—the Ariya and Sakura only arrived in 2022—and sales of the Leaf have been sluggish. It took Nissan until 2019 to pass 400,000 cumulative global Leaf sales. It surpassed 500,000 global Leaf sales in 2020—10 years after production started.
Nissan does appear to be getting more ambitious with its EV plans. It now targets 19 new electric models by 2030, and aims to launch EVs powered by solid-state batteries by 2028. The automaker expects EVs to make up 40% of its U.S. sales by 2030, and plans to build two EVs in Mississippi starting in 2025—one Nissan-branded vehicle and the first U.S.-market EV for the Infiniti luxury brand.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The chances of the winning the World Cup might have gone for Croatia and Morocco, but “immortality” is at stake when the two teams meet in Saturday’s third-place playoff.
Croatia forward Andrej Kramarić dispelled the notion it would be a meaningless contest at Khalifa International Stadium.
“I think if you ask this question to Moroccan players, I don’t think they will look that way," he said at a news conference Thursday. “They’re fighting for their lives because if you win a medal at a World Cup you become an immortal hero in your country. That’s the same thing we are going to do.”
Morocco defied the odds to become the first African team to reach the World Cup semifinals. But the Atlas Lions' run came to an end with a 2-0 loss to defending champions France on Wednesday.
Croatia reached the final in Russia in 2018, but suffered a 3-0 loss to Argentina on Tuesday.
“Eight of us from (the tournament in) Russia understand that feeling of winning a medal at the World Cup and we have a lot of players who haven’t experienced that and would love to do that because it’s something that will stay with you for the rest of their life,” Kramaric said.
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Senior Emma Murry finished with seven kills and five digs while senior Colleen Russell had seven kills, two blocks and three digs as top-seeded North Hunterdon beat 11th-seeded Millburn in straight sets to capture the North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 title in Annandale.
Senior Brooke Logar had two kills, three digs and 18 assists, Kat Wolf recorded four kills, five digs and four aces and senior Sam Wilton tallied seven digs for North Hunterdon (18-9), which won its seventh straight match. Senior Bella DoCabo had two aces.
It’s North Hunterdon’s second trophy in about two weeks after winning the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament after topping Sparta 2-1 on Oct. 22.
“I didn’t realize this was seven in a row so very excited for the girls,” said North Hunterdon coach Kirk Hissner. “We have some challenging matches ahead of us and focusing on one match at a time.”
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This past weekend, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum celebrated the opening of its major exhibition Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock, presented by City National Bank. The opening reception included special performances by:
- Watkins Family Hour performing "Different Drum," a song made popular by the Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt and written by Michael Nesmith.
- Chris Hillman performing "Wheels," a song made popular by the Flying Burrito Brothers and written by Hillman and Gram Parsons.
Western Edge, which is now open for a nearly three-year run, traces the Los Angeles-based communities of visionary singers, songwriters and musicians who, between the 1960s and 1980s, frequented local nightclubs, embraced country music, created and shaped the musical fusion "country-rock" and, ultimately, made a lasting impact on popular music.
The exhibit surveys the rise of the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Eagles, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and others who found commercial success with a hybrid of rock sensibilities and country instrumentation and harmonies. These trailblazers' musical contributions were expanded upon by the next generation of L.A. roots music performers — the Blasters, Los Lobos, Lone Justice, Dwight Yoakam and more — who once again looked to traditional American music for inspiration, blending hard-edged honky-tonk, Mexican folk music, rockabilly and punk rock. These artists — along with their country-rock predecessors — provided inspiration to future generations of country and Americana artists.
The museum's curatorial and creative teams conducted more than 40 hours of filmed interviews and collected an array of significant artifacts for display in Western Edge, which is housed in a newly designed 5,000 square foot gallery space. Items featured in the exhibit include instruments, stage costumes, manuscripts and personal artifacts.
Read more about the exhibit here. In addition, an illustrated exhibit companion book is now available for sale here, and the official Western Edge Playlist is now available on Amazon Music.
The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum collects, preserves and interprets country music and its history for the education and entertainment of diverse audiences. In exhibitions, publications, digital media and educational programs, the museum explores the cultural importance and enduring beauty of the art form. The museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, and is among the most-visited history museums in the U.S. The Country Music Foundation operates Historic RCA Studio B®, Hatch Show Print® poster shop, CMF Records, the Frist Library and Archive and CMF Press. Museum programs are supported in part by Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and Tennessee Arts Commission.
More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.org or by calling (615) 416-2001.
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Bowen Byram Player Prop Bets: Avalanche vs. Kraken - NHL Playoffs First Round Game 6
Bowen Byram will be in action when the Colorado Avalanche and Seattle Kraken face off on Friday at Climate Pledge Arena in Game 6 of the NHL Playoffs First Round, starting at 10:00 PM ET. If you're thinking about a wager on Byram against the Kraken, we have lots of info to help.
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- When: Friday, April 28, 2023 at 10:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ALT, ROOT Sports NW, TNT, and SportsNet
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- Points Prop: 0.5 points (Over odds: -105)
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- Byram's plus-minus this season, in 21:52 per game on the ice, is +7.
- Byram has netted a goal in a game nine times this season in 42 games played, including multiple goals once.
- Byram has a point in 24 of 42 games this year, with multiple points in three of them.
- Byram has an assist in 17 of 42 games this season, but has not recorded two or more in a game so far.
- Byram has an implied probability of 51.2% to go over his point total based on the odds.
- The implied probability of Byram going over his assist prop bet, based on the odds, is 40.8%.
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- The Kraken are 14th in goals allowed, giving up 252 total goals (3.1 per game) in the NHL.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A father is mourning after his son drowned in Tennessee just two months after he lost his daughter in a deadly car crash.
“I can’t believe it. It’s unreal. It’s unbelievable. I don’t know how to deal with it right now,” said father Calvin Johnson.
Ke’Von Smith Johnson, 24, was one of five people who have died while boating on Percy Priest Lake so far this year.
The heartbroken dad said his son disappeared while on the water in the Party Cove area and never returned.
“He had a friend that tried to save him, but in order to save himself, because my son was out too far, my son caught a cramp in his leg and was panicking. He panicked so much that he almost drugged his friend down with him, but his friend got to where he could break away and turn around. He had gone under, and he didn’t see him anymore,” his dad said.
Calvin Johnson said he had to bury his 21-year-old daughter, Ke’Asia Franklin, less than two months ago, right before she turned 22.
“I was already dealing with my daughter, losing her life in a fatal car crash, and had to bury her this past April. I was still dealing with that…then I got this call, and you mean to tell me my son, too?” he said.
On Tuesday, he buried his last child.
“It was the worst pain I could ever feel, like a nightmare. I broke down harder than I ever broke down in my whole entire life, and then after going through the process, still grieving, sending my daughter off, and having to say my goodbyes to her, I had to let her go,” Calvin Johnson said. “I tried to stay in touch with my son, and now this. I’m going to miss him dearly.”
Both of his children had their services at the Highland Hills Funeral Home in Nashville, Tennessee, with the same color theme. Everyone was dressed in black and red, which were the favorite colors for all three of them, something they bonded over.
Calvin Johnson created a GoFundMe page to help cover the costs of funeral expenses. Now, he wants to put the money toward a nice headstone for his son. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/father-loses-second-child-in-2-months-after-son-drowns-in-tennessee/ | 2023-06-07 14:51:40 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/father-loses-second-child-in-2-months-after-son-drowns-in-tennessee/ |
A suspected intercontinental ballistic missile fired by North Korea is "currently flying" and may fall into Japan's economic waters, Tokyo's defense ministry said on Friday.
"North Korea launched an ICBM-class ballistic missile from near the western coast of the Korean Peninsula at around 10:14 am (1.14 am GMT) today. Details are being analysed, but the fired ballistic missile is currently flying and may fall into the Sea of Japan within Japan's exclusive economic zone," the defense ministry said in a statement.
Earlier, South Korea's military said on Friday the North Korea had fired 'a presumed' Intercontinental ballistic missile,
The launch on Friday comes a day after North Korea started testing ballistic missiles. Pyongyang has warned it will carry out further such actions, sparking worries that a nuclear test may occur soon.
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Meal prep for kids
Meal prepping is a time- and money-saver for busy professionals, fitness enthusiasts, and budget-conscious shoppers. It’s not just for adults, either. Many households meal prep for kids to streamline mealtime and optimize household-wide food costs.
In addition to basic supplies, such as food containers and refrigerator organizers, it’s smart to invest in other convenient meal prep products. Pressure cookers whip up large batches of food in a fraction of the time, while food processors take the hard work out of slicing and dicing.
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What to know about meal prepping
What is meal prepping?
Meal prepping is the concept of cooking entire meals in advance to save time and money. It involves cooking large batches of food and portioning them out in individual food storage containers. The food is typically refrigerated and eaten within three to five days.
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Another method of meal prepping involves freezing some of these batches into single servings.
Because meals are fully cooked and portioned out, all you need to do is defrost and warm them up. Some of the most popular frozen meal-prepped meals include soups, stews, curries and breakfast sandwiches.
Can meal prep save you money?
One of the leading reasons people embrace meal-prepping is to save money. Here’s how it optimizes food costs:
- Shopping in bulk is more cost-effective than buying smaller quantities of food. It’s often worthwhile for meal preppers to invest in memberships at warehouse clubs, too.
- You may be less likely to impulse-spend on takeout or delivery by having plenty of meals in the fridge and freezer.
- Meal prepping is an affordable approach to creating well-rounded school lunches and snacks. It’s often less expensive than buying lunch at school or snacks from vending machines.
- Meal prepping helps cut down on food waste, which means you get more bang for your buck at each meal.
How to meal prep for kids
Research grocery circulars
To get the most for your money with meal prepping, be prepared to spend time researching grocery circulars and clipping coupons. By making yourself aware of sales and price fluctuations, you’ll be able to jump on better deals when they pop up. This also makes buying in bulk even more affordable.
Block time for shopping and cooking
It’s essential to allocate time for grocery shopping and cooking. If you fall short in either of these areas, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to meal prep successfully. For that reason, veteran meal preppers recommend blocking time once a week or bi-weekly to take care of both tasks.
Enlist the help of family members
Many households enlist the help of kids to aid in meal prepping. From carrying groceries indoors to chopping up vegetables, every small effort helps save time. Additionally, kids with culinary interests may take it upon themselves to handle some of the cooking responsibilities for their meals.
Rearrange the fridge
Meal prepping has a significant impact on the layout of your refrigerator. Food containers and prepped snack packs have considerable footprints, which means it’s common to rearrange the fridge once you start meal prepping. If kids are allowed to get food and snacks independently, you may need to place containers in more accessible areas.
Essential meal prep products
Meal prep containers
If you’re creating kids’ meals with three or more types of food, EZ Prepa Meal Prep Containers are ideal with their three-compartment design. They’re often used for creating Lunchables-inspired snack kits for kids.
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New Century Single Compartment Food Containers
New Century Single Compartment Food Containers, on the other hand, have a single 32-ounce compartment. They’re suitable for storing sandwiches, pasta dishes and salads.
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Bin organizers
Keep the fridge or freezer organized with this six-piece set of Simple Houseware Organizers. Made with clear, crack-resistant plastic, they keep food viewable and accessible to kids.
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Really Good Stuff Storage Baskets
Some meal prepping involves creating shelf-stable snacks, like trail mix or cracker bags. Store them in the pantry or kitchen cabinets with Really Good Stuff Storage Baskets, a set of six colorful baskets that hold dozens of snack packs and other non-perishable items.
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Condiment cups
Sistema To Go Collection Salad Dressing Containers
Whether you need to store dressing or dip, condiment cups are the way to go. Sistema To Go Collection Salad Dressing Containers come in a set of four BPA-free tubs with kid-friendly twist-off lids.
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Snack bags
It’s easy to portion out nuts, crackers and other small snacks in Ziplock Snack Bags. The bags, which are BPA-free, are appreciated for their reliable, leak-free seal.
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Double Couple Reusable Storage Bags
Double Couple Reusable Storage Bags are an eco-friendly alternative to disposable snack bags. This 10-piece set includes bags in three sizes, plus they’re all freezer-safe.
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Best products you can buy to meal prep for kids
Instant Pot
Optimize cooking time with Instant Pot Duo, equipped with seven functions from rice cooking to yogurt making. The six-quart Instant Pot cooks meals for up to eight people.
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Juice tumblers
US Acrylic Kids Juice Tumblers
Save space in the fridge by storing cheese snacks, homemade freezer pops or meat sticks in US Acrylic Kids Juice Tumblers. The set of 16 comes in eight bright colors, and you can use them for drinking or arts and crafts.
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Magnetic menu board
A magnetic menu board, such as Quick Canary Neon Chalk Board, keeps kids in the loop about what’s for dinner. It offers seven-day meal planning and has space for a grocery list and notes.
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Vacuum sealer
FoodSaver PowerVac Vacuum Sealer
Vacuum sealers are another way to freeze and preserve individual portions of food. FoodSaver PowerVac Vacuum Sealer wraps both dry and wet food when using compatible bags. As a bonus, you can store the sealer vertically.
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Food labels
Food labels, such as these residue-free stickers, help designate important information on containers. The roll comes with 500 stickers that are both refrigerator- and freezer-safe.
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Food processor
Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap Food Processor
A food processor chops, dices and minces food within seconds. Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap Food Processor has a 12-cup capacity and wide-mouth food chute. The bowl is designed for easy, mess-free emptying.
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Digital scale
GreaterGoods Digital Kitchen Scale
A digital scale comes in handy when it comes to adjusting portion sizes for kids and adults. The GreaterGoods Digital Kitchen Scale is suitable for everyday use and has a convenient, wipe-to-clean surface.
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A man was stoned to death after being accused of blasphemy in northwest Nigeria, authorities and activists said, sparking outrage on Monday from rights groups worried about what they said were growing threats to religious freedom in the region.
Usman Buda, a butcher, was killed Sunday in Sokoto state’s Gwandu district after he “allegedly blasphemed the Holy Prophet Muhammad” during an argument with another trader in a marketplace, police spokesman Ahmad Rufa’i said in a statement on Sunday night.
Local residents shared videos that appeared to be from the scene showing a large crowd that included children pelting stones at Buda on the floor as they cursed him.
Rufa’i said a police team was deployed in the area but when they arrived, “the mob escaped the scene and left the victim unconscious.” He was later declared dead at Usmanu Danfodiyo Teaching Hospital in Sokoto, Rufa’i said.
The killing was the latest attack rights campaigners have said threatens religious freedom in Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim northern region. Blasphemy carries the death penalty under Islamic law in the area.
Amnesty International Nigeria’s office said the failure to ensure justice in such cases would encourage more extrajudicial killings. “The government is not taking the matter seriously and that has to change,” Isa Sanusi, acting director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said.
Sokoto Gov. Ahmed Aliyu said local residents should not take laws into their hands. But he also warned that his government would “deal decisively” against anyone found guilty of blasphemy.
“Sokoto people have so much respect and regard for Prophet Muhammad … hence the need for all the residents to respect (and) protect his dignity and personality,” Abubakar Bawa, his spokesman, said.
Many of those accused of blasphemy never make it to court for trial. Last year, a student in Sokoto was beaten and burnt to death for alleged blasphemy while a man was killed and set ablaze for the same reason in the capital city of Abuja also in the northern region.
The police in Sokoto said it has opened an investigation into the latest incident, though arrests are rare in such cases.
“Even where arrests were made, there were serious allegations that those arrested were either later released or the whole case is jeopardized. This is very dangerous and it shows the Nigerian authorities are deliberately not willing to do the right thing to fix this dangerous situation,” Sanusi added. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/outrage-erupts-after-man-accused-of-blasphemy-is-stoned-to-death-in-latest-mob-killing-in-nigeria/ | 2023-06-27 10:45:27 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/outrage-erupts-after-man-accused-of-blasphemy-is-stoned-to-death-in-latest-mob-killing-in-nigeria/ |
RIPON, Wis. (AP) — Officials in Ripon, Wisconsin, have moved the building where the Republican Party is said to have been founded across town to boost visibility as conservatives descend on the state for the GOP national convention next year.
Workers moved the Little White Schoolhouse to a different location Monday, WLUK-TV reported.
The Ripon Chamber of Commerce owns the building. The chamber’s executive director, Mandy Kimes, told the television station the new location will increase visibility and access as visitors arrive in the state for the GOP national convention in Milwaukee next summer. Ripon is about 85 miles (136 kilometers) northwest of Milwaukee.
“We really want to keep the Little White Schoolhouse as unaltered as possible,” Kimes said. “And so having this other location … we’re going to be able to turn that into a visitors center where people can come in, have an experience, learn what they’re about to see and really enjoy it.”
The building has been moved six times in its history. Monday’s move was the first since 1951.
Timothy Bachleitner, chairman of the Fond du Lac County Republican Party, said he’s disappointed with the move.
“This national treasure has now been moved right in the midst of an Ace Hardware, a vape/smoke shop instead of being able to stroll one block away and see the buildings where the men who founded the party have their names adorned on them,” he said.
The Wisconsin Historical Society sent a letter to local, state and national officials March 20 warning that the National Historic Landmark and National Register of Historic Places would remove the schoolhouse from landmark status if it was moved.
According to the Ripon Historical Society, the schoolhouse was built in 1853. The following year, several men who opposed slavery met there and created the Republican Party. The building was later remodeled into a private home. Former Wisconsin Gov. George Beck once lived in it. | https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2023/04/18/wisconsin-city-moving-gop-birthplace-building-across-town/ | 2023-04-18 17:29:56 | 1 | https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2023/04/18/wisconsin-city-moving-gop-birthplace-building-across-town/ |
JIUQUAN, China, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bearing the GCL's slogan "Bringing Green Power to Life", Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2 Y2), a methane-fueled rocket built by LandSpace in collaboration with GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd. ("GCL", SHE:002506), successfully entered orbit after launching at 9 a.m. (0100 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
GCL, a leading one-stop renewable energy service provider, is one of the major partners helping LandSpace to build Zhuque-2, making China the first nation in the world to send a rocket carrier to space propelled by liquid methane, a cleaner, cheaper, and more powerful fuel ideal for reusable rockets.
LandSpace, through independent research and development, has achieved a major breakthrough in the technology used for Zhuque-2, leading to significant advancements in the application of low-cost liquid propellant carrier rockets.
As environmental considerations have come to the forefront of rocket research and development, nations around the world are seeking replacements to carbon-incentive technology as part of efforts to combat climate change. Methane stands out as a new-type, low-carbon alternative to its traditional counterparts in many aspects, including lower weight, less space, and streamlined maintenance.
The achievement of creating and testing a rocket powered by this green, economically viable, and safe propellant, thanks to GCL's strong support, puts China ahead of the global race. This milestone paves the way for the country's private aerospace industry to develop next-gen low-cost, high-performance, heavy-duty carrier rocket solutions.
A new energy leader that has been pioneering renewable innovation to empower the world's transition to clean energy, GCL's mission matches LandSpace's commitment to developing green, more efficient, and cost-effective solutions for global sustainable development.
GCL sees an opportunity for the two parties to bring together their technological expertise to push innovation in the renewable energy and aerospace sectors. The pair will deepen cooperation to unlock the potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to digitize the entire value chain of the aerospace industry.
Dedicated to integrating renewable energy into daily life, GCL is one of the leading forces that drive the energy industry's digital transformation and e-mobility innovation. To help China and beyond accelerate toward low-carbon targets, the company has set up multiple zero-carbon industry parks and zero-carbon smart cities.
GCL is now maximizing the potential of renewable power sources by building wind and solar farms in desert regions, bringing meaningful environmental and economic benefits to residents living in surrounding areas. Meanwhile, the company's participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has expedited the construction of new energy infrastructure worldwide, decarbonizing and boosting the economy of the regions where it operates.
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GENEVA (AP) — Up to 1,600 fans of the teams that qualified for this year’s World Cup are being recruited for an all expenses-paid trip to Qatar to sing in the opening ceremony and stay for at least two weeks promoting positive social media content about the soccer tournament and the host nation.
Fans from each of the 32 teams are needed for a five-minute, fan-themed section of the ceremony before Qatar plays Ecuador in the opening match on Nov. 20. They will perform a chant or song specific to each country, chosen by the organizers, according to documents seen by The Associated Press.
“We will share with you the chant/song selected from your country to ensure you are familiar with it,” organizers told the fans.
The program has excluded “persons with obvious political affiliation” and aims to recruit 30 to 50 supporters from each team who were able to show “their status as a purist fan,” the documents state.
“The camera will focus on each national fan group in turn,” the recruits have been told about the show at Al Bayt Stadium north of Doha. “Be ready in your shirt, flags and scarves to cheer and shout.”
The fans are being offered economy-class flights and use of apartments worth thousands of dollars to stay until at least Dec. 4, or for the entire tournament if they choose, plus a daily allowance of 250 Qatari riyals ($68).
The opening ceremony project is an extension of a longer-term plan by World Cup organizers to choose “Fan Leaders” in each country who are asked to be social media influencers using the hashtag “IAMAFAN.”
Those key fans are asked to “incorporate, where appropriate” content provided by Qatari organizers and support the World Cup “by ‘liking’ and re-sharing third party posts.”
The fan leaders have been told “we are not asking you to (be) a mouthpiece for Qatar,” but “it would obviously not be appropriate for you to disparage” the country or the tournament.
The influencers have also had to agree to “report any offensive, degrading or abusive comments” on social media to the organizing committee and, if possible, take screenshots.
In a statement, Qatari organizers said they had consulted with a “Fan Leader Network” of more than 450 people in 59 countries to help improve the World Cup for visitors.
“As the tournament nears, we have invited our most active fan leaders to personally nominate a small selection of fans to join us as our guests to participate in the opening ceremony,” the Qatari Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy said, as a way of “thanking them for their collaboration.”
The Qataris claim that the influencers are “leaders within their communities.” But the Football Supporters Europe group, which is recognized by UEFA to consult on fan issues, disputed that assertion.
“What is very clear is that they are not fan representatives. They are employees or volunteers of the World Cup and should be considered as such,” FSE executive director Ronan Evain told the AP.
About 1.2 million international visitors are expected in Qatar for the month-long tournament, which has faced criticism and skepticism ever since the gas-rich emirate was picked by FIFA in December 2010.
Qatar was among nine candidates to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. The process later underwent a FIFA-appointed investigation into the integrity of bidding campaigns.
The FIFA ethics committee, which had limited powers to gather evidence, said in a 2014 report published in full three years later that there was widespread misconduct among the bidders but it had not swayed the hosting votes. Russia was awarded the 2018 World Cup and Qatar got the 2022 edition.
Qatar has since faced intense scrutiny and criticism of its treatment of migrant workers, who were needed to build essential World Cup projects including stadiums, metro lines, roads, hotels and apartments, often in oppressive heat.
Although Qatar bid to stage a June-July tournament with air-conditioned stadiums, FIFA decided in 2015 to move the World Cup into cooler months in the middle of the traditional European soccer season.
Fans who wished to be picked for the trips to perform in the opening ceremony had to send a statement or image showing their love of soccer by an Oct. 10 deadline. They are being given tickets only to the opening match, during what was described to them as a “curated visit to Qatar” with no obligation to take part in other events such as a soccer tournament for fans.
“It is an unpaid and voluntary role,” the Qatari organizing committee said.
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DETROIT, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Within the main technologies introduced at Auto Shanghai 2023 – booth located in Hall 1.2H, Stand 1BF015 – Marelli is presenting for the first time its "In-Cabin Advanced Technology Showcase". This is a physical representation of a vehicle interior, providing an immersive experience, that highlights Marelli's latest innovations in exciting user interfaces, computational hardware, software and infrastructure.
This showcase is aimed at offering a unique and memorable experience, engaging visitors in a deep interaction with the next generation of the cabin and driving environment, through intuitive controls and cutting-edge features.
The most relevant technologies embedded in the new "In-Cabin Advanced Technology Showcase" include the fourth generation of the MInD-Xp integrated Cockpit Domain Control Unit, which consolidates traditionally separated ECUs in a unique controller to address the in-cabin technology experience evolution. With the MInD-Xp Cloud Eco System, the solution also integrates the ability to develop and test vehicle applications natively in the cloud.
Another relevant technology is the next generation zonal Dynamic Privacy display, that allows the content shown on the passenger display to be completely or partially hidden from the driver, ensuring safety and privacy. The latest version also offers local dimming and high contrast.
The showcase also presents the pillar-to-pillar Diorama Display, driving three HD displays with local dimming, which guarantees a safe and comfortable ride thanks to sharp visualizations on the windshield. With its innovative reflective technology, it boosts safety by providing a clear, wide-angle view. The latest generation includes the advanced OxOB Holographic Avatar, combining the principle of 3D stereoscopy and the Diorama setup.
Also featured is the Marelli 3D display with advanced eye tracking technology, which enhances content readability thanks to depth perception, without specific glasses. It is based on two stereoscopic views in real-time, selected among fourteen views, by eye tracking sensors as part of the latest generation of the Driving Monitoring System.
Many other technologies are integrated in the "In-Cabin Advanced Technology Showcase": in the cockpit area, Android OS for Infotainment, a Driver Monitoring System, Virtual Personal Assistant, phone mirroring including Apple CarPlay®, media streaming, a real-time Telematic Control Unit connection, 3D surround view and cloud (Intrusion Detection System IDS, FOTA); in the ADAS domain, a V2X scenario with an integrated ground projected alert; and finally, in the Human Machine interface area, technologies include a seamlessly integrated large display (three displays: Cluster, Central Information Display, Passenger Display), eMirrors, steering wheel and Central Console with Smart Surface and Multi-Functional Layer with haptic feedback, Smart Switches, and a Digital Mirror with driver help functions.
As previously announced, Marelli offers an interactive and engaging experience in its booth at Auto Shanghai, themed around the concept "Co-Create What's Next", aimed at co-creating the future of mobility with customers and technology partners. Customers visiting Marelli's booth can define their brand's personality by configuring their own vehicle, choosing from a curated selection of lighting, sensing, electronics, and interior options featured in Marelli's Digital Design Studio. Marelli is also presenting products that drive vehicle personality and performance, including those most relevant for the Chinese market.
Technology recap (https://www.marelli.com/marelli-auto-shanghai-2023/)
Main technologies presented by Marelli at the event include: Near-Field Ground Projections and illuminated front panels in the automotive lighting and sensing field; the premiere of the Distribution module for efficient Thermal Management System; the wireless Battery Management System (wBMS) and high voltage eAxle solutions aimed at e-mobility; a material collection of sustainable, eco-friendly, and translucent backlit materials for vehicle interior; the Full Active Electro mechanic technology and Semiactive Twin valve system in the Ride Dynamics area; an integrated multi-domain controller for powertrain and vehicle control for traditional powertrains; the Burner Active Catalyst Heating System for gasoline and diesel engines.
About Marelli
Marelli is one of the world's leading global independent suppliers to the automotive sector. With a strong and established track record in innovation and manufacturing excellence, our mission is to transform the future of mobility through working with customers and partners to create a safer, greener, and better-connected world. With around 50,000 employees worldwide, the Marelli footprint includes 170 facilities and R&D centers across Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
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BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics sixth man Malcolm Brogdon is available for Game 7 against the Heat after sitting out Game 6 with a strained right forearm.
Brogdon, the NBA Sixth Man of the Year, tested the forearm during the pregame on Monday and was cleared about an hour before tip-off. He is averaging 12.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists this postseason.
“I trust him and if he’s healthy it will be a great spark for us,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said during his pregame news conference.
Miami guard Gabe Vincent is also available after being listed as questionable with a sprained left ankle.
Vincent has started every game in this series except Game 5 when he was inactive. He had 15 points, including three 3-pointers in 41 minutes during Miami’s Game 6 loss.
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One of the biggest nights in music, a.k.a the 2022 American Music Awards will be kicking off soon.
Many of our favorite celebrities and artists such as Carrie Underwood, Charlie Puth and Ari Lennox will be in attendance this Sunday, Nov. 20, as they look back at the year in music.
During the ceremony, Lionel Richie will also be awarded the Icon Award, with an electric tribute performance to be given in his honor.
Excited to tune in? Here's everything to know about the 50th annual AMAs ahead of this weekend.
When are the 2022 American Music Awards taking place?
The AMAs are on Nov. 20. The live show will air that day on ABC starting at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Where are the 2022 AMAs?
The AMAs will take place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
How can I watch the 2022 AMAs?
The AMAs will be airing live on ABC, so you can watch on your television at home. For those who wish to watch it on their laptop, phone or other device, you can stream it live on ABC's website by signing in with your cable provider. For those who have Hulu, you'll be able to watch the show the following day on the streaming service.
Who will be hosting the 2022 American Music Awards?
TV personality and a frequent performer of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Wayne Brady is slated to step in as host for 50th annual AMAs on Sunday, Nov. 20.
Who will be performing at the 2022 AMAs?
Being as the event is fan-voted, viewers are in for a treat with epic line-up of performers at this year's AMAs.
This year you can expect performances from Carrie Underwood, Imagine Dragons, JID, Yola, Anitta, Bebe Rexha, David Guetta, Dove Cameron, GloRilla, Lil Baby and house DJ D-Nice. But that's not all.
Stevie Wonder will be joined by Charlie Puth and Ari Lennox for a never-before-seen tribute to the Icon Award recipient, Lionel Richie.
P!NK will take the stage for a second time for a performance dedicated to 10-time AMA winner Olivia Newton-John, who passed earlier this year after a long battle with breast cancer.
Who are the 2022 AMAs nominees?
Bad Bunny leads the pack of nominees with eight nominations total at the 2022 AMAs. He's up for Artist of the Year, Favorite Touring Artist, Favorite Male Pop Artist, and Favorite Male Latin Artist, while his most recent album Un Verano Sin Ti has earned nods for both Favorite Pop Album and Favorite Latin Album.
Following the Puerto Rican singer are Beyoncé, Drake, and Taylor Swift with six nominations each to their names. And tied for third are Adele, Harry Styles, and The Weeknd, with five nominations.
As for newcomers on the scene, stars such as Latto, Jack Harlow and BLACKPINK received their first American Music Awards nomination this year.
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Which hot rollers are best?
If you don’t have naturally curly hair but you want bouncy curls for a night out, hot rollers are the perfect solution. Hot rollers do less damage to your hair and require much less effort than curling irons, but it can be difficult to choose the right set. There are so many choices, between wax core and ceramic, ribbed and flocked. A top choice is the BaBylissPRO Nano Titanium 20-roller Set.
What to know before you buy hot rollers
How hot rollers work
The keratin in your hair is held together by hydrogen molecular bonds, which can be modified temporarily through the application of moisture and heat. That’s where hot rollers come into play. They come on a special base that you can plug into a power outlet to help heat them.
Once the hot rollers are heated, you roll small sections of your hair around the rollers and keep them in place with pins or clips. You then wait about 15 minutes for the hot rollers to cool before removing them from your hair. Your hair will be curled from the moisture and heat from the hot rollers.
Hot rollers material
It’s essential to find the right hot roller material for you. There are a few different materials on the market, including ceramic-infused hot rollers, wax core hot rollers and foam hot rollers.
- Ceramic hot rollers emit ions of infrared heat, which gives you shiny, smooth curls and helps you reduce frizz in your hair.
- Wax core hot rollers feature a layer of wax in the center, which helps the hot roller retain heat and holds a curl longer in hair, especially if it’s normally resistant to curling.
- Foam hot rollers are heated with steam and are typically more moist, but they can provide longer-lasting curls. Foam hot rollers are also the best option for styling quickly since they heat up fast.
What to look for in a quality hot roller
Finish
Hot rollers typically come in two different finishes, including flocked and ribbed. Flocked hot rollers feature a velvety surface, while ribbed hot rollers have small ridges. Many customers like ribbed hot rollers since they are simpler to remove from your hair. Flocked hot rollers, on the other hand, are excellent for creating larger curls and can help hold your hair in place.
Size
Hot rollers come in a wide variety of different sizes for various kinds of curls. Some hot roller sets include a diverse range of different sizes, while other sets come with just one size. Smaller hot rollers tend to make tight, ringlet-size curls, while larger hot rollers make waves or big curls and create more volume at the root of your hair.
It’s important to keep in mind that your hair length can also impact how your curls will end up looking. For example, if you place a large hot roller in shorter hair, then you might get an outward or inward flick instead of a full-on curl since your hair is too short to fully wrap around the hot roller.
Heat settings
Some hot rollers only heat to one specific preset temperature, while other hot rollers have different heat settings. Hot rollers with no variable heat setting work fairly well for many customers. That being said, you might need a low heat setting to prevent damage to your hair and get the best results if you have fairly fine hair.
How much you can expect to spend on hot rollers
The most basic hot rollers cost $15-$20 and come in smaller sets, while midrange hot rollers go for $20-$30. High-end hot rollers range in price from $30-$70, and you will get top-quality hot rollers that give you long-lasting curls.
Hot roller FAQ
What hairstyles can you create using hot rollers?
A. You can choose to do classic curls with hot rollers, but there are plenty of other hairstyles to create as well. For example, you can create vintage hair flicks, big updos, tight ringlets, loose tousled curls, sleek waves or textured waves.
Can hot rollers damage your hair?
A. Hot rollers can damage your hair, just like any other tool that styles your hair with heat. But the damage should be minimal, as long as you take precautions when using your hot rollers and take good care of your hair in general.
You should put a heat protectant on your hair before using hot rollers and make sure to use low heat settings if possible, particularly if you have finer hair.
Are some hot rollers heavier than others?
A. Some hot rollers are heavy, while others are light. The lighter hot rollers might not curl thick hair very effectively, while the heavier hot rollers can fall out of finer hair.
What’s the best hot roller to buy?
Top hot roller
BaBylissPRO Nano Titanium 20-roller Set
What you need to know: This efficient, durable and rugged hot roller set from BaBylissPRO offers long-lasting style.
What you’ll love: These nano titanium hot rollers feature velvet flocking to protect your hair and a titanium core to promote long-lasting curls. The hot roller set is also efficient and durable.
What you should consider: There is no heat indicator light with this BaBylissPRO heat roller set.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top hot roller for the money
Caruso Molecular Steam Hair Setter
What you need to know: This budget-friendly molecular steam hair setter from Caruso will give you plenty of bang for your buck.
What you’ll love: This affordable hair setter features steam-powered rollers, a style guide, a carrying case and a fast heating time of about 15 seconds.
What you should consider: There is potential for mineral buildup and water corrosion with these Caruso hot rollers. This steam-powered roller set does need regular maintenance.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Remington Ceramic Compact Hot Rollers
What you need to know: This portable hot roller set from Remington is perfect for those with long hair who want big curls and waves.
What you’ll love: These ceramic hot rollers come with a protective case and a detachable cord for durability. It is also portable and compact for simple storage and transport.
What you should consider: Some customers complained that these Remington hot rollers have loose clips.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans must decide if rookie Malik Willis gets a second straight preseason start knowing exactly what they have in veteran Ryan Tannehill.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have Tom Brady, who is due back soon from a personal break from training camp, though coach Todd Bowles said Thursday he has no specific date for the quarterback’s return.
“We’ll see,” Bowles said. “We’ll talk about it next week. I’m not concerned about it right now. We’re trying to practice against Tennessee and play a game. I said sometime after Tennessee. There’s no definitive date for me. But we’ll check on it. We’ll keep in touch and we’ll find out.”
Brady hasn’t practiced with the Bucs since being excused Aug. 11 for what Bowles called a planned absence from the team to address “personal things.” Bowles said then that the 45-year-old quarterback’s break from practice was arranged before camp opened and that he wouldn’t return until after the exhibition against Tennessee (0-1).
Brady didn’t play in the Bucs’ preseason opener, a loss to Miami. Veteran Blaine Gabbert started, with Kyle Trask, their second-round draft pick in 2020, getting much of the work.
Gabbert had a pass batted down by Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons on Thursday before being picked off by Titans cornerback Caleb Farley in a 2-minute drill to end practice.
Bowles said the extra work with Brady out has been great for Gabbert mentally.
“The plays might not be there all the time, but the mental reps and what he’s getting and making the right play is very important, not just making a wild play and making the right play,” Bowles said. “So it’s been great to have him there.”
Tannehill also didn’t play when the Titans opened the preseason by losing in Baltimore.
Willis, the 86th pick overall out of Liberty in the April draft, got the start ahead of Logan Woodside, who has been Tannehill’s backup the past two seasons.
Coach Mike Vrabel hasn’t made a decision on who starts next but made it clear the Titans want to see as much as possible out of Willis.
It’s why Willis has been getting more work with the second-team offense in 2-minute drills at Woodside’s expense, which continued Thursday. Willis has turned the fight for the backup job into a real competition.
“We have to continue to develop Malik in this system, and we’ve had conversations with Logan about his opportunity to compete,” Vrabel said. “But I also feel like we have to try to see how quickly we can bring Malik along. And I think that would be the reason why.”
Brady won’t be the only one not playing for the Bucs on Saturday night. Bowles said wide receiver Julio Jones, who practiced both Wednesday and Thursday, against his old team won’t play. Wide receivers Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Russell Gage didn’t practice at all in Nashville as they recover from injured hamstrings.
NOTES: Practice ended with a fight as Bucs running back Leonard Fournette came over to punch Simmons, who responded. Vrabel got in the middle to help break it up. Bowles said it was unfortunate the last play turned into a skirmish after good work against the past two days. Vrabel said it was a prime example of players doing dumb stuff to hurt the team. … Derrick Henry worked in individual drills, then went to the sand pit as part of the Titans’ plan for the two-time NFL rushing leader. … Bucs right tackle Tristan Wirfs also left practice early with a trainer. … Titans rookie WR Treylon Burks practiced Thursday after leaving Wednesday’s session early, and he wore a sleeve on his left leg.
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The political ramifications of the court filings for a special master to review government documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. Also, signs the economy may work to the Democrats' advantage in November.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Libertarians lined up with Democrats on Friday against a proposal that would effectively block third party candidates from next year’s Montana U.S. Senate election, as Republicans try to consolidate opposition to incumbent Jon Tester in a race pivotal for control of the Senate.
Republicans who control the state Legislature want to alter the 2024 Senate primary in Montana so that only the top two candidates, no matter their party, advance to the November election. Past races for Tester’s seat were close enough that many Republicans blamed third party candidates for draining away potential GOP votes and giving the Democrat the victory.
Critics blasted the proposal during a Montana House committee meeting as a blatant attempt to rig the election.
“It will completely block us out,” said Montana Libertarian Party Chairman Sid Daoud. “It’s going to eliminate any third party or independent candidate from moving to the general election.”
Democrats hold a narrow 51-49 U.S. Senate majority. They will be defending 23 seats next year including in some states — Montana, West Virginia and Ohio – that have grown increasingly Republican. The GOP will be defending 10 seats and also trying to flip seats in swing states such as Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Republicans are eager to deny Tester a fourth term after GOP candidates dominated recent elections in Montana. Tester is the only Democrat now holding statewide political office.
The Republican sponsor of the proposed primary changes, state Sen. Greg Hertz, said during Friday’s hearing that he wanted to stop the GOP and Democrats alike from trying to manipulate elections by stealthily promoting third party candidates.
Emails included in the legislative file for the bill show that longtime Republican lobbyist Chuck Denowh helped shape the measure.
On March 26, Denowh suggested to Hertz, a second lawmaker and legislative staff that an early version of the measure be changed so that it would apply only to the U.S. Senate and would sunset after the 2024 election, the emails show. The bill was changed accordingly.
However, lawmakers are now considering an amendment to the bill that would make it apply to future Senate races. Primary races for other seats would be unchanged in 2024, with voters in each qualifying political party continuing to select their own candidates for the general election.
The Montana House State Administration Committee planned to vote on the measure, and the amendment, on Monday.
The state Senate approved the 2024 primary change by a 27-23 vote last week. Seven Republicans joined all of the chamber’s Democrats in voting against the measure.
Both major parties in Montana have sought to use third parties to their advantage in past elections.
During one of last year’s U.S. House elections, a Democratic-linked group in Washington, D.C., sent mailers promoting Libertarian candidate John Lamb as the race’s “true conservative” in an effort to peel away conservative votes.
Liberal-backed groups used similar tactics during Montana’s 2012 and 2018 U.S. Senate races.
In the 2020 race, the Republican Party bankrolled a $100,000 signature-gathering effort to put the Montana Green Party on the ballot. The state Supreme Court removed the Green Party after hundreds of people sought to withdraw their signatures upon learning the GOP was behind the effort.
No one has claimed responsibility for a 2018 signature-gathering effort to get the Green Party on the ballot. That effort was overturned when a judge invalidated enough signatures so the party didn’t qualify.
“Some major parties probably want to continue doing this, including my own,” Hertz said Friday. “Let’s get away from this, what the two major parties are doing in Montana.”
Tester is considered highly vulnerable in 2024. Montana voted decisively for President Donald Trump in 2020 and Republicans last year claimed the state’s newly created U.S. House seat, with a win by former Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
Zinke and fellow Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale are considered potential challengers to Tester next year.
But the Democrat has proven a formidable campaigner and prodigious fundraiser. His campaign this week reported raising $5 million in the latest quarter. | https://www.kron4.com/news/politics/ap-politics/montana-gop-seeks-to-bar-3rd-parties-from-key-us-senate-race/ | 2023-04-15 03:24:41 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/politics/ap-politics/montana-gop-seeks-to-bar-3rd-parties-from-key-us-senate-race/ |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis police supervisor on scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers retired with his benefits the day before a hearing to fire him, according to documents filed to revoke his law enforcement certification.
Lt. DeWayne Smith was identified Friday in records obtained by media outlets as the officer that officials said earlier this month had retired before his termination hearing.
Some Memphis City Council members were upset an officer was allowed to retire before steps could be taken to fire them, including the council's vice-chairman JB Smiley Jr., who said it didn’t seem fair that the then-unidentified officer could keep pension and other benefits.
“I just don’t like the fact that his parents are paying this officer to go on and live and that’s troubling,” Smiley said.
The attorney for Nichols' family said the department should not have let Smith “cowardly sidestep the consequences of his actions” and retire after 25 years.
"We call for Memphis police and officials to do everything in their power to hold Lt. Smith and all of those involved fully accountable," attorney Ben Crump said.
Seven other Memphis officers were fired after Nichols died following a traffic stop on Jan. 7 and five of them are charged with second-degree murder. Smith is not charged in Nichols' death.
Nichols, 29, was pulled roughly from his car as an officer threatened to shock him with a Taser. He ran, but was chased down. Video showed five officers held him down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons as he screamed for his mother.
The decertification documents against Lt. Smith reveal additional details about his actions that night.
Smith heard Nichols say “I can't breathe” as he was propped up against a squad car, but failed to get him medical care or remove his handcuffs, according to the report.
Smith also didn't get reports from other officers about using force and told Nichols' family he was driving under the influence even though there was no information to support a charge, the documents said. Investigators said Smith decided without evidence that Nichols was on drugs or drunk and video captured him telling Nichols “you done took something" when he arrived at the scene.
Additionally, Smith did not wear his body camera — violating police department policy. His actions were captured on the body cameras of other officers, documents said.
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RENO, Nev., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - i-80 GOLD CORP. (TSX: IAU) (NYSE: IAUX) ("i-80", or the "Company") is honored to announce that the Company is the recipient of two Mine Operator Safety Awards by the Nevada Mining Association ("NVMA") as well as two Individual Awards.
Awards are given to the top mines in designated categories based on their safety rate, which is calculated through a formula that factors the number of employees on site, number of hours worked, penalties for lost‑time accidents, number of reportable incidents, and lost-time days.
Lone Tree and Ruby Hill both received the Small Surface Operator Safety Award. Each mine site hosted a celebratory lunch to thank our employees for their ongoing dedication to safety.
The Nevada Mining Association also recognizes individuals and mine operators that exemplify the industry's dedication to workplace safety as a part of its annual Safety Awards.
Cammie Holland, Lone Tree Lab Superintendent, received the Supervisor Safety Award and Dillion Pollock, Ruby Hill Electrician, received the Safety Champion Award. 37 individuals were recognized at an awards luncheon on September 10, 2022, at the NVMA Convention in Lake Tahoe.
"In creation of i-80 Gold we brought together a collection of high-quality assets, and these assets have come with an exceptional team of dedicated professionals. This is evident with the Nevada Mining Association's recognition of two properties and two individuals as 2022 Safety Award recipients. Thank you to everyone at i-80 Gold for your exceptional performance in Health and Safety leadership." Stated Matthew Gili, President & COO of i-80 Gold Corp.
i-80 Gold Corp. is a well-financed, Nevada-focused, mining company with a goal of achieving mid-tier gold producer status through the development of multiple deposits within the Company's advanced-stage property portfolio with processing at i-80's centralized milling facility that includes an autoclave.
Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company, its projects, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Such statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "would", "could", "will", "intend", "expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "estimate", "scheduled", "forecast", "predict" and other similar terminology, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. These statements reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events, performance and results and speak only as of the date of this release.
Forward-looking statements and information involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements or information, including, but not limited to, the factors discussed below and elsewhere in this release, as well as unexpected changes in laws, rules or regulations, or their enforcement by applicable authorities; the failure of parties to contracts with the company to perform as agreed; social or labour unrest; changes in commodity prices; and the failure of exploration programs or studies to deliver anticipated results or results that would justify and support continued exploration, studies, development or operations.
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BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said Monday that she's reached a $6.1 mllion settlement with CVS to resolve allegations the pharmacy failed to follow state rules designed to keep costs down in the workers' compensation insurance system.
State regulations require that certain state and federal benchmarks be reviewed when setting prices for prescription drug charges under the workers’ compensation insurance.
The settlement identified alleged failures concerning prescriptions filled at CVS locations in Springfield, New Bedford, Boston and Worcester.
As part of the settlement, filed Monday in Suffolk Superior Court, CVS agreed to work with the attorney general’s office to helpl prevent overcharges.
The state's workers’ compensation system sets limits for the cost of prescriptions for injured workers and requires companies validate prices against certain regulatory benchmarks – like the federal upper limit for Medicare and the Massachusetts maximum allowable cost – before processing their charges.
The Attorney General's office previously resolved workers' compensation matters concerning Express Scripts, Optum Rx, Walgreens, Stop & Shop, United Pharmacy, among others, Campbell said.
The effort has recovered over $20 million in workers’ compensation drug pricing procedure violations, according to Campbell. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/massachusetts-attorney-general-reaches-6-1m-18100790.php | 2023-05-15 22:46:15 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/massachusetts-attorney-general-reaches-6-1m-18100790.php |
TACOMA — A Pierce County Superior Court judge has ordered Electron Hydro, LLC and its Chief Operating Officer Thom Fischer to pay a total of $1 million in fines and restitution as a result of Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Environmental Protection Division’s prosecution. As part of the sentence, the company will pay $745,000 to the Puyallup Tribal Fisheries to help restore the Puyallup River.
The Attorney General’s Office believes the $1 million is the largest fine and restitution paid for an environmental crime in Washington state law history.
“This outcome directs critical resources towards restoring the Puyallup River from the damage cause by Electron Hydro’s criminal conduct,” Ferguson said. “The Puyallup Tribe has been a steward of the Puyallup River for generations, and the Puyallup Tribal Fisheries is best positioned to preserve, restore and enhance the river.”
Electron Hydro operates a hydroelectric dam on the Puyallup River. In late July 2020, Fischer allowed its workers to place artificial turf and crumb rubber that contain toxic chemicals into the riverbed. Workers then diverted the river, which ripped the liner and caused toxic debris to flow into the Puyallup River for approximately ten days before agencies ordered them to stop work at the site. Charges against the company included violations of the state’s Water Pollution Control Act, Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Code, Shoreline Management Act and Pierce County Code.
In order to avoid a trial, Electron Hydro and Fischer previously pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor violation of operating an unlawful hydraulic project. On May 5, Pierce County Superior Court Judge Philip Sorenson sentenced Electron Hydro to pay $250,000 in penalties, the corporate maximum sentence, and Fischer to pay $5,000 in penalties, the individual maximum. Fisher was also sentenced to 364 days in jail, suspended as long as he complies with his sentence and does not violate the law again. The penalties will be paid to Pierce County.
In addition, Electron Hydro will pay $745,000 in restitution to the Puyallup Tribal Fisheries. The Attorney General’s Office determined the Puyallup Tribal Fisheries is in the best position to preserve, restore, and enhance the Puyallup River.
In addition to the long historical tradition of river stewardship by the Puyallup Tribe, the tribal fisheries department does extensive work on the river, including preparing and issuing biannual reports on the fish in the river.
Importantly, the Tribe operates a number of fish hatcheries in the Puyallup River watershed that helps restore the salmon population, including two acclimation ponds upstream of the Electron Dam site where Chinook and Coho salmon are released. The release of Coho salmon upstream of the dam is significant because the crumb rubber in the turf that Electron Hydro placed in the river contained 6PPD-Quinone, which is highly toxic to Coho Salmon.
The fisheries department has been consistently engaged in removing artificial turf since the release. Tribal personnel found and removed more turf in March of this year — approximately 2 1/2 years after the release took place.
This case resolution does not resolve ongoing civil cases against Electron Hydro Dam, LLC
Case background
The criminal charges stemmed from a construction project updating the Electron Dam during the summer of 2020. Electron Hydro, under Fischer’s supervision, placed artificial field turf containing crumb rubber onto the riverbed and dam as part of a temporary bypass channel during the construction.
By its own admission, Electron Hydro estimated it placed approximately 2,400 square yards of turf material that contained 16 to 18 cubic yards of crumb rubber in the bypass channel. The company then covered the field turf with a plastic liner and diverted the Puyallup River over it. The company did not receive permission to use the field turf or crumb rubber on the project.
Days later, the liner ruptured and artificial turf and crumb rubber were discharged into the Puyallup River. In early August 2020, the company received a stop work order from Pierce County and the Army Corps of Engineers. The river remained diverted until the end of October 2020.
The court filing notes University of Washington-Tacoma Center for Urban Waters researchers tested samples of recovered field turf and crumb rubber and discovered that it contained chemicals found in tires, including one that is “extremely toxic” to coho salmon.
Assistant Attorneys General Robert Grant and Brad Roberts handled the case for the Attorney General’s Office, with support from Senior Investigator Matthew Stratton, paralegal Nerissa Tigner, and Legal Assistant Julie Dolloff.
The Attorney General’s Environmental Protection Division prosecuted the case. The Attorney General’s Office filed these charges in Pierce County Superior Court. The Attorney General’s Office does not have authority to initiate criminal investigations, unless it receives and accepts a referral from a county prosecutor or the governor. The Attorney General’s Office accepted a referral from the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney in this case.
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MSP: Sanford girl abducted, sexually assaulted
SANFORD, Mich. (WNEM) - A girl in Sanford was sexually assaulted and abducted, according to Michigan State Police.
On Monday night, May 22, TriCity Post Troopers and deputies from the Midland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home in Sanford after a girl was reported missing, MSP said. While police were at the girl’s home, she returned.
Officers on scene reported she had been a victim of abduction and sexual assault, MSP said.
MSP said investigators took statements and collected evidence pertaining to the incident.
MSP stressed that there are several social media posts circulating about this incident that may contain misleading information, adding troopers are continuing to determine relevant facts which will be relayed to the public when appropriate.
There is currently no discernable threat to the public, MSP said.
MSP encourages people to remain vigilant and aware of their surroundings, adding if they see something suspicious, they should call 911 immediately.
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On-air challenge: Every answer today is a word or name that either starts or ends with CAP.
Example: Line of text below a photo --> CAPTION
1. Overturn, as a boat
2. Part of a rocket that holds astronauts
3. Drink just before bed
4. Take as prisoner
5. Covering for a leg joint
6. Cover for an automobile wheel
7. Sign after Sagittarius
8. Organization that provides royalties to musical artists
9. Online test to prove you're not a robot
10. To summarize
Last week's challenge: Last week's challenge came from listener Adam Cohen, of Brooklyn. Take the name of a large financial corporation in 10 letters. Drop the fourth and fifth letters. Move the sixth and seventh letters to the front. You'll name a person associated with financial misdeeds. What is the company, and who is the person?
Challenge answer: Capital One, Al Capone
Winner: Michael Stripp of Richland, Michigan
This week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Neville Fogarty of Newport News, Va. Think of two well-known brand names, each in eight letters, that have the same first six letters in the same order. Both brands are of products — one found in the supermarket, one for something used outdoors. And even though the first six letters of the names are the same, they're not pronounced the same. What products are these?
If you know the answer to the two-week challenge, submit it here by Thursday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Netflix common stock or call options, or sold put options, between January 19, 2021 and April 19, 2022, inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 5, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Netflix, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis (4) as a result, the Company's financial results were being adversely affected; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Netflix, Inc. you have until July 5, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Netflix, Inc. securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the NFLX lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/netflix-inc-loss-submission-form-2?id=29455&from=4.
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Comparing JBL soundbars
The technology in smart TVs has improved tremendously over the last five years, but they often lack one crucial element. The TV’s display might use the best organic light-emitting diode components, but the sound quality doesn’t match.
Unless you buy the largest television available, the chances are good that the built-in speakers can’t accurately produce the needed audio. This can leave you frustrated with your purchase, but there are ways to improve the sound quality. You could go the whole nine yards and install a home theater system, but that will probably cost more than your television. Or you can look into getting one of JBL’s five soundbars.
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What is a soundbar?
Instead of having an expensive audio setup for your television, a soundbar is more cost-effective, portable, and delivers the same quality. It is a long, rectangular, external speaker you place in front of your television.
Depending on the model, it can produce sound through a 2.1 channel system or 360-degree surround sound.
The 2.1 channel setup is the more basic, as the soundbar has a left and a right channel speaker and a subwoofer for bass. More complex soundbars can simulate surround sound with technology such as Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, JBL Surround Sound and MultiBeam. Since the soundbar is the primary piece and often doesn’t have additional speakers, the Dolby technology imitates the experience you would get from going to a movie theater.
You might also see speaker systems using 3D surround, which is another term for projecting the audio to sound like it is coming from around you. While the main component is still the central bar, some packages include smaller satellite speakers to achieve this better.
Connecting a soundbar
Although most soundbars require a wall socket for power, some have a built-in battery, which is convenient for using them with different TVs. In most cases, the batteries can recharge through a power bank or be connected to a power source with a USB cable.
Adding to the soundbar’s portability, you can connect it to the TV through a single optical wire, HDMI cable or Bluetooth (if the TV supports it). Less common is connecting a mobile device to the soundbar through a 3.5-millimeter jack or a USB cable.
Best JBL soundbars
JBL BAR 9.1 True Wireless Surround With Dolby Atmos
For the best audio experience from a JBL soundbar, this bundle includes a 300-watt, 10-inch subwoofer, the main soundbar and two detachable wireless surround speakers powered through a rechargeable battery. The total output of the soundbar system is 820 watts, loud and clear enough for most living rooms. Connectivity is supplied through an optical cable, a Doby Vision 4K HDMI port and Wi-Fi. The bundle includes wall-mounting brackets and screws for all the speakers to make mounting easy.
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Producing a total of 620 watts of power, this soundbar bundle consists of the main central bar, two detachable surround-sound speakers and a 10-inch wireless subwoofer. The entire system is wireless, powered through rechargeable batteries. The main soundbar has three HDMI-in ports and one HDMI-out port. Wireless connectivity is provided through Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so you don’t necessarily need to connect it to a TV. In addition, the Bluetooth functionality is compatible with all mobile devices.
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The Bar 5.0 is an easy solution if you are looking for better-quality sound. The single bar doesn’t have any smaller satellite speakers to worry about, and the Bluetooth connectivity is set up in seconds. This soundbar uses Dolby Atmos and JBL Multibeam Decoding to produce clear sounds and deep bass so you don’t need an additional subwoofer. It can also connect to 4K devices with Dolby Vision, simulating 3D surround sound. But you don’t have to use it with only a TV, as Bluetooth lets you connect it to mobile devices to stream audio. In addition, it integrates with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.
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JBL Bar 2.1 Deep Bass Soundbar With 6.5-Inch Wireless Subwoofer
As the name implies, this soundbar comes with a 6.5-inch subwoofer that connects to the main bar through Bluetooth. This makes it convenient to move the bar or the subwoofer around for the best audio. The system has a maximum power output of 300 watts and can connect to audio sources through an HDMI or optical audio cable. The main bar has volume and source control buttons on the top but doesn’t have a remote control.
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This soundbar is incredibly easy to set up as it connects to your TV through a single optical cable, HDMI or Bluetooth. It has a total power output of 80 watts and comes with a minimalistic remote control. It doesn’t have any additional speakers, so it is easy to move it around or connect it to mobile devices. However, it doesn’t have a built-in battery, so it is not portable and must be connected to a wall socket.
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Hundreds of state troopers may have falsified thousands of traffic tickets, audit finds
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - Connecticut state police troopers may have falsified thousands of traffic tickets.
WFSB reports a recent audit found nearly 26,000 fake tickets.
According to an internal investigation, troopers falsified tickets for their own personal benefit as those who appear productive are often eligible for federally funded overtime.
And lawmakers are now demanding answers.
Governor Ned Lamont said those who intentionally wrote bogus tickets should be let go, including management.
The audit also reportedly found that troopers not only falsified thousands of tickets but more than 32,000 were inaccurate.
“Those people should go, and I think their management should take a look at themselves as well,” Lamont said.
Ken Barone with the Public Policy Institute at the University of Connecticut pushed for the audit.
According to Barone, this has raised concerns about skewing racial profiling data.
“The records that should have been likely reported to the system were not,” Barone said.
Officials said it’s possible hundreds of state troopers were involved in falsifying tickets.
Lawmakers are scheduled to hold a hearing on the matter on July 27.
“Losing the lack of trust of the public in a situation like this has dire consequences for our sense of public safety,” said Rep. Jason Rojas.
Some of the troopers may face criminal charges.
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CORAL GABLES — Hundreds of high school football players flocked to Miami’s campus Thursday for the chance to work out in front of Hurricanes coaches at UM’s Legends Camp.
More than two dozen Miami alumni, including Jon Beason, Andre Johnson, Duke Johnson, Bryant McKinnie, Gino Toretta and DJ Williams, were there to help coach them.
“It’s like inspiring because they did it before me,” Cardinal Newman 2025 wide receiver Naeshaun Montgomery said. “So now I get to take what they’re saying — because I know they already did it — so I’m taking what they’re saying and adding it to my game.”
Several current Hurricanes players joined the alumni in helping coach during the camp. All-American safety Kamren Kinchens, defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor and linebacker Keontra Smith were among the players helping out at the camp.
Thursday’s camp provided Miami’s staff a key opportunity to evaluate high school prospects, especially underclassmen.
“I think it’s very important because in the NFL, we get an opportunity to go to the combine,” said Alonzo Highsmith, a former Hurricane and UM’s current general manager of football operations. “We get an opportunity to look at players. I can’t give a grade on a player unless I see him live. You always have to see players live. The more good players you get to come to these camps and be part of this and participating, you get an opportunity to get them to move around, see how they catch the football, see how they get off the ball, all those sorts of things. So you get an idea of who that player is.”
The camp comes near the end of a key recruiting month for the Hurricanes. Miami has hosted many 2024 prospects on official visits in June, and the Hurricanes will have more prospects on campus this weekend. UM has already secured commitments this month from three of the four top-rated prospects in its class, running back Kevin Riley, tight end Elija Lofton and linebacker Cameron Pruitt.
“One of the most important things for us at the University of Miami is getting players on campus,” Highsmith said. “June is a huge month in recruiting around the nation, and it’s big for Miami. Miami has a lot to sell in June. There’s a reason why people move to Florida. They want to be in Florida. By being able to showcase the university in June, it gives athletes a better picture of what Miami is.”
For the younger high-school prospects, the camp offers them a chance to get to know the staff and see the campus.
“These recruits are going to want to hear if they’re going to play right away, but they just have to know it’s a marathon, not a sprint,” McKinnie said. “Come here and we can help put you in the right direction. That’s what we have with 358 players that went on and had successful careers in the (NFL). So that’s something that they should know — that we do have a standard here and we’re able to get people to the next level and even graduate, as well.” | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/06/22/hurricanes-host-inspiring-legends-camp-for-high-school-prospects/ | 2023-06-23 18:28:06 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/06/22/hurricanes-host-inspiring-legends-camp-for-high-school-prospects/ |
Two women took home the trophies at the 15th annual Dancing With Our Stars, held Sept. 8 in a sold-out Robinson Center Ballroom as a fundraiser for the Children's Tumor Foundation.
Dawn Jones was named champion, and Penny Burkhalter was named Best Performance winner, standing out among a field of contestants that also consisted of Nick Bradley-Hole, consultant and former director of rooms for the Capital Hotel; Stephanie Keet, president of marketing for JTJ Restaurants LLC, dancing with instructor Mike Nelson; lawyer and Bark Bar co-owner Dan Roda, dancing with instructor Savannah Boyce; and Datamax Inc. President Barry Simon, dancing with instructor Maddie Arancibia.
As usual, the evening, which included a cocktail reception, gourmet dinner and frequent cheers from supporting audience members, featured a diverse selection of music and dance styles. Jones, who cut an elegant rug with instructor Edgar Hall, models jewelry for Sissy's Log Cabin; Burkhalter, who performed with instructor Matt Boyce and wowed the crowd with her tap-dancing skills, is a spokeswoman for Gwatney Buick GMC in North Little Rock.
A special highlight was Bradley-Hole's performance with his instructor, Allison Stodola Wilson ... the two were both done up as glitzy, all-white-clad 1920s flappers.
Past winners Alisha Curtis, Anne Preston and Daniel Robinson served as masters of ceremonies. Judges Rachel Parker Harding, Bill Vickery and Dr. Anne Trussell Brooks kept up the fine tradition of humorous commentary after each performance.
The event raised nearly $300,000 for people living with neurofibromatosis (NF), a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body.
-- Story and photos by Helaine R. Williams
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When Sumner was caned
On May 19, 1856 — 167 years ago this week — Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a gifted orator and the US Senate’s foremost opponent of slavery, rose to deliver a speech on the events unfolding in Kansas. The territory was embroiled in violence as pro- and anti-slavery forces battled over whether Kansas would join the Union as a slave state or a free state. Sumner’s speech, which he delivered over two days, was a passionate denunciation of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, the federal law that left it up to the residents of each new state to decide whether human bondage would be allowed within their borders.
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“Sumner’s speech had drawn an unusually large audience,” writes the historian David Herbert Donald in “Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War,” his enthralling biography of the Bay State senator. The galleries were filled to capacity, the doorways were crowded with spectators, and “virtually every member of the Senate was in his seat as Sumner began.”
At first Sumner focused on the disastrous fallout of the 1854 law. But then his remarks turned personal. He poured scorn on the lawmakers who were responsible for this “Crime against Kansas” — “senators who raised themselves to eminence on this floor in championship of human wrong.” In particular he excoriated Democrats Stephen Douglas of Illinois and Andrew Butler of South Carolina, the chief sponsors of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He insulted Douglas as a “noisome, squat, and nameless animal” who “fills the Senate with . . . offensive odor.” As for Butler, Sumner sneered, “he believes himself a chivalrous knight with sentiments of honor and courage,” but he consorts with “a mistress . . . who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight.” That mistress, he said, is “the harlot, Slavery.”
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Among Northern abolitionists, reaction to the speech was ardent. The New York Tribune gushed that “Mr. Sumner has added a cubit to his stature.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow called Sumner’s oration “the greatest voice on the greatest subject that has been uttered.”
But the Massachusetts senator’s words infuriated Southerners — none more than Preston Brooks, a South Carolina congressman and Butler’s cousin. On May 22, after the Senate had adjourned for the day, Brooks entered the chamber carrying a gold-headed walking stick. He walked up to Sumner, who was seated alone at his desk working on correspondence. “With cool self-possession and formal politeness,” writes Donald in his biography, he addressed the senator in a low voice.
“Mr. Sumner, I have read your speech twice over carefully,” Brooks said. “It is a libel on South Carolina and Mr. Butler, who is a relative of mine.” Then he began striking Sumner with the metallic head of his cane, raining down repeated blows. Sumner, stunned by the attack and blinded by the blood running into his eyes, staggered to his feet. Brooks kept beating him, striking with such ferocity that the cane snapped. Again and again he bashed Sumner, not stopping even when the senator lost consciousness. “Brooks reached out and with one hand held Sumner up by the lapel of his coat while he continued to strike him with the other,” recounts Donald. “By this time the cane had shivered to pieces.”
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The beating lasted no more than a minute, but its effect on American history would be long and terrible. Sumner was taken from the Senate drenched in blood. So devastating were his injuries that it would be three years before he recovered enough to return to his seat. For the rest of his life, the brain injuries he had suffered would cause severe chronic pain and what today would be called post-traumatic stress disorder.
The damage to the nation’s civic health was, if anything, even more traumatic. The attack confirmed that politics in America had grown polarized beyond salvation. Sumner became even more of a hero to abolitionists. His ordeal, which galvanized antislavery opinion, was powerfully symbolic: If one of the most influential white men in the country could be beaten senseless in the US Capitol, what recourse was there for an enslaved field hand brutalized by a cruel master?
Across the North, in cities large and small, public rallies were held to protest Brooks’s assault. Hundreds of thousands of copies of Sumner’s speech were distributed. Support for the new Republican Party surged.
Throughout the South, by contrast, Brooks was lionized. The Richmond Enquirer hailed his attack on Sumner as “good in conception, better in execution, and best of all in consequences.” Another Virginia newspaper was chagrined only because Brooks had beaten the Massachusetts abolitionist with a cane instead of using “a horsewhip or a cowhide upon his slanderous back.” Hundreds of admirers sent new walking sticks to the congressman; one presented by the city of Charleston was inscribed: “Hit him again!” When the House of Representatives voted to censure Brooks, he promptly resigned, returned to South Carolina, and was reelected to his seat in a landslide.
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What happened to Sumner convinced many Americans that the chasm separating North and South could never be resolved peacefully. The nation’s two halves “no longer spoke the same language, shared the same moral code, or obeyed the same law,” wrote Donald. More and more people “began to wonder how the Union could longer endure.”
Nearly five years after the caning of Sumner, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as president. “We must not be enemies,” he pleaded in his inaugural address. “Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” But those bonds had long since been broken. A murderous Civil War was the result.
Americans in our time, too, seem to have forgotten how to reason together, how to disagree without despising, how to prevent the fabric of society from ripping apart at the seams. Discord and distrust are at crisis levels. For those with clashing world views and partisan loyalties, finding common ground has grown nearly impossible. Divergent opinions are treated as deadly threats, to be resisted not with courtesy and a willingness to hear each other out, but with hostility and slander. We too have witnessed shocking scenes of mayhem and violence in the Capitol Building. The America Sumner and Brooks inhabited couldn’t pull itself back from the brink. Can we?
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Las Vegas and Chicago will meet in the second annual Commissioner's Cup championship game next month.
The in-season title game will be played at the home of the team with the better record — which right now is Las Vegas. The Aces can clinch the home game with a win over Chicago on Tuesday night. The first tie-breaker is head-to-head matchups and Las Vegas won the first meeting between the teams.
Seattle won the inaugural Commissioner's Cup last season with the championship game played in Phoenix on a neutral court.
The WNBA added a charitable component to the competition this year with teams earning money for each win they get in the 10 conference games they play.
“It's great that they've added that this year,” Chicago forward Candace Parker said. “It adds a new wrinkle and any time you can make money for a charity it's great.”
Players will once again compete for a $500,000 prize pool in the title game, with each member of the winning team getting $30,000 and the runner-ups earning $10,000 per player.
“I do love that there’s extra incentive for the players,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said earlier this month. “Anytime the league can throw a little bit of extra cash the players’ way, I’m all for it.”
Hammon's Aces also still lead the AP WNBA power poll.
POWER POLL
This week’s WNBA poll:
1. Las Vegas (13-2): The Aces have won four straight and lately have been getting dominating efforts from A'ja Wilson. She averaged 25 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3 blocks last week.
2. Connecticut (12-5): The Sun are getting strong play off the bench from Brionna Jones, who is averaging 14.3 points and 5.2 rebounds.
3. Chicago (10-5): Parker has missed the past two games with a knee injury and the Sky will play three games this week.
4. Washington (11-7): When Elena Delle Donne is on the court the Mystics have been one of the best teams in the league going 8-3. Without her in the lineup the team is just 3-4 and struggles offensively. Delle Donne has been taking games off to rest after missing last season following back surgery.
5. Seattle (10-6): The Storm finished their road trip 4-1 and got solid play from Gabby Williams, who will be key to their success this season if she continues to take some of the scoring pressure off Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd.
6. Dallas (8-8): Arike Ogunbowale lately has lifted her game, averaging 25.5 points, 5 rebounds and 4.5 assists to help the Wings win two of three.
7. Phoenix (6-10): A great week by Tina Charles, who averaged 25 points, wasn't enough to get the Mercury more than one victory as they lost two of three games. Phoenix will need consistently strong efforts from Charles, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Diana Taurasi to get on a winning streak with three games this week.
8. Atlanta (7-8): A tough road trip left the Dream winless in their last four games, but now they return home to try and get on a roll again.
9. New York (6-10): The Liberty have gotten a huge boost from French guard Marine Johannes. Her play has taken some of the scoring pressure off Sabrina Ionescu. Johannes had a career-high 23 points in a loss to Seattle on Sunday. New York plays two road games this week, one in Connecticut and another at Atlanta.
10. Los Angeles (5-9): After a light week with just one game, the Sparks will have three contests this week. With the practice time they've had the Sparks hope they have corrected their defensive woes. The Sparks are second to last in the league allowing 87.6 points a game.
11. Indiana (5-13): The Fever are set to embark on a four-game trip; Indiana is just 2-6 on the road this season.
12. Minnesota (3-13): The Lynx have lost five straight games but they have been competitive. They suffered a 1-point loss to Las Vegas and a 2-point setback against Seattle. Jessica Shepard has been a bright spot for Minnesota, which is still without Sylvia Fowles (knee injury).
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
A'ja Wilson of Las Vegas was voted the AP Player of the Week. Wilson shot 61% from the field last week as well as making all 15 of her free throw attempts and four 3-pointers. Ogunbowale of Dallas, Kahleah Copper of Chicago, Jonquel Jones of Connecticut and Stewart of Seattle also received votes.
SO LONG SUE
Sue Bird announced last week that she'll retire after the season ends. She played her last regular-season game in New York on Sunday and now returns home to Seattle for the first time after the Storm finished off a five-game road trip. Bird played her entire 21-year career in Seattle.
GAME OF THE WEEK:
Mystics at Aces, Saturday. Washington handed Las Vegas one of two losses this season and the Aces will look to avenge that defeat.
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‘1932’ adds Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford to the cast
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
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Paramount+ announced Tuesday that Oscar winner Helen Mirren and Academy Award nominee Harrison Ford will star in “Yellowstone’s” prequel series, “1932.”
The news comes after the success of another prequel, “1883.”
“Yellowstone,” which follows the lives and drama of the Dutton family, owners of the largest ranch in Montana, has been a massive hit for Paramount+ and stars another movie star, Kevin Costner.
“1883” stars real-life spouses Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, along with Sam Elliott. It tells the story of how the family came to own Yellowstone ranch.
The new series “will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family and explore the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition, and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home,” according to a press release.
“1932” is set to premiere in December.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that sided with a Houston-based energy company over disputed oil and natural gas royalties, a decision that could eventually bring millions of dollars to the state’s public schools and colleges.
The case stems from a lawsuit Newfield Exploration filed against the state after the Department of Trust Lands conducted an audit in 2016 that claimed the company was underpaying royalties to the agency that manages several state trust funds, including one that benefits public schools.
Northwest District Court Judge Robin Schmidt’s ruled last year that the state’s claim of a breach of contract could not be proven because the state failed to provide “any contract or lease ... that allows this court to meaningfully review the contract obligations and whether a breach has occurred.”
In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the high court's justices said the lower court should have focused on the state’s position that the company underpaid royalties from its drilling operations, and not whether the state could prove a breach of contract from its leases.
The case was sent back to the lower court to determine, in part, the amount of unpaid royalties.
State Land Commissioner Joseph Heringer estimated that Newfield owes between $6 million and $8 million.
Newfield, which is owned by Denver-based Ovintiv, did not immediately respond to messages left Friday seeking comment.
Heringer, an attorney, called the high court ruling precedent-setting and said it might help settle about 20 similar cases with energy companies that may have “tens of millions” in unpaid royalites.
“I think it helps or provides clarity from a legal perspective,” he said. “My hope is that it’ll help all of these outstanding claims out there come to resolution.”
Herringer said his agency has already succeeded in reaching financial settlements with several other companies.
The royalty disputes are centered around post-production costs, which are expenses associated with gas preparation before it is sold. Companies sought to deduct those costs from royalties owed to the state
Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, doesn't believe the high court's ruling will impact other cases of alleged unpaid or underpaid royalties.
“It's not going to have a precedent-setting impact on the other companies because they all have a unique situation,” he said. | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Supreme-Court-sides-with-state-in-dispute-with-17415269.php | 2022-09-02 22:12:16 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Supreme-Court-sides-with-state-in-dispute-with-17415269.php |
LATHROP, Mo. (AP) — A man who was recently released from prison has been charged with kidnapping and other felonies after authorities said he threatened to kill and severely beat a woman he met on a dating site, keeping her imprisoned for two days at his father’s home in northwestern Missouri.
Clinton County sheriff’s deputies arrested James Larson Jr., 39, on Saturday following a five-hour standoff at the home in Lathrop, television station WDAF reported. Deputies said they found Larson hiding inside a false wall in the home.
Authorities said the standoff began when a Kansas City woman escaped from the home and called 911 from a neighboring home. Officials said the woman had been severely beaten and deprived of food, and was hospitalized in critical condition with a brain bleed. No update on her condition was released Tuesday.
The woman told investigators she had been with Larson for a few days before he punched her, kicked her with steel toe boots and hit her in the head with an ice pick. She said he threatened to slit her throat if she called police.
Larson’s father told WDAF that the assault happened at his home, saying he returned to the home Saturday to find that his son had become violent and injured the woman. He said his son found a shotgun hidden in the home and threatened to kill his father, the woman and himself if police were called.
Larson and the woman had met a week earlier on a dating app, investigators said.
He had been released from prison just two weeks before the standoff, Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish said.
Court documents show Larson has been charged with kidnapping, domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a gun. He's being held without bond. Online court documents do not list an attorney for Larson. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Missouri-man-accused-of-holding-torturing-woman-17179135.php | 2022-05-17 18:35:17 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Missouri-man-accused-of-holding-torturing-woman-17179135.php |
A New York City drug dealer who supplied a deadly dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to actor Michael K. Williams has pleaded guilty.
The case dates back to September 2021, when surveillance footage shows Williams purchasing drugs in his Brooklyn neighborhood from Irvin Cartagena.
Williams, who is best known for his roles in the popular TV shows "The Wire" and "Boardwalk Empire," was later found dead in his apartment from an apparent overdose.
Cartagena, 39, was arrested in Puerto Rico last year and entered a plea agreement with prosecutors in exchange for lesser charges.
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Prosecutors said Cartagena and his co-conspirators were aware of Williams' death, but continued to sell the fentanyl-laced heroin around Brooklyn and Manhattan.
"This is a public health crisis. And it has to stop," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said. "Deadly opioids like fentanyl and heroin don’t care about who you are or what you’ve accomplished. They just feed addiction and lead to tragedy."
Cartagena faces a mandatory sentence of five years in prison with the possibility of up to 40 years behind bars. | https://www.kxlf.com/news/national/drug-dealer-pleads-guilty-in-death-of-actor-michael-k-williams | 2023-04-06 14:17:07 | 1 | https://www.kxlf.com/news/national/drug-dealer-pleads-guilty-in-death-of-actor-michael-k-williams |
NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Compass Minerals International, Inc. ("Compass" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CMP). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Compass and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On September 23, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced that Compass was ordered to pay $12 million to settle charges "for misleading investors about a technology upgrade that the company claimed would reduce costs at its most significant mine, but in reality, had increased costs, and for failing to properly assess whether to disclose the financial risks created by the company's excessive discharge of mercury in Brazil." Specifically, according to the SEC, "Compass repeatedly assured investors in 2017 that a technology upgrade at its Goderich mine – the world's largest underground salt mine which is located near Ontario, Canada and hailed by the company as its crown jewel – was on track to materially reduce costs and boost its operating results starting in 2018," but these statements by Compass "were misleading because they failed to tell investors that costs at the mine were increasing rather than decreasing, which substantially undermined the projected savings." Further, the SEC found that "Compass misled investors by overstating the amount of salt it was able to product at Goderich." On this news, Compass's stock price fell sharply, damaging investors.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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BEIJING, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From November 18 to 20, the annual DesignerCon kicked off at Anaheim Convention Center, where the booth of the art culture and entertainment brand Pop Mart was under the spotlight.
In its exhibition area of 108 square meters, Pop Mart provided a visual feast of pop art and culture for the audience. The giant electronic screens, art toy sculptures, acrylic lamps and rainbow films have jointly built a dazzling cyberpunk world, making Pop Mart the most eye-catching booth in the whole convention center.
Pop Mart displayed at the exhibition a variety of limited figures, including SKULLPANDA BABY DOGGIE "ROWROW", STEAMPUNK BIKE LOVELY MOLLY, KUMO ICE BEAR, Zimomo Matter, and Red Lobster, which were all featured by artistic design, exquisite craft and manufacturing and fully expressed the designing concepts of artists, and won the affection of many enthusiasts.
In addition, Pop Mart also exhibited many MEGA COLLECTION products, including MEGA COLLECTION 1000% SPACE MOLLY × SpongeBob, MEGA COLLECTION 1000% JUST DIMOO × SmileyWorld, MEGA COLLECTION 1000% α SKULLPANDA THAW and other art toys. MEGA COLLECTION 400% SPACE MOLLY Soft Drinks, which had been popular on the official website of Pop Mart, were presented again this time during the exhibition and thrilled fans.
Apart from limited art toys and the MEGA series, the company also presented more than 70 types of blind box series, such as SKULLPANDA City of Night, A Boring Day with MOLLY, HIRONO Little Mischief, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and World of Warcraft series, endowing fans the opportunity to get close contact with their favorite figures.
Alan Mai, Director of Pop Mart Western Region, said that "As a global art culture and entertainment brand, Pop Mart attaches great importance to the development of the American market. This year is the second year for Pop Mart to participate in the DesignerCon. We hope the brand concept of our company can reach out to more American consumers through this exhibition. At the same time, the United States is the largest consumer market of global art toys, which will also impact the markets of other countries and regions. Therefore, the expansion of the American market also marks an important step of Pop Mart's pursuit of going global."
Since 2018, Pop Mart has expanded its worldwide presence to 25 countries and regions while popularising art toys through over 350 stores and more than 1,800 Robo Shops globally. In June this year, Pop Mart opened its first pop-up shop in LA South Coast Plaza, offering fans a channel to have a close encounter with the art toy culture.
About POP MART
Pop Mart is one of the most popular art toy brands that is a hot favourite amongst the younger generation today. In 2016, Pop Mart identified the market opportunities for art toys, and started to discover and nurture outstanding art toy artists and designers. This strategy has succeeded to commercialise the niche segment of art toys on a large scale, and started the art toy trend.
With keen insight into art and culture, Pop Mart has successfully built collaborations with iconic design artists such as Kenny, Pucky, Ayan, and SKULLPANDA, and enjoys enormous popularity among fans around the world. So far, it has successfully nurtured famous art toy characters including MOLLY, DIMOO, SKULLPANDA, THE MONSTERS, HIRONO and PUCKY, all loved by global fans.
Besides, the company has been consistently searching for talented artists around the globe. It signed contracts with European and American designers such as COARSE, FLABJACKS, PHILIP COLBERT and MOMIJI, and brought their works to the market in the form of art toys.
Pop Mart also worked closely with Disney, WarnerBros and other world-famous IP copyright companies to launch a series of well-known products such as Harry Potter and Marvel Classic. It also cooperated with American artists Jean Michel Basquiat and KEITH HARING to launch the highly popular MEGA co-branded series.
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BERLIN — Thousands of police officers carried out raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the government in an armed coup. Officials said 25 people were detained.
Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany’s 16 states. While police raids against the far right are not uncommon in the country — still sensitive to its grim Nazi past — the scale of the operation was unusual.
Justice Minister Marco Buschmann described the raids as an “anti-terrorism operation,” adding that the suspects may have planned an armed attack on institutions of the state.
Germany’s top security official said the group was “driven by violent coup fantasies and conspiracy ideologies.”
Prosecutors said the suspects were linked to the so-called Reich Citizens movement, whose adherents reject Germany’s postwar constitution and have called for bringing down the government.
Officers detained 22 German citizens on suspicion of “membership in a terrorist organization,” prosecutors said. Three other people, including a Russian citizen, were held on suspicion of supporting the organization, they said. Another 27 people were under investigation.
German media outlet Der Spiegel reported the searched locations included the barracks of Germany’s special forces unit KSK in the southwestern town of Calw. The unit received scrutiny in the past over alleged far-right involvement by some soldiers.
Federal prosecutors declined to confirm or deny that the barracks was searched.
Along with detentions in Germany, prosecutors said one person was detained in the Austrian town of Kitzbuehel and another in the Italian city of Perugia.
Prosecutors said those detained are alleged to have last year formed a “terrorist organization with the goal of overturning the existing state order in Germany and replace it with their own form of state, which was already in the course of being founded.”
The suspects were aware their aim could only be achieved by military means and with force, prosecutors said.
Some of the group’s members had made “concrete preparations” to storm Germany’s federal parliament with a small armed group, according to prosecutors. “The details (of this plan) still need to be investigated” to determine whether any of the suspects can be charged with treason, they said.
The group is alleged to have believed in a “conglomerate of conspiracy theories consisting of narratives from the so-called Reich Citizens as well as QAnon ideology,” according to the statement. Prosecutors added that members of the group also believe Germany is ruled by a so-called “deep state;” similar baseless claims about the United States were made by former President Donald Trump.
Prosecutors identified the suspected ringleaders as Heinrich XIII P. R. and Ruediger v. P., in line with German privacy rules. Der Spiegel reported that the former was a well-known 71-year-old member of a minor German noble family, while the latter was a 69-year-old former paratrooper.
Federal prosecutors said Heinrich XIII P. R., whom the group planned to install as Germany’s new leader, had contacted Russian officials with the aim of negotiating a new order in the country once the German government was overthrown. He was allegedly assisted in this by a Russian woman, Vitalia B.
“According to current investigations there is no indication however that the persons contacted responded positively to his request,” prosecutors said.
Prosecutors identified another individual detained by police Wednesday as Birgit M.-W. Der Spiegel reported she is a judge and former lawmaker with the far-right Alternative for Germany party.
The party, known by its German acronym AfD, has increasingly come under scrutiny by German security services due to its ties with extremists.
AfD’s co-leaders, Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, condemned the reported plans, which they said they had only learned of through the media.
“We have full confidence in the authorities involved and demand a swift and comprehensive investigation,” they said in a statement.
Prosecutors said that apart from a council of leaders, or Rat, the group had tasked several members with the formation of an armed wing. Led by Ruediger v. P., they planned to obtain weapons and conduct firearms training.
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Wednesday’s raids showed that “we know how to defend ourselves with full force against the enemies of democracy,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said.
“The investigation offers an insight into the depths of the terrorist threat within the Reich Citizens milieu,” Faeser said. “Only the further investigation will provide a clear picture of how far the coup plans had come.”
Sara Nanni, a Green party lawmaker, suggested the group may not have been very capable.
“More details keep coming to light that raise doubts about whether these people were even clever enough to plan and carry out such a coup,” Nanni said in a post on the social network Mastodon. “The fact is: no matter how crude their ideas are and how hopeless their plans, even the attempt is dangerous!”
Officials have repeatedly warned that far-right extremists pose the biggest threat to Germany’s domestic security. This threat was highlighted by the killing of a regional politician and the deadly attack on a synagogue in 2019. A year later, far-right extremists taking part in a protest against the country’s pandemic restrictions tried and failed to storm the Bundestag building in Berlin.
Faeser announced earlier this year that the government planned to disarm about 1,500 suspected extremists and to tighten background checks for those wanting to acquire guns as part of a broader crackdown on the far right.
Germany’s chief federal prosecutor planned to make a statement on the case later Wednesday. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-germany-armed-coup-20221207-se76md3xjndujogsool2glmxkm-story.html | 2022-12-07 13:07:00 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-germany-armed-coup-20221207-se76md3xjndujogsool2glmxkm-story.html |
New Lanyard Design from Incase Offers Stylish Accessibility for (2nd generation) Users
TUSTIN, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Incase, a leading global design-driven bag and accessories brand for today's creatives, today unveiled the Incase Lanyard for the new AirPods Pro (2nd generation.) The Incase Lanyard has hybrid wrist and loop function, making attaching to most straps possible through its unique construction.
"With simple, yet functional features and an aesthetically-driven design, the Incase Lanyard offers a reliable way to attach your AirPods Pro (2nd generation) to your belongings," said Brian Stech, CEO of Incase. "From an early morning commute to an end of day workout and everything in between, the Incase Lanyard keeps your AirPods Pro (2nd generation) within reach throughout your day."
The Incase Lanyard for AirPods Pro (2nd generation) offers unique advantages, including:
- Integrated cord clip makes it easy to securely fasten to bags, backpacks, or handbags
- Soft braided cord ensures maximum comfort when worn as wrist loop
The Incase Lanyard for AirPods Pro (2nd generation) is available globally in Gray for $12.95 (MSRP) at Incase.com and in-store and online at Apple.
Incase, a Vinci Brand, designs solutions to protect the ideas of today's creatives. Since 1997, our heritage has been deeply rooted in the lifestyles of those who create on the Apple platform. Through this dedication, we are able to focus on our consumers' evolving needs and continually expand our product offering while promoting creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit.
Informed by the principles of intentional, aspirational and functional design, the ecosystem of bags and accessories we introduce transcend both age and demographics to provide creatives with the best possible experiences while in pursuit of their passions. Our team employs exacting design protocols to ensure each Incase product meets the needs of our consumers, emerging markets, and an ever-expanding world of product experiences. Our brand, team, and products leverage technology and lifestyle to inspire global creativity.
Incase. Ideas Protected.
Vinci Brands is a global leader in consumer tech protection, carry and power solutions operating an innovative and diverse portfolio of owned and licensed brands at the intersection of design, functionality, sustainability, and lifestyle. The company has an award-winning product portfolio that includes protective cases, shells, sleeves, bags, power management, enterprise and B2B solutions sold under the Incipio, Incase, Survivor, Griffin, kate spade new york, and Coach brands. Vinci Brands has operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, and China. For more information visit www.vincibrands.com.
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Amber Alert issued for Florida boy; child’s mother found dead, police say
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) - An Amber Alert was issued Thursday evening for Taylen Mosley, a 2-year-old child in St. Petersburg, Florida.
He was last seen in the area of the 11600 block of 4th St. N. and went missing Wednesday.
St. Petersburg Police detectives say this situation is connected with a homicide investigation. About 2:30 p.m. Thursday, the body of a 20-year-old woman, Pashun Jeffery, was found inside her St. Petersburg apartment.
Taylen Mosley is the victim’s son. The child could be in danger and a search is underway for his whereabouts.
He has brown hair, brown eyes, is 2 feet tall and weighs 30 pounds.
Anyone with information concerning the whereabouts of Taylen is asked to contact the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at 1-888-356-4774, the St. Petersburg Police Department at 727-893-7780 or dial 911.
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Senators say they're inching closer to a bipartisan agreement on strengthening the nation's gun laws. They returned to Washington after a weekend in which mass shootings occurred in eight states.
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Senators say they're inching closer to a bipartisan agreement on strengthening the nation's gun laws. They returned to Washington after a weekend in which mass shootings occurred in eight states.
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- Advanced development teams can distribute functions across different layers, using Telit App Zone SDK to develop BSP functions and drivers in C/C++, while using MicroEJ layer to develop the application
- Telit+MicroEJ enables complex application development, with support for Java, Kotlin and JavaScript programming languages on embedded platforms
IRVINE, Calif., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced a strategic partnership with MicroEJ, a leading provider of standard software containers for embedded and IoT devices. With the unique combination of MicroEJ software container technology deployed on Telit IoT cellular modules—starting with ME910C1 product family—Telit offers a more complete portfolio of solutions and enables a broader software development ecosystem. To learn more, visit: https://www.telit.com/telit-microej-iot-enablement-sample-kit/.
Using the Telit App Zone SDK powerful development environment for IoT devices, advanced development teams can distribute functions across different layers to develop Board Support Platform (BSP) functions and drivers in C/C++, while using the MicroEJ layer to develop the application using high level languages. MicroEJ allows easy customization for various end-customers with its dynamic app loading and a custom application store. MICROEJ VEE (Virtual Execution Environment) trusted software container complements the Telit App Zone and enables complex application development, with support for Java, Kotlin and JavaScript programming languages on embedded platforms. MICROEJ VEE comes with its Virtual Device counterpart for desktop environments, enabling engineers to design and qualify their specifications on the virtual Telit device ahead of hardware design, which accelerate the development process.
At the core of MICROEJ VEE sits MEJ32, a 32-bit virtual machine, which comes in various flavors optimized for each type of processor. The MICROEJ VEE enables hardware abstraction, which facilitates software development and code portability across different device architectures and technologies. Developers can also take advantage of software components that are hardware independent and reuse them across hardware architectures and application processors.
Telit+MicroEJ competitive differentiators:
- Optimized hardware costs: runs code on the module without the need of external processor
- Better performance: lightweight, fast and power efficient
- Abstraction and increased security: provides abstraction of underlying hardware capabilities and protects memory access, critical hardware functions and system services
- Separation of concerns: all cellular/ wireless protocol jargon is confined and managed by lower layers, exposing a simple yet fully controllable set of APIs
"Telit+MicroEJ helps customers coming from a non-embedded world to remove the learning curve of cellular IoT development," said Dr. Fred Rivard, CEO, MicroEJ. "Developers from other environments will find higher quality, security and support programming languages and tools along, with reduced dependencies from underlying hardware architectures thus simplifying code portability."
"MICROEJ VEE with a virtual Telit device allows for faster iteration and accelerated, simplified app development with multilanguage support, a better abstraction and richer set of high-level APIs," said Martino Turcato, Head of Software, Product Management, Telit. "Manufacturers can empower their users and create an app ecosystem around their devices. Examples range from edge applications to vertical services like hyperscaler integration, HMI and edge analytics."
Visit the Telit booth, #5-277, at Embedded World June 21–23 in Nuremberg, Germany to watch a Telit+MicroEJ demonstration. The demo showcases an application running on MICROEJ VEE as it processes and sends sensor data to Telit OneEdge™, a secure software stack integrated with Telit modules and cloud services. OneEdge is Telit's solution that helps connect and manage edge devices, simplifying IoT deployment at scale.
About MicroEJ
MicroEJ is bringing container virtualization to IoT and embedded devices. We are focused on providing device manufacturers with secure application containers in markets where software applications require high performance, compact size, energy efficiency, and cost-effective development.
With over 100 million products sold, all the leading global manufacturers have chosen MicroEJ to design their electronic devices for a large variety of industries, including smart home, wearables, healthcare, industrial automation, retail, telecommunications, smart city, building automation, transportation, etc.
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Telit simplifies onboarding of connected 'things' with a portfolio of enterprise-grade wireless communication and positioning modules; cellular MVNO connectivity plans and management services; edge and cloud software; and data orchestration, IoT and Industrial IoT platforms. With over two decades of pioneering IoT innovation experience, Telit delivers award-winning, secure, integrated IoT solutions for many of the world's largest enterprises, OEMs, system integrators and service providers, so they can connect and manage IoT at any scale.
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(NEXSTAR) – In recent weeks, states as far south as Alabama have had the chance to view a relatively rare night-sky occurrence: the northern lights. Thanks to some ongoing solar activity, the celestial event may be more common in the coming months.
Late last month, a severe geomagnetic storm erupted after a coronal mass ejection and minor solar flare were detected on the Sun.
Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are explosions of plasma and magnetic material from the sun that can reach Earth in as little as 15 to 18 hours, NOAA explains. Solar flares and CMEs (which can occur at the same time) can impact navigation, communication and radio signals on Earth, and CMEs are able to create a stunning show in the night sky. According to NASA, CMEs can create currents in Earth’s magnetic fields that send particles to the North and South Poles. When those particles interact with oxygen and nitrogen, they can create auroras.
Another CME was forecasted to impact Earth in early May, bringing the potential for northern light sightings to many northern states.
It’s all thanks to Solar Cycle 25, which began in December 2019, according to Rob Steenburgh, a space scientist with NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. During this cycle, an 11-year period, the sun will flip its magnetic poles and cause space weather, which is “variations in the space environment between the Sun and Earth.” That includes CMEs.
“These events are common, occurring on average two times a day during the most active period of the 11-year solar cycle. The majority of these eruptions are not directed towards Earth,” Steenburgh explained in a NOAA article. Those that are, however, can cause stunning northern lights.
The Sun is expected to reach its most active point, known as solar maxium, in mid-2024, according to Steenburgh. More activity on the Sun can lead to more chances to see the northern lights.
While it can be difficult to tell when exactly the U.S. will have the chance to see the aurora borealis, NOAA does offer single-day and next-day forecasts for potential northern light viewing.
With the exception of the late-April geomagnetic storm that sent the northern lights into the south-central U.S., recent aurora borealis events have only been viewable to the upper portions of the U.S. – Washington, the northern tip of Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and parts of New York and Maine.
NOAA’s latest forecast for Sunday, May 7, shows many of those same states – Alaska, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and the northern portion of Idaho – have a chance to see the northern lights again. Depending on conditions, the auroras could stretch as far south as Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa, Maine, and portions of Wyoming, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
Monday night, NOAA’s forecast shows the northern lights have a low likelihood of appearing only as far south as Minnesota’s southern border.
Want to increase your chances of seeing the auroras? Head north – Alaska and Canada frequently have the opportunity to catch the stunning colors light up the sky. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/we-could-be-seeing-the-northern-lights-more-often-heres-why/ | 2023-05-07 20:22:34 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/we-could-be-seeing-the-northern-lights-more-often-heres-why/ |
WASHINGTON — Jeanne Bjorn came out twice. In 1978, she acknowledged she was a lesbian. But it's only been recent that she said she came out as her truest self.
"I realized that I needed to come out to myself as bisexual, that I have always been bisexual," Bjorn said.
But, Bjorn said, it's been hard for her to come out to her lesbian friends.
"There were a few times that I just said 'I can't even do this,'" she said. "It was sort of like I should go back into the lesbian closet."
Bjorn tied her hesitation in part to the myths and stigma surrounding the bisexual community. Many bisexuals say they experience isolation and misunderstanding about their sexuality, even from others within the LGBTQ+ community.
"I get the standard 'why don't you just pick a side?" said Mrunmayi J. Salil, a woman who said her struggle is compounded by the fact that she has a male partner. "I know for a fact that when I bring him to certain LGBT events, unless I'm very dressed [up], I will get mistaken for an ally."
LGBTQIA+ advocates say many of the stigmas stem from what they call bisexual invisibility or erasure.
Dr. Stephen Forssell, the director of George Washington University's LGBT Health Policy and Practice Program, said bisexuality is erased because people think in black and white terms - no gray areas.
"The LGBTQ community doesn't have a convenient way of conceptualizing what bisexuals are," he explains. "It's just kind of a slippery concept for a lot of people to grasp."
"A lot of people don't believe Bi people exist," David South added. "We don't like things that don't fit into a box. And as bisexuals, we live on the verge between homosexuality and heterosexuality."
That black and white thinking leads many to assume someone is straight or gay, disregarding bisexuality.
"If you see a couple holding hands, a man and a woman - that's a straight couple," South said. "If you see a couple that's a woman and a woman - that's a gay couple. There's no way for two people to appear bisexual. And so, it's very easy to overlook people."
That invisibility is hurting the mental health of bisexual people.
A 2017 report in the Journal of Sex Research found bisexual people had higher rates of anxiety and depression compared to their gay, lesbian and straight counterparts.
"I think when things aren't talked about, you get the message that there's something wrong with it," Bjorn said.
Salil, Bjorn and South all agree that there's a lack of bisexual representation in current society.
"I wish that I would have known more people in my life or celebrities or characters that were bisexual men," South said. "That would have helped me realize that this is how I feel."
Dr. Forssell said increasing bisexual representation -- essentially erasing bi-erasure -- would ease the isolation and stigma for the community.
"The more we make these things visible, the more conversations we have about this openly... the better it goes," South said. | https://www.abc10.com/article/life/bisexual-visibility-erasure-and-stigmas-pride-month-june-2022/65-4fefdf91-f5f1-43a7-b13f-e2eed5e64648 | 2022-06-11 01:36:44 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/life/bisexual-visibility-erasure-and-stigmas-pride-month-june-2022/65-4fefdf91-f5f1-43a7-b13f-e2eed5e64648 |
WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, June 25, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service RENO NV
224 AM PDT Sat Jun 25 2022
...Isolated Showers and Thunderstorms Today, Warm Temperatures
Through Monday...
Thunderstorms Today:
* Showers and thunderstorms will develop across the eastern Sierra
today and spread northward across the Tahoe Basin during the
afternoon. A few showers and storms will also develop across
western Nevada and gradually move towards the north through the
early evening hours.
* Hazards with these storms include, a mixture of wet and dry
lightning strikes leading to possible new fire starts, and
gusty/erratic outflow winds. Outflow winds from thunderstorms
are capable of capsizing small vessels and reducing visibility
due to blowing dust. Flash flooding caused by locally heavy
rainfall on local burn scars cannot be ruled out.
* Stay aware of weather conditions and have a way to get weather
alerts, especially if you are recreating outdoors. Monitor the
clouds, and if clouds are developing vertically, it is time to
end your activity and prioritize retreating indoors. If you hear
thunder while you're on the lake or miles into a hike, then you
have already waited too long to seek shelter. Stay away from
recent burn scars as heavy rainfall can create dangerous debris
flows.
Heat Through Monday:
* Warming trend continues through Monday. While nothing too
unusual for late June, high temperatures will run 5 to 10
degrees above average with mid to upper 90s across lower
valleys and 80s in the Sierra valleys. By Monday, many western
Nevada valleys will flirt with the 100 degree mark.
* Most areas will see low to moderate heat risks for sensitive
populations. Consider reducing, canceling or rescheduling
strenuous activities to the coolest time of the day. Individuals
at risk should stay in the coolest available place. Drink plenty
of fluids to stay hydrated and never leave children or animals
in a vehicle.
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TORONTO, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Russel Metals Inc. (TSX: RUS) announces that it has declared a dividend in the amount of CA$0.38 per share on its common shares, payable on June 15, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 27, 2022.
About Russel Metals
Russel Metals is one of the largest metals distribution companies in North America, with a growing focus on value-added processing. It carries on business in three segments: metals service centers, energy products and steel distributors. Its network of metals service centers carries an extensive line of metal products in a wide range of sizes, shapes and specifications, including carbon hot rolled and cold finished steel, pipe and tubular products, stainless steel, aluminum and other non-ferrous specialty metals. Its energy products operations carry a specialized product line focused on the needs of energy industry customers. Its steel distributors operations act as master distributors selling steel in large volumes to other steel service centers and large equipment manufacturers mainly on an "as is" basis.
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Stormy conditions sticking around
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI)- Unsettled weather will take temporary residence for the next several days. Temperatures are also staying hot, in the 80s and 90s.
MONDAY NIGHT: Rain showers and a few thunderstorms are possible through the overnight hours. Some storms may become stronger, producing heavy rain or hail. Temperatures tonight will be mild, with heavy cloud coverage remaining, in the middle 60s.
TUES/WED: Stormy conditions stick around, with a stationary front draping across central MS and AL. Heavy showers and hail are possible, with a weak tornado not being able to be ruled out. High temperatures will be in the low to middle 80s, with low temperatures in the upper 60s.
THURS/FRI: Heating back up, into the upper 80s! Storm chance has potential of continuing into Thursday. Friday continues a rain chance, but does seem much lighter. Low temps will be warm, in the upper 60s to lower 70s. | https://www.wcbi.com/stormy-conditions-sticking-around/ | 2023-06-13 04:13:42 | 1 | https://www.wcbi.com/stormy-conditions-sticking-around/ |
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