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Virtana Platform Solution Ensures Customers Have Resource Efficiency, Capacity Forecasting, and Problem Avoidance
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtana, a leading provider of AI-driven solutions for hybrid cloud management and monitoring, continues to evolve the infrastructure performance management (IPM) capabilities of Virtana Platform, with a focus on proactive enterprise IT management. Through Virtana's Capacity Planning solution, companies get access to real-time data for highly accurate and reliable forecasts – bringing resource efficiency and better purchase and expansion planning to both on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
As cloud costs continue to soar for both compute and storage, many companies find it hard to understand and control their IT bills. Research found that 82% of organizations with workloads running in the public cloud have incurred "unnecessary" cloud costs. The need for future forecasting and resource efficiency has never been more urgent. Virtana Platform's historical data collection shows long-term capacity usage trends so that customers can get reliable insights into seasonal usage, trends over time, speed-to-capacity thresholds, and more.
One of the top three US global telecommunications providers has been using Virtana's Capacity Planning solution for the past two years. With it, they can see how much capacity is available on the floor, allocated, in use, and can view compression ratios. From this data, they are able to make assessments month over month on capacity thresholds and whether they need to expand.
"We had a fire drill one day and needed to see capacity across our environment with host data included ASAP," said the Head of IT for this key global telecommunications provider. "With Virtana's capabilities, we were able to get access to the needed cross-view of host data within hours, showing all of our arrays, where we have them allocated to each host, and how much each is using. This rapid turnaround and useful insight is the reason we continue to work with Virtana for our capacity planning and IPM needs."
Business results of Virtana Platform's Capacity Planning solution:
- Better purchase and expansion planning - resource efficiency allows customers to understand future spending needs
- Problem avoidance and increased availability - running out of capacity can severely impact business performance
- Proactive troubleshooting - depth of observability and monitoring allows customers to be proactive versus reactive
"Virtana Platform's (VP) capacity planning tool keeps you from overrunning budget and ensures you have capacity when you need it," said Jon Cyr, VP of Product at Virtana. "You'll never be surprised by on-prem or cloud costs again. With VP's capacity planning, you can set alarms to know critical points of failure before they occur - for example, you can be made aware six months in advance of the problem that at your current growth rate, you'll run out of storage in six months."
Companies can try Virtana's Infrastructure Performance Management (IPM) and Capacity Planning solution for 30 days at no cost at: virtana.com/IPM-try-and-buy
About Virtana
Virtana provides a multi-cloud insights platform to simplify the performance, optimization, movement, and monitoring of workloads across public, private, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments. The cloud-agnostic SaaS Virtana Platform allows enterprises to efficiently monitor their infrastructure, optimize their costs, and right size workloads across their hybrid cloud infrastructure for performance, capacity, and cost—most customers see 25% cloud cost savings or more within the first 10 days of use. Get a free 14-day trial of Virtana's Cost Management solution at virtana.com/CCM-free-trial
Virtana was named Coolest Cloud Company by CRN, Top Cloud Leader Reducing Public Cloud Costs by Business Insider, Best Company Culture by Comparably, and a Customer First company by Gartner.
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CARMIEL, Israel, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: PLX) (TASE: PLX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, production and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins produced by its proprietary ProCellEx® plant cell-based protein expression system, today announced that the Company will present at the H.C. Wainwright 24th Annual Global Investment Conference, a hybrid conference. The conference is being held on September 12-14, 2022 at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York City. Virtual participation will also be available.
Dror Bashan, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, will provide a corporate overview at the conference. A webcast of the presentation will be available commencing on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 7:00 AM, Eastern time, and will be archived.
Webcast Details:
The conference will be webcast live from the Company's website and will be available via the following links:
Company Link: https://protalixbiotherapeutics.gcs-web.com/events0
Webcast Link: https://journey.ct.events/view/326342b0-083d-4eca-81f7-f93cc78d3394
The Company's management will participate in one-on-one meetings with investors who are registered to attend the conference. If you are an institutional investor and would like to attend the Company's presentation, registration for the conference is available at https://hcwevents.com. Once your registration is confirmed, you will be prompted to log onto the conference website to request a one-on-one meeting with the Company.
About Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.
Protalix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins expressed through its proprietary plant cell-based expression system, ProCellEx. Protalix was the first company to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a protein produced through plant cell-based in suspension expression system. Protalix's unique expression system represents a new method for developing recombinant proteins in an industrial-scale manner.
Protalix's first product manufactured by ProCellEx, taliglucerase alfa, was approved by the FDA in May 2012 and, subsequently, by the regulatory authorities of other countries. Protalix has licensed to Pfizer Inc. the worldwide development and commercialization rights for taliglucerase alfa, excluding Brazil, where Protalix retains full rights.
Protalix's development pipeline consists of proprietary versions of recombinant therapeutic proteins that target established pharmaceutical markets, including the following product candidates: pegunigalsidase alfa, a modified stabilized version of the recombinant human α–Galactosidase–A protein for the treatment of Fabry disease; alidornase alfa or PRX–110, for the treatment of various human respiratory diseases or conditions; PRX–115, a plant cell-expressed recombinant PEGylated uricase for the treatment of severe gout; PRX–119, a plant cell-expressed long action DNase I for the treatment of NETs-related diseases; and others. Protalix has partnered with Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., both in the United States and outside the United States, for the development and commercialization of pegunigalsidase alfa.
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TORONTO (AP) — Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none were life-threatening. When the 61-year-old Canadian was hospitalized in June 2019 over fears he might be suicidal, he asked his brother to “bust him out” as soon as possible.
Within a month, Nichols submitted a request to be euthanized and he was killed, despite concerns raised by his family and a nurse practitioner.
His application for euthanasia listed only one health condition as the reason for his request to die: hearing loss.
Nichols’ family reported the case to police and health authorities, arguing that he lacked the capacity to understand the process and was not suffering unbearably — among the requirements for euthanasia. They say he was not taking needed medication, wasn’t using the cochlear implant that helped him hear, and that hospital staffers improperly helped him request euthanasia.
“Alan was basically put to death,” his brother Gary Nichols said.
Disability experts say the story is not unique in Canada, which arguably has the world’s most permissive euthanasia rules — allowing people with serious disabilities to choose to be killed in the absence of any other medical issue.
Many Canadians support euthanasia and the advocacy group Dying With Dignity says the procedure is “driven by compassion, an end to suffering and discrimination and desire for personal autonomy.” But human rights advocates say the country’s regulations lack necessary safeguards, devalue the lives of disabled people and are prompting doctors and health workers to suggest the procedure to those who might not otherwise consider it.
Equally troubling, advocates say, are instances in which people have sought to be killed because they weren’t getting adequate government support to live.
Canada is set to expand euthanasia access next year, but these advocates say the system warrants further scrutiny now.
Euthanasia “cannot be a default for Canada’s failure to fulfill its human rights obligations,” said Marie-Claude Landry, the head of its Human Rights Commission.
Landry said she shares the “grave concern” voiced last year by three U.N. human rights experts, who wrote that Canada’s euthanasia law appeared to violate the agency’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They said the law had a “discriminatory impact” on disabled people and was inconsistent with Canada’s obligations to uphold international human rights standards.
Tim Stainton, director of the Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship at the University of British Columbia, described Canada’s law as “probably the biggest existential threat to disabled people since the Nazis’ program in Germany in the 1930s.”
During his recent trip to Canada, Pope Francis blasted what he has labeled the culture of waste that considers elderly and disabled people disposable. “We need to learn how to listen to the pain” of the poor and most marginalized, Francis said, lamenting the “patients who, in place of affection, are administered death.”
Canada prides itself on being liberal and accepting, said David Jones, director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Britain, “but what’s happening with euthanasia suggests there may be a darker side.”
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Euthanasia, where doctors use drugs to kill patients, is legal in seven countries — Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain — plus several states in Australia.
Other jurisdictions, including several U.S. states, permit assisted suicide — in which patients take the lethal drug themselves, typically in a drink prescribed by a doctor.
In Canada, the two options are referred to as medical assistance in dying, though more than 99.9% of such deaths are euthanasia. There were more than 10,000 deaths by euthanasia last year, an increase of about a third from the previous year.
Canada’s road to allowing euthanasia began in 2015, when its highest court declared that outlawing assisted suicide deprived people of their dignity and autonomy. It gave national leaders a year to draft legislation.
The resulting 2016 law legalized both euthanasia and assisted suicide for people aged 18 and over provided they met certain conditions: They had to have a serious condition, disease or disability that was in an advanced, irreversible state of decline and enduring “unbearable physical or mental suffering that cannot be relieved under conditions that patients consider acceptable.” Their death also had to be “reasonably foreseeable,” and the request for euthanasia had to be approved by at least two physicians.
The law was later amended to allow people who are not terminally ill to choose death, significantly broadening the number of eligible people. Critics say that change removed a key safeguard aimed at protecting people with potentially years or decades of life left.
Today, any adult with a serious illness, disease or disability can seek help in dying.
Canadian health minister Jean-Yves Duclos said the country’s euthanasia law “recognizes the rights of all persons … as well as the inherent and equal value of every life.”
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The countries that allow euthanasia and assisted suicide vary in how they administer and regulate the practices, but Canada has several policies that set it apart from others. For example:
— Unlike Belgium and the Netherlands, where euthanasia has been legal for two decades, Canada doesn’t have monthly commissions to review potentially troubling cases, although it does publish yearly reports of euthanasia trends.
— Canada is the only country that allows nurse practitioners, not just doctors, to end patients’ lives. Medical authorities in its two largest provinces, Ontario and Quebec, explicitly instruct doctors not to indicate on death certificates if people died from euthanasia.
— Belgian doctors are advised to avoid mentioning euthanasia to patients since it could be misinterpreted as medical advice. The Australian state of Victoria forbids doctors from raising euthanasia with patients. There are no such restrictions in Canada. The association of Canadian health professionals who provide euthanasia tells physicians and nurses to inform patients if they might qualify to be killed, as one of their possible “clinical care options.”
— Canadian patients are not required to have exhausted all treatment alternatives before seeking euthanasia, as is the case in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Still, Duclos said there were adequate safeguards in place, including “stringent eligibility criteria” to ensure no disabled people were being encouraged or coerced into ending their lives. Government figures show more than 65% of people are being euthanized due to cancer, followed by heart problems, respiratory issues and neurological conditions.
Theresia Degener, a professor of law and disability studies at the Protestant University for Applied Sciences in northwestern Germany, said allowing euthanasia based exclusively on disability was a clear human rights violation.
“The implication of (Canada’s) law is that a life with disability is automatically less worth living and that in some cases, death is preferable,” said Degener.
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Alan Nichols lost his hearing after brain surgery at age 12 and suffered a stroke in recent years, but he lived mostly on his own. “He needed some help from us, but he was not so disabled that he qualified for euthanasia,” said Gary Nichols.
In one of the assessments filed by a nurse practitioner before Nichols was killed, she noted his history of seizures, frailty and “a failure to thrive.” She also wrote that Nichols had hearing and vision loss.
The Nichols family were horrified that his death appeared to be approved based partly on Alan’s hearing loss and had other concerns about how Alan was euthanized. They lodged complaints with the British Columbia agency that regulates doctors and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, asking for criminal charges. They also wrote to Canada’s minister of justice.
“Somebody needs to take responsibility so that it never happens to another family,” said Trish Nichols, Gary’s wife. “I am terrified of my husband or another relative being put in the hospital and somehow getting these (euthanasia) forms in their hand.”
The hospital says Alan Nichols made a valid request for euthanasia and that, in line with patient privacy, it was not obligated to inform relatives or include them in treatment discussions.
The provincial regulatory agency, British Columbia’s College of Doctors and Surgeons, told the family it could not proceed without a police investigation. In March, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Patrick Maisonneuve emailed the relatives to say he had reviewed the documentation and concluded Alan Nichols “met the criteria” for euthanasia.
The family’s parliamentary representative, Laurie Throness, asked British Columbia’s health minister for a public investigation, calling the death “deeply disturbing.”
The health minister, Adrian Dix, said the province’s oversight unit reviewed the case and “has not referred it for any further inquiry.” He pointed out that the euthanasia law does not allow for families to review euthanasia requests or be privy to hospitals’ decisions.
Trudo Lemmens, chair of health law and policy at the University of Toronto, said it was “astonishing” that authorities concluded Nichols’ death was justified.
“This case demonstrates that the rules are too loose and that even when people die who shouldn’t have died, there is almost no way to hold the doctors and hospitals responsible,” he said.
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Some disabled Canadians have decided to be killed in the face of mounting bills.
Before being euthanized in August 2019 at age 41, Sean Tagert struggled to get the 24-hour-a-day care he needed. The government provided Tagert, who had Lou Gehrig’s disease, with 16 hours of daily care at his home in Powell River, British Columbia. He spent about 264 Canadian dollars ($206) a day to pay coverage during the other eight hours.
Health authorities proposed that Tagert move to an institution, but he refused, saying he would be too far from his young son. He called the suggestion “a death sentence” in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Before his death, Tagert had raised more than CA$16,000 ($12,400) to buy specialized medical equipment he needed to live at home with caretakers. But it still wasn’t enough.
“I know I’m asking for change,” Tagert wrote in a Facebook post before his death. “I just didn’t realize that was an unacceptable thing to do.”
Stainton, the University of British Columbia professor, pointed out that no province or territory provides a disability benefit income above the poverty line. In some regions, he said, it is as low as CA$850 ($662) a month — less than half the amount the government provided to people unable to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Heidi Janz, an assistant adjunct professor in Disability Ethics at the University of Alberta, said “a person with disabilities in Canada has to jump through so many hoops to get support that it can often be enough to tip the scales” and lead them to euthanasia.
Duclos, the national health minister, told The Associated Press that he could not comment on specific cases but said all jurisdictions have a broad range of policies to support disabled people. He acknowledged “disparities in access to services and supports across the country.”
Other disabled people say the easy availability of euthanasia has led to unsettling and sometimes frightening discussions.
Roger Foley, who has a degenerative brain disorder and is hospitalized in London, Ontario, was so alarmed by staffers mentioning euthanasia that he began secretly recording some of their conversations.
In one recording obtained by the AP, the hospital’s director of ethics told Foley that for him to remain in the hospital, it would cost “north of $1,500 a day.” Foley replied that mentioning fees felt like coercion and asked what plan there was for his long-term care.
“Roger, this is not my show,” the ethicist responded. “My piece of this was to talk to you, (to see) if you had an interest in assisted dying.”
Foley said he had never previously mentioned euthanasia. The hospital says there is no prohibition on staff raising the issue.
Catherine Frazee, a professor emerita at Toronto’s Ryerson University, said cases like Foley’s were likely just the tip of the iceberg.
“It’s difficult to quantify it, because there is no easy way to track these cases, but I and other advocates are hearing regularly from disabled people every week who are considering (euthanasia),” she said.
Frazee cited the case of Candice Lewis, a 25-year-old woman who has cerebral palsy and spina bifida. Lewis’ mother, Sheila Elson, took her to an emergency room in Newfoundland five years ago. During her hospital stay, a doctor said Lewis was a candidate for euthanasia and that if her mother chose not to pursue it, that would be “selfish,” Elson told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Canada has tweaked its euthanasia rules since they were first enacted six years ago, but critics say more needs to be done — especially as Canada expands access further.
Next year, the country is set to allow people to be killed exclusively for mental health reasons. It is also considering extending euthanasia to “mature” minors — children under 18 who meet the same requirements as adults.
Chantalle Aubertin, spokeswoman for Canadian Justice Minister David Lametti, said in an email that the government had taken into account concerns raised by the disabled community when it added safeguards to its euthanasia regulations last year. Those changes included that people were to be informed of all services, such as mental health support and palliative care, before asking to die.
Aubertin said those and other measures would “help to honor the difficult and personal decisions of some Canadians to end their suffering on their own terms, while enshrining important safeguards to protect the vulnerable.”
Dr. Jean Marmoreo, a family physician who regularly provides euthanasia services in Ontario, has called for specialized panels to provide a second opinion in difficult cases.
“I think this is not something you want to rush, but at the same time, if the person has made a considered request for this and they meet the eligibility criteria, then they should not be denied their right to a dignified death,” she said.
Landry, Canada’s human rights commissioner, said leaders should listen to the concerns of those facing hardships who believe euthanasia is their only option. She called for social and economic rights to be enshrined in Canadian law to ensure people can get adequate housing, health care and support.
“In an era where we recognize the right to die with dignity, we must do more to guarantee the right to live with dignity,” she said.
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Nicole Winfield in Edmonton, Alberta, contributed to this report.
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Results from largest randomized TAVR trial to date presented at TCT 2022
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Sept. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) has announced results from the PROTECTED TAVR clinical trial evaluating the SENTINEL™ Cerebral Protection System, which is designed to capture and remove embolic debris stemming from transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) before it can reach the brain and potentially cause a stroke. Outcomes were presented during a late-breaking clinical science session at the 34th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, in Boston, and will be published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
This randomized trial evaluated periprocedural stroke reduction and neurologic outcomes in patients with aortic stenosis treated with either the SENTINEL device to provide cerebral embolic protection (CEP) during TAVR or TAVR alone. The primary endpoint was not met, as the data demonstrated a non-significant trend towards a lower rate of stroke in patients treated with the SENTINEL device, representing a 21% relative risk reduction in all stroke through 72 hours or time of hospital discharge (2.3% with TAVR and CEP vs. 2.9% with TAVR only, P=0.30). Importantly, a secondary analysis demonstrated a statistically significant 60% relative risk reduction in disabling stroke through 72 hours or time of hospital discharge in patients treated with the SENTINEL device (0.5% with TAVR and CEP vs. 1.3% with TAVR only, P=0.02).
"Data from the PROTECTED TAVR trial provide the physician community with evidence that the device plays an important role in reducing disabling strokes across patient types in those undergoing TAVR," said Dr. Samir Kapadia, chairman of the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic. "We also found that the rate of vascular complications in this trial was very low, whether or not the device was used, highlighting the safety of this technology in TAVR procedures."
While outcomes with TAVR for the treatment of aortic stenosis have been shown to be comparable to surgery, stroke remains an important and feared complication of the procedure. Representing the largest randomized TAVR trial to date, the study enrolled 3,000 patients spanning more than 50 global sites and all surgical risk levels, with all patients receiving a neurological exam before and after the procedure. Subgroup analyses demonstrated that the reduction in disabling stroke with the SENTINEL device was consistent across patient subgroups, including age, gender, operative risk, valve type and history of cardiovascular disease.
"Considering strokes are unpredictable, can occur regardless of an individual's clinical background and often take a great toll on a patient's quality-of-life and financial stability, we believe the data appear to demonstrate a consistent effect from CEP technology across all patient populations in the trial – supporting the use of the SENTINEL device as an effective therapy to reduce the risk of the most debilitating form of stroke for patients undergoing TAVR," said Dr. Ian Meredith, global chief medical officer, Boston Scientific. "We look forward to additional data on this technology such as from the currently enrolling PROTECT TAVI trial in the United Kingdom, which will similarly evaluate TAVR-related stroke reduction using the SENTINEL device."
Previous clinical trials involving more than 3,500 patients have demonstrated that the SENTINEL device is safe and effective, including capture and removal of cerebral embolic debris in 99% of TAVR cases.1 To date, more than 75,000 patients worldwide have been protected with this technology.
To learn more about the results of the PROTECTED TAVR trial, visit www.bostonscientific.com/sentinel.
About Boston Scientific
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Factors that may cause such differences include, among other things: future economic, competitive, reimbursement and regulatory conditions; new product introductions; demographic trends; intellectual property; litigation; financial market conditions; and future business decisions made by us and our competitors. All of these factors are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of them are beyond our control. For a further list and description of these and other important risks and uncertainties that may affect our future operations, see Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we may update in Part II, Item 1A – Risk Factors in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q we have filed or will file hereafter. We disclaim any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or in events, conditions or circumstances on which those expectations may be based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. This cautionary statement is applicable to all forward-looking statements contained in this document.
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1 SENTINEL IDE Trial. Data presented at SENTINEL FDA Advisory Panel, February 23, 2017.
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Review: Novelist Jesse Ball takes a wild swing on a memoir. It’s brave and a little cringe
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Autoportrait
By Jesse Ball
Catapult: 140 pages, $20
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A young Jesse Ball discovers a dead dog. Its owner is a classmate who has never deigned to speak to him, but still Ball helps her and her mom put the body in a plastic bag. “Neither of them thanked me,” Ball writes — another brutal moment in his challenging new memoir, “Autoportrait.” “They got in the car and drove away and the girl never mentioned it again. I think she thought that the sort of person I am is the sort of person who does that for the sort of person she is. I suppose she was right.”
Who is Jesse Ball? The answers come fast and weird in this thoughtful, bleak, impressionistic new work, a slim but powerful homage to French photographer Edouard Leve’s 2005 memoir “Autoportrait” — which, Ball explains, took “an approach that does not raise one fact above another, but lets the facts stand together in a fruitless clump.”
At first, it can feel like a game, the business of deciding which facts make the cut, in what order and to what effect. The game can feel unhelpful, like writing a whole novel without the letter E, as Ernest Vincent Wright famously did in 1939’s “Gadsby.” But such tricks have also yielded successful results, including Padgett Powell’s nearly perfect 2009 novel, “The Interrogative Mood,” composed entirely of questions, or Robert Coover’s 1981 story collection “Spanking the Maid,” which retold the same scene over and over again — each time in a slightly new way.
In ‘The Morning Star,’ Knausgaard’s first major novel since his semi-fictional ‘My Struggle,’ psychodramas are outshined by a cosmic disturbance.
There is no doubting what Ball is capable of under less constrained circumstances. In novels such as “Census” and “Silence Once Begun,” Ball has shown himself to be a master stylist, among his generation’s most ambitious and provocative, with big ideas and a proud heart to match. But can a book as blunt and angular (and at times repugnant) as “Autoportrait” ultimately deliver the same kind of confidence and simplicity?
At times Ball can come off as a bit of a monster. “It has been a long time since I got revenge on anyone, though, at least fifteen years,” he writes, leading himself to wonder: “Does that mean I am less engaged in my life?”
There is a dark wit embedded in such candor, a monster that maybe lurks inside all of us. In more vulnerable moments, it feels like trauma. “I have night terrors,” he shares elsewhere, “and have had them since around 1990 when my brother went to the hospital and was there made quadriplegic. I have migraines, sometimes once or twice in a week, sometimes not for a month. When I do, I vomit and roll on the floor like a dog.” The collisions of severe, unvarnished facts start to build a larger idea about how we live — or how we fail to live fully.
There are also lighter moments, touches of humor or even epiphany. There is Ball’s take on the Olympics as “a cross between the Donner party, the Salem witch trials, the invention of penicillin, and making a sandwich.” There is also the odd way he smashes up an experience of empathy with the joy of looking up at the sky:
“The demonstrable force of a person’s empathetic insight is rarely visible, but when it is, as it was in my friend, it is a shock. You must change yourself to match it, or you must blunt yourself to ignore it. Once in Gardur, I came out of a building with my wife and the sky was full of turning birds … there were people in the street going back and forth in the face of this spectacle, and to them it meant nothing. They could not even see it.”
This last comment bears a trace of self-aware arrogance (all these others so blind to wonder!); the book feels least interesting when this particular strain of Ball’s personality comes to the fore.
Tess Gunty’s novel, “The Rabbit Hutch,” follows a brilliant, troubled young woman and charts American decline. The writer’s journey is another story
“My hunches about people are often correct, in fact, uncannily so,” he writes. “This means it is especially bad when I am wrong.” Elsewhere it just sounds like oblivious white privilege: “I have never been afraid of what would happen if I went to prison… I am always surprised when I get a speeding ticket, because, for the most part, I manage to avoid them very well.” Now why might that be? The answer is somewhere between bird-filled sky and the solipsistic depths of the soul.
And yet, buried deep, the reason the book is worth studying, is its central tension. It turns out that not only has Ball always felt antisocial, uncomfortable about his body, and unsure of what life should look like. It’s also true that, at 39, award-winning, tenured and beloved, he still doesn’t feel hopeful about how much even an almost perfect sentence can accomplish.
For all his formal risk-taking and most peculiar stylistic choices, it probably says something that the most tantalizing moment in “Autoportrait” may be the one containing the seedlings of a plot. It’s a diamond-sharp memory, involving his mom and a New York City restaurant that’s always taken special care of Ball, the owners and staff taking elaborate steps to show him how much they appreciate his business. But for a reason Ball decides not to share, it all falls apart.
“This gentle regard all came to a halt one day under circumstances too painful for me to relate,” he writes. Will he share more? “In any case,” he continues, “my order at the restaurant was generally vegetable steamed dumplings…” He doesn’t give you more, and the decision feels cruel.
At another restaurant, this time in Chicago, Ball learns that his favorite waitress has died. “Although this was a shock to me,” he writes, “I simply let my fingers stroke the plastic of the booth and the moment washed over me.”
This a brave book that is also a little bit insane. There is strength in it, and cleverness and nearly unbearable honesty, yet the enduring aftertaste of such gristly tidbits produces little more than an intense desire to give Ball a big hug.
‘Yoga’ charts true-crime master Emmanuel Carrère’s journey from intensive meditation to mental breakdown — but leaves out the divorce that derailed him.
Deuel is a continuing lecturer in the writing programs at UCLA.
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In his eight seasons as the Golden State Warriors’ head coach, Steve Kerr has overseen the winningest team in NBA history, a league-worst team, and a team with enough drama to pack a soap opera.
Now, with his ninth training camp set to open Saturday, Kerr faces a new challenge: managing a roster rife with contract uncertainty. None of the four players who was extension eligible this summer — Jordan Poole, Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson — has inked a new deal.
If Kerr has learned anything during his three-plus decades in and around the NBA, it’s that multimillionaires handle a murky financial future differently. Some use it as motivation. Others let the stress of it hurt their job performance. Perhaps the only certainty is that, for the Warriors to repeat as champions, they must prioritize what’s best for the team over their own contract situations.
This is much trickier than it sounds. The duration of an NBA player’s earning potential is limited. Gaudy stats during a contract year are often the difference between an athlete vaulting from rich to generationally wealthy. Regardless of what Poole, Wiggins, Green and even the mild-mannered Thompson say publicly in coming months, they figure to think — at least in the back of their minds — about what their performance might mean for their next contract.
It is only human, a fact that Kerr understands well. During the 1997-98 season, Kerr — then a reserve guard for the Bulls — witnessed firsthand how contract frustrations can affect an NBA locker room. Scottie Pippen, at $2.8 million, was making 12 times less than teammate Michael Jordan’s $33.1 million salary. Resentful and bitter, Pippen fumed through much of that season.
“Some guys play better when their contract is up, and some guys stress out about it,” Kerr said. “Everybody is different.”
Of the extension-eligible players, Poole’s situation should be the Warriors’ highest priority. If they don’t sign him to a new deal by Oct. 17, they would risk having to match a maximum offer from another team when he hits restricted free agency in the summer.
After Golden State returns in two weeks from its two preseason games in Tokyo, general manager Bob Myers will discuss a new contract with Poole’s agent. It seems increasingly likely, though, that the Warriors wait and see how the season unfolds.
These decisions carry long-term ramifications. If the Warriors bring Poole and Wiggins back at their projected market values while paying Green, Thompson, Stephen Curry and the rest of the players already on their books, they will stare down a total 2023-24 payroll — salaries and luxury taxes — north of $500 million.
Myers has said that majority owner Joe Lacob would fire him if the team had a total payroll of more than $400 million and didn’t win a championship, which means Kerr probably will enter the season with four core players vying for bigger contracts. The good news for the Warriors is that no NBA coach is better equipped for such an assignment.
For the first five years of his Golden State tenure, Kerr’s primary responsibility was managing egos. By fostering a team-oriented culture, he helped the Warriors mostly avoid internal turmoil, win three NBA titles and cement themselves as a dynasty.
But every roster is different, and this season should bring a new set of potential pitfalls. Green has made it clear that he wants a four-year maximum contract extension. Regardless of what happens this season, Poole and Wiggins know that one of them almost certainly must leave next summer.
Even if Green signs a max extension, the Warriors could drop their projected 2023-24 payroll from more than $500 million to well less than $400 million by parting with Poole or Wiggins. This raises some important questions: Will those two feel competitive with each other this season? And what if the Warriors underwhelm? Could Poole, Wiggins and others be angry that they don’t already have long-term assurances?
“We have not had this specific situation,” Myers said, “but that’s the beauty of the NBA, and our job is to try to navigate stuff we haven’t seen. … My experience is that sometimes these things sort themselves out, and sometimes they don’t.
“Right now, it’s hard to say where this unfolds. But we like all those guys. It’s a high-class issue, in my opinion.”
In coming days, Kerr will do what he does best: pull players aside for one-on-ones and learn where they are mentally. This information could be more important to the Warriors’ season outlook than any lineup combination or tactical wrinkle.
Kerr can prevent internal issues only if he knows their possibility exists. By understanding how Poole, Wiggins, Green and Thompson feel about their respective contract situations, Kerr can begin easing their concerns.
“I don’t really worry too much about (contracts) before the season starts,” Kerr said. “I try to get a good feel for what every player is going through and help them through their own set of circumstances.”
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WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s top politician said Thursday that the government will seek equivalent of some $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis’ World War II invasion and occupation of his country.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice party, announced the huge claim at the release of a long-awaited report on the cost to the country of years of Nazi German occupation as it marks 83 years since the start of World War II.
“We not only prepared the report but we have also taken the decision as to the further steps,” Kaczynski said during the report’s presentation.
“We will turn to Germany to open negotiations on the reparations,” Kaczynski said, adding it will be a “long and not an easy path” but “one day will bring success.”
He insisted the move would serve “true Polish-German reconciliation” that would be based on “truth.”
He claimed the German economy is capable of paying the bill.
Germany argues compensation was paid to East Bloc nations in the years after the war while territories that Poland lost in the East as borders were redrawn were compensated with some of Germany’s pre-war lands. Berlin calls the matter closed.
Germany's Foreign Ministry said Thursday the government’s position remains “unchanged" in that “the question of reparations is concluded.”
“Poland long ago, in 1953, waived further reparations and has repeatedly confirmed this waiver,” the ministry said in an emailed response to a Associated Press query about the new Polish report.
“This is a significant basis for today’s European order. Germany stands by its responsibility for World War II politically and morally.”
Poland’s right-wing government argues that the country which was the war’s first victim has not been fully compensated by neighboring Germany, which is now one of its major partners within the European Union.
"Germany has never really accounted for its crimes against Poland,“ Kaczynski said, claiming that many Germans who committed war crimes lived in impunity in Germany after the war.
Top leaders including Kaczynski, who is Poland’s chief policy maker, and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended the ceremonial release of the report at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, rebuilt from wartime ruins.
The release of the three-volume report was the focus of national observances of the anniversary of the war that began Sep. 1, 1939, with Nazi Germany’s bombing and invasion of Poland that was followed by more than five years of brutal occupation.
The head of the report team, lawmaker Arkadiusz Mularczyk, said it was impossible to place a financial value on the loss of some 5.2 million lives he blamed on the German occupation.
He listed losses to the infrastructure, industry, farming, culture, deportations to Germany for forced labor and efforts to turn Polish children into Germans.
A team of more than 30 economists, historians and other experts worked on the report since 2017. The issue has created bilateral tensions.
The war was “one of the most terrible tragedies in our history,” President Andrzej Duda said during early morning observances at the Westerplatte peninsula near Gdansk, one of the first places to be attacked in the Nazi invasion.
“Not only because it took our freedom, not only because it took our state from us, but also because this war meant millions of victims among Poland’s citizens and irreparable losses to our homeland and our nation,” Duda said.
In Germany, the government’s official for German-Polish cooperation, Dietmar Nietan, said in a statement that Sept. 1 “remains a day of guilt and shame for Germany that reminds us time and again not to forget the crimes carried out by Germany” that are the “darkest chapter in our history” and still affect bilateral relations.
Reconciliation offered by people in Poland is “the basis on which we can look toward the future together in a united Europe,” Nietan said.
Poland’s government rejects a 1953 declaration by the country’s then-communist leaders, under pressure from the Soviet Union, agreeing not to make any further claims on Germany.
An opposition lawmaker, Grzegorz Schetyna, says the report is just a “game in the internal politics” and insists Poland needs to build good relations with Berlin.
Some 6 million of Poland’s citizens, including 3 million Jews, were killed in the war. Some of them were victims of the Soviet Red Army that invaded from the east.
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In May, Hari Budha Magar became the first double above-knee amputee to summit Mount Everest.
“It’s my childhood dream actually. I grew up in Nepal up to age of 19 looking up the mountain every day,” he said.
He eventually joined the British Army. While he tried to dedicate time to climbing while in the army, he didn’t have the money or time to train. In 2010, he lost both of his legs above the knee to an explosive device while in Afghanistan.
After years of recovery, training, and summiting other mountains, Magar set his sights on Mount Everest.
There was another hurdle he had to get over. In December 2017, the government in Nepal created a law banning solo climbers, double amputees and blind people from climbing Everest. Magar said the law had to be fought in court.
Fast forward to spring 2023, and Magar was sitting at the Everest base camp, waiting for the right conditions to climb.
“It took, I think the whole expedition took one month and 19 days,” he said.
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“We summited very late, so 3:10 p.m., that we submitted in the afternoon. Normally people summit in the morning around 8, 9 o’clock,” he explained. “Then I started crying. At that time it was very windy with the snow and it was very cold.”
“I was so grateful,” he said.
Magar became the first double above-knee amputee to summit the world’s tallest mountain.
This wasn’t his first time attempting to summit the mountain. Before this May, Magar had tried twice before to summit the 29,029-foot elevation peak.
“I went to climb to make awareness of a disability. I dedicated my life to make awareness to my disability until I die,” he said. “We might need different equipment, we might be slightly slower, we might need slight assistance, but anything is possible.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Indiana Jones. Karen Allen always knew he’d come walking back through her door.
Since 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Allen has been only a sporadic presence in the subsequent sequels. But the glow of the freckled, big-eyed actor who so memorably played Marion Ravenwood has only grown stronger over time.
Indiana Jones may be one of the movies’ most iconic characters, but he’s always needed a good foil. It was Kate Capshaw and Ke Huy Quan in “Temple of Doom” and Sean Connery in “The Last Crusade.” Yet none could top, or out drink, Allen’s Marion, a wisecracking, naturalistic beauty and swashbuckling heir to screwball legends like Katharine Hepburn and Irene Dunne.
Allen’s place in the latest and last “Indiana Jones,” the just-released “Dial of Destiny,” has long been a mystery. Now that the movie is in theaters — spoiler alert — we can finally let the cat out of the bag. Allen returns. And while her role isn’t large — tragedy has driven Marion and Indiana apart — it’s extremely poignant in how she figures into Harrison Ford’s swan song as Indiana Jones.
“Secrets,” Allen chuckled in a recent interview, “are not my specialty.”
Allen, 71, was a magnetic presence in some memorable 1970s and ‘80s films, including 1978’s “Animal House” (the performance that caught Steven Spielberg’s eye), 1984’s “Starman” and 1988’s “Scrooged.” But while she’s steadily worked ever since, the era’s male-dominated Hollywood often seemed to squander her talent. Allen has lived for decades in the Berkshires, where she opened a textiles and clothing boutique and has frequently performed at Tanglewood.
Allen also returned to Marion in 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” But as much as “Dial of Destiny” signifies the end of Ford’s run as Indy, it’s also Allen’s goodbye to her most beloved character. This time, Indiana’s sidekick went to Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the “Fleabag” creator and star. Allen, praising Waller-Bridge as a strong woman, approves.
“If it wasn’t going to be me,” said Allen, “I’m glad it was her.”
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AP: Did Spielberg or “Dial of Destiny” director James Mangold reach out to you about returning as Marion?
ALLEN: There was a period of time when Steven was going to direct the film. It was my understanding — although I never read any of those scripts — that it was being developed very much as a still-ongoing Marion-and-Indy story. When Steven decided to step down and James took over and brought in new writers, I knew it was going into a different direction. Having not even known what it was before, it was even more mysterious after they took it over. So I really didn’t know anything for a long period of time until they had a script. And I have to confess, I was a bit disappointed that she wasn’t more woven throughout the story and didn’t have more of an ongoing trajectory. However, the way in which she does come back into the story was very satisfying. I just thought, “OK, I’m just going to embrace this.” I certainly would have been wildly disappointed had Marion just sort of vanished into the ether.
AP: Did you always think Marion and Indiana were destined for each other? You don’t exactly get a sense of permanence between them in “Raiders.”
ALLEN: It’s funny. When I first started working on it, I just decided that Indy was the love of her life. I just decided to make a deep commitment to that and to play through “Raiders of the Lost Ark” with the feeling they’re soulmates. When we end up married in “Crystal Skull,” I wept when I read that script.
AP: “Indiana Jones” could be a boys world but you were such a spirited force of nature.
ALLEN: Well, Steven and George had this experience as young boys with these Saturday afternoon matinee serial films. They were just a little bit older than I am, so I kind of missed that. I don’t have a reference point for that. So I don’t think that I necessarily understood the genre of film we were making. I thought we were making “Casablanca.” I really, truly did. So I sort of defined my character in that sort of genre — which I think weirdly enough works quite well for the film. I never imagined Marion as a damsel in distress in any sort of way. I was always pushing back against that, and in the end, Steven was supportive of that.
AP: Do you ever wish you had gotten the chance to star in more Hollywood films?
ALLEN: I make movies all the time, although I have tended in the last 10 or 15 years to focus more on indie films. In truth, the kinds of roles I’m really hungry to play, particularly for someone my age, they’re written more in the indie world. People kind of think, “Where have you been?” There were times I was raising my son but I often do at least two films a year. They’re very satisfying, probably more satisfying than the sort of roles I would be offered. A lot of times I turned down things. There’s a lot of thankless roles for women in bigger budget films.
AP: What has Marion meant to you?
ALLEN: She’s sort of at the core of my growth as an actor and certainly my relationship to the world. As I move through the world, I’ve become very identified with that character. There was maybe a brief period of time where I found it annoying. But that passed and now it’s just this character that I love. I can’t imagine anything more satisfying to have had the chance in life to create a character that has some meaning for people.
AP: What was it like to shoot your scenes with Ford in “Dial of Destiny”?
ALLEN: It was fantastic. We shot it all in one day or maybe two days. To just imagine these two people that have been wrenched apart through grief and loss and then she’s coming back with this hope that they can move forward. When we played the scene, that was very, very affecting. We were both very affected by it and a little teary. And the crew was a little teary.
AP: How has it been keeping your role in the film secret?
ALLEN: It’s been excruciating. (Laughs) I never have to do anything like this again. People have come up to me and they’ve been so upset because they didn’t see my name on IMDb. People would be so mad I’d have to stand there and just be like, “What do I say? Do I say, ‘Yeah, isn’t that a drag?’ or ‘You never never know — wink, wink.’” I’ve had to say I just can’t answer any questions about “Indiana Jones” — which I feel like is sort of saying that I’m in the film. It’s a lose-lose situation. (Laughs)
AP: Does playing Marion one last time cap anything for you?
ALLEN: More so for Harrison than for me. He’s such a fully developed character and has done all five of these. With Marion, I’ve kind of come and gone. But she will always be a character that moves through life with me. I don’t know if I really have a sense of it being over. There always was a sense that one more would be done, even if it took 20 years. Now, they’ve been very clear that this is the last one. So it is a letting go.
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ELK GROVE — Toni Sherwin is actually looking forward to the procedure that will relocate her dialysis port from her chest to her arm, which will be easier to keep dry. Since she started dialysis in February — as part of blood cancer treatment — she has washed her hair in the sink and stayed out of her pool to prevent water from getting into the port.
Three times a week, Sherwin, 71, drives to a dialysis clinic in Elk Grove, Calif., the suburb south of Sacramento where she lives, and lies tethered to a machine for about four hours while it filters her blood. The treatment exhausts her, but she feels well cared for and knows the clinic workers will call the police if she doesn’t show up for an appointment and they can’t get in touch with her directly.
“They don’t play games,” said Sherwin.
Sherwin fears her access to the clinic is in jeopardy. A sign in the clinic’s window tells patients and visitors to vote “no” on Proposition 29, the third statewide dialysis initiative in five years. It would impose new requirements on dialysis clinics, such as requiring a doctor to be on hand during treatments.
She and other California voters have also been bombarded by TV ads, in which patients in wheelchairs and doctors in scrubs warn that “29 would shut down dialysis clinics throughout California.”
“We’re terrified,” said Sherwin. “If they stop it, where are we going to go? We just die.”
Sherwin is among roughly 80,000 Californians who rely on 650 dialysis clinics tucked into strip malls and medical centers around the state. Patients arrive in medical transport vans, minivans, and the occasional ride-hailing vehicle and are often too tired and hungry after treatment to drive themselves home. They drag duffel bags and pillows into clinics, prepared to sit for four or five hours at a time, typically three days a week, as their blood is cleaned and filtered through a machine because their kidneys can no longer perform those functions.
Proposition 29 would require clinics to report infections to the state and tell patients when doctors have a financial stake in a clinic, rules that are similar to existing federal regulations.
The biggest flashpoint is the requirement to have a doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant present at every clinic while patients are being treated.
Requiring a clinician on-site would increase each facility’s costs by “several hundred thousand dollars annually on average,” according to an analysis by the nonpartisan state Legislative Analyst’s Office. To deal with the additional costs, the analysis concluded, clinics have three options: negotiate higher rates with insurers, lose profits, or close facilities.
The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, which is sponsoring Proposition 29, said reforms are necessary to keep patients safe during the physically arduous dialysis process. The union — which has tried but failed to organize dialysis workers — argues that the treatment is dangerous and that patients need access to highly trained medical professionals to deal with emergencies instead of relying on 911.
The union was also behind the two previous dialysis ballot initiatives, which failed by wide margins. Proposition 8 in 2018 would have capped industry profits, while Proposition 23 in 2020 was nearly identical to this year’s measure. Both broke records for campaign spending.
The Proposition 29 opposition campaign, funded mostly by the dialysis industry, says keeping a doctor or nurse practitioner around at all times is both costly and unnecessary. Clinics employ registered nurses who check on patients and medical directors — physicians who oversee facilities but are often on-site only part time. About three quarters of California’s dialysis clinics are owned or operated by two companies: DaVita and Fresenius Medical Care.
So far, both sides have raised at least $94 million, according to the Los Angeles Times, with roughly 85% coming from DaVita and Fresenius.
Joe Damian, 71, doesn’t buy the claim that clinics would close if Proposition 29 passed. Of course, he said, he’d feel more comfortable if a doctor were on-site when his wife, Yolanda, has her treatments. He also believes dialysis companies would continue to make money hand over fist.
“How could it not be better?” he asked. “They just don’t want to give up any of their profits.”
Damian drives his wife to her treatments in Elk Grove. He understands why other patients and their families are worried about clinics closing but thinks the industry is fearmongering.
“Closing facilities is a threat they’ll never do,” he said. “Why would they close a moneymaking business?”
Proposition 29 includes provisions intended to protect against clinic closures, such as requiring facilities to get approval from the state before they end or reduce services, but opponents argue the provisions won’t hold up in court.
Nearly all the patients interviewed going to or from dialysis appointments at five Sacramento-area clinics had witnessed workers call 911 for another patient. Most said the emergencies had been handled well by the workers and emergency personnel. Overall, they said, they felt the dialysis clinics took good care of them.
The majority of patients had internalized the language of the opposition ads that warned of clinic closures.
Norbie Kumagai, 65, spent last Thanksgiving at University of California-Davis Medical Center, and his family was told it was time to say goodbye. But Kumagai, who has stage 4 kidney disease and high blood pressure, pulled through and had to wait months for a dialysis chair to open up at a clinic in West Sacramento, about 13 miles from his home in Davis.
Kumagai generally agrees that the dialysis industry needs reforms. For instance, he said, he’d like the technicians who help him each week to get pay raises.
But he’s worried about what Proposition 29 might mean for the treatments that keep him alive.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Disgruntled wide receiver Elijah Moore will sit out the New York Jets’ game Sunday against the Denver Broncos after requesting to be traded amid frustration over his lack of playmaking opportunities.
Coach Robert Saleh said Friday “trading him is not an option,” but Moore will not be with the team in Denver as the Jets — at 4-2 and off to their best start since 2015 — look for a fourth straight victory.
Moore, a second-round pick out of Mississippi who had 43 catches as a rookie last year, will go through workouts with trainers over the next few days and rejoin the team Monday.
“In my view, whether we agree or not, it doesn’t matter, but to ask him to play a football game with where he is from a mental standpoint wouldn’t be fair to him,” said Saleh, who insisted Moore wasn’t being punished by the team. “That’s strictly my decision.”
On Thursday, Saleh said Moore was excused from practice by the team to be with his family to attend to a personal matter. The wide receiver spent the day away from the facility and then asked to be dealt.
Moore is coming off a promising rookie season during which he caught 43 passes for 538 yards and five touchdowns in 11 games, including six starts. But he has just 16 catches for 203 yards and no scores in six games — all starts — while working in an offense that has focused more on running the ball in recent weeks.
“For me, knowing the individual and know what he wants, he wants to contribute,” Saleh said. “He’s a competitive kid. He’s a competitive man. He feels like he can do more within the offense to help us across the board. And to me, that’s admirable. You want your guys to have that confidence in themselves where they know that they can do more for the offense.”
But for a team that is having success for the first time in several years and has preached a “Positive Vibes Only” mantra, there are questions as to whether Moore’s actions could potentially serve as a distraction.
“Our locker room’s fine, it’s rock solid,” Saleh said. “We all love Elijah. We all understand the business aspect of it. We all know where his heart is, we all know the character we drafted. Elijah’s a great kid. He is. He works his tail off, does everything that’s asked of him. And whether or not people can get out of whack, that’s probably more of a conversation for him.
“But he is a very high-character individual and I get that this can look bad, but it is part of it and part of what we go through in this business.”
Moore became the second Jets wide receiver to request a trade after Denzel Mims, a 2020 second-rounder, did so during training camp. But as is the case with Moore, the team has no plans to deal him.
And in a twist, with Moore not playing Sunday, Mims will be active for the first time this season.
“He has prepared himself to play and he’s going to get his opportunity,” Saleh said.
Moore created some buzz Sunday on social media after New York’s 27-10 victory at Green Bay when he quote-tweeted a reporter’s post that pointed out he had no official receiving targets in the game. He actually had one on a deep incompletion in the second quarter, but it was negated by a penalty.
“If I say what I really wanna say…I’ll be the selfish guy…we winning,” Moore said in the since-deleted post. “Grateful! Huge blessing! All I ever wanted. Butter sweet for me em but I’ll be solid. So I’ll just stay quiet.
“Just know I don’t understand either.”
On Monday, Saleh said he spoke to Moore, and it appeared the issue was mostly settled. But in the first of three posts on Twitter on Thursday, Moore said: “Love my teammates!” That was followed by: “When someone tell u how they feel the first time BELIEVE THEM!” The final tweet read: “God I need direction.”
All the tweets have since been deleted. Earlier Thursday, Moore also tweeted: “God makes no mistakes….I trust u through it Allllllll…”
Saleh on Friday reiterated Moore “is not a bad kid,” and the Jets have high hopes for him.
“He’s going to be a great football player in this league for a long time,” the coach said. “And it’s just a matter of just being able to stack together a couple of good days.”
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Former Real Madrid and Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil retires from football
By George Ramsay, CNN
Mesut Özil, the Arsenal and Real Madrid midfielder who won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, has announced his retirement from professional football aged 34.
Once regarded as one of the best players in the world in his position, Özil won the La Liga title with Real Madrid in 2012 and four FA Cup titles with Arsenal between 2014 and 2020.
He was also part of the Germany squad at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 World Cups and scored 23 goals in 92 appearances for his country.
“I’ve had the privilege to be a professional football player for almost 17 years now and I feel incredible thankful for the opportunity,” Özil wrote on social media.
“But in recent weeks and months, having also suffered some injuries, it’s become more and more clear that it’s time to leave the big stage of football.”
Starting his club career in Germany with Schalke and Werder Bremen, Özil spent three years at Real Madrid and eight with Arsenal before moving to Turkey to play for Fenerbahçe and, most recently, İstanbul Başakşehir.
He developed a reputation as a superb passer and playmaker, recording at least 20 assists in each of his three seasons with Madrid.
At Arsenal, his 19 assists in the Premier League during the 2015/16 season is one shy of the league record held by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne.
Having arrived in North London for a then club-record fee of $54.8 million, Özil scored 44 goals in 254 appearances for Arsenal but was frozen out of Mikel Arteta’s squad in his final season, despite reportedly being one of the team’s highest-paid earners.
He failed to win more silverware in the final two years of his career in Turkey and had limited playing time with Başakşehir due to injury problems.
Named Germany’s player of the year on five occasions, Özil played in all his country’s World Cup games in 2010 and 2014, when he was an instrumental part of the team that beat Argentina 1-0 in the 2014 final.
He played his final game for the national team at the 2018 World Cup before announcing his international retirement, citing racism and disrespect.
In a lengthy statement explaining the decision, Özil, who is of Turkish descent, said he felt “German when we win” but like “an immigrant when we lose,” with the German Football Federation saying it was “regrettable that Mesut Özil felt that he had not been sufficiently protected as a target of racist slogans.”
Writing on social media on Wednesday, Özil thanked fans, his friends and his family for supporting him throughout his career.
“Now I’m looking forward to everything that is in front of me with me beautiful wife, Amine, and my two beautiful daughters, Eda and Ela — but you can be sure that you will hear from me from time to time on my social media channels,” he said.
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40 forced out of homes after fire damages Beverly apartment complex
By WBZ Staff
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BEVERLY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Forty people have been forced out of their homes in Beverly after a fire left extensive damage an apartment complex.
Firefighters were called to the apartments on Trask Court just after 7 p.m. Thursday after flames broke out in one of the units and started spreading. Beverly Fire Chief Peter O’Connor said it was a “stubborn” fire. It took more than ten hours to contain.
“A lot of hidden spaces in the building,” O’Connor said. “(The) most important thing was to make sure everybody was out of the building, so we got into as many units as we possibly could.”
The chief said no one was hurt, but one woman was rescued and taken to the hospital because she inhaled too much smoke. Two dogs and a cat died in the fire.
The Salvation Army said it was helping the 40 people with food and a temporary place to stay.
“It was hectic man, I have never seen so much damage, I mean look at it from the front, and it was all through the back,” neighbor Ahmed Albadri told WBZ-TV.
“I really feel bad and terrible for the people and what they have to go through now, finding new places. Forty people have to find new places, that’s a lot of people. But I really hope the best for them.”
There’s no word yet on how the fire started.
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TORONTO, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - The Board of Directors of TMX Group Limited today declared a dividend of $0.87 on each common share outstanding, payable on June 2, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 19, 2023.
TMX Group hereby advises that this dividend is designated as an "eligible dividend" for Canadian income tax purposes.
For the results of the quarter ended March 31, 2023 for TMX Group, please click on the following link: http://www.tmx.com/investor-relations/.
TMX Group operates global markets, and builds digital communities and analytic solutions that facilitate the funding, growth and success of businesses, traders and investors. TMX Group's key operations include Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montréal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, and Trayport which provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services, technology solutions, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across North America (Montréal, Calgary, Vancouver and New York), as well as in key international markets including London, Singapore and Vienna. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on Twitter: @TMXGroup.
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Tristen Nash, son of WWE legend Kevin Nash, dead at 26, reports say
(Gray News) - Hall of Fame wrestler Kevin Nash has lost his son.
According to People, Kevin Nash’s son, Tristen Nash, died at the age of 26.
The celebrity magazine cited professional wrestling reporter Sean Ross Sapp for reporting the death earlier this week.
Sapp shared a statement on his Twitter account: “On behalf of Kevin and Tamara Nash, I have to, unfortunately, report that their son Tristen Nash has tragically passed away at the age of 26.”
The statement continued: “Tristen recently started working on Kevin’s new podcast, and the two enjoyed their time together. The Nash family asks if you could please respect their privacy during this time.”
TMZ reports its sports department spoke with wrestling icon Shawn Michaels after Tristen Nash’s death. Michaels shared that the guys are doing everything they can to support their friend.
No further immediate information has been made available regarding Tristen Nash’s death or his cause of death.
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Record Q1 Revenues Powered by Cloud Revenue Growth and Continued Strong Cloud Bookings
Fiscal 2023 First Quarter Highlights
- Total revenues of $852 million, up 2.4% Y/Y or up 7.1% in constant currency
- Annual recurring revenues of $722 million, up 4.4% Y/Y or up 8.9% in constant currency, a record 85% of total revenues
- Cloud revenues of $405 million, up 13.5% Y/Y or up 16.9% in constant currency
- Strong quarterly enterprise cloud bookings(1) of $112 million, up 37% Y/Y
- Operating cash flows were $132 million and free cash flows(3) were $96 million
- TTM operating cash flows(2) were $924 million and TTM free cash flows(2)(3) were $821 million
- GAAP-based net income (loss) of ($117) million including $181 million of pretax unrealized losses on mark-to-market valuations related to derivative transactions in connection with the Micro Focus acquisition
- Adjusted EBITDA(3) of $304 million, margin of 35.7% and TTM Adjusted EBITDA(2)(3) of $1,246 million, margin of 35.5%
- GAAP-based diluted earnings (loss) per share (EPS) of ($0.43), Non-GAAP diluted EPS(3) of $0.77
WATERLOO, ON, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX), (TSX: OTEX), today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2022.
"OpenText demonstrated outstanding execution and delivered record Q1 revenues and enterprise cloud bookings, up 37% Y/Y, amidst a dynamic macro environment," said Mark J. Barrenechea, OpenText CEO & CTO. "Total revenues of $852 million grew 2.4% year-over-year or 7.1% in constant currency. Cloud revenues of $405 million grew 13.5% year-over-year or 16.9% in constant currency, driven by increased cloud consumption. Annual recurring revenues of $722 million grew 4.4% year-over-year or 8.9% in constant currency, representing 85% of total revenues and achieving seven consecutive quarters of cloud and ARR organic growth in constant currency."
"OpenText empowers organizations to drive cloud-based digital transformations, helping customers excel in a world of rapid change," added Mr. Barrenechea. "On August 25, 2022, we announced our intention to acquire Micro Focus International plc, and on October 18, Micro Focus shareholders approved the offer - an important milestone in our path towards completing the acquisition. With the planned acquisition of Micro Focus, OpenText will be one of the world's largest software and cloud businesses with a $170 billion market opportunity. We remain on track to close the Micro Focus acquisition in the first calendar quarter of 2023."
"We are pleased with our first fiscal quarter performance where we continued to lead with operational excellence in a dynamic environment," said Madhu Ranganathan, OpenText EVP, CFO. "With approximately $1.7 billion in cash as of September 30, 2022, our balance sheet and liquidity position remain solid. OpenText's strong momentum reflects continued execution of OpenText strategic priorities and positions us well for the upcoming integration of Micro Focus."
Financial Highlights for Q1 Fiscal 2023 with Year Over Year Comparisons
Dividend
As part of our quarterly, non-cumulative cash dividend program, the Board declared on November 2, 2022, a cash dividend of $0.24299 per common share. The record date for this dividend is December 2, 2022 and the payment date is December 22, 2022. OpenText believes strongly in returning value to its shareholders and intends to maintain its dividend program. Any future declarations of dividends and the establishment of future record and payment dates are all subject to the final determination and discretion of the Board of Directors.
Quarterly Business Highlights
- OpenText announced its intention to acquire Micro Focus International plc and fund the all-cash offer with existing cash, new debt and a draw on our existing revolving credit facility
- Micro Focus shareholders approved all cash offer by OpenText
- Key customer wins in the quarter include: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait, Alcatel Lucent, Auto Club Group of Michigan, The City of Calgary, Close Brothers Group, DataExpert, Engie, Fifth Third Bank, Industry Data Exchange Association, KMD Nexus, Penn Mutual, People's Education Press, Sutter Health, Serious Fraud Office, University of Winchester and Water Board Hoogheemraadschap
- OpenText kicked off OpenText World introducing Cloud Editions 22.4 and Project Titanium
- OpenText unveiled new integrations and innovations with Google Cloud at OpenText World 2022
- OpenText announced 2030 Pledge Zero-in with ambitious ESG targets and programs
Conference Call Information
OpenText posted an investor presentation on its Investor Relations website at http://investors.opentext.com and invites the public to listen to the earnings conference call today at 5:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. PT) by dialing 1-800-319-4610 (toll-free) or +1-604-638-5340 (international). Please dial-in 10 minutes ahead of time to ensure proper connection. Alternatively, a live webcast of the earnings conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://investors.opentext.com/investor-events-and-presentations.
A replay of the call will be available beginning November 3, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. ET through 11:59 p.m. on November 17, 2022 and can be accessed by dialing 1-855-669-9658 (toll-free) or +1-604-674-8052 (international) and using passcode 9454 followed by the number sign.
Please see below note (2) for a reconciliation of U.S. GAAP-based financial measures used in this press release to Non-GAAP-based financial measures.
About OpenText
OpenText, The Information Company™, enables organizations to gain insight through market leading information management solutions, powered by OpenText Cloud Editions. For more information about OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTEX) visit opentext.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release, including statements about the focus of Open Text Corporation ("OpenText" or "the Company") in our fiscal year ending June 30, 2023 (Fiscal 2023) on growth, future cloud growth and market share gains, future organic growth initiatives and deployment of capital, intention to maintain a dividend program, the proposed acquisition of Micro Focus International plc (the Acquisition) and associated benefits, future tax rates, new platform and product offerings and associated benefits to customers, scaling OpenText, and other matters, which may contain words such as "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "plans", "believes", "seeks", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "might", "will" and variations of these words or similar expressions are considered forward-looking statements or information under applicable securities laws. In addition, any information or statements that refer to expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, performance or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking, and based on our current expectations, forecasts and projections about the operating environment, economies and markets in which we operate. Forward-looking statements reflect our current estimates, beliefs and assumptions, which are based on management's perception of historic trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances, such as certain assumptions about the economy, as well as market, financial and operational assumptions. Management's estimates, beliefs and assumptions are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive and other uncertainties and contingencies regarding future events and, as such, are subject to change. We can give no assurance that such estimates, beliefs and assumptions will prove to be correct. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties such as those relating to: inability to obtain required regulatory approvals for the Acquisition, the timing of obtaining such approvals and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect; the expected benefits of the Acquisition; the risk that a condition to closing of the Acquisition may not be satisfied on a timely basis or at all; uncertainties as to access to available financing (including refinancing of debt) on a timely basis and on reasonable terms; all statements regarding the expected future financial position, results of operations, cash flows, dividends, financing plans, business strategy, budgets, capital expenditures, competitive positions, growth opportunities, plans and objectives of management following the Acquisition, including any anticipated synergy benefits; our ability to integrate successfully Micro Focus' operations and programs, including incurring unanticipated costs, delays or difficulties; duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any new strains or resurgence; and our ability to develop, protect and maintain our intellectual property and proprietary technology and to operate without infringing on the proprietary rights of others. For additional information with respect to risks and other factors which could occur, see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other securities filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other securities regulators. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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For more information, please contact:
Harry E. Blount
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Investor Relations
Open Text Corporation
415-963-0825
investors@opentext.com
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Notes
(1) All dollar amounts in this press release are in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise indicated.
(2) Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures: In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company provides certain financial measures that are not in accordance with U.S. GAAP (Non-GAAP). These Non-GAAP financial measures have certain limitations in that they do not have a standardized meaning and thus the Company's definition may be different from similar Non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies and/or analysts and may differ from period to period. Thus it may be more difficult to compare the Company's financial performance to that of other companies. However, the Company's management compensates for these limitations by providing the relevant disclosure of the items excluded in the calculation of these Non-GAAP financial measures both in its reconciliation to the U.S. GAAP financial measures and its consolidated financial statements, all of which should be considered when evaluating the Company's results.
The Company uses these Non-GAAP financial measures to supplement the information provided in its consolidated financial statements, which are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The presentation of Non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be a substitute for financial measures presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, but rather should be evaluated in conjunction with and as a supplement to such U.S. GAAP measures. OpenText strongly encourages investors to review its financial information in its entirety and not to rely on a single financial measure. The Company therefore believes that despite these limitations, it is appropriate to supplement the disclosure of the U.S. GAAP measures with certain Non-GAAP measures defined below.
Non-GAAP-based net income and Non-GAAP-based EPS, attributable to OpenText, are consistently calculated as GAAP-based net income (loss) or earnings (loss) per share, attributable to OpenText, on a diluted basis, excluding the effects of the amortization of acquired intangible assets, other income (expense), share-based compensation, and special charges (recoveries), all net of tax and any tax benefits/expense items unrelated to current period income, as further described in the tables below. Non-GAAP-based gross profit is the arithmetical sum of GAAP-based gross profit and the amortization of acquired technology-based intangible assets and share-based compensation within cost of sales. Non-GAAP-based gross margin is calculated as Non-GAAP-based gross profit expressed as a percentage of total revenue. Non-GAAP-based income from operations is calculated as GAAP-based income from operations, excluding the amortization of acquired intangible assets, special charges (recoveries), and share-based compensation expense.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA) is consistently calculated as GAAP-based net income (loss), attributable to OpenText, excluding interest income (expense), provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization of acquired intangible assets, other income (expense), share-based compensation and special charges (recoveries). Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated as adjusted EBITDA expressed as a percentage of total revenue.
The Company's management believes that the presentation of the above defined Non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to investors because they portray the financial results of the Company before the impact of certain non-operational charges. The use of the term "non-operational charge" is defined for this purpose as an expense that does not impact the ongoing operating decisions taken by the Company's management. These items are excluded based upon the way the Company's management evaluates the performance of the Company's business for use in the Company's internal reports and are not excluded in the sense that they may be used under U.S. GAAP.
The Company does not acquire businesses on a predictable cycle, and therefore believes that the presentation of Non-GAAP measures, which in certain cases adjust for the impact of amortization of intangible assets and the related tax effects that are primarily related to acquisitions, will provide readers of financial statements with a more consistent basis for comparison across accounting periods and be more useful in helping readers understand the Company's operating results and underlying operational trends. Additionally, the Company has engaged in various restructuring activities over the past several years, primarily due to acquisitions and most recently in response to our return to office planning, that have resulted in costs associated with reductions in headcount, consolidation of leased facilities and related costs, all which are recorded under the Company's "Special charges (recoveries)" caption on the Consolidated Statements of Income. Each restructuring activity is a discrete event based on a unique set of business objectives or circumstances, and each differs in terms of its operational implementation, business impact and scope, and the size of each restructuring plan can vary significantly from period to period. Therefore, the Company believes that the exclusion of these special charges (recoveries) will also better aid readers of financial statements in the understanding and comparability of the Company's operating results and underlying operational trends.
In summary, the Company believes the provision of supplemental Non-GAAP measures allow investors to evaluate the operational and financial performance of the Company's core business using the same evaluation measures that management uses, and is therefore a useful indication of OpenText's performance or expected performance of future operations and facilitates period-to-period comparison of operating performance (although prior performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance). As a result, the Company considers it appropriate and reasonable to provide, in addition to U.S. GAAP measures, supplementary Non-GAAP financial measures that exclude certain items from the presentation of its financial results.
The following charts provide unaudited reconciliations of U.S. GAAP-based financial measures to Non-GAAP-based financial measures for the following periods presented.
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(3) The following tables provide a composition of our major currencies for revenue and expenses, expressed as a percentage, for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:
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New store format provides Belk customers with access to Conn's name brand assortment of home products, as well as its best-in-class white-glove, next-day delivery
THE WOODLANDS, Texas and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of a strategic partnership that Conn's, Inc. (NASDAQ: CONN) and Belk announced earlier this year, the first store-within-a-store pilot concepts have launched in five Belk locations under the name "Conn's x Belk." The new store format provides Belk customers with access to Conn's complementary home product categories, as well as core differentiators like industry-leading white-glove, next-day delivery.
Additional Conn's x Belk locations are planned to open throughout the summer and early fall of 2022, along with an eCommerce experience coming to Belk.com this fall. The Conn's x Belk locations feature a name brand assortment of all major Conn's product categories including furniture, home electronics and appliances. The store-within-a-store formats range from approximately 10,000 to 25,000 square feet depending on the Belk location.
To honor this new shopping experience, all five of the Conn's x Belk locations will hold grand opening celebrations on Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. that will include giveaways, treats, and music. Customers can experience the new Conn's x Belk pilot at the following Belk locations, open now:
- West Town located at 7600 Kingston Pike in Knoxville, TN
- Triangle located at 7500 Old Wake Forest Road in Raleigh, NC
- Northlake located at 7115 Northlake Mall Drive in Charlotte, NC
- Ridgeland located at 1200 East County Line Road in Ridgeland, MS
- Charleston located at 2064 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard in Charleston, SC
"We're thrilled that our first five Conn's x Belk concept stores are open with more coming soon, giving us the opportunity to introduce new customers to Conn's key differentiators, including our high-quality product assortment, white glove next-day delivery and in-house repair service," said Chandra Holt, President and CEO of Conn's, Inc. "This is an important step in our journey to scale, reimagine and strengthen our business."
Belk is one of the largest regional department store chains with nearly 300 locations in 16 Southeastern states and a strong eCommerce presence through Belk.com. Conn's HomePlus is a specialty retailer of high-quality home goods with over 160 locations in 15 states and best-in-class distribution, logistics and in-house repair service capabilities. The geographic overlap of Conn's and Belk provides an opportunity to maximize Conn's unique distribution capabilities in existing markets to serve new customers at Belk.
"We're excited to create this new experience for our customers," said Don Hendricks, Interim CEO of Belk. "The great part about this partnership with Conn's is that our customers now have access to products we didn't sell in our stores. It's a fantastic opportunity for them to get everything they need for their home in one convenient location."
About Conn's, Inc.
Conn's HomePlus (NASDAQ: CONN) is a specialty retailer of home goods, including furniture, appliances and consumer electronics, with a mission to elevate home life to home love. With more than 160 stores across 15 states and online at Conns.com, our over 4,000 employees strive to help all customers create a home they love through access to high-quality products, next-day delivery and personalized payment options, including our flexible, in-house credit program. Additional information can be found by visiting our investor relations website at https://ir.conns.com and social channels (@connshomeplus on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn).
About Belk
Charlotte-based Belk, Inc., a privately-owned department store, opened its first store in 1888, beginning a legacy of selling great products at great prices, treating customers like family, and giving back to the community. Today, Belk serves customers at nearly 300 Belk stores in 16 Southeastern states, at belk.com and through the mobile app. For over 130 years, Belk has proudly put customers and community at the center of what they do, supporting local charities, organizations, and families when they need it most. For more information visit https://newsroom.belk.com/.
To shop, find your local store at https://www.belk.com/stores/, visit belk.com or download the Belk app in Google Play or Apple Store.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested four men they accused of providing financial support to people who fled overseas and are involved in activities endangering national security, escalating a high-profile crackdown on dissidents in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
Police said the four are suspected of using companies, social media and mobile applications to receive funds that they then provided to the people overseas. A police statement did not identify the four suspects or the people they allegedly supported.
Local media, including the South China Morning Post, said the four are former members of the now-defunct pro-democracy party Demosisto, which was co-founded by Nathan Law, an activist who is now based in the United Kingdom. The newspaper Ming Pao carried a photo of former Demosisto chairperson Ivan Lam being escorted by police officers.
The Associated Press could not confirm the identities of the four, who authorities said are also suspected of making seditious social media posts. Police said the posts provoked hatred toward the Beijing and Hong Kong governments and advocated independence for the city.
On Monday, police accused eight overseas activists, including Law, of violating Hong Kong’s harsh National Security Law and offered rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($127,600) for information leading to each of their arrests. The rewards are the first under the law.
Hong Kong’s leader, Chief Executive John Lee, said the eight, who live in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia, will be pursued for life, and that anyone, including their friends and relatives, who offers information leading to their arrests will be eligible for the rewards.
The move by police on Monday quickly drew criticism from Western governments, which took issue with the extraterritorial application of the security law, imposed by Beijing following massive pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019.
Wednesday’s arrests further intensified a crackdown on dissidents since the protests. More than 260 people have been arrested under the security law, including many of the city’s leading pro-democracy activists.
Local media quoted unnamed sources to report that the suspects were associated with a mobile application called “Mee,” which shares information about pro-democracy businesses. The four were accused of using the platform to secure funds to support Law, the reports added.
Police said they searched the suspects’ homes and office and seized documents and electronic communication devices. The four were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and commit acts with seditious intent, they said.
They said the operation is ongoing, and that they would not rule out the possibility of making further arrests.
Demosisto, which was earlier led by Law and former student leader Joshua Wong, was disbanded on June 30, 2020, the same day the security law was enacted. Law pledged on Facebook then that he would continue to participate in the resistance movement in a personal capacity. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/international/ap-hong-kong-police-arrest-4-men-accused-of-supporting-people-overseas-endangering-national-security/ | 2023-07-05 21:59:08 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/international/ap-hong-kong-police-arrest-4-men-accused-of-supporting-people-overseas-endangering-national-security/ |
NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. (KTXL) — The death of Kiely Rodni, a teen who went missing in August, was declared accidental by the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Coroner.
“This ruling is based on the pathologist’s finding that her death was the result of drowning and that there was no other information to suggest she was the victim of foul play,” the sheriff’s office said.
Rodni was last seen on Aug. 6, 2022, after reportedly attending a party with more than 100 minors and young adults near the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee, California, about 100 miles northeast of Sacramento.
With her car also missing, authorities at first treated it as a potential abduction. The last known ping from Rodni’s cellphone was near Prosser Lake but previous searches there had not turned up any signs of Kiely or her vehicle.
On Aug. 23, Adventures with Purpose, an independent group of searchers, found a car believed to belong to Rodni upside down, 14 feet deep in Prosser Lake. A body believed to be Rodni was found inside.
The body was confirmed by the coroner to be Rodni days later. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/coroner-says-death-of-california-teen-kiely-rodni-was-accidental/ | 2022-10-13 23:53:06 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/coroner-says-death-of-california-teen-kiely-rodni-was-accidental/ |
CFP expansion talks head toward October after 7-hour meeting
By RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff have met for almost seven hours to work on expanding the postseason system from four to 12 teams as soon as the 2024 season. There is still much work to be done. CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock says “We will not wrap up this week.” The CFP management committee is scheduled to convene again at the Big Ten offices for a few hours Wednesday morning. They are set to meet again in person in Dallas on Oct. 20. Expansion talks were revived by the university presidents and chancellors who oversee the College Football Playoff last month. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/09/27/cfp-expansion-talks-head-toward-october-after-7-hour-meeting/ | 2022-09-28 02:45:49 | 0 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/09/27/cfp-expansion-talks-head-toward-october-after-7-hour-meeting/ |
Leveraging artificial intelligence, Mumbai-based IT services firm Yodaplus is catalyzing industry transformations, from nutraceuticals to retail, by streamlining business operations and boosting decision-making capabilities.
MUMBAI, India, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yodaplus, a Mumbai-based IT services firm, is at the forefront of empowering organizations worldwide with advanced technological capabilities. Today, the company sheds light on the evolving global landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its growing adoption within its service portfolio.
With its wide range of services and deep industry knowledge, Yodaplus has been a game changer – enabling organizations to focus on their core operations and achieve sustainable growth. And now, by integrating AI into services, Yodaplus helps businesses navigate the complex digital transformation landscape more efficiently, creating a competitive edge.
AI continues to transform business operations globally, powering automation, analytics, decision-making, and enhancing user experiences. This ultimately delivers safer and more effective products to meet the growing global demand.
Yodaplus is known for its expansive roster of clients - from development banks and blockchain companies to EdTech startups and HRMS providers. With such a diverse clientele, embracing AI is more necessary than a choice, and Yodaplus has promptly addressed this need.
"As we navigate the digital age, the integration of AI into our service offerings has become an undeniable necessity," commented Vishrut Srivastava, MD, Yodaplus. "AI is here to stay, poised to make our lives more efficient and free mankind from the burden of mundane tasks. At Yodaplus, we are committed to embracing AI to drive growth and innovation for our clients while we continue to explore new horizons in this transformative technological landscape."
In line with this commitment, Yodaplus has developed an AI engine transforming the global nutraceutical supply chain. Addressing the complexities of generating differentiated nutraceutical label claims necessitates a well-mapped global database and the application of AI. To solve this problem, Yodaplus developed an AI-driven smart labels function via the NutrifyGenie AI engine.
NutrifyGenie uses sophisticated algorithms that facilitate simplified and precise decision-making, authenticating label claim validation and enabling real-time regulatory compliance. This feature provides users with pre-made labels, including correct dosage values for nutraceutical products, significantly expediting product development.
Enabling companies to effortlessly commercialize their innovations in essential markets fulfills the continuously increasing demand for nutraceutical products. As the nutraceutical industry continues to grow, Yodaplus's AI engine will play a crucial role in accelerating the new product development process and helping businesses bring innovative and differentiated products to market faster than ever before.
Not just that, the company has also recently deployed advanced invoice parsing for a retail giant. This smart solution facilitates operations by accurately extracting and collating relevant information from invoices, thus automating a previously laborious task. Furthermore, Yodaplus uses sophisticated AI tools to assist an asset management client in conducting comprehensive financial records analysis, rendering them outstanding financial decision-making capabilities.
About Yodaplus
An ever-evolving, highly specialized technology solutions company, Yodaplus offers an array of services designed to address the unique needs of businesses globally, extending beyond its Mumbai base to the US, UK, UAE, and Singapore. The company's mission, steered by MD Vishrut Srivastava, is dedicated to providing top-tier IT services and aims to propel businesses toward unprecedented growth and success. With this commitment, Yodaplus becomes your duly trusted tech partner.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge who approved a court settlement lowering the number of signatures needed on a recall petition against New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell didn’t disclose that she had signed the petition.
The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported that Judge Jennifer Medley had signed the petition in December. The newspaper made the discovery after having filed a lawsuit to get the signatures from recall organizers.
Last week, Medley presided over a recall-related lawsuit that the recall organizers had filed against state and local election officials over the number of signatures required to force a recall. They had argued that voter rolls were inflated with hundreds of dead people who have yet to be removed from the rolls, and thousands of people who have moved out of the city.
The result was a settlement, approved by Medley, that dropped the number of signatures required to force a recall election from nearly 50,000 signatures to just under 45,000.
Cantrell’s office declined comment Thursday on Medley having signed the petition. Medley’s office didn’t immediately respond to a Thursday emailed query by The Associated Press. But it has declined comment to other news outlets, citing the fact that the court case is still pending in her court.
It remains unclear if Cantrell’s opponents have gathered enough signatures to force a recall. Organizers delivered the petitions to the New Orleans registrar of voters on Feb. 22. The registrar’s office, which has until March 22 to certify the results of the petition drive, is counting and validating signatures.
Cantrell is more than a year into her second term, which has been plagued by numerous problems, including stubborn violent crime, fitful progress on major street projects that have left some city streets a mess, and unreliable garbage collection. Questions also have been raised about her travel expenses and her personal use of a city-owned apartment.
On Wednesday, the City Council unanimously approved a resolution to open an investigation into the use of public money to send a mailer to city residents earlier this year touting Cantrell’s accomplishments.
Cantrell’s director of communications defended the mailer. “Given the challenges the City has had to endure and work through, our people deserve to be notified of the efforts being made by this administration to ensure that future generations of New Orleanians are given opportunities to thrive in a progressive, safer, healthier, more inclusive and more equitable city,” Gregory Joseph said in an email. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/judge-with-key-role-in-recall-fight-had-signed-petition/ | 2023-03-09 23:25:55 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/judge-with-key-role-in-recall-fight-had-signed-petition/ |
Universal Studios' new Mario Kart ride ripped for rules restricting plus-sized visitors
Super Nintendo World ride features a 40 inch waist circumference limit
Super Nintendo World made a splashy debut at Universal Studios Hollywood this month with its soft opening, and gamers and tourists alike raced to see what the park had to offer and to get in line to test out its highly-anticipated Mario Kart ride.
Featuring slow-moving carts painted in different colors, the augmented reality experience that places riders inside Bowser's castle was destined to be a hit among Mario-lovers everywhere, but one detail about the ride is getting under some people's skin.
"Nothing but wonderful things to say about Super Nintendo World except this: the body size limitations on the Mario Kart ride are absolutely ridiculous. I’ve never had any issue fitting into any ride in my entire life, and I can BARELY fit into this one. Completely absurd," influencer Rocco Botte wrote, blasting the ride's narrow seats on Twitter.
SUPER NINTENDO WORLD OPENING IN FEBRUARY WITH INTERACTIVE MARIO KART RIDE
Another one of the ride's critics, a Twitter user named Anna, wrote, "Can we discuss how at my biggest I would not have been able to fit on Mario Kart? A 40" waist line is about a size 20. Are you freaking kidding me @UniStudios? It’s a DARK RIDE."
"You can't have a mario kart ride that Bowser and DK wouldn't even be allowed on. Dumb," a third user named Zaha wrote.
Postcast host Matt Mazany chimed in on the topic on Twitter as well, writing, "Trust me when I say ‘lose a little weight’ is not a novel suggestion. Universal has a history now of releasing new rides (Harry Potter, Life of Pets, and now Mario Kart) where they don't accommodate big people yet they WILL take full admission price from us. Seems unethical."
TikToker David Vaughn gave his followers a heads up about the size restriction on the video-sharing platform, saying. "Unfortunately, the new Mario Kart Bowser's Challenge attraction comes with a warning that guests whose waistline is at least 40 inches or greater may not be accommodated on the ride."
SUPER NINTENDO WORLD COMING TO UNIVERSAL ORLANDO, TOO
"Though there is a test seat at the attraction entrance, it's frustrating that theme parks are still creating family-friendly attractions that aren't accessible to many of their guests."
As Vaughn's video mentioned, Universal Studios' website says a "test seat" is available at the entrance so visitors can test whether their size will be accommodated on the actual ride.
"This ride employs safety restraints which may restrict certain guests from riding due to body shape and size," the guidelines read. "Guests whose waist line is at least 40" or greater may not be accommodated on the ride and are strongly encouraged to try the test seat provided at the entrance of the attraction to ensure their ability to ride."
CDC statistics show that to be a problematic number for ride goers, however, indicating that the average U.S. male scantily exceeds the 40" limit with a waist circumference of 40.5" while the average woman's waist circumference measures 38.7", leaving people to ask if the requirement is far too restrictive as some claim.
As some tweets mentioned, Universal Studios has come under fire for the same circumference issue with other rides in the past, including the popular "Harry Potter" ride.
Super Nintendo World offers more than the Mario Kart ride, however, including adorable Mario-themed pit stops, a shop chock-full of Super Mario goods, chances to meet and greet your favorite Nintendo characters and the Toadstool Café where visitors can enjoy Nintendo-themed foods.
The park's grand opening is expected to take place on February 17. | https://www.foxnews.com/media/universal-studios-new-mario-kart-ride-ripped-rules-restricting-plus-sized-visitors | 2023-02-01 03:58:25 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/media/universal-studios-new-mario-kart-ride-ripped-rules-restricting-plus-sized-visitors |
NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockworks, a leading digital asset and financial media brand, today announced the launch of Blockworks Research, a powerful crypto research platform for investors, executives and builders. As the asset class grows, there is a huge need for better research and data than what is currently available to investors. Blockworks Research will fill this gap, providing much needed research, data, governance updates, tokenomics, and asset models all in one place.
Blockwork Research was first unveiled at Permissionless, Blockworks' 7,000+ person flagship conference, with holders of Blockworks' NFT project, Permies, receiving special access to the tool.
"As this asset class grows, investors will demand better research and data than what currently exists. Our goal is to make Blockworks Research the most powerful research and data platform in crypto," said Blockworks Co-founder Jason Yanowitz. "Most importantly, Blockworks Research is a community – a place to learn about crypto with other crypto power users."
With the extraordinary growth in the crypto industry, the Blockworks Research platform consolidates the essential information in one place. The Blockworks Research team is composed of protocol and sector specific analysts who will leverage real-time data and protocol-level governance to bring world-class insights to help investors build their strategies. Members will get premier access to a comprehensive data and research platform with features including a morning briefing, exclusive corporate access into key companies, governance updates, tokenomics analysis, analyst calls, fund overviews, and more.
"Blockworks is the only crypto-native information source that also speaks to traditional investors." said Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise. "It's in-depth insights without the jargon. As CIO of a crypto asset manager, I find it invaluable."
Blockworks Research marks the latest step in Blockworks' continued growth, with the company doubling in size in the first half of 2022. To learn more about Blockworks Research, visit blockworks.co/get-research .
About Blockworks
Blockworks is a global financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets and web3 to millions of investors. Blockwork's editorial content, research, newsletters and podcasts provide expert analysis to help investors navigate the markets. With events like Permissionless and the Digital Asset Summit, Blockworks creates space for innovators to build the future of the global economy.
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Video: Couple holds wedding in the grocery store where they met
Brenda and Dennis Delgado decided to tie the knot in the same place they met — the grocery store.
The senior citizens from Arizona also got engaged in the same spot — aisle eight to be exact — in 2021.
Brenda told KPNX she was looking for Miracle Whip at a store in her neighborhood when Dennis approached her.
After a 30-minute conversation, they exchanged phone numbers.
The rest is history.
On Nov. 19, the pair returned to the same aisle where they met and got engaged — between the condiments and the lunch meats — for their wedding ceremony. Friends, family and shoppers joined in on the celebration, while store staff provided custom floral arrangements for the occasion.
It wasn't the traditional ceremony or location, but the newlyweds say that was what made their day special.
"I'm 72, he's 78 now. We don't have that many more years to do something dumb and stupid," Brenda Delgado said.
Watch the video above to see how the couple's love story unfolded. | https://www.wmur.com/article/video-couple-holds-wedding-in-the-grocery-store-where-they-met/42170092 | 2022-12-07 00:12:58 | 0 | https://www.wmur.com/article/video-couple-holds-wedding-in-the-grocery-store-where-they-met/42170092 |
Documents show racist social media posts by convicted killer who Texas governor wants to pardon
(CNN) - As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott seeks to pardon convicted murder Daniel Perry, newly unsealed documents from the case show Perry being racist on social media.
According to the Houston Chronicle, among the posts by Perry was a June 2020 one where Perry compared the “Black Lives Matter movement to a zoo full of monkeys.”
In another post, he showed the confederate flag and then said, “if this symbol represents racism in America, so do these,” showing minority owned companies like the NAACP and BET.
And in a May text, Perry said, “I might go to Dallas to shoot looters.”
In a statement, Perry’s attorney said the sharing of his social media posts is “a political decision.”
So far, there’s no word yet from Abbott’s office on the posts.
On April 7, a jury convicted Perry of murder in the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Garrett Foster at an Austin rally in 2020.
He was found not guilty on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and a deadly conduct charge is still pending with the county attorney’s office.
Abbott has expressed interest in pardoning Perry, saying he is currently waiting for a pardon recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
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Conference to Unite Believers in Fulfilling the Great Commission by 2033
TULSA, Okla., Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Empowered21, a relational leadership network representing the more than 650 million Spirit-empowered Christians, will host Amsterdam2023, a three-day conference and one-day stadium event on June 21-24, 2023 at Amsterdam RAI & Olympic Stadium. The international event will feature influential leaders and powerful speakers gathered to launch a decade of unprecedented evangelism to get the gospel to every person on earth by 2033.
With the goal of catalyzing a new era of evangelism by re-personalizing the Great Commission, Empowered21 believes that Amsterdam2023 will kick off the most significant decade of growth in the history of the Church by calling Christians to fulfill the Great Commission by the year 2033—significantly marking the 2000-year anniversary of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus and the birth of the Church on the Day of Pentecost.
"I believe we're entering the most important decade of evangelistic effort in the history of the Church," shared Empowered21 Global Chair, Dr. Billy Wilson. "For the past 2,000 years, Christians have been praying for the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Today, we're closer than we've ever been before. It's imperative that we come together prayerfully and collaboratively, fully committed to take the news of Jesus to every person on earth."
The international event will feature over 150 influential leaders and powerful speakers to launch this transformative decade. Amsterdam2023 will equip believers from across the globe to:
- Collaborate cross-culturally about the Great Commission
- Innovate new ways to reach more people with the Gospel
- Experience the power of the Holy Spirit
- Inspire a greater vision of God's heart for the world
"A new era of evangelism is dawning," said Dr. Wilson. "We have the technology, we have the resources and we have the people. Let's finish the task. Join us in Amsterdam as we intercede, collaborate and mobilize to reach the world with the message of Jesus."
Participating Ministry Leaders:
For more information or to register, visit amsterdam2023.com.
About Empowered21
Empowered21 is a global Spirit-empowered movement working to connect the generations for blessing, impartation and a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the 21st century. Its U.S. office is on the campus of Oral Roberts University, of which Empowered21 Global Chair Dr. Billy Wilson is president. To learn more, visit empowered21.com.
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Demonstrators are gathering at downtown Miami’s federal courthouse ahead of Former President Trump’s arraignment on charges related to alleged mishandling of classified documents.
On Monday, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R) stated that security would be sufficient to make sure crowds are “peaceful in demonstrating how they feel.” Miami officials have readied their security for a turnout of up to 50,000, officials indicated.
The arraignment itself is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET, although the courtroom proceedings will not be streamed or recorded on camera.
Coverage of events has been ongoing in Miami and outside Trump’s nearby Doral, Fla., golf club, where the former president stayed Monday night.
Watch the live video above. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/liv-golf/watch-live-crowds-build-ahead-of-trump-arraignment/ | 2023-06-13 19:07:57 | 1 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/liv-golf/watch-live-crowds-build-ahead-of-trump-arraignment/ |
Some well-known brands began to post some very out-of-character tweets this week following the rollout of the new Twitter Blue, which gives anyone who pays $8 a month a verified checkmark.
Or at least, it looked like well-known brands were posting out-of-character tweets. The new rules granting paying Twitter accounts checkmarks have left many people confused about which accounts are real, and which accounts are not.
That includes a viral tweet that appeared to be from drug manufacturer Eli Lilly. The tweet read: “We are excited to announce insulin is free now.” Given the high costs of monthly insulin prescriptions, people were eager to find out if this tweet was real.
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THE QUESTION
Is drug manufacturer Eli Lilly making insulin free?
THE SOURCES
- @LilyPad, the official Eli Lilly Twitter account
- @EliLillyandCo, the account that impersonated Eli Lilly
- Twitter Help Center
- Eli Lilly’s website and insulin affordability program
THE ANSWER
No, drug manufacturer Eli Lilly is not making insulin free.
WHAT WE FOUND
The tweet that said insulin would be free was posted by an account impersonating Eli Lilly. The official Eli Lilly account apologized for the “misleading message from a fake Lilly account.”
There are a few indicators that distinguish the real account from the fake account.
At the bottom of Eli Lilly’s official website, there is a set of icons linking to the company’s various social media accounts. The Twitter icon takes people to the @LillyPad account, the real account that apologized for the misleading fake tweet.
When you click on the checkmark on @LillyPad’s profile, it explains the account is verified because “it’s notable in government, news, entertainment, or another designated category.” This is different from what it says when you click on a Twitter Blue checkmark, which tells people the account is verified because “it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue.”
Just because an account has a Twitter Blue checkmark does not mean it has been verified by Twitter to be an authentic account. “Accounts that receive the blue checkmark as part of a Twitter Blue subscription will not undergo review to confirm that they meet the active, notable and authentic criteria that was used in the previous process,” a Twitter help center page says.
The new Twitter Blue program implemented by Elon Musk, who recently purchased Twitter to become the social media network’s sole owner, has currently paused distributing checkmarks to new accounts after a wave of accounts abused the subscription to impersonate various brands.
“Twitter accounts created on or after November 9, 2022 will be unable to subscribe to Twitter Blue at this time,” Twitter now says on its help center page for Twitter Blue.
The fake account that posted the tweet about free insulin, @EliLillyandCo, no longer has an icon or a checkmark, and its tweets are now protected so no one can see them.
Eli Lilly has made no indication that it plans to make insulin free now or in the near future. The official company account’s pinned tweet is still a post from March promoting its insulin affordability solutions, which offers a $35 co-pay to qualified patients.
The website for Eli Lilly’s insulin affordability program also remains up. One of its promoted programs includes an automatic discount that brings the monthly prescription price down to $95 for people with commercial insurance plans. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/verify/medicine/eli-lilly-drugmaker-not-making-insulin-free-twitter-blue-imposter-fake-checkmark-account/536-920903b7-3e6e-41c5-82b5-3ee74073725e | 2022-11-12 00:45:21 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/verify/medicine/eli-lilly-drugmaker-not-making-insulin-free-twitter-blue-imposter-fake-checkmark-account/536-920903b7-3e6e-41c5-82b5-3ee74073725e |
WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, April 17, 2023
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
232 PM PDT Mon Apr 17 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6
inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph.
* WHERE...In California, North Central and Southeast Siskiyou
County, Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties and
Modoc County. This includes portions of highway 97 in the Mt
Hebron area, and the Warners including portions of highway 299.
* WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 11 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the evening commute.
* View the hazard area in detail at
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* Slow down and allow extra time to reach your destination.
* Carry tire chains and be prepared for snow covered roads and
limited visibilities.
* See https://www.tripcheck.com or http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov
for latest road conditions.
* A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means that periods of snow
will cause travel difficulties.
EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET...
* WHAT...Snow expected above 3000 feet. Total snow accumulations
of 3 to 5 inches, with up to a foot above 4500 feet. Winds
gusting as high as 35 mph.
* WHERE...Western Siskiyou County.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The
hazardous conditions could impact the evening commute.
* See http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov for latest road conditions.
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HOUSTON, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Corporation, a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products, is pleased to announce the expansion of its manufacturing capabilities in Berre, France, to produce up to 100% ISCC PLUS certified renewable Styrenic Block Copolymers (SBC) as part of the CirKular+™ ReNew Series via mass balance approach. CirKular+ ReNew Series enables up to 85% cradle-to-gate carbon footprint reduction* (including biogenic carbon) compared to fossil-based products manufactured at Berre. This significant advancement reinforces Kraton's commitment to the circular economy and offers customers sustainable, innovative solutions.
International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) is an independent multi-stakeholder initiative and leading certification system. ISCC employs a mass balance approach that tracks the amount of recycled or bio-based raw material in a value chain and attributes the amount based on verifiable bookkeeping to a given end product. This approach allows companies and consumers to evaluate the sustainability requirements of materials and products quantitatively.
The CirKular+ ReNew Series are ISCC PLUS Certified renewable polymers, further expanding Kraton's existing suite of solutions designed to advance the circular economy. In 2022, Kraton successfully produced CirKular+ ReNew Series SBCs at the Berre plant using certified renewable butadiene to enable up to 70% ISCC PLUS certified content. With the recently expanded capability, the ReNew Series can offer up to 100% certified renewable content, including certified renewable styrene, and continues to enable customers to use the mass balance approach to produce renewable products.
The CirKular+ ReNew Series showcases Kraton's dedication to the circular economy by integrating renewable materials. "Our expanded capabilities mark a significant milestone in Kraton's commitment to advance the circular economy," said Holger Jung, Kraton co-CEO and Kraton Polymer CEO. "The established capability to produce up to 100% ISCC PLUS certified renewable SBC offers an exciting opportunity to further reduce the carbon footprint of our fossil-based products made in the Berre site by up to 85%."
Launched in 2020, the CirKular+ product line enables high-performance, innovative solutions for the circular economy and plastics upcycling using a holistic approach to product lifecycle. These products help customers shift to renewable materials, improve product performance, lower carbon footprint, and allow the uptake of recycled plastics.
Kraton remains at the forefront of sustainable polymer innovation, leveraging its expertise and state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities to create solutions to advance the circular economy. The company is committed to supporting the transition to renewable materials, reducing carbon emissions, and enabling a more sustainable future.
* All relevant life cycle stages of the end-product must be considered to identify the overall life cycle impact along the value chain.
About Kraton Corporation
Kraton Corporation is a leading global producer of specialty polymers and high-value performance products derived from renewable resources. Kraton's polymers are used in a wide range of applications, including adhesives, coatings, consumer and personal care products, sealants, and lubricants, and medical, packaging, automotive, paving and roofing products. As the largest global provider in the pine chemicals industry, the company's pine-based specialty products are sold into adhesive, road and construction and tire markets, and it produces and sells a broad range of performance chemicals into markets that include fuel additives, oilfield chemicals, coatings, metalworking fluids and lubricants, inks, and mining. Kraton offers its products to a diverse customer base in over 70 countries worldwide.
Media Contact: Mariam Ottun | Mariam.Ottun@kraton.com | (346) 435-8042
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TX Austin/San Antonio TX Zone Forecast for Friday, January 6, 2023
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931 FPUS54 KEWX 070802
ZFPEWX
Zone Forecast Product for South Central Texas
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
TXZ192-072115-
Travis-
Including the city of Austin
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 40s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s. East
winds around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ205-072115-
Bexar-
Including the city of San Antonio
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms. Less humid with lows in the lower 50s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming south in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
70s. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ183-072115-
Val Verde-
Including the city of Del Rio
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
around 70. South winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ220-072115-
Atascosa-
Including the city of Pleasanton
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Gusts up to 25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cooler. Less humid with highs in the upper 60s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80.
Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
around 70.
$$
TXZ187-072115-
Bandera-
Including the city of Bandera
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of dense fog this morning. A slight chance
of showers this afternoon. Highs around 70. East winds around
5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 40s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph,
becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ193-072115-
Bastrop-
Including the city of Bastrop
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a slight chance of
showers this morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely.
Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs in the mid 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up
to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
70s. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ190-072115-
Blanco-
Including the city of Blanco
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of showers
this afternoon. Highs around 70. South winds around 5 mph,
becoming northeast this afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Cooler. Less humid with lows in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers
after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ172-072115-
Burnet-
Including the city of Burnet
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A slight chance of
showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming north around 5 mph this afternoon. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers
after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ208-072115-
Caldwell-
Including the city of Lockhart
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely.
Cooler. Less humid with lows around 50. North winds 5 to 10 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ206-072115-
Comal-
Including the city of New Braunfels
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of fog this morning. A chance of showers
with a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 40s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the upper 60s. East
winds around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s.
Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
70s. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ224-072115-
De Witt-
Including the city of Cuero
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a slight chance of
showers this morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers. Lows in the mid
50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy in the
afternoon. Cooler. Less humid with highs in the mid 60s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows around 50. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
mid 70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ228-072115-
Dimmit-
Including the city of Carrizo Springs
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
East winds around 5 mph, becoming northeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Less humid with highs in the upper 60s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the morning,
then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs around 70. East winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ184-072115-
Edwards-
Including the city of Rocksprings
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Areas of dense fog this morning. Cloudy. Highs in the
mid 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Cooler
with lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the
mid 60s.
$$
TXZ209-072115-
Fayette-
Including the city of La Grange
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a slight chance of
showers this morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening,
then showers and thunderstorms likely after midnight. Cooler with
lows in the lower 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon.
Cooler with highs in the mid 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ219-072115-
Frio-
Including the city of Pearsall
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
East winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
70s. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ188-072115-
Gillespie-
Including the city of Fredericksburg
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of dense fog this morning. A slight chance
of showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the
mid 60s.
$$
TXZ223-072115-
Gonzales-
Including the city of Gonzales
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a slight chance of
showers this morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers, cooler with lows
in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ207-072115-
Guadalupe-
Including the city of Seguin
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid
70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely.
Cooler. Less humid with lows in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast
in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s.
Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
70s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ191-072115-
Hays-
Including the city of San Marcos
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 40s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s. East
winds around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers
after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ222-072115-
Karnes-
Including the city of Karnes City
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy this morning, then
partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely.
Cooler with lows in the mid 50s. East winds around 5 mph,
becoming north 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph after
midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy in the
afternoon. Cooler. Less humid with highs in the upper 60s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ189-072115-
Kendall-
Including the city of Boerne
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of dense fog this morning. A slight chance
of showers this afternoon. Highs around 70. South winds around
5 mph, becoming east around 5 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Cooler. Less humid with lows in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ186-072115-
Kerr-
Including the city of Kerrville
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of dense fog this morning. A slight chance
of showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph, becoming northeast this afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the
mid 60s.
$$
TXZ202-072115-
Kinney-
Including the city of Brackettville
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of fog this morning. A slight chance of
showers this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Less humid with lows around 50.
North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70. North winds around
5 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming east around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming south in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
around 70.
$$
TXZ225-072115-
Lavaca-
Including the city of Hallettsville
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a slight chance of
showers this morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening,
then thunderstorms likely after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north with gusts up to 20 mph
after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy in the
afternoon. Cooler. Less humid with highs in the mid 60s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ194-072115-
Lee-
Including the city of Giddings
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A slight chance
of showers this morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely.
Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in
the lower 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
70s. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ171-072115-
Llano-
Including the city of Llano
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A slight chance of
showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. A
slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers
after midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. East winds
around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly
cloudy with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in
the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the
mid 60s.
$$
TXZ217-072115-
Maverick-
Including the city of Eagle Pass
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of dense fog this morning. A slight chance
of showers this afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming north this afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around
50. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
around 70.
$$
TXZ204-072115-
Medina-
Including the city of Hondo
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of fog this morning. A slight chance of
showers this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds around
5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Less humid with lows in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds around 5 mph, becoming
south in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
70s. Lows around 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs
around 70.
$$
TXZ185-072115-
Real-
Including the city of Leakey
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Areas of dense fog this morning. Cloudy. Highs in the
upper 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the
mid 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ203-072115-
Uvalde-
Including the city of Uvalde
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of dense fog this morning. A slight chance
of showers this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. A
slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers
after midnight. Less humid with lows around 50. North winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs around 70. East winds around 5 mph, becoming south
in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 40s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
around 70.
$$
TXZ173-072115-
Williamson-
Including the city of Georgetown
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs
in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming northwest
this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 40s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s.
Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ221-072115-
Wilson-
Including the city of Floresville
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper
70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
70s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ218-072115-
Zavala-
Including the city of Crystal City
202 AM CST Sat Jan 7 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A slight chance of
showers this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds around
5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around
50. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs
around 70.
$$
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD) today announced early results from the offers to exchange outstanding notes (the "Duke Realty Notes") of the nine series described in the table below issued by Duke Realty Limited Partnership ("Duke Realty OP") for notes in nine corresponding series to be issued by Prologis, L.P. ("Prologis OP," and such notes the "Prologis Notes") in the aggregate principal amount of up to $3.375 billion. As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 14, 2022 (the "Early Expiration Date") and as indicated in the table below, approximately $3.22 billion aggregate principal amount of the Duke Realty Notes had been validly tendered for exchange (and not validly withdrawn), and the requisite consents applicable to each series of Duke Realty Notes to adopt the Proposed Amendments (as defined below) have been received (such consents may not be revoked after the Early Expiration Date by the terms and conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations as described in the corresponding prospectus). In light of having received the requisite consents to amend the terms of the applicable Duke Realty OP indenture (such indentures, as amended and supplemented, the "Duke Realty Indentures") governing the Duke Realty Notes (the "Proposed Amendments"), the Proposed Amendments will be adopted, assuming the merger with Duke Realty Corporation ("DRE") is completed. The following table shows the principal amount of each such series tendered by the Early Expiration Date.
The exchange offers and the solicitation of consents will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 4, 2022 (the "Final Expiration Date"). Prologis OP is hereby amending the terms of the Exchange Offer so that, for each $1,000 principal amount of Duke Realty Notes validly tendered for exchange (and not validly withdrawn) after the Early Expiration Date but prior to the Final Expiration Date, eligible holders of Duke Realty Notes will now also be eligible to receive $1,000 principal amount of Prologis OP Notes plus $1 in cash, which includes the Early Participation Premium (the "Total Consideration"). To be eligible to receive the Total Consideration, eligible holders must validly tender (and not validly withdraw) their Duke Realty Notes at or prior to the Final Expiration Date. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event will any holder of the Duke Realty Notes receive more than $1,000 principal amount of Prologis OP Notes plus $1 in cash for each $1,000 principal amount of Duke Realty Notes validly tendered and accepted for exchange. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this press release shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus.
The exchange offers and the solicitation of consents are being made under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus contained in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by Prologis OP with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 31, 2022, that was declared effective on September 14, 2022 (as amended from time to time, the "Prospectus"), and a related letter of transmittal and consent that contains a more complete description of the terms and conditions of the exchange offers and the solicitation of consents.
A holder who validly tenders its Duke Realty Notes for exchange will be deemed to have delivered its consent to the applicable Proposed Amendments. Tenders of Duke Realty Notes may be withdrawn any time prior to the Final Expiration Date. Consents to the Proposed Amendments delivered prior to the Early Expiration Date may no longer be revoked as the Early Expiration Date has passed. Consents to the Proposed Amendments delivered after the Early Expiration Date and before the Final Expiration Date may be revoked any time prior to the Final Expiration Date. Tenders of Duke Realty Notes may not be validly withdrawn after the Final Expiration Date, unless Prologis OP otherwise is required by law to permit withdrawal.
A holder who does not validly tender its Duke Realty Notes for exchange, or whose notes are not accepted for exchange, will remain a holder of such Duke Realty Notes. If the Proposed Amendments to the applicable Duke Realty Indenture are adopted, all such Duke Realty Notes will be governed by the applicable Duke Realty Indenture as amended by the Proposed Amendments, which will have less restrictive terms and afford reduced protections to the holders of such securities compared to those currently in the Duke Realty Indentures.
Prologis OP's obligations to complete the exchange offers and the solicitation of consents are conditioned upon, among other things, completion of the merger with DRE and receipt of valid consents sufficient to effect the Proposed Amendments. The merger with DRE is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022.
TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are serving as the dealer managers and D.F. King & Co., Inc. is serving as exchange agent and information agent for the exchange offers and consent solicitations. Copies of the exchange offer material can be obtained from D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 212-269-5550 (toll) or 866-864-7961 (toll-free) or via duke@dfking.com. Questions regarding the exchange offers and the solicitation of consents may be directed to TD Securities (USA) LLC, at (866) 584-2096 (toll-free) or (212) 827-2842 (collect) or the email address LM@tdsecurities.com and to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at (866) 309-6316 (toll-free) or (704) 410-4759 (collect) or the email address liabilitymanagement@wellsfargo.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The exchange offers and solicitation of consents are being made only by means of a prospectus that is part of a registration statement.
Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. As of June 30, 2022, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 1.0 billion square feet (95 million square meters) in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 5,800 customers principally across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfillment.
As noted above, in connection with the exchange offers, Prologis OP has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 that includes a prospectus of Prologis OP. The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on September 14, 2022. HOLDERS OF DUKE REALTY NOTES ARE URGED TO READ THE PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. You may obtain a free copy of the prospectus and other relevant documents filed by Prologis OP, including the prospectus, at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed by Prologis with the SEC are available free of charge on Prologis's website or by contacting Prologis Investor Relations at +1-415-394-9000.
The statements in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which we operate as well as management's beliefs and assumptions. Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact our financial results. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may" and "will" including variations of such words and similar expressions, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future — including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, development activity, contribution and disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, our debt, capital structure and financial position, our ability to form new co-investment ventures and the availability of capital in existing or new co-investment ventures — are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and, therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) national, international, regional and local economic and political climates; (ii) changes in global financial markets, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates; (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties; (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties; (v) maintenance of real estate investment trust status, tax structuring and changes in income tax laws and rates; (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings; (vii) risks related to our investments in our co- investment ventures, including our ability to establish new co-investment ventures; (viii) risks of doing business internationally, including currency risks; (ix) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters; (x) risks related to the current coronavirus pandemic; and (x) those additional factors discussed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by us under the heading "Risk Factors." We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this document except as may be required by law.
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BOSTON, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartleaf Asset Management, LLC ("SAM") announced a collaboration with Principal Global Investors® to provide advisors with highly customized, tax-optimized sub-advised portfolio management based on a new, institutional-caliber, open-architecture fintech-enabled portfolios solution offered by Principal.
"SAM's sub-advisory service, backed by Principal's research, enables advisors to offer investors highly disciplined investment solutions, high degrees of customization and expert tax management – while freeing advisors to spend more time with clients," commented Jerry Michael, President of Smartleaf Asset Management, adding "we see outsourcing both investments research and daily management, with advisors focusing on the lifetime financial needs of their clients, as the preferred path for high-growth wealth management firms."
"Working with Smartleaf Asset Management has enabled Principal to deliver a thoughtful solution to advisors that will help achieve desired client outcomes," said Jill Brown, managing director, U.S. Wealth Platform, of Principal Global Investors. "This partnership can unlock more of advisors' time while still delivering a personalized investment experience for clients." Brown added "The ability to combine multiple services like asset allocation guidance, product selection, direct indexing, ESG overlays, and tax management in a holistic solution can be a differentiator for the advisor community."
Advisors have the option to outsource the management of customized, tax-optimized portfolios to SAM and have SAM manage those portfolios to one of 37 advisor-selected asset allocation models provided by Principal Global Investors, including recommended product choices, with multiple alternatives, for each asset class. Customization options include security restrictions, custom product choice, cash management personalization, direct indexing, and ESG and religious values screens. Tax management capabilities include tax-sensitive transition, year-round tax loss harvesting, wash sale avoidance, and ongoing risk-optimized gains deferral. And taxable investors have access to an account-specific report documenting taxes saved or deferred through active tax management.
About Principal Global Investors®
Principal Global Investors® leads global asset management at Principal®. As a multi-investment team firm, we bring a focused perspective and offer expertise across a host of asset classes.
At our core, we are driven by our purpose to help investors and businesses achieve their financial goals. Our global investment professionals deliver investment solutions for public and private pension funds, foundations and endowments, central banks, insurance companies, sub-advisory arrangements, sovereign wealth funds and individual portfolios.
Principal Global Investors manages approximately $579.4 billion in assets on behalf of over 800 institutional clients located in over 80 markets as well as retirement plans and individual clients, reflecting our worldwide market reach and experience and our commitment to high-quality research and service (as of March 31, 2022). To find out more, visit us at principalglobal.com.
About Smartleaf Asset Management
Smartleaf Asset Management, LLC ("SAM") is a subsidiary of Smartleaf, Inc., whose automated rebalancing workflow platform helps its clients deliver customized tax-efficient portfolios at scale. Smartleaf Asset Management leverages Smartleaf's software to automate the management of unified managed accounts, making direct indexes as easy to use as an ETF. For more information on SAM, visit www.smartleafAM.com.
To learn more, contact us at sales@smartleafAM.com.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. — Keyontae Johnson had 13 points and 11 rebounds against his former team, Markquis Nowell flirted with the first triple-double in Kanas State history, and the No. 5 Wildcats beat Florida 64-50 on Saturday night in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.
Nowell finished with 13 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, and Nae’Qwan Tomlin also had 11 points. The Wildcats improved to 18-3 to match the 1972-73 team for the best start through 21 games in school history.
They also snapped a four-game skid in the soon-to-end competition between Big 12 and SEC schools.
Johnson struggled from the field, going just 5 of 16 and even getting stuffed by the front of the rim during a windmill dunk on a second-half fast break. But it was nevertheless a special night for the senior forward, who collapsed on the Gators’ sideline due to a heart condition during a game against Florida State just over two years ago.
Johnson spent 10 days in the hospital and never played another meaningful minute for Florida, whose medical staff would not clear him. He wound up at Kansas State, where doctors gave him the green light, and he has emerged as the Big 12′s third-leading scorer and rebounder while helping the Wildcats to their highest ranking in more than a decade.
Colin Castleton scored 13 points for the Gators (12-9). Myreon Jones and Will Richard had 11 apiece.
Most of the Wildcats’ offense against the Gators flowed through the 5-foot-8 Nowell, who had 8 points, 8 assists and 6 boards by the break. By that point, Kansas State had built a commanding 37-16 advantage.
The Gators, meanwhile, had no offense whatsoever.
They missed 5 of their first 6 shots and were 6-of-29 from the field at halftime. In fact, Florida shot it so poorly that Alex Fudge wedged a free throw between the rim and backboard, and that came one possession after the Gators’ Kowacie Reeves clanked an open dunk off the back of the iron.
Florida managed to regroup, scoring the first 10 points of the second half, before Nowell answered with a jump shot and Johnson added a bucket and a couple of free throws to halt the Gators’ momentum.
The Wildcats stretched the lead back to 21 points with about 5½ minutes to go before coasting to the finish.
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ARH Mountain Student Achiever Ethan ‘Chase’ Stiltner
Published: Apr. 25, 2023 at 6:39 PM EDT|Updated: 14 minutes ago
PHELPS, Ky. (WYMT) - Ethan ‘Chase’ Stiltner is an ARH Mountain Student Achiever.
He is a senior at Phelps High School where he has a 4.0 GPA.
Chase is a member of the Pep Club, STLP, National Honors Society and the academic team.
Congratulations, Chase!
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Updated June 28, 2022 at 3:56 PM ET
Disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the sex-trafficking ring of young teens she helped financier Jeffrey Epstein run for a decade.
The punishment doled out by U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan on Tuesday marks the most concrete punishment yet for the years of abuse Maxwell and Epstein imposed on young girls.
Several of those girls, now adults, testified during the trial, bravely pulling the curtain back on years of abuse they suffered after Maxwell and Epstein tugged them into their orbit. The two often used the allure of wealth and their connections to powerful people such as Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.
"Today's sentence holds Ghislaine Maxwell accountable for perpetrating heinous crimes against children," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement tweeted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. "This sentence sends a strong message that no one is above the law and it is never too late for justice."
The women were heard again on Tuesday. Eight women sent the court victim impact statements — unredacted, over Maxwell's objections — describing the long-lasting effects of Maxwell's crimes. Nathan ruled that six of the victims were also free to speak at the hearing if they chose to.
Prosecutors wanted Maxwell to serve up to 55 years
The U.S. Probation Department recommended a 20-year sentence for Maxwell, based on federal guidelines for crimes that were "heinous and predatory in nature." But prosecutors sought a sentence between 30 and 55 years, citing the number of victims and Maxwell's refusal to take responsibility.
Maxwell, 60, was sentenced roughly six months after a jury found her guilty of sex trafficking a minor and other serious felonies. Epstein, who was a convicted sex offender, died in August 2019 at a Manhattan correctional facility. Authorities had arrested him one month earlier. His death was ruled a suicide.
Maxwell asked for a much more lenient sentence of only around five years in prison, saying she's being punished for her longtime companion's crimes.
"Epstein was the mastermind, Epstein was the principal abuser," her attorney said in a court filing earlier this month that was notable because it was one of the few instances in which Maxwell acknowledged sexual crimes took place.
Her defense team said Maxwell has "experienced hard time" in the Metropolitan Detention Center where she's been held, adding that her life has been threatened there. But prosecutors dismissed those claims and cited Maxwell's "utter lack of remorse" for her actions.
Prosecutors also asked Nathan to impose a $750,000 fine on Maxwell — the maximum allowed for her crimes. But they stopped short of seeking financial restitution, saying the victims who participated in the case have already received money through the Epstein Victim Compensation Program and/or civil settlements.
Maxwell was compensated richly by Epstein, U.S. says
From 1994 to 2004, federal prosecutors say, Maxwell and Epstein "worked together to identify girls, groom them, and then entice them to travel and transport them to Epstein's properties." They say the pair often traveled between Epstein's mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a villa in Palm Beach, a ranch in New Mexico, a private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and an apartment in Paris.
In return, they say, Maxwell enjoyed a "lavish lifestyle" in which she was waited on by personal staff.
"Maxwell also received a townhouse that Epstein bought for her in New York City, and Epstein transferred a total of approximately $23 million to Maxwell during the timeframe of the conspiracy," the sentencing memorandum states.
Prosecutors also said Maxwell "fostered a culture of silence" in Epstein's properties, instructing household staff to "see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing" unless they were asked a direct question.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York did not seek to force Maxwell to forfeit any real estate, saying the crimes in question were committed at Epstein's properties, not any that Maxwell owned.
8 survivors submitted written victim impact statements
Eight women who say Maxwell manipulated and abused them for years sent victim impact statements for the court to consider in weighing Maxwell's punishment. Some of them addressed their thoughts to the judge, while others spoke directly to Maxwell.
They include Maria and Annie Farmer — sisters who first came forward in the 1990s, in an attempt to alert authorities that Epstein was a serial sex predator harming girls and young women.
They described how their futures were stolen at a vulnerable age. Several victims said their abusers undermined their faith in themselves and left deep wounds by preying on their youth and innocence.
"This toxic combination of being sexually exposed and exploited, feeling confused and naïve, blaming myself all resulted in significant shame," Annie Farmer wrote in her statement. "That sickening feeling that makes you want to disappear."
The victims spoke about locking terrible memories away for years, only to have them resurface during their adult lives. And they described the ongoing burden of fighting for justice against someone who refuses to show remorse.
Victims alleged threats followed years of abuse
Maria Farmer said her future as an artist was ruined by Maxwell and Epstein when she met them in 1996. She also told the judge that she suffers from PTSD from years of abuse and threats.
"She assured me that I could be killed walking down my favorite path in NYC," Farmer said. "....Her threats have never left my mind and I believe she will harm me if she ever has a way. Please keep this in mind when determining her terms of imprisonment. She is a very dangerous and devious individual."
Another survivor, Sarah Ransome, said Epstein and Maxwell threatened that her family would be killed if she ever tried to escape what she calls a "dungeon of sexual hell." Ransome, who fled to the U.K. in 2007, told the judge that she has proof Epstein tried to find her 10 years later.
She also included photos with her statement that she said showed her in the hospital, badly injured after surviving two suicide attempts.
"Simply put, Ghislaine Maxwell is a monster," another survivor, Juliette Bryant, wrote in her brief statement. As in other statements, Bryant also said she was grateful to see the crimes exposed, with the hope of justice finally found.
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Which tea tree oil shampoo is best?
Tea tree oil, known for its range of health and beauty benefits, is particularly loved for its cleansing, antiseptic and moisturizing qualities. These make it a popular choice for specialty shampoos designed to cleanse, clarify and hydrate your scalp and hair.
Tea tree oil shampoos are pleasantly tingly, sweet-smelling, minty and leave your hair shiny, smooth and moisturized. The best is Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Special Shampoo, an herbal shampoo that lives up to its salon-quality reputation.
How to choose a tea tree oil shampoo
Ingredients
Be sure to check the label of the tea tree shampoo you’re considering buying to verify it lists 100% tea tree oil as an ingredient, rather than simply “tea tree oil.” Diluted tea tree oil may indicate of a lower-quality shampoo.
Many tea tree oil shampoos also include other beneficial essential oils and natural ingredients, which work with tea tree oil to deliver soothing moisture and cleansing effects. Popular additions include peppermint, green tea, rosemary, eucalyptus and chamomile.
You might wish to avoid any shampoo, tea tree or otherwise, which lists sulfates or parabens as ingredients. Sulfates are a foaming agent often added to shampoos and have been indicated to dry out the skin. Parabens are a preservative that many consumers avoid due to their potential adverse effects on hormones. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate no known risks associated with paraben use in cosmetics.
Hair type
Consider your hair type and the benefits you seek when selecting a tea tree oil shampoo.
If you tend to have oily hair, select a tea tree shampoo designed to cleanse and reduce excess oil. If you’re experiencing dry or itchy scalp, look for a moisturizing tea tree shampoo. Avoid volumizing shampoos if you’re experiencing dry scalp, as these may contribute to decreased scalp moisture. If you’re looking for damage-repairing or anti-thinning tea tree oil shampoo, look for a tea tree shampoo that lists repairing, revitalizing and fortifying as benefits. If you have dyed hair, be sure to opt for an anti-fading shampoo.
A safe bet is to select a tea tree oil shampoo designed for all hair types. The Giovanni Tea Tree Triple Threat shampoo boasts an array of natural ingredients and is also vegan, cruelty-free and free from parabens and sulfates. Giovanni Tea Triple Threat is also available in a shampoo conditioner pair.
Bottle style
For ease of use and one-handed dispensing and application, select a pump bottle. However, beware of its potential for leakage. If you need something to bring with you while you travel, a pump bottle is a risky choice.
Screw-top and flip-top bottles are less likely to leak. They typically require two hands for dispensation and application, though, and you’ll have to suds the shampoo in your hand before application.
If you’re purchasing a flip-top bottle but still want the ability to dispense shampoo one-handed, consider the Honey-Can-Do Bamboo Shower Caddy. On top of its pleasing aesthetic, it has four holes to place bottles in upside down, letting gravity assist in dispensing shampoo and other shower products.
How much you can expect to spend on tea tree shampoo
On the low end, expect to spend $5-$10. Be cautious when buying shampoo in this range; make sure it contains only natural ingredients and is free from sulfates.
Mid-range tea tree shampoos are around $10-$20. Tea tree shampoos in this range tend to feature high-quality, 100% pure essential oil alongside other natural ingredients.
For top-shelf, salon-quality tea tree shampoos, expect to spend anywhere from $20-$40. In this range, you’ll find all organic ingredients and 100% pure essential oils.
Tea tree oil shampoo FAQ
Q. Is tea tree oil shampoo safe to use on my scalp?
A. As with any essential oil, some people experience irritation when their skin comes in contact with tea tree oil. To prevent scalp irritation, test your reaction to your tea tree oil shampoo on a small patch of skin before using.
Q. Can tea tree shampoo be left in overnight?
A. Tea tree oil shampoos aren’t designed to be left in your hair overnight and should always be washed out in the shower after use. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions listed on the back of the bottle when using any hair product.
For a deep conditioning leave-in product, consider Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Lavender Mint Conditioning Leave-In Spray, which you can use in combination with your other hair care products on wet or dry hair. Also, consider Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Lavender Mint Overnight Moisture Therapy, designed to be applied before bed and washed out in the morning.
Q. Where else can I add tea tree oil to my beauty routine?
A. The possibilities for incorporating tea tree oil into your routine are broad. Tea Tree Oil Shaping Cream is good for styling hair, Tea Tree Body Bar soap for various uses, and USA Naturals Tea Tree Oil Foot Cream for soothing cracked or calloused feet.
Best tea tree shampoos
Top tea tree shampoo
Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Special Shampoo
What you need to know: This salon-quality shampoo feels tingly and cool when applied, and is known for cleansing, moisturizing and repairs.
What you’ll love: It leaves hair silky and soft after one use and moisturizes the scalp to provide relief from itchiness. Its tea tree oil, peppermint oil and lavender oil create a subtle herbal scent. It looks, smells and feels like a luxury product to recreate a salon experience at home.
What you should consider: It’s well worth the cost, but this is not the cheapest tea tree shampoo.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Ulta Beauty
Top tea tree shampoo for the money
OGX Hydrating Teatree Mint Shampoo
What you need to know: It’s a highly moisturizing and cleansing shampoo that’s also great for oily and thick hair.
What you’ll love: OGX products are consistently stunners for their highly moisturizing and softening effects at a drugstore price. It contains mint and witch hazel, an astringent which removes excess oil from the scalp.
What you should consider: Higher-end tea tree shampoos tend to be more tingly and smell more strongly than this one, so if you’re seeking that intense tea tree experience, this may not be your top choice.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Target
Worth checking out
Maple Holistics Pure Tea Tree Oil Shampoo
What you need to know: This budget-friendly tea tree oil shampoo is formulated to tackle excess oil with all-natural ingredients.
What you’ll love: It’s cruelty-free and free from sulfates, silicon and parabens, as well as delivering a strong tea tree scent. It’s great for removing excess oil and for treating flaky scalp.
What you should consider: Some users may find the tea tree oil scent a bit strong. Since it does not contain sulfates, it does not lather as much as other shampoos.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Laurie Huston
Published 11:42 am Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Laurie Elaine Huston, 70, of Albert Lea died Sunday, November 20, 2022 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born November 20, 1952, in Wells, Minnesota to Burdette and Marian (Fethke) Hummer, the third of four children. She graduated from Wells High School in 1971 and lived most of her life in rural Wells.
On January 7, 1972, she married her high school sweetheart, John Huston. Along with raising four children on their family farm, Laurie worked part-time at the Golden Bubble as a waitress, Naeve Parkview Nursing home in Wells and Health Reach in Albert Lea. She was known for her kind words and gentle touch with her back rubs.
Laurie became a student of the Bible and was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses on November 26, 1978 at the age of 26. What drew her to the Bible was knowing that God has a name. She found his name at Psalms 83:18, where it reads: “May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.” Her love of Jehovah grew from that moment, and she wanted to tell others about him. She encouraged her children to read the Bible and worship Jehovah. She found tremendous joy in beautifying her surroundings by planting flowers. That gave her taste of what life will be like in paradise.
Laurie is survived by her daughter, Lisa (Jacob) Gauna; two sons, Brandon (Bethanie) Huston and Isaac Huston; a daughter-in-law, Jessica Huston; grandchildren, Manuel Gauna, Alejandro Gauna, Jacob Gauna Jr., Kyler Huston, Greta Huston, Daniel Huston, Isabella Huston, and William Huston; a great-grandchild, Mia Gauna; sisters: Sharon (Rick) Gottberg and Valarie Esser; a brother, Danny Hummer; sisters-in-law Linda Huston, Marie (Bruce) Meist, and Lisa Huston; brothers-in-law Philip (Rhonda) Huston, Lonnie (Tracy) Huston, and Jack Huston; and many friends.
In addition to her parents, Burdette and Marian Hummer, Laurie was preceded in death by her husband, John Huston; son Derek Huston; father-in-law, Louis Huston, mother-in-law Junice Huston; and brothers-in-law Larry, Thomas and Tim Huston.
A memorial service will be held at 4:00PM on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Bonnerup Funeral & Cremation Services, 2210 E Main St, Albert Lea, MN 56007. Visitation will be from 2:00 PM-4:00 PM prior to the service. | https://www.albertleatribune.com/2022/11/laurie-huston-2/ | 2022-11-29 20:14:40 | 1 | https://www.albertleatribune.com/2022/11/laurie-huston-2/ |
AURORA, Colo. — Crews from Aurora Fire Rescue responded to the Gaylord Rockies Resort Saturday morning after a report of injuries following a collapse of mechanical equipment in the pool area.
Six people were injured in the collapse, two with life-threatening injuries, according to Aurora Fire. They were transported to local hospitals for treatment. At least one of the victims, a 53-year-old man, was taken to UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital with brain injuries.
The incident occurred around 9:50 a.m. Eight firefighters from a nearby Aurora Fire station were already on scene conducting training at the Gaylord property. This allowed a quick response of paramedics and EMTs who went right away to the pool to assist patients, Aurora Fire Rescue said in a news release.
A guest at the resort, Jenn Spykerman, tweeted that her son Trevor narrowly missed getting injured when “The HVAC system came crashing down on guest in the pool area this morning.” There were 50-100 people in the area at the time of the collapse.
Trevor told Denver7 that he witnessed "stuff" leaking from the pipes before the collapse.
"I see like this stuff leaking from the big metal pipes. And then all of a sudden it comes falling," Trevor said. "My first reaction was to get my stuff and then get outside."
He described the scene as chaotic and very loud.
"When I got out, I had to like run over a bunch of rubble from the roof that came down with it," he said. "It was all of like the metal stuff and like the air conditioning and stuff."
Jenn Spykerman said she is just glad her son is OK.
"It makes me wonder if I should let him ever go anywhere without me ever again," she said.
Aurora Fire Rescue said Marriott International, the company that owns Gaylord Hotels, will be responsible for investigating the cause of the collapse. On Sunday, the resort released the following statement:
"We are devastated by this traumatic incident. On Saturday, our top priorities were to support emergency responders and render assistance to those directly impacted, and we’re very grateful to the Aurora Fire Department for their swift actions. Moving forward, we are focused on helping our affected guests and associates, and we are working with the appropriate experts to conduct a thorough investigation," the Gaylord Rockies statement read.
The resort opened in 2018 and is located off Tower Road at 6700 North Gaylord Rockies Boulevard near Denver International Airport.
Aurora city leaders released the following statement Saturday:
“Our hearts go out to all those who were injured today, to their families and to those traumatized by witnessing what occurred. We expect a thorough investigation, and our immediate focus is the well-being of those involved, and we thank our first responders for their quick response and care,” the City of Aurora statement read. | https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/six-people-injured-after-mechanical-equipment-collapses-in-pool-at-gaylord-resort-in-aurora | 2023-05-07 17:19:47 | 1 | https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/six-people-injured-after-mechanical-equipment-collapses-in-pool-at-gaylord-resort-in-aurora |
Humanity at risk: AI pioneer urges federal government to regulate faster
By Spencer Van Dyk / CTV News Parliamentary Bureau Writer, Producer
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Ottawa, Ontario (CTV Network) — One of the so-called godfathers of artificial intelligence says governments need to move faster on regulations to protect against the dangers of the rapidly advancing technology, before it poses a larger threat to humanity.
Yoshua Bengio — who is also the founder and scientific director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms — told CTV’s Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in an interview airing Sunday, some artificial intelligence technologies are getting closer to matching the intelligence level of humans. And it’s happening much sooner than anyone anticipated, he added.
When asked whether he shares the concerns of some that the technology matching human intelligence puts humanity at risk, Bengio answered an unequivocal “yes.”
“And it’s been difficult, in some sense, to shift my views on this,” he said. “If you’ve been working on something for decades, and you’ve built your whole career and motivation on the idea that you would bring good to the world — and indeed AI is bringing a lot of good … but now you start realizing that there are much greater dangers than we even thought about, things that I thought about a few years ago, it’s challenging.
“But I think we have also a responsibility, when we are scientists in this area, to look at things in a neutral way, not just our emotions about it,” he also said. “And if we if we think that there is a risk and danger, we need to engage with everyone—citizens, other experts outside of AI, and governments—so that we can better understand what are the potential bad scenarios and how we can prevent them?”
Bengio said as some systems, such as ChatGPT, evolve, they could pass as human in an online conversation, which poses certain risks.
“That’s where it gets dangerous,” he said. “They could easily propagate disinformation in a way that’s much more powerful than we already have with social media.”
Bengio said one of the concerns is that artificial intelligence technology is advancing faster than the speed of government and the speed at which officials can develop policies to protect people and society from these risks.
“I really didn’t expect that it would come so quickly,” he said. “I thought that the level of competence we see now may happen in 20 or 50 years, if you had asked me just a few years ago, but of course, in the last years, we’ve seen the acceleration coming along.”
According to The Canadian Press, the federal privacy commissioner, along with three of his provincial counterparts, is investigating the increasingly popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, following a complaint alleging the program collected, used, and disclosed personal information without consent.
Meanwhile several key figures in the artificial intelligence industry, including Bengio, are asking the companies developing new programs to press pause until governments figure out how to regulate it.
“In the short term, one of the easy but important things we need to do is to make it very difficult, illegal, and punish very strongly, to impersonate humans,” he said. “So when a user is interacting with an AI, it has to be very clear that it’s an AI.”
“In fact, we should even know like where it comes from, like which company made it,” he added. “So counterfeiting humans should be as bad as counterfeiting money.”
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WESTPORT, Conn., June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zavation Medical Products, LLC ("Zavation"), an innovative designer and manufacturer of spinal implant, interventional spine and biologics products and a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital ("Gemspring"), today announced that it has acquired CoreLink, LLC ("CoreLink"), a leading, vertically-integrated provider of spinal implant and instrumentation systems, from The Stephens Group, LLC. The transaction combines two market-leading businesses that share a common foundation of engineering unique spinal solutions, providing unparalleled service and enhancing the quality of life for patients around the world. Zavation and CoreLink will continue to operate under their respective brands and the combined business will be led by Zavation CEO Jeffrey Johnson, while Jay Bartling, CEO of CoreLink, will become Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Stephens Group will maintain a minority stake in the combined entity. Financial terms were not disclosed.
For over two decades, CoreLink has solidified itself as a leading provider of novel devices and instrumentation for spinal surgery and more recently has established a differentiated product portfolio supporting lateral spine procedures. CoreLink has uniquely leveraged in-house additive manufacturing techniques to launch its proprietary Mimetic Metal® technology which drives improved patient outcomes. At the same time, CoreLink has invested significantly in medical education including development of a state-of-the-art Bioskills facility in St. Louis, Missouri, to meet evolving surgical needs.
The combination of Zavation and CoreLink brings together two highly complementary product portfolios across spine and interventional pain management, geographic footprints and customer bases spanning in-patient and outpatient delivery of care. By joining forces, the businesses have established a high-growth platform of scale for spinal solutions led by a world-class management team and well-positioned to unlock additional opportunities for expansion. The increased scale allows the combined company to continue investing in innovative technologies and offers surgeon and distributor partners more rapid product development and enhanced customer service.
Mr. Johnson commented, "The combination of Zavation and CoreLink brings together two industry-leading businesses with shared values and customer-centric cultures. We remain dedicated to working with our distributor partners to deliver the highest quality spinal solutions for surgeons and patients across the country. I look forward to joining forces with Jay and the CoreLink team to amplify our strengths and leverage our combined resources to offer more life-changing spinal devices."
Mr. Bartling remarked, "At CoreLink, we've solidified our reputation as an innovator of quality orthopedic and spinal devices that have improved the quality of life for countless patients. We are confident this milestone will allow us to continue executing on our mission, while further enhancing our capabilities to best serve our surgeon partners."
Don Gerne, Managing Director at Gemspring, commented, "Through this transformative combination, Zavation and CoreLink will be able to provide an expanded product suite and enhanced capabilities to remain hyper-responsive to the needs of customers and partners across the country. We share a vision with Jeffrey, Jay and the entire management team to be the partner of choice for best-in-class spinal surgical solutions, and we are confident this step will position the business for long-term growth and continued success."
About Zavation
Based in Flowood, MS, Zavation designs, engineers, and manufactures a portfolio of spinal hardware and biologics covering key areas including cervical, thoracolumbar, interbody fusion, interventional spine, and minimally invasive surgery. Founded in 2012, Zavation has experienced exceptional growth and created a national network of numerous distributors across the United States. The company has commercialized over 25 product families since inception. Zavation operates a newly constructed 75,000 square foot vertically integrated facility in Flowood, MS. To learn more information about Zavation and the Company's suite of products, visit www.zavation.com.
About CoreLink
CoreLink, known as The Source for Spine™, internally designs and manufactures more than 99% of its broad portfolio of spinal implant systems. With a unique heritage that combines old-world craftsmanship with state-of-art manufacturing, we collaborate with surgeons to develop and deliver effective surgical solutions and improve the lives of patients. For more information, visit www.corelinksurgical.com.
About Gemspring Capital
Gemspring Capital, a Westport, Connecticut-based private equity firm with $3.4 billion of capital under management, provides flexible capital solutions to middle market companies. Gemspring partners with talented management teams and takes a partnership approach to helping drive revenue growth, value creation and sustainable competitive advantages. Target companies have up to $500 million in revenue and are in the aerospace & defense, business services, consumer services, financial and insurance services, healthcare services, industrial services, software and tech-enabled services, or specialty manufacturing sectors. For more information, visit www.gemspring.com.
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The Mega Millions jackpot has increased to $1.1 billion with a cash value of $568.7 million.
The jackpot grew after no one matched all six numbers in Friday’s $940 million drawing.
This is the fifth largest jackpot in U.S. multi-state lottery history and the third biggest Mega Millions prize.
After purchasing a ticket, here’s how you can watch the Tuesday, Jan. 10 Mega Millions drawing on YouTube.
What channel is the Mega Millions live drawing on?
The Mega Millions live drawing is televised on several TV stations nationwide.
The drawing is televised in the tristate area on New York City’s WABC-7 and Philadelphia’s Fox 29.
However, the specific channel depends on your cable provider.
The best way to check which channel to watch is to head to TV Guide or pull up your cable provider’s own channel guide.
Lottery Universe also has a list of a few channels that air the Mega Millions drawing live.
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ABC’s “General Hospital” marks its 60th anniversary this week, making it the longest-running scripted show currently in production on American television.
The soap is marking the milestone with a fan favorite storyline, the Nurses Ball, a gala that raises money for charity. This week the residents of the fictional city of Port Charles dress to the nines and walk a red carpet. In a guest appearance, Chandra Wilson of “Grey’s Anatomy” plays fashion editor Sydney Val Jean.
“She’s a big fan of the show,” said executive producer Frank Valentini of Wilson. “She taped all the scenes on the red carpet and was working at ‘Grey’s’ the same day. I’m just so crazy about her.”
Valentini is pumped about this year’s musical performances too, as a number of the cast can sing and dance.
“Some of the numbers are some of the best things we’ve ever done, and we’ve done some really good stuff.”
While viewers enjoy the ball as it plays out this week, Valentini and head writers, Dan O’Connor and Chris Van Etten, are looking at storylines for the summer — and beyond. Right now, the show is scripted through the end of May, with writers outlining June.
Valentini, O’Connor and Van Etten spoke to The Associated Press, sharing a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to keep “General Hospital” on track, crafting storylines, production, balancing veteran characters with new faces and other topics.
Answers have been edited for length and clarity.
WRITERS TAKE THE LONG GAME
VAN ETTEN: There are stories that have certain benchmarks that we want to hit. We try to say, ‘OK, Chapter 1 may take us through September. Chapter 2 can take us into November.’ You get the right bang for your buck by letting a secret or letting a piece of information stew for as long as you can make it make sense and not bore the audience. It’s a weird tightrope to balance.
WRITING AND PRODUCING A SOAP OPERA IS A PUZZLE
VAN ETTEN: There’s a puzzle on a micro level and on a macro level. On a micro level, every week, we’re looking at not just the story and where we want to move the plot and characters, but there are certain economic issues. The studio can only accommodate so many sets at a time. If we put up a set on a Monday, it’s best to try to use that on a Tuesday and then even again on a Wednesday because it will save time and money. We will take these puzzle pieces of, ‘These are the stories. These are the characters. How can we move the story within the set and other economic considerations that we have?’
BALANCING LEGACY PLAYERS WITH NEW FACES
When Valentini took over as executive producer in 2012, he leaned into the soap’s history and brought back several of its veteran cast. Some made appearances, others stayed on. Today, “General Hospital” has veteran cast members, including Genie Francis, Tristan Rogers, Finola Hughes, Kristina Wagner and Lynn Herring, who are very much in the mix. There’s another tier of longtime cast members — Maurice Benard, Rebecca Herbst, Laura Wright and Chad Duell, for example — who are in front-burner stories. The soap regularly features storylines with its newer cast, including Tabyana Ali, Nicholas Chavez and Evan Hofer.
VALENTINI: When you inherit so much history and so many front-loaded characters and stories, you can’t just abandon them. Having been at ‘One Life to Live’ for many years, EPs would come in and they would fire the whole staff. They’d fire all the writers. They would change the show and start from ground zero. I never think that’s the right thing to do. You don’t burn the ship. You turn it around. The cast is just phenomenal, and the few people that we’ve added over the years, I think have really complemented and given the characters on the show storyline. You bring in people to support who you have. We introduce the new characters slowly and methodically and in a way that the audience responds to them.
STORY IS CREATED AROUND BIG SET PIECES
The writers say if a big set goes up, the locale needs to get used. An example is a hotel pool where characters catch rays.
VAN ETTEN: The Metro Court pool is a special case because you’ve got to fill a big tank of water that’s too costly to empty out and then fill back up again based on the writer’s whim. We had bugged Frank for years, ‘We want a pool. We want a pool for the summer because we have a very attractive cast, and we should show them off… They are wonderful actors, but they’re also beautiful.’ When he finally yielded to our unrelenting pressure, one of the rules about using the pool is that when it goes up, it stays up.
WHEN TO REFRESH A SET
The Quartermaines are a wealthy family in Port Charles and all live together in a big mansion. Over time it’s been upgraded with a new foyer, parlor, a solarium and even a breakfast nook.
VALENTINI: The Quartermaine living room just seemed very old (before). They are a very wealthy family… People redo their living rooms and people redo their kitchens. These are places that legitimize and help to authenticate the characters in the world that they live in. And I think when the characters aren’t in the right location, it detracts, and it compromises their integrity. When you see (Benard’s character) Sonny (Corinthos) in his cool penthouse, that speaks to the character.
SOAP OPERA RAPID-AGING SYNDROME
Soap Opera Rapid-Aging Syndrome or SORAS, is a phenomenon where a young character is suddenly aged for storyline purposes. This has happened many times over the years including with Eden McCoy, who plays Josslyn Jacks, and Chavez’s character Spencer Cassadine.
O’CONNOR: Usually it’s a conversation that we have, especially when certain characters move out of some generational benchmarks. Our high school characters are now college age and young adults. So that would be a discussion, ‘Hey, maybe there is room for an adolescent set of characters on the show.’ It’s based off our needs and the story and the show.
VAN ETTEN: There’s also an X factor in there. We have the best casting director in the business, Mark Teschner. He’ll just unearth someone and especially if it’s a younger person, he’ll bring this person to Frank’s attention. Frank may look at the canvas as a whole and say, ‘We have a 6-year-old character who doesn’t necessarily fulfill a real purpose except to be this person’s child. Maybe if by aging them to 12 with this younger actor that Mark has found, we can get more story.’
STAYING TRUE TO THE SHOW’S HISTORY
With 60 years of story, the writers must remember the history of the characters as best they can, including marriages, babies, and health scares.
O’CONNOR: I’d say it’s a collective effort. We do have producers in charge of continuity, but as writers, we all share in that responsibility as well. And the fact that so many of us, if not most of us, were lifelong fans, that certainly helps.
VAN ETTEN: This is me speaking for me, not the writers. I personally believe you shouldn’t let adherence to continuity get in the way of a really good story. You don’t want it to be something that completely conflicts with a character’s 40 years of history, but if you can find a little bit of wiggle room, if you can justify why something that happened back in 1979 might today be viewed through a different lens and therefore make a current story work, I can justify that.
CRITICS ONLINE
It’s normal for viewers to react both positively and negatively to various storylines, but nowadays with social media, they are given a megaphone to blast those thoughts to the world immediately and in large quantities. The writers appreciate the feedback but also try to not get too fixated on it.
VAN ETTEN: When I was a breakdown writer, I would read Twitter on days when my episode was on. Now that I have a much larger responsibility for the show, I’m very sensitive and I want to put out something that people like. If they don’t like it, they’re usually very, very particular about not liking it. I can’t. I don’t need that in my life.
O’CONNOR: Different social media platforms and audiences seem to have different opinions about certain things. So, it’s hard to say. There’s a consensus on the show as a whole or the stories when you go to, say, Twitter. (Twitter) has a different opinion than Instagram or Facebook or the message boards. So it’s hard to gauge just from that feedback which opinion represents the majority of our audience.
IS LUKE SPENCER REALLY DEAD?
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HORTONVILLE, Wis. (WFRV) – As part of the project that is expanding 11 miles of WIS 15 to four lanes, County MM will be shut down for 40 days.
According to WisDot, crews will be reconstructing County MM along this new alignment.
Drivers can expect County MM between Harris Way and Crestview Drive to be closed beginning at 6 a.m., Monday, July 11 for 40 consecutive days.
Both projects will increase safety, enhance economic development, and lower transportation costs in the region due to WIS 15 being such a busy commuter route between New London and the Fox Cities area.
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FENTON, Mich. (WJRT) - Fenton held its 2023 Michigan Special Olympics Polar Plunge today.
The statewide a goal is to raise over $1.2 million from the event.
Special Olympics Michigan provides year-round sports training and athletic competition to nearly 23,000 children and adults.
The Polar Plunge is the largest fundraiser for SOMI, generating over $1.5 million in 2022.
Genesee County Sheriff deputies participated once again this year.
Last year, deputies raised were able to raise over $7,000 with the Polar Plunge at Lake Fenton.
Special Olympics of Michigan is hosting another plunge in Mt. Pleasant next Saturday. | https://www.abc12.com/news/fenton-hosts-2023-polar-plunge/article_7ae3daa8-a4a8-11ed-9366-d7b902b6c416.html | 2023-02-04 17:21:44 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/fenton-hosts-2023-polar-plunge/article_7ae3daa8-a4a8-11ed-9366-d7b902b6c416.html |
The Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department’s annual carnival is in full swing this week, through Saturday. Carnival grounds at 6680 Sykesville Road open daily at 6 p.m., and rides start at 7 p.m.
Patrons can choose from 18 rides for all ages and enjoy live music every night. A fireworks show is scheduled for Friday, with a rain date of Saturday.
Various foods will be for sale each night. The fire department is offering its popular funnel cakes for sale, while the Freedom District Lions Club is selling french fries.
Special ride-all-night passes are available. For more information and an entertainment schedule, visit sykesvillefire.org. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-sykesville-2022-carnival-0615-20220614-zxfmkb53zzbi5ie736a24t4kvq-story.html | 2022-06-14 19:18:22 | 1 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-sykesville-2022-carnival-0615-20220614-zxfmkb53zzbi5ie736a24t4kvq-story.html |
We’ve long moved past the era when having a beard told others you were unkempt or rough around the edges. Now beards are common for everyone from students to politicians. But it’s not enough to grow one and let it be. You have to keep it controlled and styled, usually with a beard trimmer.
In this article: Braun Beard Trimmer Kit, Remington Beard Trimmer and Solati Beard Trimmer Kit.
Power source
Beard trimmers are powered by a cord or batteries.
- Corded trimmers typically have more power, which makes them good for slashing down thick growth. They can also be used anytime and anywhere, with little fuss … if you can find a power outlet. However, the cord can sometimes make them awkward to use, and they are only usable dry.
- Battery-powered trimmers run on either disposable or built-in rechargeable batteries. In either case, they are easier to use, since there’s no awkward cord. You do need to be careful about running out of power mid-trim, though. Charging for built-in batteries typically takes one to two hours and most can run for 60 to 90 minutes on a full charge. They can be used dry or wet if they’re waterproof.
Dry vs. wet beard trimmers
Beard trimmers are usually intended to be used “dry” or “wet.”
- Dry trimmers are more common, used without water, steam or shaving cream. When you use a dry trimmer, it’s easier to put finer touches on your beard and to find and catch stray hairs. However, these trimmers aren’t great at cutting down large beards.
- Wet trimmers are typically used in the shower, relying on their moisture and steam to make trimming more comfortable. These are perfect for those who just want to keep their beard at a certain length and in a basic shape but are too tricky to use for finer maintenance.
Blade material
Most beard trimmers use either stainless steel or carbon steel blades.
- Stainless steel blades are more common and typically provide a smoother, cleaner shave. However, they usually use a coating that wears away over time.
- Carbon steel blades usually have sharper edges for trimming the harshest hair. However, rust can be of great concern if you don’t carefully maintain them.
Motor
A beard trimmer’s motor has two aspects to consider.
- Power is usually given in amps, with bigger numbers meaning more power. Most product listings don’t put it front and center or event include it, since it usually isn’t of much concern. Unless you have extra-thick hair, in which case you need the most powerful motor you can find to slash through it.
- Speed is usually set in beard trimmers, though some offer two or three speeds. You may need to choose the speed in these, or the trimmer may switch automatically.
Beard guides vs. blade guards
Most beard trimmers use either beard guides or blade guards to help control how much hair is cut. Each has pros and cons.
- Beard guides are another term for a trimmer with a built-in blade-adjustment system. These systems can be as finely adjustable as one-tenth of a millimeter per increment, but half a millimeter is more common. Another perk is that you don’t have to keep track of blade guards.
- Blade guards, or combs as they’re also known, attach to your trimmer to help control how much hair is trimmed away. Trimmers that use them typically include at least three (a small, medium and large), but better kits can include 10-plus, with some even having adjustable lengths for yet more options.
Cost
Beard trimmers can cost anywhere from $10-$100, though most cost around $30.
Best beard trimmers
This kit includes multiple blade guards, an ear and nose trimmer, a standard Gillette razor, a brush and a case to keep everything in. It’s waterproof and the battery lasts for an hour.
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This kit includes a body trimmer, a standard trimmer, a precision trimmer, a design trimmer and an ear-and-nose trimmer, plus a display stand to hold everything. It’s waterproof and the battery lasts for 80 minutes.
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This basic kit includes the trimmer, three blade guards, a ProGlide blade refill with a mini blade handle, a battery and an organizer. Any five-blade Gillette razor refill fits the mini handle.
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Philips Norelco Beard Trimmer Kit
This beard trimmer has self-sharpening blades that require no maintenance, including not needing blade oil. It’s waterproof for easy rinsing and includes 18 attachments, such as 12 blade guards.
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This trimmer includes a brush, a comb and four blade guards. It comes in five colors, including an all-pink one. The battery lasts for up to 150 minutes on a two-hour charge.
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Pure Enrichment Beard Trimmer Kit
This trimmer is universal-voltage compatible, meaning it can be used in any country as long as you have the right cable. It comes with four blade guards and in black or silver.
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‘I’m not leaving my wife’: Couple dies together in house fire
NEW MELLE, Mo. (KSDK) - A house fire claimed the lives of an elderly married couple in Missouri on Thursday.
Kenneth Zerr had a chance to escape but refused to leave his wife, Phyllis Zerr, behind.
“Everybody wanted to be like them. Everybody wanted to be with them,” their son, Andy Zerr, said.
Their marriage leaves a memorable mark.
“My mom and dad were salt of the earth. They will be dearly missed. They were a pillar of the community,” Andy Zerr said.
Andy Zerr held back tears as he described the relationship between his parents. The couple, both 84 years old, lost their lives inside their home together.
Fire officials say flames came up through the bottom floor and climbed up to the two upstairs bedrooms.
As crews made it upstairs to search, the floor began to collapse.
“The dispatch was on the phone with my father and my father was trying to help my mother out of the house and they got trapped,” Andy Zerr said.
But not even a fire could keep the couple apart.
“The dispatch told my father to come out of the house and my father said, ‘I’m not leaving my wife.’ And stayed with her. Until the end,” Andy Zerr said.
Andy Zerr is one of the couple’s three children. They also had several grandchildren and a host of other family and friends.
Andy Zerr said his parents were deeply rooted in their community and church.
“The pastor, bless his heart, brought communion to them every Sunday,” he said.
While it’ll be hard, they’ll lean on their incredible union to help them heal.
“They were our rocks. They were our foundation. They were our wisdom,” Andy Zerr said.
The couple had just celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in September.
The family said plans for the couple’s funeral are already set.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Like many fathers, Praneeth Mudiganti's weakness is his daughter.
"I love her more than anything," he said.
So it's only natural that what Ria wants, she gets.
This year, Wordle, a web-based word game, became viral. It's an app that challenges people to find a five-letter word in six guesses, with a new puzzle being published every day.
However, the words can sometimes be a little hard to guess. And for kids like Mudiganti's daughter, it was frustrating at times.
After a quick Google search, he discovered there was no app similar to Wordle that catered to kids. He decided to get to work.
"Maybe I should just build," he said. "It doesn't, you know, it doesn't look like it's going to take too long."
Two days later, he launched Wordle Junior. It's been up and running since February. A couple of months went by and his creation attracted 85,000 unique users in over 150 countries.
"I just never expected this," he said.
His daughter's teacher loved the game so much that she embedded it into her curriculum.
"They played that game for a few days," he said.
In light of this, his daughter was the new "class celebrity."
Mudiganti is an average dad with a normal job. He created this game to prove to his daughter that anything she sets her mind to, she can do. And, in addition to that, it's easy to create a game.
"My main intention of building this for my daughter more than anything is to encourage her to do something like this," he said.
He wants her to understand this isn't rocket science.
"You can start building, like, amazing things," he said.
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Pizza and Italian Cheese Stix Duo Offers Both Pepperoni Pizza and Cheese Stix Topped with Either Jalapeño or Bacon in One Box
DETROIT, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Slices-N-Stix is back at Little Caesars to prove that pizza and breadsticks are even tastier together – now with an unexpected twist. The newest addition to the Little Caesars menu brings pizza and Cheese Stix together to create a surprising combination all in one mouth-watering pie -- with newly added jalapeño or bacon topping options for the included Cheese Stix. Slices-N-Stix combines four pepperoni pizza slices and 8 Cheese Stix in one box, plus a side of Crazy Sauce®. Starting January 3, Slices-N-Stix will be available for a limited time at Little Caesars restaurants nationwide for only $6.99 for pepperoni pizza and cheese breadsticks, or $7.99 with your choice of bacon or jalapeño breadsticks.
"What's better than the iconic combination of delicious pepperoni pizza and cheesy breadsticks?" said Greg Hamilton, Chief Marketing Officer at Little Caesars. "We think the option of savory bacon or spicy jalapeño will really heat things up for pizza fans this winter."
Customers can get the Slices-N-Stix deal by ordering on the Little Caesars app or at littlecaesars.com for delivery or pickup starting on January 3rd, or just walking in and purchasing the product HOT-N-READY between 4 and 8 p.m. Bacon and jalapeño options are available for online ordering only.
Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, Little Caesars was founded by Mike and Marian Ilitch in 1959 as a single, family-owned restaurant. Today, it is the third-largest pizza chain in the world, with stores in each of the 50 U.S. states and 27 countries and territories.
Known for its HOT-N-READY® pizza and famed Crazy Bread®, Little Caesars uses quality ingredients, like fresh, never frozen, mozzarella and Muenster cheese and sauce made from fresh-packed, vine-ripened California crushed tomatoes. The brand is known for innovation and is home of the exclusive Pizza Portal® pickup, a heated, self-service mobile order pickup station. Little Caesars is also the Official Pizza Sponsor of the National Football League.
An exceptionally high-growth company with over 60 years of experience in the $145 billion worldwide pizza industry, Little Caesars is continually looking for franchisee candidates to join the team in markets around the world. In addition to providing the opportunity for entrepreneurial independence in a franchise system, Little Caesars offers strong brand awareness with one of the most recognized and appealing characters in the country, Little Caesar.
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WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s decision allowing the FBI to search his home in Delaware last week is laying him open to fresh negative attention and embarrassment following the earlier discoveries of classified documents at that home and a former office. But it’s a legal and political calculation that aides hope will pay off in the long run as he prepares to seek reelection.
The remarkable, nearly 13-hour search by FBI agents of the sitting president's Wilmington home is the latest political black eye for Biden, who promised to restore propriety to the office after the tumultuous tenure of his predecessor, Donald Trump.
But with his actions, Biden is doing more than simply complying with federal investigators assigned to look into the discovery of the records. The president is aiming to show that, unlike Trump, he never intended to retain classified materials — a key distinction that experts say diminishes the risks of criminal liability.
White House spokesman Ian Sams said Monday that Biden’s own attorneys invited the FBI to conduct the search. “This was a voluntary proactive offer by the president’s personal lawyers to DOJ to have access to the home,” he said, adding that it reflected “how seriously” Biden is taking the issue.
Mary McCord, a former senior Justice Department national security official, said, “If I was a lawyer and I represented the president of the United States and I wanted to show, ’I am being fully cooperative, and I do care to be projecting transparency to the American public, and I do take this seriously,' I think this is the advice I would give as well.”
That's not to say she approves of his handling of the documents.
“I think it’s wrong that he had those documents there," she said. "It shows lapses at the end of the administration,” when Biden was completing his time as vice president under Barack Obama.
Biden's personal attorneys first discovered classified materials on Nov. 2, a week before the midterm elections, as they were clearing out an office Biden had used at the Penn Biden Center in Washington. Since that initial discovery, Biden's team has adopted an accommodating approach to the investigation, even if they haven't been completely transparent in public.
They didn't acknowledge the first discovery before the elections, though they swiftly notified the National Archives, returned the documents the day after they were found and coordinated subsequent searches and discoveries with the Department of Justice.
They also are not standing in the way of interviews of staff, including Kathy Chung, Biden's executive assistant when he was vice president, who helped oversee the packing of boxes that were taken to the Penn Biden Center.
She feels some responsibility but had “absolutely” no knowledge of classified documents being packed, according to a person familiar with her thinking. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Biden himself has said he was surprised the documents were in his possession. Last Thursday, frustrated at all the focus, he told reporters: “There's no there there.”
It all fits a theme: Biden and his aides maintain the document mishandling was not intentional. As far as Biden's possible legal exposure goes, the question of intention is critical: Federal law does not allow anyone to store classified documents in an unauthorized location, but it's only a prosecutable crime when someone is found to have “knowingly" removed the documents from a proper place.
Still, welcoming the FBI search could backfire depending on what else might be found. Agents last week took possession of an additional round of items with classified markings, and some of Biden's handwritten notes and materials from his tenure as vice president and senator.
That's in addition to the documents already turned in by Biden's lawyers. Agents could also choose to search the Penn Biden Center and Biden's other home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, as the probe continues. Sams declined to say whether Biden would sign off on additional searches, referring the matter to the DOJ — which has asked the White House not to publicize searches in advance.
Criticism of Biden's handling of the matter has come from Democrats as well as Republicans. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the president should be “embarrassed by the situation.”
“I think he should have a lot of regrets,” added Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Even Biden’s own attorneys have called it a “mistake.”
Republicans, meanwhile, have sought to use their new-found powers in the House, where they regained the majority this month, to investigate Biden’s handling of the documents and hope to capitalize on the investigation.
“It is troubling that classified documents have been improperly stored at the home of President Biden for at least six years, raising questions about who may have reviewed or had access to classified information,” House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Tenn., wrote in asking for visitor logs to Biden's residence.
Responding to Comer's requests for copies of the documents taken from Biden's home, the White House counsel's office on Monday said it no longer had possession of them. It said the White House would “accommodate legitimate oversight interests,” while also “respecting the separation of powers and the constitutional and statutory obligations of the executive branch generally and the White House in particular.”
Trump and some of his supporters have been outspoken, claiming Biden is guilty of worse mishandling of classified documents than the Democrats sanctimoniously accuse Trump of being. The former president is sure to press that accusation vigorously as he campaigns to regain the White House.
The investigation of Trump also centers on classified documents that ended up at a home. In that case, though, the Justice Department issued a subpoena for the return of documents that Trump had refused to give back, then obtained a warrant and seized more than 100 documents during a dramatic August search of his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago. Federal agents are investigating potential violations of three federal laws, including one that governs gathering, transmitting or losing defense information under the Espionage Act.
In 2016, when the FBI recommended against criminal charges for Hillary Clinton over classified emails she sent and received via a private server when she was secretary of state, then-FBI Director James Comey said the Justice Department —in choosing which cases to bring over the past century — has looked for evidence of criminal intent, indications of disloyalty to the U.S., retention of vast quantities of classified documents or any effort to obstruct justice.
It's not clear whether agents in the Biden investigation have progressed beyond the question of intent. The White House has not answered key questions, including how classified information from his time as vice president could have ended up inside his Delaware home. But Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to head the probe given the sensitive politics around it.
Garland declared on Monday, in answer to a question: “We do not have different rules for Democrats or Republicans. ... We apply the facts under the law in each case in a neutral and nonpartisan manner. That is what we always do and that is what we are doing in the matters you are referring to."
One key test of the limits of Biden’s strategy revolves around the question of whether the president will agree to an interview with federal investigators if he is asked. White House officials thus far have refused to say whether or under what terms he would do so.
There could also be consequences outside of criminal prosecution for any staffer found to have mishandled classified documents, including ramifications on security clearances necessary for national security work.
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Whether she's walking through the halls or onto the competition field, Ashlyn Heinold has a bright, focused and contagious smile on her face. Throughout Ashlyn’s time at Eureka High School, she has learned that the most important thing someone can do is brighten another person’s day even if they’re not having a good one. Anyone who meets Ashlyn will agree that she has succeeded at doing just that. “She’s really kind and giving. She always says hi, and she always has a smile. I’ll miss her energy,” friend Allie Underwood said.
After joining the color guard team near the end of her freshman year, Ashlyn instantly fell in love with the sport. “It definitely got me involved, especially in the band environment. Being out on the field and with a specific group of people practicing all of the time was a bonding experience,” Ashlyn said.
Relationships with her teammates only became stronger when the group formed a winter guard team during Ashlyn’s junior year. After a successful first season, Ashlyn’s selfless dedication and practice paid off when the team became state champions in Feb. 2022. “I always loved to do it, and I never got tired of it,” Ashlyn said.
As one of Eureka High School’s most passionate four-year-Spanish students, it comes as no surprise that Ashlyn plans to continue her Spanish studies in college. Over time, Ashlyn has grown fond of the different nuances in the language. “I have a love/hate relationship with the different ways you can say things. There are so many nuances and verbs that you don’t have in English,” Ashlyn said.
Mrs. Axelson, Ashlyn’s Spanish teacher of two years, will miss Ashlyn’s dedication to the subject. “She is the perfect combination of a good work ethic and natural ability. She is the only student in all my years of teaching that would come to class on day one of the chapter and already know the vocabulary list,” Mrs. Axelson said.
As her time at EHS comes to an end, Ashlyn looks forward to studying Psychology at Illinois Central College this fall. Inspired by her family and church counselors, Ashlyn plans to go into counseling. “I felt like I was able to be someone that people could talk to and open up to. It’s really interesting to me, and I feel like I could help people,” Ashlyn said. In addition to studying Psychology, Ashlyn hopes to study abroad and serve her church’s mission in Mexico.
Most of all, Ashlyn will miss the everyday normality that high school brings. “The high school environment can be good and bad, but being able to have this structure and seeing everyone and getting to know people is what I’ll miss,” Ashlyn said. Surely, EHS will miss her constant kindness and her friendly demeanor. | https://pantagraph.com/ashlyn-heinold/article_c804d926-f64e-11ec-bc5b-672b23cedca2.html | 2022-06-27 20:09:26 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/ashlyn-heinold/article_c804d926-f64e-11ec-bc5b-672b23cedca2.html |
Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed as Wall St inches toward bull market
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after a day of listless trading on Wall Street in the absence of market-moving data.
China reported its exports fell 7.5% from a year earlier in May and imports were down 4.5%, adding to signs of a slowing of its economic recovery following the lifting in December of anti-virus controls that disrupted travel and commerce.
The decline in exports was the first year-on-year drop in in three months, with export volumes falling below their levels at the start of the year. “And with the worst yet to come for many developed economies, we think exports will decline further before bottoming out later this year,” Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics said in a commentary.
The Shanghai Composite index was nearly unchanged at 3,195.88 while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong jumped 1% to 19,285.10.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.8% to 32,234.21. In Seoul, the Kospi added 0.3% to 2,623.20 while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged 0.2% higher to 7,143.60. Shares fell in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% to 4,283.85. It’s just 0.2% away from finishing 20% above where it was in mid-October, as a long-predicted recession has yet to hit and excitement around artificial intelligence has helped a select group of stocks to soar.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up by less than 0.1% to 33,573.28, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%, to 13,276.42.
Gitlab soared 31.2% after the software development platform gave a revenue forecast for the fiscal year that topped analysts’ expectations.
Investors are watching to see which will happen first: a recession or inflation falling enough to get the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates, which have climbed so high they’ve hurt various parts of the economy.
Next week, the U.S. government will publish its latest monthly updates on inflation, and the Federal Reserve will meet on interest-rate policy. The bet on Wall Street is that the Fed may hold off on hiking rates, which would be the first time that’s happened in more than a year, but could resume raising rates in July.
Some of Tuesday’s strongest action was in the cryptocurrency world after the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Coinbase with operating its trading platform as an unregistered national securities exchange, broker and clearing agency.
Shares of its parent, Coinbase Global, tumbled 12.1% after the SEC also accused it of being liable for some of Coinbase’s violations. Other charges focused on Coinbase’s staking-as-a-service program, where users get payments for their crypto almost like earning interest from a traditional bank savings account.
Coinbase criticized the SEC’s approach to crypto, saying “the solution is legislation that allows fair rules for the road to be developed transparently and applied equally, not litigation.”
A day earlier, the SEC filed 13 charges against another huge crypto trading platform, Binance, and its founder. Binance said it had been in discussions to reach a negotiated settlement to resolve the SEC’s investigations.
The frenzy around AI has helped a handful of stocks soar to immense gains this year, including Nvidia’s 164.5% surge. That’s helped drive much of the S&P 500’s gains in 2023, but it’s also caused critics to question whether a bubble is forming. They also say the furor around AI may be masking weakness underneath the S&P 500’s surface.
Even though the S&P 500 is nearing a bull market, almost as many stocks within it are down this year as up as worries remain about falling corporate profits, still-high inflation and much higher interest rates than a year ago.
In other trading Wednesday, a U.S. crude oil fell 31 cents to $71.43 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Tuesday, it lost 41 cents to $71.74 a barrel. A barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, sank 36 cents to $75.93.
Both were close to $120 a year ago but have fallen amid worries about a strapped global economy’s need for fuel.
The U.S. dollar bought 139.24 Japanese yen, down from 139.66 yen. The euro fell to $1.0690 from $1.0695.
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) today announced that management will present at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference on Tuesday, December 6th at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time at the InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel in New York City.
The presentation will be webcast and can be accessed live or as an archived replay from the link on the DICK'S Sporting Goods' Investor Relations website at investors.DICKS.com.
About DICK'S Sporting Goods
DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) creates confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, the leading omnichannel retailer serves athletes and outdoor enthusiasts in more than 850 DICK'S Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Field & Stream, Public Lands, Going Going Gone! and Warehouse Sale stores, online, and through the DICK'S mobile app. DICK'S also owns and operates DICK'S House of Sport and Golf Galaxy Performance Center, as well as GameChanger, a youth sports mobile app for scheduling, communications, live scorekeeping and video streaming.
Driven by its belief that sports make people better, DICK'S has been a longtime champion for youth sports and, together with its Foundation, has donated millions of dollars to support under-resourced teams and athletes through the Sports Matter program and other community-based initiatives. Additional information about DICK'S business, corporate giving, sustainability efforts and employment opportunities can be found on dicks.com, investors.dicks.com, sportsmatter.org, dickssportinggoods.jobs and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Contacts:
Investor Relations:
Nate Gilch, Senior Director of Investor Relations
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
(724) 273-3400 or investors@dcsg.com
Media Relations:
(724) 273-5552 or press@dcsg.com
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LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kim Kardashian introduces SKKN BY KIM, an efficacious nine-product skincare collection sitting at the intersection of elevated simplicity and innovative science. SKKN BY KIM was born out of Kim's dream to bridge the gap between the world's most renowned dermatological experts and people at home seeking high-performance skincare.
Combining Kim's visionary approach with her knowledge from years of working with global skincare specialists and leading experts at Coty (NYSE: COTY), each product was thoughtfully formulated to care for all skin types, tones, and textures at every stage of maturity. Through active ingredients and technical formulas, SKKN BY KIM offers clinically proven skincare solutions to support the skin's natural abilities and revitalize the complexion.
"In all of my business endeavors, I've been fueled by my passion to fill gaps in the market with expertly-crafted and universally-loved products that are performance driven – and I have carried this same drive and approach with me into creating a legacy skincare brand," says brand founder and CEO, Kim Kardashian. "What began as a psoriasis diagnosis became the catalyst for my journey of skincare discoveries, inspiring me to learn more about my skin and how to care for it. Working with some of the top dermatologists and estheticians over the years has given me the incredible opportunity to learn from their expertise — and I knew I had to share my learnings. Fueled by years of gathered insights, SKKN BY KIM's science-backed formulas work together to reactivate skin's inner potential and inspire confidence. I'm proud to finally be able to share this collection with everyone."
Together with Coty Inc., one of the world's largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, and skin and body care, Kim Kardashian is launching SKKN BY KIM on June 21, 2022 through a new U.S. direct-to-consumer website. The site will be the go-to destination for all new product launches and will also feature tutorials and special collections.
The SKKN BY KIM collection features nine core products, developed to deliver effective results through clean and uncompromising high-performance formulas:
- Cleanser ($43/$37 refill): A lightly-foaming cleanser developed to gently dissolve any makeup, water-resistant residues, unwanted oils, and impurities without stripping skin.
- Toner ($45/$38 refill): A skin-renewing toner using double acidic and enzymatic exfoliation to help reduce the appearance of pores and enhance skin's texture.
- Exfoliator ($55/$47 refill): A double mechanical and enzymatic exfoliator that helps promote skin resurfacing, leaving skin renewed, refreshed and retexturized.
- Hyaluronic Acid Serum ($90/$77 refill): A multi-molecular weight hyaluronic acid serum that delivers long-lasting, 72-hour moisture, and helps reduce dehydration and the appearance of fine lines.
- Vitamin C8 Serum ($90/$77 refill): Featured with a powerful dose of vitamin C8 to help boost collagen synthesis, this serum is clinically proven to diminish the appearance of pigmentations, wrinkles, and fine lines.
- Face Cream ($85/$72 refill): A luxuriously indulgent firming moisturizer that works to nourish and revive skin. Formulated with postbiotics and enriched with a natural alternative to retinol, this cream visibly improves firmness, elasticity, and radiance.
- Eye Cream ($75/$64 refill): A moisturizing eye cream that preserves elasticity while acting to reduce puffiness and fine lines around the eye. Formulated with hyaluronic acid for added hydration and peptides to help stimulate collagen production, this product promotes a visibly firm, rested, and illuminated eye contour.
- Oil Drops ($95/$81 refill): Developed with a highly stable, active form of Vitamin C, this supercharged oil evens out the complexion, helps reduce the appearance of pores, and immediately promotes radiant and glowy looking skin.
- Night Oil ($95/$81 refill): A nourishing recovery treatment developed to help reenergize skin overnight for supple, smooth, and glowy skin by morning that feels hydrated and plumped.
Grounded in the brand's ethos of sustainability, each product is bottled inside sleek, minimalistic, and refillable packaging. To further reduce the environmental impact, refills are packaged inside eco-friendly materials.
Photographed by Mario Sorrenti, the campaign images feature Kim amongst larger than life replicas of the collection's sculptural packaging. The creative direction and design for brand identity, product, and packaging, as well as consulting on strategy and art direction was guided by Perron—Roettinger.
Availability:
SKKN BY KIM is launching on June 21 at 9a PT / 12p ET exclusively on SKKNBYKIM.COM
PR Contact for Kim Kardashian and SKKN BY KIM:
Bevin Lee, Full Picture / blee@fullpic.com
PR Contact for Coty:
Stephanie Taylor/ stephanie_taylor@cotyinc.com
Link to DTC website below:
- United States: www.SKKNBYKIM.com
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About SKKN BY KIM
SKKN BY KIM invites you to experience a new daily skincare ritual. With a focus on quality and efficacy, SKKN BY KIM's science-backed, clean, and cruelty-free formulas are meticulously crafted to support the skin's natural renewal abilities. Through a visionary nine-product ritual, SKKN BY KIM delivers rejuvenation, nourishment, and an indulgent at-home experience designed to help people feel confident in their skin.
About Coty Inc.
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Rocky Mountain National Park officials reported Wednesday morning that a significant rock fall/slide in the Upper Chaos Canyon area happened Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m.
“It appears that several outcrops on the south shoulder of Hallett Peak came down,” park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson said in a news release.
The rock fell into Upper Chaos Canyon, according to the park’s Facebook page.
Patterson said people were in the area at the time of the rock slide, but there are no known injuries.
Though the area has not been closed to travel, the park staff is advising visitors to avoid traveling in Upper Chaos Canyon or on the south slopes of Hallett Peak. “It will take some time for the slope to stabilize and there is a significant possibility that additional rockfall may occur at any time,” the park’s Facebook post stated.
“The cause of the rockfall is currently unknown,” park staff stated on Facebook.
“Park visitors are reminded to always practice due diligence especially in rocky terrain, as these areas can be unstable, Patterson said in the release.
The 12,720-foot Hallett Peak towers to the west of the Bear Lake area. | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/06/29/rocky-mountain-national-park-reports-rock-slide-on-hallett-peak/ | 2022-06-29 19:06:49 | 1 | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/06/29/rocky-mountain-national-park-reports-rock-slide-on-hallett-peak/ |
Jalen Suggs has a saying that he’s stuck with during the early phases of his NBA career: knowledge is free.
The second-year Orlando Magic guard’s eagerness to learn has led to him getting guidance from two guards on the opposite side of the country: Portland Trail Blazers Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons, the Central Florida native and Edgewater High School alum.
Suggs’ connection with Lillard and Simons was sparked by Magic assistant coach Nate Tibbetts, who was an assistant coach in Portland for eight seasons (2013-21) before joining Magic coach Jamahl Mosley’s staff.
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“Dame, how he carries himself: press conferences, body language, leadership,” Tibbetts told the Orlando Sentinel on the emphasis of the lessons Suggs took from each player. “[Simons] more, they kind of went through this both at a young age. They spent a little time talking about just the differences [between] being on an older team vs. a younger team. All of us learn from others.
“We’re trying to help these guys grow as players, but also as who they are.”
Lillard and Simons bring different perspectives that have been helpful to Suggs as he navigates through the first couple of years as an NBA player.
With Lillard, an 11-year veteran and seven-time All-Star who scored 41 points in Portland’s victory at Amway Center on Sunday night, the lessons have more so been focused on off-the-court and interpersonal skills: how one conducts himself in media conferences plus his body language in huddles and how to carry yourself.
Suggs and Lillard worked out together in Portland ahead of Suggs’ rookie season.
“That’s someone I like to learn from,” Suggs told the Sentinel. “The same way you can get better [on] the court is the same way you can get better off the court. How to handle yourself, how to carry yourself, how to lead, run a team ... he shared a lot of stories about how he went about things. We try to replicate the best people. This profession — one aspect of it is on the court and skill-wise. Another aspect of it is your approach.”
Simons, the No. 24 pick in the 2018 draft, has spoken with Suggs about navigating through the first couple of years as a professional and the ups and downs that come with it.
Simons averaged 7.1 minutes in 20 games as a rookie before averaging 20.7 minutes his second year, 17.3 his third and eventually 29.5 in 2021-22 — a breakout season for Simons during which he averaged 17.3 points and 3.9 assists.
“Talking about the process, missing games, controlling pace, people skills and composing yourself and things like that,” Suggs said. “Just to be present and stay the course. The same thing Nate tells me all the time is [to] trust your work.”
Lillard and Simons have had similar advice for Suggs, the No. 5 pick in the 2021 draft.
“Just overall, patience,” Simons told the Sentinel ahead of the Magic’s Sunday loss to the Blazers. “I know especially for [Suggs], [being] a high draft pick. Coming into a great opportunity. Being able to play at a young age, just having patience. Everything’s going to work out the way it should be. No matter what, continue to work and continue to put the work in.”
Suggs said of the advice he’s received from Lillard: “Stay the course. [Things] are going to happen. You’re going to get hurt. You’re going to go through rough stretches. Stay the course [and] handle your business. You do that, you put yourself in a position to have success.”
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Staying the course has helped Suggs improve in his second season, especially over the last month.
Suggs averaged 10.5 points (43.5% shooting, 38.1% on 3s), 3.4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.5 steals in 25.3 minutes in the Magic’s 13 games since the start of February entering Tuesday’s home game vs. the league-leading Milwaukee Bucks.
He had 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists in Sunday’s loss.
“From what I see this year compared to last year, he is figuring it out,” Lillard said of Suggs on Sunday. “He is figuring out, ‘How do I play to my strengths? ... What do I do well?’ He can get downhill; he can get to the rim. He is strong. In transition, he is really good with that speed and ability to finish at the rim.”
Gary Harris (sore left adductor) and big man Wendell Carter Jr. (left hip pain) are listed as questionable vs. the Bucks after not playing Sunday.
Admiral Schofield won’t be available after suffering a concussion against the Blazers.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/os-sp-orlando-magic-monday-folo-20230307-s54z7ptykzewpijyytcgyeuq4e-story.html | 2023-03-07 01:45:22 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/os-sp-orlando-magic-monday-folo-20230307-s54z7ptykzewpijyytcgyeuq4e-story.html |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk and Donald Trump share bestride-the-colossus egos, an incessant desire to be the center of attention and a platform to showcase their eccentricities and erraticism.
Both the Tesla CEO and the former president have used that platform, Twitter, as a sword and a shield — a soapbox to rouse the passions (and tap the pocketbooks) of tens of millions of followers and repulse the other side.
Trump weaponized Twitter before he was banned after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Musk was a persistent Twitter poster, taunting stock market regulators and railing against his version of conformity in numerous tweets. Then he decided to buy the platform.
Now both face a reckoning this week brought on at least in part by their use of Twitter to advance their agendas and feed their outsize id.
Trump is confronted with a select congressional committee’s unanimous recommendation to the Justice Department on Monday that he be criminally prosecuted for his part in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol by supporters stirred to action that day by his public remarks, on and off social media.
Right behind that could come the release Tuesday of Trump tax returns, now in the hands of another House panel, that he has spent years fighting to keep private.
After firing about half the Twitter workforce and sowing chaos with impulsive and ever-changing policies, Musk essentially asked users whether he should fire himself. In an unscientific poll he set up, a majority of the 17.5 million respondents said he should step down as Twitter chief. No word yet whether he will honor the result as promised.
The tribulations of these two June babies, born 25 years and continents apart, may be unlike anything thrown at them before.
“The biggest thing they have in common is little experience with true failure, that is, failure with consequences,” said Eric Dezenhall, a consultant to companies beset by crisis.
“Even though Trump has failed multiple times, he’s always been protected by family money and amazing luck,” Dezenhall said. “While Musk is a genius, he’s had the good fortune to have built multiple businesses on government funding rather than in the bruising free market.
“Given their life experiences, how could these guys not feel invincible?”
Kindred spirits at least in part, Musk invited Trump back on Twitter shortly after he bought it. So far, Trump is sticking with his own platform, Truth Social, which has miniscule reach in comparison.
Musk’s invitation was a selective exercise of the right to free speech, as he also suspended a variety of mainstream journalists from Twitter and banned links to “prohibited” social media sites like Facebook, before relenting to some degree on both fronts.
Musk was until recently the world’s richest man, with the amount verified by the worth of his stock. Trump has often argued he should be considered among the wealthiest, though behind that claim was a mirage.
Both have operated from a sense that things begin and end by CEO fiat. But Musk has also built viable companies and genuine wealth, in contrast with Trump’s record of self-branding, fraught real estate deals and dubious enterprises regarding steaks, vodka or even his own real estate investor “university.”
Musk registers 120 million Twitter followers; Trump, a Republican, had 88 million when he was barred from the platform after the Jan. 6 insurrection. The site has vastly amplified both their voices, in a way that has benefited Musk’s businesses and Trump’s political career over the years, though at a cost to their reputations.
“A hater hellscape,” Musk called Twitter in 2017. But it also was a siren’s call to him.
“On Twitter, likes are rare & criticism is brutal,” he tweeted in 2018. “So hardcore.
“It’s great.”
On that platform, Musk comes across less as the visionary engineer who made electric vehicles hot, builds reusable rockets and cares deeply about climate change than as a petty settler of personal scores who can sink into right-wing conspiracy theories and misogyny.
A month ago, teasing Trump for holding out just after Twitter agreed to let him back in, Musk posted a depiction of a woman naked from the waist down, with the Twitter logo covering her genitals and Trump, as Jesus, looking on. “And lead us not into temptation,” said Musk’s post.
Both men have used Twitter to assail the mainstream media, spread misinformation, push the limits of what’s acceptable in social media and engage in provocations that can make it hard to look away.
But of the two, only Trump held the power of office. For all his spacecraft, Musk’s universe is much smaller. In the public-opinion influence game, it’s made up mostly of tweets and corporate policy about how to manage them.
Their politics don’t match — Musk’s right-wing and libertarian beliefs come with a devotion to controlling global warming, for example, and Trump’s don’t. Their personalities differ in some respects, too — Musk admits error and even apologizes on occasion; Trump doesn’t.
Their work ethic bears no resemblance to each other.
Trump, a 76-year-old from Queens in New York City, spends most of his time at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, after a presidency notable for ample time on the golf links. Musk, a 51-year-old native of South Africa who lived in Canada as a young man, is known for working insane hours, hands on, these days in Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.
But as disrupters, they might as well be twins separated at birth.
“Both of these guys are free-stylers,” said Dezenhall. “There is never a plan, never a strategy, just a collection of on-the-fly tactics. This has worked out very well for them.
“It wouldn’t be the case for the rest of us.”
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Associated Press writers Barbara Ortutay in San Francisco and Josh Boak in Baltimore contributed to this report. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-elon-musk-and-donald-trump-2-disrupters-face-a-reckoning/ | 2022-12-21 01:45:49 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-elon-musk-and-donald-trump-2-disrupters-face-a-reckoning/ |
(Washington, DC) -- The FBI is rejecting a request from House Republicans to provide access to law enforcement documents lawmakers say may link President Biden to a "criminal scheme."
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer subpoenaed the FBI in response to a whistleblower's claims a document in the FBI's possession describes a scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions.
The FBI this week said it would discuss whether and how to accommodate the request, but noted the agency is bound by policy that strictly limits when and how confidential information can be provided outside the FBI.
Comer is leading the investigation in the Biden family's business dealings. | https://www.wdel.com/news/fbi-declines-to-provide-document-to-house-gop/article_8da2af6e-f031-11ed-bdc4-173bbf58ae7a.html | 2023-05-11 21:41:32 | 1 | https://www.wdel.com/news/fbi-declines-to-provide-document-to-house-gop/article_8da2af6e-f031-11ed-bdc4-173bbf58ae7a.html |
IHSAA football: Sheridan falls to North Decatur in regional
SHERIDAN – Shortly after the Sheridan football team’s stinging 29-14 loss to North Decatur on Friday night in a Class A regional, legendary coach Larry “Bud” Wright went from coach to consoler.
He offered handshakes, hugs and encouragement as many of his players fought back tears. His Blackhawks football team, the 57th he’s coached, came up short of a 15th regional title and first in 10 years. But this year’s team made a lasting impression on Wright.
“They came a long way,” Wright said. “At the start of the season, we wouldn’t have given them a chance to do what they accomplished. Winning 11 ballgames in a row is a great accomplishment. We started out the year with a lot of positions to fill, and the kids got better and better as the year went along.”
While Sheridan (11-2) was looking to add to its football legacy, its opponent, third-ranked North Decatur (13-0), was looking to jumpstart its. The Chargers finally broke through with their first regional title after coming close the past few years, losing in regionals in 2019 and 2020.
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Leading 15-14 for most of the second half, the Chargers punched a ticket to semistate on Nov. 18 against Lutheran by scoring two touchdowns in the final 6:08.
“I’m really proud of the kids,” North Decatur coach Steve Stirn said. “I think history will determine what it means, but this kind of takes the ceiling off. Years ago, people couldn’t imagine what we are doing right now.
“I have a lot of respect for coach Wright, and, obviously, we weren’t playing the ghosts of the past, but that’s a good football team. I hate to be the one that ends his season, but I’m proud that we’re still playing.”
Both teams entered averaging just over 43 points per game, and there were plenty of early fireworks.
Trailing 7-0, North Decatur scored touchdowns on two straight possessions – a 37-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Carson Parmer to Kaden Muckerheide and a 1-yard scamper by Parmer to help push the Chargers’ lead to 15-7 with 10:18 remaining in the first half.
On the first play of Sheridan’s ensuing drive, senior running back Jacob Jones answered with a 76-yard touchdown run to help cut the lead to 15-14, a score that would last until midway through the fourth. Jones added a 60-yard run in the first half and finished with 156 rushing yards on 11 carries.
“Jones came into the game tonight averaging 16 yards per carry,” Wright said. “In 57 years as a head coach, I’ve not seen anyone with an average like that. That’s a heck of an accomplishment. A lot of teams key in on Peyton (Cross), and they forget about Jones, and he’s a ball player.”
In the second half, Sheridan struggled offensively. The Blackhawks managed just three first downs and 74 yards of offense. Cross, who rushed for more than 2,000 yards on the season, managed 69 yards on 19 carries against a stout defensive front for the Chargers.
“We couldn’t get field position in the second half,” Wright said. “Their defensive line was a little better than I thought there were, and their quickness just offset our offensive line. No one has shut us down all year long like did there at the end.”
Leading by a point, North Decatur eventually cushioned its lead with an 11-play drive that culminated with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Parmer to senior receiver Evan Howell to give the Chargers a 22-14 lead with 6:08 to play.
With a final chance, Sheridan quarterback Caleb Alexander was picked off with 5:04 to play, which eventually set up another North Decatur touchdown.
“I think our overall speed on defense was critical tonight,” Stirn said. “We don’t have one guy; it’s really a team defense. We didn’t play a perfect game, but I thought we had a tremendous effort getting to the football. They have big backs, and we don’t have those big defensive players, and we did a nice job of getting to the ball.”
Senior running back Reid Messer starred for the Chargers. He rushed for 167 yards on 32 carries and a touchdown and caught a pass for 37 yards.
Next weekend: IHSAA 2022 semistate matchups
North Decatur 29, Sheridan 14
N. Decatur 8 7 0 14 — 29
Sheridan 7 7 0 0 — 14
Scoring Plays
S – Peyton Cross 1 run (Owen Bell kick)
ND – Kaden Muckerheide 37 pass from Carson Parmer (Reid Messer run)
ND – Parmer 1 run (Aiden O’Dell kick)
S – Jacob Jones 76 run (Bell kick)
ND – Evan Howell 25 pass from Parmer (O’Dell kick)
ND – Messer 13 run (O’Dell kick)
Individual Stats
Rushing — ND: Reid Messer 32-167, James Evans 8-30, Kaden Muckerheide 4-12, Carson Parmer 4-(-11). S: Jacob Jones 11-156, Peyton Cross 19-69, Zach Bales 2-5, Caleb Alexander 2-(-1).
Passing — ND: Parmer 4-12-104-1. S: Alexander 3-8-34-1.
Receiving — ND: Messmer 2-42, Muckerheide 1-37, Evan Howell 1-25. S: Trent DeCraene 2-19, Jones 1-15. | https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/11/12/ihsaa-football-regional-sheridan-loses-to-north-decatur/69642609007/ | 2022-11-12 05:38:42 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/11/12/ihsaa-football-regional-sheridan-loses-to-north-decatur/69642609007/ |
OMAHA, Neb. — The Biden administration is urging U.S. meat processors to make sure children aren't being illegally hired to perform dangerous jobs at their plants.
The call comes after an investigation found more than 100 children working overnight for a company that cleans slaughterhouses, handling dangerous equipment like skull splitters and razor-sharp bone saws.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sent a letter Wednesday to the 18 largest meat and poultry producers urging them to examine the hiring practices at their companies and suppliers. The letter is part of a broader effort by the administration to crack down on the use of child labor. The Labor Department has reported a 69% increase since 2018 in the number of children being employed illegally in the U.S.
"The use of illegal child labor — particularly requiring that children undertake dangerous tasks — is inexcusable, and companies must consider both their legal and moral responsibilities to ensure they and their suppliers, subcontractors and vendors fully comply with child labor laws," Vilsack said in the letter.
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Just last year, the Labor Department found that more than 3,800 children were working illegally at 835 companies in various industries. In the most egregious recent case, Packers Sanitation Services Inc., or PSSI, agreed earlier this year to pay a $1.5 million fine and reform its hiring practices after investigators confirmed that at least 102 children were working for the company at 13 meat processing plants nationwide.
PSSI, which is based in Wisconsin, employs about 17,000 people working at more than 700 locations, making it one of the largest food-processing-plant cleaning companies. The plants where PSSI was found to be employing minors were in Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Tennessee and Texas.
The Labor Department says it has more than 600 child labor investigations underway and officials are concerned about the exploitation of children, particularly migrants who may not even have a parent in the United States.
Several federal agencies launched a broad effort to combat child labor earlier this year, and officials asked Congress to increase the penalty for violations because the current maximum fine of $15,138 per child isn't enough of a deterrent to big companies.
One major meat producer, Smithfield Foods, said Wednesday it was not aware of any violations at its facilities. “Smithfield Foods and all of its affiliates comply with all child labor laws, both federal and state,” the company said. “We require all of our contractors to do so as well.” | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/us-urges-meat-companies-to-ensure-they-dont-use-child-labor/article_36672399-38f5-5c60-b0f2-a4d0b753a1e8.html | 2023-04-13 19:38:55 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/us-urges-meat-companies-to-ensure-they-dont-use-child-labor/article_36672399-38f5-5c60-b0f2-a4d0b753a1e8.html |
McALLEN, Texas (KVEO) — A man was arrested at a Texas checkpoint after allegedly transporting more than 180 pounds of cocaine hidden in his truck’s gas tank, authorities said.
Glafiro Valle Jr. was booked Jan. 14 on charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, federal records show.
A criminal complaint obtained by Nexstar’s KVEO details that federal DEA agents in McAllen began investigating Valle on the suspicion he was transporting cocaine from the Rio Grande Valley to Houston.
On Jan. 14, agents were notified that he was detained at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias after 75 bricks of cocaine were found in an “aftermarket compartment to a diesel fuel tank” located in the bed of his truck, the complaint stated.
According to the complaint, Valle was nervous and would not make eye contact with U.S. Border Patrol agents while being questioned. He was then asked if his vehicle could be scanned by X-ray, which he agreed to, authorities said.
The X-ray detected “anomalies” in the diesel gas tank, the complaint stated.
Valle asked to speak to a supervisor and “freely and voluntarily” told the supervisor that they were going to find 75 kilograms of cocaine in the truck, the complaint stated.
Authorities found 75 bricks of cocaine, weighing a total of 181 pounds, the complaint alleged.
According to the document, Valle told agents he was transporting the cocaine to Houston. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/feds-mans-gas-tank-hid-180-pounds-of-cocaine-at-texas-border-checkpoint/ | 2023-01-18 02:56:42 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/feds-mans-gas-tank-hid-180-pounds-of-cocaine-at-texas-border-checkpoint/ |
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WLNS) – Logan James Barnhart, 41, of Holt, Michigan, pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting law enforcement officers during the riot at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Barnhart was part of the mob that clashed with law enforcement at the Archway leading into the Capitol from the Lower West Terrace, according to court records. He was joined by other rioters in dragging an officer down steps into a crowd, where others beat the officer with weapons, including a flagpole and baton.
“As a result of this attack, the officer sustained physical injuries, including bruising and abrasions,” reads a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia.
Barnhart also helped to push other rioters in the direction of a line of police officers, and struck one of the officers with the base of a flagpole, the office said.
Barnhart, a bodybuilder and former model for the cover of romance novels, was identified and arrested for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot on August 2021. He was taken into custody on Aug. 17 in Lansing, Michigan
Barnhart is scheduled to be sentenced on March 9, 2023. He faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison, as well as financial penalties.
More than 870 people have been arrested for crimes related to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, including more than 265 people charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement officials. | https://www.wane.com/news/romance-novel-cover-model-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-police-at-jan-6-riot/ | 2022-09-29 21:53:51 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/romance-novel-cover-model-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-police-at-jan-6-riot/ |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji’s former leader Frank Bainimarama was released on bail Friday after pleading not guilty to a charge that he abused his power as prime minister by stopping a police investigation.
Both Bainimarama and the nation’s suspended police commissioner had spent the night in jail after they were arrested Thursday.
“I served as Fiji’s prime minister with integrity and with the best interests of Fijians at heart,” Bainimarama told reporters outside the courtroom, adding that he would fight the charge not only for his legacy but also for democracy.
The development adds another twist to the volatile political situation on the Pacific island nation, where Bainimarama in December lost a tense election to Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.
Last month, Bainimarama, 68, was suspended from parliament for three years for insulting the president, and this week he resigned from parliament in protest.
Bainimarama and Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho each face a single charge of abuse of office. Prosecutors claim the pair terminated an active police investigation into former staff members of the University of the South Pacific. Prosecutors said police were continuing their investigation and could lay more charges.
A former military commander, Bainimarama held power in Fiji for 16 years after first seizing the top job by force in a 2006 military coup. He later recast himself as a democratic leader by introducing a new constitution and winning elections in 2014 and 2018.
But in December, Rabuka, another former strongman leader, won by a razor-thin margin. Rabuka had led Fiji’s first military coup in 1987 and later served as an elected prime minister in the 1990s.
In a statement, Christopher Pryde, the director of public prosecutions, said Bainimarama and Qiliho had “arbitrarily and in abuse of the authority of their respective offices, terminated an active police investigation” after a complaint was laid with the police by the university in July 2019 in relation to “the activities of former staff members.”
Police said the pair were brought in for questioning Thursday and underwent video recorded interviews before being formally charged.
In announcing the charges, Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Sakeo Raikaci said he also wanted to “clear the air” over claims by the public that the investigation had been prolonged and subject to interference by senior officers.
“I want to reiterate the independence of the investigation processes in place, as what is being witnessed is not an attempt to purposely delay the investigation or questioning processes, but this is the proper manner in which investigations are to be conducted,” Raikaci said in a statement.
Located north of New Zealand, and east of Australia, Fiji is home to about 1 million people and is a popular tourist destination. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/fijis-former-leader-bainimarama-arrested-and-due-in-court/ | 2023-03-10 14:30:45 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/fijis-former-leader-bainimarama-arrested-and-due-in-court/ |
(The Conversation) – E-commerce may make shopping more convenient, but it has a dark side that most consumers never see.
Say you order an electric toothbrush for Father’s Day and two shirts for yourself from Amazon. You unpack your order and discover that the electric toothbrush won’t charge and only one shirt fits you. So, you decide to return the unwanted shirt and the electric toothbrush.
Returns like this might seem simple, and often they’re free for the consumer. But managing those returns can get costly for retailers, so much so that many returned items are simply thrown out.
In 2022, returns cost retailers about US$816 billion in lost sales. That’s nearly as much as the U.S. spent on public schools and almost twice the cost of returns in 2020. The return process, with transportation and packaging, also generated about 24 million metric tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions in 2022.
Together, costs and emissions create a sustainability problem for retailers and the planet.
As a supply chain management researcher, I follow developments in retail logistics. Let’s take a closer look inside the black box of product returns.
Returns start with miles of transportation
So, you repackaged your unwanted shirt and the electric toothbrush and drove them to UPS, which has an agreement with Amazon for free returns. Now what?
UPS transports those items to the retailer’s warehouses dedicated to processing returns. This step of the process costs the retailer money – 66% of the cost of a $50 item by one estimate – and emits carbon dioxide as trucks and planes carry items hundreds of miles. The plastic, paper or cardboard from the return package becomes waste.
Processing a return takes two to three times longer than initially shipping the item – it has to be unpacked, inspected, repacked and rerouted. That adds more to the cost to the company, especially in a tight labor market. Workers have to manually unpack the items, inspect them and, based on the return reason, decide what will happen next.
Restocking and reselling means more miles
If a warehouse worker decides the shirt in our example can be resold, the shirt will be repackaged and sent to another warehouse.
Once another consumer orders the shirt, it will be ready to be packed and shipped.
In-store returns can significantly cut warehouse and transportation costs, but driving to a brick-and-mortar store might not be convenient for the consumer. Only about a quarter of online purchases are returned in person to the store.
Refurbishing, if repair costs less than the product
If the item is defective, like the electric toothbrush in our example, the warehouse worker might send it back to the manufacturer for fixing and refurbishing. It would be repackaged and loaded on a truck and possibly a plane to be sent to the manufacturer, leading to more carbon dioxide emissions.
If the electric toothbrush can be repaired, the refurbished product is ready to be sold into the consumer market again – often at a lower price.
Refurbishing returned products helps to achieve a closed-loop supply chain where products are reused rather than disposed of as waste, making the process more sustainable than buying a new item.
Sometimes, however, repairs cost more than the product can be resold for. When it is more expensive to restock or refurbish a product, it may be cheaper for the retailer to throw the item away.
Landfills are a common end for returns
If the company can’t resell the shirt or refurbish the electric toothbrush economically, the outlook for these items is grim. Some are sold in bulk to discount stores. Often, returned products simply end up in landfills, sometimes overseas.
In 2019, about 5 billion pounds of waste from returns were sent to landfills, according to an estimate by the return technology platform Optoro. By 2022, the estimated waste had nearly doubled to about 9.5 billion pounds.
Era of free returns might not last
In the past, customers who wanted to return items by mail were often expected to do so on their own dime. That changed after Amazon began offering free returns and providing easy-to-use drop-off locations at UPS or Kohl’s stores. Other retailers followed suit to compete, with many seeing free returns as a way to keep shoppers coming back.
But that pendulum may be starting to swing back. The percentage of retailers charging to ship returns increased from 33% to 41% in 2022.
Retailers are trying several other techniques to lower the return rate, waste and losses, which ultimately come back to consumers in the form of higher prices.
Some retailers have shortened the return window, limited frequented returns or stopped offering free returns. Other strategies include virtual dressing rooms and clearer fitting guides, which can help reduce clothing returns, as can high-quality photos and videos that reflect size and color accurately. If consumers use those tools and pay attention to sizing, they can help cut down on retail’s growing climate footprint. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/inside-the-black-box-of-amazon-returns/ | 2023-06-18 20:33:34 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/inside-the-black-box-of-amazon-returns/ |
HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A tractor-trailer has toppled on Interstate 95 South in Hanover along with its entire load of lumber, bringing traffic to a standstill.
The truck hauling 70,000 pounds of lumber has overturned on I-95 Southbound at exit 98 south of route 30 at Doswell, blocking the entire roadway. Traffic backups are approximately two miles long, according to VDOT.
The Virginia State Police said crews are on the scene assessing the situation to work out how to upright and remove the tractor and trailer and its contents from the highway.
Drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Philadelphia election official who has told of enduring death threats for defending the city's 2020 vote-counting against former President Donald Trump's lies will be nominated for the top election administration post in Pennsylvania.
Al Schmidt will be nominated to be Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro's secretary of state, the campaign said Thursday, setting him up to oversee what is expected to be a hard-fought 2024 election in the critical presidential battleground.
Shapiro, a Democrat, made the post his first Cabinet selection to be publicly announced ahead of his Jan. 17 inauguration.
Protecting elections and voting rights was central to Shapiro's campaign, as he emphasized his intention to nominate a “pro-Democracy” secretary of state and his role, as attorney general, in fighting efforts in court by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
“Al Schmidt has a proven track record of defending our democracy, protecting voting rights and standing up to extremism — even in the face of grave threats," Shapiro said in a statement.
Schmidt, 51, is a Republican, fitting in with Shapiro's theme of fashioning a bipartisan administration in politically divided Pennsylvania.
Schmidt is currently president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, a good-government group in Philadelphia. Before he joined the group a year ago, Schmidt spent a decade as a Republican elected to the three-member board that oversees elections in Philadelphia.
Holding the post of secretary of state is subject to confirmation in the Republican-controlled Senate.
The $165,000-salary job involves overseeing how the state's 67 counties run their elections, giving them guidance and assistance on how to manage it — a task that has grown in complexity with the advent of the state's no-excuse mail-in voting law and conspiracy theorists inspired by Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
The department also administers a long list of professional licensing commissions that report to the department.
In 2020, Schmidt became the face of Philadelphia's protracted vote count when Trump and his campaign repeatedly claimed that “bad things happen in Philadelphia” and spread lies to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the election in the heavily Democratic city.
With help from Philadelphia, Trump lost Pennsylvania to Democrat Joe Biden.
Few, if any, Republicans came to Schmidt's defense during a time when he has said he received Trump-inspired death threats against him and his family that he has called “domestic terrorism.” No lawsuit, prosecutor or election worker has produced evidence of widespread fraud in Philadelphia's 2020 election.
In the wake of the election, Schmidt testified in front of a U.S. Senate committee and the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
He has since become a prominent critic of what he has called the “vicious cycle” of conspiracy theorists and politicians who spread lies about elections.
The falsehoods prompt deceived constituents to demand that politicians do something — usually resulting in a push to restrict voting rights and violent threats to election workers, Schmidt has said.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 403 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles south of
Freer, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
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Benavides and Rosita.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Federated Hermes, Inc. (NYSE: FHI), a global leader in active, responsible investing, today announced that monthly fund composition and performance data for Federated Hermes Premier Municipal Income Fund (NYSE: FMN) as of Dec. 31, 2022, is now available in the Products section of FederatedInvestors.com. To order hard copies of this data or to be placed on a mailing list, call 800-245-0242 x5587538, email CEinfo@federatedinv.com or write to Federated Hermes, 1001 Liberty Avenue, Floor 23, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
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Former Connecticut lawmaker to be sentenced for coronavirus aid thefts
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut state representative is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven — most of it in federal coronavirus-related aid — and using a good chunk of it to fuel his gambling addiction.
Michael DiMassa, 32, a West Haven Democrat, could get more than four years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. He is asking Judge Omar Williams for leniency.
“Mr. DiMassa suffered from a debilitating gambling addiction at the time of the offense,” his lawyer, John Gulash, wrote in a court filing, “and his essentially unfettered access to a deep pool of federal funds and total lack of impulse control facilitated his precipitous downward spiral.”
The lawyer compared DiMassa to Howard Ratner, the gambler played by Adam Sandler in the movie “Uncut Gems.” He said he bet on things as frivolous as how long the national anthem would take to perform at the Super Bowl, or what color Gatorade would be poured on the winning coach.
He did much of his gambling and betting at the Mohegan Sun casino in eastern Connecticut.
At the time of the thefts, which began in mid-2020, DiMassa was both a state representative and an aide to the West Haven City Council with authority to approve reimbursements for coronavirus-related expenses. He pleaded guilty in November to three counts of wire fraud conspiracy, admitting that he and others billed West Haven for legal, lobbying and consulting services that were never provided.
DiMassa and a business partner, John Bernardo, also a former West Haven city employee, pilfered nearly $637,000, prosecutors said.
Bernardo pleaded guilty to wire fraud and was sentenced to 13 months in prison in March.
In a second scheme, DiMassa and another business owner, John Trasacco, conspired to submit fraudulent invoices from Trasacco’s companies to the city, netting nearly $432,000 in COVID-19 aid, with nearly all of it going to Trasacco. Trasacco was sentenced to eight years in prison in March after a jury convicted him of fraud.
The final conspiracy involved DiMassa and his wife, Lauren DiMassa, and the theft of nearly $148,000, authorities said. The couple submitted phony requests for payments by the city related to a youth violence prevention program. The pilfered funds were not federal coronavirus aid.
Lauren DiMassa, who is pregnant with the couple’s second child, pleaded guilty last year and was sentenced in March to six months in prison. She recently reported to prison.
Federal prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence in the federal guidelines range for Michael DiMassa and want the judge to order him to pay more than $1 million in restitution to West Haven.
“The defendant was a public official elected to serve his constituents,” prosecutors wrote in their sentencing documents. “Instead, he completely betrayed that trust by stealing public funds for his own benefit.”
DiMassa resigned from the Legislature and the city of West Haven after his arrest in 2021.
He has cited several reasons for leniency including his lack of any previous criminal record, his testicular cancer and being able to care for his children.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victims have been found with no identification documents at all and in one case a stolen ID. Remote villages lack phone service to reach family members and determine the whereabouts of missing migrants. Fingerprint data has to be shared and matched by different governments.
More than a day after the discovery of 51 dead migrants in a stifling trailer in San Antonio, few identities of the victims have been made public, illustrating the challenges authorities face in tracing people who cross borders clandestinely.
By Tuesday afternoon, medical examiners had potentially identified 34 of the victims, said Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores, who represents the district where the truck was abandoned. Those identities were not yet confirmed pending additional steps, such as fingerprints, and she described it as a challenge with no timeline on when the process might be finished.
“It’s a tedious, tedious, sad, difficult process,” she said.
The bodies were discovered Monday afternoon on the outskirts of San Antonio in what is believed to be the nation’s deadliest smuggling episode on the U.S.-Mexico border. More than a dozen people were taken to hospitals, including four children. Three people have been arrested.
The tragedy occurred at a time when huge numbers of migrants have been coming to the U.S., many of them taking perilous risks to cross swift rivers and canals and scorching desert landscapes. Migrants were stopped nearly 240,000 times in May, up by one-third from a year ago.
With little information about the victims, desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones.
Among the dead, 27 are believed to be of Mexican origin based on documents they were carrying, according to Rubén Minutti, the Mexico consul general in San Antonio. Several survivors were in critical condition with injuries such as brain damage and internal bleeding, he said. About 30 people had reached out to the Mexican Consulate looking for loved ones, officials said.
Guatemala’s foreign ministry said late Tuesday that it had confirmed two hospitalized Guatemalans and was working to identify three possible Guatemalans among the dead. Honduras’ foreign relations ministry said it was working to confirm the identities of four people who died in the truck and carried Honduran papers.
Eva Ferrufino, spokeswoman for Honduras’ foreign ministry, said her agency is working with the Honduras consulate in south Texas to match names and fingerprints and complete identifications.
The process is painstaking because among the pitfalls are fake or stolen documents.
Mexico’s foreign affairs secretary identified two people Tuesday who were hospitalized in San Antonio on Tuesday morning. But it turned out that one of the identification cards he shared on Twitter had been stolen last year in the southern state of Chiapas.
Haneydi Antonio Guzman, 23, was safe and sound in a mountain community more than 1,300 miles away from San Antonio on Tuesday when she began receiving messages from family and friends. There is no phone signal there, but she has internet access.
Journalists started showing up at her parents’ home in Escuintla - the address on her ID that was stolen and found in the truck - expecting to find her worried relatives.
“That’s me on the ID, but I am not the person that was in the trailer and they say is hospitalized,” she said.
“My relatives were contacting me worried, asking where I was,” Antonio Guzman said. “I told them I was fine, that I was in my house and I clarified it on by (Facebook page).”
Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard deleted the original tweet identifying her without further comment. The other hospitalized victim Ebrard identified Tuesday turned out to be accurate.
In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, municipal officials in San Miguel Huautla were traveling to the community of 32-year-old José Luis Guzmán Vásquez late Tuesday to find out if his mother wanted to travel to San Antonio to be with him in the hospital.
Manuel Velasco López, San Miguel Huautla’s municipal secretary, said that another cousin had been traveling with Guzmán Vásquez and was now considered missing.
Yet another cousin, Alejandro López, told Milenio television that their family worked in farming and construction and that they migrated because “we don’t have anything but weaving hats, palms and handicrafts.”
“Growing corn, wheat and beans is what we do in this region and that leads to a lot of our people emigrating and going to the United States,” he said.
Miguel Barbosa, the governor of neighboring Puebla state, set off a scramble for information in the town of Izucar de Matamoros on Tuesday when he said publicly that two of the dead hailed from there.
In the heavily migrant town, everyone was asking themselves if their friends or neighbors were among the dead found in the freight truck in Texas. Rumors abounded, but the city government said no dead had been confirmed from Izucar.
But going to the United States is such a tradition that most youths here at least consider it.
“All of the young people start to think about going (to the U.S.) as soon as they turn 18,” said migrant activist Carmelo Castañeda, who works with the nonprofit Casa del Migrante. “If there aren’t more visas, our people are going to keep dying.”
Migrants typically pay $8,000 to $10,000 to be taken across the border and loaded into a tractor-trailer and driven to San Antonio, where they transfer to smaller vehicles for their final destinations across the United States, said Craig Larrabee, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in San Antonio.
Conditions vary widely, including how much water passengers get and whether they are allowed to carry cellphones, Larrabee said.
Authorities think the truck discovered Monday had mechanical problems when it was left next to a railroad track in an area of San Antonio surrounded by auto scrapyards that brush up against a busy freeway, said Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff.
San Antonio has been a recurring scene of tragedy and desperation in recent years involving migrants in semitrailers.
Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck parked at a San Antonio Walmart. In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of the city. More than 50 migrants were found alive in a trailer in 2018, driven by a man who said he was to be paid $3,000 and was sentenced to more than five years in prison.
Other tragedies have occurred long before migrants reached the U.S. In December, more than 50 died when a semitrailer rolled over on a highway in southern Mexico. In October, Mexican authorities reported finding 652 migrants packed into six trailers stopped at a military checkpoint near the border.
During a vigil held Tuesday evening in the rain at a San Antonio park, many of the more than 50 people who attended expressed sadness, frustration and anger at the deaths and what they described as a broken immigration system.
Back in Puebla, farmer Juan Sánchez Carrillo, 45, was sickened when he heard the news of the deaths in Texas.
He himself narrowly escaped death, when he and his friends ran away from dozing migrant rustlers in the mountains near Otay Mesa near San Diego. The criminals -- who Sanchez Carrillo believes were in cahoots with smugglers who brought him over the border -- pointed rifles at the group of 35 migrants and threatened to kill them unless they came up with $1,000 each.
“For the smugglers, we the migrants are not human,” Sánchez Carrillo said. “For them, we are no more than merchandise.” | https://www.kxxv.com/news/san-antonio-migrant-deaths-lead-to-slow-effort-to-id-victims | 2022-06-29 13:21:29 | 0 | https://www.kxxv.com/news/san-antonio-migrant-deaths-lead-to-slow-effort-to-id-victims |
LOS ANGELES, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. (the "Company" or "Rexford Industrial") (NYSE: REXR), a real estate investment trust ("REIT") focused on creating value by investing in and operating industrial properties within Southern California infill markets, today announced financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial and Operational Highlights:
- Net income attributable to common stockholders of $36.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, as compared to $20.6 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, for the prior year quarter.
- Company share of Core FFO of $81.7 million, an increase of 54.7% as compared to the prior year quarter.
- Company share of Core FFO per diluted share of $0.49, an increase of 25.6% as compared to the prior year quarter.
- Consolidated Portfolio Net Operating Income (NOI) of $113.6 million, an increase of 42.5% as compared to the prior year quarter.
- Same Property Portfolio NOI increased 7.0% and Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 10.1% as compared to the prior year quarter.
- 99.1% Average Same Property Portfolio occupancy.
- Comparable rental rates on 1.4 million rentable square feet of new and renewal leases increased by 83.0% compared to prior rents on a GAAP basis and by 61.5% on a cash basis.
- Acquired 18 properties for an aggregate purchase price of $598.9 million.
- Issued a total of 6.0 million shares of common stock for total net proceeds of $419.4 million.
- Ended the quarter with a low-leverage balance sheet measured by a net debt-to-enterprise value ratio of 13.5%.
"Our team's performance through the first half of 2022 demonstrates the strength of our entrepreneurial business model focused on value creation within the infill Southern California industrial market, the world's fourth largest and our nation's highest-demand, lowest vacancy industrial market. Tenant demand continues to exceed supply with overall infill Southern California market vacancy estimated at 0.8%," stated Michael Frankel and Howard Schwimmer, Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company. "In the second quarter we grew Core FFO by 26% on a per share basis compared to the prior year, driven by Core FFO growth of 55% and consolidated NOI growth of 43%. Our team executed 1.4 million square feet of leasing activity at record releasing spreads of 83% and 62%, on a GAAP and cash basis, respectively, and we completed the quarter with average Same Property occupancy at 99.1%. We completed $599 million of investments in the quarter plus an additional $587 million subsequent to quarter end, bringing our year-to-date total to $1.6 billion. Looking ahead, we have over $500 million of additional investments under contract or accepted offer plus a deep range of accretive internal growth initiatives under-way. We continue to maintain our investment grade, fortress-like balance sheet with a net debt-to-enterprise value ratio of 13.5%, positioning the Company to enable significant value creation for our shareholders."
Financial Results:
The Company reported net income attributable to common stockholders for the second quarter of $36.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, compared to $20.6 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, for the prior year quarter. The net income for the prior year quarter includes $2.8 million of gains on sale of real estate. There was no sale of real estate during the current quarter. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net income attributable to common stockholders was $80.0 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, compared to $45.4 million, or $0.34 per diluted share for the prior year. The net income for the six months ended June 30, 2022 includes $8.5 million of gains on sale of real estate, as compared to $13.6 million for the prior year.
The Company reported Core FFO for the second quarter of $81.7 million, representing a 54.7% increase compared to $52.8 million for the prior year quarter. The Company reported Core FFO of $0.49 per diluted share, representing an increase of 25.6% compared to $0.39 per diluted share for the prior year quarter. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, Core FFO was $158.3 million, representing a 56.5% increase compared to $101.2 million for the prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company reported Core FFO of $0.97 per diluted share, representing an increase of 27.6% compared to $0.76 per diluted share for the prior year.
In the second quarter, the Company's consolidated portfolio NOI on a GAAP and Cash basis increased 42.5% and 38.6%, respectively, compared to the prior year quarter. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company's consolidated portfolio NOI on a GAAP and Cash basis increased 41.7% and 38.1%, respectively, compared to the prior year.
In the second quarter, the Company's Same Property Portfolio NOI increased 7.0% compared to the prior year quarter, driven by an 8.0% increase in Same Property Portfolio rental income and an 11.0% increase in Same Property Portfolio expenses. Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 10.1% compared to the prior year quarter. When adjusted for the impact of short-term rent deferral agreements executed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 10.5% compared to the prior year quarter.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company's Same Property Portfolio NOI increased 7.5% compared to the prior year, driven by an 8.5% increase in Same Property Portfolio rental income and an 11.6% increase in Same Property Portfolio expenses. Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 10.9% compared to the prior year. When adjusted for the impact of short-term rent deferral agreements executed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 11.4% compared to the prior year.
Operating Results:
Second quarter 2022 leasing activity demonstrates strong tenant demand fundamentals within Rexford Industrial's target Southern California infill markets:
At June 30, 2022, the Company's Same Property Portfolio occupancy was 98.9%. Average Same Property Portfolio occupancy for the second quarter 2022 was 99.1%. At June 30, 2022, the Company's consolidated portfolio, excluding value-add repositioning assets, was 98.2% occupied and 98.3% leased, and the Company's consolidated portfolio, including value-add repositioning assets, was 95.2% occupied and 95.9% leased.
Transaction Activity:
During the second quarter of 2022, the Company completed 18 acquisitions with 1.4 million square feet of buildings on 85.5 acres of land, including 15 acres of land for near term redevelopment, for an aggregate purchase price of $598.9 million. These investments are projected to generate a weighted average unlevered initial yield of 2.5% and an estimated stabilized yield on total investment of 5.1%. Second quarter acquisitions included one UPREIT transaction, whereby the Company issued 954,000 operating partnership units representing $56.2 million of purchase price value.
Subsequent to the second quarter of 2022, the Company completed five acquisitions with 1.4 million square feet of buildings on 65.2 acres of land, for an aggregate purchase price of $587.4 million. Year to date, the Company has completed 37 acquisitions with 4.3 million square feet of buildings on 233.0 acres of land, including 28 acres of land for near term redevelopment, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.6 billion. In aggregate, these investments are projected to generate a weighted average unlevered initial yield of 2.9% and an estimated stabilized yield on total investment of 4.6%.
During the second quarter of 2022, the Company stabilized one repositioning project with 62,607 square feet and $19.5 million of total investment at a 6.9% unlevered stabilized yield. Year to date, the Company has stabilized two repositioning/redevelopment projects with 173,867 square feet and $36.9 million of total investment at a 6.8% unlevered stabilized yield.
Balance Sheet:
The Company ended the second quarter with $1.5 billion in liquidity, including $34.3 million in cash on hand, $875.0 million available under its unsecured revolving credit facility and an estimated $552.1 million of forward equity proceeds available for settlement to occur before the third quarter of 2023. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $1.7 billion of outstanding debt, with an average interest rate of 2.7% and an average term-to-maturity of 6.8 years.
On May 26, 2022, the Company amended its senior unsecured credit agreement to increase the borrowing capacity of its unsecured revolving credit facility to $1.0 billion from $700 million and to add a $300 million unsecured term loan facility. The proceeds from the $300 million term loan were used to repay the Company's $150 million term loan due in 2025, terminate the associated swap, partially pay down outstanding borrowings under the unsecured revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes. The maturity date of the unsecured revolving credit facility is May 26, 2026 (with two extensions options of six months each) and the maturity date of the term loan facility is May 26, 2027.
On May 27, 2022, the Company renewed its at-the-market program ("ATM program") to include $1.0 billion of capacity with the option to offer shares on a forward basis.
During the second quarter, the Company executed on its prior and renewed ATM programs, selling 12,002,480 shares of common stock subject to forward sale agreements at an average price of 62.55 per share for a gross value of $750.8 million. On June 29, 2022, the Company partially settled these forward equity sale agreements and outstanding forward equity sale agreement from the prior quarter by issuing 5,967,783 shares of common stock for net proceeds of $419.4 million.
As of June 30, 2022, the $1.0 billion ATM program had approximately $536.5 million of remaining capacity.
Subsequent to the second quarter of 2022, the Company amended its senior unsecured credit agreement to add a $400 million unsecured term loan with a maturity date of July 19, 2024 (with two extensions options of one year each). Proceeds from the $400 million term loan were used to fund acquisitions closed subsequent to quarter end, reduce outstanding borrowings under the unsecured revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes.
Dividends:
On July 18, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors declared a dividend in the amount of $0.315 per share for the third quarter of 2022, payable in cash on October 15, 2022, to common stockholders and common unit holders of record as of September 30, 2022.
On July 18, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.367188 per share of its Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock and a quarterly dividend of $0.351563 per share of its Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, in each case, payable in cash on September 30, 2022, to preferred stockholders of record as of September 15, 2022.
Guidance
The Company is revising its full year 2022 guidance as indicated below. The Core FFO guidance refers only to the Company's in-place portfolio as of July 20, 2022, and does not include any assumptions for other acquisitions, dispositions or related balance sheet activities that have not closed. Please refer to the Company's supplemental information package for a complete list of guidance and 2022 Guidance Rollforward.
A number of factors could impact the Company's ability to deliver results in line with its guidance, including, but not limited to, the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, interest rates, the economy, the supply and demand of industrial real estate, the availability and terms of financing to the Company or to potential acquirers of real estate and the timing and yields for divestment and investment. There can be no assurance that the Company can achieve such results.
Supplemental Information and Investor Presentation:
The Company's supplemental financial reporting package as well as an updated investor presentation are available on the Company's investor relations website at www.ir.rexfordindustrial.com.
Earnings Release, Investor Conference Webcast and Conference Call:
A conference call with senior management will be held on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
To participate in the live telephone conference call, please dial 1-877-407-0789 (for domestic callers) or 1-201-689-8562 (for international callers) at least five minutes prior to start time. A webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode at ir.rexfordindustrial.com.
Conference call playback will be available through August 21, 2022, and can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921 (for domestic callers) or 1-412-317-6671 (for international callers), using the pass code 13730258.
About Rexford Industrial:
Rexford Industrial creates value by investing in, operating and redeveloping industrial properties throughout infill Southern California, the world's fourth largest industrial market and consistently the highest-demand, lowest supply market in the nation. The Company's highly differentiated strategy enables internal and external growth opportunities through its proprietary value creation and asset management capabilities. Rexford Industrial's high-quality, irreplaceable portfolio comprises 335 properties with approximately 40.8 million rentable square feet occupied by a stable and diverse tenant base. Structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT) listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "REXR," Rexford Industrial is an S&P MidCap 400 Index member. For more information, please visit www.rexfordindustrial.com
Forward Looking Statements:
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," or "potential" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. While forward-looking statements reflect the Company's good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, they are not guarantees of future performance. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the reports and other filings by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes.
Definitions / Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
Funds from Operations (FFO): We calculate FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"). FFO represents net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of depreciable operating property, gains (or losses) from sales of assets incidental to our business, impairment losses of depreciable operating property or assets incidental to our business, real estate related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs and amortization of above/below-market lease intangibles) and after adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures. Management uses FFO as a supplemental performance measure because, in excluding real estate related depreciation and amortization, gains and losses from property dispositions, other than temporary impairments of unconsolidated real estate entities, and impairment on our investment in real estate, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. We also believe that, as a widely recognized measure of performance used by other REITs, FFO may be used by investors as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. However, because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions nor the level of capital expenditures and leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties, all of which have real economic effects and could materially impact our results from operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of our performance is limited. Other equity REITs may not calculate or interpret FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition as we do, and, accordingly, our FFO may not be comparable to such other REITs' FFO. FFO should not be used as a measure of our liquidity and is not indicative of funds available for our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends. FFO should be considered only as a supplement to net income computed in accordance with GAAP as a measure of our performance. A reconciliation of net income, the nearest GAAP equivalent, to FFO is set forth below. "Company Share of FFO" reflects FFO attributable to common stockholders, which excludes amounts allocable to noncontrolling interests, participating securities and preferred stockholders.
Core Funds from Operations (Core FFO): We calculate Core FFO by adjusting FFO to exclude the impact of certain items that we do not consider reflective of our core revenue or expense streams. These adjustments consist of (i) acquisition expenses, (ii) loss on extinguishment of debt, (iii) the amortization of the loss on termination of interest rate swaps and (iv) other amounts as they may occur. Management believes that Core FFO is a useful supplemental measure as it provides a more meaningful and consistent comparison of operating performance and allows investors to more easily compare the Company's operating results. Because certain of these adjustments have a real economic impact on our financial condition and results from operations, the utility of Core FFO as a measure of our performance is limited. Other REITs may not calculate Core FFO in a consistent manner. Accordingly, our Core FFO may not be comparable to other REITs' Core FFO. Core FFO should be considered only as a supplement to net income computed in accordance with GAAP as a measure of our performance. A reconciliation of FFO to Core FFO is set forth below. "Company Share of Core FFO" reflects Core FFO attributable to common stockholders, which excludes amounts allocable to noncontrolling interests, participating securities and preferred stockholders.
Reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders per Diluted Share Guidance to Company share of Core FFO per Diluted Share Guidance:
The following is a reconciliation of the Company's 2022 guidance range of net income attributable to common stockholders per diluted share, the most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP financial measure, to Company share of Core FFO per diluted share.
Net Operating Income (NOI): NOI is a non-GAAP measure, which includes the revenue and expense directly attributable to our real estate properties. NOI is calculated as rental income from real estate operations less property expenses (before interest expense, depreciation and amortization). We use NOI as a supplemental performance measure because, in excluding real estate depreciation and amortization expense and gains (or losses) from property dispositions, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. We also believe that NOI will be useful to investors as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. However, because NOI excludes depreciation and amortization expense and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions, nor the level of capital expenditures and leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties (all of which have a real economic effect and could materially impact our results from operations), the utility of NOI as a measure of our performance is limited. Other equity REITs may not calculate NOI in a similar manner and, accordingly, our NOI may not be comparable to such other REITs' NOI. Accordingly, NOI should be considered only as a supplement to net income as a measure of our performance. NOI should not be used as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs.
NOI should not be used as a substitute for cash flow from operating activities in accordance with GAAP. We use NOI to help evaluate the performance of the Company as a whole, as well as the performance of our Same Property Portfolio. A calculation of NOI for our Same Property Portfolio, as well as a reconciliation of net income to NOI for our Same Property Portfolio, is set forth below.
Cash NOI: Cash NOI is a non-GAAP measure, which we calculate by adding or subtracting from NOI: (i) fair value lease revenue and (ii) straight-line rent adjustments. We use Cash NOI, together with NOI, as a supplemental performance measure. Cash NOI should not be used as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs. Cash NOI should not be used as a substitute for cash flow from operating activities computed in accordance with GAAP. We use Cash NOI to help evaluate the performance of the Company as a whole, as well as the performance of our Same Property Portfolio. A calculation of Cash NOI for our Same Property Portfolio, as well as a reconciliation of net income to Cash NOI for our Same Property Portfolio, is set forth below.
Same Property Portfolio: Our 2022 Same Property Portfolio is a subset of our consolidated portfolio and includes properties that were wholly owned by us for the period from January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, and excludes properties that were acquired or sold during the period from January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, and properties acquired prior to January 1, 2021, that were classified as current or future repositioning, redevelopment or lease-up during 2021 or 2022 (unless otherwise noted), which we believe significantly affected the properties' results during the comparative periods. As of June 30, 2022, our 2022 Same Property Portfolio consists of 224 properties aggregating 28,581,635 rentable square feet.
Properties and Space Under Repositioning: Typically defined as properties or units where a significant amount of space is held vacant in order to implement capital improvements that improve the functionality (not including basic refurbishments, i.e., paint and carpet), cash flow and value of that space. A repositioning is generally considered complete once the investment is fully or nearly fully deployed and the property is available for occupancy. We consider a repositioning property to be stabilized at the earlier of the following: (i) upon reaching 90% occupancy or (ii) one year from the date of completion of repositioning construction work.
Net Debt to Enterprise Value: At June 30, 2022, we had consolidated indebtedness of $1.7 billion, reflecting a net debt to enterprise value of approximately 13.5%. Our enterprise value is defined as the sum of the liquidation preference of our outstanding preferred stock and preferred units plus the market value of our common stock excluding shares of nonvested restricted stock, plus the aggregate value of common units not owned by us, plus the value of our net debt. Our net debt is defined as our consolidated indebtedness less cash and cash equivalents.
Contact:
Investor Relations:
Stephen Swett
424-256-2153 ext 401
investorrelations@rexfordindustrial.com
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(NEXSTAR) – After a week of uncertainty, the IRS announced Friday that most relief checks sent to residents in more than a dozen states last year won’t be taxed at the federal level.
The announcement clears up a taxation situation so “complex” that it required the IRS to advise taxpayers to delay filing their returns until the agency could work with local officials to determine its guidance. According to the IRS, 21 states issued special payments.
“The IRS appreciates the patience of taxpayers, tax professionals, software companies and state tax administrators as the IRS and Treasury worked to resolve this unique and complex situation,” the IRS said.
The states where the relief checks do not have to be reported by taxpayers are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. That also applies to energy relief payments in Alaska that were in addition to the annual Permanent Fund Dividend, the IRS said.
When can you expect your tax refund?
Taxpayers in four other states – Georgia, Massachusetts, South Carolina and Virginia – will also not need to include state payments on their federal returns, as long as the payment was a refund of state taxes and the individual did not already receive a tax benefit in the year the taxes were deducted.
Unlike pandemic-era stimulus checks, 2022’s state-level relief payments came in various forms, making it harder for the IRS to issue guidance and forcing the agency to call for a pause in filing well after tax season had already begun.
These pandemic tax benefits have dried up for parents
In California, for instance, residents who met the income, filing status and dependent requirements received checks ranging from $200 to $1,050 as part of the Middle Class Tax Refund (MCTR).
In Illinois, qualifying residents received one-time payments of up to $700 under the Illinois Family Relief Plan. Making matters more complicated, the checks consisted of two different rebates: one for individual income tax and another for property tax.
Maine was another example of states where the IRS stance had created confusion. More than 100,000 tax returns had already been filed as of Thursday, many of them submitted before the IRS urged residents to delay filing their returns.
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills pressed for the $850 pandemic relief checks last year for most Mainers to help make ends meet as a budget surplus ballooned.
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Her administration designed the relief program to conform with federal tax code to avoid being subject to federal taxes or included in federal adjusted gross income calculations, said Sharon Huntley, spokesperson for the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.
Senate President Troy Jackson called the confusion caused by the IRS “harmful and irresponsible.”
“Democrats and Republicans worked together to create a program that would comply with federal tax laws and deliver for more than 800,000 Mainers,” the Democrat from Allagash said in a statement Friday.
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Rita's app users who earn a loyalty visit two times per week or more during the promotional period get a free small Italian Ice
PHILADELPHIA, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard, the beloved brand known for its delicious Italian Ice and Frozen Custard treats, introduces Peach Ring Italian Ice and Peach Ring Gummy topping.
Available at all Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard locations for a limited time only starting July 11 and running through August 6, Peach Ring Italian Ice is featured in Rita's Peach Ring Gelati and Frozen Drink, topped with two Gummy Peach Rings. The Peach Ring Italian Ice flavor can also be enjoyed across Rita's menu of signature Italian Ice treats.
During the promotional period, Rita's continues to drive loyalty and perks for its mobile app users by offering a free small Ice – either new Peach Ring or the flavor of their choice – to those who earn a loyalty visit two times per week or more (Weeks: 7/10 – 7/16, 7/17 – 7/23, 7/24 – 7/30, 7/31 – 8/6).
"Perfect for summer, Peach Ring is both sweet and tart, and is a nostalgic taste of childhood for millennials who grew up with flavorful, gummy peach ring candy," said Mark Jenkins, Vice President of Marketing at Rita's Italian Ice. "With this second new ice flavor introduced this year, Rita's remains focused on delivering new, memorable flavors and unique, crave-worthy treats that create excitement at Rita's shops, build buzz and drive value for Rita's loyal guests and app users."
Rita's signature Italian Ice is made fresh daily on-site and available in a rotating daily selection from over 75 flavors. Other menu items at Rita's include creamy Frozen Custard, signature Gelati, Concretes, Milkshakes and more.
Originally founded in May 1984, Philadelphia firefighter Bob Tumolo created his prized family recipe to include real fruit, named the product after his wife Rita, and Rita's Italian Ice was born. Since then, Rita's has staked its claim in the frozen treats industry by planting franchises across the country that offer a happy atmosphere, as well as set the standard for fresh and quality-driven Italian Ice.
To find your closest Rita's location, please visit www.ritasice.com.
About Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard:
Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard opened its doors in Bensalem, Pa. in 1984, and has been dedicated to spreading "Ice, Custard, Happiness!" ever since. Now, Rita's is the largest Italian Ice concept in the world with over 550 shops. Guests around the world visit Rita's to celebrate their everyday moments with freshly made cool treats in a fun-filled atmosphere. Known for its famous Italian Ice, made daily featuring real fruit, and award-winning Frozen Custard, Rita's serves a taste of happiness with each delicious treat. For more information about Rita's Italian Ice, please call 1-800-677-7482 or visit www.ritasice.com.
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Antlers and fancy dress: Stonehenge welcomes 8,000 visitors for summer solstice
STONEHENGE, England (AP) — All hail the rising sun.
Around 8,000 revellers gathered around a prehistoric stone circle on a plain in southern England to express their devotion to the sun, or to have some communal fun.
Druids, pagans, hippies, local residents and tourists, many clad in an array of colorful costumes and even antlers, stayed and celebrated at Stonehenge for the night and greeted sunrise on Wednesday, which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere.
At dawn, the sun rose behind what is known as the Heel Stone in the northeast part of the horizon and the first rays shone into the heart of Stonehenge, one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments and a World Heritage Site.
A sun-filled dawn followed a slightly misty sunrise, which was greeted with drumming, chanting and cheering.
“Stonehenge continues to captivate and to bring people together to celebrate the seasons, just as it has done for thousands of years,” said Nichola Tasker, director of Stonehenge at English Heritage, a charity that manages hundreds of historic sites.
“There was a wonderful atmosphere from sunset to sunrise, and everybody enjoyed a very atmospheric morning,” she added.
In addition to the 8,000 people present, English Heritage said that approximately 154,000 people tuned in from around the world to watch the sunset and sunrise on the charity’s livestream.
All over the U.K., optimism will reign supreme as summer officially starts. It’s no coincidence that the nearby Glastonbury Festival, one of the world’s biggest music events, opens its doors on Wednesday, too. Both Stonehenge and Glastonbury supposedly lie on ley lines — mystical energy connections across the U.K.
For the thousands making the pilgrimage to Stonehenge, approximately 80 miles (128 kilometers) southwest of London, it is more than looking forward to Elton John at Glastonbury or a few ciders in the sun. Many of those present at Stonehenge will be making the short 50-mile (80-kilometer) journey further west to Glastonbury over the coming days.
For druids, modern-day spiritualists linked to the ancient Celtic religious order, Stonehenge has a centuries-long importance, and they performed their rituals around the solstice in their traditional white robes. It’s effectively all about the cycle of life, of death and rebirth.
This year, the summer solstice at Stonehenge started at 7 p.m. Tuesday and ran through 8 a.m. Wednesday. For this one night, worshippers are allowed to spend time inside the stone circle. Some chanted or played their acoustic guitars or banged their drums. Alcohol was prohibited, as were sound systems. Blankets were allowed, but no sleeping bags, please. And definitely, no climbing on the stones.
The rules have been tightened over the decades, certainly during the coronavirus pandemic. Back in the less-restrained past, tens of thousands would travel by foot, car, bus or motorcycle to worship at the solar temple, or just have a bit of fun.
Stonehenge is a symbol of British culture and history and remains one of the country’s biggest tourist draws, despite the seemingly permanent traffic jams on the nearby A303 highway, a popular route for motorists traveling to and from the southwest of England.
Stonehenge was built on the flat lands of Salisbury Plain in stages starting 5,000 years ago, with the unique stone circle erected in the late Neolithic period about 2,500 B.C. Some of the stones, the so-called bluestones, are known to have come from the Preseli Hills in southwest Wales, nearly 150 miles (240 kilometers) away, but the origins of others remain a mystery.
The site’s meaning has been the subject of vigorous debate, with some theories seemingly more outlandish, if not alien, than others.
English Heritage notes several explanations — from Stonehenge being a coronation place for Danish kings, a druid temple, a cult center for healing, or an astronomical computer for predicting eclipses and solar events.
The charity said the most generally accepted interpretation “is that of a prehistoric temple aligned with the movements of the sun.”
After all, the stones match perfectly with the sun at both the summer and winter solstices.
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Pan Pylas reported from London.
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Nigeria are set to sign an agreement in Berlin Friday paving the way for the return of centuries-old sculptures known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa in the 19th century and displayed in German museums and elsewhere.
Governments and museums in Europe and North America have increasingly sought to resolve ownership disputes over objects that were looted during colonial times.
A British colonial expedition stole the bas-relief Bronzes along with a vast number of other treasures in 1897 from the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin, in what’s now southern Nigeria.
The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, an authority that oversees many of Berlin’s museums, announced last year that it was beginning formal negotiations on returning pieces that are in its collection. Many of them date from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
The memorandum of understanding will be signed by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Culture Minister Claudia Roth, as well as Nigeria’s Culture Minister Lai Mohammed and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zubairo Dada.
Final details of the restitution have yet to be announced, but the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation says it expects to keep some of the Bronzes on loan from Nigeria.
The Smithsonian removed 10 Benin Bronze pieces from display at its National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C., and announced a new ethical return policy this year. Other U.S. museums have also begun discussions about returning such objects, while France declared last year that it would return the so-called Abomey Treasures to Benin as part of a wider effort to make amends for colonial wrongs.
Many of the objects remain in the British Museum, which has resisted calls to return them.
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MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 24 points, Max Strus added 20 off the bench and the Miami Heat topped the Toronto Raptors 112-109 on Saturday night to stop a season-opening two-game slide.
The teams will meet again Monday night in Miami.
Miami's Kyle Lowry had 17 points against his former club, Tyler Herro had 14 and Bam Adebayo added 10 for the Heat.
Pascal Siakam and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 23 points for Toronto, which got 18 points and 11 rebounds from former Heat forward Precious Achiuwa. O.G. Anunoby scored 13 points and Scottie Barnes added 11 for Toronto.
The Heat saw a 24-point lead cut to six early in the fourth, with Toronto getting on a huge roll after a scuffle — which spilled into a row of baseline seats — seemed to inspire the Raptors.
Toronto’s Christian Koloko and Miami’s Caleb Martin were both ejected with 7:46 left in the third quarter. They were jostling for a rebound off a missed 3-pointer by Siakam, and Martin was whistled for a foul. Koloko wound up on the floor, and Martin stepped toward him as the Raptors’ rookie quickly bounced to his feet.
In a flash, they were tangled, Martin appearing to drive Koloko into a row of seats that toppled backward. Players from both teams quickly rushed to that spot, which was just a couple of feet in front of the Heat bench. The game was stopped for several minutes while referees reviewed the play and crews used towels to mop up the area.
Miami led 81-59 at the time; the Raptors outscored the Heat 17-2 over the next 5:11, and Toronto didn’t go away.
Siakam’s basket with 1:04 left got Toronto to 109-103, but Lowry drove the lane and scored on the ensuing possession to help ensure that Miami would escape.
TIP-INS
Raptors: Chris Boucher and Otto Porter Jr. were both out with strained left hamstrings. ... Scottie Barnes was shaken up twice in the first half; first he banged his left shoulder, then sprained his right ankle through the second quarter and was ruled out. ... The season’s first back-to-back wasn’t easy. Toronto lost in Brooklyn on Friday night, got into Miami around 2:45 a.m. Saturday and the hotel arrival was after 3 a.m.
Heat: Victor Oladipo (left knee) and Omer Yurtseven (left ankle) remained sidelined. Neither has played this season. ... It was Lowry’s second time facing the Raptors since he left Toronto for Miami. He played once at Toronto last season. ... The Heat avoided what would have been their first 0-3 start since 2007-08.
FRED’S FOULS
Raptors guard Fred VanVleet had an odd first half: four fouls, zero points. Not surprisingly, that was a first for him. He became the 12th player in Toronto history to post the dubious and unique statline. And then he got his fifth 20 seconds into the third quarter, fouling Lowry on a 3-point attempt.
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ATHENS, Ga. and LOS GATOS, Calif., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing vaccines using a proprietary transformational parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-based vector, today announced the enrollment of the first participant in a Phase 1 clinical trial of their intranasal BLB-201 vaccine for RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) in Charleston, South Carolina. BLB201 is based on an attenuated strain of PIV5 that expresses the F protein of RSV. In preclinical studies, BLB-201, delivered intranasally as a single dose, induces serum antibody and mucosal antibody responses as well as cell-mediated immune responses, and is protective against RSV challenge infection in various animal models. Delivered through the nose without injections, Blue Lake's intranasal vaccines have the potential to facilitate delivery of vaccines to broad populations, including pediatric and needle-hesitant individuals.
"The enrollment of the first participant in this RSV vaccine study is an important milestone for Blue Lake," said Dr. Biao He, founder and CEO. "We now have two clinical stage programs – a COVID-19 vaccine and an RSV vaccine using our intranasal PIV5-vectored vaccine platform, which we expect will confirm the broad utility of our platform."
"An intranasal vaccine against RSV would be a valuable tool to combat RSV infection in both young children and older adults who are most at risk for severe disease from RSV infection," said Dr. Paul Spearman, Director of Infectious Diseases at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and principal investigator of the study.
The study is a multi-center, open-label trial being conducted in Cincinnati OH and Charleston SC. It will evaluate the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of a single dose of BLB-201 administered intranasally as a spray to adults in two sequential age cohorts (age 18-59 years and age 60-75 years). Safety data will be collected and analyzed, as will antibody and cellular immune responses to the RSV F protein.
Learn more about the trial at https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05281263.
BLB-201 is an RSV vaccine candidate that has received Fast Track designation from the Food and Drug Administration for prevention of RSV-associated acute disease in adults (>60 years) and pediatric populations (< 2 years). BLB-201 encodes a full-length RSV F protein and uses a proprietary PIV5 vector which is not known to cause disease in humans, although it has been commonly administered to dogs as part of combination distemper / kennel cough vaccines for decades. Blue Lake Biotechnology and CyanVac LLC are developing BLB-201 as a single dose, intranasal vaccine to prevent acute and severe disease associated with RSV infection. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that BLB-201 is immunogenic and prevents RSV infection in animal challenge studies.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a highly contagious and common respiratory virus which is one of the leading causes of acute respiratory disease, infecting more than 64 million people worldwide per year. For most people it causes symptoms similar to the common cold, but for infants, the immunocompromised, people with chronic heart or lung disease, and older adults, it can cause severe illness and even be lifethreatening. Repeat infections with RSV are believed to be common, so even people who contracted RSV when they were younger adults and healthy can be at risk from RSV infection later in life. According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 58,000 children under 5 years old and 177,000 adults 65 years and older are hospitalized because of RSV infection in the US with, over 14,000 deaths each year.
At present there is no preventive vaccine or antiviral treatment approved for RSV, so there is a need for a vaccine that can reduce the substantial health and economic burdens of RSV infection in the US and worldwide.
CyanVac LLC and its subsidiary, Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc., are technology-driven companies developing lifesaving vaccines based on a proprietary PIV5 vaccine platform licensed from the University of Georgia. Our COVID-19 and RSV vaccine programs are in Phase 1 clinical trials. In addition, the companies have early-stage proof of concept vaccine programs targeting norovirus and Lyme disease. CyanVac and Blue Lake Biotechnology are headquartered in Athens, Georgia, with a second site in Los Gatos, California.
Learn more at https://www.bluelakebiotechnology.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including with respect to the clinical development of BLB-201, a prophylactic vaccine to prevent RSV-associated disease, which are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to the timing and success of clinical trials and potential complications thereof; the ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval; the labeling for any approved product; the scope, progress and expansion of developing and commercializing a product candidate; the size and growth of the market(s) and the rate and degree of market acceptance thereof visà-vis alternative therapies; the establishment and maintenance of any applicable collaborations; and the ability to achieve business development transactions on favorable terms to the Company, if at all. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the events and circumstances discussed in such forward-looking statements or which are other made by or on behalf of CyanVac and/or Blue Lake Biotechnology may not occur, and CyanVac's and/or Blue Lake Biotechnology's actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied thereby. Factors which may affect CyanVac's and/or Blue Lake Biotechnology's results include, but are not limited to, uncertainties and/or unexpected results related to research and development and clinical testing, the timing, costs and uncertainty of obtaining any required regulatory approvals, changes in the regulatory landscape, uncertainties related to obtaining additional capital as needed to meet CyanVac's and/or Blue Lake Biotechnology's needs on acceptable terms, or at all, the absence of any guarantee of product demand, market acceptance or competitive advantage for any of CyanVac's and/or Blue Lake Biotechnology's product candidates, if approved, and certain trade, legal, social and economic risks. Any forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on information available to CyanVac as of the date of this release, and neither CyanVac nor Blue Lake Biotechnology has any obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statement.
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HELSINKI (AP) — Construction of a planned barbed-wired fence along the Finland’s long border with Russia will start early next year, Finnish border guard officials said Friday, amid concerns in the Nordic country over the changing security environment in Europe.
The initial three kilometer (1.8 mile) stretch of the fence will be erected at a crossing point in the eastern town of Imatra by the summer of 2023. It will eventually extend to a a maximum of 200 kilometers (124 miles).
Finland’s 1,340 kilometer (832 mile) border with Russia is the longest of any European Union member.
In October, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said there was consensus among lawmakers to build a fence to cover parts of border with Russia in a project that is estimated to cost a total of 380 million euros ($393 million) and scheduled to be completed by 2026.
According to Marin, the fence’s main purpose would be helping border guards in monitoring and preventing possible large-scale illegal migration.
Her government hasn’t publicly cited Russia’s war in Ukraine or Finland’s decision to join NATO as a reason to build a fence. But Helsinki is concerned over developments both in Russia and Ukraine, as well Moscow’s threats of retaliation should Finland join the military alliance.
Politicians and experts have said it is not sensible – or even possible – to erect a fence along the entire length of Finland’s long eastern frontier that runs mainly through thick forests. In some places the Finnish-Russian border is marked only by wooden posts with low fences meant to stop stray cattle.
The fence, initially proposed by the Finnish Border Guard, is set to be built in stages ranging from five kilometers (3 miles) of up to 52 kilometers (32 miles).
It would be erected mainly in southeastern Finland, where most border traffic to and from Russia takes place, but short sections would also be built in the northern Karelia region and the Lapland region in the Arctic.
Col. Vesa Blomqvist, border guard commander in southeastern Finland, said that once completed, the fence will significantly bolster border control.
“The fence gives border guard patrols more reaction time by revealing movement of people and preventing, slowing down and directing movement,” Blomqvist said in a statement.
The fence will be three meters (10 feet) high with a barbed-wire extension on top. Apart from extensive patrolling, the Finnish border guard currently uses electronic and other devices to monitor border activity.
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LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members during a journey to the Houses of Parliament, where it will lie in state until the funeral early next week.
With the Royal Standard and crown of state resting on top of the coffin and artillery firing salutes at one-minute intervals, the solemn procession was designed to underscore the queen’s 70 years as head of state as the national mourning process shifts to the grand boulevards and historic landmarks of the U.K. capital.
King Charles III, his sons Princes William and Harry and other members of the royal family walked behind the gun carriage.
Thousands of people who had waited for hours along The Mall outside the palace and other locations to line the route held up phones and cameras, and some wiped away tears, as the solemn procession passed. Applause broke out as it went through Horse Guards Parade.
The coffin was draped in the Royal Standard and topped with the Imperial State Crown – adorned with almost 3,000 diamonds — and a bouquet of flowers and plants including pine from the Balmoral Estate, where Elizabeth died last week.
An escort of two officers and 32 troops from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards in red uniforms and bearskin hats walked on on either side of the gun carriage.
Big Ben tolled, a gun salute boomed from Hyde Park and the martial strains of a military band accompanied the procession.
The 38-minute procession will end at the historic Westminster Hall at Parliament.
Thousands more were standing or sitting in line along the banks of the River Thames waiting their turn to file past the coffin when it lies in state for four days before the queen’s state funeral on Monday.
The crowds are the latest manifestation of a nationwide outpouring of grief and respect for the only monarch most Britons have ever known, who died at her beloved Balmoral summer retreat on Thursday at age 96, ending a 70-year reign.
Joan Bucklehurst, a 50-year-old retail worker from Cheshire in northwestern England, said the queen “meant so much for everybody.”
“She was amazing, yeah,” she added, choking up with emotion. “So, we had to be here. We’ve been here a few times when there have been special occasions, but this one, I couldn’t miss this.”
Maj. Gen. Christopher Ghika, of the Household division, who organized the ceremonial aspects of the queen’s funeral said it was a sad day, “but it’s our last opportunity to do our duty for the queen and it’s our first opportunity to do it for the king, and that makes us all very proud.”
London’s Heathrow Airport halted flights to prevent overhead planes disturbing the procession.
The airport said in a statement that the changes would “ensure silence over central London as the ceremonial procession moves from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall.”
Troops involved in the procession have been preparing since the queen died. So have the horses of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
Sgt. Tom Jenks, from the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, said that the horses have undergone special training, including how to handle weeping mourners, as well as flowers and flags being thrown onto streets as the procession passes by.
Since the early morning, people staked out prime viewing positions behind metal barriers along the Mall and other streets along the route. They stood or sat on folding chairs, umbrellas at the ready, takeout coffees in hand.
Crowds have lined the route of the queen’s coffin whenever it has been moved in its long journey from Scotland back to London.
On Tuesday night, thousands braved a typical London drizzle as the state hearse, with interior lights illuminating the sovereign’s flag-draped casket, drove slowly from a military air base into the heart of London.
Earlier, in Edinburgh, some 33,000 people filed in silent respect past her coffin as it lay for 24 hours at St. Giles’ Cathedral.
Hundreds of thousands are expected to do the same in London when the queen lies in state at the 900-year-old Westminster Hall, the oldest building in Parliament, for four days before her state funeral on Monday.
The hall is where Guy Fawkes and Charles I were tried, where kings and queens hosted magnificent medieval banquets, and where ceremonial addresses were presented to Queen Elizabeth II during her silver, golden and diamond jubilees.
Chris Bond, from Truro in southwest England, was among those lining up along the banks of the River Thames. He also attended the lying in state of the queen’s mother in 2002.
“Obviously, it’s quite difficult queuing all day long, but when you walk through those doors into Westminster Hall, that marvellous, historic building, there was a great sense of hush and one was told you take as much time as you like, and it’s just amazing,” he said.
“We know the queen was a good age and she served the country a long time, but we hoped this day would never come,” he added.
Chris Imafidon, secured the sixth place in the queue.
“I have 1,001 emotions when I see her,” he said. “I want to say, God, she was an angel, because she touched many good people and did so many good things.”
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The collections focus on the art of hospitality, enhancing guest experience, promoting guest wellness, and improving operational efficiency of short-term rental properties.
TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern Innkeeper, an amenities supplier for short-term rentals, today announced the launch of three collections developed for small lodging properties: Amity Essentials, Eco Sabbatico, and Flores Aurantii. The collections were created to address the professionalization of the rapidly growing short-term rentals sector, and the unique challenges that arise from managing these properties.
"Short term rentals are becoming more popular among travelers as an alternative to hotels. Typically, smaller in property size with locations farther away from the city center, vacation rentals often have a different set of operational needs compared with traditional hotels," says Vivian Chen, CEO at Modern Innkeeper. "All our product lines are designed around short-term rentals and small properties, not large hotels. We focus on how our offerings can help rental hosts operate more efficiently and improve guest experience. We spend a lot of time thinking about vacation rentals as a lodging product, how they are different from hotels, their advantages, opportunities, and challenges. We talk about this often in our blog, The Art of Hosting."
"Our own market research revealed that over 80% of travelers have expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of toiletries at rental properties. This means either a lack of toiletries available, running out of product during their stay, or a mismatch between the expected quality of amenities and cost of stay. All of this affects the guest experience and how they review a property. It's something that could bring more revenue opportunities to a property if addressed properly. We learned from these findings and developed three collections that specifically serve vacation rentals."
Amity Essentials collection highlights the respectful relationship between rental hosts, their guests, and the travel environment. As an extension of Modern Innkeeper's popular blog The Art of Hosting, Amity Essentials is inspired by principles in hospitality – harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility. Its light and refreshing green tea fragrance reminds us that one of the main purposes of a vacation is for the guests to enjoy the hospitality of the host in an atmosphere distinct from the fast pace of everyday life. Like a tea ceremony, the simple focus of a vacation is to spiritually relish each moment with the knowledge that the moment will never come again.
A true hospitality line, Amity Essentials attempts to capture these special moments for guests with its collection of shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body lotion, soap, and vanity kit. Vacation rental properties often have longer length of stay than hotels. The 40ml tubes and 40g soap are more suitable than the 30ml or 25ml single-use toiletries commonly available at hotels, giving guests adequate supply during their stay. Each item is sold in bulk.
Eco Sabbatico collection emulates a long and relaxing break in nature. Inspired by the concept of a sabbatical, guests are energized by the sights and sounds of their travel environment. Natural lights, scenes from nature, and the colors of adventure bring the Eco Sabbatico collection to life. Its rejuvenating scent of juniper captures a traveler's inner strength and determination required to endure long trips away from home. The strength of the juniper tree is seen in its capacity to survive in harsh conditions, growing out of rocks and surviving in areas with very little water. Often considered a symbol of protection and new beginnings, junipers are excellent housewarming gifts for people who just moved to a new environment. Exposure to nature not only makes us feel better emotionally, but it also contributes to our physical wellbeing, reducing blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension and the production of stress hormones.
Designed with guest wellness in mind, the Eco Sabbatico collection is inspired by the scents of environment and its positive effects on the traveler. Currently available as 40ml shampoo, 40ml conditioner, 40ml body wash, 40ml body lotion, and 40g soap. Each item is sold in bulk.
Flores Aurantii collection encapsulates the gifts from mother nature. Beauty exists in more than just sight. Guests preserve a piece of mother nature with touch and smell. How would one describe the beauty of mother nature to a blind child? Take her outside, smell the flowers, let the sunshine warm her, take long walks in the woods, listen to the birds, feel the wind running through her hair, taste the fruits. The fragrance of the orange flower attempts to capture the gift of mother nature in a bottle, to be touched and smelled by guests as they travel through their journeys. Orange is the color of beautiful sunsets and a warm fireplace during a dreary winter. Just like its attention-grabbing color, the scent of the orange blossom awakens our senses.
Refreshing and floral, perfumers also appreciate its sweet and vegetal notes. The collection's larger sized amenities of 80ml shampoo, 80ml conditioner, 80ml body wash, 80ml body lotion, and 60g soap are ideal for luxury rentals or properties with longer stays of 7 or more nights.
"We are building hospitality products that add meaning to the guest experience. Not only that, but we also focus on operational improvement from the manager's standpoint. There are many moving parts in this often-overlooked category in hospitality. California and New York also passed legislation to ban single-use toiletries at lodging accommodations. We will address our solution to this in the near future," added Chen, who has been a hotelier since 2009 and spent over 12 years in real estate development building franchised select-service and extended-stay hotels. She acquired Modern Innkeeper in 2018.
Positioned uniquely at the crossroads of travel and personal care, Modern Innkeeper since its launch in 2015 has supplied vacation rental properties with personal care products and amenity kits that complement a wide range of rental styles and interior décor. Modern Innkeeper primarily serves the needs of vacation rentals, farm stays, campgrounds, cabins, cottages, inns, boutique hotels, and bed & breakfast. Focusing on supplying to small lodging properties that operate as an alternative to traditional hotels, Modern Innkeeper helps these properties operate more efficiently and more competitively by providing resources designed to meet their unique property types, spaces, budgets, and guest profile.
Modern Innkeeper is based in Torrance, California and sells nationwide at moderninnkeeper.com.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Barclays PLC ("Barclays") (NYSE: BCS) 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 who purchased or otherwise acquired Barclays American Depositary Receipts on a U.S. open market between February 18, 2021 and March 25, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Barclays, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
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ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Barclays includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: a) as of December 31, 2020 and February 18, 2021, Barclays had a material weakness in its internal control environment due to the fact that the over-issuance had occurred and was not immediately identified; and b) they failed to disclose that as of February 18, 2021 (i) Barclays Bank PLC ("BBPLC") had and was selling unregistered securities in excess of the amounts registered by the August 2019 shelf registration statement, (ii) BBPLC was violating U.S. securities laws and/or the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, subjecting Barclays to legal liability, and (iii) BBPLC was required to conduct a rescission offer for those unregistered securities.
DEADLINE: November 22, 2022
Aggrieved Barclays investors only have until November 22, 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.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Sanford Lake Bar and Grill is hosting a special celebration this Saturday.
Dick and Sharlyn Corbat have owned and operated the restaurant for 35 years. In honor of this milestone, the Corbats are hosting a customer appreciation event starting at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 9. The restaurant will serve complimentary burgers, hot dogs and brats from 4-7 p.m.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Several members of the 16-man crew on a Liberia-flagged tanker are being held hostage by pirates who boarded the ship in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea last week, the Danish shipper that owns the vessel said Friday.
Pirates boarded the Monjasa Reformer southwest of Port Pointe-Noire, Congo, on March 25 and five days later, the French Navy that was patrolling the area, found the ship off the small island nation of Sao Tomé and Principe north of where it had been attacked.
In a statement, company spokesman Thorstein Andreasen said that “the pirates had abandoned the vessel and brought a part of the crew members with them.” It did not say how many had been kidnapped or how they were taken. The online shipping magazine Trade Winds said it was three crew members.
After the pirates had boarded the tanker, the crew sought refuge in a citadel — a safe area on the ship — in line with the onboard anti-piracy emergency protocol. However, the pirates somehow managed to take some of them hostage. The nationalities of the crew members has not been announced, nor were details given as to where they are being held or whether any were injured.
Andreasen was not available for further details.
In the statement, he said that the crew members who were not taken hostage “are all in good health and safely located in a secure environment and receiving proper attention following these dreadful events.”
The Gulf of Guinea is the world’s most dangerous spot for attacks on ships. In June, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution strongly condemning piracy, armed robbery and hostage-taking in the area. This hijacking took place further south in an area that is not typically attacked by pirates.
Andreasen said that there is no damage reported to the ship or its cargo.
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NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Tuesday, August 2, 2022
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
743 PM EDT Tue Aug 2 2022
A Marine Weather Statement has been issued for the following areas...
Central Long Island Sound...
At 742 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms, capable
of producing winds to around 30 knots. These thunderstorms were
located along a line extending from 8 nm northwest of The Thimbles to
near New Haven Harbor to Mouth of the Housatonic River, moving east
at 20 knots.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Mariners can expect gusty winds to around 30 knots, locally higher
waves, and lightning strikes. Boaters should seek safe harbor
immediately until these storms pass.
waves, lightning strikes, and heavy downpours. Boaters should seek
safe harbor immediately until these storms pass.
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About three months into the ongoing monkeypox outbreak in the US, there are more than 12,000 cases and counting.
But despite a growing supply of the Jynneos vaccine -- and a new strategy that could stretch the current supply five times further -- there is still no evidence that protection is reaching those most at risk.
"If you think about the reality that there's a limited amount of vaccinations available, you really want to understand which groups to go after first," said Dr. Stella Safo, an HIV primary care physician and founder of the advocacy group Just Equity for Health.
"That is the equity lens -- that we're not all experiencing diseases and different social determinants of health equally. So therefore, the treatments and the available resources should also target those who need them the most."
A detailed analysis of monkeypox case records published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month offered new insight into which populations are disproportionately affected in the outbreak, including Black and Hispanic people.
But there is still no nationwide look at who's received the vaccine, and the limited state-level data that has been made available isn't promising.
According to CDC data, more than half of monkeypox cases nationwide have been among Hispanic (28%) or Black people (26%), who make up only about a third of the general population.
In North Carolina, the disparity is even worse. More than 70% of cases have been among Black people, but only about a quarter (26%) of vaccines have gone to Black people in the state, according to data published on the state health department's website.
And in Colorado, less than 15% of monkeypox vaccines have gone to Black or Hispanic people, according to data that the state health department shared with CNN last week.
"It's no surprise that there are inequities in who's getting vaccinated compared to who's being diagnosed with monkeypox," said Dr. Oni Blackstock, a primary care and HIV physician and founder of the consulting firm Health Justice. "So we can presume that these aren't isolated cases. These inequities likely exist throughout the US and really need to be addressed, especially if we want to get control of this this current outbreak."
The public health response has been criticized during the monkeypox outbreak in the US, with blame bouncing between the federal government and states.
US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said last month that the federal government is prepared to respond but needs more help from local governments.
"We need the states, the local public health directors to feed us data so we know. Not only so we have a sense of how -- what kind of volume, but to know how to concentrate the help that we can provide," he said. "We need to have more cooperation from the locals to get the information we need."
The CDC is finalizing a data use agreement with states that would serve as a "mutual agreement" to funnel monkeypox vaccination data to the agency from "various sources." It's an addendum to the Covid-19 data use agreement and would apply the same "requirements and provisions." A draft of the data use agreement notes that its purpose is "furtherance of federal government efforts to develop a comprehensive picture of monkeypox vaccine administration nationally."
As of last week, 54 of 61 jurisdictions had signed it.
But when CNN reached out to all 50 states for demographic details about who had received the monkeypox vaccine, most didn't respond at all. Among those that did, most said that the data was not ready to be released, citing privacy concerns because of the small number of people who have been vaccinated or a delay in processing the demographic data.
The lack of data around who has received the monkeypox vaccine has drawn attention from political leaders, too.
Last week, US Rep. Ritchie Torres sent letters to local leaders in his home state of New York as well as HHS and the CDC, calling for the public release of demographic data on monkeypox vaccinations.
"History tells us that we cannot trust the public health system to automatically serve the needs of the underserved: there should and must be transparency and accountability, and the public reporting of demographic data is critical to both," he wrote.
On Monday, eight DC councilmembers sent a letter to the local health department requesting more data on vaccinations to ensure equitable vaccination. They specifically request more information to show how the district is "applying lessons learned during COVID about communicating and distributing vaccines to the monkeypox situation."
To Blackstock, monkeypox is a "replay" of what happened with Covid-19 -- but worse.
"Again, marginalized groups, vulnerable groups being impacted, and very little sense of urgency in terms of getting resources to the communities that need them the most," she said. "Monkeypox is even further stigmatized with gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, and then the intersections of that with Black and Latino men being most impacted."
In a statement Monday touting additional vaccine available supply made available to states, Becerra emphasized the need for coordination and collaboration.
"We will continue working with our state partners to ensure equitable and fair distribution of these vaccine doses to protect those most at risk and limit the spread of the virus," he said.
Experts say that generally -- but especially with the sensitive nature of the current monkeypox outbreak -- it's critical to work closely with the communities that are most affected.
The Washington, DC health department told CNN that there was an "increase in high risk individuals who obtained the vaccine, especially in the Black community, when reducing the specificity of data being collected."
That speaks to a historic distrust of health care but also a "contemporary distrust" made worse in the wake of the Supreme Court's overturn of Roe v. Wade, Safo said.
"People don't trust that these data that are collected won't be used in a way that negatively impacts them. Yet, from a public health perspective, we do need these data to be able to understand how to target resources," she said.
"It goes back to the reality that we need people from these communities to be at the design table when we're thinking about how we're collecting data, how we're rolling out vaccines, how we're talking about these conditions." | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/health/are-monkeypox-vaccines-getting-to-people-most-at-risk-its-hard-to-tell-but-early/article_8016b405-4764-5e36-a6a5-ecfaef19f0a4.html | 2022-08-17 17:40:39 | 0 | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/health/are-monkeypox-vaccines-getting-to-people-most-at-risk-its-hard-to-tell-but-early/article_8016b405-4764-5e36-a6a5-ecfaef19f0a4.html |
BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Sanitas, the pioneer and leader of biointelligent skincare, has formulated and launched its new vegan, micro-collagen™ products. Featuring Collagen + Elastin Recovery Mask and Collagen + Elastin Recovery Serum, this new collection cracks the collagen code and actually delivers collagen into the skin where it can create real, rapid and sustained skin change. They did so by blending their new micro-collagen ingredient technology with complementary proven ingredients the skin understands. Their new formulations contain two forms of vegan collagen, vegan elastin, eight different molecular weights of hyaluronic acid and a unique colloidal gold delivery system bonded to vitamin C and peptides, marking a major advancement in the future of skincare.
"Because we have our own lab, we test hundreds of ingredients each year. Until now, we've never featured collagen in our products because the molecular weight was too large to penetrate the skin effectively. Not only that, all of the available forms were either bovine or marine derived, which doesn't align with our values," says Lisa Crary, Owner and CEO. "But last year, our R and D team discovered breakthrough forms of vegan collagen + elastin with a molecular weight that's 20 times smaller than forms traditionally available to us as manufacturers. These new ingredients actually penetrate the skin to help preserve and rebuild collagen. We quickly realized that this new technology is in a category all its own and decided now was the time to create some powerful new products."
Collagen + Elastin Recovery Serum
Made to be used on the face, neck and chest, Collagen + Elastin Recovery Serum blends vegan collagen and elastin with skin transforming ingredients that literally become one with the skin. This age-arrester doesn't just reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles – it reduces their depth AND length and helps prevent the emergence of new ones. Gently exfoliative, it minimizes the appearance of pores and brightens dark spots, giving that much sought after glowy "glass skin." It also addresses laxity issues to firm and tighten sagging skin and helps neutralize oxidative stress caused by free radical damage – because less damage equals healthier skin. You'll see immediate results after your first use but it doesn't stop there: over time your skin will continue to improve with each application.
- Dermatologist approved
- Clinically tested for proven results
- Safe for sensitive skin
Collagen + Elastin Recovery Mask
It's an intensive overnight mask that combines the powerful properties of vegan, micro-collagen and elastin with a whole host of skin mimicking ingredients to reset your skin overnight. This "do it all" gel mask works by turning on collagen while you're sleeping, encouraging your skin to produce more. Lightweight yet nourishing, it triggers self hydration to deeply infuse moisture and bring new life to dry skin. It simultaneously strengthens a weakened skin surface to limit skin redness while lifting and firming sagging skin. Wrinkles are flash filled and with just one use, you'll wake up to smoother, dewier and bouncier skin. Used over time, your skin will continue to improve and develop more resistance to the signs of aging.
Used together, clinical studies show:
- Up to 49% improvement in texture
- Up to 72% improvement in crow's feet
- Up to 27% reduction in visible spots
- Up to 30% decrease in visible pores
- Up to 24% improvement in redness
Both products are available to purchase online at Sanitas-Skincare.com, with the Collagen + Elastin Recovery Mask retailing for $70.00 and the Collagen + Elastin Recovery Serum retailing for $120.00. They are also offering a mask + serum duo, retailing for $182.00.
For more information on Sanitas, please visit Sanitas-Skincare.com and follow on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook @Sanitas Skincare.
About Sanitas Skincare
Sanitas Skincare is an independently owned, respected authority in the world of skincare. They set the standard for excellence with their eco-conscious team of clean beauty experts that researches, develops, formulates, and packages all their own products from start to finish. Known for formulating and manufacturing innovative, clean, results driven products that complement the skin's ability to self-repair, the Boulder, Colorado based company has decades of science-backed research, award-winning formulas, and bio-intelligent ingredients that generate rapid and long-term results. The brand brings forward-thinking innovation and unprecedented performance to clinical skincare through conscious environmental practices, uncompromised quality control and an overarching mission to insure the highest standards in all they do.
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Walgreens can be held responsible for contributing to San Francisco’s opioid crisis for over-dispensing highly addictive drugs for years without proper oversight and failing to identify and report suspicious orders as required by law.
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said the pharmacy chain “continually violated what they were required to do under the federal Controlled Substances Act,” failing to track opioid prescriptions, preventing pharmacists from vetting prescriptions and “nor did they see the many red flags of physicians and others who were dramatically over-prescribing.”
“Pharmacists were pressured to fill, fill, fill,” he said, “and as a result, Walgreens filled our streets with opioids.”
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that for 15 years, Walgreens dispensed hundreds of thousands of pills, eventually contributing to the city’s hospitals being overwhelmed with opioid patients, libraries being forced to close because of syringe-clogged toilets, and syringes littering children’s playgrounds in San Francisco.
A spokesman for Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens said the chain is disappointed in the outcome, which he said is not supported by the facts and the law.
“As we have said throughout this process, we never manufactured or marketed opioids, nor did we distribute them to the ‘pill mills’ and internet pharmacies that fueled this crisis,” spokesman Fraser Engerman said in a statement. “The plaintiff’s attempt to resolve the opioid crisis with an unprecedented expansion of public nuisance law is misguided and unsustainable. We look forward to the opportunity to address these issues on appeal.”
San Francisco in 2018 sued Walgreens and drug manufacturers and distributors over the city’s worsening opioid epidemic, saying they created a “public nuisance” by flooding the city with prescription opioids. All the other defendants previously settled with the city for a total of $114 million, including $54 million that opioid makers Allergan and Teva agreed to pay on the eve of closing arguments in the trial, leaving Walgreens as the sole defendant.
Wednesday’s ruling did not include a ruling on monetary damages, which will be determined in a future trial.
The opioid epidemic has been linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. over the past two decades, counting those from prescription painkillers such as OxyContin and generic oxycodone as well as illicit drugs such as heroin and illegally produced fentanyl.
The surge in deaths has led to more than 3,000 lawsuits filed by state and local governments, Native American tribes, unions, hospitals and other entities in state and federal courts over the toll of opioids. In San Francisco, Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergency last year in the Tenderloin neighborhood, saying something had to be done about the high concentration of drug dealers and people consuming drugs in public.
The city attorney’s office says San Francisco saw a nearly 500% increase in opioid-related overdose deaths between 2015 and 2020 and that on a typical day, roughly a quarter of visits at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Emergency Department are opioid-related.
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In 2020, 712 people died of drug overdoses, compared with 257 people who died of COVID-19, according to the city health department.
A high percentage of an estimated 7,800 homeless people in San Francisco — many of whom pitch tents in the Tenderloin — are struggling with chronic addiction or severe mental illness, often both. Some people rant in the streets, nude and in need of medical help.
Pharmacy chains have been sued less often than opioid makers or wholesalers that distribute pharmaceuticals more broadly. In one groundbreaking case, a federal jury in Ohio last year found CVS, Walgreens and Walmart recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties.
In May, Walgreens reached a $683 million settlement with the state of Florida in a lawsuit accusing the company of improperly dispensing millions of painkillers that contributed to the opioid crisis. Walgreens did not admit wrongdoing in its agreement with Florida and will make payments to the state over 18 years.
The company also faces litigation in Alabama, Michigan and New Mexico, among other states.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. runs a network of around 9,000 drugstores in the United States. Walgreens and other prescription drug distributors have faced a slew of lawsuits over the opioid crisis.
Associated Press writer Tom Murphy in Indianapolis contributed. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-walgreens-opioid-crisis-san-francisco-ap-20220810-x6lp7pjduvehjoz62ptx3duvsy-story.html | 2022-08-10 22:03:05 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-walgreens-opioid-crisis-san-francisco-ap-20220810-x6lp7pjduvehjoz62ptx3duvsy-story.html |
CLAYTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Family, friends and former coaches gathered in Clayton Thursday night to wait for Keion White's number to be called.
Keion is a former Garner High School football standout who is slated to be picked in the late first or early second round out of Georgia Tech.
"It's very exciting," said James White, Keion's father. "It's kind of overwhelming at times but the most important thing is I want to continue to celebrate him and his whole journey with friends and family."
Keion was in Kansas City on site at the draft but about 50 people came to Clayton to watch in the subdivision his grandparents live in.
"It's just very surreal to think of," said Ike Zeigler, Keion's grandfather.
Keion's accomplishments from high school and college were on display as you walked into the room Thursday.
"We've been going to every practice from five-years-old," said Diane Zeigler. "We never missed any games from college to high school and when he did his Garner thing."
Keion only got one scholarship out of Garner High School from Old Dominion. He played there for two years before transferring to Georgia Tech.
Keion had to sit out most of the 2021 season with an injury and also switched positions from tight end to defensive end.
"So much talent, he was a running back back then," said Marcus Yulfo, who helps head up the Knightdale Football Association where Keion played from 6 to 12-years-old. "It shows that other kids who grew up in this county in this area that it's possible for you if you put in the hard work like Keion did."
James said Keion visited 13 teams but he drew the most interest from Pittsburgh and Minnesota.
His grandmother said she never lost faith in her grandson.
"Even he says 'I never would've thought I'd get this far,'" said Diane. "He would always say that. I said 'Don't say that!' Do your best and forget the rest and whatever happens will happen." | https://abc11.com/former-garner-high-school-football-player-keion-white-nfl-draft-watch-party-pittsburgh/13191510/ | 2023-04-28 10:45:58 | 1 | https://abc11.com/former-garner-high-school-football-player-keion-white-nfl-draft-watch-party-pittsburgh/13191510/ |
LONDON, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modulaire Group, a leading business services company specialising in modular space, today announced that it will hold its third quarter financial results conference call on Tuesday 29th November at 3:00pm BST.
Prior to the call, the slide presentation, Q3 FY2022 financial information and dial-in details will be available at https://www.modulairegroup.com/investors/financial-reports that includes a password-protection feature.
Modulaire Group invites all interested parties to register at their earliest convenience by visiting https://www.modulairegroup.com/investors/apply. Access will be granted to existing and prospective lenders and noteholders and certain other eligible parties (including securities analysts and rating agencies) who have registered for an account.
About Modulaire Group
Modulaire is a leader in European modular services and infrastructure. We create smart spaces for people to work, learn and live. Our business is designed to help customers find the right space solution, no matter what their requirements. Modulaire has operations in 23 countries with over 290,000 modular space and portable storage units and 4,400 remote accommodations rooms. The company operates as Algeco, its largest brand, across much of Europe and the United Kingdom. Other operating brands include Advanté in the United Kingdom, Algeco Chengdong in China, Ausco in Australia, BUKO Huisvesting, BUKO Bouw & Winkels and BUKO Bouwsystemen in The Netherlands, Portacom in New Zealand, and Tecnifor and Locabox in Italy.
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NAHL releases 2023-24 schedule, Bruins and Bulls included
(ABC 6 News) — The NAHL released its 2023-24 schedule which includes both the Austin Bruins and North Iowa Bulls.
After reaching the Robertson Cup Championship Game last season the Bruins look to rebound and make another run of things this coming fall while the Bulls look to get back in the playoffs.
The Bruins will have their first game of the year against the St. Cloud Norsemen on September 22 before hosting the Bulls the next day. Coincidentally, that is the Bulls’ season opener.
The league’s entire schedule can be found on the NAHL’s website. | https://www.kaaltv.com/sports/local-sports/nahl-releases-2023-24-schedule-bruins-and-bulls-included/ | 2023-06-29 06:28:27 | 1 | https://www.kaaltv.com/sports/local-sports/nahl-releases-2023-24-schedule-bruins-and-bulls-included/ |
The maker of a solar-powered patio umbrella sold at Costco is recalling more than 400,000 of the products after several caught fire.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said consumers should "immediately stop using the umbrellas," which have small solar panel "pucks" containing lithium-ion batteries that can overheat.
SunVilla Corp. of Chino, California, received six reports of the batteries overheating, CPSC said. In three cases, the solar panel puck caught fire while charging indoors. In another two cases, the umbrellas caught fire when the puck overheated while attached. There was one report of a smoke inhalation injury.
The "10’ Solar LED Market Umbrellas" were sold at Costco warehouses nationwide and on Costco's website from December 2020 through May 2022. They come in various colors, have LED lights and cost between $130 and $160.
The solar puck has a black cover marked with "YEEZE" or "YEEZE 1", the CPSC said. About 400,000 were recalled in the U.S. and about 33,000 in Canada.
"Consumers should immediately stop using the umbrellas, remove the solar panel puck containing a lithium-ion battery from the top of the umbrella, store the puck out of the sun and away from combustible material, and do not charge the puck with the AC adapter," the notice said.
Buyers can return the umbrellas and solar puck to any Costco warehouse for a full refund or contact SunVilla. The companies are reaching out to known buyers. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/costco-umbrella-recall/507-abcb970c-6cc4-4fe6-a8be-f22e67562951 | 2022-06-26 13:40:28 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/costco-umbrella-recall/507-abcb970c-6cc4-4fe6-a8be-f22e67562951 |
KYIV, Ukraine — Fed up with huddling for safety in their corridors and bathrooms during Russia’s aerial attacks, residents of one neighborhood in Kyiv took a different approach in the first moments of New Year’s Day.
Despite the risks, dozens of people in a district of high-rise apartment blocks went out onto their balconies and sang the Ukrainian national anthem just after midnight.
A bit off-key and raucous, with some voices sounding drunken, they recorded themselves in videos as a swarm of exploding drones buzzed over the capital in an attack that followed a missile barrage earlier on New Year’s Eve, killing at least one person and injuring more than 20. Others posted memes and exchanged jokes.
Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, labeled Russia a terrorist state. Air defenses fired through the night. A new system of searchlights, intended to spot nocturnal drones, swept Kyiv’s sky. Air-raid alerts sounded and booms echoed through the city’s streets. Still, in one central area of the capital, some New Year’s parties could be heard continuing even after the blasts.
The momentary good cheer masked some hard realities for a country that remains under assault.
Over the fall, Kyiv turned the tide in ground combat in the southeast, leading seesaw fighting to resume. But whatever its successes on the battlefield, 10 months into the war, Ukraine can do little to stop Russia from launching missile strikes, even if its air defenses lessen their impact.
There is little choice now for Ukrainians but to endure — to take whatever Russia can shoot at them, while keeping up their resolve and defiance.
In the New Year’s Eve attack, the Russian military fired 31 cruise missiles, the Ukrainian general staff headquarters said Sunday in a morning update on the war. A drone attack followed with 45 flying bombs launched overnight — 13 before the new year and 32 after midnight. The Ukrainian military said it shot all of them down. There were no means to independently confirm the statements.
In the capital, authorities began the year collecting mangled metallic debris from missiles and drones shot down over the city. Fragments landed on cars, in the road and at a subway stop, temporarily closing one line of the subway, officials said.
Ukraine has been developing long-range drones to strike back, and Russian airfields from which bombers take off to launch cruise missiles suffered drone attacks twice in December. But these are pinpricks compared with Moscow’s massive waves of strikes on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure such as power plants, electrical pylons and hydroelectric dams. There have been 11 since those attacks began in October.
Through the fall, Zelenskyy has persuaded allies to rush deliveries of several sophisticated air-defense systems to Ukraine.
In ground combat, movement has mostly stalled since the Ukrainian military pushed Russian forces from the west bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region, in southern Ukraine, in November.
The advance allowed Ukraine to move artillery forward. Now, many — though not all — Russian supply lines in southern Ukraine are within range of Ukrainian long-range artillery, which is hitting targets behind Russian lines, even as the lines themselves do not shift.
To the east in the Donbas region, Russia continues to press its only remaining offensive.
The Russian force is partly made up of units gathered by a private military contracting company, and includes convicts who have been promised pardons in exchange for fighting for Moscow in Ukraine. Trench warfare has swayed back and forth over outlying districts of the city of Bakhmut and nearby villages for months, with advances and retreats on both sides often measured in a few hundred yards.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based research group, said over the weekend that the Russian attacks had slowed for lack of artillery ammunition. Movement was also slowed for both sides by wet, wintertime conditions that can confine tanks and other heavy armored vehicles to roads, lest they bog down in mud.
“I am convinced Ukraine has achieved irreversible momentum,” Lt. Gen. Frederick Hodges, former U.S. commanding general in Europe, said in an interview late last month. Pointing to the continuing Ukrainian strikes on supply lines, he said, “This is exactly how to set conditions for the next maneuver phase.”
But the missile war is less favorable for Ukraine.
For all their spirit of defiance and resolve, Ukrainians remain vulnerable. Sheltering underground, or in the corridors or bathrooms of their homes, they do what they can to protect themselves from repeated missile barrages. Sometimes children are placed in iron bathtubs for extra protection from flying debris.
Military analysts say the attacks on critical infrastructure targets are intended to cut electricity and heat in the wintertime and demoralize the population. One exploding drone shot down over Kyiv had a taunting message written on a wing: “Happy New Year!!!” and the word “Boom,” according to a photograph published on social networking site. The photograph could not be independently verified. Weeks of blackouts have taken a toll. Through the fall, net outflows of Ukrainians to Poland — a major destination for millions of refugees — increased slightly.
The jokes mocking the Russian military over its setbacks may bolster Ukrainian spirits through the strikes, but they are often underpinned by seething anger.
In Kyiv, people voiced outrage at the holiday attack as they gathered Saturday afternoon at sites damaged by missile strikes or falling debris. The anger was all the more palpable because as Russia loses ground on the battlefield, it has begun aiming its missiles at targets without direct military value. Zelenskyy has called such strikes “revenge of the losers.”
During this holiday season, a popular Christmas tree decoration has been a figurine of Vladimir Putin. It is hung by a tiny noose.
After Putin delivered a New Year’s Eve address standing in front of Russian soldiers, a modified version of the image quickly circulated in Ukraine of the Russian president standing in front of a pile of black body bags. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/russian-airstrikes-leave-ukrainians-few-options-but-to-endure/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-01-01 22:28:01 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/russian-airstrikes-leave-ukrainians-few-options-but-to-endure/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
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