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The NFL will not resume the Bills-Bengals game that was suspended Monday night after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest on the field, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Both people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the league is still figuring out how to determine playoff seedings and scheduling. The NFL Players Association must approve changes.
The Bills-Bengals game had major playoff implications.
Buffalo (12-3) entered Monday night needing a win to maintain the AFC’s No. 1 seed. The Kansas City Chiefs (13-3) currently hold that spot. The Bengals (11-4) had a chance to earn that top seed with two more wins and a loss by the Chiefs. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/ct-buffalo-bills-cincinnati-bengals-game-update-20230105-3tibeavyffd53a6axseqxnu77i-story.html | 2023-01-05 21:27:20 | 1 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/ct-buffalo-bills-cincinnati-bengals-game-update-20230105-3tibeavyffd53a6axseqxnu77i-story.html |
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian suspect stabbed two Israelis near an army base south of Tel Aviv on Tuesday, police said, in the latest incident in a yearlong spate of violence that shows no sign of abating.
The Magen David Adom paramedic service said first responders treated two men for serious and light stab wounds in the incident on a highway near the Tsrifin military base. The men were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment their injuries.
Israeli media identified the two victims as soldiers.
Police said that civilians at the scene apprehended the suspected attacker, who was taken into police custody for questioning.
Israeli-Palestinian violence has surged over the last year, as the Israeli military has carried out near-nightly raids on Palestinian cities, towns and villages and as Palestinians have staged numerous attacks against Israelis.
On Monday, Israeli troops killed two Palestinian gunmen during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
At least 88 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire this year, according to an Associated Press tally. Palestinian attacks against Israelis have killed 15 people in the same period. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/palestinian-stabs-2-israelis-in-attack-near-army-base/ | 2023-04-04 11:56:00 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/palestinian-stabs-2-israelis-in-attack-near-army-base/ |
Kentucky lawmakers pass ban on youth gender-affirming care
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky passed a measure Thursday to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, completing whirlwind voting on a repackaged proposal that triggered outrage and tears among opponents unable to stop the sweeping policymaking on a culture wars issue.
Supporters of the proposal — which affects how gender is discussed in schools — beat a Thursday deadline to retain their power to override an expected gubernatorial veto.
GOP supermajorities in the House and Senate overwhelmingly passed the bill, a day after a slimmed-down version had stalled in the Senate and seemingly left the issue in limbo. A cascade of shouting erupted from some bill opponents in the Senate gallery after the measure won final passage.
The bill’s foes denounced the fast-track maneuvering and the expanded measure’s consequences for trans youths. Overcome with emotion, a sobbing Rep. Josie Raymond said children would be harmed. “I’m embarrassed and I’m appalled and I’m scared,” the Democrat said in opposing the bill in committee.
Republicans backing the far-reaching rendition cobbled together a separate bill that hastily cleared a committee and won House passage. It gained Senate passage a short time later, sending the bill to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who portrayed it as government intrusion in family health decisions.
Republican House Speaker Pro Tempore David Meade, in presenting the revived bill in committee, said: “Our job is to protect children, and that’s what we’re doing here.”
“Surgery or drugs that completely alter their life, and alter their body, is not something we should be allowing until they are adults,” Meade said later during the House debate.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky quickly warned that it “stands ready” to challenge the measure in court if it becomes law.
“Legislators cannot erase transgender people from existence, and we will continue to fight for equal rights and equal protection under the law,” said Amber Duke, the organization’s interim executive director.
The new bill designated to carry the sweeping trans-related provisions retained its original language — allowing teachers to refuse to refer to transgender students by their preferred pronouns and requiring schools to notify parents when lessons related to human sexuality are going to be taught.
Multiple layers were added to it — including the proposed ban on gender-affirming medical care for trans youths. It would outlaw gender reassignment surgery for anyone under 18, as well as the use of puberty blockers and hormones, and inpatient and outpatient gender-affirming hospital services. It would not allow schools to discuss sexual orientation or gender identity with students of any age.
The House passed the bill on a 75-22 vote. One after another, opponents stood to denounce the bill while supporters were mostly silent. Democratic Rep. Keturah Herron called the bill “an attack on a very, very, very small population of people.”
The debate was shorter but no less fiery in the Senate, which passed the bill 30-7.
“This is absolute, wilfull, intentional hate. Hate for a small group of people that are the weakest and the most vulnerable among us,” said Democratic Sen. Karen Berg.
The bill’s supporters say they are trying to protect children from undertaking gender-affirming treatments that they might later regret as adults.
“We’re talking about removing healthy body parts that you cannot put back on,” Republican Sen. Lindsey Tichenor said in supporting the bill. “I’ve seen the pictures. It’s horrifying.”
Thursday was the last day Kentucky lawmakers were in session until late March, when they’ll reconvene for the final two days of this year’s session. By beating the Thursday deadline to send the bill to the governor, the GOP supermajorities retained their ability to override a veto.
Beshear, who is seeking reelection this year, said such bills amount to “big government stepping in and imposing its will” on health care decisions that should be left to families.
“I also believe that every child is a child of God — every single one,” the governor said Thursday at his weekly news conference.
The expanded version was in stark contrast to the more limited version that stalled Wednesday in the Senate. That version pared down the restrictions on transgender youth, their families and health care providers.
The issue has spurred emotional debate from bill opponents who call it discriminatory and say it would hurt transgender youth. On Tuesday, a former Kentucky lawmaker said his young grandchild would be among those affected if lawmakers banned access to gender-affirming medical care for those under 18.
“This bill condemns vulnerable children to an even more difficult life than they’ve already been born into,” Jerry Miller, a Republican who formerly served in the House, told lawmakers. “Please don’t let a parent’s right to protect their children be collateral damage in the culture wars.”
Nationally, state lawmakers are approving extensive measures that restrict the rights of LGBTQ people this year, from bills targeting trans athletes and drag performers to ones limiting gender-affirming care. In Mississippi, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves recently signed a bill to ban gender-affirming hormones or surgery in the state for anyone younger than 18. The Republican governors of South Dakota and Utah have signed bans on gender-affirming care this year.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital Square, one of the nation's leading sponsors of tax-advantaged real estate investments and a developer of mixed-use multifamily communities, today announced it has broken ground on 320 West South Street, a luxury mixed-use high-rise apartment tower located in the Warehouse District of Raleigh, North Carolina within a qualified opportunity zone. Construction of the development is expected to be completed by summer 2024.
"We couldn't be more excited to begin construction on 320 West South Street, a truly elevated property that will transform the surrounding neighborhood, bringing vitality and elegance to downtown Raleigh's Warehouse District," said Whit Huffman, chief strategy and investment officer. "This property will provide exceptional amenities for residents, who will enjoy the vibrant social lifestyle provided by the nearby galleries, art studios, restaurants and the city's largest park."
The 20-story, high-rise community will feature 297 apartment homes and more than 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. A spacious double height resident lobby will lead to approximately 30,000 square feet of amenity space and an attached garage with multiple-floor access will provide parking for residents and their guests. Onsite amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool, rooftop lounge, coworking space and state-of-the-art fitness center. The apartment mix will consist of studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom units, each outfitted with stainless steel appliances, exposed concrete ceilings, tile and luxury vinyl flooring, modern wood cabinets, and sophisticated lighting fixtures.
Situated at the intersection of the Boylan Heights neighborhood, Dorothea Dix Park and downtown Raleigh, 320 West South Street will be one of only a handful of luxury apartment communities in the downtown submarket. It will sit at the epicenter of a thriving part of downtown Raleigh, within easy walking distance of multiple entertainment venues, cultural sites, nightspots, and dining options, as well as the RedHat Amphitheater and Raleigh Convention Center. Located adjacent to U.S. 70, the property offers ready access to The Research Triangle and North Carolina's well-known educational institutions, including Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University.
"Raleigh's Warehouse District is in the midst of a fundamental transformation from an industrial area to a vibrant and exciting urban center," explained Adam Stifel, chief development officer. "320 West South Street will provide residents uncanny views of the downtown Raleigh skyline and Red Hat Amphitheater."
Capital Square has partnered with JDAVIS Architects as building architect, W. M. Jordan Company as general contractor and York Properties as the retail leasing agent for the property. The design team also includes Architecture Firm as interiors designer and EDSA as landscape designer.
Development of 320 West South Street will be primarily funded with proceeds from Capital Square's sixth qualified opportunity zone fund, CSRA Opportunity Zone Fund VI, LLC, which raised more than $48 million from accredited investors. Capital Square recently launched CSRA Opportunity Zone Fund VII, LLC to fund the development of a luxury multifamily development in the Scott's Addition neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Capital Square's opportunity zone funds have initiated over $330 million in development value to-date.
Opportunity zones were created to stimulate long-term private investments in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide. Conceived as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, opportunity zone funds are intended to help foster economic growth by providing tax benefits to incentivize private investments in designated opportunity zones.
Capital Square is a national real estate firm specializing in tax-advantaged real estate investments, including Delaware statutory trusts for Section 1031 exchanges, qualified opportunity zone funds for tax deferral and exclusion and a real estate investment trust (REIT). In recent years the company has become an active developer of multifamily and mixed-use properties in the southeastern US, with nine current projects totaling approximately 1,700 apartment units with a total development cost in excess of $600 million. Since 2012, Capital Square has completed more than $5.8 billion in transaction volume. Capital Square's related entities provide a range of services, including due diligence, acquisition, loan sourcing, property/asset management, and disposition, for a growing number of high-net-worth investors, private equity firms, family offices and institutional investors. Since 2017, Capital Square has been recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest growing companies in the nation for four consecutive years. In 2017, 2018 and 2020, the company was also ranked on Richmond BizSense's list of fastest growing companies. Additionally, Capital Square was listed by Virginia Business on their "Best Places to Work in Virginia" report in 2019 and their "Fantastic 50" reports in 2019 and 2020. To learn more, visit www.CapitalSq.com.
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TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — A rescuer was recognized after saving the life of a 9-month-old child who was choking back in June at the St. Pete Pier.
St. Petersburg Fire Rescue put firefighter/paramedic Troy Turner in the spotlight Thursday for his quick actions in providing medical treatment to a choking 9-month-old at St. Pete Pier.
The agency says Turner was visiting the pier with his family and just so happened to see a mother looking for help. After seeing the mother frantically looking for someone, he immediately jumped into action.
Turner had security call 911 as he started performing maneuvers to clear the airway of the child, reportedly blocked by some sort of leaf.
He was able to get the leaf out as crews arrived on scene.
"Firefighter/Paramedic Turner's quick actions helped save the child from choking," the agency wrote on Facebook. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/treasure-island-firefighterparamedic-receives-award-saving-choking-child/67-2431fa21-7611-4145-9354-f0c2be925d53 | 2022-07-28 22:29:07 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/treasure-island-firefighterparamedic-receives-award-saving-choking-child/67-2431fa21-7611-4145-9354-f0c2be925d53 |
SEPTA planning major changes to bus routes, but welcome public comment before finalizing plans
CENTER CITY - SEPTA riders are sounding off about the agency’s major re-vamping of bus routes, both in and outside of the city. SEPTA says the plan will enhance service, but not all passengers are on board.
"I was concerned about the 27 bus, because I visit friends and family up in the Roxborough area," South Philly resident Audrey Smalls said.
Neighbors Lucy Miller and Lee Pugh brought signs to a public meeting regarding the changes. They say bus 49 takes them to the grocery store and doctors appointments from Fairmount.
"Originally, they were talking about cutting it. They’re taking it into consideration, hearing feedback from a lot of people," Miller commented.
"It would stop three or four blocks away. I’m mobile right now, but someday I won’t be. I know a lot of people who would find that just impossible," Pugh added.
SEPTA’s Manager of Planning Programs says the goal is to make travel easier, more reliable and more convenient.
"This project is an attempt to reorganize the system. Make it more effective and really look at how we can move people through the city in the region more efficiently and more effectively," Dan Nemiroff, SEPTA’s Manager of Planning Programs, said.
Nemiroff says SEPTA ridership has been down since before the pandemic and the changes will, hopefully, increase those numbers.
"But, ridership has been there no matter what, right?" asked rider Judith Robinson.
Robinson says she doesn’t want anything to change on bus 33. "With all of the things we know that are bad going on in my neighborhood, one of the happy things that benefits me is their excellent transportation system. To take that away would really take away our lifeline."
SEPTA will have many more opportunities in the new year to collect feedback and make revisions.
"They’ve looked at maps, whether they’re online or in person and they are worried that we’ve already decided what we’re doing. That’s not the case," Nemiroff said. "We are really open to public feedback."
"North Philly has excellent transportation. Please do not mess it up," Robinson added.
All feedback is welcome. Those concerned about any proposed changes to SEPTA bus lines can find more information, here. | https://www.fox29.com/news/septa-planning-major-changes-to-bus-routes-but-welcome-public-comment-before-finalizing-plans | 2022-12-09 04:21:17 | 0 | https://www.fox29.com/news/septa-planning-major-changes-to-bus-routes-but-welcome-public-comment-before-finalizing-plans |
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Four times as many Kansans changed their gender on birth certificates and driver’s licenses this year ahead of a new state law that prevents residents from identifying themselves differently than the sex assigned them at birth.
The legislation is part of a raft of measures lawmakers across the U.S. have passed to roll back transgender rights. It has provisions meant to restrict transgender people’s use of restrooms, locker rooms and other facilities and applies to a person’s identity listed on state documents.
The Kansas law takes effect Saturday, but it’s not yet clear how it will play out in the daily lives of transgender people. The new legislation conflicts with a 2019 federal court order directing the state to allow transgender people to change their birth certificates.
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, who vetoed the law but was overridden by the Republican-controlled Legislature, hasn’t said whether she will have state agencies continue to allow changes. She has said that she disagrees with the legal opinion of conservative state Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach, who has stated that the law supersedes the judge’s order. Kobach also has asked a judge to formally rescind the order.
The attorney general even indicated that the flurry of last-minute changes by transgender people has been for naught: He says the law requires the state to undo any changes that have been made to official documents.
At a Statehouse news conference this week, Kobach said the governor “has a legal and indeed a constitutional obligation to comply with the law.”
Asked whether he would sue Kelly if she doesn’t, he replied, “If that were necessary, then absolutely.”
With the legal climate uncertain, the nonprofit legal aid group Kansas Legal Services and LGBTQ+ rights advocates have run seminars for transgender people on how to change their documents. Both birth certificates and driver’s licenses list “sex,” which the new state law defines as a person’s “biological reproductive system” at birth.
“There was a big push … to try and help people get their gender marker changed before July 1,” said Taryn Jones, vice chair and lobbyist for the LGBTQ+ rights group Equality Kansas.
An average of 58 Kansas residents a month have changed their birth certificates so far this year, compared to an average of 13 from July 2019 through 2022, according to state health department figures released this week.
The state motor vehicle department reported this week that 161 people have changed their gender identity on their driver’s licenses so far this year, an average of 27 a month. That’s compared to an average of 5 1/2 per month from July 2019 through 2022.
According to the state’s data, nearly 80% of the changes in gender on driver’s licenses came in May and June, after lawmakers overrode Kelly’s veto.
Some birth certificates have been changed by health care providers who incorrectly recorded the sex assigned a baby at birth. Others were for babies born with intersex conditions, such as ambiguous genitals, who were not initially assigned a sex at birth but had their parents later choose one for them.
Jenna Bellemere, a transgender University of Kansas student, said she changed her birth certificate and driver’s license last year, believing “this anti-trans stuff” was building.
“I didn’t really want to go throughout my life carrying around a document that really was inaccurate and an ID with a name that no one calls me anymore,” she said.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for TLRY, COSM, IQ, CS, and EH.
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In a major win for the Biden administration, the court ruled Texas and Louisiana lack the standing to challenge the administration's immigration enforcement guidelines.
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In a major win for the Biden administration, the court ruled Texas and Louisiana lack the standing to challenge the administration's immigration enforcement guidelines.
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It's been five months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, and now 13 states have laws banning abortion with limited exceptions for medical emergencies. Doctors who violate these laws could face felony charges, prison time and the loss of their medical license. Surveys, news reports and court affidavits show the fear of these laws has caused some doctors to delay or deny abortions, including in emergencies. Some doctors are asking themselves a tough question - when they are forced to choose between their ethical obligations to patients and the law, should they defy the law? NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports.
SELENA SIMMONS-DUFFIN, BYLINE: Here's an example of how the exceptions in abortion bans for emergencies can still cause problems for patients. NPR reported last week on Christina Zielke, who was discharged from an Ohio ER, bleeding heavily from a miscarriage.
CHRISTINA ZIELKE: They said they needed to prove there was no fetal development. And I was told that I could come back in two days for a repeat hormone test to confirm I was miscarrying.
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: She says doctors acted as if they didn't believe she was having a miscarriage, even though there was no heartbeat during her ultrasound, so they didn't offer her a D&C procedure to stop the bleeding, the same procedure that's used for abortions. Hours after being discharged, she was taken back to the ER in an ambulance and given the D&C. The hospital declined NPR's request for an interview. Another example? The Texas Policy Evaluation Project conducted a survey of clinicians operating under that state's restrictions. It found that sometimes providers avoided doing D&Cs, opting instead for, quote, "a surgical incision into the uterus because it might not be construed as an abortion."
MATTHEW WYNIA: That's just nuts.
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: Dr. Matthew Wynia directs the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado.
WYNIA: Much more dangerous, much more risky. The woman may never have another pregnancy now because you're trying to avoid being accused of having conducted an abortion.
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: Not all doctors agree that the abortion restrictions are responsible for harming patients. The American Association of Pro-Life OB-GYNs calls that idea absurd, arguing OB-GYNs have many years of training to know when to intervene before a condition becomes life threatening. But many doctors and groups, like the American Medical Association, are concerned. Wynia published an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine in September calling for physicians to take a stand against these laws, when necessary, using civil disobedience.
WYNIA: I have seen some very disturbing quotes from health professionals essentially saying, well, look - it's the law. We have to live within the law. And if the law is wrong and causing you to be involved in harming patients, you do not have to live to that law.
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: There's actually a long history of civil disobedience around abortion. Mary Ziegler, a legal historian at UC Davis, says for many decades, starting in the 1900s, there was kind of a don't-ask, don't-tell silence around abortion.
MARY ZIEGLER: By the '40s, you get more of a crackdown on abortion, and it's more framed as a vice or a racket, the same language you'd be using against organized crime.
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: Lots of abortion providers got arrested and prosecuted. Then hospitals began forming committees to authorize certain abortions in certain circumstances, like emergencies. But some doctors felt that wasn't enough. Allowing abortion when someone's death is imminent may be straightforward, but what about when someone has a heart condition and pregnancy makes that condition worse? Or if a patient tells their doctor, If I can't get an abortion, I'm going to harm myself? Ziegler says doctors wanted more leeway to follow their conscience and provide abortions in more situations. And in the 1960s, in the period leading up to Roe v. Wade, some doctors began to openly defy abortion laws.
ZIEGLER: Not just getting arrested 'cause they happened to get caught, but trying to get arrested.
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: Dr. Milan Vuitch is one example, she says. He was arrested 16 times for providing abortions in Washington, D.C. Dr. Leon Belous was arrested in California for just referring someone for an abortion. He fought back in the courts. And in Canada, Dr. Henry Morgentaler was actually imprisoned for violating abortion laws. He used the legal cases brought against him to progressively legalize abortion across that country.
ZIEGLER: One interesting question is, like, well, why is it that we don't have more, you know, Dr. Morgentalers now?
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: For one, she says, the penalties now are very different.
ZIEGLER: In the pre-Roe era, often if you violated an abortion law, I mean, you could lose your license to practice medicine. Most people didn't really face much real prison time. Some state laws now treat doing an abortion as like life in prison.
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: That's the penalty for violating the abortion ban in Texas. Dr. Louise King raises another reason why there haven't been more people openly defying these new abortion laws. She directs reproductive bioethics at Harvard University and is an OB-GYN surgeon. She says if she were to purposefully get arrested in Texas, for example, where she went to medical school and did her residency, she doesn't think it would actually be effective in getting laws changed.
LOUISE KING: It's probable in Texas I'd lose the case. It's going to go up - what? - through the Fifth Circuit? I'm not going to win in the Fifth Circuit. And then am I going to win it in the Supreme Court? No.
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: She adds another consideration is how few OB-GYNs there are who provide abortions. Any doctor who's sitting in jail or fighting felony charges will never work again, and that's one fewer person who's able to take care of patients.
KING: So what's the point? I don't even see the point.
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: So far in the five months since Roe v. Wade was overturned and state bans began to take effect, there have been no reported prosecutions of health care workers. But Wynia says charges against doctors will certainly come.
WYNIA: There will be individual doctors who will get - presumably, will end up in court. And then, you know, the question will arise - were they supported? Can they be supported?
SIMMONS-DUFFIN: He says this is a leadership issue. He wants organized medicine, accrediting organizations and medical facilities like hospitals to unite in saying clearly that they will support clinicians who decide to follow the standard of care for a patient, even when that violates state abortion laws. Last week at the American Medical Association meeting, the legislative body directed a task force to develop a legal defense fund and strategy to help physicians who do face prosecution. Wynia says that's a good first step.
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In January, we profiled Ibrahim Songne. As a kid, newly arrived in Italy from Burkina Faso with his family, he took his first bite of pizza. His verdict: "Gross and completely tasteless." But he had a change of taste buds and as an adult started his own pizzeria in Trento. He ran into anti-immigrant prejudices but his pizza prevailed and this year, IBRIS, his eatery, was named one of the world's top 50 pizza places by the website 50TopPizza.it. We caught up with Songne this summer to see how he's been faring.
The media response to Goats and Soda's January article about pizza maestro Ibrahim Songne was so strong that ultimately he was forced to call a moratorium on interviews.
"The requests got to be overwhelming. I am just a pizza maker," Ibrahim states. "I continue to personally prepare every slice of pizza we serve and so already almost every hour of my day is spoken for. My girlfriend kind of put her foot down. And she is the one who has had to do all of the translations into English."
Nonetheless, his appreciation for NPR's coverage was so heartfelt that he created a "Goats and Soda" pizza in our honor.
It's composed of goat cheese, dried figs, Trentingrana cheese shavings, rocket salad, pine nuts and spicy oil — quite a radical recipe by local standards. He couldn't quite bring himself to actually put soda on the pizza, though. So the pie is paired with soda instead and was an instant sensation as a rotating special.
The NPR story also gave a boost to his practice of asking clients to pay for a second pizza, which he donates to a hungry person. "I didn't realize what a huge thing NPR was until I started getting donations from around the world," he says. "I've had people calling-in to contribute from Canada, Ireland ... all over."
His pizza charity was inspired by the Neapolitan tradition of caffè sospeso ("suspended coffee") — cafe clientele pay for an additional coffee that bartenders later give anonymously to those in need. Like some other pizzeria operators, Ibrahim expanded the custom to pizza at the start of COVID lockdowns.
And even though the pandemic put some local pizza joints out of business, the demand for Ibrahim's pizza is so great that he has secured a lease and started work on a second location that is more spacious and provides seating. It is due to open by year's end.
Meanwhile, his passion for baking continues. In perpetual pursuit of "perfection," he's refined his dough recipe with a longer rise and is also close to developing a pizza crust for the gluten intolerant.
Having just celebrated the fourth anniversary of his IBRIS pizzeria, Ibrahim has become a community fixture in his hometown of Trento. A local theater company has plans to stage a play about his life — detailing his story of immigrating from Burkina Faso at age 12 without knowing a word of Italian, overcoming a stutter and then becoming a self-taught pizza chef who has garnered international acclaim.
His achievements have impressed some Italians with African roots to make a pilgrimage to the pizzeria.
Francesco, age 9, from the Piemonte region recently visited with his family, who emigrated from the Democratic Republic of Congo. They drove close to 6 hours east to visit IBRIS. The boy seemed shy but lit up when it came time to pose for a photo with Ibrahim.
"I've never seen a Black pizza maker before," he said. "I didn't even know it was possible. And this is the best pizza I've ever tasted."
Anna-Maria, age 5 and like Francesco a second generation Italian of African descent, traveled with her mother on a 3-hour train ride from the Emilia-Romagna region to sample Ibrahim's slices.
She declared, "Now that I've met Mr. Ibrahim, I know exactly what I want to be when I get older: a pizza maker .... but also a doctor, too."
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Each year at the United States Naval Academy a senior class of midshipmen complete their studies and become commissioned officers in the fleet.
In the days leading up to the graduation and commissioning ceremony May 26, the academy hosts thousands of visitors to Annapolis for a range of activities, including brunches, balls, concerts and, of course, a demonstration by the Navy’s Blue Angels before the Class of 2023 is commissioned into either the Navy or Marine Corps.
Many events are open to the public, however, graduation is by invitation only.
Sea Trials
Tuesday, May 16
Sea Trials is led by upperclassmen and provides a final physical and mental challenge to the fourth-class midshipmen, or plebes, designed to test their teamwork and reinforce their bonds as a company and class. It begins the evening of May 15 with an opening ceremony and tabletop war gaming. The following morning, plebes will then be physically and mentally tested through a variety of challenges in different stations located across the academy and Naval Support Activity Annapolis.
This approximately 14-hour evaluation is designed similarly to the Marine Corps Crucible and the Navy’s Battle Station recruit program.
The Sea Trials will cause temporary road closures between approximately 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. May 16 when about 1,000 midshipmen fross from Greenbury Point to the Naval Academy. Affected roads include Maryland 450 northbound and southbound in the area of the Naval Academy Bridge, Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard, Greenbury Point Road, St. Margaret’s Road and roads inside of NSA (Naval Station Annapolis).
This event is not open to the public.
Herndon Monument climb
Wednesday, May 17
The Herndon Climb is the final event of the Sea Trials. It represents the end of plebe year for the Class of 2026 and following the climb, plebes will be recognized as fourth-class midshipmen.
The plebes gather outside the Naval Academy chapel to build a human pyramid to remove the “Dixie cup” hat at the top of the greased monument and replace it with an upperclassman’s cap. The monument is named for Commander William Lewis Herndon, who drowned with his ship off the coast of North Carolina in 1857 after trying to save as many on board as possible from a hurricane.
This year’s group of mids will try to scale the obelisk faster than the Class of 2025 last year, which completed the feat in just under 3 hours, 37 minutes, the third slowest time on record.
This event is open to the public. Attendees should enter The Yard at Gate 8 before the event starts at 8 a.m.
Blue Angels flight practice demonstration
Tuesday, May 23
The Navy’s Blue Angels squadron will arrive at 11 a.m. May 23 to survey the area and prepare for their demonstration. Blue Angels flight demonstration practice will begin at 2 p.m. and end around 4 p.m.
Prime viewing areas include the Naval Academy campus, any city street end parks, or ideally on the water.
The Naval Academy Bridge (Route 450) will close from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., and then again at 1:45 p.m. through the conclusion of the flight demonstration practice around 4 p.m. Once the all-clear is given, the Severn River will be open to all vessel traffic.
Wednesday, May 24
This elite group of Naval pilots has been thrilling audiences for 76 years. They travel around the country performing precision combat maneuvers in the Navy’s best fighter jets. In 2021, they transitioned to the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet.
This event is open to the public and starts at 2 p.m.
Prepare for adjusted traffic patterns in Annapolis area during the demonstration.
The Naval Academy Bridge (MD Rt. 450) will be closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic at the times listed below.
- Closed 1:45 p.m. to 4 p.m. or conclusion of flight demonstration.
- The Severn River will also be closed to boating and other watercraft from the USNA Route 450 bridge to Spa Creek.
Call the U.S. Coast Guard at 410-576-2693 for further details. Vehicles entering and leaving Annapolis should use Rowe Boulevard or other alternate routes.
Color Parade
Thursday, May 25
This event starts at 11 a.m. at the Naval Academy Worden Field and is open to the public.
It features the entire brigade in dress whites. The highlight of the color parade is the formal presentation of the color company pennant by the superintendent, the company commander and the “color honoree” to the newly designated spring color company.
Each semester, the color company is chosen by virtue of its excellence in academics, athletics and professional accomplishments. The color company competition began in 1867.
Graduation and commissioning ceremony
Friday, May 26
The event will start at 9 a.m. at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Guests are encouraged to arrive 1.5 hours early in order to deal with traffic congestion around the stadium.
Graduation is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. with a Blue Angels flyover set for 10:04 a.m.
The commissioning and graduation ceremony is the culmination of the four-year education and training of the Class of 2023. Each graduate receives a bachelor of science degree and takes the oath of office as they are each commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy or as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.
The commencement speech is given by either the President, Vice President or Secretary of Defense. Last year, President Joe Biden delivered remarks to the Class of 2022, urging them to protect NATO allies and the Indo-Pacific region in a rousing speech. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at graduation 2021. This year’s speaker has not y
This event is only open to family of graduates.
Afternoon Update
Parking
There is limited parking available on the Naval Academy grounds. Please anticipate heavy traffic in Annapolis, particularly Wednesday, May 24 and Friday, May 26.
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Gate 8: Bowyer Rd. off MD Rt. 450 near Naval Academy Bridge. GPS address: 675 Decatur Rd., Annapolis, 21402
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TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie won the Barracuda Championship on Sunday, holding on in the breezy final round of the PGA Tour’s lone modified Stableford scoring event for his third tour title.
Six points ahead entering the day, Reavie had a six-point round for a one-point victory over Alex Noren on Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood layout.
The 40-year-old Reavie became the first PGA Tour winner 40 or over since Lucas Glover a year ago in the 2021 John Deere Classic. The Arizona player finished with 43 points.
“I’ve been working hard,” Reavie said. “I’ve been hitting the ball and I knew I could do it. I just kept grinding, and here we are.”
With the event also sanctioned by the European tour, Reavie earned spots on both tours through the 2024 seasons.
“I’ll get over there,” Reavie said. “I had no idea that that was on the table until I finished. I’m excited. I would love to go to Europe and play and maybe go play in the BMW or something. I’d enjoy that a lot.
He also won the 2008 Canadian Open and 2019 Travelers Championship.
Reavie had four birdies and two bogeys Sunday. Players get five points for eagle and two for birdie, while a point is deducted for bogey and three taken away for double bogey or worse.
“It was stressful out there today with the wind and missing some putts early,” Reavie said. “Was fortunate to make some good putts coming in and pull it off.”
Reavie birdied the par-5 12th and made his last birdie on the par-4 16th, holing a 15-footer after his flop approach hit a seam in the grass and shot forward. He got up-and-down for par from a greenside bunker on the par-3 17th, holing a 5-footer, and tapped in for par on the par-4 18th.
“I just stayed patient,” Reavie said. “I knew I was going to have to. I knew some guys were going to make a lot of birdies early. I was hoping to be one of those guys, but the putter was kind of letting me down early. Just tried to keep it as close as I could to the hole and give myself some good looks.”
Noren had a 14-point round. The Swede is a 10-time winner on the European tour who joined the PGA Tour in 2018.
“I love this course,” Noren said. “It was pretty tricky today with the wind. It’s been a roller-coaster of a week, obviously, but when you make the cut, you think, well, this is a great week anyway, and then I played good on the weekend and had a blast today.”
Martin Laird was third at 38 after a seven-point day.
“Really tough out there in the wind.,” Laird said. “It was gusting all over the place. I think I started six back of Chez, so I knew he was obviously playing really well. I’d have to play a pretty special round today to catch him.”
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(The Hill) — About 2 million people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and 600,000 will die from the disease, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates.
But cancer is not equal opportunity.
A wide range of factors plays a role in determining whether a person will get and potentially die from the disease, including their genetics and where they live.
Cancer death rates have decreased over the last 25 years across the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. The sharpest decrease has occurred among Black people, Native Americans and Alaskan natives, according to a February 2022 report from KFF.
This is in part due to improvements in cancer screening, treatments, early diagnosis and changes in behavior like reduced cigarette smoking, according to Latoya Hill, senior policy analyst at KFF’s Racial and Health Policy Program.
But even though white Americans have higher rates of new cancer diagnoses, some people of color, especially Black people, are still more likely to die from the disease, NCI data show.
Between 2016 and 2020, there were 469.9 cancer diagnoses per 100,000 non-Hispanic white people, 451.8 diagnoses per 100,000 Black people, 417.9 diagnoses for every 100,000 Native Americans and Alaska Natives, 348.1 diagnoses per 100,000 Hispanics and 302 diagnoses per 100,000 people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent.
Meanwhile, during that same time there were 174.7 cancer deaths per 100,000 Black people, 158 cancer deaths per 100,000 Native Americans and Alaska Natives, 154.4 cancer deaths per 100,000 white people, 108.2 cancer deaths per 100,000 Hispanics and 94.5 cancer deaths per 100,000 Asian people and Pacific Islanders.
Income is also important in determining who gets and dies from cancer. Research shows poorer communities have higher rates of cancer than affluent areas. And people living in persistent poverty are more likely to die from cancer.
In addition, while rural communities tend to have lower rates of cancer than their urban and suburban counterparts, they have higher death rates.
Cancer genetics
Genetics plays a role in the types of cancer that are more common among certain racial and ethnic groups.
For instance, about 10 percent of all breast cancer cases are due to genetic predisposition, according to Otis Brawley, an oncologist and epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University.
Ashkenazi Jewish women, who have family roots in Eastern Europe, have a higher risk of getting breast cancer and ovarian cancer at an early age compared to other groups of women because of a known gene mutation.
Breast cancer rates are about equal between white women and Black women, according to Jasmine McDonald, assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University. But Black women are more likely to die from the disease.
This is partly because they are more likely to be diagnosed later than white women, which makes treating the disease more difficult, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Compared to women of other racial and ethnic backgrounds, Black women are also specifically more likely to get triple-negative breast cancer, a more aggressive type with a faster growth rate.
“That isn’t necessarily a function of access to earlier screening or, or necessarily environment but it’s something truly at the biological level that we are still striving to understand,” said Susan Vadaparamipil, associate center director for community outreach, engagement and equity at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida.
Cancer and where you live
But while genetics plays a role, cancer death disparities are really the result of broader socioeconomic inequities that are rooted in ongoing racism and discrimination.
“When considering cancer disparities, we need to stop using language about predisposition and making generalizations that it is only a DNA conversation,” said Robert Winn, director of the VCU Massey Cancer Center.
It is critical to consider what is happening in the world outside of the cell, he said.
“Where you live, your place and space matters,” Winn added in an email to The Hill. “Your ZNA, zip code and neighborhood of association, may have structures in place that ultimately cause additional stress.”
Cancer experts agree that location plays a far more significant role in cancer incidence and death disparities than genetics does.
Unequal access to cancer screenings
Many communities with cancer clusters or elevated rates of cancer diagnoses are low-income communities that are burdened with limited access to health care or lower-quality care and cancer screenings.
And communities of color, particularly Black communities, are more likely to live in high-poverty communities due to economic inequity and racist housing laws like due to racist housing laws like redlining. A little over 14 percent of people of color lived in a high-poverty neighborhood in 2020, compared to about 4 percent of white people, according to the National Equity Atlas.
Breast cancer screenings offer one example of how lower-incoming neighborhoods are subjected to poorer quality cancer health care.
Doctors recommend that women start getting an annual mammogram once they turn 40 to look for signs of breast cancer. Such screenings can aid with early detection of the disease and increase the odds of surviving it.
But low-income women sometimes get inferior mammograms compared to those received by middle-class or wealthy women, often because the medical equipment they have access to is inferior or the availability of resources to complete thorough testing are limited.
Take, for instance, mammography vans, which are frequently deployed in low-income neighborhoods.
Brawley, of Johns Hopkins University, explained that during a “high quality” mammogram, a physician will compare current and past images to look for signs of change.
“Well, if you get your mammogram on a breast mobile, they don’t have access to last year’s mammogram,” Brawley said. “So, you have all these women who go to these mammogram vans in these poor neighborhoods and they are very proud of the fact that they got a mammogram… but nobody tells them that they actually got lower quality than what the middle class and upper-middle-class women who go to brick-and-mortar facilities get.”
A lack of health insurance and a shortage of primary care physicians and oncologists also contributes to cancer disparities in rural communities, according to the NCI.
Environmental and lifestyle factors
In addition to limited health screening access, low-income and rural communities are often subject to environmental and lifestyle factors that, combined with less access to health care, can lead to higher case or death rates of cancer.
In rural communities, residents “tend to be older, engage in risky health behaviors, and have lower adherence to preventative care” than their suburban and urban counterparts, according to the NCI, leading to their higher death rates.
Research shows that rural and low-income communities have higher rates of smoking, which directly impacts a person’s likelihood of developing lung cancer.
And while lung cancer diagnoses and deaths have decreased, mainly due to lower levels of smoking across the country, there are still disparities in who dies from the disease.
Rates of new lung cancer diagnoses run very close along racial and ethnic lines, but people of color are still less likely to survive the disease than white people.
In 2019, there were 57.1 new cases of lung cancer per 100,000 white people, according to the most recent CDC data. That same year, there were 54.9 lung cancer diagnoses per 100,000 Black people, 49.9 incidents per 100,000 Native American and Alaska Natives, 33.2 per 100,000 Asian and Pacific Islanders and 27.5 per 100,000 Hispanic people.
People of Asian or Pacific Islander descent have the highest lung cancer survival rate, followed by Latinos, with 26 percent and 23 percent, surviving five years after their diagnoses, respectively, according to the American Lung Association.
White people have the next highest five-year survival rate at 22 percent, while Black people and Indigenous people have lung cancer survival rates of 21 and 19 percent.
Lower-income communities also suffer from higher rates of obesity than higher-income neighborhoods, in part due to limited access to fresh food. Research suggests there is a link between high body fat and increased risk for several types of cancer, including endometrial, esophageal and liver cancer, though there is more work to be done to fully understand the connection.
Additionally, some low-income neighborhoods, and especially low-income communities of color, are exposed to higher rates of toxic chemicals that can lead to cancer in the homes they live in, the water they drink and the air they breathe.
Lead poisoning, which has been linked to higher risks of some types of cancers, disproportionately affects low-income communities, particularly low-income Black communities in the United States.
This is in part because low-income communities with homes that were built before the 1970s are more likely to still have lead-based paint.
Another factor that can contribute to this disparity is the fact that low-income communities, especially low-income communities of color, are more likely to be near industrial facilities that work with lead than their more affluent counterparts, according to the CDC.
Proximity to industrial sites that emit toxic pollutants also plays into disparities in cancer rates and can result in cancer “hotspots.”
Some of these hotspots are so large that they are more akin to “cancer corridors,” like the 85-mile section of the Mississippi River in Louisiana located between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that is known as Cancer Alley.
This particular stretch of land is home to oil refineries and chemical plants that emit a huge amount of air pollution laced with known carcinogens like ethylene oxide and acetaldehyde, according to a ProPublica analysis.
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Messy storms roll eastward after slamming Texas, Louisiana
A storm system marched eastward Friday, threatening heavy snow in the Midwest and Northeast after spawning likely tornadoes in Texas and Louisiana that damaged homes, businesses, a university campus and left thousands without power.
The storms will threaten the Tennessee and Ohio valleys with tornadoes as they move toward New England, the Storm Prediction Center said. A swath of heavy snow is expected in the Upper Midwest through New England on Friday and Saturday, with sleet and freezing rain possible south of the heaviest snow.
No deaths or injuries have been reported from the storms that struck Texas and Louisiana on Thursday night after slamming California earlier in the week with as much as 7 feet of snow.
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth planned Friday to survey damage near Pickton, about 80 miles east of Dallas, where it said a confirmed tornado struck.
Winds of nearly 80 mph were recorded near the Fort Worth suburb of Blue Mound. The roof of an apartment building in the suburb of Hurst was blown away, resident Michael Roberts told KDFW-TV.
“The whole building started shaking. ... The whole ceiling is gone,” Roberts said. “It got really crazy.”
The Dallas suburb of Richardson asked residents to stop using water after the storm knocked out power to pumping stations. The city said in a statement early Friday that electricity and water service had been restored.
“The city does have a backup power system designed to provide power in case of a widespread outage like the one experienced, but the system failed during the storm,” according to the statement. “The cause of the failure is being investigated.”
North of Dallas, winds brought down trees, ripped the roof off a grocery store in Little Elm and overturned four 18-wheelers along U.S. Highway 75. Minor injuries were reported, police said.
Buildings at Louisiana State University-Shreveport were damaged, and trees were toppled, spokesperson Erin Smith said, but the campus was reopening Friday after being shut down overnight.
More than 80,000 Texas customers and nearly 11,000 in Louisiana lacked electricity Friday morning, according to PowerOutage.us.
Heavy rain was reported in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri, causing flooding in both states.
Police in Hardy, Ark., about 115 miles north of Little Rock, asked residents along the Spring River to leave their homes because of flooding, while hail and strong winds were reported in Oklahoma.
Parts of southeastern Missouri were under a flash flood warning Friday morning after heavy rain swelled streams and flooded low-lying highways with runoff, according to the Missouri State Department of Transportation.
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Ivory Dentin Graft creates a new dentin category of graft substitutes for repair and augmentation of bone defects.
KEFAR SAVA, Israel, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Developed by Ivory Graft Ltd., the Ivory Dentin Graft™ is a new dentin graft. This graft material has been tailored for use in dental procedures based on the advantages of autologous dentin grafts, documented and proven in years of scientific research and publications. An active organic matrix, Ivory Dentin Graft retains the natural form of the sourced porcine dentin, as well as the protein matrix. Ivory Dentin Graft is CE marked (according to MDR 2017/745).
Ivory Dentin Graft is sourced from natural dentin, without additives. Dentin's composition is very similar to bone, therefore its biological and physicomechanical properties make it an ideal grafting material.
This unique dentin graft substitute has been clinically proven to support new hard tissue formation. A prospective, randomized, semi double-blinded with blinded assessments clinical study was conducted. The study compared subjects grafted with Ivory Dentin Graft (Investigational group) and subjects grafted with a porcine cortico-cancellous heterologous bone mix (Comparator group) for alveolar ridge preservation following tooth extraction. At 4 months post-procedure – the study demonstrated Ivory Dentin Graft's efficacy results: superior promoting of good interface between the host bone and graft material (85% vs 40%), and 50% more increase of new bone formation (60.75% vs 42.81% respectively). These two features are important for tissue regeneration and integration, that follow tooth extraction and grafting, and facilitate osteogenic activity.
"We believe that Ivory Graft's patented technology for this new category of dentin grafts has the potential to revolutionize dental graft substitutes and clinical grafting materials in general" said Eyal Miller, CEO. "We look forward to exhibiting and meeting with leading clinicians at the European Congress of Osseointegration (EAO) in Geneva next week and invite you to visit our booth (D47). Ivory Graft has shifted phase from R&D to commercialization, and partnered with expert European commercial partners, to accelerate Ivory Dentin Graft's presence in the EU. We are currently in the final phases of establishing our Distributing Partners and Key Opinion Leaders' network, with world leading professionals."
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Established in 2013, Ivory Graft Ltd. is focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing porcine dentin graft materials for the repair or augmentation of bone defects. Ivory Graft has developed a naturally sourced, bioresorbable dentin graft material with an active organic matrix. Ivory Dentin Graft is CE marked, and the regulatory process for FDA clearance is underway. Ivory Graft's plans for future products include orthopedic (spine) applications as well as additional dental devices. Privately held, Ivory Graft was founded and is funded by leading clinicians and industry leaders. Ivory Graft is located in central Israel, within the innovative and thriving medical and dental ecosystem.
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DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving is getting his wish. He’s getting traded.
And Luka Doncic is getting another All-Star to help him in Dallas.
The Mavericks and Brooklyn Nets agreed Sunday on a blockbuster trade: Irving — the super-talented and often-enigmatic eight-time All-Star point guard — heads to Dallas, ending the pairing with Kevin Durant that never really had a chance to click.
The Nets get Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and a package of draft picks, according to a person familiar with the terms of the deal who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because it had not been finalized. Dallas also gets Markieff Morris.
The Athletic and ESPN first reported the trade agreement. It will become complete once the teams have a call with the NBA, which is standard for all trades.
The move comes just two days after Irving told the Nets that he wanted to be traded by Thursday’s league deadline, after talks about a contract beyond this season didn’t go to his liking. He wasn’t with the Nets for their game Saturday, and by Sunday afternoon, his time in Brooklyn appeared to be at an end.
It was not immediately clear when Irving would make his debut with Dallas. The Mavericks play at Utah on Monday night. ESPN reported that Irving would take a physical in Dallas on Monday with a plan to join the team for a game Wednesday at the Los Angeles Clippers.
“My first reaction was it seemed like a really good move,” Toronto coach Nick Nurse said Sunday before the Raptors faced Memphis. “(The Nets) got a lot of assets back for a guy who wasn’t going to be back, it seemed. I think that’s important to do. And I think for Dallas, they got a big-time star to go with the one they’ve got.”
Irving is averaging 27.1 points, 5.3 assists and 5.1 rebounds this season. Doncic is averaging 33.4 points, 8.9 rebounds and 8.2 assists. They instantly become one of the NBA’s top duos, and figure to make Dallas even a stronger contender in a Western Conference that has no shortage of championship-capable teams.
Irving is, for now, scheduled to become a free agent after the season. The Los Angeles Lakers were believed to have been one of a few teams interested in Irving — a notion that could have reunited Irving with LeBron James, with whom he won a title with in Cleveland in 2016.
The trade does again pair Irving with Dallas general manager Nico Harrison, who was a Nike executive before taking over the Mavericks in 2021.
Irving had a relationship with Nike for the entirety of his NBA career until earlier this season, when the sneaker giant dropped him — and canceled the planned release of his next signature shoe just before it dropped — as part of the massive fallout from Irving posting a link to an antisemitic film on his Twitter account.
That was one of many drama-filled sagas that marked Irving’s time with the Nets. He wouldn’t get vaccinated against COVID-19 and, because of New York City workplace rules, had to miss most of Brooklyn’s home games last season. He also took two leaves of absence during the 2020-21 season.
He has also expressed no shortage of controversial opinions during his career — including repeated questioning whether the Earth was round before eventually apologizing to science teachers.
The various issues limited Irving to 143 games in three-plus seasons with the Nets, and he and Durant were together for just 74 of them after their celebrated pairing in the summer of 2019. Irving signed as a free agent while Durant joined the Nets on a sign-and-trade with Golden State.
After the Nets lost to Dallas at home in overtime in October, Irving said he saw traits of the Mavericks being “a great team.” And he spoke at length of how highly he thinks of Doncic’s game, after the Mavs star had a 41-point, 14-rebound, 11-assist masterpiece.
“I think first, we’ve got to discuss just how long he’s been playing professional basketball. I think it’s been since like 14, 15 years old,” Irving said that night. “He’s used to seeing so many different defenses, so many different roles that he’s played, I’m sure, overseas. And now that he’s in the NBA, you just see him. He plays at an incredible pace. He makes great decisions.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy, one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Stewart Rhodes and the others are the first Jan. 6 defendants charged with the rare Civil War-era offense to stand trial for what authorities allege was a weekslong plot to violently stop the transfer of presidential power from election-denier Donald Trump to Joe Biden.
The case against Rhodes and his Oath Keeper associates is the biggest test yet for the Justice Department in its massive Jan. 6 prosecution and is being heard in federal court not far from the Capitol. Seditious conspiracy can be difficult to prove, and the last guilty trial verdict was nearly 30 years ago.
Jury selection could take several days and the trial is expected to last five weeks.
Attorneys for the Oath Keepers have argued they can’t get a fair jury in Washington, but U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Tuesday denied their latest bid to move the trial out of the capital. The judge acknowledged that no juries have acquitted Jan. 6 defendants so far, but said that doesn't tell him about “bias or inherent bias of jurors in the District of Columbia.”
Of the 150 potential jurors who filled out questionnaires — which asked about their feelings on Jan. 6 and other matters — only seven expressed some kind of bias or prejudice toward the defendants based on what they had heard, Mehta said.
The court already had dismissed more than two dozen potential jurors before Tuesday, including a journalist who had covered the events of Jan. 6. and someone else who described that day “one of the single most treasonous acts in the history of this country.”
The judge disqualified another person Tuesday who recalled the fear and “trauma” that he experienced on Jan. 6. But Mehta refused to strike another prospective juror who said she had heard the Oath Keepers described as a right wing, anti-government group.
“I would check my biases,” the woman said.
Hundreds of people have already been convicted of joining the mob that overran police barriers, beat officers and smashed windows, sending lawmakers fleeing and halting the certification of Biden’s electoral victory.
Prosecutors will try to show that an Oath Keepers’ plot to stop Biden from becoming president started well before that, in fact before all the votes in the 2020 race had even been counted.
On trial with Rhodes, of Granbury Texas, are Thomas Caldwell, of Berryville, Virginia; Kenneth Harrelson, of Titusville, Florida; Jessica Watkins of Woodstock, Ohio, and Kelly Meggs of Dunnellon, Florida.
Caldwell, a retired U.S. Navy intelligence officer and the only defendant released from jail ahead of trial, walked with a cane as he slowly entered the courthouse wearing a dark suit.
Authorities say Rhodes, a former U.S. Army paratrooper and a Yale Law School graduate, spent weeks mobilizing his followers to prepare to take up arms to defend Trump. The Oath Keepers repeatedly wrote in chats about the prospect of violence, stockpiled guns and put "quick reaction force" teams on standby outside Washington to get weapons into the city quickly if needed, authorities say.
The day before the riot, authorities say, Rhodes met with the leader of another far-right extremist group, then-Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio, in an underground parking garage in Washington, though little is known publicly about what they discussed. Tarrio is charged separately with seditious conspiracy alongside other Proud Boys and is scheduled to stand trial in December.
On Jan. 6, Oath Keepers wearing communication devices, helmets and other battle gear were captured on camera storming the Capitol in military-style “stack” formation. Rhodes isn’t accused of going inside the Capitol, but phone records show he was communicating with Oath Keepers who did enter around the time of the riot and he was seen with members outside afterward.
Conviction for seditious conspiracy calls for up to 20 years behind bars. The last time prosecutors secured a seditious conspiracy conviction at trial was in 1995 in the case against Islamic militants who plotted to bomb New York City landmarks.
Three of Rhodes’ Oath Keepers followers have pleaded guilty to the charge and are likely to testify against him at trial. Rhodes’ lawyers have claimed those Oath Keepers were pressured into pleading guilty and are lying to get a better sentencing deal from the government.
On Tuesday, Rhodes' lawyers asked the judge to bar prosecutors and witnesses from using words such as “antigovernment” or “extremists” in describing the Oath Keepers to jurors, saying it would “add nothing but prejudice into what already promises to be an emotionally charged trial.”
Rhodes’ attorneys have suggested that his defense will focus on his belief that Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act and call up a militia to support his bid to stay in power. Defense attorneys say Rhodes’ actions in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6 were in preparation for what he believed would have been lawful orders from Trump under the Insurrection Act, but never came.
The defense has said that Oath Keepers were dressed in battle gear to protect themselves from possible attacks from left-wing antifa activists and that the “quick reaction force” outside Washington was meant for defensive purposes if Trump invoked the Insurrection Act.
Nearly 900 people have been charged so far in the Jan. 6 riot and more than 400 have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial.
On Tuesday, a Maine man accused of hurling an unstrung bow at officers and other assaults on law enforcement was found guilty of several felony and misdemeanor charges. Kyle Fitzsimons, who wore a white butcher’s jacket and a fur pelt during the riot, waived his right to a jury and was convicted by a judge in a bench trial in Washington.
Sentences for the rioters so far have ranged from probation for low-level misdemeanor offenses to 10 years in prison for a retired New York City police officer who used a metal flagpole to assault an officer at the Capitol.
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Associated Press journalist Mike Pesoli contributed to this report from Washington.
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NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J., Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genomic Prediction announced today that Kelly Ketterson has been promoted to CEO effective immediately. Kelly has served as Genomic Prediction COO since January of this year.
"Kelly's decades of experience successfully leading at other top companies in the industry, and the enormous progress she's made here in her last ten months as COO make this promotion a natural progression" said Chief Science Officer and co-founder of Genomic Prediction, Dr. Nathan Treff.
"I am grateful for Dr. Treff and the Board's support as I work to expand the partnerships and research in the ever-changing and fast paced field of genetic testing." said Ketterson "As an advocate for patient care I want to ensure that every potential reproductive patient has access to make the best informed decisions during their IVF treatment."
Prior to her role with Genomic Prediction Ketterson served CooperSurgical as their VP, Operations, VP of Medical Affairs and launched the CooperSurgical US Center of Excellence. Ketterson was also the Chief Operating Officer at Reprogenetics; Executive Director of Tyho-Galileo Research Laboratories; and Althea Science.
Genomic Prediction is redefining human embryo genetic testing. Backed by rigorous validation and a unique multidisciplinary approach, unlike any other PGT method available today, our ultra high resolution LifeView tests provide the power to reduce false positives and false negatives, resulting in improved clinical outcomes for IVF patients. Learn more about Genomic Prediction's LifeView PGT testing at: www.lifeview.com
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Just how deep is the Titanic wreckage in the ocean?
Located about 460 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada, the Titanic currently rests about 13,000 feet under the sea.
The search continues for the 22-foot OceanGate submersible that disappeared Sunday as it set out with five men on board to explore the wreckage of the Titanic.
Located about 460 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada, the Titanic currently rests about 13,000 feet under the sea – a depth that compounds the challenges of finding the lost submersible and its crew in the expanse of the North Atlantic.
To help illustrate the depth of the Titanic wreckage, here are a few examples of other ships, submersibles and animals and the depths they have gone.
Sharks, for example, live in the surface layer of the ocean, according to the Smithsonian. Extending about 650 feet below sea level, this layer receives the most sunlight in the ocean, which allows it to be home to photosynthetic organisms and many sea creatures.
Farther down, the ocean becomes much darker, and it is in these layers where nuclear submarines can dive. According to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, nuclear submarines are able to dive as deep as about 984 feet.
Even deeper still is the depth of the deepest rescue underwater, according to the Guinness World Records. A submersible named Pisces III and two men on board sank to 1,575 feet below sea level southeast of Ireland in 1973.
Thousands of feet below that rests the wreckage of the Titanic at a depth of about 2.5 miles.
HOW THE TITANIC WAS TAKEN DOWN BY A MIRAGE
While the Titanic is one of the most famous shipwrecks, the deepest shipwreck is located much farther down. The U.S.S. Samuel B. Roberts sank off the Philippine coast in 1944, falling to a depth of about 22,621 feet, according to the U.S. Navy.
One of the greatest depths explored by humans was in the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point on the planet. Located east of the Philippines, the Mariana Trench was explored by filmmaker James Cameron in his submersible the Deepsea Challenger. Cameron dove to a depth of 35,456 feet or about 6.7 miles. | https://www.foxweather.com/learn/titanic-depth-ocean | 2023-06-21 23:09:43 | 0 | https://www.foxweather.com/learn/titanic-depth-ocean |
Hover Energy & Task Contract Solutions partner to install Hover Wind-Powered Microgrid™ at HMS Eaglet in Liverpool as part of broader effort by the Ministry of Defence to decarbonize military bases.
LIVERPOOL, England, March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The HMS Eaglet has become the first building in the UK to install the global award-winning Hover Wind-Powered Microgrid™.
The Hover Wind-Powered Microgrid™ features a combination of proprietary wind power technology and solar energy generation, with a ground-breaking electronic control system for behind-the-meter power integration of multiple sources. As the original equipment manufacturer and the developer, Hover Energy, LLC ("Hover") designs, develops and deploys microgrids through direct equipment sales as well as power purchase and energy service agreements. Hover's exclusive UK partner, Task Contract Solutions, Ltd. ("Task"), completed the project for the MoD, and is working closely with Hover to deploy in many locations throughout the UK.
Chris Griffin, CEO and Co-Founder of Hover Energy observed, "Microgrids represent the pathway to global net zero. This is a monumental moment in the history of distributed generation, and the MoD is leading the way. To entrust this level of need to this groundbreaking technology is a major statement for all microgrids to come. We are confident and extremely encouraged to be stepping together into our future with excellent partners here in the UK."
Squadron Leader Mark Byrne said, "The installation of the Hover Energy wind turbine at HMS Eaglet in Liverpool is a very significant moment for us as it represents a step change in the evolution of our sustainability work in the North West. Having already pioneered the widespread introduction of solar power at nine of our sites across the region, including a 1 megawatt solar farm at Altcar Training Camp, we have moved further than any other comparable Ministry of Defence organisation. We have decarbonised a site in Cumbria as well as reduced its electricity consumption by 61% and we have taken a Royal Air Force Air Cadets location completely off-grid amongst other sustainability initiatives. The Hover Energy wind turbine brings together multiple technologies at this important Royal Navy headquarters building and we fully expect it to exceed our expectations, especially when future phases incorporate solar power and battery technology. Our forecasts show that the Hover Energy wind turbine will drive down our grid electricity consumption by a baseline of 63% which will save a significant amount of taxpayers' money. Although economic drivers in these challenging times are extremely important, we see energy security and resilience as being equally noteworthy. HMS Eaglet is a major hub for collaborative work with other agencies including 'blue light' and civic services. These are all factors that demand an assured level of energy supply, making the new system vital to the security of the site."
Ian MacVicar, Managing Director of Task Contract Solutions, added, "Installation of the UK's first Hover Energy 36kW wind unit is the final piece in Task Contract Solutions' decarbonisation project at the Royal Navy Regional Headquarters in Liverpool. With Task as Hover Energy's sole UK partner, it demonstrates that two companies with the same vision on carbon reduction can truly take facilities of any size off-grid by combining Hover wind, battery, and solar with low-carbon energy solutions."
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Hover Energy is dedicated to transforming the way people think about power by accelerating the transition to renewables as the primary source of energy. With our groundbreaking technologies and partnerships, Hover designs, develops, and deploys microgrids that harness the power of nature to generate power where it's consumed. www.hoverenergy.com
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Struggling Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection
UNION, N.J. (AP) — Bed Bath & Beyond has filed for bankruptcy protection, but its stores and websites will remain open and continue serving customers, the company said.
The beleaguered home goods chain made the filing Sunday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, listing its estimated assets and liabilities in the range of $1 billion and $10 billion. The move comes after the company failed to secure funds to stay afloat.
In a statement, the company based in Union, New Jersey, said it voluntarily made the filing “to implement an orderly wind down of its businesses while conducting a limited marketing process to solicit interest in one or more sales of some or all of its assets.”
The firm said its 360 Bed Bath & Beyond and 120 Buy Buy Baby stores and websites will remain open and continue serving customers as it “begins its efforts to effectuate the closure of its retail locations.”
The company said it also intends to uphold commitments to customers, employees and partners.
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Manchester man dead after crash in Eagle Lake, Florida
A Manchester man is dead after a crash in Florida earlier this week.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office in Florida said around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the PSCO Emergency Communications Center got a 911 call was received about a two-vehicle crash with injuries in Eagle Lake.
When first responders arrived, Normand Campeau, Jr., 63, of Manchester, was extricated from his vehicle and was unresponsive. He was declared dead on scene, officials said. The other driver, Rodney Williams, 46, of Plant City was not hurt and stayed on scene.
Officials said witness statements and evidence indicate that Williams was operating a truck belonging to Anderson Rentals "Deluxe Portable Toilets" north on Highway 17 in the inside lane, going to service portable toilets.
Campeau was in a 2004 Ford Mustang going north on Highway 17 in the outside lane a short distance behind the truck, officials said.
Williams was unfamiliar with the area and attempted to change lanes at the last minute to turn right onto Windsor Reserve Drive. He pulled into the same lane as Campeau, when his Mustang hit the right front of the truck, officials said.
The impact caused the Mustang to flip over and land on its roof, the sheriff's office said. Campeau was not wearing a seat belt, but the front airbags did go off.
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
1047 AM MST Wed Nov 16 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST /1 PM PST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* WHERE...In Arizona, Parker Valley. In California, Southeastern
Imperial County, Palo Verde Valley and Chuckwalla Valley.
* WHEN...Until 2 PM MST /1 PM PST/ this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger
vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light,
unsecured objects may become airborne.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between
30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and
58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially
for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert
areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under
a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra
caution.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* WHERE...Western portion of Joshua Tree National Park,
Chuckwalla Mountains and Chiriaco Summit.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM PST this evening.
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RIGA, Latvia — As President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine drags on, Russia’s teachers are being turned into front-line soldiers in an information war designed to mold children into loyal militarized nationalists. The nation’s powerful security chiefs, leading propagandists and parliamentary hard-liners are pushing radical changes to the education system, as the Education Ministry takes a back seat.
Schools have been ordered to carry out “patriotic” classes parroting the Kremlin line on the war, and teachers who refuse to give the classes have been fired. Textbooks are being purged of almost all references to Ukraine and its capital, Kyiv.
Russia’s parliament rejected as unsatisfactory the Education Ministry’s plan on how it would review history textbooks, calling this a matter of “national security” and requesting the head of Russia’s foreign spy service to take charge.
And the powerful chief of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, a close Putin ally, has demanded sweeping changes to education, as part of a whole-of-government effort to shape loyal citizens from cradle to grave.
Anton Litvin, a Moscow father of two, had a nice home and good job, but when the government began using schools for propaganda in the war against Ukraine, he quit and left the country. He said he was revolted by the thought that his children could be brainwashed by lessons about “patriotism” and Putin’s take on history. The breaking point came when teachers sent home brochures urging him to sign his 8-year-old son up for summer camp with the Young Army, a military youth group launched by the Defense Ministry in 2015.
“I don’t want my kids to join the regime at this young age and to be someone’s soldiers to fight against peaceful people,” said Litvin, who sacrificed his job at a prominent Moscow aeronautics company and is now a stay-at-home dad in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, looking for a new job.
Since 2013, Putin has driven changes to the teaching of history as part of a campaign to build a national identity based on the Soviet Union’s role in defeating the Nazis in World War II. But after the invasion of Ukraine, the tempo of change in schools was “like a waterfall,” Litvin said.
“Everything is getting worse. It’s like it’s going back to the Soviet Union,” he said. “Children are taught that war is good, actually, from the perspective of our government.”
Russia’s efforts to militarize students underscores the Kremlin’s long-term ambitions: not just cementing Russian support for the war but also building a generation of youth loyal to Russia’s increasingly totalitarian regime — unlike many Russian millennials today who oppose the regime and the war.
Putin constantly plays on Russian nostalgia for past Soviet power to justify the war, but his “is not a new Soviet regime. It is much closer to a fascist regime and what they’re doing now is a different sort of propaganda,” said Grigory Yudin, professor of political philosophy at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences. “They’re trying to actively militarize children to engage them in this war, to engage them in support for this war.”
Patrushev, the Security Council chief, last month demanded a major overhaul of Russia’s education system to develop a new “patriotic” generation. He urged the adoption of a comprehensive system to “implement the state’s program at all stages of a person’s maturation and formation as a citizen.”
A key proponent of the invasion known for his anti-Western rhetoric, Patrushev said teachers were at the forefront of a “hybrid war being waged against Russia.” But many of them, he complained, “manipulated” children and distorted history. He criticized the history curriculum and lamented that textbooks did not cover Soviet heroism in World War II properly.
Then, amid complaints that the Education Ministry had fallen short, Russia’s upper house of parliament asked on Thursday that Sergei Naryshkin, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service and chairman of the Russian Historical Society, take charge of reviewing history textbooks, because “the current situation requires a special attitude” to teaching.
“Today, it is one of the components of the country’s national security,” said Ekaterina Altabayeva, deputy chairwoman of the Science, Education and Culture committee.
The main impact of changes to textbooks and curriculum is expected after the summer break.
“There’s a whole revolution going on now in the Russian education system, because it’s been rapidly changing since February,” Yudin said. He added, “They want to get back control over young minds, and they also need these people as cannon fodder.”
While the Education Ministry has ordered teachers to give patriotic lessons that reflect the Kremlin’s line on Ukraine, they have been a hard sell at times.
One history teacher in a Moscow high school, for example, failed to persuade several students in his class, including a 17-year-old named Nikita.
“I don’t trust my history teacher. He is more of an overly-patriotic propaganda man,” Nikita said, adding students paid no attention to the patriotic lessons. The student declined to give his surname to avoid problems at school. “I just stood up and left the classroom. Two others did the same.”
But many students were wary of openly opposing the war, he added. “My friends do not support the war. We try to be careful. For instance, I don’t want my classmates to know what my thoughts are.”
For some, the mandatory sessions on the war are an onerous but unavoidable duty.
“Both teachers and students, I think, understand that it’s not a real lesson. It’s not about learning. It’s something else, an obligatory event,” said a Moscow history teacher, Alexander. He said teachers were given guidelines on teaching history, “but what we say is not officially regulated.”
But officials seem determined to curb teachers’ freedom to decide how they teach history. Just days after the February invasion, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova summoned teachers to meetings where they were ordered to toe the government line on the war.
Some teachers who refused to teach the patriotic lessons were fired. Patrushev has warned that authorities could target school heads whose students did not have books about World War II or could not name Russian war heroes from past centuries.
“History is a subject that the authorities are always trying to use for propaganda purposes,” said Dmitry, a teacher from provincial Russia, where most people support the war. “History teachers are much more vulnerable than other teachers.”
Textbook publishers, meantime, are carrying out a Soviet-style purge of almost all references to Ukraine. After the invasion, management at Russia’s main text book publisher Prosveshchenie — meaning Enlightenment — ordered editors to slash references to Ukraine and Kyiv, according to a report by the independent Russian media Mediazona in April, based on interviews with three editors.
One editor said that “we have a task to make it look as if Ukraine simply does not exist,” the outlet reported.
Russian textbooks have just a page about the millions of people shot or jailed illegally in Soviet times, according to Marina Agaltsova, a lawyer with Memorial, a renowned nonprofit dedicated to exposing Soviet-era repression that was shut down by authorities last year.
“If you have only one small stain on the big, glorious history of the Soviet Union, of course you would think that the Soviet Union is a great state, and we all have to get back to that state,” she said.
Memorial historian Nikita Petrov said Russia’s insistence that students unquestioningly accept the Kremlin’s version of history was “dangerous.”
In late 1970s, Petrov, then a chemistry student, had got his hands on a smuggled copy of British historian Robert Conquest’s “The Great Terror” about the Stalin-era purges. Smuggled books on Soviet history were like gold to him, he recalled. He decided that becoming a historian was more important than being a chemist.
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Cold Weather Continues to Push Electricity Use Higher
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Dec. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PJM Interconnection, the electricity grid operator for 65 million people in 13 states and the District of Columbia, has requested the public in its region to conserve electricity. The call for conservation was prompted by continuing frigid weather.
The request is being made throughout PJM.
PJM is asking consumers to reduce their use of electricity, if health permits, between the hours of 4 a.m. on December 24, 2022 and 10 a.m. on December 25, 2022.
Demand for electricity is expected to increase in the PJM region and the regions neighboring PJM because of the extremely cold weather. Electricity customers can take simple electricity conservation steps such as:
- Setting thermostats lower than usual, if health permits,
- Postponing use of major electric appliances such as stoves, dishwashers and clothes dryers until other times, and
- Turning off non-essential electric lights, equipment and appliances.
Conserving electricity as much as possible between the hours of 4 a.m. on December 24, 2022, and 10 a.m. on December 25, 2022, will help ensure adequate power supplies.
PJM continues to carefully monitor the power supply conditions. It will do everything possible to keep power flowing in the region. If necessary, PJM may take additional steps, such as reducing voltage. PJM is coordinating efforts among generators, power suppliers and local utilities.
PJM is communicating about the situation with state government officials throughout the region.
PJM Interconnection, founded in 1927, ensures the reliability of the high-voltage electric power system serving 65 million people in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. PJM coordinates and directs the operation of the region's transmission grid, which includes over 85,103 miles of transmission lines; administers a competitive wholesale electricity market; and plans regional transmission expansion improvements to maintain grid reliability and relieve congestion. PJM's regional grid and market operations produce annual savings of $3.2 billion to $4 billion. For the latest news about PJM, visit PJM Inside Lines at insidelines.pjm.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: South Carolina finishes wire-to-wire run at No. 1 in women's AP Top 25 for second straight year.
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- 21 miles of California's Highway 1 closed due to floods | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/alert-poll-alert-south-carolina-finishes-17836620.php | 2023-03-13 17:28:01 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/alert-poll-alert-south-carolina-finishes-17836620.php |
Medicare, Social Security could fall short over next decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The financial safety nets millions of older Americans rely on and millions of young people are counting on will run short of money to pay full benefits within the next decade, the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Friday warns.
Medicare, the government-sponsored health insurance that covers 65 million older and disabled people, will be unable to pay full benefits for inpatient hospital visits and nursing home stays by 2031, the report forecast. And just two years later, Social Security won’t have enough cash on hand to pay out full benefits to its 66 million retirees.
The report is another prod for politicians to address the fragile financial state of the social programs, which are only expected to get more expensive in the coming years as more Americans age into eligibility for them.
“The Trustees continue to recommend that Congress address the projected trust fund shortfalls in a timely fashion to phase in necessary changes gradually,” said Kilolo Kijakazi, acting commissioner of Social Security.
Friday’s report is a mix of good and bad news: The forecasted go-broke date for Medicare was moved back three years — last year’s report predicted the government wouldn’t have enough money to start paying those benefits in 2028. But the date for Social Security’s trust was moved up one year earlier.
On its current track, Medicare would be able to cover only 89% of costs for patients’ hospital visits, nursing home stays and home health care starting in 2031. Social Security, meanwhile, will be able to cover only 77% of benefits starting in 2033.
Social Security’s disability trust fund is in much better shape — it’s not expected to be depleted within the next 75 years.
The future of Social Security and Medicare has become a top political talking point as President Joe Biden heads into his expected 2024 reelection campaign. Biden, a Democrat, has vowed to rebuff any Republican-led efforts to cut Medicare or Social Security benefits to brace for the shortfall. Instead, he’s pitched raising taxes on some of the country’s wealthiest people, those making $400,000 or more a year, to shore up Medicare.
Republican leaders, meanwhile, say they don’t intend to ax benefits either, but they’ve yet to coalesce behind a plan to keep the programs solvent. Last year, however, members of the House Republican Study Committee proposed raising the age at which someone could qualify for Social Security and Medicare.
Peterson Foundation CEO Michael Peterson said ahead of the report’s release that “if lawmakers do nothing, in less than a decade more than 70 million beneficiaries would face an automatic 23% cut, reducing the average benefit by several thousand dollars per year. We simply can’t let that happen.”
“The sooner we act, the easier it will be to ensure the future of Social Security,” he said. “Lawmakers shouldn’t take anything off the table, and the good news is there are plenty of reasonable options on both the revenue and spending side of the ledger to implement fair, gradual and common sense reforms.”
Lawmakers have for years kicked Social Security and Medicare’s troubling math to the next generation. Social Security benefits were last reformed 40 years ago, when the federal government raised the eligibility age for the program to 67. The eligibility age has never changed for Medicare, with people accessing the medical coverage when they turn 65.
The funds’ future should be a top priority for Congressional leaders, AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins said in a statement, calling on elected officials to hammer out a plan.
“Today’s Social Security and Medicare Trustees reports reinforce that while they are financially strong today, both programs face long-term funding needs, and Congress must act to find solutions to ensure Social Security and Medicare will be there for the next generation and into the future,” Jenkins said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub sued New York City on Thursday to block its new minimum pay rules for food delivery workers.
The recently announced rules, touted as a national first, could nearly triple average earnings for app-based delivery workers in the coming years. An increased pay rate of $17.96 an hour is set to take effect July 12.
New York’s more than 60,000 delivery workers currently make an average of $7.09 an hour, according to the city.
The food delivery services are seeking a temporary restraining order in state Supreme Court in Manhattan to stop the changes from going into effect on July 12. The companies claim the changes would result in higher costs for consumers.
“The city’s entire rule depends on the false assumption that restaurants make no money on deliveries – it must be paused before damaging restaurants, consumers and the couriers it purports to protect,” Uber spokesperson Josh Gold said in a prepared statement.
DoorDash and Grubhub jointly filed a lawsuit. Uber filed its own lawsuit, as did New York-based Relay Delivery.
An email seeking comment was sent to city officials.
In a prepared statement sent to The New York Times, Vilda Vera Mayuga, the commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, said delivery workers “deserve fair pay for their labor.”
“These workers brave thunderstorms, extreme heat events and risk their lives to deliver for New Yorkers — and we remain committed to delivering for them,” she said.
Under the new rule, food delivery services will have some flexibility in how they pay new workers. Apps can choose if they want to pay delivery workers per trip, per hour worked or another policy created by the company — as long as earnings meet the minimum pay rate, the city has said. | https://www.wric.com/business/us-world-business/ap-food-delivery-services-sue-nyc-over-minimum-pay-rates-for-app-based-workers/ | 2023-07-07 13:48:32 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/business/us-world-business/ap-food-delivery-services-sue-nyc-over-minimum-pay-rates-for-app-based-workers/ |
DALLAS, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trailblazing immigration law firm BAL has been recognized by Texas Lawyer for its tech-forward legal practice and for its next-generation attorneys.
BAL's Chief Technology Officer Chanille Juneau is honored with the Legal Innovator Award. The publication's Texas Legal Awards recognize legal professionals who have introduced game-changing ideas and turned those ideas into reality.
Under Chanille's leadership, the firm's in-house tech products team has developed industry-leading, award-winning tech tools, including BAL's proprietary immigration case management software and mobile app, Cobalt,® that are making a positive difference for multinational companies and their employees and families around the world.
"Innovation means overcoming real-world challenges people are facing, then leveraging legal knowledge and technical skills synergistically to come up with practical solutions," Chanille explained. "The most successful innovations spring from a people-centered purpose, and that is a core value of our culture and our approach."
BAL Senior Associate Tiffany Lam-Bentley was also recognized by Texas Lawyer as an attorney "On the Rise." Tiffany was recognized for her accomplishments and expertise as an immigration attorney, her strong leadership and mentoring skills, as well as her initiative in organizing pro bono events to benefit local communities in need of legal services.
Chanille and Tiffany will be honored at a ceremony Sept. 14 at the Arts District Mansion in Dallas.
BAL, the world's leading corporate immigration law firm, is singularly focused on meeting the immigration challenges of corporate clients around the world in ways that make immigration more strategic and enable businesses to be more successful. Established in 1980, BAL has consistently provided immigration expertise, people-centered client services, and leading technology innovation. In 2018, BAL entered into a first-of-its-kind strategic alliance with Deloitte U.K. to create the world's first global immigration service delivery model.
BAL's proprietary Cobalt® digital immigration services platform won the 2020 CODiE Award for Best Legal Tech Product, the prestigious CIO100 award for Innovative Use of Intelligent Automation in Immigration Services, and Legalweek's Most Innovative Law Firm Operations Team of 2021. BAL and its leaders are highly ranked in every major legal publication, including Best Lawyers, Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, and Who's Who Legal. BAL has ranked #1 on multiple industry rankings for diversity, equity and inclusion, including the #1 Law Firm for Women on the National Law Journal's Women in Law Scorecard the past four years in a row (2019-2022), #1 on the Diversity Scorecard by The American Lawyer (2020 and 2021), and #1 on Law360's Diversity Snapshot (2020 and 2021). In 2022, BAL won the Best Company for Diversity, the Best HR Team and the Best Company for Career Growth by Comparably, based solely on employee ratings. See website for details: https://www.bal.com
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March 31, 1931 – June 23, 2022
Maryann Montgomery, 91, died June 23 in Bandon, Oregon. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 31, 1931 to Joseph and Theresa Budzinski, and had one brother, Thomas. Maryann entered the Ursuline Convent in Toledo, Ohio, in 1949 and left the Order in 1963. Four years later she married Robert Montgomery and is survived by stepson, Thomas; his wife, Colleen; and their children.
Maryann received her Bachelor of Music from Mary Manse College, Master of Music from the University of Michigan, and Doctor of Philosophy from Ohio University. Her dissertation title was: “Musical and Poetic Structures in Olivier Messiaen’s Couleurs de la Cite Celeste and Ted Huches’s Crow.”
Maryann sang and played the piano professionally in clubs, chorales, and musicals in Michigan, Ohio, and California. She taught music history, music theory, art history, fine arts/humanities, voice and piano at Mary Manse, University of Michigan, University of San Diego, and Stephens College.
In 1997, Maryann was awarded the Governor’s Award for Excellence in College Teaching from Governor Mel Carnahan of Missouri. She retired in 1998 and lived a semi-solitary life in Port Orford and Bandon, Oregon.
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PARIS (AP) — An airport serving France’s southern Mediterranean coast is closed indefinitely after a cargo plane overshot its runway on landing and finished nose-down in the water of an adjacent lake before dawn on Saturday.
The three people aboard were rescued unharmed from the Boeing 737 that was laden with air freight and came to a stop in reeds, grass and water at the airport outside the city of Montpellier, regional authorities said.
The airport is closed to passenger and cargo flights until the plane has been moved, authorities said. An accident investigation in underway. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/plane-overshoots-runway-closes-airport-in-southern-france/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-09-24 11:50:51 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/plane-overshoots-runway-closes-airport-in-southern-france/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Legendary Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski on NCAA criticism and his life since retiring
By Ben Church and Chris Wallace, CNN
Over his 42 seasons as head coach of the Duke Blue Devils, Mike Krzyzewski became synonymous with college basketball.
Affectionately known as ‘Coach K,’ he retired in 2022 as the all-time winningest coach in men’s Division I college basketball (1,129 games), winning five national championships along the way.
His dedication, desire and love for the game were infectious and he hasn’t lost one iota of that passion since retiring.
In an interview on CNN and HBOMax’s ‘Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace,’ the 76-year-old was critical of the current state of the game, arguing that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which governs the collegiate system, was too bureaucratic.
“The game that’s being played is not in chaos. We have good coaches, good players. It’s the things that are happening to the people playing the game,” Krzyzewski told host Chris Wallace.
“Every decision that was made concerning our sport, eventually had to go through many committees.
“Do you know that a basketball coach was never present in the room where the decision was going to be made? How can you have a good feel for what you’re deciding on, if you don’t hear from the people who coached the game or the head of our coaches’ association?
“I mean, it’s like ‘Hamilton,’ we needed to be in the room where it happens. And we haven’t been. How can that be good?”
In particular, Krzyzewski has called for guidelines around the new NIL-era of college athletics.
Now allowed to profit from their name, image and likeness (or NIL), college athletes have been announcing a barrage of endorsement deals.
The legendary coach is not against young athletes profiting from the lucrative college basketball system but wants better control over the whole issue.
“[Athletes] haven’t been helped for decades, they’ve been basically, in some respects, used,” he said, adding that he wants the college system to be run more like a business.
Earlier this year, the NCAA Division I Transformation Committee published its report and recommendations on how to modernize the division’s governance structure.
Endorsed by the Division I Board of Directors, the report said decisions “should be pushed as far down in the structure as is possible and to responsible committees that are composed of engaged and experienced representatives with knowledge of the sport.”
It also said “voices from student-athletes” should be included in decision making.
Record-breaking longevity
Krzyzewski started coaching while he was in the Army, starting in 1969.
From there, he became head coach at the US Military Academy Prep School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for two years before landing a graduate assistant coaching position at Indiana University.
He did that for another year before returning to his alma mater, West Point, in 1975 as a head coach.
Krzyzewski then took over the reins as Duke head coach in 1980 and never looked back.
Since spending time away from the court for the first time in almost half a century, he said he misses the game, but doesn’t miss the hard work that’s required for coaching.
“There’s a difference between the game and coaching,” he added.
“Coaching means that there’s a lot of preparation, there’s a lot of recruiting […] and I don’t miss that — at all.
“So when I say I don’t miss coaching, it’s the whole deal, man. It’s not just a game.
“I think I could go out on the court and still coach a game, but I wouldn’t be doing the preparation that the game deserves.”
Due to his success and longevity at the top level, there was natural interest from the professional game.
Teams, such as the Los Angeles Lakers, had enquired about Krzyzewski’s services during his time with the Blue Devils, but his love for the college game always proved too strong.
“If you’re a really good coach, in any sport, you’re going to be approached, so I’m not the only basketball coach that’s been approached for a pro job,” he said.
“At the end of the day, the way the college game was, I loved the college game. I loved being at Duke. I love having crossed some bridges with those kids, even if it was for only a year.”
Despite rejecting the NBA, Krzyzewski did end up coaching professional players, winning three Olympic gold medals as coach of the US men’s basketball team in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
“That was my fix, so to speak. I loved coaching those guys,” he said.
“With the US team, they’re grown men, they’ve crossed their bridges already,” he added, speaking of the differences between coaching college and professional athletes.
“Now, can we cross one bridge together? Can we put all our egos under one ego umbrella and win a gold medal, and not just win a gold medal, but win the respect of our country and win the respect of the world while we’re doing it.”
Early coaching ambitions
Krzyzewski, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001, has plenty of fond memories of his prestigious career.
He attributes his success in part to his ability to build relationships and his relentless work ethic.
“I knew when I was 16 years old what I wanted to be. I wanted to be a coach and a teacher,” he said.
“And so a lot of my buddies back in the inner city of Chicago say: ‘You’ve never worked a day in your life, knucklehead.’
“And I said, you know you’re right. I’ve been able to do what I’ve loved my entire life.”
Although he won’t be amongst the action this month, Krzyzewski is eagerly anticipating this year’s March Madness.
If his beloved Duke isn’t crowned champion, he says the Houston Cougars have the best chance of lifting the trophy.
But after years of experiences, he’s not ruling out an upset.
“The one and done aspect of the tournament makes it so very, very difficult to win it. So it’ll be exciting,” Krzyzewski said.
“Look, there’s no sport that takes over the whole country for one month like this tournament does, and for me to be a part of that tournament for over four decades was an incredible honor.”
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HANNA, Ind. (WGN) — A video shows a crop dusting plane nearly hitting a semi-truck in Northwest Indiana on Tuesday.
At around 4 p.m., Clifton Howard, 26, was driving on U.S. 30 when he noticed a crop dusting plane about one mile out.
Moments later, the plane soared directly in front of him and nearly struck the semi-truck in the next lane.
The incident didn’t seem to faze him.
“Afterwards I continued on my way,” he said. “I didn’t change my pants or anything like that…”
While crop dusting planes generally fly low, the FAA states pilots flying them must operate “with maximum safety to persons and property on the surface.”
Another man WGN News spoke with said the plane nearly clipped his vehicle at around the same time.
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HOUSTON — Born June 14, 1994, as Krishnic Khari Ball in the Atlanta area, he was most known for his rap persona TakeOff. He was one-third of the world-renowned rap group Migos. The trio was made up of TakeOff, his uncle, Quavo, and cousin Offset.
The group was formed in 2008 in Georgia. They began their rise to fame with the viral hit “Versace,” which reached 99 on the Billboard charts. Canadian rapper Drake would drop a verse on the "Versace" remix, which furthered Migos' exposure.
The group became a household name in 2016 with its first number-one song, “Bad and Boujee.”
Quavo and TakeOff performed in Houston in July at the annual Pepsi National Battle of the Bands at NRG Stadium.
Migos put out a trilogy of albums called “Culture,” “Culture II” and “Culture III,” with the first two albums hitting No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
They earned an ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2018, for their streaming success with multiplatinum songs like “Motorsport (featuring Cardi B and Nicki Minaj),” “Stir Fry,” and “Walk It Talk It.”
They were nominated for countless other awards including, Grammys for best rap performance and best rap group in 2018, a Billboard Music Award, and this year, a BET Award, according to their websites.
The group has had 43 songs make it into the top 100 on the Billboards.
Migos also played a fictional version of themselves on an episode of the hit TV show “Atlanta.”
Offset, who is married to Cardi B, released a solo album in 2019, while Takeoff and Quavo released a joint album “Only Built for Infinity Links” last month.
TakeOff also released a solo studio album in 2018 called "The Last Rocket" which debuted at #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200.
TakeOff's death
On Tuesday, Houston police said TakeOff and Quavo were at a private party at 810 Billiards and Bowling Alley when TakeOff was shot and killed outside the event. He was 28.
The shooting happened at about 2:35 a.m. on a balcony outside of the bowling alley, which is on the third floor of a building on San Jacinto Street and Dallas Street.
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Police said the party ended at 1 a.m. but it carried over to 2 a.m. A group of about 40 people was outside of the bar on the third floor after it had closed when someone started shooting. There were security guards in the area who heard the shots but did not see who was shooting.
Once the shooting started, people from the crowd ran from the scene. Police said TakeOff was shot in the head or neck.
Two other victims were taken in private vehicles to hospitals, police said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/entertainment/takeoff-migos/285-96f78015-1c20-465e-b3d7-e0de1e75691b | 2022-11-01 15:12:49 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/entertainment/takeoff-migos/285-96f78015-1c20-465e-b3d7-e0de1e75691b |
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN says it will debut its new morning show on Nov. 1, before a new set is even built but with a new name, to get it in front of viewers a week before the midterm election.
The show will be called “CNN This Morning,” the network said on Wednesday. The program, with Kaitlan Collins, Poppy Harlow and Don Lemon as hosts, replaces the current “New Day” and will air weekdays at 6 to 9 a.m. Eastern.
It's the first big programming move by CNN's new chief executive, Chris Licht. “CNN This Morning” echoes the since-renamed “CBS This Morning,” which both Licht and Ryan Kadro, now senior vice president of content strategy at CNN, produced.
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While the name is similar, and both will share a sensibility of respect for the audience, viewers shouldn't necessarily be looking for a repeat, Kadro said.
“We're going to put the full power of CNN's newsgathering on display because we can do that better than anybody,” he said.
CNN wants to take advantage of an expected bump in viewership surrounding the Nov. 8 election so it is moving ahead in temporary quarters despite a New York-based set for the show still being under construction, he said.
“CNN This Morning” will showcase the network's reporters around the world on big stories of the day, he said. The network's higher-rated cable competitors, “Fox & Friends” and MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” are both heavy on opinion.
Another priority is building familiarity with the new team: CNN is emphasizing their backgrounds in looking to drive home the point that it's not just a show for people in the New York-Washington corridor, he said.
The network has been going to the family homes of each host to film promos: Collins in Alabama, Harlow in Minnesota and Lemon in Louisiana.
The show's new theme will be “bringing the world home” to the audience, he said.
CNN will be trying some new technical tricks, and will keep viewers updated with onscreen reminders of segments on the show that are still to come, Kadro said. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/cnn-reveals-name-start-date-for-new-morning-show/article_17461aec-f518-53f5-8ded-04bcf14ff673.html | 2022-10-12 20:49:14 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/cnn-reveals-name-start-date-for-new-morning-show/article_17461aec-f518-53f5-8ded-04bcf14ff673.html |
NASCAR at Darlington watch info, throwback cars, odds originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
It’s time to turn back the clock.
The NASCAR Cup Series will visit Darlington Raceway this weekend for its annual Throwback Weekend, where teams honor the past with historic paint schemes at the 73-year-old track.
Here’s everything you need to know for the Goodyear 400 at Darlington:
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What is the entry list for NASCAR at Darlington?
Thirty-six drivers will race this weekend at Darlington. All the regulars are competing – outside of Alex Bowman, who will miss his third straight race after suffering a fractured vertebra while competing in a sprint car event (non-NASCAR race) on April 25.
Xfinity Series regular Josh Berry will fill in for Bowman while he recovers. Berry, Hendrick Motorsports’ designated reserve driver, ran five races earlier this season while filling in for the injured Chase Elliott.
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Ryan Newman, who has 18 career wins, is another notable entry – he’ll make his first start since 2021. Newman, 45, will run the No. 51 for Rick Ware Racing, a car that typically rotates through different drivers.
Here’s the full entry list:
No. 1, Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing
No. 2, Austin Cindric, Team Penske
No. 3, Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing
No. 4, Kevin Harvick, Stewart-Haas Racing
No. 5, Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports
No. 6, Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing
No. 7, Corey LaJoie, Spire Motorsports
No. 8, Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing
No. 9, Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports
No. 10, Aric Almirola, Stewart-Haas Racing
No. 11, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 12, Ryan Blaney, Team Penske
No. 14, Chase Briscoe, Stewart-Haas Racing
No. 15, Brennan Poole, Rick Ware Racing
No. 16, A.J. Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing
No. 17, Chris Buescher, RFK Racing
No. 19, Martin Truex Jr., Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 20, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 21, Harrison Burton, Wood Brothers Racing
No. 22, Joey Logano, Team Penske
No. 23, Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing
No. 24, William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports
No. 31, Justin Haley, Kaulig Racing
No. 34, Michael McDowell, Front Row Motorsports
No. 38, Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports
No. 41, Ryan Preece, Stewart-Haas Racing
No. 42, Noah Gragson, Legacy Motor Club
No. 43, Erik Jones, Legacy Motor Club
No. 45, Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing
No. 47, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., JTG Daugherty Racing
No. 48, Josh Berry, Hendrick Motorsports
No. 51, Ryan Newman, Rick Ware Racing
No. 54, Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 77, Ty Dillon, Spire Motorsports
No. 78, B.J. McLeod, Live Fast Motorsports
No. 99, Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse Racing
When is the NASCAR race at Darlington in 2023?
The Goodyear 400 is set for Sunday, May 14 at 3 p.m. ET.
Before the race on Sunday, there will be practice and qualifying sessions. The 36-car field will be split into two groups, with each group practicing for 15 minutes on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. ET.
Qualifying will start immediately after practice. Each car from the two practice groups will make a single lap in the first round, with the five fastest times in each group advancing to the final round. In the final round, the 10 remaining drivers each make a single lap to set the top 10 starting order, while positions 11 through 36 will be set based on speeds from the first round.
What is the NASCAR weekend TV schedule at Darlington?
Saturday, May 13 (FS1 and streaming)
- Practice: 10:30 a.m. ET, FS1, FoxSports.com
- Qualifying: 11:20 a.m. ET, FS1, FoxSports.com
Sunday, May 14 (FS1 and streaming)
- Goodyear 400: 3 p.m. ET, FS1, FoxSports.com
Who are the past winners at Darlington?
Logano and Jones won the two races at Darlington last year, with the former winning in the spring and the latter winning in the fall. That victory was Logano’s first at Darlington and Jones’ second.
Beyond those two, there are five other past winners at Darlington racing this weekend: Hamlin, Harvick, Truex, Busch and Keselowski. Hamlin has four wins, Harvick has three and Truex has two, while Busch and Keselowski each have one.
Who are the betting favorites for Darlington?
Darlington is often described as a “drivers’ track,” meaning being a talented wheelman is more important than having a perfect car. The venue is appropriately nicknamed “The Track Too Tough to Tame” because of how difficult it can be to get around.
So, who’s a good bet to win this race? The aforementioned past winners are a good place to start, but there are several others who run well at Darlington. Larson (9.2 average finish in 10 starts), Reddick (11.1 in seven starts) and Austin Dillon (12.3 in 13 starts) have the best average finishes among non-winners.
Hamlin leads all active drivers with a remarkable 7.5 average finish in 21 starts, including 16 top-10s. Busch has the most laps led at Darlington – 899 in 22 career starts – while Harvick has also eclipsed 800 laps led at 813 in 30 starts.
Here’s a full look at the favorites to win at Darlington before practice and qualifying, courtesy of our partner, PointsBet:
- Kyle Larson, +520
- Denny Hamlin, +600
- Martin Truex Jr., +700
- Tyler Reddick, +850
- Kyle Busch, +1000
- William Byron, +1000
- Christopher Bell, +1100
- Ross Chastain, +1100
- Chase Elliott, +1100
- Kevin Harvick, +1300
- Joey Logano, +1300
- Ryan Blaney, +2200
- Bubba Wallace, +3500
- Brad Keselowski, +4000
- Erik Jones, +6000
Darlington paint schemes for NASCAR throwback weekend 2023
Every year, NASCAR holds its Throwback Weekend at Darlington. “The Lady in Black” is one of NASCAR’s oldest tracks, having first hosted a Cup race in 1950. For the throwback festivities, most teams will run an old-school paint scheme.
Here’s all the throwback designs for 2023:
Trackhouse Racing
- Ross Chastain: 2001-03 Dale Jarrett, UPS car
- Daniel Suarez: 1988-89 Ricky Rudd, Quaker State car
Team Penske
- Ryan Blaney: 1990s Dave Blaney, dirt-racing car design
- Joey Logano: 1973 Mark Donohue, first NASCAR win for Team Penske
Stewart Haas Racing
- Kevin Harvick: 2001 AOL car, Harvick’s planned debut scheme before he unexpectedly replaced the late Dale Earnhardt
- Aric Almirola: 2001 Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona July race win
- Chase Briscoe: 2000 Tony Stewart, Turkey Night Grand Prix win
- Ryan Preece: 1998 Jeff Preece late model scheme
Hendrick Motorsports
- Kyle Larson: 2009 Tony Stewart, HendrickCars.com Xfinity Series Daytona win
- Chase Elliott: 2001-03 Bill Elliott, Dodge Dealers car
- William Byron: 1998 Jeff Gordon, 50th NASCAR Anniversary car
- Josh Berry: 2007 Kevin Hamlin, who is the No. 48 spotter
Joe Gibbs Racing
- Denny Hamlin: 1973 Federal Express
- Christopher Bell: 2003 Matt Kenseth, DeWalt championship car
- Ty Gibbs: 1996 Bobby Labonte, Joe Gibbs Hall of Fame induction car
RFK Racing
- Brad Keselowski: Classic Castrol GTX design
- Chris Buescher: Matt Kenseth No. 17 old font
Spire Motorsports
- Corey LaJoie: 1972 Don LaJoie
- Ty Dillon: 1959 Joe Lee Johnson
Legacy Motor Club
- Noah Gragson: 2014 Jimmie Johnson, Lowe’s Patriotic car
- Erik Jones: 1968 Richard Petty, STP car
Rick Ware Racing
- Ryan Newman: 2002 Mobil 1 car, Newman’s first Cup win
Wood Brothers Racing
- Harrison Burton: 1999 Jeff Burton, Exide car
23XI Racing
- Tyler Reddick: 2003 Kurt Busch, Rubbermaid car
JTG Daugherty Racing
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 2001 Dale Jarrett, UPS car
Front Row Motorsports
- Todd Gilliland: 1997 Elton Sawyer, Barbasol car
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Amid unprecedented demand and extensive input from the provider community, Kalderos continues to innovate its leading Drug Discount Management platform.
Kalderos on track to double its revenue in 2022; provider engagement on Kalderos' platform jumps by 20 times.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid unprecedented demand and extensive input from the provider, Kalderos, creator of the healthcare industry's first Drug Discount Management platform, today announced its innovative new Discount Hub solution that helps safety-net providers seamlessly navigate the 340B program.
By giving providers a simplified process to review their 340B claims, Discount Hub facilitates open and transparent communication with drug manufacturers and comes with tech support teams who ensure good faith inquiries are handled expeditiously and with confidence.
Discount Hub replaces the previous Review Tool functionality and is part of the reimagined Kalderos platform that delivers providers one centralized communication platform to quickly communicate with other relevant stakeholders for reaching resolutions on good faith inquiries. Providers can also access a new impact summary feature that produces reports detailing how much systemic noncompliance has been identified by each user.
"Our goal is to make participation in the 340B program a more simplified and collaborative experience for providers and other stakeholders," said Kalderos Head of Product, Engineering and Data, Jared Crapo. "Before Kalderos, 340B program participants were forced to navigate a complex and confusing process with very little communication and transparency, which often led to a high incidence of noncompliance and low levels of trust between stakeholders. Our solution provides a neutral multisided platform with robust backend support that fosters communication and quicker resolutions, allowing providers to spend more time focusing on what matters most — their patients."
Kalderos deeply understands the issues that providers face with the 340B program and is committed to listening intently to their ongoing challenges. In fact, Discount Hub's creation was inspired by direct feedback from many users employing the platform at dozens of provider organizations. Kalderos plans to continue incorporating more innovations over time based on those provider experiences.
Overall, providers are engaging with the Kalderos platform at unprecedented rates, jumping by as much as 20 times since 2018. Kalderos has helped facilitate nearly 1 million claim reviews and has more than 4,200 unique covered entities with Discount Hub accounts that span the nation. The company's continued growth and expanding footprint within the provider community are also leading to significant financial growth — with Kalderos expecting to double its revenue this year. Additionally, unlike many other digital health companies, Kalderos continues to hire across all of its teams, growing by approximately 40%.
Kalderos is a data infrastructure and analytics company that created the healthcare industry's first Drug Discount Management platform, simplifying drug discount program compliance for all stakeholders. The platform applies sophisticated data models and algorithms to identify and resolve noncompliance, with collaboration-oriented solutions built for both drug manufacturers and providers. Based in Chicago, Kalderos was founded in 2016 by a team dedicated to reducing inefficiencies in the U.S. healthcare system, empowering everyone to focus on the health of people. More information can be found at www.kalderos.com.
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GENEVA (AP) — The scientific lab that's home to the world's largest atom-smasher says it plans to terminate all cooperation with Russia and Belarus over their roles in the war in Ukraine.
The announcement was made Friday, a day after CERN's managing council made the decision.
In March, CERN suspended cooperation with the two countries over Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, which included passage of Russian forces through Belarus for their invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
“Yesterday’s council’s decision confirms the strong condemnation of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation aided by Belarus, while leaving the door ajar for continued scientific collaboration should conditions allow in the future,” said CERN director-general Fabiola Gianotti in a statement.
The scientific organization said the council “intends to terminate” CERN's cooperation agreements with Belarus and Russia when they expire, respectively in June and December 2024. CERN said it would monitor developments in Ukraine and remains prepared to take additional steps as warranted.
Such agreements usually run five years and are generally renewed unless there’s formal notification by one or both sides beforehand.
CERN, the historic acronym for what is now the European Organization for Nuclear Research, had grappled with its response to the invasion because nearly 7% of its 18,000-odd researchers from around the world were linked to Russian institutions before the war broke out.
The announcement comes as CERN's Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, is in the process of launching its third run this summer.
The machine propels particles through an underground, 27-kilometer (17-mile) ring of superconducting magnets in and around Geneva, generating science that can help elucidate mysteries like dark matter or the standard model of particle physics. Russian scientists have been involved in planning multiple experiments. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Atom-smashing-CERN-to-terminate-work-with-17248358.php | 2022-06-17 13:52:58 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Atom-smashing-CERN-to-terminate-work-with-17248358.php |
Focus on Assessment Adds to Powerful Educational Program for Teaching the Earliest Learners
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning Without Tears' acclaimed Early Childhood curriculum, Get Set for School® (GSS), will now include the new Assessments to Guide Instruction, an addition to the complete program that provides greater value and more complete foundational learning. This new assessment tool allows educators to easily assess, track, and remediate student performance over the course of the school year. With AGI, teachers can easily provide updates and suggestions to families, building strong school-to-home connections, an important element of young learners' success.
"We have been experts in successful early childhood education for 40 years," said Terry Nealon, CEO of Learning Without Tears. "Get Set for School is the culmination of that learning expertise, and is being used by thousands of schools across the country. The addition of Assessments to Guide Instruction expands the impact GSS can have on very young learners. With a clear, individual assessment of what their students need at this early point in their education, teachers can create a lifelong learner and lover of reading, by meeting students where they are."
The award-winning Get Set for School complete curriculum is divided into six learning areas that seamlessly create a better academic outcome for pre-K students. Students are taught developmentally, learning the easiest skills first, then building on that knowledge as learning progresses. Multi-sensory activities provide hands-on learning and play-based opportunities for students to learn.
This complete pre-K curriculum prepares students for kindergarten in delightful ways, developing the foundational learning skills necessary for overall academic success. With the new Assessments to Guide Instruction, teachers can:
- Identify the skills students need to improve
- Enable data-driven enhancements of teacher-led instruction
- Visualize student progress reports and share with families and administrators
- Organize student assessments through a digital dashboard
- Ensure student success over time, with digital progress monitoring
- Remediate student skills with guided suggestions per unit
The impact pandemic school shutdowns had on student progress will be measured and monitored for many upcoming years. But the Nation's Report Card released last week by NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, reported what many feared: student performance declined significantly, with lower performing students seeing a shaper decline than some of their peers. "Each early learner is starting school this year at a different spot," CEO Nealon explained. "Some students are starting preschool with foundational learning skills already in place, while other students still need to develop those building blocks of learning. Many of these young children have never been in a formal learning environment. All of this impacts student achievement and progress."
Assessment of each student's skills and progress is vital, so teachers have the data to know where each student is, in terms of learning. With assessment in place, teachers can tailor their instruction based on each students' performance. Teachers can follow and track the progress students make as they get ready for kindergarten.
Get Set for School helps teachers keep students on-track for kindergarten readiness in a simple way: by expanding early learning possibilities. Embedded Professional Development will empower and inspire teachers with real-time guided and just-in-time learning modules. Digital teaching tools, multi-sensory manipulatives, activities, play-based lessons, and a host of other important educational tools, are included in the complete version of GSS.
In all elements of the GSS program, teachers are supported with guided lessons and other learning opportunities. Students will access a hands-on curriculum that engages their minds, and helps many kids gain a real love for reading. As a complete pre-K curriculum, Get Set for School aligns to standards developed by Head Start and the National Association for the Education of Young Children and addresses each subject area throughout the course of research-based instruction.
Get Set for School is eligible for federal funding sources.
Learning Without Tears is a leading early education company offering a proven and unique approach to teaching and learning, from crucial readiness skills in pre-K to foundational writing and typing skills, including handwriting, keyboarding and cursive. The elementary school-level programs benefit all learners with multisensory, developmentally appropriate, proven practices, and are used by millions of students around the world. Learning Without Tears professional development programs deliver early education expertise to thousands of teachers, tutors, and occupational therapists in the US and across the globe.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Outset Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: OM).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Outset Medical common stock between September 15, 2020, and June 13, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until September 6, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Outset Medical, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's flagship product, Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo"), would require an additional 510(k) application to be filed with The United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), as defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance"; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell Tablo for home use; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and /or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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A man was found dead this morning on a lawn in Plaquemine, in what police believe was a homicide.
"It's an early stage investigation," said Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stasi. "We're waiting on the autopsy, but it looks to be a gunshot wound."
A woman called the sheriff's office at around 8:50 Friday morning and said someone was lying in her yard on Kember Drive. Sheriff's said the 24-year-old man was dead when they arrived, and that some neighbors said they heard gunshots Thursday night. Police do not believe the woman who called was in any way involved.
The sheriff's office has notified the man's family and is tracking his movements from yesterday to see if they can determine who he was with.
The victim's name has not been released. | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/man-found-dead-on-plaquemine-lawn-likely-shot-sheriff-says/article_078fbb52-d55f-11ed-abb3-c3facef64764.html | 2023-04-07 16:58:45 | 0 | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/man-found-dead-on-plaquemine-lawn-likely-shot-sheriff-says/article_078fbb52-d55f-11ed-abb3-c3facef64764.html |
Strategic partnerships with independent software vendors deliver new tools to help businesses drive productivity and strengthen their cybersecurity posture
WATERLOO, Ontario, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the BlackBerry Security Summit, BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) announced new applications, software solutions, and cloud services available through its ISV ecosystem in the BlackBerry® Marketplace for Enterprise Software.
ISV partners with new solutions available on the Marketplace:
- SafeBreach: SafeBreach now offers SafeBreach Studio, an industry-first no-code red-team automation platform. This new offering enables BlackBerry customers using CylancePROTECT® and CylanceOPTICS® to easily automate and scale red-team exercises without the need for specialized expertise to enhance efficiency and reduce implementation costs.
- Blue Cedar: In an exclusive new offer, customers now have a free license to use Blue Cedar BlackBerry Edition to create one BlackBerry® Dynamics™-enabled app for production deployment. Blue Cedar adds BlackBerry Dynamics security to already compiled apps without coding.
- Movius: A leader in secure mobile communications that powers the work-from-anywhere world, Movius now offers MultiLine™, the trusted solution for using mobile voice, text, and WhatsApp for communications globally. The WhatsApp Messaging Connector within MultiLine unifies mobile voice and multiple messaging channels in a single, convenient user experience. Customers can now record and archive all conversations within MultiLine for compliance and capture all communications to send to existing compliance archives.
- Absolute: Absolute Software™ is the only provider of self-healing, intelligent security solutions. The company recently added CylancePROTECT to its Application Resilience™ catalog. Joint BlackBerry and Absolute Resilience® customers can now extend Absolute's firmware-embedded, self-healing device connection to CylancePROTECT, ensuring it remains healthy, installed, and working effectively to protect their devices and data.
- Exabeam: Exabeam SIEM and Exabeam Security Log Management now complement CylancePROTECT and CylanceOPTICS in providing CylanceGUARD® analysts with critical feeds and insights from any security technology stack, for best-in-class threat detection and incident response. Exabeam is an automated, cloud-native solution that combines scalable log management and behavioral analytics to 'detect the undetectable.'
- ISEC7: A BlackBerry partner since 2004, providing products and services that enable interoperability and visibility across endpoint security, server, network infrastructure, communications and email, ticketing, and IOT platforms. Their signature product, ISEC7 Sphere, now supports the BlackBerry product portfolio, including Cylance cybersecurity products, and is the first third party product to support BlackBerry's recently announced CylanceAVERT™ information protection service. ISEC7 provides customers with efficient system management and rapid outage diagnosis, producing meaningful reductions in both system upkeep and troubleshooting costs.
"Through these partnerships, we are providing businesses with new solutions to help them solve complex problems and prioritize security," said Alex Willis, Vice President, Sales Engineering and ISV Partners at BlackBerry. "With the common goal of keeping customer needs top-of-mind in a rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, we are proud to work with leading independent software vendors to drive innovation and offer differentiated solutions across BlackBerry's cybersecurity suite."
The BlackBerry Marketplace for Enterprise Software helps power many of the world's leading organizations across a range of industries. Categories of solutions on the Marketplace include Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, Mobile Threat Protection, Authentication, Secure Messaging, Video Conferencing, Business Process Management and more.
To learn about the range of applications and solutions available on the BlackBerry Marketplace, please visit https://marketplace.blackberry.com.
To find out more about becoming a BlackBerry partner, please visit www.blackberry.com/partners.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world. The company secures more than 500M endpoints including 215M vehicles. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, safety, and data privacy solutions, and is a leader in the areas of endpoint security, endpoint management, encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is clear - to secure a connected future you can trust.
BlackBerry. Intelligent Security. Everywhere.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Daktronics, Inc. ("Daktronics" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: DAKT) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Daktronics investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between March 10, 2022 and December 6, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
DAKT investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company was experiencing challenges that increased costs, including supply chain disruptions, that impacted Daktronics' ability to fund inventory levels and operations; (2) as a result, it was probable that some portion of the Company's deferred tax assets would not be realized; (3) as a result, Daktronics was reasonably likely to record a material valuation allowance to its deferred tax assets; (4) there were material weaknesses in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting related to income taxes; (5) the foregoing presented liquidity concerns and there was substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern; and (6) as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Daktronics during the relevant time frame, you have until February 21, 2023 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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OLYMPIA Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a trio of bills meant to address gun violence Tuesday, one banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one imposing a 10-day waiting period on firearms purchases and one clearing the way for lawsuits against gun makers or sellers in certain cases.
A crowd of gun-control activists and Democratic lawmakers broke into cheers as Inslee signed the measures, which he said would not solve all gun violence but would save lives.
“Just because they don’t solve all the problems does not mean the state of Washington does not take action,” Inslee said. “Inaction against gun violence is unacceptable.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre praised state officials for passing the ban on selling specific semi-automatic weapons. President Joe Biden, who has been pushing for additional gun control measures, “commends the leadership of Washington Governor Jay Inslee and legislative leaders as well as the advocates, survivors and elected officials who fought for years to make today a reality,” she said.
The sales ban, which took effect immediately, drew a quick legal challenge from the Second Amendment Foundation, based in Bellevue, Washington; and the Firearms Policy Coalition, based in Sacramento, California. The groups sued in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday, saying the law violates the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
“The State of Washington has criminalized one of the most common and important means by which its citizens can exercise their fundamental right to self-defense,” the plaintiffs said.
Inslee and state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, both Democrats, pushed for the Democratic-controlled Washington Legislature to pass the ban on many semi-automatic weapons this session after years of failed attempts. The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings this year, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University. All of this year’s mass killings have involved firearms.
Washington’s new law prohibits the future sale, distribution, manufacture and importation of more than 50 types of guns, including AR- and AK-style rifles. The measure does not bar the possession of the weapons by people who already have them.
Washington is the 10th state — including California, Hawaii, Illinois and New York — to enact such a law.
The bill concerning lawsuits against gun manufacturers and sellers requires them to exercise reasonable controls in making, selling and marketing weapons, including steps to keep guns from being sold to people known to be dangerous or to straw buyers who might buy weapons on someone else’s behalf. It allows the attorney general or private parties, such as the family members of victims, to sue over violations or damages.
The third measure, including the 10-day waiting period, will create an important buffer between people in crisis and a firearm, Inslee said. That measure also requires all gun buyers to show they’ve taken safety training.
Washington has moved to tighten the state’s gun laws in recent years, after a young man in 2016 used a newly purchased AR-15 semi-automatic rifle with a 30-round magazine to kill three teens and wound another at a house party north of Seattle.
Inslee last year signed a package of bills including one that banned the manufacture, distribution and sale of firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. It doesn’t prohibit the possession of such magazines. ___ Associated Press reporter Gene Johnson contributed from Seattle. Lisa Baumann reported from Bellingham, Wash. | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/new-washington-gun-law-already-faces-federal-court-challenge/ | 2023-04-26 12:20:39 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/new-washington-gun-law-already-faces-federal-court-challenge/ |
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Erik Jones gave the No. 43 car a landmark 200th victory — along with maybe a few regrets to his old employers at Joe Gibbs Racing.
Jones moved in front when JGR star Kyle Busch blew an engine, then outraced another former Gibbs colleague in Denny Hamlin over the final 31 laps to win the Southern 500 on Sunday night. It’s the first time a non-playoff driver won the opener of the 10-race postseason.
Jones won this event in 2019 for the Gibbs organization, where he raced Cup cars from 2017-20. He came out on top once more, this time for Petty GMS Motorsports owned in part by Richard Petty.
“I never lost any belief in myself through any of it,” Jones said. “I knew I could still do it and I knew we needed to grow the program to do it. And we have.”
The celebration continued for the Petty organization, which had not won since Aric Almirola’s Daytona 500 victory in 2014.
“I know my dad,” Kyle Petty said. “What time is it, 11 (p.m.)? He just opened a bottle of red wine.”
The King went to Twitter shortly after Jones took the checkered flag, “Congratulations to @Erik_Jones and the entire #43 team!!!!”
Jones just wanted the Hall of Famer to keep his promise.
“He said I’d get a hat if I win,” Jones said, laughing.
Hamlin, seeded sixth in the playoffs, closed in on Jones’ back bumper on the final lap, but couldn’t make the winning pass.
“Erik just did a really great job,” Hamlin said. “Great day for Erik, a great day for our team.”
The third of Jones’ old JGR teammates, Martin Truex Jr. held a substantial lead over Busch when his No. 19 had power steering problems and went off to the garage.
Jones remained in control and in one piece while many of the favored playoff participants couldn’t do the same.
Along with the blow up of Busch, the 11th playoff seed, No. 9 seed Kevin Harvick saw his car catch fire in a scary seen. Harvick scrambled away from his stopped car to safety.
Top-seeded Chase Elliott was gone during the first stage, sliding into the wall, hitting Chase Briscoe as he tore up his suspension and was out of the race.
Kyle Larson, the defending series champion seeded fourth, was three laps down in the opening stage after engine problems. Larson finished 12th.
Hamlin was second followed by three more playoff chasers in Tyler Reddick, Joey Logano and Christopher Bell. Michael McDowell was sixth, then Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Bubba Wallace
Busch led 155 of 367 laps, the most of anyone. He ended in 30th.
“It’s unfortunate circumstances,” Busch said. “We just had a great car and didn’t come out with anything to show for it. That’s what I hate about it.”
Logano moved into the points lead with William Byron second, Hamlin third and Christopher Bell, Jones’ replacement at JGR, in fourth. The four drivers below the 12-team cutoff line for the second round were Austin Cindric in 13th, followed by Austin Dillon, Chase Briscoe and Harvick in 16h.
CHASING PROBLEMS: Chase Elliott was out of the Southern 500 before it got to halfway. Elliott slid in turn one, then collected playoff participant Chase Briscoe. Elliott’s suspension was damaged. His crew could not fix it in the pits and took it to the garage.
Elliott finished 36th, last in the field. His plans going forward: “Run better than we did today.”
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FIRE DRILL: The scariest incident came in the final stage when Harvick caught fire on lap 276 as he came down the front stretch. Harvick quickly pulled the car on the grass and jumped out of the car, running to safety.
Moments later during the caution brought out by Harvick, J.J. Yeley’s car headed into the pits on fire. That blaze, too, was extinguished.
Harvick said it’s another safety problem with the Next Gen car NASCAr must fix.
“What a disaster, man,” Harvick said. “No reason … here we are in the pits with a burned up car and we can’t finish the race during the playoff” because of unreliable parts.
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QB1: Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall at the track “Too Tough To Tame,” as NASCAR’s first college athlete to receive a name, image and likeness deal with Darlington Raceway. McCall did some promotional work for the track and even had his face on the side of Ryan Vargas’ No. 6 car in the Xfinity Series race here.
McCall was the NCAA record-setter in passing efficiency at 207.6 last season. He threw three TD passes and ran for a fourth as the Chants opened the season with a 38-28 victory over Army on Saturday night.
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Round one of the playoffs continues at Kansas next Sunday. Kurt Busch, currently recovering from a concussion in a crash at Pocono, won the race there in May. He gave up his playoff spot because he has not been medically cleared to return to the track.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Gray wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park five years after authorities began a last-ditch attempt to prevent the species from dying out on the Lake Superior island chain, scientists said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the park’s moose population continues a sharp but needed decline. Overpopulation of the lumbering mammals were causing their own starvation as they outstripped available balsam fir trees — their primary food during long, snowbound winters, Michigan Technological University biologists said.
The trends appear to justify federal officials’ 2018 decision to airlift mainland wolves to Isle Royale, the researchers said, arguing that the predators’ return is helping rebalance an ecosystem knocked off-kilter as their number dropped to just two.
The scientists’ annual report, based largely on aerial observations last winter, estimated the rebuilt population at 31 wolves— up from 28 last year. It said the wolves appeared to be forming three packs, with others wandering alone or in smaller groups. The moose total was roughly 967, down from 1,346 last year and 54% decline from about 2,000 in 2019. Ecologists are celebrating what they hope will be a healthier herd.
“It’s been hugely successful,” said study co-leader Sarah Hoy, a research assistant professor and animal ecologist. “That’s what everyone was hoping for.”
But the early results haven’t settled a debate over whether people should rescue struggling species at Isle Royale or other designated wilderness areas, where federal law calls for letting nature take its course.
“We have felt and still believe that the National Park Service should not have intervened and set up this artificial population of wolves,” said Kevin Proescholdt, conservation director for the advocacy group Wilderness Watch.
Scientists believe the island’s first moose swam to Isle Royale around the turn of the 20th century. Wolves arrived in the late 1940s, apparently crossing the frozen lake surface from Minnesota or the Canadian province of Ontario. Though technically part of Michigan, that state’s shores are farther away.
Moose provided an ample food supply for the wolves, which in turn helped keep moose numbers in check. Both populations rose and fell over the years, influenced by disease, weather, parasites and other factors. But inbreeding finally took its toll on the wolves, whose numbers plummeted between 2011 and 2018.
Some experts said they should be allowed to die out, as have other species that once occupied the island, including Canada lynx and woodland caribou, which had the same predator-prey relationship as today’s wolves and moose.
“Species come and species go,” Proescholdt said, arguing that the federal Wilderness Act “directs us to let nature call the shots and not impose our human desires.”
Park officials and Michigan Tech scientists contend the absence of a top-of-the-food-chain predator of moose and beaver would have been ruinous for the island’s forest. Even now, its balsam firs continue to deteriorate from moose browsing and an attack of tree-killing spruce budworm, the report said.
Experts acknowledge the same factors that nearly wiped out the wolves — primarily inbreeding — eventually could return. Global warming is causing fewer ice bridges to form on Lake Superior, reducing the likelihood of wolves trekking from the mainland to the park and diversifying the gene pool. The sprawling archipelago’s closest point to the mainland is about 15 miles (25 kilometers) away.
That could mean park managers will need to import a few wolves every decade or so, Hoy said.
They brought in 19 wolves from Minnesota, Ontario’s Michipicoten Island and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in 2018-19. Only a few are believed still alive — hardly surprising as wild wolves seldom live longer than five years, Hoy said. But their descendants are believed to have produced at least seven litters of pups.
This year’s field study detected an 11-member pack on the main island’s eastern side and a five-member pack on the western side. There were three groups of at least three wolves each, and a few loners or pairs. A new pack also appears to be forming, the report said.
The moose population’s 28% drop from 2022 is one of the biggest one-year collapses ever seen at the park, it said. While wolf predation is partly responsible, necropsies indicate the biggest cause was starvation from overpopulation.
Even though relatively few moose calves appear to be surviving to adulthood, there’s no reason to worry about the moose’s immediate future, Michigan Tech biologist Rolf Peterson said. They’ve fallen to 400-500 before and bounced back. But the warming climate, tick infestations and other long-term challenges will remain.
For now, the park’s ecosystem is getting healthier thanks to the wolves’ return, he said, suggesting the decision to intervene was correct.
“The old hands-off approach to managing national parks, figuring everything will turn out OK, is probably not sufficient,” Peterson said. “Our footprint is all over the entire globe.” | https://www.ksn.com/science/ap-science/isle-royale-wolves-continue-recovery-after-nearly-dying-out-while-parks-moose-decline/ | 2023-06-14 22:32:44 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/science/ap-science/isle-royale-wolves-continue-recovery-after-nearly-dying-out-while-parks-moose-decline/ |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Mark DeRosa won a World Series ring as a member of the 2010 San Francisco Giants, though his season abruptly ended May 8. He didn’t go away. He stuck around and became a valuable asset.
Then 35 and in his 13th big-league season, DeRosa became a sounding board and mentor for players, young and old, who were on the brink of making history.
While manager Bruce Bochy and his pitching coach, Dave Righetti, were making all the right decisions on the way to the Giants’ first West Coast championship, DeRosa was observing every moment of it.
“I sat a lot of pine in my years in San Francisco, being hurt,” DeRosa said, “so I watched Bochy and Rags do their thing.”
Now it’s time for all of DeRosa’s experience in the game to pay dividends. He’s Team USA’s manager in the World Baseball Classic, though he has no previous coaching or managing experience. It’s why he’ll be relying heavily on his coaching staff, notably Righetti, the bullpen coach, to help guide him through the intensity of tournament competition, including a plethora of bullpen moves.
“On the ride over,” DeRosa said of Wednesday night’s bus journey to Scottsdale Stadium, where Team USA played an exhibition against the Giants, “I was telling Rags, ‘Hey, you won three World Series, don’t let me be late. You know what you’re doing out there.’
“I was always a big motivational guy, in the dugout trying to get the boys going,” added DeRosa, who played just 26 games with the 2010 Giants because of a wrist injury. “This is the first time I’m doing this, that’s the biggest thing. I’m trying to learn my place.”
It has to come quickly. Team USA was to open its pool play Saturday against Great Britain and follow up with Mexico on Sunday, Canada on Monday and Colombia on Wednesday, all at Chase Field in Phoenix.
The Americans, the defending WBC champs, should easily advance to the second round in Miami, where the competition should be far greater with the Dominican Republic, the tournament favorite, expected to be one of two teams to advance from its first-round pool that also includes Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Israel.
The semifinals and championship game also are in Miami.
Aside from Righetti, the U.S. coaching staff includes pitching coach Andy Pettitte, bench coaches Jerry Manuel and Brian McCann, hitting coach Ken Griffey Jr. and base coaches Lou Collier and Dino Ebel. Michael Young is a batting-practice pitcher.
The lineup is stacked with catcher J.T. Realmuto, first basemen Paul Goldschmidt and Pete Alonso, second baseman Jeff McNeil, shortstops Trea Turner, Tim Anderson and Bobby Witt Jr., third baseman Nolan Arenado and outfielders Mike Trout, Mookie Betts (who’ll also play second) and Kyle Schwarber. Bryce Harper would have played if healthy.
It all started with Trout, who committed back in July and was named team captain.
“To be honest with you, I think it was an easy call for a lot of these guys to be in the room with him and Mookie,” DeRosa said. “Mike called Mookie, and then it was on. From a position player’s standpoint, you’d be crazy not to be a part of this.”
Building a WBC pitching staff is far more complex. Teams don’t want to lose their high-end investments for a week or two in spring training and risk them developing arm injuries by amping it up too quickly.
The Giants were relieved when their ace, Logan Webb, bowed out after committing in December. He said after reporting to spring training that it was more important to be in Giants camp as a leader on the team, and management breathed a collective sigh of relief.
“He’s a horse. He’s a No. 1. I would’ve loved to have him,” DeRosa said. “At the same time, I understand his decision to step aside.”
Webb’s not alone. Many other big names are missing. Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Jacob deGrom, Gerritt Cole, Dylan Cease, Max Fried, Corbin Burnes, Alek Manoah, Zack Wheeler.
The Team USA rotation is fine, but it’s not what it could be: Adam Wainwright (who was to start Saturday), Lance Lynn, Brady Singer, Merrill Kelly, Kyle Freeland, Miles Mikolas and Nick Martinez, who replaced Webb.
Not exactly the A squad. DeRosa gets it. As he noted, “The game begins and ends on the mound. Always has, always will.” But while MLB and the players’ union fully support the WBC, it’ll never reach its full potential unless the very best come out and play, including the starting pitchers.
Devin Williams and Ryan Pressly are among the top relievers, and look for DeRosa to use his bullpen a lot, not just because the starters have pitch limits but because the rotation isn’t expected to lead the way.
“I understand the trepidation of clubs not willing to give their top arms to us,” DeRosa said, “but I think if this WBC is going to go where it needs to go, that will eventually have to loosen a little bit.”
DeRosa isn’t complaining about who’s not on his team, he’s applauding who is.
“The right guys are in the room,” he said. “Everyone on this 30-man roster reached out to us and wanted to be a part of it. That was my focus. I wanted to create a team. I didn’t want guys to come and go and think, ‘Well, if you get to Miami, I’ll show up.’ I didn’t want any of that. I wanted to close the doors and become a group.
“To a man, every guy that I've spoken to was dying to put the USA across their chest and be a part of it."
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wholly‐owned subsidiaries of Peabody (NYSE: BTU), PIC AU Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Main Issuer"), and PIC AU Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with the Main Issuer, the "Co‐Issuers"), today announced the expiration and final results of their previously announced offer to purchase (the "Offer") for cash up to $27.204 million (the "Excess Cash Flow Amount") in aggregate principal amount of their 10.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (the "Notes") at a purchase price equal to 103.91% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest as set forth in the Indenture (as defined below), to, but excluding, the settlement date, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated July 29, 2022 (the "Offer to Purchase"). The Offer was made to satisfy the requirements of the Indenture. The Excess Cash Flow Amount for the Offer represents the pro rata portion of the Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Indenture) to be applied to an offer to purchase the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, with the remainder applied to a concurrent debt repurchase offer of Priority Lien Debt (as defined in the Indenture) under the Credit Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2021, among the Co-Issuers, as co-borrowers, the lenders party thereto from time to time and Wilmington Trust, National Association (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), as administrative agent.
The Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 29, 2022 (the "Expiration Time"). As of the Expiration Time, $18.214 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time.
Subject to the Excess Cash Flow Amount as further described below, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) prior to the Expiration Time and accepted by the Co-Issuers, holders of Notes will receive $1,039.10 in cash (the "Offer Price"), plus accrued and unpaid interest as set forth in the Indenture, to, but excluding, the settlement date.
Because the aggregate principal amount for all Notes tendered in the Offer did not exceed the Excess Cash Flow Amount of $27.204 million, the Co-Issuers will purchase $18.214 million aggregate principal amount of Notes pursuant to the Offer. Payment for such accepted Notes will be made on August 31, 2022.
The Notes are governed by an indenture, dated as of January 29, 2021, by and among the Co-Issuers, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee") and Peabody (on a limited basis, to the extent of its obligations specifically set forth in the Indenture) (as amended and restated by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 3, 2021, and as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified to the date hereof, the "Indenture"). Under the terms of the Indenture, no later than 10 Business Days (as defined in the Indenture) after August 14, 2022, the date on which the unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements for the preceding fiscal quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.03 of the Indenture, the Co‐Issuers are obligated to offer to purchase for cash an aggregate principal amount of up to the Excess Cash Flow Amount of their outstanding Notes at the price described above. The Offer was intended to satisfy this requirement.
The Excess Cash Flow Amount for the Offer is equal to (i) $65.063 million, an amount equal to 100% of Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Indenture) of the Main Issuer and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) for the Excess Cash Flow Period, which for purposes of this Offer is the six-month period ended June 30, 2022 of the Main Issuer, then ended; multiplied by (ii) a fraction (x) the numerator of which is equal to the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes and all other Priority Lien Debt (as defined in the Indenture) required to be repaid with such Excess Cash Flow, rounded down to the nearest $1,000.
Since June 30, 2022, and after giving effect to the settlement of the Offer, the Co-Issuers will have retired (i) approximately $112.086 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes and (ii) approximately $3.848 million aggregate principal amount of the 10.000% senior secured term loan due 2024 (the "Term Loan"). Approximately $81.550 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes will remain outstanding after giving effect to the settlement of the Offer, and approximately $134.968 million aggregate principal amount of debt remains outstanding under the Term Loan.
This announcement is not an offer to purchase or sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell any securities in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction.
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Police are looking for a man they say forced a 22-year-old woman from a Queens subway station in the middle of the morning and brought her to a nearby building lobby, where he allegedly restrained her and exposed himself, authorities say.
The woman was in the Flushing-Main Street station shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday when cops say the stranger walked up to her, grabbed her arm and forced her to walk upstairs and leave the station.
He then made her walk with him down Main Street and to Kissena Boulevard, where he brought her into the lobby of a seven-story building, according to the NYPD.
Once inside, he allegedly restrained the woman and exposed himself. Cops say she resist and managed to break free. She ran off and reported the case to the police.
The victim wasn't physically hurt.
The suspect ran off when she did. He remained on the loose as of mid-morning Tuesday.
Authorities released surveillance video of the suspect (above). Anyone with information about him is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/woman-escapes-sex-predator-who-forces-her-from-subway-in-broad-daylight-cops/3663451/ | 2022-04-26 14:34:22 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/woman-escapes-sex-predator-who-forces-her-from-subway-in-broad-daylight-cops/3663451/ |
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MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - Two women have been hospitalized after an early morning stabbing in Mesa on Wednesday.
Mesa Police responded to reports of a stabbing at a home near University and Dobson Roads around 4:15 a.m. The caller told officers that a woman had been stabbed and needed help and that the suspect was still at the scene. Officers ultimately arrived to find two women with multiple stab wounds. Both were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for their injuries. Detectives are working to learn more, but say that there is no threat to the public.
Details surrounding what led up to the stabbing or any information about the suspect have not been released.
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Which type of log splitter is best?
Using tools to break down wood for heat and cooking is one of civilization’s oldest tasks, and there are a variety of tools available to make it easier. Depending on how much wood you have, how thick and dense it is and how much work you’re willing to do, either a manual or electric log splitter might be best for you.
Electric log splitters
Electric log splitters are perfect for landowners or landscapers who regularly deal with large amounts of timber and don’t want to engage in backbreaking labor. They use an electric motor that plugs into a standard 110-volt outlet and drives a powerful hydraulic pump. You simply place the log in the splitter, turn it on and let the machine do the work.
Electric log splitter pros
- Straightforward operation: Electric log splitters are pretty simple to use. They don’t have much of a learning curve and there aren’t any complicated controls to worry about.
- They’ll save your back: If you’ve recently cleared your land of any trees and have plenty of timber, an electric log splitter can help you process it without overexerting yourself.
- They can split dense logs: Electric log splitters can typically accommodate logs up to 10 inches wide and 12 inches long, although some larger models can handle even larger pieces.
- They don’t make much noise: They’re not silent, but they’re exponentially quieter than their gas-powered counterparts.
Electric log splitter cons
- Power tools can be dangerous: Always exercise extreme caution when using an electric log splitter. Never allow an untrained user to operate it and always wear appropriate protective equipment.
- They’re not cheap: Electric log splitters start around $300 and go up to around $600.
- They take up a decent amount of space: You’ll need to make sure you have somewhere to store one. They’re also heavy.
- You might still need manual splitting tools: Electric log splitters can only handle logs up to a certain size. If you’re dealing with trees more than 10 inches in diameter, you’ll have to break down the timber before you can fit it in the splitter.
Best electric log splitters
Ryobi RYAC490 5-Ton 15-Amp Log Splitter
It delivers 5 tons of force and is big enough for logs up to 10 inches wide and 20 inches long. It’s an especially good choice because it comes from a popular and reliable manufacturer.
Sold by Home Depot
Southland SELS60 6-Ton 15-Amp Log Splitter
This one’s about as affordable as they get, but it still doesn’t make any sacrifices in terms of power. It’s equipped with rugged wheels and a textured handle so it’s easy to move around your property.
Sold by Home Depot
Powerhouse XM-380 7-Ton Log Splitter
There aren’t many as powerful as this one, which boasts 7 tons of force and can accommodate logs up to 12 inches wide. At about $500 and over 100 pounds, though, it’s both large and expensive.
Sold by Amazon
Manual log splitters
Unlike electric log splitters, manual log splitters come in a few different types. The most traditional manual log splitter is the combination of a maul or sledgehammer and a wedge. There are also hydraulic splitters that work similarly to electric models but use long handles and your own elbow grease for power. Finally, there’s also a large number of fixed vertical wedges to choose from. These are mostly used for turning previously split logs into tinder and kindling using a small mallet or mini sledgehammer.
Manual log splitter pros
- Splitting wood by hand can be satisfying: There’s nothing like warming yourself up by splitting wood outdoors on a cold winter’s day.
- They don’t require electricity: If you’re working deep in the woods or anywhere else off-grid, a manual wood splitter might be your best bet.
- They can be affordable: You can get your hands on a good maul and splitting wedge for well under $100.
- Some designs offer increased leverage: There aren’t many, but a few of the top manual splitters work a lot like electric models, except they’re powered by hand.
- The right tools can tackle the biggest logs: A few well-placed swings of a maul can make short work of some of the biggest logs.
Manual log splitter cons
- Splitting wood by hand is a lot of work: Don’t let anyone romanticize it too much; splitting wood with a sledgehammer and wedge will make you sweat and deliver a solid dose of exercise. For a lot of people, manual wood splitting without any mechanical advantage is just not feasible.
- Manual log splitting can also be dangerous: An errant ax-head or sprained shoulder can put a stop to your work and ruin your day or worse. Always use caution when splitting wood.
- Hydraulic models work slowly: It takes a decent amount of time to split a log with a manual hydraulic splitter. The trade-off is that you don’t have to swing around any heavy tools.
Best manual log splitters
Central Machinery Hydraulic Log Splitter
It uses the same principle as an electric log splitter, but it’s powered by the user.
Sold by Amazon
This thoughtfully designed maul weighs 8 pounds and sports a textured grip as well as a durable 34-inch fiberglass handle.
Sold by Home Depot
The superplastic face and advanced blade geometry make this one of the finest mauls available. However, it’s not cheap.
Sold by Home Depot
This design has long been considered one of the most efficient at splitting logs. Plus, it doesn’t cost much.
Sold by Amazon
An impressive amount of engineering went into designing this wedge, which may be the most effective one on the market.
Sold by Amazon
Simply place an already split log on top of this fixed wedge, strike it with a mallet and gather the kindling that results. There’s also an extra-large version.
Sold by Amazon
It’s simple, it’s effective and if you plan on using a wedge, you’ll probably need a good sledgehammer.
Sold by Amazon
Should you get a manual or electric log splitter?
If you’ll be splitting a lot of wood, you’ll probably need a maul or sledgehammer and wedge no matter what. Even with electric log splitters, you’ll need to do some manual work at times.
As far as mechanical log splitters go, an electric log splitter is highly effective once the logs are prepped and ready for splitting. If you’re considering a mechanical log splitter, an electric one is probably your best bet. There are few manual hydraulic log splitters and the ones that do exist don’t work very quickly. The best situation for a manual hydraulic log splitter is if you’ll only use it occasionally and aren’t willing or able to swing an ax.
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tree Defender, LLC, the creator and industry leader in Individual Protective Cover (IPC) technology, has been awarded a key fourth U.S. patent for its technology, opening the door for the company to expand and grow.
"These patents establish The Tree Defender as the creator of IPC technology," said Scotty Thompson, the co-creator of The Tree Defender. "This will now allow us to explore joint ventures with other groups and further expand globally into the many other varied applications such as vertical farming. One very exciting path is that we are demonstrating much higher brix levels and beneficial phytochemical levels in the fruits and vegetables."
According to Thompson, these most recent issuances reflect technology innovations related to food security, vertical farming, herbicide reduction, fertilizer reduction, reduction in water usage, and cold protection. The approximate 80% water savings capability alone could be a huge benefit currently to growers in the western United States and other drought-stricken regions globally.
Thompson, along with Thomas A. Thayer — both from Central Florida — started The Tree Defender as a way to fight back against greening and other various diseases that have devastated the Florida citrus industry.
While many protective covers look the same, the patented Tree Defender is made with proprietary high-quality materials that have been proven in multiple studies to protect citrus trees from the Asian citrus psyllid and greening. In addition, The Tree Defender uses proprietary UV inhibitors that help create a healthy atmosphere where increased growth rates upwards of 30% have been observed.
According to research published by University of Florida Professor Fernando Alferez, the use of IPCs can modify the atmosphere within the covered canopy by altering relative humidity and temperature. This means the air under the cover contains more moisture, allowing the leaves to stay open longer and extend the length of time available for photosynthesis.
This increase in photosynthetic efficiency can improve a plant or tree's ability to sequester carbon from the atmosphere, which allows growers the possibility of exploring the carbon credit market for an added income stream, said Thompson.
"Under IPCs, the leaves were greener, larger, and with more chlorophyll, more soluble sugars, and less starch, indicating that they have been metabolically more active than noncovered trees," said Alferez. "Interestingly, trees under IPCs flushed earlier and more profusely, and the flushing was more synchronized compared to trees without IPCs, resulting in faster tree growth." In addition, Alferez confirmed that trees protected by IPCs produce higher-quality, more soluble solids.
The faster growth and healthier leaves on trees protected by The Tree Defender have a definite financial impact on many levels. With the ability to now grow young trees free of greening, it will help establish a path to recovery for Florida and the world's other citrus-growing regions.
For information, call (863) 439-2877 or visit thetreedefender.com.
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Study led by University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University team details a small-molecule drug that lowers cholesterol by 70% in animal models
CLEVELAND, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After statins, the next leading class of medications for managing cholesterol are PCSK9 inhibitors. These highly effective agents help the body pull excess cholesterol from the blood, but unlike statins, which are available as oral agents, PCSK9 inhibitors can only be administered as shots, creating barriers to their use.
Now, a new study from investigators at University Hospitals (UH) and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine describes an orally administered small-molecule drug that reduces PCSK9 levels and lowers cholesterol in animal models by 70%. Published in Cell Reports, the findings represent a previously unrecognized strategy for managing cholesterol and may also impact cancer treatments.
"Cholesterol lowering is one of the most important therapies we have to prolong life and protect people from heart disease, which is still the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western world," said Jonathan S. Stamler, MD, senior author, President, Harrington Discovery Institute at UH, Robert S. and Sylvia K. Reitman Family Foundation Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Innovation, and Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at UH and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine.
"Statins only lower cholesterol so far. This is a drug class that we think would represent a new way to lower cholesterol, a new way to hit PCSK9."
Central to cholesterol regulation are LDL receptors, which sit at the surface of liver cells and remove cholesterol from the blood, thereby lowering serum levels. PCSK9 in the bloodstream controls the number of LDL receptors by marking them for degradation. Therefore, agents that inhibit PCSK9 increase the number of LDL receptors that remove cholesterol.
Nitric oxide is a molecule that is known to prevent heart attacks by dilating blood vessels. In the new study, Stamler and colleagues show that nitric oxide can also target and inhibit PCSK9, thus lowering cholesterol. They identify a small molecule drug that functions to increase nitric oxide inactivation of PCSK9. Mice treated with the drug display a 70% reduction in LDL "bad" cholesterol.
In addition to impacting the field of cholesterol metabolism, the findings may impact patients with cancer, as emerging evidence suggests targeting PCSK9 can improve the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies.
"PCSK9 not only targets LDL receptors for degradation, it also mediates the degradation of MHC 1 on lymphocytes, which is used for recognition of cancer cells," said Stamler. "PCSK9 is effectively preventing your lymphocytes from recognizing cancer cells. So, if you inhibit PCSK9, you can boost the body's cancer surveillance. There may be an opportunity one day to apply these new drugs to that need."
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STARKVILLE, Miss — The Diamond Hogs won their fourth straight SEC game on Friday, taking the series opener with Mississippi State 6-2. Arkansas snaps a four game losing streak on the road.
Jace Bohrofen opened up the scoring with a two run homer in the first. It was Bohrofen's tenth long ball of the season but first away from Baum-Walker Stadium.
With the score tied at two in the sixth Brady Slavens would hit a two homer himself to put the Razorbacks in front for good.
Hagen Smith got the start allowing one earned run in five innings of work with eight strikeouts. Cody Adcock would throw a scoreless sixth and Gage Wood shut out the Bulldogs over the final three innings.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Someone scammed U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran’s reelection campaign out of $690,000 by getting the Kansas Republican’s accounting firm to wire the money to fraudulent bank accounts, his office said Monday.
Moran’s campaign treasurer, Timothy Gottschalk, notified the Federal Election Commission by electronic letter Dec. 8 of “fraudulent activity by a third-party cyber-criminal.” The letter said that after the campaign notified a local sheriff’s office on Nov. 16, eight days after the general election, the case was forwarded to the FBI and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
The letter said the campaign received two fraudulent invoices that appeared to be from SRCP Media Inc., a Washington area company hired to handle Moran’s broadcast advertising. The letter said the campaign organization wired $345,000 on Oct. 25 and another $345,000 on Nov. 9.
“As soon as a discrepancy was realized, it was reported to law enforcement,” Moran spokesman Tom Brandt said in an email Monday. “We are currently pursuing all avenues available to recover the money and there is an ongoing investigation with the FBI.”
The campaign’s electronic letter to the FEC said that as of Dec. 8, the campaign had recovered $168,184. The letter was first reported by the RawStory website last week.
The FBI does not confirm or deny the existence of an investigation, said Bridget Patton, its spokesperson in Kansas City, Missouri. Representatives of the KBI and SRCP did not immediately return telephone and email messages seeking comment.
Moran won his third six-year term in the Senate in November with 60% of the vote against Democrat Mark Holland, a former Kansas City, Kansas, mayor. His reelection campaign raised more than $7.3 million and spent more than $5.1 million through Nov. 28, according to a finance report it filed with the FEC, also on Dec. 8.
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INDIANAPOLIS – The offensive shakeup with the Indianapolis Colts continues.
The team fired coordinator Marcus Brady Tuesday.
Brady’s departure comes one week after veteran quarterback Matt Ryan was benched and replaced by Sam Ehlinger.
“This was an incredibly hard decision, but one I felt needed to be made in the best interest of the team,’’ said coach Frank Reich, who always has been the offensive play caller. “I appreciate Marcus’ commitment to the organization and he made a significant contribution to our offensive success over the last five seasons.
“I wish him the best moving forward.’’
The Colts are off to a 3-4-1 start and most of the blame rests with Reich’s offense. It ranks 31st in scoring (16.1 points per game) and has scored just 42 points in the first half, the 4th-fewest points in the first half of a season’s first eight games in franchise history.
Also, the team’s offensive foundation – the run game – has struggled mightily. Despite the presence of defending league rushing champion Jonathan Taylor and versatile Nyheim Hines, the Colts rank 29th in yards per game (87.8) and yards per attempt (3.7).
The offensive struggles have been a season-long issue. The Colts have scored more than 20 points just once – a 34-27 win over Jacksonville – and have failed to score on their opening drive in 10 consecutive games. A byproduct has been trailing at halftime in 10 straight games.
Brady was in his second season as coordinator and fifth with the team. He was quarterbacks coach in 2019-20 and assistant position coach in ’18.
In 2021, the Colts featured the NFL’s rushing champion – Taylor had a franchise-record 1,811 yards – and a rushing attack that ranked 2nd (149.4).
The offense ranked in the top-10 in scoring in three of the last four seasons: 9th in 2018, ’20 and ’21.
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Officials: 30 children recovered during missing and exploited child operation
MIDLAND-ODESSA, Texas (KOSA/Gray News) - Texas authorities said they have found a total of 30 missing children as part of a missing and exploited child investigative operation.
The Texas Department of Public Safety and Criminal Investigations Division announced the recovery of 30 children on Tuesday, May 9. The youngest of the children was 13 years old.
Officials said their goal was to find or recover children who were reported missing in Midland and Ector counties.
The process also targeted people seeking to exploit and victimize trafficking victims and identify and apprehend people suspected to be involved in human trafficking.
Special agents said they were able to identify and open additional investigations.
Authorities said multiple agencies assisted in the investigation, including the Texas Highway Patrol and the United States Marshal Services among others.
Anyone who is a victim of human trafficking or who may have information about criminal activity related to trafficking can call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at (888) 373-7888 for help and support.
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5G wireless signals could disrupt flights starting this weekend
(AP) - Airline passengers who have endured tens of thousands of weather-related flight delays this week could face a new source of disruptions starting Saturday, when wireless providers are expected to power up new 5G systems near major airports.
Aviation groups have warned for years that 5G signals could interfere with aircraft equipment, especially devices using radio waves to measure distance above the ground and which are critical when planes land in low visibility.
Predictions that interference would cause massive flight groundings failed to come true last year, when telecom companies began rolling out the new service. They then agreed to limit the power of the signals around busy airports, giving airlines an extra year to upgrade their planes.
The leader of the nation’s largest pilots’ union said crews will be able to handle the impact of 5G, but he criticized the way the wireless licenses were granted, saying it had added unnecessary risk to aviation.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently told airlines that flights could be disrupted because a small portion of the nation’s fleet has not been upgraded to protect against radio interference.
Most of the major U.S. airlines say they are ready. American, Southwest, Alaska, Frontier and United say all of their planes have height-measuring devices, called radio altimeters, that are protected against 5G interference.
The big exception is Delta Air Lines. Delta says it has 190 planes, which include most of its smaller ones, that still lack upgraded altimeters because its supplier has been unable to provide them fast enough.
The airline does not expect to cancel any flights because of the issue, Delta said Friday. The airline plans to route the 190 planes carefully to limit the risk of canceling flights or forcing planes to divert away from airports where visibility is low because of fog or low clouds.
The Delta planes that have not been retrofitted include several models of Airbus jets: all of its A220s, most of its A319s and A320s and some of its A321s. The airline’s Boeing jets have upgraded altimeters, as do all Delta Connection planes, which are operated by Endeavor Air, Republic Airways and SkyWest Airlines, the airline said.
JetBlue did not respond to requests for comment but told The Wall Street Journal it expected to retrofit 17 smaller Airbus jets by October, with possible “limited impact” some days in Boston.
Wireless carriers including Verizon and AT&T use a part of the radio spectrum called C-Band, which is close to frequencies used by radio altimeters, for their new 5G service. The Federal Communications Commission granted them licenses for the C-Band spectrum and dismissed any risk of interference, saying there was ample buffer between C-Band and altimeter frequencies.
When the Federal Aviation Administration sided with airlines and objected, the wireless companies pushed back the rollout of their new service. In a compromise brokered by the Biden administration, the wireless carriers then agreed not to power up 5G signals near about 50 busy airports. That postponement ends Saturday.
AT&T declined to comment. Verizon did not immediately respond to a question about its plans.
Buttigieg reminded the head of trade group Airlines for America about the deadline in a letter last week, warning that only planes with retrofitted altimeters would be allowed to land under low-visibility conditions. He said more than 80% of the U.S. fleet had been retrofitted, but a significant number of planes, including many operated by foreign airlines, have not been upgraded.
“This means on bad-weather, low-visibility days in particular, there could be increased delays and cancellations,” Buttigieg wrote. He said airlines with planes awaiting retrofitting should adjust their schedules to avoid stranding passengers.
Airlines say the FAA was slow to approve standards for upgrading the radio altimeters and supply-chain problems have made it difficult for manufacturers to produce enough of the devices. Nicholas Calio, head of the Airlines for America, complained about a rush to modify planes “amid pressure from the telecommunications companies.”
Jason Ambrosi, a Delta pilot and president of the Air Line Pilots Association, accused the FCC of granting 5G licenses without consulting aviation interests, which he said “has left the safest aviation system in the world at increased risk.” But, he said, “Ultimately, we will be able to address the impacts of 5G.”
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State Approval Received to Integrate Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Design Principles
BROOKVILLE, N.Y., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Long Island University has received approval from the New York State Education Department to establish a Bachelor of Engineering in Digital Engineering degree program, which will prepare students for the workforce of the future through an interdisciplinary and experiential curriculum with an emphasis on engineering, design, computing and Artificial Intelligence.
The degree program will equip students with the tools and hands-on learning experience to design and produce innovative and cutting-edge solutions which can address real-world problems and challenges through digital medicine, personalized health, bioengineering, logistics, robotics and the Internet of Things (IoTs).
The new program will be supported by Long Island University's laboratories and centers within its College of Science, College of Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine and Center of Excellence in Life Science and Research, as well as its strategic partnership with Dassault Systems, a global leader in digital engineering. Classes will be offered at both the Long Island and Brooklyn campuses.
Dr. Kimberly R. Cline, Long Island University President, announced the program will be chaired by Dr. Mohammed Ghriga who is Chairman of the Department of Computer Science, Digital Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. It will be supported by the University's distinguished team of full-time faculty, post-doctorate fellows and new hires.
"Our focus at Long Island University is to create an experiential learning environment where graduates are not just ready for the workplace, they are ready to solve some of our most pressing global challenges," stated Dr. Cline. "Approval of our Digital Engineering degree program is another exciting step forward as Long Island University continues to build and expand on our strong research and technology emphasis."
Dr. Cline noted that Carnegie Classification has ranked Long Island University in the top 7% of research universities nationwide.
Through a cross-disciplinary approach of project-based learning, research, the use of virtual and augmented reality technologies and global student collaboration, students in the program will be challenged to engineer solutions in:
- Digital health
- Personalized and regenerative medicine
- Tissue engineering
- Drug discovery
- Medical devices
- Additive manufacturing
- Robotics and unmanned vehicles
The culmination of the four-year degree program will be a Capstone Design program in which students design and build a patient-specific digital heart or digital liver to study functions of the organs as well as drug interactions.
About Long Island University
Long Island University, founded in 1926, is a leading research and teaching university that continues to redefine higher education by providing high-quality academic instruction by world-class faculty, serving more than 15,000 students from its Long Island and Brooklyn campuses. Recognized by Forbes for its emphasis on experiential learning and by the Brookings Institution for its "value added" to student outcomes, the University is ranked in the top 7% of national research universities. LIU has a network of over 285,000 alumni, including industry leaders and entrepreneurs around the globe. Visit www.liu.edu for more information.
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Vanessa Hudgens starts fresh with new beauty product
Vanessa Hudgens isn’t the only celebrity to launch a product line. Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Jenner, Lady Gaga, Millie Bobby Brown and many, many others have also added entrepreneur to their resume. Hudgens launched her line in April 2021. However, after reevaluating her approach, the actress/singer has partnered with Amazon to relaunch her Know Beauty brand with a different focus.
In this article: Know Beauty Glacial Bay Clay Mask, Cetaphil Derma Control Purifying Clay Mask and The Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Clay Mask.
Why a relaunch?
Initially, Hudgens launched Know Beauty with singer Madison Beer. The idea was to deliver personalized skin care based on a cheek swab. After analyzing the DNA sample to determine what you might be prone to as you age (sagging, dark spots, etc.), a skin care regimen could be suggested to combat aging on an individual level.
While Hudgens was excited about taking the guesswork out of skin care, her idea didn’t really resonate with consumers the way she’d hoped. Undaunted and determined to make her mark in an already saturated market, Hudgens decided a better approach would be to release high-quality skin care products one at a time. Her goal was to create a line of essentials that could solve everyday beauty problems.
On her website, Hudgens reveals, “I have struggled with acne for much of my adult life, and have always turned to clay masks to fight blemishes and prevent breakouts. So, rather than sell you an entire product line, I wanted to make simple, effective, and elegant solutions that can slot seamlessly into your existing routine! The Glacial Bay Mask is the first in this line of targeted products.”
What is the Know Beauty Glacial Bay Clay Mask?
Hudgens says that taking care of her skin is a form of self-love and meditation. She worked on formulation with Mary Berry, CEO and Founder of Cosmos Labs, who specializes in premium skin care, body care and hair care. It took the pair nine months of working together to come up with the Glacial Bay Clay Mask.
“We settled on Canadian colloidal clay as our hero ingredient — a truly unique, not often seen form of clay that has powerful natural healing properties,” Berry stated in the press release. “It’s gentle on the skin and draws out impurities without leaving skin tight and dry after. Supporting ingredients like lactic acid gently support skin cell turnover, while giant sea kelp locks in moisture and improves skin texture.”
Know Beauty’s Glacial Bay Clay Mask contains no phthalates, sulfates, parabens or other irritants. It’s a wash-off mask made with mineral-infused colloidal clay that is sustainably harvested from an active glacier in British Columbia. The product is vegan, cruelty-free and made in the U.S.
Amazon is the exclusive retailer of Know Beauty
Melis del Rey is GM/Director North America Stores Beauty, Baby and Beauty Technology at Amazon. In a recent press release, she stated, “Amazon Beauty strives to help customers to discover and experience an unlimited world of premium and everyday beauty products with the click of a button. We’re so pleased that Know Beauty is working with us not only as the exclusive retailer carrying the Glacial Bay Clay Mask but also that they are using Buy with Prime to offer this product from their own website with a seamless checkout and fast delivery experience trusted by millions.”
Best clay masks
Know Beauty Glacial Bay Clay Mask
This clay mask is designed for oily or acne-prone skin. However, it’s gentle enough for all skin types. It’s formulated to draw out impurities, tighten pores and even out skin tone without overdrying. When you purchase on Amazon, take advantage of the coupon located below the price to save $10.
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Cetaphil Derma Control Purifying Clay Mask
Cetaphil’s creamy clay mask is made with bentonite clay that absorbs pore-clogging impurities while lifting away dead skin cells. It has apple extract for hydration and cucumber seed extract to brighten skin tone.
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The Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Clay Mask
This tea tree mask is formulated for oily, blemished skin. It absorbs excess sebum but doesn’t dry out your skin and helps keep it clean and mattified. The Body Shop’s clay mask is vegan and enriched with tea tree oil from the foothills of Mount Kenya.
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Plantifique Korean Skin Care Superfood Marine Clay Mask
If you’re looking for something a little different, consider this superfood-infused offering. It’s formulated with avocado, spinach, blueberry, spirulina, tea tree, aloe vera and calendula. This product is designed to clear breakouts and detox without causing irritation.
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Majestic Pure Cosmeceuticals Moroccan Red Clay Mud Mask
Majestic Pure’s facial mask is made with Moroccan red clay mud enriched with British rose. It’s formulated to nourish your skin with its high mineral content as it draws out impurities. After using, you must apply moisturizer.
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Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay
This healing clay delivers a deep pore-cleansing facial. It’s made with bentonite clay, making it suitable for body wraps, clay baths, foot soaks, insect bites and more. The manufacturer suggests testing on your forearm before using to make sure you have no sensitivities.
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Unequal Education: Special education policies differ from state to state
Qualifying for those services can be a huge battle for the families of millions of children
Portland, Ore. (InvestigateTV) – As the mother of three young boys, life for Oregon mom Edith Goodwin is always unpredictable.
Her children, she said, have unique personalities that require different skills to manage. That’s not just true with how they play, but also how they learn.
For Goodwin and her oldest son, Joseph, it hasn’t been easy. She’s spent most of her life fighting to get him special education services through the public education system.
Goodwin’s struggles happen because of disparate policies across the nation, an InvestigateTV analysis found.
As a toddler, Joseph was diagnosed with a speech delay in Colorado where the family was living at the time. Goodwin tried to get him services at a local preschool, and although he qualified, she wasn’t satisfied with the process and opted for private speech therapy instead.
Diagnoses for ADHD and autism soon followed for Joseph, as the family moved for work. But the family’s challenges with the special education system were just beginning.
When they later moved to New Mexico, Goodwin quickly realized eligibility for special education in that state was different.
“They looked at the records and they just looked at the bottom line, at the scores, and said he wouldn’t qualify,” Goodwin said.
The scores that once qualified Joseph for services in Colorado were no longer acceptable in New Mexico. The school, Goodwin said, told her there wasn’t a need to put him in special education because of his performance on the assessment.
“He was very intelligent. He was a leader,” Goodwin said. “He was well-liked in school, so they didn’t recognize a need with him, but he was struggling and falling behind in reading.”
When the family moved yet again to Idaho, Goodwin’s struggle continued. Seeking advice, she turned to Facebook groups to ask how other families navigated the state’s system.
“They recommended getting in touch with an outside person that could teach me how to communicate with the school,” Goodwin said. “They couldn’t go with me to the classroom or ask or advocate for me, but they taught me how to advocate.”
Using those skills, Goodwin requested an evaluation for Joseph, but was ultimately denied.
“I did it by the book, and they still refused,” Goodwin said. “And so, then I took it to the next level by filing a complaint with the state.”
That complaint resulted in mediation, with Joseph eventually getting a full evaluation by different specialists.
In the end, it took Goodwin six months to get her son the services he qualified for under the state’s special education policy. That battle is among the many documented in a binder she’s used for years to track her efforts to obtain services for Joseph from state to state.
In Oregon, following yet another move, Joseph qualified for services with ease. But in Colorado again, the state required a repeat evaluation because it wouldn’t accept the one done previously in another state by Joseph’s doctor.
That was all before the family returned to Oregon once more.
“If they could have just used the information they already had and applied it, they would have been just fine. It was a lot of time that was wasted that could have helped my son,” Goodwin said. “I felt like at times maybe I was failing them as a parent because I was trying to advocate for them. I was trying to do it. And yet no matter how hard I tried, it still wasn’t helping.”
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Policy breakdown
The Department of Education has long watchdogged special education programs across the country.
In the 2020-2021 school year, data from the National Center for Education Statistics showed more than 7.2 million students between the ages of 3-21 received special education services under a federal law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Those stats show California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania were the states with the highest number of special education students enrolled as of the 2020-2021 school year.
In those states, and others, parents like Goodwin have been forced to learn how to navigate a complicated system, discovering access to special education services can vary greatly depending on their state’s eligibility criteria.
Eligibility for services is largely dictated by specific disabilities outlined in the law. IDEA guarantees that students with one of 13 disabilities have access to free public education with appropriate accommodations.
Those disability categories identified by the federal government under IDEA are: Autism, deafness-blindness, deafness, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment, and developmental delay.
The law allows states to create their own special education policies based on the federal IDEA framework. As a result, states can determine their own processes for identifying children for services and the evaluation criteria to meet those requirements.
To understand the variations between special education policies across the country, InvestigateTV and the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University did our own audit, requesting and analyzing the special education eligibility and evaluation policies from all 50 states.
Our analysis found major disparities from state to state, with each one determining its policies through a series of classifications: disability, age, maximum evaluation time and implementation time, and whether a medical assessment, school assessment, or both qualify as support to eligibility.
Among the findings:
- In South Dakota, there are specific measurements that qualify individuals with deafness or hearing loss for services. But just across the border, Nebraska’s policy has “flexibility” and states that any child with hearing loss of any degree might be eligible for services.
- In Michigan, children can get special education services up until age 25.
- In Connecticut, a parent only has to wait a maximum of 45 days to get their child evaluated and placed with an IEP (individualized education program). In West Virginia that process can take a maximum of 110 days, nearly four months.
While parents wait for a team formulated by the school to decide whether their child qualifies for services, states can also determine whether additional material can be used to make final decisions -- that includes medical assessments.
InvestigateTV looked closely at the differences in which material is deemed acceptable for evaluation and found:
- Eighteen states don’t accept a medical assessment done by a physician. The remaining states may use those assessments as part of the final decision process, but isn’t guaranteed.
- At least 25 states accept both medical and school assessments to help with student evaluation, including Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina.
In a 2019 Government Accountability Office report, the government watchdog looked into the variation of services offered in different states and found many examples.
“In Maryland, a child must have at least a 25 percent delay in one or more developmental areas to be eligible for Early Intervention services, while in Arizona, a child must demonstrate a 50 percent delay in one or more developmental areas to be eligible,” the GAO report said.
For parents like Goodwin, who have navigated the special education system, the patchwork of policies from state to state was surprising.
“You shouldn’t have to go, move from county to county and fight each school system,” Goodwin said. “It’s supposed to be a federal program. It’s supposed to be uniform. It’s supposed to be services that they are entitled to have nationwide.”
Department of Education perspective
Katy Neas, deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, said the differences we uncovered are a reflection of the intent of IDEA, which was designed as a framework for states, which can then meet their obligation to provide special education in ways that work most effectively for them.
Neas emphasized that children in special education have complex and unique needs that should be addressed with individual approaches. That, she explained, takes a commitment to serving children in special education that hasn’t been universal.
“If we could change attitudes that would be by far the most important thing we could do. And you only do that when you can show people what success really is,” Neas said. “You can talk about it in lofty terms but until you take somebody by the hand and show them, see this child, see the progress this child has made, see the people who have come together to support this child. Once you show them what it looks like, they think, ‘Oh, I can do that too.’ And so I just really think we need to show people what’s possible.”
Neas was clear, uniformity when it comes to implementation of IDEA isn’t the goal. But in some areas, including wait times for evaluation, Neas said there shouldn’t be vast differences. The delays we uncovered, she said, are concerning, telling InvestigateTV states should have a sense of urgency when it comes to identifying students who need special education.
“The thought of making a child and a family wait in order to get the services their child needs that’s going to influence the rest of their lives, it’s just not acceptable,” Neas said.
Implementation of IEPs
Ana Brannan has been studying special education for years.
As an associate professor in the Special Education program at Indiana University’s School of Education, she has specialized in children’s mental health services.
Brannan’s interest in the special education field developed from her childhood. Having family members with special needs, she found an appreciation for helping educate people who may require services at an early age.
“I am the middle [child] of seven children so from as soon as I could walk, I was helping other little babies walk. I knew by the time I was 12, I was going to do something with kids,” Brannan said. “Over the years I just met more people who had disabilities and there’s a fair few in my family.”
But Brannan’s experience extends beyond her family. She’s seen firsthand how state formulas determine special education eligibility for children. She says some states start with basic screenings, while others use an IQ test.
“There’s a lot of variability across states,” Brannan said. “There’s also variability within states, and one of the reasons is because of resources.”
The variability also extends to compliance with meeting the requirements of IDEA. Although the law has been in place for more than 40 years, many states still fall short of the government’s expectations.
In a report to Congress last year, the Department of Education put more than 20 states and Washington D.C. on a list noting they “needed assistance” meeting IDEA for two or more consecutive years.
Two additional states, New York and Vermont, were classified as “needing intervention”.
Brannan said the states that struggle to meet special education requirements do so because of myriad factors including a lack of funding, teacher shortages and a culture that doesn’t always acknowledge the importance of providing special education services.
“Across the country, there are not enough resources in schools for kids. For kids with disabilities, even more so,” Brannan said. “I think that is a challenge for all of us.”
Families’ experiences receiving special education services
Discovering that a child has challenges in the classroom may happen as a result of close communication with teachers.
That’s one of the reasons that schools across the country implement the “Child Find” initiative, which gives teachers a pathway to highlight students that might need special education assistance. Parents can then give approval to have their children evaluated for services.
Phoenix mom Melissa Grant says her son was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia in the fourth grade. He was in kindergarten at Deer Valley Unified School District when his teacher recognized he might benefit from special education.
“I thought it was really an interesting start to the whole process because his kindergarten teacher was the one who was raising the flag, saying, ‘There’s something going on here’,” Grant said.
Another Deer Valley parent, Jillian Jones, had a positive experience with the teachers working with her son, who was diagnosed with dyslexia in grade school.
She now partners with faculty at DVUSD to create those positive experiences for other families who may need services.
Jones leads the Parents of DVUSD Students with Special Needs, a Facebook support group, which has 336 members.
The group offers general information and advocacy support for parents in special education and holds fundraising events for children with learning difficulties. It’s similar to the group Edith Goodwin joined when seeking assistance securing services for her son, Joseph.
Rising Special Education Teacher Shortage and Implementation
Nearly half of all public schools reported part-time and full-time teaching vacancies in 2022, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
Those numbers also impact special education teachers.
“Many teachers experience burnout and stress trying to meet the needs of their students in special education,” said Terry McDaniel, an Indiana State University professor and supervisor of the annual survey of Hoosier school superintendents.
McDaniel said that the COVID-19 pandemic and virtual learning only exacerbated that trend.
“In Indiana, despite the efforts of the states’ DOE and the legislature to encourage people to pursue special education, the shortage only continued to increase,” McDaniel said.
McDaniel said 2021 had the highest teacher shortage rate in seven years in Indiana, with 96.5 percent of the districts surveyed reporting that they had trouble finding teachers.
“Trying to find special education teachers is very, very difficult,” McDaniel said.
Kelly Myers, a special education teacher at Greater Clark County Schools in southern Indiana, which is among the state’s largest districts, reported that more students are being put into co-taught classes than desired.
“Due to the lack of staff, more students from general education are being placed into the resource group with around 15 to 16 students instead of the usual 10 to 12,” Myers said. “Larger classes make it more difficult for teachers to meet the needs of all their pupils.”
Funding special education
Experts and the federal government itself recognize the lack of funding is problematic for special education.
When the government enacted IDEA in 1975, the legislation came with a commitment to fund 40% of the average cost per special education student, but that promise hasn’t been kept.
As of 2020, only 13.2% of the cost of special education has been covered according to the National Education Association (NAE), a labor union. In Washington, D.C. alone, the NEA says the funding needed to fully cover special education falls short by more than $61 billion.
Neas, with the Department of Education, said states have an obligation to cover the majority of the cost of special education. But she insists Congress also needs to step up to the plate in a more significant way. “We’re going to pay for the needs of these individuals one way or the other. And if we give kids more opportunities in school, they’re going to be independent adults. They’re going to need less support throughout the rest of their lives,” she said. “I kind of feel like, pay me now or pay me later. The investments we make in education for students with disabilities, we will reap the benefits of that for decades to come.”
Some members of Congress are already trying to answer that call to provide more funding. Last year Senator Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, and Congressman Jared Huffman, D-Calif., introduced the IDEA Full Funding Act.
The legislation would offer permanent and mandatory funding to grant programs to help states and other underlying areas for special education and related services for children with disabilities.
“I think that the fact that the federal government has shortchanged schools and not met this commitment, has meant the local schools throughout the country also are shortchanging students in their budgets,” said Van Hollen. “And the impact is felt by kids with disabilities.”
Van Hollen said the bill would mean more special education teachers and significantly more resources in the classroom to help children with disabilities. The bill currently sits in the House.
If the legislation passes, it would alleviate some of the burdens. But challenges remain in the special education system, with training for educators among some of the most pressing issues.
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, a mom and a special education advocate in Texas, said she thinks all teachers should have some sort of special education training regardless of their discipline.
Without that, she says parents have to figure out the system on their own. For Giwa Onaiwu, she faced her own hardships as an adoptive and biological parent of children on the spectrum.
“Trying to navigate special education was just so overwhelming,” Giwa Onaiwu said. “It felt like some kind of game of whack a mole.”
She often felt like she had to Google terms and find the information herself.
“I felt like I spent more time looking things up to make sure they weren’t getting something over on me for my kids than anything else and I said ‘Wow, I don’t want anybody else to go through this,” Giwa Onaiwu said.
She now uses her experience to help advocate for less isolation among special education students and help create a more inclusive environment.
After spending years navigating the special education system, mom Edith Goodwin believes more needs to be done to help families whose children may experience learning difficulties. And she’d like to see more uniformity in the process of obtaining services, so geography isn’t a factor.
Her son, Joseph, is once again enrolled in programs she firmly believes are helping him achieve his educational goals. But she worries about what will happen if the family has to move again.
“They’re getting a great education here in Oregon,” Goodwin said. “But if you go to another state, we’ll have to do the process all over again, just because they were in school and just because there is special education that doesn’t guarantee an education.”
Additional reporting by Hali Tauxe, Ryley Ober and Kayan Tara.
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s center-right government will fulfil all requirements under a deal with Turkey to join NATO and will concentrate external relations to its immediate neighborhood while dropping the previous administration’s “feminist foreign policy,” the country’s top diplomat said Monday.
Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said the new government shares Turkey’s concern about the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which is considered a terrorist organization in Turkey, Europe and the United States.
“There will be no nonsense from the Swedish government when it comes to the PKK,” Billström told the Associated Press in an interview. “We are fully behind a policy which means that terrorist organizations don’t have a right to function on Swedish territory.”
Turkey stalled Sweden and Finland’s historic bid to join NATO over concerns that the two countries – Sweden in particular – had become a safe haven for members of the PKK and affiliated groups.
Under a memorandum of understanding signed by Sweden’s previous left-leaning government at a NATO summit in June, Sweden and Finland committed to not support Kurdish groups in Syria that Turkey says are affiliated with the PKK and to lift arms embargos on Turkey imposed after its incursion in northern Syria in 2019. They also agreed to “address pending deportation or extradition requests of terror suspects,” which has proven more complicated due the broad definition of terrorism in Turkey, where anti-terror laws have been used to crack down on opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Everything which is written into the trilateral memorandum, and which has been agreed upon by all three parties, should be fulfilled, needs to be fulfilled by all the three parties,” Billström said, adding that “everything also has to be done in a legally safe way.”
The PKK has led an armed insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 and the conflict has since resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people.
Paul Levin, director of the Institute for Turkish Studies at Stockholm University, said the new government may have an advantage over the previous Social Democratic government in dealing with Turkey because it doesn’t have the same links to the Kurdish diaspora in Sweden. However, the independence of the authorities and the courts in Sweden “sets limits to what is possible, and so does international law,” Levin said.
Hungary and Turkey are the only NATO countries which have not yet ratified the accession of Sweden and Finland, traditionally non-aligned countries which rushed to apply for membership after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
Like most European countries, Sweden has clearly taken Ukraine’s side in the war, supplying its armed forces with anti-tank weapons, assault rifles and anti-ship missiles. Ukraine has also asked Sweden to provide the Archer artillery system and RBS-70 portable air defense system. Billström said the new government has not yet decided on those requests.
“We are ready to try and give as much aid as possible to the Ukrainian government in its heroic struggle against the Russian forces,” Billström said. “We shall see when we have made the proper assessments about these matters.”
A former migration minister, Billström is a senior member of the conservative Moderate Party, which formed a coalition government last week with the center-right Liberals and Christian Democrats. The new government relies on support from the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats with whom it has drafted a joint policy platform that includes sharp restrictions on immigration and a crackdown on organized crime.
Billström also pledged a shift in Sweden’s foreign relations, with emphasis on northern Europe. Traditionally Sweden has sought to project itself internationally as a “humanitarian superpower” with relatively generous support for developing countries around the globe and a strong commitment to the United Nations.
“This is not to say that we won’t be interested in the rest of the world, far from it,” Billström said, noting that he had given a speech earlier Monday at celebration for United Nations Day, which marks the anniversary of the 1945 UN charter.
“But when it comes to these recalibrations that we are aiming at, it is true that there will be a shift of focus,” he said. “And the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries and the European Union will be the three legs on which we will base this recalibration.”
In addition, the new government will give up the “feminist foreign policy” which the previous government established in 2014. The label has since been used by other countries, including Canada, France, Spain and Germany.
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LAS VEGAS (AP)When UNLV began this season 4-1, coach Marcus Arroyo’s job security wasn’t in question.
Then the Rebels lost six games in a row to seemingly fall out of bowl contention, and even a victory over their biggest rival Saturday wasn’t enough to save Arroyo’s job.
Just two days after UNLV defeated Nevada 27-22, athletic director Erick Harper announced his decision Monday to move on from Arroyo, who went 7-23 over three seasons.
Arroyo had two years left on his $7.7 million contract. Harper said Arroyo would be paid a $2.3 million buyout over the remainder of that term. UNLV spokesman Andy Grossman said the money for the buyout would be privately raised.
”Anyone coaching Division I football, Division II, Division III, it does not matter, the ultimate goal is to win and win consistently,” Harper said.
Arroyo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Associate head coach and linebackers coach Kenwick Thompson will serve as the interim coach if UNLV, which is 5-7, is invited to a bowl. The Rebels could play in the postseason because there might not be enough six-win teams to fill all the bowl slots.
Harper said he would not use a firm to conduct the search, and that he prefers a candidate with head coaching experience.
”That is a big key to the learning curve,” Harper said.
Such a criteria could make Bryan Harsin an attractive candidate. Harsin was fired in just his second season at Auburn, but he went 69-19 over seven seasons at Mountain West rival Boise State and was ranked in the final AP poll four times.
No matter who follows Arroyo, that coach will be the latest to try to turn around a program that has made just four bowl appearances in its history, the last in the 2013 season at the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
UNLV has undergone consistent turnover because of the lack of success, though Arroyo’s three-year tenure ties for the program’s shortest since Ron Meyer in 1973-75. Meyer left to become the coach at SMU after going 27-8.
Arroyo was the 12th coach in the history of the program, which dates to 1968.
”There’s been turnover at the athletic director’s position,” Harper said. ”There’s been turnover in the (university) presidential position. There has been turnover in other areas of this department. That revolving door has to stop, and to do that, we have to be in lockstep together at all times.”
Harper said UNLV now has something substantial to offer candidates with the $35 million Fertitta Football Complex where the team trains to the $2 billion Allegiant Stadium where it plays.
”There is a lot of interest across the board, and we’re going to pick the best person possible for our program,” Harper said.
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WIMBLEDON, England — Nick Kyrgios pulled out of Wimbledon the night before the tournament’s start, citing a wrist injury, a year after he reached his first Grand Slam final at the All England Club.
He was seeded 30th in the men’s bracket and was scheduled to face David Goffin on Monday. Kyrgios will be replaced in the field by a player who lost during qualifying.
“I’m really sad to say that I have to withdraw from Wimbledon this year. During my comeback, I experienced some pain in my wrist during Mallorca. As a precaution I had it scanned and it came back showing a torn ligament in my wrist,” Kyrgios posted on social media. “I tried everything to be able to play and I am disappointed to say that I just didn’t have enough time to manage it before Wimbledon.”
He has played just one match all season, after beginning 2023 by pulling out of the Australian Open because of an injured left knee that required arthroscopic surgery.
The 28-year-old Australian also missed the French Open, and now health issues will have caused him to sit out each of the year’s first three majors — the events that feature the big stages and bright lights he seems to enjoy the most.
Hours before his withdrawal on Sunday, Kyrgios was asked at a pre-tournament news conference how his body was holding up and whether he was ready for best-of-five-set competition at a Grand Slam tournament.
“I still think there’s some question marks, for sure,” he replied.
“I look at my preparations last year coming in — I probably had the most ideal preparation possible,” Kyrgios said. “It couldn’t be any (more) different this year.”
The only match he has participated in since October of last year was an opening loss against Wu Yibing at the Stuttgart Open on June 13.
Kyrgios was asked Sunday whether he missed tennis during all of the time away over the past ninth months.
“No, I don’t miss the sport at all, to be fair. I was almost dreading coming back a little bit,” he said with the hint of a smile. “But it’s my job.”
A year ago at Wimbledon, Kyrgios engaged in his usual sorts of antics — he spit in the direction of a fan after one match; got into a contentious back-and-forth during a victory against Stefanos Tsitsipas and a war of words afterward — while also dealing with a court case back home in Australia. But he also played fantastically, far better than might have been suggested by his then-ranking of No. 40 or his failure to have been to a major quarterfinal in 7 1/2 years until those two weeks.
He took the opening set of the 2022 championship match against Djokovic before the man who recently won his 23rd Grand Slam title prevailed 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Kyrgios sounded an optimistic tone Sunday afternoon.
“I’ve been hitting with some really good players this week and my body is feeling OK. I’m going to take it one day at a time. I’m not going to look forward and put unfair expectations on myself,” he said. “I’m just going to try to do everything I can, prepare, go out there and play some good tennis.”
Turns out he won’t get that chance this fortnight.
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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed on Monday after strong U.S. jobs data cleared the way for more interest rate hikes and China reported its exports rose by double digits.
Shanghai and Tokyo advanced while Hong Kong and Seoul retreated. Oil prices edged higher.
Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 lost 0.2% on Friday after government data showed American employers added more jobs than expected in June. That undercut expectations a slowing economy might prompt the Fed to postpone or scale back plans for more rate hikes to cool inflation.
“Now it seems they will be debating whether they need to be even more aggressive,” Edward Moya of Oanda said in a report.
The Shanghai Composite Index shed less than 0.1% to 3,226.04 after China’s July exports rose 18%, beating forecasts. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell 0.7% to 20,055.39 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 0.2% to 28,241.09.
The Kospi in Seoul declined 0.3% to 2,482.32 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 shed 0.1% to 7,005.40.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 declined to 4,145.19 on Friday while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2% to 32,803.47. The Nasdaq composite lost 0.5% at 12,657.55.
Investors worry that tighter policy from the Fed and central banks in Europe and Asia to cool inflation that is running at multi-decade highs might derail global economic growth.
Markets also have been rattled by Russia’s war on Ukraine, which has caused prices of oil, wheat and other commodities to spike and by uncertainty about the impact of Chinese anti-virus curbs that have disrupted manufacturing and shipping.
China’s exports in July surged 18% compared with a year earlier while imports rose just 2.3%, reflecting weak global demand, customs data showed Sunday. The country’s global trade surplus swelled to a record $101 billion.
Last week’s strong U.S. employment data gave ammunition to Fed officials who say the economy can tolerate higher borrowing costs to cool inflation. After Friday’s announcement, traders expect the Fed to raise its benchmark rate by 0.75 percentage points next month, up from forecasts of half a point. That would be triple the usual margin and the third such outsize hike this year.
Higher interest rates are meant to dampen inflation by cooling business activity, but that also raises the risk of recession and job losses. The latest inflation spike is unusual because forecasters blame shortages of goods due to the coronavirus pandemic, rather than rapid economic growth.
Wall Street is coming off the best month for stocks since late 2020, a rally driven mostly by what had been falling bond yields. Traders hoped the economy was slowing enough for the Fed to ease off.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude edged up 7 cents to $89.08 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 47 cents to $89.01 on Friday. Brent crude, the price basis for international trading, added 1 cent to $94.93 per barrel in London. It gained 80 cents to $94.92 the previous session.
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GOP quiet as Arizona Democrats condemn abortion ruling
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democrats vowed Saturday to fight for women’s rights after a court reinstated a law first enacted during the Civil War that bans abortion in nearly all circumstances, looking to capitalize on an issue they hope will have a major impact on the midterm elections.
Republican candidates were silent a day after the ruling, which said the state can prosecute doctors and others who assist with an abortion unless it’s necessary to save the mother’s life. Kari Lake, the GOP candidate for governor, and Blake Masters, the Senate candidate, did not comment.
Katie Hobbs and Kris Mayes, the Democratic nominees for governor and attorney general, implored women not to sit on the sidelines this year, saying the ruling sets them back more than a century to an era when only men had the right to vote.
“We cannot let (Lake) hold public office and have the power to enact extreme anti-choice policies that she’s spent her entire campaign touting,” Hobbs said during a news conference outside the attorney general’s office. “As Arizona’s governor I will do everything in my power and use every tool at my disposal to restore abortion rights in Arizona.”
The ruling presents a new hurdle for Republicans who were already struggling to navigate abortion politics. It fires up Democrats and distracts attention from the GOP’s attacks on President Joe Biden and his record on border security and inflation less than three weeks before the start of early and mail-in voting, which are overwhelmingly popular in Arizona.
Abortion rights are particularly salient among suburban women, who play a decisive role in close elections in Arizona.
“In Arizona, with a draconian abortion law in effect today, I think you will see suburban women take a real look at Democratic candidates who promise to do something even if it’s not in their power,” said Barrett Marson, a Republican consultant.
Democrats have poured tens of millions of dollars into television advertising focused on abortion rights, and women have been registering to vote in greater numbers than men across the country.
The old law was first enacted among a set of laws known as the “Howell Code” adopted by the 1st Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1864. Legislative researchers said it remained in the penal code in 1901 and was readopted in subsequent rewrites, including in the 1970s.
Lake has spoken positively of Arizona’s territorial ban on abortion, which she called “a great law that’s already on the books.” She has called abortion “the ultimate sin” and has also said abortion pills should be illegal.
Masters called abortion “demonic” during the GOP primary and called for a federal personhood law that would give fetuses the rights of people. He’s toned down his rhetoric more recently, deleting references to a personhood law from his campaign website and dropping language describing himself as “100% pro-life.”
More recently, Masters has said he would support a bill proposed by Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., that would ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy, except in cases of rape, incest or risk to the physical health of the mother. He has also said he supports a different Arizona law that seeks to ban abortions at 15 weeks.
Neither the Lake nor Masters campaign responded to requests for comment.
“Their silence speaks volumes,” said Mayes, the Democratic attorney general candidate. “They know how absolutely unpopular this 1901 law is. They know how indefensible it is. And they know that when Nov. 8 comes the people of Arizona are going to resoundingly reject this extreme abortion ban this attack on the people of Arizona by voting them down.”
If elected, Mayes said, she would not enforce the abortion law and would direct county prosecutors to do the same. She said she believes it violates the privacy rights guaranteed by the state constitution.
Hobbs said she’d push lawmakers on her first day in office to repeal the abortion ban, a long shot for a Legislature that is widely expected to be controlled by Republicans. Failing that, she said she’d support a ballot measure giving the voters the chance to decide in the 2024 election.
Hobbs also said she’d veto any legislation that further restricts abortion.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre condemned the ruling, which she said would have “catastrophic, dangerous and unacceptable” consequences.
“Make no mistake: this backwards decision exemplifies the disturbing trend across the country of Republican officials at the local and national level dead-set on stripping women of their rights,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
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This story has corrected the history of the territorial law to show that it has been documented in the penal code as far back as 1901.
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GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly died Wednesday after a long illness, according to a family spokesman. He was 75.
Deswood Tome said Shelly died Wednesday morning in New Mexico.
Shelly, of Thoreau, became the tribe’s seventh president and took office in January 2011.
He lost in his re-election bid in 2014, but the Navajo Supreme Court extended his term for five more months.
Shelly served as tribal vice president from 2007 until being elected president.
Prior to that, Shelly was a member of the Navajo Nation Council for 16 years representing Thoreau and served eight years as McKinley County commissioner.
Shelly and his family ran a transportation business for the last seven years.
He is survived by Martha Shelly, his wife of 57 years, plus five children, 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Shelly’s family will be holding a private service for him with a public memorial planned at a future date. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/former-navajo-nation-president-ben-shelly-dies-at-17853958.php | 2023-03-22 17:32:01 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/former-navajo-nation-president-ben-shelly-dies-at-17853958.php |
Baltimore police, FBI announce more people arrested in ride-share carjackings, robberies
Baltimore police and the FBI on Wednesday announced a series of arrests in recent ride-share carjackings and robberies.
Authorities are investigating 39 ride-share incidents involving either a carjacking, kidnapping or both since November. Baltimore police and the FBI formed a task force to help combat a growing problem of ride-share robberies and carjackings.
| I-TEAM: BPD creates task force amid spike of ride-share carjackings
Their work so far resulted in the arrests of six people between the ages 15 and 18 in connection with 12 cases, and more arrests could come soon.
Police said they have two open warrants for an additional suspect in at least one of the ride-sharing incidents.
"In many cases like this, the suspects are described as juvenile males and females, often working in pairs or in groups," Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said. "These incidents include both drivers and customers with multiple incidents who were victims, were forced into the vehicle, essentially being kidnapped, and then driven around the various areas."
| RELATED: Lyft driver carjacked at gunpoint in northwest Baltimore
Investigators said the assailants carjack ride-share drivers, rob them and then using the driver's app to answer calls and pick up and rob customers, forcing them to withdraw cash from ATMs or us cash apps.
"Many of these people, if not all of them, have been severely traumatized because it's not just carjacking, it's a kidnapping, and then, they're driving around to go to an ATM (and are) forced to withdraw money from ATM," Harrison said.
According to the FBI, the robberies take place quickly with either unknowing passengers being forced into the vehicle or the drivers being caught off guard.
| RELATED: Arrests made in string of robberies of ride-share passengers in Baltimore
"Give the criminals what they want -- whether your car, your keys, your wallet -- it is not worth risking your life to do this," said Thomas Sobocinski, special agent in charge of the FBI's Baltimore Field Office.
A week ago, police announced nine arrests in carjacking cases in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. The task force is looking into whether the same people were involved in any of the ride-sharing incidents.
Police have since increased their use of surveillance tools to help combat the crime spike.
| RELATED: Police investigate ride-share vehicle passenger assaults, robberies in Baltimore
"We have updated our carjacking protocols to ensure that we can get information on these incidents in real time, upload information into our license plate reader system, and then provide information to patrol officers to look out for these vehicles," Harrison said.
Police and the FBI are reminding users of ride-sharing services to confirm the following before getting into a car: Confirm the license plate, the car's make and model, the driver's photo and the identity of the driver match what's in the app.
Video below: Watch the BPD/FBI news conference in its entirety | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/more-arrests-ride-share-carjackings-robberies-baltimore/42307897 | 2022-12-21 23:11:18 | 1 | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/more-arrests-ride-share-carjackings-robberies-baltimore/42307897 |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Julia formed Friday in the Caribbean Sea, triggering hurricane watches and warnings for Nicaragua and Colombian islands.
Julia had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kmh) and was moving west at 18 mph (30 kmh).
The storm was about 505 miles (815 kilometers) east of Colombia’s Providencia Island.
Nicaragua’s government issued a hurricane watch from Bluefields to the Nicaragua-Honduras border.
The storm is forecast to pass by Colombia’s San Andres and Providencia islands Saturday night on its way to landfall in Nicaragua early Sunday.
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said via Twitter Friday that the government was preparing shelters on the islands. San Andres authorities announced a curfew on residents beginning Saturday at 6 a.m. to limit people in the streets. Yolanda González, director of Colombia’s Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies Institute said Julia could be a Category 1 hurricane when it passes the islands late Saturday.
A greater threat than Julia’s winds, were the five to 10 inches — even 15 inches in isolated areas — of rain the storm was expected to dump across Central America.
Its remnants will sweep across Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and southern Mexico, a region already saturated by weeks of heavy rains. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-tropical-storm-julia-takes-aim-at-nicaragua/ | 2022-10-07 20:24:43 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-tropical-storm-julia-takes-aim-at-nicaragua/ |
Student who once integrated the University of North Alabama now trustee
Wendell Gunn was accepted into the school in 1963 when it had no other Black students.
Wendell Gunn was accepted into the school in 1963 when it had no other Black students.
A man who graduated from a public college in Alabama is detailing his journey from being its first Black student to serving on its board of trustees.
Wendell Gunn detailed his journey during a recent appearance before a civic club in Florence, home of the University of North Alabama.
Gunn was accepted into the school in 1963 when it had no other Black students. He's now a member of its board of trustees after a career that included finance and a stop in the Reagan White House.
Gunn says he doesn't consider himself brave. He was just focused on getting an education in chemistry and physics. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/student-who-once-integrated-the-university-of-north-alabama-now-trustee-wendell-gunn/40334198 | 2022-06-18 20:13:01 | 1 | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/student-who-once-integrated-the-university-of-north-alabama-now-trustee-wendell-gunn/40334198 |
LONDON , Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- eDreams ODIGEO, one of the world's largest online travel companies and one of the largest e-commerce businesses in Europe, launches its 'Year in Travel' report today, providing an overview of the past year, insight into the year ahead and predictions for 2023. In the USA, the group's brand is eDreams.
eDreams ODIGEO 2022 bookings & search data reveals:
TOP DESTINATIONS 2022:
American travelers' top destinations in 2022 were all domestic: Las Vegas, Orlando and Denver were the most popular destinations for Americans this year (as in 2021), followed by Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Miami & Los Angeles.
In 2022, 72% of eDreams ODIGEO's American customers travelled within the USA as opposed to 28% journeying to the rest of the world. Among the nationalities that visited the USA during this year, the French top the list, followed by Germans and Spanish visitors.
TOP SEARCHES 2022:
American travellers searched mainly for domestic travel destinations, with Las Vegas, New York and Orlando topping the list, followed by London, Los Angeles, Miami and Paris.
TOP GROWTH DESTINATIONS:
eDreams ODIGEO's data further reveals that the top 3 growth destinations for Americans in 2022 compared to the previous year were Canada, primarily Vancouver (+1092% bookings), Toronto (+574% bookings), and Montréal (+303% bookings). It is important to bear in mind that these growth figures are atypical in that they reflect a return to travel following the disruptions of previous years.
TRAVEL HABITS:
How long did Americans travel for in 2022?
In 2022, 48% of eDreams ODIGEO American customers chose to travel for short breaks of between 2-4 days.
During the pandemic, travellers began to replace long-term planning with last-minute action and this habit has remained, with the majority of US travellers (47%) choosing to book within a two week window of departure - followed by 19% booking 16 - 30 days and 31 – 60 days before departure and 15% booking more than 60 days before departure.
2023 PREDICTIONS:
European countries are popular for travel next year, with three European countries in the top 2023 booked destinations (Paris, Barcelona & Madrid) and six in the top searched destinations for 2023 (London, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, Barcelona & Lisbon).
Dana Dunne, CEO of eDreams ODIGEO, comments: "The data speaks for itself, consumers are embracing the opportunity to travel whenever they can. Our bookings data shows short breaks are currently the most prominent, revealing that consumers are looking to squeeze in holidays wherever possible, with almost a third of trips lasting for just three-four days. This trend could also be representative of more flexible work patterns, enabling travellers to bring their laptops with them and work abroad whilst enjoying a long weekend in a new, exciting environment.
"This is reflected in the most booked destinations, with a range of European destinations such as Budapest, Copenhagen and Malta pushing some of the more traditional European holiday destinations out of the top ten.
"Our findings also reveal that travellers have been spontaneous with their bookings, with nearly half (45%) taking place just 15 days before departure, or less. This underpins consumers' desire to seize the day after being restricted on their travel plans for so long.
"The jam-packed sporting calendar coupled with the coronation next year is the perfect recipe for further growth to key European destinations in 2023, such as London and Paris. As people look to put the pandemic in their rear-view mirror, we expect the travel resurgence to continue in 2023."
Website showing full report data here.
Methodology
*Global and market specific eDreams ODIGEO booking and search statistics from the report "A Year in Travel", containing statistics from over 690 airlines worldwide, for trips booked 1 January - 31st October and which refer to trips from 1 January to 31 December 2022, as well as bookings made for 2023. Comparisons have been made with the same dates in 2021.
About eDreams ODIGEO
eDreams ODIGEO is one of the world's largest online travel companies and one of the largest e- commerce businesses in Europe. The business is the largest player worldwide in flight revenues, excluding China, and the largest in Europe. Under its four leading online travel agency brands – eDreams, GO Voyages, Opodo, Travellink, and the metasearch engine Liligo – it serves more than 17 million customers per year across 44 markets. Listed on the Spanish Stock Market, eDreams ODIGEO works with over 690 airlines and +2.1 million hotels. The business conceptualised Prime, the first subscription product in the travel sector which has attracted 3.5 million members since launching in 2017.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With the end of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season in sight, the tropics have finally wound down, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods yet.
The National Hurricane Center said in a Wednesday outlook that no new tropical cyclones are expected to develop in the Atlantic basin through the next five days. The news comes after an active few weeks in the tropics following Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole, which crisscrossed Florida 43 days apart from one another.
Since 1984, there have been a total of five off-season storms reaching hurricane strength. The latest was in 2016 when Category 1 Hurricane Alex hit Bermuda in mid-January. Minimal damage was inflicted.
Thankfully, “No tropical activity is expected through the Thanksgiving weekend,” WFLA Meteorologist Leigh Spann said. “The ocean temperature has continued to cool and that decreases the likelihood of any significant tropical development.”
While the Atlantic basin is currently empty, it’s important to note there is still one week left in the 2022 hurricane season, which officially ends Wednesday, Nov. 30 this year. Further, the NHC’s five-day outlook doesn’t take into consideration the likelihood of an off-season storm or hurricane.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) defines the hurricane off-season as taking place between May 31 and Dec. 1. However, NOAA says most (97%) of all Atlantic tropical cyclones occur during the regular hurricane season which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.
In the past six years, there have been six tropical storm formations and one subtropical storm formation in the tropics.
“If something were to form, the more frequent cold fronts generally help to push systems away from the U.S. coast,” Spann said.
Tracking the Tropics streams at 2 p.m. ET every Wednesday during hurricane season. For the latest updates, check out our Tracking the Tropics website. | https://www.wfla.com/weather/tracking-the-tropics/tracking-the-tropics-what-are-the-chances-of-a-holiday-hurricane-this-season/ | 2022-11-23 19:31:23 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/weather/tracking-the-tropics/tracking-the-tropics-what-are-the-chances-of-a-holiday-hurricane-this-season/ |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand court temporarily took away medical custody of a baby from his parents on Wednesday after they refused blood transfusions for him unless the blood came from donors who were unvaccinated against COVID-19.
The court’s ruling in favor of health authorities places the 4-month-old boy into the guardianship of authorities until after he undergoes an urgently needed heart operation and recovers. The parents remain in charge of decisions about their boy that don’t relate to the operation.
The parents’ legal battle has been embraced by anti-vaccine groups, who gathered outside the courtroom this week as evidence was presented.
High Court Judge Ian Gault said he accepted the affidavits of health experts who said there have been millions of blood transfusions performed around the world since coronavirus vaccines were introduced, and the vaccines hadn’t caused any known harmful effects.
The ruling will likely set a precedent and come as a relief to healthcare groups that collect and use donated blood.
The parents had said they had unvaccinated donors willing to give blood for their son’s operation, but health authorities argued that such directed donations should only occur in exceptional circumstances, such as for recipients with very rare blood types.
Health authorities also said the unvaccinated donors wouldn’t necessarily give them access to all the blood products they might need during the boy’s surgery.
The parents used discredited arguments and fringe theories to try to show that mRNA vaccines were unsafe.
The judge said the baby’s parents were loving and wanted the best for their son and accepted that he needed the surgery. The judge said the relationship between the parents and clinicians had suffered and that they should try to improve it before and after the surgery and be respectful of each other.
Court rules prevent the baby and parents from being named. Court documents identified the mother as a midwife. | https://www.yourbasin.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-new-zealand-court-rules-against-anti-vax-parents-of-ill-baby/ | 2022-12-07 18:19:59 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-new-zealand-court-rules-against-anti-vax-parents-of-ill-baby/ |
Q: I keep waking up in the middle of the night to pee and worry it's affecting my sleep. Why is this happening?
A: This is a question I hear all the time, and one possible cause might surprise you.
Nighttime urination, also known as nocturia, can affect men and women at any age. The more common causes are entirely benign, though nocturia can also be triggered by certain health conditions and medications.
In fact, one of the strongest diuretics known to man isn't something you eat or drink. It's actually something that can be released from within your own body.
Sleep apnea, a condition that affects breathing during sleep, can lead to lower oxygen levels in the bloodstream. When blood oxygen levels drop due to sleep apnea, the heart can experience a false signal of fluid overload and release a hormone called type B natriuretic peptide (BNP). BNP is a very potent diuretic that tells the body to get rid of sodium and water. It then causes an overproduction of urine.
In my practice, patients are often shocked to learn that sleep apnea can be the underlying cause of their nocturia. I recently saw a patient for frequent nighttime urination who also reported a history of snoring and morning fatigue. An at-home sleep study confirmed the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
After seeing a sleep medicine specialist, who had started him on CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) therapy, the patient reported not only more energy during the day and improved control of his high blood pressure but also less nighttime urination. The reason: Treatment of sleep apnea has been shown to decrease production of BNP, thus reducing nocturia.
Nocturia can also be a warning sign for other health conditions, such as diabetes, heart failure, urinary tract infections and an overactive bladder, as well as a reaction to some medications, including those used to treat hypertension and kidney conditions. Sometimes, it's linked to other sleep issues, such as insomnia.
The more common causes usually aren't anything to worry about. Here are some of them, as well as other medical conditions linked to nocturia.
- Fluid intake
In adults, a common cause of nighttime urination is fluid intake before bedtime, or in other words: What goes in must come out. Fluid you drink is filtered through the kidneys and stored in the bladder as urine until you pee. Drinking lots of fluid before bedtime is a recipe for waking up with an urge to urinate, since the bladder only holds about 12 to 14 ounces. By restricting fluids after dinnertime, these urges might be reduced.
- Bladder irritants and diuretics
There are many foods and drinks whose byproducts are passed into the urine and can irritate or "tickle" the bladder, producing an urge to pee. This includes teas (green, white and black), spicy foods and artificial sweeteners, such as the calorie-free sweeteners you might add to your drinks or those that come inside diet or sugar-free foods. In a study involving rats, these sweeteners were shown to increase bladder muscle contraction, which causes an urge to urinate.
Caffeine is another common culprit, whether it's in coffee, tea or soda, and so is alcohol. Both are known diuretics.
- Medical conditions
For men over age 50, the most likely cause is prostate enlargement. Urine passes through a small channel in the prostate on its way out of the body. With age, the prostate can enlarge and compress that channel. As a result, the bladder may not empty completely during urination and may fill back up quickly. The bladder can also become overactive over time from having to push hard through a tight prostate.
Several factors can contribute to nighttime urination in women, including pregnancy. Pelvic floor dysfunction and pelvic organ prolapse, which occur more often with age, can also cause frequent and urgent urination. Those who have given birth vaginally are at an increased risk of these conditions, as are those who have gone through menopause, which can cause hormonal changes that can impact the pelvic organs.
- For young people
Most young people don't wake up at night to urinate. Those who do are probably taking in too much fluid before bedtime or consuming bladder irritants or diuretics. But it's important to keep in mind that even young people can be diagnosed with medical conditions linked to nocturia, such as sleep apnea, particularly those who are overweight.
- What to do about it
For people who are bothered by peeing once a night, I suggest avoiding caffeine after lunch and skipping a nightcap before bed. Try keeping track of what you eat and drink to identify what your own triggers might be.
But if you're waking up two or more times – or you think you might have sleep apnea, a prostate issue or any other medical condition related to nocturia – connect with your primary care provider or a urologist and get evaluated. They'll run a urine test and check to make sure your overall health is in order. | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/ask-a-doctor-why-do-i-pee-so-much-at-night/article_c4d73589-969e-531e-853d-79f4ae802ebe.html | 2022-10-04 22:54:48 | 0 | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/ask-a-doctor-why-do-i-pee-so-much-at-night/article_c4d73589-969e-531e-853d-79f4ae802ebe.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Firefighters are battling what they call a “dynamic” blaze burning in a grain elevator in Vancouver Thursday morning.
The fire was reported shortly before 5:30 a.m. at a commercial facility on Harborside Drive.
Responding crews found a working fire in a conveyor between a grain silo on shore and a barge on the water, according to Vancouver Fire Department.
Additional crews responded once a second alarm was called. The department says 14 units are currently working the blaze, including a fire boat from Portland Fire & Rescue.
This is a developing story. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/dynamic-blaze-burns-grain-elevator-in-vancouver/ | 2022-10-13 15:56:41 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/dynamic-blaze-burns-grain-elevator-in-vancouver/ |
Biden will sign an executive order in Maine encouraging new inventions to be made in the US
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order while visiting Maine on Friday to encourage companies to manufacture new inventions in the United States.
Biden is going to Maine for the first time of his presidency, packaging his signing of the executive order with a speech at a textile factory and a fundraiser later in the town of Freeport.
The Democrat won three out of the state’s four electoral votes in 2020 and is seeking to shore up his support in the state. Maine allocates its electoral votes by congressional district, and he lost the vote in the state’s second district, which provided the only electoral vote in New England for then-President Donald Trump, a Republican.
“We’re talking about bringing manufacturing back to the country and creating jobs — good-paying jobs,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday as she previewed the trip.
The White House outlined the executive order being signed by Biden, which would improve the transparency of federal research and development programs to meet the administration’s goals for domestic manufacturing. The order asks agencies to weigh U.S. national security and economic interests when determining if domestic manufacturing requirements should be broadened.
The order also encourages federal agencies to consider domestic production when investing in research and development and to use their own legal authorities to encourage that new technologies are made in the U.S. But when goods cannot be made in the U.S., the order instructs the Commerce Department to create a clearer and timelier process for receiving a waiver.
Biden will be going to Auburn Manufacturing Inc., a maker of heat- and fire-resistant fabrics for industries that include shipbuilding, oil refining and electricity generation. The company challenged China for its unfair trade practices regarding amorphous silica fabric, or ASF, which is a heat-resistant material.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2023/07/28/biden-will-sign-an-executive-order-maine-encouraging-new-inventions-be-made-us/ | 2023-07-28 10:17:43 | 0 | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2023/07/28/biden-will-sign-an-executive-order-maine-encouraging-new-inventions-be-made-us/ |
- Agreement furthers Cboe's growing global index business and track record in index innovation
- Enables Cboe to exclusively develop and offer new indices and solutions based on select Validus' proprietary methodologies
CHICAGO, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, today announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Validus Macro Strategies, a provider of rule-based options-based solutions for institutional investors, that creates the framework for Cboe and Validus to collaborate on the development of new indices and solutions.
Under this agreement, Cboe will have exclusive rights to develop and offer a range of derivatives-based indices and associated investable financial products using Validus' proprietary methodologies. Cboe expects to initially launch a new series of Cboe Validus Dynamic Indices designed to show the performance of active BuyWrite and PutWrite strategies on major U.S equity indices in the coming months. In addition, Cboe may work with Validus to develop other active indices for unique index-based products in the future.
The new relationship furthers Cboe's growing global index business and builds on Cboe's proven track record in creating and disseminating some of the industry's most innovative index offerings, including the Cboe Volatility Index® (VIX® Index), and its suites of Strategy Performance Benchmark indices and Target Outcome indices.
"At Cboe, we seek to innovate to define markets that benefit all participants. Often, this begins with indexing, which has long been a Cboe core competency," said Catherine Clay, Executive Vice President, Data and Access Solutions at Cboe Global Markets. "Cboe has been a pioneer of strategy performance benchmark indices, which continue to gain traction with investors seeking to use options to hedge risk, reduce volatility and enhance yields. Validus offers a unique, rule-based methodology for constructing options strategies that we believe could further enhance investment outcomes, and we're excited to leverage their expertise to help develop additional index solutions to meet customer demand."
"Validus is excited to partner with Cboe Global Markets, a global leader in indices and index products. Combining our risk-centric philosophy and derivatives expertise with Cboe's focus on product innovation and world class trading infrastructure creates the ideal platform for the development of exciting investment products and risk solutions," said Kevin Lester, Chief Executive Officer at Validus Risk Management.
Validus' proprietary methodologies differ from traditional options-based strategies in that they are active and rule-based at the same time. Characteristics such as options expiries, strikes or roll dates are dynamically selected. The new Cboe Validus Dynamic Indices, unlike many benchmark indices, are specifically designed to be used as investable strategies by a wide range of investors. The indices also account for trading impact and consider other operational aspects such as margin rules and the impact of interest rates.
"We are very excited and thankful for the opportunity to work with Cboe to bring innovative solutions based on our hands-on market experience to investors," said Kambiz Kazemi, Chief Investment Officer at Validus Macro Strategies. "Markets have been undergoing major structural shifts in the last two decades and the effect of these changes are now becoming increasingly apparent to investors. Options-based strategies and indices are increasingly a crucial part of building portfolios and managing their risk. Through this partnership with Cboe, we look forward to bringing practical state-of-the-art solutions to investors and helping them navigate the road ahead."
The planned launch of the Cboe Validus Dynamic Indices will complement Cboe's existing suite of Strategy Performance Benchmark indices, which aim to provide investors with an effective way to employ options strategies to improve risk-adjusted returns within their investment portfolio.
A BuyWrite, also called a covered call, generally is considered to be an investment strategy in which an investor buys a stock or a basket of stocks, and also sells call options that correspond to the stock or basket of stocks. A PutWrite generally involves the selling of put options to earn premiums.
As a leader in the creation and dissemination of more than 450 volatility and derivatives-based indices, Cboe is at the forefront of creating an investment ecosystem that encompasses product design, calculation, administration, listing, trading, and benchmark licensing. To learn more, visit https://www.cboe.com/indices/.
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OLYMPIA, Wash., June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fungi Perfecti® - makers of Host Defense® Mushrooms™ - attends The Mushroom Summit inaugural event and demonstrates activity of mushroom mycelium.*
As mushroom supplement category leaders, key Fungi Perfecti staff attend The Mushroom Summit to continue the advancement of the science on mushroom mycelium for human health applications.*†
Senior Research Scientist at Fungi Perfecti, Regan Nally, PhD, is one of five participants on the discussion panel Mycelium on Grain vs Fruiting Body: Quality Control & Mushroom Biology. With a specialization in Organic Chemistry, Dr. Nally provides expertise in secondary metabolite production of mushroom mycelium, including testing bioefficacy of mycelial fractions in cell lines and their interface with human biology and health. This specialization informs her insight into and extensive knowledge of appropriate testing methods to demonstrate immunological activity in mushroom mycelium and fruit body ingredients, beyond constituent quantification.
Two additional in-house experts at Fungi Perfecti, Research Scientist, Chase Beathard, PhD, and Head of Science Education, Jerry Angelini, MS, co-present the featured Research Spotlight segment: Disambiguating the Mycelium and Fruit Body Discussion: Case Studies of Lion's Mane and other Beneficial Mushrooms. Their presentation includes discussions on mushroom life cycle, fungal biochemistry, testing methodologies including efficacy, and novel research conducted by the Fungi Perfecti Research & Development team demonstrating neurite outgrowth induced by Lion's Mane mycelium.*
The Mushroom Summit is co-located with Psychedelic Science 2023, the largest psychedelic gathering in history, where Fungi Perfecti Member, Founder, and Chief Science Officer Paul Stamets speaks on June 23.
Stamets's mycological research began in the 1970's, and his work has continued through rigorous efforts undertaken by a team of research scientists at Fungi Perfecti since the late 1990's. Today, the Fungi Perfecti R&D team is engaged in ongoing, cutting-edge mycological research and innovation.
To date, their team has published 77 peer-reviewed papers, of which Paul is a co-author or author on 28 of them. Members of the team have contributed their knowledge to well-respected academic journals, including Journal of Natural Products, Nature's Scientific Reports, and Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The Fungi Perfecti R&D team is committed to seeking out new and innovative ways of using fungi - especially mushroom mycelium when harnessed in the form of supplements to support human health.*
Fungi Perfecti® - makers of Host Defense® Mushrooms™ - is a family-owned company specializing in mushroom mycelium-based supplements and drink mixes. Founded by Paul Stamets with the goal of building the bridge between people and fungi, Fungi Perfecti has become synonymous with cutting-edge mycological research and innovative mycological solutions in everything from water filtration (mycofiltration) and ecological rehabilitation (mycoremediation), to using beneficial mushrooms to combat Colony Collapse Disorder in bee populations and to support human health through their Host Defense Mushrooms supplements line. Their sustainability efforts are a natural extension of their continued mission to explore, study, preserve, and spread knowledge about the use of fungi for helping people and planet. Fungi Perfecti is a Certified B Corporation and is third-party designated as Climate Positive, offsetting 110% of their carbon emissions. Follow them on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.*
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Pulitzer Prize-winning essay: 'On Grief' Published April 3, 2023 at 4:13 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with The Atlantic's Jennifer Senior about her essay "On Grief." Copyright 2023 NPR | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2023-04-03/pulitzer-prize-winning-essay-on-grief | 2023-04-03 10:05:58 | 1 | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2023-04-03/pulitzer-prize-winning-essay-on-grief |
Undoubtedly, New Orleans and the region benefit tremendously from the historic architecture of our French Quarter. For centuries, it has been an enviable lure for visitors who travel to see this one-of-a-kind neighborhood.
So, you’d imagine anyone suggesting we start erecting structures to obscure that original architecture would be run out of town.
Astonishingly, that is what the city proposes now, in the form of “parklets.”
What are parklets? Not parks. They don’t contain a blade of grass.
Rather, a “parklet” is an emergency response to COVID-19. City Hall temporarily granted bars and restaurants outdoor seating in street parking lanes. Outdoor dining was safer for patrons trying to avoid the virus. For some businesses, it was a lifeline.
But similar to how we are ready for the COVID-19 crisis to end, it’s time for parklets to go, at least in the French Quarter and similarly historic Faubourg Marigny.
Typically, parklets are a jumbled visual mess of giant plastic barricades, high-tops or picnic tables and large umbrellas or even tents in the street.
This privatization of public spaces could become permanent under this new proposal.
Wait. Are we going to start building plywood structures that block the views of our world-famous architecture?
Recently the Vieux Carré Commission, charged with protecting the French Quarter, voted unanimously to oppose Quarter parklets. Unfortunately, the VCC lacks jurisdiction for a binding decision on this issue. But we should heed its concerns along with those of French Quarter watchdog groups. The ultimate decision will be the City Council’s.
Parklets also generate drunk driver safety concerns, noise and litter. Many call them “gutter parks.” Mobility-impaired citizens complain about access when sidewalks become extensions of bars and restaurants.
And imagine taking away already limited French Quarter parking for the enrichment of a handful of private business owners.
I am proud New Orleans thought creatively about helping our businesses during the emergency. Let’s not turn that good deed into a bad permanent change.
NATHAN CHAPMAN
president, Vieux Carré Property Owners, Residents and Associates, Inc. (VCPORA)
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday voiced support for changing the overall U.S. voting age to 25, unless younger Americans fulfill at least six months of service in the military or as a first responder — or pass the same citizenship test administered to those seeking to become naturalized citizens.
Ramaswamy’s campaign announced the biotech entrepreneur and “anti-woke” activist’s push for a U.S. Constitutional amendment promoting “civic duty voting,” which he announced in a news release and detailed during a campaign event in Urbandale, Iowa.
Revising the Constitution is no simple task, requiring overwhelming support in Congress and in state legislatures. Still, Ramaswamy said in his release that the “absence of national pride is a serious threat to the future of our country” and argued his proposal “can create a sense of shared purpose and responsibility amongst young Americans to become educated citizens.”
On Twitter during his Iowa event, Ramaswamy acknowledged, “I understand not everyone will like this proposal and that it will take persuasion to convince many of its merits, but I’m ready to take that on.”
At age 37, Ramaswamy is the youngest person competing for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination in a field that already includes several candidates in their 70s, including former President Donald Trump and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
Another rival, former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, 51, has made the call for a new generation of political leadership central to her campaign, even positing that cognitive testing should be required for older politicians.
Making changes to the U.S. Constitution requires approval by two-thirds of Congress, as well as three-fourths of state legislators.
The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18. The debate had begun decades earlier during World War II, when Congress lowered the minimum draft age to 18, prompting the slogan “old enough to fight, old enough to vote.”
States began to move toward lowering their voting ages, following a call by President Dwight Eisenhower made in 1954. More pushes for overall changes came during the Vietnam War, and, in 1970, Congress amended voting rights law, lowering the voting age in federal, state and local elections to 18.
A handful of states sued the federal government, arguing that Congress had no jurisdiction over state voting ages, with which the Supreme Court agreed. A Constitutional amendment, which superseded any state laws with thresholds higher than age 18, was swiftly passed by Congress and ratified by three-quarters of states.
As part of his proposal, Ramaswamy argued that his plan would require “no additional government bureaucracy” to administer, saying debate generated by his proposal “will itself catalyze a long overdue conversation in America about what it means to be a citizen and how to foster civic pride in the next generation.”
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Workers at a General Electric factory in Alabama on Monday launched an effort to form a union, joining a wave of recent labor organization efforts at large national companies.
Workers at the 179-employee GE Aviation plant in Auburn, Alabama, submitted union cards to the Birmingham office of the National Labor Relations Board in an organization effort with IUE-CWA. They said it is part of a national effort to organize at GE plants across the country, and comes amid unionization efforts at other large companies like Amazon and Starbucks.
An email and telephone call to the public relations office for GE was not immediately returned.
A spokeswoman for the National Labor Relations Board confirmed the regional office received the union petition Monday. To qualify for a union election, the NLRB requires signatures from 30% of eligible voters at a specific facility. The IUE-CWA indicated that more than 50% of workers signed cards but did not provide an exact number.
Two plant workers supporting the effort told The Associated Press, in interviews arranged by union supporters, that pay, the attitude of management toward workers and benefits are among the driving concern of workers.
“We need our voices to be heard,” Marcus Durrell, who has worked at the plant for seven years, said in a telephone interview. He said experienced workers at the plant earn less than workers at other GE facilities.
He said workers at the Auburn plant see their pay top out at about $24.18 per hour after six years.
“We want better pay, better benefits, just having a seat of the table,” Donna Rawlinson, 46, said. Rawlinson, who said she is on short-term disability while undergoing breast cancer treatments, said morale at the plant has declined over the years.
“They keep pushing. They want more, but they don’t give anything,” she said.
Labor unions appear to be having a resurgence of interest after decades of decline. Just 10.3% of workers belonged to unions in 2021, down from 20.1% in 1983, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unionization campaigns have gained momentum recently, with workers launching efforts at Amazon, Starbucks and other large companies. The Biden administration has also supported efforts to boost unionization campaigns at major employers.
“GE workers in Alabama are sending a powerful message by coming together to form a union for the better pay, benefits, and job security they have earned. Across the country at giant corporations like Amazon and Starbucks, CEOs are getting a wake-up call from workers making their voices heard,” IUE-CWA Conference Board Chairman Jerry Carney said in a statement announcing the effort at the GE plant. | https://www.wane.com/news/business/ap-business/ge-workers-in-alabama-seek-union/ | 2022-08-22 18:46:53 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/business/ap-business/ge-workers-in-alabama-seek-union/ |
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) announced today that it will report results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2022, after the market closes on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. There will be a conference call for investors and analysts at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.
A live webcast of the call will be available on the company's website at www.uhsinc.com. To participate via telephone, please register in advance at this link. Upon registration, all telephone participants will receive a confirmation email detailing how to join the conference call, including the dial-in number along with a unique passcode and registrant ID that can be used to access the call. A replay of the call will be available for one full year following the live call.
Universal Health Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest hospital companies, operating through its subsidiaries, acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers located throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico.
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. f/k/a Peridot Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: LICY) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: February 16, 2021 to March 23, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 20, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. f/k/a Peridot Acquisition Corp. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Li-Cycle's largest customer, Traxys, is not actually a customer, but merely a broker providing working capital financial to the Company while Traxys tries to sell Li-Cycle's product to end customers; (2) the Company engaged in highly questionable related party transactions; (3) the Company's mark-to-model accounting is vulnerable to abuse and gave a false impression of growth; (4) a significant portion of the Company's reported revenues were derived from simply marking up receivables on products that had not been sold; (5) the Company's gross margins have likely been negative since inception; (6) the Company will require an additional $1 billion of funding to support its planned growth (which is a figure greater than the Company raised via the merger); and (7) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Li-Cycle you have until June 20, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Li-Cycle securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the LICY lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/li-cycle-holdings-corp-loss-submission-form?id=27807&from=4.
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Two people rescued from Lake Michigan
Coast Guard announced ceased search and rescue
Two people rescued from Lake Michigan
Coast Guard announced ceased search and rescue
NORTH SHORE FIRE OFFICIALS CONFIRM TWO PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. OFFICIALS SAY A SAILBOAT OVERTURNED NEAR ATWATER PARK WITH TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD. THE TWO WERE THEN FOUND AND PULLED OUT OF THE WATER ALONG NORTH PALISADES ROAD, NEAR BIG BAY PARK IN WHITEFISH BA
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Two people were rescued from Lake Michigan Saturday afternoon.North Shore Battalion Chief said they received a call of two people "clinging" to an overturned sailboat at Atwater Beach. The pair was found north of Palisades road and was sent to the hospital after their recovery. There's no word on what their injuries are. Officials are working on getting the boat off the shore.
SHOREWOOD, Wis. —
Two people were rescued from Lake Michigan Saturday afternoon.
North Shore Battalion Chief said they received a call of two people "clinging" to an overturned sailboat at Atwater Beach.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. ("Flagstar" or the "Company") (NYSE: FBC). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Flagstar and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On or around October 6, 2022, media outlets reported that the Department of Justice may be considering a lawsuit against Flagstar over allegations of racial discrimination.
On this news, Flagstar's stock price fell $1.78 per share, or 5.02%, to close at $33.70 per share on October 6, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
CONTACT:
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Pomerantz LLP
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(iSeeCars) — The concept of an online, or digital, car auction site is not new.
Fleet managers and wholesalers have been using the auction marketplace to locate and purchase inventory for dealership lots since the early-2000s. And even retail bidders have had access to auto auction sites like eBay Motors for over 20 years, though back then the thought of buying a vehicle through an online car auction, without seeing it in person or performing a pre-purchase inspection, was considered risky at best.
The automotive world has evolved over the past two decades, and in that time eBay Motors has sold millions of cars, most of them to first time online car buyers willing to take a chance on the digital marketplace. But we now live in a world where online car buying isn’t just common, it’s dominant, helped along in recent years by everything from a global pandemic to confidence-bolstering technology like high-resolution photos and vehicle history reports.
But the biggest shift in the last year or two has been the explosive growth of car enthusiasts turning to car auction websites like Bring a Trailer (or BaT) and Cars and Bids when seeking their next exotic or classic car. Everything from a vintage Chevrolet Corvette or Ford Mustang GT to the latest Mercedes-Benz AMG or Porsche 911 regularly change hands on these sites.
For these buyers this isn’t like going to an Autotrader or Craigslist classified ad, where the used car pricing on a high-volume Dodge, Nissan, or Toyota might range from $5,000 to $25,000. These enthusiast auction sites often trade in rare collector cars or high-end coupes from brands like BMW, Ferrari and McLaren, with the highest bidders regularly committing to 6 – or even 7 – figure price tags.
Is spending that kind of money on a car you haven’t seen in person a good idea? Do sites like Bring a Trailer and Cars and Bids have policies in place to ensure high-quality live auctions that protect buyers and sellers? Let’s take a closer look at the origins of Bring a Trailer and Cars and Bids and then consider their policies that protect users.
Bring a Trailer (bringatrailer.com)
Bring a trailer started in 2007 as a pet project for founder Randy Nonnenberg. As someone who obsessively hunted online classified ads, Randy realized his efforts to identify the most interesting cars for sale online were going to waste – only he was seeing them. So he started Bring a Trailer to showcase his findings, and over the next 7 years BaT built quite a following of like-minded car enthusiasts.
Randy credits Bring a Trailer’s well-established community, long before it switched from a classified ads aggregator to full-scale auction site, as BaT’s greatest asset. “The community, which is central and first and foremost, and everybody that looks at a BaT listing and the type of discussion, the way we interact with the community, the level of expertise in the existing BaT community, is a huge differentiator,” says Randy.
This expertise shows up in the comments section of each BaT auction, which could almost be described as watching real-time forums, dedicated to specific special interest vehicles or sports cars, materialize out of thin air over the course of a 7-day auction. These comments come from the hundreds of thousands of registered BaT members, who organically find their way to the same vehicle auctions where they have the most interest and knowledge.
Additional Bring a Trailer factors Randy Nonnenberg calls out include the site’s listing descriptions, which he says avoid the hyperbole that pervades most car sales situations. Randy told us the car has to stand on its own and the virtues of the vehicle, and the community will help vet the car beyond that. Randy also called out BaT’s commitment to customer service. For example, the site doesn’t get a fee if a car doesn’t meet reserve, even if the seller finds a BaT buyer after the auction, and a deal is made below reserve.
Cars and Bids (carsandbids.com)
Cars and bids was co-founded by popular automotive YouTuber Doug DeMuro and launched in 2020. Doug’s reputation for describing not only interesting cars but interesting details about interesting cars plays well in the online auction world, where half the fun and enthusiasm for a special interest vehicle derives from the “quirks and features” Doug is known for identifying.
Cars and Bids has grown quickly, with over 220,000 registered users. Doug says he’s got data to show Cars and Bids delivers a higher sale price than its competitors on a wide range of models, which he credits to the site’s engaged bidders, dedicated focus on modern enthusiast cars from 1981 and up, and ability to get a seller’s auction live quickly, usually less than a week after receiving all the vehicle information and photos.
Doug admits to not having the same ultra-high-end buyers as some others sites. At least, not yet. But he’s also confident about the strong prices he’s getting in the sub-$100,000 market. “I’m comfortable owning the $20,000 to $90,000 market. There are more of those cars, and we have the data to show we’re getting higher prices in that range.”
Other advantages Doug claims for Cars and Bids include its low buyer’s fee (4.5 percent), zero seller’s fee, and a chat support system to help users before, during, and after the auction. Doug also has a huge social media following within the automotive enthusiast community. In his words, “Simply put, we’re able to drive more attention to each auction, and the result is more views, more bidding, and more money.”
How does Bring a Trailer and Cars and Bids Work?
The buying and selling process for both Bring a Trailer and Cars and Bids is remarkably similar. Both sites require users to register with a credit card to cover the listing fees, both offer reserve price and no reserve auctions, and both have a support team in place to assist sellers when listing a vehicle and both buyers and sellers after the auction ends.
Both sites require sellers to provide proof of ownership, and both encourage sellers to provide in-depth, high-quality photography that accurately represents the vehicle. Video showing the vehicle starting and driving is also encouraged. Both sites also offer free CarFax vehicle history reports for every vehicle listed, and both allow for real-time questions and answers between prospective buyers and sellers during the 7-day auction. You also don’t have to worry about last-minute sniping because any bids that come in during the final minutes of a live auction extend the auction to allow other bidders to respond.
What are the key differences between Bring a Trailer and Cars and Bids? Beyond the items each site’s founder mentioned above, the differences come down to fees and a few policies.
Bring a Trailer auctions cost either $99 for sellers who take their owner photos, or $250 for sellers who want a professional photographer to take the pictures. You can also get a “White Glove” service from Bring a Trailer, designed for sellers who have high-end vehicles and want high-end service. The White Glove price is variable and based on the level of service a seller receives. The buyer’s fee for BaT is 5 percent, with a $250 minimum and $5,000 maximum.
Cars and Bids allows sellers to list vehicles for free, but the site will connect you with a photographic service offering a 1-hour, 50-image shoot for $149 or a 2-hour, 100-image shoot for $249. The buyer’s fee for Cars and Bids is 4.5 percent, with a $225 minimum and a $4,500 maximum.
How Am I Protected if There’s a Problem with an Auction?
This is the most important question related to any online auction or purchase process. Even with hundreds of photos, a video, a CarFax history report and a community of enthusiasts involved, a buyer in New York is still placing a lot of faith when buying from a seller 3,000 miles away in San Francisco. What provisions do Bring a Trailer and Cars and Bids have in place to protect someone spending tens – or hundreds – of thousands dollars on a used car they’ve never physically inspected?
As mentioned, both sites require a credit card to register to bid and a phone number to sell, and both charge the winning bidder’s card as soon as the auction ends. That discourages buyers from not following through on the purchase…but it still happens. Randy Nonnenberg told us Bring a Trailer has a 97.7 percent success rate on completed auctions, which means only 2.3 percent have something go amiss after a winning bid is declared. If it’s a buyer that refuses to follow through they are still charged the buyer’s fee (up to $5,000) and they are banned from the site.
Cars and Bids has similar policies in place and a similarly low “failure” rate on completed auctions, but they go a step further by not only charging the buyer’s fee but giving half that fee to the seller if a buyer flakes and doesn’t complete the purchase. Of course, Doug also confided that buyers can, and often do, request a “chargeback” in these situations, – meaning they dispute the charge with their credit card company and are refunded the buyer’s fee.
Conversely, what if the buyer follows through in good conscience only to receive a vehicle that’s nothing like what was described in the auction? Again, this is a relatively rare occurrence because of the in-depth photography and vehicle history report presented for most cars. But it does happen and, like the chargeback situation above, there’s not much a buyer can do after the purchase has been finalized and the money has changed hands.
This is why, despite the explosive growth of Bring a Trailer and Cars and Bids recent years, buyers and sellers should perform their own due diligence before using an online auction site. Remember, at the end of the day these sites are essentially elaborate systems meant to introduce a seller and a buyer to each other. These sites don’t personally vet the cars, or the individuals, involved in the transaction.
Examples of due diligence include contacting the buyer or seller directly, before the auction ends, to get a sense of who you’re dealing with. Better still, as a buyer it’s always in your best interest to only bid on cars you can physically inspect, and hopefully even test drive, before an auction ends. That might mean limiting your bids to local auctions, or it might mean booking a last-minute flight.
Neither of those are preferred methods of buying or selling a vehicle, but they are prudent measures when spending the kind of money these auctions typically generate. Even with all the technology we have at our disposal in 2022 the classic mantra is still the best policy:
Buyer (and Seller) Beware…
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Asurion® Repair Experts Provide Fast Fixes on Phones, Tablets, Laptops, and More
EASTON, Md., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new electronics repair shop, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, has opened in Easton at 220 Marlboro Ave. The store offers professional fixes for most consumer electronics, from smartphones, tablets, and computers to game consoles, smart speakers, drones, and more. The store will host a grand opening celebration on June 4 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., featuring discounts, giveaways, refreshments, and more.
While common repairs include cracked screens, battery issues, and water damage, the company's repair experts have fixed millions of devices and can help with most any tech mishap, and many basic repairs can be completed in two hours or less.
"There's no technology repair that is too difficult for our team to handle," said Elke Johns, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions District Manager. "At Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions, we understand your devices are tools to engage with others, which is why we take the work we do seriously. We're here to serve our community for all electronics repair needs."
The store's expert repair technicians fix all kinds of technology, regardless of make or model, and the store is an authorized repair provider for Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel smartphones. Customers can book a repair appointment online or stop by the store for walk-in service. The store offers free, no-obligation diagnostics on all gadgets, as well as a 1-year limited warranty on all repairs. It even offers a price match guarantee on any local competitor's regularly published price for the same repair.
The new Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions store brings the company's retail footprint to more than 800 locations across the U.S. Formerly known as uBreakiFix®, all U.S. locations will rebrand as Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions throughout 2022.
"We are excited to serve people in Easton with fast and affordable tech repair," said Dave Barbuto, CEO of Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions. "We all rely on our phones and laptops more than ever before, and our mission is bigger than repairing shattered screens and broken charge ports. We fix tech because people depend on it to stay connected to things that are important to them. I look forward to serving this community through our new location."
The new store is located at:
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions
220 Marlboro Ave Suite B, Easton, MD 21601
(443) 258-6043
About Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, formerly known as uBreakiFix®, is the retail brand operated and franchised by a subsidiary of tech care company Asurion®. As the world's leading tech care company, Asurion eliminates the fears and frustrations associated with technology to ensure its 300 million customers get the most out of their devices, appliances, and connections. Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions stores specialize in the repair of consumer technology, including smartphones, game consoles, tablets, computers, and nearly everything in between. Asurion Tech Repair and Solutions repair experts fix cracked screens, software issues, camera issues, and most other tech mishaps at more than 700 stores across the U.S. The stores provide fast, affordable fixes for nearly any device type, regardless of make or model, including authorized repairs for Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
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CHOP is now part of a consortium of leading children's hospitals and early-stage digital health companies that are transforming pediatric care
PHILADELPHIA, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has announced that the organization is now a part of KidsX, a global leader in pediatric digital health innovation. KidsX facilitates collaboration between elite children's hospitals, providers, payors, investors, entrepreneurs, and corporate partners to solve the most pressing problems in pediatric care delivery.
"At CHOP, strategic partnerships are key to our digital transformation strategy," said Shakeeb Akhter, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at CHOP. "Being a part of KidsX means we can engage with an even larger community invested in innovation for pediatric care. The accelerator programs and community initiatives allow us to share best practices, network and co-create digital solutions even faster for our patients across the country and around the world."
KidsX brings together the top children's hospitals and digital health companies to build, test and deploy solutions to make pediatric care impactful, safe, and convenient for children and families.
"CHOP is a very innovative and mission driven organization that leverages technology to reimagine healthcare, reduce burnout for clinicians, create a seamless patient experience, and advance operations using automation," says Omkar Kulkarni, VP Chief Transformation and Digital Officer and Managing Director for KidsX. "Over the years, KidsX has been working with many children's hospitals across the country and world to implement technologies that improve care for their patients and families. We're excited to have CHOP join our consortium and provide support in their efforts to accelerate innovation in pediatrics."
"Each year, KidsX hospitals come together to prioritize a select set of focus areas that are most prevalent to children and can be best addressed by technology," Akhter added. "At CHOP, our digital transformation efforts aim to deliver even more comprehensive care, an enhanced patient experience, and the tools our staff needs to fuel research and clinical breakthroughs. We are excited about the possibilities with the KidsX network to strengthen our collaborative efforts and elevate pediatric healthcare today, tomorrow and for the future."
To find out more information, visit kidsx.health.
About Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
A non-profit, charitable organization, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was founded in 1855 as the nation's first pediatric hospital. Through its long-standing commitment to providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare professionals, and pioneering major research initiatives, the 595-bed hospital has fostered many discoveries that have benefited children worldwide. Its pediatric research program is among the largest in the country. The institution has a well-established history of providing advanced pediatric care close to home through its CHOP Care Network, which includes more than 50 primary care practices, specialty care and surgical centers, urgent care centers, and community hospital alliances throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as an inpatient hospital with a dedicated pediatric emergency department in King of Prussia. In addition, its unique family-centered care and public service programs have brought Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recognition as a leading advocate for children and adolescents. For more information, visit www.chop.edu.
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NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KLAS) – A speeding woman is accused of driving under the influence of cocaine and alcohol when she crashed into another car, killing its driver who was under the influence of methamphetamine, police said.
Summer Butler, 37, faces charges of DUI resulting in death, reckless driving and being in possession of a controlled substance in connection with the fatal crash in January, court documents say.
On Jan. 14, North Las Vegas police reported a two-car crash near Cheyenne Avenue and Civic Center Drive. Police said a car was making a U-Turn in a center lane, causing the front of another car, which Butler was driving, to collide with it. The driver and the passenger in the first car were both ejected from the vehicle, police said.
Butler’s car traveled about 150 feet before it stopped in some landscaping, police said.
All three people involved were taken to the hospital. There, police said Butler “was acting erratic [and] had to be sedated by medical staff,” a report said.
While a trauma paramedic was attending to Butler’s injuries, “a small baggie containing a white substance fell out of the left side of her bra,” police said. Police confirmed the substance was cocaine.
Nearly two weeks after the crash, blood tests confirmed Butler had cocaine and cannabinoids in her system. The blood draw also found Butler had an alcohol level of .102, which is above the legal limit.
The victim who died in the crash had a blood alcohol level more than three times above the legal limit. The person also had a substantial amount of methamphetamine in their system, police said.
Data from Butler’s car showed she was traveling 70 mph just seconds before the collision, police said. One second before impact, Butler was driving at 73 mph, according to police.
The speed limit in the area is 40 mph.
A records check revealed Butler had previously pleaded guilty to DUI in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2017.
Police issued a warrant for Butler’s arrest in June. A judge released her on $15,000 bail on Aug. 29, ordering her to stay away from all drugs and alcohol.
Records show Butler remained at the Clark County Detention Center as of Tuesday. The victim’s name was not readily available. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/speeding-woman-on-cocaine-kills-drunk-driver-high-on-meth-in-north-las-vegas-police-say/ | 2022-09-07 13:17:37 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/speeding-woman-on-cocaine-kills-drunk-driver-high-on-meth-in-north-las-vegas-police-say/ |
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - In the wake of the tragic shooting at Michigan State University there has been an outpouring of support for 9-1-1 dispatcher Aimee Barajas.
She's being applauded for her calm demeanor and her diligence to get officers on the scene.
For over three hours, panic-stricken 9-1-1 calls came and Aimee greeted many of them and directed emergency crews to the East Lansing campus. Through it all, she was commended for her remarkable ability to remain calm.
Sparking the conversation of the important role dispatchers play in the middle of a tense situation.
"I was at home and off duty when the MSU shooting occurred but I was listening to her traffic at home and she did such a phenomenal job," said Jessica Young Telecommunicator of Genesee County 9-1-1. "Staying calm, relaying information and getting extra resources there."
9-1-1 dispatch is the most essential piece of the puzzle being the very first line of communication in the middle of an emergency.
Jessica Young Telecommunicator of Genesee County 9-1-1 says proper and reassuring communication is essential in a time of crisis.
"Especially in an incident like MSU they had open lines from students and people who were reporting the shooter and reporting what was going on," Young said. "And the call takers are relaying that information to the dispatcher who's then relaying it to the first responders so it's a complete cycle of information and you have to get it right and make sure you're relaying the right information."
Aimee Posted on Facebook thanking everyone for their support: "I am grateful and overwhelmed with all of the love and support I have gotten from work, family, friends, and the community."
Mentioning to remember the names of the victims - those who were lost - and the ones who are still recovering. She ended by saying she was doing her job, what she's trained to do, a call she hopes no one ever gets but is always prepared for.
"It's the feeling of accomplishment when you're able to help the people you're supposed to help," Young said. "The feeling of accomplishment that you did what you're supposed to do and you did a good job at it and you helped somebody is huge."
A GoFundMe was set up for Aimee and her family, so far it's raised over $3,000. | https://www.abc12.com/news/msu-shooting-stands-as-a-reminder-for-the-importance-of-911-dispatchers/article_a419b07c-ad82-11ed-bbf7-b7f33bc8e359.html | 2023-02-15 23:43:10 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/msu-shooting-stands-as-a-reminder-for-the-importance-of-911-dispatchers/article_a419b07c-ad82-11ed-bbf7-b7f33bc8e359.html |
‘It’s just so unbelievable:’ World War II veteran surprised with parade on his 99th birthday
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) – In his 99 years of age, Joe Hayes says he’s never seen anything like the surprise parade that drove by his house.
“It’s just so unbelievable,” he said.
Hayes is a World War II veteran. He celebrated his 99th birthday on Friday.
His family planned a surprise drive-by parade for him, but never expected the overwhelming turnout from the community.
“Was I surprised? Honey, the word surprised doesn’t give the answer to it,” Hayes told WECT.
Neighbors in his Wilmington, North Carolina, community know him as Mr. Joe. They say he sits out on his porch everyday waving and saying hello to everyone, even strangers.
“It just makes me feel like we’re all the same,” neighbor Loretta Efstatiou said. “Like we all come from the same place.”
The million dollar question for Hayes: What’s the secret to living so long?
“The man upstairs,” Hayes said. “The man upstairs.”
He credits his faith as the reason he’s still here today. He said there were times during the Second World War when he was overseas that he says he shouldn’t have made it back.
“You ain’t supposed to be looking at me today,” Hayes said. “Because I ain’t supposed to be here. But the man upstairs said, ‘Not so.’”
Dozens of Hayes’ closest friends drove by in the parade, some on motorcycles and golf carts, singing him birthday songs and delivering hand-made gifts. Members of a motorcycle group even presented him with a plaque for his service, shaking his hand one-by-one.
Friday night proved just how special Hayes is to his community, even if it’s as simple as a daily wave from his porch.
“Love your neighbor as yourself,” Hayes said. “You might ask yourself, ‘How am I gonna love somebody that hates me?’ But that’s God’s word.”
Hayes’ family said they recently found out he was born by a midwife, and she may have been two years off his birthdate. But they say, whether he’s 99 or 101, they’re happy to celebrate a man with a life well-lived.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, United Way Worldwide (UWW) announced the appointment of Marc Bitzer as the Worldwide Board of Trustees Chair.
Bitzer has been a key asset to the Worldwide Board since his election in June 2018, serving on the Executive Compensation Committee and Succession Strategy Subcommittee. His contributions over the last four years have been invaluable. As Board Chair, Marc will provide leadership as United Way Worldwide works to elevate equitable solutions around the globe that ensure equal access to financial stability, educational opportunities, and good health through community-driven solutions.
"It is an honor to take on a further leadership role at United Way Worldwide," said Marc Bitzer, Whirlpool Corp. Chairman and CEO. "Whirlpool Corporation is a global company made up of small towns and communities where our employees and customers live and work. I have witnessed United Way's ability to mobilize care in these communities and have a genuine impact on people's lives, especially during these turbulent times, and I look forward to helping the organization continue its important mission."
Bitzer has more than 25 years of experience leading organizations, being named Chief Executive Officer of Whirlpool Corporation in 2017 and elected to Whirlpool Corporation Chairman of the Board in 2019. Bitzer joined Whirlpool Europe in 1999, serving as Vice President from 2009-2013. He served as President of Whirlpool North America, President of U.S. operations, and later was named Vice Chairman, including leadership of North America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).
Before joining Whirlpool Europe, Bitzer worked as Vice President for eight years at the Boston Consulting Group in Munich and Toronto. Bitzer earned his MBA and Doctorate from the St. Gallen Graduate School of Business, Economics, and Law in Switzerland.
United Way brings people together to build strong communities where everyone thrives. As the world's largest privately funded charity serving 95% of U.S. communities and 37 countries and territories, our humanitarian aid supports 48 million people every year. Through United Way, communities tackle tough challenges and work with private, public, and nonprofit partners to boost education, economic solutions, and health resources. United Way is the mission of choice for 2.5 million volunteers, 7.7 million donors, and 45,000 corporate partners in more than 1,100 communities worldwide in our second century of service. Together, we are building resilient, equitable communities across the globe. Learn more at UnitedWay.org. Follow us: @United Way and #LiveUnited.
CONTACT: Omoiye Kinney, omoiye.kinney@uww.unitedway.org
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Social Security recipients expected to get big benefit boost
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will learn soon just how high a boost they’ll get in their benefits next year.
The increase to be announced Thursday, expected to be the largest in 40 years, is fueled by record high inflation and is meant to help cover the higher cost of food, fuel and other goods and services. How well it does that depends on inflation next year.
The boost in benefits will be coupled with a 3% drop in Medicare Part B premiums, meaning retirees will get the full impact of the jump in Social Security benefits.
The announcement comes just weeks before the midterm elections, and at a time when Democrats and Republicans are sparring about high prices now and how best to shore up the program financially in the future.
President Joe Biden has pledged to protect both Social Security and Medicare. “I’ll make them stronger,” he said last month. “And I’ll lower your cost to be able to keep them.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement Wednesday that the combination of a Social Security benefit boost and a decline in Medicare premiums will give seniors a chance to get ahead of inflation. “We will put more money in their pockets and provide them with a little extra breathing room,” she said.
About 70 million people — including retirees, the disabled and children — receive Social Security benefits. This will be the biggest increase in benefits that baby boomers, those born between the years 1946 and 1964, have ever seen.
Willie Clark, 65, of Waukegan, Illinois, says his budget is “real tight” and the increase in his Social Security disability benefits could give him some breathing room to cover the cost of the household expenses he’s been holding off on.
Still, he doubts how much of the extra money will end up in his pocket. His rent in an apartment building subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is based on his income, so he expects that will rise, too.
Social Security is financed by payroll taxes collected from workers and their employers. Each pays 6.2% on wages up to a cap, which is adjusted each year for inflation. The maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes for 2023 is $155,100.
The financing setup dates to the 1930s, the brainchild of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who believed a payroll tax would foster among average Americans a sense of ownership that would protect the program from political interference.
Next year’s higher payout, without an accompanying increase in Social Security contributions, could put additional pressure on a system that’s facing a severe shortfall in coming years.
The annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released in June says the program’s trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2035.
If the trust fund is depleted, the government will be able to pay only 80% of scheduled benefits, the report said. Medicare will be able to pay 90% of total scheduled benefits if the fund is depleted.
In January, a Pew Research Center poll showed 57% of U.S. adults saying that “taking steps to make the Social Security system financially sound” was a top priority for the president and Congress to address this year. Securing Social Security got bipartisan support, with 56% of Democrats and 58% of Republicans calling it a top priority.
Some solutions for reforming Social Security have been proposed — but none has moved forward in a sharply partisan Congress.
Earlier this year, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., issued a detailed plan that would require Congress to come up with a proposal to adequately fund Social Security and Medicare or potentially phase them out.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., publicly rebuked the plan and Biden has used Scott’s proposal as a political bludgeon against Republicans ahead of midterm elections.
“If Republicans in Congress have their way, seniors will pay more for prescription drugs and their Social Security benefits will never be secure,” Jean-Pierre said.
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Claire Savage in Chicago contributed to this report.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia confirmed on Thursday it will formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” on living under Moscow’s rule that the Ukrainian government and the West denounced as illegal and rigged.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a ceremony on Friday in the Kremlin when four regions of Ukraine will be officially folded into Russia, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Peskov said the pro-Moscow administrators of the regions will sign treaties to join Russia during the ceremony at the Kremlin’s St. George’s Hall.
The official annexation was widely expected following the votes that wrapped up on Tuesday in the areas under Russian occupation in Ukraine and after Moscow claimed residents overwhelmingly supported for their areas to formally become part of Russia.
The United States and its Western allies have sharply condemned the votes as “sham” and vowed never to recognize their results. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Thursday joined other Western officials in denouncing the referendums.
“Under threats and sometimes even (at) gunpoint people are being taken out of their homes or workplaces to vote in glass ballot boxes,” she said at a conference in Berlin.
“This is the opposite of free and fair elections,” Baerbock said. “And this is the opposite of peace. It’s dictated peace. As long as this Russian diktat prevails in the occupied territories of Ukraine, no citizen is safe. No citizen is free.”
Armed troops had gone door-to-door with election officials to collect ballots in five days of voting. The suspiciously high margins in favor were characterized as a land grab by an increasingly cornered Russian leadership after embarrassing military losses in Ukraine.
Moscow-installed administrations in the four regions of southern and eastern Ukraine claimed Tuesday night that 93% of the ballots cast in the Zaporizhzhia region supported annexation, as did 87% in the Kherson region, 98% in the Luhansk region and 99% in Donetsk.
Ukraine too has dismissed the referendums as illegitimate, saying it has every right to retake the territories, a position that has won support from Washington.
The Kremlin has been unmoved by the criticism. After a counteroffensive by Ukraine this month dealt Moscow’s forces heavy battlefield setbacks, Russia said it would call up 300,000 reservists to join the fight. It also warned it could resort to nuclear weapons.
Also on Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said Russian shelling has killed at least eight civilians, including a child, and wounded scores of others. A 12-year-old girl has been pulled out of rubble after an attack on Dnipro, officials said.
“The rescuers have taken her from under the rubble, she was asleep when the Russian missile hit,” said local administrator Valentyn Reznichenko.
Reports of new shelling came as Russia appeared to continue to lose ground around a key northeastern city of Lyman while it struggles to press on with chaotic mobilization of troops and prevent the fighting-age men from leaving the country, according to a Washington-based think-tank and the British intelligence reports.
The Institute for the Study of War, citing Russian reports, said Ukrainian forces have taken more villages around Lyman, a city some 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. The report said Ukrainian forces may soon encircle Lyman entirely, in what would be a major blow to Moscow’s war effort.
“The collapse of the Lyman pocket will likely be highly consequential to the Russian grouping in northern Donetsk and western Luhansk oblasts and may allow Ukrainian troops to threaten Russian positions along the western Luhansk” region, the institute said.
The British military intelligence report claimed the number of Russian military-age men fleeing the country likely exceeds the number of forces Moscow used to initially invade Ukraine in February.
“The better off and well educated are over-represented amongst those attempting to leave Russia,” the British said. “When combined with those reservists who are being mobilized, the domestic economic impact of reduced availability of labor and the acceleration of ‘brain drain’ is likely to become increasingly significant.”
That partial mobilization is deeply unpopular in some areas, however, triggering protests, scattered violence, and Russians fleeing the country by the tens of thousands. Miles-long lines formed at some borders and Moscow also reportedly set up draft offices at borders to intercept some of those trying to leave.
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