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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — DeAndre Williams had 17 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks to help Memphis beat Mississippi 68-57 Saturday night for the Tigers' fourth win in a row.
Alex Lomax and Kendric Davis scored 14 points apiece for Memphis (6-2).
Williams scored inside, Chandler Lawson followed with a layup and Davis hit a 3-pointer to cap a 9-2 opening run with 15:44 left in the first half and the Tigers never trailed.
Matthew Murrell answered with a jumper 17 seconds later for Ole Miss but the Rebels missed their next 11 field-goal attempts over a span of 8-plus minutes. Lomax scored eight points before Lawson converted a three-point play that capped a 21-4 spurt and gave Memphis a 30-8 lead with 7:41 left before halftime.
Murrell led Ole Miss with 13 points. Myles Burns and Theo Akwuba added 10 points apiece.
Memphis shot 39% (27 of 69) overall and made just 1 of 15 (7%) from 3-point range but limited the Rebels to 33% shooting (21 of 63).
Ole Miss (6-2), which lost 59-55 to Oklahoma in the championship game of the ESPN Events Invitational on Sunday, has lost two in a row after opening the season with six consecutive wins.
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In regard to the planned movement of the emergency room from downtown to Pleasant Prairie, Ric Schmidt states, "Froedtert Kenosha Hospital is not equipped to handle: cardiac catheterizations needs of heart patients; the general surgery needs for patients presenting with gunshot wounds, knifings, compound fractures, bowls blockages, etc."
He goes on the state other areas that Froedtert Kenosha is not equipped to handle. This was a revelation to me! Why would you not have the same capabilities at both campuses? That doesn’t make any sense, except for monetary reasons? To use the current deficiencies of the Kenosha campus to justify its closure seems contrived, unconvincing and inadequate.
According to Google Earth is takes approximately 21 minutes to get from The Kemper Center on the east side to Froedtert Pleasant Prairie if you don’t hit road construction. Obviously, an ambulance can cut that time down. However, if you were at the Twilight Jazz and had a heart attack, would you like taking the long ride to St. Catherine’s, or would prefer a short ride to Kenosha Hospital?
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The addition is emblematic of a growing recognition in U.S. healthcare of the critical role language barriers play in perpetuating health inequity
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeenie, a modern interpreting platform poised to transform the $60B Language Services Industry, announced today the addition of Peter Fine, President and CEO of Banner Health, to its Board of Directors. Mr. Fine brings over four decades of experience and expertise in the healthcare industry to the Jeenie team, including the last 22 years at the helm of Banner, one of the largest secular healthcare systems in the country, operating 30+ hospitals, employing over 50,000 people, and providing critical healthcare services across six states.
"Mr. Fine's leadership, vision, and deep expertise in U.S. healthcare is a powerful addition to Jeenie's growing Board of Directors, and will prove pivotal to our ability to further penetrate this market," said Kirsten Brecht Baker, CEO and Co-Founder of Jeenie. "Peter shares our vision for eliminating language barriers in order to increase equitable access to quality healthcare for all, especially the most vulnerable among us."
The addition of Mr. Fine to the Board signifies critical recognition by thought leaders in U.S. healthcare of the growing need to focus on the underlying issues causing health inequity and how to address them in the short and long term. It also represents an industry-wide movement to empower patients to participate more actively and holistically in their health, including those with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and those who are deaf.
"I accepted the invitation to join the Jeenie Board because of the quality and experience of the management team, the sophistication and knowledge of their financial supporters, and the highly differentiated products and services they have developed for the customer," said Mr. Fine. "As Jeenie has only begun to tap into the broad array of markets that could get great value from their game changing product, significant growth and scale up is sure to follow."
As the U.S. population continues to diversify, and as the country continues to face new and evolving public health challenges, Jeenie's versatile, device-agnostic platform offers the healthcare system a uniquely simple and elegant way to eliminate the language barriers that cause serious consequences for patients, providers, payors, and administrators, redefining the way language services are delivered in U.S. healthcare.
Jeenie is a virtual interpreting platform that connects users to a video or audio call with live, qualified interpreters for on-demand language assistance, 24/7. Jeenie is available in over 300 languages on any smartphone, tablet or computer, as well as for call centers and through third-party integrations. Jeenie was named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2022.
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Rockies vs. Phillies: Odds, spread, over/under - April 22
Alec Bohm and the Philadelphia Phillies (9-12) will match up against Kris Bryant and the Colorado Rockies (6-15) at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday, April 22. First pitch is scheduled for 3:05 PM ET.
The favored Phillies have -185 moneyline odds to win against the underdog Rockies, who are listed at +150. The over/under is 10.5 runs for the matchup.
Rockies vs. Phillies Time and TV Channel
- Date: Saturday, April 22, 2023
- Time: 3:05 PM ET
- TV: NBCS-PH+
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Citizens Bank Park
- Probable Pitchers: Cristopher Sanchez - PHI (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Kyle Freeland - COL (2-1, 3.80 ERA)
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Rockies vs. Phillies Betting Odds, Run Line and Total
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Rockies vs. Phillies Betting Trends and Insights
- The Phillies have entered the game as favorites 13 times this season and won seven, or 53.8%, of those games.
- When they have played as moneyline favorites with odds of -185 or shorter, the Phillies have a record of 3-3 (50%).
- The implied probability of a win from Philadelphia, based on the moneyline, is 64.9%.
- The Phillies were favored on the moneyline in eight of their last 10 games, and they finished 5-3 in those matchups.
- Over its last 10 matchups (all 10 of them had set totals), Philadelphia and its opponents combined to hit the over four times.
- The Rockies have come away with four wins in the 15 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- The Rockies have a win-loss record of 3-7 when favored by +150 or worse by oddsmakers this year.
- The Rockies have played as underdogs in eight of their past 10 games and won one of those contests.
- In the last 10 games with a total, Colorado and its opponents have combined to hit the over four times.
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) teased an announcement for May 22 during a town hall on Sunday, widely speculated to be the official launch of his presidential campaign.
“On May the 22nd in North Charleston, South Carolina, it is time to make the final step,” Scott told supporters in Charleston, S.C.
“Please tell your friends, be in attendance. North Charleston – more details coming your way. We will have a major announcement and you’re going to want to be there,” he added.
The development comes less than a week since Scott told Fox News during an interview that he hoped “to have a decision on whether to run by the end of May.” May 22 is presumed to be the day he makes his official announcement that he’s running for president in the GOP primary.
Scott would become the latest contender to run for the Republican presidential nomination, joining former President Trump, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy among the other high-profile Republicans running.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu are among the Republicans who are widely speculated to be launching a White House bid but have not yet entered.
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PITTSBURGH, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The CERT Division of the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) today announced registration and a call for presentations for Secure Software by Design, a two-day live, in-person event on June 12 and 13 at the SEI's Arlington, Va., location.
The SEI has been in the forefront of secure software development, promoting a "shift left" approach whereby security weaknesses are addressed, prevented, or eliminated earlier in the software development cycle, which saves time and money. Building on this research in support of the newly released National Cybersecurity Strategy, the Secure Software by Design event promotes making security an integral aspect of the entire software lifecycle as a result of following deliberate, intentional engineering processes rather than addressing security in individual stages as one-off activities.
This event also supports the many efforts underway at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and addresses the issues that CISA Director Jen Easterly spoke about during her recent address to the nation from CMU. "Technology providers and software developers must take ownership of their customer's security outcomes rather than treating each product as if it carries an implicit caveat emptor. To achieve this, every technology provider must begin by creating products that are both secure by default and secure by design," said Easterly.
"Secure Software by Design is intended to improve the state of secure development approaches by bringing together thought leaders in this area for presentations and discussions on all aspects of software-intensive system development," said Tim Chick, Applied Systems Group lead in the SEI CERT Division. "This event will discuss application threat modeling, development of security requirements, secure software architectures, DevSecOps, secure development platforms and pipelines, software assurance, secure coding practices, software testing, and more."
For more information about registration and call for presentations, visit the conference website at https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/news-events/events/secure-software-by-design/index.cfm. Deadline for the call for presentations is April 14.
About the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
Always focused on the future, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) advances software as a strategic advantage for national security. We lead research and direct transition of software engineering, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence technologies at the intersection of academia, industry, and government. We serve the nation as a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and are based at Carnegie Mellon University, a global research university annually rated among the best for its programs in computer science and engineering. For more information, visit the SEI website at http://www.sei.cmu.edu.
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King: How Wentz's once-promising career fell apart
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Peter King and Myles Simmons react to the Commanders' release of QB Carson Wentz, who seemed destined for stardom in 2017 but now at age 30 seems finished as a starter in the NFL. | https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/podcasts/the-peter-king-podcast/king-how-wentzs-once-promising-career-fell-apart | 2023-07-02 06:00:31 | 0 | https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/podcasts/the-peter-king-podcast/king-how-wentzs-once-promising-career-fell-apart |
The back-to-school shopping season is well underway, and shoppers can expect to save more this weekend with the state's annual sales tax holiday.
Tax-free shopping begins Friday at 12:01 a.m. and ends midnight Sunday in Texas stores and online.
Generally speaking, all individual school supplies and most clothing and footwear under $100 will be tax-free, but there are some exceptions.
There is a specific list of what is and isn't tax-free on the state comptroller's website. Click here for the full list.
You can expect to save about $8 for every $100 spent. The Dallas Morning News reports that the Texas Comptroller estimates that shoppers will save $112 million in sales taxes this weekend.
Delivery, shipping and handling and transportation charges from the seller add into the item's total sales price. So, you'll need to make sure the item's total sales price is less than $100 to save on sales tax.
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Dynamic capabilities and modular platform earn company top honors in newly-released report
MINNEAPOLIS, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MHC, a global enterprise automation software solutions provider, has been named as a Leader on the 2022 Aspire Leaderboard for Customer Communications Management (CCM) and Customer Experience Management (CXM) vendors. It's the second year MHC has been positioned as a Leader within the Aspire Leaderboard report for their customer communications platform EngageCX.
MHC EngageCX is packaged with several modules and business apps that enable organizations to configure end-to-end mass communication solutions in the cloud or deployed in a hybrid or on-premises model. The MHC EngageCX platform is cost-effective for customers given how it is built on open standards and comes with extensive integration capabilities out-of-the-box. The platform's capabilities are dynamic and modular, enabling solution teams to easily embed some or all of its communication services into a wider ecosystem of solutions.
MHC performed particularly well in the mid-market space within the report. With the comprehensive capabilities to compete among the most prominent CCM vendors, what sets MHC apart is their agility and personalized approach. In the 2022 report, Aspire noted "MHC's dynamic capabilities are second-to-none and its modular product portfolio makes it very adaptable to customer needs."
"Delivering effective communications reliably and efficiently is a critical part of any organization's operations, yet we also know organizations don't have one-size-fits-all requirements. The value and strength of EngageCX is its flexibility and scalability to fully support our customers' unique needs as they grow and evolve," says MHC CEO Gina Armada.
The Aspire Leaderboard is published by consulting firm Aspire Customer Communications Services. Assessment scores are generated by analyzing more than 1,200 data points relating to a company's platform strength, software capabilities, strategic direction, benefits, and other features.
"MHC's modern CCM platform has customer-centricity at its heart, enabling it to empower customers to meet their evolving business goals," commented Kaspar Roos, CEO & Founder of Aspire. "While EngageCX is a very rounded suite in itself, MHC has taken it even further by incorporating it within its newly developed MHC NorthStar platform, allowing it to serve as a versatile front-end CX layer to back-end automation processes. The new combination delivers a powerful and agile platform that is poised for exciting growth."
The full 2022 Aspire Leaderboard for CCM-CXM is available here.
MHC enables organizations to tackle digital transformation with speed and confidence, delivering solutions to automate the creation, capture, and distribution of documents and communications across core business processes. With the world's most flexible end-to-end automation platform, MHC empowers business users to eliminate manual interactions involving their organization's key stakeholders, increase efficiency and agility to achieve operational excellence goals, and strengthen the ever-important relationships with customers and suppliers to drive long-term growth. To learn more visit www.mhcautomation.com.
Aspire Customer Communications Services is a boutique consulting firm specializing in the Customer Communications Management (CCM), Customer Experience Management (CXM), and Customer Journey Mapping (CJM) industries. Through deep market expertise and global insights, Aspire works with Software, Services and Solution providers, and Business Advisories and Private Equity Firms to help them achieve their CCM goals. Find more information about how Aspire is helping organizations navigate the complexities of the customer communications world at http://www.aspireccs.com.
The Aspire Leaderboard™ is copyrighted by Aspire Customer Communications Services Ltd. and is based on the findings and opinions of Aspire's consultancy organization. Aspire does not endorse any vendor, product or service included in the Aspire Leaderboard. For tailored RFP support please contact the Aspire team here.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, December 2, 2022
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756 PM CST Fri Dec 2 2022
...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...
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is generally remaining at 3 miles or greater in the northeastern
Panhandles. Therefore, the Blowing Dust Advisory has been allowed to
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LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government said Tuesday that it was ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of migrants a year reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel.
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the government had “pushed the boundaries of international law” with a bill that will bar asylum claims by anyone who reaches the U.K. by unauthorized means, and will compel the government to detain and then deport them “to their home country or a safe third country.” They would be barred from ever reentering the country.
“If you come here illegally, it must be that you cannot stay,” Braverman wrote in the Daily Telegraph.
The government says its “Illegal Migration Bill,” due to be introduced in Parliament on Tuesday, will deter migrants and hobble smuggling gangs who send desperate people on hazardous journeys across one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the law would “take back control” of U.K. borders – a central pledge of the successful but divisive campaign to take Britain out of the European Union.
Critics say the plan is unethical and unworkable, since people fleeing war and persecution can’t be sent home, and is likely to be the latest in a series of unfulfilled immigration pledges by successive U.K. governments.
“The bill will not stop small boats crossing the Channel. It will only add to the trauma of the people in these boats, while further damaging Britain’s global reputation for fairness and compassion,” said Laura Kyrke-Smith, executive director of humanitarian group the International Rescue Committee
Britain receives fewer asylum-seekers than some European nations such as Italy, Germany or France. But thousands of migrants from around the world travel to northern France each year in hopes of reaching the U.K., drawn by family ties, the English language or the perceived ease of getting a job.
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Most attempt the journey in dinghies and other small craft now that authorities have clamped down on other routes such as stowing away on buses or trucks.
More than 45,000 people arrived in Britain by boat in 2022, up from 28,000 in 2021 and 8,500 in 2020. Most went on to claim asylum, but a backlog of more than 160,000 cases has led to many languishing in overcrowded processing centers or hotels, without the right to work.
The British government says many of those making the journey are economic migrants rather than refugees, and points to an upswing last year in arrivals from Albania, a European country that the U.K. considers safe.
Refugee groups say most of the channel arrivals are fleeing war, persecution or famine in countries including Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. A majority of those whose claims have been processed were granted asylum in the U.K.
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The charities say migrants risk the cross-channel journey because there are few safe, legal ways to reach the U.K. The government says that once its new law is in place it will establish more legal paths to asylum, adding to those set up for Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Ukraine. But it hasn't said how many asylum-seekers will be admitted, or when the program will start.
It’s also unclear what safe third countries will be willing to take in people deported from Britain. A plan announced by the U.K. last year to send migrants arriving in Britain on a one-way trip to Rwanda is mired in legal challenges. No one has been sent to the East African country, though Britain has already paid Rwanda 140 million pounds ($170 million) under the deal.
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Healthcare Staffing Platform Announces Recipients of New Award Program
MCLEAN, Va., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ShiftMed, LLC, one of the largest workforce management platforms in healthcare with over 100,000 credentialed professionals, proudly announces the winners of its inaugural Nurse's Choice Awards, a program where nurses nominate and recognize valued healthcare facilities across the U.S. Considering everything from coworker support to staff perks, ShiftMed's Nurse's Choice Awards give nurses the opportunity to recognize and celebrate healthcare facilities that provide an unmatched work environment. Voting was open from May 9th to May 23rd, with thousands of nurses across the country contributing to the results.
ShiftMed's Nurse's Choice Awards recognize healthcare facilities in three categories:
- Overall Best Facility: The best of the best. From great staff to availability and on-site perks, nurses voted for the facility where they are always excited to claim a shift.
- Best Facility Perks: Nurses voted for their favorite facility based on their accessible location, great parking, public transit proximity, facility snacks and beverages, and other enviable benefits that make their shifts enjoyable.
- Most Welcoming: Facilities in this category welcome nurses with open arms. They appreciate all newcomers and go above and beyond to ensure ShiftMed staff become well-adjusted.
"Healthcare facilities are often ranked based on things like patient safety, clinical excellence, and other measures of output. While these indicators are important, we rarely get to hear about the environment of a healthcare facility from the workers' perspectives," said Todd Walrath, CEO of ShiftMed. "With our Nurse's Choice Awards, we're amplifying the voices of nurses and gathering valuable insights into what matters most to them – insights which can be leveraged by healthcare facilities to bolster retention efforts as we return to a new normal following the COVID-19 pandemic."
Winning top honors across multiple categories was Embrace Health At Southminster, located in Charlotte, NC. In addition to the nurses' nominations, ShiftMed recognizes facilities based on the robust data collected across the company's technology platform. Additional categories of recognition include Lowest Cancelation Rate, Most Guaranteed Shifts and Most Popular. The facilities that ranked top three in the respective categories are:
- Overall Best Facility
- Embrace Health At Southminster, Charlotte NC
- Rio Pinar Health Care, Orlando FL
- Colonial Lakes Health Care, Orlando FL
- Lowest Cancelation Rates
- Pine Arbor, Silsbee TX
- The Laurels Of Walden Park, Columbus OH
- Bristol Park Life, Conroe TX
- Most Guaranteed Shifts®
- Care Pavilion, Philadelphia PA
- Parkhouse Rehab & Nursing, Royersford, PA
- Nursing & rehabilitation Of New Port Richey, New Port Richey, FL
- Best Perks
- Embrace Health At Southminster, Charlotte NC
- Colonial Lakes Health Care, Orlando FL
- Rio Pinar Health Care, Orlando FL
- Most Popular
- Rio Pinar Health Care, Orlando FL
- South Suburban Rehab Center, Homewood IL
- Colonial Lakes Health Care, Orlando FL
- Most Welcoming
- Embrace Health At Southminster, Charlotte NC
- Rio Pinar Health Care, Orlando FL
- Colonial Lakes Health Care, Orlando FL
The full list of this year's honorees can be found here.
For more information about ShiftMed, visit www.shiftmed.com.
ShiftMed is a next-generation workforce management platform that connects hospitals, assisted living providers, in-home care providers, and skilled nursing facilities, to the highest quantity and quality of licensed nurses (CNAs, LPNs and RNs). As the No. 1 nursing jobs mobile app on the App Store with over 150,000 yearly downloads, ShiftMed serves more than 1,000 enterprise healthcare partners across the country by offering software tools and direct access to labor for shift scheduling. The ShiftMed on-demand platform dramatically streamlines the delivery of care services and enables healthcare providers access to compliant, credentialed workers to fulfill their staffing needs faster than any other solution. For more information, visit http://www.ShiftMed.com.
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Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
("Faron" or "Company")
Faron Announces US Food and Drug Administration and Finnish Medicines Agency Approval to Initiate Phase I/II Bexmarilimab Combination Study in Hematologic Malignancies
- Phase 1 dose escalation study will evaluate the safety and tolerability of combination therapy and determine the recommended dose for Phase 2 expansion
- Patient recruitment will commence in the coming weeks
- Supporting pre-clinical bexmarilimab hematology data was presented at recent European Hematology Association 2022 Congress
Company Announcement, May 16, 2022 at 09:00 AM (EEST) / 07:00 AM (BST) / 2:00 AM (EDT)
TURKU, Finland and BOSTON, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (AIM: FARN, First North: FARON), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on building the future of immunotherapy by harnessing the power of the immune system to tackle cancer and inflammation, today announces that both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Finnish Medicines Agency (FIMEA) have cleared Faron's Investigational New Drug (IND) application to begin the Company sponsored BEXMAB study. BEXMAB is a novel Phase I/II study to assess safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of bexmarilimab, Faron's wholly-owned investigational precision cancer immunotherapy, in combination with standard of care (SoC) therapy in patients with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CML). This marks the first time bexmarilimab will be assessed as part of a clinical study in hematologic malignancies.
"We are pleased that our IND application was cleared to proceed, and we can further explore the strong scientific rationale for combining bexmarilimab and azacitidine." said Marie-Louise Fjällskog, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer of Faron. "Research has shown a clear survival benefit among certain blood cancer patients with low Clever-1 expression, a receptor known to be expressed on immunosuppressive macrophages in the tumor microenvironment. By adding bexmarilimab to standard of care we expect to downregulate Clever-1 expression, thereby increasing antigen presentation and allowing the immune system to better identify and kill cancer cells."
The primary objective of the BEXMAB study is to determine the safety and tolerability of bexmarilimab in combination with SoC treatment and to identify the recommended Phase 2 dose. Secondary objectives include characterizing the pharmacokinetic profile of bexmarilimab in combination with SoC treatment (azacitidine) and to assess the immunogenicity of bexmarilimab. Based on initial safety data, there is potential for Phase II expansion and to include a first line triplet therapy of bexmarilimab, azacitidine and venetoclax in newly diagnosed AML patients who are not able to tolerate chemotherapy. Patient recruitment is expected to begin in the coming weeks.
"We know from pre-clinical research, some of which was presented recently at EHA, that certain blood cancer cells, especially with myeloid background, carry significant amounts of cell surface Clever-1," said Dr. Markku Jalkanen, Chief Executive Officer of Faron. "This corresponds with the presence of considerable amounts of soluble Clever-1, which limits T cell activation leading to a possible systemic loss of immune capacity. Directly targeting Clever-1 could ignite the immune system, limit the replication capacity of cancer cells, and allow current chemotherapy treatments to be more effective."
In addition to the BEXMAB study focused on hematologic malignancies, Faron is also investigating bexmarilimab in solid tumors. The ongoing Phase I/II MATINS clinical trial is assessing bexmarilimab as a potential monotherapy in late-stage, heavily pre-treated patients across multiple tumor types. Additionally, the Company expects to initiate a trial assessing the safety and tolerability of bexmarilimab in combination with an approved anti-PD-1 molecule in multiple solid tumors later this year.
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About Bexmarilimab
Bexmarilimab is Faron's wholly-owned, investigative precision immunotherapy with the potential to provide permanent immune stimulation for difficult-to-treat cancers through targeting myeloid cell function. A novel anti-Clever-1 humanised antibody, bexmarilimab targets Clever-1 positive (Common Lymphatic Endothelial and Vascular Endothelial Receptor 1) tumour associated macrophages (TAMs) in the tumour microenvironment, converting these highly immunosuppressive M2 macrophages to immune stimulating M1 macrophages. In mouse models, bexmarilimab has successfully blocked or silenced Clever-1, activating antigen presentation and promoting interferon gamma secretion by leukocytes. Additional pre-clinical studies have proven that Clever-1, encoded by the Stabilin-1 or STAB-1 gene, is a major source of T cell exhaustion and involved in cancer growth and spread. Observations from clinical studies to date indicate that Clever-1 has the capacity to control T cell activation directly, suggesting that the inactivation of Clever-1 as an immune suppressive molecule could be more broadly applicable and more important than previously thought. As an immuno-oncology therapy, bexmarilimab has potential as a single-agent therapy or in combination with other standard treatments including immune checkpoint molecules. Beyond immuno-oncology, it offers potential in infectious diseases, vaccine development and more.
About Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Faron (AIM: FARN, First North: FARON) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for medical conditions with significant unmet needs caused by dysfunction of our immune system. The Company currently has a pipeline based on the receptors involved in regulation of immune response in oncology, organ damage and bone marrow regeneration. Bexmarilimab, a novel anti-Clever-1 humanized antibody, is its investigative precision immunotherapy with the potential to provide permanent immune stimulation for difficult-to-treat cancers through targeting myeloid function. Currently in Phase I/II clinical development as a potential therapy for patients with untreatable solid tumors, bexmarilimab has potential as a single-agent therapy or in combination with other standard treatments including immune checkpoint molecules. Traumakine is an investigational intravenous (IV) interferon beta-1a therapy for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and other ischemic or hyperinflammatory conditions. Traumakine is currently being evaluated in global trials as a potential treatment for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and with the 59th Medical Wing of the US Air Force and the US Department of Defense for the prevention of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) after ischemia-reperfusion injury caused by a major trauma. Faron is based in Turku, Finland. Further information is available at www.faron.com.
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Certain statements in this announcement, are, or may be deemed to be, forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as ''believe'', ''could'', "should", "expect", "hope", "seek", ''envisage'', ''estimate'', ''intend'', ''may'', ''plan'', ''potentially'', ''will'' or the negative of those, variations or comparable expressions, including references to assumptions. These forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but rather on the Directors' current expectations and assumptions regarding the Company's future growth, results of operations, performance, future capital and other expenditures (including the amount, nature and sources of funding thereof), competitive advantages, business prospects and opportunities. Such forward looking statements reflect the Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and are based on information currently available to the Directors.
A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results and expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. In particular, the early data from initial patients in the MATINS trial may not be replicated in larger patient numbers and the outcome of clinical trials may not be favourable or clinical trials over and above those currently planned may be required before the Company is able to apply for marketing approval for a product. In addition, other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially include the ability of the Company to successfully licence its programmes within the anticipated timeframe or at all, risks associated with vulnerability to general economic and business conditions, competition, environmental and other regulatory changes, actions by governmental authorities, the availability of capital markets or other sources of funding, reliance on key personnel, uninsured and underinsured losses and other factors. Although any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are based upon what the Directors believe to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent with such forward looking statements. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law or any relevant AIM Rule requirements, in providing this information the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any of the forward-looking statements or to advise of any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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4 dead after fire in e-bike shop spreads to apartments
NEW YORK (AP) — A fire that started in a New York City e-bike shop early Tuesday spread to upper-floor apartments, killing four people and injuring several others, authorities said.
City fire officials said the blaze was reported shortly after midnight on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in a six-story building that houses HQ E-Bike Repair. A pile of burned bikes and other debris was seen on the sidewalk outside the building.
Two men and two women died, and two other women were hospitalized in critical condition, officials said. A firefighter suffered minor injuries, authorities said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
Electric bikes have become popular, non-gasoline-burning ways to make deliveries, commute and zip around a city that has promoted cycling in recent decades. Many run on lithium ion batteries, which have been blamed for numerous fires.
In April in the Queens section of New York City, two children were killed in a fire blamed on an electric bicycle.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand lawmakers will take a vote on whether to lower the national voting age from 18 to 16, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.
Her announcement came hours after the country’s Supreme Court ruled that not allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination.
But while Ardern said she personally favors lowering the age, such a change would require a 75% supermajority of lawmakers to agree. And even proponents acknowledge they don’t currently have the numbers.
A number of countries are debating whether to lower their voting age. Some that allow people to vote at 16 include Austria, Malta, Brazil, Cuba and Ecuador.
Sanat Singh, co-director of New Zealand’s Make It 16 campaign, said he was absolutely thrilled with the court’s decision.
“It’s a huge day,” he said. “This is historic not only for our campaign, but for the country.”
Singh, 18, said existential issues like climate change — as well as issues like pandemic recovery and the state of democracy — will most affect young people.
“That’s why I think it’s really important to get all hands on deck to make sure we can have a stronger future,” he said.
Ardern, who leads the liberal Labour Party, said all lawmakers should have a say on the issue.
“I personally support a decrease in the voting age but it is not a matter simply for me or even the government,” Ardern said. “Any change in electoral law of this nature requires 75% of parliamentarians’ support.”
Ardern said the vote would likely take place within the coming months but any change would not take effect until after next year’s general election.
The liberal Green Party said it supported a change.
“Young people deserve to have a say in the decisions that affect them, both now and in the future,” said Golriz Ghahraman, the party’s electoral reform spokesperson.
But New Zealand’s two main conservative opposition parties said they oppose a change.
“It’s not something we support,” Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon told reporters. “Ultimately, you’ve got to draw the line somewhere, and we’re comfortable with the line being 18.”
At the Supreme Court, four judges found in favor of the lobby group’s appeal with a fifth judge dissenting to some aspects of the decision.
In New Zealand, the protection against age discrimination begins at 16, and the judges ruled that the attorney-general had failed to show why 18 had been chosen as the age to vote rather than 16.
The nature of the court’s ruling compelled New Zealand lawmakers to at least debate the issue, but it didn’t compel them to take a vote or to make a change.
Singh said he’s hopeful that while his group may not yet have the 75% support it needs in Parliament, it will get there within the next few years. He said a possible first step would be to get the voting age lowered to 16 for local council elections, as that change requires only a regular majority of lawmakers.
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After suffering their first four-game series sweep to the rival Los Angeles Dodgers since June of 1995, the San Francisco Giants will head to Phoenix, where they will open a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
San Francisco, which set a franchise record with 107 victories while winning the National League West last season, is just a game over .500 and is 11-20 since June 17.
The Giants, who were outscored 25-13 in the four losses at Dodger Stadium, trail first-place Los Angeles by 16 1/2 games.
San Francisco manager Gabe Kapler didn’t mince words following his team’s 7-4 loss in Sunday’s finale.
“Not good enough,” he said. “Really frustrating level of play that’s just not going to be acceptable for us. There’s no other way to classify it. It’s just not good enough.”
“Probably as frustrating as it gets,” added Alex Cobb, who gave up four runs over 5 2/3 innings. “We were competitive for all the games; we just didn’t get it done.”
Still, the Giants head into Monday night’s contest just two games behind St. Louis for the final wild-card spot in the National League.
“You know that if you’re sitting in striking distance of that wild card, all it takes is one good stretch of quality play and you might be up three or four games,” Kapler said.
“It’s not where we want to be after that four-game series,” Cobb said. “But go in and take care of business in Arizona, and you can come off the road trip possibly with some new momentum.”
Right-hander Jakob Junis (4-1, 3.06 ERA) will start Monday for the Giants, his first since a 7-2 win over the Dodgers on June 10, when he fell to the ground with a left-hamstring injury after throwing a pitch to Max Muncy in the sixth inning.
He returned on July 17 to throw two innings of relief in a 9-5 victory over Milwaukee and allowed three runs on five hits while striking out two.
Junis is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA against Arizona, picking up the win in his lone start against the Diamondbacks as a rookie with Kansas City in 2017.
Arizona will start left-hander Tyler Gilbert (0-3, 5.34), who is 0-1 with a 1.69 ERA in three career appearances and one start against the Giants.
Gilbert is 0-0 in three starts in July but has allowed just four earned runs and 12 hits over 14 1/3 innings during that span. He tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings while allowing three hits in a July 10 start against Colorado.
The Diamondbacks had a three-game winning streak snapped with a 4-3 loss to Washington on Sunday, blowing a 3-1 lead.
Arizona had its chances, leaving 13 men on base while going 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position and failed to score despite loading the bases with no outs in the bottom of the eighth.
“I felt like we did a lot of right in this game today with the exception of scoring runs,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “We had opportunities to score and blow this game open, but it just didn’t happen.”
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A prize-winning Guatemalan journalist jailed on alleged money laundering charges that government critics have denounced as a pressure tactic has faced consequences for his work before.
In 2003, government agents searched José Rubén Zamora Marroquin’s home and threatened his life after he wrote a column suggesting former dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt, then president of the congress, was running a parallel government.
Five years later, armed men abducted Zamora in Guatemala’s capital before releasing him 10 hours later outside the city beaten and drugged. No one was arrested, but at the time it was believed to be in response to his newspaper’s work.
On Friday, plainclothes investigators and police with assault rifles arrested Zamora at his home. His initial appearance before a judge was canceled Monday, because the case file was apparently unavailable. The hearing was not immediately rescheduled, meaning Zamora would remain in jail.
It also meant that the details of the charges against Zamora remain a mystery. On Friday, government investigators also raided the offices of El Periodico, holding its employees in place for more than 15 hours.
Zamora founded El Periodico in 1996 and it quickly gained a reputation for uncovering government corruption. The paper made reporting scoops on the current administration of President Alejandro Giammattei and at least three of his predecessors.
Last year and this year, El Periodico published a series of investigations about the visit of Russian business people to Guatemala who met with Giammattei. The paper’s investigation accused Giammattei of accepting bribes in exchange for a concession of property in the port of Santo Tomas de Castilla.
Attorney General Consuelo Porras, who was recently reappointed by Giammattei to another term as the country’s top law enforcement official, has been sanctioned by the United States for pursuing investigations against prosecutors and judges who investigated corruption.
On Monday, authorities searched the home of one of those earlier targets, former judge Erika Aifán, who had fled to the United States after denouncing corruption.
Porras’ special prosecutor against corruption, Rafael Curruchiche, who is handling Zamora’s case, was also sanctioned by the U.S. government as an alleged obstacle to investigating corruption.
Curruchiche has said the case is focused on Zamora’s work as a businessman not as a journalist, but has offered no details.
That was difficult for others at El Periodico to reconcile because the government froze the newspape's bank accounts.
“The bank accounts were suspended at the request of the (prosecutor’s office), with the only intention being to paralyze the finances of said media outlet, making it impossible to meet with its labor and contractual obligations,” said Gerson Ortiz, El Periodico’s news director.
Zamora’s son, Ramón Zamora, was more direct. “This is not a case against my father, it is a systematic attack against freedom of expression and democracy,” he said. “They started with the activists, continued on to the prosecutors and now they are starting to pursue journalists.” | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Guatemalan-journalist-known-for-investigations-17343605.php | 2022-08-01 21:42:37 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Guatemalan-journalist-known-for-investigations-17343605.php |
A small but growing faction of the anti-abortion movement is calling for patients to be criminally punished. It's gaining traction in states such as Kansas.
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Deepening its Presence on the West Coast, Wealth Enhancement Group Grows Northern California to Ten Offices
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wealth Enhancement Group, a national independent wealth management firm with more than $55.4 billion in total client assets, announced the acquisition of Ginsburg Financial Advisors, Inc., an independent RIA located in Oakland, California. Ginsburg Financial Advisors oversees more than $237 million in client assets with a team of two advisors and four support staff, led by President Larry P. Ginsburg, CFP®. This partnership expands Wealth Enhancement Group's presence in Northern California.
"The team at Ginsburg Financial Advisors has built an incredibly successful business delivering outstanding service and advice to its clients for over four decades," said Jeff Dekko, Chief Executive Officer of Wealth Enhancement Group. "We warmly welcome Larry and the team to Wealth Enhancement Group, and we look forward to many years of meaningful collaboration."
Founded in 1981, Ginsburg Financial Advisors is a comprehensive financial planning and wealth management firm that specializes in serving high-net-worth individuals, business owners, pre-retirees, retirees, and those who have lost a spouse or partner.
Mr. Ginsburg said, "Ginsburg Financial Advisors is excited about integrating our business into the Wealth Enhancement Group family. The firm's culture is similar to ours; we follow a fiduciary standard in seeking to help clients attain their goals, while striving to minimize risk and client anxiety. The fact that four of my respected professional colleagues have successfully integrated their businesses into Wealth Enhancement Group encouraged me to benefit from the high-quality team of professionals at Wealth Enhancement Group who will be supporting our local team and our clients."
"We are thrilled that Ginsburg Financial Advisors chose to join forces with Wealth Enhancement Group," said Jim Cahn, Chief Investments & Business Development Officer at Wealth Enhancement Group. "Our centralized service model will help the team continue to provide its clients with the best service possible, and our wealth management and financial planning offerings will support their continued growth."
About Wealth Enhancement Group
Wealth Enhancement Group is an independent wealth management firm offering comprehensive and customized financial planning and investment management services. Now serving more than 45,500 households, the company has over 75 offices nationwide and is expanding rapidly through organic growth and acquisitions. Founded in 1997, Wealth Enhancement Group specializes in providing retail clients with the team-based knowledge and resources they need to simplify their financial life. For more information, please visit www.wealthenhancement.com.
Advisory services offered through Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC (WEAS), a registered investment advisor. Certain, but not all, investment advisor representatives (IARs) of WEAS are also registered representatives of and offer securities through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Wealth Enhancement Group and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services are separate entities from LPL Financial. Wealth Enhancement Group is a registered trademark of Wealth Enhancement Group, LLC.
Wealth Enhancement Group and its Registered Investment Advisor, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, had $51.9 billion in client assets, including $4 billion of brokerage assets held at LPL Financial, as of September 30, 2022. Ginsburg Financial Advisors, Inc. had over $237 million in client assets, including $3 million of brokerage assets, as of September 30, 2022. With the addition of previously announced acquisitions and the acquisition of Ginsburg Financial Advisors, Inc., Wealth Enhancement Group has more than $55.4 billion in client, advisory, trust and brokerage assets.
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Florida teen runs mile in several New England states to honor fallen first responders
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SEABROOK, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A teen from Florida is running a mile in Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire in honor of fallen first responders.
The run is a part of a nonprofit called Running 4 Heroes, which raises awareness and funds for families of those who died in the line of duty.
Zechariah Cartledge founded the nonprofit in 2019 when he was 10 years old. Since then, he’s run more than 1,300 miles across several states.
His run started Sunday afternoon on Haverhill Street in Seabrook, New Hampshire.
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PLANO, Texas, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bring your tunes from the dash to the campsite. The all-new 2024 Toyota Tacoma, available with JBL® FLEX removable and portable speaker. Stay tuned for more and click here to check out the previous 2024 Toyota Tacoma teasers.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. for more than 65 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our nearly 1,500 dealerships.
Toyota directly employs more than 39,000 people in the U.S. who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of more than 33 million cars and trucks at our nine manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota's 10th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, Toyota currently offers 22 electrified options.
To help inspire the next generation for a career in STEM-based fields, including mobility, Toyota launched its virtual education hub at www.TourToyota.com with an immersive experience and chance to virtually visit many of our U.S. manufacturing facilities. The hub also includes a series of free STEM-based lessons and curriculum through Toyota USA Foundation partners, virtual field trips and more.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Third-ranked TCU has a definite route to the playoff after another regular season-ending rout of Iowa State. That is much different from 2014, when the Horned Frogs got left out.
“I know the history with TCU and Iowa State, and big victories, and it didn’t work out particularly well in 2014,” first-year Frogs coach Sonny Dykes after their 62-14 win over Iowa State on Saturday.
A day after a 55-3 win over the Cyclones eight years ago, TCU was left out of the inaugural four-team College Football Playoff even after going into that game ranked in the top four.
TCU (12-0, 9-0 Big 12, No. 4 CFP), which moved up a spot from fourth in the new AP Top 25 released Sunday and likely will do the same Tuesday night in the next CFP rankings, is in a much better situation this time.
The Frogs are one of only three remaining undefeated teams, with No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Michigan, after being the first Big 12 team since Texas in 2009 to finish the regular season without a loss. And they still have the Big 12 championship game next Saturday against No. 13 Kansas State (9-3, 7-2, No. 12 CFP).
Dykes believes so much is different since 2014 in college football, the CFP selection committee and how people view the Big 12.
“It’s a gauntlet. I think people that know, really study the game, know how good the league is,” Dykes said. “So to be able to go through this thing undefeated, to be able to win the road games that we did, to grind through some of the tough ones we had to grind through, I think shows that we have a good football team.”
Before the lopsided finish, none of TCU’s previous seven wins had been by more than 10 points. The Frogs had to overcome double-digit deficits after halftime in back-to-back games in October, including a 38-28 win over Kansas State after being down 28-10 in the second quarter.
Another win over K-State next Saturday will leave no questions about TCU becoming the first Big 12 team other than Oklahoma to make the four-team playoff.
But the Frogs might not even have to win that rematch to get into one of the national semifinal games after everything else that happened on the final day of this regular season. Previously undefeated Ohio State (No. 2 CFP) lost 45-23 at home to Michigan, and Clemson (No. 8) also lost before TCU had even kicked off Saturday. LSU, fifth in the CFP rankings even with two losses already, lost again Saturday night, as did Oregon (No. 9).
There was no Big 12 championship game in 2014, when TCU was third in the CFP rankings going into what was the final weekend of its conference’s regular season while other leagues played title games.
So a day after overwhelming Iowa State at home, the Frogs dropped to sixth in the final CFP rankings, a spot behind one-loss Baylor, the only team to beat them that season in a 61-58 thriller. Ohio State, after a 59-0 win in the Big Ten championship game, moved up to fourth and went on to win the national title — a final game played at AT&T Stadium, only about 20 miles from the TCU campus.
The Cyclones were a two-win team that season, with that finale being their fifth loss by at least 20 points.
Iowa State (4-8, 1-8) entered Saturday’s game with the Big 12’s best defense, allowing 16.5 points a game. Only two opponents had scored more than 24 points, the most being 31, and its seven losses had been by a combined 38 points — or less than 5 1/2 points per game.
TCU had 17 points on its first three drives and led 24-0 at the end of the first quarter after the first of two interception returns for touchdowns. Max Duggan threw TDs to three different receivers and Kendre Miller ran for two scores, his 13th consecutive game with a rushing touchdown.
“We showed the true team that we really have,” said fourth-year cornerback Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson.
Duggan said, “It was probably our most complete game.”
At the perfect time in the season to make a strong statement.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Match 4" game were:
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(four, six, fifteen, seventeen)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Match 4" game were:
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KYIV (AP) — Ukraine prepared for more Russian strikes on Monday and warned of the possibility for a new round of evacuations from the capital during a relative lull from the airstrikes on energy facilities and other key infrastructure in recent weeks.
In the West, meanwhile, preparations were stepped up to boost humanitarian aid to Ukraine so that the population can enjoy some warmth during their coldest months of need and keep the resolve of the nation as high as possible.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russian troops “are preparing new strikes and as long as they have missiles, they won’t stop.”
“The upcoming week can be as hard as the one that passed,” he said.
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In the capital, Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that part of the city's 3 million people might well have to be evacuated to places where essential services would be less prone to shutdowns caused by missile attacks.
Russia has pounded energy facilities around Kyiv with a barrage of missile strikes, resulting in power outages and halts in water supplies to the city.
And with temperatures hovering around freezing, and expected to dip as low as minus 11C (12 Fahrenheit) in little more than a week, international help was increasingly focused on items like generators and autotransformers, to make sure blackouts that affect everything from kitchens to operating rooms are as limited and short as possible.
Russian President Vladimir Putin “continues trying to make Ukraine a black hole — no light, no electricity, no heating to put the Ukrainians into the darkness and the cold,” said European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. “So we have to continue our support providing more material for the Ukrainians to face the winter without electricity.”
Borrell was leading a meeting of EU ministers that would specifically “look at the Ukrainian war from the point of view of a humanitarian crisis.”
Over the next three days NATO top officials and foreign ministers will be gathering in Bucharest, Romania, where such humanitarian aspects will also be assessed.
Ukraine’s energy provider Ukrenergo said Monday that it is still short 27% of output after Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. “The scale and complexity of the damage are high, and repair works have continued around the clock,” the company said in a statement.
Power supply was restored to 17% of residents in the southern city of Kherson, which Ukraine reclaimed earlier this month. The Russians have continued pounding the city with artillery barrages.
Ukraine’s presidential office said Monday that at least four civilians were killed and 11 others wounded in the latest Russian attacks. It said intense fighting is continuing along the front line in the east, with the Russians shelling Bakhmut and Toretsk at the epicenter of the fighting.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
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(seven, one, eight, three; FIREBALL: seven)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
7-1-8-3, FIREBALL: 7
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Bento Biology and Play2Learn partnership will educate young people and families, allowing them to build and own avatars that represent their biology by leveraging the MetaHug Roblox virtual learning experience.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bento Biology, in partnership with Play2Learn, launches an exciting and immersive health-based experience on Roblox, the most popular metaverse platform with 58 million daily active users. The partnership will see games created around precision medicine, healthy biohacking, and tokenization of personal data for people to share, learn and earn from their biological data.
Bento DISCO (Decentralized Interactions for Shared-value Community 'Omics), Bento Biology's governance protocol, allows individuals to participate in the biotech economy as data owners, not data donors. Their DISCO DAO strives to build a diverse community-owned biorepository to accelerate precision medicine and enable shared-value economic principles. Role-playing and survival games on Roblox will help kids believe certain life-altering results are possible and help people understand their genome, microbiome, and phenome as a new asset class.
According to Joshua Johnson, the co-founder of Play2Learn, "we are a brand scaling a new industry called Gamified Education to help gamify core concepts and knowledge into games. By partnering with Bento Biology, we are sure that interest, trust, and participation in biorepositories and biomedical research will surge in young people and families; this is akin to the Monopoly game bringing awareness to real estate."
The virtual experience and games around the biotech economy that empowers people to build, own, hack and even license their data will play out on Roblox – a metaverse platform with 4 billion hours of engagement in September. The hallmark of using Roblox is leveraging active daily users to bring awareness about the importance of permissionless biology, self-sovereignty, and data ownership to achieve health equity in the era of precision medicine and the biotech century.
"Your biology, converted to data, is a valuable digital asset that accelerates the discovery of cures and the development of modern medicines. With Bento's DISCO Protocol, we are enabling everyone to be a shareholder in the biotech economy by building the world's first community-owned biorepository – one that allows individuals to own their biological digital twins as non-fungible tokens truly. Gamifying this new frontier is a step to make gamers, and Roblox users understand this rewarding concept," according to Dr. Kelly McVearry, co-founder and CEO of Bento Biology.
Bento Biology and Play2Learn will announce further details by November as they intend to explore new approaches and opportunities to engage Roblox users. The next game is a thankful DISCO competition for Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday.
Bento Biology Platforms, Inc. is devoted to tackling the longstanding problem of achieving diversity in clinical trials, human genomics research, and precision medicine. Bento Biology has developed a patient empowerment platform that integrates real-world, web2, and web3 technologies designed to realign incentives and build trust in biomedical research.
With the Bento DISCO (Decentralized Interactions for Shared-value Community 'Omics) Protocol, they are building tools and environments to enable everyone to participate in the biotech economy as data owners, not donors. For more information, please see social media: instagram.com/bentobiology
Play2Learn.com is scaling a new industry called Gamified Education to transform web3 education for the masses, revolutionize how young people (age 4-25) learn, and influence marketing departments to prioritize education before sales.
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UPPER DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP — A Bridgeton man died early Sunday morning when the SUV he was riding in hit a tree, State Police said. The driver apparently fled the scene.
The crash occurred at 2:11 a.m. near milepost 2 on Irving Avenue. A Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling west when it ran off the road to the right and hit a tree, Sgt. Philip Curry said.
A 33-year-old sitting in the front passenger seat of the Jeep sustained fatal injuries, Curry said. The driver fled on foot.
State Police did not identify the passenger or the driver.
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Woman accused of taking $500,000 from HOA, investigators say
VILLA RICA, Ga. (Gray News) – A woman is accused of stealing nearly $500,000 in unauthorized bonus and vacation payments from a homeowners association in Georgia.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Shirley Brown was arrested and charged with theft.
Authorities say Brown was the property manager of the Mirror Lakes Homeowners Association and oversaw the bank account for the HOA.
She was responsible for accepting payments, paying bills and making deposits.
According to the GBI, board members discovered a discrepancy within the bank account totaling more than $189,000.
An investigation revealed that in addition to her yearly salary, Brown wrote herself unauthorized checks totaling approximately $498,815 claiming them to be for bonuses and vacation pay between January 2015 and January 2021.
The investigation is ongoing.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Sam Franklin knocked the ball out of Tampa Bay receiver Chris Godwin’s hands forcing a fumble that the Panthers recovered.
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- ISG cites GEP's ability to address complex categories in direct and indirect sourcing and spend management, and continued success in large engagements
- GEP also recognized as leader in recently announced ISG study for procurement software and services
- Cements GEP as the ideal global partner for transforming procurement, supply chain and business operations
CLARK, N.J., April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GEP®, a leading provider of procurement and supply chain software to Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises worldwide, announced today that it has been named a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens™ – Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Transformation Services 2023, for the third year in a row. GEP is named a Leader in all four categories:
- BPO Services ― for 'Large Accounts' and Midmarket'
- Transformation Consulting Services ― 'Large Accounts' and 'Midmarket'
GEP's chief marketing officer, Al Girardi, explained, "At a time when business is transforming procurement to mitigate inflation and global uncertainty, GEP's ability to integrate consulting, managed services and software makes us the ideal strategic partner for companies' driving competitive advantage, resilience, cost savings and shareholder value. GEP is the only firm globally that provides end-to-end procurement and supply chain strategy, managed services and technology solutions under one umbrella, providing one-handshake solution for clients."
GEP is positioned as a 'Leader' in this study and in the recently released ISG Provider Lens 2023™ – Procurement Software Platforms and Solution 2023, stating "GEP is almost completely self-contained, providing all the software platforms, tools and services required to optimize procurement operations for customers."
According to the ISG Provider Lens lead analyst, Bruce Guptill, "GEP's leadership in this quadrant builds on its ability to address complex categories in direct and indirect sourcing and spend management, their continued success in large engagements and expertise integrated with an industry-leading platform suite."
Download a complimentary copy of these reports, which evaluate providers of transformation services, and the software platforms and tools enterprises use to transform procurement:
- ISG Provider Lens™ – Procurement Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Transformation Services 2023
- ISG Provider Lens 2023™ – Procurement Software Platforms and Solution 2023
ISG Provider Lens™ – Procurement BPO and Transformation Services 2022 Global cites GEP strengths as:
- Proprietary platform and software modules: GEP's procurement BPO and transformation services build around its GEP SMART procurement platform and associated GEP NEXXE supply chain management, GEP CLICK cloud integration platform and GEP MINERVA, a cognitive, AI-enabled data management and decision support platform.
- Autonomous and cognitive sourcing: Integration with its GEP MINERVA cognitive platform, including AI-enhanced master data management, helps GEP deliver more efficient direct and indirect spend management.
- Improving direct sourcing and spend management: GEP has spent considerable time and money improving direct sourcing management in its GEP SMART platform, helping clients not only unify spend management but also mitigate supply chain-driven business disruptions.
- Touchless procure-to-pay operations: GEP focuses on more streamlined integration of UI/UX, applications and data within and across procurement (and supply chain) operations to enable optimal automation and reduce human interaction with processes.
ISG Provider Lens™ – Procurement Platforms 2022 cites GEP SOFTWARE strengths as:
- Software-plus-services leadership: The company's software platforms and associated tools are complemented by its own procurement and supply chain consulting, transformation, implementation and managed services.
- Direct and indirect sourcing: GEP has outpaced most in advancing capabilities in direct materials category management, sourcing and procurement, a strong advantage for clients seeking to optimize direct sourcing to prevent supply chain disturbances and to minimize disruption.
- Multi-platform, unified, AI-driven procurement and supply chain platform: GEP SMART™ (procurement), GEP NEXXE™ (supply chain), and SPECTRUM solutions enable management, automation, analytics and unified UX and data from procurement source-to-procure (S2P) through supply chain management (SCM). The GEP MINERVA™ proprietary AI and ML engine enables cross-solution, cross-organization data analytics and decision support. GEP CLICK™ acts as a cloud-based, low-code/no-code integration layer with third-party data, applications and service providers.
About ISG Provider Lens™ Research
The ISG Provider Lens™ Quadrant research series is the only service provider evaluation of its kind to combine empirical, data-driven research and market analysis with the real-world experience and observations of ISG's global advisory team. The research currently covers providers offering their services globally, across Europe and Latin America, as well as in the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, the U.K., France, the Nordics, Brazil and Australia/New Zealand, with additional markets to be added in the future. For more information about ISG Provider Lens™ research, please visit this webpage. ISG (Information Services Group) (Nasdaq: III) is a leading global technology research and advisory firm with more than 700 clients, including more than 75 of the world's top 100 enterprises. For more information, visit www.isg-one.com.
About GEP
GEP® delivers transformative supply chain solutions that help global enterprises become more agile and resilient, operate more efficiently and effectively, gain competitive advantage, boost profitability and increase shareholder value.
Fresh thinking, innovative products, unrivaled domain expertise, smart, passionate people — this is how GEP SOFTWARE™, GEP STRATEGY™ and GEP MANAGED SERVICES™ together deliver supply chain solutions of unprecedented scale, power and effectiveness. Our customers are the world's best companies, including hundreds of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 industry leaders who rely on GEP to meet ambitious strategic, financial and operational goals.
A leader in multiple Gartner Magic Quadrants, GEP's cloud-native software and digital business platforms consistently win awards and recognition from industry analysts, research firms and media outlets, including Gartner, Forrester, IDC, ISG, and Spend Matters. GEP is also regularly ranked a top supply chain consulting and strategy firm, and a leading managed services provider by ALM, Everest Group, NelsonHall, IDC, ISG and HFS, among others.
Headquartered in Clark, New Jersey, GEP has offices and operations centers across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. To learn more, visit www.gep.com.
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Hall of Fame coach Dick Vermeil runs his Napa Valley winery like a NFL team.
Adam Teicher of ESPN writes about Vermeil’s post-football endeavor, and captures the way the 86-year-old has coaching in his blood. It’s evident in the way he describes his workers.
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“He stands out, but they all work hard,” Vermeil says about one worker, via Teicher. “There isn’t one guy I would cut from the team. But I rank them and I’m picking him in the first round.”
According to Teicher, Vermeil lives outside of Philadelphia but still works for the business, Vermeil Wines, on most days.
“It’s not a big money deal, but at least we’re paying all of our bills and making excellent wines,” Vermeil said. “I’m not a real knowledgeable wine guy. I know some basics. I don’t pretend to be an expert. I don’t have a sophisticated palate. I know what I like. I know what tastes good to me, and if it tastes good to you, it’s good wine no matter what you paid for it.”
Vermeil was a member of the 2022 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He joined the Eagles in 1976 after coaching UCLA in the Rose Bowl and spent seven seasons in Philadelphia, compiling a 54-47 record. Vermeil made the playoffs in four of the seasons he led the Eagles, including a Super Bowl XV appearance, which the team lost to the then-Oakland Raiders.
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Vermeil would retire after the 1982 season and would not return to coaching until 1997 when the St. Louis Rams hired him. Vermeil led a powerful Rams offense known as “The Greatest Show on Turf,” winning Super Bowl XXXIV against the Tennessee Titans. Vermeil went on to coach the Kansas City Chiefs before retiring for the second time in 2005. Vermeil finished his coaching career with a record 120-109 record.
(NJ Advance Media’s Chris Franklin contributed to this report.)
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders opened a second day of migration talks Friday as Poland and Hungary continued to block progress after they were outvoted earlier this month on a plan to share refugees arriving in Europe among the 27 member countries.
Some leaders said that Poland and Hungary seemed to be fighting a battle started years ago, when well over 1 million migrants entered Europe, most of them refugees fleeing Syria, in 2015 and sparked one of the bloc’s biggest crises. Others said the two simply must not be permitted to break EU rules.
“My feeling was there’s a lot of bitterness about the debates on migration from 2015,” Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told reporters at EU headquarters in Brussels. “If you just say no to everything and everybody else tries to compromise that doesn’t really work out.”
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob said that “Hungary was totally adamant” about having the issue removed altogether from the leader’s final summit communique. “It was not about let’s do it this way or the other way. It was like, ‘we don’t want to see migration being mentioned at all.’”
Golob confirmed that European Council President Charles Michel, who is chairing the summit, is likely to issue a separate chairman’s statement that does not require the endorsement of member countries.
Earlier this month, EU countries made a breakthrough on asylum law reform, sealing an agreement on a plan to share responsibility for migrants entering Europe without authorization.
The deal balanced the obligation for countries where most migrants arrive to process and lodge them against the requirement for other members to provide support, whether financial or by hosting refugees. Countries refusing to take migrants in could pay 20,000 euros ($21,400) per person instead.
The agreement was sealed with a qualified majority vote of around two-thirds. Only Poland and Hungary voted against. Their aim at the summit has been to challenge the legal validity of that decision.
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said that caving in to them would set a dangerous precedent.
“The fact is, Poland and Hungary do not agree with the (EU) treaty,” he told reporters. “It has been decided, so we cannot come back and say now, ‘ok, we do not agree,’ because then everybody will open the list of all the decisions we took the last 10 years.”
Ahead of the meeting, Poland’s prime minister had insisted that his country wouldn’t be forced to accept European Union rules on migration, and he vowed to veto any plan that might force countries to take in refugees.
“An attack on Europe is underway. Europe’s borders are not secure. The safety of the inhabitants of our continent is at stake,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a video statement. He said he would propose “a plan for secure borders” to the leaders.
Morawiecki said that his “plan is clear — ‘no’ to forced relocation of immigrants, ‘no’ to violations of veto rights by individual states and ‘no’ to violations of the principle of freedom, the principle of decision-making by states alone, ‘no’ to Brussels-imposed penalties on states.”
Poland and Hungary, along with the Czech Republic, refused to accept migrant quotas hastily imposed in 2015. The EU’s top court ruled in 2020 that they had failed to respect the bloc’s laws.
The number of people trying to enter the EU without authorization is on the rise. The border and coast guard agency Frontex said that more than 50,300 attempts were made from January to May. It’s more than double in the same period last year, and the most since 2017. But migrant arrivals in Europe dwarf those seen in Turkey, Lebanon or Jordan.
At the same time, Poland is looking after around 1 million refugees from Ukraine.
Any attempt to court the help of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose anti-migrant government abstained in the vote on the breakthrough deal, appears to have failed.
“I perfectly understand the point of views of nations who have different problems with migration. But I think that the agreement that was found was a balanced one,” Meloni told reporters.
While Hungary and Poland are unlikely to succeed in their quest to have the rules overturned, their anti-immigrant stance — backed by other members like Austria, Denmark or Sweden — has helped ensure that the EU’s policies focus on keeping people out and quickly deporting those not entitled to stay.
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Vanessa Gera in Warsaw contributed.
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(KTLA) – Comedian and actor Pete Davidson has been charged with misdemeanor reckless driving months after crashing into the side of a Beverly Hills home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Friday.
The charge stems from a March 4 incident in which Davidson was allegedly driving a Mercedes Benz at a high rate of speed.
He lost control of the vehicle before jumping a curb, taking out a fire hydrant and crashing into the side of a house, police said at the time.
Davidson’s girlfriend, actress Chase Sui Wonders, was in the car at the time.
No one was injured in the crash.
“We believe that Mr. Davidson engaged in reckless driving, which ultimately resulted in his involvement in a serious collision into a home,” a D.A. spokesman told KTLA.
Davidson, 29, is best known for his eight-season stretch on “Saturday Night Live.” Sui Wonders, 26, is best known for her role in the Max series “Generation,” as well as her role as Emma in the 2022 comedy-horror feature film “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” also featuring Davidson. | https://who13.com/news/pete-davidson-charged-with-reckless-driving-months-after-beverly-hills-crash/ | 2023-06-16 21:06:49 | 0 | https://who13.com/news/pete-davidson-charged-with-reckless-driving-months-after-beverly-hills-crash/ |
MT. BAKER-SNOQUALMIE NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. — Lumberjacks did their best to drag every prized specimen out of the forested slopes of the Cascades during the logging heyday there a century ago, but they missed a little patch along Humpback Creek just before it dumps into the South Fork Snoqualmie River.
That oversight is a winter hiker's boon, one of several slices of woods now more easily available during the snowy months thanks to the new Annette Lake Sno-Park off Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass.
While the Mountains to Sound Greenway trailhead just south of I-90 via exit 47 is a well-known summer and fall hiking destination — one with a recently spruced-up trail, no less — this season marks the first winter that the access road and trailhead parking lot are reliably plowed. You'll need a nonmotorized Sno-Park permit ($25 per day, $50 per season; visit epermits.parks.wa.gov or Seattle-area outdoors retailers) to access the snowy park.
The half-mile from the interstate to the Sno-Park is rough going due to some crater-sized potholes. Drive carefully, but even low-clearance vehicles should be able to negotiate the otherwise flat stretch of asphalt. The reasonably roomy Sno-Park can accommodate 40 vehicles, give or take, and includes a restroom. Once you're geared up with the 10 essentials, the Sno-Park offers two ways to explore winter in the Cascades.
The Asahel Curtis Nature Trail is a half-mile loop heading left from the trailhead and named for the legendary Seattle landscape photographer. There you'll find those old-growth Doug firs, Western hemlocks and Western red cedars — hopefully boughs laden with snow — that Paul Bunyan and his ilk left standing.
Right out of the gate, the footbridge over Humpback Creek is a showstopper, as mountain-fresh snowmelt cascades over mossy rocks below. Tip your tuque (as Canadians call beanies) to the Washington Trails Association, whose volunteers moved some 200,000 pounds of dirt, rock and gravel in 2014 to create the trail up to the bridge. Along the loop you'll encounter a series of plaques with facts and figures about the area's natural history.
The Asahel Curtis Natural Trail makes for a soothing warm-up before venturing farther afield.
Angle right from the trailhead and you'll find yourself on the Annette Lake Trail itself. Over the course of 0.8 miles and 500 vertical feet, you'll cross Humpback Creek again on another footbridge, eventually reaching a clearing as the narrow singletrack Annette Lake Trail crosses paths with much wider Palouse to Cascades Trail.
The P2C Trail is a rail-to-trail conversion that runs from Rattlesnake Lake to the west and as far as the Idaho border to the east. The stretch up at Snoqualmie Pass between the Hyak and Crystal Springs Sno-Parks is one of the region's most popular Nordic ski trails, but down here, you'll find only ungroomed snow. Turn left and you'll be heading toward Snoqualmie Pass, reaching a tunnel (closed winters) in 1.6 miles. Turn right and you might find yourself sharing the trail with backcountry skiers heading to the north-facing slopes of Humpback Mountain. Either way, the steady railroad grade makes it hard to get lost and the broad right of way affords more mountain views than the forested trail.
If you decide to continue on the Annette Lake Trail, expect the snowpack to get progressively deeper as you climb in elevation. Snowshoes are likely to be a necessity to reach the lake for most of the winter — and putting them on even in shallower snow is proper winter trail etiquette to avoid creating deep footprints known as post holes that cause the snow to melt faster. The trail will remain singletrack, and it switchbacks in places, so careful route-finding is necessary.
Most important, those switchbacks deposit you on the flanks of Silver Peak, and about a mile farther from the crossroads you will be in avalanche terrain. While signs at the trailhead warn about avalanche hazard ahead, there is no obvious demarcation once you are on the trail. Even if the trail stays mostly below treeline, the potential hazard comes from the steep alpine slopes above.
Only proceed this far along the trail if you are comfortable traveling in avalanche terrain and have assessed the day's avalanche forecast from the Northwest Avalanche Center at nwac.us. You should also carry appropriate avalanche gear including a shovel, beacon and probe.
Fortunately, the prelude to this part of the trail offers a pleasant winter ramble without having to assess avalanche risk. Winter hiking, whether with microspikes or snowshoes, is also more effort than summer hiking, so don't let shorter mileage deter you.
Finally, keep a close eye on the weather forecast. While Annette Lake itself sits at an elevation of 3,600 feet and will remain snowbound until spring, the Sno-Park starts at just 1,600 feet. That's fairly low to capture the white stuff — Snoqualmie Pass, for example, sits at 3,000 feet — so if there is precipitation in the cards, you'll need a cold front to ensure snow. When there is new snow, afternoons usually warm quickly and lead the snow to shed from trees. So-called "tree bombs" are unpleasant at best and potentially dangerous at worst.
But if you time the conditions right, you'll have a delightful winter outing in the Cascades at Annette Lake Sno-Park, closer to home and with thinner crowds.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — With the summer months are upon us and it’s not only the hot weather that we have to be careful with
The Sioux City Police Department (SCPD) wants Iowans to double-check the back seat of their cars before they leave their vehicles to avoid locking children or pets in cars.
So far this year, SCPD said they’ve yet to respond to an incident of a child trapped in a hot, locked car.
Sergeant Tom Gill said it only takes minutes for the inside temperature of a car to surpass 100 degrees and SCPD treats these incidents as emergencies.
“That’s a life or death situation, heat stroke can happen fast, especially with small children. So the officer is going to get there as soon as possible. Hopefully, there’s a door unlocked that they can get in and if not, they’re going to break the window out and do it fast,” Gill said.
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Thinking about selling your home? Want to know how much a comparable home sold for in your neighborhood? Lehighvalleylive.com lists the most recent two weeks of available deed transfers in Lehigh and Northampton counties.
The information in the list below includes address and selling price in addition to the name of the buyer.
The list, sortable by sales price, includes property transfers from Oct. 7-21. Please note that the most recent week of transfers from Northampton County was not available as of Monday. | https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/business/2022/11/the-price-of-homes-sold-recently-in-the-lehigh-valley-deed-transfers-10722-102122.html | 2022-11-01 12:33:42 | 1 | https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/business/2022/11/the-price-of-homes-sold-recently-in-the-lehigh-valley-deed-transfers-10722-102122.html |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” has had an Oscar wish come true.
The director’s stop-motion, musical take on the puppet who longs to be a real boy won Netflix its first animated feature trophy on Sunday.
The category has primarily gone to either a Walt Disney or Pixar-produced film for the past decade — with the exception of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
“Animation is ready to be taken to the next step. We are all ready for it. Please help us keep animation in the conversation,” del Toro said.
“Pinocchio” was considered the contender to beat. It swept several awards including the Golden Globe and the top honor at the animation industry’s Annie Awards.
The movie beat out “Turning Red,” “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” and “The Sea Beast.”
The voice cast includes Ewan McGregor, Christoph Waltz, fellow Oscar nominee Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton.
It earned rave reviews for a stunningly beautiful production that takes a dark look at issues of love and mortality between the titular puppet and surrogate father, Gepetto. A polar opposite of Disney’s 1940 version, this “Pinocchio” references Catholicism, fascism and the ugliness of war.
The movie was not about the titular character learning to be the perfect boy, del Toro said.
“I think it’s a lesson that’s urgent in the world,” he told reporters in the press room after. “We are saying disobedience is not only necessary, it is a virtue.”
The Mexican-born del Toro, who won the Oscar for best director in 2018 for “The Shape of Water,” has said animation is pure cinema. Animators have been hitting back in recent years against the stigma that animated movies are just a kids’ genre.
For del Toro, animators should be treated as artists — not technicians. He pointed out that in his “Pinocchio,” they are listed in the credits even before the main voice actors.
“This is an art form that has been kept commercially and industrially at the kids table for so long,” del Toro said. “A win helps but it is about going forward as a community making it.”
Co-director Mark Gustafson echoed that message on stage.
“It’s so good to know this art form we love so much — stop motion — is very much alive and well,” Gustafson said.
Del Toro, who has established two filmmaking scholarships, says he is now committed to financing a stop motion class for students from Mexico at the Gobelins animation school. Young people, particularly those who are Latin or part of a minority, are burdened with an inherent pressure to succeed.
“The first duty of representation is to do it really well … because you’re not doing it for you,” del Toro said. “You’re doing it for people that come after you and are looking for opportunities. If you don’t that, you’re closing that door.”
When del Toro came in the 1990s to the U.S., he encountered “a lot of open and subtle racism.” He remembered “with great chagrin” an interview his cinematographer, Oscar-winner Guillermo Navarro, had with a talent agent.
The agent “said to him ‘Why do I want a Mexican? I have a gardener.”
While things have improved for people of color, there is still a very tough glass ceiling to overcome.
“You have to keep pushing it all the time. It doesn’t end with one generation. It doesn’t end with one person,” del Toro said. “But again, together you push that limit more and more and create opportunity.”
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DENVER (StudyFinds.org) – Could forgiving college debt keep a student’s heart healthier later in life? A new study reveals graduates who struggle to pay off student loans into middle age are more prone to heart disease, the world’s number one killer.
A team of researchers from across the United States add that this link undermines the usual health benefits that come with higher education.
“As the cost of college has increased, students and their families have taken on more debt to get to and stay in college,” says lead author Dr. Adam Lippert from the University of Colorado in a media release.
“Consequently, student debt is a massive financial burden to so many in the United States, and yet we know little about the potential long-term health consequences of this debt. Previous research showed that, in the short term, student debt burdens were associated with self-reported health and mental health, so we were interested in understanding whether student debt was associated with cardiovascular illness among adults in early mid-life.”
College can leave some with a lifetime of debt
Estimates show that the average college tuition for the 2021-22 school year is over $10,000 for students staying in-state at a public university. If you’re going to school out-of-state, that number jumps to more than $22,000! For those attending a private university, their tuition and fees this year come in at over $38,000!
The study found individuals who failed to pay student debt between young adulthood and early mid-life were more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the health of those who did pay off their loans equaled or was even better than those who never faced this financial burden.
The team analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). They tracked more than 20,000 participants from the age of 12 to 44. A subset of 4,193 respondents underwent medical examinations, carried out at home. Researchers also used a measurement tool to estimate each person’s chances of cardiovascular disease over the next 30 years of life. The Framingham cardiovascular disease risk score considers sex, age, blood pressure, smoking status, diabetes diagnosis, and body mass index (BMI). The researchers also looked at levels of a blood chemical called C-reactive protein (CRP), which is a sign of chronic or systemic inflammation.
The team split these participants into four groups including those who never had student debt (37%), those who paid it off (12%), those who took on new debt during young adulthood (28%), and those consistently in debt (24%).
Those who consistently had debt or took on debt had higher CVD risk scores than individuals who were never in debt or those who paid off their debt. Interestingly, respondents who paid off debt had significantly lower CVD risk scores than those never in debt.
The average college graduate owes $25,000
Study authors discovered clinically significant CRP value estimates among those who took on new debt or were consistently in debt between young adulthood and early mid-life. These estimates exceeded their counterparts who never had debt or paid it off. Race or ethnicity had no impact on the results.
“Our study respondents came of age and went to college at a time when student debt was rapidly rising with an average debt of around $25,000 for four-year college graduates. It’s risen more since then, leaving young cohorts with more student debt than any before them,” Dr. Lippert adds. “Unless something is done to reduce the costs of going to college and forgive outstanding debts, the health consequences of climbing student loan debt are likely to grow.”
Further analyses suggest that completing a college degree provides health benefits even to those with student debt. However, these graduates experienced fewer benefits in comparison to non-debtors. Dr. Lippert believes the findings indicate the potential population health implications of debt-financed education.
He adds that although the empirical evidence is clear on the economic and health returns from a college degree, these advantages come at a cost for borrowers.
The study is published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
South West News Service writer Mark Waghorn contributed to this report. | https://phl17.com/national-news/student-debt-increases-the-risk-of-heart-disease-in-middle-age/ | 2022-05-08 00:03:20 | 1 | https://phl17.com/national-news/student-debt-increases-the-risk-of-heart-disease-in-middle-age/ |
ENGLISH, Ind. (WISH) — Indiana State Police on Thursday arrested a circuit court judge on a domestic battery charge for an incident that happened April 12 in Crawford County.
State police didn’t release any details of what lead to the arrest of Crawford Circuit Judge Sabrina Bell. She was charged with domestic battery in the presence of a child younger than 16. She was booked into the Crawford County Jail, then released on pretrial conditions, state police said.
Bell was in an fight that happened May 1, 2019, at a While Castle in downtown Indianapolis that led to two judges shot. Judicial disciplinary charges were filed against Bell and two other judges, Andrew Adams and Brad Jacobs. The fight began when Brandon Kaiser and Alfredo Vazquez drove by and yelled something at the judges. Bell responded with an obscene gesture. Later, Adams and Jacobs were shot before Kaiser and Vazquez got back into their vehicle and drove away.
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn's back-to-school tips include warnings for parents about 'woke policies'
Exclusive: Sen. Blackburn reveals key advice as new school year beckons, including how to 'keep children close'
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is taking no chances as families prepare once again for their children's back-to-school time.
She wants all Tennessee residents — all Americans as well — to know what's going on in today's schools and classrooms and how to best gear up for a successful school year.
In material shared exclusively with Fox News Digital, the Tennessee Republican detailed a new guide she's created for parents as kids return to classrooms soon.
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"When students head back to school this fall, they will encounter more than the usual list of challenges children and teens face," she told Fox News Digital in an email.
"Moms and dads need to be ready for that," she said.
She's compiled "important tips on how to protect kids" on such issues as "dangerous drugs, online predators and woke curriculum."
The senator told Fox News Digital, "While radical teachers' unions are doing their best to push parents away, this guide empowers moms and dads with the tools they need to keep their children close."
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Her advice includes clear, actionable guidance for parents and caregivers.
Here is Sen. Blackburn's guidance for parents, in four distinct sections.
1. ‘Defend against dangerous drugs’
"Sheriffs in Tennessee warn that because of the crisis at the southern border, 80% of the drugs they confiscate contain deadly fentanyl," notes the senator.
"Even worse, dealers intentionally target children on apps like Snapchat and often conceal drugs in dollar bills or in candy like gummy bears."
Given these facts, she advises the following for parents.
"Warn your kids against eating food from unsealed containers or trading snacks with strangers."
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"Remind your children to only add close friends on apps like Snapchat. Check their apps regularly to make sure no adult strangers have tricked their way into your child's life."
"Make sure your children understand that all drugs are dangerous drugs," she also says.
2. ‘Watch out for woke policies’
"Right now, teachers' unions are pressuring educators to target students to join transgender after-school clubs and let sports teams crumble under the pressure of gender politics," notes Sen. Blackburn.
"These radicals," she adds, "are trying to sneak their woke policies past parents — but Tennessee moms and dads aren't giving them a hall pass this year!"
Her advice:
"Learn more about the after-school activities your kids are involved in. Ask questions about what they're learning and who they're spending time with."
"Ask coaches and school administrators about what they're doing to protect sports for biological girls."
"Attend parent meetings and find more ways to get involved in your child's extracurricular activities."
3. ‘Keep kids safe online’
"Predators are eager to use platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat to take advantage of kids," says Sen. Blackburn.
"As children start logging on to do homework, it's important to kickstart the conversation on tech safety."
To this end, she advises the following steps.
"Access your child's accounts and switch on the strictest privacy settings available."
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"Warn your kids about fake accounts made by predators who pretend to be children."
"Make sure you know what apps and services your children are using, and regularly check to make sure their posts are safe and age-appropriate."
4. ‘Prevent politically motivated curriculum’
"Critical race theory (CRT)-influenced curriculum teaches students that America is an inherently racist country and divides them based on skin color," says the senator.
"Teachers' unions have relentlessly put pressure on schools, local leadership and even the White House to replace reading, writing and 'rithmetic with radical political indoctrination."
She suggests parents do the following:
"Attend parent-teacher conferences and talk with educators about school curriculum."
"Contact your local school boards, show up to meetings and make your voice heard.
"Students should not be discriminated against on the basis of race under any circumstances."
"Learn about how to identify CRT-influenced curriculum across all subjects."
On the latter point, Sen. Blackburn says she "believes in equality and opportunity for all."
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She also said, "Students should not be discriminated against on the basis of race under any circumstances."
Along with other legislative colleagues, Sen. Blackburn introduced a resolution in June 2021 to condemn the use of Critical Race Theory in K-12 schools and teacher training programs.
She joined with Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., in introducing that resolution.
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Prior to that, she joined over 30 Senate colleagues — in April 2021 — to express concern about the Dept. of Education's proposal to "offer federal funding to support the teaching of radical and divisive curriculum like Critical Race Theory."
As far as older kids go, Dr. Mary K. Alvord, director of the Rockville, Maryland-based Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC — and a psychologist specializing in treating children, adolescents and adults — told Fox News Digital recently that there are ways parents can help their college-bound students understand "the bigger picture."
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It's important for parents to start talking with their children early, said Alvord, before they head off to college — about the values they hold in a diverse world and how can they express themselves in new environments.
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Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed salvos at each other Tuesday in the latest round of legal filings over the billionaire Tesla CEO's aborted plan to buy the social media platform.
Musk filed more paperwork to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter, this time based on information in a whistleblower complaint filed by Twitter’s former head of security. Twitter fired back by saying his attempt to back out of the deal is “invalid and wrongful.”
In an SEC filing, Musk said his legal team notified Twitter of “additional bases” for ending the deal on top of the ones given in the original termination notice issued in July.
In a letter to Twitter Inc., which was included in the filing, Musk's advisors cited the whistleblower report by former executive Peiter Zatko — also known by his hacker handle “Mudge."
Zatko, who served as Twitter’s head of security until he was fired early this year, alleged in his complaint to U.S. officials that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation
The letter, addressed to Twitter's Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde, said Zatko's allegations provide extra reasons to end the deal if the July termination notice “is determined to be invalid for any reason.”
Billionaire Musk has spent months alleging that the company he agreed to acquire undercounted its fake and spam accounts, which means he doesn't have to go through with the $44 billion deal. Musk's decision to back out of the transaction sets the stage for a high-stakes legal battle in October.
In a separate SEC filing, Twitter responded to what it called Musk's latest “purported termination,” saying it's “based solely on statements made by a third party that, as Twitter has previously stated, are riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lack important context."
The company vowed to go through with the sale at the price agreed with Musk. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/musk-cites-whistleblower-as-new-reason-to-exit-twitter-deal | 2022-08-30 15:36:08 | 1 | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/musk-cites-whistleblower-as-new-reason-to-exit-twitter-deal |
Adoptions could rise after U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - We could see more children being put up for adoption in the coming months after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Local adoption agencies say they are prepared for whatever happens. Their goal is making sure children and mothers’ needs are met.
“I do believe that women are going to be wanting to find suitable families for their child. I don’t think we’re going to have a problem though finding families for those children,” Herbie Newell with Lifeline Children’s Services said.
Adoption providers like Lifeline Children Services in Birmingham are preparing to see an increase. Earlier this year, there were over 6,000 children in Alabama in foster care according to the Alabama Department of Human Resources. Even if adoptions go up, Newell believes the system is prepared to handle them.
“As a matter of fact at times, we’ve had more families willing to adopt than we’ve had children that needed to be adopted and so I don’t believe we’re going to find an issue of not having enough resources for these children,” Newell said.
Some adoption agencies around the country are currently looking at ways to get more funding and hiring additional staff to keep up with the possible higher demand in services. Newell says those in favor of life need to be helping any way they can.
“Now is the time to for us to be active in caring for women and children who are in need,” Newell said.
Lifeline also allows birth mothers to keep in touch with their children, even creating reunification opportunities. The local agency has offices in 16 states and is currently involved in over 24 countries. You can find more information on their website.
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On a Wednesday afternoon in the summer of 2021, gunfire erupted on Rotary Street in Montgomery. When the smoke cleared and police arrived, they found two teens dead and two others wounded.
A month later, a “diss track” was posted to YouTube taunting one of the targets of the shooting to come back and get his car (which he had left behind while fleeing the scene) so that they could murder him too. Beyond the lyrics themselves, the video’s violent revelry consisted of one male after another brandishing weapons and flashing gang signs at the camera—adults, teens, and children alike.
This sort of gang violence and lawlessness—wanton, senseless, sadistic, arrogant—is quickly becoming more normal than abnormal in some of Alabama’s major cities. In December alone, Montgomery witnessed gang-related shootings everywhere from the campuses of high schools to the front doorstep of the mayor’s office. Birmingham and other large localities around the state have seen the same and worse.
But make no mistake: gang-related murders, menace, and mayhem are not confined merely to metropolises. According to the National Gang Center, Alabama has experienced a steady increase in gang activity statewide over the past decade, with gang-related violence and criminal activity being reported in urban, suburban, and rural areas. One in-depth survey—which was conducted during the last crime wave, but which tracks with the trends we’re seeing today—found gang activity in 46 Alabama cities and towns, and a gang presence in 74 percent of these communities.
It’s high time we give Alabama police and prosecutors the tools they need to take back their streets. For far too long, law enforcement in our state have lacked laws on the books that would allow them to combat criminal gangs. This must change—and it must change now.
That is why we need the Alabama Criminal Gang Prevention Act, legislation drafted by my office that should be a top priority for passage during the upcoming session of the Alabama Legislature.
The Alabama Criminal Gang Prevention Act contains three critical components:
First, the act would criminalize gang-related activity, providing enhanced penalties for offenses committed for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal gang. No longer would Alabama lack a law that specifically defines and targets criminal gang-related activity.
Second, the act would impose additional prison time on anyone who uses a firearm in connection with criminal gang-related activity, adding years or even decades to a convicted offender’s sentence. No longer would Alabama allow gangbangers to commit crimes and terrorize communities by brandishing and using firearms without suffering severe, mandatory repercussions.
Third, the act would require anyone age 16 and over charged with criminal gang-related activity to be charged as an adult, ensuring that juveniles who commit adult crimes do adult time. No longer would Alabama tolerate the recruitment and exploitation of youths by gangs for their use as child shields in the commission of crimes, relying on a minor’s ability to get a slap on the wrist in juvenile court and be back on the streets in little to no time.
Gang violence and lawlessness are an increasing threat to the safety of the public—and to the rule of law. This is no small matter. A well-ordered state cannot abide groups of criminals that act with such brazenness and impunity, engaging in rampant illegality and escaping just punishment because police and prosecutors lack the legal tools they need to effectively hold gang members accountable.
This is a problem that Alabama—and Alabama alone—must address. The U.S. Department of Justice of today, under the corrupt stewardship of Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, has reassigned resources away from fighting crime to focus on persecuting political enemies, harassing law-abiding parents, spying on citizens who dissent from the left’s “woke” agenda, and meddling in American elections.
We must empower Alabama law enforcement to crack down on criminal gangs and the violence and lawlessness they inflict on the citizens and communities of our great state.
We must enact the Alabama Criminal Gang Prevention Act.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is preparing to appeal a judge’s decision granting the appointment of an independent arbiter to review records seized in a criminal investigation by the FBI from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home.
Citing national security concerns and other factors, the department also asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to put on hold her directive prohibiting it from using the seized classified records for investigative purposes while it contests her ruling.
“Without a stay, the government and public also will suffer irreparable harm from the undue delay to the criminal investigation,” department lawyers said in a motion Thursday in which they announced their intent to appeal the order to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The 21-page Justice Department filing lays bare the government’s concern about the impact it believes will be caused by the judge’s order, which temporarily halted core aspects of its criminal investigation, and its continued objections to the planned appointment of a “special master” to conduct an independent review of the records taken from Mar-a-Lago. Already, the department said, the intelligence community has paused its separate risk assessment that the judge had permitted to continue because of “uncertainty regarding the bounds of the Court’s order.”
The department gave the judge until next Thursday to stay her original order, saying it would otherwise ask the federal appeals court to do so. Though such an appeal will almost certainly result in further delays to its underlying investigation, the department made clear throughout its motion its belief that it would be “injured” beyond repair if the judge’s order was permitted to stand.
The judge gave the Trump team until Monday morning to respond to the Justice Department motion.
The FBI has been investigating for months what it says was the unlawful retention of national defense information at Mar-a-Lago as well as efforts to obstruct the probe. It is not clear whether Trump or anyone else will face charges.
Reacting to Thursday’s motion, Trump renewed his attacks on the entire investigation.
“So now the FBI and Biden Department of ‘Justice’ leakers are going to spend Millions of Dollars, & vast amounts of Time and Energy, to appeal the order on the ‘Raid of Mar-a-Lago document hoax,'” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.
The FBI seized 33 boxes and containers with more than 100 documents with classified markings, including some designated top-secret, during an Aug. 8 search of the property. Those records have been segregated from the thousands of non-classified documents that were taken, the department said.
The Trump legal team had asked the judge, a Trump appointee, to name a special master — in many cases, a lawyer or retired judge — to examine the seized documents to ensure that personal materials are returned to him and that any privileged records are weeded out from the rest of the investigation.
In a procedural win for the ex-president, Cannon granted that request, agreeing to appoint an arbiter to inspect the records and filter out any that may be protected by claims not only of attorney-client privilege but executive privilege too. She also directed the FBI to temporarily stop using those documents in its investigation until a report from the special master or “further court order.”
Though she did permit the intelligence community to continue with an assessment of the security risk posed by the improper retention of classified secrets, that work has been paused in consultation with the Justice Department. The FBI’s chief counterintelligence official, Alan E. Kohler Jr., said in a declaration accompanying the court filing that the classification review and national security risk assessment were “inextricably linked with the criminal investigation” and that it made no sense to “bifurcate” the FBI officials in both of those endeavors.
On Thursday, the Justice Department lambasted anew the idea that any of the classified records could be protected by such claims, or that Trump could be entitled to the return of any government documents since he is no longer president. It also asked the judge to lift her directive that highly classified records be shared with a special master.
“The classification markings establish on the face of the documents that they are government records, not Plaintiff’s personal records. The government’s review of those records does not raise any plausible attorney-client privilege claims because such classified records do not contain communications between Plaintiff and his private attorneys,” the motion states.
It adds that “no potential assertion of executive privilege could justify restricting the Executive Branch’s review and use of the classified records at issue here.”
The judge’s ruling carries the prospect of substantially delaying the criminal investigation though it seems unlikely to have significant long-term effects that would take the probe off course. The department, for instance, said it did not interpret the order as a prohibition against interviewing witnesses about how the records were relocated from the White House to Mar-a-Lago or how they were stored — suggesting that at least that investigative work would continue. Nor did it think there was a bar against the department from briefing members of Congress.
“Even so,” department lawyers wrote, “the prohibition on the review and use of the classified records is uniquely harmful here, where the criminal investigation concerns the retention and handling of those very records, with the concomitant national security concerns raised by that conduct.”
The two sides were directed to submit proposed names of a special master by Friday.
The department said it planned to “provide its views” by that deadline, and that its filing on Friday would confirm its plans to make available to the Trump team copies of all unclassified documents taken during the search and to return personal records that were not commingled with classified materials.
The department earlier in the week said that the seized records included “medical documents, correspondence related to taxes, and accounting information.”
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WASHINGTON, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Initiative for the Study of Russian Piracy (ISRP) will launch a new project tomorrow, July 26, to expose the magnitude and potential impact of Russia's looting of Ukrainian assets. To kick off the effort, ISRP will release a report concluding that Russia has looted more than half a million metric tons of Ukrainian grain and 11,000 metric tons of Ukrainian steel.
The illegal activity provides Russia with income and commodities to be used in a war that has killed thousands of Ukrainian civilians. The theft of critical assets has sparked fears of an engineered famine, and the resulting economic impact is already being felt worldwide.
ISRP's lead spokesperson, Fmr. U.S. Undersecretary of State James K. Glassman, will host a media teleconference tomorrow, July 26, at 10:00AM ET to announce the launch of the initiative and discuss the group's investigation. Following a statement, Ambassador Glassman will open the line for questions about ISRP and its efforts.
To RSVP for the teleconference, please email RussiaTheftWatch@gmail.com
Following tomorrow's conference, the report will be available at the group's new resource hub, RussiaTheftWatch, along with supporting documents, current news, and analysis.
"Estimates of Russian looting of Ukrainian assets have been made by other organizations, but this report is unprecedented in its scope and detail. The report relies on the identification of individual incidents, including dates, ship names and origins, tonnage of cargo, and ports of arrival and departure," said ISRP's spokesperson, James K. Glassman, a former U.S. Under Secretary of State. "We will continue to track this criminal theft, and as more data and information are identified, ISRP will provide updates and subsequent reports."
The ISRP report identifies nearly 50 discrete incidents for which evidence is clear that ships were used to transport Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia. An estimated and constantly growing total of more than half a million metric tons of wheat, corn, and barley was shipped. The investigators also found that Russia has taken more than 11,000 metric tons of Ukrainian metal products, largely from the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works plants that had been under siege in Mariupol, with another 28,000 metric tons of steel products loaded onto ships, and nearly another 200,000 metric tons of metal at the port that can be stolen by Russia at any moment.
The looted steel appears to be taken directly to Russian industrial areas where it may supplement local production, possibly being used to manufacture more weapons of war to be unleashed on civilians in Ukraine and elsewhere. The grain is often shipped directly to Turkey or Syria, and in some cases, passed through Russian ports in order to hide its origin to then be sold into Middle Eastern and other markets or simply stockpiled for later distribution.
"Russian soldiers have always looted during wartimes, but the piracy in Ukraine is unique in breadth and tactics, and the world is paying a heavy price," said Glassman. "Already, the global food supply is at risk and the price of global metals is soaring. If this isn't stopped, the effects could be increasingly severe and long-lasting."
In subsequent reports, the ISRP will also offer recommendations for mitigation of the theft of Ukrainian assets and for compensation by Russia for the loss. For example, approximately $300 billion worth of Russian assets have been frozen (including $38 billion worth in the U.S.). Public officials in Europe and U.S. have recommended confiscating those assets to pay for losses in the war.
About ISRP
ISRP is a group of former U.S. government officials, international trade experts, national security experts, and research analysts concerned by the immediate and long-term impacts of Russia's theft of Ukrainian assets.
These materials are distributed by DCI Group AZ, L.L.C. on behalf of SCM Consulting Ltd. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington DC.
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Earlier this year, some states made it illegal or very difficult to provide gender-affirming care to children. In response, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 107 into law on Sept. 29. The law is designed to protect families who flee to California from states that criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Since its passage, some social media users and politicians, such as Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX), have claimed that the law allows doctors to perform “gender transition surgeries” on children from other states without parental consent.
THE QUESTION
Does a California law allow doctors to perform gender-affirming surgeries without parental consent?
THE SOURCES
- Senate Bill 107
- State Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco), author of SB 107
- Transgender Law Center
- Rebecca Gudeman, senior director of health for the National Center for Youth Law
- University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Student Health Services
THE ANSWER
No, a California law does not allow doctors to perform gender-affirming surgeries without parental consent.
WHAT WE FOUND
SB 107 is a law that amends various sections of California’s civil code. The law focuses solely on how California law enforcement should handle out-of-state investigations. It neither allows doctors to perform gender-affirming surgeries without parental consent nor does it address the topic at all. In fact, SB 107 does not contain the word “surgery” anywhere in its text.
“California law requires parent or guardian consent for gender-affirming care for minors,” said Rebecca Gudeman, senior director of health for the National Center for Youth Law. “Senate Bill 107 does not change any laws or policies related to who may consent for health care in California.”
Gudeman told VERIFY that Congressman Nehls’ claim that SB 107 allows doctors to perform “gender transition surgeries” on children from other states without parental consent is 100% inaccurate.
“Senate Bill 107 attempts to reaffirm parental rights to make medical decisions for their child,” Gudeman said. “What Senate Bill 107 says is if a parent brings their child to California for gender-affirming care, and exercises their parental right to consent to that care, California will honor that decision.”
More from VERIFY: Yes, Los Angeles County did ban government-funded travel to Texas and Florida over LGBTQ laws
In most cases, youth under the age of 18 in California must obtain the permission of their parents or guardian to access any medical treatment, including treatment for gender transition, according to the Transgender Law Center. There are a few exceptions to this rule, but none are related to gender-affirming care.
SB 107 also provides guidance for child custody cases where one parent lives in California and the other in a state where gender-affirming care is restricted. According to the law, California courts will have “temporary emergency jurisdiction,” meaning they have the authority to hear and make decisions on child custody cases based on the facts of that case.
The law does not require the state’s courts to side with the parent or guardian living in California or the one who supports gender-affirming care if the two sides disagree. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/california-law-does-not-allow-doctors-to-perform-gender-affirming-surgeries-without-parental-consent/536-d5dc6a3a-c4b1-4218-9dad-1505713253ef | 2022-10-07 21:46:48 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/california-law-does-not-allow-doctors-to-perform-gender-affirming-surgeries-without-parental-consent/536-d5dc6a3a-c4b1-4218-9dad-1505713253ef |
- Binghamton University has cancelled in-person classes.
- The SUNY Morrisville Norwich campus has delayed classes until 11 AM.
- SUNY Broome is closed due to the inclement weather.
- Tompkins Cortland Community College is closed. Classes may be held remotely at the discretion of the instructor.
This is a list of university and college closings for Tuesday, April 19th. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/local/local-college-university-closings/ | 2022-04-19 19:17:59 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/local/local-college-university-closings/ |
600+ members from the global food, feed, and soy industry across 50+ countries in San Diego
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global soy consumption at 1.087 MMT has exceeded global soy production at 1.061 MMT for the past three years (2019-22) following a doubling in consumption and production over the past 20 years. Soybeans continue to be the United States' number one food and agricultural export, and U.S. Soy's customers are as diverse as the countless uses of a soybean itself.
The U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) will host 600+ industry representatives at SOY CONNEXT - the global U.S. Soy Summit, including 400+ international customers of U.S. Soy from 50+ countries with 200+ U.S. Soy farmers and members of industry, from August 22-24 in San Diego.
"Soy Connext, the industry's premier global summit, will catalyze connections between international customers of U.S. Soy from the animal protein, aquaculture, animal nutrition, edible oil, soy foods, and commodity trading sectors, with U.S. Soy farmers and industry," said Jim Sutter, CEO, USSEC. "With the level of volatility in the world today, it takes vision, resilience, and partnerships to succeed in food and agriculture today. At Soy Connext, we will explore insights, trends, and strengthen our collaborations to advance global nutrition, climate-forward solutions, and progress for people and communities."
USSEC will launch the new 'Soybean Value Calculator' - an innovative tool for soybean crushers to calculate and compare the economic value of soybeans from various countries. Customers can enter company specific data along with soybean composition and physical factor data to analyze the potential economic benefit of choosing U.S. Soy relative to soy of other origins. It's that simple.
Sustainability and transparency are differentiators and a competitive advantage for U.S. Soy customers. As part of Soy Connext, customers from 38 countries will visit U.S. Soy farms across 14 soy-producing states to transparently engage with farmers, inspect the crop, and discuss challenges, needs and opportunities. Further, USSEC, on behalf of U.S. Soy, is the international sponsor of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour providing its customers with credible, third-party, and real-time analysis of U.S. Soy crop quality directly from soy production sites across the United States. Customers and exporter companies will also participate in USSEC's Trade Team Invitational.
"Climatic, economic, and geopolitical events are testing the resilience of the global food system. Uncertainty is the word of the day. We are honored that international companies are rewarding sustainable U.S. Soy's lowest carbon footprint, optimal nutritional bundle, high refining rate, low refining cost, and reliable production and exports by importing record volumes to advance food and nutrition security in the 82 countries we serve," said Doug Winter, USSEC Chairperson, Board Member of the United Soybean Board, and U.S. Soy farmer, Illinois.
Six facts related to U.S. Soy
- Global poultry, pork, and aquaculture consumption are forecast to grow 17.8%, 13.1%, and 23% respectively by 20301
- Global soy foods per capita consumption grew 24% to 2.67 kg in 2020 from 2.16 kg in 20102
- U.S. Soy's top 15 export markets: China, Mexico, EU, Egypt, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Colombia, Taiwan, Canada, Bangladesh, Thailand, S. Korea, Pakistan, Ecuador3
- U.S. Soy's top growth markets (21/22 v. 16/17): Egypt, Turkey, Ecuador, Venezuela, Canada, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, EU. Bangladesh growing. India potential evolving4
- Sustainable U.S. Soy has the lowest carbon footprint when compared with soy of other origins5
- U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (SSAP) verified exports are up 33% vs. year ago, and 58% (approx. 38 MMT) of U.S. Soy's total exports (approx. 64 MMT) in MY 21/22 (as of 7/28/22)
Soy Connext will cover the following topics among others:
- Macro dynamics - inflation, or commodity super-cycle
- Shifting vegetable oil market
- Sustainability in the global feed industry
- Plant-Based Proteins: Consumer Trends & Opportunities
- Sourcing specialty food grade & IP beans
- Live reports on 2022 #USSoy crop ahead of #Harvest22
Noteworthy global speakers at Soy Connext include:
- Matt Ammerman, Commodity Risk Manager and VP, E. Europe & Black Sea region, StoneX
- Erik Noland, Executive Director and Senior Economist, CME Group
- Emily French, Chief Executive Officer, Global Ag Protein
- Anja Manuel, co-founder, Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel, LLC
- Marty Ruikka, President, The Pro Exporter Network
- Tom Vierhile, Vice President - Strategic Insights (North America), Innova Market Insights
Other event participants include U.S. Soy farmers representing the American Soybean Association, United Soybean Board, State soy boards, related food and agriculture industry, commodity exporters, among others.
This press release was funded by U.S. Soy farmers, their checkoff and the soy value chain.
About U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC)
The U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) focuses on differentiating, elevating preference, and attaining market access for the use of U.S. Soy for human consumption, aquaculture, and livestock feed in 80+ countries internationally. USSEC members represent the soy supply chain including U.S. Soy farmers, processors, commodity shippers, merchandisers, allied agribusinesses, and agricultural organizations. USSEC is funded by the U.S. soybean checkoff, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) matching funds, and industry. Visit www.ussec.org for the latest information on U.S. Soy solutions and news about USSEC and U.S. Soy internationally.
1 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Food and Agriculture Organization 2021 Agriculture Outlook Report
2 USSEC-Agromeris Global Soy Foods Market Report 2021
3 SDA Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS) data MY 2021/22 through June-2022
4 SDA Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS) data MY 2021/22 through June-2022
5 Blonk Consultants, Agri-footprint database 5.0 analysis, 2019
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73-year-old woman’s body sat in car in mall parking lot for 2 days, police say
By David Erickson
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MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — A73-year-old Madison woman was found dead in her car in the West Towne Mall parking lot two days after buying food from a nearby restaurant.
Police were asked to do a welfare check at the woman’s Southwest Side home on North Wickham Court around 5:25 p.m. Saturday, according to the Madison Police Department.
A short time later, an officer located her vehicle parked outside the mall and discovered her dead inside. According to police, she had purchased food on Thursday.
Police did not release the woman’s name and said her death is not considered suspicious.
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The "art" of brainwashing is in again. To put it charitably, the primaries in Arizona were a charade, successfully
orchestrated by the high priest of anarchic disorder, Donald Trump. They also symbolize the breakdown of
institutional cohesion and the continuing disintegration of the traditional Republican party. Unless the opposition
is able to engineer a miracle by November, the results of the primaries will be authenticated at the midterms
and Trump's lackeys installed in January 2023.
It is difficult to accept that we live in a world where falsehood and misrepresentation have become the strange new form. It is simply incomprehensible that a bunch of liars, "Oathtaker" members and January 6th insurrectionists or
their sympathizers can be elected to major political leadership positions by landslides, while those who believe in
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the truth and loyalty to the constitution are first censured and then dramatically disposed of. Purists and pragmatists are out and allegiance to Trump has become the new measuring stick for political success.
It is hard to imagine an optimistic future.
Frederick Leinfest
Oro Valley
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The final round will resume at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur at 1:50 p.m. Play was suspended due to inclement weather at 10:30 a.m. Rose Zhang, the top-ranked amateur in women’s golf, held a three shot lead at -9 through seven holes when play was stopped.
The weather forecast calls for a brief period of storms with gusty winds, some possibly severe. Tee times were scheduled earlier than usual for the final round of this tournament, with players teeing off on both No. 1 and No. 10. The final pairing of leader Zhang and Andrea Lignell teed off at 8:50 a.m.
“(The) morning of, you have your routine, so it’s not necessarily anything too different from the previous couple rounds you’re playing, and you essentially are just trying to get in the zone,” Zhang said of her approach to Saturday. “I would say the nerves are more anticipation and kind of trying to go out there and — it’s pretty unpredictable what you have on a daily basis, so I think the unpredictability is certainly a nerve-racking experience.”
Lignell, a senior at Ole Miss who led the Rebels to the 2021 women’s golf national championship, entered Saturday’s final round five back of Zhang.
“I’m going to be nervous, obviously,” Lignell said after Friday’s practice round at Augusta National. “But no, just make sure to try and have fun out there. You have nothing to lose basically so you can just go out there and chase the lead.”
At least one golfer in the field was looking forward to the possibility of inclement weather. University of Georgia senior Jenny Bae, who entered Saturday’s final round six shots off of the lead.
“I think the only difference that I would maybe make is to just club up a little more,” Bae said. “My caddie (University of Georgia women’s golf coach Josh Brewer) and I, we’re both used to playing in the rain, but it’s just because I play at the University of Georgia, and for me there’s not going to be much much a change.”
Due to the forecast and earlier tee times, broadcast times were also adjusted. Live coverage will continue on Golf Channel when play resumes and move to NBC Sports at noon.
For live scoring, click here.
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Prince Asante Sefa-Boakye, a former water polo pro player, is on a mission to promote diversity in the sport by introducing it to Ghana. Asante, who grew up in Coronado, California, and is of Ghanaian descent, introduced water polo to a local school in Ghana in 2018. Today, he oversees a seven-team national league that operates under the Awutu Winton Waterpolo Club according to an interview with Olympics.com.
Sefa-Boakye ultimate goal is to create the first-ever all-Black water polo team to compete at the Olympics. He hopes that his efforts will inspire more Black Africans to take up aquatic sports and break down the social stigma that surrounds swimming.
“My reality of being this foreign player as a minority player is beginning to wash away with this new Black Star polo initiative,” the former American pro water polo player said in an interview with Olympics.com from Accra.
Despite being an African American player himself, Asante has often found himself to be the only player of color in a water polo pool. He believes that water sports have cultural connections that keep Black Africans away from participating in aquatic sports. Overcoming this fear and the pillars that have kept Black Africans away from water sports is essential to the success of his initiative.
Swimming is not widely practiced in Ghana despite a quarter of the country’s 32 million people living along the 550-kilometer coastline. Asante recalls that whenever he trained in deep waters, it sparked panic as most locals are terrified of swimming in the ocean or open water. The fear is due to the possibility of drowning in the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean known for its strong and dangerous rip currents.
Asante has been working to change this perception by helping Ghanaians overcome the stigma around water. He hopes to introduce the sport to more African communities and inspire young Black Africans to pursue water sports.
Asante’s initiative has already sparked the promotion of the aquatic discipline in Africa. To date, only two African countries, South Africa and Egypt, have had the opportunity to field men’s water polo teams at the Olympics. With Asante’s efforts, more African nations could participate in future water polo competitions.
Asante’s program has not been without challenges, however. Water polo is a difficult sport, and it has been challenging to introduce it to Ghana and other African communities. Asante has had to overcome systematic oppression, cultural fears, and colonial tools that have kept Black Africans away from water sports.
Despite the challenges, Asante remains optimistic about the future of water polo in Africa. His goal is to see more African athletes on the main stage for water polo and inspire young Black Africans to pursue aquatic sports. Asante’s drive is an excellent example of how sports can bring people together, while also promoting diversity and inclusion in the Olympics.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. — Two key components of Florida Atlantic University's Final Four run will once again be suiting up for the Owls' basketball team when they tip off next season.
Guard Alijah Martin, who declared for the NBA Draft in April, announced Wednesday on Twitter to fans that he's ready to "run it backkk."
The 6-foot-2 sophomore guard said when he tested the NBA Draft waters that he was eager to see what the training and workouts felt like.
Owl Nation🦉: LETS RUN IT BACKKK pic.twitter.com/MZqR7e38e0
— alijah.martin (@martin_alijah) May 31, 2023
"Armed with this knowledge, and after tireless hours training and working out for teams at NBA facilities, I am excited to continue to work on my game at FAU and take it to new levels of production and efficiency on both sides of the court," Martin's tweet said.
The guard, who was the second-leading scorer for the Owls averaging 13.4 points a game, said he's ready to "make history again."
"We have unfinished business," Martin said. "Let's get to work."
Florida Atlantic junior guards Johnell Davis and Alijah Martin - catalysts of the Owls’ 2023 Final Four run - are withdrawing from the NBA Draft and returning to FAU to anchor a preseason Top 5 team under coach Dusty May, Davis and Martin tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 31, 2023
The team's leading scorer, Johnell Davis, has not officially said that he's returning to the Owls but retweeted an ESPN report that said both he and Martin will play for FAU next season.
The 6-foot-4 sophomore guard led the Owls in scoring last season with 13.8 points a game.
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For the first time in his young career, Davion Taylor has made strategical and meaningful adjustments to his recovery program.
Last year, the emerging Eagles linebacker flashed his talent in several games, and he received a more prominent role that featured more reps within coordinator Jonathan Gannon’s defensive scheme. But Taylor’s breakout campaign ended abruptly in late November when he suffered a partially torn medial collateral ligament, an injury that required surgery and forcefully ended his season.
Nearly nine months later, Taylor, 24, is attempting to regain his footing among a revamped group of linebackers. Others on the depth chart include T.J. Edwards, Kyzir White, Nakobe Dean, Shaun Bradley, Christian Elliss, and JaCoby Stevens, plus outside linebackers Haason Reddick, Patrick Johnson, and Kyron Johnson.
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Part of Taylor’s revitalized recovery program includes daily massages; he’s also taking advantage of advanced rehabilitation methods, such as cryotherapy.
“This whole offseason, I’ve made it an emphasis with my recovery process,” Taylor said. “I’m touching all different parts of my muscles. I’m spending 45 minutes to one hour before practice, making sure I’m doing all those extra things taking care of my body. That’s an emphasis I didn’t do last year. I’m doing everything I can to prevent those soft-tissue injuries, so I won’t have another one this upcoming season.”
As he enters Year 3, the speed of the game is slowing down for Taylor, who was selected in the third round of the 2020 NFL draft. The ability to process offensive plays at a high rate is essential, especially for linebackers, who are responsible for defending the intermediate parts of the field.
“I was kind of rusty,” he said of his return to the field. “But I’m continuing [momentum] from last year. It really has slowed down. I’m able to make some things happen before they actually happen, like putting things into my mind. ... I know the defense like the back of my hand. I’m letting my athleticism take over and [I’m] playing fast.”
Taylor’s contributions in a new-look linebackers room will be dependent on his ceiling, talent, and availability. Besides the MCL tear, Taylor suffered several injuries earlier in his career, including to his knee and calf.
Before his season-ending MCL tear, Taylor logged 41 tackles, and he saw his opportunities increase. Taylor played in just 13% of defensive snaps in Week 2 vs. the 49ers. By Week 9, Taylor’s playing time was up to 71%.
Position coach Nick Rallis has taken notice of Taylor’s ability to anticipate and break down plays as they occur.
“When you talk about instincts, it’s what a player sees with their eyes and what they are processing,” Rallis said earlier in the month. “The biggest thing with [Taylor] starts with his eyes and what he is seeing. Right now, he’s doing a tremendous job, and the game has slowed down for him extremely. He understands when an offense gets in a formation, and he alerts for a certain motion about to happen.
“You can see he’s taken huge strides as a football player. He’s done a great job.”
Taylor concluded: “To be honest ... I’m competing and stacking each day because you never know what can happen.” | https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagles-davion-taylor-linebacker-torn-knee-ligament-recovery-20220815.html | 2022-08-15 23:43:28 | 0 | https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagles-davion-taylor-linebacker-torn-knee-ligament-recovery-20220815.html |
TX Lake Charles LA Zone Forecast for Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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Zone Forecast Product
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
325 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023
TXZ180-022215-
Tyler-
Including the cities of Town Bluff, Fred, Hillister, Ivanhoe,
Spurger, Warren, and Woodville
325 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph this
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. A
chance of thunderstorms. Showers, mainly in the evening. Breezy
and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the lower 50s. South
winds 20 to 25 mph, becoming west 15 to 25 mph after midnight.
Gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 70. West winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
around 80.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ201-022215-
Hardin-
Including the cities of Lumberton and Silsbee
325 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph this afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. A
chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the evening.
Breezy and much cooler with lows in the lower 50s. South winds
20 to 25 mph, becoming west 15 to 25 mph after midnight. Gusts up
to 40 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s.
West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny with a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ215-022215-
Jefferson-
Including the cities of Beaumont, Sabine Pass,
and Sea Rim State Park
325 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. A
chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the evening.
Breezy and much cooler with lows in the mid 50s. South winds
20 to 25 mph, becoming west 15 to 25 mph after midnight. Gusts up
to 40 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs around 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with
a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ216-022215-
Orange-
Including the cities of Orange, Vidor, and Bridge City
325 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds
around 10 mph, becoming southeast 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Becoming partly cloudy after midnight. A chance of
thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. Breezy and
much cooler with lows in the mid 50s. South winds 20 to 25 mph,
becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph after midnight. Gusts up to
40 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with
a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ259-022215-
Northern Jasper-
Including the cities of Holly Springs, Jasper, Kirbyville,
Magnolia Springs, Mt. Union, and Roganville
325 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph this
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers,
mainly in the evening. Breezy and much cooler with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds 20 to 25 mph, becoming southwest 15 to
25 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler. Less humid with highs around 70. West
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
around 80.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ260-022215-
Northern Newton-
Including the cities of Burkeville, Farrsville, Jamestown,
Newton, Wiergate, Bleakwood, and Call
325 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers, mainly in the
evening. Breezy and much cooler with lows in the lower 50s. South
winds 20 to 25 mph, becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph after
midnight. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler. Less humid with highs around 70. West
winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
of showers. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs around 80. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ261-022215-
Southern Jasper-
Including the cities of Gist, Buna, and Evadale
325 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Breezy and much cooler with lows in the mid 50s.
South winds 20 to 25 mph, becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph after
midnight. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s.
West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with
a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ262-022215-
Southern Newton-
Including the city of Deweyville
325 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Breezy and much
cooler with lows in the mid 50s. South winds 20 to 25 mph,
becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph after midnight. Gusts up to
40 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s.
West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with
a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
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The protests that have swept Iran since the death a week ago of a young woman in the custody of the morality police have expressed a pent-up determination to create real change in the Islamic Republic.
Mahsa Amini was detained for an alleged infraction of edicts that require the full covering of women’s hair with a hijab, or headscarf, in public. Witnesses and family members say the 22-year-old was severely beaten in custody. Her death triggered rage that quickly morphed into broader anti-regime unrest.
Why We Wrote This
Women and their freedoms are the catalyst for widespread demonstrations in Iran demanding reforms – even, as some protesters are saying, the toppling of the Islamic Republic.
By Friday, protests had spread to some 83 cities, and the violent clashes and a crackdown by security forces have left 26 dead, according to state TV. Protesters say 50 have died.
The protesters’ stated goals go beyond merely reforming the strict rules about women’s dress and extend to broadly expanding freedoms. And they speak openly of using violence to chip away at what they say is the calcified edifice of the regime.
“This is the moment I’ve been waiting for,” says Mahnaz, an English tutor in the Kurdish region of northwest Iran. “Our people have never been this united,” she says. “I know this might not necessarily lead to our ultimate goal of overthrowing the regime this time. But I have no doubt it’s causing a very deep crack on its body.”
Viewed from the level of Iran’s acrid, smoke-filled streets, the protests that have swept the country since the death a week ago of a young woman in the custody of the morality police have unleashed a pent-up determination to create real change in the Islamic Republic.
The protesters’ stated goals go beyond merely reforming the strict rules about women’s dress and extend to broadly expanding freedoms. And they speak openly of using violence to chip away at what they say is the calcified edifice of the regime.
Yet it is women’s outrage that is the driving force.
Why We Wrote This
Women and their freedoms are the catalyst for widespread demonstrations in Iran demanding reforms – even, as some protesters are saying, the toppling of the Islamic Republic.
Mahsa Amini was detained by Iran’s morality police for an alleged infraction of edicts that require the full covering of women’s hair with a hijab, or headscarf, in public. Witnesses and family members say the 22-year-old was severely beaten in custody, charges the authorities deny. Her death after a three-day coma triggered rage that quickly morphed into broader anti-regime unrest.
By Friday, protests had spread to some 83 cities, and the violent clashes and a crackdown by security forces have left 26 dead, according to state TV. Protesters say 50 have died.
Videos posted on social media appear to show police firing directly into crowds.
Women have conducted mass burnings of headscarves, and even symbolically cut off their own hair in protest, against a backdrop of burning police cars and buses, and clashes with baton-bristling riot police.
Indeed, women and the evisceration of their freedoms are for the first time since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 the catalyst for demonstrations demanding reform, even, as some on the streets are saying, the wholesale toppling of the regime.
“This is the moment I’ve been waiting for,” says Mahnaz, a 40-something English tutor in Sanandaj, a city in the Kurdish region of northwest Iran near Ms. Amini’s hometown, who has taken part in the protests. Like others interviewed, she gave only one name. Individuals in Iran were contacted by phone or online messaging services, despite severe disruptions to internet usage this week across the country.
“Our people have never been this united. Our men could never be more supportive of women,” Mahnaz says. “I know this might not necessarily lead to our ultimate goal of overthrowing the regime this time. But I have no doubt it’s causing a very deep crack on its body.
“It’s like a wall which you can’t smash to the ground with one blow. More blows, and it will collapse,” she says. “I am absolutely positive, victory is ours and it’s more imminent than it’s ever been.”
Shrinking political space
For years Iranians have reeled from a growing sense of hopelessness due to an economy crushed by U.S.-led sanctions, mismanagement, and corruption; political disenfranchisement; and more recently, even the failure to restore the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
Those problems have been exacerbated, analysts say, by conservative and hard-line control of all levers of power in Iran. Since President Ebrahim Raisi assumed office last year, the space for political expression has shrunk further.
In July the government rolled out a new hijab policy, and videos of morality police violently enforcing strict rules have gone viral.
On Thursday, during his first visit to the United Nations in New York, Mr. Raisi decried the “acts of chaos” in the streets of Iran.
“The Islamic Republic ignored us women, humiliated us, and destroyed two entire generations of women, and it only got worse,” says a protester in Sanandaj called Shiva, who’s 19 and plans to be a civil engineer.
“But they never knew that the rage was just intensifying beneath the surface. And guess what? We’re there to vent all that accumulated anger back into their faces. ... And trust me, it will be devastating,” she says.
“This girl [Ms. Amini] has united us all, because we could all relate to her, not just women, even men. She’s the embodiment of our plight; in one word she’s ‘Iran,’ its suffering, the barest form of a nation’s misery under a criminal regime,” Shiva says.
“Woman, life, freedom”
The protests have seen a welter of slogans, including “Death to the dictator” – a reference to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose portraits have been torn down and burned.
But there was also “Woman, life, freedom” – about the issue that sparked these protests, and a desire to open civil society.
According to Tara Sepehri Far, Iran researcher for Human Rights Watch, under Mr. Raisi Iran has been “trying to further curtail the very minimal space that activists were trying to create.”
“Labor rights activists, teachers, those were some of the leading voices in civil society that were organizing peaceful mobilization. They’ve been arrested; there’s been a crackdown against them,” says Ms. Sepehri Far. “There’s been a lot of human rights defenders [who] have been summoned to serve prison sentences.
“As a woman who grew up in Iran, seeing people united en masse for something that is about women’s choice of dress code, as well as obviously accountability for the death of Mahsa, it is unprecedented,” she says.
“I have never seen the criticism and calls for reform this loud. So regardless of where these protests go, the debate on hijab has moved forward forever, and there is no going back,” she adds. “Iranian women have demonstrated their will to walk in streets of big cities without hijab in total defiance of the law.”
Past nationwide protests have been brutally squelched, such as in 2009 over a presidential election widely seen as rigged, and in 2019 over economic grievances that are reported to have left 1,500 dead.
“No-violence idea is gone”
This time the anger seems to have leaped beyond class, economic, and ethnic boundaries that marked previous upheavals. Another change is the rejection by some of peaceful methods.
“This time the no-violence idea is gone. Even very young kids are sharing stuff [about] how to defeat the security forces,” says a businessman in southern Iran, who asked not to be identified further.
“In the past we wanted to be on the peaceful side and that was a value, but now it is the opposite,” he says. He points to a 19-year-old woman sharing tactics on social media of how to “take down” a squad of police officers on motorcycles.
Also making the rounds is a list of 13 techniques for countering interrogation, based on the past experience of detainees in Iran.
“Mahsa was a trigger,” says the businessman. “Establishment corruption is making everyone angry, but as I talk to very young friends, they are tired of being told what to do and not do,” he says. “They want to take down everything.”
“Those moments are behind us when they held rifles and we gave them flowers,” says Afghani, a student in Sanandaj.
Fueling popular anger is how the current government appears to have turned upside down 25 years of conventional political wisdom about maintaining peace in Iran. It holds that when the hard-line minority has the political upper hand, as it does today, social rules like hijab-wearing are slightly relaxed – in an unspoken quid pro quo over other policies unpopular with the majority, reform-minded population.
“It is quite clear that the government of Ebrahim Raisi has to give something back to the ultraconservative elements of the system that have elevated him to this position, and in these circles the mandatory hijab is obviously a very sensitive and very elementary issue,” says Adnan Tabatabai, an Iran expert and founder of the Bonn, Germany-based Center for Applied Research and Partnership With the Orient.
At the same time, he says, there may now be “a critical mass of political figures that may be pushing for gradual changes in how the mandatory hijab is enforced.”
“Probably it is not anxiety that the system and the elite feel, because they’re all aware that they have the necessary zeal and the necessary means to suppress these kinds protests and clear the streets in the coming days and weeks,” says Mr. Tabatabai. “But we at least have some current and former officials who have been extremely critical of mandatory hijab and its enforcement, who spoke out long before the case of Mahsa Amini, and have spoken out again.”
Two sisters
Any change won’t come soon enough for two sisters in Kermanshah, a provincial capital in northwest Iran. Each hold master’s degrees, and both were peaceful attendees at rallies. One night last week one was arrested, when 30 security agents descended on their home at 3 a.m.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes,” says one sister, who reckons her sibling was identified by security cameras. “You can’t believe how wild they were in the raid, cursing with the worst-ever sexist slurs, dragging her on the floor.
“If you remember, once they were propagating the slogan that if we don’t fight Islamic State in Syria, we have to battle it in our streets,” she says.
“Now they are ISIS loud and clear, and they have no shame to act like it. So aren’t we fighting an enemy right on our own soil?” she asks. “They are occupiers; it’s high time we pushed them out.”
An Iranian researcher contributed reporting for this story. | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2022/0923/This-girl-has-united-us-all-Women-s-rage-mobilizes-Iranians | 2022-09-23 23:35:10 | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2022/0923/This-girl-has-united-us-all-Women-s-rage-mobilizes-Iranians |
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the strictest internet privacy laws in the United States has withstood a legal challenge, as a group of telecommunication providers has dropped its bid to overturn the Maine standard.
Maine created one of the toughest rules in the nation for internet service providers in 2020 when it began enforcing an “opt-in” web privacy standard. The law stops the service providers from using, disclosing, selling or providing access to customers’ personal information without permission.
Industry associations swiftly sued with a claim that the new law violated their First Amendment rights. A federal judge rejected that challenge, but legal wrangling continued.
The groups, which include the country’s biggest telecommunications providers, filed to dismiss the lawsuit on Sept. 2, said Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey. Frey said the state’s privacy law held up despite the efforts of an “army of industry lawyers organized against us,” and now other states can follow Maine’s lead.
“Maine’s Legislature wisely sought to protect Maine residents by restricting the disclosure and use of their most private and personal information,” Frey said.
The Maine Legislature passed the bill, proposed by former Democratic state Sen. Shenna Bellows, who is now Maine’s secretary of state, in 2019. Internet service providers then sued in February 2020, and attorneys for Maine have been in court defending the law since. The proposal stemmed from a Maine effort to bring back rules implemented during President Barack Obama’s tenure that were repealed by Congress during President Donald Trump’s term.
Industry plaintiffs agreed to reimburse Maine for more than $55,000 in costs incurred defending the law, Frey said.
Supporters of Maine’s law include the ACLU of Maine, which filed court papers in the case in favor of keeping the law on the books. The ACLU said in court papers that the law was “narrowly drawn to directly advance Maine’s substantial interests in protecting consumers’ privacy, freedom of expression, and security.”
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has also defended the law as “common sense.”
Maine is also the home of another privacy law that regulates the use of facial recognition technology. That law, which came on the books last year, has also been cited as the strictest of its kind in the U.S. | https://www.wdtn.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-internet-service-providers-drop-challenge-of-privacy-law/ | 2022-09-07 10:41:43 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-internet-service-providers-drop-challenge-of-privacy-law/ |
His fans throughout Latin America knew him simply as Pablito. Known for such hits as Yolanda and Yo Me Quedo, Pablo Milanés helped define Nueva Trova, the genre of music that emerged in Cuba in the 1970s.
Milanés died in Madrid. He moved to Spain several years ago to receive treatment for cancer. The Latin Grammy winner's death was announced on his Facebook page:
"With great pain and sadness, we regret to report that Maestro Pablo Milanés has passed away this early morning on November 22 in Madrid. We deeply appreciate all the shows of love and support, to all his family and friends, in this very difficult time. May he rest in the love and peace he always transcended. He will remain forever in our memory."
In a 2019 interview with his daughter Haydée Milanés, NPR's Alt.Latino described Pablo as "one of the most revered singer-songwriters to emerge from a heady period when politics, poetry and acoustic guitars flowed from Cuba in the form of nueva trova, or new song."
Pablo Milanés had a complicated relationship with the Cuban government over the decades. He supported Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution but he was also a free thinker. In the mid-1960s, he was sent to the Castro regime's forced labor camps known as Military Units of Production Aid (UMAP) where, according to El Pais, "priests, homosexuals and other 'antisocial elements' were interned under the pretext of compulsory military service."
"It was a concentration camp and I spent a year and a half of my life there," Milanés told The Guardian in 1999. "It wasn't that there was any physical punishment, it was the fact you were shut away, with hard physical labor, cutting sugar cane dawn to dusk." He said he wasn't exactly sure why he was sent there. "I was living a bohemian lifestyle. . . who knows, the whole attitude of youth at the time."
Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez tweeted that Milanés and his songs are an "inseparable voice of the soundtrack of our generation."
Earlier this year, Milanes announced that he had signed the Cuban Civil Society Manifesto calling for social and economic changes to the country. In a Facebook post, he urged others to read the document and to make way for new ways of thinking, "which claim new laws, new freedoms, new active participation within today's society, which would lead us to a dialogue of peace."
Among the many tributes from fellow artists, Peruvian singer Tania Libertad wrote, "A great composer, wonderful singer and extraordinary friend...We will miss you Dear Pablo. Have a good trip. I will hug you and sing to you always."
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Team Penske has a shot at two major championships this year — Joey Logano became the first driver to qualify for NASCAR’s title-deciding finale with a win Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
“We’re racing for a championship! Let’s go!” Logano screamed to the crowd. “All you want to do is get to the championship four when the season starts and race for a championship, and we’ve got the team to do it. I don’t see why we can’t win at this point.”
Logano, who won for the third time this season and third time at Las Vegas, is NASCAR’s 2018 champion and advanced to the championship race for the fifth time in his career. Team Penske last month celebrated the IndyCar championship when driver Will Power won his second title.
Logano used a late pit stop for new tires hoping the new Goodyears would give him a shot. He gained six immediate spots, but his Ford was still in eighth on the final restart with 16 laps remaining.
Chase Briscoe restarted as the leader ahead of Justin Haley and Ross Chastain, and Chastain used a sweeping three-wide pass on the bottom of the track to take the lead. Logano charged through the field, but Chastain successfully used several blocks to hold him off.
Logano ultimately pulled alongside Chastain on the frontstretch with three laps remaining to claim the first spot in next month’s championship race.
“There was a clear difference in tires there, so we fully believed that we could hold him off and win the race on the tires we had, and Joey did a good job of getting through the field,” said Chastain, who finished second in a Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing.
Kyle Busch, who was eliminated from the playoffs in the first round, finished third in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Playoff drivers Briscoe finished fourth in a Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing and Denny Hamlin, in a Toyota from Joe Gibbs Racing, came from 31st to finish fifth.
The race was the first of three in this round of NASCAR’s playoffs. The eight remaining drivers will be whittled down to four for the winner-take-all finale at Phoenix next month.
With the stakes so high, the race was fraught with tension from the start and even included nearly a fight between Bubba Wallace and reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson. NASCAR said it will review the incident, which included what appeared to be Wallace deliberately wrecking Larson and Wallace pushing an official, and any penalties would be issued next week.
The dustup between Wallace and Larson collected Christopher Bell, who won last week at Charlotte to advance into this round of the playoffs and is now ranked last in the standings following his 34th-place finish.
“We will see if we can go pull another rabbit out of the hat,” Bell said.
Joining Bell below the cut line for elimination were William Byron, Briscoe and Ryan Blaney of Team Penske. Blaney led for 39 laps but hit the wall with what appeared to be a tire failure. He finished 28th, seven laps down.
Logano is locked in to the finale, while Chastain, Hamlin and regular-season champion Chase Elliott are above the cut line. Elliott finished 21st in an uninspiring showing in his Hendrick Motorsports entry.
“I did a really bad job all weekend,” Elliott said. “All-around poor effort on my behalf, and when you perform that poorly, you get poor results. I’m obviously missing something at places like this to compete with the gentlemen that know what they’re doing.”
CHANGES AT SHR?
Stewart-Haas Racing founder Gene Haas said the four-driver roster is being examined as he and co-owner Tony Stewart are in disagreement over who should drive the No. 41 next season.
Haas wants Cole Custer to return for a fourth season, but he said Stewart wants to put Ryan Preece in the Ford. Preece has stepped back from full-time racing this season in an effort to land a top ride; he has made two Cup Series starts with an SHR partner and three starts in the Xfinity Series.
Custer has one victory in 108 starts — it came in his 2020 rookie season — but did win an Xfinity Series race this season. He is the son of SHR president Joe Custer, a longtime confidant of Haas.
“Tony has his point of view and I’d like to see Cole back for another year, at least, but Tony has some other ideas,” Haas said. “It’s pretty hard to argue with Tony because he’s picked so many good drivers over the years.”
Also at issue is SHR expects two openings in its fleet in 2024. Aric Almirola had originally planned to retire after this season but changed his mind, and Haas said Kevin Harvick has indicated he doesn’t plan to drive after his contract expires at the end of 2023. Haas said SHR wants Harvick to sign an extension.
“We’re going to lose a couple of drivers, so we really do need to find some big-name talent to be competitive,” Haas said.
Meanwhile, SHR is appealing $200,000 in fines and an indefinite suspension of Custer’s crew chief over NASCAR allegations that Custer and SHR manipulated the finish last week at Charlotte to help teammate Chase Briscoe advance in the playoffs. Haas said NASCAR “jumped the gun” with the penalties.
“They don’t want people fixing races, but when someone says ‘I think you might have a flat,’ it isn’t exactly a code word,” Haas said. “Cole is pretty adamant that there wasn’t anything going on, so this is just some circumstances that NASCAR has interpreted in their own way.”
BUSCH SAVES HIS DAY
Kyle Busch spun at his home track, had a tire fall off his Toyota and probably will end his Joe Gibbs Racing career without his crew chief.
And he still finished third.
“Just kept fighting in it and digging hard all day long,” Busch said.
Ben Beshore is likely to receive a four-race automatic suspension as punishment for a tire coming off of Busch’s car late in the race. The crowd cheered Busch’s failure even though Las Vegas is his home track.
There are three races remaining in the season and Busch is leaving JGR after 15 seasons. He has signed with Richard Childress Racing for next season.
UP NEXT
NASCAR races at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the middle race of the third round of the playoffs. William Byron won at Homestead last year, when the track was scheduled as the third event of the season.
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>> HE DID, HIS SON WHO HAS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA WAS BEING HONORED AT THE GAME THAT NIGHT, AND WATCHED FROM THE SIDELINES AS HIS FATHER MADE THAT $10,000 SHOT. >> THIS IS THE MOMENT. PLEX PLENTY OF TIME ON THE CLOCK. LET’S GO. LET’S GIVE THEM SOME ENCOURAGEMENT. >> GERMELLE SCOTT SENIOR WON 10 GRAND MONDAY NIGHT. SINKING THE POTAWATOMI HOTEL & CASINO JACKPOT SHOT BEFORE A SELL-OUT CROWD OF MORE THAN 17,000 FANS. >> ONCE I KNEELED DOWN AND LOOKED I SAID OH YEAH IT’S GOING IN. >> BEFORE THAT THE MILWAUKEE FATHER OF THREE REMEMBERS BEAMING AT THE FISERV FORUM JUMBOTRON AS IT FEATURED HIS 7-YEAR-OLD SON. GERMELLE JR. HAS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, AND ON THIS NIGHT, THE MACC FUND, MIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER, HONORED HIM AS THEIR STAR OF THE YEAR. >> IT WAS A NIGHT FOR HIM ONE OF THE BUCKS STAFF ASKED IF I WANTED TO GO FOR THE JACKPOT SHOT. I SAID SURE, WHY NOT, SIGN ME UP. >> SCOTT WHO PLAYED IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT HASN’T PICKED UP A BASKETBALL SINCE 2015 SAYS HE FELL RIGHT BACK INTO THE RHYTHYM. FIRING OFF A LAYUP, FREE THROW, AND 3 POINTER BEFORE LANDING THE MONEY SHOT. ALL IN FRONT OF HIS SON. >> I WAS JUST THINKING IF IT WASN’T FOR YOU I WOULDN’T BE HERE RIGHT NOW, SO YEAH HE’S GOING TO HAVE A NICE CHRISTMAS . >> HE MUST HAVE BEEN GOING NUTS. >> YEAH, I CHECKED THE RECORDING, SAYING DADDY MADE IT DADDY MADE IT. >> QUICKLY BECOMING DAD OF THE YEAR - BANKING TEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH NOTHING BUT NET. >> I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE HE HADN’T PICKED UP A BALL IN YEARS. SCOTT SAYS HE ALSO HAS A DAUGHTER WHO HAS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA AS WELL. IS HE PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH THE MONEY FOR THE KIDS? >> THAT’S RIGHT. HE WORKS TWO JOBS TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY, HE IS GOING TO USE THE MONEY TO GIVE HIS KIDS
LeBron James passes Magic Johnson on NBA’s career assists list
Updated: 6:26 PM PST Dec 3, 2022
LeBron James moved past Magic Johnson for sixth place on the NBA’s all-time assists list as the Los Angeles Lakers took a hard-earned 133-129 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.The Lakers great’s ninth assist in the game – which came in the fourth quarter, with James finding Anthony Davis for a three pointer on the right wing – saw him surpass Johnson’s 10,141.With star forward Davis scoring 44 points, along with 10 rebounds, four assists, and three blocks, and James adding 28 points, the Lakers managed to hold off the Bucks.James finished the match with 11 assists in total, taking his tally to 10,144.“It means a lot, obviously,” James said, of surpassing Johnson’s assists, according to NBA.com.“The way Magic approached the game, it was very infectious. His teammates loved playing with him because of the joy he played with and the ability to pass the ball and get other guys involved. He was always excited about seeing his teammates be great. I always admired that in him.”The 37-year-old is behind Mark Jackson (10,334), Steve Nash (10,335), Chris Paul (11,071), Jason Kidd (12,091) and former Utah Jazz point guard John Stockton, who tops the NBA’s career assists leaderboard with 15,806.James is now creeping closer to the title of NBA all-time leading scorer, and is currently 936 career points behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
LeBron James moved past Magic Johnson for sixth place on the NBA’s all-time assists list as the Los Angeles Lakers took a hard-earned 133-129 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Lakers great’s ninth assist in the game – which came in the fourth quarter, with James finding Anthony Davis for a three pointer on the right wing – saw him surpass Johnson’s 10,141.
With star forward Davis scoring 44 points, along with 10 rebounds, four assists, and three blocks, and James adding 28 points, the Lakers managed to hold off the Bucks.
James finished the match with 11 assists in total, taking his tally to 10,144.
“It means a lot, obviously,” James said, of surpassing Johnson’s assists, according to NBA.com.
“The way Magic approached the game, it was very infectious. His teammates loved playing with him because of the joy he played with and the ability to pass the ball and get other guys involved. He was always excited about seeing his teammates be great. I always admired that in him.”
The 37-year-old is behind Mark Jackson (10,334), Steve Nash (10,335), Chris Paul (11,071), Jason Kidd (12,091) and former Utah Jazz point guard John Stockton, who tops the NBA’s career assists leaderboard with 15,806.
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NOTICE OF HEARING
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING, JUVENILE DEPARTMENT
IN RE THE DEPENDENCY OF:
KAYDEN DANIEL FINLEY
DOB: 04/11/2022
TO: * Mother, Amber Marie Finley Roberts; Alleged Father, Skyler Nolan Q. Mattox; Unknown Father, and/or anyone claiming parental/paternal rights or interest in the child and to All Whom It May Concern:
On January 27, 2023, a petition
for Termination was filed in the above entitled Court, pursuant to RCW 13.34.080 and/or RCW 26.33.310 regarding the above named child, whose parents are *.
[FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL 253-372-5738, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.]
Said Petition will be heard on April 20, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., at Regional Justice Center Courthouse, Rm 1-L, 401 4th Ave North, Kent, WA 98032, before a judge of the above entitled court, at which time you are directed to appear and answer the said petition or the petition will be granted and action will be taken by the court such as shall appear to be for the welfare of the said child. Appearance at this hearing is required and may be in person or via telephone by calling (253) 215-8782 and entering the Meeting ID #460 423 8467.
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FRANKFORT, Ind. – A Frankfort woman again faces charges related to dealing methamphetamine nearly a year after police arrested her for the same thing.
On May 25, the Frankfort Police Department Narcotics Unit and Patrol Division arrested 46-year-old Tonya Covey in connection with a drug investigation.
Covey was out on bond from a May 2022 arrest related to dealing methamphetamine, police said.
She’s now formally charged with dealing methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine in connection with the new case.
According to court records, she’s charged with three counts of dealing methamphetamine for the 2022 case. A jury trial is scheduled for September. | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/frankfort-woman-charged-with-dealing-meth-for-2nd-time-in-a-year/ | 2023-05-29 18:13:24 | 1 | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/frankfort-woman-charged-with-dealing-meth-for-2nd-time-in-a-year/ |
MENLO PARK, Calif., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today announced that its Class A common stock will begin trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol 'META' prior to market open on June 9, 2022. This will replace the company's current ticker symbol 'FB', which has been used since its initial public offering in 2012. The new ticker symbol aligns with the company's rebranding from Facebook to Meta, announced on October 28, 2021.
No action by the company's shareholders is required with respect to the ticker symbol change. The company's Class A common stock will continue to be listed on NASDAQ and its CUSIP number will remain unchanged.
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EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AMTA believes the current disciplinary action against Deshaun Watson for his predatory behavior in violation of the League's personal conduct policy doesn't go far enough. We strongly feel that any client- including professional athlete - who steps over the line to inappropriate touch should face serious legal consequences. This type of inaction by the NFL further perpetuates misconduct and abuse by athletes in the League.
Creating a safe workplace for all massage therapists and other professionals who are part of the athletes' care teams should be a priority for the NFL. Yet, the NFL continues to send the wrong message by not adhering to higher standards and professionalism. Inappropriate behavior without serious consequences creates real danger for professional massage therapists. Furthermore, 86% of licensed massage therapists are female and this level of inaction shows a profound lack of respect towards women and their safety.
Licensed massage therapists deserve more – they should feel respected and safe in their professional environment. AMTA had previously reached out to Roger Goodell asking for his support to help facilitate an environment where licensed massage therapists can practice massage therapy safely and professionally as part of the care team for NFL athletes across the League. We were greatly disappointed not to receive a direct response.
Massage therapy is an important recovery tool for NFL athletes, and science and research show that it can help with accelerating the healing and recovery process, preventing re-injury and long-term complications, along with reducing stress and pain. The blatant disregard for the trained licensed massage therapy professionals who are contributing to the success of athletes in the League is appalling.
Additionally, irresponsible remarks made by lawyers or in the media coverage put professional, licensed massage therapists at risk by condoning inappropriate conduct in a massage environment. It's dangerous to speak so cavalierly about massage therapy, and can give the wrong impression on what one should expect during a massage session.
AMTA strongly believes massage therapists deserve mutual respect, courtesy and professionalism at all times. And, massage therapists should never have to tolerate conduct outside the bounds of therapeutic massage therapy. We will continue to advocate for all massage therapists to receive a higher level of respect and support from the NFL to ensure that they can practice massage therapy in the safe, professional environment that they rightfully deserve.
"The NFL needs to take a more serious approach to protecting massage therapists who are an important part of athletes' care teams. Abuse and inappropriate conduct are never okay and we are very disappointed that the League has not made the safety of massage therapists who provide care for athletes a stronger priority." Michaele Colizza, National President of AMTA
The American Massage Therapy Association, the most trusted name in massage therapy, is the largest non-profit, professional association serving massage therapists, massage students and massage schools. The association is directed by volunteer leadership and fosters ongoing, direct member-involvement through its 51 chapters. AMTA works to advance the profession through ethics and standards, the promotion of fair and consistent licensing of massage therapists in all states, and public education on the benefits of massage. To find a qualified massage therapist in your area, please visit AMTA's Find a Massage Therapist Locator Service™.
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Police in Senegal smashed the car windows of a top opposition leader and forced Ousmane Sonko from the vehicle Thursday after he appeared in court.
Videos on social media seen by The Associated Press show police physically removing the 46-year-old politician from the vehicle's back seat. He later was escorted to his residence by authorities and a government spokesman denied that he had been arrested.
Sonko is being sued for defamation and public insults, charges stemming from accusations he made against Senegal's tourism minister at a news conference late last year. On Thursday, the trial was postponed until next month.
After leaving the courthouse, Sonko greeted his supporters from his car. Police soon began firing tear gas at the gathering.
SENEGAL BUS CRASH CLAIMS LIVES OF 40, DOZENS OTHERS INJURED: REPORTS
"The convoy of the main opposition leader is blocked by combat vehicles," said Sonko's lawyer, Cire Cledor Ly, in a text message to AP on Thursday afternoon. It's unclear why the car was stopped and the government did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Sonko rose to prominence during the 2019 presidential election and is regarded as the frontrunner to challenge President Macky Sall in next year's elections.
The trial comes while Sonko is battling charges of rape, where if convicted, he faces up to 10 years in jail and would be barred from running for president. Sonko's supporters say the government is trying to derail the opposition leader's political future.
Rallies to support Sonko have previously turned violent.
Two years ago, at least 13 people were killed as supporters clashed with police after Sonko was arrested for disturbing public order while on his way to the courthouse for a scheduled appearance on the rape charges. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/senegal-police-smash-windows-of-opposition-leaders-vehicle-forcibly-removing-him/article_c7d54637-9935-572c-9c00-665d9e59a28e.html | 2023-02-16 21:00:55 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/senegal-police-smash-windows-of-opposition-leaders-vehicle-forcibly-removing-him/article_c7d54637-9935-572c-9c00-665d9e59a28e.html |
It’s unclear whether President Joe Biden’s student-loan-cancellation plan will survive a legal challenge before the Supreme Court, but a different federal program may still offer relief to many borrowers. Some are already seeing relief under the program, and the government just extended a key deadline for some borrowers who must take special steps to qualify.
The help will come as a one-time adjustment to accounts of borrowers, some of whom have been making payments for decades. The adjustment will revise their accounts so that more of their payments will count toward the required number of payments needed to qualify for loan forgiveness.
The adjustment may benefit millions of borrowers, eliminating outstanding balances for some and moving many others closer to forgiveness of their remaining debt, the Education Department said when it announced the plan almost a year ago.
Some background: Income-driven repayment plans let student-loan borrowers make lower monthly payments — in some cases, as low as zero dollars — based on their income and family size. Because the payments are low, they don’t often make much of a dent in the loan balance. But after making payments for 240 or 300 months (20 or 25 years), depending on the specific plan, the remaining debt is eligible for cancellation.
Now, under the new program, borrower accounts will be reviewed and updated, and credit will be given for months that didn’t previously count toward the maximum repayment period — such as certain periods of forbearance or deferment, when borrowers pause payments because of financial setbacks. (Periods when a loan was in default won’t count.)
Based on the adjustment, some borrowers who have reached the necessary threshold have been notified that their loans have been discharged, an Education Department spokesperson said last week in an email. More than 3.6 million borrowers will receive at least three years of credit toward forgiveness, the Federal Student Aid office has said.
The adjustment will apply even to borrowers who were not enrolled in income-driven plans, in recognition that many were not made aware of their options or were improperly steered away by their loan servicers, the Education Department said. In addition to correcting “historic inaccuracies,” the department said, it will create a new payment-counting process to avoid future problems. An online tracker is expected to be available this year.
The one-time revision will apply to all federally held student loans, including Plus loans, which are available to graduate students and to parents, to help them pay for their children’s college education.
Most account adjustments will happen automatically, according to the Education Department, but there are some exceptions. Older commercially held loans, such as Perkins loans and some made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, can qualify for the one-time adjustment, but borrowers must first apply to consolidate them into a new direct federal loan. These borrowers can now apply for a consolidation loan until the end of the year, the department spokesperson said; previously, the deadline was May 1.
Borrowers with one-time payment adjustments that make them eligible for automatic loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program are being notified first, the spokesperson said. After adjusting those accounts, the department expects to next adjust accounts for borrowers eligible for forgiveness under income-driven repayment rules. The federal aid office has said that adjustments will occur this summer.
“Borrowers eligible for forgiveness will continue to receive discharges as they reach the required months of payments,” he said, “and will not be put back into repayment.”
Ashley Harrington, a senior adviser in the Federal Student Aid office, asked borrowers to be patient, and she suggested checking the government’s income-driven repayment page at studentaid.gov for news. (The site doesn’t necessarily flag updates, so borrowers should read carefully.) Harrington made her remarks March 7 during a webinar hosted by Betsy Mayotte, the founder of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, a nonprofit group that provides student loan advice.
The recent avalanche of student-loan-relief proposals, while welcome, have been difficult for people to keep track of, Mayotte said, adding, “It really has caused a lot of confusion among borrowers.”
Here are some questions and answers about the income-driven payment adjustment:
If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s loan-cancellation program, will the income-driven adjustment program continue?
Yes, according to student-loan advisers; the programs are separate. The plan being reviewed by the Supreme Court would cancel as much as $20,000 in student debt for qualifying borrowers. If the justices reject that plan, the loan-adjustment plan will remain available, Mayotte said. And if the court lets the president’s cancellation plan proceed, she said, borrowers may potentially benefit from both programs.
Is there a new income-driven repayment plan coming?
Yes. The Biden administration has proposed a new, more generous plan to replace the current income-driven plans, to simplify things for borrowers. The administration has said that it is aiming to start making some parts of the new plan available this year.
If I consolidate my loans to get the adjustment, won’t the clock for loan forgiveness reset?
No. Normally, a risk to consolidating student loans is that the forgiveness clock resets to zero, and borrowers must start over to accumulate credit toward cancellation of their balance. But that won’t happen under the adjustment plan, Harrington said during the webinar.
There are other important factors to consider, however, before consolidating. For instance, the interest rate on your new loan may be different, and your monthly payment may change.
Also, importantly, borrowers who consolidate federally held loans with loans that aren’t federally held in order to qualify for the adjustment may lose their eligibility for the one-time debt relief plan that is being considered by the Supreme Court, said Abby Shafroth, a lawyer with the National Consumer Law Center and an expert on federal student loans.
Borrowers who have only loans that aren’t federally held should “strongly consider” consolidating into a new federal loan before the deadline for the one-time adjustment, she said, as they’re not eligible for the $20,000 debt relief plan anyway.
For a smaller group of borrowers who have both types of loans (federally and commercially held), the decision is more complex. One approach, Shafroth suggested, might be to leave their federally held loans alone and consolidate only their commercially held loans into a new federal consolidation loan. With the consolidation deadline extended, borrowers have more time to weigh their options and perhaps consider the impact of the Supreme Court decision, which is expected in the coming months.
How can I tell whether my loans potentially qualify for the special adjustment?
One way to tell, Shafroth said, is by confirming whether your loan payments have been suspended under the COVID-related pause that began in March 2020. If they were, your loans most likely qualify. If you are still being billed by your loan servicer, your loans are not federally held and you may need to apply for a consolidation loan.
Will the adjusted loan payments also count toward the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program?
Yes. Many borrowers submitted applications in the fall for a temporary waiver under the public-service program, which forgives student debt after 10 years of repayment for borrowers working in government or nonprofit jobs. But if they missed that window to get payments that normally wouldn’t qualify toward forgiveness included, they might benefit from the income-driven adjustment, Mayotte said, as long as the borrowers were working in a qualifying job at the time of those payments. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/a-new-federal-student-loan-program-will-move-millions-toward-forgiveness/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2023-03-26 14:29:03 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/a-new-federal-student-loan-program-will-move-millions-toward-forgiveness/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in a Texas border city was sentenced Friday to 90 consecutive life sentences but could still face more punishment, including the death penalty.
Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty earlier this year to nearly 50 federal hate crime charges in the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso, making it one of the U.S. government’s largest hate crime cases.
Crusius, wearing a jumpsuit and shackles, did not speak during the hearing and showed no reaction as the sentence was read. U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama recommended that Crusius serve his sentence at a maximum security prison in Colorado and receive treatment and counseling for a severe mental health condition.
Crusius still faces a separate trial in a Texas court that could end with him getting the death penalty for carrying out one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
As Crusius was led from the courtroom, the son of one of the victims shouted from the gallery.
“We’ll be seeing you again, coward,” yelled Dean Reckard, whose mother, Margie Reckard, was slain in the attack. “No apologies, no nothing.”
Police say Crusius drove more than 700 miles from his home near Dallas to target Hispanics with an AK-style rifle inside and outside the store. Moments before the attack began, Crusius posted a racist screed online that warned of a Hispanic “invasion” of Texas.
In the years since the shooting, Republicans have described migrants crossing the southern U.S. border as an “invasion,” waving off critics who say the rhetoric fuels anti-immigrant views and violence.
Crusius pleaded guilty in February after federal prosecutors took the death penalty off the table. But Texas prosecutors have said they will try to put Crusius on death row when he stands trial in state court. That trial date has not yet been set.
In the U.S. government’s case, Crusius received a life sentence for each of the 90 charges against him, half of which were classified as hate crimes. Attorney General Merrick Garland said after the sentencing that “no one in this country should have to live in fear of hate-fueled violence.”
Joe Spencer, Crusius’ attorney, told the judge before the sentencing that his client has a “broken brain.” He said Spencer Crusius had arrived in El Paso without a specific target in mind before winding up at the Walmart.
“Patrick’s thinking is at odds with reality … resulting in delusional thinking,” Spencer said.
Crusius became alarmed by his own violent thoughts, Spencer said, and he once left a job at a movie theater because of them. He said Crusius also searched online to look for ways to address his mental health, and he dropped out of a community college near Dallas because of his struggles.
The sentencing in El Paso followed two days of impact statements from relatives of the victims, including citizens of Mexico and a German national. In addition to the dead, more than two dozen people were injured and numerous others were severely traumatized as they hid or fled.
One by one, family members used their first opportunity since the shooting to directly address Crusius, describing how their lives have been upended by grief and pain. Some forgave Crusius. One man displayed photographs of his slain father and insisted that the gunman look at them.
Crusius’ family did not appear in the courtroom during the sentencing phase.
The attack was the deadliest of a dozen mass shootings in the U.S. linked to hate crimes since 2006, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.
Before the shooting, Crusius had appeared consumed by the nation’s immigration debate, tweeting #BuildtheWall and posts that praised then-President Donald Trump’s hardline border policies. He went further in his rant posted before the attack, sounding warnings that Hispanics were going to take over the government and economy.
Ian Hanna, an assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted the government’s case, said Crusius had embraced the “insidious lie” that America only belonged to white people. “He wanted to eliminate a class of people,” Hanna said.
Tito Anchondo, whose brother Andre Anchondo was killed in the attack, called the sentence “the best it’s going to get” because it ensures that Crusius will be left to think about his actions in prison for the rest of his life.
“In a sense justice was served today and in another sense I don’t think anything is ever going to be the same,” he said.
The people who were killed ranged in age from a 15-year-old high school athlete to several elderly grandparents. They included immigrants, a retired city bus driver, teachers, tradesmen including a former iron worker, and several Mexican nationals who had crossed the U.S. border on routine shopping trips.
Two teenage girls recounted their narrow escape from Crusius’ rampage as they participated in a fundraiser for their youth soccer team outside the store, and said they are still fearful in public.
Margaret Juarez, whose 90-year-old father was slain in the attack and whose mother was wounded but survived, said she found it ironic that Crusius would spend his life in prison among inmates from racial and ethnic minorities. Others in the courtroom applauded Thursday as she celebrated their liberty.
“Swim in the waters of prison,” she told Crusius. “Now we’re going to enjoy the sunshine. … We still have our freedom, in our country.”
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Weber reported from Austin. Associated Press photographer Andres Leighton contributed to this report. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-white-gunman-to-be-sentenced-for-killing-23-people-in-a-racist-walmart-attack-in-a-texas-border-city/ | 2023-07-07 22:04:11 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-white-gunman-to-be-sentenced-for-killing-23-people-in-a-racist-walmart-attack-in-a-texas-border-city/ |
A line of severe storms produced what a meteorologist calls a rare combination of multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and softball-sized hail in west Texas, killing at least four people, injuring nine and causing significant damage around the town of Matador, a meteorologist said Thursday.
The storms produced strong winds that swept across Texas, from the Panhandle to Houston, causing damage north of the city, according to weather officials.
A supercell developed about 8 p.m. Wednesday near Amarillo before striking the small town of Matador, said senior forecaster Matt Ziebell with the National Weather Service in Lubbock. He called it “certainly rare to see all at the same time — killer tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and softball-sized hail.”
The damage was concentrated on a 1-mile stretch with businesses and homes demolished along the west side of Matador, a town where “everybody knows everybody,” said Brandon Moore, Matador’s water superintendent who is also a volunteer firefighter.
“It was supposed to move east of us and within a five-minute timespan, it all changed and switched directions and came straight through Matador,” Moore said. “We probably had about two minutes of warning to get everybody together and get to safety. There’s a few people that didn’t make it out of the house, but we did rescue several people and they made it out alright.”
The city is getting lots of help from people arriving from outside the community, he said.
“Everybody in the world is offering to come help, which is good,” Moore said. “We’re trying to clean up the mess now and go from there.”
The storm produced 109 mph (175 kph) winds at Jayton in addition to hail more than 4-inches (10.2-centimeters) wide, Ziebell said, and the weather service reported a 97 mph (156 kph) wind gust — the strongest ever recorded at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston since data collection began there in 1969. The previous record there was 82 mph (132 kph) during Hurricane Ike in 2008.
Much of the wind damage near Houston — downed trees and knocked down power lines and fences — happened north of the city.
Ziebell said the weather service would send crews to survey the damage on Thursday and determine the strength of the tornadoes. Wednesday “was definitely a rare combination of high-end wind shear and storms of extreme instability,” according to Ziebell.
Search and rescue efforts also continued, although no one is known to be missing, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Johnny Bures.
“We want to make sure no one was passing through town, that was our concern,” Bures said. “That’s what we’re really double-checking for.”
The worst damage appeared to be in Matador — a town of about 570 people about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northeast of Lubbock in Motley County. Homes were damaged, buildings were flattened and power lines were snapped in half. A restaurant’s walls were all knocked down, but the booths remained standing in what was called a “jaw-dropping” scene by Derek Delgado, a spokesman for Lubbock Fire Rescue, which is assisting the town.
“You would look on one side where we had a general merchandise store completely flattened to the ground but across the street, there’s a house that’s still standing and the vehicles haven’t even moved from the driveway,” Delgado said by telephone.
Power outages were widespread across the sparsely populated west Texas region, with more than 900 customers without power in the Matador and Jayton areas alone, according to poweroutage.us. They’re in Motley and Kent County, which have fewer than 2,000 people combined.
In the Houston area, more than 133,000 customers remained without power on Thursday.
Wednesday’s tornado outbreak came six days after a tornado left three people dead and more than 100 injured in Perryton in the northern Texas Panhandle.
Another hailstorm pummeled concertgoers at Red Rocks Amphitheater Wednesday night in Morrison, Colorado, near Denver. Seven people were hospitalized, according to KMGH-TV. None of those taken to hospitals had life-threatening injuries, and up to 90 people were treated for injuries at the amphitheater, according to West Metro Fire Rescue.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling hit more civilian targets in Ukraine, starting a fire at a town's hospital, local officials said Tuesday, before what Kyiv authorities suspected was an impending new offensive by Russia around the anniversary of its invasion.
A hospital in the northeastern town of Vovchansk caught fire late Monday as a result of the shelling, regional Ukrainian emergency services reported.
The shelling caused multiple fires in the town, including at its two-story municipal hospital, the State Emergency Service in the northeastern Kharkiv region said in an online statement.
Emergency crews evacuated eight civilians from the site before putting out the blaze, which caused no casualties, authorities said.
Vovchansk is in the Kharkiv region, which was occupied by Russia after its full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24 and subsequently retaken by Ukraine during a counteroffensive last year.
The anticipated Russian push may seek to recapture territory Moscow lost in that counteroffensive.
Ukrainian officials say they expect the new drive to come in eastern and southern Ukraine, as the Kremlin strives to secure areas it has illegally annexed and where it claims its rule is welcomed.
Battlefield setbacks have embarrassed the Kremlin, and Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to cement public support for the war. Ensuring Kremlin rule in the eastern Donbas industrial region, bordering Russia, is expected to be a key objective.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern about an uptick in fighting as the winter draws to a close.
Peace prospects “keep diminishing” and “the chances of further escalation and bloodshed keep growing,” he said in a speech late Monday.
Some military analysts are skeptical, however, about Russia’s ability to mount a large new offensive in coming weeks. Ukraine and Russia are both still training their new troops and amassing weapons.
The U.K. Ministry of Defense said in an assessment Tuesday that Russia is “requiring undermanned, inexperienced units to achieve unrealistic objectives due to political and professional pressure.”
“Russian leaders will likely continue to demand sweeping advances,” it added. “It remains unlikely that Russia can build up the forces needed to substantially affect the outcome of the war within the coming weeks.”
Michael Kofman, an American military analyst and director of Russia Studies at the CAN, a research organization in Arlington, Virginia, tweeted on Monday it was unclear how big an offensive Russia is able to mount.
He added, “but I suspect it may prove underwhelming, focused largely on the Donbas.”
Meanwhile, the shelling kept Ukraine’s civilian population under pressure in some areas of the country.
Russia launched six missile and two dozen air attacks as well as 75 shelling incidents hitting civilian targets in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson, over the past 24 hours, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in a statement Tuesday.
About 60,000 households were left without water after Russian shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant cut the power supply to a local pumping station, authorities reported.
Mykola Lukashuk, who heads the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, accused Russian forces of firing on towns and villages neighboring the plant, Europe’s largest, with heavy artillery and multiple rocket-launchers overnight.
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Pele has been praised over the decades by everyone from world leaders to artists. Here are superlatives from over the years about Pele, who died Thursday in Brazil at age 82:
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”To watch him play was to watch the delight of a child combined with the extraordinary grace of a man in full.” – Nelson Mandela.
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”I told myself before the game, he’s made of skin and bones just like everyone else – but I was wrong.” – Italy’s Tarcisio Burgnich, after playing against Pele in the 1970 World Cup Final.
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”Pele was one of the few who contradicted my theory: Instead of 15 minutes of fame, he will have 15 centuries.” – Andy Warhol.
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”I sometimes feel as though football was invented for this magical player.” – Sir Bobby Charlton, retired England great who won 1966 World Cup and Ballon d’Or in same year.
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”Pele was the only footballer who surpassed the boundaries of logic.” – Johan Cruyff, the late Dutch star and standout manager who won the Ballon d’Or three times.
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”He is the most complete player I ever saw.” – Retired German great Franz Beckenbauer.
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”If you take the qualities of Cristiano Ronaldo and (Lionel) Messi, put them together, then you’d have a player to compare to Pele!” – Retired Brazil forward Tostao.
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”The best player ever? Pele. (Lionel) Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both great players with specific qualities, but Pele was better.” – Alfredo Di Stefano, the late Argentine star for Real Madrid.
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”His great secret was improvisation. Those things he did were in one moment. He had an extraordinary perception of the game.” – Brazil defender Carlos Alberto Torres.
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”This debate about the player of the century is absurd. There’s only one possible answer: Pele. He’s the greatest player of all time, and by some distance, I might add.” – Retired Brazil star Zico.
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”The greatest player in history was Di Stefano. I refuse to classify Pele as a player. He was above that.” – Hungary star Ferenc Puskas.
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”We went up together to head a ball. I was taller, had a better impulse. When I came back down, I looked up in astonishment. Pele was still there, in the air, heading that ball. It was like he could stay suspended for as long as he wanted to.” – Italy defender Giacinto Facchetti.
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”When I saw Pele play, it made me feel I should hang up my boots.” – Just Fontaine, the Morocco-born French star who scored 13 goals in six games in the 1958 World Cup.
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”The moment the ball arrived at Pele’s feet, football transformed into poetry.” – Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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”The difficulty, the extraordinary, is not to score 1,000 goals like Pele – it’s to score one goal like Pele.” – Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet.
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”Pele was the most complete player I’ve ever seen. Two good feet. Magic in the air. Quick. Powerful. Could beat people with skill. Could outrun people. Only 5-feet-8 inches tall, yet he seemed a giant of an athlete on the pitch. Perfect balance and impossible vision.” – Bobby Moore, captain of the 1966 World Cup champion team from England.
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”I arrived hoping to stop a great man, but I went away convinced I had been undone by someone who was not born on the same planet as the rest of us.” – Benfica goalkeeper Costa Pereira after 5-2 loss to Santos.
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”There’s Pele the man, and then Pele the player. And to play like Pele is to play like God.” – Retired France star and three-time Ballon d’Or winner Michel Platini.
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”Pele is the greatest player in football history, and there will only be one Pele in the world.” – Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal star forward.
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SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Certified Group, a leading provider of laboratory testing services for customers working in FDA and USDA-regulated markets, today announced a partnership with Groundswell Strategy. The partnership enables Certified Group companies, Food Safety Net Services (FSNS) and EAS Consulting Group (EAS), leading North American providers of laboratory testing and regulatory consulting services, to engage with customers to meet regulatory compliance objectives, ultimately helping respond to and prevent foodborne illness.
Led by former Administrator of USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, Carmen Rottenberg, Groundswell Strategy will leverage its expertise in the food and agriculture regulatory space to assist customers meet and exceed regulatory requirements for food safety. Carmen will complement Barry Carpenter, who has a distinguished 37-year career at USDA, heading the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) Livestock and Seed Division. Barry has worked at FSNS over the past few years and adding Carmen to the team will strengthen Certified Group's regulatory representatives. As Certified Group looks to expand opportunities in industry and government for laboratory-testing and consulting services, this partnership will enhance public health outcomes for customers.
"We have a strong history in laboratory testing and FDA regulatory work," said John Bellinger, CEO of Certified Group. "This partnership will help us expand our capabilities in regulated industries and serve both new and existing customers. Ultimately, it will help us broaden our mission of ensuring a high-quality, safe food supply for consumers across North America, and we're excited to get to work."
"Certified Group is a leader in the laboratory testing space, and I'm excited to partner with Certified companies to identify new ways to leverage their services to improve public health," said Groundswell Strategy's Managing Director, Carmen Rottenberg. "As a former government regulator, I experienced firsthand the significant value that testing and regulatory consulting can add to a company's food safety and quality assurance programs. Together, we will provide tools and solutions that benefit our customers and, more importantly, public health."
Certified Group, owned by Warburg Pincus and Tilia Holdings, operates over 30 laboratory testing facilities across North America. For more information on laboratory testing, visit www.fsns.com and www.certified-laboratories.com. For more information on regulatory consulting, visit www.easconsultinggroup.com.
Certified Group is a leading North American provider of laboratory testing, regulatory consulting and audit and certification services. The Certified Group of companies includes Food Safety Net Services (FSNS), Certified Laboratories, EAS Consulting Group, Labstat International Inc., Labs-Mart Laboratories, Advanced Botanical Consulting & Testing (ABC Testing Inc.), Microconsult Inc. and Micro Quality Labs Inc. The Certified Group provides analytical testing and regulatory guidance services in the food & beverage, dietary supplements & NHP, cosmetics, OTC, personal care, tobacco, cannabis, nicotine and hemp industries.
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One year later, Surfside remembers 98 victims of condo collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. - A year ago in the middle of the night, a 12-story oceanfront condo building in Surfside, Florida, came down with a thunderous roar, leaving a giant pile of rubble and claiming 98 lives — one of the deadliest collapses in U.S. history.
The disaster at Champlain Towers South also turned into the largest emergency response that didn’t involve a hurricane in Florida history.
Its victims were being honored Friday at events on the ground where, for two weeks last June and July, rescue crews descended from elsewhere in Florida and from as far away as Mexico and Israel to help local teams dig through the pile and search for victims.
Friday’s agenda includes a private overnight gathering for families to light a torch. First Lady Jill Biden is expected to speak at a public event organized by the town of Surfside.
Search and Rescue personnel work after the partial collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 24, 2021 in Surfside, Florida.
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Only two teenagers and a woman survived the fall and were pulled from the rubble, while others escaped from the portion of the building that initially remained standing.
Images of one survivor’s rescue traveled widely, offering a glimmer of hope right after the collapse, but the long, grueling search produced mostly devastating results as families torturously waited only to learn about the remains of their loved ones.
Those missing in the collapse included the 7-year-old daughter of a firefighter who helped in the search, later found dead with her mother, aunt and grandparents; a woman whose cries for help were heard in the early hours but suddenly stopped; and two sisters, 4 and 11, pulled from the rubble, who were so tiny they were buried in the same casket. A 12-year-old girl sat down to pray across the rubble for her physician father, who was ultimately found dead.
The victims included local residents as well as visitors who were Orthodox Jews, Latin Americans, Israelis, Europeans and snowbirds from the Northeast.
MORE: Surfside condo building collapse survivors, victims' families reach $997 million settlement
The cause of the collapse remains under investigation by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, with the probe entering a new phase this month to cut and drill into concrete and steel. Champlain Towers South had a long history of maintenance problems, and shoddy construction techniques were used in the early 1980s. Other possible factors include sea level rise caused by climate change and damage caused by saltwater intrusion.
Pablo Langesfeld, the father of a 26-year-old lawyer who had married and moved to the building a few months before the collapse, said that for him closure will not come until that investigation is completed.
"This is a nightmare that never ends," Langesfeld told The Associated Press.
The site where the building stood has been swept flat.
Although the investigation is expected to take years, a judge approved a compensation settlement topping $1 billion Thursday for the victims.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman praised the dozens of lawyers involved, and a woman who lost her daughter called them heroes in black robes and business suits.
Hanzman said the compensation deal was extraordinary in its scope and speed.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, May 5, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Erath County in north central Texas...
Central Comanche County in central Texas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 558 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over De Leon, or
10 miles west of Dublin, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Stephenville, Dublin, De Leon, Huckabay, Bluff Dale, Morgan Mill,
Proctor Lake, Purves, Comyn, Harbin, Alexander, Proctor, Clairette,
Lingleville, Duffau, Edna Hill, Bunyan, Rucker, Johnsville and
Selden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
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His final numbers notwithstanding, Emporia State junior quarterback Braden Gleason was more than happy to atone for a pair of late-season losses recently in Texarkana.
The former Muldrow (Okla.) star threw three first-half touchdown passes as the Hornets throttled Southeastern Oklahoma 48-27 in the Farmers Bank & Trust Live United Bowl on Dec. 3.
Gleason finished the 2022 season with 3,399 passing yards and 33 touchdowns.
But it was his six late interceptions (six coming in the team's final two regular season games) that had the team in a bit of a tailspin.
"It was good to get a bowl game and send our seniors out the right way, that was big," Gleason said.
Gleason threw four touchdown passes but was picked off three times during a 35-24 win over a winless Lincoln team that had allowed 61-plus points the previous two weeks.
"The Lincoln game, I think we were caught looking ahead a little bit," Gleason said. "We got out there and, even though we won, it wasn't what we wanted going into the Northwest Missouri game."
The following week, ESU (9-3) lost to Northwest Missouri, 27-21, on Senior Day.
"We didn't start out like we wanted to," Gleason said. "We came out in the second half and got into a good rhythm, but we drove down late and turned the ball over."
Through three seasons, Gleason has now passed for 7,082 yards and 68 touchdowns. Overall, he's accounted for 8,133 total yards of offense, which ranks fourth all-time.
Heading into his final offseason, Gleason said he wants to get stronger.
"I want to continue to get better and be the best leader I can be," he said. "Just because you have a winning season doesn't mean me [working] stops."
The Hornets open the 2023 season on Aug. 31 against Northeastern State University.
Duquesne scuffles
Tevin Brewer (Fort Smith Northside) and the Duquesne Dukes had their six-game winning streak snapped by 8-1 Marshall on Dec. 10, and followed that up with another loss to New Mexico State. The Herd (8-3) had won eight straight games for the first time since the 1999-2000 season.
Brewer finished with nine points on 3-of-10 shooting in 32 minutes of playing time in the team's loss to Marshall and didn't score against the Aggies and did not play during the team's 66-55 win over DePaul this past Wednesday.
Brewer, the former Northside great, is third in scoring with 8.4 points per game. His key assist led to a thrilling 78-77 win over Ball State on Dec. 3.
Brewer, who had 14 points in the team's win over Ball State, passed to Jimmy Clark III who stagger-stepped back and launched his game-winner as the buzzer sounded.
Brewer, a graduate student, leads Duquesne with 28 assists.
Mann finds home
Cejay Mann (Alma) has fit in nicely with the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Drovers. He had a career-high 26 points (11-of-17 from the field) during the team's 102-84 win over Southwestern Christian on Dec. 10.
Cejay Mann had 10 points this past Wednesday during the team's 106-89 win over Texas Wesleyan in Sooner Athletic Conference play.
The Drovers (8-4) have scored 100 points or more in three of their last four games.
The former Alma guard is averaging 11.3 points per game, including a blistering 17.5 over his last four games.
The Drovers travel to San Marcos, Texas, this week to face Texas State.
Brown filling it up
Former Waldron standout Payton Brown has garnered some key moments for the UAFS Lions this season. He's also getting the brunt of most defenses, too.
He's also still scoring.
After Brown struggled with 17 points on 5-of-17 shooting from the field in the Lions' 66-48 loss to Angelo State on Dec. 8, he poured in 29 points (5-for-11 from the 3-point line) during the team's 68-63 win over UT Permian Basin on Dec. 10.
After scoring 39 points, including 6-of-11 from the 3-point line, in the Lions' win over Ouachita Baptist on Nov. 26, Brown had been just 6-for-23 in the last three games leading up to the win over UT Permian Basin.
UAFS, now 5-5 overall and 1-3 in Lone Star Conference play, travels to Oklahoma City on Monday to play Oklahoma Christian University.
Gray hits career-high
Hendrix freshman Megan Gray (Greenwood) scored a career-high 12 points during the Lady Warriors' 68-64 loss to Fontbonne University (St. Louis) on Dec. 3.
Gray's previous high was eight points during a Nov. 11 loss to Principia College (Ill.).
A two-time 5A state champion for Greenwood coach Clay Reeves, Gray was a two-time all-conference selection and a distinguished GHS graduate.
Gray is averaging 5.1 points per game for the Lady Warriors (2-6). Hendrix's next travels to Irving, Texas, on Tuesday to play the University of Texas at Dallas.
Douglas helps end skid
Tiya Douglas (Fort Smith Northside) and the Austin Peay State Governors snapped a three-game losing streak on Dec. 13 with a clutch 71-67 win over the Murray State Lady Racers.
Douglas had eight points on a perfect 3-of-3 shooting against Murray State, including a perfect 2-for-2 from behind the arc.
Prior to Tuesday's victory, the Lady Governors (4-5) had been struggling offensively, with just 49.1 points per game over its previous three contests.
The Governors open Atlantic Sun Conference play Jan. 2 against Queens (Charlotte, N.C.).
Douglas had a season-high 14 points during a Nov. 17 loss to Vanderbilt.
Releford leads Connors State
Sophomore Tamaury Releford (Fort Smith Northside) scored 16 points during Connors State's 78-66 win over Oklahoma Wesleyan on Dec. 5. The former Grizzly is averaging 11.4 points per game for the Cowboys' basketball team.
Releford had 14 points in the team's win over National Park on Dec. 3.
The former Northside standout, who transferred to Connors from Eastern Oklahoma State, had a season-high 17 points in the Cowboys win over Independence Community College on Nov. 8. The 6-8 forward was an all-conference selection at Fayetteville and Northside.
While at Eastern, Releford had a career-high 17 points during a win over Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa.
Free Throws ...
Zoie McGhee (Alma) scored six points, grabbed four rebounds and dished out an assist in North Arkansas' 104-101 overtime loss to Eastern Oklahoma State on Dec. 3. McGhee and the Lady Pioneers next play Jan. 5 against Connors State in Warner, Okla. ... Abby Summitt (Greenwood) hit a 3-pointer and had two assists UAFS' loss to UT Permian Basin on Dec. 10. ... Haitiana Releford (Fort Smith Northside) is playing basketball for Connors State this season. ... University of the Ozark's Dillon Cheater (Sallisaw) scored three points, grabbed three rebounds, and had one steal and one assist in the team's 79-69 loss to the University of Texas at Dallas on Dec. 7. ... Former Southside baseball standout Breck Burris has signed with Southern Arkansas University and will continue his collegiate career following his sophomore season next spring at UA-Mountain Home. Burris played last season at Carl Albert State College. ... Former UAFS men's basketball coach Josh Newman is in his first season as an assistant men's coach at Pacific University in Stockton, Calif. Newman won 277 games during 15 seasons as a men's coach at UAFS and UT-Permian Basic. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/dec/18/gleason-finishes-on-strong-note-as-emporia-state/ | 2022-12-18 13:13:16 | 1 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/dec/18/gleason-finishes-on-strong-note-as-emporia-state/ |
FOXBORO — Patriots center David Andrews missed three straight practices this week with a concussion, as strong an indication as any he will also miss Sunday’s game.
On Friday, Pats offensive play-caller Matt Patricia all but confirmed Andrews will be out against the Jets, saying backup center James Ferentz will be in his place come kickoff.
“David’s a great player. Obviously he’s done a great job for us inside, and this week, James will be in that situation,” Patricia said. “And he’ll be able to help us there.”
Patricia stressed the importance of communication at the position, noting all of the Patriots’ offensive adjustments and calls are made by the center and quarterback. Ferentz’s play figures to be especially important Sunday, considering he will be protecting the shortest path for Jets pass rushers to reach quarterback Mac Jones. Jones was lifted from the team’s injury report this week, but declined to say he was 100% when asked directly about his health Wednesday.
Jones seemed wary of reaggravating his high ankle sprain last Monday against the Bears, when he darted away from the first signs of pressure over his first three drives. Against the Jets, he must contend with one of the NFL’s best defensive tackles in Quinnen Williams, who leads New York with five sacks and ranks second with 13 QB hits.
“Yeah, (he’s) a big problem,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said of Williams this week. “He’s an explosive, powerful guy. Very athletic for his size, plays hard. There’s a lot of good players up there, so you deal with one, you’ve got to deal with two or three other guys.”
The Patriots are counting on Ferentz’s experience as a 33-year-old backup to help solve the problems the Jets are likely to present. Over his career, Ferentz has allowed a pressure on 5.5% of his pass-blocking snaps, per Pro Football Focus, which would put Jones at risk on roughly one out of every 18 dropbacks Sunday.
“James Ferentz has been in our system for a long time, extremely smart, extremely smart,” Patricia said. “He and David are really, they’re the guys that handle all the communication on a daily basis anyways with practice in there.”
This week, Jones called the Jets defense the best in the league. While the numbers don’t support his case (New York ranks 10th in scoring defense and by Football Outsiders’ opponent-and-situation-adjusted metric DVOA), the Jets might look like it Sunday if they can get the best of Ferentz.
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New Travel Nursing and Healthcare Staffing Business Provides Critical Staffing Relief and Expert Service
MECHANICSBURG, Pa., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vibra Healthcare, a national specialty healthcare provider based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, announced the recent launch of Vibra Travels, a travel nursing and healthcare staffing business.
Vibra Travels originated in 2021 as an internal service, engaging traveling clinicians to work directly with Vibra Healthcare's coast-to-coast network of critical care hospitals, medical rehabilitation hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities. Fueled by nationwide staffing shortages and steadily increasing interest in travel nursing opportunities among job seekers, Vibra Travels grew rapidly and recently celebrated its expansion to serve external clients.
"We are humbled by the response to Vibra Travels and eager to partner with and serve more healthcare providers like us," shared Wayne Mackey, CEO of Vibra Travels.
Mackey, who also serves as Vibra Healthcare's chief human resources officer, worked alongside Brad Hollinger, president and CEO of Vibra Healthcare, and a number of the organization's executive leaders to bring Vibra Travels to life.
"We understand the hospital business," added Mackey. "Having developed Vibra Travels out of Vibra Healthcare's own talent needs, we truly know the burdens created by staffing shortages. We also know the unique challenges of working through agency support. That's why the Vibra Travels team is so passionate about making a difference in this industry, delivering a better staffing solution for healthcare providers, and providing a world-class experience for our traveling clinicians."
Though the company continues to expand its services, Vibra Travels primarily focuses on hiring and placing clinicians that are currently in the highest demand, including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and respiratory therapists.
Hospitals commonly use travelers in these positions when they cannot fill their job openings readily with local talent, a growing problem in many areas of the country. Travelers are also used for interim support while hospitals train newly hired employees, during times when hospitalizations peak, and when there is a need to cover staff vacations or illnesses.
"We're so much more than an agency," said Amy Slivinski, vice president of Vibra Travels. "We treat our clients' talent needs just like our own. We've created a custom, flexible approach and we can quickly place quality talent wherever support is most needed."
The Vibra Travels team has a mission of delivering exceptional customer service with a personalized approach, shared Slivinski. "Our travelers and hospital partners will work with their own dedicated recruiters who get to know them and their needs, allowing us to make the best possible placement matches. We aim to deliver expert, concierge-level onboarding and support services for both our travelers and clients alike so that they can do what they do best, provide great patient care together."
Individuals interested in employment with Vibra Travels can visit the company's website to view and apply for current opportunities. Organizations interested in learning more about how Vibra Travels can help meet their staffing needs can contact Amy Slivinski at ASlivinski@vibrahealth.com or Wayne Mackey at WMackey@vibrahealth.com.
About Vibra Travels:
Vibra Travels is a travel nursing and healthcare staffing company that was established in 2021. Affiliated with Vibra Healthcare and its nationwide network of specialty hospitals, Vibra Travels provides critical clinical staffing support to both Vibra Healthcare and a growing number of external hospital partners. The organization is focused on the hiring and placement of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and respiratory therapists. To learn more about what makes Vibra Travels unique, visit www.vibratravels.com.
About Vibra Healthcare:
Vibra Healthcare is a critical care and medical rehabilitation hospital company focused on the development, acquisition, and operation of freestanding specialty acute care hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation centers. Teams of highly trained specialists lead Vibra's clinical programs for rehabilitating patients who have suffered from strokes, multiple traumas, serious infectious diseases including COVID-19, musculoskeletal, neurologic, cardiac, and respiratory conditions, including ventilator dependency. Vibra and its affiliates currently employ over 6,000 employees and own, operate and manage over 45 specialty hospitals, transitional care units/facilities, and hospital-based outpatient physical therapy locations in 14 states. For additional information about Vibra Healthcare's network of specialty hospitals and post-acute care continuum, please visit www.vibrahealthcare.com.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters who responded to February’s fiery train derailment in Ohio struggled to immediately identify the hazardous chemicals the train was hauling due to a lack of communication from the railroad, officials said Thursday.
During a public hearing in East Palestine — where thousands of residents had to evacuate their homes because of the derailment — National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Jennifer Homendy asked why Norfolk Southern was able to provide details of the freight to one of its contractors within 10 minutes of the Feb. 3 derailment, but that it took an hour to get that information to first responders.
Knowing what was on the train helps firefighters determine the proper response.
The two-day NTSB hearing was designed to provide information to residents, officials and investigators about the emergency response and the crucial decision three days after the derailment to release toxic vinyl chloride from five tank cars and burn it to keep them from exploding.
That sent a towering plume of black smoke over the town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and prompted the evacuation of about half of its 5,000 residents. Even now, residents are concerned about lingering impacts on health, even though state and federal officials say tests show the town’s air and water are safe.
East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick said Thursday that there was a consensus in the command center that releasing and burning the chemicals was the “least bad option.”
Railroad experts and contractors who helped with the emergency response said they believed they had no choice except to use explosives to blow a hole in the tank cars to release and burn the vinyl chloride. Moving the cars or draining the chemicals were not options.
Temperature readings and malfunctioning pressure relief valves led experts to believe a chemical reaction was taking place inside the tank cars that was building pressure, and that this could cause an explosion.
Drew McCarty with Specialized Profession Services said one of the tank cars “frankly scared the hell out of us” when it violently released vinyl chloride with a roar after hours of calm. McCarty said that, combined with his decades of experience, made him think the cars could explode.
Officials from Oxy Vinyls — the company that produced the vinyl chloride — said they were convinced that the chemical remained stable inside those cars and they tried to explain that to the railroad before officials decided to vent the cars and burn the vinyl chloride. Tests the company did later showed no evidence that the reaction had occurred.
Drabick and other first responders who testified said firefighters need more training — particularly volunteer firefighters like those first on the scene after the derailment — on how to handle hazardous materials. But he conceded it would be hard to imagine ever being fully ready for a disaster of that magnitude.
“I don’t think you can ever be prepared for something like this,” Drabick said.
Ohio officials said volunteer firefighters receive only 36 hours of initial training when they are certified — significantly less than the 200 hours professional firefighters receive — and that includes no hazardous materials training.
The fire chiefs said the initial response to the derailment was complicated because the radios used by the different departments don’t work with each other. It also took time for emergency responders to discover exactly what the train was carrying because the first firefighters on scene didn’t have access to the AskRail app that railroads developed to provide that information. The train crew that also had that information was a mile away after moving the locomotive and didn’t immediately connect with first responders.
Drabick said it took about 45 minutes for his department to discover what was in the cars. Homendy said the railroad didn’t immediately provide that information to dispatchers and officials who requested it.
Eventually, officials learned about the dangerous nature of the cargo and pulled firefighters back from the derailment site. They also ordered the evacuation of all homes within one mile.
The NTSB said in its preliminary report that an overheated bearing on one of the railcars likely caused the derailment, but it could take more than a year before the agency publishes its final report. The bearing started heating up miles before the derailment, according to sensors on the tracks, but it didn’t get hot enough to trigger an alarm until just before the crash. The crew had little time to react.
Video gathered by investigators showed sparks or fire beneath one of the rail cars starting at least 26 miles (42 kilometers) before the derailment in Salem, Ohio.
The hearing on Friday will focus on tank car safety and the trackside detectors.
This derailment and others generated nationwide concern about railroad safety and prompted members of Congress to propose reforms. Norfolk Southern’s CEO Alan Shaw was grilled at two Senate hearings where he apologized for the derailment and promised to make things right in East Palestine. | https://www.kark.com/news/national/decisions-made-after-fiery-ohio-train-derailment-will-be-examined-at-ntsb-hearing/ | 2023-06-23 12:00:25 | 1 | https://www.kark.com/news/national/decisions-made-after-fiery-ohio-train-derailment-will-be-examined-at-ntsb-hearing/ |
Hospital delivers baby of Ukrainian refugee for free
DENVER (KMGH) – Ukrainian refugee Kseniia Malik was eight months pregnant when she fled her war-torn country and traveled to Colorado.
Malik’s aunt, who lives in Littleton, Colorado, begged her to join her there to escape the danger in Ukraine.
She and her husband and their two young children made the long trip but were concerned about the cost of having the baby in the U.S.
It was something of a godsend for Malik when doctors at Centura Littleton Adventist Hospital offered to take care of all the medical costs.
“When everything is ruined in your previous life, all plans or dreams destroyed, the kindness of people gives you hope,” Malik said.
Pamela Costanza, a registered nurse at the hospital, said the team wanted to do something to help someone from Ukraine.
“This was an opportunity that we could jump on,” she said.
Malik gave birth to her baby, named Regina, in June.
Regina entered the world without complications weighing 9 pounds, 7 ounces.
Malik’s husband went back to Ukraine to care for family members still living there while she and their children stayed in Littleton until they could all be reunited.
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(The Hill) – More than 60 percent of young men are single, nearly twice the rate of unattached young women, signaling a larger breakdown in the social, romantic and sexual life of the American male.
Men in their 20s are more likely than women in their 20s to be romantically uninvolved, sexually dormant, friendless and lonely. They stand at the vanguard of an epidemic of declining marriage, sexuality and relationships that afflicts all of young America.
“We’re in a crisis of connection,” said Niobe Way, a psychology professor and founder of the Project for the Advancement of Our Common Humanity at New York University. “Disconnection from ourselves and disconnection from each other. And it’s getting worse.”
In the worst-case scenario, the young American man’s social disconnect can have tragic consequences. Young men commit suicide at four times the rate of young women. Younger men are largely responsible for rising rates of mass shootings, a trend some researchers link to their growing social isolation.
Societal changes that began in the Eisenhower years have eroded the patriarchy that once ruled the American home, classroom and workplace. Women now collect nearly 60 percent of bachelor’s degrees. Men still earn more, but among the youngest adults, the income gap has narrowed to $43 a week.
Scholars say the new era of gender parity has reshaped relationship dynamics, empowering young women and, in many cases, removing young men from the equation.
“Women don’t need to be in long-term relationships. They don’t need to be married. They’d rather go to brunch with friends than have a horrible date,” said Greg Matos, a couple and family psychologist in Los Angeles, who recently penned a viral article titled “What’s Behind the Rise of Lonely, Single Men.”
Recent years have seen a historic rise in “unpartnered” Americans, particularly among the young. The pandemic made things worse.
As of 2022, Pew Research Center found, 30 percent of U.S. adults are neither married, living with a partner nor engaged in a committed relationship. Nearly half of all young adults are single: 34 percent of women, and a whopping 63 percent of men.
Not surprisingly, the decline in relationships marches astride with a decline in sex. The share of sexually active Americans stands at a 30-year low. Around 30 percent of young men reported in 2019 that they had no sex in the past year, compared to about 20 percent of young women.
Only half of single men are actively seeking relationships or even casual dates, according to Pew. That figure is declining.
“You have to think that the pandemic had an impact on some of those numbers,” said Fred Rabinowitz, a psychologist and professor at the University of Redlands who studies masculinity.
Young men “are watching a lot of social media, they’re watching a lot of porn, and I think they’re getting a lot of their needs met without having to go out. And I think that’s starting to be a habit.”
Even seasoned researchers struggle to fully account for the relationship gap between young women and men: If single young men outnumber single young women nearly two to one, then who are all the young women dating?
Some of them are dating each other. One-fifth of Generation Z identifies as queer, and research suggests bisexual women make up a large share of the young-adult queer community.
Young women are also dating and marrying slightly older men, carrying on a tradition that stretches back more than a century. The average age at first marriage is around 30 for men, 28 for women, according to census figures.
Heterosexual women are getting more choosy. Women “don’t want to marry down,” to form a long-term relationship to a man with less education and earnings than herself, said Ronald Levant, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Akron and author of several books on masculinity.
In previous generations, young women entered adulthood in a society that expected them to find a financially stable man who would support them through decades of marriage and motherhood. Over the 1950s and 1960s, that pattern gradually broke down, and today it is all but gone.
Women are tiring of their stereotypical role as full-time therapist for emotionally distant men. They want a partner who is emotionally open and empathetic, the opposite of the age-old masculine ideal.
“Today in America, women expect more from men,” Levant said, “and unfortunately, so many men don’t have more to give.”
The same emotional deficits that hurt men in the dating pool also hamper them in forming meaningful friendships. Fifteen percent of men report having no close friendships, a fivefold increase from 1990, according to research by the Survey Center on American Life.
“Men are less naturally relational than women,” said Richard Reeves, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution whose new book, “Of Boys and Men,” has drawn wide praise.
Reeves points to a recent Saturday Night Live sketch that reimagined the neighborhood dog park as a “man park,” poking fun at “this reliance of men on women to do the emotional lifting for them.”
Social circles have been shrinking for men and women, especially since the pandemic, but men struggle more. Thirty years ago, 55 percent of men reported having six or more close friends. By 2021, that share had slipped to 27 percent.
“Women form friendships with each other that are emotionally intimate, whereas men do not,” Levant said. Young women “may not be dating, but they have girlfriends they spend time with and gain emotional support from.”
Aaron Karo and Matt Ritter, both in their early 40s, study the male “friendship recession” in their “Man of the Year” podcast. It arose out of an annual tradition of gathering at a steakhouse with several male friends, all close since elementary school.
“Guys are taught to prioritize career,” Karo said. “Also romantic relationships, although it doesn’t seem like they’re doing a very good job at that. Making friends and keeping friends seems to be a lower priority. And once guys get older, they suddenly realize they have no friends.”
The podcasters and their friends created the annual gathering as a way to keep their friendship alive. It spawned a year-round group chat and a “Man of the Year” trophy, awarded to the most deserving friend at the annual dinner.
“We treat friendship as a luxury, especially men,” Ritter said. “It’s a necessity.” | https://www.qcnews.com/news/most-young-men-are-single-most-young-women-are-not/ | 2023-02-22 15:56:12 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/most-young-men-are-single-most-young-women-are-not/ |
ISTANBUL (AP) — The first cargo ship to leave Ukraine since the Russian invasion was anchored at an inspection area in the Black Sea off the coast of Istanbul Wednesday morning, awaiting an inspection.
Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and U.N. officials will check if the grain shipment is in accordance with a crucial agreement signed last month by Moscow and Kyiv to unblock Ukraine’s agricultural exports and ease the global food crisis.
The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni, loaded up with 26,000 tons of corn, set sail from Odesa Monday. Its final destination is Lebanon.
The ship was anchored off the coast of Istanbul, near the mouth of the Bosporus Straits that connect the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and on to the Aegean Sea.
More ships from Ukraine are expected to set out in the coming days. Some 27 vessels have been waiting in three Ukrainian ports with cargo and signed contracts, ready to go, according to U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
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Man charged in 20-plus ‘swatting’ calls in US, Canada
SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. authorities on Thursday said they arrested a Washington state man who made more than 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses to his fake reports of bombs, shootings or other threats.
Ashton Connor Garcia, 20, of Bremerton, used voice-over-internet technology to conceal his identity as he placed the calls last year — and he treated them as entertainment, broadcasting them on the social media platform Discord, federal prosecutors said.
He faces 10 felony counts filed in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Washington, that could bring up to a decade in prison. Court records did not immediately indicate if Garcia had an attorney who might speak on his behalf.
“Every time Mr. Garcia is alleged to have made one of his false reports to law enforcement, he triggered a potentially deadly event — sending heavily armed police officers to an address where they mistakenly believed they would confront someone who was armed and dangerous,” Seattle U.S. Attorney Nick Brown said in a news release. “Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the unpredictable and terrifying dynamic these calls created for Mr. Garcia’s alleged victims cannot be overstated.”
Garcia’s arrest came as a spate of threats and false reports of shooters have been pouring into schools and colleges across the country, unnerving officials, parents and students who are already on edge about actual school shootings — including at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.
Computer-generated calls on Wednesday made hoax claims about active shooters in Pennsylvania, and a day earlier, nearly 30 Massachusetts schools received fake threats.
Garcia is not accused of having sent SWAT teams to schools. Instead, prosecutors say, in several cases he collected personal information about his victims and threatened to send emergency responses to their homes unless they turned over money, credit card information or sexually explicit images.
Law enforcement entered some of the homes with guns drawn and detained people inside, authorities said.
In other cases, he called in fake bomb scares for the Fox News station in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 28 and for a flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles on Aug. 23. In another instance, he is accused of threatening to bomb an airport in Los Angeles unless he received $200,000 in Bitcoin.
The indictment does not indicate how investigators identified Garcia as a suspect.
Garcia placed the calls to agencies in California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington and Edmonton, in Alberta, Canada, the indictment said.
Authorities have warned that such hoaxes can prove deadly. In 2017, a police officer in Wichita, Kansas, shot and killed a man while responding to a hoax emergency call. This month, the city agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit, with the money to go to the two children of 28-year-old Andrew Finch.
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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will leave South Carolina, where she had isolated since vacationing with President Joe Biden, and rejoin him at their Delaware beach home, her office said Sunday.
The White House announced on Tuesday that the 71-year-old first lady, who like her husband has been twice-vaccinated and twice-boosted with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, had tested positive for the coronavirus. She first had symptoms on Monday.
The 79-year-old president recovered from a rebound case of the virus on Aug. 7.
Jill Biden was prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and isolated at the Kiawah Island vacation home for five days before receiving negative results from two consecutive COVID-19 tests, spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said. Jill Biden planned to travel to Delaware later Sunday. | https://www.fox16.com/news/health-news/ap-health/jill-biden-tests-negative-for-covid-19-will-go-to-delaware/ | 2022-08-21 14:17:53 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/health-news/ap-health/jill-biden-tests-negative-for-covid-19-will-go-to-delaware/ |
What does the FAA's system outage say about the resiliency of America's aviation system? NPR's Leila Fadel talks to former FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker.
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What does the FAA's system outage say about the resiliency of America's aviation system? NPR's Leila Fadel talks to former FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. – Clayton Kershaw has thrown seven perfect innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Los Angeles Angels.
The veteran left-hander needed just 71 pitches to retire 21 consecutive batters at Angel Stadium on Friday night. The Dodgers lead 8-0 in front of a sellout crowd with a huge contingent of Dodgers fans roaring for Kershaw's every out.
Kershaw has thrown one no-hitter in his career, back in 2014.
Sandy Koufax threw the only perfect game in Dodgers history on Sept. 9, 1965. Only 23 perfect games have been thrown in major league history.
The 34-year-old Kershaw was selected for his ninth All-Star team earlier this month, and he is a candidate to start for the NL at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night.
The three-time Cy Young Award winner got a head start on what's sure to be a celebration of his career by dazzling the struggling Angels, who have been offensively inept while losing 10 of their previous 12.
Kershaw had six strikeouts in the first seven innings while keeping the Angels thoroughly off balance. He fanned AL MVP Shohei Ohtani for the second out of the seventh inning with a jaw-dropping curveball.
Kershaw also got major defensive help on three hard-hit balls.
Justin Turner made a diving stop of Michael Stefanic's grounder to third in the fourth inning, getting up on one knee for a spectacular throw to first. Hanser Alberto then made a lunging stop of Jared Walsh's line drive to end the fifth while playing deep in the hole in right field. Trea Turner completed the trio with an outstanding stop on another hard-hit grounder in the seventh by Stefanic, the Angels rookie.
Kershaw began the night 6-2 with a 2.40 ERA in 11 appearances for the Dodgers. In his most recent start, he earned his 191st career victory and passed Dazzy Vance for third place on the Dodgers' career list.
Kershaw already flirted with history in his first start of the season, throwing seven perfect innings with 13 strikeouts at Minnesota on April 13. Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts pulled Kershaw from that start with the lefty's reluctant approval, and reliever Alex Vesia gave up the Twins' only hit in the eighth.
Kershaw threw his only no-hitter on June 18, 2014, against the Colorado Rockies. He struck out a career-high 15 and allowed his only baserunner on Hanley Ramirez's error in the seventh inning.
The Dodgers' only no-hitter since Kershaw's gem was thrown by Walker Buehler and three relievers in May 2018. The franchise has 25 no-hitters, but only Koufax's perfect game nearly 57 years ago.
Kershaw is bidding for the fourth no-hitter and the first perfect game of the 2022 season. Angel Stadium has already hosted one this season: Halos rookie Reid Detmers blanked the Tampa Bay Rays on May 10 for the only non-combined no-hitter of the year. The Mets (April 29) and the Astros (June 25) threw combined no-hitters.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s center-left opposition party toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese in his Saturday election victory speech promised sharper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while he faces an early foreign policy test.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he quickly conceded defeat despite millions of votes yet to be counted because an Australian leader must attended a Tokyo summit on Tuesday with U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Albanese, who has described himself as the only candidate with a “non-Anglo Celtic name” to run for prime minister in the 121 years that the office has existed, referred to his own humble upbringing in the Sydney suburb of Camperdown.
“It says a lot about our great country that a son of a single mom who was a disability pensioner, who grew up in public housing down the road in Camperdown can stand before you tonight as Australia’s prime minister,” Albanese said.
“Every parent wants more for the next generation than they had. My mother dreamt of a better life for me. And I hope that my journey in life inspires Australians to reach for the stars,” he added.
Albanese will be sworn in as prime minister after his Labor party clenched its first electoral win since 2007.
Labor has promised more financial assistance and a robust social safety net as Australia grapples with the highest inflation since 2001 and soaring housing prices.
The party also plans to increase minimal wages, and on the foreign policy front, it proposed to establish a Pacific defense school to train neighboring armies in response to China’s potential military presence on the Solomon Islands on Australia’s doorstep.
It also wants to tackle climate change with a more ambitious 43% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050.
Morrison’s Liberal party-led coalition was seeking a fourth three-year term. It held the narrowest of majorities — 76 seats in the 151-member House of Representatives, where parties need a majority to form a government. In early counting on Saturday, the coalition was on track to win 51 seats, Labor 72, 10 were unaligned lawmakers and 18 were too close to call.
The major parties bled votes to fringe parties and independents, which increases the likelihood of a hung parliament and a minority government.
Australia most recent hung parliaments were from 2010-13, and during World War II.
The minor Australian Greens party appeared to have increased its representation from a single seat to three.
The Greens supported a Labor minority government in 2010, and will likely support a Labor administration again if the party falls shott of a 76-seat majority.
As well as campaigning against Labor, Morrison’s conservative Liberals fought off a new challenge from so-called teal independent candidates to key government lawmakers’ reelection in party strongholds.
At least four Liberal lawmakers appeared to have lost their seats to teal independents including Liberal Party deputy leader Josh Frydenberg, who had been considered Morrison’s most likely successor.
“What we have achieved here is extraordinary,” teal candidate and former foreign correspondent Zoe Daniels said in her victory speech. “Safe Liberal seat. Two-term incumbent. Independent,” she added.
The teal independents are marketed as a greener shade than the Liberal Party’s traditional blue color and want stronger government action on reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions than either the government or Labor are proposing.
The government’s Senate leader Simon Birmingham was concerned by big swings toward several teal candidates.
“It is a clear problem that we are losing seats that are heartland seats, that have defined the Liberal Party for generations,” Birmingham said.
“If we lose those seats — it is not certain that we will — but there is clearly a big movement against us and there is clearly a big message in it,” Birmingham added.
Due to the pandemic, around half of Australia’s 17 million electors have voted early or applied for postal votes, which will likely slow the count.
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LONDON (AP) — Trains were canceled, some schools were shut and drivers were stuck for hours on a major highway as a blast of snow and wind hit Britain on Friday for the second time in a week.
The weather system, named Storm Larisa by meteorologists, brought gales and blizzards to much of the country. Alex Burkill, a meteorologist with the Met Office weather agency, said the worst-hit area was northern England and north Wales, where 50 mph (80 kph) wind gusts were accompanied by up to a foot (30 centimeters) of snow.
Some drivers spent more than seven hours in their cars after traffic ground to a halt on the M62 highway that cuts across northern England.
“I saw lots of abandoned sports cars, one Jaguar left on the road with a shovel stuck in the ground next to it and no driver,” said video journalist Richard McCarthy. “There were lots of lorries losing momentum and getting stuck.”
Many roads on high ground in central England's Peak District were impassable, and the train line linking the cities of Manchester and Sheffield was closed by fallen trees.
Air travel was also disrupted, with most flights departing Liverpool John Lennon Airport delayed on Friday morning. East Midlands Airport in central England was closed for about three hours, while flights were briefly suspended at Birmingham Airport.
Freezing Arctic air has sent temperatures plunging this week to as low as -16 C (3 F) in the Scottish Highlands.
The Met Office said it isn’t unusual for the country to experience a cold snap in the spring, when conditions are often highly variable. Statistically, the U.K. is marginally more likely to get snow in March than it is in December, the office said.
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PARIS (AP) — Marin Cilic is 33, nearly eight seasons past his one Grand Slam title at the 2014 U.S. Open — and, until Wednesday, more than four full years removed from his most recent trip to the semifinals of a major tournament.
If he keeps serving like this, there’s no reason to think about quitting tennis anytime soon.
Cilic delivered 33 aces to get to the final four at the French Open for the first time, edging No. 7 seed Andrey Rublev 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10-2) on Wednesday in a 4-hour, 10-minute test of strength and will.
“Andrey played incredibly well. One had to go down,” the 20th-seeded Cilic said, “and today was my day.”
The Croatian is the fifth active man to complete a full set of at least one semifinal run at all four Slam events, joining Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray, each of whom has been ranked No. 1 and won multiple majors.
Cilic was the runner-up to Federer at Wimbledon in 2017 and the Australian Open in 2018; the latter had been Cilic’s most recent trip to a Slam semifinal.
On Friday, Cilic will take on No. 8 Casper Ruud or unseeded Holger Rune for a spot in the final. The other men’s semifinal is 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, who eliminated Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, against No. 3 Alexander Zverev.
Ruud and Rune were playing each other Wednesday night for the last semifinal berth.
Either way, Cilic will have a big edge in experience. His opponent will have youth on his side, either way: Ruud is 23; Rune just turned 19 in April.
No matter. Cilic feels good these days.
When he had a physical exam at the end of 2021, he said, his doctor told him: “Your body’s like 25.”
Continued Cilic: “Don’t tell my wife I’m saying this, (but) I might be playing another 10 years.”
All kidding aside, he said: “How long? We’ll see. But definitely three, four years, if I can be competitive like this.”
He dropped Rublev’s career mark in major quarterfinals to 0-5. That was thanks in part to Cilic’s overwhelming ability to strike serves and groundstrokes for winners — 88 in all, more than twice as many as Rublev’s total of 35.
“It was hard emotionally, because he played some games very well,” Cilic said. “When you play this long, there’s always be some ups and down, so I had to keep my focus.”
Rublev twice displayed good sportsmanship, indicating early in the tiebreaker that one of Cilic’s strokes was indeed in and, earlier at 1-all in the fifth set, volunteering to replay a point after Cilic complained that a shot that was called out had touched a line.
As part of an agreement among the four Grand Slam hosts to standardize one element of the sport, this is the first time the French Open has used a tiebreaker in fifth sets of men’s matches — and third sets of women’s matches.
Cilic ran away with the first-to-10 format against Rublev, collecting the match’s last nine points after trailing 2-1 in the tiebreaker.
The 6-foot-6 (1.98 meter) Cilic has one of the biggest serves on tour, and he delivered them at up to 133 mph (214 kph) on Wednesday, with an average speed of 123 mph (199 kph).
He came up with three aces in the tiebreaker.
“Almost all the important points he was winning with his serve,” Rublev said, “and was really, really tough to read or to return.”
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Worth County's Drake Jones threw 92 pitches Monday with 61 being strikes to help the Rams defeat Baconton Charter 1-0 Tuesday at Pope Park in Sylvester.
SYLVESTER - Worth County sophomore pitcher Drake Jones pitched a complete game two-hitter Tuesday night and the Rams survived a big base-running snafu and edged Bacotnon Charter 1-0 at Pope Park in Sylvester.
Jones gave up only two hits, walked one, and struck out six, pitching all six innings. He threw 92 pitches and 61 of them were strikes.
"Drake pitched an excellent game," said Worth County head coach Will Smith. "He pounded the zone all night long. He did what he set out to do. Very well done. That is an excellent Baconton team, so I am very pleased with how Drake pitched tonight."
Baconton Charter's Will Worsham pitched just as impressively on the other side of the field. He also pitched the entire game, giving up four hits, one walk, and striking out five. Worsham also had Baconton Charter's only two hits of the game.
The Rams scored in the bottom of the third on an error. Drake Jones then hit into a fielders choice at shortstop that put Luke Smith out and Jones at first before Clint Bragg came in to run for Jones. Bragg went to second on a wild pitch and Cody Garwood then smacked a hard-hit ball to short that couldn't be handled and Bragg scored on the play.
However, the biggest play of the night was one where the Rams could have added two more runs.
With one out in the bottom of the fifth and Garwood at first, Parker Weaver belted a high fly ball to deep center field that was misjudged by the centerfielder. The ball got behind the center fielder and hit the fence. As Garwood was rounding third, the center fielder threw the ball to his cutoff man, and Worth County Will Smith held up the stop signal for Garwood and Weaver. However, Weaver had already rounded second and both Worth County runners got caught in rundowns for outs to end the inning.
"That was all my fault," said Smith. "My guys were mad and that's ok. But it wasn't their fault, it was mine. If it had been two outs I would not have hesitated to send the runners but I knew I had only one out and I had Chip Cooper coming up to bat. So I tried to stop them. The thing was, Parker was too fast coming around the bases and Baconton executed their plays perfectly and it caught us."
Garwood, Smith, Weaver, and Coy Etherefge had the four Worth County hits.
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TULLY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Walter Dixon was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, and as an avid outdoorsman it made life difficult.
“My problem is freezing of movement, trouble getting started,” he said, “Once I get going I am good to go, but, you know the old adage you cant walk and chew a stick of gum? If I’m walking and chewing a stick of gum, I might stop.”
Dixon suffers from a very common, yet debilitating symptom of Parkinson’s called freezing of gait. Freezing of gait happens when people suddenly lose the ability to take a step due to failed neuro-connections – leading to dangerous falls, and a lack of independence.
“The reason that it happens is because of a specific neural pathway in the brain that gets damaged or disconnected,” Sidney Collin said, “So that when your brain is sending that signal to initiate movement that signal just doesn’t get to the motor neuron that’s activating your muscles.”
Collin, the founder and CEO of De Oro Devices, a Med-Tech startup company, created a device to help with that very issue. It uses simple audio and visual cues designed to “trick” the brain into using those damaged pathways.
“It gives me something to look at so to speak,” Dixon said, “Triggers my brain to look down at the laser and put my foot through it or kick it. And step into it so it gives me something to step towards and then in addition what that does, it helps to trigger my thinking.”
Though Collin had known about the techniques used, once she created the device and tested it out, she almost couldn’t believe it.
“I had read about the impact,” she said, “I knew logically that these visual and auditory cues worked, but seeing it happen was a whole different thing.”
But for Dixon, it was life-changing.
“It helps steady me it gives me the ability to walk,” and added, “It gives me a lot of courage to do things I wouldn’t be doing now.”
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VEVEY, Switzerland, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NESCAFÉ, Nestlé's largest coffee brand and one of the world's favorite coffees, outlined today its extensive plan to help make coffee farming more sustainable: the NESCAFÉ Plan 2030. The brand is working with coffee farmers to help them transition to regenerative agriculture while accelerating its decade of work under the NESCAFÉ Plan.
The brand is investing over one billion Swiss francs by 2030 in the NESCAFÉ Plan 2030. This investment builds on the existing NESCAFÉ Plan as the brand expands its sustainability work. It is supported by Nestlé's regenerative agriculture financing following the Group's commitment to accelerate the transition to a regenerative food system and ambition to achieve zero net greenhouse gas emissions.
"Climate change is putting coffee-growing areas under pressure," said David Rennie, Head of Nestlé Coffee Brands. "Building on 10 years' experience of the NESCAFÉ Plan, we're accelerating our work to help tackle climate change and address social and economic challenges in the NESCAFÉ value chains."
Rising temperatures will reduce the area suitable for growing coffee by up to 50% by 2050[1]. At the same time, around 125 million people depend on coffee for their livelihoods[2] and an estimated 80% of coffee-farming families live at or below the poverty line[3]. Action is needed to ensure the long-term sustainability of coffee.
"As the world's leading coffee brand, NESCAFÉ aims to have a real impact on coffee farming globally," said Philipp Navratil, Head of Nestlé's Coffee Strategic Business Unit. "We want coffee farmers to thrive as much as we want coffee to have a positive impact on the environment. Our actions can help drive change throughout the coffee industry."
Supporting farmers' transition to regenerative coffee farming
Regenerative agriculture is an approach to farming that aims to improve soil health and fertility – as well as protect water resources and biodiversity. Healthier soils are more resilient to the impacts of climate change and can increase yields, helping improve farmers' livelihoods.
NESCAFÉ will provide farmers with training, technical assistance and high-yielding coffee plantlets to help them transition to regenerative coffee farming practices. Some examples of regenerative agriculture practices include the following:
- Planting cover crops helps to protect the soil. It also helps add biomass to the soil, which can increase soil organic matter and thus soil carbon sequestration.
- Incorporating organic fertilizers contributes to soil fertility, which is essential for good soil health.
- Increasing the use of agroforestry and intercropping contributes to biodiversity preservation.
- Pruning existing coffee trees or replacing them with disease and climate-change resistant varieties, will help rejuvenate coffee plots and increase yields for farmers.
Focusing on origins from where NESCAFÉ sources 90% of its coffee
NESCAFÉ will be working with coffee farmers to test, learn and assess the effectiveness of multiple regenerative agriculture practices. This will be done with a focus on seven key origins, from where the brand sources 90% of its coffee: Brazil, Vietnam, Mexico, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Indonesia and Honduras.
NESCAFÉ aims to achieve:
- 100% responsibly sourced coffee by 2025
- 20% of coffee sourced from regenerative agricultural methods by 2025 and 50% by 2030 as part of Nestlé's ambition for its key ingredients
Piloting a financial support scheme in Mexico, Côte d'Ivoire and Indonesia to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture
NESCAFÉ is committed to supporting farmers who take on the risks and costs associated with the move to regenerative agriculture. It will provide programs that aim to help farmers improve their income as a result of that transition. In Mexico, Côte d'Ivoire and Indonesia, NESCAFÉ will pilot a financial support scheme to help farmers accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture. Through this scheme, NESCAFÉ, together with coffee farmers, will test and learn the best approach in each country. These could include measures such as:
- conditional cash incentives for adopting regenerative agriculture practices
- income protection using weather insurance
- greater access to credit lines for farmers
NESCAFÉ will track the progress and assess the results of its field programs with coffee farmers through its Monitoring and Evaluation partnership with the Rainforest Alliance. Its efforts will be complemented by new and expertise-focused partnerships, like the one with Sustainable Food Lab for topics related to coffee farmers' income assessment, strategy and progress tracking.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions also by capturing and storing more carbon in the soil
Regenerative agriculture also contributes to drawing down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. That's why regenerative agriculture is a key part of Nestlé's Zero Net roadmap. NESCAFÉ aims to contribute to Nestlé's Zero Net commitment to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It will work with farmers, suppliers and partners to help protect agricultural lands, enhance biodiversity and help prevent deforestation. The brand intends to help farmers plant more than 20 million trees at or near their coffee farms.
Going forward by building on a strong foundation
Today's announcement builds on NESCAFÉ's sustainability efforts in coffee production. Since 2010, the brand has invested in sustainability through the NESCAFÉ Plan and has made significant progress:
- Responsibly sourced coffee: 82% of NESCAFÉ's coffee was responsibly sourced in 2021
- Coffee plantlets: 250 million new coffee plantlets distributed to farmers since 2010
- Monitoring and evaluation: impact assessment in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance across 14 countries
- Greenhouse gas emissions: 46% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in our soluble coffee factories (2020 vs. 2010, per tonne of product)
- Water usage: 53% less water withdrawal in our soluble coffee factories (2020 vs 2010, per tonne of product)
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Los Angeles police ID suspect in shooting of rapper PnB Rock
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police on Wednesday named the suspect in the fatal shooting of rapper PnB Rock and warned he should be considered armed and dangerous.
The Philadelphia artist, whose real name is Rakim Allen, was gunned down Sept. 12 at a South LA restaurant while eating with his girlfriend. A robber approached their table and demanded items from the rapper, according to investigators.
“Freddie Lee Trone has been identified as being a person involved in the murder of Rakim Allen,” police said in a statement. “He should be considered armed and dangerous. If you see him, you are urged to call 911 for immediate assistance.”
The statement included a photo of Trone but no additional details about him.
Detectives believe a social media post may have tipped the assailant to Rock’s location, police said in the days after the shooting. Rock’s girlfriend had posted the location and tagged the rapper in an Instagram post that has since been deleted.
The robber took some items from the victim and fled in a car that was waiting in the parking lot, police said. No one else was injured in the shooting and Rock was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Rock was best known for his 2016 hit “Selfish” and for making guest appearances on other artists’ songs such as YFN Lucci’s “Everyday We Lit” and Ed Sheeran’s “Cross Me” with Chance the Rapper. His latest song, “Luv Me Again,” was released Sept. 2.
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Days after Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., declared education a top priority for his tenure, Baltimore reported that zero students in 23 different public schools are proficient in math. Also, 93% of third through eighth graders tested below grade level in the same subject.
Baltimore residents responded by blasting school officials and lawmakers for "fraud and corruption" which they claim is to blame for the low numbers.
"I lay the blame in two places," U.S. Army veteran and Baltimore resident Evie Harris said on "Fox & Friends First" Friday. "I would start with the board of schools commissioners or the Board of School Administrators. And I'm going to also add in some parents… We've been having these results for decades. I am not shocked because we've been having these results. I am angry, and I would lay the blame majorly at [CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools] Sonja Santelises and the Baltimore City School administrators who are absolutely dismissive and arrogant at the results we are seeing here in Baltimore."
MARYLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT GIVES KIDS WORKSHEET ABOUT THEIR LEVEL OF PRIVILEGE OR OPPRESSION
First vice chair of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee Kyna "K.J." McKenzie also weighed in on the report.
" I'm shocked. I am frustrated and angry about it. As a parent, I'm a parent. I live in Baltimore City and we've been dealing with this for decades," she said. "And these results are very frustrating."
"Frustrating because we're not able to get to the root cause of what's happening, because everyone the leadership here blames it on racism. We've had Democratic leadership for decades. The people here in power look like me and everything's blamed on racism."
The report came from the Maryland State Department of Education's 2022 state test results known as MCAP, Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program. Data concerning math scores and proficiency came from across various elementary, middle and secondary schools.
On February 1, Gov. Moore touted his administration's investment in public education, noting it is the largest investment in the state's history.
"We can no longer separate our vision for economic prosperity from the duty to make Maryland's public schools the best in the nation," he said during a speech earlier this month.
McKenzie noted that despite the governor's comments, his policies are creating a "prison pipeline," hurting Maryland residents.
"The governor has just put forward a budget and he's cut spending for school choice options for Baltimore City's people, for Marylanders. And that's that hurts us," she explained. "We don't even have the option of taking the money that they pour into these students and money that we're given through this budget to go to other places for better education. And so what we have here is an education to prison pipeline."
"They have two choices here in Baltimore City for kids: You're either going to prison or you're going to take them away in a body bag. You know, this is a real crisis we have here."
MARYLAND SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ‘INADVERTENTLY’ EMAILED SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS TO ENTIRE STUDENT BODY
Harris argued that school officials are refusing to seek out actual solutions in order to stay "in power."
"They don't want to because not solving the problem keeps them in power. And it also keeps their emotionalism, their guilt tripping and keeps parents ignorant to a degree and keeps parents fearful and not knowing what to do," Harris told host Todd Piro.
In addition to Baltimore education officials, Harris called out Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott for what she argues is failing to hold the city's school board officials accountable.
"There is none. There is not [accountability]," Harris said. "There's only, again, the attitude, the elitism and the constant failure of our children."
Harris argued one practical solution for Baltimore residents is to pull children from the public schools and consider homeschooling or enrolling kids in private schools.
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She noted, however, that one "very successful" charter school is under attack from the school board which is trying to shut down the school over a paperwork technicality. She argues this proves officials are more focused on retaining "power and control" than bettering education for children.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra's sound is something of a mystery. While it's bathed in a lo-fi aesthetic, it has managed to evolve and grow through genres such a psychedelic, punk and even disco through the band's decade-plus making music. UMO is back now with its latest album, V, bathing this time in the pools of Palm Springs and oceans of Hawaii with a fully developed edge of '70s and '80s album-oriented rock.
The following interview has been condensed and edited. To listen to the audio version, click the link above.
Interview Highlights
On the origins of this album
I was interested in the really epic, pop rock songs from '70s and '80s bands like Toto and Journey. After a few years my family became much more important than the band, and I hadn't been on the road for a long time, so I started to focus more on things that were happening in my family. Because there's like a laundry list of tragedies that hit my family all at once. So I had to put music aside and stop thinking about it for a while.
I moved my mother back to Hawaii, back to the big island where she was born. I think it was quite a big deal for her to come back because she was a big deal in the hula world. It's what she lives for, you know? I think the feelings and everything that we experienced in Hawaii kind of ended up being the thread that kind of like tied all of the songs together and made the record make sense. Another thing about [my] mom, [she has realized] that when she's dancing, that's her real self. Then, everything that happens when she's not dancing is kind of like her waiting to dance again. I think that that we have that in common.
On the song "Layla"
The more I listen to it, the more I realize it's some kind of tribute to my mom. I always used to wonder: Why would you leave Hawaii? I think she felt this feeling like she wanted to move. As I got older, I kind of realized that feeling of wanting to keep moving is part of me. I feel like we're in a broken place. The whole society is kind of busted. The song is really just about an optimism, or the idea that whatever's wrong, you can kind of move past it. I feel like that feeling of not understanding where to go, what to do, seems to dominate a lot of people's lives and discourse. I feel like the first thing is the belief or the optimism that something's possible, rather than kind of giving in to the idea that this is it, we're stuck in this situation.
On the song "I Killed Captain Cook"
It's my approach to Hawaiian music. I wanted to interpret it like the music that I grew up with. My mom used to listen to her brother's music a lot and they used to have a traditional Hawaiian group that they toured in. And I learned about the hapa haole tradition, which is basically Hawaiian music sung in English. That's also my, I suppose, racial identity would be hapa haole, which means half white.
I used to be in punk bands when I was a kid and I just kind of suddenly thought, "I killed Captain Cook" sounded like a really good name for a Hawaiian punk band to have made. And then when I was growing up in New Zealand, James Cook is a big figure in history — he's kind of like the Christopher Columbus of the Pacific. But my mom always talked about it with this pride. She would always have like a sparkle in her eye when she would talk about it. I think my mom's really proud of the fact that the Hawaiians were the people that killed him. And so in some ways, it's like a tribute to my mom, because I suppose mom ended up kind of looming pretty large over this record.
On refocusing on family for this album
It just was unavoidable. It's like family just became this looming thing. Like a lot of people over the pandemic, everybody just came out of that experience really transformed. Life starts again and you're kind of like, okay, well, all these things that I've learned from this hardship or these horrors that I've experienced, you know, who am I now? Hopefully you come out a stronger and more useful person to the people that you love. That's my ambition, is to be useful.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/2023-03-18/unknown-mortal-orchestras-ruban-nielson-on-the-family-inspired-new-album-v | 2023-03-21 16:50:05 | 0 | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/2023-03-18/unknown-mortal-orchestras-ruban-nielson-on-the-family-inspired-new-album-v |
Female, Hound, 40 pounds, 1 year 9 months
Since pretty girl Kelsey arrived at the farm she is clearly going to be the leader of the Doggo Friend Welcoming Committee! She loves other dogs and is the queen social butterfly of her playgroups, making her the life of the play party. Kelsey is a hound mix who sports a gorgeous black and somewhat fluffier coat along with stunning brown highlights on her face. She is a younger adult who weighs about 40 lbs now and might put on a few more before she is done. Kelsey has been enjoying the farm since her arrival, largely, because it seems Kelsey can just find joy anywhere. She is a young and active dog who would likely do well in a home with other dogs of any kind. While she is still unsure about herself in new situations, she might find having a dog companion helpful. She is still getting used to a leash and will need someone to help her learn to love walks. She is super sweet and an all-around joy to be around. Come meet Kelsey and prepare to be smitten.
Read what her recent host had to say about her: "Kelsey is a super-sweet and gentle girl. She enjoyed her crate and would go in on her own to chill out and take her naps. She slept overnight in the crate and didn't make a sound. She also has no accidents in the house. She loved all the toys and got along great with my 2-year-old hound mix."
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The “Syracuse Safer Streets Community Gun Violence Prevention Initiative has been in the works for more than a year.
Funding for the million dollar program targeting the most at risk 18 to 24-year-olds was supposed to be voted on at the July common council meeting, but it was tabled.
“As a council, this is something new for us,” said Councilor Chol Majok. “We want to make sure we just don’t throw money into things. That being said the council has a number of amendments that they want to go into the legislation.”
So what are those amendments? When we asked Councilor Majok he said, “You will see them we are working on them, still trying to figure them out. It’s a number of them.”
“They haven’t told me yet so I’m not sure,” explained Lateef Johnson-Kinsey the Director of the Mayor’s Office to Reduce Gun Violence. “I just know they are amending a couple of things. I know one was one of the programs they were looking to maybe expand the budget.”
“I’m very skeptical,” said Common Councilor Pat Hogan.
Hogan said the funding would be better spent elsewhere, including doubling up on police patrols and focused on the guns themselves.
“One of the serious problems that we have to face is that there’s a severe channel of guns that flow into the city,” Hogan added, “And I think we’d be better spent using that money as a interdiction to guns coming into the city.”
Councilor Majok said this is something new for the council and city and wants to take these extra steps to make sure they do it right.
The vote has been tabled until the next voting session which is on August 14. If approved, the program is slated to start in the fall. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/vote-on-syracuse-gun-violence-prevention-program-tabled/ | 2023-07-24 23:53:11 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/vote-on-syracuse-gun-violence-prevention-program-tabled/ |
North Dakota community members describe Cayler Ellingson as an 'exceptional child' with bright future ahead
Cayler Ellingson died on Sept. 18 after Shannon Brandt allegedly used an SUV to hit him, police say
Community members in North Dakota are reeling over the death of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson, and say that he was an "exceptional child" with a bright future ahead of him.
Shannon Brandt, 41, admitted to mowing down Ellingson in the early morning hours on Sept. 18 in a 911 call made after the incident, according to an affidavit. The two were at a local bar's street dance in McHenry, North Dakota, before the incident happened, and Brandt alleged that he got into a "political argument" with Ellingson, who he alleged was part of a "Republican extremist group." North Dakota officials have said that neither of Brandt's allegations are true.
Ellingson was taken to a local hospital with severe injuries, but he later died. Brandt also alleged that Ellingson was threatening him, according to the affidavit.
The 18-year-old called his mother before Brandt used an SUV to hit him, according to an affidavit, and told her that "'he" or ‘they’ were chasing him." The mother told her son that she was "on her way to get him" prior to that call.
A person who was close with Ellingson and his family, who chose to remain anonymous when speaking with Fox News Digital, says that the 18-year-old was an "exceptional child" with a bright future ahead of him that was tragically cut short.
Ellingson graduated from Carrington High School in the spring of 2022 and recently began studying to be an ultrasound technician. The high school held a moment of silence for Ellingson on Friday night during its homecoming football game.
One person who was close with the Ellingson family said that the 18-year-old was "absolutely not" a Republican "extremist," as Brandt alleged, and said he was an "all-around great kid."
Another person also said Ellingson was a "good kid" and said that the incident has shaken the community.
SHANNON BRANDT KNOWN BY NEIGHBORS FOR BOOZE-FUELED 'RAMPAGES,' BEING 'NUTS HIS WHOLE LIFE'
"It's that's all anybody can talk about right now," the person said of the incident. "I still can't wrap my head around it. I really can't."
A prayer service for Elllingson is taking place on Sunday night, and his funeral is set to take place on Monday.
Brandt was taken to jail and charged with criminal vehicular homicide, as well as leaving the scene of a crash involving a death after the incident. He was released on Tuesday after posting bond, which was set at $50,000.
During a court hearing on Monday, Brandt told a judge that he wasn't a flight risk and disagreed with the bail amount.
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"I have a job, a life and a house and things that I don't exactly want to see go by the wayside — family that are very important to me," Brandt said. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-dakota-community-members-describe-cayler-ellingson-exceptional-child-bright-future-ahead | 2022-09-25 18:06:47 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-dakota-community-members-describe-cayler-ellingson-exceptional-child-bright-future-ahead |
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