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Best nonflammable candle alternatives for renters
Recently, we were reminded that candles are not as safe for the home as they seem. Over 30,000 Good Matters Three-Wick Candles were recalled because they burned too hot and shattered the glass jar they were in. Renters, however, are well aware of the dangers of candles because most landlords do not allow tenants to have open flames in their home or apartment. Luckily, there is an abundance of flameless options that offer a similar ambiance and scent.
In this article: Eywamage Glass Flameless Candles, Vinkor Flameless Flickering Birch Bark Candles and Across Color-Changing Flameless Candles
Types of flameless candles
Just like there is a wide variety of regular candles — tea light candles, taper candles, votive candles and more — there are also several types of flameless candles that you can buy. Besides the size and shape, you have options such as flickering, color changing, scented, wax dipped and more.
Best flameless candles
Eywamage Glass Flameless Candles
There is a 3-inch, a 4-inch and a 5-inch pillar candle in this set. Each has a real wax wick that can produce a flickering effect. The gray glass gives these candles an impressive elegance, and the remote lets you turn them on or off and set the timer.
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Vinkor Flameless Flickering Birch Bark Candles
The burned-down look combined with the flickering flame of these three pillar candles gives them a natural aesthetic. The birch bark design makes them appropriate for nearly any decor, and the batteries last up to 150 hours.
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Across Color-Changing Flameless Candles
The flickering flame action on this flameless candle is impressive. It moves up and down as it sways side to side, giving it an incredibly realistic appearance. When you choose a different color, the entire candle changes. The 12 color options make this candle suitable for everyday or holiday use.
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Grand Gold Mirrored LED Flameless Oversized Pillar Candle
This oversized candle is 10 inches tall and 6 inches in diameter. It has three flameless wicks, which helps it to stand out from other options. The chic translucent golden glass holder makes it a perfect centerpiece for any occasion.
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If you are looking for a complete set, this offering comes with nine candles. You get two 4-inch, two 5-inch, two 6-inch, one 7-inch, one 8-inch and one 9-inch candle. You can set the timer for 2, 4, 6 or 8 hours and the batteries last up to 200 hours.
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Symple Stuff Six-piece Unscented Taper Candle
It can be difficult to find flickering flameless taper candles. These ivory options come with six in a pack and are coated in real wax to give them a natural look. The purchase includes two remotes so you can have two groups of independently controlled candles.
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Acmee Flameless Floating Rose Candles
The sophisticated elegance of floating rose candles is hard to beat. You can put them in a vase for a beautiful centerpiece or float them in a bowl. This set comes with four candles that automatically turn on when put in water. The replaceable batteries can last up to seven days.
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Other flameless options worth checking out
- This pack of six flameless pillar candles features flame simulation technology to make the flickering more realistic.
- These three color-changing candles come with a remote and have a gentle rose scent.
- The 24 flameless tea lights in this pack are waterproof so they can be placed in water if you desire.
- This set of three color-changing, flameless candles is vanilla-scented and made with real wax.
- The three pillar candles in this set feature an attractive birch bark design and have a vanilla scent.
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NCCMH plans family-friendly events for Mental Health Awareness Month
NORTHERN MICHIGAN — North Country Community Mental Health is promoting Mental Health Awareness Month with activities each week in May.
“Look Around, Look Within” is this year’s theme for North Country’s Mental Health Awareness Month activities to recognize the effects of both natural and built-in environments on mental health and to learn ways to protect and strengthen your well-being.
“From your neighborhood to your genetics, many factors come into play when it comes to your mental health. We encourage everyone to consider how the world around you affects your mental health,” said Amy Christie, chief clinical officer at North Country Community Mental Health. “Your surroundings can impact if, how, and when your needs are met, which in turn affects your mental health.
“This Mental Health Month, we are offering an array of activities with the aim to increase the community conversation about the connections between our physical and mental health and environment, how to build our resilience, and how to access help when needed,” Christie added. “You can take steps to change your space and protect your mental health.”
North Country (NCCMH) has planned the following activities during the month of May:
23rd Annual Splash of Color Fun Run & Walk for Mental Health Awareness
At 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 20 at the festival pavilion behind the fire station in downtown Petoskey, this event celebrates mental health and increases awareness of mental health issues. Participants may pre-register at www.eventbrite.com. Cost is $25 per person, which includes the run/walk, T-shirt, swag bag, paint packet and a chance to win door prizes. People may participate for free if they do not want a T-shirt and may receive a swag bag, with advance registration. Group rates are available for groups of five or more.
Race day registration and packet pick-up will be available at Festival Park in Petoskey beginning at 9 a.m. on the day of the event. The color run begins at 10 a.m. The colorful 5K course starts at the pavilion and goes through the Bear River Recreation Area. The walk begins at 10:30 a.m. The course will begin at the pavilion shelter, cross the Bear River at the Bayfront, follow Lake Street to M-31, and through Memorial Park towards Wachtel Avenue, returning to the pavilion shelter.
Proceeds benefit the NCCMH Client Special Needs Fund.
PhotoVoice Inclusion and statewide traveling art show
Libraries and public offices are partnering with NCCMH to present the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan’s “Creative Minds Changing Minds” exhibit featuring 15 winning pieces selected from consumer art contests across Michigan, featuring a painting from Petoskey resident Will Sanderson and East Jordan resident Tamara Wilson.
Additionally, the exhibit will include images created by NCCMH clients who attended a PhotoVoice class at New Horizons Clubhouse in Rapid City and Petoskey Club in Petoskey.
PhotoVoice is a process used to highlight people whose voices and perspectives may often go unheard and overlooked and is comprised of photos and words used to highlight the experience of the person with mental illness. Their exhibit is entitled, “I Am Right Here: See Me for Who I am, Not What I Have.” A Youth PhotoVoice exhibit, “Through Our Eyes,” created by students across the region through the Northwest Community Health Innovation Region, is also included in some of the displays.
According to Deb Freed, NCCMH event organizer and PhotoVoice instructor, the exhibit has two goals. One is to help de-stigmatize mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders by showcasing the talents of people who use community mental health services. Secondly, the exhibit aims to highlight the recovery potential of the arts.
“Art helps change attitudes while enriching people’s lives," she said. "For hundreds of years, great artists, musicians, and writers with mental health issues have created beautiful masterpieces to share with the world. We are pleased to present this show of Michigan and local artists who have used art to further their recovery and build life skills. The local PhotoVoice artists aim to give hope to those whose recovery journeys will come after theirs and encourage people struggling with their mental health to reach out for help. They selected 'I Am Right Here' as the theme of the show and want people to know that they are much more than their diagnosis.”
The exhibit schedule is:
- May 1-31 – Charlevoix Public Library
- May 1-8 – Antrim County Building
- May 9-14 – Petoskey District Library
- May 15-21 – Cheboygan Area Public Library
- May 22-31 – Otsego County Library
Free virtual mental health first aid training for the community
During May, the Youth Mental Health First Aid class is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m on May 4 and 5. The adult class is from 1-5 p.m. on May 11 and 12.
The courses are split into two half days and offered virtually to increase the number of people who may be able to receive this training and increase the capacity of the community to respond appropriately to people who may be experiencing a mental health issue.
Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based training program for community members interested in learning to recognize and diffuse mental health crises. Participants learn how to help an individual until professional treatment is obtained or the crisis resolves. Organizers said the youth-specific Mental Health First Aid class is especially valuable for educators, school administrators, school counselors, members of faith communities, homeless shelter staff and volunteers, health care workers, police and other first responders, social workers, policymakers and family members of people with mental health challenges.
NCCMH will offer Mental Health First Aid trainings quarterly. If you work at an organization in NCCMH’s six counties and are interested in organizing a special Mental Health First Aid Training for your staff, inquire by emailing NCCMHTraining@norcocmh.org.
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Tools4Resilience virtual education series
Leading mental health agencies Northern Lakes Community Mental Health and NCCMH are collaborating to offer a free virtual education series in May focused on the theme #Tools4Resilience.
The series provides insights and practical strategies for promoting mental health and self-care and is open to anyone interested in learning more about mental health issues and techniques for building resilience.
The series features webinars from 12-1 p.m. every Thursday and most Tuesdays throughout May.
Mental health professionals from both organizations as well as the Northern Michigan Regional Entity (NMRE) will share practical tips and techniques, insights into specific mental health issues, and strategies for promoting self-care. After each presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussions with the speakers, and will receive access to myStrength, a free self-help health and wellness app.
The #Tools4Resilience offerings include:
- May 4: Letting go of the heavy backpack: working through difficult situations. Learn how to communicate in a positive way to help others. Learn techniques how to handle situations where people might become angry, or behaviors escalate.
- May 9: Navigating conflict resolution. Skills and tips to practice to positively and constructively communicate with people in your work or personal life.
- May 11: A DOSE of life. Increase and balance your happy hormones to become more resilient by taking control and living your life.
- May 16: Developing cultural intelligence. Gain an inside view of individual bias to increase understanding and for personal development.
- May 18: Strong foundation, bright futures: building a healthy tomorrow. An overview of the parent-infant relationship and its impact on mental health, wellbeing, and resiliency.
- May 23: Trying to keep yourself safe online. A roundtable discussion on ways to thwart common techniques scammers use to steal our financial and personal data.
- May 25: Health is our wealth. Choices to holistically integrate your physical and mental health in order to achieve optimal health. Techniques to advocate for yourself with a primary care provider, food as medicine, and more.
Free showing of the movie "Driving Miss Daisy" at the Petoskey Friendship Center
At 1 p.m. on Friday, May 19, there will be a showing of the movie "Driving Miss Daisy" at the Petoskey Friendship Center Library.
This 1989 story starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy depicts Daisy, a 72-year-old retired schoolteacher who is determined to maintain her independence. When she is unable to drive her car following an accident, her son Boolie arranges for her to have a chauffeur named Hoke Colburn. Despite a rocky start, Daisy and Hoke’s relationship builds into a close friendship over the years. This film was a commercial success, receiving four awards at the 62nd Academy Awards.
Community-based events
In addition, staff from each NCCMH office are planning special community-based events:
- Bellaire – Bridge Walk to Wellness begins at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17. The walk begins at the trailhead by the health department and ends by the village police department.
- Charlevoix – Mental Health Rocks!, a day of family-friendly activities, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 at the NCCMH Charlevoix office. Attendees will plant community veggie and sensory gardens, paint the Mental Health Community Boulder, experience a mindfulness nature walk, put together sensory boxes, paint rocks with positive messages and enjoy snacks.
- Gaylord – Work in the Otsego County Community Garden from 3-6 p.m. on Thursday, May 18. Participants are invited to help clean and beautify the outdoor surroundings, including helping the conservation office to clean up the pathways. There will be a station for kids to decorate pots and plant seedlings. At 4 p.m., Jack Chambers will give a presentation on the Four Sacred Medicines (plants) in the garden’s amphitheater. Chambers is a Tribal Elder, combat Marine veteran, and traditional healer from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
- Kalkaska – Enjoy a Sensory Stroll from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, May 21. Along the Stroll, participants will learn how using their senses in the environment to calm their mind and body. Information will be provided on coping/calming skills along with an activity to create your own tool kit. This will be a walk around the fairgrounds path, near the Kaliseum, in Kalkaska. Participants will be able to create a sensory tool kit on their walk by stopping at each check station to learn about coping and calming skills related to their senses.
- Cheboygan – Take part in May Day Play from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 27 at the North Central State Trailhead on South Western Avenue. Family-friendly activities, including a mindfulness scavenger hunt, writing inspiration letters to yourself, mental health education, and a gardening kit give-away will be available. There will be door prizes, and snacks and drinks available.
- Petoskey – Join in for rock painting from 1-4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30 during Rock Your Mental Health at Festival Square, 200 Watchel St. This rock painting event is designed to promote a positive mental health environment. “Pick it, Paint it, Place it (or take it home). Rocks and all painting supplies and snacks will be provided. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/healthcare/2023/04/28/nccmh-plans-family-friendly-events-for-mental-health-awareness-month/70155289007/ | 2023-04-28 14:10:39 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/healthcare/2023/04/28/nccmh-plans-family-friendly-events-for-mental-health-awareness-month/70155289007/ |
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The BXNG Club, California's fastest-growing, award-winning premier combat sports and fitness club, announced today the official first round and opportunity for public funding. The BXNG Club is a chain of high-design fitness clubs that draw its inspiration from combat sports while providing an unmatched social and fitness environment that includes luxurious amenities and an energetic community.
Since 1999, The BXNG Club has been recognized for its utmost dedication to the authenticity of combat sports, diligence in fitness, world-class facilities, and providing an all-in-one experience for all fitness levels. The BXNG Club offers a variety of classes including boxing, kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Indoor Cycling, Yoga, HIIT, Mat Pilates, and more taught by professional fighters and coaches. A San Diego staple, BXNG has adapted and elevated the fitness industry with its emphasis on sleek branding, customer experience prioritization, and noteworthy instruction.
"It's been my dream to create and grow BXNG into a powerhouse combat sports and fitness brand ever since I started training here myself. Today, we can confidently say we've achieved just that - there is no other brand that resembles ours, not in look and feel and definitely not in experience. Now, we are ready to scale and bring our unique BXNG experience to other regions," said Artem Sharoshkin, CEO, The BXNG Club.
In 2023, The BXNG Club is projected to increase revenue by 110%. UFC fan-favorite, Paddy the Baddy, and long-time combat sports elite executive, Graham Boylan recently joined forces to invest in BXNG - holding close the ultimate drive and confidence in its accelerated growth.
With multiple industry and leadership awards and fast growth, BXNG is strikingly unrepeatable by competitors and is experiencing strong demand across the combat and mainstream fitness industry. Orange County, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas markets are set next for BXNG locations in the near future.
As the multi-billion dollar fitness industry continuously calls for strong in-person fitness, BXNG is ready to mark a milestone with leading open funding and investment opportunities. Learn more about BXNG and the funding opportunities available at https://www.thebxngclub.com/invest.
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Southern California moved into the top five of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday for the first time in five years.
Georgia received 62 of the 63 first-place votes in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank as the top four teams held their places after playing varying degrees of close games Saturday.
No. 2 Ohio State received the other first-place vote. Michigan was No. 3 again, followed by TCU.
The fifth-ranked Trojans edged up two spots after a thrilling victory against rival UCLA. The last time USC was ranked in the top five was September of 2017, when it started at No. 4 but spent most of the season ranked in the teens before finishing 12th.
Lincoln Riley's first season as USC coach has produced one of the best turnarounds in the country, with the Trojans going from four wins to 10, and the regular-season finale against No. 13 Notre Dame and a Pac-12 championship game still to go.
“If you would have told me at the end of last season I would be here now with this group of guys and being able to play for a championship, I would have called you a dead liar. Just being completely honest,” USC fourth-year receiver Kyle Ford told reporters after the UCLA game. “I’m just so thankful for everyone on this team.”
LSU stayed at No. 6. Clemson moved up two spots to No. 7. Alabama held at eighth and Tennessee dropped four spots to No. 9 after getting upset in a blowout at South Carolina.
In their 63-38 victory, the Gamecocks scored more points against a top-five team as an unranked team than any in the history of the AP poll.
Oregon rounded out the top 10 after the Ducks beat Utah in the Pac-12's other marquee game on Saturday night.
POLL POINTS
Georgia set a school record with its 10th appearance at No. 1 this season. Last year the Bulldogs had nine No. 1s, the most in school history.
Georgia has been at No. 1 a total of 34 times, tying Michigan for 12th most in the history of the AP poll, which dates to 1936.
Southern California is a top-five team for the 283rd time in poll history. That's seventh most, 13 behind Nebraska.
The top five at being top five: Alabama (451), Oklahoma (430), Ohio State (418), Notre Dame (318) and Michigan (306).
IN
Texas, again.
The 24th-ranked Longhorns, who started the season unranked, have moved into the Top 25 four times. They haven't managed to stay there for more than two weeks.
A blowout victory against Kansas pushed the Longhorns back into the rankings as they head toward a season finale against Baylor.
OUT
Oklahoma State lost its rivalry game against Oklahoma to drop to 7-4 and out of the rankings again.
CONFERENCE CALL
Pac-12 — 6 (Nos. 5, 10, 12, 14, 17, 22).
SEC — 5 (Nos. 1, 6, 8, 9, 20).
ACC — 3 (Nos. 7, 16, 18).
American — 3 (Nos. 19, 21, 25).
Big Ten — 3 (Nos. 2, 3, 11).
Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 4, 15, 24).
Sun Belt — 1 (No. 23).
Independent — 1 (No. 13).
RANKED vs. RANKED
Rivalry weekend's highest stakes games:
— No. 19 Tulane at No. 21 Cincinnati, Friday. The winner hosts the AAC championship game.
— No. 10 Oregon at No. 22 Oregon State. First time since 2012 both are ranked.
— No. 3 Michigan at No. 2 Ohio State. The best combined ranking between the two were also 2-3 heading into the 2016, decided in overtime by a fourth-down spot.
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COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Being on a school hockey team with Connor McDavid a decade ago made James Crawford realize he had to switch to fulltime skiing.
The Edmonton Oilers captain and NHL All-Star was so good, Crawford saw no other option.
“I don’t doubt that I could have been a pretty good hockey player, but watching him kind of cruise around the ice is a similar way that I watch (Marco) Odermatt ski,” Crawford said. “For some reason, he’s just better than everybody else.”
On Thursday, though, Crawford was better than everybody else — including Odermatt — at the skiing world championships.
Crawford edged Aleksander Aamodt Kilde by one-hundredth of a second in the men’s super-G to win Canada’s 11th medal at a world championships and fourth gold. It’s been six years since the last Canadian winner, Erik Guay in the super-G.
“It feels pretty surreal to be kind of etched into the history books a little bit as another Canadian world champion,” said Crawford, who comes from a skiing family. “I definitely wasn’t expecting anything today.”
His aunt, Judy Crawford, competed at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics and had a World Cup podium in slalom the following year. His older sister, Candace Crawford, was part of the Canadian ski team at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
Crawford’s triumph in the French Alps came in the same region where Ken Read in 1975 had a breakthrough win for Canadian skiing, becoming the first North American downhiller to win a men’s World Cup race. The Canadian downhill team was soon dubbed the Crazy Canucks.
On Thursday, Crawford sat in the leader’s chair for an hour, shaking his head in apparent disbelief and biting his fingernails as all later starters failed to beat his time.
“Coming into world champs, it’s really easy to put a lot of pressure on yourself because you have one opportunity,” he said. “With where my skiing was at and how I was feeling, the pressure wasn’t there. It wasn’t that I didn’t believe I could win, but it wasn’t on my mind.”
Alexis Pinturault finished 0.26 seconds behind to take bronze, two days after the Frenchman won the combined race at the worlds in his hometown.
Odermatt, who dominates the World Cup circuit and is the defending overall champion, won four of the six super-Gs this season but finished 0.37 seconds behind in fourth. The Swiss skier is still waiting for his first medal at the worlds, five years after he won five golds at the 2018 junior championships.
Crawford was the next starter after Kilde, one of the pre-race favorites after winning two World Cup super-Gs this season, took the race lead. Crawford trailed the Norwegian halfway through his run but mastered the final section.
“It was consistency from top to bottom. I pushed out of the gate with a very clear mindset on where I wanted to be, what I wanted to ski,” said Crawford, who won silver in super-G at the junior worlds in 2016.
His second medal from major events followed a bronze in combined at last year’s Beijing Olympics.
He led the combined at the 2021 worlds with the fastest time in the super-G but dropped to fourth after the slalom. He also was fourth in the Olympic downhill a year ago.
Crawford has yet to win a World Cup race but has three podium results, most recently at a downhill in Italy in December.
“I have been searching for the winner’s race for the last two years. I just haven’t quite been able to do it and today I managed to do it at the world championships, which makes it a little bit sweeter,” Crawford said. “It’s unbelievable.”
The course set was technically demanding with several difficult turns in the steep middle section where racers reached speeds of up to 115 kph (71.5 mph), but also rather short with run times of just over 1 minute, 7 seconds.
The silver was Kilde’s first medal at any worlds. The Norwegian won super-G bronze and combined silver at the Olympics a year ago.
“There was one turn where I could have done better, and that is where Crawford beat me today,” Kilde said. “He is a guy that can be fast everywhere because he charges and he dares to risk. And the snow here is a bit like that dry North American snow. He’s a good skier and that’s why he’s capable of winning today.”
Kilde matched the achievement of girlfriend Mikaela Shiffrin, a day after the American standout won silver in Wednesday’s women’s super-G.
“She gives me a lot of inspiration in the way she competes and we give each other support,” Kilde said. “Seeing that we’re both silver medalists, it’s a cool story. Let’s make it a gold at the next opportunity.”
Kilde will compete in the men’s downhill on Sunday, while Shiffrin is expected back at the worlds for the women’s giant slalom next Thursday.
Matthias Mayer won the Olympic super-G title last year but the Austrian retired in December. American racer Ryan Cochran-Siegle, the Olympic silver medalist, finished 1.52 off the lead in 18th.
Italian skier Dominik Paris suffered bruises in a nasty crash after skiing through a gate but was expected to start in Sunday’s downhill.
The Italians wore black armbands after Elena Fanchini, a skier who had her career cut short by a tumor, died Wednesday at the age of 37.
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Willemsen contributed from Vienna.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to proudly display a treasured photograph in the car," said an inventor, from Edgecliff Village, Texas, "so I invented the VISOR FRAME. My design could help to promote positive thoughts while driving."
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NEW YORK — Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis is cutting campaign staff as he struggles to catch former President Donald Trump in the GOP’s crowded primary contest while facing unexpected financial pressure.
The moves, first reported by Politico, come as DeSantis struggles to meet expectations that he represents the Republican Party’s strongest alternative to Trump. The Florida governor’s political organization has raised more money than the other Republicans seeking the 2024 nomination, but he has shown little movement in the polls amid fierce opposition from Trump and persistent questions about his far-right policies, his political skills and his readiness for the national stage.
DeSantis spokesman Andrew Romeo did not deny reports of staffing cuts, but offered an optimistic outlook about the campaign’s road ahead.
“Americans are rallying behind Ron DeSantis and his plan to reverse Joe Biden’s failures and restore sanity to our nation, and his momentum will only continue as voters see more of him in person, especially in Iowa,” Romeo said. “Defeating Joe Biden and the $72 million behind him will require a nimble and candidate-driven campaign, and we are building a movement to go the distance.”
Despite such optimism, some within DeSantis’ team are privately acknowledging that the political playbook that led to a dominant reelection in Florida last fall may not work on the national stage. To that end, DeSantis will host a press conference and is scheduled to sit down with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday, eschewing his yearslong practice of granting interviews almost exclusively to conservative media.
The staffing and strategy shakeup comes less than two months after DeSantis launched his presidential campaign.
“He’s going down,” Trump said of DeSantis during a Sunday interview on Fox News Channel. The former president also suggested he may not participate in next month’s debate given his lead over DeSantis and the other Republicans running against him.
As the DeSantis campaign publicly refocuses on Iowa, some in his team are already privately acknowledging that he must win Iowa’s Jan. 15 caucuses to have any realistic chance of denying Trump the GOP’s presidential nomination. Without a clear victory in the GOP’s opening primary contest, they fear that Trump would likely become an unstoppable force in the months-long primary march across the country, where momentum is often more consequential than money.
DeSantis sought to strengthen his connections in the state during a Saturday appearance. He described Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds as a potential running mate and dismissed Trump’s recent complaints about her as “totally out of hand.”
“Of course,” DeSantis said when asked whether he would consider the second-term Republican as his vice president should he win the GOP nomination. “I mean, she’s one of the top public servants in America.”
And while DeSantis’ political team is flush with cash compared to many other Republican rivals, Saturday’s quarterly filing with the Federal Election Commission revealed some cause for concern.
DeSantis raised more than $20 million over the first six weeks he was in the race, according to the federal report. While a massive sum, he also burned through nearly $8 million over the same period, leaving his campaign with $12.2 million at the end of June. And of that total, roughly $3 million is earmarked for general election and cannot be used in the GOP primary contest.
The report also revealed that the DeSantis campaign has dozens of paid staffers and is spending far more on payroll than others in the race.
For the first six weeks of his campaign, DeSantis spent more than $890,000 on payroll, including benefits, insurance, payroll taxes and processing fees, according to an AP analysis. The campaign also spent more than $845,000 on travel expenses, which included DeSantis regular use of private jets.
Still, a pro-DeSantis super PAC, which is legally barred from coordinating with the campaign, said it raised a stunning $130 million since the committee launched in March. More than half of that came from a state-level political committee once controlled by DeSantis.
The Never Back Down super PAC has been spending for months to build out pro-DeSantis infrastructure in the first four states on the presidential nominating calendar and even those in so-called “Super Tuesday" states that vote in early March.
Trump’s MAGA movement was giddy about DeSantis’ struggles.
“The more he shows himself, the less appealing he is,” tweeted longtime Trump ally Roger stone. He added the hashtag, “DeLoser.”
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For creative team managers that need to improve team productivity, increasing efficiency and reducing overhead costs are the two major factors required to meet business targets consistently. This continued optimization is especially vital in the current post-pandemic climate with the threat of a global recession.
Inefficient systems can lead to substantial business losses
What does this inefficient system cost? Imagine it takes approximately two months to create a character in the game, and the average character production cost is about $400 - $800 daily. The cost of losing one file costs around $20,000 - $40,000!
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Florida-Based Initiative Will Provide Sexual Health Education & Treatment for Underserved Communities
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today marks the launch of the nonprofit program HEAT (Health, Education, and Treatment). This Florida-based initiative provides sexual wellness education and treatment to underserved communities while promoting awareness of HIV, Hepatitis C, and STDs. Formed under IMG HELPS, Inc, the philanthropic arm of IMG Health Clinic, a minority-owned and led healthcare provider that offers fast and free testing of infectious diseases HIV, Hepatitis C, and STDs, the HEAT program aims to heal, educate, and treat 2,000 patients annually across the State of Florida.
HEAT's anchoring pillar of education is implemented through mentorship and counseling, encouraging a healthy lifestyle while teaching essential life skills and guidance to patients in some of the most vulnerable and marginalized communities throughout Florida. Regardless of socio-economic status, ethnicity, and gender, the HEAT program will also provide hygiene and grooming products and food vouchers; however, it can only do so with support of like-minded partners.
"We know that we can achieve more with the help and support of our partners, and this is why we're proud to work side-by-side with nonprofit, corporate partners, government agencies, and team members to make an impact."
– Steve Vixamar & Clifford W. Knights II, Co-Founders of IMG Health Clinic & IMG HELPS, Inc
HEAT will build partnership and in-kind donation opportunities to provide health, education, and treatment assistance to those in need. Required items include educational materials, personal care products, medical supplies, and meal vouchers.
Please join us by donating at IMGHELPS.org.
IMG Health Clinic (www.imghealthclinic.com), headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL, provides comprehensive healthcare services to help reduce the spread of HIV, Hepatitis C, STDs, and PrEP disparities in some of the most vulnerable, marginalized, and underserved communities in Florida. Please follow @imghealthclinic on social media for updates and more information.
IMG HELPS, Inc (www.imghelps.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization launched in 2020 to continue and expand upon the philanthropic work that IMG Health Clinic has done by serving more than 12,000 people in the State of Florida. IMG Helps, Inc. is a covered entity specializing in testing, treating, and managing HIV, Hepatitis C, STDs, PrEP treatment, and more.
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Expert advice for keeping your yard green during 100°+ heat
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Excessive heat warnings like today’s can be a major yard killer, according to Treppendahl Tree and Landscape.
Speaking with their owner, he shared some advice to help you avoid the brown grass and droopy leaves as temperatures rise this summer.
“Water your lawn for 30 to 45 minutes in the morning. 5, 6 a.m. And it’s going to set your lawn up for success,” said Rob Treppendahl.
With feel like temps reaching 110 degrees, horticulturalist Kelsey LaCaze says watering in the morning helps her yard to lock in moisture.
“I prefer to water my plants in the morning,” she said. “That’s the recommended time to be watering them. That kind of gives your plants that little oomph for their day. They’re going through, nice and hydrated and they’re not going to see as much of that heat stress.”
Going beyond watering, Treppendahl shared some methods he’s done to his own yard like aeration.
Looking at the two side-by-side, the results are night and day.
“You can see it’s really nice, it’s really even, it’s a beautiful lawn,” he said. “Texture looks good even though the subsoil isn’t that great. On this other side I haven’t done anything. I’ve let it have natural rainfall, I haven’t done aeration or topdressing and you can see it’s much more uneven.”
Finally, potted plants can receive some direct sunlight but Treppendahl says a break from the heat is always beneficial.
“Sunlight inside can burn them up so just pull it away from the window a little bit,” he recommends. “Plants like that. Make sure they’ve got plenty of water. That water will help them deal with the heat.”
“Down here in Louisiana we get that really really hot sun so it’s not a bad idea to give them a break from that,” added LaCaze.
Treppendahl’s recommendations:
- Water your yard in the morning rather than the day
- Keep waterings to 45 minutes to an hour
- Flower beds need don’t need nearly as much water
- Keep flower bed watering short. 5 to 10 minutes, 3 times a week.
- Look into aeration and topdressing for best results
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe is fighting what it calls a “large-scale” cyberattack on its computer networks.
An announcement warning of the attack remained posted on the government’s main website on Tuesday.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the hackers were demanding a ransom and what government services might have been affected.
A spokeswoman for the government did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/guadeloupe-government-fights-large-scale-cyberattack/2022/11/22/09a187b0-6a82-11ed-8619-0b92f0565592_story.html | 2022-11-22 16:42:37 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/guadeloupe-government-fights-large-scale-cyberattack/2022/11/22/09a187b0-6a82-11ed-8619-0b92f0565592_story.html |
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson is practicing and waiting. He’s had plenty of work at that.
Cleveland’s controversial quarterback gets on the field Wednesday as the Browns opened training camp still not knowing if Watson will be suspended by the NFL for violating its personal conduct policy.
Watson has been accused by more than two dozen massage therapists in Texas of sexual misconduct, and the three-time Pro Bowler faces possible punishment from league disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson, who has been weighing his case for weeks.
There had been an expectation that Robinson, a retired judge who was jointly appointed by the league and NFL Players Association to handle player penalties, would render her decision before camp, but that didn’t happen.
Amid the uncertainty, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said the team has a plan in place for its quarterbacks and is ready to adapt depending on the length of any punishment.
Stefanski reiterated that backup Jacoby Brissett would be Cleveland’s starting QB if Watson is suspended. For now, all four of the team’s quarterbacks — Watson, Brissett, Josh Rosen and Josh Dobbs — will get work.
“Guys will rotate in there like we always do,” he said. “If you saw in spring, we rotated Deshaun and Jacoby as well, so that really doesn’t change. The truth is we have to get all of those guys ready to play.
“That doesn’t mean you divide the reps exactly evenly among four different guys. We’ve got to get all of them ready and we have a plan to use all of them at different times.”
When asked if he was disappointed to have no resolution, Stefanski said dealing with unpredictability was part of the job.
“We just deal with it. That’s kind of our mentality,” he said. “We’re going to deal with July 27th and then we’ll get to tomorrow and we’ll deal with tomorrow. That’s kind of how we operate.”
As Robinson’s decision looms, the Browns, who are coming off a disappointing 8-9 season, are preparing for a 17-game stretch that will be altered dramatically if the 26-year-old Watson can’t play.
All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett said expectations — for himself and the Browns — will stay intact whether Watson is eligible or not.
“It doesn’t change regardless how that situation works itself out, and we’re going to hold ourselves to a higher standard no matter what happens,” said Garrett, who set a team record with 16 sacks last season. “Our defense is going to do what we do. Last time I heard, they can’t win if they don’t score points.”
Even if he’s suspended, Watson will be allowed to practice with the Browns, and Garrett said his presence should allow the team to build better chemistry than it had a year ago when close losses and receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s messy release played a part in the team not being united.
“We move as if he will be or won’t be (on the field),” Garrett said ahead of Cleveland’s first training practice, which was being held indoors because of the threat of rain. “You don’t really keep it in your mind like that. I mean he’s on the field with us right now. He will be on the field with us this season training and working out.
“He’s going to be in the weight room and he’s going to be interacting with us. He’s going to be with us for all intents and purposes.”
The Browns have dealt with uncertainty surrounding Watson almost since trading for him and signing him to a $230 million contract in March.
Second-year cornerback Greg Newsome II said Watson hasn’t let his situation become a distraction or affect his new teammates.
“I feel like when we get in the building, he doesn’t carry himself like that anyway,” Newsome said. “When he gets in this building, he’s worried about football and football only, so we’re going to worry about football and football only.
“We’ll let legal stuff pan out the way it’s supposed to pan out. We’ve kind of just got to focus on us getting ready for the season. Obviously, we hope D-Wat’s there Week 1, but if he’s not, we’ve got guys that are going to be able to step in and play right away.”
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ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said.
Legislator Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said the attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshipers gathered on Pentecost Sunday. Among the dead were many children, he said. Adelegbe Timileyin, who represents the Owo area in Nigeria's lower legislative chamber, said the presiding priest was abducted as well.
"Our hearts are heavy," Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu tweeted Sunday. "Our peace and tranquility have been attacked by the enemies of the people."
Authorities did not immediately release an official death toll. Timileyin said at least 50 people had been killed, though others put the figure higher. Videos appearing to be from the scene of the attack showed church worshippers lying in pools of blood while people around them wailed.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack at the church. While much of Nigeria has struggled with security issues, Ondo is widely known as one of Nigeria's most peaceful states. The state, though, has been caught up in a rising violent conflict between farmers and herders.
Nigeria's security forces did not immediately respond to enquiries as to how the attack occurred or if there are any leads about suspects. Owo is about 345 kilometers (215 miles) east of Lagos.
"In the history of Owo, we have never experienced such an ugly incident," said lawmaker Oluwole. "This is too much."
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA told teams Friday that Damian Lillard and his agent confirmed that the All-Star guard would honor his contract in any potential trade, despite the agent saying Lillard only wanted to be dealt to the Miami Heat.
A memo sent to general managers and obtained by The Associated Press also warned that Lillard would be subject to discipline by the league if he or Aaron Goodwin make additional comments suggesting he won’t fully perform the requirements of his contract in the event of a trade.
Lillard told the Portland Trail Blazers earlier this month he wanted to be traded and Goodwin subsequently made clear his preference was Miami.
“Dame’s position won’t change,” Goodwin told AP on July 6. “This entire situation was about building an opportunity for Portland to win or giving him another opportunity that he wants, which is Miami.”
The league said it interviewed Lillard and Goodwin, along with several teams with whom Goodwin spoke. Goodwin denied telling teams that Lillard would refuse to play for them and the teams provided descriptions that were “mostly, though not entirely, consistent with Goodwin’s statements to us.”
Players are not allowed to publicly request trades. The league also stated in the memo that it told the Players Association that further comments such as Goodwin’s will be subject to discipline.
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Man killed while trying to clear downed tree from road in W.V., sheriff says
GRAFTON, W. Va (WDTV/Gray News) - A man was killed while attempting to move a downed tree from a West Virginia roadway, authorities said.
The man was driving a truck around 6:50 a.m. Friday when he came up to a downed tree, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office said.
The man, who has not been identified other than being from Pennsylvania, put straps on the tree to attempt to pull it out of the road.
As he was working to remove the tree, another driver came from the opposite direction and hit the tree, which then hit the victim and pinned him against his truck, authorities said.
The man died on the scene.
Authorities said an investigation is underway to determine whether charges may be filed against the other driver.
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Maria Kolesnikova, a prominent member of the Belarusian opposition serving an 11-year prison sentence for helping stage anti-government protests, was taken back to prison after undergoing an operation for a perforated ulcer, her father said Monday.
Alexander Kolesnikov was able to visit his daughter for about 10 minutes and found her weak but “her mood is good and she even tried to smile,” he told The Associated Press.
Kolesnikova, 40, has been in custody since September 2020 when she tore up her passport at the border to prevent her forced expulsion from Belarus amid massive protests challenging the reelection of the country’s authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko.
She was convicted in September 2021 on charges of conspiring to seize power, creating an extremist organization and calling for action that threatened the security of the state.
Belarus was shaken by massive protests after the disputed August 2020 re-election of Lukashenko, which the opposition and the West denounced as a rigged sham. Authorities responded to the demonstrations with a massive crackdown that saw more than 35,000 people arrested and thousands beaten by police.
Kolesnikova helped coordinate opposition protests and resisted authorities’ attempts to force her to leave the country. When officers of the Belarusian security agency drove her to the border with Ukraine in September 2020 to forcibly expel her, she ripped up her passport and walked back into Belarus to face arrest. | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/ap-belarus-opposition-figure-returned-to-prison-after-surgery/ | 2022-12-05 21:34:18 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/ap-belarus-opposition-figure-returned-to-prison-after-surgery/ |
NEWPORT, R.I., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. ("Pangaea" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: PANL), a global provider of comprehensive maritime logistics solutions, today announced that it will release its second quarter 2022 financial results after market hours on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, along with an accompanying presentation that will be available with our Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
The company will host a teleconference to discuss the Company's second quarter 2022 financial results, including a question-and-answer session with management, at 8:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.
To access the teleconference, please dial 800-343-5172 (domestic) or 785-424-1699 (international) approximately ten minutes before the teleconference's scheduled start time and reference Conference ID: PANLQ222.
A recording of the call will also be available for one week following the teleconference and will be accessible by calling 800-938-2490 (domestic) or 402-220-9028 (international).
About Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. provides logistics services to a broad base of industrial customers who require the transportation of a wide variety of dry bulk cargoes, including grains, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. The Company addresses the transportation needs of its customers with a comprehensive set of services and activities, including cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, and voyage planning. Learn more at www.pangaeals.com.
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If you’re on social media at all, you’ve probably seen the term “nepo baby” tossed around. The label jumped in popularity in mid-December 2022 thanks to a series of articles posted in New York Magazine’s Vulture.com, which did a deep dive into the world of nepo babies.
In case you’re not familiar with the classification, “nepo baby” is short for “nepotism baby.” According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, nepotism is favoritism shown to someone within the same family. The recent social media conversations around nepo babies refer to the children of famous actors, sports figures, musicians and other artists who have also become famous.
There were so many nepo babies featured on screens last year that Vulture declared 2022 the Year of the Nepo Baby. The publication covered Maya Hawke of “Stranger Things” (daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman), “Euphoria’s” Maude Apatow (daughter of Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann, pictured below), and Lily-Rose Depp (daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, pictured above).
Distractify says the phrase, which it calls “the term of the year,” may have been coined when Apatow’s fans realized her Hollywood pedigree.
Unfortunately, when someone is called a nepo baby, it’s not usually a compliment. There are thousands of social media posts railing against how easy children of famous people have it when it comes to their careers.
In a Nov. 2022 interview with Elle, Depp pushed back against the nepo baby label.
“The internet cares a lot more about who your family is than the people who are casting you in things,” she told Elle. “Maybe you get your foot in the door, but you still just have your foot in the door. There’s a lot of work that comes after that.”
For Maude Apatow, being called a nepo baby motivates her to work harder, according to her interview with Net-a-Porter.
“I try not to let it get to me because I obviously understand that I’m in such a lucky position,” Apatow said. “A lot of people [in a similar position] have proven themselves over the years, so I’ve got to keep going and make good work. It’s so early in my career, I don’t have much to show yet, but hopefully one day I’ll be really proud of the stuff I’ve done by myself.”
But, the concept of nepotism and children following in their famous parents’ footsteps is nothing new. In a recent Instagram post, actress Jamie Lee Curtis called herself out as an “OG Nepo Baby.” Her parents were actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.
In the lengthy post, the 64-year-old movie and TV star said that the recent outcry against nepo babies is uncalled for.
“The current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try to diminish and denigrate and hurt,” Curtis wrote in her Dec. 23 post. “For the record, I have navigated 44 years with the advantages my associated and reflected fame brought me, I don’t pretend there aren’t any, that try to tell me that I have no value on my own.”
Kate Hudson is another famous child with famous parents (her parents are Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson) who jumped into to debate over the nepo baby controversy.
During a promotional interview for the Netflix feature “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Hudson talked to the U.K.’s Independent about her concerns (or lack thereof) over nepotism.
“The nepotism thing, I mean … I don’t really care,” she said. “I look at my kids and we’re a storytelling family. It’s definitely in our blood. People can call it whatever they want, but it’s not going to change it…I don’t care where you come from, or what your relationship to the business is — if you work hard and you kill it, it doesn’t matter.”
By Marie Rossiter, for Scripps News.
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Running the length of my driveway is a slender strip of lawn, barely 3 feet wide. Blessed with full sun, the grass and weeds grow fast, and because the space is so narrow and blocked in by my neighbor’s fence, it’s miserable to mow.
So two years ago, I lined up a row of raised beds along it and turned the unremarkable plot into a luscious garden where this year I am growing tomatoes, eggplant, Swiss chard, pole beans and cucumbers.
Vegetable gardens are hardy things and do not need nearly as much space as even what I reclaimed. Steps, a stoop, a balcony, a terrace, a roof deck or even a windowsill will do. With a few containers, some good soil and plenty of sunlight, a garden can grow almost anywhere.
“You can go small, small, small,” said Jessica Walliser, a founder of SavvyGardening.com and the author of “Container Gardening Complete: Creative Projects for Growing Vegetables and Flowers in Small Spaces.” “That is one of the most amazing things about modern vegetable gardening.”
With summer weather coming, now is the time to try out your green thumb on a tiny scale. Here are some tips on how to do it.
Get the lay of the land
Ideally, you want to find a spot that gets six to eight hours of sunlight a day. You can grow in shady spots, but the options will be more limited. Leafy greens, herbs and some varieties of flowers, like impatiens and begonias, do well in the shade. But if you want to grow an array of flowers or edibles like tomatoes, cucumbers or strawberries, you’re going to need sun, and lots of it. (Morning light will be kinder to your crop than hot afternoon light, so keep that in mind, too.)
If you plan to garden on a rooftop or balcony, consider the weight capacity. A dozen 12-inch containers full of potting soil and water can add considerable strain to a space that might not be designed to carry the load. So check your weight limits before you plant.
Keep walkways open, too. A fire escape might look like a balcony, but it is not, and needs to be clear of obstructions. Avoid gardening in those types of places. Also consider how you use your outdoor space, and how much of it you want to dedicate to containers.
“What are your plans for the space?” said Jibreel Cooper, community program manager for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York. “If you want to keep it generally open, maybe you want to look into hanging plants or trellising. Sweet peas and cucumbers can be trellised and grow vertically. They take up less space.”
If you do not have a large yard, don’t be deterred. A window box makes a terrific spot to grow herbs. And Kris Bordessa, the author of “Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living,” once lined her driveway with large fabric planters, reclaiming the hot asphalt slab. “It was an instant garden,” she said.
If a neighbor has unused outdoor space, consider asking if they would let you cultivate it in exchange for a share of the crop. My little driveway plot is on property that actually belongs to my neighbor, who I pay in tomatoes for the privilege of using the otherwise fallow land.
“It’s just as simple as saying hello,” said Nina Browne, community field manager for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. “You can begin to have conversations about working together.”
Know your limits
Gardening is a hobby that takes time. You have to water, weed and fertilize. During the heat of the summer you may need to water daily, sometimes twice. Plant a lot of containers, and that could quickly become a big lift. So start small, with just one or two containers in your first year, and reassess next season.
“Don’t bite off too much,” Browne said. “There is nothing that will turn you off gardening more than having something completely peter out on you.”
Get some containers
Once you know where you’re growing, get some containers, aiming for a pot 6 to 12 inches deep. Many types of vessels will do, as long as they have drainage holes in the bottom. (And if they don’t, drill a few.)
Bordessa, who offers a video course about container gardening, suggests scouring your home for items you already own, like empty kitty-litter containers.
“A 5-gallon bucket is sufficient for an awful lot of things you’re going to grow,” she said.
If your ground space is limited, look up. “Vertical growing is your friend,” said Cassie Johnston, a master gardener who runs the Instagram account Growfully. With a trellis, veggies like tomatoes, beans and cucumbers can grow vertically up a wall. Consider hanging baskets suspended from a railing.
Another option: Plant your crops in a tower garden, which is essentially containers stacked on top of each other. Or make the most of a wall by affixing pocket planters to it.
Fill your containers with a mix of good quality potting mix and compost.
Choose your crops
Look for plant breeds designed for small spaces, like bush varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers.
“Breeders have put a lot of effort into breeding varieties that are dwarfed,” Walliser said, pointing to micro-dwarf varieties of tomatoes like Tiny Tim and Red Robin, which have high yields despite their diminutive stature. Tumbling Tom tomatoes, as the name suggests, cascade over a hanging basket.
Curate your crops, too, planting items with similar needs together.
“Don’t put lavender in the same pot as a begonia,” Browne said. “One needs a lot of sun and drier conditions, and one likes moist and shady conditions.”
Water your plants thoroughly, opting for long, deep soaks a few times a week rather than a light daily sprinkle.
“People are very good at the splash-and-dash method,” Walliser said. “That is not watering. Watering is standing there and pouring enough water so at least 20% of the water that you pour in the top comes out of the hole in the bottom.”
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At 11:59 Thursday evening, Title 42 ends, leaving migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. with the hope it will be easier to get into the country. This belief has led to thousands waiting along the southern border.
Some are fleeing violence and some are seeking economic opportunity. There's confusion and frustration as migrants grow desperate at the border, attempting to navigate the recent changes in U.S. immigration policies.
Hundreds of migrants, including children, are crossing over from the Mexico side over to the U.S. side, right between a razor wire and the border wall. They say they're waiting for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to open the door.
One 26-year-old, Juan, says he fears a return to Venezuela would mark a death sentence. He tells Scripps News he escaped the country with his family. He says his plan is to turn himself over to immigration and he's hoping "with God's support" he will be allowed to enter. If they expel him to Mexico, he says he will try to apply on the CBP One App, which allows migrants to seek entry into the U.S. Juan is waiting for the number of appointments to increase on the app this week.
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"Many people are fleeing their country not for the American dream, but for political persecution in many cases," social activist Connie Gutierrez said.
Across the Southwest border, from California to Texas, thousands of migrants are waiting as Title 42 nears expiration. The pandemic-era policy allows the U.S. to quickly expel migrants.
And with the policy gone, President Joe Biden announced more legal pathways to reach the U.S.
"Making legal immigration more streamlined, illegal immigration shorter term," he said.
The president predicts chaos at the border, as Title 42 comes to an end. The Department of Homeland Security projects 11,000 to 13,000 migrants will cross into the U.S. each day.
"I think you have seen that we have been prepared," El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said. "We didn't start yesterday, we are not starting today. We have been doing this for quite a while."
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Immigration attorney Casey Williams says President Biden is sending migrants mixed messages with the new announcements.
"Telling them not to come here. He would rather that people not line up and ask for permission at a bridge or port of entry," he said. "President Biden appears to be trying to say that he's trying to make the process accessible, but bureaucratically, he's set up institutions and policies that are making it more likely for people to be excluded from having access to justice."
Immigration advocates are criticizing the immigration policy changes, which they say aim to deter migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S. Border and deprive them of a fair case.
Juan told Scripps News if he stayed in Venezuela, he would probably be killed for protesting against the government.
The Biden administration is also implementing a screening process to quickly determine if migrants qualify for asylum.
"That increases the likelihood that those assessments will miss a lot of the legitimate cases that could ask for protection in this country," Williams said.
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PASADENA, Calif — The fate of what would be the largest lithium mine in the U.S. on federal land in Nevada is now in the hands of a federal appeals court.
It's the latest development in a more than two year legal battle over a plan by the Canadian firm, Lithium Nevada, to build an open pit mine near Thacker Pass, along a remote stretch of sagebrush-studded land close to the Nevada-Oregon border.
Initial construction has already begun on the mine after a district court ruling earlier this year upheld a federal plan permitting it. It would become one of the first major domestic sources of lithium, a key component in electric vehicle batteries. But the roughly 9-square-mile mine would also be on land considered sacred by some Native people.
Activists from western tribes packed a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals courtroom Tuesday, some wearing traditional regalia, while others stood outside praying and singing.
Gary McKinney, an enrolled member of the Shoshone Paiute Tribe, wore a leather vest with an American Indian Movement emblem. He said federal land managers pushed the lithium mine through without considering its cultural significance.
"The world needs to know that this lithium mining, and this fast tracking of lithium mining, is a continuation of racism on Paiute and Shoshone people," McKinney told NPR.
Native people have gathered traditional plants there and conducted ceremonies, he said. The mine is also believed to be near the site of a massacre of Native people by the U.S. Cavalry in 1865.
"We're here to represent those fallen ancestors and continue our formal opposition of lithium mining," McKinney said.
A lawyer for the Biden administration told the three judge appeals panel inside the courthouse that tribes only brought the sacred land issue to light after the administration approved permitting the mine in early 2021. Laura Granier, lead attorney for Lithium Nevada, also argued the company had spent $8.7 million in environmental planning and mitigation efforts.
"There were no corners cut," she said.
Lithium Nevada has predicted it will be clear of legal and bureaucratic hurdles by this summer, with full construction at the mine site planned soon after. Corby Anderson, a metallurgist at the Colorado School of Mines, said the Nevada mine would be an important domestic source of lithium, which the U.S. currently imports primarily from South America now.
"If we don't permit and get this mine going, what happens to the next one? Do we wait ad infinitum?" Anderson asked. "Meanwhile there are stakes in the ground to create electric vehicles and require their use, we're going to have to go somewhere to get the lithium."
The fight over Thacker Pass puts the Biden administration in a bind. President Biden has called for a major transition to cleaner energy sources, emphasizing the need to electrify the country's transportation system. But the administration has also pledged to right historical wrongs in Indian Country.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the country's first ever indigenous cabinet member, frequently touts that tribes finally have a seat at the table on federal lands decisions.
"The administration is taking intentional action to ensure that tribes have opportunities to weigh in before decisions are made that impact their communities because their voices, perspective and knowledge deserve respect," Haaland said at a conference in Idaho last Spring.
The Interior Department has repeatedly declined NPR's interview requests regarding Thacker Pass, citing the ongoing court cases.
Western tribal leaders have expressed growing frustration that they've as yet been unable to get Haaland and the administration's ear on the Thacker Pass dispute.
Arland Melendez, chair of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, acknowledged it's looking less likely tribes are going to be able stop or even delay the lithium mine for more studies of its cultural impacts.
"We want her to come out here at least to explain to the tribes as to what she can do besides remaining silent on it," Melendez said.
Melendez's tribe has filed a separate federal lawsuit alleging that federal land managers did not properly consult with area tribes before greenlighting the lithium mine. A ruling in the Ninth Circuit case is expected later this summer.
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Editor’s Note: This is the third story in a year-long mental health series in a partnership between Seacoast Media Group, the New Hampshire Union Leader and Dartmouth Health.
Before she gets out of bed in the morning, Ani Brooks reaches for her iPhone.
“I wake up, and my phone is literally next to my pillow where I sleep,” Brooks said. “The first thing I do is check that. If any of my friends have texted me while I was asleep, I’ll respond to that. I’ll go on TikTok and will sit there just scrolling through. I always have my phone with me, all the time.”
Brooks, 17, will be a senior at Dover High School in the fall. She’s the editor of the school paper, takes mostly honors courses and works as a hostess at a popular Italian restaurant on Dover Point.
After three students in the class ahead of hers died by suicide, she became involved in peer-to-peer counseling and is a member of the school’s mental health initiative. She is one of seven rising seniors creating a conference for administrators and students in schools to talk about mental health, including the impact of social media.
While Brooks is fully aware of the influence of social media and ubiquitous mobile devices on youth mental health, she’s not immune to it.
“Every teenager you talk to will admit that how much they use their phone is a problem, but they don’t want to do anything to fix it,” Brooks said. “It’s just such a strong addiction that people have normalized that they’re going to be like, ‘No, I’m fine.’ The anxiety of not being with your phone is worse than realizing that there’s a problem and that you really need time away from it.”
Grace Halepis, 17, who will be a senior at Exeter High School, is an honors student and deeply involved in her school, community and social causes like supporting Planned Parenthood. While she feels she has her social media use under control, she too feels its pull on her time and attention.
“My phone is really important for just practical purposes, and social media is something that everyone at my age is on, so I feel like if you’re not on it, you’ll be left out of certain things,” Halepis said.
Fueling insecurities
Both young women point to the many positives of social media. Brooks has been able to stay in touch with friends who have gone off to college, and Halepis is able to do activist work on behalf of the causes she’s most passionate about. But both teens don’t hesitate to describe social media’s negative impacts on them, particularly the photoshopped expectations of what they are supposed to look like and how they are supposed to act.
“For girls, more specifically, there can be a lot of body dysmorphia coming from seeing pictures of models, creating unrealistic expectations for yourself,” Brooks said. “If you fall short of those expectations, you can go into a depression because of it, so eating disorders can also come from looking at those images and just a lot of generalized anxiety about the way you present yourself in society. It puts a lot of pressure on the way you appear every single day.”
Halepis agrees.
“It definitely has heightened my insecurities about my body and about how much I’m doing or not doing,” Halepis said. “At times it has influenced my feelings of self-worth. I bet I’m speaking for most of the teenage community when I say that.”
Both young women describe the hurt of seeing their friends doing things on Snapchat and they were left out.
Brooks, Halepis and their peers have been described by social psychologists as canaries in the coal mine when it comes to unfettered access to social media on ever-present mobile technologies.
Jean M. Twenge, an author and professor of psychology at San Diego State University, describes them as “iGen,” the first generation whose social life has been dominated by digital communications.
“Born between 1995 and 2012, members of this generation are growing up with smartphones, have an Instagram account before they start high school, and do not remember a time before the internet,” Twenge wrote in The Atlantic. “iGen’s oldest members were early adolescents when the iPhone was introduced in 2007 and high-school students when the iPad entered the scene in 2010.”
Brooks was born in 2004, Halepis in 2005.
In his 2021 advisory on youth mental health, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm.
“Too often, young people are bombarded with messages through the media and popular culture that erode their sense of self-worth — telling them they are not good looking enough, popular enough, smart enough or rich enough,” Murthy wrote. “When not deployed responsibly and safely, these tools can pit us against each other, reinforce negative behaviors like bullying and exclusion, and undermine the safe and supportive environments young people need and deserve.”
President Joe Biden referenced the influence of social media on teen mental health in his State of the Union address in 2022.
‘We must hold social media platforms accountable for the national experiment they’re conducting on our children for profit,” Biden said.
“Rates of teen depression and suicide have skyrocketed since 2011,” Twenge wrote. “It’s not an exaggeration to describe iGen as being on the brink of the worst mental-health crisis in decades. Much of this deterioration can be traced to their phones.”
If Twenge is apocalyptic in her warnings, Dr. Steven Schlozman, a child psychiatrist with Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine, is more sanguine. Of social media he says: “I think the two biggest mistakes we can make is to either overly demonize it or to overly accept it as just another thing that we have to learn to roll with.”
While Schlozman acknowledges social media can have a negative influence, he has seen benefits for his patients on the autism spectrum, who have found it easier to communicate across the internet via social media than they do in person. And he has seen teens who cry out online in distress receive comfort and support from friends and family who might otherwise not have known they were in crisis.
“We have to figure out how to manage negative social media so that we don’t lose the positive,” Schlozman said.
Online bullying
Cyberbullying is a distinctly negative social media phenomenon.
The online bullying against one Dover middle schooler got so intense her mother on July 8 took to the social media platform Nextdoor with a cry from the heart.
“The extreme bullying of children here is so sad,” the mother wrote. “I can’t believe my child has gotten over a 150 different social media txt telling her to kill herself in the last two weeks, what is wrong with kids and their upbringing, YES I FILED POLICE REPORTS, however, this is not normal.”
The post received a massive response, with more than 200 comments, many sharing their own children’s experiences with bullying both in person and online.
In an interview, the mother, who is not being identified to protect her daughter, said she had hoped the bullying would end when school let out in June, but it has not.
While not speaking specifically about this case, Dover police Lt. Mark Nadeau said the department “did recently receive a complaint about internet bullying.”
He said the department does receive occasional cyberbullying complaints and that police and the schools work quickly to resolve them, working with parents and children to stop the behavior. He said serious cases could be brought to the county attorney to determine if they violate state harassment or threatening laws.
“What people do on the internet is the same as what they do in real life, and there can be ramifications for it,” Nadeau said.
In the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 15.7% of high school students said they had been cyberbullied in the 12 months prior to the survey.
While bullying has always been bad for youth mental health, cyberbullying takes the damage to a new level, said Jodie Lubarsky, vice president of clinical operations for youth and family services at Seacoast Mental Health Center.
“I’ll go home and pick up my device, and you might be sending me messages 24/7 through social media platforms, through texting,” Lubarsky said. “Being bullied is never healthy for a young person. When it’s in such a pervasive and invasive way, now they can’t escape it. When they pick up their device, they see and hear it.”
‘We were born into this’
Suzanne Weete, a co-founder of the Dover Mental Health Alliance, recalls a conversation with her son regarding the role of social media in his life.
“My son said to me years ago, he’s 20 now, when I was upset about all the time he was spending on the phone, he said, ‘Mom, this is our world. We were born into this. It’s all that we know.’”
Ani Brooks, the Dover High senior, said of her phone: “I have everything on there.”
“It’s how I connect to everything,” Brooks said. All her social media and other apps, texts, phone, music, Apple Pay, Venmo, grades, calendar and so much more are on her mobile phone. “It’s almost a part of you. You would never expect someone to show up at your house without their phone.”
Brooks’ screen reports say she spends roughly seven hours a day on her phone. This is below the 7.5 hour daily average for her age group, according to “The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens in 2019.”
Halepis is far below the average screen time at 2.5 hours a day. One reason for that, she said, is after studying how social media works to capture teenagers’ attention in her AP English class, she turned off her push notifications for Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok.
“After I turned off the notifications I felt so much better,” Halepis said. “I feel like I have a much better grasp on how much I’m taking in.”
Dartmouth’s Dr. Schlozman says when he sees tweens and teens struggling with social media, he always recommends shutting off some notifications.
“I can’t make you do it,” Schlozman said. “I can’t be there with you. But if you shut off just two or three of the push notifications, just try it for a couple of weeks, you’ll feel better. It’s one thing to actively look for something, it’s another for it to just show up without you even asking for it to show up.”
Parents are part of the problem
If teenagers, parents, educators and therapists all recognize that being connected 24/7 via social media is causing mental health problems, the question becomes, why aren’t we doing more to address it?
“I think the acceptance that this is just how it is, is pretty dangerous,” said Lynn Lyons, a Concord-based psychotherapist, speaker and author. “We can’t say, ‘Oh my gosh, there’s a crisis with our kids’ mental health’ and that being on devices and social media draws a straight line to an increase in anxiety and depression and then say, ‘Well, there’s nothing we can do about it.’”
A large number of studies confirm the connection between social media and youth mental health problems, and most seem to agree that the younger someone starts using social media, the more likely they are to experience negative outcomes.
Schlozman explains this is due in part to brain development. A younger brain “just fires like crazy” into fight-or-flight mode when confronted with an online threat, whereas a more mature brain with a more developed frontal lobe “is all about dampening that down and saying, ‘Let’s think this through.’”
By the time students reach high school, where their world will be dominated by social media, it will be much harder to instill healthy habits.
“The research is really clear that the earlier you give a child a smartphone the more difficulties are going to develop,” said Lyons, the psychotherapist. “What I see is parents being really scared of setting limits with their kids with devices and with technology in a way that they aren’t scared about setting limits with other things.
“For example, they would never say to an 8-year-old, if you want to have wine with dinner, I guess that’s OK. But they’ll give their 8-year-old a device that gives them access to things that are absolutely inappropriate for that age group and they’re not setting limits.”
Therapist offers guidance
Lyons said in her work as a therapist she is counseling children and their parents “every day” regarding healthy social media use.
“I want kids to have the experience of not having their phone with them and see what that’s like,” Lyons said. “I really want families to take a social media break, to do a detox. And one day is not enough.”
Many parents, however, are as hooked to their mobile devices as their children and are not modeling healthy behavior.
“You cannot model for young children being on social media and having devices in front of you all the time and then expect when they become middle schoolers or high schoolers that they’re going to be willing to give it up so easily,” Lyons said.
“If we teach them that social media is the way to connect when they’re 8, 9 and 10, they’re not going to give that up when they’re 13, 14 and 15,” Lyons said. “Knowing how to manage your emotions, knowing how to handle conflict are really important skills that cannot be developed on Snapchat, and we as parents have to make sure that we’re feeding kids that message very consistently because right now we are swimming upstream and it’s exhausting, but it has to be done.”
Protecting your teen
The Mayo Clinic offers the following steps you can take to encourage responsible use of social media and limit some of its negative effects.
• Set reasonable limits. Talk to your teen about how to avoid letting social media interfere with his or her activities, sleep, meals or homework. Encourage a bedtime routine that avoids electronic media use, and keep cellphones and tablets out of teens’ bedrooms. Set an example by following these rules yourself.
• Monitor your teen’s accounts. Let your teen know that you’ll be regularly checking his or her social media accounts. You might aim to do so once a week or more. Make sure you follow through.
• Explain what’s not OK. Discourage your teen from gossiping, spreading rumors, bullying or damaging someone’s reputation — online or otherwise. Talk to your teen about what is appropriate and safe to share on social media.
• Encourage face-to-face contact with friends. This is particularly important for teens vulnerable to social anxiety disorder.
• Talk about social media. Talk about your own social media habits. Ask your teen how he or she is using social media and how it makes him or her feel. Remind your teen that social media is full of unrealistic images.
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Season 5 Viewership on CBS up by 12% Year over Year Averaging 516,000 Viewers Across 23 Hours of Live Games
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the BIG3 announced the ratings from their 2022 championship weekend in front of a sold-out crowd at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA. The inaugural 2022 All-Star Game and 2022 Championship Game marked the highest-rated BIG3 event since 2019, with the entire 2-hour telecast averaging 638,000 total viewers on CBS, up 56 percent from last year. The 2022 Championship Game averaged 681,000 total viewers, up 32 percent from last season's Championship Game and peaking at 1,019,000 viewers. The Inaugural All-Star Game averaged 587,000 viewers, up 100 percent from last year's consolation game in the same time window.
More than 1 million viewers tuned in Sunday evening to see the incredible finish as Trilogy's Isaiah Briscoe hit the game-winning layup to defeat Nancy Lieberman's Power, making the Stephen Jackson-led team the first-ever three-time BIG3 champions and the first team in league history to win back-to-back titles.
"These numbers and growth are further evidence of the kind of league we are building," said Ice Cube, BIG3 co-founder. "Every week, we have continued to deliver an exciting product and bring in more viewers than leagues twice, three times our age in a period of downturn in viewership. Even in the most competitive season yet, Trilogy was able to do what no team has done before and that is a testament to Stephen Jackson's leadership and every single player's commitment to the league. Players want to play for us, coaches want to coach with us, businesses want to work with us, and millions of people want to watch us. The BIG3 is here to stay and it will only go up from here."
These numbers come even after a packed weekend of programming as the BIG3 went head-to-head with preseason NFL, the final round of the BMW Championship, and the WNBA playoffs. In the sought-after 18-49 age range, the BIG3 averaged more viewers than the round 1 WNBA playoff games and rated higher than Sunday's MLB games. In total, the BIG3's fifth season averaged 516,000 total viewers on CBS, a 12 percent increase from last season's average of 458,000 total viewers on CBS.
This season saw some of the most competitive FIREBALL3 in the league's history. On top of the Dr. J Trophy, Trilogy picked up two end of year awards, Fireman of The Year for Isaiah Briscoe and Defensive Player of the Year for Earl Clark. Scoring champion Kevin Murphy from the 3-Headed Monsters took home this year's Most Valuable Player and Too Hard To Guard Awards. His coach, Reggie Theus, was the BIG3's 2022 Coach of the Year, coaching his team to the league's playoffs and narrowly losing out to Power. The Rookie Of The Year was awarded to number one overall pick Glen Rice Jr. from Power, who hit the game-winning shot to send Power to the 2022 Championship Game. Dajuan Summers of Tri-State won the 4th Man of The Year award and Mike Taylor from the Ghost Ballers won for the league's Best Trash Talker.
The Monster Energy BIG3 Celebrity Game played ahead of the All-Star and 2022 Championship games will air on CBS on Sunday, September 4. For more information on the Celebrity Game or to see the results and highlights from the All-Star game and Championship Game, go to BIG3.com and follow @thebig3 on twitter and instagram.
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As a nurse at Harlem Hospital, NYC before Roe v Wade was passed, I witnessed the disasters of illegal abortions
from painful deaths to infections that rendered infertility. And when Roe v Wade was passed, our Maternal Mortality from botched, illegal abortions ended. Women were finally released from cruel and inhuman laws.
I believe that Supreme Court decisions should move our country forward in synch with relevant issues and not take us back to the "dark ages" of maternal death, pain and injury. It has been said that "you can't go back again". Thus, I believe that after 50 years of women's control of their bodies, chaos will reign. How sad!
Susan Hetherington
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NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Abbott Laboratories ("Abbott" or the "Company") (NYSE: ABT) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Abbott investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Abbott common stock during the period from February 19, 2021, to June 8, 2022, inclusive. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
ABT investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: According to the filed complaint, defendants touted the strength of Abbott's infant formula brands and their contribution to the Company's sales and revenue growth, despite knowing that the facility that manufactured those products was in flagrant violations of United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") health, safety, and manufacturing regulations. The complaint further alleges that defendants willfully or recklessly concealed these violations from investors, even though the violations put Abbott's infant formula business in dire jeopardy and left the Company exposed to a risk of severe regulatory action, including the recall of its products and closure of the Sturgis facility. Indeed, according to the complaint, defendants received direct warnings, communications, FDA inspection reports, and consumer complaints identifying in detail the safety and regulatory violations that were rampant at the Sturgis facility.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Abbott during the relevant time frame, you have until October 31, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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(WSYR-TV) — Since 1973, Light Work on Syracuse University campus has been supporting local photographers and visual artists. Light Work is a non-profit, artist-run organization that is dedicated to supporting artists working in photography and electronic media.
The organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a retrospective at the Everson Museum of Art. From January 28th through May 14th the Museum will be displaying art from the organization’s golden-years. On April 13th at 6:30 pm, award-winning historian, author, curator, and photographer, Deborah Willis, will host a lecture in Everson Museum’s Hosmer Auditorium.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CompStak, the leading national commercial real estate data and analytics platform, is excited to announce the move from its long-time home in Cooper Square into a new, larger office of 25,644 square feet at 675 Avenue of the Americas. This move is motivated by CompStak's rapid team growth, fueled by increased adoption of CompStak's CRE data products, and its $50M Series C round last year.
When CompStak was launched in 2012, the company set out to bring transparency to commercial real estate deal making. To continue providing high quality data that CompStak users trust, the company has grown rapidly with a total of over 170 team members globally. CompStak's new NYC HQ is the latest in its office space expansion, having opened new, larger offices in Belgrade, LA, Chicago, and Atlanta in the past 12 months. This expansion represents the beginning of CompStak's next chapter as the company sets its sight on becoming the leader in commercial real estate data, powered by crowdsourcing and made in partnership with the CRE industry.
As many companies, particularly in the tech space, have chosen to go fully remote in the past few years, CompStak has bucked this trend, having brought its teams back to its offices over a year ago. CompStak is hiring new talent across all departments to help expand its product offerings and customer reach. CompStak is proud that its vision of better, more accountable commercial real estate data resonates with its users and clients and has allowed the company to continue to grow, even in a tough economic environment.
Michael Mandel, CompStak's Co-Founder & CEO commenting on CompStak's office first culture, added. "For CompStak, our time in the office is key to maintaining the culture that makes CompStak special. It's where we maintain the environment, rituals, and collaboration that ensure clear communication and transparency across our organization. More importantly, our office is fun. It's a place where we build positive working relationships, friendships and deeper connections to each other. We've increased our office footprint, to ensure that we have everything we need for our team to feel comfortable at work as we grow. I feel strongly that if CompStak is going to expect our team to be back in the office, we have to make the office a place where they want to be. The move to 675 Avenue of the Americas, does all of this for us. We have an abundance of conference rooms for collaboration, a fully stocked kitchen with food and drinks, a gym for a quick workout, and private bathrooms with a shower that makes the office feel like an extension of the home. We even added the "Squeakers Provision" to our lease to allow for our team members to bring their dogs to work."
Diving deeper into the office move topic, CompStak published a new report Trading Up: Snapshot of Post Pandemic Relocations based on CompStak data starting from the COVID-19 pandemic and onwards. The report focuses on analyzing relocation trends with a special highlight on TAMI and FIRE tenants as many organizations have reevaluated their views on office space during the pandemic. CompStak's data shows that 63% of tenants moved from one Class A building to another and 13.4% upgraded their spaces from Class B to Class A buildings, even more apparent within TAMI organizations. These findings correlate with the emerging "flight to quality trend" noticeable amongst many tenants. Additionally, the majority of tenants relocated to more recently built properties, and some tenants decided to move to newer constructions.
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Jeff Gural, chairman and principal of GFP Real Estate—and Anthony Sciacca, Brittany Silver, Robert Silver and Jamie Jacobs of Newmark—represented the landlord, GFP Real Estate, in the five-year transaction; Todd Hershman of Newmark represented the tenant, CompStak.
CompStak is a commercial real estate data and analytics platform leveraging crowdsourced commercial lease and sale transaction data and property information combined with AI driven analytics. CompStak's 30,000+ members provide data covering the entire US, and its paying customers include the world's largest real estate investors and lenders like Wells Fargo, Tishman Speyer, AEW, CIM, Moody's and many more. For more information, visit www.CompStak.com.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuya Smart ("Tuya" or the "Company") (NYSE: TUYA) (HKEX: 2391), a global IoT development platform service provider, presented its latest smart solutions and Tuya-enabled products at CES 2023 in the City of Las Vegas from January 5th to 8th.
Once you entered Tuya's booth, you could see the integration and interweaving of the four new brand colors that demonstrated Tuya-enabled innovative products and solutions. With the main tone color Viva Magenta, together with Skylight, Macchiato and Love Bird, Tuya told everyone a beautiful fairy tale.
You could imagine a little girl holding a Skylight blue heart in her hands, and running on the land covered in Macchiato brown. As she ran along, the land was covered with endless Love Bird green. In the middle of the grassland, the little girl stopped and buried her heart in the soil. Under careful care, a tree in Viva Magenta broke through the soil and grew into a large tree. The branches and leaves were full of pride, standing proudly on the earth, spreading hope to the world.
The four new brand colors expressed Tuya's brand concept of courage and fearlessness, purity and firmness, inclusive, openness, and vitality, which also indicated Tuya's continuous support to more and more customers in helping them achieve their goals.
Meanwhile, this concept also goes along with the theme of CES 2023 – "Be in It" – as well as fit in Tuya's theme at CES 2023 – Be in Smart. With an open and neutral position, Tuya will continue its commitment to helping companies realize digital and smart transformation with innovative technologies, to bring more cutting-edge technologies with unlimited possibilities to global consumers.
Now, let's walk into this fairy tale and see what Tuya-enabled products are making life smarter at CES this year!
Viva Magenta – Courage & Fearlessness
Inspired by cochineal insects, this vibrant and subtle deep red tone encouraged people to keep trying and express themselves freely. Just like Tuya's consistent breakthroughs, the company embarked with courage on the pioneering road of the interconnection of all things. Therefore, Tuya chose the sports products that Tuya enabled such as bicycles, surfboards, and more, to highlight their unlimited functions.
The Tuya-enabled electric bicycle utilizes a lightweight motor pulley and offers you atmospheric lights when riding, providing you the most beautiful scenery on the road. It supports both remote unlock and NFC unlock features. It can show you the total mileage on the electric bicycle. With a comfortable ride, you can enjoy the freedom of riding on the road.
The Tuya-enabled Smart Surfboard integrated unibody design with carbon fiber material for greater hydrodynamic efficiency. Powered by green energy, it provides greater torque and a longer range. Its controller system, the brain beneath the board, coordinates data and can distribute power from a 72V battery. Moreover, it supports tracking the surfing time, distance and speed, allowing you to enjoy every wave and courageously explore the vast and infinite world.
Skylight - Purity & Firmness
Blue is the most essential color in the universe, while Skylight blue is the lightest and is as pure as water. It is a symbol of Tuya's commitment of enabling everything to be smart by leveraging IoT technology that further enables consumers to enjoy pure smart living experiences. Therefore, Tuya chose a smart coffee machine and smartwatch that are closely related to daily life to highlight consumers' daily lives.
The Tuya-enabled smart coffee maker features a water level gauge, permanent filter, a spoon, digital timer control, and knob controls. It can be adjusted to suit the consumers' preferences. With a one-button-making function, even a person who does not have professional coffee-making skills can brew a master 'shot'.
The Tuya-enabled smart Bluetooth watch supports various functions, such as Bluetooth calls, heart rate detection, mini-games, music, alarm, flashlight, and more. It is applied to business, sports and home scenes and it can be connected to a cell phone. Its power-saving mode enables extended endurance and brings an efficient and convenient user experience.
Macchiato - Inclusive & Openness
As a natural color born from the Sahara Desert, Macchiato brown is simple yet warm. It gives people a sense of reliability and security. In the Macchiato exhibition area, Tuya-enabled products such as hunting cameras, were ready to capture the right moment, which indicates Tuya is always there to encourage the development of IoT applications with its open and neutral ecosystem.
The Tuya-enabled Hunting Camera can capture beautiful moments with its life identification capabilities. It can adapt to various outdoor environments and features 4K 30fps video and 30MP still images. In addition, it supports a 256GB micro SD card that can enable consumers to study the full image of hidden activity traces of large and medium-sized animals and birds.
The Tuya-enabled laser cat toy can emit lasers to let pets play, and it can simulate various sounds to amuse them, as well as attract their attention with colorful lights. Its multiple modes can take care of pets from various angles and boost their energy and vitality every day.
Love Bird - Vitality
The Love Bird green comes from nature and brings vitality to everything. As we make Tuya-enabled products greener and more sustainable, Tuya exhibits enabled-products such as thermostats and charging pile to help families cultivate a green and energy-saving habits in their lives.
Based on the dynamic change of the indoor climate, the temperature at home will be controlled by the Tuya-enabled thermostat's automatic adjustment, which is much easier for family users to control the indoor climate. Meanwhile, this product focus on balancing the flow of the entire heating system, which can not only save energy but also can ensure users with a comfortable environment. It supports pairing through Zigbee and Bluetooth gateway.
The Tuya-enabled smart charging pile is applied to the household car charging scene. It supports several modes, such as automatic charging, quantitative charging, timed charging, delayed charging, etc. Users can choose the charging mode based on their own demands, and realize off-peak charging to avoid extra electricity charges. Moreover, it supports one-click control through the App, users can know the status of the charging pile, and receive notifications on the phone when something goes wrong to full provide the strongest support for users traveling outdoors.
A variety of smart devices are painting a richer color for the world, and also changing the way we live every day. In the future, Tuya will continue to enable customers across the globe with an open and neutral platform, in addition to core technology and innovations to develop more "black technologies" and jointly build a diversified IoT world.
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A Fort Worth appellate court has considered Denton City Council member Alison Maguire’s appeal for writ of injunction and motion for emergency injunctive relief in regard to her upcoming recall election.
Additionally, the court issued a tentative opinion that a “serious question concerning the relief requested requires further consideration,” according to the Oct. 12 order.
The order requires the city’s attorney to file a response with the court by 5 p.m. Monday and a reply to the response from Maguire’s attorney Richard Gladden by 5 p.m. Wednesday, though the court could decide the case before Gladden’s reply is filed.
“They would not have issued the order today and used the word ‘serious’ if they weren’t seriously considering some or all of the relief that we’re requesting,” Gladden said.
Gladden said he felt confident that the court will grant the injunctive relief that will either remove the recall election from the ballot; prevent the Denton Election Administrator Frank Phillips from certifying the result of the vote if it is too late to remove it from the ballot; and/or keep council members from certifying the result if someone leaks it until the appellate court can make its decision, which may not happen until early next year.
When reached Thursday, city spokesperson Stuart Birdseye said, "We are reviewing the order and preparing our response within the time set out by the court."
The reason the injunctive relief is needed, Gladden said, is because if they are allowed to move forward and certify the election results, the District 4 voters who voted for Maguire will be without representation for several months because they didn’t vote for council member Jesse Davis, whom the city claims now represents due to the late 2021 redistricting that happened midway through Maguire’s and Davis’ terms.
“What I think we have here are the residents of Robson Ranch designating fake electors to subvert the democratic process — as Don Duff has expressly admitted in one of the more recent newspaper articles concerning this matter,” Gladden said.
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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Ukraine will have to wait longer to find out if it will get advanced German-made battle tanks.
A dispute over sending the tanks from Western allies to help Ukraine against Russia’s invasion played out both in public and private on Friday, as more than 50 defense leaders meeting in Germany failed to hammer out an agreement — stalled by Berlin’s hesitation.
Failure to reach agreement on what has become an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders largely overshadowed commitments from a number of nations — including the U.S. — to send billions of dollars in equipment and weapons to the war effort.
While U.S. and NATO leaders denied any dissension in the ranks and praised Germany for its widespread weapons and training contributions to Ukraine, a smaller group of leaders met privately with the Germans to try to find common ground. They were unable to forge a consensus on sending the German-made Leopard tanks.
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Friday that 15 countries that have the Leopards discussed the issue but no decisions were made. He called the meeting a “good discussion among allies” and said the matter would be discussed again at future talks.
Germany would need to agree for the tanks to be given to Ukraine, which is not a member of NATO. Despite pleas from Ukrainian officials, Germany has so far resisted mounting pressure to quickly supply Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv, or at least clear the way for other countries, such as Poland, to deliver them from their own stocks.
Asked at the close of the Friday meeting whether Germany was “doing enough,” U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin responded, “Yes, but we can all do more.”
“They are a reliable ally and they’ve been that way for for a very, very long time,” he said. “And I truly believe that they’ll continue to be a reliable ally going forward.”
Austin also downplayed the immediate importance of tanks, noting that the U.S. Stryker combat vehicles and Bradley armored vehicles that are being sent would give Ukraine new capabilities in the war. “This isn’t really about one single platform,” he said.
The defense leaders heard an impassioned plea for more military aid from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Speaking via video link, he told the gathering that “terror does not allow for discussion.” He said “the war started by Russia does not allow delays.”
Germany acknowledged there had been no resolution. But, speaking to reporters outside the conference hall, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said, “We will make our decisions as soon as possible.”
He said he had ordered the ministry to look into Germany’s tank stocks so he can be prepared for a possible green light and be able to “act immediately.” Pistorius added that Germany will “balance all the pros and contras before we decide things like that. … I am very sure that there will be a decision in the short term but … I don’t know how the decision will look.”
The issue, however, has grown increasingly complicated.
The U.S. has resisted providing its own M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, citing extensive and complex maintenance and logistical challenges with the high-tech vehicles. Washington believes it would be more productive to send German Leopards since many allies have them and Ukrainian troops would need less training than on the more difficult Abrams.
U.S. and German officials have given mixed signals about whether the U.S. and German decisions are linked.
A U.S. official familiar with White House thinking said Germany has expressed hesitance to providing its tanks unless the U.S. sends Abrams. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private Biden administration deliberations, added that there was some bewilderment in the administration over the German position, since Britain, another NATO ally, has already agreed to provide Challenger 2 tanks.
Steffen Hebestreit, a spokesman for the German government, denied that Berlin has demanded that the U.S. supply Abrams tanks alongside any shipment of Leopards.
Meanwhile, a Kremlin spokesman said deployment of Western tanks would trigger “unambiguously negative” consequences.
“All these tanks will require both maintenance and repairs, and so on, so (sending them) will add to Ukraine’s problems, but will not change anything with regard to the Russian side achieving its goals,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a media briefing.
Austin and U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, laid out the latest massive package of aid the U.S. is sending, which totals $2.5 billion and includes Stryker armored vehicles for the first time. It also will provide eight air defense systems, 350 Humvees, 53 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, more than 100,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and rockets, and missiles for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.
Other pledges announced ahead of the Ramstein meeting included S-60 anti-aircraft guns from Poland with 70,000 rounds of ammunition, additional Stinger air-defense systems and two M-17 helicopters from Latvia, and two Russian-made Mi-8 helicopters and dozens of L-70 anti-aircraft guns with ammunition from Lithuania.
Germany’s Pistorius, who took office Thursday, said that opinions among allies were mixed on the tank issue, and added that “the impression that has occasionally arisen that there is a united coalition and Germany is standing in the way is wrong.”
Milley told reporters traveling with him this week that new U.S. training of Ukrainian troops, combined with an array of new weapons and armored vehicles, will be key to helping the country’s forces take back territory that has been captured by Russia in the nearly 11-month-old war.
The influx of new weapons, tanks and armored carriers comes as Ukraine faces intense combat in the country’s east around the city of Bakhmut and the nearby salt mining town of Soledar. The battles are expected to intensify in the spring.
Milley said Friday that the number of Russian dead and wounded is now “significantly over” 100,000 people, a figure he gave in November.
“This is a very, very bloody war and there’s significant casualties on both sides,” he said. “Sooner or later, this is going to have to get to a negotiating table at some point in order to bring this to a conclusion.”
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Associated Press writers Joanna Kozlowska in London, Geir Moulson in Berlin and Nomaan Merchant and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report. Copp reported from Washington.
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DENVER, March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Clough Global Equity Fund (NYSE MKT: GLQ) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund, paid a monthly distribution on its common stock of $0.0599 per share to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 17, 2023.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – First responders in Green Bay have begun to search the East River for a possible person who may have fallen through the ice.
According to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department, a walker noticed a backpack on the ice near a hole and notified authorities around 6 a.m. on March 11.
Little is known at this time but officials say a dive team from the Green Bay Police Department was requested, and that GBMFD is standing by to assist divers.
Personal items were found near the hole, the release says.
However, at this time, no person was found and authorities have not released any additional information.
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Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Performance Exceeded High End of Outlook:
- Revenue of $1.1 billion propelled by 7% same-store sales growth in Global Lottery, a 21% increase in Global Gaming revenue, and record contribution from PlayDigital
- 24% increase in operating income to $230 million; operating income margin of 21%, up 340 basis points vs. PY on substantial increase in Global Gaming and PlayDigital profitability
Full Year 2022 Financial Performance Met High End of Outlook:
- Revenue of $4.2 billion, up 3% as reported and 8% at constant currency, driven by strong Global Gaming and PlayDigital growth
- Record operating income of $922 million; 22% operating income margin includes significant Global Gaming improvement
- Delivered $899 million in cash from operations and $582 million in free cash flow on strong performance and disciplined management of invested capital
- Reduced net debt by $771 million; leverage improves nearly a half turn to 3.1x
- Returned a record $276 million to shareholders
- Expect full year 2023 revenue of $4.1 - $4.3 billion with operating margin of 21% - 23%; first quarter 2023 revenue of approximately $1.0 billion with operating margin of 22% - 24%
LONDON, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology PLC ("IGT") (NYSE:IGT) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022. Today, at 8:00 a.m. EST, management will host a conference call and webcast to present the results; access details are provided below.
"We achieved all our financial goals last year while strengthening product leadership positions across our Global Lottery, Global Gaming, and PlayDigital activities," said Vince Sadusky, CEO of IGT. "Important strategic work executed over the last few years has transformed IGT into a company with higher growth prospects, a better profit profile, and a solid path to delivering on our long-term goals. It has also enabled record capital returns to shareholders in 2022. We enter 2023 from a position of strength with good momentum across business segments."
"2022 was another year of significant financial accomplishments," said Max Chiara, CFO of IGT. "With reduced interest expense and improvements to the effective tax rate, 2022 adjusted EPS highlights IGT's significantly improved earnings power. We generated strong cash flow while funding increased investments for future growth. This, coupled with proceeds from sales of non-core businesses, allowed us to meaningfully reduce debt and leverage to the lowest levels ever. The Company's enhanced credit profile and significant liquidity provide solid support and flexibility as we execute our multi-year plan."
Overview of Consolidated Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Key Highlights:
- Awarded multiple Lottery facilities management contract extensions including a four-year extension in New York, seven years in Georgia, 20 years in Rhode Island, and three years in Missouri; won a 10-year instant ticket printing and services contract in Texas
- Named "Lottery Supplier of the Year" at 2022 SBC Awards North America
- Won several Gaming industry awards including "Land-Based Product of the Year" at 2022 Global Gaming Awards, "Best Slot Product" at 2022 GGB Gaming & Technology Awards, and four awards including "Best Slot Machine" and "Best New Innovative Product" at The Casino Awards 2022
- Extended cashless momentum with several deployments including an enterprise-wide adoption of Resort Wallet and IGTPay at Station Casinos
- Launched high-performing IGT PlayCasino games in West Virginia, expanding digital footprint to five U.S. states, and in Ontario, as market expands to include commercial operators
- Completed sale of Italian commercial services businesses; net proceeds used to reduce debt
- Completed acquisition of iSoftBet; a leading iGaming content provider and third-party aggregator
- Received BB+ Long-Term Issuer rating from Fitch with a stable outlook and an investment grade senior secured debt rating of BBB- in February 2023
- Achieved sector-leading ESG score from Moody's ESG Solutions; recognized as the top-ranking gaming supplier by the All-In Diversity Project (AIDP)
- Joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), officially pledging to set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights:
Consolidated revenue of $1.1 billion increased 4%, or 8% at constant currency, from $1.0 billion in the prior-year period
- Global Lottery revenue of $639 million, down 7% as reported and 3% at constant currency, as strong multi-jurisdiction jackpots and product sales were offset by impact of Italian commercial services sale
- Global Gaming revenue increased 21% to $389 million, with robust double-digit growth across service and product sale revenue streams
- Record PlayDigital revenue of $65 million compared to $42 million in the prior year, propelled by iGaming with organic growth, market expansion, and contributions from iSoftBet acquisition
Operating income of $230 million, up 24% as reported and 30% at constant currency, from $186 million in the prior year
- Global Lottery operating income of $216 million, stable as reported and up 6% at constant currency, on high profit flow-through of same-store sales growth
- Global Gaming operating income increased 89% to $68 million on significant operating leverage partially offset by higher supply chain costs; record operating income margin of 18%
- Record PlayDigital operating income of $17 million, up 239% on strong revenue growth, lower jackpot expense, and despite increased investments in talent, research and development, and iSoftBet integration costs
- Corporate support and other expense of $71 million compared to $72 million in the prior year
Adjusted EBITDA of $419 million, up 8% as reported and 13% at constant currency, from $387 million in the prior year; reflects strong profit growth in Global Gaming and PlayDigital and a significant contribution from Global Lottery
Net interest expense of $66 million, down from $77 million in the prior year on lower average debt balances
Foreign exchange loss of $95 million versus a gain of $4 million in the prior year, primarily reflecting the impact of fluctuations in the EUR/USD exchange rate on debt
Provision for income taxes of $101 million, compared to $56 million, primarily due to higher non-deductible foreign exchange losses and incremental valuation allowances on deferred tax assets
Net loss of $31 million versus net income of $55 million as increased profit is more than offset by higher non-cash foreign exchange losses
Full Year 2022 Financial Highlights:
Consolidated revenue of $4.2 billion increased 3%, or 8% at constant currency, from $4.1 billion in the prior-year period
- Global Lottery revenue of $2.6 billion, down 8% as reported and 2% at constant currency, as strong product sales and multi-jurisdiction jackpots were offset by lower Italy same-store sales and impact of Italian commercial services sale
- Global Gaming revenue up 28% to $1.4 billion on broad-based strength, including significantly higher U.S. & Canada replacement machine unit sales and increased installed base yields
- PlayDigital revenue rose to a record $209 million, up 27% from $165 million, primarily driven by iGaming organic growth, market expansion, and contribution from iSoftBet acquisition
Operating income of $922 million, up 2%, or 9% at constant currency, from $902 million in the prior-year period
- Global Lottery operating income of $909 million, down 16% as reported and 10% at constant currency, with strong 35% operating income margin despite lower revenue contributions from Italy
- Global Gaming operating income increased over five times to $242 million on significant operating leverage, partially offset by higher supply chain costs
- PlayDigital operating income rose to a record $50 million on solid operating leverage and despite increased investments in talent, research and development, and iSoftBet integration costs
- Corporate support and other expense of $279 million, up from $262 million in the prior year, primarily driven by higher transaction-related expenses and personnel costs
Adjusted EBITDA of $1.7 billion, down 1% as reported and up 4% at constant currency, from $1.7 billion in the prior-year period, reflecting strong Global Gaming and PlayDigital profit growth and lower contribution from Global Lottery
Net interest expense of $289 million, compared to $341 million in the prior-year period, as net proceeds from asset sales and free cash flow generation drove lower average debt balances
Foreign exchange loss of $36 million, compared to a gain of $66 million in the prior-year period, primarily reflecting the impact of fluctuations in the EUR/USD exchange rate on debt
Other non-operating expense of $7 million versus $98 million in the prior-year period
- $278 million gain on sale of Italian commercial services business offset by $270 million accrual associated with the DDI/Benson matter and $13 million loss on extinguishment of debt in the current year
- $91 million in losses related to premiums paid in connection with bond redemptions in prior year
Provision for income taxes of $175 million versus $274 million in the prior year, primarily driven by lower incremental valuation allowances on deferred tax assets and a tax benefit arising from the DDI/Benson matter provision
Net income from continuing operations of $414 million compared to $255 million in the prior-year period
- Gain on sale of Italian commercial services business
- Foreign exchange losses compared to foreign exchange gains in the prior year
- Lower income tax and interest expense
- Reduced losses related to retirement of debt
- Accrual related to DDI/Benson matter
Cash from operations was $899 million compared to $1.0 billion in the prior-year period
- Lower interest payments related to lower debt levels
- Increased inventory levels to support growth
- Higher cash taxes due to strong Italy lottery performance in prior year
- $50 million escrow payment related to DDI/Benson matter in 2022
Record shareholder returns of $276 million; $161 million deployed in dividends to shareholders and $115 million for share repurchases
Net debt of $5.2 billion, down $0.8 billion from $5.9 billion at December 31, 2021
- Strong cash flow generation
- Proceeds from sale of Italian commercial services and final installment from sale of Italian gaming machine, sports betting, and digital gaming businesses
- Net debt leverage improved to 3.1x, down from 3.5x at December 31, 2021
Cash and Liquidity Update
Total liquidity of $2.4 billion as of December 31, 2022; $590 million in unrestricted cash and $1.8 billion in additional borrowing capacity
Other Developments
The Company announced full redemption of $61 million, 5.35% Notes due 2023, on January 23, 2023
In a separate press release issued today, the Company announced the make-whole redemption of €188 million of 3.50% Notes due 2024 and $200 million of 6.50% Notes due 2025
The Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per common share
- Ex-dividend date of March 13, 2023
- Record date of March 14, 2023
- Payment date of March 28, 2023
Introducing 2023 Expectations
First quarter
- Revenue of approximately $1.0 billion
- Operating income margin of 22% - 24%
Full Year
- Revenue of $4.1 billion - $4.3 billion
- Operating income margin of 21% - 23%
- Cash from operations of $900 million - $1.0 billion
- Capital expenditures of $400 million - $450 million
Earnings Conference Call and Webcast:
February 28, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. EST
To register to participate in the conference call, or to listen to the live audio webcast, please visit the "Events Calendar" on IGT's Investor Relations website at www.IGT.com. A replay will be available on the website following the live event.
Note: Certain totals in the tables included in this press release may not add due to rounding
Comparability of Results
All figures presented in this news release are prepared under U.S. GAAP, unless noted otherwise. Adjusted figures exclude the impact of items such as purchase accounting, impairment charges, restructuring expense, foreign exchange, and certain one-time, primarily transaction-related items. Reconciliations to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measures are included in the tables in this news release. Constant currency changes for 2022 are calculated using the same foreign exchange rates as the corresponding 2021 period. Management uses non-GAAP financial measures to understand and compare operating results across accounting periods, for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, and to evaluate the Company's financial performance. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures reflect the Company's ongoing business in a manner that allows for meaningful period-to-period comparisons and analysis of business trends. These constant currency changes and non-GAAP financial measures should however be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the Company's reported results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Amounts reported in millions are computed based on amounts in thousands. As a result, the sum of the components may not equal the total amount reported in millions due to rounding. Certain columns and rows within tables may not add due to the use of rounded numbers. Percentages and earnings per share amounts presented are calculated from the underlying unrounded amounts.
About IGT
IGT (NYSE:IGT) is a global leader in gaming. We deliver entertaining and responsible gaming experiences for players across all channels and regulated segments, from Lotteries and Gaming Machines to Sports Betting and Digital. Leveraging a wealth of compelling content, substantial investment in innovation, player insights, operational expertise, and leading-edge technology, our solutions deliver unrivalled gaming experiences that engage players and drive growth. We have a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 jurisdictions around the world, and create value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. IGT has approximately 10,500 employees. For more information, please visit www.IGT.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release may contain forward-looking statements (including within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) concerning International Game Technology PLC and its consolidated subsidiaries (the "Company") and other matters. These statements may discuss goals, intentions, and expectations as to future plans, trends, events, dividends, results of operations, or financial condition, or otherwise, based on current beliefs of the management of the Company as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, such management. Forward-looking statements may be accompanied by words such as "aim," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "could," "would," "should," "shall", "continue," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "future," "guidance," "intend," "may," "will," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project" or the negative or other variations of them. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside the Company's control. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ materially from those predicted in the forward-looking statements and from past results, performance, or achievements. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include (but are not limited to) the factors and risks described in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the financial year ended December 31, 2021 and other documents filed from time to time with the SEC, which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.IGT.com. Except as required under applicable law, the Company does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. You should carefully consider these factors and other risks and uncertainties that affect the Company's business. Nothing in this news release is intended, or is to be construed, as a profit forecast or to be interpreted to mean that the financial performance of International Game Technology PLC for the current or any future financial years will necessarily match or exceed the historical published financial performance of International Game Technology PLC, as applicable. All forward-looking statements contained in this news release are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to International Game Technology PLC, or persons acting on its behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Management supplements the reporting of financial information, determined under GAAP, with certain non-GAAP financial information. Management believes the non-GAAP information presented provides investors with additional useful information, but it is not intended to nor should it be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related GAAP measures. Moreover, other companies may define non-GAAP measures differently, which limits the usefulness of these measures for comparisons with such other companies. The Company encourages investors to review its financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.
Adjusted EBITDA represents net income (loss) from continuing operations (a GAAP measure) before income taxes, interest expense, foreign exchange gain (loss), other non-operating expenses, depreciation, impairment losses, amortization (service revenue, purchase accounting and non-purchase accounting), restructuring expenses, stock-based compensation, litigation expense (income), and certain other non-recurring items. Other non-recurring items are infrequent in nature and are not reflective of ongoing operational activities. For the business segments, Adjusted EBITDA represents segment operating income (loss) before depreciation, amortization (service revenue, purchase accounting and non-purchase accounting), restructuring expenses, stock-based compensation, litigation expense (income) and certain other non-recurring items.
Net debt is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents debt (a GAAP measure, calculated as long-term obligations plus short-term borrowings) minus capitalized debt issuance costs and cash and cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are subtracted from the GAAP measure because they could be used to reduce the Company's debt obligations. Management believes that net debt is a useful measure to monitor leverage and evaluate the balance sheet.
Net debt leverage and Leverage are non-GAAP financial measures that represents the ratio of Net debt as of a particular balance sheet date to Adjusted EBITDA for the last twelve months ("LTM") prior to such date. Prior to the disposal of the Italian B2C gaming businesses in the second quarter of 2021, management calculated the Net debt leverage ratio as the ratio of Net debt as of a particular balance sheet date to the LTM of Adjusted EBITDA – combined prior to such date. Management believes that Net debt leverage is a useful measure to assess our financial strength and ability to incur incremental indebtedness when making key investment decisions.
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents cash flow from operations (a GAAP measure) less capital expenditures. Management believes free cash flow is a useful measure of liquidity and an additional basis for assessing IGT's ability to fund its activities, including debt service and distribution of earnings to shareholders.
Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure that expresses the current financial data using the prior-year/period exchange rate (i.e., the exchange rates used in preparing the financial statements for the prior year). Management believes that constant currency is a useful measure to compare period-to-period results without regard to the impact of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates.
A reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures to the corresponding amounts prepared in accordance with GAAP appears in the tables in this release. The tables provide additional information as to the items and amounts that have been excluded from the adjusted measures.
Contact:
Phil O'Shaughnessy, Global Communications, toll free in U.S./Canada +1 (844) IGT-7452; outside U.S./Canada +1 (401) 392-7452
Francesco Luti, +39 06 5189 9184; for Italian media inquiries
James Hurley, Investor Relations, +1 (401) 392-7190
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North Korea shows Kim Jong Un examining a military spy satellite that may be launched soon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un examined a finished military spy satellite, which his country is expected to launch soon, during a visit to his country’s aerospace agency where he described space-based reconnaissance as crucial for countering the U.S. and South Korea.
Kim during Tuesday’s visit approved an unspecified “future action plan” in preparations for launching the satellite, North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday. North Korea hasn’t disclosed a target date for the launch, which some analysts say may be in the next few weeks.
That launch would use long-range missile technology banned by past U.N. Security Council resolutions, although previous missile and rockets tests have demonstrated North Korea’s ability to deliver a satellite into space.
There are more questions, however, about the satellite’s capability. Some South Korean analysts say the satellite shown in North Korean state media photos appears too small and crudely designed to support high-resolution imagery. Photos that North Korean media released from past missile launches were low-resolution.
Photos released by the Rodong Sinmun newspaper of Tuesday’s visit showed Kim and his daughter – dressed in white lab coats – talking with scientists near an object that looked like the main component of a satellite. The newspaper did not identify the object, which was surrounded by a perimeter of red tape.
KCNA said the satellite was deemed ready to be loaded onto a rocket after scientists examined the device’s assembly and put it through tests to confirm whether it would withstand the environment of space.
The visit was Kim’s first public appearance in about a month, following a previous visit to the aerospace center on April 18 as state media announced that the satellite had been built.
Kim said acquiring a spy satellite would be crucial for his efforts to bolster the country’s defense as “U.S. imperialists and (South) Korean puppet villains escalate their confrontational moves” against the North, KCNA said.
He was apparently referring to the expansion of joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea and the allies’ discussions on strengthening their nuclear deterrence strategies to cope with threats from North Korea, which has test-fired around 100 missiles since the start of 2022.
The next step in North Korea’s launch preparations, or the “future action plan” state media mentioned, could be installing the satellite on what would likely be a three-stage space rocket, said Kim Dong-yub, a professor at Seoul’s University of North Korean Studies.
Depending on how North Korean preparations go, the launch could be conducted as early as mid-June, although Pyongyang might also time the event to major state anniversaries that fall in July, September or October, the professor said.
Recent commercial satellite images indicate rapid construction activities at North Korea’s northwest rocket launch facility, where the country last conducted a satellite launch in 2016, the North Korea-focused 38 North website said Monday. The activities include construction on the facility’s main satellite launch pad and possible efforts to establish a new launch pad at the edge of the site near the sea, 38 North said in its report.
Spy satellites are among a slew of advanced weapons systems Kim Jong Un has vowed to develop. Others on his wish list include solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear-powered submariners, hypersonic missiles and multiwarhead missiles.
North Korea has tested some of those weapons in recent months, including its first flight-test of a solid-fuel ICBM last month, but experts say the North may need more time and technological breakthroughs to make those systems functional.
In response to North Korean plans to launch a military spy satellite, Japan’s military last month ordered troops to activate missile interceptors and get ready to shoot down fragments from the satellite that may fall on the Japanese territory.
North Korea placed its first and second Earth observation satellites into orbit in 2012 and 2016, but foreign experts say neither transmitted imagery back to North Korea. The U.N. Security Council issued sanctions over those launches.
North Korea has avoided new Security Council sanctions for its recent ballistic tests in 2022 and this year as Moscow and Beijing continue to block U.S.-led efforts to dial up pressure on Pyongyang, underscoring a divide between the council’s permanent members that deepened over Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The sight of Japanese fans at a World Cup bagging trash after a match — win or lose — always surprises non-Japanese. Japanese players are famous for doing the same in their team dressing room: hanging up towels, cleaning the floor, and even leaving a thank-you note.
The behavior is driving social media posts at the World Cup in Qatar, but it’s nothing unusual for Japanese fans or players. They are simply doing what most people in Japan do — at home, at school, at work, or on streets from Tokyo to Osaka, Shizuoka to Sapporo.
“For Japanese people, this is just the normal thing to do,” Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu said. “When you leave, you have to leave a place cleaner than it was before. That’s the education we have been taught. That’s the basic culture we have. For us, it’s nothing special.”
A spokeswoman for the Japanese Football Association said it’s supplying 8,000 trash bags to help fans pick up after matches with “thank you” messages on the outside written in Arabic, Japanese, and English.
Barbara Holthus, a sociologist who has spent the last decade in Japan, said cleaning up after oneself is engrained in Japanese culture.
“You’re always supposed to take your trash home in Japan, because there are no trash cans on the street,” said Holthus, the deputy director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies. “You clean your classroom. From a very young age you learn you are responsible for the cleanliness of your own space.”
Many Japanese elementary schools don’t have janitors, so some of the clean-up work is left to the young students. Office workers often dedicate an hour to spruce up their areas.
“It’s partly cultural, but also the education structures have been training you for a long time to do that,” Holthus added.
This is Japan’s seventh straight World Cup, and their cleanliness began making news at their first World Cup in 1998 in France.
Prior to the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike cautioned that visiting fans would have to learn to clean up after themselves. However, the problem never materialized after fans from abroad were banned from attending the Games because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tokyo has few public trash receptacles. This keeps the streets cleaner, saves municipalities the costs of emptying trash cans, and keeps away vermin.
Midori Mayama, a Japanese reporter in Qatar for the World Cup, said that fans collecting rubbish was a non-story back home.
“Nobody in Japan would report on this,” she said, noting the same clean-up happens at Japanese professional baseball games. “All of this is so normal.”
It may be normal to Japanese, but Alberto Zaccheroni, an Italian who coached Japan from 2010 to 2014, said it’s not how most teams act when they travel.
“Everywhere in the world players take their kit off and leave it on the floor in the changing room. Then the cleaning staff come and collect it,” he said. “Not the Japanese players. They put all the shorts on top of the other, all the pairs of socks and all the jerseys.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Zendaya, Jason Bateman, Jeff Bridges and Aubrey Plaza will be among the presenters at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The SAG Awards announced Thursday that the film and television stars will announce winners at the 29th annual ceremony, which honors the best performances on film and television. The film categories, including its marquee film ensemble award, are a key Oscar bellwether.
This year’s ceremony will be their first as part of a multiyear deal with Netflix. The show, once broadcast on TNT and TBS, will be available as a livestream on Netflix’s YouTube page Sunday beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern; next year it will be streamed live on Netflix.
Several presenters are also nominees: Zendaya is up for best female actor in a television drama for “Euphoria” while Bridges and Bateman are television drama male actor nominees. Plaza is nominated as part of the ensemble of the hit HBO series “The White Lotus.”
Other presenters announced Thursday include Amy Poehler, Eugene Levy, Matt Bomer and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose. Also taking the stage will be Jenna Ortega of the Netflix series “Wednesday,” Adam Scott, a male drama actor nominee for “Severance” and SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher.
The SAG nominees for film ensemble — a category that sometimes signals what will win the best picture Academy Award — are: “Babylon”; “The Banshees of Inisherin”; “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; “The Fabelmans”; and “Women Talking.”
Actors are the biggest branch of the film academy and their choices at the SAG Awards often influence who takes home Academy Award honors.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennybacker Capital Management, LLC (Pennybacker), a leading real assets investment manager, today announced several leadership appointments. Tim Berry, founder and chief executive officer, has added co-chief investment officer responsibilities. Vince Reyna, CFA, previously chief investment officer, has been named senior principal and co-chief investment officer. In addition, Pennybacker has appointed Thomas Beier, CPA, Jason Dean and Lindsey Jacot to senior leadership roles.
Beier, previously chief operating officer, is now president. Dean, who was managing director and head of portfolio optimization, is now chief operating officer. Jacot, previously managing director, finance and corporate development and chief compliance officer, is now chief financial officer and chief compliance officer.
"At Pennybacker, we believe thoughtful succession planning is a key pillar in generating long-term successful outcomes for our clients and in the growth of our investment management platform," Berry said. "Thomas, Jason, and Lindsey are the next generation of senior leadership at Pennybacker, and we are excited to celebrate their achievements and support their continued advancement as we serve our clients with our broad range of real asset strategies. I also look forward to spending more time on investment strategy and execution, alongside Vince."
Pennybacker Capital Management is a leading real assets investment manager with offices in Austin, New York, Denver, and Charlotte. The firm pursues relative value, evergreen, and critical infrastructure strategies within a broad spectrum of real asset classes, across the entire capital structure. Pennybacker has a proven 16+ year track record, having invested in and/or operated more than $7.2 billion of real estate value throughout the United States. The firm has sponsored seven discretionary relative value real estate private equity funds, two real estate tactical credit funds, nine syndicated investments, and two co-investments. For more information, visit https://www.pennybackercap.com.
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BROOKLAND, Ark. (KAIT/Gray News) - The Department of Human Services has launched an investigation into students being mistreated at Brookland Middle School amid reports that the students were forced to sit on the pavement in 95-degree temperatures because they were being disruptive in the cafeteria.
After Rebecca Sylvest picked her son up from school Thursday, she said she noticed he was more tired than usual and did not eat anything, which seemed out of the ordinary, KAIT reported.
Her son had been punished before, so when he told her, she did not think anything of it until she heard what had really happened from other parents.
“There’s so many other kinds of punishments they could have done,” Sylvest said. “They could’ve taken them in, had them write sentences anything but having them sit on black asphalt for the whole 30 minutes is wrong.”
She does not know where the punishment came from, but she stressed how unsafe it is for 10- and 11-year-old to be in that kind of heat.
In a statement, Brookland Middle School said the punishment that was given to fifth-graders “was inappropriate and should not have occurred.”
In addition to the DHS investigation, the school said the school district is conducting its own probe “to determine how this incident happened and ensure that it does not occur in the future.”
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For CEOs of brand-name food companies, the worst inflation in four decades is a worrisome threat to profit margins and sales growth.
For TreeHouse Foods CEO Steve Oakland, it’s a turnaround opportunity and a shot at redemption.
For CEOs of brand-name food companies, the worst inflation in four decades is a worrisome threat to profit margins and sales growth.
For TreeHouse Foods CEO Steve Oakland, it’s a turnaround opportunity and a shot at redemption.
The largest manufacturer of private label food products in North America, Oak Brook-based TreeHouse stands to benefit as consumers looking to stretch their dollars turn to cheaper store brands. Data from market researcher IRI shows signs that the shift has begun. Private label’s share of packaged-foods sales edged up to 17.94% in the 52 weeks ended June 12, from 17.74% a year earlier.
A surge in demand could lift TreeHouse’s sales and share price, restoring investor confidence in its longer-term prospects. But if the surge doesn’t materialize, or if TreeHouse can’t take advantage of it, pressure to break up or sell the company could arise.
To capitalize on a private-label boom, Oakland will have to show that TreeHouse has repaired the damage from his predecessor’s aggressive expansion campaign. A series of acquisitions under former CEO Sam Reed dramatically enlarged TreeHouse after it was spun out of Dean Foods in 2005, culminating in a pair of deals in 2014 and 2016 that nearly tripled the company’s size. But the buyouts bogged down operations, leaving TreeHouse unable to meet the delivery requirements of the big grocery chains it supplies with store brands.
“Sometimes you reach a critical point, an inflection point, where the business gets too big, too complex and too unwieldy,” says analyst Jon Andersen at William Blair. “TreeHouse arguably got too big and too complex at a time when there were other things happening in the business, and they struggled operationally.”
Oakland came aboard in 2018 with a mandate to untangle the mess. He says the company is now prepared for a potential rise in demand. “We believe that our work around lean and continuous improvement coupled with our actions to mitigate the ongoing disruption will enable us to improve service and produce more of what our customers need,” he said during the company’s earnings call in May.
Wall Street needs more convincing.
“We remain on the sidelines to take into account higher execution risk in the complex private label business … in a disruptive supply chain environment,” analysts from Credit Suisse wrote after the earnings call.
Skepticism is understandable, considering the pain TreeHouse inflicted on investors in the years before Oakland was hired. The company’s stock plummeted as executives struggled to rationalize a cumbersome collection of acquired businesses. From a peak of $103 in 2016, TreeHouse shares plunged 63% to $38 in early 2018. Revenues sank from $6.2 billion in 2016 to $4.6 billion in 2018, and TreeHouse posted net losses of nearly $600 million during that three-year stretch.
Oakland got to work streamlining the company. He closed factories and sold off product lines, including snack nuts and trail mix, and ready-to-eat cereals. Bad financial news kept coming. At $4.3 billion last year, sales are down 6% since 2016. TreeHouse lost money in three of the past four years, with a $12.5 million deficit in 2021.
Nagging uncertainty about the likelihood and timing of a turnaround has weighed down TreeHouse stock. Although the shares have jumped nearly 46% to around $44 since hitting a recent low of $30.54 in early May, they’re up only about 16% since Oakland took over. The broader stock market and an index of small-capitalization consumer staples stocks both rose more than 42% during the same period.
TreeHouse’s continuing struggles attracted interest last year from activist investor Jana Partners, which now owns 9% of the company’s stock. Under pressure from Jana, TreeHouse agreed to explore strategic options, including a sale of the company. In April, TreeHouse called off the search for an acquirer but said it would look to sell business lines. Bloomberg reported June 26 that TreeHouse is in talks to sell its meal preparation business to a private-equity firm.
In a sign of cooling tensions, TreeHouse in April named Jana partner Scott Ostfeld to its board. But pressure for a sale or breakup could re-emerge if TreeHouse fumbles the latest opportunity.
And there’s no guarantee that torrid inflation will provide the boost TreeHouse needs. Higher prices raise TreeHouse’s costs, too. And unlike brand-name companies, it has fewer tools to protect the bottom line. There’s no consumer marketing and advertising budget to cut, and if TreeHouse raises prices, its advantage over brand-name rivals shrinks.
Industry experts say store brands need a 25% to 30% pricing advantage to lure customers away from name brands. TreeHouse’s pricing edge is now in the low 30% range, despite price hikes the company says will reach 10% by the end of the year.
Executives at big grocery chains, including Kroger and Walmart, have said recently that the price gap is drawing more customers to store brands. That means opportunity for TreeHouse, if it can deliver the goods. | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/inflation-private-label-food-maker-treehouse-opportunity | 2022-07-14 14:12:42 | 1 | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/inflation-private-label-food-maker-treehouse-opportunity |
SAN FRANCISCO — Last year, a startup called Party Round announced itself with a flurry of memes. For months, amateur investors had been going gangbusters, buying up stocks, cryptocurrencies and digital art known as NFTs. But getting in early on the next hot tech startup was still a professional’s game. Party Round’s big idea was to let startups easily raise money from family members, former co-workers, bosses and others in their networks.
“Invest in friends,” Party Round’s tagline urged before its introduction
For a while, it was fun. The tech industry soared to record heights during the pandemic, and Party Round rode the frenzy with self-aware marketing stunts that poked fun at and celebrated startup culture. There was a venture-capital-themed puzzle with corresponding NFTs and a game called “Burn the Runway,” where players killed startups by spending all their money on silent retreats and Teslas. In one stunt, Party Round paid a woman $50,000 to quit her job at Facebook and start a company focused on cryptocurrency literacy.
Then the party abruptly ended. Russia invaded Ukraine. Inflation soared. Tech stocks crashed. Crypto crashed harder. Funding dried up. Startups began laying off workers and cutting costs. Investors who had cheered on the exuberant market switched to ominous warnings about a downturn. The woman with the crypto startup got a job.
So Party Round adjusted. Making jokes about the absurdities of tech culture is fun when everyone is getting richer by the day, but they don’t land the same when everyone is getting laid off.
“Party Round is now Capital,” the company announced this month.
With the new name, the company moved into banking services. It plans to trade absurdist marketing campaigns for something more practical — a coworking space that its customers can use in New York.
“The Capital brand is definitely an evolution,” said Jordi Hays, the company’s CEO. “It’s more mature, it’s more sustainable.”
It is one of a growing number of signs that the startup world’s season of unbridled euphoria is really, truly over. Technology was largely immune to the pandemic’s economic devastation, and many in the industry had hoped the current slump would be a momentary reset. But after months of funding declines, layoffs and cost-cutting, the realization that startups are stuck in a sustained, gloomy, no-fun downturn has finally set in.
“Founders are starting to see the writing on the wall,” said Angela Lee, a finance professor specializing in venture capital at Columbia Business School. For years, market observers have predicted a downturn that never arrived, she said. Now, “we’re finally right.”
Between July and September, startups around the world raised $81 billion, a 53% drop from the same period a year ago, according to Crunchbase. It is the largest such decline since the site began tracking funding in 2007. More than 700 startups have laid off 93,000 workers this year, according to Layoffs.fyi, which tracks job cuts at startups. Over the past two weeks, weaker quarterly results at big tech companies, including Snap, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft, sent the broader tech industry spiraling further downward.
The term “party round” itself once had a bad reputation in tech. It describes instances where a startup raises small amounts of cash from a large number of investors. If things went badly, industry leaders argued, none of the company’s many investors would step up and help.
“No single investor cares enough,” Sam Altman, a tech investor and founder, wrote in a blog post criticizing the practice in 2013.
“Everybody assumes that somebody else is playing parent,” Mark Suster, an investor at Upfront Ventures, wrote in 2011.
But the last decade of tech prosperity, growing valuations and an expanding pile of capital earmarked for startups has changed attitudes, taking the party round from stigmatized to something to brag about. And new entrants like celebrities, athletes, midlevel tech execs or your allergist all sought to join the party.
Services with names like Pump and Cabal sprang up to help founders manage their expanding pools of investors. And of course, Party Round, which raised $7 million in funding from more than 50 investors last year, valuing it at $50 million.
“The best companies in every single category are all doing quote-unquote party rounds,” Hays said in an interview when Party Round opened last year.
AbstractOps, a software provider, announced in February that it had raised $8 million from more than 300 individual investors. In a blog post, its CEO, Hari Raghavan, said the investors would be evangelists for the company. “They’re the Silicon Valley equivalent of celebrity influencers!” he wrote.
In a message, Raghavan said his array of angel investors had been helpful, but adding professional investors to the company’s board earlier could have helped with accountability.
“We might have confronted harder questions sooner, before — instead of during — a market downturn,” he said.
On the app Pump, founders shared updates about their business victories. Their followers, mostly investors, could tap a rocket ship emoji to give them a “pump.”
“Your investors want to hear about your wins all day,” Jay Azhang, one of Pump’s co-founders, said in an interview last year. Investors are more eager to help the companies they’re most excited about, he added.
This summer, Pump’s lawyers warned the company that its name was a regulatory risk (too reminiscent of “pump and dump,” a form of investment fraud) as well as a trademark risk, Azhang said. So Pump became NextRound.
Recently, at least one party round has gone bad. Haus, a liquor startup that described itself as “Glossier for alcohol” — a reference to the popular cosmetics startup — raised $4.5 million from 10 funds and more than 100 individuals. This year, the company announced that its lead investor had backed out of a deal. The company was forced to liquidate and sell its assets.
At Party Round, the people in charge of the viral marketing gags and memes at the company are now making “Nike-style” promotional videos about its customers. But Hays said he expects to revive the brand at some point.
Like many in tech, he saw how quickly the industry recovered from the initial shock of the pandemic in 2020. Now even with the gloom, venture capital firms are sitting on enormous sums of capital. That money will have to be invested in startups.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A judge dismissed sex-abuse charges against R&B singer R. Kelly on Tuesday based on the recommendation of a Chicago prosecutor.
The hearing lasted just minutes and came a day after Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said she was comfortable dropping the case because Kelly will spend decades in prison for separate convictions in federal court.
Kelly was awaiting trial on state charges of sexually abusing four people in the Chicago area, three of whom were minors. He was not present when Judge Lawrence Flood dismissed the indictments.
Federal juries in Chicago and New York have convicted Kelly of a raft of crimes, including child pornography, enticement, racketeering and sex trafficking related to allegations that he victimized women and girls.
Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, is serving a 30-year prison sentence in the New York case and awaits sentencing on Feb. 23 in Chicago federal court.
Foxx acknowledged Monday that some Kelly accusers would be disappointed. Indeed, Lanita Carter said justice was "denied for me."
“I have spent nearly 20 years hoping that my abuser would be brought to justice for what he did to me," Carter said Monday.
Another sexual-misconduct case is pending in Hennepin County, Minnesota, where the Grammy Award-winner faces solicitation charges. Prosecutors haven’t said whether they still intend to take Kelly to trial.
Known for his smash hit “I Believe I Can Fly” and for sex-infused songs such as “Bump n’ Grind,” Kelly sold millions of albums even after allegations about his abuse of young girls began circulating publicly in the 1990s. He beat child pornography charges in Chicago in 2008, when a jury acquitted him.
Widespread outrage over Kelly’s sexual misconduct didn’t emerge until the #MeToo reckoning and the 2019 release of the Lifetime docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly."
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Top Player Prop Bets for Devils vs. Hurricanes NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 3 on May 7, 2023
Jack Hughes and Martin Necas are among the players with prop bets available when the New Jersey Devils and the Carolina Hurricanes play at Prudential Center on Sunday (at 3:30 PM ET).
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- When: Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 3:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: TBS, SN1, and TVAS
- Where: Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
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Jack Hughes Props
- Points Prop: 1.5 (Over Odds: +185, Under Odds: -233)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -120, Under Odds: -110)
Hughes is one of New Jersey's top contributors (99 total points), having registered 43 goals and 56 assists.
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- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -164, Under Odds: +135)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +100, Under Odds: -130)
Nico Hischier has 80 points (one per game), scoring 31 goals and adding 49 assists.
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- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -115, Under Odds: -115)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +140, Under Odds: -175)
Dougie Hamilton has scored 22 goals and added 53 assists through 82 games for New Jersey.
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Martin Necas Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -145, Under Odds: +115)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +140, Under Odds: -175)
Necas' 71 points are pivotal for Carolina. He has 28 goals and 43 assists in 82 games.
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- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -154, Under Odds: +125)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +155, Under Odds: -189)
Sebastian Aho is a top offensive contributor for Carolina with 68 total points this season. He has scored 36 goals and added 32 assists in 75 games.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
ChannelAdvisor Corporation (NYSE: ECOM)'s sale to CommerceHub for $23.10 per share in cash. If you are a ChannelAdvisor shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Signify Health, Inc. (NYSE: SGFY)'s sale to CVS Health Corporation for $30.50 per share in cash. If you are a Signify Health shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A biracial man who says he was fending off a racist attack on a Georgia highway when he fired a gun into a pickup truck was convicted Wednesday of involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting a 17-year-old girl in the truck’s back seat.
The trial jury spared 23-year-old Marc Wilson from a potential life prison sentence by acquitting him of felony murder, the charge prosecutors argued he deserved for killing Haley Hutcheson of Reidsville.
Defense attorneys for Wilson of Sharpsburg had insisted during the weeklong trial in Bulloch County Superior Court that he should be acquitted on all charges. They said Wilson was justified to shoot in self-defense when the pickup truck’s driver tried to run Wilson’s car off the road.
District Attorney Daphne Totten said the verdict, while not as harsh as prosecutors had sought, showed the jury rejected Wilson’s self-defense claims.
“The truth of this case is that what Marc Wilson did that night on the bypass was a crime,” Totten said. “And this family that we stand here with right now, they’ve waited a long time for justice.”
Georgia law says involuntary manslaughter can be either a felony or a misdemeanor, depending on the circumstances. Wilson’s lead attorney, Francys Johnson, said his client was convicted of a felony — punishable by one to 10 years in prison — because the judge chose not to instruct the jury on the the misdemeanor option.
“If that option had been included as we asked and insisted, this jury would have found Marc guilty of the misdemeanor version of manslaughter and Marc would be coming home,” Johnson told reporters outside the courthouse.
Instead, Superior Court Judge Ronnie Thompson ordered Wilson to be held in jail until his sentencing hearing Sept. 20. Wilson had been staying at his father’s house under house arrest before his trial.
The jury began deliberating Tuesday afternoon and spent a total of roughly seven hours weighing the case before returning a verdict.
Defense attorneys acknowledged that Wilson fired the shot that killed Hutcheson on a bypass circling the southeast Georgia city of Statesboro the night of June 24, 2020. Investigators testified that three shell casings found at the scene matched the handgun Wilson surrendered to police when he turned himself in three days after the shooting.
Prosecutor Barclay Black told the jury Wilson had no legal justification for firing a handgun in traffic and could have escaped if he was being harassed by another driver. One of the bullets he fired pierced the truck’s rear window and struck Hutcheson in the head. She died after her friends rushed her to a hospital.
Prosecutors had charged Wilson with felony murder, arguing he caused Hutcheson’s death while committing another felony, aggravated assault, by firing his gun at the truck. The jury acquitted Wilson of both those charges and opted to convict him of involuntary manslaughter.
Wilson, the son of a Black father and white mother, and his white girlfriend had just picked up food from a Taco Bell about 12:30 a.m. when the pickup truck pulled alongside Wilson’s much smaller Ford Focus. Wilson told police the pickup truck tried to run his car off the road as white teenagers inside yelled racist slurs.
“Me and my girlfriend were very scared that night,” Wilson told police in a recorded interview played for the trial jury. He said that when the truck kept swerving toward his car, ”I didn’t know what else to do, so I grabbed my, uh, my piece and I shot under the vehicle.”
The driver of the pickup and two passengers who took the witness stand denied threatening or otherwise provoking Wilson. They also acknowledged that they had been drinking that night, though they denied being drunk.
One of the truck’s passengers, Luke Conley, declined to testify by invoking his Fifth Amendment right against giving self-incriminating testimony. He has been charged with misdemeanor obstruction after police said he gave investigators conflicting information about the shooting.
Emma Rigdon, Wilson’s girlfriend at the time, testified that she didn’t hear any racial slurs before the shooting. But she recalled being frightened when the pickup truck “started swerving into our lane” and forced Wilson’s car onto the shoulder of the highway. | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-georgia-man-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-shooting-of-teen-girl/ | 2022-09-01 18:23:42 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-georgia-man-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-shooting-of-teen-girl/ |
A freight train derailment in southeast Pennsylvania early Monday spurred precautionary evacuations, but officials said no injuries were reported and there was no known hazard to the public.
The 40-car CSX train, which was operating on tracks owned by Norfolk Southern, derailed around 4:50 a.m. in Whitemarsh Township. CSX said at least 16 cars went off the tracks.
Silicone pellets were leaking from at least one train car, Whitemarsh police said, but they posed no risk to the public. It wasn't immediately known what was inside the other derailed cars, and hazmat teams were at the site.
The cause of the derailment was under investigation.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro tweeted that he and his team are monitoring the situation and assisting local first responders.
Norfolk Southern — and the entire rail industry — has been under intense scrutiny since one of its trains derailed and caught fire in February in Ohio, creating towering black smoke, forcing evacuations and raising environmental worries. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/csx-freight-train-derailment-southeast-pennsylvania-whitemarsh-township/507-c4165727-138d-4232-aeff-3a96e85c3a0f | 2023-07-17 14:34:11 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/csx-freight-train-derailment-southeast-pennsylvania-whitemarsh-township/507-c4165727-138d-4232-aeff-3a96e85c3a0f |
The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers.
"It's just a devastating decline," said Stuart Pimm, an ecologist at Duke University who was not involved in the new listing. "This is one of the most recognizable butterflies in the world."
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migrating monarch butterfly for the first time to its "red list" of threatened species and categorized it as "endangered" — two steps from extinct.
The group estimates that the population of monarch butterflies in North America has declined between 22% and 72% over 10 years, depending on the measurement method.
"What we're worried about is the rate of decline," said Nick Haddad, a conservation biologist at Michigan State University. "It's very easy to imagine how very quickly this butterfly could become even more imperiled."
Haddad, who was not directly involved in the listing, estimates that the population of monarch butterflies he studies in the eastern United States has declined between 85% and 95% since the 1990s.
In North America, millions of monarch butterflies undertake the longest migration of any insect species known to science.
After wintering in the mountains of central Mexico, the butterflies migrate to the north, breeding multiple generations along the way for thousands of miles. The offspring that reach southern Canada then begin the trip back to Mexico at the end of summer.
"It's a true spectacle and incites such awe," said Anna Walker, a conservation biologist at New Mexico BioPark Society, who was involved in determining the new listing.
A smaller group spends winters in coastal California, then disperses in spring and summer across several states west of the Rocky Mountains. This population has seen an even more precipitous decline than the eastern monarchs, although there was a small bounce back last winter.
Emma Pelton of the nonprofit Xerces Society, which monitors the western butterflies, said the butterflies are imperiled by loss of habitat and increased use of herbicides and pesticides for agriculture, as well as climate change.
"There are things people can do to help," she said, including planting milkweed, a plant that the caterpillars depend upon.
Nonmigratory monarch butterflies in Central and South America were not designated as endangered.
The United States has not listed monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act, but several environmental groups believe it should be listed.
The international union also announced new estimates for the global population of tigers, which are 40% higher than the most recent estimates from 2015.
The new figures, of between 3,726 and 5,578 wild tigers worldwide, reflect better methods for counting tigers and, potentially, an increase in their overall numbers, said Dale Miquelle, coordinator for the nonprofit Wildlife Conservation Society's tiger program.
In the past decade, tiger populations have increased in Nepal, northern China and perhaps in India, while tigers have disappeared entirely from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, said Miquelle. They remain designated as endangered.
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CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities rounded up thousands of mostly Egyptian migrants and amassed them at the border, activists said Saturday, as Libya continued its crackdown on migrants.
The migrants were detained in raids over the past two days on trafficking warehouses in the border town of Musaid and other areas in eastern Libya, said Tarik Lamloum, an activist with the Belaady Organization for Human Rights.
Libya is the dominant transit point for migrants from Africa and the Middle East trying to make it to Europe. The country plunged into chaos following a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Oil-rich Libya has been ruled for most of the past decade by rival governments in eastern and western Libya, each backed by an array of militias and foreign governments.
Human traffickers have benefited from the chaos in Libya and smuggled migrants through the country’s lengthy border with six nations. They then pack desperate migrants seeking a better life in Europe into ill-equipped rubber boats and other vessels in risky voyages on the perilous Central Mediterranean Sea route.
Lamloum and another local group, al-Abreen, which helps migrants in Libya, estimated that more than 6,000 migrants have been held at the border. Most of the migrants are Egyptians who were taken to the customs hangar of the Musaid crossing point with Egypt, awaiting their deportation to their home country, they said.
The Security Directorate of Benghazi, which oversees the police force, reported the raids on migrants in Musaid but gave no further details. It also said they detained five suspected traffickers, including four Libyans and Bengal, on a Europe-bound boat carrying eight other Bengalis.
A spokesman for the forces of military commander Khalifa Hifter, which control eastern Libya, did not answer phone calls and messages seeking comment.
Al-Abreen posted footage showing large numbers of migrants guarded by security officers, while being marched on foot to the Musaid crossing point. Other footage shows dozens of migrants it said had been freed from a traffickers’ warehouse.
Esreiwa Salah, an activist with al-Abreen, described the situation at the hangar where the migrants have been held as “tragic.”
“The situation is bad and tragic,” he said over the phone from Benghazi. “The area is not equipped (to host detained migrants). “
Many Egyptian migrants were released and deported to Egypt on Friday according to Mahdi el-Omda, a former Egyptian lawmaker who along with other tribal elders in the western Egyptian city of Matrouh mediated the migrants’ release with Libyan authorities in Musaid.
The detained migrants include Syrians, Sudanese, Pakistanis and Bengals who legally entered Libya over the years through the Benina airport in the eastern city of Benghazi, Lamloum said.
Authorities rounded up at least 400 other migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh from eastern Libya and took them to the Qanfouda detention center where they await deportation, Lamloum said.
The campaign in eastern Libya comes as raids continue in the country’s western cities on migrants following clashes between Nigerien and Sudanese migrants in the town of Zuwara. The surfacing of a video in April showing migrants torturing and murdering a Libyan national also fueled anti-migrant sentiment, according to an internal report by the U.N. refugee agency.
Drone raids were carried out on what the government in the capital of Tripoli said were trafficking warehouses in the towns of Zawiya and Maya, major hubs for migrants and fuel smuggling in western Libya, officials said.
The UNHCR report, seen by The Associated Press, said the crackdown on migrants in Tripoli and other western towns resulted in the detention of 1,800 migrants over the past month. Most of them were transferred to government-run detention centers for migrants or were in the process of moving from other facilities, the UNHCR said.
Such migrant detention centers are rife with abuses, including forced labor, beatings, rapes and torture — practices that amount to crimes against humanity, according to U.N.-commissioned investigators.
The U.N. report expected that the crackdown on migrants “will continue to expand and target more areas within Tripoli and beyond.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/eastern-libyan-authorities-round-up-thousands-in-crackdown-on-migrants/ | 2023-06-04 14:23:01 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/eastern-libyan-authorities-round-up-thousands-in-crackdown-on-migrants/ |
STOCKHOLM, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurocine Vaccines AB ("Eurocine Vaccines") hereby announces that the company has entered into a research and collaboration agreement with Redbiotec AG ("Redbiotec"). The agreement gives Eurocine Vaccines the exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize vaccine candidates against Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2, HSV-2, based on the technologies developed by Redbiotec.
The agreement covers both an mRNA and a protein-based technology, its documentation and patents within the field of HSV-2. By entering this agreement, all activities related to the development, manufacture and commercialization until an out-licensing agreement with a third party is signed, will be managed and financed by Eurocine Vaccines.
The proceeds from any future out-licensing or granting of rights to third parties shall be shared between Eurocine Vaccines and Redbiotec, dependent on the project´s development stage at which the agreement with the third party is entered. Redbiotec has a right to royalties on Eurocine Vaccines´ net sales of an approved HSV-2 vaccine, should such sales arise.
"I am very pleased that we have added this promising candidate to our portfolio, especially given the impressive scientific development of the therapeutic vaccine made to this point by Redbiotec," says CEO Hans Arwidsson, Eurocine Vaccines. The candidate is perfectly in line with our portfolio strategy, Dr. Arwidsson adds.
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 is a sexually transmitted disease that affects about half a billion people worldwide according to WHO. Implications that follow include painful genital blisters and/or ulcers, depression resulting from the negative impact on quality of life and sexual relationships, increased risk of HIV, neurological disabilities due to neonatal herpes and in rare cases, encephalitis. Presently treated mainly by antivirals, no effective therapeutic vaccine is available on the market today.
"We are very content to have engaged Eurocine Vaccines for the leap ahead, taking our novel HSV-2 candidates from innovation towards a potential blockbuster. Eurocine Vaccines has proven to be one of the few vaccine experts who are engaged, committed and able to do just that," says Christian Schaub, co-founder and CEO of Redbiotec.
Redbiotec is a private biotech company located near Zürich, Switzerland, founded in 2006. With an expertise in complex proteins and microbial engineering, Redbiotec has a successful track record in collaborating with pharma companies in the field of vaccines (e.g. Redvax, a Redbiotec spin-off, acquired by Pfizer). Redbiotec is now working on several projects including proteins for the food industry and proteins and genetic materials for the pharma and biotech industry. https://www.redbiotec.ch/
Immediate action points following the signing of this agreement include;
- Planning the forthcoming development, including preclinical and clinical studies, documentation, patents and business development along with active marketing.
- Deciding which technology to pursue – the mRNA or protein-based vaccine candidate.
- Evaluate the potential of a prophylactic HSV-2 vaccine to follow the development of this therapeutic vaccine, and the potential synergies of these two.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
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Wall Street expects another solid quarterly snapshot from Caterpillar.
Analysts predict the maker of iconic yellow backhoes and bulldozers will report higher second-quarter profit and revenue than a year earlier. That would echo its results in the first quarter, when Caterpillar’s sales climbed on strong demand for construction equipment despite persistent supply chain challenges. Caterpillar serves up its latest results Tuesday.
ECONOMIC BELLWETHER
The Commerce Department delivers its June tally of durable goods orders Wednesday.
Business orders for durable goods rose 0.8% in May, the third straight monthly increase. Economists predict orders for long-lasting, manufactured goods rose 1.9% in June from a month earlier. That would be the biggest increase since a gain of 3.1% in January.
Durable goods orders, monthly percent change, seasonally adjusted:
Jan. 3.1
Feb. -0.7
March 0.7
April 0.4
May 0.8
June. (est.) 1.9
Source: FactSet
ALL ABOUT JOBS
The Labor Department issues its monthly snapshot of hiring by nonfarm employers Friday.
Economists predict employers added 240,000 jobs in July. That would be the lowest total since December 2020, when the economy lost more jobs than it added. In June, employers added 372,000 jobs, a surprisingly robust gain that helped keep the national unemployment rate at 3.6% for a fourth straight month.
Nonfarm payrolls, monthly change, seasonally adjusted:
Feb. 714,000
March 398,000
April 368,000
May 384,000
June 372,000
July (est.) 240,000
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Roslyn moved off Mexico’s Pacific coast Friday night, with forecasters predictng a weekend landfall between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn became a Category 1 hurricane in the evening and its maximum sustained winds increased to 85 mph (140 kph) late Friday.
The storm was centered about 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of Cabo Corrientes — the point of land jutting into the Pacific south of Puerto Vallarta — and moving west-northwest at 7 mph (11 kph).
Forecasters said Roslyn could become a strong Category 2 hurricane before curving northward Saturday, brushing Cabo Corrientes and then reaching the coast Saturday night or early Sunday.
Hurricane Orlene made landfall in roughly the same region, about 45 miles (75 kilometers) southeast of Mazatlan, on Oct. 3.
The hurricane center said hurricane-force winds extended out 15 miles (30 kilometers) from Roslyn’s core, while tropical storm-force winds extended out to 70 miles (110 kilometers).
Mexico issued a hurricane warning covering a stretch of coast from Playa Perula south of Cabo Corrientes north to El Roblito and for the Islas Marias.
The National Water Commission said rains from Roslyn could cause mudslides and flooding. and the U.S. Hurricane Center warned of dangerous storm surge along the coast.
Jalisco state Gov. Enrique Alfaro said on Twitter that any school activities in the region would be cancelled Saturday and he urged people to avoid touristic activities at beaches and in mountainous areas over the weekend. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-hurricane-roslyn-heads-for-weekend-hit-on-mexicos-coast/ | 2022-10-22 12:59:59 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-hurricane-roslyn-heads-for-weekend-hit-on-mexicos-coast/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The doors of a metal box slide open, and a drone rises over a gas well in Pennsylvania. Its mission: To find leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, so that energy companies can plug the leaks and reduce the emissions that pollute the air.
The drone is among an array of instruments whose purpose is to detect leaks of methane, which scientists say causes roughly 30% of manmade global warming. Along with satellites, ground sensors and planes armed with infrared cameras, drones are part of the backbone of a new federal policy to compel energy companies to record and slash their methane emissions.
The problem is, no one knows when — or even whether — that will be possible. Technology that might allow for precise methane measurements is still being developed. Under the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, enacted into law last year, companies must start producing precise measurements of their methane emissions next year and face fines if they exceed permissible levels. Yet if no one knows how much methane an energy company has emitted, it’s unclear that any fines could be justified.
“They don’t measure the methane because the capability hasn’t been there,” Drew Shindell, a professor of earth science at Duke University, said of regulators. “It’s challenging to really go measure all these methane sources.”
Even energy companies that have begun developing systems to reduce their methane emissions are likely years away from being able to make comprehensive calculations Most of them are measuring leaks for only a fraction of their operations.
Satellites, which help connect emissions to a single source, aren’t widely enough available. Ground-based sensors and drones require vast amounts of money and time to widely distribute.
On top of all that, any agreement on what equipment would be acceptable to measure methane and how it should be used requires a rigorous process involving industry, government and environmental scientists.
“We need to develop these standards, and this can take years, so the process is slow,” said Thomas Lauvaux, a climate scientist at University of Reims in France.
Despite the obstacles, climate scientists and environmentalists say they still welcome the administration’s effort, under the Inflation Reduction Act, to slash methane emissions. Even if the timeline outlined in the law’s methane reduction program is unrealistic, they say, it’s likely to prod companies to accelerate their efforts to reduce leaks.
“The fact that there are these rules and now a pricing regime for methane for the first time is a huge benefit for dealing with the oil and gas sector that we just haven’t had the tools to do until now,” said Deborah Gordon, senior principal at the Rocky Mountain Institute, which seeks to accelerate a transition to clean energy.
Under the new law, the EPA can fine companies $900 per ton of methane starting in 2024, rising to $1,500 in 2026. For companies with significant leaks, the costs could be substantial. Kayrros, a satellite analytics firm, observed a Texas natural gas compressor station that released about 2,000 tons of methane over eight days in 2020. That leak would trigger fines of of $1.8 million if it occurred in 2024 or $3 million in 2026.
Most energy companies don’t measure their actual methane emissions. Instead, they produce estimates based on how much methane they say typically escapes from their equipment.
Scientists have found that those estimates vastly understate the problem. Using data from satellites and aerial surveys, they concluded in peer-reviewed studies that nations and companies are emitting double or triple as much methane as they’re reporting.
“The past three years have been the fastest-growing years on record in terms of methane emissions, which is kind of scary,” said Daniel Jacob, a leading climate scientist at Harvard University. “It’s absolutely critical because ultimately, from the standpoint of evading climate change, you want to stop methane from increasing and you want it to start decreasing.”
And while scientists count it as progress that energy companies will eventually have to accurately measure emissions of the destructive gas, it seems doubtful that this can be achieved within a year, after which the government could fine companies for emitting too much methane.
“We need many more satellites before we can even pretend that we are tracking,” Lauvaux said.
The companies that are now gathering emission measurements from planes, drones, ground sensors or infrared cameras on satellites face a significant obstacle: Those efforts are sporadic and cover only a sliver of the vast oil and gas industry.
The EPA hasn’t yet released details on how companies should measure methane emissions. And the task of sorting out the details falls on an EPA staff that was depleted under the Trump administration.
Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, has been shown to produce roughly 80 times the climate-warming power of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. The gas is released from pipelines, storage tanks and energy facilities. It also wafts from landfills and the cattle industry. Scientists say a substantial reduction in the emissions is among the changes that could make the swiftest impact on climate change.
Though oil and gas companies have equipment to capture methane leaks, it’s not widely deployed. Even the most advanced such equipment is often improperly installed or maintained and is prone to failure.
“If we can collectively get our act together over the next eight years and dramatically slash methane emissions around the planet, we still have a chance as a society to get our arms around the larger climate problem and avoid the worst impacts,” said Riley Duren, CEO of Carbon Mapper, a nonprofit that analyzes emissions data from satellites and flights.
In recent years, climate scientists and companies have found and fixed methane leaks using infrared cameras on airplanes or satellites. In a series of flights over California and other states since 2016, Carbon Mapper detected 8,000 methane plumes and published its findings on a public portal. When Carbon Mapper alerted the facilities to the problem, Duren said, roughly half the leaks were fixed.
“It’s still a patchwork quilt,” he said of the nation’s ability to measure methane emissions. “It’s not comprehensive and continuous, but it’s becoming more expansive.”
Aided by philanthropic donations, Carbon Mapper hopes to launch a network of satellites that would share data publicly. It would start this year with two philanthropy-funded satellites that can detect roughly 20 methane plumes each day. (Planes can typically find 10 to 20 a day.)
“The goal is to expand to many more satellites, but that’s contingent on securing the capital to do that,” Duren said.
The company has suggested that government help would be needed to operate at the scale necessary to combat climate change.
A handful of orbiting satellites can detect methane plumes and pinpoint the source of the leak within about 100 feet (30 meters). Most are privately owned by companies such as GHGSat, which sells data to energy companies. Using that data, scientists at a satellite data firm or energy company can try to pinpoint leaks and, based on the image and wind speed at the time, estimate how much methane was emitted.
Yet there are limitations to the technology. Infrared cameras use the sun’s rays, so they can’t detect methane at night or on cloudy days. And they provide only a snapshot in time. So it can be hard to determine how much methane escaped before a leak was detected.
With GHGSat’s six orbiting satellites, the company can produce images of a site once every three to five days. The company plans to have 10 of them in orbit by year’s end, after which it could observe each site roughly once a day.
“The biggest challenge for us is to scale faster, to offer the service to more people in more places around the world more often,” said Stephane Germaine, president of GHGSat. “How do we respond to that in a way that is commercially viable, short of a government standing up and spending billions of dollars to deploy this kind of system?”
Drones produced by American Robotics, like the one in Pennsylvania, have found unlit flares emitting methane. These drones can make several trips each day to check oil wells or storage tanks. But they’re not widely deployed. American Robotics expects to have 30 drone systems deployed by year’s end, said Reese Mozer, the company’s CEO.
“There’s more demand for our systems than we have the capacity to serve right now,” Mozer said.
Exxon Mobil has been using airplanes equipped with infrared cameras to find methane leaks for several years. But data from aerial flights is imperfect. A plane may fly over an oil production site for two or three seconds, perhaps six times a year.
“The problem with quantification is, you don’t know what happens when the plane’s not there,” said Matt Kolesar, Exxon’s chief environmental scientist. “What was going on right before that airplane, and what was going on right after that airplane? And so that’s where industry has always struggled to say, ‘Do I assume it happens until I go look again? Do I assume it goes away?’ ”
Exxon is installing around-the-clock methane detectors in the Permian Basin, the nation’s most productive oil and gas field, comprising large chunks of Texas and New Mexico. It’s installed the sensors in 14 sites; its goal is to deploy sensors at 700 sites by 2025. But just 15% of the oil and gas Exxon produces comes from the Permian Basin. So most of Exxon’s sites won’t receive the sensors soon.
“It requires an awful lot of additional capacity, both continuous coverage and covering a much larger portion of the facilities,” said Shindell, the Duke professor.
Thousands of sites of methane leaks, he said, might exist in areas like the Permian Basin.
“There are just tons of lines that gather from wells and then compressor stations that move the gas along and then storage tanks and just one thing after another, so getting a sense of that really is a big endeavor,” Shindell said. “Even the best companies are not doing that. So it requires building this whole new system to improve understanding.”
The EPA is still in the early stages of implementing the climate law. The agency plans to propose a rule this year that would change emissions reporting rules to ensure that reporting and calculation of fines are based on empirical data, said Khanya Brann, an EPA spokeswoman.
The EPA has also proposed allowing energy companies to use a broader range of technologies to detect methane leaks than what’s now allowed. This could make it easier for varying types of companies to comply.
The American Petroleum Institute, which represents the oil and gas industry, wants companies to have the flexibility to use a variety of technologies. The API doesn’t track how much of the industry already uses methane monitors, drones, aerial flights or satellite data to find and measure emissions, said Cole Ramsey, a vice president of the institute.
“This is a process that’s going to take some time,” Ramsey said.
The challenges don’t end with adding satellites and sensors. Any measurement system created by scientists must withstand legal challenges. If a company is accused of emitting methane, it could dispute the accuracy of the satellite images or the way scientists calculated how much leaked.
“The minute we release a policy,” Lauvaux said, “they’re going to jump at it with 50 lawyers and look at any loopholes, gaps, mistakes, unclear sentences.”
Even so, climate scientists and environmentalists generally say they’re hopeful that even if the system is imperfect, the eventual fines for improperly emitting methane would cause the offending companies to take the steps necessary to reduce emissions.
“That’s the great thing about the methane fee: There’s actually a benefit to stopping it quickly because there’s a financial reward for not leaking,” said Gordon, of the Rocky Mountain Institute.
“I think the problems are way smaller than the opportunity to finally, finally deal directly with a greenhouse gas — and especially a very powerful greenhouse gas that has never been on the agenda.” | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/ap-health/ap-difficulty-measuring-methane-slows-plan-to-slash-emissions/ | 2023-01-31 21:37:28 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/ap-health/ap-difficulty-measuring-methane-slows-plan-to-slash-emissions/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Mounds of paper piled on his desk. Framed magazine covers and keepsakes lining the walls. One of Shaquille O’Neal’s giant sneakers displayed alongside football helmets, boxing belts and other sports memorabilia, crowding his Trump Tower office and limiting table space.
Well before he entered politics, former President Donald Trump had a penchant for collecting. And that lifelong habit — combined with his flip disregard for the rules of government record keeping, his careless handling of classified information, and a chaotic transition born from his refusal to accept defeat in 2020 — have all culminated in a federal investigation that poses extraordinary legal and political challenges.
The search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club earlier this month to retrieve documents from his White House years was an unprecedented law enforcement action against a former president who is widely expected to run for office once again. Officials have not revealed exactly what was contained in the boxes, but the FBI has said it recovered 11 sets of classified records, including some marked “sensitive compartmented information,” a special category meant to protect secrets that could cause “exceptionally grave” damage to U.S. interests if revealed publicly.
Why Trump refused to turn over the seized documents despite repeated requests remains unclear. But Trump’s flouting of the Presidential Records Act, which outlines how materials should be preserved, was well documented throughout his time in office.
He routinely tore up official papers that later had to be taped back together. Official items that would traditionally be turned over to the National Archives became intermingled with his personal belongings in the White House residence. Classified information was tweeted, shared with reporters and adversaries — even found in a White House complex bathroom.
John Bolton, who served as Trump’s third national security adviser, said that, before he arrived, he’d heard “there was a concern in the air about how he handled information. And as my time went on, I could certainly see why.”
Others in the Trump administration took more care with sensitive documents. Asked directly if he kept any classified information upon leaving office, former Vice President Mike Pence told The Associated Press on Friday, “No, not to my knowledge.”
The investigation into Trump’s handling of documents comes as he’s facing mounting legal scrutiny on multiple fronts. A Georgia investigation into election interference has moved closer to the former president, with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a top defender, informed earlier this month that he is a target of a criminal probe.
Meanwhile, Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he testified under oath in the New York attorney general’s long-running civil investigation into his business dealings. A top executive at the business pleaded guilty last week in a tax fraud case brought by the Manhattan district attorney.
But few legal threats have galvanized Trump and his most loyal supporters like the Mar-a-Lago search. The former president and his allies have argued the move amounts to political persecution, noting the judge who approved the warrant has given money to Democrats. The judge, however, has also supported Republicans. And White House officials have repeatedly said they had no prior knowledge of plans to search the estate.
Trump allies have tried to claim the presidency granted him unlimited power to unilaterally declassify documents without formal declaration. But David Laufman, the former chief of the Justice Department’s counterintelligence section, said that’s not how it works.
“It just strikes me as a post hoc public affairs strategy that has no relationship to how classified information is in fact declassified,” said Laufman, who oversaw the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s personal email server during her tenure as secretary of state. While he said it is true that there is no statue or order that outlines procedures the president must abide by to declassify information, “at the same time it’s ludicrous to posit that a decision to declassify documents would not have been contemporaneously memorialized in writing.”
It’s “not self executing,” he added. “There has to be some objective, contemporaneous, evidence-based corroboration of the claims that they’re making. And of course there won’t be because they’re making it all up.”
The decision to keep classified documents at Mar-a-Lago — a property frequented by paying members, their guests and anyone attending the weddings, political fundraisers, charity dinners and other events held on site — was part of a long pattern of disregard for national security secrets. Former aides described a “cavalier” attitude toward classified information that played out in public view.
There was the dinner with then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Mar-a-Lago’s patio, where fellow diners watched and snapped cellphone photos as the two men reviewed details of a North Korean missile test.
There was the time Trump revealed highly classified information allegedly from Israeli sources about Islamic State militants to Russian officials. And there was the time he tweeted a high-resolution satellite image of an apparent explosion at an Iranian space center, which intelligence officials had warned was highly sensitive. Trump insisted he had “the absolute right” to share it.
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump was “careless” with sensitive and classified information and “seemed never to bother with why that was bad.”
Grisham recalled one incident involving Conan, a U.S. military dog hailed as a hero for his role in the raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. She said that before the dog’s arrival at the White House, staff had received a briefing in which they were told the dog could not be photographed because the images could put his handlers in danger. But when the dog arrived, Trump decided he wanted to show it off to the press.
“Because he wanted the publicity, out went Conan,” she said. “It’s an example of him not caring if he put lives in danger. … It was like its his own shiny toy he’s showing off to his friends to impress them.”
Bolton said that, during his time working for Trump, he and others often tried to explain the stakes and the risks of exposing sources and methods.
“I don’t think any of it sank in. He didn’t seem to appreciate just how sensitive it was, how dangerous it was for some of our people and the risks that they could be exposed to,” he said. “What looks like an innocuous picture to a private citizen can be a gold mine to a foreign intelligence” entity.
“I would say over and over again, ‘This is really sensitive, really sensitive.’ And he’d say, ‘I know’ and then go and do it anyway.”
Bolton said that top intelligence officials would gather before briefings to discuss how best to handle sensitive subjects, strategizing about how much needed to be shared. Briefers quickly learned that Trump often tried to hang onto sensitive documents, and would take steps to make sure documents didn’t go missing, including using iPads to show them to him.
“Sometimes he would ask to keep it and they’d say, ‘It’s really sensitive.’ Sometime he just wouldn’t give it back.”
Trump’s refusal to accept his election loss also contributed to the chaos that engulfed his final days in office. The General Services Administration was slow to acknowledge President Joe Biden’s win, delaying the transition process and leaving little time to pack.
While other White House staff and even the former first lady started making arrangements, Trump largely refused. At the same time, White House staff were departing in droves as part of the regular “offboarding process,” while morale among others had cratered in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Bolton said he doubted that Trump had taken documents for nefarious reasons, and instead thought Trump likely considered them “souvenirs” like the many he’d collected through his life.
“I think he just thought some things were cool and he wanted them,” Bolton said. “Some days he liked to collect french fries. Some days he liked to collect documents. He just collected things.”
The Washington Post first reported in February that the National Archives had retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from Mar-a-Lago that should have been turned over to the agency when Trump left the White House. An initial review of that material concluded that Trump had brought presidential records and several other documents that were marked classified to Mar-a-Lago.
The investigation into the handling of classified material intensified in the spring as prosecutors and federal agents interviewed several people who worked in the Trump White House about how records — and particularly classified documents — were handled during the chaotic end of the Trump presidency, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Around the same time, prosecutors also issued a subpoena for records Trump was keeping at Mar-a-Lago and subpoenaed for surveillance video from Mar-a-Lago showing the area where the records were being stored, the person said.
A top Justice Department official traveled to Mar-a-Lago in early June and looked through some of the material that was stored in boxes. After that meeting, prosecutors interviewed another witness who told them that there were likely additional classified documents still stored at Mar-a-Lago, the person said. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Justice Department later sought a search warrant and retrieved the additional tranches of classified records.
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Balsamo reported from Washington.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis cast himself as the leader of a thriving state that is ready to serve as an antidote to what he deemed the “floundering federal establishment” in Washington as he was sworn in to office for a second term on Tuesday.
DeSantis (R), who is widely considered a potential candidate for president next year, then turned his attention to the federal government, although he never mentioned President Biden by name.
“The federal government has gone on an inflationary spending binge that has left our nation weaker and our citizens poorer,” DeSantis said. “It has enacted pandemic restrictions and mandates based more on ideology and politics, than on sound science, and this has eroded freedom and stunted commerce.”
DeSantis’s speech came as part of two days of inaugural events in Tallahassee, based around the theme of the “Free State of Florida.”
In a sign that Democrats in Washington now consider DeSantis as a potential rival to Biden next year, the Democratic National Committee took aim at the governor even before he finished his remarks. The DNC specifically mentioned the law signed by DeSantis last year that banned abortion in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
DeSantis’s “inauguration theme today is the ‘The Free State of Florida,’” the DNC wrote on Twitter. “Interesting choice coming from a governor who signed an extreme abortion ban that’s already forced teenage girls to leave the state to get care.”
In his speech, DeSantis did not mention abortion or propose any specific policies that he plans to pursue during his second term. He instead mostly spoke in broad platitudes, saying he will enact “more family friendly policies to make it easier to raise children” while also keeping Florida “a law-and-order state.” He also repeated earlier vows to “never surrender to the woke mob.”
DeSantis’s strident tone stood in contrast to his first inaugural address, in which he stressed relatively unifying themes such as protecting the state’s waterways. Four years ago, he shied away from uttering words such as “woke.” Now he routinely mentions the word as he positions himself as a leader against so-called political correctness.
The governor begins his second term as the state’s most powerful leader in at least a generation. He was reelected in a landslide that swept GOP super majorities into the Florida legislature, bucking nationwide trends in which Democrats performed better than expected in the November election.
Republicans will control 85 of the 120 seats in the Florida House and 28 of the 40 seats in the state Senate, giving DeSantis a broad mandate to continue pursuing his agenda.
DeSantis’s electoral success came after a four-year term in which he positioned himself as a skeptic of policies to control the pandemic while at the same time establishing himself as a leading figure in the nation’s divisive cultural battles.
When covid began sweeping across the nation in early 2020, DeSantis initially embraced the closing of schools and businesses to control its spread. But he quickly pivoted away from that approach, enacting policies that prohibit local governments from imposing restrictions on commerce while banning schools from requiring students to wear facial coverings in the classrooms.
Meanwhile, despite initially governing as a relative moderate, DeSantis plunged Florida into the center of the nationwide debate over how matters involving race, sexual orientation and gender identity are discussed in classrooms and workplace settings.
The governor attempted to ban corporations from hosting certain workplace diversity trainings, which is being challenged in court.
DeSantis also signed into law a controversial measure that regulated how schools discuss matters involving sexual orientation or gender identity in the classroom. That measure, which critics referred to as the “don’t say gay” bill, set the stage for DeSantis’s high-profile tussle with the state’s most prominent employer, the Walt Disney Co.
Still, despite all the controversy, DeSantis helped engineer the stunning ascent of the Florida Republican Party.
Four years ago, when DeSantis was first elected by just 32,000 votes, Florida Democrats still had an advantage of nearly 300,000 registered voters over the GOP. Today, Florida Republicans hold a 356,000-voter advantage over Democrats.
Christian Ziegler, the vice chairman of the Florida Republican Party, said the state’s dramatic lurch to the right gives DeSantis a “massive mandate” to govern as he sees fit during his second term.
“I think all of the other elected officials are going to follow his lead, and he is going to set the tone,” said Ziegler, who is also the front-runner to become the next state party chairman. “I think the voters sent a clear message that they have not had enough of the DeSantis agenda, and they want more.”
State Rep. Randy Fine, a conservative Republican from Brevard County, also predicted that DeSantis will remain “very confident in his beliefs [and] unapologetic in advocating for them.”
“What you see is what you get,” Fine said. “That is what voters wanted in 2018, and that’s why they reelected him.”
But Florida Democrats and liberal activists are bracing for an especially contentious period of state history. They fear DeSantis will use the upcoming legislative session, which starts in March, to push a conservative agenda to appeal to GOP voters nationally.
In recent weeks, DeSantis has signaled he is likely to sign legislation that allows gun owners to carry concealed weapons without a permit. The governor has also been strategizing with conservative activists and school board members over how to implement further restrictions on what can be taught in public schools.
“Ron DeSantis has always morphed himself to the political moment. He’s poised to do that again as he uses this inauguration to catapult himself into the presidential campaign,” said Anders Croy, communications director of Florida Watch, a liberal nonprofit.
Croy noted that DeSantis decried “tribalism” in politics in his 2019 speech but went on to push divisive policies as the chatter about a possible presidential campaign intensified. He believes his second term will be defined by his broader ambitions.
“When he first ran for governor, he ran as a disciple of President Trump,” Croy added. “Right now, he is trying to get to the right of the former president as he positions himself for higher office.”
The brewing split between DeSantis and former president Donald Trump’s political operations was also apparent at the inauguration itself.
Four years ago, several members of Trump’s White House staff helped organize DeSantis’s inauguration and went on to take new jobs with the governor’s administration for a while. This year, the only obvious link to Trump world is lobbyist Brian Ballard, who served on both of DeSantis’s inauguration committees.
DeSantis’s two-day inauguration will conclude with an inaugural ball Tuesday night.
According to an invitation obtained by Florida Politics, a news website, the Florida Republican Party asked donors to pay as much as $1 million to help sponsor the inauguration. Those who contributed that amount received 10 VIP tickets to the swearing-in ceremony, the inaugural ball, as well as an intimate candlelight dinner with DeSantis that was held Monday night.
Inaugural VIP packages were also offered at the $25,000 and $50,000 level.
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Tuttle father and son Steven and Weston Weisenburger have been trying for 20 years to win the North Dakota Governor’s Walleye Cup tournament. They finally found success over the weekend by concentrating on an area of Lake Sakakawea with which neither angler was familiar.
"The place we caught them -- we've never fished it in our lives," Steven said.
He and his son caught 42.22 pounds of walleye on Friday and Saturday to win the 2023 derby by more than a pound.
"Me and my dad fished (the tournament) all these years. We just can't believe it finally happened," Weston said. "Everything came together."
The team of of Marc Beyer, of Garrison, and Jason Kobes, of Bismarck, finished second with 41.11 pounds. Tyler Heringer and Brandon Wald, both of Minot, finished third with 41.01 pounds. Andrew Keller, of Minot, and Lucas Bruns, of Watford City, were fourth with 40.87 pounds. Chad Olson and Tripp Olson, both of Underwood, rounded out the Top Five with 40.23 pounds.
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The Governor's Cup is generally considered the most prestigious fishing trophy in the state. The tournament is based out of Garrison and nearby Fort Stevenson State Park, with daily weigh-ins Friday and Saturday at Garrison City Park. The majority of anglers who compete are from North Dakota or surrounding states, though about a dozen states are typically represented. This year's derby was the 48th.
"We had an awesome, awesome tournament," Chairwoman Joyce Pfliger said. "The weather was good, we had lots of volunteers, the boats were out in plenty of time, it went excellent. The fishing was good."
Anglers caught a total of 4,528.8 pounds of walleye. Gene Fetzer and Gerald Roland, both of Garrison, landed the biggest whopper, at 7.86 pounds.
The Weisenburgers' previous best finish in the tournament was sixth place, last year. They were sitting in fourth at the end of the first day of fishing this year, and their take on the second day was smaller than the first.
"When we were driving in on the second day with our fish, it was crossing my mind, 'I think we can get in the Top Five,'" Weston said. "It just didn't even cross my mind about winning -- I thought we had fallen a little bit short. I still can't believe it. To fish all these years ... we definitely had a little luck on our side."
The Weisenburgers went to a spot based on where their depth finder told them there were fish -- a lot deeper than they expected for this time of summer. They landed fish mainly on Lindy rigs and jig raps.
"We just stayed on those fish, we didn't leave. We caught them all on the same spot," Steven said. "They quit biting, we waited two hours, they came back.
"I looked in that livewell, and I've never seen so many big fish," he said. "Nineteen inches was the smallest. Everything else was 22 and bigger. We had three that were 24 inches, and three 26 inches."
Steven said "It's pretty neat to win. You think, there's 263 boats out there, so 262 boats we beat. It's something you dream about your whole life."
Last year's winning team of Cody Pardon, of Burlington, and Josh Gladback, of Minot, finished 11th, with 35.63 pounds. But that was enough to win them the portion of this year's tournament that featured competition among teams representing states.
A team that wins the overall tournament represents its home state in future tourneys until it is supplanted by another overall winning team from that state. Teams also can represent states that traditionally have few entries without having won the tournament previously.
Montana anglers Ken Schmidt and Mark Jones -- the 2021 and 2014 derby-winning team -- finished second in this year's state competition.
The Weisenburgers next year will be the North Dakota representative in the state competition.
Their prize for winning the derby this year is $15,000.
"Probably buy a new fishing rod or two," Weston said with a laugh.
Full tournament results are available at https://www.ndgovernorscup.com/. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-regional/tuttle-father-and-son-win-north-dakota-governors-walleye-cup-on-20th-attempt/article_e90f434a-2a41-11ee-9f73-a7f3ff1cc0f0.html | 2023-07-25 06:40:59 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-regional/tuttle-father-and-son-win-north-dakota-governors-walleye-cup-on-20th-attempt/article_e90f434a-2a41-11ee-9f73-a7f3ff1cc0f0.html |
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of goats munch on long blades of yellow grass on a hillside next to a sprawling townhouse complex. They were hired to clear vegetation that could fuel wildfires as temperatures rise this summer.
These voracious herbivores are in high demand to devour weeds and shrubs that have proliferated across California after a drought-busting winter of heavy rain and snow.
“It’s a huge fuel source. If it was left untamed, it can grow very high. And then when the summer dries everything out, it’s perfect fuel for a fire,” said Jason Poupolo, parks superintendent for the city of West Sacramento, where goats grazed on a recent afternoon.
Targeted grazing is part of California’s strategy to reduce wildfire risk because goats can eat a wide variety of vegetation and graze in steep, rocky terrain that’s hard to access. Backers say they’re an eco-friendly alternative to chemical herbicides or weed-whacking machines that make noise and pollution.
But new state labor regulations are making it more expensive to provide goat-grazing services, and herding companies say the rules threaten to put them out of business. The changes could raise the monthly salary of herders from about $3,730 to $14,000, according to the California Farm Bureau.
Companies typically put about one herder in charge of 400 goats. Many of the herders in California are from Peru and live in employer-provided trailers near grazing sites. Labor advocates say the state should investigate the working and living conditions of goatherders before making changes to the law, especially since the state is funding goat grazing to reduce wildfire risk.
California is investing heavily in wildfire prevention after the state was ravaged by several years of destructive flames that scorched millions of acres, destroyed thousands of homes and killed dozens of people. Goats have been used to clear fuels around Lake Oroville, along Highway 101, and near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
“My phone rings off the hook this time of year,” said Tim Arrowsmith, owner of Western Grazers, which is providing grazing services to West Sacramento. “The demand has grown year after year after year.”
His company, based in the Northern California city of Red Bluff, has about 4,000 goats for hire to clear vegetation for government agencies and private landowners across Northern California. Without a fix to the new regulations, “we will be forced to sell these goats to slaughter and to the auction yards, and we’ll be forced out of business and probably file for bankruptcy,” Arrowsmith said.
Companies have historically been allowed to pay goat and sheepherders a monthly minimum salary rather than an hourly minimum wage because their jobs require them to be on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But legislation signed in 2016 also entitles them to overtime pay. It effectively boosted the herders’ minimum monthly pay from $1,955 in 2019 to $3,730 this year. It’s set to hit $4,381 in 2025, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations.
So far, the herding companies, which have sued over the law, have passed along most of the increased labor costs to their customers.
But in January, those labor costs are set to jump sharply again. Goatherders and sheepherders have always followed the same set of labor rules last year. But a state agency has ruled that’s no longer allowed, meaning goatherders would be subject to the same labor laws as other farm workers.
That would mean goatherders would be entitled to ever higher pay — up to $14,000 a month. Last year a budget trailer bill delayed that pay requirement for one year, but it’s set to take effect on Jan. 1 if nothing is done to change the law.
Goat-herding companies say they can’t afford to pay herders that much. They would have to drastically raise their rates, which would make it unaffordable to provide goat grazing services.
“We fully support increasing wages for herders, but $14,000 a month is not realistic. So we need to address that in order to allow these goat-grazing operations to exist,” said Brian Shobe, deputy policy director for the California Climate and Agriculture Network.
The goat-grazing industry is pushing the Legislature to approve legislation that would treat goatherders the same as sheepherders. A bill to do so hasn’t yet received a public hearing.
Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, who heads the California Labor Federation, said goatherders are among the “most vulnerable workers in America” because they are on temporary work visas and can be fired and sent back to their home country anytime. Most of them work in isolation, speak minimal English and don’t have the same rights as Americans or green-card holders.
“We have a responsibility as a public to ensure that every worker who’s working in California is treated with dignity and respect, and that includes these goatherders,” said Gonzalez Fletcher, who sponsored the farmworker overtime bill when she was a state Assemblywoman representing San Diego.
Arrowsmith employs seven goatherders from Peru under the H-2A visa program for temporary farmworkers. He said the herders are paid about $4,000 a month and don’t have to pay for food, housing or phones.
“I can’t pay $14,000 a month to an employee starting Jan. 1. There’s just not enough money. The cities can’t absorb that kind of cost,” Arrowsmith said. “What’s at stake for the public is your house could burn up because we can’t fire-mitigate.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/goats-grazing-to-prevent-wildfires-could-lose-their-jobs-due-to-california-labor-law/ | 2023-05-30 17:26:15 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/goats-grazing-to-prevent-wildfires-could-lose-their-jobs-due-to-california-labor-law/ |
New Haven’s Juneteenth celebration returned this weekend for its 10th year, hosted by the Official Juneteenth Coalition of Greater New Haven and the Festival of Arts & Ideas.
This is the first year Connecticut is observing the annual celebration as an official state holiday that marks June 19, 1865 — the day the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned of their freedom following the end of the Civil War.
The four-day festival, June 17-20, features youth performances, African dance and drumming, a Juneteenth marketplace with Black-owned businesses and vendors, and a performance by legendary early hip-hop pioneers Cold Crush Brothers among other celebrations.
Saturday’s events began with a youth-led Freedom March from the old Stetson Library to the New Haven Green. Ana Mitchell, an event organizer said the march signifies the journey of freed people from enslavement to freedom and equality. Travon Barryman, director of the Village Drill Team & Drum Crops who led the march, says it was important for the team to celebrate and keep African American history alive. “When you find out for yourself who you really are, it’s amazing to celebrate just who you are,” he said.
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First Period_1, N.Y. Rangers, Vesey 3 (Lindgren), 10:34. Penalties_Joseph, OTT (Slashing), 16:25; Miller, NYR (Roughing), 16:25.
Second Period_2, N.Y. Rangers, Goodrow 6 (Lindgren, Blais), 10:52. 3, Ottawa, Pinto 9 (Holden, Batherson), 13:47. Penalties_Kravtsov, NYR (Holding), 2:51; Gauthier, NYR (Interference), 14:29.
Third Period_4, N.Y. Rangers, Kreider 11 (Zibanejad, Lindgren), 12:59. Penalties_DeBrincat, OTT (Delay of Game), 1:40; Tkachuk, OTT (Cross Checking), 14:58; Chytil, NYR (Slashing), 16:30.
Shots on Goal_N.Y. Rangers 7-13-15_35. Ottawa 13-11-13_37.
Power-play opportunities_N.Y. Rangers 0 of 2; Ottawa 0 of 3.
Goalies_N.Y. Rangers, Halak 1-5-1 (35 shots-34 saves). Ottawa, Talbot 3-6-0 (35-32).
A_14,654 (18,572). T_2:23.
Referees_Marc Joannette, Garrett Rank. Linesmen_Steve Barton, Dan Kelly. | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/N-Y-Rangers-3-Ottawa-1-17622627.php | 2022-12-01 04:31:52 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/N-Y-Rangers-3-Ottawa-1-17622627.php |
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police responded to a crash involving a motorcycle near the intersection of Illinois and Getz roads Thursday evening.
Police dispatchers confirmed the eastbound lanes of Illinois Road are closed as of 6:49 p.m. as first responders investigate the scene.
It is not yet known if the motorcyclist or anyone else was hurt in the crash, and it is also not known how long the eastbound lanes of Illinois Road will be shut down.
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Which beanies are best for winter?
When you venture out into cold winter weather, you know how important it is to be bundled up well to face the chill. But even if you have a top-notch winter coat and gloves, you shouldn’t skip out on a hat to trap your body heat.
Beanies are the hat of choice for winter because their snug design doesn’t allow the wind and cold to seep beneath the fabric. Most are long enough to cover your ears, too, so you don’t have to worry about them getting cold either.
Are you looking for a top-rated winter hat to keep you warm this year? Here are some of the best beanies you can find, no matter what your budget is or what style you prefer.
Best beanies under $15
This stylish cable knit winter hat is made of soft, thick acrylic that can keep you warm even in the coldest weather. It features a faux fur pompom at the top and a slouchy design that easily covers your ears. You can choose from more than 50 colors, too.
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The outside of this beanie is made of acrylic, but it’s lined with superfine fleece to provide durable, breathable insulation. It has a cable knit pattern that pairs well with nearly any winter coat or jacket. Its stretchy design also allows it to fit all head sizes.
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Tough Headwear Women’s Beanie Winter Hat
With its premium acrylic yarn, this beanie offers top-notch warmth without a scratchy, itchy feeling for the skin. It has a slouched fit that gives it a cool, relaxed look and can slide down to cover the ears. You can choose from over 20 colors, too.
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Best beanies for $15-$25
Columbia Whirlibird Cuffed Beanie
This modern-looking beanie is made of a super-soft, cashmere-like acrylic yarn that provides superior warmth on the coldest days. It has a rolled cuff and the classic Columbia mountain logo for a sleek look. The durable stitching also means the hat will last for years.
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CALIA Women’s Cable Knit Faux Fur Pom Beanie
This stylish pom beanie can still keep you warm and cozy in cold weather. It’s made of super soft acrylic yarn that won’t irritate even sensitive skin. The ribbed cuff helps keep it securely in place even in strong wind.
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Adidas Originals Tall Utility Cuff Beanie
This sporty beanie is ideal for outdoor exercise and sports in cold weather. It features a foldover cuff with the classic Adidas logo in the center. It’s available in more than eight colors, too, including bright orange.
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Under Armour Men’s Tactical Stealth Beanie 2.0
This ribbed acrylic beanie is comfortable enough to wear all day. It provides excellent warmth, but the material is moisture-wicking and quick-drying, so it’s ideal for winter workouts. It also features an embroidered Under Armour logo in the center of the cuff.
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Carhartt Adult Acrylic Watch Hat
Made of stretchable knit fabric, this beanie is super comfortable and warm in cold weather. It also features a ribbed design that gives it a slim, flattering fit. It’s available in 35 colors, too, including basic neutrals like black and gray, as well as bright shades like orange and red.
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This classic cuffed beanie is ideal for keeping warm in mild winter weather. It’s made of soft acrylic that stretches easily and provides effective insulation, making it comfortable enough to wear all day. It’s made in the United States, too.
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Best beanies for $25 and up
This wool-blend beanie has a classic fit that’s not too tight but still offers excellent warmth. It has a polyester lining to provide additional insulation that’s ideal for hiking and other outdoor activities. The yarn features a heathered knit and is even machine-washable for easy cleaning.
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Patagonia Fisherman’s Rolled Beanie
This soft, comfortable beanie is perfect as an everyday winter hat. It’s made of eco-friendly yarn that won’t irritate the skin and can keep you warm even in the chilliest weather. The rib-knit cuff effectively traps heat and provides a secure fit for any outdoor activity.
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The North Face Cozy Chunky Beanie
Made of thick, woven material, this chunky knit beanie is extremely soft but still insulating enough for cold weather. It’s highly durable and stretches easily for a comfortable fit. It’s made of recycled content to offset its environmental impact, too. Wash it by hand only. It’s available in a variety of stylish colors, like Cameo Pink, Folk Blue and Wild Ginger.
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If you need a hat for extreme cold weather, this beanie is an excellent choice. It features a special Heatweaver insulation lining that helps trap heat against your body. The exterior is made of a durable polyester/acrylic blend that also helps insulate for greater warmth. It’s offered in one-size-fits-most fit and comes in black and gray.
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Black Diamond Men’s Olympus Beanie
This beanie is made of mostly acrylic and offers a snug, secure fit. You can choose from five colors, too, some with and without a pompom. It is one-size-fits-all.
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Some states have already moved to ban nearly all abortions following the Supreme Court's decision to reverse Roe v. Wade. Kentucky doctors are struggling to decide how to care for their patients.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — In a year when inflation has made Americans’ eyes pop when they fill up their gas or walk down aisles at the grocery store, many Social Security recipients worry whether the biggest cost-of-living increase in four decades will be enough to cover their needs.
The Social Security Administration announced Thursday that Social Security benefits will rise 8.7% in 2023. That amounts to about $140 a month on average.
Some recipients are still worried about how they’ll make rent or utility payments. Others fear persistent inflation will just eat into any of the new cash flow. And some are just thankful a few extra dollars might be just enough to cover a new dress or a steak dinner.
Around the country, some of the 70 million people who receive Social Security payments are running the numbers to calculate what they can — and can’t — afford once the new paychecks hit their bank accounts.
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ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
Barbara Steingaszner, 83, is in a serious mood as she sits down at the card table for her weekly game of competitive bridge at the Hollin Hall Senior Center in this Washington suburb.
But she smiles big when asked about Thursday’s news.
“I got really excited,” Steingaszner said. “I was delighted. Whatever they’re going to give me, I’ll be thrilled.”
Steingaszner lost her husband last year, and she’s had to balance her checkbook carefully with the loss of his income..
She’s been most sticker shocked by the rising costs at grocery stores, especially for meat. She says she mostly sticks to fish these days, but maybe she’ll buy a bit of meat for dinner once those new Social Security payments roll in.
“You do what you have to do,” Steingaszner said. “I’ll do my best, I grew up during the war.”
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MINNEAPOLIS
A blue insulin pen in his pocket, a green debit card loaded with $1,199 on the third of each month in his wallet, and a rental application for a low-income apartment in his hands, Lavell Leonard sighed outside the Social Security office in Minneapolis.
“This increase — it helps. But it don’t help a lot,” Leonard said. He plans to put the COLA increase toward his utility and phone bills.
The 39-year-old said he has received Social Security payments for his disability, severe type 1 diabetes, since he was 7 years old.
Prone to seizures and collapsing from low blood sugar, Leonard said his disability makes it difficult to work but he’s taken on temporary jobs — washing cars, working at warehouses, and selling cans and metals – to earn $400 to $600 monthly.
The side jobs and the Social Security payments aren’t enough to cover inflation or manage the crisis he experienced when his rent jumped from $750 to $950 this year. Leonard said he started working double to come up with the extra $200 each month, but he ended up in the hospital for four days when his blood sugar dropped.
The father of three said he has been homeless “quite a few times” — including last year when he got sick, couldn’t work, couldn’t pay rent and got evicted — and relies on Social Security to survive.
“The government might feel like giving us $100 is a big help, but no, it’s not,” Leonard said. “Increase payments four or five hundred dollars, and I bet you, we’ll see a lot of happy faces — even if it’s just three or four hundred dollars extra, that’s a lot for some people.”
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WAUKEGAN, Illinois
From the third floor of a subsidized apartment about 45 miles north of Chicago, 68-year-old Earnestine Smith dreams of being able to shop for a new outfit.
“I’m so far back in clothes — I think I’m wearing my Grandma’s dresses,” said Smith, a retiree.
Smith plans to put the extra money she’ll get each month into an emergency fund for unforeseen costs. And maybe she’ll be able to do something other than window shopping at the storefronts of clothing stores, too.
“You know how you walk out and you would love to just … to buy something new? To be able to, besides just looking at it? Yeah, it would mean a whole lot to me,” she said. “A lot.”
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GARNER, NORTH CAROLINA
Margaret Toman’s house is still filled with the flower pots, paintings and bird statutes that her mother sprinkled throughout their shared dwelling before she passed away.
While her memory looms large in this two-bedroom home, eight miles outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, money has gotten so tight that Toman now rents the empty bedroom where her mother lived out her final years with Alzheimer’s disease.
The 78-year-old has been living off the retirement checks since she stepped in to be her mother’s caretaker full time nearly 13 years ago.
Her most recent retirement checks are about $1,400 a month, which she said does not begin to cover her health care costs and rising food and gas prices, expenses that “eat you alive on a low income.” Occasionally she picks up groceries from the With Love From Jesus food bank in Raleigh, where she’s seen fights break out over the limited supply of produce.
She described Thursday’s announcement of an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment as “quite stingy” and said she worried that a few extra dollars might disqualify some low-income seniors from other essential government programs, like food stamps.
“We’re not profligate spenders, we’re just not making enough to get by, period,” she said.
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ATLANTA (AP) — ATLANTA (AP) — Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (GPK) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $156 million.
The Atlanta-based company said it had profit of 50 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and non-recurring costs, came to 59 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 58 cents per share.
The packaging company posted revenue of $2.39 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.33 billion.
For the year, the company reported profit of $522 million, or $1.69 per share. Revenue was reported as $9.44 billion.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The independent U.N. special investigator on Myanmar warned Tuesday that the country’s military rulers plan to seek legitimacy by orchestrating a “sham” election this year and urged all countries to reject the illegal and “farcical” vote.
Tom Andrews also called for nations that support human rights and democracy to recognize the underground umbrella organization for opponents of military rule as the legitimate representative of Myanmar’s people.
He said in a report to the Human Rights Council released on the eve of the second anniversary of the ouster of Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government that according to the constitution drafted by the military in 2008, its coup on Feb. 1, 2021, “was illegal and its claim as Myanmar’s government is illegitimate.”
U.N. member nations, Andrews said, “have an important responsibility and role to play in determining whether Myanmar’s military junta will succeed in achieving its goal of being accepted as legitimate and gaining control of a nation in revolt.”
“You cannot have a free and fair election when the opposition is arrested, detained, tortured, and executed,” journalists are prohibited from doing their job, and it is a crime to criticize the military, Andrews said at a news conference.
He noted that most of the international community has refused to accept the military’s claim to be the legitimate government of Myanmar. A small minority, including China, Russia, India, Belaurs, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka, have taken actions tantamount to recognition such as presenting diplomatic credentials to the junta leaders and strengthening military and economic relations, he said.
Andrews called for recognition and support for the National Unity Government, the main underground group coordinating resistance to the military. It was established by elected legislators who were barred from taking their seats when the military seized power.
Andrews said he is encouraged by the increasing engagement of the United States, the European Union and Canada with the National Unity Government.
Presenting the report at a news conference, Andrews called Myanmar’s situation “the forgotten war” and accused the international community of failing to address the crisis along with “the junta’s systematic crimes against humanity and war crimes.”
Since the military came to power, he said, at least 2,900 people and probably many more have died, 17,500 people are political prisoners and at least 38,000 homes, clinics and schools have been burned to the ground. In addition, 1.1 million people have been displaced, more than 4 million children don’t have access to formal education, and 17.6 million people are expected to need humanitarian aid in 2023, up from 1 million before the coup, he said.
Andrews, a former U.S. congressman who has appointments at the Yale Law School and Harvard’s Asia Center, said a new coordinated international response to the crisis in Myanmar is imperative.
The army’s ouster of Suu Kyi’s elected government was met with widespread public protests that security forces suppressed with lethal force. The futility of nonviolent protest drove opponents to armed resistance, which some U.N. experts and others have characterized as civil war.
According to Andrews’ report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, in the 22 months from the coup through Dec. 31, there were approximately 10,000 attacks or armed clashes between the military and anti-junta, ethnic resistance forces, and other groups.
Andrews urged all members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to distance themselves from the junta, condemn its actions, and support enforcement of international sanctions. While Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Brunei have reduced diplomatic engagement and rejected its claims of legitimacy, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam have engaged with the military, though Vietnam and Cambodia have said this doesn’t equate to recognition.
Myanmar is a member of ASEAN and its military leader, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, agreed to the organization’s five-point plan in April 2021 calling for an immediate cessation of violence, a dialogue among all concerned parties mediated by an ASEAN special envoy, but the junta has made little effort to implement it.
Andrews said the military’s hold on the country “is weakening,” saying that his investigation has found that international sanctions have made it difficult for the junta to move and access funds to keep its operations going. But “the problem is that the sanctions are not coordinated,” he said. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/ap-un-expert-myanmar-junta-will-seek-legitimacy-in-sham-vote/ | 2023-02-01 08:15:01 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/ap-un-expert-myanmar-junta-will-seek-legitimacy-in-sham-vote/ |
This essay by Ashley Hope Pérez is part of a series of interviews with — and essays by — authors who are finding their books being challenged and banned in the U.S.
For over a decade, I lived my professional dream. I spent my days teaching college literature courses and writing novels. I regularly visited schools as an author and got to meet teens who reminded me of the students I taught in Houston — the amazing humans who had first inspired me to write for young adults.
Then in 2021, my dream disintegrated into an author and educator's nightmare as my novel Out of Darkness became a target for politically motivated book bans across the country.
Attacks unfolded, not just on my writing but also on young people's right to read it. Hate mail and threats overwhelmed the inboxes where I once had received invitations for author visits and appreciative notes from readers. At the beginning of 2021, Out of Darkness had been on library shelves for over five years without a single challenge or complaint. As we reach the end of 2022, it has been banned in at least 29 school districts across the country.
From the earliest stages of writing, I knew Out of Darkness would be difficult — for me, and for readers. I drew my inspiration for the novel from an actual school disaster: the 1937 New London school explosion that killed hundreds in an East Texas oil town just 20 minutes from my childhood home. This tragic but little-known historical event serves as the backdrop for a fictional star-crossed romance between a Black teenager and a young Latina who has just arrived in the area.
As I researched the novel, I imagined the explosion as its most devastating event. But to engage honestly with the realities of the time and of my characters' lives, I had to grapple with systemic racism, personal prejudice, sexual abuse and domestic violence. As I wrote, the teenagers' circumstances began to tighten, noose-like, around their lives and love, leading to still more tragedy. I sought to shows the depths of harm inflicted on some in this country without sensationalizing that history. The book portrays friendship, loving family, community and healthy relationships because they, too, are part of the characters' world. Then, as now, young people struggle mightily for joy, love and dignity.
When Out of Darkness was first published, I braced for objections. Would readers recoil from the harshness of my characters' realities? Or would they recognize how the novel invites connections between those realities and an ongoing reckoning with racialized violence and police brutality? To my relief, the novel received glowing reviews, earned multiple literary awards, and was named to "best of the year" lists by Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal. It appeared on reading lists across the country as a recommendation for ambitious young readers ready to face disquieting aspects of the American experience.
So it went until early 2021. In the wake of the 2020 presidential elections, right-wing groups pivoted from a national defeat to "local" issues. The latest wave of book banning exceeds anything ever documented by librarian or free-speech groups. The statistics for 2021, which represent only a fraction of actual removals, reflect a more than 600% increase in challenges and removals as compared to 2020. (See Everylibrary.org for a continually updated database of challenges and bans and PEN America's Banned in the USA reports for April 2022 and September 2022 for further context.)
These book bans do not reflect spontaneous parental concern. Instead, they are part of an orchestrated effort to sow suspicion of public schools as scarily "woke" and to signal opposition to certain identities and topics. Book banners often cite "sexually explicit content" as their reason for objecting to books in high schools. What distinguishes the targeted titles, though, is not their sexual content but that they overwhelmingly center the experiences of BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and other marginalized people. If you were to stack up all the books with sexual content in any library, the tallest stack by far would be about white, straight characters. Tellingly, those are not the books under attack. Claims about "sexual content" are a pretext for erasing the stories that tell Black, Latinx, queer and other non-dominant kids that they matter and belong. Beyond telegraphing disapproval, book bans serve the interests of groups that have long sought to dismantle public education and shut down conversations about important issues.
Debates about the suitability of reading materials in school are nothing new. These include past efforts by progressives to reorient language arts instruction. Concerns about racist language and portrayals might well lead communities to seek alternatives to the teaching of works like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. But de-emphasizing problematic classics does not generally entail removing the books from library collections. By contrast, in targeting high school libraries, conservative book banners seek to restrict what individual students may choose to read on their own, disregarding the judgment of school librarians who carefully select materials according to professional standards.
Rather than reading the books themselves, today's book banners rely instead on haphazard lists and talking points circulated online. Social media plays a central role in stoking the fires of censorship. Last year, a video of a woman ranting about a passage from Out of Darkness in a school board meeting went internationally viral. The woman's school board rant resulted in the removal of every copy of Out of Darkness from the district's libraries, triggered copycat performances, and fueled more efforts to ban my book.
Book banning poses a real professional and personal cost to authors and educators. For YA writers, losing access to school and library audiences can be career ending. And it is excruciating to watch people describe our life's work as "filth" or "garbage." We try to find creative ways to respond to the defamation, as I did in my own YouTube video. But there is no competing with the virality of outrage. Meanwhile, librarians and teachers face toxic work conditions that shift the focus from student learning to coping with harassment.
But book banning harms students, and their education, the most. Young people rely on school libraries for accurate information and for stories that broaden their understanding, offer hope and community, and speak honestly to challenges they face. As libraries become battlegrounds, teens notice which books, and which identities, are under attack. Those who share identities with targeted authors or characters receive a powerful message of exclusion: These books don't belong, and neither do you.
Back in 2004, my predominately Latinx high school students in Houston wanted — needed — books that reflected their lives and communities but few such books had been written. In the decades since, authors have worked hard to ensure greater inclusion and respect for the diversity of teen experiences. For students with fewer resources or difficult home situations, though, a book that isn't in the school library might as well not exist. Right-wing groups want to roll back the modest progress we've made, and they are winning.
These "wins" happen even without official bans. Formal censorship becomes unnecessary once bullying, threats and disruption shake educators' focus from students. The result is soft censorship. For example, a librarian reads an outstanding review of a book that would serve someone in their school, but they don't order it out of fear of controversy. This is the internalization of the banners' agenda. The effects of soft censorship are pervasive, pernicious and very difficult to document.
The needs of all students matter, not just those whose lives and identities line up with what book banners think is acceptable. Young people have a right to the resources and stories that help them mature, learn and understand their world in all its diversity. They need more opportunities, not fewer, to experience deep imaginative engagement and the empathy it inspires. We've had enough "banner" years. I hope 2023 returns the focus to young people and their right to read.
Ashley Hope Pérez, author of three novels for young adults, is a former high school English teacher and an assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University. Find her on Twitter and Instagram or LinkT.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP)Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez have been reunited.
Fox Sports announced Sunday during its Super Bowl pregame show that Jeter will be part of the network’s studio coverage for the coming season.
Rodriguez hugged Jeter as he came on stage and presented him with a Fox Sports baseball jersey. Jeter, who was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame in 2020, also joins fellow Hall of Famer David Ortiz and host Kevin Burkhardt as part of the studio team.
”I was on set at the World Series in Philadelphia and (David) Ortiz kept showing me his World Series rings. I figured I would join the team and humble him a little bit,” Jeter joked.
Jeter and Rodriguez were teammates on the New York Yankees for 10 seasons, but their relationship wasn’t close. The two were good friends early on during their big league careers, but Jeter acknowledged during his ESPN documentary series ”The Captain” last year that they had grown apart after comments Rodriguez made in a 2001 interview with Esquire magazine.
Rodriguez credited Jeter’s teammates for the Yankees’ run of four World Series championships in five years from 1996-2000.
The two, though, have seemed to put things behind them.
Jeter – who won five championships during his 20-year career with the Yankees – said last season during Rodriguez’s ESPN show, ”Sunday Night Baseball,” that the two had met to talk and clear things up.
Jeter was part of the Miami Marlins’ ownership group for 4 1/2 years and was baseball’s first Black CEO. He resigned last February.
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Meta is set to roll out its new app Threads this week. The app, designed to be a direct competitor to Twitter, has appeared on the Apple app store and should be available for use on Thursday. The launch comes as Twitter faces yet more turmoil under the reign of Elon Musk.
Roben Farzad, host of public radio’s “Full Disclosure” has the latest on all of it and joins host Scott Tong.
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Hansel Robles, Jake Diekman, Matt Barnes, Garrett Whitlock, Matt Strahm, Austin Davis, Ryan Brasier, John Schreiber and Tanner Houck.
Through 60 games this season, those nine Red Sox relievers have earned at least one save opportunity. More than half the bullpen has had a chance, and no one has more than three saves as the Red Sox have lacked a set closer.
Might that be changing?
Houck earned his first save opportunity of the season – and first of his career – when called to protect a one-run lead in the ninth inning and preserving the Red Sox’ 4-3 over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. It doesn’t seem like it will be his last.
“We’re not saying he’s going to close,” manager Alex Cora told reporters after. “We’ve closed with Strahmy before, but we had all those switch hitters in the eighth and that was the way we drew it up. …
“There are going to be days when he’s going to be down, but we have to maximize his talent and give him high-leverage situations.”
Finding the right arms for the right spots, and specifically a closer, has been Cora’s most difficult task through the first two months. The bullpen was melting down on a seemingly nightly basis, with nine blown saves in their first 14 opportunities this season. Who could Cora trust?
Whitlock was a dominant ace reliever to start the season, but he was moved to the starting rotation. He hoped Barnes could regain his All-Star form from last year, but it hasn’t happened. Robles has been too inconsistent. All along, though Cora likes playing matchups and putting his pitchers in favorable pockets, he would prefer having a set closer.
“I would love, with time, somebody (to) step up, or we feel comfortable with certain guys that, here we go. Let’s do it,” Cora said on April 20.
He might be finding that with Strahm and Houck, who have combined for three saves this week and have emerged as the most reliable arms in the bullpen. Houck started the season in the rotation, but moved to the bullpen and stayed there in late April. They like how his stuff plays in high-leverage situations and determined he has greater value, at least right now, in that spot.
“I just feel like we’re at, pitching-staff wise, losing (Houck) for three or four days puts us in a bad spot, and we’ve been talking about it,” Cora told reporters. “We just have to be responsible. He hasn’t done back to back in a while. …
“He doesn’t change on the mound. It seems like he’s always in control. He wants this. He wants to pitch in situations like this. He likes it, and he’ll be ready for his next inning, whenever that is.”
Just in time
Bobby Dalbec is finding his groove again.
The first baseman scuffled to start the season and lost playing time to the resurgent Franchy Cordero, but his at-bats have been much more productive over the last two weeks. With another home run in Friday’s win, Dalbec entered Saturday batting .310 with a .933 OPS in his last 14 games.
“He’s been working with his timing,” Cora told reporters. “We keep talking about being on time. That’s the most important thing. Controlling the strike zone, he got a pitch that just hung in there and he put a good swing on it. That’s what we’re looking for. I know that Franchy’s playing well, he’s going to keep playing against righties, but having everybody contribute, that’s huge for us.
“Whenever he has a chance, just do your part. Little by little, you can see that he’s making strides, he’s been on time with pitches, dominating the strike zone and when he does that, he becomes very dangerous.”
Gazing for All-Stars
All-Star Game voting for this year’s midsummer classic – which is on July 19 at Dodger Stadium – began this week with the first phase of fan voting that runs through June 30.
Who on the Red Sox might be heading to Los Angeles?
A year after they were All-Star starters, Rafael Devers and Xander Bogaerts seem like locks to make another appearance. Devers leads the majors in hits (81 entering Saturday), extra-base hits (36), and leads the American League in doubles (23) while ranking among the league leaders in most offensive categories. Bogaerts ranks in the Top 2 of major league shortstops in hits, runs, doubles, average, slugging and OPS.
If they’re going to repeat as starters, they’ll have to beat out some good competition. Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez has a chance to unseat Devers at third base, while Houston rookie Jeremy Pena is tied with Bogaerts in WAR.
J.D. Martinez, who’s ranked second in the majors in average and among the league’s offensive leaders, is putting together a good case for his fifth All-Star nod. | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/06/11/alex-cora-may-finally-be-finding-ninth-inning-clarity-in-red-sox-bullpen/ | 2022-06-11 23:36:27 | 1 | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/06/11/alex-cora-may-finally-be-finding-ninth-inning-clarity-in-red-sox-bullpen/ |
Former Colts LT Tarik Glenn's determination to make a mark led him to Colts Ring of Honor
INDIANAPOLIS -- Tarik Glenn started his slow walk toward the middle of the Lucas Oil Stadium field, shaking hands with Indianapolis Colts greats like Gary Brackett and Ryan Diem before reaching the center stage. There the three-time Pro Bowler was surrounded by Hall of Famers Peyton Manning, Edgerrin James, Marvin Harrison and other Colts legends, all sporting their signature blue blazers.
The man responsible for protecting Manning's blindside and opening holes for Marshall Faulk and James on the ground reached the podium and used the moment to share his appreciation for the city and fans that meant so much to him during his 10-year career.
Glenn said he was "grateful" for his time with the organization and thanked the "village" of people that helped him and his family settle in and thrive after arriving as a first-round pick from Cal in 1997.
At halftime of Sunday's 17-16 loss to the Washington Commanders, the large and nimble-footed man described by Tony Dungy as "quiet, honorable and respectful," became the 17th member of the Colts Ring of Honor, his name bookending the stadium stands next to Robert Mathis, Dwight Freeney, Manning and Reggie Wayne.
"When I got drafted I brought a whole lot of expectations, but the reality of it was that I came to a crossroads," Glenn said. "Was it about just making it? Or was about making a mark? I had an opportunity to get better every day. The Indianapolis Colts really believed in me and made the left tackle for Peyton Manning.
"They'd never know it would lead to this, but I was able to make a lot of memories with a lot of great people and be a part of a great franchise. So to cap it off with the Ring of Honor induction, man, I'm overwhelmed."
Glenn, 45, started all 16 regular season games in nine out of his 10 seasons in Indy. He played 16 games at right guard as a rookie before taking over at left tackle for the remainder of his career. Glenn started Indy's Super Bowl win against the Chicago Bears and was never flagged for holding more than five times in any season. In 2001 he did not draw a single holding call, and three times (1999, 2003 and 2005) he drew only one holding call all season.
Glenn built his legacy by keeping pass rushers off of Peyton Manning, but the 6-5, 332-pound tackle left an equally large mark off the field through his D.R.E.A.M. Alive, Inc. foundation, a non-profit organization he founded with his wife, Maya. The organization was originally designed to created community centers in needy areas before pivoting toward working with Indianapolis Public Schools.
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Glenn said he felt at home in Indy, and he thanked Colts owner Jim Irsay and former general manager Bill Polian for creating a family-type atmosphere within the organization.
"Bill Polian brought in not only great athletes but great people," Glenn said. "I think the quality of people that we played with was unmatched. Ultra competitors, everybody wanted to get better not just on the football field but just in life.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Coming off a Final Four appearance, Villanova and new coach Kyle Neptune will face Tom Izzo's Michigan State in one of the major attractions of the seventh Gavitt Tipoff Games.
The Big East and Big Ten Conferences announced the eight men’s basketball contests on Friday. The series will run from Nov. 14-18. Game times and television network assignments will be announced at a later date.
Neptune was hired this spring to replace Jay Wright, who left the program after 21 seasons and two national championships, saying he didn't have the drive for another campaign. A long-time assistant, Neptune returned to run the Wildcats after a year as the head coach at Fordham.
Izzo led the Spartans (23-13) to its 24th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance last seaon, the second longest active streak in the country behind national champion Kansas (32).
The Gavitt Tipoff Games begin on Nov. 14, with Butler at Penn State and DePaul at Minnesota. The following day features Marquette at Purdue and Northwestern at Georgetown.
Big Ten tournament champion Iowa comes to New Jersey on Nov. 16 to face Seton Hall. The Pirates are now coached by Shaheen Holloway, who led little Saint Peter's on its phenominal run to the Elite Eight, where it lost to eventual national runner-up North Carolina.
St. John’s will host Nebraska on Nov. 17 and the five-day event wraps up on Friday with Indiana at Xavier and Villanova at Michigan State.
The early season series played between the two conferences is named in honor of Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt, the founder of the Big East.
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DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of more than 571,000 SUVs and minivans in the U.S. to park them outdoors because the tow hitch harnesses can catch fire while they are parked or being driven.
The affiliated Korean automakers are recalling the vehicles and warning people to park them away from structures until repairs are made.
Affected Hyundai vehicles include the 2019 to 2023 Santa Fe, the 2021 to 2023 Santa Fe Hybrid, the 2022 and 2023 Santa Fe Plug-in hybrid and the 2022 and 2023 Santa Cruz. The only Kia affected is the Carnival minivan from 2022 and 2023. All have Hyundai or Kia tow hitch harnesses that came as original equipment or were installed by dealers.
The Korean automakers say in documents posted Thursday by U.S. safety regulators that water can get into a circuit board on the hitches and cause a short circuit even if the ignitions are off.
Hyundai has reports of one fire and five heat damage incidents with no injuries. Kia has no reports of fires or injuries.
Dealers at first will remove the fuse and tow hitch computer module until a fix is available. Later they will install a new fuse and wire extension with an improved connector that's waterproof. Owners will be notified starting May 16.
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Justin Moore, the chart- topping country music star from Poyen, was the headliner and an honorary chairman of the St. Jude Golf Classic Celebration Dinner on April 30 at The Hall.
Guests were welcomed to the dinner by event chairman Brad Rickett. Attendees enjoyed two musical performances. The first was with George Birge, Tyler Kinch and Matt Stell. The second was with Moore, Randy Houser, Austin Michael and Shane Profitt.
The evening also included remarks by St. Jude vice president of the MidSouth Territory Tanya Frey and Jamie Swain who spoke about St. Jude's mission. A live auction with auctioneer Trey Morris included a VIP Justin Moore concert experience and signed guitar; a trip to Tuscany and a ski trip in Breckenridge, Colo.
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Which cowboy toys are best?
Since the time of Jesse James, Annie Oakley and Billy the Kid, the history and rugged landscape of the American west has captured imaginations all over the world. Over the years, this passion for the Wild West has been translated into films, literature and of course, toys.
Cowboy toys for kids can range from artificial six shooters and plastic horses to detailed cowboy action figures inspired by famous outlaws. The Cowboys and Indians Wild West Figure Playset is the top pick because it comes with over 100 pieces with a classic design.
What to know before you buy a cowboy toy
Types of cowboy toys
While the term cowboy technically refers to someone who tends cattle for a living, the word has become synonymous with the culture of the western United States as it was in the 19th century. Because of this association, spurred primarily by books and films, there are many different types of cowboy toys on the market. If you’re shopping for a kid, think about which of the following toy types they’d enjoy the most.
- Action figures: Cowboy action figures can range from simple, miniature figures in a fixed pose to detailed models with accessories and multiple points of articulation. Larger cowboy figures are usually sold alone, while miniature cowboy figurines can be purchased in sets of 50 pieces or more.
- Horse toys: If the child has a passion for ranch life, look for a horse toy. Young children are particularly fond of rideable toys like the classic hobby horse. While these toys were formerly simple stuffed horse heads attached to sticks, modern hobby horses can feature realistic designs, telescoping sticks and even sound effects.
- Costumes: A great way to foster creativity and imagination, many children love dressing up as cowboys and cowgirls. Most costumes come with a cowboy hat, but you can also find kits that include vests, lassos, sheriff stars and bandanas.
- Revolvers and rifles: No cowboy or cowgirl costume is complete without a trusty six-shooter. Toy revolvers and rifles are usually constructed from plastic or metal and often come with sound effects and accompanying holsters.
- Rodeo toys: If your kid is interested in cowboys in the strictest sense of the word, consider a rodeo toy. These authentic training products let the user practice throwing a lasso and roping a cow. You can even find full-sized roping dummies to perfect your rodeo skills outside.
Suggested age range
Consider the age of the child when buying a cowboy toy as a gift. A metal revolver toy may not be appropriate for a young kid, and a plush hobby horse or rocker may not be enjoyed by children over 3 years old. If the child is under 3, avoid any cowboy toys with small pieces that could pose a choking hazard.
What to look for in a quality cowboy toy
Authenticity
While it may not matter to some kids, any child with an interest in history will appreciate an authentic-looking cowboy toy or replica. Some of these products may even include detailed historical information alongside the toy.
Materials
Most cowboy toys are made from plastic, but you can also find toys that are constructed from die-cast metal or even wood. These toys are usually intricately detailed with an emphasis on historical realism.
How much you can expect to spend on a cowboy toy
The cost of a cowboy toy can vary dramatically depending on its type and size. Most action figures and artificial guns are around $10-$30, while rodeo toys and detailed replicas can cost $60 or more.
Cowboy toy FAQ
Why are cowboys so popular with kids?
A. While it’s hard to know exactly why kids love cowboy toys, it might be because they harken back to a simpler time of romance and rugged landscapes, valiant heroes and ruthless villains. As long as Hollywood continues to release Westerns, it’s likely that cowboys will continue to be popular with people of all ages.
Are there cowboy toys for adults?
A. Yes! There are many realistic models and replicas for adult Wild West enthusiasts to display and collect. These items are usually constructed from high-quality metal or wood and are designed to be historically accurate.
What’s the best cowboy toy to buy?
Top cowboy toy
Cowboys and Indians Wild West Figure Playset
What you need to know: This huge playset comes with a plastic tub full of miniature figurines and landscape parts.
What you’ll love: There are over 100 pieces inside the reusable tub, including colorful cowboy figures, canoes, trees, wagons and fences. The tub also has a handle and can be used for easy storage once playtime is over.
What you should consider: The small pieces could break easily and pose a choking hazard for children under 3 years old.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top cowboy toy for the money
Roblox Action Collection The Wild West Figure Pack
What you need to know: This affordable toy pack comes with four Roblox action figures and a poseable horse.
What you’ll love: Each of the cowboy action figures has posable limbs and mix-and-match accessories like weapons and dynamite. The purchase also comes with a redeemable code to access a virtual item in the Roblox video game.
What you should consider: Kids who don’t play the online game won’t get to enjoy the exclusive virtual item.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Cowboy toy worth checking out
Parris Classic Quality Toys Billy The Kid Revolver Set
What you need to know: This realistic western-style cowboy revolver is constructed from real metal.
What you’ll love: Users love the authentic die-cast metal construction and solid weight of this toy revolver. It can be loaded with ring caps to simulate the sound of gunfire. The toy also comes with a holster and adjustable cloth belt.
What you should consider: This toy is only suitable for older kids, and a few users questioned the quality of the included cloth belt.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK — The Houston Astros activated rookie shortstop Jeremy Peña from the injured list and optioned outfielder Chas McCormick to Triple-A Sugar Land on Sunday.
Manager Dusty Baker said Alvarez’s hand is still sore, and the 24-year-old may need regular rest. The issue hasn’t affected Alvarez’s performance — he has hit four of his 22 home runs in the five games since the injury.
The 24-year-old Peña is a leading candidate for AL Rookie of the Year but hasn’t played since June 13, when he injured his left thumb diving for a catch.
Peña is hitting .277 with nine home runs, six stolen bases and an .805 OPS while playing stellar defense at shortstop. He has been a worthy replacement for Carlos Correa, a two-time All-Star who left Houston for Minnesota as a free agent this spring.
McCormick is hitting .219 with six homers and a .684 OPS in his second big league season. His demotion allows Houston to keep rookie J.J. Matijevic on the roster. Matijevic is just 2 for 14, but both hits have been home runs, including one against Yankees ace Gerrit Cole on Saturday.
Matijevic, primarily a corner outfielder and first baseman, hits left-handed, while McCormick bats righty.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Cypress Development Corp. (TSXV: CYP) (OTCQX: CYDVF) (Frankfurt: C1Z1) ("Cypress" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that further to its news release dated January 24, 2023, the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") has approved the Company's name change from Cypress Development Corp. to Century Lithium Corp. The Company will also change its trading symbol from 'CYP' to 'LCE' on the TSXV. The effective date on which the Company will begin trading under the new name and symbol is January 30, 2023. The CUSIP number is 156615106.
The transfer agent of the Company continues to be Computershare Investor Services Inc. There is no change in the capitalization of the Company in connection with the change of name and trading symbol and no action is required by existing shareholders with respect to this matter. Shareholders holding share certificates of the Company can request a replacement certificate, however new certificates are not required and will not be automatically issued.
Cypress Development Corp. is a Canadian based advanced stage lithium company, focused on developing its 100%-owned Clayton Valley Lithium Project in Nevada, USA. Cypress is in the pilot stage of testing on material from its lithium-bearing claystone deposit and progressing towards completing a Feasibility Study and permitting, with the goal of becoming a domestic producer of lithium for the growing electric vehicle and battery storage market.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Just what the Dr ordered.
Two college students each wound up winning $100,000 in tuition Saturday, shortly after boos filled Mercedes-Benz Stadium because of a confusing ending in a halftime contest during the SEC championship game.
Fans at the LSU-Georgia game jeered when one of the competitors appeared to capture the Dr Pepper ball toss competition in overtime on a technicality.
The two women were tossing footballs with precision into the sponsored Dr Pepper buckets, both opting for the more-accurate chest pass over the traditional football throw. It was clear they had practiced — a lot.
And why not, with so much at stake.
Baylor student Reagan Whitaker and St. Augustine student Kayla Gibson exchanged leads multiple times in regulation. In overtime, they tied again, but Whitaker, of Allen, Texas, was declared the winner.
The winner was set to receive $100,000; the runner-up would get $20,000.
The fans who skipped their halftime hot dog run to watch were baffled by the conclusion, and they sounded their displeasure.
Those viewing at home heard the CBS broadcaster say something about Whitaker winning an earlier tiebreaker. Dr Pepper said in a statement that Whitaker had scored the most points in the preliminary round.
It all worked out in the end, though.
It was announced on the broadcast in the fourth quarter of the game that Dr Pepper would gift both Whitaker and Gibson, of Fontana, California, with $100,000 in tuition.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Announcing the largest list of product updates since its initial launch more than ten years ago, the easy-to-use, free reading tool created by ReadWorks has expanded at this crucial time for teachers and students. With more than 5,500 texts and accompanying curricular supports as well as strategic and thoughtful technical updates, it is clear that the ReadWorks online application has transformed, with ease of teacher use at the forefront. ReadWorks' mission to help improve the reading crisis across America is more important than ever, according to recent research on the impact of students' learning opportunities due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on teacher input, the new features will continue to support teachers' integration of reading activities across all levels of capability for Kindergarten through 12th grade. As online learning transitions even more from remote learning back to in-person instruction this school year, ReadWorks is excited to announce these new features for the more than one million teachers already logged into the ReadWorks platform and the many new users logging on during this busy back-to-school season.
"We gather feedback from teachers all year long to then focus our back-to-school improvements and tool enhancements on the key ideas that will help them even more easily use ReadWorks to deepen their reading instruction," said ReadWorks' Chief Academic Officer Susanne Nobles
Exciting New Content Features:
- Connected with the Clever library
- Book Studies
- Hundreds of searchable texts with diverse characters
- Enhanced Scope and Sequences and Reading Mindset Snapshot
Exciting New Help Features:
- A professionalized help center
- In-the-moment training
- Substantial conformance to the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 standards.
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Multiple people shot in Philadelphia; suspect in custody
Published: Jul. 3, 2023 at 9:20 PM CDT|Updated: 29 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Multiple people were shot in Philadelphia on Monday night, according to police.
A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department told The Associated Press there were “multiple gunshot victims” but said no other information on their conditions was immediately available.
Police spokesperson Miguel Torres told CNN a suspect was in custody and a weapon was recovered.
Police spokesperson Jasmine Reilly told the network six victims were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and two were taken to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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California officials are considering a plan to make flag football a girls’ high school sport amid soaring popularity of the game and a push to get more female athletes on the field.
The federated council of the California Interscholastic Federation — the statewide body that governs high school athletics — is expected to vote Friday on the plan at a meeting in Long Beach. If the measure passes, flag football would be an official high school sport for girls in the nation’s most populous state for the upcoming 2023-24 year.
Paula Hart Rodas, president-elect of the CIF Southern Section’s council, said the goal is to get more girls involved in high school sports and tap into a widespread love of football by many who are loath to play tackle. Southern California schools spanning from Long Beach to Corona are hoping to start teams in the fall and an approval would allow districts to add the sport to their budgets, Hart Rodas said.
“You can love the game of football and not love getting tackled but still want to participate,” Hart Rodas said. “Flag right now is aimed directly at getting more girls involved in athletics by adding a different sport that we know girls across the country are interested in, but not willing to play tackle for a variety of reasons.”
Other states have already added girls’ flag football to school athletic programs, including Alabama and Nevada. New York state’s public high school athletic association took a similar step this week and expects to host the first state championship for girls flag football in the spring of 2024.
The vote in California comes amid a surge in interest in flag football among younger players in recreational leagues and burgeoning support from the NFL and teams such as the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers, which have been running a pilot high school league for girls in Southern California.
Scores of schools signed up to participate in the pilot and those selected to do so — and the eager young players who played in it — have widely been seen as pioneers in the sport.
Paul Schmidt said being part of a start-up has been exciting for his 14-year-old daughter, who had never played flag football before she tried out for the team at Redondo Union High School — one of the schools participating in the league. Making the sport official, he said, would make it easier to secure field time and give a boost to a tight-knit team of girls that has bonded around starting something new.
“She loves it, loves it. It’s exciting to be in a new sport,” he said.
Rising interest in flag football — in which no one gets tackled and a play ends when an opposing player pulls a flag from a belt around the ball-carrier’s waist — comes amid concern about the risk of concussions and other injuries from tackle football.
In the decade leading up to 2018-19, the number of girls playing flag football in U.S. high schools doubled to 11,000, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Without the CIF’s approval, California high schools could organize flag football clubs. But coaches said allowing official interscholastic competition will likely drive more schools to start teams and develop a pipeline of players.
Troy Vincent Sr., the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, wrote in the Sacramento Bee that times have changed since he played professional football, which back then was “broadly seen as a man’s game.” He said high school players might be able to play into college and beyond as universities have also ramped up the sport.
Vincent is also pushing to get flag football added to 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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TORONTO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - To support organizations that are struggling to fill vacant roles and bridge talent gaps within their teams, McLean & Company, one of the world's leading HR research and advisory firms, has released new research titled Preparing for an Internal Talent Marketplace. This data-backed blueprint was created to assist HR leaders in their efforts to prepare for an Internal Talent Marketplace – also known as an Opportunity Marketplace or Talent Intelligence Platform.
The new resource will help address current hiring and retention challenges by guiding organizations toward a skills-based talent-sharing model that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to match existing employees to a variety of opportunities based on skills, interests, and aspirations.
"An Internal Talent Marketplace is more than just a new piece of technology," says Janet Clarey, director of HR research and advisory services at McLean & Company. "With a focus on prioritizing people and culture, a talent marketplace has the ability to align both employee and business needs to fundamentally change how an organization grows and moves talent."
While the concept of matching talent profiles is not new, artificial intelligence provides a faster, more sophisticated matching process that allows organizations to scale at unprecedented levels. These new technology solutions facilitate an effective and efficient talent marketplace, making the Internal Talent Marketplace approach the next generation of talent management.
Organizations that are highly effective at rapidly moving internal employees to staff strategic priorities are 2.4 times more likely to be high performing in terms of overall organizational performance, as outlined in the 2022 HR Trends Report from McLean & Company. Implementing an Internal Talent Marketplace helps organizations to facilitate quick and efficient employee movements, leading to organizational success across the board.
Though talent marketplaces offer a variety of benefits when it comes to solving talent challenges, McLean & Company's research also suggests that some organizations are better suited for a talent marketplace than others and that implementation requires care and intention. When considering implementing a talent marketplace, the firm indicates that a cultural and mindset shift is required. Mindset shifts are never easy, but without a culture that values growth and talent sharing, the talent marketplace will not be successful. Working persistently toward growth and sharing mindsets is critical to drive and sustain this change.
"Many organizations aren't structured to keep up with the rapid changes in both internal and external environments, leading to challenges with preparing talent for the future of work," Clarey continues. "Organizations need to remain flexible and able to pivot quickly. An Internal Talent Marketplace can allow them to do just that."
For HR leaders considering if an Internal Talent Marketplace is the right fit for their organizational model, Preparing for an Internal Talent Marketplace is available to assist in assessment, design, and technology considerations.
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Through data-driven insights and proven best-practice methodologies, McLean & Company offers comprehensive resources and full-service assessments, action plans, and training to position organizations to meet today's needs and prepare for the future.
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CINCINNATI — Victor Caratini drove in the go-ahead run with an infield grounder in a two-run 11th inning, and Milwaukee beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 Friday night following the ejection of Brewers starter Corbin Burnes.
“You can’t get upset with the calls on the edges,” Burnes said. “Every umpire has their established strike zone. DJ was giving me the corner most of the night but what frustrates pitchers the most is the pitch that is completely in the strike zone.”
Burnes allowed three runs and two hits with seven strikeouts while tying his season high with four walks.
“Two of the walks I had would have been strikeouts,” he said. “Two of the walks were just uncompetitive pitches.”
The 2021 National League Cy Young Award winner, Burnes was 0-2 in his prior three starts.
“There were just several pitches on the edges he didn’t feel he was getting,” manager Craig Counsell said. “There were good pitches that weren’t called that led to longer innings. The four walks are unusual for him. The walks hurt him. Two of them scored. There weren’t a lot of hard hit balls. Even the home run wasn’t a terrible pitch. He was finished anyway after the sixth. He was fired up. He knew he was out of the game.”
With automatic runner Brian Anderson on second, Milwaukee loaded the bases against Fernando Cruz (1-1) in the 11th when Andruw Monasterio singled and Joey Wiemer walked. Caratini grounded to second baseman Jonathan India, who threw to shortstop Matt McLain for a forceout, and Caratini beat the relay to first.
Brice Turang hit a comebacker off the glove of Cruz, who threw to second instead of home. While the Reds got another forceout, Turang easily beat the relay to first and avoided an inning-ending double play.
Elvis Pegureo (1-0) struck out one in a hitless 10th for his first major league win.
Curt Casali hit a two-out RBI double in the bottom half before Bryse Wilson retired Spencer Steer on a groundout for his third save in four chances.
Milwaukee improved to 3-0 in extra innings, while Cincinnati dropped to 2-3.
Before a crowd of 44,073, a regular-season record at Great American Ball Park, Reds rookie Brandon Williamson remained without a decision in his first four big league starts. He allowed three runs — two earned — five hits and two walks in a career-high 6 2/3 innings. Williamson tied his career high six strikeouts.
“He pitched well,” Reds manager David Bell said. “He threw strikes. He pounded the strike zone. He changed speeds well. He went deep into the ballgame, which helps our bullpen.
Williamson was able to ignore the crowd while he was pitching.
“I’m not really thinking about that,” he said. “I’m just focused on throwing the best pitches I can. Walking off the mound is when it hit me. That was obviously the biggest crowd I’ve pitched in front. It was pretty cool seeing the third deck full.”
Wiemer, who played at the University of Cincinnati, put Milwaukee ahead with a two-run homer in the second, driving a first-pitch cutter 432 feet deep into the left-field lower deck.
Jake Fraley walked in the bottom half, stole second, advanced on Tyler Stephenson’s grounder and beat second baseman Owen Miller’s throw home on Nick Senzel’s grounder, making a sprawling headfirst slide.
Jonathan India gave Cincinnati a 3-2 lead in the third with a two-out, opposite-field liner that traveled 370 feet into the right field seats with Luke Maile on first base after a leadoff walk. Caratini hit a run-scoring chopper in the fourth following McLain’s throwing error.
PLAYING EVERYWHERE
Newman made his first big league appearance at first base. He’s started seven games at every other infield spot this season, his sixth in the majors.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Brewers: 1B Darin Ruf left with a cut on his right knee after running into the tarp while chasing a foul popup in the third inning. He needed six stitches. … OF Tyrone Taylor (right elbow sprain) was scratched and manager Craig Counsell said he might have to see a doctor. … SS Willy Adames (concussion) is working out this weekend with the Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
Reds: INF Joey Votto (left shoulder and biceps surgery) is scheduled to start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Saturday.
UP NEXT
Milwaukee RHP Colin Rea (2-3) is scheduled to face RHP Graham Ashcraft (3-5) on Saturday in the second game of the four-game series.
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AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — Icy air blasted the more than 67,000 fans packing the Al Bayt Stadium on the World Cup’s breezy opening night in the coastal Qatari city of Al Khor.
The cool night, made chillier by the air-conditioned outdoor stadium, left some fans wishing they had dressed warmer.
“Actually, it’s too cold,” said Faisal Rasheed, a 40-year-old Qatari fan who had come to see the host nation take on Ecuador after the seven-act opening ceremony. Wearing a maroon sweatshirt in the color of Qatar’s national flag and uniform, Rasheed said the air-conditioning was “working well,” but wondered whether it was needed on the windy, desert night.
Qatar lost the match 2-0 on a night when the outside temperature peaked at 23 degrees Celsius (74 degrees Fahrenheit).
The World Cup is being held in the winter months instead of the traditional June-July window after organizers moved it in 2015, five years after Qatar won the hosting rights, over concerns about how fans and players would fare under the country's searing summer heat.
Qatar spent billions building seven air-conditioned, open-air World Cup stadiums. Organizers have trumpeted the technology behind the cooling systems in the long runup to the tournament, repeatedly saying that temperatures in the stands and playing field would hover around 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit), regardless of outside conditions.
The 974 Stadium in Doha is the only venue that will not be cooled, but it will host only night matches.
The Bedouin tent-shaped Al Bayt Stadium has a cooling station that sends chilled water to several air treatment units inside the venue. Some of the water used in the cooling process is recycled wastewater, stadium engineer Saud Ghani said.
Mario Sanchez, a 33-year-old U.S. fan, said he had traveled to Qatar from Chicago to watch 28 of the tournament’s 64 matches.
“It actually feels kind of cold tonight,” Sanchez said, “but that's because it's really windy.”
He said the technology's real test would likely come on Monday during the first daytime match, between England and Iran, at 4 p.m. local time.
“We’ll see how that goes,” Sanchez said.
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WA Seattle WA Zone Forecast for Sunday, March 12, 2023
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636 FPUS56 KSEW 131003
ZFPSEW
Zone Forecast Product for Western Washington
National Weather Service Seattle WA
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for today, tonight, and Tuesday.
WAZ558-132300-
Seattle and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Seattle, Shoreline, Federal Way, and Kent
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a quarter to a half inch
possible. Highs near 50. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming
southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening. Lows
in the mid to upper 30s. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming
south 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Gusts to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs near
50. South wind to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the mid to
upper 30s. Northwest wind to 10 mph becoming southwest after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain in the morning, then
a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs near 50.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Seattle 48 35 51 / 100 50 10
$$
WAZ559-132300-
Bremerton and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Bremerton and Silverdale
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain at times in the morning, then a
chance of rain in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a
quarter of an inch possible. Highs near 50. Southwest wind 10 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening. A
slight chance of rain in the morning. Lows in the 30s. Southwest
wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight. Gusts to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow in
the morning, then mostly sunny with a slight chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs near 50. South wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing
to 10 mph or less in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the 30s. Northwest wind to 10 mph becoming
southwest after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
near 50. South wind to 10 mph becoming southwest around 10 mph in
the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows near
40.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bremerton 47 34 49 / 80 50 20
$$
WAZ507-132300-
Everett and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Everett, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Marysville,
and Arlington
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a half inch to one inch
possible. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. South wind 10 to
15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Gusts to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely in the evening, then a
chance of rain late in the evening. A slight chance of rain after
midnight. Rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch likely.
Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. North wind 10 to 20 mph
becoming southeast after midnight. Gusts to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Snow level near
1000 feet. Highs near 50. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts
to 25 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to
lower 40s. North wind to 10 mph becoming east after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow
level near 1000 feet in the morning. Highs near 50. Southeast
wind to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Edmonds 48 37 50 / 90 50 20
Everett 47 35 49 / 100 60 20
$$
WAZ509-132300-
Tacoma Area-
Including the cities of Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup, and Sumner
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Becoming partly sunny late in the afternoon. Rain in the
morning, then a chance of rain early in the afternoon. A slight
chance of rain late in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a quarter
to a half inch possible. Highs near 50. Southwest wind 10 to
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening. Lows
in the 30s. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming south 10 to
15 mph after midnight. Gusts to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs near
50. South wind to 10 mph in the morning becoming light.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the 30s.
West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs near 50.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with rain likely after midnight. Lows
near 40.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Puyallup 50 34 52 / 100 60 10
Tacoma 48 34 50 / 100 50 10
$$
WAZ556-132300-
Bellevue and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, and Issaquah
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a quarter to a half inch
possible. Highs near 50. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming
southwest in the afternoon, Gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the evening,
then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain after midnight.
Mostly cloudy in the morning. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the morning.
Highs in the lower 50s. South wind around 10 mph in the morning
becoming light.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the mid to
upper 30s. Northwest wind around 10 mph becoming south to 10 mph
after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain in the morning, then
a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs near 50. South
wind to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bellevue 49 37 52 / 100 60 10
$$
WAZ555-132300-
East Puget Sound Lowlands-
Including the cities of Gold Bar, Enumclaw, North Bend,
and Buckley
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a half inch to one inch
possible. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. South wind to 10 mph
becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely in the evening, then a
chance of rain in the late evening and early morning. A slight
chance of rain in the morning. Rainfall amounts less than a tenth
of an inch likely. Lows in the 30s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph
becoming south after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning. Snow level near 1000 feet in the morning. Highs near 50.
Southeast wind around 10 mph in the morning becoming light.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then rain and snow likely after midnight. Snow level
near 1500 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Northwest wind
around 10 mph becoming southeast to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the
afternoon. Snow level near 1500 feet. Highs in the mid 40s to
lower 50s. Southeast wind to 10 mph becoming southwest in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Breezy. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with rain likely after midnight. Lows
in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Gold Bar 49 36 52 / 100 90 20
Enumclaw 47 32 50 / 100 60 10
North Bend 49 35 53 / 100 80 20
$$
WAZ503-132300-
Western Whatcom County-
Including the cities of Bellingham, Blaine, and Lynden
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a quarter to a half inch
possible. Highs in the 40s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Gusts to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain likely. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of
an inch possible. Lows in the 30s. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph
becoming south after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow
level near 1000 feet. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. South
wind 15 to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the 30s. Northwest
wind to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain in the morning, then
a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the 40s.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows near 40.
.SATURDAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in
the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows near
40.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bellingham 46 36 49 / 90 70 30
Sumas 45 36 48 / 100 90 40
$$
WAZ506-132300-
Western Skagit County-
Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Anacortes, Sedro-Woolley,
and Burlington
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain until late afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of rain late in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a half
inch to one inch possible. Highs in the mid to upper 40s. South
wind 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely in the evening, then a
chance of rain in the late evening and early morning. A slight
chance of rain in the morning. Rainfall amounts less than a tenth
of an inch likely. Lows in the 30s. South wind 10 to 15 mph
becoming southeast after midnight. Gusts to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Snow level near
1000 feet. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southeast wind
10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph becoming south 10 to 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the 30s to lower
40s. Northwest wind to 10 mph increasing to east 10 to 20 mph
with gusts to 30 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain in the morning, then
a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to
upper 40s. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the
afternoon. Gusts to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in
the mid to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows near
40.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the lower
50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Anacortes 47 37 48 / 90 60 20
Mount Vernon 47 37 51 / 100 70 10
$$
WAZ001-132300-
San Juan County-
Including the cities of Friday Harbor, Eastsound,
and Roche Harbor
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Breezy. Cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
sunny. Rain likely in the morning, then a chance of rain late in
the morning. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Rainfall
amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. Highs in the
mid to upper 40s. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west 15 to
25 mph with gusts to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the
evening, then a slight chance of rain after midnight. A slight
chance of snow in the morning. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
West wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph becoming south 10 to
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow
level near 1000 feet. Highs in the mid to upper 40s. Southeast
wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to
lower 40s. West wind to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to 25 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning. Highs in the mid to upper 40s. Southwest wind 10 to
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs near 50.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain
after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in
the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs near 50.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Friday Harbor 48 36 47 / 70 40 20
Eastsound 46 37 45 / 70 60 30
$$
WAZ510-132300-
Admiralty Inlet Area-
Including the cities of Port Townsend and Port Ludlow
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then rain likely early in the
afternoon. A chance of rain late in the afternoon. Rainfall
amounts a quarter to a half inch possible. Highs in the mid 40s
to lower 50s. South wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west in the
afternoon. Gusts to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the
evening, then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the
30s. South wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow in the morning, then mostly sunny with a slight chance of
rain in the afternoon. Snow level near 1000 feet. Highs in the
mid 40s to lower 50s. South wind 15 to 25 mph becoming southeast
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the 30s. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Gusts to
30 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 40s to lower 50s. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south
in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows
near 40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows near
40.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Oak Harbor 47 37 49 / 90 50 20
Port Townsend 45 33 47 / 90 50 20
$$
WAZ511-132300-
Hood Canal Area-
Including the cities of Hoodsport and Brinnon
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Rain
at times in the morning, then a chance of rain late in the
morning. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Rainfall
amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. Highs in the
mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts to
30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening. A
chance of snow. A slight chance of rain after midnight. Snow
level near 1500 feet. Lows in the 30s. Southwest wind 10 to
20 mph with gusts to 30 mph becoming south 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level near
1000 feet in the morning. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
South wind 10 to 15 mph. North part, gusts to 25 mph in the
morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain and snow after midnight. Snow
level near 1500 feet. Lows in the 30s. West wind 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level near
1000 feet in the morning. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. West
wind to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows near 40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with rain likely after midnight. Lows
near 40.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Shelton 47 33 51 / 90 50 30
$$
WAZ504-132300-
Southwest Interior-
Including the cities of Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Centralia,
and Toledo
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of rain in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a half inch to
one inch possible. Highs in the mid to upper 40s. Southwest wind
10 to 15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening. A
chance of snow late in the evening, then a slight chance of rain
and snow after midnight. Snow level near 1500 feet. Lows in the
30s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight,
Gusts to 25 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow
level near 1000 feet in the morning. Highs near 50. South wind to
10 mph in the morning becoming light.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then rain and snow likely after midnight. Snow level
near 1500 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. North wind 10 to
15 mph becoming south after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Rain and snow likely in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level near
1500 feet. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind
10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows around
40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with rain likely after midnight. Lows
near 40.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Chehalis 49 35 51 / 100 50 20
Olympia 48 33 51 / 100 40 20
$$
WAZ512-132300-
Lower Chehalis Valley Area-
Including the city of Montesano
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain at times in the morning, then a chance of rain late
in the morning. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon.
Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. Highs
in the mid to upper 40s. Southwest wind around 10 mph becoming
west in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely in the evening, then a
chance of rain late in the evening. A chance of rain and snow
after midnight. Snow level near 1500 feet. No snow accumulation.
Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph
becoming south after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level near
1500 feet. Highs near 50. Southeast wind to 10 mph in the morning
becoming light.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely after
midnight. Snow level near 1500 feet. Lows in the lower to mid
30s. West wind to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level near
1500 feet. Highs near 50. West wind to 10 mph increasing to 10 to
15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows near 30.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows near
40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
WAZ514-132300-
Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca-
Including the cities of Sequim and Port Angeles
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. Rain likely in the morning, then
a chance of rain in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a
quarter of an inch possible. Highs in the mid to upper 40s. West
wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the evening,
then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow in the
late evening and early morning. Partly cloudy in the morning.
Snow level near 1500 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. South
wind 10 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow
level near 500 feet in the morning. Highs in the 40s. Wind
variable to 10 mph becoming north 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow
in the evening, then a chance of rain and snow after midnight.
Snow level near 1500 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. West
wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest with gusts to 25 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning. Snow level near 1500 feet. Highs in the mid to upper
40s. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest 10 to 20 mph with
gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows
near 40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows near
40.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs near 50.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Port Angeles 48 33 47 / 80 50 40
Sequim 47 31 48 / 70 40 20
$$
WAZ515-132300-
Western Strait of Juan De Fuca-
Including the cities of Joyce and Clallam Bay
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain at times in the morning, then a chance of rain in
the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch
possible. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. West wind 10 to 15 mph
becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely in the evening. Snow likely
late in the evening, then a chance of rain and snow after
midnight. Snow level near 1500 feet. No snow accumulation. Lows
in the 30s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain likely in the
afternoon. Snow level near 1000 feet. No snow accumulation. Highs
in the lower to mid 40s. Wind variable to 10 mph becoming east
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then rain and snow
after midnight. Snow level near 1500 feet. Lows in the 30s.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level near
1500 feet. Highs in the 40s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming
west in the afternoon. Gusts to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows near
40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with rain likely in the afternoon. Highs near
50.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows near 40.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain at times in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 40s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Sekiu 43 36 43 / 80 80 80
$$
WAZ517-132300-
Central Coast-
Including the cities of Hoquiam, Aberdeen, Westport,
and Ocean Shores
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain at times in the morning. A chance of rain in the
afternoon. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch
possible. Highs in the 40s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming
west 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with rain likely in the evening, then
mostly cloudy with a chance of rain after midnight. Rainfall
amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. Lows in the
30s. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
40s to lower 50s. East wind around 10 mph becoming southwest to
10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with rain likely after midnight.
Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. Lows
in the mid 30s to lower 40s. West wind to 10 mph increasing to
northwest 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain in the morning, then
a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to
lower 50s. West wind 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with rain likely in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hoquiam 47 38 49 / 90 60 50
$$
WAZ516-132300-
North Coast-
Including the cities of Neah Bay, La Push, and Forks
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. Rain likely through the day.
Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. Highs
in the lower to mid 40s. West wind 10 to 20 mph becoming
southwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then rain and snow likely late in
the evening. A chance of rain and snow after midnight. Snow level
near 1500 feet. No snow accumulation. Lows in the 30s. Southwest
wind 10 to 20 mph becoming south 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
Gusts to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain likely in the
afternoon. Snow level near 1500 feet. No snow accumulation. Highs
in the 40s. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south 10 to
20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then rain and snow
after midnight. Snow level near 1500 feet. Lows in the 30s to
lower 40s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south 10 to
20 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level near
1500 feet. Highs in the 40s. West wind 10 to 20 mph. Gusts to
30 mph in the morning.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper
30s.
.FRIDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows near 40.
.SUNDAY...Rain at times. Highs near 50.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Forks 46 35 46 / 80 80 80
$$
WAZ513-132300-
Olympics-
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then a chance of rain and
snow in the afternoon. Snow level near 2000 feet. Snow may be
heavy at times late in the afternoon. Snow accumulation near
Hurricane Ridge of 1 to 2 inches.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers, snow showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then rain and snow likely
late in the evening. A chance of rain and snow after midnight.
Snow level near 1500 feet. Snow accumulation near Hurricane Ridge
around 2 inches. Total snow accumulation near Hurricane Ridge
3 to 4 inches.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely until late
afternoon, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow late
in the afternoon. Snow level near 1000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely after
midnight. Snow level near 1500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow. Snow
level near 1500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 2000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 3500 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 4500 feet.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Snow level near 2500 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow.
Snow level near 3500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then rain and snow likely in the afternoon. Snow level
near 3500 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Snow level near
3500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then rain and snow
in the afternoon. Snow level near 3000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hurricane Ridge 28 18 28 / 80 70 50
$$
WAZ567-132300-
Cascades of Whatcom and Skagit Counties-
Including the cities of Marblemount and Concrete
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Rain and snow until late afternoon, then rain and snow
likely late in the afternoon. Snow level near 4000 feet
decreasing to 2500 feet in the afternoon. Snow may be heavy at
times. Rainfall amounts a half inch to one inch possible. Snow
accumulation of 3 to 8 inches.
.TONIGHT...Rain and snow in the evening, then rain and snow
likely after midnight. Snow level near 1500 feet. Snow
accumulation of 4 to 5 inches. Total snow accumulation 7 to
13 inches.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow. Snow level
near 1000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow
in the evening, then a chance of rain and snow after midnight.
Snow level near 1500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Snow level near 1000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 1500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 3500 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 4000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 4500 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow
after midnight. Snow level near 3000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow. Snow
level near 3000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow.
Snow level near 3000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow likely. Snow level near 2500 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mount Baker 33 22 32 / 100 90 50
$$
WAZ568-132300-
Cascades of Snohomish and King Counties-
Including the cities of Snoqualmie Pass, Darrington, and Index
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain and snow likely
early in the afternoon. A chance of rain and snow late in the
afternoon. Snow level near 4000 feet decreasing to 2500 feet in
the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a half inch to one inch possible.
Snow accumulation of 1 to 5 inches. Afternoon pass temperatures
in the mid 30s. South wind in the passes around 10 mph becoming
west in the afternoon, Gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Rain and snow likely in the evening, then rain and
snow late in the evening. A chance of rain and snow after
midnight. Snow level near 1500 feet. Snow accumulation of 3 to
5 inches. Total snow accumulation 4 to 10 inches. West wind in
the passes 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain and snow in the afternoon.
Snow level near 1000 feet increasing to 1500 feet in the
afternoon. Afternoon pass temperatures in the 30s. Light wind in
the passes becoming southeast around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow in the evening, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely
after midnight. Snow level near 1500 feet. Southeast wind in the
passes around 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Snow level near 1500 feet. Afternoon pass temperatures
in the lower to mid 30s. West wind in the passes 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 2000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 3500 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 4000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 4500 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow
in the evening, then a chance of rain and snow after midnight.
Snow level near 3000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow. Snow
level near 3000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely after
midnight. Snow level near 3500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow likely. Snow level near 3000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Snoqualmie Pass 35 24 37 / 100 90 20
Stevens Pass 34 21 33 / 100 90 20
$$
WAZ569-132300-
Cascades of Pierce and Lewis Counties-
Including the cities of Randle, Packwood, Ashford, and Morton
303 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain and snow likely
early in the afternoon. A chance of rain and snow late in the
afternoon. Snow level near 4500 feet decreasing to 2500 feet in
the afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times until late afternoon.
Rainfall amounts a half inch to one inch possible. Snow
accumulation of 4 to 9 inches.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow likely in the evening,
then a chance of rain and snow after midnight. A slight chance of
rain and snow in the morning. Snow level near 1500 feet. Snow
accumulation of 1 to 5 inches. Total snow accumulation 5 to
14 inches.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Snow level near 500 feet increasing to 1500 feet in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely after
midnight. Snow level near 2000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Snow level near 1500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and
snow in the evening. Snow level near 2000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 4000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 4500 feet.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Snow level near 2500 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow.
Snow level near 3000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow. Snow
level near 3500 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Snow level near
3500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow likely. Snow level near 3000 feet.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears has filed a Motion for Recusal, calling on the judge overseeing the murder trial of Elliahs Dorsey to step down for alleged “bias and prejudice against the State.”
Dorsey is accused of shooting and killing IMPD Officer Breann Leath on April 9, 2020, when he reportedly fired through an apartment door and shot the officer twice in the head.
The State of Indiana, represented in the filing by Prosecutor Mears, has pushed for the death penalty in the case. Dorsey’s defense has argued against the death penalty, however, stating that Dorsey had thought someone was after him and wasn’t aware it was a police officer at the door when he opened fire.
Court records show the State and the Defense held a hearing with Judge Mark Stoner on March 17 after the State motioned for the death penalty and the Defense motioned to dismiss the death sentence.
The State accuses Judge Stoner of showing “bias and prejudice” against the State in this hearing which “prevents the State from continuing to seek a fair and just resolution to this case.”
According to the new court filing, Judge Stoner expressed concern that the State may not be able to prove that Dorsey was aware a police officer was at his door prior to opening fire and that the State might use the death penalty as leverage to secure a plea bargain.
The State argued that the prosecution intended to present its argument about the justification for the death penalty to the jury, not disclose its argument prior and risk harming their case.
“You may never get to that point, on a death penalty issue, if I don’t have it now,” Stoner said, according to court transcript.
He continued: “I am telling you that in my role in dealing with super due process, that I intend to deal with this issue now. Particularly if it is a violation of ethics. Because if the court believes that there isn’t sufficient information to do that, the court would, one, have to consider removing the death penalty charge, dismissing death penalty counsel. And also potentially sending the record over to the board of commissioners in terms of judicial qualifications and professional responsibility.”
Stoner went on to say that he believed a death penalty cannot be filed without evidence. He argued having the death penalty available without evidence and then using it as a plea negotiation tool could create “ethical problems.”
“I am not interested at this point in what there have been ~, what negotiations
Judge Mark Stoner
have occurred. I am very concerned about this legal issue, whether or not negotiations could occur where part of the negotiation would be the State would drop death penalty in exchange for ~, that’s my concern, that’s my ~, that’s my concern as to whether or not you could legally, ethically do that if there is an absence of evidence that gets you to good faith showing to jury that aggravator exists. That’s what I’m concerned about. So, don’t want to do it ~, the rest of it, cause it would only confirm whatever concerns I have. want to know, just, as an ethical posture, whether or not the government can use the death penalty as negotiating tool if the government lacks good faith to believe the mitigator, specific evidence on the mitigator exists.”
The court filing argues that Stoner’s comments now put pressure on the State to dismiss the death request in exchange for avoiding an ethics complaint. The prosecution also argued that Stoner’s comments harm the State from engaging in plea negotiations by implying the State acted in “bad faith” by filing for the death penalty.
The Motion for Recusal concludes by stating: “The Court’s potential referral of an ethics complaint has prejudiced the State’s ability to prosecute this case to completion – either through trial or plea negotiations – without fear of reprisal through a possible referral to the Disciplinary Commission. Recusal is therefore necessary.” | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/prosecutor-mears-calls-for-judge-to-step-down-in-murder-trial-of-man-accused-of-killing-impd-officer/ | 2023-03-28 21:06:11 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/prosecutor-mears-calls-for-judge-to-step-down-in-murder-trial-of-man-accused-of-killing-impd-officer/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street climbed Monday ahead of a big week for central banks around the world, vaulting the S&P 500 to its highest level in more than a year.
The benchmark index rose 40.07 points, or 0.9%, to 4,338.93 and its highest close since April 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189.55, or 0.6%, to 34,066.33, while the Nasdaq composite rallied 202.78, or 1.5%, to 13,461.92.
The U.S. stock market has been cruising on hopes the economy may avoid a recession and the Federal Reserve may soon take it easier on its hikes to interest rates. Traders are betting the Fed will hold rates steady at its next meeting, which concludes on Wednesday. That would be the first time it hasn’t hiked rates at a meeting in more than a year.
Investors see high-growth stocks as some of the biggest beneficiaries of lower rates, and they led the market Monday. Tech stocks alone accounted for more than half the S&P 500’s gain, powered by gains of at least 1.5% for both Microsoft and Apple.
Cruise operator Carnival, meanwhile, rode a 12.5% upswell as analysts upgraded its stock on signs demand remains steady for the industry and that pricing is holding up. It helped overshadow losses elsewhere in the market, including an 11.8% fall for Nasdaq, the exchange company that’s pushing more into technology. It said it would buy Adenza, a risk management and regulatory software provider, for $10.5 billion in cash and stock.
A halt or a pause by the Fed to rate hikes would give the economy and financial markets some breathing room. The Fed has already pulled rates to their highest level since 2007 in hopes of driving down inflation, and the increases have helped cause high-profile U.S. bank failures and a monthslong contraction in the manufacturing industry.
This week will also see the latest updates on inflation across the economy. On Tuesday, economists expect a report to show prices for consumers were 4.1% higher in May than a year earlier. That’s way above the Fed’s target of 2% inflation, but it would be down from 4.9% in April and a peak of more than 9% last June.
Because prices were already much higher a year ago due to the worst inflation in 40 years, further increases in upcoming months may not appear quite so dramatic. Inflation could fall to 3.2% in June, and the next two months could see one of the biggest drops in inflation over a two-month period over the last 70 years, according to Jonathan Golub, chief U.S. equity strategist at Credit Suisse.
But much of that easing would simply be because of how high prices had already climbed, and Wall Street traders are still bracing for the Fed to resume hiking rates in July. The question is how much further it will go beyond that.
The Fed is in a tight spot because any increases to rates could mean more pressure on the U.S. banking system. It’s still absorbing all the past rate increases, which have caused customers to yank bank deposits as they herd into higher-yielding money-market funds. Higher rates have also forced down the values of bonds banks bought when interest rates were low.
“While incoming data point to resilience in activity and stickiness in inflation, the Fed appears to want additional time to monitor policy lags and regional bank stress,” Michael Gapen and other economists wrote in a BofA Global Research report.
They see a June pause by the Fed as a close call. Recent surprise hikes by central banks in Canada and Australia show a move higher could still happen, but Gapen said the Fed doesn’t usually hike rates when the widespread assumption on Wall Street is for a hold. That may change if Tuesday’s inflation report comes in hotter than expected.
Besides the Federal Reserve, central banks in Europe and Japan will also be meeting this week on interest rates.
In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped to 3.73% from 3.74% late Friday. It helps set rates for mortgages and other important loans.
The two-year Treasury yield, which moves more on expectations for the Fed, fell to 4.57% from 4.60%.
In stock markets abroad, European indexes were modestly higher after Switzerland’s UBS said it has completed its takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse in a government-arranged rescue combining the country’s two largest banks to safeguard the country’s reputation as a global financial center and choke off market turmoil.
In Asia, stock indexes were mixed.
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New Stamps Can Be Used on Letters Sent to Santa, Accepted Beginning Today
NORTH POLE , Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the issuance of the new Holiday Elves Forever stamps today, the U.S. Postal Service is celebrating the tremendous effort of all holiday elves.
These stamps commemorate their incomparable skills in product production, time management, problem-solving, collaboration and overall positivity — as well as their unparalleled logistics acumen.
And, seriously, is there a better place in the world to dedicate these stamps than here at Santa Claus House at the North Pole? We don't think so either.
"The elves have been hard at work here preparing for the upcoming season and so have the more than 650,000 Postal Service employees nationwide. The Postal Service is proud of its role delivering holiday cards and packages," said Michael J. Elston, the Secretary of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, who served as the dedicating official. "We know these new stamps will make the perfect addition to holiday greeting cards."
The Holiday Elves stamps are se-tenant, which means they work together both as a single scene or as individual images. Artist Don Clark first sketched his design and then created the final illustration digitally. Antonio Alcalá was the art director.
Santa's elves make toys, take care of the reindeer, maintain the sleigh, manage the North Pole mailroom and help Santa with a wide variety of other tasks. The mailroom position is huge! The elves sort the letters written to Santa and make sure that every one of them is read by the Big Guy.
USPS Operation Santa
Speaking of those letters to Santa, the Postal Service is celebrating the 110th anniversary of its beloved USPS Operation Santa program this year. USPS Operation Santa provides an online channel where people can safely and securely help children and families have a magical holiday when they otherwise might not— one letter to Santa at a time. It allows individuals to adopt letters written to Santa and send thoughtful, heartfelt gifts anonymously.
USPS Operation Santa is not a guaranteed gift-giving program. It relies solely on random acts of kindness and the generosity of strangers. For more information, visit USPSOperationSanta.com or usps.com/holidaynews.
"USPS Operation Santa allows generous customers to grant the holiday wishes of children and families in need. The program is now accepting wish lists for this year's program. We know this is earlier than usual, but we're pretty excited to get the season started and we know kids around the country are eager to write to Santa, using these stamps on the envelopes," Elston added.
Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide.
By the way, holiday greeting cards should be mailed in just 10 weeks!
The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its operations.
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In response, Biden will spend more money on cooling centers and retrofitting buildings. Such measures can help cope with temperature extremes but they don’t address what Biden sees as the real culprit, fossil fuel emissions. His current strategy on that front is to ask Saudi Arabia to please pump more oil. That won’t help to reduce emissions but he is hoping it will reduce consumer (and voter) outrage over high energy prices.
In his Massachusetts remarks, Biden said he would push for more clean energy — in particular new offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Mexico.
Once again, we heard nothing about available, proven technology that produces emissions-free power on the largest of scales.
Nuclear power should be a key component of American energy policy but it languishes here due to decades of demonizing by leftwing foes and a complacent news media. If Washington doesn’t wise up soon, nuclear technological knowledge here will face its own existential threat.
Threats to school safety are especially top of mind these days in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, massacre. Attempting to take advantage of this for political gain is reprehensible.
We hope promoters of a new community center on Manchester’s West Side and neighborhood residents can come to a positive resolution of their differences. That may take some give and take from both camps.
The claim by the director of a Manchester gay pride group that the police department is somehow anti-gay because of how it briefly delayed a parade is, in a word, absurd.
Outgoing Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette says she will take a short break from her work life to focus on her family and herself. Her announcement last week is a reminder of the extraordinary pressures leaders in both public and private sectors have been under during th…
If you ask a Democrat you’ll find that inflation comes from greed. Ask a Republican and you’ll find it comes from Joe Biden. Regardless of its origin, all can agree that it has arrived.
A Nashua Democrat who wants to be an executive councilor is pushing passenger rail to Boston with an argument that goes most of the train advocates one better. She says that New Hampshire’s very economy “is limited unless we invest in commuter rail.”
We must have missed the memo from those who determine what names are deemed suitable in the natural world. We had to look it up this summer when news stories warned of the invasion of the “spongy moth caterpillar.” | https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/editorials/still-no-nukes-biden-s-emergency/article_71541877-f42d-5885-9894-d4f36993845f.html | 2022-07-24 04:41:30 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/editorials/still-no-nukes-biden-s-emergency/article_71541877-f42d-5885-9894-d4f36993845f.html |
Reports of gunfire prompt a police response at a Texas outlet mall in Allen.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives of the Dallas Field Division reported an active shooter situationat the Allen Premium Outlets and said the situation is currently being investigated by the Allen Police Department.
According to WFAA-T, the Collin County Sheriff said there are "multiple victims, including children," and the "shooter is dead."
The Allen Police Department has not provided any information on the condition of the victims.
Allen is a suburb 25 miles north of downtown Dallas.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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