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(NEXSTAR) – The U.S. is starting to see signs of an early flu season this year. According to tracking by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, visits to doctors’ offices for respiratory illness are already above baseline levels, and more people are testing positive for influenza, especially in the south and southeast.
The CDC tracks influenza activity on a map showing all U.S. states and territories. The map, which uses data through Oct. 15, shows only one place — Washington, D.C. — with flu activity categorized as “very high.”
Five states, shown on the map in red, have a “high” level of flu activity: Texas, New York, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina.
Louisiana, Alabama and Puerto Rico are also categorized as “high,” but have lower numbers and therefore are shaded in orange.
Some local jurisdictions also report data to the CDC. Of those with data available, the metro areas of San Antonio, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; Champaign-Urbana, Illinois; and Columbus, Georgia, had “very high” levels.
The map isn’t based off confirmed influenza lab tests, but rather tracks where people are going to the doctor with flu-like symptoms (respiratory illness and fever, plus a cough or sore throat). Because of that, the map “may capture patient visits due to other respiratory pathogens that cause similar symptoms,” the CDC explains.
Flu season is ramping up at the same time as children’s hospitals are reeling from an onslaught of young patients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV. CDC tracking shows RSV cases spiking over the past month.
On top of that, there’s always the threat of another COVID-19 surge as we head into the colder months, and people move outdoor socializing indoors, where the virus spreads more quickly.
“This virus actually knows how to get us. It follows humans, meaning that we are going to be together, we’re going to be in those spaces with poor ventilation, and COVID-19 loves that,” said Dr. Ilan Shapiro, chief medical affairs officer at AltaMed in Los Angeles. Influenza and RSV also spread quickly under the same conditions, Shapiro said.
All three viruses also have overlapping symptoms. If you feel sick and aren’t sure which virus you have — COVID, influenza or RSV — Shapiro recommends getting tested, as each virus has different treatment options. | https://who13.com/news/national-news/cdc-map-shows-where-flu-activity-is-already-spiking/ | 2022-10-26 16:18:22 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/national-news/cdc-map-shows-where-flu-activity-is-already-spiking/ |
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan fugitive wanted for allegedly playing a major role in the country’s 1994 genocide has been confirmed dead, a prosecutor with a U.N.-backed tribunal said Thursday.
Protais Mpiranya, “the last of the major fugitives” indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, died in 2006 in the southern African nation of Zimbabwe, Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor with the U.N. International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, said in a statement.
“For the victims of his crimes, Mpiranya was a feared and notorious fugitive” as leader of the presidential guard during the genocide, he said. “Confirming his death provides the solace of knowing that he cannot cause further harm.”
With the confirmed death of Mpiranya, there are now only five outstanding fugitives under the tribunal’s jurisdiction, the statement said.
The announcement in The Hague followed years of an investigation into the whereabouts of Mpiranya, who eluded arrest by using aliases.
He had been charged with multiple counts of genocide, complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
“Notably, he was charged with responsibility for the murders of senior moderate Rwandan leaders at the start of the genocide, including Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana” and other national leaders, the statement said.
The mass killing of Rwanda’s Tutsi population was ignited on April 6, when a plane carrying President Juvénal Habyarimana was shot down and crashed in Kigali, the capital, killing the leader who, like most Rwandans, was an ethnic Hutu.
The Tutsi were blamed for downing the plane, and although they denied it, bands of Hutu extremists began killing them, including children, with support from the army, police and militias. | https://www.wane.com/news/rwanda-genocide-suspect-protais-mpiranya-is-confirmed-dead/ | 2022-05-13 13:18:10 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/rwanda-genocide-suspect-protais-mpiranya-is-confirmed-dead/ |
AirTag leads to arrest of airline worker in luggage thefts, sheriff says
OKALOOSA CO., Fla. (Gray News) – A sheriff’s office in Florida said an Apple AirTag helped find the man suspected in the theft of luggage items worth more than $16,000.
Giovanni De Luca, a 19-year-old subcontractor at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, faces two counts of grand theft.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday on Facebook that a traveler reported her luggage missing in July, with items worth more than $1,600. She said the AirTag she had in her bags last showed activity on a street in Mary Esther, Fla.
Another person reported jewelry and other items valued at more than $15,000 missing from their luggage Aug. 9.
Deputies said they cross-referenced the addresses of airline employees with the AirTag’s signal and met De Luca at his home on the same street.
Investigators said they recovered the items reported missing Aug. 9, and De Luca also admitted to going through the first victim’s suitcase and removing the AirTag. The other belongings of the first victim were not found.
“This arrest is an example of excellent teamwork by our Airport Security Unit, our investigators, and the airport to find the person responsible for these thefts and make sure he is held responsible,” said Sheriff Eric Aden in the post.
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Northwestern University fired head baseball coach Jim Foster on Thursday, days after the university let go of head football coach Pat Fitzgerald amid an investigation into hazing allegations.
Foster was "relieved of his duties effective immediately," Athletic Director Derrick Gragg said in an announcement posted to the university's athletics page.
Gragg did not give details behind Foster's termination but said "many factors were considered" before the decision was made.
"Nothing will ever be more important to Northwestern than providing its students a place that allows them to develop in the classroom, in the community, and in competition at the absolute highest level, and building a culture which allows our staff to thrive," Gragg said.
"As the Director of Athletics, I take ownership of our head coaching hires and we will share our next steps as they unfold," he added.
Northwestern Head Baseball Coach Jim Foster has been relieved of his duties effective immediately, Combe Family Vice President for Athletics and Recreation Dr. Derrick Gragg announced Thursday.https://t.co/C4HXwjJEE1
— Northwestern Athletics (@NU_Sports) July 13, 2023
Assistant coach Brian Anderson, a former MLB player who won a World Series ring with the Chicago White Sox in 2005, will take over as interim coach.
While it is unclear what led to Foster's termination as head coach, both The Chicago Tribune and 670 The Score reported that Foster allegedly led a toxic culture within the baseball program, as his alleged bullying and verbally abusive behavior led to a human resources investigation by the university.
670 The Score reported that Foster also allegedly made racist statements and discouraged players from reporting their injuries. When asked about this allegation by the Chicago radio station he denied all allegations, calling them "ridiculous."
Both current and former players and alumni told The Tribune that they alerted university officials of Foster's behavior before the start of the 2023 season. The university's investigation found "sufficient evidence" that Foster engaged in bullying and abusive behavior, The Tribune reported.
A Northwestern athletics spokesperson declined NPR's request for comment regarding the investigation and Foster's termination.
Foster was hired in June 2022 by the university, which went 24-27 this past season. Before his tenure at Northwestern, Foster was the head coach at West Point, where he led the Black Knights to four consecutive league titles and NCAA playoff tournament appearances.
News of Foster's termination comes days after the university parted ways with its long-time football coach, Pat Fitzgerald, following an investigation into hazing allegations.
The university announced it had previously suspended Fitzgerald for two weeks without pay after reviewing the investigation's executive summary. Though the university said there was no "sufficient" evidence that coaches knew about the misconduct from Fitzgerald, University President Michael Schill said Fitzgerald "should have known."
"Northwestern University is an extraordinary university with an exceptional athletics program. I am committed to ensuring that the misconduct that occurred in our football program never happens again anywhere in our university community," Schill said in a letter to the community.
Northwestern has yet to name Fitzgerald's replacement.
NPR's Dustin Jones contributed to this report. contributed to this story
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PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — About three years ago, married couple Denise and Peter Masiello decided they wanted to start a horse rescue.
The papers for their new 501c3 organization were sent out the next day to form Broken Road Horse Rescue in Lake Worth.
Annie, a yearling from Kansas, is one of the current guests of the farm.
"She was feral. She was just born in a pasture, so she never was handled there or had a halter on," Denise Masiello said. "She came to us, and it took four hours to put a halter on this horse. But now she's the sweetest, most loving horse."
The couple, with their volunteer Karla Withers Branch, have rescued and rehabilitated more than 30 horses since the inception of the rescue.
"It's so rewarding. I love being with animals. I love animals. If I were an animal, I would like to be Denise and Peter's animal," Withers Branch said. "But just watching the transformation when we get them to where they are now. Finding them a family, finding them a good home and if they can't, they stay with us, and we get to enjoy them and love on them and give them a good rest."
The stables and farm are located on Heritage Farms Road, west of State Road 7, and they have more than horses. There are peacocks, sheep, a miniature cow, chickens and a cat that runs off mice.
The married couple gets up early to do their chores on the farm and then both of them head to their full-time jobs. Peter Masiello admitted they are so busy there's no time to watch television except maybe squeeze in a "Yellowstone" episode.
Their horse rescue work has a hefty price.
"It is extremely expensive. We rely on donations. We are a 501c3, so we're not for profit," Denise Masiello said. "So, we rely on donations, and we use our own money."
As Denise looked around the farm surrounded by her horses, WPTV asked why she does all of this.
"Look at this," she said. "This is like a piece of heaven. Who wouldn't?"
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CANONSBURG, Pa., Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CEIX) will issue its third quarter earnings release before the market opens on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. The release will be followed by a conference call hosted by members of the management team at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast will be accessible on the 'Investor Relations' page of its website, www.consolenergy.com. An archive of the webcast will be available for at least 30 days after the event.
Participants may also join the live webcast by telephone as follows.
Participant dial in (toll free) 1-877-226-2859
Participant international dial in 1-412-542-4134
Participants should ask to be joined into the CONSOL Energy Inc. earnings conference call.
CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CEIX) is a Canonsburg, Pennsylvania-based producer and exporter of high-Btu bituminous thermal coal and metallurgical coal. It owns and operates some of the most productive longwall mining operations in the Northern Appalachian Basin and is developing a new metallurgical coal mine (the Itmann project) in the Central Appalachian Basin. CONSOL's flagship operation is the Pennsylvania Mining Complex, which has the capacity to produce approximately 28.5 million tons of coal per year and is comprised of 3 large-scale underground mines: Bailey, Enlow Fork, and Harvey. The company also owns and operates the CONSOL Marine Terminal, which is located in the port of Baltimore and has a throughput capacity of approximately 15 million tons per year. In addition to the ~612 million reserve tons associated with the Pennsylvania Mining Complex and the ~21 million reserve tons associated with the Itmann project, the company also controls approximately 1.4 billion tons of greenfield thermal and metallurgical coal reserves located in the major coal-producing basins of the eastern United States. Additional information regarding CONSOL Energy may be found at www.consolenergy.com.
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NY Burlington VT Zone Forecast for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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National Weather Service Burlington VT
329 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
NYZ028-012000-
Eastern Clinton-
Including the cities of Champlain and Plattsburgh
329 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds around
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight.
Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the upper 70s. South winds
around 10 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Not
as warm with highs in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Highs
in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 80s.
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NYZ031-012000-
Western Clinton-
Including the cities of Dannemora and Ellenburg
329 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable
winds, becoming south around 10 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight.
Lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds,
becoming northwest around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows around 60. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 80s.
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NYZ026-012000-
Northern St. Lawrence-
Including the cities of Massena and Norfolk
329 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers until
midnight, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds
around 10 mph, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 80s.
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NYZ087-012000-
Southwestern St. Lawrence-
Including the cities of Ogdensburg, Potsdam, and Gouverneur
329 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s.
South winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds
around 10 mph, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Light and
variable winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Highs
in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 80s.
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NYZ029-012000-
Southeastern St. Lawrence-
Including the cities of South Colton and Star Lake
329 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers until
midnight, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds, becoming
northwest around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Light and
variable winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 80s.
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NYZ027-012000-
Northern Franklin-
Including the cities of Fort Covington and Malone
329 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers until
midnight, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers. Not as warm with highs in the mid
70s. Southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Not
as warm with highs in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 80s.
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NYZ030-012000-
Southern Franklin-
Including the cities of Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake
329 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable
winds, becoming southwest around 10 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers until
midnight, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
mid 60s. Southwest winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming
light and variable. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 70s. Southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming northwest in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows around 60. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
around 80.
$$
NYZ035-012000-
Eastern Essex-
Including the cities of Port Henry and Ticonderoga
329 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds around
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight.
Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 80s. South winds
around 10 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows around 60. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Hot with highs
in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers. Not
as warm with highs in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 80s.
$$
NYZ034-012000-
Western Essex-
Including the cities of Lake Placid and Newcomb
329 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable
winds, becoming south around 10 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight.
Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds around
10 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers. Not
as warm with highs in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 80s.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch will move to Richard Childress Racing next season, ending a 15-year career with Joe Gibbs Racing because the team could not come to terms with NASCAR’s only active multiple Cup champion.
Busch will drive the No. 8 Chevrolet for Childress in an announcement made Tuesday at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He wore the two Cup championship rings he won driving for Gibbs on his middle fingers.
“I’ll be taking my talents to Welcome, North Carolina to drive the No. 8 car starting in 2023,” Busch said of moving to the team based about an hour north of Charlotte.
Tyler Reddick, who is currently competing for the Cup championship in the No. 8 Chevrolet, will remain under contract at RCR and drive for the team next season. Reddick in July told Childress he was moving to 23XI Racing in 2024.
Richard Childress said he informed Reddick he’d be out of the No. 8 next season one hour before Busch’s announcement. Childress said he’d obtain a third charter for Reddick’s car, but gave no other details except that Reddick’s current crew chief will be paired with Busch next season.
When Childress joined Busch at the announcement, the Hall of Fame team owner presented Busch’s 7-year-old son, Brexton, with a contract option to someday drive for RCR. But before that, Childress handed Busch his “signing bonus,” which was a boxed watch.
Childress in 2011 tussled with Busch after a Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. The car owner removed his watch and handed it to someone, saying ‘Hold my watch’ before the altercation. Childress was fined $150,000 by NASCAR afterward.
Childress and Busch, now 37 years old, long ago made amends, which helped make RCR a landing spot for Busch during his excruciatingly long free agency period. JGR learned longtime partner Mars Wrigley was leaving the sport at the end of 2022, and Gibbs had been searching for a deep-pocketed sponsor to keep Busch in the No. 18 Toyota.
Busch even said he’d drive for below his market value to get a deal done.
But as the year went on and no progress was made on Busch’s 2023 plans, he was forced to look elsewhere for both his own Cup seat and a landing spot for Kyle Busch Motorsports, his Truck Series team. KBM will now be a Chevrolet organization, but Busch said all details on KBM and how many trucks it fields next year is still being decided.
“Kyle has been a major part of our history and success here at Joe Gibbs Racing. We are thankful for all his contributions to our organization over the years,” Joe Gibbs said in a statement. “When you look at all that he has accomplished already, it is truly remarkable, and we know someday we will be celebrating his Hall of Fame induction.”
The move to RCR and rival Chevrolet is a tremendous blow to Toyota, which has been with Busch since he joined JGR and powered him to all but four of his 60 career Cup wins. Busch is also the winningest driver in the lower-level Xfinity Series and Truck Series, and his KBM truck team is a massive part of Toyota’s dominance in that series.
But Toyota could do nothing to find Busch a slot in its small fleet — JGR and 23XI combine for a Cup Series low six full-time entries — and Busch was able to move to Chevrolet. The manufacturer lauded the driver it considers a future Hall of Famer for all that “one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history” has accomplished for Toyota.
“We’re disappointed and saddened that his future won’t continue to be with Team Toyota,” the manufacturer said in a statement. “Kyle has been an ambassador for Toyota since joining the program in 2008. He’s gone on to accumulate some of the most prestigious milestones possible for the Toyota brand. He will undoubtedly hold the record for the most wins in a Toyota across all three Championship Series for decades to come.
“But more than that, Kyle has been a friend, part of our family and has played a key role in the development of many of our drivers through his ownership of Kyle Busch Motorsports. We wish nothing but the best for Kyle and his entire family as he moves into the next chapter of his Hall of Fame career. We’re thankful to have been along for the ride.”
Childress said the atmosphere at his shop in Welcome has been electric since rumors started that Busch might move to the organization. He also said when he looks in Busch’s eyes, he sees the same fiery look of competition he once saw in the late Dale Earnhardt.
Earnhardt won six of his seven Cup championships driving for Childress. RCR has not won a Cup title since Earnhardt, but has both Reddick and Austin Dillon, Childress’ grandson, in this year’s playoff field.
But RCR has not won a title since Earnhardt’s final championship in 1994. Reddick, a two-race winner this season, is currently 11th in the playoff standings. Austin Dillon, who won the regular-season finale to snag the final playoff spot, is 14th in the standings as the Cup Series heads into Saturday night’s elimination race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
It was Dillon, Childress said, who encouraged his grandfather to speak to Busch after Reddick blindsided RCR with his plans to leave in 2024. Busch goes into Bristol ranked 13th in the standings.
The move to RCR returns Busch to Chevrolet, the manufacturer he began with when he signed a development driver contract with Hendrick Motorsports when Busch was a teenager. He made his Cup debut as a 19-year-old for Hendrick and won four races over three seasons driving the No. 5 Chevrolet — the number currently used by champion Kyle Larson.
Busch was released from Hendrick at the end of 2007 when Dale Earnhardt Jr. became available and Hendrick could no longer tolerate Busch’s volatile behavior. Gibbs gave Busch a longer leash — Gibbs won three Super Bowls with the Washington Redskins and also employed Hall of Fame driver Tony Stewart — and Busch thanked Gibbs on Tuesday for “being patient with me.”
“You guys took a chance at a kid 15 years ago to let me drive a race car, and we hit the ground running,” Busch said of Gibbs, who allowed “me to be a kid and grow into a man, most days.”
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CRANBURY, N.J., Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Palatin Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: PTN) will announce its first quarter fiscal year 2023 operating results on Monday, November 14, 2022, before the open of the U.S. financial markets.
Palatin will also conduct a conference call and live audio webcast hosted by its executive management team on November 14, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. ET. The conference call will include a review of the company's operating results and an update on programs under development.
The audio webcast and replay can be accessed by logging on to the "Investors-Webcasts" section of Palatin's website at http://www.palatin.com.
Palatin is a biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class medicines based on molecules that modulate the activity of the melanocortin receptor systems, with targeted, receptor-specific product candidates for the treatment of diseases with significant unmet medical need and commercial potential. Palatin's strategy is to develop products and then form marketing collaborations with industry leaders to maximize their commercial potential. For additional information regarding Palatin, please visit Palatin's website at www.palatin.com and follow Palatin on Twitter at @PalatinTech.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP)It feels as if every weekend follows a familiar pattern for the Baltimore Ravens these days.
They play a hard-fought, low-scoring game in which touchdowns are scarce. Sometimes they win, sometimes they lose – and there’s never any more clarity on when Lamar Jackson might be back.
Coach John Harbaugh said Monday he doesn’t know if Jackson will practice this week, and time suddenly isn’t on Baltimore’s side. The Ravens are headed to the playoffs, but their 16-13 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday night only reinforced what has become obvious: They could really use Jackson, and he’ll probably need to play his absolute best to make this offense effective.
Jackson has missed four straight games with a knee injury and hasn’t practiced at all in that span. Even if the star quarterback returns by the team’s first playoff game, there are now real questions about whether he’ll have enough time to work his way back to 100% by then.
”I just can’t think about that,” Harbaugh said. ”I’m just going to listen to the doctors and to Lamar, and we’re prepared.”
The Ravens’ status in the AFC North race is up in the air. Cincinnati went into Monday night’s game against Buffalo with a chance to clinch the division, but that game was suspended after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and was hospitalized in critical condition. When or if those teams would return to the field was not immediately clear.
Baltimore (10-6) is scheduled to end the regular season at Cincinnati next weekend, in a game that would decide the AFC North if the Bengals lost to Buffalo. But that obviously wasn’t the main focus Monday night.
”We offer our prayers and well wishes to Damar Hamlin and his family,” the Ravens tweeted.
WHAT’S WORKING
It’s hard to put too much blame on the defense, which has held seven of its past eight opponents to 16 points or fewer. The Ravens allowed a last-minute touchdown to Pittsburgh, but that was the first TD conceded at home by Baltimore since Oct. 23.
WHAT NEEDS HELP
Offensive balance has been poor for a while, with the passing game sputtering, but Harbaugh was also unhappy with the distribution of carries between J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards.
Dobbins had 93 yards on 17 attempts, while Edwards had three carries for 2 yards.
”I wasn’t happy about that, in all honesty. Gus should have played more,” Harbaugh said. ”We should have had him out there more. Really no excuse for that.”
STOCK UP
Star tight end Mark Andrews had injury problems earlier this season, but he looks healthy with the playoffs approaching. He caught nine passes for 100 yards in his most productive outing in more than two months.
”We’re a dangerous team, and I know there’s a fire in this group,” Andrews said after the game. ”There’s fire today, and I don’t think the score indicates that, but we’ll be alright.”
STOCK DOWN
The Ravens mostly kept Pittsburgh out of the end zone, but they did allow 198 yards rushing. Najee Harris, with 111, became the first player to run for 100 against Baltimore this season.
”That was not what we expected,” Harbaugh said. ”We’re better than that. There’s no question about it. It wasn’t any one thing. It was just not being quite up to standard across the board probably. Guys were fighting, and there was effort.”
INJURIES
T Morgan Moses injured his biceps, but Harbaugh said he didn’t think it was serious. He also said he thinks DE Calais Campbell (knee) and CB Marcus Peters (calf) have a chance to play this week.
KEY NUMBER
2 – The number of receptions by Baltimore wide receivers Sunday. It’s a problem that hasn’t gotten any better, and there’s only so much the tight ends and running backs can do in the passing game to make up for it.
NEXT STEPS
The Ravens lost their previous trip to Cincinnati 41-21 in 2021, allowing Joe Burrow to throw for 525 yards. But in the first meeting this season, Baltimore won 19-17 at home.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clubhouse Media Group, Inc. (OTCMKTS: CMGR) ("Clubhouse Media"), a social media firm and digital agency, today announced that it has reduced its outstanding debt by approximately $110 thousand. Clubhouse Media's outstanding debt to noteholders has been reduced to approximately $4.4 million (not including accrued interest), following the reduction.
Management Commentary
"We are committed to reducing our debt and strengthening the balance sheet" said Scott Hoey, Chief Financial Officer of Clubhouse Media. "Our goal is to continue down this path until all (or at least a majority) of our debt is eliminated."
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About Clubhouse Media Group, Inc.
Clubhouse Media offers and deal-making services, a management division for brands and individual influencer clients, and an investment arm for joint ventures and acquisitions for companies in the social media influencer space.
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Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Clubhouse Media's actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others such as, but not limited to economic conditions, changes in the laws or regulations, demand for Clubhouse Media's products and services, the effects of competition and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or represented in the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking information provided in this release should be considered with these factors in mind. We caution investors not to rely unduly on any forward-looking statements and urge you to carefully consider the risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, which are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at sec.gov. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
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The 2 entities combined have current monthly revenue of over $500,000 a month
COCONUT CREEK, Fla., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Cannabis Solutions, Inc. ("Integrated Cannabis" or the "Company") (OTCPINK: IGPK), is pleased to share the following update.
IGPK formed a new wholly owned subsidiary, Houdini Group, Inc., which then executed 2 Acquisition Agreements to acquire 2 operating Cannabis California based entities: Houdini Labs and The Tahoe Group. The 3rd entity was not needed and did not reduce any revenue that was projected to be acquired.
Houdini Group has the capacity to grow over the next few months to a potential of $1.5 million in Gross monthly revenue and a potential of $400,000 Net income during a single shift.
Tahoe Group, LLC., operates as a Distributor of cannabis, delivery service, and Infused manufacturing. The license owned by the Tahoe Group allows the company to operate three operations:
Delivery –Phoenix Delivery - acts like any other delivery service. Cannabis products are ordered from the company's website by a customer, and then a driver brings them to the customer and collects payment. Delivery companies are virtual dispensaries operating without a storefront. Customers cannot come and pick up any goods and all goods must be delivered. Home - Phoenix Delivery-Sacramento, CA Cannabis Delivery (gophoenixdelivery.com) Delivery is expected to be operational in January of 2023.
Infused Manufacturing – Tahoe Group is able to produce the following products; Gummy's, Tinctures, Pre rolls, Vape carts, and Topicals.
Distribution – Genesis Distribution ("Genesis") is a world-class swift, safe and secure cannabis products distribution company delivering to licensed brick-and-mortar retail stores in California. Genesis provides Pick-up, Warehousing, Sales & Marketing, Branding & Packaging, Testing, Delivery & Cash Collection, Compliance & regulatory support. Genesis is fully compliant, delivering State-of-the-art security while providing leading cannabis products to dispensaries. Focusing on sales planning, pricing and promotions, Genesis delivers the buying decisions that its brand partners want and expect to expand market share. Home - Genesis Distribution (wpengine.com)
Global Consortium Group, LLC (operates Houdini Labs as a DBA).
Houdini Labs ("Houdini") is a California cannabis extraction company that develops and manufactures quality THC oils and concentrates in the fastest-growing segment of the California cannabis industry. Houdini continues to team up with some of the largest brands in California while pushing purity limits. At scale, Houdini can process 1,200 lbs. per day with its advanced ethanol and CO2 equipment and butane extraction. Houdini offers an expanded extraction facility. Additional production capacity is accessible with Houdini's new modern butane extraction facility, growing its product line offerings. Houdini's services include toll processing, bulk crude and Ultra grade THC distillate production, and white-label services.
Houdini's supply chain capabilities expand further by offering packaging, edibles, distribution, and B2C delivery services. By creating quality cannabis products with commitment and consistency, Houdini will elevate our clients' goals at every opportunity. https://houdinilab.com/
The Company, in compliance with SEC regulations, will use social media outlets like Facebook or Twitter and its own website at www.igpk.org to announce key information in compliance with Regulation FD.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NewsNation) — Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed Wednesday night in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission, killing all nine service members on board, U.S. Army officials confirmed to NewsNation.
The two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky.
U.S. Army officials at Fort Campbell provided updates on the helicopter crash in a press conference Thursday morning.
Deputy Commander Brigadier Gen. John Lubas with the 101st Airborne Division provided a summary of events and said they are unable to provide any information on the victims of the crash as they were still in the process of notifying the victim’s families.
“This is a truly tragic loss for our families, our division and Fort Campbell. Our number one priority is caring for the families and the soldiers within our combat aviation brigade,” Lubas said.
Lubas said they will provide more information once that process is complete. He said an aircraft safety team was deployed from Fort Rucker in Alabama to help investigate the incident to help the division to understand what caused the crash in order to prevent accidents like this from happening again.
“Today is a tough and tragic day for Kentucky, for Fort Campbell and for the 101st. The nine individuals we lost are children of God. They will be mourned and missed by their families and communities,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said during his remarks.
The crash remains under investigation.
Lubas said the routine training mission the soldiers were on was a training progress where they were flying a multi-ship formation under night-vision goggles at night.
One helicopter held five soldiers while the second held four, Lubas confirmed this was typical to have that many people on each aircraft. Lubas said both of the helicopters involved were medical evacuation aircraft, clarifying that the accident occurred while the aircraft were flying, not when they were completing medical evacuation drills.
“The crash occurred in a field, some wooded area,” Kentucky State Police Trooper Sarah Burgess said at a news briefing. “At this time, there are no reports of residence damage.”
Nick Tomaszewski, who lives about a mile from where the crash occurred, said he saw two helicopters flying over his house moments before the crash.
“For whatever reason, last night my wife and I were sitting there looking out on the back deck and I said, ‘Wow, those two helicopters look low and they look kind of close to one another tonight,’” he said.
The helicopters flew over and looped back around, and moments later, “We saw what looked like a firework went off in the sky.”
“All of the lights in their helicopter went out. It was like they just poofed … and then we saw a huge glow like a fireball,” Tomaszewski said.
Flyovers for training exercises happen almost daily and the helicopters typically fly low but not so close together, he said.
“There was two back-to-back. We typically see one and then see another one a few minutes later, and we just saw two of them flying together last night,” he said.
Members of the Kentucky Senate stood for a moment of silence Thursday morning in honor of the crash victims.
“We do not know the extent of what has gone on, but I understand it is bad and there has been a substantial loss of life of our military,” Senate President Robert Stivers told the somber chamber.
Last month, two Tennessee National Guard pilots were killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed along an Alabama highway during a training exercise.
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By SYLVIE CORBET and ELLEN KNICKMEYER (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — China said Thursday it had registered a formal protest over President Joe Biden’s reference to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a “dictator,” while Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stressed the critical importance of the two rival powers maintaining relations despite their disagreements.
Biden’s remarks at a 2024 reelection fundraiser Tuesday opened a new rift just after Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a visit to Beijing that was meant as a step toward stabilizing ties and improving communications with China.
Biden called the Chinese president a dictator, depicted him as out-of-touch during last winter’s tumult over a Chinese spy balloon, and dismissed China as having “real economic difficulties.”
China’s embassy in Washington said it had delivered a formal protest, with Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng telling senior White House and State Department officials Wednesday that Washington “should take earnest actions to undo the negative impact” of what Biden said or “bear all the consequences.”
“With the latest irresponsible remarks about China’s political system and its top leader, people cannot help but question the sincerity of the U.S. side” in seeking to stabilize relations, the embassy statement said. “The Chinese government and people do not accept any political provocation against China’s top leader and will resolutely respond.”
The diplomatic dispute with China comes as Biden hosts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a lavish state visit where a central theme will be a shared wariness of China.
As an official government-to-government communication, the ambassador’s message to the Biden administration carries more weight than the critical comments made a day earlier by a Chinese government spokesperson to reporters. China gave no further details of how the ambassador delivered his message, whether it was seeking an apology from the Biden administration, or what the consequences would be.
China and the U.S. in recent years have been cycling in and out of diplomatic flare-ups. China has used measures ranging from cutting diplomatic ties to staging military maneuvers off Taiwan to show its displeasure.
Biden administration officials on Wednesday defended Biden’s remarks, saying the president has made a point of drawing distinctions between the world’s democracies and autocracies. The State Department said Thursday that it does not comment on private diplomatic discussions.
Speaking at an unrelated news conference in Paris, Yellen said “with respect to the comments, I think President Biden and I both believe it’s critical to maintain communication … to clear up misperceptions, miscalculations. We need to work together where possible.”
“But we have disagreements, and we are also forthright in recognizing we do have disagreements,” she added.
Yellen has recently advocated for improving relations between the U.S. and China, arguing cooperation is needed for the sake of maintaining global stability.
Speaking as a two-day gathering gets underway in Paris on improving the global financial response to climate change and poverty, Yellen said she was “certainly pleased to see China participating in this summit.”
Chinese Premier Li Qiang was among the dozens of heads of state and government, world finance officials and activists who converged on the French capital to discuss ways of reforming the global financial system and address debt, climate change and poverty crises, especially for developing nations.
“I believe it’s important, as President Biden does, that the world’s two largest economies are … working together in addressing global challenges,” Yellen said.
She also emphasized that debt restructuring was a U.S. priority.
As a growing number of countries struggle with unsustainable debt aggravated by the fallout from climate change, Yellen encouraged all creditors to enter into negotiations to make the burden sustainable. China is the world’s biggest government lender.
Citing Zambia, the southern African country she visited in January, Yellen said she was “encouraged by progress” regarding debt negotiations and was hoping “debt treatment can move forward soon.” She did not provide details.
“Other urgent pending cases must also move forward quickly,” she added, mentioning Ghana and Sri Lanka.
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Corbet reported from Paris. | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/06/22/china-formally-protests-bidens-depiction-of-its-leader-as-an-out-of-touch-dictator/ | 2023-06-22 16:29:46 | 1 | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/06/22/china-formally-protests-bidens-depiction-of-its-leader-as-an-out-of-touch-dictator/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — You may remember when two Indianapolis Metro Police officers were shot in a dead-end alley on April 20th. Police body cam footage has been released.
“I’m hit! I’m hit, I’m hit! On my foot! Stay on him,” said one officer during the shootout with suspect Daniel Ghebrehiwet.
IMPD and Lawrence Police were investigating Ghebrehiwet when they claim he was spotted taking a rifle to his car and leaving. Police followed him and tried to pull him over around 12:40 p.m., but he did not stop and chase began. Officers eventually chased Ghebrehiwet to a dead-end alley near North Post Road and 30th Street, where they say he left the car with his AR-15 style rifle and started shooting.
The second officer injured in the shooting was hit in the stomach.
“I think I got hit. Yeah, I’m bleeding, I’m bleeding.”
Another officer tells him to step back and get medical attention.
“I’m okay, I’m okay. F— this let’s go. We’re good.”
Both officers were eventually taken to the hospital and are expected to be okay. Ghebrehiwet was shot and killed. The passenger in his car that day, Darnell Harmon, was taken into custody on unrelated drug charges.
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Proven communications leader to drive holistic marketing strategy and accelerate growth worldwide
NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global omnichannel media agency Assembly today announced the appointment of Bria Bryant as Global Chief Marketing Officer. Bryant will be responsible for accelerating market growth initiatives and leading the agency's global marketing strategy. She will be based in New York and report to James Townsend, Global Chief Executive Officer.
Bryant is replacing former CMO Mary Beth Keelty, who will move into an elevated leadership role at the recently rebranded Brand Performance Network at Stagwell, the challenger network built to transform marketing.
"We are delighted to welcome Bria to Assembly, where she'll play a crucial role in this next stage of transformation and growth for the agency, taking the brand to new heights and elevating our proposition all around the world," said James Townsend, Global CEO of Assembly and the Brand Performance Network. "Bria brings expertise at the intersection of PR, comms, and marketing, with an eye for impact-driven work that will help us create meaningful change for our people, clients, partners, and surrounding communities."
Bryant is an industry leader with a broad range of experience driving record-breaking growth for publicly and privately held companies across a variety of sectors. With nearly two decades of experience, Bryant joins Assembly's executive leadership team after serving as the North America head of communications for Havas Creative, where she led public relations and marketing communications for the network. Prior to that, Bryant was an SVP at MSL, overseeing award-winning campaigns and global launches within the agency's P&G portfolio.
Bryant's appointment arrives on the heels of impressive momentum across Assembly's global network, with client wins this year including Lenovo, amika, Elevance Health, Emaar, Warner Music Group, and Aesop. Following its win as Ad Age's first-ever Purpose Led Agency of the Year on the 2022 A-List, Bryant's arrival sets the stage for larger-scaled purpose-led work and marketing.
"Watching what Assembly has been building over the last two years has been incredibly inspiring, and I'm happy to join at such a pivotal period of growth and expansion for the company. I'm looking forward to playing an instrumental role in shaping this next phase and extending our impact among internal and external stakeholders," Bryant said.
Bryant is a proud graduate of Spelman College and was recently honored as one of PRWeek's 40 Under 40.
Assembly is the modern global omnichannel media agency, bringing data, talent, and technology together to find the change that fuels growth for the best brands on the planet. Our approach connects big, bold brand stories with integrated, global media capabilities that deliver performance and drive large-scale business growth. Our work is powered by our proprietary, in-house technology solution, STAGE, and led by our global talent base of over 1,600 people around the world. We're purpose-driven at our core and pioneers in social and environmental impact in the agency world. Assembly is a proud member of Stagwell, the challenger network built to transform marketing. For more information, visit assemblyglobal.com.
Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com
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Democrat Roland Gutierrez joins US Senate race in Texas after pressing for action over Uvalde
Gutierrez is the second Democrat from Texas to embark on the endeavor to unseat GOP Senator Cruz
- Democratic Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez, a strong advocate for police accountability and stricter gun laws, announced on Monday his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024.
- He aims to challenge Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who is seeking a third term representing Texas.
- Gutierrez gained visibility following the Uvalde school shooting, advocating for gun control measures and demanding consequences for the delayed police response.
Democratic Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who has pushed for police accountability and tougher gun laws after the Uvalde school shooting, announced Monday he will run for U.S. Senate in 2024.
He becomes the second Texas Democrat to embark on what will be a longshot bid to deny Republican Sen. Ted Cruz a third term representing the nation's biggest red state. In a three-minute video, Gutierrez launched his campaign focusing on resources for rural Texas and telling his immigrant story while making his way through Uvalde, showing the faces of parents of children killed in the May 24 school massacre who have supported his legislative efforts for accountability following the shooting.
"Out of one of the darkest days, the people of Uvalde became more than constituents, they became family," Gutierrez said in his announcement.
In May, Rep. Colin Allred became the first to enter the race. He says his campaign has since raised more than $6 million. It sets up a rare competitive Democratic primary for a major race in Texas, where decades of Republican dominance has often discouraged bigger-name Democrats from running statewide.
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Gutierrez was little known beyond his South Texas district, which includes Uvalde, before a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. He spent the next year making impassioned pleas for tougher gun laws and firings over police waiting more than an hour to confront the gunman.
"Texans will now get to watch Colin Allred and Roland Gutierrez slug it out for who can be the most radical leftist in the state," said Nick Maddux, Cruz's spokesman, in a statement Monday.
No Democrat has won statewide office in Texas in nearly 30 years. Former congressman Beto O'Rourke nearly beat Cruz in 2018 — in what was a strong year for Democrats nationally — but was soundly defeated by double-digits last year in a challenge against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
Gutierrez joined Allred in accusing Cruz of abandoning Texas by going on vacation with his family during a deadly winter storm in 2021, calling the move "indefensible." Both are likely to call attention to Cruz voting to reject the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory over former President Donald Trump in 2020. | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrat-roland-gutierrez-joins-us-senate-race-texas-pressing-action-uvalde | 2023-07-10 20:38:52 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrat-roland-gutierrez-joins-us-senate-race-texas-pressing-action-uvalde |
LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Imperial Capital, a leading investment banking firm, is proud to announce the dates for its highly anticipated 20th Annual Security Investor Conference ("SIC"). The event is scheduled to take place on December 13-14, 2023, at the InterContinental Barclay Hotel in New York City.
SIC is one of the largest and most prestigious events in the industry, bringing together top executives, investors, and thought leaders from the security sector. Over the past 20 years, the conference has grown to become the premier gathering for companies and investors to network, share ideas, and learn about the latest trends and innovations in the security industry.
"We are thrilled to celebrate our 20th year of hosting the Security Investor Conference," said John E. Mack III, Imperial Capital's Head of Security Practice, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Co-head of Investment Banking. "Over the years, this event has become the go-to conference for the security sector, providing access to leading companies and investors."
The conference will feature a dynamic lineup of presenters, keynote speakers, and one-on-one meetings. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with executives from over 70 companies, including some of the largest players in the sector, as well as emerging companies with cutting-edge technologies and solutions.
"As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, we remain committed to delivering an exceptional experience for our attendees, and we look forward to another successful conference." said Mack.
Registration for the conference is now open! To learn more and to register, visit the conference website at www.imperialcapital-sic.com. For further information about the conference, please contact Tigist Gessesse at tgessesse@imperialcapital.com.
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Imperial Capital, LLC is a full-service investment bank offering a uniquely integrated platform of comprehensive services to institutional investors and middle market companies. Our comprehensive and integrated service platform, expertise across the global capital structure, and deep industry sector knowledge enable us to provide clients with research driven ideas, superior advisory services, and trade execution. We are quick to identify opportunities under any market conditions and we have a proven track record of offering creative, proprietary solutions to our clients. Imperial Capital, LLC has three principal businesses: Investment Banking, Institutional Sales & Trading and Institutional Research. More information about Imperial Capital, LLC can be found at www.imperialcapital.com.
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Kierra Russ is the first suspect to stand trial for the 2016 Club Blu shooting that took the lives of two innocent teenagers – Sean Archilles, 14, and Steph’an Strawder, 18. Russ is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and conspiracy.
DAY 2:
Day two of Kierra Russ’ trial saw fourteen witnesses, totaling 24 between both days.
While day one of the trial focused on the history of the two groups leading up to the night of Club Blu’s shooting, day two was about the events right before and after the deadly night.
One of the first witnesses to take the stand today was a woman named Majorie Resto. She lived in Fort Myers back in 2016 and knew Club Blu’s owner. She didn’t work there, but she was the person who decided to turn on the lights and tell everyone to go home.
“When I turned the light on a lot of people were yelling and arguing because of that,” said Resto. She said that her main reason to end the party was because it was late and the club was filled with teens.
The next witness set the scene for the others who would testify for the day. Crystal Barnes-Warner lived by the mall in 2016, she was the first person to call 911, following the shooting, after seeing suspicious people by her apartment.
“I could only hear bits and pieces,” said Barnes. The state attorney then asked exactly what she heard. “I believe he said, ‘come get me, come get me’.”
Following that call, police went on a high-speed chase that resulted in the arrest of Derrick Church, Demetrius O’Neal, and Tajze Battle.
Multiple Lee County Deputies and officers from the Fort Myers Police Department who were involved in those events shared their point of view from that day.
Following testimonies, Russ’ attorney, Douglas Molloy, asked witnesses if they knew of her from those events, and each one said no.
The state showed guns to the jury that were found at scenes from that night. Jessica Worthy from Fort Myers Police Department testified today. She was the person who posed the guns for pictures, so that FBI agents could connect them to the videos found on other suspects’ phones.
The day ended with Russ’ attorney asking Worthy one last question –
“Any evidence that any of these firearms were ever in the possession of Kierra Russ?” Worthy replied, “I do not.”
DAY 1:
On Wednesday, day one of Kierra Russ’ trial began. She is the first defendant to go to trial over the shooting at Club Blu back in 2016.
Before the day got started, the judge dismissed a male juror and replaced him with an alternate.
Opening statements by the state and defense were lengthy.
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Russ’ attorney, Douglas Molloy, made the argument Russ was not a member of the neighborhood group that is accused of shooting outside of Club Blu that night. Molloy said Russ was at the party and walked into the parking lot to leave just like everyone else.
“She is one of the people that left and walked into that parking lot that became a shooting ground,” said Molloy.
The state attorney’s tried painting Russ differently.
“After all the evidence is submitted, the state is going to come back up here to ask that you find the defendant guilty as a principal to second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit second-degree murder for her role as a spy for Demetris O’Neal and others,” said one of the state attorneys.
The court was able to listen to the initial 911 call from Club Blu the night of the shooting, and hear from witnesses detailing the scary scene that unfolded.
FBI agents took the stand to testify linking guns used in the Club Blu shooting to videos captured on Demetrius O’Neal’s phone. They also pulled multiple text messages between O’Neal and Russ from the night of the shooting, including one that showed Russ saying, “I will see what I can peep out.”
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Russ’ friend who went to Club Blu that night with her, also took the stand today. She told jurors Russ was just as scared as she was after bullets flew, and as they were leaving, they saw Steph’an Strawder fall over right in front of their car.
The 11th and final witness to take the stand today was Detective Wolfgang Daniel from Fort Myers Police Department. He was assigned to the investigation back in 2018. His testimony mostly revolved around the text messages pulled from O’Neal’s phone, between him and Russ, and also between him and other members of the 1Way group.
Detective Daniels read through text that showed Russ texted O’Neal that she was leaving Club Blu just minutes before a shots fired call came in.
The state’s attorney, Sara Miller, said she plans to bring Detective Daniel back for questioning later in the week.
The trial is expected to go into next week. | https://nbc-2.com/news/crime/2022/04/28/trial-begins-for-first-person-arrested-in-club-blu-shooting/ | 2022-04-29 00:06:00 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/crime/2022/04/28/trial-begins-for-first-person-arrested-in-club-blu-shooting/ |
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Xavier Johnson faced the stark reality his basketball days could be over when an April police chase ended in his arrest in a Bloomington parking lot.
Indiana Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson was willing to forgive his starting point guard if he agreed to some conditions. Johnson's car couldn't be on campus, he needed to follow all the team rules and he had to be fully committed to winning games.
Six months later, a revitalized and contrite Johnson finds himself preparing for a fifth college season, this time as the X-factor Indiana needs to increase its Assembly Hall banner collection.
“It just seemed like I hit a big-time wall,” Johnson said, explaining what happened that April night. “I thought my career was over, honestly. I’m mad at myself for doing something like that, but I mean I’m glad God gave me a second chance to come back and play what I love to do.”
He might not be with No. 13 Indiana had he been playing for Woodson's coach, Bob Knight, who was known as much for being a strict disciplinarian as he was for his volatile public outbursts.
But Woodson, whose coaching career spanned decades in the NBA, understood the challenges Johnson faced last season and took a different tack.
After transferring from Pittsburgh and winning the starting job, Johnson struggled with turnovers, decision-making and, at times, was a non-factor in the scoring column, too. The deaths of his uncle and grandfather took an emotional toll on the Virginia native and in February, Johnson was one of five players suspended by Woodson for “curfew violations.”
Johnson appeared to be turning his life around after a strong finishing run to help Indiana end a six-year NCAA Tournament drought, but then came the arrest.
According to the police report, Johnson was clocked going 90 mph in a 40 mph zone, did not stop when the officer turned on his siren and lights, disregarded a stop sign in the apartment complex and then attempted to switch seats with another student in the car. He was charged with resisting law enforcement with a vehicle and reckless driving, a felony.
Woodson's response was blunt.
“He doesn’t have a vehicle anymore, I took that away from him,” he said. “If that’s punishment, it’s punishment and I don’t mean that in a negative way. We’re just trying to do the things necessary to help us win basketball games, and I think he’s made a major step in that direction.”
Johnson's parents sided with Woodson and now Johnson finds himself thriving in a whole new world, amid expectations of winning a Big Ten title and chasing the school's sixth national title.
And Johnson could play a key role. In the final 10 games last season, he averaged 16.6 points, 6.6 assists and 4 rebounds as the Hoosiers played their way off the bubble and into the tourney.
Teammates say he's been a different player since returning to campus this summer.
“He’s definitely taken a big-time step in leadership and just kind of taking that role as being more vocal,” third-year guard Trey Galloway said. “I think he’s done a great job of being more vocal with the younger guys and kind of bringing them along.”
Big Ten preseason player of the year Trayce Jackson-Davis likes the early returns, too.
He came back for his fourth season after his NBA workouts were halted following a positive COVID-19 test. Nobody has more at stake this season than Jackson-Davis, who is trying to become the first Indiana player with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
And to ensure there are no distractions, he asked Woodson to institute a zero-tolerance drug policy.
“It’s really just to hold everyone accountable,” Jackson-Davis said. “There’s really nothing else to be said about it. I know our guys are going to do the right thing. When the season is going, we’re going to be locked in and ready to go because we have really big aspirations.”
That includes Johnson, who has never played on a team favored to win a conference crown.
But with the Woodson discussions complete, an August plea agreement ending his court case and a new season set to tip Nov. 7 against Morehead State, Johnson is ready to turn the page and make use of his second chance.
“He (Woodson) was just like, ‘If you want to play here, you either have no car or you can go somewhere else,’” Johnson said. “I really didn’t care about my car. I love to play basketball and that’s what I came here to do. That and get my education.”
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Caught on camera: Officers save toddler’s life during traffic stop
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (WUSA) - Three police officers in Virginia saved a choking toddler after pulling her father over for speeding.
Officer Cristian Durham saw a car going 70 miles per hour in a 35-zone around 4 a.m. May 19 along Emancipation Highway in Fredericksburg, Virginia. When he pulled the car over, the driver said his 2-year-old daughter was having an emergency.
The toddler was choking and had trouble breathing.
So, Durham called for backup. Hearing the call, Officers Devin Kraft and Camille Zecher headed to the scene.
“This job makes you think on your feet,” Kraft said.
Working together, the three officers provided first aid, with Durham patting the 2-year-old on the back until she could breathe freely once again.
“Thank God. As soon as that baby starts crying and it’s breathing, you’re like cool. Everything is better now,” Kraft said.
Both Durham and Zecher said the situation was particularly stressful because they are parents themselves.
The toddler’s parents later thanked the officers on Facebook, a simple gesture that would go a long way.
“I know for me, personally, that that’s more than enough,” Durham said.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "My wife is a nurse and she always removes her work shoes when she returns home from work and walks barefoot with her shoes in her hands when she enters," said an inventor from Antioch, Calif., "so I invented the SANITARY FOOT MAT."
The invention kills germs, potential viruses, and bacteria on the soles of shoes and feet on contact and prevents contaminants from accumulating on floors and carpeting. This could improve the sanitary conditions in any home or commercial establishment particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. Easy to use, durable and convenient the SANITARY FOOT MAT also saves time and energy. It could be made available in attractive designs, sizes, and colors.
The original design was submitted to the San Francisco sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SNF-161, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Food City partnered with Dietz & Watson Premium Meats and Cheeses of Philadelphia to donate three $3,500 checks to food banks in Tennessee.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee received one of the checks on Monday; the funds were made possible through the sixth annual Families Helping Families program. Dietz & Watson donated up to 10 cents per pound of meat and cheese sold in Food City delis.
Other food banks receiving a check include Second Harvest of East Tennessee and Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
The program ran from Nov. 9 through Dec. 6 and has generated donations to U.S. organizations that total nearly $750,000 since its launch. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/food-city-dietz-watson-donates-10-5k-to-tn-food-banks/ | 2022-12-19 17:45:14 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/food-city-dietz-watson-donates-10-5k-to-tn-food-banks/ |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-9-2-1
(three, nine, two, one)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-9-2-1
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STOCKHOLM – Sweden holds the powerful presidency of the European Union for the next six months, but there are concerns in the 27-nation bloc that the strong influence of the hard-line far right at home will hold them back.
Holding a presidency allows a member nation to help set the tone and the agenda of the EU, something which is crucial with the war in Ukraine still raging, migration issues continuing to put several nations on edge and even trade disputes creating a rift with Washington.
“It will be our responsibility to try to steer this ship,” said Lars Danielsson, the permanent representative of Sweden to the EU, ahead of the European Commission’s visit to Sweden this week.
The job could, however, be made difficult by the leverage of the far-right Sweden Democrats, Sweden’s second biggest party.
Following September’s elections in Sweden, three center-right parties agreed to form a coalition government led by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. But it relies on the support of the Sweden Democrats, which puts that party in a position to influence policies, even without Cabinet seats.
The Sweden Democrats were founded in the 1980s by people who had been active in right-wing extremist groups, including neo-Nazis. It has softened its tone but retains a hard line on immigration.
“Defending the rule of law all across Europe, promoting equality and advancing on a common migration and asylum policy seem difficult with a Swedish government swayed by the extreme right,” warned Iratxe García Perez, the leader of the Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament.
Mats Engström, an analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations think tank, said it is hard to see the Swedish presidency “pushing for far-reaching effort-sharing between member states when it comes to the migration waves” that will be discussed by EU leaders during a summit next month.
Since the arrival in 2015 of well over 1 million migrants in the EU, Sweden’s traditionally welcoming attitudes toward migrants have deeply changed, with calls for stricter controls coming from the far-right but also parties in the center of the political spectrum. At EU level, nations have been arguing for years over who should host and take responsibility for migrants, and they have made very little progress in their latest discussions on the overhaul of the bloc’s asylum system.
Hopes for a breakthrough during Sweden's presidency are close to zero.
“The government’s restrictive migration policy domestically is a red flag to say the least,” said Swedish lawmaker Abir Al-Sahlani ahead of the visit of the EU Commission to the Swedish town of Kiruna later this week.
Under EU rules, the member country holding the presidency of the Council is in charge of organizing and presiding over meetings to broker deals, and guaranteeing efficient cooperation between members with conflicting interests.
In line with the EU's Green Deal, Sweden has also made the green transition a priority, with the aim to conclude negotiations on the so-called Fit for 55 package of climate and energy laws. It will also conduct tricky discussions on how to counter the United States' Inflation Reduction Act that the EU sees as discriminating against European businesses.
“Sweden will work towards agreement on climate and environmental legislative proposals. But the traditional resistance against new EU funds, such as the sovereignty fund proposed by (European Commission president) Ursula von der Leyen in light of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, will be even stronger with the Sweden Democrats’ influence," Engström told The Associated Press.
Despite Sweden's strong record on issues related to the respect of democratic standards, some EU lawmakers are also worried the Sweden Democrats' influence will lead to a softer stance toward Poland and Hungary, two member countries regularly at odds with the EU over judicial independence and democratic standards.
Danielsson said his country will “definitely continue to work with rule of law issue in the same vein as we've done."
Sweden is holding the Council presidency for the third time since joining the bloc in 1995. | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2023/01/11/far-right-shadow-looming-over-swedish-eu-presidency/ | 2023-01-11 11:46:34 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2023/01/11/far-right-shadow-looming-over-swedish-eu-presidency/ |
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Christian Pulisic scored while crashing headfirst into the goalkeeper in the 38th minute and the United States advanced to the knockout round of the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Iran on Tuesday in a politically charged rematch of their famous meeting a quarter-century ago.
Pulisic sprawled on the field and was lying in the goal for about three minutes as he received treatment from the U.S. staff. He reentered the game but was replaced at the start of the second half.
Back in the World Cup after missing the 2018 tournament, the U.S. opened with draws against Wales and England and needed a victory to move on to the round of 16.
The Americans finished second in Group B with five points, two behind England, and will play the Netherlands on Saturday with the chance to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002.
“I always say it’s us against the world,” forward Tim Weah said. “No one believed the U.S. could play good football.”
Iran finished third with three points. The team has failed to advance in all six of its World Cup appearances.
There was heightened tension surrounding the match because of the strained relations between the United States and Iran’s Islamic government. Iran had famously upset the U.S. 2-1 in the 1998 tournament in France, eliminating the Americans.
Pregame protocols were normal, unlike the 1998 game, when Iranians presented the Americans with white flowers and the teams posed for a joint photo.
Raucous Iranian fans with horns and drums in the crowd of 42,127 filled the lower bowl behind one goal at Al Thumama Stadium and were far louder than the red-white-and-blue U.S. supporters at the other end and behind the American bench.
The U.S. outshot Iran 9-0 in the first half but didn’t break through until Pulisic came up with the big moment that a growing and increasingly demanding fan base back home had been pining for.
Weston McKennie lofted a pass from just past the center circle to Sergiño Dest at the edge of the 6-yard box. Dest headed the ball in front of the net on a bounce as Pulisic charged up the center of the field past Ramin Rezaeian and Majid Hosseiniand.
Turning his body to let the ball hit his right foot, Pulisic knocked the ball for his 22nd international goal and first in World Cup play. His momemtum carried him into goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand, and Pulisic needed to be helped to his feet before going back in.
“Obviously we’re very thankful that he threw his body there,” McKennie said. “At the end it was a heart-drop sinking moment, but we got it done and we’re excited to still be here.”
Weah, who scored the Americans’ goal in the opening 1-1 draw with Wales, nearly doubled the lead in the seventh minute of first-half stoppage time but was ruled offside.
Brenden Aaronson replaced Pulisic at the start of the second half.
With England ahead of Wales, Iran knew if needed only a draw to advance and finally got its first shot at goalkeeper Matt Turner when Saman Ghoddos put a header over the crossbar in the 52nd minute. Saeid Ezatolahi put an open shot high and wide in the 70th and Morteza Pouraliganji’s diving header in the third minute of nine minutes of stoppage time went just wide and Walker Zimmerman cleared a loose ball in front of the open net in the ninth minute after Cameron Carter-Vickers got a slight hand on Mehdi Taremi.
“I hope that our fans and our people in Iran forgive us. I am just sorry,” Taremi said.
LINEUPS
Cameron Carter-Vickers, a son of former NBA player Howard Carter, made his World Cup debut in place of Zimmerman and gave the U.S. an entirely Europe-based lineup for the first time ever in World Cup play.
YOUNG AT HEART
The U.S. lineup averaged 24 years, 321 days, the youngest of any team at the tournament thus far and the youngest in the World Cup for the Americans since 1990. Yunus Musah turned 20, the first American to appear in a World Cup match on his birthday.
LOOKING AHEAD
The U.S. is 1-4 against the Netherlands, all friendlies, overcoming a two-goal deficit to win 4-3 at Amsterdam in 2015.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd..
Shareholders who purchased shares of ARGO during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of investors that purchased or otherwise acquired Argo common stock between February 13, 2018 and August 9, 2022.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Argo's reserves were wholly inadequate and its underwriting standards were not prudent as was represented; (ii) Argo had dramatically changed its underwriting policies on certain U.S. construction contracts as far back as 2018; and (iii) these policies were underwritten outside of the Company's "core" business including in certain states and for certain exposures that were far riskier than investors understood and that the Company no longer would service moving forward.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities are searching for a grandmother whose 2-year-old grandchild was found alone and abandoned for two days in a locked car that was stuck in mud on a rural Alaska road.
The search for Mary Dawn Wilson, 69, is being concentrated around the community of Healy, Alaska State Troopers said in a statement. The abandoned Ford Focus was found Thursday on Stampede Road, just outside Healy and off the Parks Highway.
The child appeared to be in good health and was handed over to the state Office of Children’s Services, the statement said.
Officials said evidence in the car indicated that the child and car were abandoned Tuesday when the vehicle became stuck, troopers said. There were indications she tried to free the car, Alaska State Troopers spokesperson Tim DeSpain said.
Wilson was the last known person with the child, the statement said,
Troopers said it’s believed she started walking, but in the opposite direction from the highway. Various law enforcement agencies, search dogs and the Alaska Wilderness Search and Rescue organization are looking for her near where the vehicle stopped.
Healy is located about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Denali National Park and Preserve.
Stampede Road is famous for being the main thoroughfare that adventurers used to retrace the steps of Christopher McCandless, a young idealist whose journey on the Stampede Trail ended with his death.
The trail road eventually ends and opens up to treacherous Alaska backcountry, where McCandless took shelter in an abandoned city bus after he became trapped by the swollen Teklanika River.
He died of starvation in 1992 and his life and death were made famous by the book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer and then by the movie directed by Sean Penn.
Over the years, people trying to reach the bus that was located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Healy to pay pilgrimage to McCandless had to be rescued themselves or died. That prompted state officials to remove the bus from the backcountry in 2020.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — A senior Pakistani journalist living in hiding in Kenya was shot and killed by police after the car he was in sped up instead of halting at a roadblock near Nairobi, the police said on Monday. Kenyan police expressed regret over the incident, saying it was a case of "mistaken identity" during a search for a similar car involved in a case of child abduction.
Arshad Sharif, 50, left Pakistan in July to avoid arrest over criticizing the South Asian country's powerful military. He was also a critic of the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who has repeatedly said he believes in freedom of the media.
Nairobi police said Sharif was shot in the head and killed on Sunday night after the car he was in with his brother, Khurram Ahmed, drove through a roadblock set up on the Nairobi-Magadi highway to check vehicles along the key route. They were traveling from the town of Magadi to the Kenyan capital.
The two ignored police orders to stop and sped up. "They did not stop and proceeded with the journey," the police said. Police opened fire and laid chase, during which the car flipped over.
Sharif's wife Javeria Siddique confirmed that her husband was killed in Kenya. His brother's condition was not immediately known.
Sharif left Pakistan in July to avoid arrest following a citizen's complaint against him on allegations of maligning the country's national institutions, a reference to the military. His whereabouts were not publicly known; most of his friends knew only that he had spent time in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, and London.
Nairobi police said the Independent Policing Oversight Authority will take over the case for further investigation.
"We had an incident of shooting which turned (out) to be a case of mistaken identity involving a journalist. We will release more information later," a senior Kenyan police officer said earlier, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
According to police, the roadblock was set up to find and intercept a car similar to Sharif's following a carjacking in the Pangani area of Nairobi, where a child was taken hostage.
Pakistani President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Sharif, who is not related to the slain journalist, the country's military and other senior officials in Pakistan expressed their condolences.
A month after he left Pakistan, the private ARY Television fired Arshad Sharif, saying he had repeatedly criticized the military on social media in violation of the TV station's policy. His talk show POWERPLAY, which aired on Mondays and Thursdays, was discontinued.
The station had earlier in the year remained critical of Pakistan's prime minister following the ouster of his predecessor, Imran Khan, in a no-confidence in the parliament in April. Khan claims he was ousted under a U.S. plot, a charge both Washington and the Pakistani government deny.
On Monday, Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party and its senior leaders, including Fawad Chaudhry, condemned Sharif's killing and demanded a detailed investigation. Khan also visited Sharif's residence in Islamabad to express his condolences to the family.
Later Monday, dozens of journalists rallied in Islamabad over the killing and demanded justice for Sharif. In another statement, Kenyan police expressed regret and offered condolences to the journalist's family.
A court in Islamabad in August asked Pakistan's intelligence agency and police to stop harassing Sharif after the journalist, through his lawyer, petitioned the court, saying his fundamental rights were being violated by security forces. Police and the government at the time confirmed that Sharif is being sought in a complaint case but said no action had been carried out to arrest Sharif.
Pakistan has long been an unsafe country for journalists. In 2020, it ranked ninth on the Committee to Protect Journalists' annual Global Impunity Index, which assesses countries where journalists are regularly killed and the assailants go free.
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A Metro SubwayLink train that partially derailed Monday night in Northwest Baltimore and sent five passengers to the hospital has been repaired, the Maryland Transit Administration said.
Metro trains are operating normally again on their east and westbound tracks, and the “bus bridge” is no longer in place, MTA tweeted Thursday morning.
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Playstudios, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYPS) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than defendants who: (a) purchased, or otherwise acquired securities of Playstudios between June 22, 2021 and March 1, 2022, both dates inclusive, including, but not limited to, those who purchased or acquired Playstudios securities pursuant to the offering of the private investment in public equity; (b) held common stock of Acies as of May 25, 2021, and were eligible to vote at Acies' June 16, 2021 special meeting who exchanged their shares of Acies stock for shares of Playstudios stock pursuant to the merger of Acies and Old Playstudios; and/or (c) purchased or otherwise acquired Playstudios common stock pursuant to or traceable to Acies' documents issued in connection with the June 2021 merger.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 6, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Playstudios, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Playstudios was having significant problems with its flagship game, Kingdom Boss; (ii) Playstudios would not be releasing Kingdom Boss as expected; and (iii) Playstudios had not revised its financial projections to account for the problems it had encountered with Kingdom Boss. As a result of defendants' wrongful conduct, Class members paid artificially inflated prices for their Playstudios securities and suffered substantial losses and damages.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Playstudios, Inc. you have until June 6, 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 Playstudios, Inc. securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
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DENVER, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Reaves Utility Income Fund (NYSE American: UTG) announced today the next three, monthly, dividends at a rate of $0.19 per common share per month, unchanged from the per share rate paid for the previous quarter. As of July 6, 2022, the Fund's market price was $30.92 per share and its net asset value was $30.93 per share.
Tim Porter, the Fund's portfolio manager and Chief Investment Officer of Reaves Asset Management, the Fund's investment adviser, commented, "Our utility investments should continue to generate stable and growing dividend income for our investors regardless of the recent volatility in financial markets."
The Fund has formally implemented the 19b-1 exemption received from the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2009. A portion of each distribution may be treated as paid from sources other than net income, including but not limited to short-term capital gain, long-term capital gain and return of capital. The final determination of the source of these distributions, including the percentage of qualified dividend income, will be made after the Fund's year end.
Not less than eighty percent of the Fund's assets will continue to be invested in the securities of domestic and foreign companies involved to a significant extent in providing products, services or equipment for (i) the generation or distribution of electricity, gas or water, (ii) telecommunications activities or (iii) infrastructure operations, such as airports, toll roads and municipal services ("Utilities" or the "Utility Industry"). As a policy, the Fund continues to strive to provide a high level of after-tax income and total return consisting primarily of tax-advantaged distributions and capital appreciation.
The following dates apply to the upcoming dividends that have been declared:
Ex-Distribution Date: July 21, 2022
Record Date: July 22, 2022
Payable Date: July 29, 2022
Ex-Distribution Date: August 18, 2022
Record Date: August 19, 2022
Payable Date: August 31, 2022
Ex-Distribution Date: September 19, 2022
Record Date: September 20, 2022
Payable Date: September 30, 2022
The investment objective of the Fund is to provide a high level of income and total return consisting primarily of tax-advantaged distributions and capital appreciation. There were approximately $2.7 billion of total assets under management and 69.9 million common shares outstanding as of July 6, 2022.
An investor should consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. To obtain an annual report or semi-annual report which contains this and other information visit www.utilityincomefund.com or call 1-800-644-5571. Read them carefully before investing.
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Driver arrested after crash through fence at Texas Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a driver has been arrested after an SUV crashed through a fence at the Texas State Capitol. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Victor Taylor says in a statement that the vehicle was driven through the fence about 6:40 p.m. Thursday in Austin. Taylor says the vehicle was then driven up the south steps of the building before stopping. Taylor says the investigation is ongoing and unspecified charges are pending against the driver. No other information was immediately released. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/02/10/driver-arrested-after-crash-through-fence-at-texas-capitol/ | 2023-02-10 14:54:38 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/02/10/driver-arrested-after-crash-through-fence-at-texas-capitol/ |
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to low-income Americans, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.
The $1 trillion infrastructure package passed by Congress last year included $14.2 billion funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides $30 monthly subsidies ($75 in tribal areas) on internet service for millions of lower-income households.
With the new commitment from the internet providers, some 48 million households will be eligible for $30 monthly plans for 100 megabits per second, or higher speed, service — making internet service fully paid for with the government subsidy if they sign up with one of the providers participating in the program.
Biden, during his White House run and the push for the infrastructure bill, made expanding high-speed internet access in rural and low-income areas a priority. He has repeatedly spoken out about low-income families that struggled finding reliable wi-fi, so their children could take part in remote schooling and complete homework assignments early in the coronavirus pandemic.
“If we didn’t know it before, we know now: High-speed internet is essential,” the Democratic president said during a White House event last month honoring the National Teacher of the Year.
The 20 internet companies that have agreed to lower their rates for eligible consumers provide service in areas where 80% of the U.S. population, including 50% of the rural population, live, according to the White House. Participating companies that offer service on tribal lands are providing $75 rates in those areas, the equivalent of the federal government subsidy in those areas.
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday were set to meet with telecom executives, members of Congress and others to spotlight the effort to improve access to high-speed internet for low-income households.
The providers are Allo Communications , AltaFiber (and Hawaiian Telecom), Altice USA (Optimum and Suddenlink), Astound, AT&T, Breezeline, Comcast, Comporium, Frontier, IdeaTek, Cox Communications, Jackson Energy Authority, MediaCom, MLGC, Spectrum (Charter Communications), Starry, Verizon (Fios only), Vermont Telephone Co., Vexus Fiber and Wow! Internet, Cable, and TV.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dan Hurley got choked up when asked about his dad on the eve of UConn’s Sweet 16 game.
Tears flowed again before the Huskies’ Elite Eight game, this time from thinking about what he considers his other family.
“I love coaching this team. I’ve gotten emotional,” Hurley said after UConn steamrolled Gonzaga Saturday night. “I just can’t think about coaching this group for the last time. It makes me sad.”
Hurley will get to coach them at least one more game, next week in Houston.
UConn has blitzed its way through the bracket so far, winning each of its four NCAA Tournament games by at least 15 points.
The Huskies turned what was supposed to a dream Elite Eight game into a nightmare for Gonzaga.
UConn dominated at both ends, beating the Zags 82-54 in the fourth-most lopsided Elite Eight game since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
That puts the Huskies in the Final Four for the first time since winning the 2014 national title and back on track to once again being an elite program.
UConn will play Texas or Miami next Saturday in Houston.
“I saw them in November and I just thought they were such a complete team there,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “They’ve got great size. They have depth. Their bigs are different. So they bring different qualities.”
The run has been a gratifying one for Hurley.
His father, Bob, is one of the few high school coaches to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame, a demanding coach who led St. Anthony High School to 26 New Jersey state titles.
Bobby Hurley, Dan’s brother, won two national titles as a player at Duke and led Arizona State to its third NCAA Tournament since 2018 this season.
Dan played at Seton Hall before working his way up the coaching ladder. He spent two years at Wagner before leading Rhode Island to consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
Tasked with returning UConn to national prominence, Hurley gradually rebuilt the program, leading the Huskies to their first NCAA Tournament berth in five years in 2021.
The knock on Hurley: he couldn’t win in March. UConn got bounced out of the NCAA Tournament’s first round each of the previous two seasons, including to No. 12 seed New Mexico State last year.
The Huskies looked like national title contenders early this season, went through a funk, then started playing their best basketball at the perfect time.
After the win over Gonzaga, Dan now has some bragging rights of his own and celebrated with hugs from his family after clinching a Final Four spot Saturday night along The Strip in Las Vegas.
“We’re just blessed that we grew up in Jersey City and found basketball and had a dad that pushed us,” Hurley said. “And I’m just proud that he’s been able to travel with us and now I get to take my dad to a Final Four.”
And he’s taking that other family with him.
Collegiate athletics create a unique experience, the countless hours spent together chasing a common goal. College basketball players spend up to 11 months a year with each other between the season and offseason workouts, so bonds come naturally.
Some teams are closer than others. These Huskies are a tight-knit pack.
“You truly are — you’re family,” Hurley said. “And to do this together is special, not just the great moments, but having to pick each other up after great failures. Just doing it all together, the roller coaster ride. It’s like it’s a bond that you have with other people that most people don’t get to experience.”
Next up for Hurley and the Huskies is a truly unique experience: playing in the Final Four.
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FDA: Take 3 home tests if exposed to COVID to boost accuracy
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you were exposed to COVID-19, take three home tests instead of two to make sure you’re not infected, according to new U.S. recommendations released Thursday.
Previously, the Food and Drug Administration had advised taking two rapid antigen tests over two or three days to rule out infection. But the agency says new studies suggest that protocol can miss too many infections, and could result in people spreading the coronavirus to others, especially if they don’t develop symptoms.
The new guidance applies to people without symptoms who think they may have been exposed. People with symptoms can continue using two tests spaced 48 hours apart.
Thursday’s update reflects the evolving understanding of the accuracy of antigen tests, which are less sensitive than laboratory tests but have become the standard testing approach due to their speed and convenience. Instead of detecting the coronavirus itself, they detect protein traces, known as antigens, similar to rapid flu tests.
Health officials have repeatedly cautioned that the tests can give false negatives if taken too early. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people without symptoms wait five days after an exposure. That’s because it generally takes several days before the antigens reach levels detectable via testing with a nose swab.
All 22 home antigen tests on the U.S. market were authorized for emergency use based on preliminary data, while companies and researchers gathered more definitive metrics on their accuracy.
The FDA said its latest decision reflects new information on the accuracy of antigen tests. In a government study, adding a third test improved accuracy from 62% to 79%.
Order free at-home tests: covid.gov/tests.
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‘Arrogant’ Cheney?
Joe Battenfeld’s rant on “arrogant” Liz Cheney (“Arrogant Cheney gets what she deserved,” Aug. 22) stems not so much from anger as from fear. The Republican loyalists who turned a blind eye to the illegal, immoral and unethical behavior of their narcissist hero cower shamefully in her shadow. Battenfeld and his ilk would love for her to fade out of the public eye because they cannot stand up to her example.
I was a Republican until Donald Trump came along. Rational, moral party members should have trashed or abandoned him, but did not. If they hate President Biden, they should realize that they caused him.
The GOP no longer serves my conservative views, so let them all fade away in shame.
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Seriously, American public, are you not aware of the left’s double-standard of justice, of the left’s hypocrisy? Of the present system of justice for them, and another for those on the right?
Latest examples:
1. Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer publicly and vociferously threatened Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh: ”You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price,” and, “You won’t know what ‘hit’ you,” provoking a public rebuke from Chief Justice Roberts. But there was little criticism from the “usual suspects” … e.g., the Democratic Party, the FBI, the Justice Department, the media.
Donald Trump himself makes no threats toward Judge Bruce Reinhardt for questionably approving a search warrant of Trump’s personal home, but the “usual suspects” again viciously attack him, because others threatened this judge.
2. Following the recent Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court abortion decision, those on the left post the home addresses of the justices (and those of their children’s schools) — more than a veiled threat. Theythreateningly and illegally marched in front of these justices’ homes and they chased Justice Kavanaugh out the back door of a restaurant. All with no consequences.
But Trump “supporters” post Judge Reinhart’s home address, and columns are written about it.
Where are the “alarms” for these injustices?
Clyde Hunt Jr.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — What takes four years to make and costs more than $20,000? A trash can in San Francisco.
That costly, boxy bin is among six trash cans hitting San Francisco's streets this summer in the city's long saga in search of the perfect can. Overflowing trash cans are a common sight in the Northern California city, along with piles of used clothes, shoes, furniture and other items strewn about on sometimes-impassable sidewalks.
City officials hired a Bay Area industrial firm to custom-design the pricey trash can along with two other prototypes that cost taxpayers $19,000 and $11,000 each. This summer, residents have the opportunity to evaluate them along with three off-the-shelf options added to the pilot program after officials faced criticism.
Last month, the city deployed 15 custom-made trash cans and 11 off-the-shelf trash cans — each of those costing from $630 to $2,800 — with QR codes affixed to them asking residents to fill out a survey. City officials said they intend to pay no more than $3,000 per can.
San Francisco began its search for the perfect trash can in 2018 when officials decided it was time to replace the more than 3,000 public bins that have been on the streets for almost 20 years.
Officials say the current bins have too big a hole that allows for easy rummaging. The bins also have hinges that need constant repair and locks that are easy to breach. Some people also topple them over, cover them in graffiti, or set them on fire.
The city is so serious about the endeavor it has created interactive maps so residents can track and test the different designs, which include the Soft Square, the priciest prototype at $20,900. The boxy stainless steel receptacle has openings for trash and for can and bottle recycling and includes a foot pedal. The Slim Silhouette, at $18,800 per prototype, is made of stainless steel bars that give would-be graffiti artists less space to tag.
If one of the custom-designed bins is chosen, the cost to mass produce it will be $2,000 to $3,000 per piece, said Beth Rubenstein, a spokeswoman for San Francisco’s Department of Public Works.
“We live in a beautiful city, and we want (the trash can) to be functional and cost-effective, but it needs to be beautiful,” she said.
But the good looks of the shiny new trash cans have not protected them from vandalism and disrespect. Three weeks after being unveiled, several have already been tagged with orange and white graffiti. Others already show the drip stains of inconsiderate coffee drinkers or have attracted dumping, with people leaving dilapidated bathroom cabinets and plastic bags full of empty wine bottles next to them.
Trash on San Francisco city streets has been an issue for decades. In 2007, then-Mayor Gavin Newsom eliminated about 1,500 of the city's 4,500 trash cans because he said they were not helping keep streets clean and were becoming magnets for more trash. Officials couldn't say how many receptacles are currently on the curb, but the city plans to replace at least 3,000.
“A trash can is one of the most basic functions of city governance and if the city can’t do something as simple as this, how can they solve the bigger issues of homelessness and safety and poverty?” asked Matt Haney, a former supervisor who lives in the Tenderloin neighborhood and now represents the area in the California Assembly.
New trash cans will be the latest addition to the city’s arsenal against its dirty streets. In 2014, San Francisco launched its “Pit Stop” program in the Tenderloin neighborhood, the epicenter of drug dealing and homelessness in the city, setting up portable public toilets. In 2018, the city created a six-person “poop patrol” team amid demand to power wash sidewalks.
Haney said that as a supervisor he reluctantly agreed last year to approve the pilot program despite the high prices to avoid delays.
“I think most people, including me, would say just replace the damn cans with cans that we know work in other cities, just do it,” he said.
Haney said the “whole trash can saga has this stench of corruption,” referring to disgraced former Department of Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru, who pleaded guilty in January to federal wire fraud charges. Nuru awarded the contract to maintain San Francisco's trash cans to a company owned by a relative of a developer who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and is cooperating with federal authorities in the case against Nuru.
On top of the corruption, the city has long been the butt of jokes for how long it takes to complete public works projects of all kinds.
A bus rapid transit system along Van Ness Avenue, one of the city’s main arteries, finally opened this year after 27 years of construction. A new subway line connecting Chinatown with other areas of the city that started construction in 2010 is four years behind schedule. In 2017, the city completed the Transbay Transit Center only a year late, but the $2 billion terminal abruptly shut down six weeks later after crews discovered two cracked steel girders.
Ultimately, what trash can the city gets will depend on feedback from sanitation employees, and the surveys completed by the end of September, Rubenstein said. The new cans are not expected on the streets until the end of 2023.
Diane Torkelson, who often picks up trash in her Inner Richmond neighborhood with other volunteers, recently trekked 5 miles (8 kilometers) with a dozen other civic-minded San Franciscans to examine three of the cans.
The two prototypes were already full when the group arrived to check them out, she said.
“If the trash can is full, it’s of no use, no matter how well it was designed,” she said. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/What-takes-years-and-costs-20K-A-San-Francisco-17371575.php | 2022-08-13 16:54:10 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/What-takes-years-and-costs-20K-A-San-Francisco-17371575.php |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, May 19, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
528 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022
...Scattered strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Brown and
southeastern Coleman Counties through 630 PM CDT...
At 524 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking several strong
thunderstorms across Coleman and Brown counties, with the storms
moving northeast at 30 mph. These storms will approach Brownwood.
Trickham, Brookesmith, and the area north of Lake Brownwood through
615 PM.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Brownwood, Early, Santa Anna, Bangs, Blanket, Gouldbusk, Lake
Brownwood Near Thrifty, Burkett, May, Cross Cut, Zephyr, Brookesmith,
Rockwood, Lake Brownwood State Park, Lake Brownwood, Byrds,
Grosvenor, Camp Bowie, Trickham and Mozelle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3169 9875 3162 9877 3147 9901 3149 9903
3147 9906 3149 9956 3208 9920 3208 9892
3170 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 237DEG 24KT 3167 9910
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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DUBLIN, Ohio (WJW) – Wendy’s is getting into the Christmas spirit: for the first time ever, the chain is offering a Peppermint Frosty!
“The Peppermint Frosty is our latest flavor innovation on the iconic Wendy’s Frosty that fans have come to know and love for over 50 years,” said John Li, Vice President of Culinary Innovation for the Wendy’s Company. “It’s the classic thick and creamy Frosty that our fans crave with bursts of fresh peppermint – every sweet bite will put you in the holiday spirit.”
The new addition will be on menus starting Nov. 15 and will be available for a limited time.
“Wendy’s is helping to make the most wonderful time of the year even sweeter by introducing an all-new Peppermint Frosty to enjoy during the holidays,” said Carl Loredo, U.S. Chief Marketing Officer for the Wendy’s Company.
Frosty Key Tags are also back for purchase from Nov. 21 through January 29, 2023. For $2, you can get 365 days of Junior Frosty treats with a Frosty Key Tag. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/wendys-iconic-frosty-gets-a-twist-for-the-holidays/ | 2022-11-11 04:52:56 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/wendys-iconic-frosty-gets-a-twist-for-the-holidays/ |
DeSantis asks that judge be disqualified from Disney’s free speech lawsuit
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking that a federal judge be disqualified from the First Amendment lawsuit filed by Disney against the Florida governor and his appointees, claiming the jurist’s prior statements in other cases have raised questions about his impartiality on the state’s efforts to take over Disney World’s governing body.
DeSantis ' attorney filed a motion in federal court in Tallahassee on Friday seeking to disqualify Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker from overseeing the lawsuit filed by Disney last month. The lawsuit alleges that DeSantis and his appointees violated the company’s right to free speech, as well as the contracts clause, by taking over the special governing district that previously had been controlled by Disney supporters after Disney opposed Florida legislation that critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.”
The Republican governor’s motion was filed a day after Disney announced that it was scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida and relocate 2,000 employees from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance and product development, amid an ongoing feud with DeSantis.
DeSantis’ motion said Walker referenced the ongoing dispute between his administration and Disney during hearings in two unrelated lawsuits before him dealing with free speech issues and fear of retaliation for violating new laws championed by DeSantis and Republican lawmakers. One of those was a First Amendment lawsuit filed by Florida professors that challenged a new law establishing a survey about “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on state campuses.
Walker, who was nominated to the federal bench in 2012 by President Barack Obama and is now chief judge of the district, tossed out that lawsuit on the grounds that the professors didn’t have standing to challenge the law championed by DeSantis and Florida lawmakers.
In the first case, Walker said, “What’s in the record, for example — is there anything in the record that says we are now going to take away Disney’s special status because they’re woke?”
In the second case, the judge said, “And then Disney is going to lose its status because—arguably, because they made a statement that run afoul—ran afoul of state policy of the controlling party,” according to the DeSantis motion.
Disney and DeSantis have been engaged in a tug-of-war for more than a year that has engulfed the GOP governor in criticism as he prepares to launch an expected presidential bid next week.
The feud started after Disney, in the face of significant pressure, publicly opposed the state concerning lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades that critics called “Don’t Say Gay.”
As punishment, DeSantis took over Disney World’s self-governing district through legislation passed by lawmakers and appointed a new board of supervisors. Before the new board came in, the company signed agreements with the old board stripping the new supervisors of design and construction authority.
In response, the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature passed legislation allowing the DeSantis-appointed board to repeal those agreements and made the theme park resort’s monorail system subject to state inspection, when it previously had been done in-house.
Disney filed the First Amendment lawsuit against DeSantis and Disney-appointed board last month in federal court in Tallahassee, and it landed in Walker’s court. The Disney-appointed board earlier this month sued Disney in state court in Orlando seeking to void the deals the company made with the previous board.
The creation of Disney’s self-governing district by the Florida Legislature was instrumental in the company’s decision in the 1960s to build near Orlando. Disney told the state at the time that it planned to build a futuristic city that would include a transit system and urban planning innovations, so the company needed autonomy. The futuristic city never materialized, however, and instead morphed into a second theme park that opened in 1982.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces claimed some battlefield success Wednesday as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine labored to gain momentum almost a year after it began, while Ukraine said it needs another few months to stage its own offensive.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its troops broke through two Ukrainian defensive lines in the eastern Luhansk region and pushed back Ukrainian troops some three kilometers (two miles), forcing them to leave behind equipment and the bodies of those killed.
It was not possible to independently verify Moscow’s claim. Ukrainian official s made no immediate comment.
Russian artillery, drones and missiles have relentlessly pounded Ukrainian-held areas in the country’s east for months, indiscriminately hitting civilian targets and wreaking destruction, as the war largely slowed to a grinding stalemate in the winter. Moscow is hungry for some progress after months of setbacks.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said his country’s forces would need “a few months” to learn how to use new Western weapons before they can try and push the Russians out of Ukraine.
The Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which together make up the industrial Donbas region bordering Russia, continue to bear the brunt of Russia’s bombardments as Moscow reportedly moves more troops into the area.
In Luhansk, the number of Russian ground and air attacks is “growing every day,” Gov. Serhii Haidai said on Ukrainian TV.
“The Russians were able to transfer new forces for the offensive and now they are trying to overwhelm us with sheer human mass,” Haidai said.
Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said Wednesday that one town had come under “nonstop” fire from multiple rocket launchers for over three hours the previous day that damaged at least 12 residential buildings.
At least 12 civilians were wounded when Russian forces struck a five-story apartment block in the city of Pokrovsk, Kyrylenko said. Two others remained under the rubble.
Meanwhile, Kyiv’s military administration said that six apparent reconnaissance balloons were detected floating over the capital on Wednesday. Ukrainian air defense systems shot down “most of” them, an online statement read, adding that the balloons “could carry corner reflectors and certain reconnaissance equipment” and were designed to “identify and deplete” Ukraine’s air defenses.
The statement promised more details about the objects following “a detailed study and analysis.”
With the one-year anniversary of Russia’s war approaching, followed by improved spring weather, Western officials and analysts say the fighting could be nearing a critical phase when both sides look to launch offensives.
The Kremlin is striving to secure eastern areas it illegally annexed in September — the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions — and where it claims its rule is welcomed. Pro-Moscow separatists have controlled part of Donetsk and neighboring Luhansk province since 2014.
“The enemy, trying to take full control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, continues to focus his main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtarsk areas,” the Ukrainian military reported, referencing towns in the two provinces as well as on the eastern edge of the neighboring Kharkiv region.
Kyiv’s continued defense of Bakhmut, a Donetsk province mining town that for months has been a key target of Russia’s campaign in the east, has been “strategically sound” because it sapped Moscow’s momentum, a U.S. think tank said.
Kyiv’s defense has “degraded significant Russian forces,” including units from the Wagner Group, a Russian private military contractor, the Institute for the Study of War said late Tuesday.
Some analysts had doubted the wisdom of Ukraine holding out in Bakhmut because it could hurt the chances of its expected spring offensive.
On Wednesday, however, the Wagner Group’s owner acknowledged in comments to Russian media that it could take weeks for his forces to encircle the city.
Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency quoted Yevgeny Prigozhin as saying that his personnel might have Bakhmut surrounded in “March-April.”
“Although it is hard to estimate. They (Ukrainian forces) are now getting new types of weapons. (It’s) 100% that we will be destroying these (German-made) Leopard (tanks), 100% that we will figure out how to burn them down. But it is still an important factor,” Prigozhin said.
Prigozhin said though his spokespeople earlier this week that the “toughest battles” were underway north of Bakhmut. His soldiers were storming the area “house by house, square meter by square meter” while the Ukrainian army intensified artillery fire and deployed up to 500 new fighters to the embattled city every day, he said.
Ukrainian officials have not provided details about their troop movements and tactics to defend the city.
Last week, Prigozhin, a millionaire who has close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin and was dubbed “Putin’s chef” for his lucrative Kremlin catering contracts, said that it could take 18 months to two years for Russia to fully secure control of Donbas.
He predicted the war could go on for three years if Moscow decides to capture even more territory east of the Dnieper River.
Prigozhin’s remarks represented a rare acknowledgment of the difficulties the Kremlin has faced in eastern Ukraine, where it initially expected its troops to wrap up within weeks after invading the country on Feb, 24, 2022.
Russia suffered a series of humiliating setbacks in the fall when the Ukrainian military launched successful counteroffensives to reclaim broad swaths of territory in the east and the south.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday claimed that Western support for Kyiv’s war effort was prearranged, telling the lower house of Russian parliament that “the U.S. and its satellites are waging a comprehensive hybrid war following years of preparation.”
Lavrov said a revised Russian foreign policy doctrine to be published soon will emphasize the need to “end the Western monopoly on shaping frameworks of international life.”
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Former girls gymnastics coach gets 96 years for sex assault
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A former suburban Chicago girls gymnastics coach has been sentenced to 96 years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage gymnast about a decade ago, prosecutors said.
Jose Vilchis, 72, was sentenced Tuesday by a Will County judge after a jury convicted him last year of eight counts of criminal sexual assault, the Chicago Tribune reported.
The Will County’s State’s Attorney’s office said Vilchis sexually assaulted a teenage girl in Channahon in 2013 and 2014, when he was a coach at I&M Gymnastics. He was charged in 2018.
During his four-day trial last June, jurors also heard evidence that Vilchis had engaged in sexual crimes against three other teenage girls going back as far as 1997.
Two of the girls gave statements at Vilchis’ sentencing hearing, and one told the court Tuesday that she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Vilchis in the 1990s while he was her gymnastics coach.
“Jose Vilchis is a reprehensible sexual predator who calculatingly used his position of trust and authority to take advantage of innocent girls,” Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow said in a statement. “He repeatedly preyed upon young gymnasts in private under the guise of being a caring coach.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is welcoming outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to the White House for talks on Monday as the competition to find his successor to lead the military alliance heats up.
Stoltenberg, who has led the NATO since 2014 and has had his tenure extended three times, said earlier this year he would move on when his current time expires at the end of September. The jockeying to replace him is intensifying as leaders of the 31-member military alliance are set to meet next month for their annual summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Last week, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made the case for U.K. Defense Minister Ben Wallace directly to Biden. The U.S. president also met with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, another potential contender.
Asked about the NATO job at a news conference with Sunak by his side, Biden called Wallace “very qualified” but noted that the conversation among NATO leaders to find a “consensus” pick to replace Stoltenberg was ongoing. Biden’s opinion carries enormous weight as the U.S. spends more than any other member in the alliance on defense.
Frederiksen sought to play down her candidacy after she met with Biden last week. She declined to say whether she discussed the coming vacancy with him, telling reporters that she did not want to go “further in these speculations about NATO.” The alliance has never had a female secretary-general.
A British government official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said ahead of Sunak’s visit that the British leader wants to be sure the next secretary general “carries on Stoltenberg’s good work of modernization but also understands the importance of defense spending at this critical time.”
Denmark has lagged behind NATO’s target for members to spend 2% of gross domestic product on military budgets by 2030. But the centrist government announced late last month that it would look to invest some 143 billion kroner ($20.6 billion) in the country’s defense over the next decade, citing a “serious threat picture.”
Biden and Stoltenberg are also expected to discuss Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and efforts to persuade fellow NATO member Turkey to back off blocking Sweden from joining the military alliance.
Sweden and Finland, both historically unaligned militarily, jointly sought NATO membership after being rattled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Turkey initially blocked both countries from joining the alliance before agreeing to membership for Finland while continuing to object to Sweden.
In public comments since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was reelected last month, Biden has spoken with a measure of certainty that Sweden will soon join the alliance.
“It will happen. I promise you,” Biden said of Sweden’s NAT0 ascension earlier this month.
Stoltenberg and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have both expressed hope that Sweden will be brought into the NATO fold by the time allied leaders meet in Lithuania on July 11-12. | https://www.wane.com/news/politics/ap-politics/biden-to-host-outgoing-nato-secretary-general-stoltenberg-as-competition-to-replace-him-heats-up/ | 2023-06-12 14:46:25 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/politics/ap-politics/biden-to-host-outgoing-nato-secretary-general-stoltenberg-as-competition-to-replace-him-heats-up/ |
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Sunday was the last day of the annual "Feast Of The Hunters' Moon" in West Lafayette.
The Feast is one of the biggest annual events in the Greater Lafayette area.
Fort Ouiatenon was packed with people attending the festivities. Thousands were dressed to re-enact the feast. There was music, food and activities all honoring the time period.
News 18 caught up with one of the vendors who has been coming to the feast since the 1980s.
"We come because we have absolutely so much fun," said Marilyn Brown. "We spend the year making things to sell. My parents brought my sister here and she was hooked. First time. And I was here the next year and I got hooked too."
The Feast will return in 2023 on September 23rd and 24th. | https://www.wlfi.com/news/crowds-attend-2022-feast-of-the-hunters-moon-over-weekend/article_65926008-4327-11ed-9381-3765029fff13.html | 2022-10-03 15:02:01 | 1 | https://www.wlfi.com/news/crowds-attend-2022-feast-of-the-hunters-moon-over-weekend/article_65926008-4327-11ed-9381-3765029fff13.html |
BOSTON, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Rocket VR Health ("RVH"), a virtual reality digital therapeutics company transforming mental health treatments with interactive mindfulness meditations and evidence-based digital therapeutics, today announced it has initiated a randomized control trial with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
The 80-patient trial is examining the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of RVH's virtual reality digital therapeutic in improving quality of life, symptom burden, psychological distress and self-efficacy in adult patients with blood cancers admitted for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) at MGH. Patients undergoing this type of treatment experience immense physical and psychological symptoms during a prolonged four-week hospitalization and endure significant short-term and long-term distress that affects their quality of life (QOL) and their physical and psychological well-being.
MGH is Harvard Medical School's largest teaching hospital. The Cancer Outcomes Research and Education Program (CORE) at MGH conducts innovative research and educational programs to improve the experience and outcomes of patients and caregivers across the continuum of cancer care. Dr. Areej El-Jawahri Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Director of Digital Health at the Mass General Cancer Center and Dr. Hermioni L. Amonoo Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Associate Program Director, Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital will serve as co-investigators for the study.
"We are pleased to collaborate with Rocket VR Health on this innovative project that has the potential to change the paradigm of supportive care delivery for hospitalized patients with cancer. The capacity to use VR to improve the physical and psychological wellbeing of patients with cancer enduring prolonged hospitalization can increase access and potential for scalability and dissemination of this supportive care platform." commented Dr. El-Jawari.
Digital Health Interventions that support patients in reducing distress and improving psychosocial well-being are lacking and RVH and MGH partnered in early 2021 to co-develop this first of its kind evidence-based VR solution. The therapeutic recovery program leverages lessons learned from evidence-based palliative care interventions for patients undergoing HCT that were studied for years by the MGH team. The comprehensive 4-week therapeutic intervention combines interactive therapeutic experiences, high-definition doctor holograms and meditations taking place at breathtaking nature-based locations.
Therapeutic content is delivered on standalone Pico Neo 3 headsets that use a Qualcomm XR2 processor for next-generation performance and have over 2.5 hours of battery life. The headsets weigh only 1.3 pounds and have an ergonomic design while leveraging gaze-based controls removing the need for physical controllers.
"Up until now, VR technology has been expensive, bulky, difficult to use and operationalize within a healthcare environment. Today, we can deliver therapeutic VR interventions on lightweight, affordable and ergonomic headsets with therapeutic experiences that are more engaging than what has been possible in the past. This study will guide us towards validating the efficacy of our digital therapeutic in our effort to build the go-to distress management solution for hospitalized patients." commented Rocket VR Health's co-founder and CEO Sid Desai.
Rocket VR Health is a digital therapeutics provider that offers virtual reality therapeutic experiences and programs that help people improve their mental health and well-being. We are transforming the mental health treatment landscape by offering the next generation of digital therapeutics by leveraging proven clinical programs and ultra-realistic 3D environments, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) games, and VR-enhanced meditations. By creating partnerships with leading research institutions and leveraging evidence-based treatment protocols we aim to provide engaging, effective and personalized digital health interventions that can leave a lasting impact on people's mental health and well-being.
To learn more, visit our website: https://www.rocketvr.health/
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Massachusetts General Hospital, founded in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The Mass General Research Institute conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the nation, with annual research operations of more than $1 billion and comprises more than 9,500 researchers working across more than 30 institutes, centres and departments. In July 2022, Mass General was named #8 in the U.S. News & World Report list of "America's Best Hospitals." MGH is a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system.
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DETROIT — Ford is recalling more than 1.5 million vehicles in the U.S. in two actions to fix leaky brake hoses and windshield wiper arms that can break.
The largest of two recalls covers nearly 1.3 million 2013 through 2018 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKX midsize cars. The company says in documents posted Friday by safety regulators that the front brake hoses can rupture and leak brake fluid. That would increase brake pedal travel and make stopping distances longer.
Dealers will replace the hoses. Ford will mail owner notification letters starting April 17. They'll get a second letter once parts are available for the fix.
Ford says it’s aware of one crash with no mention of injuries due to the problem.
The second recall covers more than 222,000 F-150 pickups from 2021. The windshield wiper arms can break.
Dealers will replace the arms if needed. Owners will be notified starting March 27.
Earlier this year, Ford recalled nearly 383,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the touch screens may not display a camera image when backing up.
That recall covers certain 2020 to 2023 Ford Explorers and Lincoln Aviators, and some 2020 to 2022 Lincoln Corsairs. All are equipped with 360-degree cameras.
Ford says in government documents posted online that the video output can fail, preventing the rear camera image from being displayed. That can reduce rear visibility and increase the risk of a crash.
Many of the same vehicles were recalled for the same problem in 2021. Vehicles that were repaired previously will have to be fixed again. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/ford-recall-fix-brake-hoses-wiper-arms/507-ae5c0eb7-6718-47e7-b2a4-a244a51a20e2 | 2023-03-17 13:18:23 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/ford-recall-fix-brake-hoses-wiper-arms/507-ae5c0eb7-6718-47e7-b2a4-a244a51a20e2 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The driver suspected of causing a fiery crash that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, was charged Monday with murder.
Nicole Lorraine Linton was charged with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. One murder charge was filed for the pregnant woman’s unborn child.
She could face 90 years to life in prison if convicted of all charges.
Linton, a 37-year-old traveling nurse from Houston, Texas, made her first court appearance Monday after being released from a hospital over the weekend. Linton, who appeared in a wheelchair, didn’t enter a plea and her arraignment was continued to October. She was ordered held without bail pending a bail hearing next week.
Prosecutors said Linton’s Mercedes-Benz was doing 90 mph (144 kph) last Thursday when it ran a red light and smashed into cars in a crowded intersection in unincorporated Windsor Hills about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of downtown Los Angeles. Several victims were thrown from the cars and several vehicles caught fire.
The crash killed 23-year-old Asherey Ryan, her 11-month-old son Alonzo Quintero and her boyfriend, Reynold Lester, Sha’seana Kerr said in a GoFundMe posting.
Lester’s family told KABC-TV that the 24-year-old security guard was the father of Ryan’s 8 1/2-month-old unborn child. The family has said Ryan was on the way to a doctor’s appointment for a prenatal checkup when she was killed.
One murder charge — but not an additional charge of vehicular manslaughter — was filed for the fetus, who was identified by the coroner’s office as Armani Lester and listed as born on the same day he died.
“A young family was destroyed in the blink of an eye,” District Attorney George Gascón said at a news conference.
Two other women were also killed but their names weren’t made public as of Monday.
“While the wreckage of this fiery crash at this intersection was removed and traffic eventually resumed, there is catastrophic damage to the families and friends of those killed and injured,” Gascón said. “It is not only a tremendous loss to the families but our entire community who learned of this incredible tragedy or have watched the now viral video of the collision,” he said.
In court, Linton’s lawyer, Halim Dhanidina, said his client has an out-of-state history of “profound mental health issues” that might be linked to the crash but didn’t specify, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Authorities said they haven’t found any evidence that Linton was under the influence of alcohol but prosecutors said she had at least 13 previous crashes — including a 2020 injury accident that totaled two cars — and knew the threat posed by her driving behavior, the Times said. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/health-2/ap-health/driver-in-la-crash-that-killed-5-charged-with-murder/ | 2022-08-09 14:26:41 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/health-2/ap-health/driver-in-la-crash-that-killed-5-charged-with-murder/ |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Four of five Memphis officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols after violently beating him had infractions on their records from previous police work.
Their transgressions were mainly procedural but included using minor physical force during an arrest and failing to fill out a form about it, failing to report a domestic violence situation, and a car crash, records showed.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show four of the five Memphis Police Department officers had policy violations on their record before the Jan. 7 arrest, but nothing that rose to the brutality that led to Nichols’ death three days later. Two of the officers were previously suspended for procedural violations of department policy.
The five officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — have been fired and charged with second-degree murder, kidnapping and other offenses. Harrowing video of the arrest was released Friday.
Records showed Bean was the only officer who did not have previous infractions or penalties in his administrative records. All five were hired between March 2017 and August 2020, and all were members of a crime-suppression unit that was disbanded after Nichols’ death.
Two officers, Haley and Mills, received reprimands for failing to file “response to resistance” forms after incidents involving women they arrested, records showed.
Such forms are filled out when an officer uses force or physical means to restrain a person deemed to be resisting arrest. In the documents, Memphis police stated that response to resistance included “the use of any part of the officer’s body to compel compliance.”
Other infractions were related to car accidents and equipment issues.
Lawyers for Haley, Martin and Mills declined to comment. A lawyer for Smith did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Records showed Haley responded to a shooting on Feb. 21, 2021, “grabbed a complainant by the arm” and turned her around to be handcuffed as she resisted arrest.
During an administrative hearing, Haley said he understood the policy but was “simply mistaken” about the amount of force necessary in the situation. He received a written reprimand, records showed. A lieutenant cited in the documents for that case said Haley was a “hard-working officer” who routinely made good decisions.
Mills also received written reprimand after he “physically assisted” other officers during an arrest March 21, 2019. Mills said in his hearing that he was trying to help other officers to “gain control” of a young woman to handcuff her. Mills said he did not realize he had to fill out a response to resistance form in the case.
Records also showed Emmitt Martin III “refused to take a report” after responding to a domestic disturbance call involving two sisters. Martin was asked to take a report from the husband of one of the women, but he decided only to “advise all parties,” records showed. He was suspended for one day.
Martin also was suspended for three days after he left a gun on the rear floor of his car after a shift.
Smith received a two-day suspension after his police car was involved in a crash with two other vehicles.
Two other officers were suspended from the Memphis police force after Nichols’ arrest. Only one, Preston Hemphill, has been identified. It is not immediately known whether he had infractions on his record before the Nichols arrest.
Two Shelby County sheriff’s deputies were suspended and three Memphis Fire Department employees were fired in connection with Nichols’ death. His funeral is Wednesday. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/ap-records-minor-infractions-for-officers-before-nichols-case/ | 2023-02-01 18:12:12 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/ap-records-minor-infractions-for-officers-before-nichols-case/ |
The company's growing number of solutions for structural heart disease will be presented at multiple events during the conference between November 27-29
HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Venus Medtech is building an exciting pipeline of treatments for structural heart disease. The company will present its products at the conference taking place at the ExCeL London November 27-29, 2022 in its booth (#25), during a symposium, and at the official launch of the TARGET multicenter clinical study.
Structural heart symposium on November 27
The company will also be hosting a symposium on November 27 (Hall #4 at 17:30 pm) where top investigators will discuss the latest results and future plans for the Venus Medtech tricuspid and pulmonary valve replacement systems. During this symposium, "The Right Valves for The Right Ventricle: Venus MedTech tricuspid and pulmonary replacement systems," interventional cardiologists will have the opportunity to learn the latest about structural heart interventions.
Launch of TARGET CE Study for tricuspid valve replacement on November 28
Additionally, Venus Medtech will be officially launching the TARGET study at the conference. The TARGET study will evaluate the safety and performance of the Cardiovalve Tricuspid System—with its associated procedure—in reducing tricuspid regurgitation and the associated symptoms. The Cardiovalve system includes a valve and delivery system, designed for replacement of the tricuspid valve through a transcatheter approach. The study will enroll one hundred patients in up to thirty medical centers. Patients will be followed for a period of up to five years.
The TARGET CE Study will be launched officially at the Sunborn London Yacht Hotel on Monday, November 28 at 18:30 pm.
Presentation of new data
The experiences with Cardiovalve and presentation of new data will be held in the following sessions:
- Dr. Estevez-Loureiro, Eliminate tricuspid regurgitation: transfemoral CardioValve tricuspid replacement system (Tricuspid interventions session, November 27, 13:30 - 15:00 at Interactive Case Corner 2).
- Dr. Sherif, Transcatheter transseptal mitral valve implantation: a new tool-in-the-box for patients with severe mitral regurgitation (TMVR challenges session, November 27, 15:05 - 16:05, at Interactive Case Corner 2).
- Dr. Schmidt, Transcatheter valve implantation in mitral and tricuspid valve position, (Rapid-fire clinical cases: Session 7, November 29, 14:50 - 15:35 at The Exchange).
About Venus Medtech: Increasing global presence
Venus Medtech (stock code: 2500.HK) is committed to structural heart innovation. As the leading transcatheter heart valve medical device player in China, Venus Medtech has established comprehensive solutions for structural heart disease. It now has a complete product pipeline covering all four heart valves, namely TAVR, TPVR, TMVR and TTVR, as well as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hypertensive renal denervation (RDN) therapy and relevant accessory products.
Venus is now intensifying its presence in overseas markets, making important breakthroughs in registration and commercialization.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Twitter, Inc. ("Twitter" or the "Company") (NYSE: TWTR). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Twitter and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On August 23, 2022, the Washington Post published an article reporting that Twitter's former head of security Peiter Zatko had filed a complaint with U.S. regulators, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Comission, regarding "egregious deficiencies" in the Company's defenses against hackers. In his complaint, Zatko said that he had warned colleagues that some of Twitter's servers were running out-of-date software and that executives had withheld information about breaches and lack of protections for user data. The complaint further alleged that Twitter prioritized growth over reducing the number of spam accounts, offering executives cash bonuses of as much as $10 million tied to increasing the number of daily users. On this news, Twitter's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on August 23, 2022.
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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LONDON (AP) — The European Union is beefing up its code of practice on disinformation by enlisting more tech companies beyond Google, Twitter and Facebook parent Meta and adding measures to prevent online purveyors of fake news from profiting.
The EU's executive Commission unveiled an update Thursday to its four-year-old voluntary code that, together with sweeping new rules in the pipeline for digital companies, will step up its efforts to fight the spread of false information in the 27-member bloc.
EU leaders are alarmed about disinformation flourishing on online platforms, notably involving the COVID-19 pandemic and Russian propaganda amid the war in Ukraine. The code shows Europe’s efforts to take a global lead in clamping down on fake news, while officials in the U.S. have done little to curb its spread.
Disinformation “is a growing problem in the EU, and we really have to take stronger measures,” Commission Vice President Vera Jourova told reporters in Brussels.
She said the update comes as Russia weaponizes disinformation as part of its war in Ukraine “but also when we see attacks on democracy more broadly.”
Companies that sign up to the EU code agree to commit to measures aimed at reducing disinformation. They will have to file regular reports on whether they’re living up to their promises, though there’s little in the way of punishment.
The code is, however, backed by the EU’s upcoming Digital Services Act, a wide-ranging overhaul of the bloc’s digital rulebook that includes requirements for tech giants to address “systemic risks” on their platforms, including the spread of disinformation, under the threat of big fines.
Some 33 online platforms, tech companies, and civil society groups have now signed up to the voluntary code, double the number from a year ago. The newest additions include Amazon-owned video game streaming service Twitch, video sharing platform Vimeo and audio-only social network Clubhouse.
Companies that previously signed up include Google, Facebook and Instagram parent Meta, Twitter, TikTok and Microsoft. Other big tech companies like Amazon and Apple are still absent. Also missing are apps like Telegram, a social media and messaging platform where Russian government disinformation is rampant.
Fact-checking and press freedom groups and ad-tech companies also have joined.
The code includes measures preventing ads from being shown next to fake news content so the material can't be used to make money.
Producers of disinformation make big money, as do online platforms and the digital ad industry, and “the code will disrupt this financing model,” Jourova said.
There also are requirements for more transparency on political ads, such as adding labels; reducing manipulative techniques like automated bot accounts; and giving users tools to recognize and flag up false information so it can be taken down. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/EU-beefs-up-disinformation-code-amid-Russia-fake-17245596.php | 2022-06-16 13:22:07 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/EU-beefs-up-disinformation-code-amid-Russia-fake-17245596.php |
Fresh Up Your Life! – top quality European fruit and veg, the EU-funded CSO project presents a new digital campaign format: a series of videos recently posted to social media going behind the scenes of the companies driving the project, where they talk about their passion for produce.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The new "Fresh Up Your Life! – top quality European fruit and veg" digital campaign has been online for a few weeks, a European Union and CSO Italy-funded project where growers talk about their passion for their produce.
Another of "Fresh Up Your Life's" communication and promotional activities, which will continue to spread the culture, supporting European fruit and veg to consumers and businesses in the USA (and the United Arab Emirates) until 2025, highlighting their quality, flavor, safety and healthiness, values that are guaranteed by strict production specifications. The following Italian companies are also participating in the project: Apofruit Italia, Cico-Mazzoni, Conserve Italia, Lagnasco Group, Oranfrizer, Origine, Unacoa.
Sixty seconds on social media channels focusing on the project's partner companies, their products and the territory of production. The videos are genuine cinematic portraits that genuinely and authentically express the passion behind the quality of Italian fruit and vegetable productions in the company's own words. As a result of this artistic and, at the same time, human character, the campaign has been entitled "Deliciously Human."
These companies and the people who work there are representing Italy and have made this goal a daily commitment, accompanying us on this journey. In these two videos focusing on oranges, we land in Sicily, on the slopes of Mount Etna, where Oranfrizer grow their red oranges: a dream-like landscape between the brightness of the orchards and the dark shades of the volcano, which gives the juices an indistinguishable taste, with a deep flavor. Italy has always played a fundamental role in the orange production, favored by its mild climate, landscape and the characteristics of the land, often very suited for cultivation due to the proximity of the sea. And Sicily is the home of the red orange, a fruit eaten throughout the whole winter with twice the vitamin content of normal oranges. Red citrus fruits are among the most sought after and the tastiest.
Ensuring that flavor is not compromised during the production process is a crucial task. A job that Quality Supervisor Francesco carries out with pride to protect and preserve the indistinguishable flavor of Sicily: as he tells us, he never adds anything to red orange juice. No water, no sugar, no artificial coloring or any other additives. Over time, the company has refined its knowledge and focus on the standardization of the organoleptic properties of the fruit. This control starts the raw materials, as it is essential that all juice contains the best properties: the sweet and sour taste, a good amount of vitamin C and anthocyanins, natural coloring with antioxidant properties, which determine the red color of the juice.
Every day, Oranfrizer Red Oranges are "exploring" the world, spreading their delicious flavor, sharing a culture handed down from generation to generation. Each new market reached is a proud memory for Export Sales Manager Sara who, at Oranfrizer, found the opportunity to combine her love for her country and its traditional produce with her passion for travel and discovering new horizons.
The "Deliciously Human" campaign expresses the passion for fruit and vegetable production because, in this way, it can be seen, appreciated and enjoyed in every corner of the world.
Deliciously Human: Francesco Galvano (Oranfrizer) - YouTube
Deliciously Human: Sara Grasso (Oranfrizer) - YouTube
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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncopeptides AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: ONCO), a biotech company focused on research and development of therapies for difficult-to-treat hematological diseases, today announces that the number of shares and votes in Oncopeptides has changed as a result of the company's issue of 3,940,607 new class C shares in accordance with the shareholder program Board SHP 2022 and the incentive program Co-worker LTIP 2022 adopted by the annual general meeting on June 28, 2022. Before the share issue, the total number of outstanding shares and votes in Oncopeptides amounted to 90,368,660. As a result of the share issue, the number of outstanding shares in Oncopeptides has increased by 3,940,607 shares, corresponding to 394,060.7 votes. As of today, the total number of outstanding shares in Oncopeptides amounts to 94,309,267 shares, of which 90,368,660 are ordinary shares and 3,940,607 are class C shares. The number of votes in Oncopeptides as of today amounts to 90,762,720.7. The share capital has increased by approximately SEK 437,845.24 from approximately SEK 10,040,962.63 to approximately SEK 10,478,807.87.
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Annika Muskantor, CFO, Oncopeptides AB (publ)
E-mail: annika.muskantor@oncopeptides.com
Phone: +46 70 823 86 91
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E-mail: rolf.gulliksen@oncopeptides.com
Phone: + 46 70 262 96 28
The information in the press release is information that Oncopeptides is obliged to make public pursuant to the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons above, on October 31, 2022, at 08:00 (CET).
About Oncopeptides
Oncopeptides is a global biotech company focused on research and development of therapies for difficult-to-treat hematological diseases. The company uses its proprietary Peptide Drug Candidate platform, PDC, to develop compounds that rapidly and selectively deliver cytotoxic agents into cancer cells. On August 18, 2022, the European Commission granted Pepaxti® (melphalan flufenamide, also called melflufen) Marketing Authorization in the European Union and countries in the European Economic Area, in combination with dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least three prior lines of therapies, whose disease is refractory to at least one proteasome inhibitor, one immunomodulatory agent, and one anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, and who have demonstrated disease progression on or after the last therapy. For patients with a prior autologous stem cell transplantation, the time to progression should be at least 3 years from transplantation. Pepaxto® (melphalan flufenamide) was granted accelerated approval in the US in February 2021 but is currently not marketed due to regulatory hurdles.
Oncopeptides is developing several new compounds based on its technology platforms. The company is built on a Swedish innovation and is listed in the Mid Cap segment on Nasdaq Stockholm with the ticker ONCO. More information is available on www.oncopeptides.com.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As the war in Ukraine stretches into its seventh month, North Korea is hinting at its interest in sending construction workers to help rebuild Russian-occupied territories in the country’s east.
The idea is openly endorsed by senior Russian officials and diplomats, who foresee a cheap and hard-working workforce that could be thrown into the “most arduous conditions,” a term Russia’s ambassador to North Korea used in a recent interview.
North Korea’s ambassador to Moscow recently met with envoys from two Russia-backed separatist territories in the Donbas region of Ukraine and expressed optimism about cooperation in the “field of labor migration,” citing his country’s easing pandemic border controls.
The talks came after North Korea in July became the only nation aside from Russia and Syria to recognize the independence of the territories, Donetsk and Luhansk, further aligning with Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.
The employment of North Korean workers in Donbas would clearly run afoul of U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed on the North over its nuclear and missile programs and further complicate the U.S.-led international push for its nuclear disarmament.
Many experts doubt North Korea will send workers while the war remains in flux, with a steady flow of Western weapons helping Ukraine to push back against much larger Russian forces.
But they say it’s highly likely North Korea will supply labor to Donbas when the fighting eases to boost its own economy, broken by years of U.S.-led sanctions, pandemic border closures and decades of mismanagement.
The labor exports would also contribute to a longer-term North Korean strategy of strengthening cooperation with Russia and China, another ideological ally, in an emerging partnership aimed at reducing U.S. influence in Asia.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin has said that North Korean construction companies have already offered to help rebuild war-torn areas in Donbas, and that North Korean workers would be welcomed if they come.
That’s a clear break from Russia’s position in December 2017, when it backed new U.N. Security Council sanctions, imposed on North Korea for testing an intercontinental ballistic missile, requiring member states to expel all North Korean workers from their territories within 24 months.
Russia now seems eager to undercut those sanctions as it faces a U.S.-led pressure campaign aimed at isolating its economy over its aggression in Ukraine, said Lim Soo-ho, a senior analyst at the Institute for National Security Strategy, a think tank run by South Korea’s spy agency.
“For Russia, the idea of employing North Korean workers for postwar rebuilding has real merit,” Lim said. “Large numbers of North Korean construction workers came to Russia in previous years, and demand for their labor was strong because they were cheap and known for quality work.”
Before the 2017 sanctions, labor exports were a rare legitimate source of foreign currency for North Korea, bringing hundreds of millions of dollars a year to the government.
The U.S. State Department earlier estimated that about 100,000 North Koreans were working overseas in government-arranged jobs, primarily in Russia and China, but also in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and South Asia.
Civilian experts say the workers earned $200 million to $500 million a year for North Korea’s government while pocketing only a fraction of their salaries, often toiling for more than 12 hours a day under constant surveillance by their country’s security agents.
While Russia sent home some North Korean workers before the U.N. deadline in December 2019, an uncertain number remained, continuing to work or becoming stuck after the North sealed its borders to fend off COVID-19.
North Korea could easily mobilize possibly several hundreds or even thousands of workers to Donbas if it decides to use the laborers who remained in Russia, said Kang Dong Wan, a North Korea expert at South Korea’s Dong-A University.
It’s not yet clear how lucrative Donbas would be for North Korea.
Russia is short of cash, battered by Western sanctions targeting its financial institutions and a broad swath of industries. North Korea likely has no interest in being paid in rubles because of worries about the currency’s purchasing power, which bottomed out during the war’s early days before Moscow took steps to artificially restore its value.
North Korea might be willing to be compensated with food, fuel and machinery, an exchange that would likely also violate Security Council sanctions, Lim said.
Hong Min, a senior analyst at South Korea’s Institute for National Unification, said North Korea could have bigger things in mind than short-term gains from labor exports.
“The United States’ strategic competition with China and confrontation with Russia have given North Korea breathing room as it steps up to join Moscow and Beijing in a united front to counter U.S. influence and promote a multipolar international system,” Hong said.
North Korea has already used the war in Ukraine to ramp up its weapons development, exploiting divisions in the Security Council, where Russia and China in May vetoed a U.S.-backed resolution to tighten sanctions on North Korea over its revived ICBM testing this year.
North Korea and Russia also see eye-to-eye on key policies.
North Korea has repeatedly blamed the United States for the Ukraine crisis, saying the West’s “hegemonic policy” justifies military actions by Russia in Ukraine to protect itself.
Russia, meanwhile, has repeatedly condemned the revival of large-scale military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea this year, accusing the allies of provoking North Korea and aggravating tensions.
Alexander Matsegora, Russia’s ambassador to North Korea, has backed its dubious assertion that its COVID-19 outbreak was caused by South Korean activists who flew anti-North Korean leaflets and other materials across the border with balloons.
Nam Sung-wook, a professor at the unification and diplomacy department of South Korea’s Korea University, is one of the few experts who sees the labor exports beginning soon.
Desperate to address its economic woes, North Korea might send small groups of workers to Donbas on “scouting missions” over the next few months and gradually increase the numbers depending on how the war goes, he said.
“Interests are aligning between Pyongyang and Moscow,” Nam said. “One hundred or 200 workers could eventually become 10,000.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ap-n-korea-may-send-workers-to-russian-occupied-east-ukraine/ | 2022-09-01 16:15:57 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/ap-n-korea-may-send-workers-to-russian-occupied-east-ukraine/ |
East Jordan Music in the Park series continues with Max Lockwood
EAST JORDAN — East Jordan's Music in the Park summer concert series continues with Max Lockwood at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 16 at the Memorial Park bandshell.
The concert will feature the vocals and acoustic guitar of folk/pop artist Lockwood, who is based in Grand Rapids.
The series runs through Friday, July 28. A concert will not be held Friday, June 23 during the East Jordan Freedom Festival Block Party. “Derailed” band will perform that Friday evening in the bandshell from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
The Jordan Valley Community Band will also be playing throughout the month of July on Thursdays starting at 7:30 p.m.
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The remaining series lineup includes:
- June 16: Max Lockwood Band – Folk/Pop
- June 30: The Third Degree – Rock
- July 7: Ryan Cassidy – Acoustic Rock
- July 14: Levitator – Rock/Blues
- July 21: Union Guns – Country
- July 28: The Marsupials – Funk/Blues
The Music in the Park series is co-sponsored by the Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan Downtown Development Authority and the East Jordan Area Chamber of Commerce. It is made possible by sponsors. If you would like to make a donation, send your check payable to City of East Jordan, “Music in the Park Concert Series” in the memo section and mail it to Music in the Park Concert Series, P.O. Box 499, East Jordan, MI 49727.
For more information, contact the East Jordan Area Chamber of Commerce at (231) 536-7351 or info@ejchamber.org. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/06/15/east-jordan-music-in-the-park-series-continues-with-max-lockwood/70318366007/ | 2023-06-15 14:08:42 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/06/15/east-jordan-music-in-the-park-series-continues-with-max-lockwood/70318366007/ |
by: Arkansas Style team Posted: Jan 13, 2023 / 03:44 PM CST Updated: Jan 13, 2023 / 03:44 PM CST SHARE Tim Baker and Walter Washington with the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission join us to discuss the upcoming 2023 MLK Jr Commission Day of Service and Impact.
What are Matter and Thread, the latest smart home … We sat down with our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about the new Matter and Thread technologies.
Kitchen gadgets that will simplify your food prep … If you’re hosting a Super Bowl party, check out these kitchen gadgets that will simplify your food prep process for the big game.
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The 2023 RBC Canadian Open Odds & Preview: Tommy Fleetwood
Tommy Fleetwood will be in the 2023 RBC Canadian Open in Toronto, Canada at Oakdale Golf & Country Club from June 8-11.
Looking to wager on Fleetwood at the RBC Canadian Open this week? Read on for the betting trends you need to know before you make your picks.
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Tommy Fleetwood Insights
- Fleetwood has finished below par on eight occasions, completed his day bogey-free once and finished 13 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 18 rounds played.
- He has recorded the best score of the day in one of his last 18 rounds, while scoring among the top five in three rounds and the top 10 on four occasions.
- Fleetwood has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in three of his last 18 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day eight times.
- Fleetwood has finished in the top five in one of his past five appearances.
- Looking at the past five tournaments he has entered, he made the cut four times.
- Fleetwood has finished with a score better than the tournament average in three of his past five appearances.
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RBC Canadian Open Insights and Stats
- Courses on the PGA Tour have been an average length of 7,301 yards in the past year. This event will take place on a par 72 that's 7,264 yards.
- Oakdale Golf & Country Club is 7,264 yards, 38 yards shorter than the average course Fleetwood has played in the past year (7,302).
Fleetwood's Last Time Out
- Fleetwood was in the 69th percentile on par 3s at the Charles Schwab Challenge, with an average of par on the eight par-3 holes.
- His 4.13-stroke average on the 24 par-4 holes at the Charles Schwab Challenge was poor, putting him in the 23rd percentile of the field.
- Fleetwood shot better than 47% of the field at the Charles Schwab Challenge on the tournament's four par-5 holes, averaging 4.75 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.80.
- Fleetwood carded a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the Charles Schwab Challenge (the other competitors averaged 1.5).
- On the eight par-3s at the Charles Schwab Challenge, Fleetwood had fewer bogeys or worse (one) than the tournament average (2.7).
- Fleetwood's one birdie or better on par-4s at the Charles Schwab Challenge were less than the tournament average of 5.7.
- At that last outing, Fleetwood had a bogey or worse on three of 24 par-4s (the field averaged 7.2).
- Fleetwood finished the Charles Schwab Challenge with a birdie or better on one of four par-5s, fewer than the field's average, 1.9.
- The field at the Charles Schwab Challenge averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the four par-5s, but Fleetwood finished without one.
RBC Canadian Open Time and Date Info
- Date: June 8-11, 2023
- Course: Oakdale Golf & Country Club
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Par: 72 / 7,264 yards
- Fleetwood Odds to Win: +2000 (Bet now with DraftKings!)
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Price increases moderated in the United States last month in the latest sign that the inflation pressures that have gripped the nation might be easing as the economy slows and Americans grow more cautious.
Consumer inflation reached 7.7% in October from a year earlier and 0.4% from September, the government said Thursday. The year-over-year increase, down from 8.2% in September, was the smallest rise since January. A separate gauge called core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy, rose 6.3% in the past 12 months and 0.3% from September.
The numbers were all lower than economists had expected.
Helping drive the inflation slowdown from September to October were used car prices, which dropped for a fourth straight month. Prices of clothing and medical care also fell. Food price increases slowed. By contrast, energy prices rebounded in October after having declined in August and September.
Even with last month’s tentative easing of inflation, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to continue raising interest rates to cool the economy and stem inflation. Yet data released Thursday raises the possibility that the Fed could at least slow its rate hikes — a prospect that sent U.S. markets soaring early Thursday.
“We expect this to mark the start of a much longer disinflationary trend that we think will convince the Fed to halt its (hikes) early next year,” said Paul Ashworth, chief North American economist at Capital Economics, a consulting firm. “With supply shortages normalizing, deflationary pressure is now finally showing up.”
Many economists have warned that in continuing to tighten credit, the central bank could spark a recession by next year. The Fed has already raised its benchmark interest rate six times in sizable increments this year, heightening the risk that prohibitively high borrowing rates for homes, autos and other big-ticket items, will tip the world’s largest economy into recession.
Some economists believe the most recent data shows the hikes are beginning to achieve their purpose, though the Fed needs to see further evidence.
“The data will be welcome news for the (Fed), finally showing some response in prices” to the rate increases, said Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics.
Even before the release of Thursday’s figures, inflation by some measures had begun to ease and could continue to do so in coming months. There is evidence that the robust pay increases of the past 18 months have leveled off and begun to fall. Though worker pay is not a primary driver of higher prices, it can compound inflationary pressures if companies offset their higher labor costs by raising prices.
Except for automakers, which are still struggling to acquire the computer chips they need, supply chain disruptions have largely unsnarled. The backup of cargo ships off the port of Los Angeles and Long Beach has been cleared.
Rents, according to outlets like ApartmentList and Zillow, have begun to fall and that should begin to show up in government data soon, signaling weaker inflation.
Despite fears of a recession, the nation’s job market has remained resilient. Employers have added a healthy average of 407,000 jobs a month, and the unemployment rate is just 3.7%, close to a half-century low. Job openings are still at historically high levels.
But the Fed’s rate hikes have inflicted severe damage on the American housing market. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage has more than doubled over the past year and topped 7% this week. As a result, investment in housing collapsed in the July-September quarter, falling at a 26% annual rate.
Higher mortgage rates have depressed sales. Home prices are slowing sharply compared with a year ago and have begun to fall on a monthly basis. The cost of a new apartment lease is also declining.
And amid a hot jobs market, layoffs have begun in real estate and other sectors sensitive to interest rate hikes.
The U.S. has also managed to dodge inflation levels that have seeped into other national economies after a global pandemic. Higher prices are taking a higher toll in Europe, which is feeling the acute effects of an energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Rising prices, especially for food and energy, have unleashed a wave of protests and strikes in recent months, with nurses, pilots, rail workers and others seeking higher pay or government intervention as their cost of living soars.
Inflation hit a record 10.7% in the 19-country euro area last month, largely driven by energy prices, and though European leaders have approved relief packages to help people with their natural gas and electricity bills, the discontent threatens political turmoil.
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Jackson airport experiencing delays due to ‘power outage issues’
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Airlines delayed or canceled several flights at the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport Monday.
At least one flight was delayed due to what American Eagle Airline officials say are ongoing “power outage issues” at the airport, according to WLBT Investigative Reporter C.J. LeMaster.
According to FlightRadar24, a live flight tracker, at least 2 flights into Jackson were canceled and four others were diverted, but it’s unclear if those were due to weather or power issues.
We are awaiting official word from airport leadership.
Monday morning, at least 3 flights out of Jackson had been canceled this morning, but all others are still scheduled on time.
Powerful winds and rain rolled into Central Mississippi Sunday night, prompting a severe thunderstorm warning with winds as high as 80 miles per hour.
WLBT is working to find out if the storms are to blame for the travel disruptions.
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Wall-to-wall coverage of former President Trump’s arraignment this week has given the Republican presidential primary front-runner a gift of sorts in the form of nonstop media attention.
Even as Trump finds himself in unprecedented legal trouble over his alleged mishandling of classified documents, he is also settling into a familiar spot: centerstage of the daily political news cycle.
The coverage could help Trump, already the front-runner for the GOP’s presidential nomination next year, as he battles Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other rivals for the Republican nod.
“It’s obvious this is going to help him in the primary, and I think it’s an open question if it even hurts him in the general,” one Republican operative told The Hill after watching the daylong coverage of this week’s arraignment. “The laws of normal political gravity say it should, but Trump is not bound by the laws of normal political gravity.”
Trump is certainly crowding out rivals for media attention with the nonstop coverage of his legal travails, even if much of the coverage has been starkly critical given the seriousness of his alleged crimes.
Former Vice President Mike Pence said the charges were serious enough that he couldn’t defend his former boss, though he said Trump was entitled to his day in court. Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who has increasingly broken with the president who hired him, said Trump was “toast” if the accusations are proven.
Immediately after he was arraigned Tuesday, Trump’s motorcade made a stop at Miami’s famous Café Versailles, a focal point of the Cuban-American population in Florida. It was an effort by Trump to turn his day in court into a campaign event on the home turf of DeSantis.
Some of the cable news networks quickly turned away from covering his stop.
“Folks in the control room, I don’t need to see any more of that,” CNN anchor Jake Tapper said as the network played a video of Trump supporters singing “Happy Birthday” to Trump at the Cuban restaurant. “He’s trying to turn it into a spectacle, into a campaign ad. That’s enough of that. We’ve seen it already. Let’s go over again the 37 charges.”
Trump’s ability to dictate media coverage is a hallmark of his brand. He often attacks the “fake news” media while simultaneously granting interviews that drive ratings and command a loyal audience of both supporters and critics.
The fact that cable networks were devoting most of their airtime Tuesday to Trump signals his continued ability to drive ratings and clicks — something that caused internal tensions at CNN just weeks ago when the network carried a Trump town hall filled with an audience of Trump supporters.
CNN’s top news boss Chris Licht has since left the network.
Some of those covering Trump on Tuesday, such as Tapper, signaled at times that they felt they were being used by the former president and sought to prevent it.
Neither CNN nor MSNBC carried Trump’s post-arraignment address from his New Jersey golf club. During those remarks, Trump made a number of claims, including that the charges brought against him were politically motivated.
“There is a cost to us as a news organization to knowingly broadcasting untrue things. We are here to bring you the news,” MSNBC pundit Rachel Maddow told viewers as Trump spoke from his New Jersey golf club. “It hurts our ability to do that if we live broadcast what we fully expect in advance to be a litany of lies and false accusations, no matter who says them.”
Fox News, the top-rated channel on cable, did cover Trump’s remarks in full, in a break from recent practice.
Trump’s political ascent in 2016 benefited all of the cable news networks in a major way, a fact that his indictment and arraignment have called to mind once again.
MSNBC, known for its aggressive anti-Trump punditry, experienced some of the best ratings it has in months following news of the former president’s indictments, notching a rare weekly prime-time ratings win.
Trump has always been a difficult political figure for the media to cover. Press outlets were blamed for propping up Trump in his 2016 run for the White House, and things are no easier after four years of his presidency and the aftermath — which included the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Covering Trump’s post-presidential legal fights — all while he is running for the White House again — creates all kinds of ethical choices for the country’s largest news organizations.
“The media have no choice but to cover this, in a way that might very well appear to be sensationalist,” said Rich Hanley, an associate professor of journalism at Quinnipiac University.
“It’s going to be the leading story every time a motion is filed or anything with the case happens. It will be a narrative in many ways Trump will be able to control with his use of various legal instruments to keep this story percolating,” he added.
Some industry insiders say the media shouldn’t worry so much about whether their coverage helps Trump. If it is news, cover it, these voices say.
“This is a huge news story by any measure. It has to be covered and it has to be covered extensively,” said Frank Sesno, a longtime television news reporter who now teaches journalism at George Washington University. “People need to get over the idea that just because there’s a story out there with the word Trump in it, it’s somehow free media that’s only doing him a favor.” | https://www.pahomepage.com/hill-politics/media-give-trump-what-he-wants-with-indictment-coverage/ | 2023-06-14 22:50:27 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/hill-politics/media-give-trump-what-he-wants-with-indictment-coverage/ |
AUSTIN, Texas, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Retention.com, the industry leader in customer recapture marketing for Shopify eCommerce businesses, is excited to welcome Alexander Lazoff as VP of Partnerships.
Alexander comes to Retention.com from Yotpo where he was Director of Partnerships, leading the North American partnership efforts with a mission to provide immense value and service to the most strategic SI's, digital marketing shops, VCs, and eCommerce consultants. Alexander will be leveraging agency partnership opportunities to bring Retention.com's revolutionary cart abandonment revenue growth technology to a vast array of new eCommerce brands.
"It only took one conversation with Adam Robinson (CEO of Retention.com) for me to realize the massive potential this technology offers the agency partners I've worked with for years," said Alexander. "It immediately unlocks new revenue for agency clients with almost no lift, utilizing existing automation tools and campaign creative. Every conversation I have with an agency turns into a partnership, the interest has been astounding," he added. "I've never experienced growth velocity like this anywhere."
Retention.com welcomes Alexander during a high-growth transformation, as the company expands beyond direct sales channels. Revenue passed $14MM ARR at the start of 2023, accelerating to over $18MM ARR today, with an expected 350% growth by EOY. Adding this agency model puts Retention.com on a path to dominate the industry in the coming years, all without a dollar of institutional investment.
"Alexander brought on 60 new agency partners within the first month alone," said Diana Ross, CRO and co-founder. "Agency partnerships allow us to help more DTC eCommerce brands grow faster, with less lift, and that's what we're all about," Diana added. "We couldn't have found a better person to lead our agency partnership business. With Mike Yebio at the direct sales helm, our teams are now led by the best in the business."
Interested in learning more about how Retention.com can plug into existing client marketing plans with virtually zero lift? Reach out to Alexander at alex@retention.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday outlined how states and nonprofit groups can apply for $27 billion in funding from a “green bank” that will provide low-cost financing for projects intended to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
The so-called Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created by Congress in the landmark climate law approved last year, will invest in clean energy projects nationwide, with a focus on low-income and disadvantaged communities.
The Environmental Protection Agency expects to award $20 billion in competitive grants to as many 15 nonprofit groups that will work with local banks and other financial institutions to invest in projects that reduce pollution and lower energy costs for families.
Another $7 billion will be awarded to states, tribes and municipalities to deploy a range of solar energy projects, including residential rooftop solar, community solar and solar storage.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the green bank — modeled after similar banks established in states such as Connecticut, New York and California — will unlock billions of dollars in private investment to enable neighborhoods and communities “that have never participated in the clean-energy economy to participate in full force” in creating green jobs.
Low-income and disadvantaged communities “who pay the largest percent of their income toward energy bills have been left out of the investment game (and) have not seen the infusion of private capital to help them realize opportunities … for lots of reasons,” said Regan, the first Black man to head the EPA.
“What we are focused on here is ensuring that this $27 billion opportunity is thought-out in a way that allows for that community, that population, to be along for the ride,” he added. ”Obviously, if this had been done before, there would be no reason for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. We are charged with bringing private capital off the sideline.”
The program expects to begin making grant awards this summer and has already received nearly 400 responses to preliminary inquiries, said Jahi Wise, the program’s acting director.
Even before the grants are awarded, Republicans in Congress have taken aim at the green bank, calling it a taxpayer-funded “slush fund” ripe for abuse.
Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., said he will sponsor a bill to repeal the fund, which he said will benefit Wall Street firms but “doesn’t help the American people with their utility bills.
“Will this $27 billion slush fund lower the cost of heating for these American families?” Palmer asked.
Sean Kelly, a spokesman for House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said the fund “allocates an incredible amount of authority and resources” to the EPA, yet lacks measures to ensure accountability or transparency in how the resources are used.
“In other words, this provision creates a taxpayer-funded slush fund for Wall Street and heightens the risk for overspending, fraud and abuse,” Kelly said in a statement. “That is not a responsible way to allocate these resources.”
Democrats were much more optimistic, calling the fund a historic opportunity to cut greenhouse gas emissions, protect public health and create economic opportunity in disadvantaged and under-resourced communities.
“For years, we’ve fought to take the idea of a national climate bank from a vision to a reality. With today’s action from the EPA, we’re one step closer,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who pushed for the green bank along with Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and other Democrats.
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Which AirPods Pro case cover is best?
Music is a great way to reduce distractions at home or block out ambient sounds on public transit. Then, when you no longer need them, you can easily pop your Apple AirPods Pro into their case to charge.
But just as you keep the small earbuds safe in the case, you also need to protect the case from scratches and drops. The best way to do that is to get an AirPods Pro case cover. There are several things that you must keep in mind, but for outdoor activities, you can’t go wrong with the Spigen Tough Armor AirPods Pro Case Cover With Keychain.
What to know before you buy an AirPods Pro case cover
Silicone vs. plastic vs. leather
The regular AirPods case is made from hard plastic, making it vulnerable to dirt and scratches. A cover that goes over the case protects it from damage. Consider which material is best suited for you and how often you use the case.
- Silicone covers are the most popular, as they come in different colors and offer good grip and drop protection.
- Plastic covers are protective, but more prone to scratches than silicone.
- Leather covers look stylish but may not offer as much protection as silicone or plastic.
Perfect fit required
A cover is of no use if the case doesn’t fit properly. It must be snug enough for the AirPods not to not fall out, so you need the correct cover for your version. For example, the previous AirPods case is smaller than the Pro — and the cover won’t fit.
Level of protection
The construction materials play a significant role in protecting your AirPods Pro, but there are special covers that take protection to a new level. Silicone and plastic are perfect for everyday use, and you shouldn’t require more than that. But if you enjoy the outdoors or use your AirPods in between extreme sports, you might want a case that gives higher drop protection, is waterproof and is made from a durable material.
What to look for in a quality AirPods Pro case cover
Supports wireless charging
While it is rare to find case covers incompatible with wireless chargers, it is nonetheless an aspect you must consider. Thinner materials such as plastic or silicone shouldn’t pose a problem for wirelessly charging the case, but a rugged, much thicker case can block the signals. Also, a good-quality case cover won’t obstruct the tiny indication light when charging.
Easy access
You don’t want to struggle when opening the case. So, a good-quality cover won’t hamper the lid or closing mechanism. However, covers with robust protection for the outdoors can employ an additional clip on the outside to prevent accidental opening. Speaking of the outdoors, you’ll often get a keychain or carabiner with your cover to attach it to your backpack.
Durable and long-lasting
While a cover’s materials should go with your preferred look and feel, they also need to be durable. You’ll be very disappointed if the accessory to protect your case is what ends up breaking. But this also depends on its design and how roughly you handle it. For example, some silicone covers that don’t have a cutout for the lid can start to crack after a few months. Leather and hard plastic covers last the longest, around a few years.
How much you can expect to spend on an AirPods Pro case cover
The average price of a cover for your AirPods Pro case depends on its materials and level of protection. An affordable cover costs $5-$10, while something more robust retails for $15-$20.
AirPods Pro case cover FAQ
How do you clean the AirPods Pro case?
A. You can clean the outside and inside with a soft cloth. If needed, you can dampen the cloth slightly and gently rub the outside to remove marks or dirt. Remember that you mustn’t get liquid on the charging ports.
How does the cover protect the case?
A. It depends on how the cover is made, but thicker covers have air cushions in the corners to absorb the initial shock when dropped. Silicone offers the same type of protection, but can’t take the same environmental beating.
What’s the best AirPods Pro case cover to buy?
Top AirPods Pro case cover
Spigen Tough Armor AirPods Pro Case Cover With Keychain
What you need to know: If you take your AirPods with you when hiking, this cover will ensure that they don’t get damaged.
What you’ll love: Made from hard plastic and relatively thick, this case cover will protect your AirPods housing from drops, bumps, dust and dirt. The detailed cutout on the back doesn’t hamper opening, has a charging indicator light and comes with a metal carabiner.
What you should consider: The cover includes a few adhesive strips to secure the case, but Spigen says these are optional.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top AirPods Pro case cover for the money
BRG Silicone Skin AirPods Pro Case Cover
What you need to know: This silicone cover is incredibly thin, deserving the product name “Skin”.
What you’ll love: Available in 38 solid colors and patterns, this cover is perfect for protecting your case from scratches and fingerprints. The front LED light remains visible when charging wirelessly, and the bottom charging port has a plug to keep out dust.
What you should consider: Some users said the lid part of the cover could easily slip off.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Elago Classic Handheld Game Console AirPods Pro Case
What you need to know: Any fan of the classic Nintendo Gameboy will love this case cover, as it draws design inspiration from the handheld gaming console.
What you’ll love: The case is compatible with wireless charging pads, and the indicator light illuminates when used. It is made from impact-resistant silicone, providing a good grip and bump protection.
What you should consider: Some reviewers said the case must be pushed down further into the case to fit perfectly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District this year, but his brand of politics is.
In a race that will help decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Rep. Jared Golden will defend his seat against Republican former Rep. Bruce Poliquin and independent candidate Tiffany Bond. The race is a rematch for Golden and Poliquin, who ran for the same seat in 2018, when Golden emerged victorious by a razor-thin margin.
The appeal of Trump-style politics has grown in the district since then despite the fact it is represented by Golden, a moderate Democrat. Poliquin, who represented the 2nd District as a moderate Republican from 2014 to 2018, has shifted his own messaging rightward to try to take advantage of those headwinds.
The result is a race that could be an indicator of Trump’s continued influence on swing districts and rural politics.
Voters in the district are taking notice. Mary Hunter, a Democrat and retired academic who lives in the city of Lewiston, thinks Golden is still the right candidate for the district. She said she’s voting for him in part because she’s concerned about Democrats losing control of Congress. And she’s aware Trump is still a big influence on a lot of voters in her district.
“Most people are kind of red team or blue team. I think Jared is doing his best to move to the middle. He’s very centrist,” Hunter said. “Whether that will serve him, I don’t know.”
But in Auburn, a nearby city of about 23,000 in the 2nd District, Coastal Defense Firearms owner Rick LaChapelle said he’s planning to vote for Poliquin. LaChapelle, a Republican city councilor in Lewiston, said he respects Golden but feels the Democratic Party has become too extreme.
“His party is too radical. He cannot overcome the strength of his party, so you have to change the party,” LaChapelle said.
The district, one of two in Maine, includes the state’s second- and third-largest cities — Lewiston and Bangor — but is mostly made up of vast rural areas in northern and western Maine. It also includes the state’s Down East coastline and is home to Maine’s traditional industries such as lobster fishing, logging and potato and blueberry farming.
The district is also geographically the largest in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River, and it is far more politically mixed than the heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District in southern Maine. Trump won the 2nd District in 2016 and performed even better in the district in 2020, though he lost the statewide vote both times because of overwhelming margins in the 1st District, centered in liberal Portland.
Poliquin has focused his campaign on issues such as curtailing immigration and protecting gun rights. It’s a shift from his earlier campaigns, which focused more closely on controlling taxes and protecting rural jobs, though he continues to tout those issues. His website has warned of liberals who want to defund law enforcement and push critical race theory in schools, and boasted of his work with Trump when he served in Congress.
“I came out again from semi-retirement because our country and our state are in deep trouble,” said Poliquin, who was once an investment manager and served two years as Maine’s state treasurer.
Golden, a Marine Corps veteran, has long positioned himself as a moderate who supports the 2nd Amendment and works to safeguard industries such as commercial fishing and papermaking. He’s continuing that approach this time around.
Golden has shown a willingness to buck his own party over the years, including coming out against President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan in August. His positions have sometimes won him crossover endorsements from groups that often back Republicans, such as when he received the backing of the state’s largest police union in July.
The union also endorsed Republican former Gov. Paul LePage, who is running for his old job. Golden said he expects voters to reward him for standing up to the Democratic Party leadership on issues such as the nearly $2 trillion climate and health care bill the House passed in 2021. He voted against the bill. He subsequently voted for the slimmed-down $740 billion measure that passed Congress last month.
“In the last two years, I don’t know of anyone who has been more independent, and more willing to stand up to their own party, than I have been,” Golden said. “I’m not trying to strategize ‘How do I hold on to the Democratic voters or to the Trump voters?’”
The race will include the use of ranked-choice voting, which Golden needed to win the seat in 2018. Bond, who came in third in 2018, said independent voters in the race will be the ones who decide it. She said she’s focusing her campaign on issues such as improving health care access and addressing climate change.
Bond said she expects ranked voting will play a role again this time around.
“I was the candidate who got all the votes that neither party could,” she said.
The race is likely to be much closer than Golden’s 2020 reelection victory, said Mark Brewer, a political scientist at University of Maine. Golden won that election handily over Republican Dale Crafts.
It’ll be closer this time in part because of national backlash against Democrats over issues such as inflation, Brewer said. But it’ll also be closer simply because the 2nd District is unpredictable, he said.
“It’s the kind of district that has a lot of the people Trump made his appeal to in 2016. Relatively rural, largely white working class voters who have a sense of grievance, economic grievance,” Brewer said. “I don’t think there’s any doubt that this race is going to be closer than Golden’s last race.”
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The story has been corrected to show that Golden voted for the $740 billion climate and health care bill passed last month. He voted against a previous, more expansive bill in 2021 labeled the Build Back Better Act.
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Newly released data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows the United States had more casualties from its list of "active shooter" incidents in 2022 than for the four previous years.
The FBI counted 50 active shooter incidents in 2022 in 25 states, plus Washington, D.C., with 313 casualties. Those casualties included 100 people killed and 213 wounded, not including the shooters.
The 22-year-old male active shooter who climbed onto a rooftop and took aim with a rifle on a crowd of parade watchers in Highland Park, Ill on July 4, 2022 killed seven people and wounded 48. That tragic active shooting had the highest number of casualties for 2022, the FBI found.
According to the FBI, only nine of the incidents saw no casualties.
May of 2022 saw the highest number of incidents, and January to September 2022 had the fewest incidents.
Active shooter incidents during 2021 and 2022 happened on each day of the week, meaning each day from a Monday until a Sunday saw an incident, when they did occur. And more active shooting incidents happened on Sunday than other days of the week, FBI data showed.
In nine of the incidents, law enforcement were engaged in gunfire, the report showed. In five of those incidents police were injured. In one of the incidents an armed security officer was killed.
In one of the incidents, the FBI says, referring to the Club Q nightclub shooting in Nov. 2022 in Colorado, an unarmed citizen was able to "subdue and disarm" the shooter while the person was firing at patrons inside the nightclub.
The FBI also included data from a study on shooter incidents in the U.S. between 2000 and 2013 and found seven categories for locations where the public was at most risk for an active shooter. Those locations included open spaces, areas of commerce, education facilities, residences, government buildings, places of worship and health care facilities.
In the FBI data for 2022, all50 active shooter incidents happened in the seven location categories.
In 17 of the incidents in 2022, the shooter fired weapons in multiple locations included in those categories.
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Thousands told to flee 3 towns ahead of fast California fire
WEED, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving fire in Northern California threatened hundreds of homes Friday and authorities ordered at least 5,000 residents across three communities to leave immediately.
Residents of the towns of Weed, Lake Shastina and Edgewood to evacuate after the blaze spread quickly in hot and windy conditions, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The Mill Fire had burned 1.4 square miles (3.6 square kilometers), according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Sue Tavalero, the mayor of Weed, said the fire started on the property of Roseburg Forest Products, a lumber mill north of town, and quickly burned through homes in the nearby neighborhood of Lincoln Heights and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of people.
“It has taken out a neighborhood in town,” she said, but then clarified that she was not sure exactly how many homes had burned. “The Lincoln Heights neighborhood has burnt houses in it. I don’t know how many. I’m positive several homes have been lost.”
Tavalero said she was out of town but headed back to Weed, so she did not have visuals of the fire.
She said the evacuation orders for all of Weed and nearby areas of Lake Shastina and Edgewood covered a combined population of about 7,500 people.
Evacuees described heavy smoke and chunks of ash raining down from massive flames near Weed, about 70 miles north of the city of Redding.
Christopher Rock, an employee at the Mayten Store in Montague, a town 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Weed, said evacuees from the fire had swarmed the pumps.
“It’s really busy right now,” he said. “You can’t see the flames from here, just a lot of smoke.”
Marco Noriega, brewmaster at Mount Shasta Brewing Company, said they received the notice to evacuate about an hour ago and he sent the 10 customers and three employees away. He said the power is out and they have received little information.
Smoke is to the north and winds are blowing from the south, keeping the fire away. He sounded calm as he cleaned up.
“I’ve been through it before, so long as the wind stays in the direction it is, I’m all right. But I know the wind switches quickly,” he said by phone.
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for Siskiyou County from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday when winds in the Weed area were expected to reach up to 31 mph (50 kph).
Willo Balfrey, 82, an artist from Lake Shastina, said she was painting on Friday afternoon when she got a call from a grandson in the California Highway Patrol to warn her of the fast-spreading flames.
“He said, ‘don’t linger, grab your computer, grab what you need and get out of the house now. It’s coming your way.’ So I did,” Balfrey told The Associated Press.
She grabbed a suitcase full of important documents, as well as water and her computer, iPhone and chargers, and headed out the door.
“I’ve reached the philosophy that if I have all my paperwork, what’s in the house is not that important,” she said.
She stopped to load her car-less neighbor into her own vehicle and they drove about 20 miles away to a church parking lot in Montague she’s passed before in her travels.
“That’s about as safe as you can get,” she said.
Balfrey said there are about 40 cars in the church’s parking lot, with people asking one another, “what news do you have, what have you heard?”
She said she evacuated for the Lava Fire about two years ago and firefighters were able to keep the flames out of her subdivision. She hopes they will be successful this time as well.
In Southern California, firefighters were making progress Friday against two big wildfires despite dangerously hot weather.
Containment of the Route Fire along Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles increased to 37% and it remained at just over 8 square miles (21 square kilometers) in size, a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection statement said.
Firefighters were focusing on mopping up hotspots and building more containment lines, trying to get most of the hard work done before the midday heat, Cal Fire said.
California is in the grip of a prolonged heat wave. Temperatures have been so high that residents have been asked for three consecutive days to conserve power during late afternoon and evening hours when solar energy declines.
On Wednesday, seven firefighters working the Route Fire in triple-digit temperatures had to be taken to hospitals for treatment of heat illnesses. All were released.
“Excessive heat, low humidity and steep terrain will continue to pose the biggest challenge for firefighters,” Cal Fire said.
The tally of destroyed structures remained at two, and all evacuation orders were lifted.
In eastern San Diego County, the Border 32 Fire remained at just under 7 square miles (18 square kilometers) and containment increased to 20%.
More than 1,500 people had to evacuate the area near the U.S.-Mexico border when the fire erupted Wednesday. All evacuations were lifted by Friday afternoon.
Two people were hospitalized with burns. Three homes and seven other buildings were destroyed.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
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Associated Press writers Olga R. Rodriguez and Janie Har in San Francisco and Stefanie Dazio in Los Angeles contributed to this story.
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Leveraging its new Block 2 architecture, Phase Four announces Max-V, a revolutionary plasma propulsion system available in 2023
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Phase Four, the creator of the radio-frequency thruster for satellite propulsion, announced today that it will expand its Maxwell turn-key plasma propulsion line and offer satellite manufacturers an industry-first high performance engine using an inexpensive, domestically sourced iodine-based propellant. Max-V leverages the Maxwell Block 2 engine's innovative architecture and builds on the radio-frequency thruster's propellant agnostic capabilities.
"Legacy electric propulsion systems are tied to noble gases like xenon and krypton," said Phase Four CEO, Beau Jarvis. "These noble gases, while high performing, are largely sourced outside of the United States in China, Russia and Ukraine. The US has no real control over this supply chain, which is subject to high price volatility and recent severe supply issues." Phase Four board member, former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine observed, "This year we've seen xenon prices spike to over $30,000 per kilogram. This is cost prohibitive for both commercial and government satellite constellations in low Earth orbit." Bridenstine continued, "The US is the world's third largest iodine producer, and my home state of Oklahoma leads the way in domestic production. With Max-V, we can ensure a fully domestic supply chain and readily accessible low cost propellant."
Phase Four's Maxwell Block 1 engine gained flight heritage in early 2021. Maxwell Block 2 engine deliveries began earlier this year. With double digit commercial flight units delivered, the company is now focusing on its Max-V development effort. Maxwell's new chassis-style design enables rapid on-ramping of improvements in the core areas of the thruster, power electronics and propellant subsystems. This architecture is streamlining the Max-V development process as is the company's significant experience with iodine-based propellants through its recent U.S. Air Force AFWERX award.
"Maxwell's new modular chassis architecture enables us to introduce improved capabilities within the same form factor," said Phase Four CTO, Umair Siddiqui. "Using an iodine-based propellant instead of a noble gas propellant stored at very high pressure provides a number of benefits to our customers. Iodine stores as a solid without high pressure valves or vessels, which means we can deliver fully fueled engines directly to our customers." Siddiqui continued, "Iodine also stores about three times more densely than xenon, which means our propulsion systems will offer much higher total impulse in the same unit volume as legacy electric propulsion systems."
"We've always said that Phase Four delivers game changing propulsion systems, and Max-V will do just that," said Phase Four CEO, Beau Jarvis. "We are building a product that will dramatically lower costs and extend operational lifetimes of small satellites in low Earth orbit and provide significantly higher total impulse for missions beyond LEO."
Max-V is anticipated to be available for order in the second half of 2023. The system is designed to operate from 200 Watts to 1.5 kiloWatts, and achieve 50 mN thrust, over 1,200 s Isp and deliver over 100 kNs total impulse. Max-V's iodine-based propellant will cost under $400 per kilogram and be incorporated in the purchase price. Max-V's form factor is similar to Phase Four's current Maxwell Block 2 engine. The system will ship fully fueled, ready for installation and will require no ground fueling operations prior to launch.
About Phase Four
Phase Four is a disruptive provider of next generation electric propulsion (EP) solutions for small satellites. The company was founded in 2015 to address the demands of the rapid proliferation of satellite constellations and to accelerate the advancement of its radio-frequency thruster (RFT). The Phase Four RFT represents a revolutionary new architecture that realizes lower cost, mass-manufacturability, miniaturized power electronics, and propellant agnosticism over incumbent technologies, without compromising performance. In 2021 Phase Four's Maxwell turn-key propulsion system achieved flight heritage and is now being regularly utilized by small satellite operators. Learn more at www.phasefour.io.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — A man has been arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter after a crash that killed a 22-year-old in Arlington on Sunday morning, police said.
Police said they responded to a two-vehicle crash around 9:50 a.m. at the intersection of South Collins Street and East Arbrook Boulevard.
According to police, witnesses stated that the suspect, 23-year-old Bryan Lizarzaburo Penafiel, was speeding eastbound on Arbook when he ran a red light and crashed into a Ford Focus that was going northbound on Collins through the intersection.
The 22-year-old driver of the Ford died at the scene, police said.
Police said Penafiel was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. According to police, investigators believe he had been intoxicated.
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This transaction increases BioIVT's global network for collecting high-quality, disease-state biospecimens and extends its capabilities to deliver fresh biospecimens and produce cell products for drug and diagnostic development.
WESTBURY, N.Y., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens, research models and services for drug and diagnostic development, today announced that it has acquired Fidelis Research, an 85-site clinical biospecimen collection network in Southeastern Europe with headquarters in Sofia, Bulgaria. Fidelis Research also possesses cell isolation capabilities and provides custom contract research services for pharmaceutical companies and clinical research organizations (CROs).
"This transaction further increases the scale and depth of BioIVT's global operations by adding new clinical collection sites, which are predominantly hospital based, focused on oncology, heme-oncology, and autoimmune cases. We now have an exemplary global footprint for the collection and provision of high-quality, fully annotated, disease-state biospecimens in Europe, Asia, and the US," said Dr. Richard Haigh, BioIVT Chief Executive Officer (CEO). "Through Fidelis Research, we deepen our presence in Europe and can provide our clients with a broad array of fresh, clinically collected, disease-state tissues and biofluids, and expanded cell products globally," he added.
BioIVT places great emphasis on delivering highly characterized biospecimens that enable smarter science and accelerate medical breakthroughs. The company excels at marrying samples with actionable clinical, demographic, genetic and outcomes data. Within the past year, BioIVT has undertaken a program to annotate thousands of biospecimens with next-generation sequencing data (NGS), creating the largest biorepository of biospecimens with mutation or genotype data. Through this acquisition, BioIVT will be able to expand its support of precision medicine research in multiple therapeutic areas, most notably in oncology.
"We are delighted that the entire Fidelis Research team is joining BioIVT. BioIVT and Fidelis share a commitment to collect biospecimens to exacting standards, ensuring our clients receive high quality, fit for purpose biospecimens, so they can reach their R&D goals and develop safe and effective new medicines faster," said Shannon Richey, Vice President at BioIVT. "I am especially excited to add biospecimens collected through the Fidelis network to our NGS annotation program."
"We at Fidelis Research are excited to join BioIVT and become part of a global team that shares our high standards of client service and biospecimen collection quality, ethics, and regulatory compliance. We look forward to being able to offer our clients access to BioIVT's global biospecimen network and an even more comprehensive portfolio of research products and services," said Veselin Stefanov, CEO at Fidelis Research.
"We are grateful to our investors Empower Capital and Integrity Capital for their trust, support, and guidance throughout the years, which have enabled us to start this new chapter of our business at BioIVT."
Financial details about this transaction were not disclosed.
Fidelis Research provides client tailored biospecimen collection, laboratory processing and analysis, clinical research, and patient support programs in Southeastern Europe. We deliver high quality services, certified through implementation of the ISO 9001:2015 standard and SOPs developed in house. Our country expertise, supplemented by a network of partnering sites, ensures we provide a truly unique service to researchers, CROs and pharma companies. All our services are provided in accordance with current EU directives, FDA regulations and the applicable national laws.
BioIVT is a leading global provider of research models and value-added research services for drug discovery and development. We specialize in control and disease-state biospecimens including human and animal tissues, cell products, blood and other biofluids. Our unmatched portfolio of clinical specimens directly supports precision medicine research and the effort to improve patient outcomes by coupling comprehensive clinical data with donor samples. And as the premier supplier of hepatic products, including hepatocytes and subcellular fractions, BioIVT enables scientists to better understand the pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism of newly discovered compounds and their effects on disease processes. By combining our technical expertise, exceptional customer service, and unparalleled access to biological specimens, BioIVT serves the research community as a trusted partner in elevating science. For more information, please visit www.bioivt.com or follow the company on Twitter @BioIVT.
BioIVT Contact: Courtney Noah, SVP, Marketing & Client Services, 516-483-1196
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – It’s back-to-school time, and Washington County Tennessee students are among the first to return to campus.
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Democrat Brandon Presley joins race for Mississippi governor
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Brandon Presley has announced that he’s running for Mississippi governor this year. He says Thursday that he believes state government and the current Republican governor are disconnected from the needs of working people. Presley is his fourth term as a Mississippi utilities regulator, and he is a distant cousin of Elvis Presley. Presley told The Associated Press that a welfare misspending scandal and the financial struggles of several hospitals show that state government is failing. Gov. Tate Reeves announced last week that he is seeking a second term. Party primaries are in August, and the general election is in November. Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky are the only states electing governors this year. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/01/12/democrat-brandon-presley-joins-race-for-mississippi-governor/ | 2023-01-12 17:26:19 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/01/12/democrat-brandon-presley-joins-race-for-mississippi-governor/ |
DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls ‘reprehensible’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recruiters set their sights on Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the Texas border city of El Paso in search of asylum-seekers they could take from its bustling migrant shelter to California’s capital on taxpayer-funded private jets.
Intentionally or not, envoys for Florida’s Catholic governor and Republican presidential candidate infused an element of his own religion into his latest move on immigration, which has drawn sharp criticism from El Paso’s Catholic bishop.
“Without going into the details of the politics of it, it does seem clear that they were being used not out concern for the migrants but in an effort to make a political point,” Bishop Mark Seitz told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Seitz said many migrants arriving in the U.S. don’t know the geography, including how far cities and states are from one another, and are just anxious to move on.
“If you’re seeking to help a person who needs to get to a certain destination where they have a sponsor, where they have a job or something like that, that is a commendable act,” Seitz said. “But if they are being moved simply in order to use them to make a political point, that is reprehensible. It is taking a person who already has lost everything — everything. They have nothing, not even a nation they can really call their own because they have had to flee that nation. And then using them for your own purposes: That is not morally acceptable.”
DeSantis has acknowledged that Florida paid to transport 36 mostly Venezuelan migrants from Republican-led Texas to Sacramento on charter flights last Friday and on Monday. The first group was dropped off in front of the Roman Catholic Diocese in Sacramento, also the headquarters of Catholic Charities, apparently without warning. Local advocates and officials met the second group at the airport after learning of their arrival.
The governor says they made the trip voluntarily — a claim that some migrant advocates challenge. He also says they signed waivers to that effect and that California effectively invited them with its welcoming policies.
“I think the border should be closed. I don’t think we should have any of this. But if there’s a policy to have an open border, then I think the sanctuary jurisdictions should be the ones that have to bear that,” DeSantis said Wednesday at an event for law enforcement officials in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Asked about the bishop’s criticism, DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern said the governor’s previous comments “stand on their own.”
In May, DeSantis signed a law allocating up to $12 million for migrant flights, like two that Florida funded last year from San Antonio to the pricey Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard.
References to the Martha’s Vineyard flights have become a staple in DeSantis’ presidential stump speech and often draw hearty applause from Republican primary voters. The Sacramento flights are part of a broader effort by certain Republican-led states to send migrants to Democratic-leaning parts of the country, including New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.
President Joe Biden is also Catholic and, like DeSantis, he has clashed with bishops, though in Biden’s case over LGBTQ+ rights and abortion. In addition to immigration, DeSantis has split with bishops over the death penalty, which the governor supports and the church doesn’t.
Seitz, who chairs the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration committee, has been bishop for a decade in heavily Catholic El Paso, which sits in one of the busiest corridors for illegal border crossings. Sacred Heart is downtown, a few blocks from Mexico.
Two men and a woman working for the Florida government recruited migrants outside Sacred Heart with promises of jobs and housing in California, said Imelda Maynard, director of legal services at Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services Inc., which is part of the Diocese of El Paso.
A Venezuelan man said he was lured to a distant motel with his wife and four children for three days, Maynard said. He became suspicious and pulled out after being told he would have to fly separately and the rest of his family would follow on a different flight because there wasn’t enough room for them to go together.
The man didn’t know where the motel was, but Maynard suspects it was in Deming, New Mexico, which was where the charter flights departed for Sacramento. The family hitchhiked back to Sacred Heart.
A passenger who was on the first flight called the Venezuelan migrant to say he had been duped, Maynard said.
“Don’t come. It’s a scam. There are no jobs here, there is no room and board. They just dumped us in the middle of nowhere at this church and no one knows what’s going on,” the Venezuelan migrant recounted being told.
Sacred Heart is a well-known shelter, particularly among Venezuelans. It is indicative of the many Catholic charities along the southern border from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas, that provide food, showers, housing and transportation to migrants seeking a rest stop before leaving for their final destinations in the United States.
It is unclear if Sacred Heart was the only place that DeSantis’ recruiters targeted. Maynard said she didn’t know of any others.
Maynard said standing outside a shelter to promise jobs that don’t exist was “gross.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom, DeSantis’ perennial Democratic rival, has suggested it may be criminal.
“It’s really dehumanizing to have someone play with you that way because no one took into account these are human beings and they were toyed with,” Maynard said.
DeSantis’ office has emphasized that its contractor safely delivered migrants to Catholic Charities of Sacramento Inc., which is located at the California diocese. The Sacramento charity has not responded to the AP’s requests for comment.
Seitz applauded Catholic Charities’ response.
“I’m inspired by the way I see people received here on the border, and, I’m hearing reports, by the way they were received in Sacramento by Catholic Charities,” he said. “Catholic Charities was not informed, but they stepped up and received them, and that’s the good news in all of this.”
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Spagat reported from San Diego.
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WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 15, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
237 PM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
...A few strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Mono,
Mineral and southern Lyon Counties through 400 PM PDT...
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph, blowing dust, pea size hail and
frequent lightning.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3754 11849 3846 11934 3904 11891 3903 11809
3901 11818 3892 11819 3848 11770 3790 11834
3789 11842 3747 11783 3746 11784 3746 11825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 232DEG 20KT 3853 11851
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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NEW YORK and CARY, N.C., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyfebulb, a digital healthcare platform that bridges patients with industry to support user-driven innovation, education and connectivity, and Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company, are excited to announce that Biohope was selected as the winner of the Innovation Award and C. Alan Foundation as the winner of the Impact Award at the 2022 Lyfebulb-Veloxis Innovation Challenge: Transforming Organ Transplantation. The awards recognized one for-profit and one not-for-profit company with promising solutions to improve the lived-experience and outcomes for transplant recipients and their loved ones.
"We are encouraged and inspired by the innovation on display as a part of this Innovation Challenge," said Mark Hensley, CEO of Veloxis, an Asahi Kasei company. "Each of these entrepreneurs share Veloxis' commitment to patients and we are grateful for the opportunity to support their work. Congratulations to all of the finalists on their exciting future in addressing the many unmet needs that remain in transplantation."
Biohope was represented by Isabel Portero, M.D., Ph.D., founder and CEO, and will receive a $25,000 monetary award to further develop its Immunobiogram®, a precision medicine tool to optimize immunosuppressants for kidney transplant patients. C. Alan Foundation was represented by Chet Bennett, founder and CEO, and will receive a $15,000 monetary award to further expand its lifestyle brand aimed at educating, supporting and inspiring underserved yet disproportionately-affected communities with kidney disease and transplants.
The 2022 Innovation Challenge took place in Cary, N.C. over two days on October 13-14. Before a panel of independent judges, 10 finalists pitched solutions for transforming organ transplantation. Finalists also had the opportunity to listen to keynote addresses from leaders in the transplant and health care spaces and take part in several small group learning sessions.
"The transplant community is craving new technology, faster and more secure processes and less toxic drugs," said Karin Hehenberger, M.D., Ph.D., founder and CEO of Lyfebulb. "We are proud to support efforts, together with Veloxis, toward a better future for people living with an organ transplant."
Lyfebulb and Veloxis will be hosting a celebratory conversation with the challenge winners on October 6 at 5 p.m. EST. Join us for this virtual event by registering at: Transplantlyfe.com/webinars.
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc, an Asahi Kasei company, is a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company committed to improving the lives of transplant patients. Headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, Veloxis is focused on the global development and commercialization of medications utilized by transplant patients and by patients with serious related diseases. For further information, please visit Veloxis.com.
About Asahi Kasei
The Asahi Kasei Group contributes to life and living for people around the world. Since its foundation in 1922 with ammonia and cellulose fiber business, Asahi Kasei has consistently grown through the proactive transformation of its business portfolio to meet the evolving needs of every age. With more than 40,000 employees around the world, the company contributes to sustainable society by providing solutions to the world's challenges through its three business sectors of Material, Homes, and Healthcare. Its healthcare operations include devices and systems for acute critical care, dialysis, therapeutic apheresis, transfusion, and manufacture of biotherapeutics, as well as pharmaceuticals and diagnostic reagents. For further information, please visit Asahi-Kasei.com.
About Lyfebulb
Lyfebulb is an online digital platform that empowers people living with chronic illnesses to thrive through education, innovation and connectivity. The company bridges the gap between patient communities and the healthcare industry by working directly with patients and care partners to generate insights and build new solutions to reduce the burden of living with chronic disease. The company operates two digital patient communities, TransplantLyfe and IBDLyfe. For more information, visit Lyfebulb.com, TransplantLyfe.com, IBDLyfe.com, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Karin Hehenberger's personal LinkedIn.
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Veloxis Contact:
Caroline Barnhill
Oak & State Communications
919.244.1130
caroline@oak-state.com
Lyfebulb Contact:
Karin Hehenberger, M.D., Ph.D.
CEO & Founder
917.575.0210
karin@lyfebulb.com
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat warned Thursday that increasing Western support for Ukraine could trigger an open conflict between nuclear powers.
Speaking at the U.N. conference on disarmament, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov denounced the U.S. and its allies for openly declaring the goal of defeating Russia in a “hybrid” war, arguing that it violates their obligations under international agreements and is fraught with the war in Ukraine spilling out of control.
Ryabkov warned that “the U.S. and NATO policy of fueling the conflict in Ukraine” and their ”increasing involvement in the military confrontation is fraught with a direct military clash of nuclear powers with catastrophic consequences.”
He emphasized that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to suspend the 2010 New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms pact with the U.S. came in response to the U.S. and NATO action on Ukraine.
Putin announced the halt in Moscow’s participation in New START in his state-of-the-nation address last week. He argued that Moscow can’t accept U.S. inspections of Russian nuclear sites envisaged by the pact when Washington and its NATO allies have openly declared Russia’s defeat in Ukraine as their goal.
The Russian president noted that Moscow wasn’t withdrawing from the pact altogether, and Ryabkov reaffirmed Thursday that Russia would respect the caps on nuclear weapons set under the treaty.
Ryabkov also blamed the U.S. for the failure to ratify the global ban on nuclear weapons and reaffirmed Putin’s warning that Moscow would resume nuclear tests if the U.S. does so.
“The U.S. effectively bears responsibility for the fact that the treaty still hasn’t come into force more than a quarter century after it was signed,” he said, adding that “the U.S. openly demonstrates an intention to resume the tests.”
“We can’t stand idle,” Ryabkov said, noting that if the U.S. conducts a nuclear test, “we will be forced to respond.”
“No one should have dangerous illusions that the global strategic parity could be destroyed,” Ryabkov added.
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Giuliani is a target of Georgia elections probe, his lawyers were told
ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors in Atlanta have told lawyers for Rudy Giuliani that he’s a target of their criminal investigation into possible illegal attempts by then-President Donald Trump and others to interfere in the 2020 general election in Georgia, his lawyer said Monday.
Special prosecutor Nathan Wade alerted Giuliani’s local attorney in Atlanta, Bill Thomas, on Monday morning, attorney Bob Costello said.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation last year, and a special grand jury was seated in May at her request. County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the special grand jury, has instructed Giuliani to appear before the panel to testify on Wednesday.
McBurney had urged prosecutors during a hearing last week to tell Giuliani’s lawyers before his appearance whether he is a target of the investigation.
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- Hundreds of Aspen Dental offices to open doors for annual Day of Service, honoring veterans
- Veterans and their families can call 1-844-277-3646 to schedule an appointment
CHICAGO, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 11, participating Aspen Dental locations nationwide will open their doors to provide free care to military veterans across the country. Now in its 8th year, the Aspen Dental Day of Service provides much-needed dental care for veterans and their families at no cost to honor their service and break down barriers to health care.
Appointments are still available for veterans in Pennsylvania, at the following Aspen Dental locations:
- Altoona, Pennsylvania
- Cranberry Township
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Lebanon, Pennsylvania
- Meadville, Pennsylvania
- Monaca, Pennsylvania
- Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Red Lion)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (North Hills)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Robinson)
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania
- Quakertown, Pennsylvania
- Springfield, Pennsylvania
- Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania
- Washington, Pennsylvania
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Wyomissing, Pennsylvania (Reading)
Veterans and their families can call 1-844-277-3646 (1-844-ASPENHMM) to find a participating Aspen Dental office in their community and schedule an appointment. Advance appointments are required. During the Day of Service, Aspen Dental doctors and their teams focus on treating the most urgent dental needs for veterans and their families - with a focus on getting them out of pain, from fillings and extractions to dental hygiene and basic denture repairs.
Millions of Americans struggle to access dental care every year, and veterans are no exception. In fact, U.S. veterans are ineligible for dental benefits through the Veterans Administration unless they're 100% disabled, have a service-related mouth injury, or were a prisoner of war.
Visit www.HealthyMouthMovement.com to learn more.
About Aspen Dental
Aspen Dental was founded in 1998 in New York by Bob Fontana with a simple goal in mind: to break down the barriers that doctors and patients face when it comes to dental care. Today, more than 20 years later, with nearly 1,000 Aspen Dental locations nationwide, the mission of the company remains the same – to bring better care to more people. Aspen Dental is the largest group of branded dental offices in the world. For more information, visit aspendental.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
About TAG – The Aspen Group
TAG – The Aspen Group was built on the simple idea of bringing better health care to more people. TAG and the independent health care practices it supports operate more than 1,100 locations in 45 states through its four health care support companies: Aspen Dental®, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers®, WellNow Urgent Care® and Chapter Aesthetic StudioSM. Combined, the companies serve more than 35,000 patients a day and more than 8 million patients each year. TAG is headquartered at 800 W. Fulton Market in Chicago. For more information, visit teamtag.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and
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Key Highlights:
- The TUT Trainer™2.0 micro gym and TUT Infinite 8™ strength training program helped pickleball champion Steve Deakin speed up his return to the sport, following a major wrist injury.
- Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the world, with five million players in the U.S. alone, and is also one the youngest with 40% of players under the age of 35.
- TUT Ambassadors like Steve Deakin and Andre De Grasse are helping educate the public about a new category for convenient and adaptable high-performance micro gyms.
VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - November 29th , 2022: TUT Fitness Group Inc. (TSXV: GYM) (OTC: GYMFF) (Frankfurt: 7PG) ("TUT"), a leader and provider of high-performance and affordable micro gyms, has partnered with Canadian pickleball champion Steve Deakin (formerly ranked 3rd in in the world prior to a recent wrist injury) to promote the TUT Trainer™ micro gym as an effective strength training and recovery tool.
Pickleball is the fastest growing consumer participant sport in the world. According to Sports & Fitness Industry Association data, there are over five million pickleball players in the US alone. 40% of players are under the age of 35. According to Anne Worcester, Major League Pickleball (MLP) strategic advisor, "gone are the days of 'pickleball's for seniors,'" The flood of interest has created a huge demand for strength training and ways to improve speed, reaction time and endurance.
"As a professional pickleball player and trainer, I am very excited about my partnership with TUT Fitness and the TUT Trainer™ micro gym," said Steve Deakin. "The TUT system offers anyone, including elite athletes like myself, a way to elevate their game in record time, across all the key areas. I love that it builds and recruits all the major muscle groups, adding progressive resistance across multiple planes of motion. Plus it's portable. When I was rehabbing from a major wrist injury, I needed something compact and portable that I could bring with me on the road. TUT fit the bill."
"I can tell you that there is a huge demand for strength and power training that improves speed, mobility, and endurance on the court, especially with so many new people entering the sport. I run training camps all over North America and I need to deliver the top exercises for pickleball. Integrating the TUT Trainer™2.0 micro gym, and now the TUT Infinite 8™ strength program, is a huge win for pickleball and all sports that require foundational strength, power, and functional movement."
TUT CEO Rob Smith commented "We're really pleased to be partnering with Steve and providing an explosive and dynamic sport like pickleball with high-performance, affordable, and versatile fitness training tools. Together, and along with some of the world's top athletes like Olympic and World Champion sprinter Andre De Grasse and celebrity trainers like Gunnar Peterson, we are promoting and educating the public about the benefits of our patented resistance band technology. Similar to portable massage guns that revolutionized the recovery and fitness space three years ago, we are creating a new category of high-performance, portable fitness equipment, where we set the standard.
"We fill a sweet spot in the fitness market that combines versatility and value. Consumers demand a challenging, full-body workout that maximizes muscle and functional movement, for both high-impact ballistic training and low-impact workouts, like yoga, resistance training, and pilates. The TUT system and the TUT Infinite 8™ strength program deliver all of this, and at a much more affordable price point."
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR TUT INFINITE 8™ STRENGTH PROGRAM BEING ENDORSED BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP ATHLETES.
"It's super lightweight and versatile, I can take the TUT Trainer™ everywhere, and do everything I do in the gym."
- 11 x Olympic & World Championship medalist sprinter & TUT Ambassador Andre De Grasse
"The pump is real!!! Dynamic tension with nowhere to hide!!!"
-Celebrity Trainer Gunnar Peterson
"I think the TUT Trainer™ is very convenient and without limitations. It's unique to other equipment because it's versatile and powerful enough to be used by elite athletes for ballistic movements and safe enough for my non-athletic clients, perfect for prehab, rehab and bodybuilding".
-High Performance Elite Coach Luiz Balcers
Core product features include:
- Lightweight: 11.6 lb/5kg TUT Trainer & 21 lbs. TUT Rower
- Portable and easy to set up - it takes just 15 minutes
- Compact, small footprint, less than 2 sq. ft.
- Complements any gym setting (commercial or at-home)
- Less than half the price of leading home gym brands
- TUT Plates™ replace 200 pounds of metal weights with just 48 ounces/1,360 g of calibrated resistance bands (2lb, 5lb, 10lb, 20lb & 40lb increments)
- TUT Training App* features over 250 exercises and OnDemand Workout Classes
*integrates with Apple Watch/Healthkit, Fitbit, Garmin, Withings, My Fitness Pal
If you are a fitness professional, click here to learn more about TUT Fitness Athlete Affiliate Program: https://tutfitnessgroup.com/affiliate-program/
For distribution, sales and partnership inquiries please contact us at info@tutfitnessgroup.com
TUT Fitness is a Vancouver-based designer and Canadian manufacturer of high-performance and affordable fitness products, targeting the US$15.13B global home fitness equipment market, which is expected to hit $21.84B USD by 2026. [2]
TUT's industry-first patented resistance band technology (stackable TUT Plates™) is the backbone of the TUT Trainer™ micro gym; a high performance and convenient alternative to bulky exercise machines and free weights. Weighing only 11.6 lbs. the TUT Trainer™ differs from traditional machines by allowing progressive resistance to be added to any rep or movement. Using just 36 ounces of calibrated resistance bands, and able to generate up to 200 lbs. of resistance the user experiences constant and incremental Time Under Tension (TUT) throughout the complete range of motion, and assistance with form. The patented resistance band technology and unique gym design ensures maximum full body muscle recruitment, and multiplanar movement, without added pressure to joints or tendons. The TUT Trainer™ replicates everything you can do in the gym with more 300 exercises delivering all-in-one functional strength, prehab/rehab and cardio training in less 2 square feet of space. Leveraging TUT's resistance band technology the complementary TUT Rower™ is great for demanding cardio yoga and Pilates style resistance training , and weighs only 21 lbs., rounding out the perfect all-in-one multi purpose gym and cardio solution.
For further information please contact:
robs@tutfitnessgroup.com
Rob Smith
CEO, TUT Fitness Group Inc.
1-800-674-5641
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[1] [2] [3] Source: Research and Markets (July 14, 2022)
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BEIJING, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI) ("WiMi" or the "Company"), a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider, today announced that to study the hologram reconstruction technique based on Generative Adversarial Network (GAN), the Generative Adversarial Network Holographic Reconstruction (GAN-Holo Reconstruction) framework is proposed.
GAN is an unsupervised learning algorithm in the field of deep learning that can generate new, similar data to the input data by finding features in the training data.
The hologram reconstruction technique researched by WiMi is an emerging technique to automatically perform hologram reconstruction by generating adversarial networks. GAN can be used to rapidly generate realistic 3D holograms, thus improving the quality and generation efficiency of holograms.
A GAN usually consists of two deep neural networks called a generator and a discriminator. The generator takes random noise as input and outputs the generated hologram after a series of transformation and convolution operations, while the discriminator compares the generated image with the real hologram and provides accurate feedback to the generator to guide the generator's improvement. In the process of continuous optimization, the generator and the discriminator will play and learn from each other, and eventually, the generative network can learn to get the distribution of the holograms, thus generating more realistic holograms.
The biggest advantage of the GAN-based hologram reconstruction method is that it can handle complex hologram reconstruction problems, such as objects with multiple depths and reflections. At the same time, this method also has good robustness and adaptability to noise, so that even if the input image is disturbed by noise, the generated hologram can maintain high quality. In addition, this method has a high degree of automation, which can greatly improve the efficiency of hologram reconstruction.
The biggest advantage of this hologram reconstruction method is that it can handle complex hologram reconstruction problems such as multiple depths and reflected objects. At the same time, this method is also well adapted to noise, and the generated hologram can maintain high quality even if the input image is disturbed. In addition, this method has a high degree of automation, which can greatly improve the efficiency of hologram reconstruction.
The hologram reconstruction technology process for GAN studied by WiMi consists of the following main parts:
Dataset preparation. It is first necessary to prepare datasets containing a large number of holograms, which include raw data input holograms and holographically labelled image data.
Network architecture design. The GAN-based framework construction consists of two network models, the generator and the discriminator. The generator network is used to generate hologram images by mapping the input noisy data into the hologram space. The discriminator network, on the other hand, is used to evaluate the similarity between the holograms generated by the generator network and the real holograms, thus guiding the improvement of the generator network.
Network training and optimization. During the training process, the discriminator network and the generator network will play and learn from each other, to optimize the quality of the generator network. Specifically, the generator network takes the random noise data as input and generates the corresponding hologram through a series of feature transformations and convolution operations. The discriminator network, on the other hand, compares the generated hologram with the real hologram and calculates the difference between the two. Through continuous optimization, the generator network can eventually learn the distribution of the holographic image and thus generate a more realistic holographic image.
The training process of the hologram reconstruction model of GAN studied by WIMI is controllable, and it can be adjusted by adjusting the hyper-parameters to realize the specific details of generating holograms, such as the voxel size, the resolution of the image, and so on. In addition, the GAN has the feature of iterability, which can optimize the training of the generator and discriminator through continuous modification and adjustment, to achieve higher accuracy and realism of hologram generation. The whole process of hologram reconstruction by GAN has a high degree of automation, which greatly improves the efficiency and quality of hologram reconstruction.
With the continuous development of technology, GAN-based hologram reconstruction technology has been widely used in the fields of medicine, engineering and art, realizing many innovative applications. For example, in the medical field, it is used for more accurate case diagnosis and surgery simulation training. In the field of engineering, it is used for modeling and realizing higher-quality 3D models. In the field of art, it is used in advertising, virtual reality and so on.
The GAN-based hologram reconstruction technology researched by WiMi is an important emerging technology with great development potential, and it is foreseeable that it will be more widely used in the future, including many aspects in the fields of smart city, intelligent security, engineering modelling and film and television, which has great research and development potential.
About WIMI Hologram Cloud
WIMI Hologram Cloud, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIMI) is a holographic cloud comprehensive technical solution provider that focuses on professional areas including holographic AR automotive HUD software, 3D holographic pulse LiDAR, head-mounted light field holographic equipment, holographic semiconductor, holographic cloud software, holographic car navigation and others. Its services and holographic AR technologies include holographic AR automotive application, 3D holographic pulse LiDAR technology, holographic vision semiconductor technology, holographic software development, holographic AR advertising technology, holographic AR entertainment technology, holographic ARSDK payment, interactive holographic communication and other holographic AR technologies.
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Will focus on Austin and San Antonio markets
ROSEMONT, Ill., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brennan Investment Group, a private real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and operates industrial facilities throughout the United States, is pleased to announce the promotion of William Saied from Acquisitions Associate to Acquisitions/Asset Manager, reflecting Mr. Saied's dual role of sourcing new investments and overseeing operations for each asset in his region.
William began his career with Brennan Investment Group five years ago when he joined the Texas team as an Acquisitions Analyst in September, 2017 and assumed multiple roles in acquisitions, leasing, operations, and dispositions. "This comprehensive real estate experience was an important factor in William's promotion and in Brennan's decision to give William the Austin and San Antonio markets," commented Troy MacMane, Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Brennan's Texas region.
"William has demonstrated excellent growth in his skill sets since he started at Brennan," said Scott McKibben, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer. "He brings a willingness to overcome challenges and has an aptitude for excellence. Troy and I have every confidence that William will source interesting opportunities for us."
Brennan Investment Group, a Chicago-based private real estate investment firm, acquires, develops, and operates industrial properties in select major metropolitan markets throughout the United States. Since 2010, Brennan Investment Group has acquired or developed nearly $6 billion in industrial real estate in 30 states. The company's current portfolio spans 27 states and encompasses approximately 46 million square feet.
Brennan Investment Group co-invests with private and institutional capital to achieve outstanding risk-adjusted returns. The company has 11 regional offices throughout the United States and the firm's management team is among the most accomplished in its industry, having invested in over 5,000 properties covering more than 60 cities throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
For more information on Brennan Investment Group, go to brennanllc.com.
CONTACT: Ursula Walendzewicz, uwalendzewicz@brennanllc.com, 8476308722
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The Country's Only Beef Producer-Owned Processor Awarded $12.232 Million From The Texas Enterprise Fund
AMARILLO, Texas, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced today that the State of Texas, through the Texas Enterprise Fund, intends to support the creation of Producer Owned Beef's state-of-the-art beef processing facility in Amarillo –– the only such facility in the nation to be owned by cattle producers and operated by beef processing industry veterans. Abbott's office presented the award at a launch event in Amarillo today with the support of Texas Economic Development Fund representatives, Amarillo Mayor, Ginger Nelson and Amarillo Economic Development Corporation CEO, Kevin Carter.
The Governor's Enterprise Fund $12.232 million announcement complements the Amarillo City Council's unanimous decision to authorize Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) incentives for Producer Owned Beef, LLC to build its new headquarters in Amarillo. Along with infrastructure improvements, the AEDC and City of Amarillo approved incentives of up to $11.1 million to establish the state-of-the-art facility –– a $670 million capital investment. The facility, designed to process 3,000-plus head of cattle per day, aims to employ nearly 1,600 people from the High Plains region.
"The importance of Texas Enterprise Fund along with Amarillo EDC backing for this project cannot be overstated" said Casey Cameron, CEO of Producer Owned Beef. "Public-Private Partnerships are proven to attract additional investors and create a virtuous cycle of commerce, employment and tax revenue for our communities and state. Our commitment is to build and operate a beef processing facility that stands out from the rest of the industry in animal well-being, environmental protections, team member safety and ergonomics, and the highest quality beef products."
Both Enterprise Fund and AEDC investments are performance-based having been designed for companies whose projects involve significant capital investment and the creation of jobs in Texas.
Producer Owned Beef's innovative business model restores balance in the beef industry by reversing compensation disparities cattle producers currently face. As owners of the company, producers will receive a percentage of wholesale beef prices for the cattle they supply and a share of the profits from the plant.
"Many of our ranchers and feeders are third-, fourth- or even fifth-generation producers who have invested their lives in feeding Americans," said Monte Cluck, a Producer Owned Beef Board Member. "With this model, where producers are also owners, we're creating economic sustainability for small and medium-sized producers by ensuring they receive a greater share of the financial upside for the hard work they do."
- $670 million state-of-the-art processing facility
- 3,000-plus head per day processing capacity
- Expected employment of up to 1,600 at full capacity
- Expected payroll: $121 million annually
- Expected groundbreaking: Q1 2023
- Expected operating date: Q4 2025
- Locations: 1,108 acres on Jack Rabbit Road (Spur 228) between I-40 and Hwy 287
- Please find Producer Owned Beef's economic impact study created by the Perryman Group at the company's website: www.producerownedbeef.com.
- Please find bios for Producer Owned Beef's senior management team at the company's website: www.producerownedbeef.com
Producer Owned Beef is a business cooperative purpose-built to imagine, capitalize and operate a state-of-the-art beef packing facility in Amarillo, Texas. The company's majority equity owners are cattle ranchers and feeders, making it unique in the beef processing industry. High-quality beef products sourced primarily from the High Plains region are expected to be available to consumers in 2025. Learn more at www.producerownedbeef.com
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(NEXSTAR) – The Powerball jackpot continues to climb after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn: 2, 24, 34, 53, 58 and red Powerball 13.
The jackpot now stands at an estimated $725 million for the next drawing on Wednesday, July 12. The cash option for the jackpot is an estimated $366.2 million as of Tuesday morning.
Two tickets in the Monday drawing, sold in California and Iowa, matched all five white balls. The ticket in California won a $1 million prize, while the ticket in Iowa jumped to $2 million when the player added the Power Play feature for an additional dollar. There were also 28 tickets that won $50,000 prizes, and 12 tickets that won $100,000 prizes.
The current jackpot has been growing since mid-April when someone in Ohio won the $252.6 million prize. Monday was the 35th consecutive drawing in this jackpot series.
Should there be a winner from Wednesday’s drawing, the jackpot will rank as the seventh-largest in game history, coming in just behind a $687.8 million grand prize won in 2018. There were two winning tickets for that jackpot, one in New York and the other in Iowa.
Despite its record size, the current Powerball jackpot is only the second-largest of 2023. In February, a Washington woman won a jackpot worth $754.6 million, the fifth-largest in Powerball history. She opted for the cash option, taking home roughly $407.2 million.
Here are the 10 largest Powerball jackpots in history:
- $2.04 billion: Nov. 7, 2022 (California)
- $1.586 billion: Jan. 13, 2016 (California, Florida, Tennessee)
- $768.4 million: March 27, 2019 (Wisconsin)
- $758.7 million: Aug. 23, 2017 (Massachusetts)
- $754.6 million: Feb. 6, 2023 (Washington)
- $731.1 million: Jan. 20, 2021 (Maryland)
- $699.8 million: Oct. 4, 2021 (California)
- $687.8 million: Oct. 27, 2018 (Iowa, New York)
- $680.8 million (estimated ahead of Monday’s drawing)
- $632.6 million: Jan. 5, 2022 (California, Wisconsin)
If you match all six winning numbers, you’ll be able to receive your payout either as a $725 million annuity with 30 graduated payments over 29 years or as a lump cash sum estimated at $366.2 million.
If your ticket isn’t the lucky jackpot winner, you may still have a much smaller prize to cash in. About one in 29 entries win some piece of the prize.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET. | https://www.qcnews.com/news/powerball-jackpot-climbs-to-725-million-after-no-winner-chosen/ | 2023-07-11 15:52:03 | 0 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/powerball-jackpot-climbs-to-725-million-after-no-winner-chosen/ |
Impartner and Partnership Leaders to lead five-city tour
SALT LAKE CITY, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Impartner, the fastest-growing and most award-winning provider of ecosystem and partner management technologies, today announced its collaboration with Partnership Leaders on the European Elevation Tour, a series of events for partnership professionals in Europe and the UK.
"We share the passion felt by Partnership Leaders to advance the role of Partner Executives in all company sizes and markets," said Dave R Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer at Impartner. "Today, perhaps more than ever historically, embracing and perfecting the indirect go-to-market model is the key to not only thriving, but surviving a challenging global market. Our mutual goal is to provide these ecosystem professionals a set of solutions and best practices that enable them to become the revenue superheroes their companies need."
The Elevation Tour series will feature short, interactive discussions on the latest partnership trends and best practices, as well as networking opportunities with peers in the area. Event details and registration for the Elevation Tour are as follows:
- Paris - June 27, 17.00 to 21.00 CET
- London - June 28, 18.00 BST
- Manchester - June 29, 18.00 to 20.00 BST
- Amsterdam - July 4, 18.30 to 20.30 CET
- Berlin - July 6, 17.30 to 19.30 CET
"Europe has always been a hub for partner innovation. The diversity of languages, cultures and geographies makes Europe a vital partner market for any company," said Asher Matthews, CEO of Partnership Leaders. "We are excited to bring together the best partner teams in Europe through this elevation tour to connect and share resources to accelerate growth this year."
This release comes on the heels of Impartner being named No. 1 in Mid-Market, Enterprise, and Partner Management in the G2 2023 Summer Report. This marks Impartner's profound influence on the industry as it claims the top spot in all Partner Management Grids from G2, the world's largest and most trusted software review marketplace.
About Impartner
Impartner is the fastest-growing, most award-winning provider of partner management technologies, including its flagship Partner Relationship Management (PRM) and Partner Marketing Automation solutions, which help companies worldwide manage their partner relationships, drive demand through partners and accelerate revenue and profitability through indirect sales channels. For more information on Impartner, which is based in Utah's tech hotbed, the Silicon Slopes, visit impartner.com.
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A teachers strike that kept 35,000 children out of school for more than a week in the Oakland Unified School District ended Monday after the teachers union and district reached a contract deal, the union said.
Monday will be a “transition day” for teachers, but they are not required to be on site at the district’s 80 campuses, Oakland Unified officials said in a news release. “Full school operations,” including instruction for students, will resume Tuesday for the eight remaining days of the school year, the release said.
“All OUSD schools will be open on Monday, and students are welcome on campus,” the district said. “However, it is not clear how many staff will be present at any given site.”
The 2.5-year tentative agreement includes a 15.5% pay raise for most teachers, with those at the bottom of the pay scale receiving more, according to the Oakland Education Association, which represents 3,000 educators in the district. Teachers with dual language skills will receive retroactive pay and bilingual stipends.
“Beyond the economic gains, this hard-fought tentative agreement, if ratified by our members, will help ensure that educators, parents, students and other stakeholders have a voice in the decision-making process,” teachers union Vice President Kampala Taiz-Rancifer said in a news release.
The union had announced Saturday that agreement had also been reached on four social and educational issues known as common good items. According to the OEA, they involved reparations for Black students, resources for unhoused students, school closures and shared governance.
The tentative contract also calls for more school librarians, guidance counselors and school nurses. “For the first time, the District will employ guidance counselors at the elementary school level,” the union said.
Negotiations had been underway since October, and teachers walked out of classrooms May 4.
The deal was reached Sunday, but the strike was not called off until early Monday as the union said it was awaiting “an accurate document” from the district.
The tentative agreement will be put to educators for a ratification vote in the coming week, the union said.
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Report: Minnesota man kills sex offender using moose antler and shovel, sheriff says
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man was charged Friday with fatally beating an elderly man previously convicted of child sexual assault, who he believed had stalked his young daughter in the past.
Levi Axtell, 27, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Lawrence V. Scully, 77, who was beaten to death Wednesday at his home in Grand Marais.
A criminal complaint filed Friday said Axtell killed Scully with a shovel and a moose antler and then drove to the Cook County Sheriff’s office and confessed, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
At a video hearing on Friday, Axtell’s bail was set at $1 million.
Defense attorney Dennis Shaw noted during the hearing that Axtell had no serious criminal history until now and his longtime ties to Grand Marais made him a minimal flight risk.
Axtell remains jailed in Cook County. His next court appearance is scheduled for April 10.
In 2018, Axtell alleged that Scully was stalking his 22-month-old daughter and other children in his van, which he parked near her Grand Marais daycare.
Axtell sought an order of protection, which was granted but then dismissed within several weeks, according to court records.
In 1979, Scully was convicted in Kanabec County, Minnesota, of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl, according to Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliasen. He was released from prison in 1982.
On Wednesday, Axtell arrived at the sheriff’s office covered in blood and “put his hands on his head and said that he had murdered (Scully) with a shovel,” according to Friday’s criminal complaint.
Deputies found Scully in his home “obviously dead from the serious nature of his head wounds,” the charging document continued.
Axtell told law enforcement that he hit Scully 15 to 20 times with a shovel and then “finished him off” with a large moose antler.
He said he had known Scully for a long time “and believed him to have sexually offended against children in the past,” the complaint read. “(Axtell) said he had observed (Scully) parked in the vehicle at locations where children were present and believed he would reoffend.”
Eliasen said Friday there had been recent allegations against Scully, but an investigation “didn’t reveal anything. Most of the reports were regarding harassment.”
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HELENA, Mont. — Montana became the first state in the U.S. to completely ban TikTok on Wednesday when the state's Republican governor signed a measure that's more sweeping than any other state's attempts to curtail the social media app.
The measure is expected to be challenged legally and will serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned.
Some lawmakers, the FBI and officials at other agencies are concerned the video-sharing app, owned by the Chinese tech company ByteDance, could be used to allow the Chinese government to access information on American citizens or push pro-Beijing misinformation that could influence the public. TikTok says none of this has ever happened.
When Montana banned the app on government-owned devices in late December, Gov. Greg Gianforte said TikTok posed a “significant risk” to sensitive state data. More than half of U.S. states and the federal government have a similar ban.
Gianforte signed the legislation after it easily passed through Montana's GOP-controlled Legislature.
Montana's new law prohibits downloads of TikTok in the state and would fine any “entity” — an app store or TikTok — $10,000 per day for each time someone “is offered the ability” to access the social media platform or download the app. The penalties would not apply to users.
Opponents argue this is government overreach and say Montana residents could easily circumvent the ban by using a virtual private network, a service that shields internet users by encrypting their data traffic, preventing others from observing their web browsing and other activities. Montana state officials say geofencing technology is used with online sports gambling apps, which are deactivated in states where online gambling is illegal.
TikTok, which has said it has a plan to protect U.S. users, has vowed to fight back against the ban, along with small business owners who said they use the app for advertising to help grow their businesses and reach more customers. The ACLU of Montana opposed the bill, arguing it was an unconstitutional restriction of free speech.
The app's fun, goofy videos and ease of use has made it immensely popular, and U.S. tech giants like Snapchat and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, see it as a competitive threat. | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/montana-first-state-to-ban-tiktok/507-076c7778-329b-4635-aad8-22e3c0d0d10e | 2023-05-17 22:33:52 | 0 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/montana-first-state-to-ban-tiktok/507-076c7778-329b-4635-aad8-22e3c0d0d10e |
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Abrigo, a leader in compliance, credit risk, and lending solutions for financial institutions, today announced the purchase of DiCOM Software, LLC, a leading provider of automated credit risk management software.
The deal marks Abrigo's third acquisition in five months and second in a month, continuing the execution of the company's strategy to provide superior software and services to a growing customer base of 2,400 financial institutions.
The combination of Orlando, Fla.-based DiCOM Software and Abrigo will provide financial institutions with access to best-in-class loan review and portfolio analysis solutions that are vital for protecting asset quality in the face of increasing pressure on borrowers.
DiCOM Software's solutions provide financial institutions unprecedented control over the entire credit risk management function with increased efficiency. Purpose-built to identify quickly the emerging risks in the portfolio, they give financial institutions the ability to adjust risk management actions as market and business needs evolve. Its solutions add significant capabilities and efficiencies throughout a financial institution's credit risk management processes, including risk assessments, scoping, workflow management, borrower review, and reporting.
"Abrigo's credit risk management assistance has strengthened financial institutions for the better part of 20 years, but a key part of our strategy as we grow is to make sure we are responding to the market pressures our customers face. DiCOM Software helps us do that," said Jay Blandford, CEO of Abrigo. "Combined with Abrigo's existing lending and portfolio risk offerings, DiCOM's robust solutions help our customers prepare for any type of credit risk that might evolve."
DiCOM Software's solutions, built by and for credit risk professionals, replace inefficient, time-consuming methods and deliver measurable results to banks, agriculture lenders, credit unions, and third-party service providers.
Steve Wert, DiCOM Software's President & CEO noted "Our customers will realize significant benefit from the increased depth and breadth of our integrated suite of market-leading credit risk management solutions. Additionally, the combined strength of Abrigo's and DiCOM's experienced, customer-focused credit risk professionals will provide unparalleled service within the market. This acquisition is a great fit and natural evolution for DiCOM."
Using Abrigo's award-winning loan origination system and DiCOM Software's web-based solutions, loan review staff can easily perform effective risk assessments, increase loan review productivity, and improve credit quality without having to rekey data stored in siloed databases. Customizable worksheets, workflows, and impactful reports for management help institutions achieve double-digit efficiency gains and allow more time for focusing on effective and consistent reviews. DiCOM clients will have additional resources to manage the full life of a loan while managing fewer vendors, all with Abrigo's award-winning customer service and its top-notch cybersecurity and implementations.
DiCOM Software joins a strong and growing portfolio that will continue to enhance the value Abrigo brings to both its customers and the industry. In December, Abrigo added scale to its CECL, modeling, validation, and valuation offerings with the purchase of Valuant, an influential solution and service provider. In August, Abrigo purchased BankLabs' Construct and +Pay construction loan administration and funding solutions, creating an end-to-end construction origination, management, and administration platform that drives additional interest income and manages risk.
"In partnership with The Carlyle Group and Accel-KKR, Abrigo is accelerating our investments in our people, our products, and our service to customers. We're thrilled to have the DiCOM Software team members join the Abrigo family, and we share their commitment to offering innovative and highly effective credit management solutions so financial institutions and the communities they serve can thrive," Blandford said.
About Abrigo
Abrigo enables U.S. financial institutions to support their communities through technology that fights financial crime, grows loans and deposits, and optimizes risk. Abrigo's platform centralizes the institution's data, creates a digital user experience, ensures compliance, and delivers efficiency for scale and profitable growth. Visit abrigo.com to learn more. Follow Abrigo on social media using @WeAreAbrigo.
About DiCOM Software
Established in 1999, Florida-based DiCOM Software is a leading provider of automated credit risk management software. Dedicated to delivering credit risk management solutions that enable financial institutions to achieve dramatic benefits, the software is used to identify risk in an aggregated commercial loan portfolio of over $500 billion.
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More than 400 food products sold under dozens of brand names were recalled due to possible Listeria contamination, the US Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.
The recall by Fresh Ideation Food Group LLC includes ready-to-eat sandwiches, salads, yogurts, wraps and other products sold in nine states and Washington, DC, from January 24 through January 30.
The Baltimore company said Friday that no illnesses have been reported so far.
"The recall was initiated after the company's environmental samples tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes," Fresh Ideation Food Group said in its recall announcement.
Eating Listeria-contaminated food can cause a serious infection that can lead to symptoms including fever, headache, diarrhea and vomiting, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It's most likely to sicken pregnant women and their newborns, adults aged 65 or older, and people with weakened immune systems, according to the CDC. "An estimated 1,600 people get listeriosis each year, and about 260 die," the agency says.
The recalled foods were distributed in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia, according to the FDA.
The products -- which included items like bacon, egg and cheddar muffins, breakfast croissants, tuna and chicken sandwiches, and fruit cups -- were sold in stores, vending machines and by transportation providers, according to the company.
"All recalled products have a Fresh Creative Cuisine label and/or identifier on the bottom of the label with the Fresh Creative Cuisine name and a fresh through or sell through date ranging from January 31, 2023 through February 6, 2023," the company said.
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A California dog vanished 14 months ago and ended up in Kansas. He just reunited with his owner
A California dog that vanished more than a year ago and ended up more than 1,600 miles away in Kansas is back home.
Zeppelin, the dog, was recently found after having disappeared 14 months ago.
After Heather Reichart found him barking in her pasture, she took him to a vet in Louisburg, where a microchip scan revealed he belonged to an owner in Sacramento, KCTV first reported.
The dog’s owner, Sandra O’Neil, had never given up hope since the pooch went missing.
"I always thought if he got away and someone checked his chip maybe he would come back to us," she told sister station KCRA on Wednesday. "I hadn’t given up completely."
She had driven to the spot where she last saw him and said a prayer. The next day she got the call that he had been found.
"I was just floored by how far he made it," she said.
O’Neil first got a virtual reunion with Zeppelin via FaceTime and now will have him back at home just in time for the holidays.
"This is an amazing gift. Our whole family is blessed to have him coming home," said O'Neill.
Zeppelin's long road trip home happened thanks to the efforts of another stranger. Mary Hastings, who is from Newberry Springs in Southern California.
"I didn’t tell anybody. I didn’t ask anybody. I just did it," Hastings said.
Hastings was visiting her sister in Ohio when her daughter in Kansas told her about Zeppelin who needed a ride home. She volunteered to drive the dog back to its owner. They arrived in Sacramento on Wednesday and met near the Sacramento Wier.
Hastings wanted to give the special gift during the Christmas season.
"Room at the inn. Be the one that can make a difference," she said. "Be the one that can change something and that’s what I was feeling."
The reunion took place in the same area where O'Neill first found Zeppelin in January 2020. She believes someone dumped him there.
O'Neill calls Hastings a "Christmas Angel" and said she is excited to have Zeppelin home for the holidays.
"I don't know what he’s been through so he’s going to get lots of love," she said. | https://www.wtae.com/article/zeppelin-the-dog-reunites-with-owner/42312734 | 2022-12-22 05:18:17 | 1 | https://www.wtae.com/article/zeppelin-the-dog-reunites-with-owner/42312734 |
The iconic, award-winning actresses and fabulous friends on their love of sports, their appreciation for their fans, meeting their idols, and not letting age stop the party
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- While Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, and Rita Moreno are no strangers to the adoration of millions of fans, they return that adoration tenfold – to none other than seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady. AARP The Magazine (ATM) caught up with the four friends who are credited with multiple Academy Awards, Tonys, Emmys, Grammys, and even an EGOT between them to discuss their upcoming sports comedy 80 For Brady, scheduled to hit theaters on February 3, 2023. Reflecting on their incredibly successful and decorated careers, the stars discuss what their legions of fans mean to them – and the joys of being fangirls themselves.
This issue of ATM also features an exclusive Q&A with Tom Brady who returns his admiration for the icons starring in the upcoming film and reveals his thoughts on retirement.
For decades, Tomlin, Fonda, Field, and Moreno have brought joy to the big screen while rooting for each other. The famous friends and co-stars dive into their timeless friendship, the responsibility they feel to their fans, getting starstruck by other celebrities, and how getting older doesn't mean having less fun.
The following are excerpts from ATM's February/March 2023 cover story featuring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, and Rita Moreno. The issue is available in homes starting in February and online now at www.aarp.org/magazine/.
Rita Moreno: "Oh, he's remarkable in his work, just remarkable."
Jane Fonda: "He's at the top of his game and the best in his field, and beyond that, he's gorgeous, kind and sweet."
Sally Field: "Your jaw drops at the skill level."
Lily Tomlin: "He's like a great, big, beautiful, perfect 20-year-old that you'd want to be your son."
"I'm a longtime sports fan and I think the world underestimates the huge audience that older women represent."
"Now that we have a football team again in Los Angeles with the Rams, I'm back to being a big fan. But it's not just football for me. What pro basketball and baseball did during the pandemic by going into a bubble so they could play, and give fans that outlet – I mean, it saved me. I feel so grateful to them for that."
"We all did 9 to 5, I watched how she interacted, how she listened, how she truly cared and how grateful she was, and I thought, oh, my gosh, Dolly's right. Our careers depend on our fans! That changed me forever."
"I'm so thankful to fans, and I love seeing someone's eyes gleaming because they recognize me. Listen, recently I was on a bus in New York City and two young men said, "Hey, you look like Rita Moreno." I said, "Yeah, I am." They said, "Come on! Are you kidding us?" I said, "I am who you say I am." I swear, they wouldn't believe me. Get this: I finally had to pull out my driver's license!"
"Autographs? The one time I asked for one was when I ran into Muhammad Ali in the airport. My knees almost gave way in front of him, I was so excited. And I'd already won two Academy Awards!"
"In my 30s, I saw an article in a magazine where she reviewed newer comics. When she got to Lily Tomlin, she wrote "I just don't get her." I could have wept. Some years later, a friend arranged a dinner with Lucy. I was terrified but it turned out OK."
"You're never too old for the next chapter unless you decide to give up."
"Not only are they great actresses but they're spectacular people and were so sweet and welcoming to me on set. To have these icons together in a movie like this, it really is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and, obviously, so humbling."
""Retirement" is a scary word. I mean, you're not retiring from life. So, when I am done with football, I believe I have many chapters to write. You've got to keep your mind busy. You've got to keep your body active. You've got to keep your spirit alive."
AARP is the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. With a nationwide presence and nearly 38 million members, AARP strengthens communities and advocates for what matters most to families: health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment. AARP also produces the nation's largest circulation publications: AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin. To learn more, visit www.aarp.org, www.aarp.org/espanol or follow @AARP, @AARPenEspanol and @AARPadvocates, @AliadosAdelante on social media.
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LANSING, MI – Four people were injured in a shooting downtown Lansing early Wednesday, WILX reports.
Lansing police officers responded around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday to South Washington Square for a reported shooting, the report said.
Four male victims were found to have suffered from gunshot wounds, the report said. They were transported to a local hospital for treatment. None of the injuries are life-threatening.
The suspect in this incident has not been arrested, the report said.
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(Motor Authority) — A hybrid version of the C8 Chevrolet Corvette has been rumored for years and was finally confirmed in April, together with plans for an electric Corvette.
While a fully electric ‘Vette is probably some years out still, the hybrid will arrive in summer 2023 with the name Corvette E-Ray.
The first photos and market timing for the Corvette E-Ray recently surfaced on a visualizer on Chevy’s website. The content has since been removed, though not before enthusiast website Corvette Blogger was able to take these screenshots.
When asked about the vehicle, a Chevy spokesperson told Corvette Blogger, “Looks like the holidays came early for a few astute Corvette fans. Stay tuned for more.”
The photos show the Corvette E-Ray will feature the same wide-body design as the Corvette Z06. There doesn’t appear to be a charging port, which likely rules out the car being a plug-in hybrid. This makes sense as Chevy engineers benchmarked prototypes with an Acura NSX, which is also a conventional hybrid with a mid-engine layout.
The Corvette E-Ray is expected to feature one or two electric motors powering the front axle and the current Corvette Stingray’s 6.2-liter V-8 powering the rear axle. An early teaser video showed a prototype testing on snow, with the front wheels spinning under their own power, suggesting all-wheel drive. An electric motor integrated with the Corvette’s 8-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, and able to drive the rear wheels, is also a possibility, judging by a recent patent.
Peak output is expected to fall between 600 and 650 hp. A more powerful hybrid configuration is expected during the C8 Corvette’s product cycle, and rumors say it will be a range-topping variant called the Zora.
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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming will welcome "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson to its annual fundraising breakfast on Wednesday morning.
Robertson will serve as the keynote speaker at the organization's 24th annual awards and recognition breakfast, which will be held at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper.
The breakfast will also honor Brad and Jan Cundy, a Casper couple who founded Cundy Asphalt Paving Construction and Keyhole Technologies.
After they lost their son Matthew to suicide in 2011, Brad and Jan have worked on the issue of suicide prevention in Wyoming. They've also given extensively in the Casper area.
The breakfast will also feature four Youth of the Year finalists, one of whom will be selected at the event. That young person will receive a $7,500 scholarship and advance to the statewide Youth of the Year competition in February.
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Brad Hopkins, executive director of the Wyoming Rescue Mission in Casper, will be honored with the Mick and Susie McMurry Cowboy Code Try Award.
Each person at the breakfast will receive copies of a new book, "Wyoming Try" which highlights the stories of 12 Wyomingites who've done extraordinary things.
The breakfast is free to attend, but guests are asked to make a contribution to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming.
Doors open at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, with breakfast at 6:30 a.m. and the program beginning at 7 a.m.
For tickets or more information, visit bgccw.org, or call 307-235-4079. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/duck-dynasty-star-will-speak-at-wednesdays-boys-and-girls-club-breakfast/article_8fcb7478-32d2-11ed-93ce-cb986daaf403.html | 2022-09-12 22:48:23 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/duck-dynasty-star-will-speak-at-wednesdays-boys-and-girls-club-breakfast/article_8fcb7478-32d2-11ed-93ce-cb986daaf403.html |
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