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PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Florida) congratulates University High School in Orlando on winning the 2022 People's Choice Competition.
The People's Choice Competition, sponsored by the Florida Foundation for Architecture and AIA Florida, aims to raise public awareness of Florida's architecture.
This year, to go along with AIA Florida President Lourdes Solera, FAIA's, leadership theme of Empower and Elevate, the contest focused on K-12 educational facilities, which empower and elevate their communities like few other buildings can.
A panel of Florida architects chose 14 schools from around Florida. University High School, a Mediterranean-style building centered on a communal plaza, won the contest by a wide margin. University High's principal Thomas Ott accepted the award on behalf of the school at AIA Florida's Design & Honor Awards Presentation on July 30 at The Breakers in Palm Beach.
In total, the contest garnered well over 1.5 million votes from around the world, raising awareness of Florida's architecture and its power to change lives.
The schools in the contest were:
University High School, Orlando.
The Greene School, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Hillsborough High School, Tampa.
Tallahassee School of Arts and Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida.
Dune Lakes Elementary School, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.
Tice Elementary School, Fort Myers, Florida.
Rampello K-8 Downtown Partnership Magnet School, Tampa.
Alexander Montessori School, Miami.
Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Mayport Coastal Sciences Middle School, Atlantic Beach, Florida.
Pine Forest Elementary School, Jacksonville.
Pine View School, Osprey, Florida.
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning High School, North Miami Beach, Florida.
The Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects, headquartered in Tallahassee, represents the interests of more than 3,900 members in Florida. Members adhere to a code of ethics and professional conduct that assures the client, the public and colleagues of an AIA-member architect's dedication to the highest standards in professional practice.
Contact:
Beth Colvin
850-222-7590
bcolvin@aiafla.org
twitter.com/aiaflorida
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Striking nurses and other health workers have brought Zimbabwe's government hospitals to a near standstill, straining a once vibrant public health system now plagued by a lack of medicines and basic supplies such as gloves.
The health professionals stopped working Monday after rejecting the government's offer of a 100% pay rise which they say is inadequate to meet their needs amid skyrocketing inflation of 130%.
Health workers want to be paid in United States dollars because salaries in local currency are being eroded by inflation, Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enock Dongo said. Most health workers are taking home less than $200 a month, he said.
“We are hungry … the situation is no longer sustainable. Health workers are walking to work because they can’t afford bus fare. Everything is benchmarked in U.S. dollars except our salaries,” said Dongo.
Dozens of nurses in uniform, some doctors wearing stethoscopes around their necks and other health workers marched, sang and chanted at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare, one of the country’s largest public hospitals. Others carried placards reading “Bring back our dignity.”
Similar strikes were taking place at other hospitals across the country, said Dongo.
Desperate patients sat in the hospital parking lot or on the hospital grounds with little hope of getting help.
“I slept here but no one is attending to me. The nurses and doctors say they should be paid more money before they can treat me,” lamented Tobias Shavane, who said he was injured in a traffic crash on Monday. A dirty bandage served as a sling for his arm while his swollen hand was strapped to a blood-stained piece of a cardboard box.
“They told me my situation is not an emergency. I have nowhere else to go because I can’t afford to go to a private hospital,” said Miriam Matembo, who brought her 11-year-old daughter who was suffering from stomach pains. The girl lay on ground, visibly in pain. “I may just have to return home with her, or visit a prophet.”
Unions representing teachers have announced that they intend to strike, also demanding payment in U.S. dollars. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government says it's not able to pay in greenbacks.
In addition to offering all civil servants a 100% pay increase in local currency, the government says it is negotiating with bakers to try to reduce the price of bread, which, like other basics such as cooking oil and gas, is now out of reach for many people.
Russia's war in Ukraine is blamed for increasing fuel and food prices. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Zimbabwe’s inflation rate has nearly doubled, according to official statistics.
Many fear Zimbabwe could return to the hyperinflation of 2008 which reached 500 billion %, according to the International Monetary Fund. That economic catastrophe forced the government to adopt a multi-currency system in 2009 in which U.S. dollars and the South African rand were accepted as legal tender.
The U.S. dollar continues to dominate as prices in local currency are often benchmarked to the rates for the American currency on the flourishing illegal market, where most individuals and companies get their foreign currency.
Zimbabweans who earn in local currency such as government workers must source dollars on the illegal market to pay for goods and services that are increasingly being charged in U.S. dollars.
Retailers said the rising rates for U.S. dollars on the illegal market are forcing them to frequently increase prices, often every few days, to allow them to restock. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Nurses-at-Zimbabwe-s-public-hospitals-strike-for-17255127.php | 2022-06-21 16:00:32 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Nurses-at-Zimbabwe-s-public-hospitals-strike-for-17255127.php |
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A federal court on Friday ruled in favor of environmental groups that had filed a lawsuit against the government and the Maine Lobstermen’s Association claiming federal fisheries officials had failed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from potentially fatal entanglements in lobster fishing gear, records show.
A judge ruled that NOAA Fisheries had violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act when it issued a May 2021 biological opinion and a September 2021 final rule because officials had not done enough to reduce the lobster fishery’s threat to right whales, the plaintiffs in the suit said in a statement.
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The lawsuit was filed in 2018 by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Conservation Law Foundation, and Defenders of Wildlife.
Jane Davenport, a senior attorney at Defenders of Wildlife, said the “decision recognizes what NOAA Fisheries has ignored for decades — that Congress clearly intended to protect right whales from the lobster gear entanglements that are driving the species toward extinction just as surely as whaling nearly did.”
“Today’s opinion is the course correction the agency needs to put both the species and the fishery on a path towards sustainability and co-existence,” Davenport said in the statement.
Kristen Monsell, oceans legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity, called the ruling “a huge victory in the fight to save these profoundly endangered whales from extinction.”
“Lobster gear is a deadly threat to right whales, and the courts are telling the federal government to quit stalling and start taking real action,” Monsell said in the statement. “The Biden administration has to work much harder to help the industry prevent these agonizing, deadly entanglements.”
David Abel of the Globe staff contributed to this report.
This breaking news story will be updated.
Jeremy C. Fox can be reached at jeremy.fox@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @jeremycfox. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/08/metro/federal-court-rules-fisheries-officials-didnt-do-enough-protect-right-whales-lobster-gear/ | 2022-07-08 21:46:51 | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/08/metro/federal-court-rules-fisheries-officials-didnt-do-enough-protect-right-whales-lobster-gear/ |
(KTLA) – Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was involved in a crash with a cyclist in West Los Angeles Sunday, according to reports by TMZ.
Police confirmed to KTLA that a cyclist was struck by a vehicle in the Brentwood neighborhood around 10:30 a.m. The woman was injured in the crash and transported to a local hospital.
Authorities didn’t confirm Schwarzenegger was involved, but photos shared by TMZ appeared to show Schwarzenegger behind the wheel of the involved vehicle.
The investigation is ongoing, police said, and no additional information was made available about the condition of the injured cyclist.
Police sources told TMZ the collision appears to be a simple traffic accident in which the cyclist pulled out in front of the former governor, who had no time to brake before hitting her. No crime is suspected, TMZ added.
Schwarzenegger was involved in a four-car crash early last year that sent one person to the hospital. His spokesperson told The Los Angeles Times that he was uninjured. | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/arnold-schwarzenegger-involved-in-crash-with-cyclist-in-los-angeles-report/ | 2023-02-06 00:58:00 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/arnold-schwarzenegger-involved-in-crash-with-cyclist-in-los-angeles-report/ |
Harbor Springs considers zoning code updates
HARBOR SPRINGS — Tiny homes, duplexes and more housing options may be coming into Harbor Springs next year, depending on changes to the city's zoning code.
The Harbor Springs City Council met Monday night, with a bulk of the meeting covering an update from the planning commission regarding zoning code updates and recommendations.
The city has been working on updating the zoning codes since completing the updated master plan last year. The commission is going through the zoning code section by section to describe what needs to be updated and determine the best ways to ensure the codes are supporting the city in achieving the master plan.
Bill Mulder, the chair of the planning commission, shared the presentation with the council.
When it comes to the state and nation, needs are changing, Mulder explained. Households are typically getting older and smaller, single-person households are on the rise, as is the fluidity of households.
As people look to move to more walkable cities, Mulder said the city is at a great advantage compared to other cities both in the state and nationally.
“We have a tremendous asset in our town,” Mulder said. “All these cities are trying to become 20-minute walkable neighborhoods — we’ve got that already.”
However, he said, there is a mismatch between the types of homes people may be looking to move into as well as the types of homes the city currently allows.
In response to the needs of the city, the planning commission is working to simplify, streamline and modernize the codes; replace tables and words with illustrations; include hot links so people can easily look up words or requirements they may not know; remove requirements that are already covered in building codes; sync with neighboring counties and townships codes when possible; and eliminate bureaucratic processes.
The planning commission is looking into options for allowing smaller homes on smaller lots. Currently, the minimum home size for some single-family residential districts is 864 square feet to 1,200 square feet.
The planning commission is now looking at smaller homes to see if they would be reasonable to build in the city, including duplexes and tiny homes. Right now, zoning codes do not allow long-term rentals. The commission is researching whether or not adjusting some of those rules would benefit residents.
“It’s a way for a family to get started, it’s a way for an owner to rent out, long term, the next door or upstairs flat and to generate some income,” Mulder said of duplexes. “They can be very efficient and they’re coming back into popularity.”
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He noted that duplexes still look like regular homes and could fit in with the neighborhoods as they stand now.
During the presentation, Mulder did note that they were not focusing on affordable housing. He said it may be an interesting community goal, but he thinks affordable housing has more to do with policy and incentives than zoning codes.
He said the goal was to focus more on having choices for property owners so they can determine what the best option for them and their families are.
Mulder noted that even if more housing options were made available starting at the end of the year, it would more than likely take multiple years to see a real impact from the changes. Now, the commission will continue exploring the different ideas presented before making formal recommendations. He said the project and research will likely take until the end of the year.
— Contact education reporter Karly Graham at kgraham@petoskeynews.com. Follow her on Twitter at@KarlyGrahamJRN. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2023/03/08/harbor-springs-considers-zoning-code-updates/69978280007/ | 2023-03-08 13:42:42 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2023/03/08/harbor-springs-considers-zoning-code-updates/69978280007/ |
LOS ANGELES — Jamie Lee Curtis made her long-waited first Oscar nomination count.
Curtis won best supporting actress for her role as Deirdre Beaubeirdre in “ Everything Everywhere All at Once.” She plays an IRS agent who has several guises through different timelines in the multiverse.
The 64-year-old actor became the eighth oldest in the category’s history to win. She surpassed Judi Dench, who held the slot for her role in “Shakespeare in Love.”
Has Jamie Lee Curtis won an Oscar before?
Curtis has starred in a number of films including the “Halloween” franchise movies starting in 1978, along with other notable projects such as “Trading Places,” “My Girl,” “True Lies” and “Knives Out.” But it was her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” that ultimately landed her in the Oscars’ record books.
Last month, Curtis won at the SAG Awards for best supporting actress.
Curtis beat Angela Bassett, Kerry Condon, Hong Chau and Stephanie Hsu in the category. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/entertainment/events/oscars/jamie-lee-curtis-wins-oscar-best-supporting-actress/507-2d9b53c3-f97f-4263-860d-34ff2e49020b | 2023-03-13 01:58:07 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/entertainment/events/oscars/jamie-lee-curtis-wins-oscar-best-supporting-actress/507-2d9b53c3-f97f-4263-860d-34ff2e49020b |
Q. I have a revocable living trust that has been in place since 2005. It was created in California through Suze Orman. I live in New Jersey and I always have. If I need to amend it to disinherit a child, can I? Is it valid in New Jersey?
— Concerned
A. Estate planning documents are very specific to your situation and to the state in which you live. | https://www.nj.com/news/2022/08/i-got-a-trust-through-suze-orman-is-it-valid-in-nj.html | 2022-08-04 10:33:41 | 1 | https://www.nj.com/news/2022/08/i-got-a-trust-through-suze-orman-is-it-valid-in-nj.html |
Newest COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 spreading
The variant is called XBB.1.5 and it’s a subvariant of Omicron
The variant is called XBB.1.5 and it’s a subvariant of Omicron
The variant is called XBB.1.5 and it’s a subvariant of Omicron
A new COVID-19 variant is spreading throughout the U.S. and causing some concern in New Mexico. The variant is called XBB.1.5, and it’s a subvariant of Omicron.
Dr. Jason Mitchell is the chief medical officer of Presbyterian health care. Dr. Mitchell said, "We anticipate seeing this contributing to our COVID illnesses. It's taking over, and we're seeing it move across the United States."
Now XBB.1.5 is affecting COVID-19 cases in our state.
“It is a subvariant of Omicron. There are some spike protein differences, which make it unique, and highly transmissible," said Dr. Mitchell.
At the beginning of December, only 2 percent of cases in the U.S. were because of XBB.1.5. Now, it accounts for more than 27 percent nationwide and more than 70 percent of cases in the northeast.
"According to CDC data, it looks like this variant came to New Mexico, probably very beginning of December. It's now estimated to be about 17% of cases here," said Dr. Mitchell.
Now hospitals in our state, like Presbyterian, are preparing for a spike in COVID-19 cases because of XBB.1.5.
"All of these variants cause hospitalizations and death, especially in folks that are not vaccinated. So, we do anticipate seeing this contributing to our COVID illnesses," said Dr. Mitchell.
XBB.1.5 is a subvariant of omicron, so Dr. Mitchell said our omicron booster vaccines are still effective against it.
Dr. Mitchell said, "The bivalent booster continues to be effective and decreases your risk of hospitalization and death from getting COVID. So, it's still very effective."
Dr. Mitchell says vaccine providers will continue to modify booster shots to target the most widespread variants of COVID-19 as they did for omicron. | https://www.koat.com/article/newest-covid-19-variant-xbb15-spreading-new-mexico/42427965 | 2023-01-09 02:06:19 | 0 | https://www.koat.com/article/newest-covid-19-variant-xbb15-spreading-new-mexico/42427965 |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal funding is now available for the rapid expansion of high-speed, broadband internet across America, and your community's input is needed to help ensure it gets its fair share.
Chief Strategy Officer Rene Gonzalez of Lit Communities', an organization that works to bring broadband connectivity to municipalities and local governments is touting the importance of participation. "This information is critical for the under-served and unserved communities to ensure this Federal funding for broadband finds its way to the proper areas," said Gonzalez. "It takes less than 5 minutes, and the process is simple."
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking households and businesses to participate in the agency's Broadband Data Collection Campaign. The short survey will be used to identify coverage gaps in the current FCC nationwide map that tracks broadband availability down to the individual address level.
The primary purpose of the map is to validate the accuracy of the information and identify areas with such gaps in broadband internet service – the kind of high-speed connectivity that's now crucial for social, government and economic activities – like remote work, running a business, accessing government services, online banking, education, workforce and local economic development.
The FCC is seeking challenges to the broadband coverage map by Jan. 13, 2023. The map is used to influence funding decisions. Broadband expansion is expensive. A true picture of availability is critical and it's easy to participate.
This 2-minute tutorial video explains the process. Or simply share the steps below.
- Go to broadbandmap.fcc.gov. Type your address in the search bar and select the closest match from the dropdown.
Note: If the locator dot is not on the correct rooftop, click "Location Challenge" to provide the correct information. - Scroll down to view the Internet Provider, Technology, and Speeds reported available at that address. If any information is incorrect, click "Availability Challenge" and select the Provider with inaccurate information.
Note: If your locator dot is red, then no internet options have been reported at your address. - Scroll down further and report the reason you're challenging the reported information. Select the certification box at the bottom of the form and click "Submit."
Helping to ensure that the FCC map and data is accurate can accelerate the process of making high-speed internet available to those who need it most in your area. Please encourage participation to all in your community. Time is short and the impact can be long-lasting.
Lit Communities partners with municipalities/local governments to build fiber networks in a way that keeps the community's needs front and center every step of the way. Lit Communities is currently working with the following municipalities/local governments: Medina, OH; Defiance County, OH; City of Avon, OH; Berks County, PA; York County, PA; Monongalia County, WV; Brownsville, TX and Kendall County, IL.
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- Creating a Professional Level of Game Experience Together -
SAN DIEGO, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Corporation ("Sony") has signed a multiple-year global partnership agreement with Fnatic Ltd ("Fnatic"), which operates a professional esports team headquartered in London, UK, including product co-creation of Sony's gaming gear brand, INZONE™.
Sony's product development teams will exchange opinions on product concepts, performance, and technology with professional players from Fnatic. Initially, professional players from Fnatic will conduct rigorous product testing for INZONE products under development, and Sony will enhance them, based on their professional opinions. Sony will create revolutionary gaming gear that will lead players to victory in highly competitive games by collaborating with Sony's expertise in high image quality and sound quality that have been cultivated over many years with the unrivalled experiences and performance of Fnatic's professional players.
In addition, Sony will co-produce online content with Fnatic for the gaming community, providing unique experiences for many players including Fnatic fans.
Since its founding in 2004, Fnatic has operated multiple professional esports teams in London, Berlin and Tokyo, winning many international championships.
Sony shares with Fnatic the common goal to inspire and empower all players to continue to achieve their full potential.
"We're absolutely thrilled to welcome INZONE into the Fnatic family as a long-term partner of our organisation," said Sam Mathews, CEO of Fnatic. "During our initial discussions it became clear how strong the alignment is between our brands; from Sony's leading innovation in technology and our own 18+ year legacy as a world leader in esports and gaming performance. Together we look forward to exciting the audience, pushing the boundaries in both product development through our world-class roster of players and amplification of the INZONE brand globally via our unrivalled fanbase of over 30+ million worldwide."
"We are excited to partner with Fnatic, the world leader in the e-sports scene, to pioneer new gaming experiences for esports players and all gaming lovers," said Hiroshi Nakamura, Head of Personal Entertainment Business Unit, Sony Corporation. "By the combination of Sony's cutting-edge visual and audio technologies and Fnatic's unparalleled expertise, we are engineering the multiple initiatives with Fnatic such as the co-creation of gaming gears and content activations, that will add a completely new dimension to gaming life. Sony Group's corporate direction is "getting closer to people", and in this context, getting closer to the gaming community. We are sincerely wishing to energize and support the gaming community through this partnership, as a member of the Fnatic family."
Gaming gear "INZONE"
"INZONE" is a gaming gear brand for PC gamers that sharpens the senses and enhances gaming abilities. Sony provides gaming monitors and gaming headsets that incorporate the latest technology in addition to Sony's expertise in high image quality and sound quality that have been cultivated over many years.
For details on "INZONE", please see the product site.
For more details about Fnatic, please visit the URL below.
- Fnatic: https://fnatic.com/
The partnership concept video is available on YouTube.
- Partnership concept video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8oUpy5QXI4
* "Sony", "SONY" logo and any other product names, service names or logo marks used in this press release are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Group Corporation or its affiliates. Other product names, service names, company names or logo marks are trademarked and copyrighted properties of their respective owners and/or licensors.
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Possible tornado causes damage in Parker County
POOLVILLE, Texas - A suspected tornado blew through Parker County early Friday morning.
According to FOX 4 Weather meteorologist Evan Andrews, radar images indicated rotation near Poolville around 4:30 a.m.
At least two trailer homes were flipped in the area and there are reports of downed power lines.
FOX 4 viewers who live in that area shared some photos and video of the storm damage.
Dena Turner snapped photos of the Poolville Tabernacle building, which was built in 1904. It was destroyed by the storm.
Quenton Hyter shared video of sheet metal scattered across his yard in nearby Springtown.
In Wise County, viewer @BCGtheFirst shared a photo of a tree that fell across County Road 2255 and School House Road in Cottondale.
Tree down across CR 3355 and School House Road in Cottondale in Wise County | Courtesy: BCGtheFirst
The National Weather Service will send a survey team to the area to try to confirm the tornado. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/possible-tornado-causes-damage-in-parker-county | 2023-03-24 15:19:02 | 0 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/possible-tornado-causes-damage-in-parker-county |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden decided to grow his beard and shear his annual salary in Philadelphia.
Harden signed a deal worth slightly over $68 million, paying him about $33 million this season with a $35 million player option for the 2023-24 season. Harden, though, will make about $14.5 million less this coming season than he could have earned under his previous deal. Harden had a $47.4 million option for this coming season that he declined last month, saying he wanted to give the 76ers flexibility to improve their roster and compete for a championship.
“This is where I want to be. This is where I want to win, and I think we have the pieces to accomplish that goal,” Harden said Wednesday. “From my first day with the 76ers organization, the team and the fans have helped me feel at home here in Philadelphia. I’m excited to build off of last season and I can’t wait to get out on the court with the guys and start this journey.”
Daryl Morey, team president of basketball operations, posted a photo on Instagram of him posing alongside Harden as the 10-time All-Star guard known as “The Beard” signed his contract.
“Now this looks like a job for we, ” Morey wrote.
Harden’s plans have been clear since Philadelphia’s season ended: He was committed to staying with the 76ers and committed to help them get better.
“Taking less money this year to sign as many players as we needed to help us contend and be the last team standing was very, very important to me,” Harden said in an interview this month with The Associated Press. “I wanted to show the organization, the Sixers fans and everybody else who supports what we’re trying to accomplish, what I’m trying to accomplish individually, that this is what I’m about.”
Harden vowed to return to for after battling a lingering hamstring injury that cut his production with the Brooklyn Nets, and later the Sixers, after he was acquired in a trade-deadline deal.
“Over the last two years we have taken major steps toward our ultimate goal of becoming champions,” said coach Doc Rivers. “James shares our drive to win a title, and he believes being a 76er gives him the best opportunity to do that. Together, we will work tirelessly to achieve our goal.”
A member of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team, Harden averaged 22 points this season for Brooklyn and Philadelphia, his lowest since he became a starter in the 2012-13 season. He turns 33 in August.
Harden, a three-time scoring champion, told the AP he was nonplussed about taking “less” money to return and chase a championship in Philly.
“For any other players, that’s a max contract,” he said of his lower numbers, “but it’s like, for me, I was not the same James Harden.
The 76ers lost to top-seeded Miami in the second round of the playoffs. Harden had four turnovers, four baskets and did not score in the second half in the decisive Game 6 loss. They haven’t advanced past the second round since 2001. Their last NBA championship came in 1983.
“Coming back and being the aggressor, the scorer first and then the playmaker, is something that I need for myself,” he said.
Harden has appeared in 942 games (728 starts) with Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Houston and Oklahoma City and holds averages of 24.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 1.5 steals.
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Video safety and video telematics pioneer accelerates the pace of innovation with powerful solutions that drive digital transformation and save lives
SAN DIEGO, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lytx® Inc., the global leader in video safety and video telematics, celebrates 25 years of forging the intersection between safety and technology. From its inception in 1998, Lytx's vision has been to help fleets get their drivers safely home to their families through the utilization of cutting-edge technology. After the company introduced the original DriveCam® device in 1999, the first ever crash recording device for vehicles, Lytx jump-started a new industry and continues to revolutionize the telematics market today.
Over the past 25 years, Lytx has developed and introduced numerous technological advancements that have accelerated the industry forward and awarded the company over 195 issued and pending patents. Its machine vision and artificial intelligence (MV+AI) technology, first introduced in 2015, quickly became the gold standard for companies looking to detect distractions and risk, inside and outside the vehicle. Working closely with thousands of clients and millions of drivers, Lytx continues to innovate new ways to help fleets operate more safely and efficiently, while saving lives.
"Since the earliest phase of our relationship, Lytx has been there for us," said Steve Scannell, Transportation Safety Senior Regional Manager at Walmart. "Over the years, we've come to think of Lytx as a partner rather than just a vendor. They're always there to listen to our needs, helping us solve problems and innovate solutions to help us be safer and stronger."
Today, Lytx works with more than 5,000 of the world's most forward-thinking fleets to innovate solutions that benefit the entire industry through Lytx Lab, the industry's first and only innovation platform where clients connect with our product team directly in their Lytx Account.
"Lytx has been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with clients who are innovators and disruptors in their own sectors. Our clients care deeply about their workers, their customers, and their communities. Together, we're proud to have been part of a 25-year movement to make the world a safer, better place with technologies that protect and connect organizations and their workers," said Brandon Nixon, Chairman and CEO of Lytx. "We're looking forward to the next 25 years of collaborating with our clients to develop breakthrough solutions that drive greater performance and operational efficiencies."
Additional company milestones include:
- 2001 – The DC2 event recorder is released, Lytx's first durable, scalable product that is mass produced. This is the first ever DriveCam event recorder to offer both in-cab and road-facing views.
- 2002 – Lytx is awarded three patents for the first vehicle data recorder of its kind designed to pinpoint unsafe driving, further strengthening the company's innovative leadership position within the sector.
- 2008 – The company releases a first of its kind pattern-recognition software that more accurately identifies risky driving actions, helping clients predict the riskiest drivers within a fleet.
- 2009 – DriveCam Online® service launches with a driver management portal that includes dashboards for hotspot reporting and company-wide visibility. This allows clients to access and view their videos (and other data) in a more efficient and secure way.
- 2012 – The DC3P, Lytx's fourth video event recorder, launches with dedicated GPS and the ability to monitor and capture video when a vehicle is exceeding the posted speed limit.
- 2015 – The company expands into its new global headquarters and introduces the ER-SV2, its fifth event recording device and the first to include its award-winning machine vision and artificial intelligence (MV+AI) technology, helping drivers and fleet managers correct distracting driving as it occurs.
- 2020 – Lytx announces strategic partnership with Geotab and acquires Surfsight® to offer Lytx's powerful technology and custom solutions to an expanded domestic and global audience.
- 2022 – OEM integration with Daimler Truck North America is announced, bringing Lytx's state-of-the-art video telematics system and camera solution to select Freightliner and Western Star models.
- 2023 – Lytx grows its driving database to 221 billion miles – the largest of its kind – and expands its network of resellers to 105, with a global footprint spanning 85 countries.
"Through Surfsight, we expanded our reach to give strategic global partners access to the same MV+AI technology that fuels our DriveCam camera business," said Adam McCarty, Senior Vice President of Lytx's Indirect Business. "Now, companies all over the world can easily transition to video-connected fleets on a powerful platform that is scalable and configurable for any vehicle class. We're excited to see our Surfsight solutions accelerating at an incredibly rapid pace, and we project more record growth ahead as we continue to help domestic and international industry leaders transform their operations."
Lytx is investing in the next 25 years with the Lytx Vision™ Platform, featuring the only API-first platform in the market for building value-added video safety and video telematics applications using MV+AI. The Lytx Vision Platform further leverages the power of the company's expertise in video services, big data, and AI to give companies powerful, scalable, and configurable technology and tools they can use to integrate with other applications and to create their own custom solutions.
"Innovation is in our DNA," said Rajesh Rudraradhya, Lytx's Chief Technology Officer. "From the company's inception, our relentless drive to advance safety and operational efficiency has led us to introduce cutting-edge technologies that have helped propel the industry to where it is today. Now, 25 years later, we remain committed to breaking new ground, exploring the frontiers of technology, and reinventing ourselves based on the needs of our clients and the industry as a whole."
About Lytx
Lytx is the global leader in video safety and video telematics. Our solutions harness the power of video to empower drivers and fleets to be safer and more efficient, productive, and profitable so they can thrive in today's competitive environment. Through the Lytx Vision™ Platform, direct and reseller clients access our customizable services and programs spanning driver safety, risk detection, fleet tracking, ELD compliance, preventative maintenance, and fuel management. Using the world's largest driving database of its kind, along with proprietary machine vision and artificial intelligence technology, we help protect and connect thousands of fleets and 2.1 million drivers in more than 85 countries. Lytx's Surfsight® dash cam for resellers was built from the ground up as a premium product to help fleet managers with their operational challenges. For more information about Lytx, visit www.lytx.com, @lytx on Twitter, LinkedIn, our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Newly released video gives additional insight into the harrowing moments an IMPD officer was shot during an incident in February.
Officer Thomas Mangan, a first-year officer who was accompanying his field training officer, Daniel Majors, was shot in the neck on Feb. 27, 2022, while . The officers responded to a crash in the 1600 block of Lexington Avenue around 10 p.m.
While heading to the scene of the crash, dispatchers provided additional information that a person was exposing himself. Another caller said the man left in a red Buick that was heading southbound.
Officers, with help from witnesses, found the car, which had been driven by Mylik Hill, in the 1600 block of Woodlawn Avenue. Hill, after being spotted, ran into an alley despite repeated orders from police to stop.
As Hill ran off, he fired toward police, hitting Mangan in the neck. A second shot hit his radio, causing it to catch fire. Body camera footage released by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department showed the incident from Mangan’s perspective.
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In the video, upon spotting Hill getting out of a red vehicle, officers tell him to stop. He instead runs into an alley as officers give chase. Several gunshots are then heard, along with Mangan struggling after being hit.
“I need help! I need help! Mangan down!” an officer yells. “Officer shot. Officer shot. Give me medics here. I need backup now!”
Officers continued to give chase, and Majors fires his service weapon. Hill is struck multiple times with gunfire but continues running. Officers lose sight of him after he runs through another alley.
Majors returned to help Mangan, who was eventually taken to Eskenazi Hospital by an IFD truck.
IMPD also released body camera video from Majors’ perspective. In it, officers are heard telling Hill to “drop the gun.”
“Officer down. Code One. Shots fired! Code One!” Majors yells amid the confusion. “Where’s he at? Where’s the suspect?”
Multiple privately owned cameras captured footage of Hill firing as he runs from police. The injured suspect eventually walks through an alley and jumps over a homeowner’s fence. That video gives a clear look at Hill’s face.
He’s nearly out of breath and clearly exhausted, barely clearing the fence as he hits a trash can and falls to the ground with his pants down.
With help from nearby residents and a drone, IMPD SWAT found Hill in the 900 block of Dawson Street and took him into custody.
An overhead video shows officers closing in on his position to arrest him. Police found a handgun near Hill’s location.
Medics provided aid to Hill, who had an outstanding warrant for a parole violation. He has been formally charged with attempted murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, resisting law enforcement and criminal mischief.
Mangan, who suffered a potentially life-threatening gunshot wound to the neck, survived the encounter but faces a long road to recovery. IMPD said no one else was hurt during the incident.
IMPD’s Critical Response Team is investigating the incident. IMPD is also conducting an internal affairs investigation to make sure officers complied with departmental policy.
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High levels of uncertainty for the 2023 season make early preparation critical
WAUKESHA, Wis., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Generac Power Systems (NYSE: GNRC), a leading global designer, manufacturer and provider of energy technology solutions and other power products, is encouraging homeowners and businesses on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts to begin preparing now for this year's hurricane season. A number of storms are anticipated to impact and disrupt power to millions of Americans, making early preparation critical.
Colorado State University recently released its annual forecast for the 2023 hurricane season, which predicts 13 named storms and six hurricanes, including two major hurricanes. This is slightly down from the annual average. However, the report also notes a high level of uncertainty in this year's forecast, indicating a strong possibility that this year's hurricane season could become much busier than is currently predicted.
"With such high levels of uncertainty surrounding this year's hurricane season, homeowners and business owners need to do everything they can to prepare now," said Kyle Raabe, president of Consumer Power for Generac. "Making a plan ahead of time that includes a source of backup power is an important step to ensure you and your loved ones remain safe and comfortable in the event of a strong storm."
Generac offers several resources to help homeowners prepare for severe storms and long outages, including the annual Hurricane Preparedness Guide, a free and simple tool to guide homeowners through the storm season, and Power Outage Central, a free tracker that provides up-to-the minute outage information nationwide. Given the seasonal outlook, Generac is urging residents in storm-prone areas to make simple, actionable plans with steps to be prepared before, during, and after a major storm.
Following are tips to help manage storm season, and you can download Generac's full Hurricane Preparedness Guide on the website.
Before the Storm:
- Turn your refrigerator and freezer to the coldest setting.
- Fill bathtubs and large containers with water for sanitation purposes.
- Charge cell phones.
During the Storm
- If evacuating, listen to orders at least twice to determine driving directions. Secure your home by unplugging appliances, turning off water at the main valve and deactivating electricity at the breaker box, and drive directly to your designated evacuation spot, sticking to evacuation routes.
- If sheltering in place, take shelter in the safest room in the residence. Save your cell phone battery as much as possible in case the power goes out and unplug all outlets in the event of an outage to reduce the chance of power surge-related damage when power returns. Monitor for updates via radio or television and be prepared to evacuate if the home is damaged or an emergency official gives the order.
After the Storm
- Stay alert for potential damage and dangers that may arise after a storm. Subsequent rain can cause flooding after a hurricane has ended.
- Do not return from an evacuation unless given permission by local authorities.
- If there is severe damage to the home, or if you suspect a gas leak, leave immediately and contact local officials.
To learn more about Generac's complete line of home standby generators and solar energy storage systems, visit www.generac.com.
About Generac
Generac Power Systems, Inc. (NYSE: GNRC) is a leading energy technology company that provides advanced power grid software solutions, backup and prime power systems for home and industrial applications, solar + battery storage solutions, virtual power plant platforms and engine- and battery-powered tools and equipment. Founded in 1959, Generac introduced the first affordable backup generator and later created the category of automatic home standby generator - a market in which nearly eight of ten generators sold is a Generac. The company is committed to sustainable, cleaner energy products poised to revolutionize the 21st century electrical grid.
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NEW YORK, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Carbyne, a leading next-generation provider of public safety communications, today announced that it has entered into a strategic relationship with AT&T, the only carrier that can provide end-to-end emergency communication solutions, to enable secure and reliable connection between AT&T ESInet™ and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) to the Carbyne APEX and Universe cloud-native emergency call management and mapping solutions.
Cloud-native emergency call handling affordably delivers many advantages, including agility, redundancy, and security. By moving to a cloud-native platform PSAPs minimize the need for on-premises infrastructure, offering instead a resilient and redundant cloud-native framework that ensures service continuity despite unexpected disruptions. Additionally, by harnessing the power of the cloud, PSAPs can scale to meet the evolving demands of emergency services and integrate features and capabilities more quickly than with non-cloud solutions.
"We are excited to collaborate with AT&T, a company with a proven track record in NG9-1-1 and public safety," said Amir Elichai, CEO of Carbyne. "This collaboration will bring together Carbyne's innovative solutions and AT&T's extensive experience to deliver faster, more effective emergency response capabilities to communities nationwide. Together, we are dedicated to saving lives and empowering PSAPs with the tools they need to make critical decisions in times of crisis."
With two distinct offerings, Carbyne caters to a wide range of needs:
- Carbyne APEX is a unified emergency call management solution designed to streamline the handling of emergency situations by consolidating various rich media data points into a single, intuitive platform. By incorporating video, photos, geolocation, AI-based audio translation, and more, APEX provides call takers with all the information they need at their fingertips, allowing them to focus on addressing the emergency at hand rather than struggling with complex technology. This cloud-native, i3-compliant platform is user-friendly and seamlessly integrates with existing infrastructure, ensuring that call takers can efficiently manage and respond to emergencies while minimizing the learning curve often associated with new technology.
- Carbyne Universe offers a versatile Over The Top (OTT) solution that enables access to a wealth of rich media without disrupting existing contractual agreements. Designed to function seamlessly within any environment, Carbyne Universe provides PSAPs with valuable data, such as video, photos, and geolocation, enhancing their decision-making capabilities and response efficiency. This flexible solution ensures that PSAPs can benefit from advanced emergency call management and related mapping features before completing their current contracts or undertaking major infrastructural changes.
"AT&T is committed to improving the safety of the communities we serve – from delivering the nation's public safety network to evolving 9-1-1 call centers across the country with NextGen 9-1-1 solutions like AT&T ESInet," said Matt Walsh, AVP – FirstNet and NextGen 9-1-1 Products, AT&T. "Our work with Carbyne is the next step in this endeavor by delivering cloud-centric solutions to give dispatchers a user-friendly interface that enables faster, more informed decision-making during critical situations."
Go here to learn more about how AT&T is the only carrier that can provide end-to-end emergency communication solutions to support 9-1-1 telecommunicators, dispatchers, first responders in the field, and other emergency personnel from the moment they're informed of an incident until their mission is complete.
About Carbyne:
Carbyne (Headquartered in New York, NY) is a leading global provider of cloud-native mission-critical contact center solutions. Carbyne is one of the largest rich-data providers for emergency response centers, delivering over 250M data points per year, all in a unified platform. Our technologies enable emergency contact centers and select enterprises to connect with callers as well as connected devices via highly secure communication channels without needing to download a consumer app. With a mission to redefine emergency collaboration and connect the dots between people, enterprises, and governments, Carbyne provides a unified cloud-native solution that provides live actionable data that can lead to more efficient and transparent operations and ultimately save lives. With Carbyne, every person counts. Learn more at www.carbyne.com
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U.S. COVID-19 death rates could exceed 1,000 per day during some winter months
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the eradication of COVID-19 out of reach, are we close to a "new normal" in which we can leave restrictive non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) behind—such as masks and social distancing—while simultaneously limiting the burden of disease and deaths? According to researchers at MIT Sloan School of Management, the answer depends on the ongoing risks versus communities' tolerance for those risks.
In their new research paper, "Quantifying the COVID-19 endgame: Is a new normal within reach?" Professors Hazhir Rahmandad and John Sterman studied the COVID-19 pandemic across 93 countries (with a total population of approximately five billion) and how their responsiveness to COVID risks affects future COVID disease and deaths. Going beyond simple epidemiological models, the researchers projected the evolution of cases and deaths as immunity from prior vaccination and infection wanes, new variants might emerge, treatments continue to improve, and especially as people and governments change their behavior in response to the risks of severe disease and death. Those risks, in turn, depend on how responsive people and governments are to the risks: high responsiveness means small increases in deaths induce actions that keep cases and deaths low; low responsiveness means death rates must rise substantially to trigger actions that reduce cases and deaths.
The researchers found more than half the nations they studied seem to be willing to tolerate the death rates likely to result from the elimination of all NPIs including voluntary isolation, masking, and other actions that reduce the risks of transmission, severe disease, and death.
However, the burden of COVID-19 remains substantial and immediate. In the U.S., for example, COVID-19 is killing approximately 450-500 people per day. The researchers' find that, if past U.S. responsiveness to deaths continues, daily death rates will be at or above rates observed this summer, with death rates that could exceed 1,000 per day during some winter months.
"In the U.S., Covid-19 is killing more people than automobile accidents, suicides and all homicides combined," says Prof. Sterman. "These deaths drive dramatic headlines and demands for urgent action, but as a nation COVID fatigue seems to mean even more deaths no longer lead to action. Are we as a nation willing to tolerate this?"
Countries with historically lower levels of responsiveness to the pandemic—for example, Bangladesh, Colombia, Iran, and South Africa—may already be entering a new normal in which deaths due to uncontrolled transmission are tolerated (based on the estimated historical response function for these countries). Responsiveness to risk in these nations is already low, thus additional reduction likely would have minimal impact in outcomes.
Today, due to vaccination, better treatment, and the less severe Omicron variants, the COVID fatality rate has dropped by an order of magnitude, though it remains higher than other diseases such as influenza. But the now-dominant variants are so highly contagious that controlling disease transmission with NPIs is more costly than before Omicron emerged.
This creates a dilemma for countries that managed the pandemic well in the first two years. Prof. Rahmandad says, "Countries such as China, New Zealand, South Korea, Australia, and Japan were very successful in controlling the disease for the first two years: NPIs sharply curtailed transmission and deaths. But now, the situation has changed. The greater transmissibility of the current variants requires stronger and more costly NPIs to limit new cases. But these nations would face the greatest increase in cases and deaths if they transitioned to a new normal without NPIs."
Ultimately, the researchers conclude, all communities will transition to a new normal, living with COVID-19 with minimal NPIs. Current estimates suggest many communities may not yet be there and face a difficult choice: They can maintain NPIs despite their inconvenience and costs, while waiting for new vaccines, treatments, or variants to bring down mortality, or eliminate NPIs and accept higher death rates.
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San Franciscans won’t have to travel far to have a romantic dinner this Valentine’s Day.
OpenTable, an online restaurant reservation website, reveals which restaurants in the U.S. are the best at setting a romantic ambiance in its “100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America” list. Multiple restaurants from California were included, and one from San Francisco.
The list was based on OpenTable reviews from Dec. 1, 2021, to Nov. 30, 2022, the number of reservations restaurants had on Valentine’s Day last year and a diner survey for U.S.-based OpenTable users.
Here are the restaurants from California that made the list:
- 555 East – Long Beach, CA
- 71Above – Los Angeles, CA
- Bacari – Silver Lake – Los Angeles, CA
- C-Level – San Diego, CA
- Cesarina – San Diego, CA
- Copley’s on Palm Canyon – Palm Springs, CA
- Farmhouse at Rogers Gardens – Corona Del Mar, CA
- Girl & the Goat L.A. – Los Angeles, CA
- House of Prime Rib – San Francisco, CA
- La Boheme – West Hollywood, CA
- Musso & Frank Grill – Los Angeles, CA
- Pacific Coast Grill – Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA
- Spencer’s Restaurant – Palm Springs, CA
A total of 13 restaurants from California were featured on the list, the most compared to the other 27 states included in the listing.
Mark Echeverria, the chief financial and operating officer at Musso & Frank Grill, was ecstatic to see that his restaurant made the list.
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“For 104 years, we have proudly served our community with affection and we’ve been honored to welcome countless thousands of couples of all ages, on dates, after their engagements and weddings, or on their wedding anniversaries, Echeverria said.
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Man convicted in 3 states in custody after shooting at officers, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A man accused of committing crimes in three different states is now in Memphis Police Department’s custody.
On Nov. 14th, Memphis Police OCU Scorpion Unit was attempting a felony warrant pick-up at a mobile home at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Airways Boulevard.
The suspect was identified as 48-year-old Curtis Hearn according to Memphis Police.
Detectives knocked and introduced themselves as law enforcement officers. After cops identified themselves, an officer noticed Hearn inside the mobile home as he grabbed a black handgun and pointed it directly at the door.
Memphis Police say an officer was positioned by the door and he and other detectives retreated and took cover from the gunshots and waited for additional officer personnel to make the scene.
After an elapsed period of time, Hearn was taken into custody―detectives located a black handgun that Hearn used to commit the aggravated assault.
In the state of Ohio, Hearn was sentenced to a three-year conviction for aggravated burglary and robbery on Jan. 22, 2006. He was also convicted for felony theft of property in Arkansas on March 27, 2020.
Hearn used the alias Kevin Sanders and was convicted under the name in Tennessee and was convicted for two counts of felony possession of a controlled substance on Aug. 4, 2014. He now faces charges of two counts of aggravated assault and unlawful possession.
Hearn has a $115,000 bond and is expected to appear in court on Nov. 22 at 9 a.m.
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Ex-prison warden faces trial over inmate abuse allegations
The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison known as the “rape club” goes on trial Monday, accused of molesting inmates and forcing them to pose naked in their cells.
Ray J. Garcia, who retired after the FBI found nude photos of inmates on his government-issued phone last year, is among five workers charged with abusing inmates at the federal correctional institution in Dublin, California, and the first to go to trial.
Opening statements and the first witnesses are expected Monday in federal court in Oakland. Garcia, 55, has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he would face up to 15 years in prison.
An Associated Press investigation in February revealed a culture of abuse and cover-up that had persisted for years at the prison, about 21 miles (34 kilometers) east of Oakland. That reporting led to increased scrutiny from Congress and pledges from the federal Bureau of Prisons that it would fix problems and change the culture at the prison.
Garcia is charged with abusing three inmates between December 2019 and July 2021, but jurors could hear from as many as six women who say he groped them and told them to pose naked or in provocative clothing. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said prosecutors can call three additional accusers as witnesses, even though their allegations are not part of his indictment.
Garcia’s lawyer has repeatedly declined to comment, saying he would respond to the charges “only through the court process.” Court filings indicate the defense plans to argue that Garcia took pictures of one inmate because he wanted documentation that she was breaching policy by standing around naked.
The case, with shades of #MeToo behind bars, is also likely to put a spotlight on the Bureau of Prisons, calling into question its handling of sexual abuse complaints from inmates against staff and the vetting process for the people it chooses to run its prisons.
Garcia was promoted from associate warden to warden in November 2020 while he was still abusing inmates, prosecutors say. The Bureau of Prisons has said it didn’t find out about the abuse until later. Garcia is the highest-ranking federal prison official arrested in more than 10 years.
The agency’s new director, Colette Peters, has reiterated the agency’s zero-tolerance policy for staff sexual misconduct and has called for harsher punishment for workers who commit abuse. But as abuse raged at Dublin, the process for reporting it was inherently broken.
Garcia was in charge of staff and inmate training on reporting abuse and complying with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act at the same time he was committing abuse, prosecutors say, and some inmates say they were sent to solitary confinement or other prisons for accusing employees of abuse.
Prosecutors say Garcia tried to keep his victims quiet with promises that he’d help them get early release. He allegedly told one victim he was “close friends” with the prison official responsible for investigating staff misconduct and couldn’t be fired. According to an indictment, he said he liked to cavort with inmates because, given their lack of power, they couldn’t “ruin him.”
Garcia is also accused of ordering inmates to strip naked for him as he made his rounds and of lying to federal agents who asked him if he had ever asked inmates to undress for him or had inappropriately touched a female inmate.
“If they’re undressing, I’ve already looked,” Garcia told the FBI in July 2021, according to court records. “I don’t, like, schedule a time like, ‘You be undressed, and I’ll be there.’”
Garcia was placed on administrative leave before retiring, He was arrested in September 2021.
The inmates were not identified in court papers. The AP generally does not name people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they consent to being identified.
All sexual activity between a prison worker and an inmate is illegal. Correctional employees enjoy substantial power over inmates, controlling every aspect of their lives from mealtime to lights out, and there is no scenario in which an inmate can give consent.
Earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco directed federal prosecutors across the U.S. to “consider the full array of statutes,” including the federal Violence Against Women Act in cases involving Bureau of Prisons employees who are accused of sexual misconduct.
In those cases, Monaco said prosecutors should consider asking judges for sentences that go beyond the federal guidelines if the sentence recommended in the guidelines isn’t “fair and proportional to the seriousness of the offenses.”
Monaco, a key player in the Justice Department’s attempt to reform the federal prison system, meets regularly with Bureau of Prisons director and the department’s inspector general and has met with U.S. attorneys and FBI Director Christopher Wray to emphasize the need to pursue charges when prison employees commit misconduct.
Of the four other Dublin workers charged with abusing inmates, three have pleaded guilty and one is scheduled to stand trial next year. James Theodore Highhouse, the prison’s chaplain, is appealing his seven-year prison sentence, arguing that it was excessive because it was more than double the recommended punishment in federal sentencing guidelines.
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The meeting that changed history and 3 other takeaways from the latest Jan. 6 hearing
Former President Trump knew there was no evidence of widespread election fraud because people close to him told him so on multiple occasions. Many of those same close advisers repeatedly told Trump to concede after the Electoral College voted in mid-December to confirm President Biden’s 2020 victory.
But Trump instead made a fateful choice in the early morning hours of Dec. 19, days after the electors voted, to choose a path that led to the insurrection on Jan. 6.
That’s according to witness testimony and evidence presented at the seventh Jan. 6 committee hearing Tuesday.
“President Trump is a 76-year-old man; he is not an impressionable child,” said committee Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., responding to those defending the former president and saying that Trump was simply influenced by the wrong people. “Just like everyone else in our country, he is responsible for his own actions and his own choices.”
She added that perhaps more than anyone else in the country, Trump had access to “detailed and specific information” showing that claims of widespread fraud in the election were not true, but he chose not to believe it.
“No rational or sane man in his position could disregard that information and reach the opposite conclusion,” Cheney said.
Cheney, who warned of potential witness tampering at the end of the last hearing, also dropped toward the end of this one that Trump had tried to call one of the witnesses who hasn’t testified yet. She said it had been referred to the Justice Department.
There were lots of eye-openers like that, but here are four takeaways from the hearing:
1. An explosive meeting on Dec. 18 was the turning point that set the Jan. 6 insurrection in motion
The committee spent much of the hearing detailing the “tense” late-night Oval Office meeting with Rudy Giuliani, conspiracy theorist lawyer Sidney Powell, ex-Gen. Michael Flynn, who has ties to the QAnon movement and extremist groups, as well as former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne on one side and White House lawyers Pat Cipollone, Eric Herschmann and staff secretary Derek Lyons on the other.
It was essentially the White House professionals, or a version of “Team Normal,” as former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien coined it in an earlier hearing, against, let’s call them, Team Conspiracy.
Team Conspiracy was let into the White House complex by a junior staffer without the knowledge of the White House lawyers. The lawyers were determined to stop what the other team was proposing to the president, including the immediate mass seizure of voting machines by the U.S. military.
There was screaming, threats of violence and insults, including Herschmann telling Team Conspiracy that what it was proposing was “nuts.” Giuliani testified that at one point he told Team Normal, “I’m going to categorize it as you guys are not tough enough. … You’re a bunch of p******.”
The committee showed in multiple ways that this group didn’t have the evidence – and knew it didn’t. Cipollone said he repeatedly told them to present their evidence, and they wouldn’t because they didn’t have any.
The meeting went until after midnight with Trump at the center. At one point, Powell said Trump told her “You see what I deal with? I deal with this all the time.”
Trump then made the decision that changed the course of history. He sided with Team Conspiracy and tweeted, in part, at 1:42 a.m. ET:
“Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
2. That tweet essentially inspired right-wing extremists to mobilize — and become Trump’s insurrection army
Trump’s tweet that day had a clear impact on the coalescing around the importance of going to Washington on Jan. 6.
This was shown through testimony of the two in-person witnesses Tuesday – Jason Van Tatenhove, a former spokesman for the Oath Keepers, a violent militia group, and Stephen Ayres, a former Trump supporter from Ohio who pleaded guilty to illegally entering the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Both men testified that they, and people like them, were inspired to go to Washington on Jan. 6 because of that tweet.
A former Twitter employee, whose identity was obscured, testified that it was as if a mob was being gathered. Prior to Dec. 19, he said, it was vague and non-specific, but it was very clear that individuals were ready, willing and able to take up arms. After Dec. 19, the man said, not only were they willing and able, but the leader of their cause was asking them to join him in fighting for their cause on Jan 6.
Founders of dark websites, like Jim Watkins, founder of 8kun, said he bought a ticket to D.C. after Trump’s tweet.
The founder of TheDonald.win said that after Trump’s tweet, “anything else was shut out,” and it was all about Jan. 6.
Trump knew the power of his tweets, and from past hearings, it was clear he knew his supporters could get violent on Jan. 6. Cassidy Hutchinson, the aide to former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testified that Trump was warned by former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and others of that possibility.
3. Connections to Trump are growing closer, but direct evidence of Trump’s coordination with extremists was harder to come by
Given Trump knew the power of his tweets, that he was warned that his supporters could get violent and knew that they had weapons on Jan. 6 at his speech, and that his encouraging a march to the Capitol was preplanned and not spontaneous, it stands to reason that Trump certainly knew what could happen.
Given his lack of a desire to discourage the violence and how long it took him to finally tell people to leave the Capitol once the violence began, given he never called the military, his attorney general or the Department of Homeland Security to help quell it, and given even after it all happened, he has sympathized with the rioters, one could reasonably conclude that Trump wanted what happened Jan. 6 to happen.
But that’s different from proving it with hard, prosecutable evidence.
Let’s go through what the committee presented Tuesday that builds a trail of crumbs closer to Trump:
- The committee showed that extremists seemed to have some prior knowledge of what was going to happen on Jan. 6, notably that Trump was going to order people to march to the Capitol.
- There was a text exchange between Mike Lindell, the CEO of a company that makes pillows, and Kylie Kremer, one of the crowd organizers that day with the Stop the Steal movement. She’s the daughter of Amy Kremer, the Tea Party Express founder who moved into pro-MAGA organizing. In one exchange Kylie Kremer tells Lindell of a potential march to the Capitol on Jan. 6 that “POTUS is going to just call for it unexpectedly.”
- Ali Alexander, a far-right activist who was also involved with Stop the Steal, also seemed to know this information ahead of time. In one text message shown by the committee, Alexander writes, “Ellipse then US capitol. Trump is supposed to order us to capitol [sic] at the end of his speech but we will see.”
What we didn’t get, however, is how they knew that. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a member of the committee who helped lead Tuesday’s hearing, said on MSNBC after the hearing that former Trump aide Katrina Pierson told Kremer, but she doesn’t know how Alexander knew.
Did Alexander get it from Kremer? Did he get it from former Trump adviser Roger Stone, who was also involved with Stop the Steal and who also spoke with Trump before Jan. 6? From Trump himself? Those dots weren’t connected.
The committee also revealed:
- Steve Bannon, the CEO of Trump’s 2016 campaign, spoke with Trump twice on Jan. 5 and then went on his podcast seemingly with inside knowledge of what would happen the next day.
Did the president tell him something? Or was a provocateur being provocative? We don’t know.
- White House aide Sarah Matthews said in a Jan. 5 meeting Trump said to staff: “How can we make the RINOs do the right thing tomorrow?” A witness also testified that Trump’s mood was seemingly uplifted and that he got practically giddy when he saw and heard the crowd gathering in D.C. ahead of his Jan. 6 speech. Was that because he knew what was going to happen or because he loves crowds of supporters?
This was the first hearing that didn’t quite live up to its own lofty expectations. The committee said it would draw the connection between Trump, his allies and the right-wing extremist groups. The dots may have been put on the table, but they weren’t boldly connected.
After the hearing, Raskin acknowledged on CNN there’s a difference between “causation” in a legal context and what the committee is doing.
“We’re not prosecutors,” he said. But, he added, “In the moral and political context, the language that a leader uses is important in a democracy.”
The Justice Department has an active investigation into Jan. 6 and has been following the committee hearings’ revelations closely. But regardless of whether Trump is convicted of a crime, Van Tatenhove sees an arguably bigger threat.
“I do fear for this next election cycle,” he said, “because who knows what that might bring — if a president that’s willing to try to instill and encourage to whip up a civil war among his followers, using lies and deceit and snake oil and regardless of the human impact, what else is he going to do if he gets elected again?”
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Gov. Eric Holcomb gave his best sales pitch Tuesday as he used his State of the State address to urge lawmakers to support his ambitious, expensive agenda.
Holcomb proposes spending $5.5 billion in new funding in the budget on programs and initiatives that span education, public health and economic development.
READ MORE: Holcomb unveils ambitious agenda for 2023, including more than $5 billion in new spending
In trying to sell that to lawmakers in his speech, he repeatedly emphasized the impact it could have. And he used some of his special guests to do so.
“Mandy Allen, a school counselor in South Vermillion School Corporation. Mandy paid about $630 this year for books for her four children," Holcomb said. "Our state's constitution promises a tuition-free education. Let's cover the full cost of curriculum fees paid for by parents so that folks like Mandy don't have to pay this dreadful bill ever again starting the next school year.”
Holcomb also spoke about an urgency to address long-building "disadvantages." Perhaps chief among those is a huge infusion of spending into the state's public health system.
"I hate to remind us, but I will: we rank 45th for smoking, 46th for obesity, 43rd for access to mental health providers and 41st for childhood immunizations, among all states – our competition," Holcomb said.
There was a new announcement – the state will award grants to help build the longest trail in Indiana, more than 60 miles of an old rail line in southern Indiana.
“Another great example of the state helping meet the demand to explore and discover – in Indiana – right in our backyards,” Holcomb said.
Holcomb is asking lawmakers for another $75 million this year for trails and land conservation.
Contact reporter Brandon at bsmith@ipbs.org or follow him on Twitter at @brandonjsmith5. | https://www.wbaa.org/2023-01-10/holcomb-makes-best-sales-pitch-to-lawmakers-for-ambitious-agenda-in-2023-state-of-the-state | 2023-01-11 01:30:45 | 0 | https://www.wbaa.org/2023-01-10/holcomb-makes-best-sales-pitch-to-lawmakers-for-ambitious-agenda-in-2023-state-of-the-state |
Which Matein backpack is best?
Backpacks are probably the most underrated form of luggage. They are extremely versatile and can be used for many purposes. Backpacks can be carried over most any terrain, and they are convenient for use as luggage for overnight trips or carry-on luggage on flights.
Matein produces high-quality and durable backpacks at affordable prices. The best Matein backpack available right now is the popular Matein: Travel Backpack, an excellent all-purpose choice at an economical price.
What to know before you buy a Matein backpack
There are a considerable number of backpacks out there constructed for different purposes. Choosing the right one can be a bit overwhelming. What should be your primary considerations when purchasing one?
Purpose
Matein backpacks are generally all-purpose, but they do have different features that may affect your choice. For example, some Matein bags are too small for extended traveling. Others are only water-resistant, as opposed to waterproof. Consider your purpose and the backpack’s features carefully before making a purchase.
Storage
Backpacks offer many storage options. Some long-term travelers may find a backpack doesn’t offer enough storage capacity and should opt for a traditional luggage option. Those who use a backpack for daily commutes or to carry work materials, like laptops and tablets, can easily find an option to suit their needs.
Size
Lightweight travelers not wishing to check in their luggage should pay attention to the backpack’s dimensions. Matein backpacks generally meet airline requirements for carry-on luggage. However, it is always advisable to check with airlines first to avoid hefty charges at the airport.
What to look for in a quality Matein backpack
Design
Matein backpacks are usually available in classic colors and styles. However, some models come in different colors and designs. Look closely at the versions available before choosing if you want something a bit more eye-catching.
Compartments and pockets
Renowned for having many pockets and compartments, Matein backpacks are great for keeping travelers, students and hikers well-organized. Secret pockets are available on some models for keeping valuable items, and separated compartments are easily accessible and manageable.
Padding
Any backpack should have ample padding to prevent damage to valuables when accidentally dropped. Always read online reviews before purchasing and make sure the bag you buy has adequate protection.
How much you can expect to spend on a Matein backpack
Smaller backpacks suitable for teenagers and college students start at just over $20. Extra-large backpacks can cost just over $100.
Matein backpack FAQ
Are Matein backpacks waterproof?
A. Some Matein bags are water-resistant, and some are waterproof. Neither will offer complete protection from the elements. A water-resistant bag will provide protection for short periods in light rain. In contrast, a waterproof bag will provide protection for more extended periods. In very wet conditions, both bags will eventually leak. If you expect to get drenched, a waterproof backpack cover will provide extra protection and put your mind at ease.
How can I travel for long periods with a smaller Matein backpack?
A. It is possible to travel for extended periods with a backpack. However, some sacrifices may need to be made. If you want to travel lightly, it is essential that you only carry what is absolutely necessary. Consider the following to keep your weight and storage maximized:
- Consider clothing for 4-7 daily changes, and be prepared to do laundry more than you might like. Use layered clothing in cold destinations such as a light merino wool or nylon base layer, lightweight fleece and a windbreaker.
- Essential electronics should be slimline and lightweight. A MacBook Air is far more convenient than a bulky laptop.
- Only the most essential makeup and toiletries should be brought. Remember, you can probably buy most things at your destination.
- Multipurpose footwear is excellent to keep the weight down. A pair of plain, dark trekking shoes could also be used for everyday wear. However, depending on what you plan to do on your trip, a pair of flip-flops may be all you need.
- Accessories such as an Amazon Kindle can replace those novels quite easily. You won’t need an extra camera if your cellphone has a quality one built-in.
What’s the best Matein backpack to buy?
Top Matein backpack
What you need to know: Designed for carrying laptops up to 15.6 inches, this unisex backpack is useful in many situations.
What you’ll love: This comfortable laptop is great for travel. It can also be used for college, high school or weekend backpacking adventures. It’s water-resistant and has a deceivingly large amount of storage space.
What you should consider: The handy USB charger can be used with any portable charger, but it does not include one.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Matein backpack for the money
Matein: Reversible School Book Bag
What you need to know: Although promoted as a school book bag, this unisex backpack can be used for all occasions.
What you’ll love: This water-resistant bag can be turned inside out to reveal a different design. The multi-pocket layout means you can easily store your textbooks or other items in an organized fashion. It’s also great as hand luggage or light weekend luggage.
What you should consider: The size will only accommodate a 15.6-inch laptop.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Matein Waterproof Wheeled Backpack
What you need to know: Aimed more at the traveler, this rolling unisex backpack can also be used by college and high school students.
What you’ll love: This roomy backpack is suitable for hand luggage and weekend travelers. Long-term travelers who pack light may find it perfect as their main luggage. It’s waterproof and comes in three different colors or a floral design.
What you should consider: The bag weighs about 5 pounds and the handle is 22 inches long.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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A newly released trailer for Nintendo’s upcoming movie, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” heavily featured the voice of Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy. Long a secondary character in the main franchise, the trailer revealed just how involved Peach would be in Nintendo’s new movie, showcasing scenes where she dons her iconic Mario Kart biker outfit and even wields a halberd, all but ensuring her place as more than just a princess in another castle.
The trailer, which also featured the first glimpses of Seth Rogen’s Donkey Kong and Charlie Day’s Luigi, showcased Princess Peach as she rallied the Mushroom Kingdom to fight against Jack Black’s Bowser, culminating in a scene where she and other notable Mario characters raced on a track reminiscent of the Mario Kart series’ famous Rainbow Road.
The trailer, viewers’ second glimpse at the upcoming film, also addressed many fans’ questions, and appeared to show that the film would take major inspiration from many of the games. Multiple enemies from the series’s deep roster of villains appeared, like the Bullet Bill, and several power-ups were shown, like the Tanooki suit. In one sequence, Princess Peach assumes the powers of the fire flower, replacing her pink color scheme with the series’ emblematic fire flower colors.
The first trailer for the film received major criticism for the titular character’s performance. Fans are still torn whether actor Chris Pratt’s performance captures the magic of Nintendo’s biggest icon. Initial reactions to Taylor-Joy’s Peach (including ours) appear to be more favorable.
Nintendo’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is slated for release April 7, 2023. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/11/29/new-trailer-mario-franchises-supporting-cast-takes-center-stage/ | 2022-11-29 23:34:45 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/11/29/new-trailer-mario-franchises-supporting-cast-takes-center-stage/ |
Civil Grand Jury releases "A Progress Report About The San Francisco Department Of
Homelessness And Supportive Housing"
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2021-2022 San Francisco Civil Grand Jury today released a report about the status of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH, or the Department), initially formed in 2016 to monitor and coordinate City and non-profit homeless services.
The Jury investigated the operational performance of HSH, the lead agency coordinating the City's response to homelessness. Its interest in investigating this subject stemmed from its desire to follow up on operational deficiencies identified by the City's Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA) performance audit completed in 2020, some of which remain unresolved.
Two years after the BLA report, deficiencies remain in areas such as communications, community engagement, data collection, and meaningful external oversight.
"HSH must improve its external communications and how it gathers, shares, and responds to data," said Will McCaa, jury foreperson pro tem. "If one seeks basic information about homelessness and what the City is doing about it, such info is scattered across several disparate department websites and online dashboards. Our City's homeless data must be more accessible to its residents.
"For example, HSH could hone its focus on the needs of older adults who are experiencing homelessness. Half of the city's homeless population is over 50 years of age and the fastest growing age group of homeless people is now 65 years and older. Older adults experiencing homelessness are sicker, more frail, and more vulnerable to violence. However, the department effectively omits this population in data reporting. As a result, HSH often falls short in considering special circumstances for older adults.
"Moreover, we believe HSH should be overseen by a Commission. HSH has the 8th largest operating budget of all City departments but is unique in that it has no formal commission overseeing its activity. We believe independent department oversight, with binding authority, must be established if San Francisco residents are to gain trust in HSH," concluded McCaa.
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HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Themed "Being Theoria", the 4th Hangzhou Fiber Art Triennial kicked off on October 18, 2022 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The special project "Jinying | Pure Reason" of the Triennial opened on September 30 at the Hangzhou Museum.
Exhibition director Ying Jinfei and artistic director Shi Hui, along with chief curator Liu Tian, co-curators Liu Yihong, Ying Xinxun, Long Xingru, Wang Hongzhe, and more than 60 artists/groups from over ten countries around the world, opened the fourth exhibition on "fiber" and "art" in Hangzhou, China, in response to the complex global situation in the second decade of the 21st century. The artists/groups include Ann Hamilton (USA), Annette Messager (France), Constanza Piña (Chile), Raqs Media Collective (India), Nathalie Gebert (Germany), Aiko Tezuka (Japan/Germany), Alice Kettle (UK), Zilvinas Kempinas (Lithuania/USA), Ivana Franke (Croatia/Germany), Ho Rui An (Singapore), Chen Chieh-jen (Taiwan, China), Chen Zhe, Guo Cheng, Huang Yan, Liao Fei, Liu Guoqiang, Nabuqi, Tong Wenmin, Zhao Yao, Zheng Bo, etc.
Outside of the Hangzhou Museum, where the stone pagoda of Jingyin Temple stood during the Five Dynasties and Northern Song Dynasty, the "Jingyin | Pure Reason" project is slated to be presented. Artists are invited to create directly on site at the Wushan Mountain (Liangdao Mountain) in the heart of Hangzhou, in the outdoor space within the bounds of the Hangzhou Museum (around the remains of the stone pagoda of Jingyin Temple), and in the public space within the museum. The goal of this project is to surprise and delight the public as the project evolves, thereby stimulating local memory through creative imagination and innovative art.
Throughout the duration of the exhibition, the curators, participating artists, researchers, and world-famous thinkers (Tim Ingold, Zhang Wenjiang, Lothar Ledderose, Zhao Feng, John Durham Peters, Lisa Parks, Wu Yaling, etc) will gather for a series of lectures and forums titled "Fiber, Worldview", "Everything · Fiber and Karma, "Fiber-like Perception", "Weaving that Web", "Technology · Revolution · Ballads", and "The Story of Knotting the Rope", among others, aiming at exploring the esoteric mysteries of civilization.
Public Education Program
On the eve of International Women's Day and Arbor Day in 2022, artist Alice Kettle started the public project "Stitch a Tree" which quickly proved popular. All audience members around the world were invited and encouraged to stitch a "tree" with thread. The stitched trees by citizens in Hangzhou will be joined with other stitched trees by people around the world at the Triennial, where they will be arranged into a large tapestry called Forest. There will also be public projects and activities during the Triennial, such as "One-ton Reservoir", " Plant-based Goods Un&On", "Growing House" and so on.
Hangzhou International Triennial of Fiber Art
Founded in 2013, the Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art is an international exhibition dedicated to the research, creation, and display of contemporary fiber art. The Triennial was founded by the Contemporary Fiber Art Research Institute (formerly the Institute of Art Tapestry Varbanov) of China Academy of Art, and co-founded and co-sponsored by China Academy of Art and Zhejiang Art Museum. Previous exhibition themes are " Weaving & We" (2016), " Boundless Encounters" (2019), " Being Theoria" (2022).
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Attorneys for a white man charged with killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket were unable during a court proceeding Thursday to secure a year's delay in state prosecution.
Payton Gendron's attorneys asked a judge for the delay while a federal case against him proceeds. The federal hate crime charges could potentially carry a death penalty, and Gendron's attorneys said their work in the state case could negatively effect efforts by Gendron's federal defense attorneys, The Buffalo News reported.
“At the end of the day, we don't want our client killed,” attorney Robert Cutting told the judge.
While rejecting the one-year stay, Erie County Judge Susan Eagan granted the defense team until Oct. 6 to go through the voluminous evidence and to indicate whether it will pursue a psychiatric defense, according to the newspaper.
Gendron, 19, has been held without bail since his arrest shortly after the May 14 attack at a Tops Friendly Supermarket, which also left three people wounded.
He was charged in a 25-count indictment in a state court with hate-motivated domestic terrorism, first-degree murder, attempted murder and murder as a hate crime. He has pleaded not guilty.
Gendron's attorneys said in court they were told it would take a year before federal prosecutors decide whether to seek the death penalty.
Gendron, wearing an orange jumpsuit, was handcuffed and shackled in court.
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Police: Mall of America on lockdown after reported shooting
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The Mall of America has been placed on lockdown after a reported shooting, police in Minnesota said Friday.
The Bloomington Police Department said police and emergency medical crews were on the scene of a “reported shooting” at the mall. Police said the mall had been placed on lockdown.
Videos posted on social media showed shoppers hiding in stores. The reported shooting comes as shopping centers and malls across the U.S. see an influx of shoppers just days before Christmas.
The Mall of America confirmed the lockdown on its Twitter account and asked shoppers to remain in “the closest secure location.”
Since it opened in 1992, the mall has been the largest in the U.S. and is a tourist destination and community gathering spot. It bans guns on the premises but does not have metal detectors at its entrances.
The mall was placed on lockdown in August after a reported shooting at the suburban Minneapolis shopping complex sent some shoppers running for cover and two people were wounded last New Year’s Eve during an apparent altercation.
Representatives from the city of Bloomington and the Mall of America did not immediately return requests for comment.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention MINISO Group Holding Limited ("MINISO") (NYSE: MNSO) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded MINISO securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with MINISO's October 2020 initial public offering.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in MINISO, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against MINISO includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants and other undisclosed related parties owned and controlled a much larger amount of MINISO stores than previously stated; (2) as a result, MINISO concealed its true costs; (3) the Company did not represent its true business model; (4) defendants, including the Company and its chairman, engaged in planned unusual and unclear transactions; (5) as a result of at least one of these transactions, the Company is at risk of breaching contracts with People's Republic of China authorities; (6) the Company would imminently and drastically drop its franchise fees; and (7) as a result, defendant's statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: October 17, 2022
Aggrieved MINISO investors only have until October 17, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, September 26, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
227 PM EDT Mon Sep 26 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Schenectady, central
Albany, southeastern Fulton, southwestern Saratoga, northeastern
Schoharie and southeastern Montgomery Counties through 300 PM EDT...
At 227 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Tribes Hill to Delanson to near Schoharie.
Movement was east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Albany, Schenectady, Clifton Park, Rotterdam, Saratoga Springs,
Amsterdam, Cohoes, Colonie, Scotia, Delmar, Latham, Guilderland,
Glenville, Niskayuna, Duanesburg, Ballston Spa, Menands, Berne,
Voorheesville and Altamont.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 88 between exits 24 and 25.
Interstate 90 between exits 5A and 28.
Interstate 890 between exits 1a and 9.
Interstate 87 between exits 23 and 7, and between exits 8A and 13N.
Interstate 787 near exit 1.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 4313 7382 4284 7367 4260 7378 4255 7434
4271 7426 4294 7438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 253DEG 30KT 4289 7427 4273 7418 4263 7423
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
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TikTok trends are everywhere. From funny dances to viral pasta recipes, millions of people love trying out new ideas and products to make their lives more fun and convenient.
One of the recent social media trends has involved doing a seven-day hair detox. How is this done? It’s simple in practice, but hard for many to follow through with. Essentially, you allow your natural scalp and hair oils to replenish by not using any kind of hair products. This means no shampoo or conditioner and no hair care creams, sprays or oils for seven days. You can still shower and wet your hair, but that’s it.
In my case, I took the 7-day challenge to see if one of Amazon’s best clarifying shampoos lived up to the hype we’ve been seeing in its reviews and on social media. I figured it would be a good test for the shampoo to work on hair that has not only had product buildup on it but also really needs a reset.
Before I get into my experiment and results, let’s look at some of the best clarifying shampoo products based on Amazon reviews. Either would work well for an experiment of this type, so if you’re looking to try it out, consider them both.
The Best Clarifying Shampoos
Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo promises to repair, strengthen, and hydrate all hair types. It is formaldehyde-free, gluten-free, paraben-free, and sulfate-free.
This clarifying shampoo has more than 53,000 reviews on Amazon and a 4.7 out of 5-star rating. Reviewer Tiffany Gordon gave the product a 5-star rating for how it worked on fine-textured hair.
“For the first time … I have no extensions in and my hair is shiny,” Gordon wrote in the review. “I can actually brush it and it doesn’t stick straight up.”
Both Olaplex and users of the clarifying shampoo recommend pairing it with the conditioner, Olaplex No. 5, for best results.
Meant for use only once or twice a week, Ouai Detox Shampoo promotes a “fresh start” for your hair each time you use it. This concentrated, clarifying shampoo is made with apple cider vinegar and other nutrient-rich ingredients to bring out the best in your hair.
Nearly 1,800 customers have rated Ouai Detox Shampoo on the website and give it a 4.6 out of 5-star rating. Amazon reviewer stephtor011 called the clarifying shampoo “a must buy” in her online review, which included before and after photos.
“The first picture was taken before using the product,” the user wrote. “I was losing volume and definition … I decided to give it a try, and on my first use, my curls came back to life!!!”
Ouai Detox Shampoo also has no parabens, no phthalates, and is sulfate-free.
My 7-Day Hair Detox Experiment
So, after looking at the two products above, I decided to order the Ouai Detox Shampoo. A number of the reviewers mentioned they had curly hair, so it seemed like a good match for me.
I have short, thick, curly (sometimes frizzy) red hair that is graying and tends to get dry quickly. It’s something I’ve struggled with for a long time.
Over the past few years, I’ve increased my activity level to improve my health and lose weight. I run/walk five or six days a week and strength train two days a week. In other words, my hair gets a workout, too, from the sweat, the heat, etc. Oh, I also wear a bike helmet, because while I like being safe, I clearly like to be cruel to my hair.
The helmet came out on day two of my seven-day detox — on bike day. Yikes. Let’s add insult to injury, shall we?
You can see even under the helmet that my hair already looks dry and a bit frizzy.
When I’m trying to keep my hair under control, I tend to use a lot of products: a moisturizing shampoo and conditioner, a leave-in conditioner, and a frizz serum. I don’t use them every day, but the buildup is real.
By day four, my hair didn’t necessarily look awful thanks to the short length. But it felt pretty nasty thanks to the no washing with shampoo and the daily workouts. Ick.
My Results, Using Ouai Detox Shampoo
At last, I arrived at my hair-washing day. I’ve never been so relieved to wash my head! I pulled out the Ouai Detox Shampoo and hopped in the shower.
I admit I used a little more than the quarter-sized amount most people recommend. I will say this clarifying shampoo doesn’t smell like something you’d enjoy at a spa or salon. Clearly, Ouai wasn’t going for fragrance. Don’t get me wrong: it doesn’t offend the nose. It just smells like soap.
But, it did work up a good lather, which surprised me for some reason.
I had already scrubbed the shampoo in for a while at this point and you can see there’s still some lather present. I rinsed off with some cooler water to help tame the frizz.
I did not purchase the accompanying conditioner. I decided to just skip using one to see what the actual results would be with just the shampoo.
My hair felt and sounded squeaky clean! And, after I let it air dry, I was impressed with how soft it felt even without using conditioner.
I haven’t styled it or used any other hair care products, yet. I wanted to make sure you saw the final result without any frills.
It may not look a lot different, but I do feel like my hair and scalp is cleaner than normal — like it has that “fresh start” clarifying shampoo manufacturers promise.
I will definitely keep using this product and see how it fares after repeated washings! Is it a good value? I think so since you don’t need to use it every day and it will last a while.
Have you ever tried a clarifying shampoo? What did you think?
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New bill stiffens Ohio’s texting and driving laws
SOUTH POINT, Ohio (WSAZ) - Changes to Ohio State law are cracking down on distracted driving.
“I think it’s terrible that people drive with their cell phones and they don’t even look at the traffic a lot of times,” said Violet Jenkins.
Earlier this month, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 288 into law, which strengthens laws in Ohio related to the use of cell phones and other electronic devices while driving.
The bill designates the use of cell phones and other electronic communications devices while driving as a primary traffic offense for all drivers and allows law enforcement to immediately pull over a distracted driver upon witnessing a violation. Under the previous law, distracted driving was a primary offense only for juvenile drivers, preventing officers from stopping adult distracted drivers unless those drivers also committed a separate primary traffic violation, such as speeding or running a red light.
Ohio State Highway Patrol reported 34 people were killed as a result of distracted driving crashes in 2022. Although, distracted driving is known to be underreported.
The law goes into effect in April of 2023.
Law enforcement will issue warnings to drivers found violating the law for the first six months following the effective date. After this six-month grace period, law enforcement will have the authority to issue citations. Penalties include a fine of up to $150 for a driver’s first offense and two points on their license unless a distracted driving safety course is completed. Increased penalties can occur if the driver is a repeat offender.
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Primary Sponsor of the No. 30 Entry with Driver Jack Harvey at Honda Indy Toronto
CHICAGO, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hub International Limited (HUB), a leading global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced today it returns with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) as the primary sponsor of Jack Harvey's No. 30 entry at the 2023 Honda Indy Toronto event scheduled to take place on July 14-16 at Exhibition Place along the shores of Lake Ontario. HUB will also be a full-season associate sponsor of the team and will appear on driver Graham Rahal's No. 15 entry, team uniforms and equipment.
"We've loved every second of the ride since becoming a RLL sponsor, and we're honored to be associated with prominent drivers like Jack Harvey," said Larry Lineker, HUB Executive Vice President and a member of HUB's Executive Management Team. "High-performance is central to HUB's values and what has empowered HUB to provide tailored, high-performing solutions to help clients like RLL continue to adapt to today's evolving market."
HUB has deep ties to both the racing and auto industry, supporting the risk management needs of nearly 40% of auto dealerships in Canada. HUB also insures 13 of the full-time INDYCAR drivers, which accounts for half of the field. HUB has insured RLL for more than six years and has been a partner of RLL as an associate sponsor of Graham Rahal's No. 15 car for three years.
In 2022, HUB was the primary sponsor of Christian Lundgaard's entry at the Honda Indy Toronto, one of the marquee races on the INDYCAR circuit and one of the largest sporting events in Toronto since the pandemic. The 2023 season marks Harvey's fourth full season of INDYCAR competition. His best start to date is second place in the 2021 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and 2020 GMR Grand Prix and his best finish is third in the 2019 Indianapolis Grand Prix.
"We are thrilled to once again team up with HUB," said Bobby Rahal, co-owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. "We see this as much more than a sponsorship – it's an opportunity to showcase our shared values - a dedication to both our industries, a winning spirit and culture of going above and beyond to maximize performance and gain advantage."
For more information about RLL Racing, visit www.rahal.com. To learn more about HUB, visit hubinternational.com.
About Hub International
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Hub International Limited is a leading full-service global insurance broker and financial services firm providing risk management, insurance, employee benefits, retirement and wealth management products and services. With more than 16,000 employees in offices located throughout North America, Hub's vast network of specialists brings clarity to a changing world with tailored solutions and unrelenting advocacy, so clients are ready for tomorrow. For more information, visit Hub Media Center.
About Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, based in Zionsville, Ind., is co-owned by three-time IndyCar Champion and 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal, former CBS Late Show host David Letterman and Mi-Jack co-owner Mike Lanigan. In 2023, the team begins its 32nd year of competition and will attempt to add to its 29 Indy car wins – including the 2004 Indy 500 from pole with Buddy Rice and the 2020 Indy 500 with Takuma Sato -- their 33 poles, 109 podium finishes and 1992 series championship. The team also competed in the American Le Mans Series from 2009-2013 as BMW Team RLL where they won both the Manufacturer and Team Championships in the GT category in 2010 and swept all three GT titles in 2011 - Manufacturer, Team and Driver. In 2012, the team finished second in the Team Championship and third in the Manufacturer Championship and in 2013, the team finished second in the Driver, Team and Manufacturer Championship. From 2014 to 2021, BMW Team RLL competed in the GTLM class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a two-car program. In 2022, BMW M Team RLL competed in the GTD PRO class in IMSA while simultaneously ramping up for a two-car program in the much-anticipated GTP class in IMSA for 2023. In total, the team has earned 22 wins – including the 2019 and 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance races, 30 poles and 96 podium finishes prior to the start of the 2023 season. BMW M Team RLL highlights also include second-place finishes in the Manufacturer, Team and Driver championships in 2015 and 2017 and being named the 2020 Michelin North American Endurance Champions.
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CUTE: Miniature horse born without use of rear legs takes off running in new wheelchair
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - A miniature horse born with little-to-no movement in his rear end can now trot thanks to a new wheelchair.
Turbo was born with two luxating patellas, a congenital defect, according to Road to Refuge Animal Sanctuary in North Haven, Connecticut.
The only way Turbo was able to walk was in a hunched position, with the horse’s total weight being placed on its two front legs.
Turbo’s previous owners contacted “R2RAS” in North Haven for guidance, and it stepped in and offered to give Turbo a fighting chance at its sanctuary.
Megan, the Founder of Road to Refuge and mixed animal vet technician, said she began her organization after working at a veterinary practice. During her time as a vet tech, Megan said she saw a surplus amount of farm animals being brought in to be euthanized. She instead took the animals home with her to give them a second chance.
“I lean towards the special needs ones, the broken ones, the really medical intensive cases,” Megan said.
She said she has cared for blind goats, elderly goats, and a goat named Peaches who also needed a wheelchair for assistance.
Megan said that’s how she got started on the path that led to Turbo’s rescue.
Walkin’ Pets, a New Hampshire-based pet mobility company, said it came across Turbo’s story on social media and drove to the sanctuary, where it donated a wheelchair to Turbo. Before it could even get Turbo fully strapped in, it said the horse took off running.
“Seeing Turbo walk before any assistance and dragging his legs, to being in his cart, I almost started crying,” Megan said. “He was running, bucking – it was all very exciting.”
Megan urged people not to shy away from adopting a special needs animal.
“It’s definitely a road worth traveling,” she said. “They really make a special place in your heart.”
The sanctuary said Turbo’s journey is far from over. As the horse continues to heal, it will need physical therapy, rehab, and possible knee surgery. Anyone looking to help with the medical bills can do so on the R2RAS website here.
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Puerto Rican band Buscabulla discusses how they made the song "Andrea" with rapper Bad Bunny, and what it means for pop music to raise awareness about intimate partner violence.
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Mercer Bears (8-11, 1-5 SoCon) at VMI Keydets (5-14, 0-6 SoCon)
The Bears are 1-5 against SoCon opponents. Mercer is 4-4 in games decided by 10 or more points.
The Keydets and Bears meet Thursday for the first time in SoCon play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Woods is shooting 42.9% and averaging 14.8 points for the Keydets. Sean Conway is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for VMI.
Jalyn McCreary is scoring 14.5 points per game with 5.4 rebounds and 0.5 assists for the Bears. Kamar Robertson is averaging 11.1 points and 2.4 rebounds while shooting 49.6% over the last 10 games for Mercer.
LAST 10 GAMES: Keydets: 2-8, averaging 71.3 points, 31.5 rebounds, 11.8 assists, 6.4 steals and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.9 points per game.
Bears: 4-6, averaging 67.4 points, 30.3 rebounds, 13.2 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.3 points.
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CA San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA Zone Forecast for Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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midnight. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny in the morning then clearing.
Highs around 50. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to
25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
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Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 30 mph shifting to the northeast 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
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mid 50s. South winds up to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds up to 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
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upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Patchy frost in the morning. Mostly cloudy in the
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morning, then mostly sunny with a 40 percent chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance
of rain. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
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.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid
30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Planada 34 50 28 54 / 100 10 0 0
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Le Grand 34 50 28 54 / 100 10 0 0
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CAZ304-011200-
Coalinga - Avenal-
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Including the cities of Avenal and Coalinga
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
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MORNING...
.TONIGHT...Breezy. Chance of rain early in the evening, then rain
in the late evening and early morning. Chance of rain and slight
chance of snow late in the night. No snow accumulation. Lows in
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the mid 30s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy, sunny. Patchy blowing dust in the afternoon.
Highs around 50. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to
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around 45 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust in
the evening. Widespread frost after midnight. Lows in the lower
30s. Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph
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decreasing to 5 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
mid 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
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Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the mid
50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
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.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in
the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
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.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in
the mid 50s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Coalinga 35 51 33 56 / 90 10 0 0
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Avenal 36 49 33 54 / 80 10 0 0
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West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties-
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Including the cities of Lemoore Station, Five Points,
and Kettleman City
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY...
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...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain early in the evening,
then rain in the late evening and early morning. Chance of rain
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late in the night. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph shifting to the northwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy, sunny. Patchy blowing dust in the afternoon.
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Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph. Gusts up to
45 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust in
the evening. Widespread frost after midnight. Lows in the lower
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30s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph
decreasing to 5 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
mid 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
upper 50s.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows
in the mid 30s. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
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.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows
in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs in the
upper 50s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in
the upper 50s.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Huron 35 51 30 56 / 90 10 0 0
Five Points 35 51 30 56 / 70 10 0 0
NAS Lemoore 35 51 30 55 / 90 10 0 0
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Kettleman City 37 51 32 54 / 80 20 0 0
$$
CAZ306-011200-
Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma-
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Including the cities of Selma, Sanger, Parlier, Kingsburg,
and Kerman
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
.TONIGHT...Chance of rain early in the evening, then rain likely
late in the evening. Chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the
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mid 30s. South winds 5 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest 10 to
15 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny in the morning then clearing.
Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing
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to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly clear. Widespread frost after
midnight. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph
with gusts to around 40 mph becoming north 5 to 10 mph after
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midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest in
the afternoon.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. North winds up to 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
upper 50s.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs
around 60.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows
in the mid 30s.
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.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the upper 50s.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Selma 36 49 30 54 / 80 20 0 0
Kingsburg 36 49 29 55 / 80 20 0 0
Sanger 35 49 30 54 / 80 20 0 0
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Kerman 35 51 28 55 / 80 10 0 0
Caruthers 35 51 29 55 / 70 10 0 0
$$
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Fresno-Clovis-
Including the city of Fresno
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
.TONIGHT...Patchy fog early in the evening. Rain in the evening,
then rain likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Southeast
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winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight.
Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny in the morning then clearing.
Highs around 50. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to
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25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
Lows around 30. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around
30 mph shifting to the east around 5 mph after midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in
the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
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Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds up to 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
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cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs in
the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
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upper 30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
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Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Clovis 36 49 30 54 / 90 10 0 0
Fresno 36 50 32 55 / 80 10 0 0
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West Side Mountains South of 198-
Including the cities of Blackwells Corner and McKittrick
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
.TONIGHT...Windy. Patchy blowing dust through the night. Rain
through the night. Snow likely after midnight. Snow accumulation
up to 2 inches. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds 20 to 30 mph with
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gusts to around 65 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain and
snow in the morning. Patchy blowing dust in the afternoon. Highs
42 to 50. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to around
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50 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to
around 40 mph becoming west 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around
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25 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 47 to
53. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
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Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds up to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs 49 to 55.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows
in the mid 30s. Highs 53 to 59.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs 49 to 57. Lows in
the mid 30s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 48 to 56. Lows in
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the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 48 to 56.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Livingston 32 52 29 56 / 100 0 0 0
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Merced 34 51 29 56 / 100 10 0 0
Chowchilla 35 51 29 54 / 100 10 0 0
Madera 35 51 29 55 / 90 10 0 0
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Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5-
Including the cities of Lost Hills and Buttonwillow
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
.TONIGHT...Breezy. Chance of rain early in the evening, then rain
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in the late evening and early morning. Rain likely late in the
night. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 45 mph shifting to the west 10 to 25 mph after
midnight. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of
rain in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs around
50. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in
the afternoon. Gusts up to 40 mph.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
Lows around 30. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around
35 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
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mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. West winds up to 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
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mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows
in the lower 30s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
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.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
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.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost in the
morning. Patchy frost after midnight. Highs in the upper 50s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs in
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the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lost Hills 36 50 30 53 / 100 50 0 0
Buttonwillow 37 51 30 55 / 100 70 0 0
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Delano-Wasco-Shafter-
Including the cities of Delano, Wasco, Alpaugh, and Shafter
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
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.TONIGHT...Breezy. Chance of rain in the evening, then rain after
midnight. Rain likely late in the night. Lows in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west 10 to 25 mph
after midnight. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Mostly sunny. A 50 percent chance of rain in
the morning. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost in the evening,
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then widespread frost after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s.
Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph shifting to the south around 5 mph
after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
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lower 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the west up
to 5 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost in the evening,
then widespread frost after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s. East
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winds up to 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows
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in the lower 30s. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost after midnight.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs in the
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upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows in
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the mid 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Alpaugh 35 49 27 54 / 100 40 0 0
Allensworth 36 49 28 54 / 100 50 0 0
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Wasco 38 49 30 53 / 100 60 0 0
Delano 36 48 29 53 / 100 60 0 0
McFarland 37 48 30 53 / 100 60 0 0
Shafter 38 49 30 53 / 100 70 0 0
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Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore-
Including the cities of Hanford, Lemoore, and Corcoran
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
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.TONIGHT...Chance of rain early in the evening, then rain in the
late evening and early morning. Chance of rain late in the night.
Lows in the mid 30s. South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
northwest 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of rain near
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100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning. Highs around 50. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to
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around 40 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to
30 mph in the evening.
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.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest in
the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
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Lows around 30. Northeast winds up to 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly
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cloudy. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs
around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid
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30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows
in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lemoore 35 51 29 55 / 80 20 0 0
Hanford 36 51 29 56 / 80 20 0 0
Corcoran 35 50 27 54 / 100 40 0 0
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Visalia - Porterville - Reedley-
Including the cities of Goshen, Visalia, Tulare, and Porterville
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
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.TONIGHT...Rain until early morning, then chance of rain late in
the night. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds 5 to 15 mph shifting
to the northwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain near 100 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost in the evening,
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then widespread frost after midnight. Lows around 30. North winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph shifting to the southeast
after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
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lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest
in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. East winds up to 5 mph.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows
in the mid 30s.
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.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs in
the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Reedley 35 49 30 54 / 90 30 0 0
Dinuba 35 48 30 53 / 90 30 0 0
Visalia 36 49 30 54 / 80 30 0 0
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Exeter 35 47 30 53 / 100 50 0 0
Tulare 36 49 29 54 / 90 40 0 0
Lindsay 35 46 30 53 / 100 50 0 0
Porterville 35 46 31 53 / 100 50 0 0
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Buena Vista-
Including the city of Taft
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
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.TONIGHT...Windy. Chance of rain in the evening. Rain after
midnight, then rain likely late in the night. Patchy blowing dust
in the late evening and overnight. Lows in the upper 30s. West
winds 10 to 30 mph with gusts to around 55 mph. Chance of rain
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near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Mostly sunny. A 50 percent chance of rain and
snow in the morning. Highs 44 to 50. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph
with gusts to around 45 mph.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph
in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
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lower 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in
the mid 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost in the
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morning. Areas of frost after midnight. Highs 51 to 57. Lows in
the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs
around 60.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs 54 to 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs 52 to 59.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Taft 38 47 35 53 / 90 50 0 0
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Bakersfield-
Including the city of Bakersfield
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY...
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...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
.TONIGHT...Breezy. Chance of rain in the evening, then rain after
midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
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shifting to the northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around
45 mph after midnight. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny. Rain likely in the morning,
then slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
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40s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing.
Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds
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5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 30 mph shifting to the southeast
after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west in the
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afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
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mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows
in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs
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around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
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30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bakersfield 38 46 33 53 / 90 70 0 0
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Southeast San Joaquin Valley-
Including the city of Richgrove
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
.TONIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then rain after midnight.
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Lows in the mid 30s. South winds 5 to 15 mph shifting to the west
15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph after midnight. Chance
of rain near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in
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the morning, then slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to
25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing.
Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph shifting to the
southeast after midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in
the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
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Lows in the lower 30s. East winds up to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows
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in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
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30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Richgrove 36 46 30 52 / 100 60 0 0
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South End San Joaquin Valley-
Including the cities of Lamont and Arvin
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
.TONIGHT...Chance of rain in the evening, then rain after
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midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds 5 to 20 mph. Gusts up
to 30 mph increasing to 55 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the
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morning, then slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Patchy
blowing dust in the afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times in the
morning. Highs 43 to 49. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts
to around 45 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in the lower
30s. West winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph shifting
to the south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 49 to
55. South winds up to 10 mph shifting to the northwest in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
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Lows in the lower 30s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 51 to 57.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows
in the mid 30s.
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.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs
56 to 62.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 53 to
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59.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs 52 to 58.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows in
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the mid 30s. Highs 51 to 57.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Arvin 35 46 31 53 / 90 80 0 0
Lamont 37 47 31 53 / 90 80 0 0
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Mettler 35 46 29 52 / 90 80 0 0
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Mariposa Madera Foothills-
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Including the cities of El Portal and Mariposa
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
.TONIGHT...Patchy fog early in the evening. Rain in the evening.
Chance of rain and snow after midnight, then slight chance of
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rain and snow late in the night. Snow accumulation up to
3 inches. Lows in the lower 30s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 35 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around
35 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost through the
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night. Lows in the upper 20s. North winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts
to around 35 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs around
50. Southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the
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afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds up to 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
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lower 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
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of rain. Highs in the lower 50s. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening.
Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 50. Lows in
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the mid 30s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mariposa 26 40 25 45 / 100 20 0 0
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Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra-
Including the cities of Bass Lake, Coarsegold, Fish Camp,
Oakhurst, and North Fork
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Snow and rain in the evening, then snow likely after
midnight. Chance of snow late in the night. Snow may be heavy at
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times until early morning. Snow accumulation up to 25 inches.
Total snow accumulation up to 35 inches. Lows 19 to 27. South
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 45 mph shifting to the
northwest 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph after midnight.
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Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
33 to 41. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the
afternoon.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 19 to 25.
Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
41 to 47. Southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest
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in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost through the
night. Lows 25 to 31. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 42 to 50.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Widespread frost. Lows 28 to 34.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow and rain. Highs 36 to 49. Lows 26 to 34.
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.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow and rain.
Highs 37 to 45.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows 25 to 31. Highs
38 to 46.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Oakhurst 22 41 20 49 / 100 20 0 0
Bass Lake 20 36 19 44 / 100 30 0 0
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Fresno-Tulare Foothills-
Including the city of Millerton Lake
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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.TONIGHT...Rain until early morning. Snow after midnight, then
chance of rain and snow late in the night. Snow accumulation up
to 3 inches. Lows in the lower 30s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
shifting to the west after midnight. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance
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of precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A 50 percent chance of snow and rain
in the morning. Highs 40 to 46. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost through the
night. Lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts
up to 25 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs around
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50. Southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds up to 5 mph.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.
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.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs
52 to 58.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid
30s. Highs 48 to 55.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Millerton Lake 34 47 30 51 / 100 20 0 0
Three Rivers 30 43 25 52 / 100 60 0 0
Springville 28 38 25 47 / 100 60 0 0
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Tule River Reservation 32 41 30 50 / 100 70 0 0
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Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra-
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Including the city of Auberry
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Rain and snow until early morning, then chance of snow
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late in the night. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation
up to 34 inches. Total snow accumulation up to 39 inches. Snow
level 2800 feet. Lows 20 to 30. South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting
to the west after midnight. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of
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precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Highs 29 to 39. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 19 to 27.
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Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Not as cool. Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning.
Areas of frost in the afternoon. Highs 39 to 47. Southeast winds
up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost in the evening.
Widespread frost after midnight. Lows 26 to 34. Northeast winds
up to 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 41 to 49.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Widespread frost in the evening. Lows 28 to 36.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 42 to 50.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the evening,
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then chance of snow and rain after midnight. Lows 26 to 34.
Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of snow and rain.
Highs 38 to 48.
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.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows 25 to 34.
Highs 37 to 47.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Auberry 28 39 27 46 / 100 20 0 0
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South End Sierra Foothills-
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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.TONIGHT...Breezy. Rain until early morning, then rain with snow
likely late in the night. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Lows
in the mid 30s. South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west
15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph after midnight. Chance
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of precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow and rain in
the morning, then slight chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Highs around 40. Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph with
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gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing.
Areas of frost through the night. Lows in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph shifting
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to the southeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the
upper 40s. Southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest
in the afternoon.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight.
Lows in the mid 30s. East winds up to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost in the
morning. Areas of frost after midnight. Highs around 50. Lows in
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the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
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30s. Highs in the lower 50s.
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South End of the Lower Sierra-
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Windy. Rain and snow until early morning, then snow
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late in the night. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation
up to 39 inches. Total snow accumulation up to 40 inches. Snow
level 3300 feet. Lows 24 to 30. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts to around 40 mph shifting to the west 15 to 30 mph with
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gusts to around 55 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Highs 28 to 36.
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Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing.
Widespread frost. Lows 21 to 27. North winds 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 40 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Not as cool. Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning.
Areas of frost in the afternoon. Highs 39 to 45. Southeast winds
up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost through the
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night. Lows 27 to 33. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 40 to 46.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost in the evening.
Widespread frost after midnight. Lows 29 to 35.
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.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 40 to 51. Lows
29 to 35.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows 27 to 35.
Highs 39 to 47.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Camp Nelson 19 26 16 39 / 100 90 0 0
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Yosemite NP outside of the valley-
Including the cities of Tuolumne Meadows and Wawona
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
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.TONIGHT...Windy, colder. Snow until early morning, then chance
of snow late in the night. Snow may be heavy at times until early
morning. Snow accumulation of 11 to 24 inches. Total snow
accumulation 15 to 39 inches. Lows 2 below to 12 above zero.
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Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 65 mph becoming
west 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 55 mph after midnight.
Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow in
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the morning. Highs 10 to 26. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 40 mph shifting to the north 15 to 25 mph with
gusts to around 60 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Windy. Partly cloudy. Lows 1 to 15. Northeast
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winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts to around 70 mph decreasing to
10 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Not as cold. Mostly sunny. Highs 32 to 40. North
winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph shifting to the
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west 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 8 to 20. North winds up to
10 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the afternoon. Highs 26 to
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38.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows 10 to 22.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. A
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50 percent chance of snow. Highs 22 to 34. Lows 8 to 22.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a
50 percent chance of snow. Highs 17 to 29. Lows 6 to 18.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of
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snow. Highs 18 to 30. Lows 4 to 18.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs
19 to 31. Chance of snow 30 percent.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
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Tuolumne Meadows -4 20 -2 43 / 100 40 10 0
Wawona 16 35 15 45 / 100 30 0 0
Hetch Hetchy 19 37 21 48 / 100 30 0 0
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Yosemite Valley-
Including the city of Yosemite Valley
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Breezy. Snow until early morning, then chance of snow
late in the night. Snow may be heavy at times until early
morning. Snow accumulation of 11 to 20 inches. Total snow
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accumulation 14 to 27 inches. Lows 14 to 20. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph becoming west 5 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of
snow near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
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morning. Highs 29 to 35. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
lower 20s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the
evening.
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.THURSDAY...Not as cool. Mostly sunny. Highs 40 to 48. North
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 22 to 28. Northeast winds
up to 5 mph.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 39 to 45.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows 24 to 30.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A 40 percent chance of snow in the
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afternoon. Highs 36 to 42.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
50 percent chance of snow. Lows 20 to 29. Highs 31 to 37.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance
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of snow. Highs 32 to 38. Lows 20 to 26.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Yosemite 18 35 20 48 / 100 30 0 0
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San Joaquin River Canyon-
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
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.TONIGHT...Windy. Snow until early morning, then chance of snow
late in the night. Snow may be heavy at times until early
morning. Snow accumulation of 1 to 23 inches. Total snow
accumulation 2 to 31 inches. Lows 14 to 22. Southwest winds 15 to
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30 mph with gusts to around 55 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 45 mph after midnight. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
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morning. Highs 27 to 35. West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph shifting to the north 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 23. North winds 10 to
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20 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph decreasing to 30 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Not as cool. Mostly sunny. Highs 41 to 47. North
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost in the evening.
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Widespread frost after midnight. Lows 23 to 29. Northeast winds
up to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 41 to 47.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
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cloudy. Lows 24 to 32.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance
of snow. Highs 37 to 45. Lows 22 to 30.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of
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snow. Highs 32 to 40. Lows 21 to 29.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance
of snow. Highs 32 to 41. Lows 19 to 27.
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Upper San Joaquin River-
Including the cities of Devils Postpile, Florence Lake,
and Lake Thomas Edison
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Windy. Snow until early morning, then chance of snow
late in the night. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation
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of 11 to 27 inches. Total snow accumulation 12 to 39 inches. Lows
2 below to 10 above zero. Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph shifting
to the west 15 to 30 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 70 mph.
Chance of snow near 100 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Partly sunny. A 40 percent chance of snow in
the morning. Highs 7 to 23. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 40 mph increasing to north 20 to 30 mph with
gusts to around 65 mph in the afternoon.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Windy. Partly cloudy. Lows 2 below to 10 above
zero. Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 75 mph
decreasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph after
midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Not as cold. Mostly sunny. Highs 30 to 40. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 40 mph shifting to the
west 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 8 to 18. West winds 5 to
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15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 26 to 38.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows 9 to 19.
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.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. A
40 percent chance of snow. Highs 21 to 33. Lows 6 to 18.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent
chance of snow. Highs 17 to 29. Lows 4 to 16.
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.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs
17 to 29. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows 3 to 15. Highs
18 to 30.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Devils Postpile 5 17 5 39 / 100 40 10 0
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Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge-
Including the cities of Lake Wishon, Huntington Lake,
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Windy. Snow until early morning, then chance of snow
late in the night. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation
of 13 to 38 inches. Total snow accumulation 15 to 46 inches. Lows
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2 to 12. Southwest winds 15 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph
increasing to 65 mph after midnight. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow in
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the morning. Highs 12 to 24. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
to around 30 mph shifting to the north 15 to 25 mph with gusts to
around 50 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly clear. Lows 2 to 12. Northeast
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winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 60 mph decreasing to
10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 45 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Not as cold. Mostly sunny. Highs 33 to 39. North
winds 5 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the
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afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost after midnight.
Lows 12 to 20. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the afternoon. Highs 29 to
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39.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows 12 to 22.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance
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of snow. Highs 26 to 36. Lows 8 to 18.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of
snow. Highs 21 to 31. Lows 7 to 17.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 21 to 32. Lows
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6 to 16.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Huntington Lake 7 20 10 33 / 100 40 0 0
Shaver Lake 15 27 15 37 / 100 40 0 0
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Lake Wishon 10 25 9 41 / 100 50 0 0
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Kings Canyon NP-
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Including the city of Cedar Grove
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Very windy. Snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow
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accumulation of 12 to 38 inches. Total snow accumulation 12 to
43 inches. Lows 5 below to 7 above zero. Southwest winds 25 to
45 mph with gusts to around 85 mph. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Partly sunny. Chance of snow in the morning,
then slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs 3 to 17.
Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 70 mph decreasing to
60 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow 50 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Mostly clear. Lows 6 below to
6 above zero. North winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts to around
75 mph decreasing to 15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph
after midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Not as cold. Sunny. Highs 26 to 38. West winds 5 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph decreasing to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 7 to 17. West winds 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 21 to 35.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Partly cloudy.
Lows 1 to 17. Highs 18 to 32.
.SUNDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny. Chance of snow in the afternoon.
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Highs 15 to 27. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 10 above.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 14 to 26. Lows
2 below to 10 above zero.
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.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 15 to 27.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Cedar Grove 14 33 11 51 / 100 70 0 0
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Grant Grove Area-
Including the cities of Grant Grove and Hume Lake
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Windy. Snow until early morning, then snow likely late
in the night. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation of
1 to 40 inches. Total snow accumulation 1 to 43 inches. Lows
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10 to 22. Southwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to around
55 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Highs 17 to 29. West winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around
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30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature around
17. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the
evening.
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.THURSDAY...Not as cold. Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the
afternoon. Highs 33 to 43. Southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting
to the southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost in the evening.
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Lows 19 to 29. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the afternoon. Highs 32 to
42.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
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cloudy. Lows 18 to 30.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs 31 to 41.
Lows 16 to 26.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of
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snow. Highs 26 to 38. Lows 14 to 26.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 27 to 37. Lows
14 to 24.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
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Grant Grove 14 25 12 38 / 100 60 0 0
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Sequoia NP-
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Including the cities of Giant Forest and Lodgepole
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Very windy. Colder, snow. Snow may be heavy at times.
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Snow accumulation of 3 to 44 inches. Total snow accumulation 3 to
47 inches. Lows 5 below to 15 above zero. Southwest winds 20 to
30 mph shifting to the west 25 to 40 mph after midnight. Gusts up
to 70 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Highs 5 to 23. Northwest winds
15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly clear. Lows 4 below to 14 above
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zero. North winds 10 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 75 mph decreasing to
45 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Not as cold. Sunny. Widespread frost in the
afternoon. Highs 27 to 39. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up
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to 35 mph decreasing to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 8 to 24. North winds 5 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the afternoon. Highs 24 to
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38.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 3 to 25. Highs
17 to 37.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Colder. Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 20 above.
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.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 17 to 33. Lows
1 below to 19 above zero.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 17 to 33.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
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Lodgepole 12 23 9 38 / 100 70 0 0
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South End of the Upper Sierra-
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Including the city of Johnsondale
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Very windy. Snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow
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accumulation of 4 to 50 inches. Total snow accumulation 4 to
51 inches. Lows 7 to 21. West winds 20 to 30 mph increasing to
30 to 40 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 70 mph. Chance of snow
near 100 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of
snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Highs 17 to 27.
Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly clear. Near steady temperature
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around 14. Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts to around
70 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 45 mph
after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Not as cold. Sunny. Widespread frost in the
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afternoon. Highs 31 to 39. West winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
southwest in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost in the evening.
Lows 15 to 25. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around
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30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the afternoon. Highs 31 to
39.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost in the evening.
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Lows 14 to 26.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 27 to 40. Lows
12 to 26.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 12 to 26.
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.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 26 to 36. Lows
10 to 24.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 27 to 37.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
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Johnsondale 17 30 12 43 / 100 90 0 0
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Kern River Valley-
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Including the cities of Lake Isabella and Kernville
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Windy. Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in
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the late evening and overnight. Snow accumulation up to
18 inches. Snow level 3500 feet. Lows in the upper 20s. Southwest
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 50 mph shifting to the
west 20 to 35 mph with gusts to around 60 mph after midnight.
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Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Partly sunny. Chance of snow in the morning,
then slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Snow may be heavy at
times in the morning. Highs in the mid 30s. West winds 15 to
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30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost after
midnight. Lows 19 to 25. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to
around 35 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
mid 40s. Northwest winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows in the
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upper 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows in the upper
20s.
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.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
Lows around 30.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
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Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Alta Sierra 18 23 15 33 / 100 90 0 0
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Kernville 25 38 20 48 / 100 80 0 0
Lake Isabella 27 38 23 46 / 100 80 0 0
Weldon 27 37 21 46 / 100 70 0 0
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Piute Walker Basin-
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
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.TONIGHT...Windy. Snow and rain until early morning, then snow
late in the night. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation
up to 32 inches. Snow level 3700 feet. Lows 18 to 28. West winds
15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph increasing to 25 to
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35 mph with gusts to around 65 mph after midnight. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning,
then slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Snow may be heavy at
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times in the morning. Near steady temperature in the mid 20s.
Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 60 mph decreasing to
50 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy in the evening then
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clearing. Widespread frost after midnight. Near steady
temperature in the lower 20s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts to around 45 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 30 mph after midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Not as cold. Sunny. Widespread frost. Highs 34 to 42.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 19 to 29.
Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph after midnight.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 34 to 44.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 22 to 32.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 35 to 48. Lows
23 to 33.
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.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 25 to 35.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs 34 to 44. Lows
22 to 32.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 35 to 45.
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Tehachapi-
Including the city of Tehachapi
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Windy. Snow likely and chance of rain in the evening,
then snow and rain after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times.
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Snow accumulation up to 18 inches. Snow level 3800 feet. Lows
22 to 30. West winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph
increasing to 20 to 35 mph with gusts to around 60 mph after
midnight. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Near steady
temperature in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with
gusts to around 55 mph.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly cloudy in the evening then
becoming partly cloudy. Lows 19 to 27. Northwest winds 20 to
30 mph with gusts to around 55 mph becoming west 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 35 mph after midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Areas of
frost in the afternoon. Highs 35 to 43. West winds up to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost in the evening.
Lows 24 to 30. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph
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after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 37 to 45.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows 25 to 33.
.SATURDAY...Not as cool. Sunny. Highs 42 to 52.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 26 to 34. Highs
39 to 47.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows 26 to 35.
Highs 37 to 47.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bear Valley Springs 25 30 22 37 / 100 90 0 0
Tehachapi 25 33 20 41 / 100 90 0 0
Twin Oaks 28 35 24 43 / 100 80 0 0
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Grapevine-
Including the cities of Grapevine and Lebec
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then snow and rain after midnight. Snow may be heavy at
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times late in the night. Snow accumulation up to 3 inches. Snow
level 4000 feet. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds 5 to 15 mph
increasing to west 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph after
midnight. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
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.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
snow and rain. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Near
steady temperature in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph
with gusts to around 45 mph.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly cloudy in the evening then
becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds
15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph decreasing to 10 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph after midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 37 to
43. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 39 to 45.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
Lows around 30.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 42 to 52. Lows in
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the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
30s. Highs 40 to 47.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
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Grapevine 30 38 25 44 / 90 80 0 0
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Frazier Mountain Communities-
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Including the city of Frazier Park
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Windy. Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the
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evening, then rain and snow after midnight. Snow may be heavy at
times after midnight. Snow accumulation up to 12 inches. Total
snow accumulation up to 13 inches. Snow level 4000 feet. Lows
21 to 33. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around
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50 mph shifting to the west 20 to 35 mph with gusts to around
60 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow and rain in the
morning, then chance of snow in the afternoon. Snow may be heavy
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at times. Near steady temperature around 30. Northwest winds
20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph increasing to 60 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy in the evening then
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clearing. Near steady temperature in the upper 20s. Northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 50 mph shifting to the
southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph after
midnight.
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.THURSDAY...Not as cool. Sunny. Highs 36 to 46. West winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon. Gusts up to
25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 25 to 35. West winds 5 to
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10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 38 to 48. Lows
26 to 36.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 41 to 55. Lows
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26 to 36.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows 25 to 37.
Highs 38 to 49.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
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Pine Mountain Club 22 29 20 38 / 90 70 0 0
Frazier Park 20 34 15 42 / 90 80 0 0
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Indian Wells Valley-
Including the cities of Inyokern and Ridgecrest
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
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.TONIGHT...Windy. Partly cloudy early in the evening then
becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy blowing dust until early morning.
Areas of blowing dust late in the night. Chance of rain and
slight chance of snow in the evening, then rain likely and snow
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after midnight. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Lows in the
lower 30s. Southwest winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts to around
55 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy, sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
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morning. Patchy blowing dust through the day. Highs 40 to 46.
West winds 20 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph decreasing to 45 mph
in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust in
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the evening. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph
with gusts to around 65 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds 5 to
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15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
Lows in the upper 20s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
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mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
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30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
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Lows in the lower 30s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Inyokern 34 43 28 52 / 80 40 0 0
Ridgecrest 34 46 27 55 / 70 30 0 0
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Mojave Desert Slopes-
Including the city of Mojave
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1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Windy. Chance of rain and snow in the evening, then
rain and snow after midnight. Patchy blowing dust in the late
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evening and overnight. Snow may be heavy at times after midnight.
Snow accumulation up to 16 inches. Snow level 3800 feet. Lows
25 to 33. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph increasing to west 25 to
35 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 60 mph. Chance of
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precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Very windy. Partly sunny in the morning then
clearing. A 50 percent chance of snow. Patchy blowing dust
through the day. Snow may be heavy at times. Highs 32 to 40.
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Northwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts to around 65 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust in
the evening. Near steady temperature in the upper 20s. Northwest
winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 70 mph decreasing to
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15 to 25 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Not as cool. Sunny. Highs 40 to 50. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest
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winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 41 to 55. Lows
around 30.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
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30s. Highs 42 to 52.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 40 to 51. Lows
around 30.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mojave 32 40 27 51 / 90 70 0 0
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Mojave Desert-
Including the cities of Rosamond, California City, Randsburg,
and Edwards AFB
1101 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
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...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Very windy. Mostly cloudy. Patchy blowing dust in the
evening. Areas of blowing dust after midnight. Slight chance of
rain in the evening, then chance of rain after midnight. Rain
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likely and chance of snow late in the night. Snow accumulation up
to 2 inches. Lows in the lower 30s. Southwest winds 20 to 35 mph
with gusts to around 55 mph increasing to 25 to 45 mph with gusts
to around 65 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation
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70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of snow
in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Patchy blowing dust
through the day. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 25 to 35 mph
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with gusts to around 60 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust in
the evening. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph
with gusts to around 70 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph with gusts
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to around 30 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost after midnight.
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Lows around 30. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Widespread frost. Lows
27 to 33. Highs in the upper 50s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
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Lows in the lower 30s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Randsburg 34 39 31 50 / 80 40 0 0
California City 33 42 25 53 / 90 50 0 0
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Edwards AFB 33 43 25 54 / 80 50 0 0
Rosamond 33 43 25 53 / 90 60 0 0
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WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of common stock of Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG) between August 9, 2022 and March 1, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period") of the important June 12, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Plug Power common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: The lawsuit alleges that, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts, about Plug's business and operations. Specifically, defendants misrepresented and/or failed to disclose that Plug was unable to effectively manage its supply chain and product manufacturing, resulting in reduced revenues and margins, increased inventory levels, and several large deals being delayed until at least 2023, among other issues. As a result, defendants' statements about the company's business, operations, prospects, and ability to effectively manage its supply chain and production lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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In Maine, a proposed $1B patriotic park will feature 1,776-foot tall flagpole
A bold plan to build a $1 billion patriotic theme park in Maine would contain the world's tallest flagpole, soaring a symbolic 1,776 feet above sea level, and one of the largest-ever American flags.
The proposal comes from the family behind Wreaths Across America.
The park's purpose is even more ambitious than its size: Heal a divided nation through the shared sacrifice for all Americans represented by the star-spangled banner's broad stripes and bright stars.
"Everyone feels the division we're all experiencing right now," Rob Worcester, managing director of the Flagpole of Freedom Park, told Fox News Digital. "We hope this creates an opportunity for Americans to come together."
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Fox News Digital obtained exclusive renderings of the Flagpole of Freedom Park ahead of Flag Day, June 14.
The centerpiece of the park in Columbia Falls, Maine, will be a soaring flagpole that equals the height of One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the nation.
The pole itself will be 1,461 feet tall, placed on top of a hill 315 feet above sea level, totaling 1,776 feet in height.
The centerpiece of the proposed Flagpole of Freedom Park in Maine is a 1,776-foot tall flagpole, the world's highest, featuring an observation deck and a giant American flag larger than a football field. (Flagpole of Freedom Park)
It will carry an American flag larger than a football field, measuring 360 feet long by 208 feet wide.
The plan is to break ground in 2023 and open the first phase of the park on July 4, 2026, the nation's 250th birthday.
Additional highlights include an observation deck atop of the flagpole, offering 360-degree views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pine Tree State's dense forests; a 900-foot long Disney-style Main Street in the Village of Old Glory featuring shops, eateries and entertainment; and walls of remembrance honoring all 24 million Americans who have served in the military throughout the nation's history.
A second 450-feet-tall flagpole displaying the POW/MIA flag will pay tribute to the 93,500 American servicemen and women whose fates remain unknown.
"Flagpole of Freedom Park will be the most significant patriotic destination in the country," reads a statement from the project's founders.
Flagpole of Freedom Park plans call for a 900-foot-long Main Street and historical village with shops, lodging and entertainment. (Flagpole of Freedom Park)
"Part national monument, part historical adventure, part immersive tech-driven museum and part architectural wonder, this is a destination where we can all come together as simply Americans."
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Worcester is currently seeking donations to make the park a reality.
The entire project, $1 billion just for the proposed first phase, will be 100% privately funded, Worcester said.
The family behind the Flagpole of Freedom park has executed an ambitious patriotic plan in the past.
The 1,776-foot tall flagpole at the proposed Flagpole of Freedom Park will include an observation deck offering 360-degree views of the Atlantic Ocean and New England forests. (Flagpole of Freedom Park)
Family patriarch Merrill Worcester of Worcester Wreath Co. in Harrington, Maine, founded Wreaths Across America in 1992.
The project has now placed millions of wreaths on veterans graves across the country, enlisting the aid of tens of thousands of volunteers each year, while achieving official recognition for Wreaths Across America Day each December from Congress in 2008.
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Flagpole of Freedom Park offers a "much-needed paradigm" shift in America, said project spokesman Vann Morris, a U.S. Navy combat veteran and orator known as "The Voice of Old Glory" for his rousing tributes to the American flag.
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"People need to understand that the flag represents all Americans, every single one of us," said Morris.
"It's not a political statement. It's a symbol of unity. It's about healing America."
He hopes the project will inspire people to "honor our veterans, remember the fallen and pay tribute to those in uniform right now."
The Flagpole of Freedom Park's planned flag will be among the largest ever made.
Late California resident Thomas Demski is credited with owning the largest-ever American flag, measuring 505 feet by 225 feet, according to several sources. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/in-maine-a-proposed-1b-patriotic-park-will-feature-1776-foot-tall-flagpole | 2022-06-13 20:51:26 | 0 | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/in-maine-a-proposed-1b-patriotic-park-will-feature-1776-foot-tall-flagpole |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will strike a conciliatory tone when she talks about U.S.-China relations on Thursday, calling for “cooperation on the urgent global challenges of our day” while supporting economic restrictions on China to advance U.S national security interests.
“We seek a healthy economic relationship with China: one that fosters growth and innovation in both countries,” Yellen says in prepared remarks to be delivered at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington.
Yellen plans to deliver a speech that calls for improved relations between the two countries, which have seen increasingly strained relations after the discovery of a Chinese surveillance balloon in U.S. air space and since the Communist nation has grown its ties with Russia despite its continued invasion into Ukraine.
“A growing China that plays by international rules is good for the United States and the world,” Yellen says. “Both countries can benefit from healthy competition in the economic sphere. But healthy economic competition — where both sides benefit — is only sustainable if that competition is fair.”
The speech comes as tensions between the U.S. and China are at a fever pitch. The discovery of a surveillance balloon outfitted with high-tech equipment designed to gather sensitive information, making a pass over a sensitive U.S. military site, has drawn lawmakers’ scrutiny.
And China’s support of Russia as it continues to wage its war in Ukraine is causing concern among Western leaders. Though China has maintained that it is neutral in the conflict, stating that it won’t sell weapons to either side in the war, it recently held joint military drills with Russia.
Yellen, in her speech, says U.S. national security “is of paramount importance” in the relationship with the People’s Republic of China. “For example, we have made clear that safeguarding certain technologies from the PRC’s military and security apparatus is of vital national interest,” she says.
The U.S. last year moved to block exports of advanced computer chips to China, an action meant to quell China’s ability to create advanced military systems including weapons of mass destruction, Commerce Department officials said last October.
Military exercises in Taiwan are also ratcheting up fears that China could invade the island. Earlier this month, China conducted large-scale combat exercises around Taiwan that simulated sealing off the island in response to the Taiwanese president’s trip to the U.S. this month.
“We will secure our national security interests and those of our allies and partners, and we will protect human rights” Yellen says in her speech. “We will clearly communicate to the PRC our concerns about its behavior.”
Yellen met with her Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier Liu He, in Zurich in January, which was the highest-ranking contact between the two countries since their respective presidents agreed last November during their first in-person meeting to look for areas of potential cooperation.
“It is important that we make progress on global issues regardless of our other disagreements,” Yellen says. “That’s what the world needs from its two largest economies.” | https://phl17.com/business/ap-business/yellen-calls-for-better-us-china-relations-as-tensions-rise/ | 2023-04-20 14:27:34 | 0 | https://phl17.com/business/ap-business/yellen-calls-for-better-us-china-relations-as-tensions-rise/ |
HOUSTON — A constable deputy's killer is still on the run. The principal at the elementary where he used to work at as a school resource officer in Sheldon ISD saw him just days before he was killed.
Omar Ursin was a school resource officer at H.M. Carroll Elementary for four years until last spring when they say he got a promotion. But he would still stop by, and he did so three days before he was killed.
“It’s just terrible at first disbelief, it was hard to process," said Principal Solmaria Benavides.
In the library is where Benavides says she would often find Ursin.
“He was great, he was kind, soft-spoken," she said.
“He didn’t just keep us safe. He showed the kids how to make a snowflake, how to binary code their name & how to tie their shoes," a staff member tweeted.
“I heard the news about the shooting because I live just a few minutes from there," said Benavides.
She didn’t realize it was Ursin until the next morning.
“I saw him Thursday. He went to Rocky Mountain National Park and I did this summer too so we shared some pictures and talked about it. He was just so happy,” said Benavides.
Surrounded by family - his wife, daughter, and parents, Ursin had just celebrated his 37th birthday Friday.
His family told KHOU 11 they knew his line of work was dangerous, but never expected him to be shot and killed off duty. Investigators say he was driving home after picking up dinner in Houston.
“My son was very friendly, very helpful and he never met a stranger," said Yvonne Ursin, his mother.
Who pulled the trigger on Madera Run Parkway in Atascocita is still a mystery. Homicide investigators with Harris County Sheriff's Office say it could have been road rage, but they are still piecing together surveillance video.
Back on campus, this principal says it’s a loss that’s hard to measure.
“I’m very sorry for their loss. It’s devastating to go through something like this. And they are not alone, we all feel it with them," said Benavides.
If you have any information on Constable Deputy Omar Ursin's case, call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477). | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/deputy-omar-ursin-shot-killed-community-remembers/285-65d7cd37-fe08-46ba-9baa-e9bb15047ad7 | 2022-08-31 11:06:43 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/deputy-omar-ursin-shot-killed-community-remembers/285-65d7cd37-fe08-46ba-9baa-e9bb15047ad7 |
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is showing he can play offense against vulnerable Senate Democrats by forcing them to take tough votes, driving a wedge between red state Democrats up for reelection and the party’s base.
McCarthy put them in a difficult position last week by forcing them to vote on a GOP-sponsored resolution blocking a Biden administration rule encouraging retirement managers to consider environmental, social and corporate governance — or ESG — factors when making investment decisions.
Senate Democrats will take another politically charged vote Wednesday on a House-passed resolution to block a new D.C. crime bill that would lower penalties for carjackings, burglaries and robberies.
The looming vote prompted Biden to tell anxious Senate Democrats at a meeting last week that he would buck his own statement of administration policy and sign the resolution, giving them political cover to vote for it and dodge Republican accusations of being soft on crime.
But it’s still a tough vote for Democrats up for reelection who support D.C. home rule and D.C. statehood, such as Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who told reporters last week that he was undecided on what he called a “complicated” issue.
A PAC affiliated with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) quickly pounced on his uncertainty.
“Thousands upon thousands of Virginians work in Washington, D.C., every day …. But Tim Kaine doesn’t take keeping them safe seriously. Kaine refused to give a straight answer when asked if he’d support GOP legislation that would reverse dangerous changes D.C. made to its criminal code,” the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC affiliated with McConnell, said Monday.
Kaine told reporters Monday that he has decided to vote to block the D.C. crime bill.
He holds one of 23 Democratic seats up for reelection next year.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said McCarthy is helping Senate Republicans put Senate Democrats on the defensive, which could help them win back the majority next year, given the favorable electoral map.
“The House has got off to a great start. … They’re doing their job, they’re helping us,” he said. “It’s calling people out. The [environmental, social, corporate governance bill] last week, this week the crime bill here in D.C.”
“It’s obviously good votes for us,” he added.
McCarthy’s pressure campaign on Senate Democrats is part of an intensifying battle with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who tries to highlight what he calls “MAGA” extremism in the House whenever possible.
Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), an adviser to the Senate Republican leadership, said McCarthy is defining important differences between the Republican and Democratic candidates for voters.
“I think it demonstrates the different policy choices depending on who would be in charge after the 2024 election. So I think a little definition is helpful,” he said.
Biden gave vulnerable Senate Democrats political cover when he told them he will sign the resolution to block the D.C. crime bill, but he enraged many House Democrats who voted against it after the White House budget office announced on Feb. 6 that the administration opposed the GOP-sponsored measure.
After the Office of Management and Budget called it a “clear” example “of how the District of Columbia continues to be denied true self-governance and why it deserves statehood,” 173 House Democrats voted against the resolution.
This could become an issue in the Arizona Senate race next year. Rep. Rubin Gallego (D-Ariz.), who plans to challenge Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) if she runs for a second term, was one of the Democrats who voted to uphold the D.C. crime bill.
The House resolution nullifying the D.C. crime bill has even split Democratic progressives.
Sens. Patty Murray (Wash.) and Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) are two progressive Democrats who say they will vote for it even though they both also support granting statehood to the District of Columbia.
One House Democrat told The Hill last week that the White House flip-flop on the crime bill was “amateur hour” and “heads should roll.”
McCarthy gave Senate Republican candidates more ammo for next year’s races by passing another resolution to disapprove a D.C. bill allowing noncitizens to vote, although that resolution will likely remain “bottled up” in a Senate committee, according to one GOP aide.
If Senate Democrats refuse to let it come to the floor, it will give Republicans another talking point.
“Democrats are twisting themselves into knots trying to defend bills that go easy on violent criminals, allow noncitizens to vote, and enshrine Biden’s radical green energy agenda. It’s been fun to watch,” said Philip Letsou, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
The House is working on another resolution to block a Biden expansion of the Waters of the United States rule that would give the Environmental Protection Agency broader jurisdiction over streams and wetlands.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a resolution last week to overturn the Biden water rule and the House is expected to pass it this week.
That means Senate Democrats, especially those up for reelection in farm states, will take another tough vote on a GOP resolution blocking a Biden administration action.
“The idea that you could have the federal government taking over all waterways no matter how small or inconsequential, in some cases the equivalent of a puddle, I think strikes people in rural parts of the country as obnoxious,” said Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.).
He said the issue could come up for a vote next week.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who will take the lead on the resolution in the Senate, said the Biden rule “expands the [federal] jurisdiction on the waters into unnamed waters that are not within their jurisdiction.”
She said that would require more permitting in the agriculture and construction industries.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told The Hill on Monday that he will vote for the Republican resolution to block the expansion of federal authority over streams and wetlands.
Farm-state senators facing potentially competitive reelection race next year include Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Kaine, Sinema and Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.).
Twenty-four state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit challenging the EPA’s waters of the United States rule, including attorneys general from Montana, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia. | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/mccarthy-goes-on-offense-forcing-senate-democrats-into-tough-votes/ | 2023-03-07 13:05:18 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/mccarthy-goes-on-offense-forcing-senate-democrats-into-tough-votes/ |
SHANGHAI and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hydrexia (Malaysia), an international arm of Hydrexia Energy Technology in Southeast Asia, today announced that has officially entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Green Solution Group (TGS). The MoU is intended to provide a framework for a comprehensive business partnership between the two companies geared toward promoting hydrogen technology user applications in the growing hydrogen market in Vietnam.
Under the terms of the agreement, both Hydrexia and TGS are committed to partnering closely to explore hydrogen development projects in the Vietnamese local market by leveraging each other's technology and market strengths. The proposed collaboration areas between the two companies include, but not limited to, hydrogen distribution, hydrogen storage, and hydrogen refueling station information management system.
"We are excited about this partnership with TGS, as it will fully create a win-win dynamic where both companies can fully utilize our competitive strengths to seize business opportunities in a new and fast-growing hydrogen market," says Gorge Gan, CEO of Hydrexia for Southeast Asia. "Partnering with TGS certainly enlarges Hydrexia's business footprint in the Southeast Asia market," Gan continued.
"The collaboration between Hydrexia and TGS is expected to contribute to the growth of the hydrogen economy in Vietnam and accelerate the adoption of hydrogen as a clean energy source." commented Winnie Huynh, Founder & CEO of TGS. With the combined expertise and commitment to sustainability, Hydrexia and TGS are poised to make significant contribution to hydrogen market in the country.
As an integrated Hydrogen technology solution provider, Hydrexia is committed to serving the needs of the Hydrogen industry chain. To date, the company has grown its business presence to various global markets including Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Russia, and the U.S.
[About Hydrexia]
Hydrexia Energy Technology is a leading integrated hydrogen technology solution provider in China with extensive global reach. The company specializes in providing technology solutions for hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and utilization. Leveraging its solid R&D capabilities and industry-leading technology, Hydrexia aims to effectively address the technology and application needs in the global hydrogen eco-system.
[About Green Solution Group]
The Green Solution Group Corporation (TGS) has been established since 2016 to be a part of the Green Energy businesses in Vietnam, with the mission of contributing to solving the shortage of energy sources by researching, supplying, and implementing renewable energy projects: wind energy, solar energy (ground mounted, floating, rooftop), LNG and Hydrogen.
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Algeria’s foreign minister on Monday decried Syria’s decadelong suspension from the Arab League during a visit to Damascus, indicating support for the war-torn country's return to the organization under President Bashar Assad.
Syria was expelled from the 22-member group and boycotted by its neighbors after the conflict broke out in March 2011, following a heavy-handed crackdown by Assad's government on mass protests demanding reforms.
The country quickly descended into civil war, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced half the country’s population and left large parts of Syria destroyed.
But with Assad regaining control over most of the country, thanks to military assistance from allies Iran and Russia, Arab countries have inched closer toward restoring ties with the Syrian leader in recent years, most notably the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Last October, Jordan’s King Abdullah II received a call on Sunday from Assad, the first between the two leaders in a decade.
Algeria will host the 2022 Arab League summit in November, and the Assad government in Damascus is eager to continue rekindling regional diplomatic relations.
“Syria’s absence from the Arab League harms cooperation between Arab countries,” said Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, speaking at a news conference with his Syrian counterpart, Faisal Mekdad.
“Syria is coordinating with Algeria and several Arab countries to revisit the status of Syria’s membership in the league,” Mekdad said.
Lamamra also met with Assad and delivered a letter from Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboun. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Algeria-s-top-diplomat-backs-Syria-s-return-to-17326912.php | 2022-07-25 14:49:18 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Algeria-s-top-diplomat-backs-Syria-s-return-to-17326912.php |
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Inside Story host Lawrence Bartley about the series, created by formerly incarcerated people, for audiences inside and ouside the system.
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Regular weightlifting could add years to your life, study finds
ROCKVILLE, Md. - A new study suggests that regularly pumping iron could lower the risk of death in older adults.
A team of scientists from the National Cancer Institute recently published their findings in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
However, researchers said a weekly exercise routine should include both weightlifting and aerobic activities to have an additive effect.
For the study, researchers drew participants from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial that began in 1993 and included 154,897 men and women aged 55–74.
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In 2006, 104,002 of the participants were also asked if they had exercised with weights within the past year and how often. They were also asked about the frequency and duration of both moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity over the past year.
The study’s results included the responses of 99,713 people; 28,477 of them died over an average of 9½ years of monitoring. The average age at the start of the monitoring period was 71, and the average weight (BMI) was 27.8 kg/m2 which is defined as overweight.
Nearly 1 in 4 (23%) respondents said they engaged in some weightlifting activity. Sixteen percent said they regularly exercised with weights between one to six times a week. Nearly a third (32%) were sufficiently aerobically active.
Researchers found working out with weights was associated with a 9-22% lower risk of death. For example, using weights once or twice a week was associated with a 20% lower risk. Those who just did aerobics were associated with a 24-34% lower risk of death.
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However, researchers found that those who engaged in weightlifting and aerobics had an even lower risk of death, as much as 47% in certain scenarios.
Researchers said they don’t know the cause between weightlifting and longevity; however, they said weightlifting can produce a leaner body, which is associated with a lower risk of death.
"Our finding that mortality risk appeared to be lowest for those who participated in both types of exercise provides strong support for current recommendations to engage in both aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities," the study’s authors said in a statement.
"Older adults would probably benefit from adding weightlifting exercises to their physical activity routines," they continued.
This story was reported from Los Angeles. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/regular-weightlifting-could-add-years-to-your-life-study-finds | 2022-09-29 01:13:23 | 1 | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/regular-weightlifting-could-add-years-to-your-life-study-finds |
Inaccurate photos of Phoenix and State Farm stadium get roasted online ahead of Super Bowl LVII
PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) – With the nation’s eyes turning towards Arizona as Super Bowl LVll nears, Phoenix and State Farm Stadium in Glendale have taken center stage.
Unfortunately, some of the heavily edited depictions sent out by the City of Phoenix and the NFL of the valley have been ... well ... interesting.
Just before last Sunday’s NFL conference championship games were to begin, the NFL’s official Twitter account tweeted an image of the four starting quarterbacks looking towards State Farm Stadium, which will host the big game on Feb. 12.
For some reason, rather than being nestled at its real hometown of Glendale, the NFL’s image had the stadium situated at the Grand Canyon, just a mere 220 miles north of its actual location, nearly the distance between Washington, D.C., and New York City.
The official Grand Canyon National Park Twitter account quickly corrected the league.
But the social media gaffes were not isolated to those out-of-state.
After the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Cincinnati Bengals to punch their ticket to the Super Bowl, the official City of Phoenix Twitter account sent a tweet welcoming the team and their fans to “the Valley of the Sun.”
Yet rather than use any of the numerous beautiful photos of Phoenix, the city’s tweet contained an obviously heavily edited image that unleashed a slew of jokes and online mockery for its inaccuracies.
Among the eyebrow-raising choices made: Buildings aligned incorrectly, an apparent forest growing in the middle of Phoenix, a patch of a freeway with the signs facing the wrong way and a flag pole higher than the forest canopy, to name just a few.
It didn’t take long for Twitter users to unleash a firestorm of tweets pointing out the inaccuracies of the image depicting Arizona’s largest city. It wasn’t just online users grilling the City of Phoenix.
Maricopa County, home to both Phoenix and Glendale, couldn’t help adding its own cleverly designed image containing several tongue-in-cheek references.
The City of Phoenix sent KPHO the following statement about the image:
The City of Phoenix, like many institutions, uses photos and videos to showcase themselves in marketing opportunities. This photo in the tweet you asked about has been used for years by the City to highlight the beauty of what Phoenix has to offer. This composite and stylized photo was used with permission from Visit Phoenix for regular and special marketing events, such as the Final Four and Super Bowl.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays ran their season-opening win streak to 11 games, using another homer for Brandon Lowe and a strong performance by Shane McClanahan to beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Tuesday night.
Yandy Díaz and Lowe hit back-to-back solo shots with two out in the fifth inning. Lowe extended his homer streak to four straight games.
Isaac Paredes and Josh Lowe also connected for the Rays, and McClanahan (3-0) struck out nine while pitching five-plus innings of one-run ball.
The four homers brought Tampa Bay's total to 29, matching the major league record through 11 games set by the 2000 St. Louis Cardinals. It was the Rays' third four-homer game of the young season.
Tampa Bay's win streak is one game short of the franchise record set in 2004.
McClanahan surrendered two hits, but he walked four. The left-hander has 21 strikeouts in 17 innings so far this season.
Rafael Devers opened the Boston sixth with a leadoff walk. He advanced to third on Justin Turner’s single before McClanahan was replaced by Garrett Cleavinger.
Devers then scored when Masataka Yoshida bounced into a double play. It was the first run allowed by the Rays since the ninth on Friday, a franchise-record streak of 32 scoreless innings.
Paredes’ third homer of the season made it 3-0 in the fourth. Josh Lowe led off the seventh with a drive to right-center against Kaleb Ort for his second homer.
Garrett Whitlock (0-1) permitted five runs and eight hits in five innings in his season debut for Boston. The right-hander had hip surgery in September.
Reese McGuire hit an RBI single in the ninth for Boston.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rays: RHP Zach Eflin was placed on the 15-day injured list with lower back tightness. ... Díaz, who had three hits and scored three runs, left in the eighth inning with an apparent injury. ... INF Taylor Walls, who has missed two games with left elbow tendinitis, expects to return Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Taj Bradley, called up from Triple-A Durham to replace Eflin on the roster, will make his major league debut Wednesday night against Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale (1-0, 11.25 ERA).
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(Green Car Reports) — Thanks to increased rebates, the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is now cheaper to buy than a Tesla Model 3.
Hyundai recently increased rebates on the Ioniq 6 from $3,750 to a maximum $5,000 for the SE and SEL trim levels, CarsDirect found. The top Limited trim level gets a smaller $2,000 rebate, and unlike the rebate for lower trim levels, it’s in the form of a dealer cash incentive, which dealers can simply pocket as profit.
The $5,000 rebate effectively brings the base price of an Ioniq 6 down to $37,715. The Tesla Model 3 currently starts at $41,630. However, the base Model 3 is rated at 272 miles of range, compared to 240 miles for the base Ioniq 6 SE. The Ioniq 6 SE Long Range, with a larger battery pack, offers a 361-mile range that outdoes all current Model 3 variants.
In a first drive, Green Car Reports found the Ioniq 6 manages to stand out not just from the Model 3 and Polestar 2, but from the whole EV crossover crowd. That includes its sibling, the Hyundai Ioniq 5, which has a very different design from the Ioniq 6 sedan.
The Ioniq 5 did get a price hike for 2023, although Hyundai has already worked to undercut Tesla with lease prices on Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6. The Ioniq 5 also gets a $5,000 rebate this month, bringing its base price down to $37,785, according to CarsDirect. And Hyundai is among the automakers offering a $7,500 lease incentive for EVs, exploiting a tax-credit loophole to offer a substitute for vehicles that don’t qualify for a federal tax credit.
Back on the purchase side, whether or not the Ioniq 6 undercuts the Model 3 of course depends on whether you factor in the EV tax credit. As of earlier this month, the entire Model 3 lineup is eligible for the full $7,500.
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TYSONS, Va., Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- M.C. Dean recently broke ground on a new 168,000-square-foot Modular Mission Critical™ manufacturing and storage facility at its Center for Innovation and Industry in Caroline County, Virginia. The construction marks the third phase of what is now a $48.5 million expansion effort since 2019, which is well above the original commitment by the company set for $25 million.
Construction on the new building began in September 2022 and will be completed by June 1, 2023. The total investment for this portion of the expansion will be $23 million and will serve M.C. Dean's growing workforce in the area of nearly 400 employees.
"The demand for modular delivery, which involves complex design, off-site manufacturing, and digitization of construction activities, continues to grow across our customer base, especially for mission critical environments," said Bill Dean, chief executive officer for M.C. Dean. "This expansion is imperative to our ability to lead the industry in modular systems delivery while bringing even more jobs to the region."
The industrial center serves as the home to Modular Mission Critical™, M.C. Dean's manufacturing facility for customizable, fully integrated, tested, and secure modular products for power, communications, security, life safety, mechanical, and automation systems. The expansion will increase the company's manufacturing space to more than 480,000 square feet, enabling increased production capability for top customers in the data center, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and federal markets.
"M.C. Dean, a global innovator in modular design and delivery, continues to elevate Caroline County to be a leading technology employment center in the region, stimulating growth and employment while operating in a rural community with an outstanding quality of life," said Reginald Underwood, Chairman, Caroline County Board of Supervisors from the Reedy Church District. "Strategically located along the I-95 corridor between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Caroline County is ideal for manufacturing and data centers. Caroline County welcomes additional growth and development through technology investment while maintaining thousands of acres of unspoiled natural beauty."
M.C. Dean has made three rounds of investment at this location over the past 19 years with the support of Caroline County and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. Today, the 585-acre site is a cornerstone of the firm's strategic growth and a model for economic development in partnership with Caroline County.
For more information on current job opportunities, visit modularmissioncritical.com/careers.
Modular Mission Critical™ is a product line designed and manufactured by M.C. Dean to enable customers to rapidly deploy power, communications, security, life safety, mechanical, and automation systems, regardless of size and complexity.
M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence®. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation's most recognizable mission critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. The company's capabilities include electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio visual, and IT systems. M.C. Dean is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, and employs more than 5,100 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Four teenagers killed in a car accident on Monday morning may have been participating in a social-media-inspired “challenge,” police in Buffalo, New York, said.
Police said six teens, aged 14–19, were riding in a Kia that had been reported stolen the night before. The speeding car crashed and rolled over at around 6:30 a.m. Monday morning, ejecting five of the passengers from the vehicle.
Three of the passengers were pronounced dead at the scene, while another was confirmed dead later that morning.
One of the ejected passengers, a 14-year-old female, survived, as did the 16-year-old male driver, police said.
The female passenger is in good condition at the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, while the 16-year-old driver was treated and released. The driver has been charged with third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. He may also face additional charges, according to the district attorney’s office.
No other motorists were injured, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia confirmed at a Monday press conference.
“It was a one-vehicle accident — the car into the wall,” he said.
Investigators believe that excessive speed was a factor in the accident. Gramaglia added Monday that the teens may also have been participating in what he referred to as the “Kia Challenge,” meaning they may have learned how to break into and start Kia vehicles using USB chargers.
“I don’t have the exact model, but it’s a Kia,” Gramaglia told a reporter who inquired about the vehicle at a Monday press conference. “I know Kias are widely publicized … the ‘Kia Challenge,’ as it’s called. They are very easy, unfortunately, to steal.”
This method to which Gramaglia referred, which allegedly allows a driver to bypass a chip or a key to start certain Kia models, has been demonstrated on social media platforms, Nexstar’s WXIN previously reported.
In recent months, other police departments across the country have acknowledged similar break-ins and thefts, citing the lack of an immobilization device on certain Kia and Hyundai models. In Norfolk, Virginia, police have observed a 35% increase in Kia and Hyundai thefts in the first half of July alone, WAVY reported. And police in other municipalities, such as Beloit, Wisconsin, and Kentwood, Michigan, are urging Kia and Hyundai owners to take extra precautions.
Both Kia and Hyundai have also been targeted in a class-action lawsuit over the increased risk of theft associated with certain models, KTLA reported last month.
Gramaglia, meanwhile, said Monday that the incident involving the teenagers had been “horrific” not only for the victims’ families, but the police as well.
“This is a terrible, terrible outcome for such young kids that have their whole lives in front of them,” he said.
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DALLAS, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vertical Capital Income Fund (NYSE: VCIF) (the "Fund") announced today that it has entered into a transaction agreement with an affiliate of global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG), whereby upon obtaining approval by the Fund's shareholders Carlyle Global Credit Investment Management L.L.C. ("CGCIM") will become the investment adviser to the Fund (the "Transaction"). In addition, the Fund's investment mandate will change to focus on investing in equity and debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs") in order to drive potential shareholder value.
Under the terms of the transaction agreement, if shareholders approve a new investment advisory agreement with CGCIM and the other closing conditions are satisfied, at the closing of the Transaction, CGCIM or an affiliate will make a special one-time payment to the Fund's shareholders of $10,000,000, or approximately $0.96 per share. In addition, CGCIM or an affiliate will make a $50,000,000 equity commitment to shareholders and/or the Fund in multiple transactions, including (1) the purchase of up to approximately $25,000,000 through a tender offer and (2) an investment of approximately $25,000,000 in newly issued shares and private share purchases. All transactions are expected to occur at prices that are equal to (or greater than) the Fund's then-current net asset value per-share. As a result of these transactions and assuming the tender offer is fully subscribed, Carlyle is expected to own approximately 40% of the Fund.
The Fund's Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the proposed Transaction and will recommend that the Fund's shareholders approve the new investment advisory agreement with CGCIM, along with certain other elements of the Transaction. Additionally, the Fund's four largest institutional shareholders have signed voting, support and standstill agreements. The Fund intends to hold a special meeting of shareholders as soon as practicable to obtain requisite shareholder approvals.
"After careful consideration, the Board believes that refocusing the Fund's strategy to invest in CLOs, may add significant value for our investors. We believe the Transaction is in the best interest of shareholders and is the result of our previously announced initiative to explore strategic options for the Fund," said Robert J. Boulware, the Fund's Lead Independent Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Carlyle has been investing in the credit markets for more than 20 years and is currently the world's largest CLO manager[1]. The firm currently has more than $141 billion in credit assets under management across a broad range of strategies, including illiquid credit, liquid credit, and real assets credit.
The transaction is subject to approval by the Fund's shareholders and other conditions, and is expected to close in the first half of 2023. The Fund's existing adviser, Oakline Advisors, LLC, will resign in conjunction with closing of the Transaction and the effectiveness of the new investment advisory agreement.
Additional information about the Transaction will be provided in a proxy statement that the Fund will provide in connection with the special meeting of shareholders to approve the new investment advisory agreement and certain related proposals.
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. served as financial advisor to the Fund, and Thompson Hine LLP served as legal counsel to the Fund and the independent Trustees of the Fund's Board. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP served as legal counsel to CGCIM.
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Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders are urged to read the definitive proxy statement(s), any amendments or supplements thereto, any other soliciting materials and any other documents to be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction or incorporated by reference in the proxy statements when they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction. The current Board members (Robert J. Boulware, Mark J. Schlafly, T. Neil Bathon, and Jack L. Macdowell, Jr.) as well as the Transaction-related nominee Board members (Mark Garbin, Sanjeev Handa, Joan McCabe, Brian Marcus, and Lauren Basmadjian) are considered participants in the solicitation of votes in the forthcoming proxy statement. Only Mr. Boulware holds shares of the Fund (11,195 shares). Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of these documents (when they are available) on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov and on the Fund's website at www.VCIF.us.
The tender offer described in this release has not yet commenced, and this communication is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. At the time the tender offer is commenced, Carlyle will file with the SEC a tender offer statement on Schedule TO. Investors and security holders are strongly advised to read the tender offer statement (including an offer to purchase, letter of transmittal and related tender offer documents) and the related solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 that will be filed by the Fund with the SEC, because they will contain important information. These documents will be available at no charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, a copy of the offer to purchase, letter of transmittal and certain other related tender offer documents (once they become available) may be obtained free of charge at www.carlyle.com. A copy of the tender offer statement and the solicitation/recommendation statement will be made available to all of the security holders free of charge at www.VCIF.us.
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the business and financial outlook of the Fund that are based on the Fund's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections and are not guarantees of future performance. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on any such statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
Vertical Capital Income Fund is an NYSE-listed closed-end fund that seeks monthly income by investing primarily in performing non-agency residential whole loans secured by real estate. As a secondary strategy Vertical Capital Income Fund aims to provide total return by acquiring performing residential loans at a discount to the unpaid principal balance. The Fund realizes capital gains as loans are paid off before maturity. For more information visit VCIF.us and connect with the Fund on Twitter.
Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Global Investment Solutions. With $369 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2022, Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, portfolio companies and the communities in which we live and invest. Carlyle employs more than 2,100 people in 29 offices across five continents. Further information is available at www.carlyle.com. Follow Carlyle on Twitter @OneCarlyle.
Oakline Advisors, LLC is the adviser to Vertical Capital Income Fund. Founded in 2013, Oakline Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that specializes in the residential whole loan market. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas, Texas-based Behringer. Since its inception in 1989, Behringer, together with its affiliates, has raised equity of more than $6 billion in assets through public and private fund structures. For more information about Oakline and Behringer please visit their respective websites at oaklineadvisors.com and behringerinvestments.com.
[1] According to Creditflux, as of 9/30/22, Carlyle is the world's largest CLO manager by principal liabilities (debt + equities) with $48.57 billion in CLOs under management.
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The Biden administration on Tuesday announced new steps to protect the privacy, safety and mental health of children online.
The Department of Health and Human Services, along with the Commerce Department, will start a task force that looks closely at how online platforms affect kids' mental health.
The task force will try to understand current health challenges that may result from technology as well as newly emerging ones, and will develop guidelines for tracking and preventing the harm children face.
The Department of Education will lead a group that develops policies and best practices for using internet devices like smartphones in schools. The administration wants it to promote pathways to "safe, healthy, and developmentally-appropriate digital literacy skills and habits for P-12 students."
The Commerce Department will take steps to prevent online abuse and harassment of minors, and the Department of Homeland Security will increase its efforts to identify victims of online abuse and investigate cases involving child pornography. These efforts are expected to supplement the recently launched Take It Down platform, where users can report cases of explicit material involving minors.
SEE MORE: TikTok adds a new feature to support mental well-being
The broad new steps are a response to an unprecedented mental health crisis among America's young people.
A report at the end of 2022 found 1 in 5 children have a mental, emotional or behavioral disorder and aren't getting the help they need, and 60% of children with depression don't get any mental health treatment.
The Surgeon General laid out in 2021 the mounting evidence that time spent on social media can often contribute to mental health challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic brought more pressure, particularly on those who were already vulnerable.
At the same time, however, understanding the exact extent to which the internet and social media contribute to mental health challenges will require more study.
The Biden Administration says the findings of its new panels and initiatives will help inform the research agenda.
SEE MORE: White House announces new funding for US mental health crisis
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DOLPHINS (0-0) vs. PATRIOTS (0-0)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium
TV: CBS (Chs. 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 12 in Palm Beach); RADIO: WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish)
Coaches: Mike McDaniel makes his NFL head coaching debut for the Dolphins; Bill Belichick, including playoffs, is 321-156 entering his 28th head coaching season overall and 284-111 entering his 23rd season leading the Patriots.
Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time series with the Patriots, 59-54, including playoffs. Miami has won three straight meetings and four of the past five after a season sweep in 2021. At Hard Rock Stadium, the Dolphins have taken seven of the past nine in the rivalry.
Sentinel Sports Final
Line: The Dolphins are a 3 1/2-point favorite; the over/under is 46.
Injuries: Dolphins — Questionable: DT Raekwon Davis (knee), S Eric Rowe (pectoral), OLB Andrew Van Ginkel (illness), RB Salvon Ahmed (heel), TE Tanner Conner (knee); Reserve/PUP: Byron Jones (lower leg); Injured reserve: CB Trill Williams (knee), TE Adam Shaheen (knee), S Clayton Fejedelem, LB Calvin Munson, FB John Lovett; Patriots — Questionable: S Joshuah Bledsoe (groin), WR Jakobi Meyers (knee), WR Ty Montgomery (knee), CB Shaun Wade (ankle), OT Isaiah Wynn (back); Injured reserve: WR Tyquan Thornton (clavicle) among four players on IR.
Noteworthy: The Mike McDaniel era begins in Miami, and the first-time head coach starts his tenure against Bill Belichick, who is third all time with 321 career coaching victories, including playoffs. ...
Belichick brought his team down to South Florida on Tuesday to get acclimated to the South Florida heat and humidity for a week of practice at Palm Beach Atlantic University. ...
After a huge haul of offseason acquisitions, new Dolphins such as wide receiver Tyreek Hill, left tackle Terron Armstead, edge rusher Melvin Ingram, running backs Chase Edmonds and Raheem Mostert, center Connor Williams and more are set to make their debut with their new team. ...
Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa enters 2-0 against his former college backup at Alabama, Mac Jones, but Jones made the Pro Bowl and reached the playoffs as a rookie, neither of which Tagovailoa has done in his first two NFL seasons. ...
Wide receiver DeVante Parker returns to Miami after getting traded to the Patriots in the offseason. He spent his first seven NFL seasons with the Dolphins. Other ex-Dolphins on the Patriots are linebacker Raekwon McMillan, defensive tackle Davon Godchaux and wide receiver Lynn Bowden. Miami has former New England players in linebackers Elandon Roberts and Trey Flowers and defensive backs Eric Rowe, Keion Crossen and Justin Bethel. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-preview-box-patriots-20220910-x7wz5bj55bd2tatyfmppuws33a-story.html | 2022-09-10 13:54:05 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-preview-box-patriots-20220910-x7wz5bj55bd2tatyfmppuws33a-story.html |
Twins first. Max Kepler walks. Carlos Correa flies out to right field to Alex Verdugo. Byron Buxton doubles to center field. Max Kepler to third. Trevor Larnach grounds out to first base, Triston Casas to Corey Kluber. Byron Buxton to third. Max Kepler scores. Edouard Julien homers to right field. Byron Buxton scores. Jose Miranda lines out to right field to Alex Verdugo.
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Twins 3, Red sox 0.
Twins third. Byron Buxton flies out to deep left field to Jarren Duran. Trevor Larnach walks. Edouard Julien hit by pitch. Trevor Larnach to second. Jose Miranda singles to shallow center field. Edouard Julien to second. Trevor Larnach scores. Joey Gallo homers to right field. Jose Miranda scores. Edouard Julien scores. Ryan Jeffers grounds out to shallow infield, Corey Kluber to Triston Casas. Michael A. Taylor strikes out on a foul tip.
4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Twins 7, Red sox 0.
Red sox third. Triston Casas walks. Jarren Duran strikes out swinging. Enmanuel Valdez singles to left center field. Triston Casas to second. Alex Verdugo hit by pitch. Enmanuel Valdez to second. Triston Casas to third. Raimel Tapia grounds out to shortstop, Carlos Correa to Joey Gallo. Alex Verdugo to second. Enmanuel Valdez to third. Triston Casas scores. Justin Turner lines out to shortstop to Carlos Correa.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. Twins 7, Red sox 1.
Red sox fifth. Jarren Duran doubles to center field. Enmanuel Valdez singles to left field. Jarren Duran to third. Alex Verdugo grounds out to shallow infield. Enmanuel Valdez out at second. Jarren Duran scores. Raimel Tapia grounds out to first base, Edouard Julien to Joey Gallo.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Twins 7, Red sox 2.
Twins sixth. Michael A. Taylor strikes out swinging. Max Kepler doubles to right field. Carlos Correa flies out to deep right field to Alex Verdugo. Max Kepler to third. Byron Buxton walks. Trevor Larnach homers to center field. Byron Buxton scores. Max Kepler scores. Edouard Julien singles to right field. Jose Miranda flies out to shallow center field to Raimel Tapia.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Twins 10, Red sox 2.
Red sox sixth. Justin Turner pops out to shallow right field to Joey Gallo. Rafael Devers grounds out to shallow right field, Edouard Julien to Joey Gallo. Kike Hernandez homers to left field. Reese McGuire doubles to shallow left field. Triston Casas grounds out to shortstop, Carlos Correa to Joey Gallo.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Twins 10, Red sox 3.
Red sox ninth. Kike Hernandez walks. Reese McGuire singles to deep right field. Kike Hernandez to third. Triston Casas walks. Reese McGuire to second. Jarren Duran out on a sacrifice fly to deep center field to Michael A. Taylor. Kike Hernandez scores. Enmanuel Valdez lines out to third base to Jose Miranda. Alex Verdugo flies out to center field to Michael A. Taylor.
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- Lalaloop© AIoT resource circulation solution enables lifecycle data management of resources from manufacturing to reprocessing via LalaloopID© and AIoT self-serve Reverse Vending Machine (RVM).
- It tracks individual and corporate carbon emissions and has been recognized as the smartest solution for building smart cities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
BARCELONA, Spain and SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oysterable (CEO, Tae GoanBae) announced that it introduces the AIoT smart resource circulation solution, Lalaloop© at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2023) in Barcelona, Spain, from today to Thursday, March 2.
Oysterable's Lalaloop© AIoT resource circulation solution is a cutting-edge, self-serve, resource-circulating, Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) and infrastructure that creates a closed loop cycle of recyclables and reusables to solve the growing problem of single-use plastics and waste. It is composed of Lalaloop© AIoT RVM', 'LalaloopID©', and a connected reward application. It automates the collection of resource and carbon incentive management anytime and anywhere, without the need for human assistance. It enables citizens to engage in recycling and reuse easily and conveniently for carbon neutral.
LalaloopID© is an exclusive identification code embedded in recyclables and reusables that is presented for the first time at MWC 2023. LalaloopID© tracks the entire life cycle of resources, including the manufacturing, distribution, and disposal of raw materials, and data on the amount of carbon emissions and waste reduction at each stage, and individuals and companies can trade carbon credits with this data. It can be applied in various types such as QR, Barcode, RFID, Digital watermark, etc.
Oysterable introduces Lalaloop Cup© with LalaloopID© at MWC 2023, following the Lalaloop© AIoT Reusable Cup Solution introduced at CES 2022. It provides infrastructure for building smart cities at the enterprise, city, and regional levels, and received the interest from major buyers and investors in the U.S., Europe, and Asia before the show.
Tae-Goan Bae (CEO of Oysterable) said, "We hope that the AIoT smart resource circulation solution Lalaloop© will encourage citizens to practice recycling and reuse in a more enjoyable and convenient way. As a leading AIoT resource circulation company, Oysterable will continue to contribute to global carbon neutrality with citizens with innovative and convenient technologies."
Oysterable participates in the Korea Pavilion at MWC2023, co-organized by KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency) and KICTA (Korea Information and Communication Technology Industry Association).
About Oysterable
Oysterable is a leading AIoT circulation company in Korea. It specializes in providing cutting-edge AIoT recycling and circular infrastructure and operations management solutions that effectively address the plastic and waste problems. Through the deployment of self-serve resource circulating reverse vending machines and rewards apps, Oysterable is promoting sustainability by creating a virtuous cycle that encourages citizen participation, which is essential for building global smart cities for carbon neutrality, by leveraging innovative technology and rewarding citizens for their participation. Oysterable has self-developed technology, and secured more than 12 patent applications, demonstrating the company's commitment to innovation. As of December 2022, Oysterable apps have reached about 80,000 cumulative users, and more than 660 Lalaloop© machines are successfully operating across Korea. With its innovative solutions and growing user base, Oysterable is playing an instrumental role in promoting sustainable practices in the region and beyond.
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KYOTO, Japan, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OMRON Healthcare Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Company) based in Muko City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, is proud to announce the celebration of its 50th anniversary in blood pressure monitor production this year. Since the introduction of its first manual and manometer-type blood pressure monitor in 1973, the Company has continuously improved and produced accurate and user-friendly blood pressure monitors. To date, the Company has sold over 350 million units in more than 110 countries worldwide.
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The Company has always believed in the importance of home blood pressure monitoring, even when blood pressure readings could only be obtained at medical facilities. In 1991, the Company launched the world's first automated blood pressure monitor with fuzzy logic technology (*) for greater accuracy and ease of use than manual monitors. In parallel with the advancement of blood pressure monitors, the Company worked continuously to improve and developed the pre-formed cuff that the user can wrap around his/her arm securely and easily. Moreover, the Company has been focusing on enhancing usability and measurement accuracy by expanding the range of support functions to ensure that the user maintains the correct measurement posture.
(*) Automatic pressure-setting function
Image1: The first blood pressure monitor: HEP-1
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Image2: The world's first fuzzy logic automatic blood pressure monitor: HEM-706
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In addition, the Company has worked to raise awareness of the importance of home blood pressure monitoring among medical professionals by developing and distributing the accurate and clinically validated devices. The Company supported the Ohasama Study, which was started in 1986 in Ohasama, Iwate Prefecture, by providing around 300 units of OMRON blood pressure monitors for use in the research. Ohasama was notable for high and increasing incidence rates of cardiovascular diseases due to the area's cold climate. To counter this problem, public health nurses worked to improve the community's health by having its residents measure their blood pressure at home and advising them based on their self-measured day-to-day blood pressure data. This study continued for more than 35 years and its findings, which confirmed the benefits of home blood pressure monitoring, have been incorporated into hypertension management guidelines issued in various countries.
The Company has continued to pursue the challenge of adopting digital technology for blood pressure management. In 2010, the Company launched a health management service, WellnessLINK, on the Japanese market. The smartphone app for health management, OMRON connect, is now available in more than 140 countries. Moreover, in 2020, the Company launched a remote patient monitoring service in the U.S. This service enables users to share their blood pressure readings at home with physicians, promoting cardiovascular disease management before it worsens. The Company has expanded its business scope by manufacturing and distributing a range of products and services that support hypertension treatments.
The Company is also committed to developing innovative devices. These developments include the world's first clinically accurate wearable blood pressure monitor, HeartGuide, and an upper-arm blood pressure monitor with built-in electrocardiogram (ECG) technology to facilitate the early detection of atrial fibrillation, a known risk factor for cardiogenic brain embolism.
Image3: Wearable blood pressure monitor: HCR-6900T-M
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Image4: Upper-arm blood pressure monitor with ECG: HCR-7800T
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"This year, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of OMRON blood pressure monitors," said Ayumu Okada, President and CEO of OMRON Healthcare Co., Ltd. "On this occasion, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to all our valued customers for their continuing support of our blood pressure monitors. Cerebro-cardiovascular diseases are known to be the leading cause of death globally, and as populations in many countries continue to age, the number of patients suffering from these diseases is expected to increase even more. We remain committed to fulfilling the vision of 'Going for ZERO' (achieving zero cerebro-cardiovascular events). Going forward, we will continue contributing to extending healthy life expectancy for people around the world by introducing devices and services tailored to solving health-related issues."
History of blood pressure monitor development
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Q: I need help staying connected with my 16-year-old son while respecting his need for privacy and greater independence. How do I do this?
Our goal as parents is to raise children who are interdependent; young adults who rely both on others and themselves. Of course your son has a right to privacy (within reason) and he should trust that you will be transparent with him when it comes to your concerns for his safety and well-being. The fallacy in American parenting is that connection and independence aren’t linked. When a child (and teen) is deeply and safely connected to a loving and warm adult, the teen is more likely to be self-governing, exercise judicious freewill and safely take calculated risks. Without deep connections to loving adults, the teen may be acting on his own (appearing independent), but he is more likely to take unsafe risks, to be reckless and unafraid, or to be too afraid to take any chances at all. True freedom comes from connection, not despite it.
All of this is to say: Strengthening your relationship with your son is the surest path toward helping him find his own willpower, self-agency, and courage.
So, how do you stay connected?
- Stay realistic. This means that not every attempt at connection will be easy, but every attempt is worth it. Your 16-year-old has his own life, friends and school stuff; it is natural that he will be distracted and may not receive your gestures as the love you mean it to be. As much as possible, don’t take it personally.
- Make a list. Have your teen either tell you or send you a text with four or five things he wants to do, and tell him to make it imaginative. If he dreams of going to the Sahara, great! Have him name the big and small, the more ideas the better. You never know what could happen! Time, money and reality are always in play, but doing what your teen wants will make connecting easier.
- Think about including his friends. While one-on-one time can be great, it can also mean a lot to a teen when you bring people along for the fun. Food is often a great connector, so having them over to taste-test burgers, pizza or sushi is a fun way to connect with your teen, as well as his friends.
- Do a job together. Whether it is something for the community, the school or your neighbors, is there something that you can both participate in that could be fun, give back and end with a little treat? Aside from creating memories, you are doing good for others, and that is a win-win.
- Keep it short or stretch it out. Mini-doses of conversation about music (why did Frank Ocean not show at Coachella?) or current events can be great ways to get him talking. Sharing old SNL skits or texting funny memes can be great shared sources of laughter, which is the ultimate connector. “Stretch it out” means that you shouldn’t be afraid to spend a few days with your son. College visits, camping, hiking, road trips to see friends, family or sites, or train or bus rides are good ways to get your son in your proximity for a chunk of time. When we stretch out the time, we can allow for long periods of comfortable silence and just simply be with our kiddo. Less agenda, more relaxing. And while it’s a cliche, nature often facilitates connection, even if it is on the way to a movie marathon. Time in nature with a teen, while sometimes a slog at first, can often lead to some of the best and easiest connections and conversations during this shared experience of beauty.
No matter what you do to keep connecting with your teen, keep at it and remember that simply staying present, staying interested (and interesting) and staying brave will matter to him, even if he doesn’t say so. Yes, you may have to play some video games or watch some movies that you wouldn’t pick, but the more open you stay, the more reciprocated it will be. Good luck. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/05/03/parents-teens-connection/ | 2023-05-03 12:03:12 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/05/03/parents-teens-connection/ |
WASHINGTON -- After more than three years, the Covid-19 public health emergency in the US is finally ending on Thursday.
While many Americans may not initially notice the sunsetting of the declaration, they are likely to feel it if they come down with Covid-19 or suspect they might have it. They could have to start paying for testing and treatment that they've grown used to being free during the pandemic. A lot depends on what type of health coverage folks have.
Paying for Covid-19 tests
Get ready to pay for Covid-19 tests. Though health insurers will continue to cover tests ordered by a medical provider, many policyholders will now face deductibles and copays as part of that coverage.
The median price of a Covid-19 test in an outpatient setting was $45 in 2021, though prices varied widely, according to a new report by KFF, formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation. Hospital-based tests typically cost $51 for an antigen test and $91 for a PCR test.
The recent average price for an at-home rapid Covid-19 test was $11, KFF found.
Varying costs for Covid-19 treatments
Many Americans will have to start paying for pharmaceutical treatments for Covid-19, including remdesivir, an antiviral drug that is generally delivered intravenously.
However, treatment doses purchased by the federal government, such as Paxlovid, are available to everyone at no charge as long as supplies last.
Free Covid-19 vaccines continue
Not much changes immediately when it comes to Covid-19 vaccines because the federal government has purchased all of the current supply and is providing it at no charge to all Americans.
Once that supply runs out, vaccines will continue to be free for most people thanks to the Affordable Care Act and other laws enacted by Congress.
No changes to certain telehealth flexibilities for now
The public health emergency also allowed people to receive prescriptions for controlled substances via telehealth.
The Food and Drug Administration this week announced it is extending those flexibilities for six months.
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Benefits allowed by emergencies will disappear
The public health emergency has enabled the government to provide many Americans with COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines at no charge, as well as offer enhanced social safety net benefits, to help the nation cope with the pandemic and minimize its impact.
"People will have to start paying some money for things they didn't have to pay for during the emergency," said Jen Kates, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation. "That's the main thing people will start to notice."
Most Americans covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance plans have been able to obtain COVID-19 tests and vaccines at no cost during the pandemic. Those covered by Medicare and private insurance have been able to get up to eight at-home tests per month from retailers at no charge. Medicaid also picks up the cost of at-home tests, though coverage can vary by state.
Those covered by Medicare and Medicaid have also had certain therapeutic treatments, such as monoclonal antibodies, fully covered.
Once the emergency ends, Medicare beneficiaries generally will face out-of-pocket costs for at-home testing and all treatment. However, vaccines will continue to be covered at no cost, as will testing ordered by a health care provider.
State Medicaid programs will have to continue covering COVID-19 tests ordered by a physician and vaccines at no charge. But enrollees may face out-of-pocket costs for treatments.
Those with private insurance could face charges for lab tests, even if they are ordered by a provider. Vaccinations will continue to be free for those with private insurance who go to in-network providers, but going to an out-of-network providers could incur charges.
COVID-19 vaccinations will be free for those with insurance even when the public health emergency ends because of various federal laws, including the Affordable Care Act and pandemic-era measures, the Inflation Reduction Act and a 2020 relief package.
Americans with private insurance have not been charged for monoclonal antibody treatment since they were prepaid by the federal government, though patients may be charged for the office visit or administration of the treatment. But that is not tied to the public health emergency, and the free treatments will be available until the federal supply is exhausted. The government has already run out of some of the treatments so those with private insurance may already be picking up some of the cost.
The uninsured had been able to access no-cost testing, treatments and vaccines through a different pandemic relief program. However, the federal funding ran out in the spring of 2022, making it more difficult for those without coverage to obtain free services.
The federal government has been preparing to shift COVID-19 care to the commercial market since last year, in part because Congress has not authorized additional funding to purchase additional vaccines, treatments and tests.
Pfizer and Moderna have already announced that the commercial prices of their COVID-19 vaccines will likely be between $82 and $130 per dose -- about three to four times what the federal government has paid, according to Kaiser.
Medicare provisions
The public health emergency has also meant additional funds for hospitals, which have been receiving a 20% increase in Medicare's payment rate for treating Covid-19 patients.
Also, Medicare Advantage plans have been required to bill enrollees affected by the emergency and receiving care at out-of-network facilities the same as if they were at in-network facilities.
This will end once the public health emergency expires.
Less of an impact
But several of the most meaningful pandemic enhancements to public assistance programs are no longer tied to the public health emergency. Congress severed the connection in December as part of its fiscal year 2023 government funding package.
Most notably, states will now be able to start processing Medicaid redeterminations and disenrolling residents who no longer qualify, starting April 1. They have 14 months to review the eligibility of their beneficiaries.
As part of a COVID-19 relief package passed in March 2020, states were barred from kicking people off Medicaid during the public health emergency in exchange for additional federal matching funds. Medicaid enrollment has skyrocketed to a record 90 million people since then, and millions are expected to lose coverage once states began culling the rolls.
A total of roughly 15 million people could be dropped from Medicaid when the continuous enrollment requirement ends, according to an analysis the Department of Health and Human Services released in August. About 8.2 million folks would no longer qualify, but 6.8 million people would be terminated even though they are still eligible, the department estimated.
Many who are disenrolled from Medicaid, however could qualify for other coverage.
Food stamp recipients had been receiving a boost during the public health emergency. Congress increased food stamp benefits to the maximum for their family size in a 2020 pandemic relief package.
The Biden administration expanded the boost in the spring of 2021 so that households already receiving the maximum amount and those who received only a small monthly benefit get a supplement of at least $95 a month.
This extra assistance will end as of March, though several states have already stopped providing it.
Congress, however, extended one set of pandemic flexibilities as part of the government funding package.
More Medicare enrollees are able to get care via telehealth during the public health emergency. The service is no longer limited just to those living in rural areas. They can conduct the telehealth visit at home, rather than having to travel to a health care facility. Plus, beneficiaries can use smartphones and receive a wider array of services via telehealth.
These will now continue through 2024.
White House response
The White House weighed in because House Democrats were concerned about voting against the Republican legislation to end the public health emergency that is coming to the floor this week without a plan from the Biden administration, a senior Democratic aide told CNN.
"Democrats were concerned about the optics of voting against Republicans winding down the public health emergency, absent an understanding of whether and how we intended to do so from the White House," the aide said. "As soon as we saw this bill, it obviously concerns the White House. So, it was important for them to weigh in."
The administration argues that the bills are unnecessary because it intends to end the emergencies anyway. And it noted that continuing the declarations until mid-May does not come with any restrictions.
"To be clear, continuation of these emergency declarations until May 11 does not impose any restriction at all on individual conduct with regard to COVID-19," the White House statement said. "They do not impose mask mandates or vaccine mandates. They do not restrict school or business operations. They do not require the use of any medicines or tests in response to cases of COVID-19."
The White House said it would extend the COVID-19 emergencies one final time in order to ensure an orderly wind-down of key authorities that states, health care providers and patients have relied on throughout the pandemic.
A White House official pointed to a successful vaccination campaign and reductions in COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths as a rationale for lifting the emergency declarations. The official said a final extension will allow for a smooth transition for health care providers and patients and noted that health care facilities have already begun preparing for that transition.
The administration is actively reviewing flexible policies that were authorized under the public health emergency to determine which can remain in place after it is lifted on May 11.
The aide told CNN that it will be up to every member to decide what is best for their district and how they will vote on the legislation this week. Declaring an end to the public health emergency will also end the border restriction known as Title 42, which will also likely set up a showdown on Capitol Hill.
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Bitcoin plunges as major crypto lender halts operations
NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were collapsing in price Monday, after a major crypto lender halted all withdrawals citing “extreme market conditions.”
It is the second collapse of a part of the cryptocurrency world in the last two months. The stablecoin Terra imploded in early May, erasing tens of billions of dollars in a matter of hours.
Bitcoin was trading at roughly $22,600 as of midday Monday, down more than 17% in the past day. Ethereum, another widely-followed cryptocurrency, was down more than 20%.
On Sunday, the lending platform Celsius announced that it was pausing all withdrawals and transfers between accounts in order to “honor, over time, withdrawal obligations.” Celsius, with roughly 1.7 million customers, gave no indication in its announcement when it would allow users to access their funds.
“There is a lot of work ahead as we consider various options, this process will take time, and there may be delays,” it said.
Celsius is one of the bigger cryptocurrency lending platforms, with more than $11 billion in customer assets. In exchange for customers’ deposits, the company gives out extremely generous yields, upwards of 19% on some accounts. These lending platforms have come under scrutiny recently because they offer yields that normal markets could not support, and critics have called them effectively Ponzi schemes.
Terra, and its token Luna, offered similar yields on customer deposits. Those tokens collapsed after huge customer withdrawals forced Terra’s operators to liquidate all of the assets being used to support their currencies. The collapse of Terra has spurred calls for reform from the cryptocurrency industry, and calls for Congressional regulation.
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Former North Dakota tribal leader sentenced to 5 years in prison for accepting bribes
NH tribal leader, government official was also ordered to pay 271,900 in restitution
A former government official of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation has been sentenced to five years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks from a construction contractor at Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
Randall Phelan, 58, of Mandaree, was an elected representative of the governing body of the Three Affiliated Tribes from 2013 to 2020. Investigators said Phelan solicited and accepted bribes totaling more than $645,000 and helped the contractor’s business by awarding contracts, fabricating bids and managing fraudulent invoices.
He was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in October to conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, honest services wire fraud and bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. He had faced a maximum of 20 years in prison.
JAILED MASSACHUSETTS TRIBAL LEADER OWES $210K IN DAMAGES, JUDGE RULES
Co-conspirator Delvin Reeves, who was a project manager, was sentenced in November to about five years in prison after pleading guilty in 2021 to one count of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, the Bismarck Tribune reported.
Contractor Francisco Javier Solis Chacon was sentenced in February to a year in prison after pleading guilty to bribery, according to court documents.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Delta Waterfowl Second Annual Duck Hunters Expo happening this weekend at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.
July 28 to 30 has been officially proclaimed as “Delta Waterfowl Duck Hunters Weekend” in Little Rock by Mayor Frank Scott Jr.
The event opens its doors to welcome waterfowlers to its 80,000 square feet of exhibit space and vendors from across the country.
“We love to get to connect with all the people here and talk about duck hunting,” Matthew Kelley of Blackwater Outfitters said. “Everyone does what they love.”
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders was on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning to officially kick off the event.
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WASHINGTON — The dodo bird isn’t coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth. But a company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors, while other scientists are skeptical such feats are possible or a good idea.
Colossal Biosciences first announced its ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth two years ago, and recently said it wanted to bring back the dodo bird, too.
A rare fragment of a Dodo femur bone is displayed for photographers next to an image of a member of the extinct bird species at Christie's auction house's premises March 27, 2013, in London.
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“The dodo is a symbol of man-made extinction,” said Ben Lamm, a serial entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Colossal. The company has formed a division to focus on bird-related genetic technologies.
The last dodo, a flightless bird about the size of a turkey, was killed in 1681 on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.
The Dallas company, which launched in 2021, said it had raised an additional $150 million in funding. To date, it has raised $225 million from wide-ranging investors that include United States Innovative Technology Fund, Breyer Capital and In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital firm which invests in technology.
The prospect of bringing the dodo back isn't expected to directly make money, said Lamm. But the genetic tools and equipment that the company develops to try to do it may have other uses, including for human health care, he said.
For example, Colossal is testing tools to tweak several parts of the genome simultaneously. It's also working on technologies for what is sometimes called an “artificial womb,” he said.
The dodo's closest living relative is the Nicobar pigeon, said Beth Shapiro, a molecular biologist on Colossal's scientific advisory board, who has been studying the dodo for two decades. Shapiro is paid by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which also supports The Associated Press’ Health and Science Department.
Her team plans to study DNA differences between the Nicobar pigeon and the dodo to understand “what are the genes that really make a dodo a dodo,” she said.
The team may then attempt to edit Nicobar pigeon cells to make them resemble dodo cells. It may be possible to put the tweaked cells into developing eggs of other birds, such as pigeons or chickens, to create offspring that may in turn naturally produce dodo eggs, said Shapiro. The concept is still in an early theoretical stage for dodos.
Because animals are a product of both their genetics and their environment — which has changed dramatically since the 1600s — Shapiro said that “it's not possible to recreate a 100% identical copy of something that's gone.”
Other scientists wonder if it's even advisable to try, and question whether “de-extinction” diverts attention and money away from efforts to save species still on Earth.
“There's a real hazard in saying that if we destroy nature, we can just put it back together again — because we can't,” said Duke University ecologist Stuart Pimm, who has no connection to Colossal.
"Effie," the mummified remains of a baby woolly mammoth found in in Alaska in 1948 is on display at the American Museum of Natural History, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in New York. The 21,000-year-old specimen is a rare natural mummy, complete with skin, muscles, and other soft tissue that were preserved centuries ago within a frigid layer of moisture-blocking permafrost.
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“And where on Earth would you put a woolly mammoth, other than in a cage?” asked Pimm, who noted that the ecosystems where mammoths lived disappeared long ago.
On a practical level, conservation biologists familiar with captive breeding programs say that it can be tricky for zoo-bred animals to ever adapt to the wild.
It helps if they can learn from other wild animals of their kind — an advantage that potential dodos and mammoths won't have, said Boris Worm, a biologist at the University of Dalhousie in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who has no connection to Colossal.
“Preventing species from going extinct in the first place should be our priority, and in most cases, it's a lot cheaper,” said Worm.
26 species on the brink of extinction
Orangutan
There are two species of orangutan, the only great ape in Asia, both of which are considered critically endangered. Their population has become restricted to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, where forests continue to be exploited for timber or cut down to make way for palm oil and other agricultural production. Illegal killing for meat and kidnapping young orangutans for the pet trade occur as well. Bornean orangutans number more than 50,000 while Sumatran orangutans only have a population of about 7,000.
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Addax antelope
There are only three addax antelope left in the wild, according to an extensive 2016 survey, which used ground and aerial surveillance and even infrared and only located one small, nervous group of these antelope. The animal’s habit in Chad and Niger is massively unstable because of political strife, drug smuggling, weapons trafficking and illegal wildlife trade, but much of the blame for the addax’s decline has been placed on poaching by soldiers hired to protect Chinese-owned oil operations.
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Vaquita
The vaquita, or gulf porpoise, is the smallest and rarest whale, dolphin or porpoise in the world. It’s found only in Mexico’s Gulf of California. It’s estimated there are roughly 30 individuals left in the wild, compared to almost 600 in 1997. The primary threat to this unique cetacean comes from fishing. These porpoises unintentionally get caught in equipment or become ensnared in illegal gill nets.
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Lemur
The ring-tailed rascals from the animated “Madagascar” series might have their own thriving kingdom in the movies, but in reality, 90 of the 101 species of lemurs of Madagascar are threatened with extinction, making them the most threatened mammal species on Earth. Northern sportive lemurs are barely hanging on, with only 18 known individuals left in the wild. The country’s political turmoil, loss of habitat and the illegal hardwood trade are the main culprits behind this crisis.
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Hawksbill turtle
Despite being protected by many countries under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, hawksbill turtles have decreased in population by 80 percent in the last century and are still on the decline. Their amber, yellow and brown marbled shells are used in tortoiseshell products, which are still in high demand in Asia, making the turtles a frequent victim of the illegal wildlife trade. They are also killed for their meat, and eggs are taken from nests for food. Environmental factors also threaten their habitats.
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Pangolin
All eight species of the pangolin are threatened with extinction, with three being endangered and two being critically endangered, all because of poaching. Pangolins, or scaly anteaters, are the most illegally traded mammal in the world. The scales of the pangolin are in high demand on the black market for use in traditional Chinese medicine while the meat is considered a delicacy. With Chinese and Sunda pangolin populations decimated and a commercial trade ban for wild-caught pangolin in Asia, hunters are now poaching the four species of African pangolin. Numerous attempts to breed pangolins in captivity so far have failed.
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Rhinoceros
With the growth of the upper middle class in countries such as China and Vietnam, demand for illegal wildlife products used in traditional Asian medicine, such as rhinoceros horns, has soared in the last decade. There are just over 29,000 rhinos left on Earth, according to National Geographic. Of the five species of rhinos, three are critically endangered due to poaching. There are roughly 60 Javan rhinos, making it the rarest large mammal on Earth, fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos and roughly 5,000 black rhinos. The northern white rhinoceros, a sub-species of the white rhino, is extinct in the wild. There were three living in captivity until the the world’s last male northern white rhinoceros died in March 2018. Now only the last two females remain.
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Florida panther
The Florida panther, a subspecies of cougar, is the most endangered cat in North America and one of the world's most endangered mammals. Experts estimate roughly 120-230 of the big cats still roam the state of Florida, but there were 30 known panther fatalities in 2017, which could’ve taken out up to 25 percent of the population. Florida panthers have barely survived despite being protected under the the Endangered Species Act. Their biggest threats are human development and collision with vehicles. In 2018 the Florida panther’s cousin, the Eastern cougar, was officially declared extinct.
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Saola
The saola is so rare, it’s known as the Asian unicorn. In fact, it was only first discovered in 1994. The elusive deer is critically endangered as its population is only estimated to be 750, and it faces threats from hunting in its small, shrinking habitat in the Annamite Mountains of Laos and Vietnam. Though often not hunted purposefully, saola are often caught in ground snares set out for other land mammals.
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Florida grasshopper sparrow
Scientific American predicts that in 2018 the United States could experience its first bird extinction in more than three decades. The population of the Florida grasshopper sparrow, now estimated at less than 100 in the wild, experienced a catastrophic population decline in the past 40 years due to habitat loss. As a last resort, a captive breeding program was instituted in Florida in 2015 to save the bird from extinction, but the program has faced setbacks, including a lack of funding.
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Amur leopard
The Amur leopard subspecies has been critically endangered since 1996, with only 14-20 adults and 5-6 cubs found in a 2007 census. Officially extinct in their former habitats in Korea and China, the solitary, nocturnal creatures can now only be found in a small pocket in Russia, mostly due to logging and land conversion, which affects the leopard’s prey population. The Amur leopard is also poached for its fur.
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Gorilla
Gorillas are divided into two subspecies, Eastern and Western gorillas, both of which are critically endangered. Eastern gorillas number less than 5,000 due to poaching, loss of habitat and political turmoil as their territory was the epicenter of “Africa's world war." While Western lowland gorillas have higher numbers, poaching is occurring at unsustainable rates despite laws against killing, capture or consumption of great apes. Four of the world’s six great ape species, which also includes bonobos, chimpanzees and orangutans, are now critically endangered.
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Yellow-breasted bunting
The yellow-breasted bunting, also known as a “rice bird,” has jumped from endangered to critically endangered status in the span of one year. The Asian bird has faced an extremely rapid population decline. It was once found all the way from China to Europe, but its European population has dropped from 300,000 about a decade ago to a mere 120-600 mature individuals. Excessive trapping, especially in China, is the main culprit. Despite it being legally protected in China since 1997, the black market for the once-common yellow-breasted buntings, considered a delicacy as well as a totem that brings happiness, has continued to take a deadly toll.
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Darwin’s fox
Endemic to mainland Chile and the island of Chiloé, Darwin’s fox is named after Charles Darwin. Darwin first encountered the fox and noted it as a distinct species in 1832, his first year working as a naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle. This rare, endangered fox is estimated to have a population less than 1,000 and is threatened by forest loss and being killed by or catching diseases from domestic dogs.
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Philippine eagle
Also known as the monkey-eating eagle, the massive, powerful Philippine eagle is the national bird of the Philippines, and yet it’s one of the rarest birds in the world. Extensive deforestation has led to it being a critically endangered species since 2010 with only an estimated 600 left in the wild. Killing a Philippine eagle is punishable with jail time. A man in 2013 was sentenced to six years in prison for killing and eating one.
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Iberian lynx
The most endangered feline species in the world is the Iberian lynx, which numbers close to just 400 in the wild on the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) after years of conservation efforts. Up from a population of less than 100 in 2002, this lynx is still threatened from illegal hunting, lack of prey, habitat loss through construction of roads and railways, and getting hit by cars.
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Tree kangaroo
According to the World Wildlife Foundation, loss of habitat and uncontrolled hunting are forcing multiple species of tree kangaroos, found in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, to extinction. The Wondiwoi tree kangaroo has an estimated 50 or fewer individuals left in the wild. Large swaths of their habitat are being cleared for timber or growing crops. They’ve also been over-hunted by locals for food.
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Cuban crocodile
There are an estimated 3,000 Cuban crocodiles left in the wild, according to Scientific American, making them critically endangered. Only living in a small area in Cuba, these distinctive black-and-yellow freshwater crocodiles are threatened by illegal hunting, habitat degradation and hybridization due to breeding with the much more common American crocodile. A breeding facility is attempting to prevent the species’ extinction.
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Laysan duck
Once found all throughout the Hawaiian Islands, the Laysan duck is now only found on the small, 900-acre Laysan Island, which is protected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The population was ravished after people introduced non-native animals to the islands, especially rats and rabbits. By 1912, just 12 ducks remained. Despite conservation efforts rebuilding the population, the species is still considered critically endangered because of recent extreme population fluctuations due to hurricanes and disease.
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Visayan warty pig
The critically endangered Visayan warty pig lives on two of the Visayan Islands in the Philippines. On top of being over-hunted for food and their hides, these pigs are primarily threatened because 95 percent of their natural habitat has been cleared by local farmers, who also have negative attitudes about these animals damaging their crops.
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White-rumped vulture
This Asian species of vulture has suffered a catastrophic population decline, losing 99 percent of its population. Previously considered the most abundant large bird of prey in the world, it has experienced the fastest decline of any bird species in recorded history, according to Mother Nature Network. These vultures have died in mass numbers after eating livestock carcasses that had been treated with the veterinary drug diclofenac, an animal painkiller. Diclofenac has been banned by the governments of India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh, helping to stabilize the vulture population, but it’s still in decline.
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Gray whales
While the population of eastern gray whales that live in the Pacific along California are stable and a conservation success story, the genetically isolated sub-population of gray whales that live in the Okhotsk Sea off the coast of Russia are considered critically endangered, numbering less than 200. Oil and gas activity has interfered with the whales' annual migration routes through the coastal waters of Japan, Korea and China. Seismic activity and getting hit by ships and entangled in equipment are also hurtful side effects of human development in this region.
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Saiga antelope
With their bulbous noses, the Central Asian saiga antelope look like something from a sci-fi fantasy. The reality is that the saiga antelope has lost 80 percent of its population in the last 10 years due to reproductive collapse. Only one in 10 saigas is male. They’ve been illegally hunted for their meat as well as their horns, which are exported for use in traditional Chinese medicine. Once common, the saiga population is around 50,000 compared to 1 million in the 1990s.
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Kakapo
The kakapo is a nocturnal, flightless green parrot that can only be found on three offshore islands of New Zealand. It disappeared from its much broader original range due to human colonization and being killed by human-introduced predators such as cats and rats. The birds also have a low reproduction rate, breeding once every two to five years. Kakapos are legally protected, and their latest documented population is just around 150 individuals.
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Douc langur
All three species of douc langur monkeys in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam are endangered, with the gray-shanked variety being critically endangered with only 550 to 700 individuals. Logging and agricultural conversion are primary threats, though they are also hunted for meat, to be kept as pets or to be used in traditional medicine. Vietnam is attempting to protect the gray-shanked douc langur through a breeding program at a national park.
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Ploughshare tortoise
In 2016 it was predicted Madagascar’s ploughshare tortoise would be extinct in two years due to rampant illegal poaching. Although the animal is protected and the nation has anti-poaching and anti-trafficking laws, lack of enforcement has allowed the tortoise population to dwindle to less than 100 individuals left in the wild. As with lemurs, this rare turtle species could die off forever because Madagascar is biologically diverse yet one of the 10 poorest countries in the world and continues to face political upheaval and disorganization.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
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Backing up a trailer can be difficult, because it’s sometimes difficult to figure out which way to turn the steering wheel to go in the desired direction.
What if you could get out of your truck for a better view? Ford has applied for a patent that could make that happen.
A patent application filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) shows how Ford may want to turn a truck and trailer, in essence, into a giant R/C car. Drivers would use a mobile device like a smartphone to remotely back up a vehicle and trailer combination without actually being behind the wheel.
Steering angle would be set by tilting the device, while acceleration would be controlled by rotating it, according to the application. Signals are then sent to a controller onboard the vehicle, which dials in the necessary steering, acceleration, or braking inputs.
The potential uses aren’t limited to trucks, Ford noted in the application. The proposed system could be used in passenger cars as well, and would work equally well with internal-combustion, hybrid, or all-electric powertrains, according to the automaker.
As with all patent applications, it’s unclear if Ford’s remote-control trailer back-up tech will ever reach production. Automakers often patent new features to protect the intellectual property before making actual plans to use it in production vehicles.
But this tech isn’t too far beyond what is already available on the market. It’s essentially a mashup of Ford’s Pro Trailer Backup Assist, which lets vehicles automatically steer a trailer while the driver remains behind the wheel, and Tesla’s Summon feature, which allows cars to pull in and out of parking spaces with no one onboard (albeit not always reliably). It’s certainly less radical than another recent Ford patent application for driving with your brain.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Leo O'Boyle's 16 points helped Lafayette defeat Central Connecticut 55-50 on Saturday.
O'Boyle also had five rebounds for the Leopards (1-4). Kyle Jenkins added 14 points while shooting 5 for 8, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc, and he also had six rebounds. T.J. Berger was 4 of 7 shooting (3 for 4 from distance) to finish with 11 points.
Davonte Sweatman led the way for the Blue Devils (0-4) with 13 points, four assists and two steals. Nigel Scantlebury added nine points for Cent. Conn. St.. Andre Snoddy also had eight points and eight rebounds.
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Lafayette plays Tuesday against Pennsylvania at home, while the Blue Devils visit UMBC on Sunday.
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HONOLULU (KHON) — Passengers aboard Sunday’s Hawaiian Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu got more than complimentary lunch — they were treated to a familiar, and famous, face behind the flight attendant cart.
“Aloha Kakahiaka. Good morning guests, this is Jason Momoa.”
Momoa, star of ‘Aquaman’ and a beloved Hawaii native, handed out bottles of Mananalu water on the flight, as part of the partnership with the airline. A viral Tiktok shared the moment, showing the “hottest steward” pulling the beverage cart and handing out water while sporting a flower tucked behind his ear.
The concept of Mananalu, Momoa’s water brand, came to him on a flight where he noticed water bottles in single-use plastic bottles but other beverages in aluminum cans, his website explains. He took that moment and turned it into Mananalu, which distributes its water in recyclable, aluminum bottles.
Hawaiian Airlines started serving the 16-ounce bottles to Premium Cabin guests in April and replaced single-use plastic water bottles in the Pau Hana snack cart on continental U.S. flights.
Guests on the flight were also given 10,000 Hawaiian miles.
“I started Mananalu to give people a better option than single-use plastic and create a wave of positive change,” Momoa shared. “For every bottle of Mananalu sold, we remove one bottle of plastic from ocean-going waste.”
The partnership has eliminated 35,000 items of plastic in the first two months and anticipates the yearly average to be hundreds of thousands.
Momoa is back in Hawaii after being involved in a collision with a motorcyclist in California last week.
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Onewheel Riders' Letters Express Concern Regarding CPSC's Overreach Against Their Beloved Boards
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Future Motion, the California based small business that proudly designs and assembles Onewheel electric skateboards in the USA, announced that the Onewheel rider community has written more than 4,000 letters to the CPSC, delivering them today to the agency headquarters just outside the nation's capital. The letters embody the enthusiastic and strong support for Future Motion and represent the considerable concerns of this community for the agency's recent unjust and alarmist public warning that urged board owners to stop riding their Onewheels and American adults not to purchase any version of the product.
"The ongoing and overwhelming public rejection of the CPSC's unwarranted attack on Onewheels press may have been surprising to the agency, but this reaction was not a surprise to our company or to the Onewheel community," said Kyle Doerksen, Founder and CEO of Future Motion. "These letters from Onewheel riders are very emotional as they extoll the joy, exhilaration, and freedom they experience from their boards. Future Motion takes great pride in our products. The fact is: Onewheels are safe when operated following common-sense safe riding practices that are common to any boardsport. Onewheel boards are not defective. There is inherent risk in any action sport, and that is something our riders knowingly accept and seek out."
"Via letters and posts across social media, thousands of riders are saying how their boards have helped them overcome depression, live healthier lifestyles, enjoy more time outdoors, and forge new friendships and family connections. We thought it was critically important for the CPSC to hear directly from just a small portion of the hundreds of thousands of dedicated Onewheel customers who operate Onewheels safely every day," added Doerksen.
Javier Starks, a Washington, D.C. resident who delivered the 4,000+ letters to the CPSC headquarters on his Onewheel, said, "As an avid Onewheel rider, I can tell you firsthand that these boards are safe when used appropriately. I have personally ridden over 38,000 miles on my Onewheels. I delivered these letters because what the CPSC is trying to do is completely unfair. It is beyond troubling that a government agency is trying to take away something that hundreds of thousands of people enjoy each and every day. I hope these compelling personal stories in these letters help change how the agency views Onewheel boards and the people like me who love to ride them."
Despite the agency's unjustified and alarmist statements regarding Onewheels, Future Motion will continue attempting to collaborate with CPSC staff on common sense safety measures that even further enhance rider safety and allow the Onewheel movement to thrive.
Founded in 2013, Future Motion is committed to designing and developing inspiring vehicles that include both elegant form and unprecedented function. Future Motion's products, Onewheel Pint, Pint X and Onewheel GT, exemplify its dedication to crafting products that bridge recreation and transportation. Future Motion designs not only the Onewheel product line but also all the subsystems that power it, including custom brushless motors, power electronics and battery modules. Onewheel, which provides a riding experience similar to surfing but on paved or unpaved trails, is perfectly situated in Santa Cruz where the mountains meet the sea. Its products are protected by over 70 issued patents in the U.S. and worldwide.
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(The Hill) – The Trump Organization was held in criminal contempt in a secret trial last fall for failing to comply with several grand jury subpoenas and court orders related to a criminal tax fraud investigation, according to court documents unsealed on Tuesday.
Former President Trump’s company was ordered to pay a $4,000 fine for “willfully disobeying” four subpoenas and three court orders following the one-day contempt trial in October 2021.
“The record is clear that the company failed to produce responsive documents without explanation,” Judge Juan Merchan said in his December 2021 order, first reported by The New York Times on Tuesday.
“Despite clear warnings, the Company missed deadline after deadline, never moving to quash subpoenas and never seeking Court intervention,” he added. “Some subpoenas went largely ignored and another was ignored entirely.”
The Trump Organization was found guilty of criminal tax fraud last week for providing company executives with luxury perks in a yearslong scheme to evade taxes. The company could face up to $1.6 million in fines.
While the former president himself was not on trial, prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office sought to show Trump’s role in the scheme.
Merchan ruled at the end of the trial to unseal the December 2021 court order, determining it to be “of significant public concern,” according to CNN.
Trump was also held in contempt of court earlier this year for failing to comply with a subpoena in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil probe into the Trump Organization. The contempt charge was eventually lifted.
James sued Trump and his three adult children for business fraud in September, accusing the Trump family of manipulating its property values to secure investments and tax and loan benefits.
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Anna Sheridan pitched a complete game for Buena and struck out 11 while allowing six hits, two earned runs, and three walks to defeat Atlantic City 10-4 in Buena.
Trailing 2-1 after the first inning, Buena (12-10) scored four runs in the bottom of the second and three more in the fourth. Laylah Collins also went 2-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs.
Rosie Miltenberger led Atlantic City (5-15) going 4-for-4 with three runs.
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Some other news now. Obesity drugs appear to keep getting better. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.
ALLISON AUBREY, BYLINE: Frank Rayfiel (ph) is a retired media executive in his 70s whose struggle with weight goes back decades. At one point, he weighed about 340 pounds, and he told me it was a struggle to help his daughter learn to ride a bike.
FRANK RAYFIEL: You know how it's done. You run in back of the bike with your hand on the seat, and when she's a few steps away, you say, hey, look, you're doing it, right? Well, I couldn't run after her. And it was really burdensome to me. I hated that.
AUBREY: Rayfiel tried lots of diets, including keto, and he lost a lot of weight. But when his weight loss plateaued and he continued to need insulin, his appetite increased. Then early this year, his doctor told him about a new drug that had just become available.
RAYFIEL: Within two months, I lost 10% of my body weight without really trying. So it's that without really trying thing that's amazing.
AUBREY: Rayfiel is taking a drug called tirzepatide, which is currently approved for people with diabetes and marketed as Mounjaro. Now the FDA has fast-tracked review of new evidence showing the drug is effective for a wider range of people with weight-related issues. The drug is similar to the blockbuster Ozempic, but has an additional gut hormone to help cut appetite.
RAYFIEL: Now I'll sit down with a big sandwich and I'll eat half of it and say, I'm done. I'm full. I'm completely full. It certainly gets me satiated much more quickly.
AUBREY: Dr. Louis Aronne of Weill Cornell Medicine is one of the investigators and co-author of the published study results.
LOUIS ARONNE: What we found was that tirzepatide produced weight loss of up to 22.5%. That's a result that is as good as most types of bariatric surgery.
AUBREY: Aronne says obesity drugs have come a long way. And as a doctor who has consulted with drug companies to evaluate them, he says the newer class of medications can do more than help people lose weight.
ARONNE: I think we're in the middle of a revolution in the treatment of cardiometabolic disease.
AUBREY: By treating obesity, the hope is to prevent related conditions. Dr. Pamela Brandt of Inova Health System in Virginia takes an integrative approach to treating obesity and metabolic disease and says the new medicines can be very helpful to those who get access to them.
PAMELA BRANDT: So to be able to give someone a tool and know that it's most likely going to help them, that's really, really cool.
AUBREY: She says obesity is not a cosmetic issue, and the new obesity drugs are not about slimming down to fit into a ball gown or wedding dress, despite headlines about celebrities and influencers using them. Obesity is a disease that puts people's lives at risk.
BRANDT: Obesity is definitely a medical issue. The disease itself is intimately connected, if not what drives all of those other downstream metabolic problems, right? So Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, sleep apnea and the sleep disruptions and the cardiovascular risk that that leads to.
AUBREY: At a time when about 650 million people around the globe have obesity and lifespans are shortened, she says medical tools such as surgery and medicines are needed. For now, the biggest obstacles come down to money and time. The new medications cost thousands of dollars a year per patient and may need to be taken indefinitely for the benefits to hold up.
Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian is a cardiologist and a professor at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition. He says the health care system can't afford these drugs for everyone. He argues for investing in preventive strategies, such as healthier foods and changing the food system.
DARIUSH MOZAFFARIAN: In my experience, patients want to be on these drugs to get the weight off. But very few people want to be on these for life. And it's also very few payers want to pay for these for life.
AUBREY: He says these drugs should be used for people who need them, but should be paired with access to nutritious food and lifestyle support to help create healthier communities.
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The Launch of Illusive Spotlight™ and Illusive Shadow™ is Driving Strong Sales Momentum; New Class of Executive Hires Bolsters Sales and Product Teams
NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Illusive, the leader in identity risk management, today announced the appointment of four new executive hires since the launch of Illusive Spotlight™ has driven great interest and adoption of the solution. Illusive has appointed Kristen Twining as VP of Sales - Americas, and Carlos Ferro as VP of Sales - EMEA and APAC to support the company's rapid sales growth. The company further strengthened its leadership with the appointment of Sarit Kozokin as VP of Product Management and Meny Duek as VP of R&D to propel its agile product development.
"Illusive is solving a problem that others cannot by focusing on protecting identity security vulnerabilities, which has galvanized worldwide demand for our solution," said Ofer Israeli, founder and CEO, Illusive. "There is a growing interest in Illusive SpotlightTM as our customers come to appreciate that stopping the menace of ransomware requires eliminating the identity security vulnerabilities related to those attacks."
Illusive's platform is a full lifecycle identity threat detection and response solution. Illusive Spotlight™ automatically and continuously discovers and mitigates privileged identity risks while Illusive Shadow™ protects against identity risks that can't be readily remediated. Despite the deployment of privileged account management (PAM), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and other identity and access management (IAM) solutions, research from Illusive reveals that exploitable identity risks are present on 1 in 6 enterprise endpoints.
Carlos Ferro joins Illusive as VP of Sales - EMEA and APAC, to guide and grow Illusive's presence in Europe. Carlos has more than 20 years of experience leading cross-functional teams, establishing operations, and achieving business objectives in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. Prior to joining Illusive, Carlos served as VP of Sales at Thycotic, where he set operations in EMEA and APAC. Carlos has also held leadership positions in Symantec, Altiris, and Novell.
Kristen Twining joins Illusive as VP of Sales - Americas, where she will develop, grow, and lead Illusive's presence in North America. Kristen has more than 16 years of demonstrable sales experience. Prior to Illusive, Kristen was VP of Business Development at FireMon, where she achieved double-digit demand and ARR growth. Previously, Kristen served as VP of North America Inside Sales for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
"Kristen and Carlos are both extremely passionate about leadership and are eager to accelerate our growth and to inspire their teams to thrive in this rapidly growing market," said Israeli. "Identity is the number one attack vector, and both Carlos and Kristen are motivated by a true desire to help our customers find and fix their vulnerable identities."
Sarit Kozokin joins Illusive as VP of Product Management, where she leads Illusive's product team with a specialization in product strategy, development, operations and launch. Sarit has more than 20 years of technology experience with a focus on software development, SaaS, and cybersecurity. Prior to Illusive, Sarit was Head of Product at Cyberint, Director of Product Strategy at Checkmarx, and Portfolio and Business Operations Manager, Product Management at IBM.
Meny Duek joins Illusive as VP of Research and Development, where he is responsible for driving excellence in technology. Meny has more than a decade of experience managing global organizations and large-scale engineering teams. Prior to Illusive, Meny was VP of Engineering in the Cloud Service division of Salesforce, where he managed a team of 150 engineers.
"Meny and Sarit are the perfect fit for Illusive because they have a proven track record of innovation in product development," said Israeli, "Illusive has a long history of industry accolades for our innovative solutions, but what is really exciting is how many new features and services we will continue to roll out to our customers. Illusive is in the business of discovery, but you haven't seen anything yet!"
Learn More about Illusive Spotlight™
lllusive continuously discovers and automatically remediates privileged identity risks that are exploited in all ransomware and other cyberattacks. Despite best-practice investments to protect identities, including deployment of PAM and MFA, 1 in 6 enterprise endpoints holds exploitable identity risks.
Illusive makes it easy for security teams to get visibility into the vulnerable identities sprawled across an organization's endpoints and servers, then eliminate them or deploy deception-based detection techniques as a compensating control to stop attackers. Illusive has participated in over 140 red team exercises and has never lost one!
Founded by nation state attackers, Illusive's technology is trusted by large global financial companies, retailers, services organizations, and pharmaceutical companies.
For more information, visit www.illusive.com, contact us at info@illusive.com or follow on LinkedIn, @illusivenw on Twitter and Facebook.
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EV owners are much less satisfied with their home charging experience than at the same time last year, according to new results from the survey giant J.D. Power.
The reason, it’s suggested, is satisfaction with the cost of charging, which declined versus the same study last year by about 30 points.
Much as satisfaction with gasoline vehicles fluctuates with price hikes at the pump, a significant hike in residential electricity prices appears to have played a role in EV charging satisfaction.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the average residential end-use electricity cost has risen from 13.72 cents per kwh in December 2021 to 14.96 cents per kwh in December 2022—a hike of about 9%, and one of the highest year-over-year price spikes in decades. The energy hike was especially painful in New England, which already has the most expensive electricity in the nation. There, it rose from 22.07 cents to 27.04 cents per kwh during the same period—a hike of nearly 23%.
Even these price hikes do little however to erase the cost benefits of EVs. Gas vehicles can cost up to six times more to drive per mile than EVs.
The U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience Home Charging Study was conducted from December 2022 and February 2023 and included 13,860 owners of 2017-2023 model year EVs and plug-in hybrids.
J.D. Power noted a growing regional difference in these results, with the highest decline in satisfaction among those in New England, where residential electricity prices are among the highest in the nation. The East South Central region, offering one of the lowest average prices, ranked highest.
EV owners are also less satisfied with their charging speed, Power observes, in a trend that could be closely related to the rising size of EV battery packs. The survey company also pointed out that those with a permanent (post- or wall-mounted) Level 2 charger were most satisfied, while those relying on mobile Level 2 charging connectors or Level 1 charging were unsurprisingly the least satisfied.
In this year’s survey, permanent Level 2 chargers from Tesla ranked on top, again, followed Grizzl-E, Emporia, and ClipperCreek all performed above the segment average, while those from Chevrolet, Ford, Electrify America, and JuiceBox had the lowest levels of satisfaction.
Separately, those who used charge scheduling were more satisfied—with higher ratings for those using the automaker’s mobile app versus the charger’s mobile app.
Many shoppers could potentially ease the financial pinch they’re feeling, either in charge rate, costs, or both. J.D. Power continues to note that awareness is low about charging and specifically the programs that might save money with charger installation or upgrades.
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GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s humanitarian aid and refugee agencies said Wednesday they are seeking $5.6 billion to help millions of people in Ukraine and countries that have taken in fleeing Ukrainians in the wake of Russia’s invasion of their country nearly a year ago.
The bulk of the joint appeal — $3.9 billion — is for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which aims to help more than 11 million people by funneling funds through more than 650 partner organizations.
Refugee agency UNHCR, meanwhile, is seeking $1.7 billion to help some 4.2 million refugees who have fled to 10 host countries in eastern and central Europe.
The joint appeal, one of the largest of its kind for a single country, could draw a large outpouring of funds from Western countries, as a similar appeal did since the war began. Such U.N. appeals rarely get fully funded.
“We were relatively well-funded last year,” said Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. “I think the refugee appeal was funded in excess of 70% — not total, but quite good. We count on that to last.”
The appeal comes as a string of crises around the world have stretched the generosity of wealthy donors.
“Of course, this is not the only crisis in the world,” Grandi added. “There’s many others that deserve — I’m just back from Ethiopia, Burundi. Who talks about Burundi? Sorry, but this is the reality and people need support as much as anywhere else.”
The appeal from UNHCR does not cover Russia. Its figures, which are largely drawn from numbers provided by national governments, show that more than 2.8 million refugees from Ukraine have been taken in by Russia.
Grandi said Russia gets funds for those refugees “from other sources” — including un-earmarked funds.
“We stand ready to do more if it’s needed for any Ukrainian that is in need in Russia,” he said. “That offer is on the table and is available.”
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$16 million road extension expected to help ease Manatee County traffic
PARRISH, Fla. - Traveling through Manatee County hopefully just got a little easier with the opening of a new section of Ft. Hamer Road.
"The amount of homes that are dropping in the roads can’t take it 301 gets so congested. It’s dangerous down here. They don’t have the lights in place," said a Manatee County resident named Chad.
Through a public-private partnership, Neal Land and Neighborhoods worked with Manatee County to design and build a new section of Ft. Hamer road. It’s an extension from U.S 301 to north of Moccasin Wallow Road to North River Ranch Trail.
The section is a total of 3.65 miles.
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"It’s how it really should be If you’re talking about laying out a project like this you really should have the infrastructure put in first and put in the houses where typically seems like they do it the opposite," said Chad.
The new roadway also leads to Neals’ development North River Ranch.
Manatee spent $16 million on the project, but Neal built the road.
Which only cost the county a fraction of what it could have been.
The new roadway also leads to Neals’ development North River Ranch.
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"It’s a huge alleviation. We shouldn’t have to get on the interstate in order to drive north and south in this county, that’s the whole problem with our interstate system," said John Neal, the president of Neal Land and Neighborhoods.
Neal said the road is the longest north to south road, east of the interstate in three counties. Travelers can now go from Parrish south to Venice.
Neal Land and Neighborhoods spent $16 million on the project.
"It is a major success because it will allow a bypass of the village of Parrish into where most of the development is taken care of. The village of Parrish has suffered a bit during this growing pain time with the new Parrish community high school up here and some people having limited options to get to the high school," said Chad Butzow the director of Manatee County Public Works.
There are two additional phases that will continue Ft. Hamer Road west to I-75.
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With a new college campus, hospital and retail shops planned residents said it’s a start.
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BURTON, MI – One person is in custody following the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old Burton woman Tuesday morning, police said.
Scheryle Turkessha-Marie Fields died when she was shot in the abdomen following an argument with another person in the 4100 block of Cherrybrook in the Creek Wood Mobile Home Park, according to Burton police.
Officers were called to the mobile home park at about 10:19 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, following reports of shots being fired.
When officers arrived, they found Fields inside a home with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect was taken into custody and is lodged at the Genesee County Jail, police said.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings hired Brian Flores as their defensive coordinator on Monday, their first step toward trying to revive a once-dominant unit that ranked among the NFL’s worst last season.
Flores was a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach this season for Pittsburgh, after three years as head coach in Miami.
Prior to being hired by the Dolphins, Flores was an assistant for 11 seasons for New England, the last eight on the defensive side. The Patriots won four Super Bowls during his time there, which included four years as a scout. The last of those was in the 2018 season, which was Flores’ first as the defensive play-caller. The Patriots jumped from 17th to seventh in the league that year in opponent passer rating (85.4) and were tied for fifth with 28 takeaways.
After he was fired by the Dolphins, Flores, who is Black, filed a class-action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination by the team and the NFL. The case is still tied up in the court system.
With the Steelers, the 41-year-old Flores drew rave reviews from players who saw him as an extra head coach on Mike Tomlin’s staff. The Steelers were tied with the Patriots this season for the fewest rushing touchdowns (seven) allowed in the league.
Flores replaces Ed Donatell, who was fired last month after one year with head coach Kevin O’Connell. The Vikings were second-worst in the league in yards allowed and fourth-worst in points allowed during the regular season. The NFC North champions were then ousted from the playoffs in the wild-card round by the New York Giants as quarterback Daniel Jones threw for 301 yards and rushed for 78 more.
The Vikings also interviewed Seattle associate head coach Sean Desai, Pittsburgh senior defensive New Orleans co-defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen and their own assistant head coach Mike Pettine, who was Green Bay’s defensive coordinator from 2018-20 and also the head coach for Cleveland from 2014-15.
Nielsen was hired as Atlanta’s defensive coordinator. Desai withdrew from consideration. The Vikings also had interest in former Denver defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero, but he made a lateral move to take the job with Carolina and never wound up interviewing with Minnesota.
The Vikings under Donatell favored a four-man rush with two high safeties backing their zone pass coverage, but over their last eight regular-season games they forced only seven turnovers and totaled 12 sacks. Jones picked them apart underneath in the playoff game, going 24 for 35.
Four cornerbacks will be free agents next month: primary starters Patrick Peterson, Duke Shelley and Chandon Sullivan and backup Kris Boyd. The Vikings also have four core defensive players carrying eight-figure salary-cap hits: safety Harrison Smith, outside linebackers Za’Darius Smith and Danielle Hunter and inside linebacker Eric Kendricks. Only Hunter has not reached his 30s.
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Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76.
The daughters announced her death on Saturday in a statement provided to The Associated Press.
"Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness," the statement said. "We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory." The statement did not elaborate further.
The Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.
The mother-daughter performers scored 14 No. 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decades. After rising to the top of country music, they called it quits in 1991 after doctors diagnosed Naomi Judd with hepatitis.
The Judds' hits included "Love Can Build a Bridge" in 1990,"Mama He's Crazy" in 1984, "Why Not Me" in 1984,"Turn It Loose" in 1988, "Girls Night Out" in 1985, "Rockin' With the Rhythm of the Rain" in 1986 and "Grandpa" in 1986. | https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/naomi-judd-of-grammy-winning-duo-the-judds-dies-at-76 | 2022-04-30 20:37:22 | 0 | https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/naomi-judd-of-grammy-winning-duo-the-judds-dies-at-76 |
SAN ANTONIO — Former San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Ettore Messina and Italian team Olimpia Milan had a very special guest attend a recent practice.
Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich recently made a visit with his former assistant coach where he gave out some basketball tips to the coaching staff and players and watched a team practice.
Check out Popovich as well as former Spurs assistant coach, James Borrego, making a visit with an old friend.
Messina coached with the Spurs from 2014-19 before leaving the team to return to the Euroleague as a head coach for Olimpia Milano.
During the 2018 NBA Playoffs against the Warriors, Messina took over head coaching duties when Popovich's wife passed away.
And in case you are wondering, Popovich is in Italy for Eurobasket 2022's group phase of the tournament.
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The Spurs could have had some of its players taking part in the tournament but Jakob Poeltl (Austria) and rookie Jeremy Sochan (Poland) opted to not play for their respective teams and start preparing for the upcoming NBA season.
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Lever for Change has now facilitated $1,064,000,000 worth of grants to outstanding organizations through large-scale challenges expanding philanthropy to underrepresented ideas and thinkers.
CHICAGO, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lever for Change, a Chicago-based nonprofit, has just hit a major milestone, reaching its goal of facilitating $1 billion in philanthropic grants by 2023, ahead of schedule. The money was awarded by donors to support and develop organizations solving some of the world's biggest problems.
Efforts include helping 10 million Texans gain access to mental health care, supplying 26,000 pounds of food yearly to West and South side Chicago neighborhoods, supporting 13,000+ diverse adult job seekers interested in tech careers in U.S. urban communities, helping 20,640 new entrepreneurs in Uganda and Ethiopia establish businesses, advancing racial equity worldwide, providing support to 1 million refugees in 10 different countries, and much, much more.
Since inception, Lever for Change has developed and managed customized challenges on behalf of a variety of funders and their advisors—from high-profile donors including Pivotal Ventures (Melinda French Gates' investment and incubation company) to institutional funders like the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, corporate funders such as the LEGO Foundation, as well as philanthropic advisors, and new and anonymous donors.
An affiliate of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Lever for Change has driven this $1 billion in funding with a new model of philanthropy aimed at shaking up the world of grant giving with large-scale, customized challenges to find and fund bold solutions from a wide array of creative thinkers—many of whom have been historically marginalized or underrepresented. Lever for Change connects ultra-high-net-worth donors and institutions with these creative thinkers, facilitating large-scale grants far bigger than what's typical in the world of philanthropy.
"Our goal is to build a philanthropic sector as bold as the change it seeks to achieve. Donors tend to award small grants over short time frames to organizations they know. But we think change is best driven in bigger, bolder ways," explains Dr. Cecilia Conrad, Lever for Change's CEO. "What really sets us apart from other philanthropic advisors is our emphasis on open and equitable sourcing of ideas, funding at scale, and trust in grantees to define solutions. We are changing who and what gets funded."
All Lever for Change challenge finalists become members of the Bold Solutions Network, a growing global network that helps members secure additional funding and amplify their impact. The team at Lever for Change curates and actively shares relevant solutions with funders while assisting members in improving their pitch.
The $1 billion in funding comes from donor-sponsored challenges ranging from $10 million to $140 million and dedicated efforts to leverage additional philanthropic capital. So far, challenge sponsors have given $413 million to outstanding organizations, and ninety additional donors have contributed $651 million to finalists and other highly rated proposals.
Grants have supported ideas focused on issues including racial equity, gender equality, access to economic opportunity, and climate change. With a staff of just two dozen taking up a small space in the MacArthur Foundation's headquarters building in Chicago, Lever for Change is creating a new framework for philanthropy in several other ways.
It's a social impact accelerator.
a) Understanding that many philanthropists see risk in philanthropy ("The Richest Americans Are Sitting on $4 Trillion"), Lever for Change vets and strengthens applicant teams to mitigate risk and lay the groundwork for large-scale grants.
b) Multiple donors can co-sponsor a challenge and increase the size or number of awards, which allows various donors focused on addressing the same problem to collaborate. For every challenge managed by Lever for Change, the team's goal is to double the initial award funding, turning a $10M grant into $20M, for example.
Lever for Change designs its challenges to promote equity.
a) Key components of the challenges include: an open call for proposed solutions, clear evaluation criteria, the use of third-party evaluators, constructive feedback on all eligible proposals, and substantive technical support for finalists selected by challenge sponsors.
b) Lever for Change challenges offer problem solvers a rare opportunity to think big and tell donors what interventions they believe are needed to address the social issue through this uniquely transparent and equitable process.
Lever for Change is shifting the power dynamic of philanthropy and expanding the pool of recipients.
a) Much of high-dollar philanthropy goes to the usual places, such as large academic and cultural institutions, and groups with established brands and funding networks.
b) Lever for Change is making space in philanthropy for people with big, inspiring ideas who often struggle to get funding because they have been marginalized or underrepresented and helping to ensure their success with rigorous support systems.
Having met its initial goal of driving $1 billion in donor funding, Lever for Change now has a new target: leveraging a total of $2.5 billion in funding by 2025.
AVAILABLE INTERVIEW: Dr. Cecilia Conrad, CEO, Lever for Change. Available in person in Chicago or via Zoom.
BACKGROUND ON LEVER FOR CHANGE: Lever for Change connects donors with bold solutions to the world's biggest problems—including issues like racial inequity, gender inequality, lack of access to economic opportunity, and climate change. Using an inclusive, equitable model and due diligence process, Lever for Change creates customized challenges and other tailored funding opportunities. Top-ranked teams and challenge finalists become members of the Bold Solutions Network—a growing global network that helps secure additional funding, amplify members' impact, and accelerate social change. Founded in 2019 as a nonprofit affiliate of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Lever for Change has recently influenced over $1 billion in grants and provided support to more than 145 organizations. To learn more, visit www.leverforchange.org.
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Premium pet food brand's new creative campaign celebrates the raw, unfiltered love between pet parents and their pets
OAK CREEK, Wis., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stella & Chewy's, the category leader in the raw pet food space, announced today that it is launching the brand's first-ever national ad campaign, "All You Need Is Raw." The new creative embodies the raw, unfiltered love pet parents have for their pets and how food, especially raw and natural food, plays a key role in how pet parents show their love.
Whether it's a cat hanging from a curtain without a care in the world or a dog sleeping on the couch like no one's watching, the creative is a bold and candid celebration of the raw, unfiltered behaviors that make our pets who they are. The campaign also marks the launch of a new tagline for the brand, "All You Need is Raw," which embodies Stella & Chewy's belief that raw is all pets are, and raw is all they need.
"The raw pet food space continues to rapidly expand as more pet parents strive to feed their pets as they would themselves – with real and less processed foods," said David Campbell, CMO of Stella & Chewy's. "With this new campaign, we aim to raise awareness of the Stella & Chewy's brand and portfolio, which offers a range of dog and cat food products to meet varying pet parent needs."
The omni-channel campaign, led by Chicago-based creative agency Highdive Advertising, and directed by Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasey of Terri Timely, consists of multiple :15 and :30 second spots and will include cable TV, connective TV/Video, audio, social media, experiential, custom content, mobile rich media and influencer relations.
"We're so excited for this partnership with Stella & Chewy's," said Mark Gross, CCO and co-founder of Highdive Advertising. "As many of us at Highdive are pet parents or lovers ourselves, we appreciate Stella & Chewy's commitment to providing pets with healthier, less processed foods. For their first-ever national brand campaign, we knew we had to go bold and candid with these spots to show exactly how raw pets can be — and why we simply love them for it. We thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with the Stella & Chewy's team to bring this campaign to life and can't wait for what's to come."
The paid media strategy, developed and implemented by the award-winning Exverus Media, employs advanced data and analytics to measure brand awareness, sales performance and online conversions of each media element. The holistic media strategy and approach was designed to rapidly grow household penetration and bring new consumers into Stella & Chewy's family of growing products of raw dog and cat food and treats.
"Our consumer insight is that pet parents want shared experiences with their pets. So the media placements had to support 'co-viewing' opportunities: think Animal Planet and Bravo, pet music playlists on Spotify and pet Reddit communities," said Tasha Day, VP of Media at Exverus Media.
To learn more about Stella & Chewy's range of premium raw and natural pet food for dogs and cats, visit www.allyouneedisraw.com or follow the company on Facebook or Instagram.
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Stella & Chewy's strives to provide the highest quality raw and natural pet food with an emphasis on nutrition, palatability, safety and convenience. The company's dog and cat products include frozen patties and morsels, freeze-dried dinners and meal mixers, baked kibble, stews, broths and treats. Stella & Chewy's proudly created Journey Home Fund; a charity that promotes adult and senior pet adoptions. For more information about the company, products and the nearest retailer, visit stellaandchewys.com or call 877-477-8977.
Founded in 2016, Highdive (highdiveus.com) is an independently owned, full-service creative agency headquartered in Chicago. Built for brands that want best-in-class creative but don't want the baggage that usually comes with it, the agency has a singular promise: to create the healthiest client and agency relationships in the world. Led by four seasoned advertising executives who set out to create an agency made up exclusively of top performers across every discipline, Highdive is breaking the traditional agency model to deliver work so powerful it can't be ignored for brands including Jeep, Ram Trucks, Lays, Beam Suntory, NHL, Nike, Boost Mobile, Airheads, Fruit-tella, and Rocket Mortgage. On a rapid growth trajectory, Highdive has been recognized as Advertising Age Small Agency of the Year, Midwest, three times and 2020 Advertising Age National Small Agency of the Year. Highdive also ranked number one on Adweek's 2020 Fastest Growing Agencies List.
Named by Ad Age as a Media Agency of the Year, Los Angeles-based Exverus is a strategic media consultancy that starts with a brand's passions and objectives and translates them for today's media landscape. Designed specifically to meet the needs of culture-creating brands in high-growth mode, Exverus partners with clients to deliver integrated campaigns that get people talking, build brand value and drive sales. For more information, follow @exverus or visit www.exverus.com.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Stella & Chewy's
Betsy Radue
262.893.7276
bradue@stellaandchewys.com
Zeno Group for Stella & Chewy's
Sami Davis
312.934.3180
Sami.Davis@zenogroup.com
Stella & Chewy's Credits
David Campbell, CMO
Sudheer Kosaraju, VP, Brand Marketing
Debra Yoo, Senior Brand Manager
Roy Torres, Creative Director
Highdive Credits
Creative
Mark Gross, Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer
Chad Broude, Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer
Katie Bero, Creative Director
Brian Culp, Creative Director
Rebecca Wilson, Senior Designer
Dave Muhlenfeld, Copywriter
Account
Megan Lally, Managing Partner
Kristin Woodke, Group Account Director
Jamie Lazaroff, Senior Account Executive
Production
Jen Passaniti, Head of Production, Executive Producer
Will St. Clair, Executive Producer
Marianne Newton, Executive Producer
Strategy
Mike Harris, Lead Strategist
Business Affairs
Kelley Beaman, Director of Business Affairs
Annie Paganini, Production Manager
Production Partner Credits
Park Pictures
Directors: Terri Timely
Producer: David Lambert
Executive Producers: Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Anne Bobroff
Head of Production: Chelsea Schwiering
Cutters
Editor: Billy Montrose
Executive Producer: Patrick Casey
Music Credits
Marmoset
Graphics/ Titles Credits
Sarofsky
Erin Sarofsky- Executive Creative Director
Steven Anderson- Executive Producer
Stefan Draht- Creative Director
Duarte Elvas- Creative Director
Will Townsend- Producer
Joel Signer- Producer
Mollie Davis- Animator/Designer
Travis Hawthorne- Animator/Designer
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MOSCOW (AP) — Wildfires have engulfed large areas in Russia’s Ural mountains and in Siberia this week, with authorities promising to swiftly contain them.
A total of over 54,000 hectares of forests in the Sverdlovsk region in the Urals were on fire as of Monday morning, according to local authorities. More than 4,800 firefighters have been battling the blaze, with some 6,000 volunteers helping them.
Head of Russia’s Federal Forestry Agency Ivan Sovetnikov said Monday he expected “most major fires in the region to be contained and put out” within two to three days. It wasn’t immediately clear if such a goal was too optimistic: on Sunday night, the area engulfed in flames stood at 33,000 hectares, but it grew significantly overnight.
In the neighboring Kurgan region, the fires have already destroyed more than 300 residential houses and 3,900 other buildings, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported, citing local emergency officials.
Kurgan Governor Vadim Shumkov said a number of people had been killed and injured by the fires, without specifying how many, and called the situation in the region “very difficult.” Russia’s Emergency Minister Alexander Kurenkov flew out to Kurgan on Monday morning and reported that most of the fires in the region had been contained.
In the Siberian region of Omsk, local authorities have declared a regional state of emergency because of the fires. Local media reported that the city of Omsk, the regional capital, has been covered with a thick layer of smoke since Monday morning.
In the neighboring Tyumen region, 12 wildfires raged as of Monday morning. Tyumen authorities also declared a state of emergency on Sunday.
“Every day we register new sources of wildfires and forest fires. All this is exacerbated by very hot dry weather and strong winds,” Tyumen Governor Alexander Moor said on Sunday.
In recent years, Russia has experienced especially widespread forest fires, which experts blame on unusually dry summers and high temperatures.
The experts also blame a 2007 decision to disband a federal aviation network tasked with spotting and combating fires. Its assets were turned over to the regional authorities, leading to the force’s rapid decline and attracting much criticism.
The government later reversed the move and reestablished the federal agency in charge of monitoring forests from the air. However, its resources remain limited, making it hard to survey the massive forests of Siberia and the Far East. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/wildfires-rage-in-russias-ural-mountains-siberia/ | 2023-05-09 15:16:20 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/wildfires-rage-in-russias-ural-mountains-siberia/ |
Trump attorney in documents case appears before grand jury
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump was back in court Friday after being ordered to answer questions before a grand jury investigating the possible mishandling of classified documents at the former president’s Florida estate.
M. Evan Corcoran entered federal court in the District of Columbia early Friday morning, one week after a federal judge ruled in favor of the Justice Department in forcing Corcoran to answer additional questions before a grand jury that has been hearing testimony for months. He did not make any comments as he arrived at the building.
The interest by prosecutors in Corcoran’s testimony underscores the legal peril confronting Trump, making clear the department’s continued focus on whether Trump obstructed government efforts to recover hundreds of classified documents taken from the White House to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his term.
A search warrant affidavit released last August showed that investigators were examining potential violations of multiple crimes, including obstruction and the willful retention of national defense information.
Corcoran is relevant to the investigation because he drafted a letter that was given to the department last June asserting that a “diligent search” for classified documents had been done in response to a subpoena. The letter was accompanied by the return of roughly three dozen documents with classified markings.
But prosecutors have said in court filings they developed evidence showing that additional classified documents remained at the property. The FBI returned with a search warrant on Aug. 8 and removed roughly 100 additional classified documents, the filings show.
Attorney-client privilege traditionally shields lawyers from being forced to share details of their conversations with prosecutors. Corcoran invoked that privilege during an earlier appearance before the grand jury when he declined to answer certain questions.
But prosecutors can get around that if they can convince a judge that a client was using such legal representation in furtherance of a crime — a principle known under the law as the crime-fraud exception.
The Justice Department made that argument in this case, and secured a sealed order last week from U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell that required Corcoran to appear again before the grand jury to answer additional questions.
Another Trump lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, confirmed in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday that he had voluntarily testified for about six hours or seven hours before the grand jury in December to answer questions about the Trump team’s compliance with the department’s efforts to reclaim the classified documents. His appearance was earlier reported by ABC News.
The Mar-a-Lago investigation is being led by a Justice Department special counsel, Jack Smith, who is also examining attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump faces a separate investigation by the Manhattan district attorney’s office — into hush money payments during the 2016 campaign — that appears to be close to wrapping up, as well as an investigation in Atlanta into efforts to reverse Trump’s election loss in Georgia.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow got a huge assist from his defense in another riveting duel with Patrick Mahomes.
With the Chiefs leading Burrow’s Bengals 24-20 early in in the fourth quarter on Sunday, Mahomes hooked up with Travis Kelce, who rumbled for a big gain. But while Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt and other defenders were wrestling Kelce to the ground, Pratt forced the ball free and recovered the ensuing fumble.
Burrow took it from there, completing 6 of 7 passes during a 53-yard drive that he finished with a go-ahead 8-yard touchdown to backup running back Chris Evans. The Bengals’ defense held Kansas City scoreless from there and Burrow closed out a 27-24 victory over the Chiefs.
“He’s playing at an MVP level – absolutely,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. “He gives us a lot of confidence.”
The Bengals (8-4) have won four straight overall and their last three meetings with Kansas City (9-3) — all in the same calendar year. Cincinnati won on Jan. 2 to clinch the AFC North title. Four weeks later, the Bengals beat the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in overtime — also by a 27-24 score — to reach the Super Bowl for the first time in 33 years.
This time, Burrow finished 25 of 31 with two touchdowns and ran in for a 4-yard score to get the Bengals on the board in the first quarter. He concluded his day by converting two third downs on passes to Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, allowing the Bengals to run out the clock.
“We left some points on the field, but we still find a way to win,” Burrow said. “We’ve still got five weeks left. Let’s keep this train rolling. This team knows what it takes to win these games. We’ve been there. It’s December. It’s time to separate ourselves.”
Cincinnati running back Samaje Perine, subbing again for Joe Mixon (concussion), ran for a season-high 106 yards on 21 tough carries.
Mahomes was 16 for 27 for 223 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score. But the Chiefs fell short on their final possession when Joseph Ossai sacked Mahomes on third-and-3 from the Bengals 33, and Harrison Butker missed a 55-yard field goal wide right.
“We started off slow, we got back in the game, into the flow of things and (then) we had a turnover late and a missed kick,” Mahomes said. “In the fourth quarter, those are the things that kind of bite you at the end.”
Cincinnati led for the entire the first half and took a 14-10 advantage into the locker room.
Mahomes led Kansas City on two methodical third-quarter drives that ended in touchdowns — an 8-yard-run by Isiah Pacheco and a 3-yard scramble by the multi-talented QB — while the Bengals had to settle for a pair of field goals. That gave the Chiefs a 24-20 lead that held until the turnover and subsequent Cincinnati TD.
WELCOME BACK
Chase, in his return after missing four games with a hip injury, had seven receptions for 97 yards. He was also flagged for taunting after getting in the face of Chiefs defenders after Higgins caught a 12-yard TD pass to push Cincinnati’s first-half lead to 14-3.
“I was surprised at how quickly he was looking like the same Ja’Marr, even in practice last week,” Taylor said. “He’s a freak.”
INJURIES
Bengals TE Hayden Hurst suffered a right calf injury in the first half and was ruled out. … Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Mahomes “hurt his foot there at the end of the game, but he’s going to be OK.”
DECISIONS, DECISIONS
Reid defended his decision to attempt a long field goal that would have tied the game instead of keeping Mahomes on the field.
“If I don’t think he’s going to make that, I’m not going to do it,” Reid said. “It’s pretty simple. I feel like (Butker) has been in a good place, and we just have to execute it better all the way around. It really shouldn’t come down to that, but it did.”
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The founding families retain a significant interest, with Luis Contreras continuing as CEO
COMO, Italy, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sereno Hotels ("Sereno"), today announced that an affiliate of KSL Capital Partners ("KSL") has acquired a majority interest in Sereno. Founded over 20 years ago by the Contreras family, Sereno is the owner-operator of the multi-award-winning ultra-luxury hotel Il Sereno located on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, and its sister resort, Le Sereno on the beach at Grand Cul de Sac on the island of St. Barthelemy.
The Contreras family will remain significant investors in Sereno, and Sereno's current team will continue to deliver the award-winning service for which Sereno has become world-renown over the last two decades. The terms of the of the transaction were not disclosed.
Luis Contreras, Sereno's Founder and CEO, who will continue to lead the company, said, "Sereno Hotels is at heart a family company. Collaborating with KSL empowers us to accelerate our scale, whilst upholding the ideals and standards that have contributed to our success. Our joint vision is to create a select few new small and supremely luxurious hotels in unique locations, featuring remarkable design, meticulous detail, and casual yet professional, bespoke services for our guests. With KSL's strategic advice and financial support, we aim to offer our guests, and our team, exciting new experiences and prospects."
Martin Edsinger, Principal at KSL Capital Partners, added, "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with Luis and the Contreras family for the next journey of growth for this remarkable business. At KSL, we seek to invest in the unforgettable to create the enduring, something which is core to Sereno's mission. What Luis and his family have created is unparalleled, and we could not be more excited about what the future will bring for Sereno and to work with a partner that shares our vision and values."
About Sereno Hotels
Located in two of the most coveted vacations destinations in the world, Sereno Hotels is the creator, owner and operator of the multi- award-winning properties Il Sereno, located on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, whose modern design and interior stems from renowned Spanish architect Patricia Urquiola, and Le Sereno on the island of St. Barthelemy. The brand is renowned for carrying through the themes of an intimate number of sizeable rooms and suites, incredible and iconic views, large villas adjacent to the hotels, and a distinctive, understated approach to luxury and service. Il Sereno and Le Sereno have repeatedly achieved top accolades, including recognition from Condé Nast Traveler Reader's Choice Awards, Travel + Leisure's It List, Afar Traveler's Choice Awards and Town & Country's Hotel Awards. Travel + Leisure recently named Il Sereno the Best Hotel in Italy, the Best Hotel in Europe and the #4 Best Hotel in the World, while also naming Le Sereno the #1 Hotel to stay at in St. Barthelemy.
About KSL Capital Partners
KSL Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in travel and leisure enterprises in five primary sectors: hospitality, recreation, clubs, real estate and travel services. KSL has offices in Denver, Colorado; New York City; Stamford, Connecticut; and London, England. Since 2005, KSL has raised in excess of $21 billion of capital across both equity, credit and tactical opportunities funds. KSL's current portfolio includes some of the premier properties in travel and leisure, such as Soneva in the Maldives, Beaumier in Europe, and Baillie Lodges in Australia. For more information, please visit www.kslcapital.com.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Morning frost gave way to gusting wind Thursday in the WM Phoenix Open, leading to tricky scoring conditions at TPC Scottsdale.
“I actually felt the best swing I made of the day was the par-3 seventh, and hit it 20 yards over the green,” top-ranked Rory McIlroy said after an opening 2-over 73 that left him seven strokes behind.
The frost delayed the start for 1 hour, 50 minutes, with the wind picking up from the northeast and gusting to 25 mph. The temperature climbed from the low 40s in the morning to the high 60s in the afternoon as golf’s biggest party kicked off Super Bowl week in the Valley of the Sun.
“Tricky day,” McIlroy said. “Hopefully, the wind keeps up this afternoon for the guys out there, and we’ll get back at it tomorrow.”
Canadian friends Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin shared the lead at 5-under 66 when play was suspended because of darkness with the entire afternoon wave unable to finish.
Xander Schauffele opened with a 67. Jason Day and Jim Herman also were 4 under, with Day finishing 10 holes and Herman 13.
Taylor played the back nine in 6-under 30 after making the turn at 1 over. The two-time PGA Tour winner lives in the area and often practices at TPC Scottsdale.
“I don’t see a whole lot of northeast wind here,” Taylor said. “It’s definitely the tougher of the winds, especially coming down the stretch. All those holes are playing a lot longer than typical. I’ve seen a lot of wind conditions, but this was one of the toughest stretches I’ve played out here.”
Hadwin also lives in area.
“You had to be a lot more patient than you normally do around this place,” Hadwin said. “You couldn’t really chase birdies like we typically do out here.”
He parred the last four holes to miss out on bragging rights over Taylor.
“I’m really disappointed I didn’t get to 6 under because I saw Nick up there, and I wanted to hold it over him tonight,” Hadwin said.
Local favorite Jon Rahm eagled the par-5 13th to get to 3 under as play was suspended. The former Arizona State star from Spain opened the year with consecutive victories in the Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler was 1 under through 11 holes.
Jordan Spieth shot 71, making four birdies and four bogeys. Justin Thomas was 1 over after 12 holes.
McIlroy is trying to make it three wins in a row on the PGA Tour after taking the Tour Championship in August and The CJ Cup in October. He also won two weeks ago in Dubai on the European tour in his first start of the year.
McIlroy pulled off an amazing recovery shot on the par-4 second hole after a wild tee shot left him up against a metal fence, hitting a 127-yard shot to the center of the green to set up a two-putt par.
“I sort of got lucky because the wind was hard off the left and I needed to hit that hard draw against the wind,” McIlroy said. “It was the only way to stop it on that green.”
McIlroy’s playing partners also struggled, with Collin Morikawa also shooting 73 and two-time Phoenix Open winner Hideki Matsuyama following at 74.
DIVOTS: In response to Saudi-funded LIV Golf, the tournament is an elevated PGA Tour event with a purse of $20 million and a winner’s share of $3.6 million. … The field has eight of the top 10 in the world. Missing are Cameron Smith, suspended because he signed with LIV Golf, and Will Zalatoris.
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Arrest made following deadly shooting in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A man has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting that happened April 5 in the 700 block of Marcum Terrace.
According to the Huntington Police Department, at approximately 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service took Antonio J. Roland into custody in Macomb County, Michigan.
He was charged with one count of murder and is awaiting extradition to Huntington.
Police say an arrest warrant for murder has been obtained for a second suspect in connection to the shooting death of Jermaine M. Johnson, of Huntington.
Johnson, 41, was found in the 700 block of Marcum Terrace on April 5 with multiple gunshot wounds.
Huntington Police officers provided emergency first aid to Johnson until Cabell County EMS arrived and transported him to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries.
An arrest warrant for murder has been obtained for Rafael C. Solomon Jr., whom investigators are still attempting to locate.
Anyone with information on Solomon’s whereabouts or the ongoing investigation is urged to contact the Huntington Police Department at 304-696-4420 or the HPD anonymous tip line at 304-696-4444.
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BOSTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Burns & Levinson announced today that partner Joseph Maraia, co-chair of the firm's Intellectual Property group, has been named a 2022 "IP Star" by Managing Intellectual Property for the ninth consecutive year. The IP Stars list includes the country's leading intellectual property professionals who have been highly recommended by their clients and peers. Maraia, who is also a member of the firm's Executive and Diversity Committees, was named an IP Star in Massachusetts.
Maraia has practiced law for over 20 years, handling U.S. and foreign patent prosecution and litigation matters in state and federal courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. He combines real-world experience as an electrical engineer and master electrician to provide strategic business, technical and legal advice to clients. Maraia is considered a visionary by his engineering arts and biotech clients for his uncanny ability to look at a new technology and visualize exactly what the company is trying to accomplish and how it can be incorporated into a commercial product.
His knowledge and clients span a broad range of industries including consumer products, medical devices, LED lighting solutions, semiconductor equipment, power supplies, lasers, image processing devices, machine learning, micro-displays, optical components, plasma systems, alternative energy technologies, energy harvesting devices, financial services, multimedia, GPS systems, antennas, radar, multivariate analysis techniques, software, robotics, wireless mesh networks, and cellular VOIP and wired telecommunications systems.
He received his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and his B.S. in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars is the leading specialist guide to IP firms and practitioners worldwide. Managing IP has been researching and ranking firms since 1996. This research has expanded over the years, with more than 80 jurisdictions now covered, making it the most comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the industry.
At Burns & Levinson, we provide high-level, client-centric and results-oriented legal services to our regional, national and international clients. We are a full-service law firm with over 125 lawyers in Boston, Providence and London. Our areas of expertise include: business/finance, business litigation, divorce/family law, venture capital/emerging companies, employment, estate planning, government investigations, intellectual property, M&A/private equity, probate/trust litigation, and real estate. We partner with our clients to solve their business and personal legal issues in a collaborative, creative and cost-effective way. For more information, visit Burns & Levinson at www.burnslev.com.
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One man is dead and two others are injured after a shooting in Bridgeport early Saturday morning.
Dispatchers received several reports of shots fired near the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and Broad Street around 1:40 a.m.
When police arrived, they said they found an unresponsive 29-year-old Bridgeport man. He was found in a parking lot at the northeast corner of the intersection. The man was later pronounced dead. His identity has not been released.
Authorities said a 27-year-old Bridgeport man was found with a gunshot wound to his back in the same area as the man who died. He was transported to an area hospital where he is listed in serious condition.
According to police, a 24-year-old Derby man was found west of the intersection with a gunshot wound to his leg. He was transported to the hospital and is listed in stable condition.
Detectives have taken over the scene and the investigation is ongoing. The Detective Bureau is working to interview witnesses, collect evidence and notify next of kin.
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Walter Hill making a new Western excited me. A cast that includes Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan and Benjamin Bratt was icing on the cake. That's a lot of talent for "Dead for a Dollar," a modestly budgeted embrace of a once thriving movie genre. As with the 80-year-old Hill's past hits and misfires alike, "Dead for a Dollar" is effortlessly watchable. Its straightforwardness and casual pace might be a hurdle for some. But there's something about its easy-going style and intoxicating milieu.
One of the film's most noticeable distinctions is how it often looks, sounds, and plays like an old Western serial. The sharp digital look, the framing of specific shots, the scene-to-scene transitions, even some of the dialogue seem like callbacks to classic television. It's a cool style choice that actually fits well with Hill's leisurely storytelling. For example, a big chunk of the movie has characters simply hanging out, waiting for the story's inevitable climax, similar to filler episodes in a TV series.
But unlike filler episodes, which are known for their lack of story progression and character development, Hill gives us plenty to soak up in these stretches of supposed downtime. It's where his potpourri of players and the world where they exist begin to take form. It's where grievances can be started or settled over a good card game. It's also where everyone (and I mean everyone) packs a six-shooter, and they love talking about them just as much as using them.
There's nothing special about the story itself (conceived by Hill and Matt Harris). And you'll need more than 10 fingers to count all the tropes you'll come across. But this is no copy-and-paste effort. Hill is too savvy of a filmmaker for that. And while the story is soaked in nostalgia, Hill isn't beholden to it. Instead "Dead for a Dollar" is a movie you absorb as you watch a filmmaker honor yet subtly subvert a genre he clearly loves. Equally fun is recognizing Hill's many influences, whether it's the simple nuts-and-bolts ethos of Budd Boetticher (to whom the movie is dedicated) or the violent jolts of Sam Peckinpah. Yet Hill still adds plenty of his own flavor, especially in the extended action-fueled finale that has his fingerprints all over it.
Set in 1897, renowned bounty hunter Max Borlund (Waltz) is called on by a prominent businessman named Martin Kidd (Hamish Linklater). According to Kidd, a buffalo soldier named Elijah Jones (Brandon Scott) abducted his wife, Rachel (Brosnahan), and crossed the border into Mexico. He says Jones has demanded $10,000, which he refuses to pay. So he wants Max to go to Mexico and bring his wife back. The job may not fully pass the smell test, but it seems pretty cut-and-dried, so Max accepts.
Since Elijah is also wanted for desertion, the Army sends the chatty sharpshooter Alonzo Poe (Warren Burke) to accompany Max. The two cross the border, eventually catching up to Elijah and Rachel, and then escort them to a one-horse Mexican town where Max sends word to Martin that he has found his wife and apprehended her abductor. As they wait for Martin to arrive, another side of Rachel and Elijah's story emerges. Soon Max, a bounty hunter of principle with an affection for honesty, begins to question everything he has been told.
Also in town is Joe Cribbens (Dafoe), a shady type from Texas who was just released from an Albuquerque prison. He has come south to lay low a bit and play cards. But it just so happens that Borlund was the man who put him in prison, and Joe is the kind who holds a grudge. Add to the mix Tiberio Vargas (Bratt), a ruthless outlaw who (along with his gang of faceless final-act fodder) runs the territory and takes a special interest in the gringos new to town.
It all makes for a combustible formula that (in true Western fashion) moves from a simmer to a boil. While we wait for the inevitable showdown (a beautifully staged extended flourish of gunfire and retribution) Hill and his cast have a good time unpacking this eclectic batch of characters. Waltz's well-measured restraint is a solid foil for Dafoe's gravelly scene-munching. Both are pitch-perfect. Brosnahan is a fearless straight-shooter and a strangely fascinating antithesis to the usual Western femme. And the steely Bratt gets some fun mileage out of a fairly cookie-cutter heavy.
With "Dead for a Dollar," Hill treats us to a buffet of gorgeous imagery, sweeping us away with his stunning widescreen vistas and sucking us in with his artfully blocked interiors. Nearly every scene radiates an alluring sepia-tinted glow reminiscent of an vintage photograph but cleaner and with startling clarity. Admittedly, Hill pushes his aesthetic choices too hard in spots. But there's never a shortage of pretty things to see.
"Dead for a Dollar" may not satisfy those hungry for a fresh spin on the classic Western. But there's beauty in the way it tips its Stetson to its influences. And it's not like Hill doesn't have a few ideas of his own. Take the well-meaning revisionism that doesn't play out as well as it could, yet adds a spirited contemporary twist. And then you have Hill himself. Just the richness of his style and his sheer filmmaking know-how makes this worth watching. Add in all its other strengths and you have a movie sure to be dismissed by some but cherished by others. Count me in latter camp.
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Updated May 15, 2023 at 11:14 AM ET
President Biden is expected to meet with congressional leaders this week about the debt ceiling, with just about two weeks until the country could run out of money to pay its bills.
Economists and administration officials have warned that a potential default on the national debt — for the first in U.S. history — would amount to financial disaster, wreaking havoc on the domestic economy and rattling global markets, too.
"Our economy would fall into a significant recession," Biden told reporters last week. "It would devastate retirement accounts, increase borrowing cost. According to Moody's, nearly 8 million Americans would lose their jobs. And our international reputation would be damaged in the extreme."
Biden expressed confidence over the weekend that leaders will strike a deal before June 1, and his administration has not yet specified what choices it would make if that doesn't happen.
A default would be felt first by Americans who receive payments either directly from the federal government or programs funded by it — like Social Security, military and veterans benefits, housing assistance and food stamps — says Samantha Sanders, the director of government affairs and advocacy at the Economic Policy Institute.
And, as she told NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, the economic effects would ripple outward from there.
People in low- and medium-income ranges could struggle to pay their bills and cut back on spending. The Treasury could delay payments, rattling financial markets and wiping out household wealth. And people could see higher rates for things like mortgages and credit card interest.
"This is going to sound a little bit depressing, but honestly, there's very little an ordinary person can do to prepare for a financial crisis at that scale," Sanders said, adding that the most productive action people can take now is lobbying their members of Congress for a clean debt ceiling deal.
And what exactly does the debt ceiling have to do with retirement plans? Morning Edition's A Martínez asked Joel Dickson, the global head of advice methodology at the investment firm Vanguard.
Dickson says it's clear that there will be increased market volatility as the threat of a default gets closer and if it comes to pass.
"But whether that volatility actually manifests itself in lower or higher returns at any given point in time is really not under an investor's control and it's really, really hard to predict," he says.
Some experts have tried to put a finer point on it. Center-left think tank Third Way said in a December report that a typical worker near retirement with 401(k) savings could lose $20,000 if the U.S. were to default on its debt.
Remember that retirement savings are about the long-term
Dickson, however, emphasizes that saving for retirement is a long game, and a temporary disruption is not likely to have a long-term effect on those savings.
And while the average investor can't necessarily dictate what will happen to the market or in the debt ceiling standoff, they can make sure they're not putting all their eggs in one basket.
"The best way for investors to achieve their own success is by focusing on the things that they can control: saving regularly, keeping costs and taxes from eating away at your nest egg and knowing what you need to meet your goal," Dickson says. "Sticking to that plan and controlling what you can is the best way for success."
If you'd been planning to retire sooner, like this year, Dickson says there are some other issues to consider. If there's a default and government payments do get delayed, that would affect the cash flow you're used to receiving — and, in a sense, the income that you're used to spending.
"And that's where we talk about the importance [of] preparing for the unexpected," Dickson says, referring to peoples' overall investing plans. "Think about things like having rainy day funds or backup plans."
The same idea applies to people who are already in retirement, he adds, since those accounts are by their very nature used to pay for daily expenses and annual living.
"But there may be different ways to think about withdrawing your account in inflationary periods or in times when markets are down," he adds. "That's having a well-diversified approach to spending, the timing of it and how you're saving for the longer term, and then drawing that down."
The broadcast interview was produced by Shelby Hawkins and Taylor Haney.
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Solomon Peña, a former Republican candidate for state office in New Mexico, has been arrested after a string of recent shootings targeting the homes of elected Democratic officials in the state. Peña is suspected of orchestrating the attacks.
The incidents in New Mexico came amid other politically motivated violence in the U.S. following the November election, including the assault on then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) husband.
The shootings and subsequent arrest of Peña reverberated through state and national politics, leaving many to wonder just who Peña is.
Peña ran for the state legislature, refused to concede
Peña launched a campaign for the New Mexico legislature in the 2022 midterms, challenging Democratic incumbent Rep. Miguel Garcia. Democrats control both chambers of the legislature and the governor’s mansion in New Mexico.
Peña had served nearly seven years in prison after being convicted in 2008 of stealing goods in a “smash and grab scheme,” according to CNN affiliate KOAT.
His opponent Garcia attempted to get Peña removed from the ballot before the election, saying his status as an ex-felon should have prevented him from running in the state. A state court cleared Peña to be able to run in the election, according to KOAT.
Peña lost the race handily, receiving just 26 percent of the vote.
Peña tweeted after the election that he “never conceded” his race against Garcia and was “researching” his options. Peña leaned into the rhetoric of right-wing candidates who have challenged election results since former President Trump and his supporters launched attacks against the results of the 2020 election, calling into question the integrity of the country’s voting systems.
Beyond launching a social media campaign claiming that he was not conceding his election to Garcia, Peña took it upon himself to compile and present evidence of what he said was clear election fraud.
Allegedly, Peña personally approached local and state officials with claims of election fraud after his defeat and before the shootings. He approached a legislator and county commissioners at their homes with paperwork that he said was evidence of fraud, according to police.
One of the houses where he delivered the paperwork was that of Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa, which had shots fired at it weeks later.
Peña’s support of Trump and election denialism
After Trump formally announced his 2024 bid for the White House, Peña took to Twitter to voice his support for the former president’s third campaign. Posed in a red “Make America Great Again” sweatshirt, Peña stands next to two Trump flags and says in the tweet: “Trump just announced for 2024. I stand with him.”
Peña latched onto the rhetoric of right-wingers who challenged election results all across the country. In a reply to a tweet from House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Peña outlined his belief that “New Mexico elections are absolutely rigged.”
“And we will pursue justice,” he said.
“When we finally defeat the rigged NM elections, oh, the hero I will be! MAGA nation 4ever!” he said in another tweet on Jan. 9.
The four shootings at the homes of state officials
Between Dec. 4 and Jan. 4, there were four separate shootings at the homes of four different state and local officials. On top of the shots fired at Barboa’s home, which happened on Dec. 4, shots were also fired at the home of incoming state House Speaker Javier Martinez (D) on Dec. 8; then-Bernalillo Commissioner Debbie O’Malley on Dec. 11; and state Sen. Linda Lopez on Jan. 3, according to police.
Peña was arrested in Albuquerque on Monday.
After police told reporters that Peña was the believed “mastermind” behind the shootings, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said the investigation confirmed that the shootings were politically motivated.
An arrest warrant for Peña concluded that there was probable cause to believe that after he lost his election in November, he paid four men and provided them with firearms to commit the shootings at the four homes. It also concludes that Peña personally participated in at least one of the shootings.
“Solomon intended to serious injury (sic) or cause death to occupants inside their homes,” the warrant concluded.
Peña was arrested on preliminary charges of felon in possession of a firearm; attempted aggravated battery with a deadly weapon; criminal solicitation; and four counts each of shooting at an occupied dwelling, shooting at or from a motor vehicle, and conspiracy. | https://pix11.com/hill-politics/who-is-solomon-pena-the-gop-candidate-arrested-in-political-shooting-case/ | 2023-01-18 20:13:59 | 1 | https://pix11.com/hill-politics/who-is-solomon-pena-the-gop-candidate-arrested-in-political-shooting-case/ |
(WGN Radio) – A study of 19,000 people has doctors taking a closer look at aspirin.
The study, published last month in Annals of Internal Medicine, looked at a huge group of people 65 and older. Half were given 100 mg of aspirin daily, while the other half were given a placebo.
The study found the group taking low-dose aspirin were 25% more likely to be anemic, explained Dr. Kevin Most, Chief Medical Officer at Northwestern Medicine’s Central DuPage Hospital.
Anemia describes a condition where the body didn’t have enough healthy blood cells to carry oxygen throughout their bodies properly.
“So we’re really starting to look again at aspirin being in the scrutiny now,” Dr. Most said in a recent interview with WGN Radio. “We need to understand the risk and reward of, OK, it’s going to prevent a stroke, it’s going to prevent a heart attack potentially, but now it’s also going to cause anemia. So we need to make sure we balance that to make sure the right people are taking it.”
Because aspirin is associated with an increased risk for bleeding, including stomach bleeding or aneurysms, doctors have already moved away from recommending daily aspirin for all older adults, Dr. Most explained. This new study is another factor you should discuss with your doctor when determining if daily aspirin is best for you, he said.
“I currently take a baby aspirin per day. Why? Because I have high risk. My father died of a heart attack, I have high cholesterol. So I have high blood pressure. … But you would probably want to talk to your doctor to make sure that the risk versus reward is there.”
Hear more of Dr. Most’s interview in the audio player below:
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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — While many industries fear losing jobs to artificial intelligence, some Florida schools are proactively preparing students for a future career in AI.
“My personal opinion, as an educator and as the leader of a STEM school, is that we need to embrace and explore this technology,” said JoAnne Glenn, Principal of Pasco County’s new school-- Angeline Academy of Innovation.
Angeline is one of the state’s first schools to offer a sequence of AI courses as part of the Florida Department of Education Division of Career and Technical Education Programs.
Angeline opens this year for grades 6-10 to start. It focuses curriculum in technology and science with programs in bio-design with a biomedical focus, engineering with applied robotics, and cyber security with computer science.
“Over this last year, especially when tools like chat GPT have gotten a lot of attention in media. We made an intentional decision to be curious and to figure out how we could leverage those tools rather than talking about whether we should ban them or be afraid of their use,” Glenn explained.
The use and implementation of artificial intelligence is a discussion taking place not only in schools but in workplaces across the globe.
“It is creating a handful of jobs when it comes to data analysis, machine learning, programming, essentially learning how AI works and how to best work with it. It's also getting rid of a lot of jobs because of automation, everything from journalism to higher education to graphic and software design,” said WalletHub Analyst Jill Gonzalez.
A recent report by Goldman Sachs estimates that artificial intelligence will replace 300 million jobs.
Meanwhile, the IBM Global AI Adoption Index predicts the AI industry to grow by 37% by 2030.
“My vision is that artificial intelligence is actually something that is embedded in all of our program pathways because I do see it impacting every career field over time,” Glenn said.
The Thomas cousins are already enrolled in Angeline’s first AI and coding courses.
“We can actually learn stuff like that we want to do like it for like our career,” Shreya Thomas, who is going into 6th grade at the school, told ABC Action News.
“I feel like excited because one of the things I want to be when I grow up is like I want to work in the in biomedical design and be a pediatrician, and I feel like AI could help me like do that,” added her cousin, Jayna Thomas who is also going into 6th grade at Angeline.
Starting this semester, the Florida Virtual School Program also offers AI industry courses for high school students.
Glenn added that they’re even starting to instruct teachers on AI.
“In our summer professional learning for teachers, we're going to be teaching our teachers how to use these tools in their instruction and in their planning so that they are ready to work with them and help students use them responsibly.”
Financial experts say the best job security in the future is for everyone to start learning how to work with AI.
“As AI becomes more prevalent in jobs, there is going to be more and more demand for professionals who can interpret and analyze the data that these systems generate,” Gonzale said. “If your job is not necessarily being automated by AI, there's still probably ways that you can use it and boost productivity,”
Last month, edX.org announced a new artificial intelligence and machine learning program in partnership with the University of Central Florida and 11 other US Universities.
The company’s CEO, Anant Agarwal, told ABC Action News in a statement:
"Thanks in large part to online education, the opportunity to learn AI is now accessible to more people, regardless of their professional experience or educational background. Just as digital skills amplified classical skills in the information age, AI will serve as an augmentative skill in this new AI age. Anyone can and should get started -- the future belongs to those who are ready to embrace the AI wave.” | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pasco/some-florida-schools-will-offer-career-courses-in-artificial-intelligence | 2023-07-06 04:38:05 | 0 | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pasco/some-florida-schools-will-offer-career-courses-in-artificial-intelligence |
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) — The Miami Heat played the entire second half without their top scorer. The Boston Celtics lost two of their top players, who both returned to do their best Willis Reed impersonations.
It wasn’t enough to keep Miami from holding off a late Boston charge to regain home-court advantage in a 109-103 victory Saturday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Heat All-Star Jimmy Butler sat the entire second half because of right knee inflammation, his absence helping the Celtics to whittle what had been a 15-point halftime deficit to a point in the closing minutes.
Along the way, Boston also briefly lost both Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart and All-Star Jayson Tatum to injuries in the second half. Smart sprained his ankle in the third quarter, but was able to return. Tatum left late in the fourth quarter with a shoulder stinger, but after a brief trip to the locker room was also able to finish the game.
“It’s playoff basketball. You have two really competitive teams going at it and laying it out on the line, and there’s just adversity going on both sides just constantly,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “The competition is that intense that it’s creating that adversity. I do not have any updates on anybody. We’re just going to go back to our cave and just recoup.”
Butler also missed Game 5 of the Heat’s first-round series with Atlanta because of the same injury. But Spoelstra said Butler won’t need another MRI. His status will be updated on Sunday.
Butler played 20 minutes in the first half, scoring eight points on 3-of-8 shooting. He was coming off a team-high 29-point performance in Miami’s Game 2 loss. The Heat led 62-47 at the halftime.
Spoelstra was able to tell during the first half that Butler was playing with discomfort.
“He didn’t have his normal explosive burst,” Spoelstra said. “He’s been able to manage this. I think the next two days will be really important obviously.”
Miami began Game 3 playing at full strength after getting back starting point guard Kyle Lowry for the first time this series. He had missed eight of the previous 10 games with a right hamstring injury.
“I feel fine. I’m out here playing. This has been a process for me. It’s been a long journey with this type of injury,” Lowry said. “Going forward we are going to continue to have open dialogue, open communication and just continue to find ways to help me be on the floor.”
With Boston trailing 93-84 with 5:18 remaining in the game, Tatum turned the ball over in traffic and fell to the ground as Miami raced back up the court. He remained down when the Celtics got the ball back and went straight to the locker room after play was stopped.
Tatum emerged from the locker room tunnel with 3:18 to play.
The play was reminiscent of Willis Reed, the former Knicks star who hobbled back to the floor after sustaining a muscle tear and inspired the Knicks to a Game 7 win in the 1970 NBA Finals.
Fans chanted Tatum’s name as he ran toward the bench.
“My neck got caught in a weird position,” Tatum said. “I went down and felt some pain and discomfort in my neck and down my arm, and then went to the back, got it checked on, and started to gain some feeling back and got it checked by the doctors and ran some tests and decided to give it a go.”
But he was largely ineffective the rest of the way, committing a foul, then committing his sixth turnover of the game. He was just 3 of 14 from the field with 10 points, six rebounds and four assists.
Smart’s injury occurred with 10:57 left in the third quarter. He returned at the 6:52 mark and finished with 16 points and seven assists.
Celtics coach Ime Udoka said both Tatum and Smart will continue to be evaluated, but he remains optimistic after they were able to finish the game.
“I’m assuming they’ll be okay,” he said.
If Butler isn’t ready to go in time for Game 4 for some reason, Heat guard Max Strus said the team would adjust as necessary.
“Whatever it is, we’ll figure it out and get it done and be ready for Monday,” he said.
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With a new garage, new tools and renewed focus, veteran driver enjoying strong start to 2022 season
SPARKS, Md., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether you're a mechanic, a crew chief, or a driver, when you're able to focus your efforts, your performance improves. Veteran Formula Drift driver 'Rad' Dan Burkett has always spread himself thin to operate a successful shop while competing against the best drifters in the world. With support from GEARWRENCH, Burkett's making moves to put the focus on performance like never before.
Just before the start of the season, Burkett moved RAD Industries from California to Inglis, Fl., a decision he says sets him up to devote more time to racing as well as his own custom project builds. He cut back on doing customer car builds and put that effort into getting his No. 34 Toyota Supra into form.
"Trying to run a business and manage employees, you end up with a list of things that you just can't get to, and it's draining," Burkett said. "Drifting is such a unique motorsport because you basically destroy your car every time out. We have the right tools with GEARWRENCH and now we have the time to put those tools to work."
For the fourth year in a row, GEARWRENCH is proud to sponsor RAD Industries financially and as the team's official hand tool provider. After three events, Burkett ranks 11th out of 37 drivers with 154 points. His top-8 finish in Atlanta was the best of his career.
"Initially, it was Dan's enthusiasm that caught our attention—his love of driving and working on cars," said GEARWRENCH Sr. Brand Manager Janet Bolin. "This year, he's kicked into another gear. He's pouring everything he's got into it, and you can clearly see it on the track."
Building off its success last season, Burkett will launch the second GEARWRENCH is Rad Track Day in the coming weeks to give drivers of all kinds a unique on-track experience. For more on Burkett's drifting journey, follow RAD Industries on YouTube.
About GEARWRENCH®
GEARWRENCH is a premier hand tool brand from Apex Tool Group. Since the launch of the original five-degree ratcheting wrench, the GEARWRENCH brand has led the industry with breakthroughs in pass-thru ratchets, sockets, screw/nut drivers, pliers, and specialty tools. For more information, visit www.gearwrench.com.
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