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NASA is planning to launch a mission to bring Mars samples back in 2033.
The Mars Sample Return Program is nearing the completion of the conceptual design phase. It would use NASA’s Perseverance rover in the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater to help collect the samples.
The Sample Retrieval Lander would include two sample recovery helicopters. The planned launch date for the Earth Return Orbiter will be Fall 2027. The sample retrieval lander is expected to launch in the summer of 2028.
“Bringing Mars samples to Earth would allow scientists across the world to examine the specimens using sophisticated instruments too large and too complex to send to Mars and would enable future generations to study them,” NASA said. “Curating the samples on Earth would also allow the science community to test new theories and models as they are developed, much as the Apollo samples returned from the Moon have done for decades.”
NASA said it is already in the process of deciding what to bring back. The Perseverance rover has collected 11 scientifically-compelling rock core samples and one atmospheric sample, NASA said.
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HOUSTON, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Versata Software, Inc. won a $104.65 million jury verdict against Ford Motor Co. in Michigan federal court, the law firm Mitby Pacholder Johnson PLLC said today. After a 15-day trial, the jury found that Ford misused Versata's proprietary computer software system and breached a 15-year contract to avoid paying millions of dollars in licensing fees.
Versata is represented by Steven J. Mitby, Timothy Johnson and Drew Kim, of Mitby Pacholder Johnson PLLC, of Houston, along with Dan K. Webb, Matthew R. Carter and Brian Nisbet, of Winston & Strawn LLP, Jaye Quadrozzi, of Young Garcia & Quadrozzi PC, and Sharoon Saleem and Jennifer Trillsch, of Jones & Spross PLLC.
The verdict, which is believed to be the largest trade secret verdict in Michigan history, vindicates Versata for its development of one of the most innovative software products used in the automotive industry. The software, Automotive Configuration Manager, refines complex design and logistical processes in the manufacture of vehicles. Ford was accused of stealing Versata's intellectual property to create a replacement software, according to the lawsuit.
Steven J. Mitby said, "Our team met challenges of the case inside and outside the courtroom. In trial, we presented crucial technical witnesses for Versata and cross-examined Ford's key witnesses, including Ford's corporate representative and main technical expert. Our cross of Ford's expert witness was so effective that Ford's counsel did not mention his testimony in closing arguments. We also prevailed in Ford's world-headquarters home venue – just blocks from the Ford Field NFL stadium."
Mitby added, "Our client, Versata, deserves tremendous credit for working so hard for more than seven years to achieve this victory. We are grateful for the confidence of Lance Jones, Versata's general counsel, as our team pursued this case in recent years, and for his support during a decade of collaboration."
Timothy Johnson said, "This win also provides our new firm with strong momentum. We are proud of our lawyers and paralegals who strive to provide extraordinary service to our clients — and big wins."
The case is Versata Software Inc. v. Ford Motor Co., Case No. 2:15-cv-10628, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Founded by Steven J. Mitby, Debbie Pacholder, and Timothy Johnson, Mitby Pacholder Johnson PLLC combines the depth of seasoned commercial trial lawyers, licensed patent attorneys and an award-winning general counsel to attack complicated legal issues and business disputes head-on. Our experience and our wins span the energy, oil and gas, healthcare, and construction industries. Whether in trial or in negotiations, our lawyers care about winning as much as you do. We focus on business litigation, intellectual property, commercial arbitration, labor and employment, and appellate matters. More information is available at mitbylaw.com.
Contact: Erin Powers, Powers MediaWorks LLC, for Mitby Pacholder Johnson PLLC, 281.703.6000, info@powersmediaworks.com.
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Students in East Palestine, Ohio put on the Spring play as residents work to recover from the February train derailment that disrupted life in the small town.
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Students in East Palestine, Ohio put on the Spring play as residents work to recover from the February train derailment that disrupted life in the small town.
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‘It all was instincts’: Teen girl helps apply tourniquet to officer who was shot
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMBC) – When a police officer was shot in Missouri Saturday night, it was an unlikely hero who stepped in to administer first aid.
Ava Donegan, 17, said her dad is an ICU nurse which has helped her to know what to do in an emergency.
The teen said she’d spent all Saturday night replaying the events in her head.
“When I was trying to go to bed, it was all I could think about and this morning it was all I could think about,” she said.
Donegan said she was in a car with her boyfriend, stopped at a red light, when she found herself in the middle of a crime scene.
“I had never even heard gunshots,” she said. “So that was a whole new situation for me.”
She said she saw an officer get out of his patrol vehicle before being shot a few times. She said her car was in front of the shooter’s truck, so she and her boyfriend ducked down and called 911.
“Somehow, I blinked my eye, and the cop who was shot was right in front of my car,” Donegan said.
The officer had been shot in the shoulder and the wrist. Donegan said he came to her window asking for help with his tourniquet.
“He told me that it was completely numb and his hand was completely limp,” she said.
Donegan said she helped put his tourniquet on, get his vest off and use his radio to call it in.
“When I realized he needed help, it all was instincts,” she said.
Even though she said it was scary, she was glad she was able to help.
“I’m just glad that he is okay,” Donegan said. “And I think that gives me a good peace of mind.”
Donegan said she wants to go into pre-med after high school.
The injured officer went through a second surgery Sunday and is expected to be OK. The suspect, however, died from his injuries.
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WASHINGTON — Democrats kept control of the Senate on Saturday, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber and making it harder for them to thwart President Joe Biden's agenda. The fate of the House was still uncertain as the GOP struggled to pull together a slim majority there.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's victory in Nevada gave Democrats the 50 seats they needed to keep the Senate. Her win reflects the surprising strength of Democrats across the U.S. this election year. Seeking reelection in an economically challenged state that has some of the highest gas prices in the nation, Cortez Masto was considered the Senate's most vulnerable member, adding to the frustration of Republicans who were confident she could be defeated.
“We got a lot done and we'll do a lot more for the American people,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Saturday night. “The American people rejected — soundly rejected — the anti-democratic, authoritarian, nasty and divisive direction the MAGA Republicans wanted to take our country."
With the results in Nevada now decided, Georgia is the only state where both parties are still competing for a Senate seat. Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock faces GOP challenger Herschel Walker in a Dec. 6 runoff. Alaska's Senate race has advanced to ranked choice voting, though the seat will stay in Republican hands.
Democratic control of the Senate ensures a smoother process for Biden's Cabinet appointments and judicial picks, including those for potential Supreme Court openings. The party will also keep control over committees and have the power to conduct investigations or oversight of the Biden administration, and will be able to reject legislation sent over by the House if the GOP wins that chamber.
In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Biden said of the election results: “I feel good. I'm looking forward to the next couple of years.”
He said winning a 51st seat from the Georgia runoff would be important and allow Democrats to boost their standing on Senate committees.
“It's just simply better," Biden said. "The bigger the number, the better.”
If Democrats manage to pull off a win in the House, it would mean full control of Congress for Democrats — and another chance to advance Biden priorities, which he has said include codifying abortion rights. The party still lacks the 60 votes in the Senate needed to move many kinds of major legislative changes.
Biden, who called to congratulate Cortez Masto, said he was still hopeful that Democrats could hold the House.
“It's a stretch," he acknowledged. "Everything has to fall our way.”
The Senate fight had hinged on a handful of deeply contested seats. Both parties spent tens of millions of dollars in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada and Georgia, the top battlegrounds where Democrats had hoped that Republicans’ decision to nominate untested candidates — many backed by former President Donald Trump — would help them defy national headwinds.
Democrats scored a big win in Pennsylvania, where Lt. Gov. John Fetterman defeated celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, who was endorsed by Trump, to pick up a seat currently held by a Republican. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly won reelection by about 5 percentage points.
A closely divided swing state, Nevada is one of the most racially diverse in the nation, a working-class state whose residents have been especially hard-hit by inflation and other economic turmoil. Roughly three-fourths of Nevada voters said the country is headed in the wrong direction, and about half called the economy the most important issue facing the country, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of 2,100 of the state’s voters.
Heading into the midterm election, Republicans focused relentlessly on the economy, a top concern for many voters amid stubborn inflation and high gas and food prices. The GOP also hit Democrats on crime, a message that sometimes overstated the threat but nonetheless tapped into anxiety, particularly among the suburban voters who turned away from the party in 2018 and 2020. And they highlighted illegal border crossings, accusing Biden and other Democrats of failing to protect the country.
But Democrats were buoyed by voters angry about the Supreme Court’s June decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion. They also portrayed Republicans as too extreme and a threat to democracy, following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and Trump’s false claims — repeated by many GOP candidates — that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
Schumer said Democratic candidates' promises to defend abortion rights resonated with voters. He said the election results made him feel good about the country and its commitment to democracy.
“We knew that the negativity, the nastiness, the condoning of Donald Trump’s big lie — and saying that the elections were rigged when there’s no proof of that at all — would hurt Republicans, not help them,” Schumer said. “But too many of them, and their candidates, fell into those traps.”
Referring to Trump's “Make America Great Again” slogan, Schumer said voters had rejected "extremist MAGA Republicans.”
Nationally, VoteCast showed that 7 in 10 voters said the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v. Wade was an important factor in their midterm decisions. It also showed the reversal was broadly unpopular. And roughly 6 in 10 said they favor a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide.
Half of voters said inflation factored significantly in their vote, while 44% said the future of democracy was their primary consideration.
Beyond Congress, Democrats won key governors’ races in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — battlegrounds critical to Biden’s 2020 win over Trump. Republicans, though, held governors’ mansions in Florida, Texas and Georgia — another battleground state Biden narrowly won two years ago.
Though the midterms failed to deliver Republican romps, Trump remains a major factor in the national party and plans to announce his a third run for the presidency Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida — setting up a potential rematch for the White House with Biden.
“I think the Republican Party is going to have to ... decide who they are,” Biden said.
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Fire breaks out in basement of New York City’s iconic Tiffany store
Jun 29, 2023, 8:38 AM | Updated: 9:34 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A fire broke out Thursday in the basement of the flagship Tiffany & Co. store on New York’s Fifth Avenue, officials said.
Videos posted on the Citizen app showed smoke billowing out of the basement of the iconic store, which reopened in April after an extensive renovation. They also showed firefighters battling the blaze with hoses.
Details on injuries from the fire were not immediately available. Fire Department officials planned a briefing at the scene later Thursday.
The Fifth Avenue store made famous by the 1961 movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” is the headquarters of the luxury retailer founded in 1837 by by jeweler Charles Lewis Tiffany. The company was acquired by LVMH in 2021.
A company spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said it has changed her life and she has vivid memories and nightmares about that day.
“I just will never forget the look on his face that he gave me while he pointed the gun directly at me,” first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner said during an exclusive interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie about the student. “It’s changed me. It’s changed my life.”
She said she’s still in shock and can’t make sense of it, in a portion of the interview that aired Tuesday morning on “Today.”
“I’m not sure when the shock will ever go away because of just how surreal it was and the vivid memories I have of that day. I think about it daily. Sometimes I have nightmares,” she said.
Speaking publicly for the first time since the Jan. 6 shooting, Zwerner said in a portion of the interview that aired Monday on “NBC Nightly News” that she’s had a challenging recovery. She’s had four surgeries and has some days when she “can’t get up out of bed.” Other days she can go about her day.
“For going through what I’ve gone through, I try to stay positive. You know, try to have a positive outlook on what’s happened and where my future’s heading,” Zwerner said.
Zwerner was hospitalized for nearly two weeks after being shot in the chest and left hand as she taught her class at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. The shooting rattled the military shipbuilding community and sent shock waves around the country, with many wondering how a child so young could get access to a gun and shoot his teacher.
In the moments after she was shot, Zwerner said the other first-graders in her class were screaming.
She was terrified. But her concern centered on the children — “I just wanted to get my babies out of there.”
“I think they knew as well that they had to get out of there,” Zwerner said. “But they were extremely frightened and screaming.”
What happened next is still kind of a blur. Zwerner got the kids out of the classroom.
She knew she needed help. The fire alarm had gone off, heightening her awareness that she’d been shot.
She had trouble breathing. Her vision failed.
“I went to the office and I just passed out,” Zwerner said. “I thought I had died.”
Zwerner didn’t know it at the time, but her lung had collapsed. Doctors said the bullet could have killed her. She likely survived because she had put up her hands.
“The initial gunshot went through my left hand and ruptured the middle bone as well as the index finger and the thumb,” she said. “The gunshot then went into my chest up here, where it actually still remains. So I have the scar up here. And I still have some bullet fragments up here.”
At the hospital, Zwerner called her mother “Mommy” for the first time in a long time. She lives with her twin sister, who’s taken care of her since she returned home, from cooking meals to taking her to doctors appointments.
She said the support from the outside world has been “overwhelming” and difficult to comprehend.
“We have tons of handmade cards, hand-written cards with people’s stories,” Zwerner said.
Zwerner believes she survived for a reason. If she could talk to her first-graders, she’d tell each one she loves them.
“I’m very grateful that they’re all alive,” she said. “And they’re safe, and they’re healthy. And I just miss them dearly.”
Zwerner told Guthrie the bullet wounds have scarred over. But she said they’re still a reminder that, “Hey, this happened to you. This is what your body’s been through.”
Zwerner intends to sue the district, according to a legal notice filed by her attorney.
Michelle Price, a spokeswoman for Newport News Public Schools, said in a statement that officials could not comment on Zwerner’s NBC interview, “but we appreciate her sharing her story.”
“As a school community, we continue to recover and support one another after the terrible event of January 6 at Richneck Elementary School,” the statement said. “We have also been working in partnership with our community to address safety and security throughout the division … (T)he safety and wellbeing of our students and staff is our most important priority.”
Earlier this month, top Newport News prosecutor Howard Gwynn said his office will not criminally charge the boy because he wouldn’t understand the legal system and what a charge means. Gwynn has yet to decide if any adults will be charged.
The boy had fired his mother’s gun, which police said was legally purchased. An attorney for the boy’s family has said that the firearm was secured on a closet shelf and had a lock on it.
During Tuesday’s interview, Guthrie asked Zwerner what justice would mean for her.
“That’s a tough question to answer,” the teacher said.
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Tucson Sahuaro raced to a big lead and never looked back in a 91-8 win over Tucson Sabino in an Arizona girls basketball matchup on December 1.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Police are currently looking for two suspects whom they say may have been involved in an armed robbery in Woodbridge during which a laptop was stolen.
On Oct. 4, at 10:59 p.m., officers responded to the scene of Potomac Vista Apartments, located in the 14100 block of Bay Vista Drive in Woodbridge, to investigate a reported robbery.
According to a statement from police, officers’ investigation revealed that the victim, identified as a 30-year-old man, had arranged to sell a laptop computer to a person that he found through a social media app.
Police said while the victim was at the Potomac Vista Apartments on Oct. 4, he was approached by the buyer of the laptop — identified as a suspect and possibly a juvenile — and a second man he did not recognize, now identified as another suspect.
Before the transaction to sell the laptop was completed, the buyer allegedly brandished a firearm toward the victim, according to police. The buyer then took the bag containing the laptop and ran away from the scene with the other suspect.
No injuries were reported in connection to the incident and no shots were fired during the encounter between the victim and the suspects, police said.
The Prince William Police Department has released the following descriptions of the two suspects:
- A While male: Stands approximately 5-foot 7-inches tall and weighs about 150 to 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark gray hooded sweatshirt, light gray sweatpants and light-colored sneakers.
- A Black male: Stands approximately 5-foot 7-inches tall and weighs about 150 to 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark-colored gator-style mask, a black hooded sweatshirt and dark-colored sweatpants
Anyone who may have information regarding these two suspects’ whereabouts is asked to call Prince William Police at 703-792-5123.
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ARTESIA, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico woman has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the January death of her newborn son, according to authorities.
Artesia police said Alexee Trevizo, 19, was taken into custody Wednesday after a lengthy investigation.
Treviso gave birth Jan. 27 in an Artesia hospital bathroom before she allegedly put the infant in a trash can, investigators said.
They said Trevizo had gone to the hospital’s emergency room for back pains and was told that lab tests showed she was pregnant and in labor.
Police said Trevizo allegedly locked herself in a bathroom, where she gave birth to a baby boy, tied him up in a trash bag and hid him underneath trash in the can.
Trevizo left the scene. By the time the baby was found, authorities said he had died from lack of oxygen.
An autopsy stated the cause of death as a homicide.
Police presented the case to the district attorney’s office before a criminal complaint was issued and Trevizo was arrested.
It was unclear if Trevizo has a lawyer yet who can speak on her behalf.
On Monday, a 19-year-old woman was sentenced to a 16-year prison term after being convicted of throwing her newborn baby into an outdoor trash receptacle in January 2020 in Hobbs, New Mexico. In that case, the child survived.
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‘Instant rage’: Madison residents concerned over water bill spike
By Brendan Tierney
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MADISON, Tennessee (WSMV) — Neighbors at a Madison apartment complex are trying to figure out why their utility bills skyrocketed this month.
Residents at the 333 Apartments said they’ve been complaining all week about a much higher water bill, but even the property manager said he doesn’t know why the bills went up so much.
Angela Gilchrist said she started crying when she saw her bill because her family is on a fixed income and could not afford a $30 increase.
“Instant rage,” Gilchrist said about her reaction opening the $97 bill. “Hollering why is this? What’s going on? Why are these people so crooked they can’t do their jobs?”
Many of her neighbors, including Ernest Ezell, said this is the highest they’ve ever seen. Ezell said he had never thought about how much water he used until opening his utility bill that increased from $34 to $55.
“Oh man, I’ve been frustrated for three days,” Ezell said. “Back in the day (if you got a $20 increase) you went on and paid and forgot about it. But right now, with the inflation the way it is, everything counts. You go to the grocery store. The meat, everything is high.”
Neighbors said there have been problems with their water meters over the past couple of months leading their bills to be estimated off the complex’s total usage, but that doesn’t explain the massive rate hike.
WSMV reached out to the Madison Suburban Utility District that provides water to the apartment complex to see if this increase had anything to do with last month’s water main break. We were told the break happened before the meter and is not even part of this current billing cycle. Additionally, the apartment complex’s usage went down last month, and rates have not increased.
That’s left residents confused about the increased utility bill from their apartment complex.
Gilchrist said her normal bill is already high, so they stopped using the dishwasher and only shower every other day to save water.
“There are just two of us. That’s it,” Gilchrist said. “My bill is $65 and now it’s $97. Somebody somewhere is doing something and us little people are stuck in the middle.”
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Thankfully, the showers we had in our area most of the day have cleared out, leaving behind cloudy skies as we head into this evening. Cloudy cover will stick around overnight before we see partly cloudy conditions for most of our Easter.
Temperatures as we start off the morning will be in the upper 40s. A cool start to our day for Easter, but we will see a nice increase making for a mild afternoon. Highs will be in the low 70s, right around average for this time of year, and we will see an easterly wind around 5 to 10 mph through the day.
Although we will be dry on Easter Sunday, the ground will likely still be soggy from all of the rain we have seen over the past few days. Keep that in mind if you plan on hunting any eggs tomorrow as your shoes may become pretty muddy after running around in the grass.
High pressure builds into the area for the start of next week with mostly sunny skies lasting until our next low pressure system arrives Friday. Temperatures will gradually climb as the week goes on, starting off in the low 70s for Monday but reaching up to 80 by Thursday. That being said, low temperatures will remain in the lower 50s to upper 40s throughout the week so you may have to dress for two seasons, wearing layers in the morning and shedding them for the afternoon.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in League City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Galveston County in southeastern Texas...
Northeastern Chambers County in southeastern Texas...
Southeastern Liberty County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 400 PM CST.
* At 336 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Hamshire to near Stowell to 8 miles north of
Gilchrist, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Winnie, Stowell and Bolivar Peninsula.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southeastern
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Rabbit Creek At Kilgore.
* WHEN...From this evening to late Thursday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 10.0 feet, Expect lowland flooding of timber
resources in and near the creek. Some oil field operations may be
affected.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:45 PM CST Tuesday the stage was 5.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this evening to a crest of 11.0 feet tomorrow morning.
It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow morning.
- Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Essential things to pack for traveling
Whether you’re an expert traveler or just dipping your toes into new cultures and experiences, packing is a crucial part of traveling and having the right items makes a world of difference. We’ve compiled a list of 15 travel essentials every pro traveler brings on a new adventure.
Shop this article: KAKA Travel Backpack, Under Armour UA Qualifier Storm Packable Jacket and Zoppen Multi-Purpose RFID Blocking Passport Wallet
Daypack
A solid backpack is lightweight, durable and has multiple compartments to keep your belongings organized and secure. This versatile travel pack by KAKA provides the option to use it as a backpack, a shoulder bag or a duffle bag. Best of all, it qualifies as a carry-on. The various compartments allow you to carry your technology and six to eight pieces of clothing, plus there are lots of pockets for other small essentials. It even comes with a number lock to protect from theft.
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Packable jacket
Under Armour UA Qualifier Storm Packable Jacket
A nice jacket will come in handy, especially in chilly or rainy climates, or to keep you warm and comfortable on a long flight. Stylish and lightweight, these packable jackets by Under Armour are great for travelers. They’re water-resistant and made from woven fabric, giving you maximum comfort to stay engaged and active on your journey. An adjustable waistline and built-in smart storage allow you to pack it into its zipper pocket conveniently.
Travel wallet and organizer
Zoppen Multi-Purpose RFID Blocking Passport Wallet
Since you’re away from home, you’ll need something secure for your important cards and documents. Zoppen offers a great value unisex travel wallet with tons of space and security features to safely hold your passport, boarding cards, credit cards and cash. It comes in multiple colors and is made from eco-friendly leather.
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Travel pants
Comfortable and multifunctional, these hiking pants are designed for the long wear and tear of travel. The pants have breathable fabric and water-resistant material.
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Toiletries or cosmetics bag
A toiletry bag is a travel essential for all your grooming items. Something lightweight to save space is critical. We love this bag because it’s water-resistant and comes with ample pocket space.
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Comfortable shoes
Merrell Burnt Rock Travel Suede Shoe
With all the walking you’ll be doing, you need to take care of your feet with comfortable shoes. This pair by Merrel is built for the outdoors, with long-lasting suede material and protective rubber toe caps. Whether you’re hiking through the woods or walking down bustling urban settings, these shoes will get you from A to Z.
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First-aid kit
You may not have access to proper medical facilities while out on the road, so it’s imperative to bring a first-aid kit. This compact kit is perfect for everyday use, and it comes in a convenient and neatly packed storage unit. It’s waterproof and lightweight.
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Universal adapter
SublimeWare International Power Adapter Plug
While you’re miles from home, the worst thing is finding out you can’t charge any of your technology because of different outlet types. This universal adapter works in 150 countries and lets you charge up to four devices at once.
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Mirrorless camera
Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Camera with 16-50mm Lens Kit
Traveling is more than just experiencing the moment because you want to have saved memories too. Mirrorless cameras don’t require all the bulky equipment of a DSLR, so you can capture the moment without carrying extra weight. We recommend this model by Sony since it offers full HD video and imagery, plus built-in wifi that connects to your devices.
Travel towel
Youphoria Outdoors Microfiber Towel
A quality towel can act as a blanket, beach towel, pillow or picnic blanket. We love Youphoria’s travel towel as it’s made from microfiber, making it quick-drying and lightweight. You can choose from three different sizes.
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Sunglasses
Woodies Clear Acetate Sunglasses with Polarized Lens
Travelers spend lots of time in the sun, so you’ll need to keep your eyes protected. These stylish sunglasses by Woodies combine fashion with UV400 protection. It comes with a bamboo box to protect them when you’re not using them, a lens cloth to keep them clean and a wooden guitar stick just for fun.
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Portable water filter
Waterdrop Personal Portable Water Filtration System
One of the best travel essentials when visiting places that don’t have proper filtration systems is a portable water filter. This ensures you have access to clean water wherever you go. We love this one because its compact size makes it easy to pack and kills 99% of harmful substances.
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Portable charger
A portable charger comes in handy when you’re on the road or don’t have access to an outlet or charging station. It comes with a USB cable and can charge two devices at once.
Safety whistle
Outmate Premium Emergency Whistle
Crucial for traveling alone or to other countries, safety whistles for any excursion. This one connects to your keychain and alerts nearby people to potential danger.
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DECATUR, Ga., June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A settlement has been reached with WSE Property Management, LLC ("WSE") in a class action lawsuit about whether it withheld security deposits, overcharged for actual utility usage and contracted utility amounts, and failed to honor leases with special provisions for month-to-month rentals.
You are included in the Settlement if you had a rental agreement for real property with WSE and either: (1) had all or some of your security deposit withheld, at least in part, due to alleged damage to the premises or otherwise were charged for alleged damages; had all or some of your security deposit retained between September 17, 2000 and the Final Approval Hearing date; and did not receive a list of alleged damage within 30 business days of occupancy termination ("Security Deposit Class"); or (2) had a lease that contained a provision that you would be charged only for your actual sub-metered utility usage, yet were charged an amount for utilities based on an estimate that was greater than your utility usage between September 17, 2014 and the Final Approval Hearing date ("Utility Meter Class"); or (3) were charged fees, including "administrative fees" associated with the collection of utility payments that were greater than the amount on your contract between September 17, 2014 and the Final Approval Hearing date ("Utility Fees Class"); or (4) had a lease with a "Special Provision" providing that if the lease goes month-to-month, you will be charged a $200 surcharge in addition to market rent; and your lease went month-to-month; but you were charged more than $200 above your previous monthly rent, between September 17, 2014 and the Final Approval Hearing date ("Holdover Rent Class").
If you submit an approved Claim Form, you will receive a payment based on your Settlement Class. Security Deposit Class members will receive the portion of their security deposit that was withheld for alleged damage; Utility Meter Class members will receive $10; Utility Fees Class members will receive a refund of all fees charged to them for collection of utilities beyond the amount disclosed and agreed to in the lease; and Holdover Rent Class members will receive the difference between their-previous-monthly-rent-plus-$200 and the monthly rent actually charged. Payment amounts may be reduced on a pro rata basis, if needed. Claim Forms are due October 30, 2023.
For more information, visit www.WSEpropertysettlement.com.
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NPR Breaking News Texas is dealing with a record-breaking heat wave. Climate experts aren't surprised By Lauren Sommer Published June 27, 2023 at 4:28 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 2:16 The extreme heat wave in Texas is only one of several worldwide in recent weeks. Scientists say the link to climate change is clear. Copyright 2023 NPR
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Columbia Records' new release provides an extensive look at Dylan's 1997's Grammy-winning album. This package of five CDs offer a wealth of new ways to experience some of Dylan's most moving music.
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) (OTCQX: LMGDF) ("Lumina" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the Company's largest shareholder, Ross Beaty to establish a C$10.0 million unsecured credit facility (the "Facility"). The Facility will provide short-term financing for remaining drilling costs, Pre-feasibility Study costs, and general corporate and working capital purposes. The Facility bears interest of 10.0% per annum and matures on the earlier of: (i) July 5, 2023, (ii) two business days after the Company receives aggregate gross proceeds from one or more equity financings in excess of C$15.0 million; or (iii) the date of a change of control of the Company, at which time it must be repaid in full.
Subject to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange, in connection with the Facility, the Company intends to grant 3,000,000 common share purchase warrants to Mr. Beaty (the "Bonus Warrants"). The Bonus Warrants will entitle the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of C$0.38 at any time during the 24 month period following the issuance date of the Bonus Warrants. In the event the loan is repaid prior to July 5, 2023, the term on the Bonus Warrants will be reduced from 24 to 12 months from the date of issuance.
Marshall Koval, President and CEO, commented: "We are very appreciative of Ross' continued support to realize the long-term value of the Cangrejos project. Recent events in global markets and Ecuador have made this an unfavorable time to seek conventional equity funding and we therefore view this as the best path to allow Pre-feasibility work to continue unimpeded. Cangrejos Pre-feasibility site work has continued uninterrupted. The project is in El Oro province, a jurisdiction with a historic tradition of mining where the Company and its predecessors have been operating with a strong social license for decades."
As part of the 2021/2022 drill campaign, 29,932 metres of resource definition drilling and 3,059 metres of geotechnical drilling have been completed at Cangrejos, with an expected 1,700 metres of resource drilling and 450 metres of geotechnical drilling remaining. The remaining work is being completed with three rigs on site and should be complete by August.
Lumina has already begun the planned downsizing of camp staffing and reducing in-country costs as the drilling program winds down. The Company is progressing as planned on the key areas of the Pre-feasibility Study with Ausenco and expects to have results in Q2 2023.
Mr. Beaty is considered a "related party" of the Company, and the Facility and the grant of the Bonus Warrants constitutes a "related party transaction" within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Take-over Bids and Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). The Facility and the Bonus Warrants grant are exempt from the formal valuation and minority approval requirements of MI 61-101 as neither the fair market value of the Facility and the Bonus Warrants, nor the fair market value of the consideration for the Facility and the Bonus Warrants, exceeds 25% of the Company's market capitalization.
To the knowledge of the Company or any director or senior officer of the Company, after reasonable inquiry, no "prior valuations" (as defined in MI 61-101) in respect of the Company that relate to the Facility and the Bonus Warrants, or are relevant to the Facility and the Bonus Warrants, have been prepared within 24 months preceding the date hereof.
All of the terms and conditions of the Facility and the grant of the Bonus Warrants were reviewed and unanimously approved by the board of directors of the Company on July 5, 2022.
Leo Hathaway, P.Geo., Senior Vice President of Lumina and the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects for the Cangrejos Project has reviewed, verified and approved the contents of this news release and has verified the data underlying the contents of this news release.
Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) is a Vancouver, Canada based precious and base metals exploration and development company focused on the Cangrejos Gold-Copper Project located in El Oro Province, southwest Ecuador. Cangrejos is being advanced to a Pre-Feasibility Study and is the largest primary gold deposit in Ecuador. Lumina has an experienced management team with a successful track record of advancing and monetizing exploration projects.
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Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
Certain statements and information herein, including all statements that are not historical facts, contain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or information include but are not limited to statements or information with respect to continuing work on the Pre-feasibility study, the use of proceeds from the Facility, the Company's ongoing drill program, the downsizing of camp staffing and reduction of in-country costs, progressing on key areas of the Pre-Feasibility study and the timing for receipt of results, and the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange for the grant of the Bonus Warrants. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements or information can be identified by the use of words such as "will" or "projected" or variations of those words or statements that certain actions, events or results "will", "could", "are proposed to", "are planned to", "are expected to" or "are anticipated to" be taken, occur or be achieved.
With respect to forward-looking statements and information contained herein, the Company has made numerous assumptions including among other things, assumptions about general business and economic conditions, the prices of gold and copper, anticipated costs and expenditures and TSX Venture Exchange approval of the grant of the Bonus Warrants. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive.
Although management of the Company believes that the assumptions made and the expectations represented by such statements or information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that a forward-looking statement or information herein will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking statements and information by their nature are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. These factors include, but are not limited to: risks associated with the business of the Company; business and economic conditions in the mining industry generally; the supply and demand for labour and other project inputs; changes in commodity prices; changes in interest and currency exchange rates; risks relating to inaccurate geological and engineering assumptions (including with respect to the tonnage, grade and recoverability of reserves and resources); risks relating to unanticipated operational difficulties (including failure of equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications or expectations, cost escalation, unavailability of materials and equipment, government action or delays in the receipt of government approvals, industrial disturbances or other job action, and unanticipated events related to health, safety and environmental matters); risks relating to adverse weather conditions; political risk and social unrest; changes in general economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets; and other risk factors as detailed from time to time in the Company's continuous disclosure documents filed with Canadian securities administrators. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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CLEARWATER, Fla., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- West Coast Medical Resources, LLC (also known as WestCMR), an alternative distributor of surgical disposables, and a well-known Tampa Bay community champion, is looking for volunteers to participate in its Cut Funds The Cure fundraiser on Friday, June 2nd, 2023, from 2 to 6 PM. The company pledges to donate $100 per person who receives a military buzz cut, provided at no cost by Barley & Mane Barber Spa, to benefit the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation.
"43 children get diagnosed with cancer every day in this country," says Randy Ware, founder and CEO of WestCMR. "They don't get to choose what happens to their hair, but we do. We hold this event to support these children and their families, and to participate in funding the research for a cure."
The June 2nd event will be held at WestCMR's headquarters at 520 Howard Court in Clearwater, FL. Individuals willing to participate by committing to a military buzz cut for the cause are asked to RSVP by emailing cut@westcmr.com. Refreshments and light bites will be served, and free parking will be available.
The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation is one of the many local charities that WestCMR supports — both financially, and by creating awareness for their mission and impact. At the time of this release, the company's overall cumulative charitable contributions will have surpassed $2M.
"We are dedicated to all our stakeholders, including our team, our community, and our planet," adds Ware. The CEO's motto, We All Leave A Footprint, And It Matters, is painted in large letters in the mural that adorns one of WestCMR's warehouse exterior walls.
About West Coast Medical Resources
Since 1997, West Coast Medical Resources has helped hospitals and surgery centers with cost savings and recovery on their unused surgical supplies. Proudly employing 65+ of healthcare's best, WestCMR boasts competitive wages and unparalleled benefits, as well as a strong emphasis on community and philanthropy. In the last 10 years, WestCMR received many local and statewide awards, including the 2021 Business Excellence Award, and the 2022 Community Spirit Award from AMPLIFY Clearwater.
West Coast Medical Resources, LLC is part of the WestCMR Global Family of companies, which also includes GeoSurgical, LLC, and Ware Consulting, LLC. Together, these brands improve healthcare supply chain processes across the globe with services that include procurement and inventory surplus management.
For more information, contact marketing@westcmr.com.
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SEOUL, South Korea, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nasmedia (KOSDAQ: 089600), the No. 1 leader in the digital advertising platform in Korea, announced today that it has been awarded the TAG Brand Safety Certified Seal for its global operations for adopting industry best practices to protect its partners from brand safety threats. Nasmedia is the first Korean company to achieve this certification from TAG (the Trustworthy Accountability Group), an organization dedicated to increasing trust and transparency in digital advertising.
TAG is a cross-industry initiative that combats fraudulent activities and strengthens brand safety in digital marketing. The purpose of the TAG Brand Safety Certified program is to assure advertisers that their partners have taken essential measures to mitigate brand safety risks, thereby allowing marketers to purchase advertising inventory with confidence.
Nasmedia's certification from TAG underscores its commitment to protecting brand advertisers by adhering to industry best practices for brand safety. This includes actively monitoring and detecting ad misplacement, ensuring that all partner agreements adhere to brand safety and anti-piracy principles, documenting policies and procedures to minimize ad misplacement, and implementing pirate mobile app filtering.
To achieve TAG Brand Safety Certification, Nasmedia was required to demonstrate the following:
- Compliance with TAG's Brand Safety Certified criteria, policies, and procedures for all digital advertising.
- Transparency regarding AI and human content moderation policies.
- Review of 100% of monetizable transactions by one or more independently validated content verification services or through the use of inclusion and exclusion lists specific to each agreement.
- Establishment of compliance monitoring policies to demonstrate adherence to each applicable Brand Safety Principle.
To obtain global certification, Nasmedia underwent an independent audit conducted by the Audit Bureau of Circulations Ltd (ABC). The audit reviewed Nasmedia's policies, training procedures, back-end systems, monitoring tools, content reviews, and more to ensure that all operations met the comprehensive criteria necessary to receive the certification.
"Brand safety is a top priority for advertisers, and Nasmedia is committed to implementing stringent processes and solutions to protect them from potential brand safety threats and provide assurance that their ads will be placed in safe and suitable environments," said Park Pyoung-Kwon, CEO of Nasmedia. "We are honored that TAG has recognized our global efforts to build a safer, more transparent, and accountable platform, marking a significant milestone for Korean companies. We look forward to further collaboration with TAG to promote brand safety and elevate industry standards."
"The TAG Brand Safety Seal demonstrates that a company has established rigorous standards to safeguard its partners from emerging brand threats," said Mike Zaneis, CEO of TAG. "We are delighted to recognize Nasmedia for taking the necessary steps to achieve this certification. We look forward to continuing to work with Nasmedia and other partners around the world to further raise our industry's standards for brand protection."
About Nasmedia
Over the past decade, Nasmedia has positioned itself as the leading digital advertising platform in Korea. Leveraging privacy-first, AI-based technology, Nasmedia delivers high-quality, relevant ads in brand-safe environments. The company offers various ad formats, including native, display, and video, to provide a positive user experience. This empowers advertisers to drive performance and awareness while enabling publishers to retain and monetize their audiences. In recognition of their achievements, Nasmedia was selected as a top AD Management company in the APAC region by MarTech Outlook, a renowned global advertising magazine.
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EVANSTON, Ill., March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This Women's History Month, we're celebrating the trending increase of women entering the trucking industry. At 160 Driving Academy, 59% of Senior leadership is female-led, with 25.2% female team members throughout the organization.
160 Driving Academy CEO, Steve Gold, was featured on WBBM | CBS Chicago, and offers some insights into female students entering and graduating our training programs.
Gold remarks, "There's nothing different about training a male versus a female."
We couldn't be prouder of 160 Driving Academy graduate, Mimertha Fuentes of UPS, as she shares her motivations and experiences of entering the trucking industry.
Thank you to Lauren Victory for this encouraging and inspired story and to Women In Trucking Association for the latest industry statistics and insights.
Overview of 160 Driving Academy CDL Training Programs:
- Starting salaries for 160 Driving Academy graduates (on average) start at $65,000/annual, with tremendous growth potential.
- Commercial Truck Driving is one of today's fastest growing career paths. Estimates predict 300,000 new jobs for CDL Holders.
- Technologically Driven: Our unique and data-driven programs focus deeply on driver safety and personalized analytics to provide our students with individual feedback and top of the line instruction via our proprietary App.
- Lifelong Career Support: We offer continuous job placement opportunities through our subsidiary company, Truckers Network the premier job posting and hiring platform in the trucking industry.
About 160 Driving Academy
160 Driving Academy is the nation's largest commercial driving school. As the fastest growing vocational school in the country, in 2023, the Company will train over 35,000 students on how to safely operate a semi-truck. 160 Driving Academy is licensed and operates in 43 states and each school is certified and licensed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Entry Level Driver Training Program. The 160 Driving Academy is integrated with over 400 Workforce offices nationwide to create jobs for unemployed and underemployed workers.
The 160 Driving Academy supplies the largest employers in the nation with an unparalleled level of recruiting, high-quality training, safety effectiveness, and driver analytics. Many of these employers have trusted the Company to provide the majority of their driving workforce.
160 Driving Academy's sister companies, Truckers Network, and the 160 Driver Score provide the most advanced job placement and compliance scoring capabilities in the industry.
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BEIJING, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sohu.com Limited (NASDAQ: SOHU) ("Sohu" or the "Company"), China's leading online media, video, and game business group, today reported unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
Fourth Quarter Highlights
- Total revenues were US$160 million, down 17% year-over-year and 13% quarter-over-quarter.
- Brand advertising revenues were US$29 million, down 14% year-over-year and up 12% quarter-over-quarter.
- Online game revenues were US$121 million, down 16% year-over-year and 18% quarter-over-quarter.
- GAAP net loss attributable to Sohu.com Limited was US$7 million, compared with net income of US$4 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and a net loss of US$22 million in the third quarter of 2022.
- Non-GAAP[1] net loss attributable to Sohu.com Limited was US$2 million, compared with net income of US$0.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and a net loss of US$17 million in the third quarter of 2022.
Fiscal Year 2022 Highlights
- Total revenues were US$734 million, down 12% compared with 2021.
- Brand advertising revenues were US$103 million, down 24% compared with 2021.
- Online game revenues were US$585 million, down 8% compared with 2021.
- GAAP net loss[2] attributable to Sohu.com Limited was US$17 million, compared with net income of US$69 million in 2021.
- Non-GAAP net income attributable to Sohu.com Limited was US$2 million, compared with net income of US$79 million in 2021.
Dr. Charles Zhang, Chairman and CEO of Sohu.com Limited, commented, "In the fourth quarter and full year of 2022, we continued to refine our products and optimize operating efficiency with strict budget control, despite the negative impact of COVID-19 and macroeconomic challenges. Thanks to our efforts, brand advertising revenue and bottom line performance both exceeded our prior guidance for the fourth quarter of 2022. At Sohu Media Portal, we continued to dedicate ourselves to improving user experience by providing rich premium content and making significant improvements in both product and technology. At Sohu Video, based on our 'Twin Engine' strategy, we continued to develop both original content and science-based live broadcasting with our advanced live broadcasting technology. Meanwhile, we proactively explored a range of monetization opportunities with our differentiated content marketing campaigns. Online games delivered stable performance, with revenues in line with our prior guidance."
Fourth Quarter Financial Results
Revenues
Total revenues were US$160 million, down 17% year-over-year and 13% quarter-over-quarter.
Brand advertising revenues were US$29 million, down 14% year-over-year and up 12% quarter-over-quarter.
Online game revenues were US$121 million, down 16% year-over-year and 18% quarter-over-quarter. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to the natural decline of our older games, including Little Raccoon: Heroes and TLBB PC. The quarter-over-quarter decrease was mainly due to fewer in-game promotional activities launched for TLBB PC during the quarter, as well as the natural decline of Sea of Dawn, which was launched during the third quarter of 2022.
Gross Margin
Both GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin were 78%, compared with 73% in the fourth quarter of 2021 and 71% in the third quarter of 2022.
Both GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin for the brand advertising business were 51%, compared with 28% in the fourth quarter of 2021 and 2% in the third quarter of 2022. The margin increase was mainly due to a waiver of unpaid long-term accounts payable of approximately US$10 million recognized during the quarter.
Both GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin for online games were 84%, compared with 84% in the fourth quarter of 2021 and 84% in the third quarter of 2022.
Operating Expenses
GAAP operating expenses were US$130 million, down 10% year-over-year and 13% quarter-over-quarter. Non-GAAP operating expenses were US$130 million, down 10% year-over-year and 13% quarter-over-quarter. The decreases were mainly due to Changyou's decrease in marketing and promotional spending for online games.
Operating Loss
GAAP operating loss was US$6 million, compared with an operating loss of US$3 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and an operating loss of US$18 million in the third quarter of 2022.
Non-GAAP operating loss was US$5 million, compared with an operating loss of US$3 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and an operating loss of US$17 million in the third quarter of 2022.
Income Tax Expense
GAAP income tax expense was US$7 million, compared with income tax expense of US$9 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and income tax expense of US$16 million in the third quarter of 2022. Non-GAAP income tax expense was US$5 million, compared with income tax expense of US$6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and income tax expense of US$14 million in the third quarter of 2022. Income tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2022 included a one-time tax benefit of US$7 million recognized by Changyou as a result of pre-adjustment of its income tax due for 2022, as well as some of Changyou's subsidiaries having been granted preferential tax rates upon their receipt of Software Enterprise status for 2021.
Net Income/(Loss)
GAAP net loss attributable to Sohu.com Limited was US$7 million, or a net loss of US$0.21 per fully-diluted ADS, compared with net income of US$4 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and a net loss of US$22 million in the third quarter of 2022.
Non-GAAP net loss attributable to Sohu.com Limited was US$2 million, or a net loss of US$0.06 per fully-diluted ADS, compared with net income of US$0.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and a net loss of US$17 million in the third quarter of 2022.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2022, cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term time deposits totaled approximately US$1.44 billion.
Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results
Revenues
Total revenues were US$734 million, down 12% compared with 2021.
Brand advertising revenues were US$103 million, down 24% compared with 2021.
Online game revenues were US$585 million, down 8% compared with 2021.
Gross Margin
Both GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was 74%, compared with 76% in 2021.
Both GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin for the brand advertising business was 16%, compared with 26% in 2021.
Both GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin for online games was 84%, compared with 86% in 2021.
Operating Expenses
For 2022, GAAP operating expenses totaled US$543 million, up 2% compared with 2021. Non-GAAP operating expenses were US$538 million, up 3% compared with 2021.
Operating Profit/(Loss)
GAAP operating loss was US$1 million, compared with an operating profit of US$97 million in 2021.
Non-GAAP operating profit was US$4 million, compared with an operating profit of US$106 million in 2021.
Income Tax Expense
GAAP income tax expense was US$58 million, compared with income tax expense of US$62 million in 2021. Non-GAAP income tax expense was US$53 million, compared with income tax expense of US$56 million in 2021.
Net Income/(Loss)
GAAP net loss attributable to Sohu.com Limited was US$17 million, or a net loss of US$0.50 per fully-diluted ADS, compared with net income of US$69 million in 2021.
Non-GAAP net income attributable to Sohu.com Limited was US$2 million, or net income of US$0.07 per fully-diluted ADS, compared with net income of US$79 million in 2021.
Supplementary Information for Changyou Results[3]
Fourth Quarter 2022 Operating Results
- For PC games, total average monthly active user accounts[4] (MAU) were 2.3 million, an increase of 11% year-over-year and 6% quarter-over-quarter. The increases were mainly due to improved performance of some of our older games, including TLBB PC, as a result of content updates launched during the quarter. Total quarterly aggregate active paying accounts[5] (APA) were 0.9 million, an increase of 2% year-over-year and a decrease of 10% quarter-over-quarter. The quarter-over-quarter decrease was mainly due to fewer in-game promotional activities launched for TLBB PC during the quarter.
- For mobile games, total average MAU were 1.8 million, a decrease of 30% year-over-year and 31% quarter-over-quarter. Total quarterly APA were 0.4 million, a decrease of 24% year-over-year and 29% quarter-over-quarter. The year-over-year decreases in both MAU and APA were mainly from Little Raccoon: Heroes. The quarter-over-quarter decreases in both MAU and APA were mainly from Sea of Dawn.
Fourth Quarter 2022 Unaudited Financial Results
Total revenues were US$122 million, a decrease of 16% year-over-year and 18% quarter-over-quarter. Online game revenues were US$121 million, a decrease of 16% year-over-year and 18% quarter-over-quarter. Online advertising revenues were US$1 million, a decrease of 27% year-over-year and 7% quarter-over-quarter.
GAAP and non-GAAP gross profit were both US$103 million, a decrease of 15% year-over-year and 18% quarter-over-quarter.
GAAP operating expenses were US$50 million, a decrease of 26% year-over-year and 27% quarter-over-quarter.
Non-GAAP operating expenses were US$50 million, a decrease of 26% year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to a decrease in marketing and promotional spending for online games, as well as a decrease in bonus expenses. The quarter-over-quarter decrease was mainly due to a decrease in marketing and promotional spending for online games.
GAAP operating profit was US$53 million, compared with an operating profit of US$53 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and US$57 million for the third quarter of 2022.
Non-GAAP operating profit was US$54 million, compared with a non-GAAP operating profit of US$55 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and US$58 million for the third quarter of 2022.
Fiscal Year 2022 Unaudited Financial Results
Total revenues were US$592 million, a decrease of 9% year-over-year. Online game revenues were US$585 million, a decrease of 8% year-over-year. Online advertising revenues were US$7 million, a decrease of 36% year-over-year.
GAAP and non-GAAP gross profit were both US$499 million, a decrease of 11% year-over-year.
GAAP operating expenses were US$222 million, a decrease of 13% year-over-year.
Non-GAAP operating expenses were US$218 million, a decrease of 13% year-over-year.
GAAP operating profit was US$277 million, compared with an operating profit of US$302 million for 2021.
Non-GAAP operating profit was US$282 million, compared with a non-GAAP operating profit of US$310 million for 2021.
Business Outlook
For the first quarter of 2023, Sohu estimates:
- Brand advertising revenues to be between US$20 million and US$23 million; this implies an annual decrease of 3% to 16%, and a sequential decrease of 20% to 31%.
- Online game revenues to be between US$121 million and US$131 million; this implies an annual decrease of 17% to 23%, and a sequential increase of nil to 8%.
- Non-GAAP net loss attributable to Sohu.com Limited to be between US$15 million and US$25 million; and GAAP net loss attributable to Sohu.com Limited to be between US$20 million and US$30 million.
For the first quarter 2023 guidance, the Company has adopted a presumed exchange rate of RMB6.80=US$1.00, as compared with the actual exchange rate of approximately RMB6.35=US$1.00 for the first quarter of 2022, and RMB7.09=US$1.00 for the fourth quarter of 2022.
This forecast reflects Sohu's management's current and preliminary view, which is subject to substantial uncertainty particularly in view of the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the general macroeconomic environment in China.
Non-GAAP Disclosure
To supplement the unaudited consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"), Sohu's management uses non-GAAP measures of gross profit, operating profit, net income, net income attributable to Sohu.com Limited and diluted net income attributable to Sohu.com Limited per ADS, which are adjusted from results based on GAAP to exclude the impact of share-based compensation expense; changes in fair value recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations with respect to equity investments with readily determinable fair values, and the related income tax impact; an impairment charge recognized for an investment unrelated to the Company's core businesses; and interest expense recognized in connection with the Toll Charge imposed by the U.S. TCJA. These measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results.
Sohu's management believes excluding share-based compensation expense; changes in fair value recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations with respect to equity investments with readily determinable fair values, and the related income tax impact; the impairment charge recognized for an investment unrelated to the Company's core businesses; and interest expense recognized in connection with the Toll Charge from its non-GAAP financial measure is useful for itself and investors. Further, the impact of share-based compensation expense; changes in fair value recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations with respect to equity investments with readily determinable fair values, and the related income tax impact; the impairment charge recognized for an investment unrelated to the Company's core businesses; and interest expense recognized in connection with the Toll Charge cannot be anticipated by management and business line leaders and these expenses were not built into the annual budgets and quarterly forecasts that have been the basis for information Sohu provides to analysts and investors as guidance for future operating performance. As the impact of share-based compensation expense, changes in fair value recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations with respect to equity investments with readily determinable fair values, and the related income tax impact, and the impairment charge recognized for an investment unrelated to the Company's core businesses does not involve subsequent cash outflow or is reflected in the cash flows at the equity transaction level, Sohu does not factor this impact in when evaluating and approving expenditures or when determining the allocation of its resources to its business segments. As a result, in general, the monthly financial results for internal reporting and any performance measures for commissions and bonuses are based on non-GAAP financial measures that exclude share-based compensation expense, and changes in fair value recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations with respect to equity investments with readily determinable fair values, and the related income tax impact; the impairment charge recognized for an investment unrelated to the Company's core businesses, and also excluded the interest expense recognized in connection with the Toll Charge.
The non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance investors' overall understanding of Sohu's current financial performance and prospects for the future. A limitation of using non-GAAP gross profit, operating profit, net income, net income attributable to Sohu.com Limited and diluted net income attributable to Sohu.com Limited per ADS excluding share-based compensation expense; changes in fair value recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations with respect to equity investments with readily determinable fair values, and the related income tax impact; the impairment charge recognized for an investment unrelated to the Company's core businesses; and interest expense recognized in connection with the Toll Charge is that these excluded items have been and will continue to be significant recurring expenses in Sohu's business for the foreseeable future and similar impairment charges may also recur. In order to mitigate these limitations Sohu has provided specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from each non-GAAP measure. The accompanying tables include details on the reconciliation between the GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to the non-GAAP financial measures that have been presented.
Notes to Financial Information
Financial information in this press release other than the information indicated as being non-GAAP is derived from Sohu's unaudited financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. It is currently expected that the Business Outlook will not be updated until release of Sohu's next quarterly earnings announcement; however, Sohu reserves right to update its Business Outlook at any time for any reason. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Sohu's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on them. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, instability in global financial and credit markets and its potential impact on the Chinese economy; exchange rate fluctuations, including their potential impact on the Chinese economy and on Sohu's reported U.S. dollar results; recent slow-downs in the growth of the Chinese economy; the uncertain regulatory landscape in the People's Republic of China; fluctuations in Sohu's quarterly operating results; the possibilities that Sohu will be unable to recoup its investment in video content and will be unable to develop a series of successful games for mobile platforms or successfully monetize mobile games it develops or acquires; Sohu's reliance on online advertising sales and online games for its revenues; the impact of the U.S. TCJA; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy in China in general and on Sohu's business in particular; and the possibility that the agreement governing inspections and investigations of audit firms based in China that was entered into in August 2022 between the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the "PCAOB") and the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance of China does not continue to be implemented to the satisfaction of the PCAOB and Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which could result in the SEC's prohibiting trading of Sohu's ADSs on Nasdaq, any other U.S. stock exchange, or the U.S. over-the-counter markets Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Sohu's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, and other filings with and information furnished to the SEC.
Conference Call and Webcast
Sohu's management team will host a conference call at 7:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time, February 21, 2023 (8:30 p.m. Beijing/Hong Kong time, February 21, 2023) following the quarterly results announcement. Participants can register for the conference call by clicking here, which will lead them to the conference registration website. Upon registration, participants will receive details for the conference call, including the dial-in numbers and a unique access PIN. Please dial in 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin.
The live Webcast and archive of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of Sohu's website at https://investors.sohu.com/
About Sohu.com
Sohu.com Limited (NASDAQ: SOHU) was established by Dr. Charles Zhang, one of China's internet pioneers, in the 1990s. As a mainstream media platform in China, Sohu is indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of web properties and community based products which continually offer a broad array of choices regarding information, entertainment and communication to the vast number of Sohu users. Sohu has built one of the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties, consisting of the leading online media destinations Sohu News App, mobile news portal m.sohu.com, PC portal www.sohu.com; online video website tv.sohu.com; and the online games platform www.changyou.com/en/.
Sohu provides online brand advertising services as well as multiple news, information and content services on its matrix of websites and also on its mobile platforms. Sohu's online game business, conducted by its subsidiary Changyou, develops and operates a diverse portfolio of PC and mobile games, such as Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular PC games in China. Changyou also owns and operates the 17173.com Website, a game information portal in China.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, can kill cattle that have ingested it in less than 24 hours.
The bacteria lives in all bodies of water, but according to Will Boyer, an extension watershed specialist for K-State, it becomes problematic after it blooms.
“It’s actually when they die-off is when the toxins are released and they’re most problematic,” Boyer said.
Blue-green algae can sometimes be reddish or brownish, but Boyer says, “Very commonly it’s a blue-green color and looks a lot like somebody spilled paint in the water.”
Although Boyer says it is becoming more common, he says because it happens so fast, there is not a lot of treatment for it.
Farmers can help protect their herd by taking preventative measures.
“Getting out there and checking it regularly, and maybe checking it in the morning would be a good time to check it cause it’s stiller then, and they’re waking up and ready to try and get a little sunshine,” said Boyer.
Farmers can also provide other sources of clean water.
If a body of water has had blue-green algae before, Boyer says you should check it more often for cyanobacteria. Water can be tested by sending it to a lab.
To check the status of Kansas public lakes under investigation for harmful blue-green algal blooms, you can visit the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s website.
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Standing Rock road washout victims lose appeal
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - A federal appeals court announced it would not grant an appeal to the families impacted by the washout of a Standing Rock road in 2019.
A lower court previously dismissed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the federal government that was filed by families of the victims who passed away in the road washout that occurred in July of 2019.
“This ruling is absolutely devastating for those families who lost loved ones and those who were severely injured in the BIA highway 3 washout,” said Timothy Q. Purdon, partner of Robins and Kaplan LLP.
Purdon said that he is analyzing the families’ options for possible further appeal of this matter, perhaps even going to the United States Supreme Court. While the families argued the Bureau of Indian Affairs didn’t properly maintain the roads to prevent the washout, the court agreed the bureau had discretion to act based on the availability of funds.
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Detectives say a man paid two people $15,000 in drugs and cash to fatally shoot a former associate in Northeast Albuquerque over a previous alleged robbery.
Martin Trujillo, 55, Freddy Granger, 41, and Cassandra Dominguez, 37, are each charged with an open count of murder in the May 1 death of 46-year-old Gary Escareno.
Detectives allege that Trujillo hired Granger and Dominguez to kill Escareno — a man Trujillo ran a rental assistance scam with — after Escareno allegedly robbed him.
Granger and Dominguez were already wanted in a June 13 incident in which they allegedly fled from a traffic stop in Carlsbad, got into a crash and carjacked a man at gunpoint.
Federal agents arrested the pair on July 8 in Albuquerque, less than a mile from where the homicide occurred, according to police. Arresting agents found a gun on Granger.
Granger has been booked into the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility and Dominguez is behind bars at the Eddy County Detention Center. Trujillo has a warrant for his arrest in the homicide.
Dominguez’s criminal history includes mostly non-violent arrests for drug-related offenses, according to court records. Granger, also known as “Snoop,” has battled substance abuse and been in and out of jail on charges including involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent felonies.
Court records show he was sentenced in 2015 to 10 years after taking a plea deal in the nonfatal stabbing of a woman outside an East Central motel.
Police responded around 10:30 p.m. to the area of Candelaria and Juan Tabo NE, after a car crashed into a pole, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court. They found Escareno in the driver’s seat with a gunshot wound to the head.
Witnesses told police they heard gunfire and saw a man and a woman fleeing the scene. Data from the car showed a “large occupant” was in the passenger seat when the crash occurred.
Police said they found messages in Escareno’s phone from a woman who asked him to pick up a woman and her boyfriend at the Taco Bell at Lomas and San Mateo. Security footage from the Taco Bell showed Escareno pick up a pair who matched the description of those seen fleeing the shooting.
Detectives found calls from the woman to Trujillo in the hours leading up to and following Escareno’s death, according to the complaint. Escareno’s friend told police he had robbed “J Money,” identified as Trujillo, after he didn’t split the profits of a rental assistance scam.
The complaint does not elaborate on the alleged rental scheme the men were involved in.
Police said they found messages from a phone to Trujillo telling him they were going to the Taco Bell and to ask what “he” is driving. Trujillo responded “he’s there” and, after the shooting, Trujillo received the message: “Done deed.”
Trujillo sent a message asking for their Cash App and, the next day, said “Money landed TY,” according to the complaint. Police said they were able to trace the phone, linked to Dominguez and Granger, to the Taco Bell and the scene of the homicide.
Then, police said an inmate at the Los Lunas prison asked to speak with police, telling them Trujillo initially asked him to kill Escareno. The man told police he saw Trujillo pay Granger for the homicide with $15,000 worth of methamphetamine, fentanyl, a vehicle and cash.
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Cuisinart compact blenders recalled due to risk for laceration
(Gray News) - A recall has been issued for a line of Cuisinart compact blenders and juice extractor combos due to an assembly malfunction that could lead to laceration hazards.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the nut holding the model CBJ-450 blender could become loose and detach while in use.
The Dec. 1 recall states that the agency received three complaints involving blender blades that became detached, but no injuries were reported.
Consumers with the recalled blenders can contact Cuisinart’s parent company Conair for a free replacement blade and assembly instructions.
About 66,000 products were sold at various department stores and by online retailers nationwide, including Crate & Barrel and Amazon.com.
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Man dressed as ‘Halloween’ character Michael Myers spotted at Florida beach
Published: Sep. 7, 2022 at 2:37 PM MST|Updated: 50 minutes ago
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (TMX/Gray News) - A beachgoer says he spotted a man dressed as Michael Myers from “Halloween” at a Florida beach over Labor Day weekend.
Todd Brandon Easter shared images of what he saw that day at a Panama City beach.
The beachgoer said he saw the iconic movie character while visiting the beach on Sept 4.
Easter said the person dressed as Myers wasn’t bothering anyone and seemed approachable while not causing any problems.
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A Chiplet interconnection specification optimized for maximum applicability enabling low cost
and energy efficient implementations.
AUSTIN, Texas, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the OCP Foundation, the nonprofit organization bringing hyperscale innovations to all, announced the release of the Bunch of Wires (BoW) specification for Chiplet interconnect. The BoW specification represents a next step in the OCP Open Domain Specific Architecture (ODSA) Project's march towards establishing an open Chiplet ecosystem as a catalyst for a new silicon market place and integrated circuit supply chain model. BoW specifies a physical layer (PHY) optimized for System on a Chip (SoC) disaggregation, and complements OCP ODSA Open High Bandwidth Interconnect (OpenHBI) PHY specification targeting High Bandwidth Memory and other parallel bandwidth intensive use cases.
"The demand for specialized silicon has been increasing steadily due to workload diversity, such as with the adoption of AI and ML, and we expect this trend to continue for several years. In response to this demand the OCP recognizes that it must be a catalyst to establish open and standardized Chiplet ecosystems and new markets by investing in Chiplet interconnect technology that will enable composable silicon. The release of the BoW specification is an important step in this direction. We expect to increase our efforts on developing supply chain models for composable silicon," said Bill Carter, CTO, OCP Foundation.
The ODSA BoW PHY specification is optimized for both commodity (organic laminate) and advanced packaging technologies, enabling cost and energy efficient, as well as high-performance designs across a wide range of process nodes. The specification was authored to allow many use cases driving significant economies of scale. Care was taken to impose as few constraints as possible and to avoid including required features in the specification that could increase design complexity when disaggregating an existing SoC.
The BoW specification, with an open license making it available to everyone, is already in use in at least 10 companies, including Samsung and NXP, over a dozen different use cases spanning 5, 6, 12, 16, 22 and 65nm process nodes, and covering Chiplet-based products for networking, specialized AI silicon, FPGAs, and processors.
"The semiconductor industry continues to innovate in new and exciting directions with multicore application specific SoCs, custom core architectures, deep learning, optical communications, analog processing techniques, RF interfaces, memory architectures and more. The new challenge is how to integrate all of these disparate innovations, several of which are not practical to produce at cutting- edge process nodes. Today's announcement from the OCP ODSA, releasing the Bunch of Wires open-source specification for Chiplet interconnect, supplies a new tool toward expanding innovation in the market. This opens the door to a more competitive landscape and diversity in innovation at varying cadences and is fuel or a healthy industry," said Tom Hackenberg, Principal Analyst, Computing & Software Semiconductor, Memory and Computing Division, Yole Intelligence.
About the Open Compute Project Foundation
At the core of the Open Compute Project (OCP) is its Community of hyperscale data center operators, joined by telecom and colocation providers and enterprise IT users, working with vendors to develop open innovations that, when embedded in product are deployed from the cloud to the edge. The OCP Foundation is responsible for fostering and serving the OCP Community to meet the market and shape the future, taking hyperscale led innovations to everyone. Meeting the market is accomplished through open designs and best practices, and with data center facility and IT equipment embedding OCP Community-developed innovations for efficiency, at-scale operations and sustainability. Shaping the future includes investing in strategic initiatives that prepare the IT ecosystem for major changes, such as AI & ML, optics, advanced cooling techniques, and composable silicon. Learn more at www.opencompute.org.
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A Portion of Proceeds from Limited-Edition "All Love" Headphones to Support Nonprofit To Write Love on Her Arms with Funding LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Programs
PARK CITY, Utah, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Skullcandy announced today its limited-edition "All Love" Crusher Evo Headphones in partnership with To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA), a nonprofit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. The limited-edition headphones feature a Pride-inspired colorway designed to celebrate all love, all year long. The Skullcandy "All Love'' Edition Crusher Evo headphones will begin selling May 30, exclusively on Skullcandy.com. A portion of proceeds will help To Write Love on Her Arms fund mental health support programs designed specifically for the LGBTQIA+ community.
"Skullcandy actively champions mental health, with a focus on supporting programs dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community during this time of year," said Justin Regan, VP of Marketing, Skullcandy. "Through our longstanding partnership with To Write Love on Her Arms we're able to raise awareness, provide critical mental health resources and advocate alongside the LGBTQIA+ community."
The LGBTQIA+ community faces higher-than-average rates of depression, PTSD and anxiety disorder. TWLOHA is dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with these and other trauma and stress-related conditions. Skullcandy has been a consistent partner with TWLOHA for over three years, and to date, the company has donated over $100,000 for the nonprofit organization. Last year's Inequality Crusher headphones alone helped raise over $50,000 for the organization's LGBTQIA+ focused assistance.
Tech specs tied to each of the Skullcandy "All Love" Edition headphones include:
Skullcandy "All Love" Edition Crusher Evo Wireless Headphones – $209.99 MSRP
- 40 hours total battery + Rapid Charge
- Crusher adjustable Sensory Bass
- Personal Sound via Skullcandy App
- Call, track and volume control via touch controls
- Built-in Tile Finding Technology
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To Write Love on Her Arms exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery. For more information, please visit twloha.com.
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Zone Forecasts for Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington
National Weather Service Portland OR
304 AM PST Thu Feb 16 2023
Spot Temperatures are for Today, Tonight, and Friday.
WAZ021-170215-
South Washington Coast-
Including the cities of Raymond, Long Beach, Ocean Park, Naselle,
Cathlamet, and Cape Disappointment
304 AM PST Thu Feb 16 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 40s. Light wind. Rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an
inch.
.TONIGHT...Rain likely, mainly in the evening. Patchy fog after
midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Light wind. Chance of rain
70 percent. Rainfall amounts around a tenth of an inch.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the upper 40s. Light wind. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.
Light wind. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 40s. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning, then
rain likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 40s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Rain, breezy with highs in the mid 40s. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Snow after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.
Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain and snow. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
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WAZ020-170215-
Willapa Hills-
Including the cities of Willapa, Frances, Elk Mountain,
and Ryderwood
304 AM PST Thu Feb 16 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow this
morning, then a chance of rain and snow this afternoon. Snow
level 1000 feet, increasing to 2000 feet this afternoon. No snow
accumulation. Highs in the mid 40s. Light wind. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent. Rainfall amounts less than a tenth of
an inch.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Snow
level 2500 feet. Lows in the lower 30s. Light wind. Rainfall
amounts less than a tenth of an inch.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain, mainly in the morning.
Snow level 2500 feet. Highs in the mid 40s. Light wind. Chance of
rain 50 percent. Rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of rain and snow after midnight. Snow level
1500 feet. Lows in the lower 30s. Light wind. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...A slight chance of snow in the morning. Mostly cloudy
with a chance of rain. Snow level 2000 feet in the morning. Highs
in the mid 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning, then
rain likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Snow level 2500 feet. Lows in the
mid 30s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level 2000 feet. Highs in the
lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Snow and rain. Snow level 1000 feet. Lows in the
lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow and rain. Snow level 500 feet. Highs in the
upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
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South Washington Cascade Foothills-
Including the cities of Toutle, Ariel, Lake Merwin, Yale Lake,
and Cougar
304 AM PST Thu Feb 16 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain this afternoon.
Snow level 2000 feet this afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Light
wind. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then a chance of rain and snow after midnight. Snow
level 2000 feet. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows in the
lower 30s. Light wind. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow in the morning,
then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level
2000 feet. Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in the mid 40s.
Light wind. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Rainfall amounts
less than a tenth of an inch.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Light wind,
becoming light after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Snow level 1500 feet, increasing to 2500 feet in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning, then
rain likely in the afternoon. Snow level 2500 feet. Highs in the
mid 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then rain and snow
after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times after midnight. Snow
level 2500 feet. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation
90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Rain, snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
afternoon. Snow level 2000 feet. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance
of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Snow and rain. Snow level 1000 feet. Lows around
30. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Snow level 500 feet. Highs in the mid 30s.
Chance of snow 90 percent.
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South Washington Cascades-
Including the cities of Coldwater Ridge Visitors Center,
Mount St. Helens, and Wind River Valley
304 AM PST Thu Feb 16 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Free air freezing level 3500 feet, rising
to 4000 feet this afternoon. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the
evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of snow after midnight.
Snow level 1500 feet. Little or no snow accumulation. Southeast
wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of snow. Snow
level 2000 feet, increasing to 3000 feet in the afternoon. Snow
accumulation up to 1 inch. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Free air freezing level at the surface. West wind
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of snow in the morning,
then a chance of snow in the afternoon. Snow level 2500 feet in
the afternoon. West wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of snow 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow and rain in the
evening, then a slight chance of snow after midnight. Snow level
3000 feet. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow in the morning,
then snow and rain likely in the afternoon. Snow level 2500 feet.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Snow, rain. Snow level 3500 feet. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Snow, rain. Snow level 3000 feet. Chance
of precipitation near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level
2000 feet. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.TUESDAY...Snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level
1500 feet. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Chance of snow
near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning.
Chance of snow 90 percent.
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WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Bird Global, Inc. (NYSE: BRDS) resulting from allegations that Bird may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Bird securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9805 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On November 14, 2022, Bird announced a restatement of its financial statements for certain periods in 2020, 2021, and 2022. The restatements seek to correct an error regarding "recognition of revenue on certain trips completed by customers of its Sharing business [] for which collectability was not probable."
On this news, Bird share prices fell $0.026, or over 6%, to close on November 14, 2022 at $0.364 on unusually high trading volume.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Look for pinstripes in Paris.
The New York Yankees have told Major League Baseball they want to be one of the teams for the sport’s first games in continental Europe at the Stade de France outside Paris during 2025, two people familiar with the planning told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because MLB has not made details public.
“That’s cool. It sounds pretty exciting,” Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole said. “That’s going to be a really special opportunity.”
MLB has not yet reached any decisions on teams for the France games and has been more focused on the 2023 schedule, with its new balanced format.
In addition, the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres have been picked for games in Mexico City next season, one of the people said, also on condition of anonymity.
The stadium in France, at Saint-Denis, was built for the 1998 World Cup and was the site of this year’s Champions League final. It has a soccer capacity of about 80,000.
New York played MLB’s games in London, sweeping a two-game series from the Boston Red Sox 17-13 and 12-8 at West Ham’s Olympic Stadium in June 2019. MLB hosted players the night before the game at the Tower of London.
“We loved it,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Our guys, from spring training when they knew it was on the horizon, were all very excited about it. I remember the week leading up to it, there was a genuine excitement in our locker room about going. And it was a really, really positive experience for myself and I feel like our team. It was a great venue and a great break in the season.”
The Yankees and Red Sox traveled after Wednesday home days games and had two days off before the weekend series.
“The most important thing is to be able to have the off day to kind of get yourself on track and adjust to the time zone,” said Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks, who became the first major league player to homer in England.
St. Louis and the Chicago Cubs were to have played in London in 2020 but those games were canceled because of the pandemic, and they are the likely teams for games in London in 2023. The new collective bargaining agreement also calls for London games in 2024 before the first France games in 2025 and a return to London in 2026.
MLB’s CBA envisions annual Mexico City games from 2023-26, an Asian opener in 2024 and a Tokyo opener in 2025.
Previous Tokyo openers include New York Mets-Chicago Cubs (2000), Yankees-Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2004), Red Sox-Oakland Athletics (2008), Seattle Mariners-Athletics (2012) and Mariners-Athletics (2019).
MLB also has played international games in Sydney, Australia (Dodgers-Arizona Diamondbacks in 2014) and Monterrey, Mexico (Mets-San Diego Padres in 1996, Colorado Rockies-Padres in 1999, Padres-Dodgers in 2018, Cardinals-Cincinnati Reds in 2019 and Houston Astros-Los Angeles Angels in 2019).
A San Diego-Arizona series in Mexico City scheduled for April 2020 was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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NFL observers around the nation react to Colts' stunningly bad start
The Indianapolis Colts appear to be in trouble already, and we're just two weeks into the NFL season.
The Colts are 0-1-1 after a 24-0 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars that followed a 20-20 tie against the Houston Texans. Those AFC South foes are supposed to be among the NFL's worst teams.
So who's the problem? Quarterback Matt Ryan? Coach Frank Reich? General manager Chris Ballard?
Doyel: Colts' loss to Jaguars a failure by Jim Irsay, Frank Reich, Chris Ballard, Matt Ryan
There are plenty of opinions.
Mike Kaye, Pro Football Network
"The once-heralded offensive visionary of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl LII run has few accolades to point to during his tenure in Indianapolis, and at this point, the Colts head coach should be squarely on the hot seat."
"And while rumor mills continually place names like Matt Rhule of the Carolina Panthers, Kliff Kingsbury of the Arizona Cardinals, and Mike McCarthy of the Dallas Cowboys at the top of the hot-seat lists, (Frank) Reich has paddled in mediocrity just as long as the aforementioned trio."
Connor Orr, Sports Illustrated
"We have gone in waves with this Colts franchise since the beginning of the Frank Reich and Chris Ballard regime. We started out admiring Reich for taking a job that Josh McDaniels abandoned. We felt miserable for them after Andrew Luck decided, due in part to the sins of a previous staff, that he no longer wanted to play football. We felt invigorated, as folks around the league praised the holistic roster building approach that was supposed to keep the Colts relevant. We shrugged our shoulders and waved off all the struggles of the team under a cattle call of veteran quarterbacks.
"The Colts may end up being the perfect example of a team that was buoyed by legitimate excuse making. This can happen sometimes in the NFL. While some coaches don’t get the benefit of the doubt under similarly horrid circumstances caused largely by the incompetence of former shot-callers, we looked at the Colts post-McDaniels, post-Luck, post-everything and let them be. They were a team whose struggles were understandable.
"But we are now four years removed from Luck deciding he was finished with the NFL. In that same time span, we have seen complete franchise rebirths with fewer raw materials to start. We have seen rebirths and deaths. Four years is a lifetime in the NFL."
Maurice Moton, Bleacher Report
Because of a negative game script, the Colts had to push the ball downfield with their subpar passing game. Quarterback Matt Ryan completed 16 of 30 passes and threw three interceptions. For the season, he's thrown just one touchdown and four interceptions, which raises legitimate concerns.
Since Andrew Luck's retirement in August of 2019, the Colts have started the season with a new starting quarterback every year. Ryan, who turned 37 years old in May, may be the next one-and-down starter under center. He's played like a quarterback on a sharp decline, even with Pittman on the field last week.
Stephen Knox, Deadspin
The Colts have far from the most difficult schedule in the NFL. Six of their games are against the AFC South — arguably the worst division in the league — and while they have to do battle against the AFC West, the NFC division that they’re matched up against is the NFC East.
They have the opportunity to get their season back on track, but if they continue to play like they have the first two weeks of this season, they’ll be in the running for a high enough 2023 draft pick to select Bryce Young or C.J. Stroud.
Jeff Kerr, CBS Sports
The Colts looked pathetic in Sunday's shutout loss to the Jaguars, going just 2 of 10 on third down and gaining 218 yards of offense. Matt Ryan threw three interceptions and looked over the hill against an aggressive Jaguars front, which manhandled the Colts' offensive line and finished with five sacks.
Indianapolis was 0-for-2 in the red zone and finished with three turnovers, not exactly the offense the Colts thought they were getting when they ditched Carson Wentz for Ryan.
The Colts, who were expected to rule the AFC South this season, now have a loss to Jacksonville and a tie against Houston. That's inexcusable.
Ross Tucker on the "Dan Patrick Show"
"Whatever weakness you have, it seems it always gets exacerbated. Michael Pittman not being able to play reinforced that the Colts are not good enough at wide receiver. Their worst position group is receiver.
"The O-line is not as good as they're supposed to be because the left tackle's not good. The right guard's a concern. It's a mess.
"You think about all offseason, (owner) Jim Irsay -- basically every chance he got -- ripping Carson Wentz, subtly."
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The world is consuming way too much salt and outcome could be dire if we don’t cut back: WHO report
By Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer
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TORONTO (CTV Network) — Too much salt is killing us — and we need to stop looking away from the problem, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.
The world is not on track to achieve the goal of a 30 per cent reduction in sodium intake by 2025, the report found, and if we don’t take drastic steps to reduce our salt intake quickly, it could lead to millions of unnecessary deaths.
“Unhealthy diets are a leading cause of death and disease globally, and excessive sodium intake is one of the main culprits,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said in a press release. “This report shows that most countries are yet to adopt any mandatory sodium reduction policies, leaving their people at risk of heart attack, stroke, and other health problems. WHO calls on all countries to implement the ‘Best Buys’ for sodium reduction, and on manufacturers to implement the WHO benchmarks for sodium content in food.”
Salt is an essential part of the human diet, but can contribute to a myriad of issues if consumed in excess, including increasing the risk of stroke, heart disease and premature death.
WHO recommends that the average person consume no more than five grams, or one teaspoon, of salt per day. However, the global average salt intake is estimated to be more than double, around 10.8 grams.
The implementation of policies to reduce sodium intake could save an estimated seven million lives globally by 2030, according to the WHO release.
In 2013, more than 190 countries, including Canada, committed to reducing population sodium intake by 30 per cent by 2025.
The report, published Thursday, investigates the progress that countries have made on this goal, and is calling on global leaders to implement clearer policies to reduce sodium intake.
Only five per cent of WHO member states have mandatory and comprehensive policies for sodium reduction, the report stated: Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Uruguay. This means that only around 26 per cent of the global population lives in countries with mandatory measures towards sodium reduction.
As part of the report, WHO created a Sodium Country Score Card, which rates countries on their progress towards lowering sodium intake.
And when it comes to salt safety, Canada does not receive a passing grade.
Canada is one of 65 countries that received a two out of four on the score card by having “voluntary measures to reduce sodium.”
One point was given to 58 countries for having a national policy commitment to reduce sodium intake.
Countries scored three out of four if they had mandatory measures adopted for sodium reduction, and four out of four if they had multiple mandatory measures and had implemented specific WHO recommendations.
A Health Canada report released in 2020 acknowledged that when the agency performed an evaluation on Canada’s sodium intake reduction in 2018, it found that voluntary sodium reductions were only modest and did not meet targets.
Voluntary efforts in the food processing sector to reduce sodium only resulted in a decrease of eight per cent in the average sodium intake since 2010, the 2018 data found.
Around six out of 10 Canadians consume too much sodium, according to Health Canada. HOW TO REDUCE SALT INTAKE
WHO has outlined four “best buy” recommendations for how to reduce sodium on a wide scale.
One is to reformulate food to contain less salt, and for countries to set targets for the amount of sodium within meals as part of healthy eating recommendations.
Another recommendation is to make it mandatory to have sodium levels posted on the front of food packaging.
WHO also recommends campaigns to communicate the need to reduce sodium intake to the population as a whole to promote behaviour change and the establishment of food policies that limit sodium-rich foods in places such as retirement homes, hospitals and schools.
One of the benefits of mandatory policies, as opposed to pushing only voluntary behaviour changes, is that it puts food manufacturers on an even playing field and safeguards against commercial interests being put above health safety, WHO says.
“This important report demonstrates that countries must work urgently to implement ambitious, mandatory, government-led sodium reduction policies to meet the global target of reducing salt consumption by 2025,” Dr. Tom Frieden said in the release.
Frieden is president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, a not-for-profit organization working with countries to minimize death from cardiovascular disease.
“There are proven measures that governments can implement and important innovations, such as low sodium salts,” he said. “The world needs action, and now, or many more people will experience disabling or deadly—but preventable—heart attacks and strokes.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Five people have been injured, one critically, after a shooting on Coney Island’s iconic boardwalk.
The shooting occurred early Sunday when a gunman opened fire at about 2 a.m. at the Brooklyn landmark.
According to police, a 31-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in the back. Three others — a 19-year-old man and two women aged 26 and 27 — were shot in the leg.
A 36-year-old man was shot in the chin and was in stable condition, police said.
Police hadn't named a suspect or released a possible motive in the shooting.
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By ISAAC SCHARF
Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants during an arrest raid Thursday in the occupied West Bank, according to the military and the Islamic Jihad militant group.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the men as Naeem Jamal Zubaidi, 27, and Mohammad Ayman Saadi, 26 and said they were killed in the Jenin refugee camp.
The military said Saadi was a prominent member of the Islamic Jihad group while Zubaidi was involved in shooting attacks against Israeli troops. Islamic Jihad said the two men were members.
The military said troops were carrying out an arrest raid and were met by gunfire. The forces responded, and the two men were killed in the exchange of fire.
Fighting between Israel and the Islamic Jihad has intensified in recent months, including from the Gaza Strip, where a two-day spasm of violence erupted in the summer, killing dozens of Palestinians and disrupting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Israelis. The group has a significant presence in Jenin where the Palestinian security forces have less of a foothold, making the area, in the northern West Bank, a focus of Israeli military operations in recent months.
The military has been conducting months of arrest raids in the West Bank, prompted by a spate of Palestinian attacks against Israelis in the spring that killed 19 people. The military says the raids are meant to dismantle militant networks and thwart future attacks, but the Palestinians say they entrench Israel’s open-ended occupation and undermine their own security forces.
The raids have ratcheted up tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, triggering another wave of Palestinian attacks in recent weeks that have killed an additional nine people.
More than 130 Palestinians have been killed this year, making 2022 the deadliest since 2006. The Israeli military says many of those killed have been militants but local youths protesting the incursions as well as others not involved in the violence have also been killed.
Israel captured the West Bank, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians want those territories for their hoped-for future state. Substantive peace talks were last held more than a decade ago, and with Israel headed toward what’s likely to be its most right-wing government ever, there appears to be no prospect for a new negotiations in the near future.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters on Tuesday are set to decide the final Senate contest in the country, choosing between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican football legend Herschel Walker after a four-week runoff blitz that has drawn a flood of outside spending to an increasingly personal fight.
This year's runoff has lower stakes than the two in 2021, when victories by Warnock and fellow Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff gave Democrats control of the Senate. The outcome of Tuesday's contest will determine whether Democrats have an outright 51-49 Senate majority or control a 50-50 chamber based on Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote.
The runoff brings to a close a bitter fight between Warnock, the state's first Black senator and the senior minister of the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, and Walker, a former University of Georgia football star and political novice who has waged his bid in the mold of former President Donald Trump.
A victory for Warnock would solidify Georgia's status as a battleground heading into the 2024 presidential election. A win for Walker, however, could be an indication that the Democratic gains in the state might be somewhat limited, especially given that Georgia Republicans swept every other statewide contest last month.
In that election, Warnock led Walker by about 37,000 votes out of almost 4 million cast but fell shy of a majority, triggering the second round of voting. About 1.9 million votes already have been cast by mail and during early voting, an advantage for Democrats whose voters more commonly cast ballots this way. Republicans typically fare better on voting done on Election Day, with the margins determining the winner.
Last month, Walker, 60, ran more than 200,000 votes behind Republican Gov. Brian Kemp after a campaign dogged by intense scrutiny of his past, meandering campaign speeches and a bevy of damaging allegations, including claims that he paid for two former girlfriends’ abortions — accusations that Walker has denied.
Warnock, whose victory in 2021 was in a special election to serve out the remainder of GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson's term, sounded a confident note Monday during a packed day of campaigning. He predicted that he had convinced enough voters, including independents and moderate Republicans who supported Kemp, that he deserves a full term.
“They’ve seen that I will work with anybody that helps me to do good work for the people of Georgia,” said the 53-year-old senator. “I think they’re going to get this right. They know this race is about competence and character.”
Walker campaigned Monday with his wife, Julie, greeting supporters and offering thanks rather than his usual campaign speech and full-throated attacks on Warnock.
“I love y’all, and we’re gonna win this election,” he said at a winery in Ellijay, comparing it to championships he won as an athlete. “I love winning championships.
Warnock's campaign has spent about $170 million on the campaign, far outpacing Walker's nearly $60 million, according to their latest federal disclosures. But Democratic and Republican party committees, along with other political action committees, have spent even more.
The senator has paired his push for bipartisanship with an emphasis on his personal values, buoyed by his status as senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. And, beginning with the closing stretch before the Nov. 8 general election, Warnock added withering takedowns of Walker, using the football star’s rocky past to argue that the political newcomer was “not ready” and “not fit” for high office.
Walker, who used his athletics fame to coast to the GOP nomination, has sought to portray Warnock as a yes-man for President Joe Biden. Walker has sometimes made the attack in especially personal terms, complete with accusing Warnock of having his “back bent” and “being on his knees, begging” at the White House — a searing charge for a Black challenger to level against a Black senator about his relationship with a white president.
A multimillionaire businessman, Walker has inflated his philanthropic activities and business achievements, including claiming that his company employed hundreds of people and grossed tens of millions of dollars in sales annually, even though later records indicate he had eight employees and averaged about $1.5 million a year. He has suggested that he’s worked as a law enforcement officer and said he graduated college, though he has done neither.
Walker was also forced to acknowledge during the campaign that he had fathered three children out of wedlock whom he had never before spoken about publicly — in direct conflict with Walker’s yearslong criticism of absentee fathers and his calls for Black men, in particular, to play an active role in their kids’ lives.
His ex-wife has detailed violent acts, saying Walker once held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her. Walker has never denied those specifics and wrote of his violent tendencies in a 2008 memoir that attributed the behavior to mental illness.
Warnock has countered with his individual Senate accomplishments, touting a provision he sponsored to cap insulin costs for Medicare patients while reminding voters that Republicans blocked his larger idea to cap those costs for all insulin-dependent patients. He hailed deals on infrastructure and maternal health care forged with Republicans Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida, mentioning those GOP colleagues more than he did Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer or other Democrats in Washington.
After the general election, Biden, who has struggled with low approval ratings, promised to help Warnock in any way he could, even if it meant staying away from Georgia. Bypassing the president, Warnock decided instead to campaign with former President Barack Obama in the days before the runoff election.
For his part, Walker was endorsed by Trump but avoided campaigning with him until the campaign’s final day: The pair conducted a conference call Monday with supporters, according to a Republican National Committee spokesperson.
Walker’s candidacy is the GOP’s last chance to flip a Senate seat this year. Dr. Mehmet Oz of Pennsylvania, Blake Masters of Arizona, Adam Laxalt of Nevada and Don Bolduc of New Hampshire, all Trump loyalists, already lost competitive Senate races that Republicans once considered part of their path to a majority.
Walker has differentiated himself from Trump in a notable way. Trump has spent two years falsely claiming that his loss in Georgia and nationally was fraudulent, despite the fact that numerous federal and local officials, a long list of courts, top former campaign staffers and even his own attorney general have all said there is no evidence of the fraud he alleges.
At his lone debate against Warnock in October, Walker was asked whether he’d accept the results even if he lost. He replied with one word: “Yes.”
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Q3 Revenues in Brazil Grew by 51.9% year-over-year Amid Currency Headwinds
WUHAN, China, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Automotive Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAAS) ("CAAS" or the "Company"), a leading power steering components and systems supplier in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2022.
Third Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Net sales increased by 26.8% to $137.2 million compared with $108.2 million in the third quarter of 2021;
- Electric power steering ("EPS") product sales increased by 52.4% to $44.8 million;
- Gross profit increased 24.4% to $20.9 million and gross margin was 15.2% compared with 15.5% in the third quarter of 2021;
- Income from operations was $4.9 million compared with income from operations of $0.6 million in the third quarter of 2021;
- Net income attributable to parent company's common shareholders was $7.5 million, or diluted income per share of $0.24, compared to a net loss attributable to parent company's common shareholders of $0.3 million, or diluted loss per share of $0.01, in the third quarter of 2021.
First Nine Months of 2022 Highlights
- Net sales rose by 11.6% to $400.8 million compared to $359.2 million in the first nine months of 2021;
- Gross profit increased 11.4% to $58.4 million and gross margin was 14.6% compared with 14.6% in the first nine months of 2021;
- Income from operations was $10.6 million compared with income from operations of $4.9 million in the first nine months of 2021;
- Net income attributable to parent company's common shareholders was $16.8 million, or diluted income per share of $0.55, compared to net income attributable to parent company's common shareholders of $6.1 million, or diluted income per share of $0.20 in the first nine months of 2021;
- Free cash flow increased to $19.8 million compared with negative $11.7 million in the first nine months of 2021;
- Cash and cash equivalents and pledged cash were $131.7 million as of September 30, 2022.
Mr. Qizhou Wu, the Chief Executive Officer of CAAS, commented, "Overall vehicle sales in China rose by 29.4% in the third quarter of 2022 with passenger car sales up by 36.6% while commercial vehicles sales declined by 10.6%, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. U.S. auto sales declined slightly by 0.9% in the third quarter of 2022. Sales of both our traditional hydraulic and our EPS steering products grew during the third quarter of 2022. Overall, our sales in China remained strong as many of our customers experienced solid growth creating higher demand for our products."
"We look forward to the remainder of 2022 as we believe the auto industry will continue to be buoyant as Chinese GDP grew at 3.9% in the third quarter of 2022 according to the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, exceeding a consensus estimate of 3.4%. The auto industry growth in China is still being hampered by lockdowns, COVID restrictions and supply chain issues. However, we believe these issues will be resolved over time and the government has been implementing favorable policies to further revitalize the economy. We are maintaining our market positions for when the auto markets more fully recover."
Mr. Jie Li, the Chief Financial Officer of CAAS, commented, "Our financial position remains robust as we have generated positive cash flow from operations and have cash and cash equivalents and pledged cash of $131.7 million at September 30, 2022. We are increasing our spending on new research and development projects and new machinery to add innovative products for future growth. We purchased 382,418 common shares in accordance with our share repurchase program in the third quarter of 2022."
Third Quarter of 2022
In the third quarter of 2022, net sales increased by 26.8% to $137.2 million compared to $108.2 million in the same quarter of 2021. The increase in net product sales was due to a 17.3% gain in the Company's sales of hydraulic products, and an increase of 52.4% in EPS net product sales. EPS net sales were $44.8 million, or 32.7% of net sales, compared with $29.4 million, or 27.2% of net sales, in the third quarter of 2021. Net product sales to North America decreased by 4.8% to $29.5 million, due primarily to changes in the product mix, compared with $31.0 million for the same quarter in 2021. Net product sales in Brazil rose by 51.9% to $11.5 million due to higher demand.
Gross profit was $20.9 million in the third quarter of 2022, compared to $16.8 million in the third quarter of 2021. Gross margin was 15.2% compared to 15.5% for the same period of 2021, mainly due to the change in product mix.
Selling expenses were $4.0 million in the third quarter of 2022, compared to $4.8 million in the third quarter of 2021. The lower selling expenses were mainly due to a decrease in transportation expenses. Selling expenses represented 2.9% of net sales in the third quarter of 2022, compared to 4.4% in the third quarter of 2021.
General and administrative expenses ("G&A expenses") were $4.9 million in the third quarter of 2022, compared to $6.2 million in the same quarter of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to a decline in the provision for credit losses provided for accounts receivable. G&A expenses represented 3.6% of net sales in the third quarter of 2022 compared with 5.7% of net sales in the third quarter of 2021.
Research and development expenses ("R&D expenses") increased by 66.7% to $9.5 million in the third quarter of 2022, compared to $5.7 million in the third quarter of 2021. R&D expenses represented 6.9% of net sales in the third quarter of 2022 compared with 5.3% of net sales in the third quarter of 2021. Higher R&D expenditures were primarily due to increased investment for new projects.
Income from operations was $4.9 million in the third quarter of 2022, compared to income from operations of $0.6 million in the same quarter of 2021. Higher income from operations was mainly due to increased gross profit, a higher gain on other sales and greater cost controls in the third quarter of 2022.
Other income was $0.7 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared with $2.4 million in the third quarter of 2021 primarily due to lower government subsidies received in the third quarter of 2022.
Net financial income was $4.8 million compared with net financial expense of $0.8 million in the third quarter of 2021 mainly due to the foreign exchange volatility of the US dollar against the RMB and the Brazilian Real.
Income before income tax expenses and equity in earnings of affiliated companies was $10.0 million in the third quarter of 2022, compared to income before income tax expenses and equity in earnings of affiliated companies of $1.9 million in the third quarter of 2021. The higher income before income tax expenses and equity in earnings of affiliated companies was mainly due to increased income from operations compared with the third quarter of 2021.
Income tax expense was $0.9 million in the third quarter of 2022, compared to an income tax expense of $2.4 million for the third quarter of 2021, which was mainly due to the valuation allowance recognized in the third quarter of 2021.
Net income attributable to parent company's common shareholders was $7.5 million in the third quarter of 2022, compared to net loss attributable to parent company's common shareholders of $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2021. Diluted income per share was $0.24 in the third quarter of 2022, compared with diluted loss per share of $0.01 in the third quarter of 2021.
The weighted average number of diluted common shares outstanding was 30,640,260 in the third quarter of 2022, compared to 30,851,776 in the third quarter of 2021.
First Nine Months of 2022
Net sales for the first nine months of 2022 increased by 11.6% to $400.8 compared with $359.2 million in the first nine months of 2021. Gross profit for the first nine months of 2022 increased by 11.4% to $58.4 million, compared to $52.4 million in the corresponding period last year. Gross margin for the first nine months of 2022 was 14.6%, compared to 14.6% for the corresponding period in 2021. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, gain on other sales amounted to $5.3 million, compared to $2.5 million for the corresponding period in 2021. Income from operations was $10.5 million compared to income from operations of $4.9 million in the first nine months of 2021.
Net income attributable to parent company's common shareholders was $16.8 million compared with net income attributable to parent company's common shareholders of $6.1 million in the corresponding period last year. Diluted income per share was $0.55 in the first nine months of 2022, compared to diluted income per share of $0.20 for the corresponding period in 2021.
As of September 30, 2022, total cash and cash equivalents and pledged cash deposits were $131.7 million. Total accounts receivable including notes receivable were $208.6 million. Accounts payable including notes payable were $210.2 million. Total parent company stockholders' equity was $302.2 million as of September 30, 2022, compared to $321.0 million as of December 31, 2021.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $31.7 million in the first nine months of 2022 compared with net cash used in operating activities of $5.9 million in the first nine months of 2021. Payments to acquire property, plant and equipment were $11.8 million compared with $5.3 million in the first nine months of 2021.
Business Outlook
Management increases its revenue guidance to $540 million for the full year 2022. This target is based on the Company's current views on operating and market conditions, which are subject to change.
Conference Call
Management will conduct a conference call on November 14, 2022 at 8:00 A.M. EST/9:00 P.M. Beijing Time to discuss these results. A question and answer session will follow management's presentation. To participate, please see the dial-in information below, enter the call 10 minutes before the call start time and ask to be connected to the "China Automotive Systems" conference with pin 258800.
Phone Number: +1-888-506-0062 (North America)
Phone Number: +1-973-528-0011 (International)
Mainland China Toll Free: +86-400-120-3199
A replay of the call will be available on the Company's website under the investor relations section.
About China Automotive Systems, Inc.
Based in Hubei Province, the People's Republic of China, China Automotive Systems, Inc. is a leading supplier of power steering components and systems to the Chinese automotive industry, operating through ten Sino-foreign joint ventures. The Company offers a full range of steering system parts for passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles. The Company currently offers four separate series of power steering with an annual production capacity of over 6 million sets of steering gears, columns and steering hoses. Its customer base is comprised of leading auto manufacturers, such as China FAW Group, Corp., Dongfeng Auto Group Co., Ltd., BYD Auto Company Limited, Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. and Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. in China, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Ford Motor Company in North America. For more information, please visit: http://www.caasauto.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this press release. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the nature of the Company's review and any anticipated conclusions of the Company or its management and other statements that are not historical facts. Our actual results may differ materially from the results described in or anticipated by our forward-looking statements due to certain risks and uncertainties. As a result, the Company's actual results could differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2022, and in documents subsequently filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If the outbreak of COVID-19 is not effectively and timely controlled, our business operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected as a result of the deteriorating market outlook for automobile sales, the slowdown in regional and national economic growth, weakened liquidity and financial condition of our customers or other factors that we cannot foresee. Any of these factors and other factors beyond our control, could have an adverse effect on the overall business environment, cause uncertainties in the regions where we conduct business, cause our business to suffer in ways that we cannot predict and materially and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations. A prolonged disruption or any further unforeseen delay in our operations of the manufacturing, delivery and assembly process within any of our production facilities could continue to result in delays in the shipment of products to our customers, increased costs and reduced revenue. We expressly disclaim any duty to provide updates to any forward-looking statements made in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information, please contact:
Jie Li
Chief Financial Officer
China Automotive Systems, Inc.
Email: jieli@chl.com.cn
Kevin Theiss
Investor Relations
+1-212-521-4050
Email: Kevin@awakenlab.com
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Column: If not cops or guns, what will it take to make us feel safe? L.A. has a new answer
Not long ago, the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California released a pair of polls showing that most adults in this state believe violence is a problem in their neighborhoods and are afraid they or their loved ones will become the victim of a crime.
At the same time, fewer than half of adults say that police are doing a excellent or even a good job fighting crime and violence. No doubt, some blame the declining staffing levels at police departments, but others point to racial profiling.
None of this is particularly surprising, of course. What the polls found is entirely consistent with the obtusely binary debate over public safety, both locally and nationally.
The mayor’s spending plan for the coming year includes a key strategy for rebuilding the LAPD: persuading 200 recently retired officers to come back.
There are those who want more police on the streets and those who don’t. Those who feel violent crime is on an unprecedented rise and those with armed historical data who argue that it’s not. And I won’t even talk about guns — at least not yet.
With so many people so polarized, I’ve long thought we’ve stopped making progress. Then, one evening last week, l saw something in Leimert Park that made me think again.
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“When we say ‘defund the police,’ we mean divest from failed social policies. Divest from systems that harm so that we might invest in systems of care.”
Melina Abdullah, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter-L.A., was pacing the cavernous main room of the newly opened Center for Black Power, microphone in hand, her voice rising and falling with every step.
She along with dozens of members of other activist groups had gathered in Leimert Park to present their annual People’s Budget — a community-led counterproposal to the official $13.1-billion budget plan drawn up by Mayor Karen Bass and under consideration by the Los Angeles City Council.
Based on a survey of residents mostly from South L.A., the People’s Budget is chock full of progressive priorities, though its overarching premise is to “reimagine public safety” by redirecting billions of dollars from police to social services and amenities for long-neglected communities of color.
“We believe in transforming the world so we can build new systems that actually keep Black people safe,” Abdullah explained.
Unlike Eric Garcetti, who as mayor generally tried to avoid activists (especially after they started protesting outside Getty House and regularly antagonizing members of the City Council), Bass accepted Abdullah’s invitation to join them at the Center for Black Power.
Sure, she has known many of these activists for decades, so long that when she arrived, the scene was something like a family reunion, with hugging, laughing and the sharing of old stories.
“I’m happy to be here,” Bass said. “I’ve always come to the community because this is my community.”
Still, it speaks volumes about overcoming polarization that she actually showed up to sit in the front row and stare at a slideshow about defunding the police — a slogan that Abdullah helped popularize and Bass once called “one of the worst ... ever.”
Indeed, back during the campaign, few things seemed to irritate the then-congresswoman more than having to repeatedly deny she had plans to “defund” the Los Angeles Police Department. “How many times am I going to get asked that?” she once snapped when I brought it up.
Fast-forward a few months, and her budget proposal pushes to give the LAPD, which already has the large chunk of the our tax dollars, another $87 million to hire 400 officers to restore the department’s ranks to 9,500.
“I know that that is ambitious, but I think it needs to happen,” she told The Times last month.
After Abdullah, a few more speakers got up to make the case for why that doesn’t need to happen, Bass finally got a chance to have her say.
First, she acknowledged that public safety requires a comprehensive response. “You have to address the root causes,” she said. “You have to address the health and social, the economic issues that lead to our problems.”
Mayor Karen Bass said her proposed budget, which will be released Tuesday, will seek to restore the LAPD to 9,500 officers — an extremely tall order during a staff shortage.
But she didn’t back down from her plan to fund more police, noting that many residents outside South L.A. — from neighborhoods that are objectively safer than many of the neighborhoods in South L.A. — have told her they want more officers.
“I have to be mayor for the entire city,” Bass said as she has so many times before. “And I know what the sentiment is in this room. But it doesn’t represent the sentiment in the entire city.”
Just when many in the room seemed disappointed, ready to stop listening and return to their previously polarized state, the mayor said this: “We are going to invest in reimagining public safety through the Office of Community Safety.”
Out came the smartphones to record video as she introduced Karren Lane, deputy mayor for the newly created office.
Although it hasn’t gotten much attention with all the back-and-forth over funding the LAPD, Bass has described the office as key to the city’s efforts “to break the cycle of violence and crime.” In fact, it embodies much of what’s in the People’s Budget, prioritizing investment over punishment.
Lane explained more of her aspirations when I caught up with her a few days later.
In the short-term, the office is working with nonprofits to oversee the city’s gang intervention and anti-violence programs, as well as manage the expansion of unarmed teams that respond to emergency calls. But in the long-term, she expects there also will be economic opportunities and other resources.
“The vision is for the office to be the infrastructure for a comprehensive approach to safety,” Lane told me. “We are kind of pulling from what is existing in the city, but our goal is to actually build out a system.”
That means moving beyond scattered criminal justice reform programs toward “institutionalizing” the mindset at City Hall. In other words, she wants the Office of Community Safety to be just as important and just as well funded as the law enforcement-focused Office of Public Safety.
“There’s a national discourse about safety,” Lane said. “And L.A. is in a position to really model what it can look like to have significant investment in community-led safety solutions and having a comprehensive approach to safety.”
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Ultimately, both the local and the national debate over public safety comes down to just that: What will it take for the public to feel safe? (Emphasis on the word “feel” because the data on crime don’t always track.)
Too often, when Americans feel unsafe and afraid, we reflexively demand more police and, increasingly, we buy guns for self-defense. We do this because it’s what we’ve always done.
That’s why I don’t doubt Bass or Lane when they tell me that, despite the survey that led to the People’s Budget, some Black and Latino residents in South L.A. want more officers in their neighborhoods, too.
An activist acknowledged as much at the Center for Black Power, saying: “One of the things that has happened with history is that we have conflated policing with safety, when policing has historically been used as a tool of violence and control.”
I agree. But activists have clearly had less — or at least uneven — success in getting the broader public to agree.
More police are in demand. So what’s needed is an alternative to public safety. Not a collection of reform-centric programs or reams of data on actual crime rates, but a strategy to help people feel safe. One that can be replicated in other cities and maybe used to push back on Republican politicians fear-mongering about crime.
Based on polls, one would think backing laws that permit more guns would be a losing idea politically. But Americans are already armed to the teeth.
Part of the reason so many Americans feel unsafe and afraid is because so many more Americans now own guns.
Studies show that violent crime is nowhere near the levels of the 1990s and that more guns merely equal more death. But as I wrote recently, that hasn’t stopped people from feeling they must buy and carry a gun for self-defense.
We’re unlikely to see a significant drop in gun violence — and fear — until there are fewer guns in circulation in America. And we’re never going to see a significant drop in the number of guns in circulation until Americans feel safe without them.
The Office of Community Safety could be a proof of concept on how to do just that. How to move beyond the polarization to achieve true public safety.
Lane doesn’t necessarily see her office as an alternative to investing so heavily in law enforcement. But I do — especially if it’s given more funding than the LAPD. That’s what I would call progress.
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Nationals sixth. Juan Soto called out on strikes. Josh Bell doubles to deep center field. Nelson Cruz strikes out swinging. Luis Garcia doubles to deep right center field. Josh Bell scores. Keibert Ruiz walks. Yadiel Hernandez flies out to deep left center field to Adolis Garcia.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Nationals 1, Rangers 0.
Rangers sixth. Adolis Garcia homers to left field. Kole Calhoun flies out to left field to Yadiel Hernandez. Mitch Garver walks. Jonah Heim grounds out to shallow infield, Carl Edwards Jr. to Josh Bell. Mitch Garver to second. Nathaniel Lowe walks. Ezequiel Duran reaches on a fielder's choice to second base. Nathaniel Lowe out at second.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on. Nationals 1, Rangers 1.
Nationals eighth. Juan Soto doubles to deep left center field. Josh Bell singles to right center field. Juan Soto scores. Nelson Cruz strikes out swinging. Luis Garcia grounds out to second base. Josh Bell out at second.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Nationals 2, Rangers 1.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, April 22, 2023
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
749 PM CDT Fri Apr 21 2023
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...
Guadalupe River Near Bloomington affecting Victoria, Calhoun and
Refugio Counties.
For the Guadalupe River...including Victoria, Bloomington...Minor
flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/crp.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Guadalupe River Near Bloomington.
* WHEN...From Sunday morning until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 24.0 feet, Moderate lowland flooding occurs, with the
river reaching well into the flood plain. Any oil tank batteries,
pump jacks, and secondary roads near the river may be flooded.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 11.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late Sunday morning to a crest of 22.2 feet early Monday
morning. It will then fall below flood stage late Monday
evening.
- Flood stage is 20.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Below are the latest river stages and stage forecasts:
Fld Observed Forecasts (7 pm)
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Guadalupe River
Bloomington 20.0 11.3 Fri 7 pm 11.4 21.8 20.6 16.9 13.9
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DUBAI, UAE, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XT.com, a Dubai-based socially infused platform, has added a new token to its ever-expanding exchange. Opening under the Main Zone, NEEO (NEEO) will be listed on the trading platform with the NEEO/USDT trading pair. Consequently, this listing will pave the way for NEEO holders to enjoy XT.com's flexible trading features.
In detail, users can start depositing their NEEO tokens on June 7, 2022, at 07:00 (UTC). Moreover, trading will then commence on June 8, 2022, at 07:00 (UTC) and withdrawal will be available on June 9, 2022, at 07:00 (UTC).
Built on the Ethereum network, the NEEO token is mainly used to facilitate transactions made on the entire NEEO Apps ecosystem. Introduced by Neeopal, NEEO Apps is an online services and mobile apps ecosystem based on blockchain technology that encourages social and economic growth for each user.
NEEO Apps is heading in four different directions: NEEO Messenger, a mobile messenger featuring an instant translation function with over 100 languages; NEEO Sell & Buy, a global P2P decentralized online store; NEEO Robot, a decentralized, educated robot translator and; NEEO Social, a social platform where users are greatly rewarded for their engagement.
According to XT.com's Global Chief Marketing Officer Anisor, the whole team has been ecstatic because of this new listing. "As a socially infused platform, listing a new token from a social-centered project is twice as exciting. We believe that through the addition of the NEEO token, we will be able to provide a better trading experience to our users and future users to come. That said, XT.com warmly welcomes NEEO to its humble exchange."
Furthermore, XT.com urges crypto enthusiasts and traders to take their trading experience to the next level. By utilizing this listing opportunity, users can help push NEEO's mainstream adoption across the globe. In addition, XT.com declares its commitment to streamline the growth of its platform.
About NEEO Token (NEEO)
NEEO is the official cryptocurrency of the NEEO Apps ecosystem. As an Ethereum-based token, holders are given the chance to earn by using the crypto in any of NEEO's products. These include its flagship NEEO Messenger, NEEO Sell & Buy, NEEO Robot, and NEEO Social.
About XT.com
Established in 2018 and registered in Seychelles, XT.com is a seamless crypto trading platform that has more than 3 million registered users and over 300,000 active users per month. It supports 500+ high-quality cryptocurrencies and 800+ trading pairs. Its presence can be felt worldwide as it is headquartered in Dubai and set up operating offices in Singapore, South Korea, etc.
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The inside scoop on D.C. weather
Install the Flash Briefing from the Amazon skill store or say, "Alexa, enable Capital Weather Gang." Then say, "Alexa, what's my Flash Briefing?" or "Alexa, what's the news?"
In the Google Home app, select Menu > More Settings > News > Add news sources. Find and enable "Capital Weather Gang" in the Local section. Then ask, "Okay Google, what's in the news?"
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
603 AM MDT Sat Jun 11 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 100 expected. Daytime high
temperatures 102 to 107 degrees with nighttime lows above 70
degrees.
* WHERE...Lower Rio Grande Valley and Tularosa Basin including
portions of Dona Ana, Luna, western Otero, and eastern Sierra
Counties in southern New Mexico and El Paso and southern
Hudspeth Counties in far west Texas.
* WHEN...Until 6 AM MDT Tuesday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY...
* WHERE...Lower elevations of Sierra County, including the
Elephant Butte and Caballo Resevoirs and other areas along the
Rio Grande Valley. Also added to the Heat Advisory were the
uplands of Hudspeth county where temperatures are expected to
exceed advisory criteria.
* WHEN...Now through 6 AM MDT Tuesday.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "SuperCash" game were:
07-21-22-28-30-36, Doubler: N
(seven, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-six; Doubler: N)
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — An unusual alliance of international activist groups, Mexican prosecutors and a dog trained to sniff out memory devices joined forces this month to catch a high-profile suspected pedophile in Mexico City.
First, Free a Girl, a Netherlands-based group that fights human trafficking, tipped off activists at the U.S.-based Operation Underground Railroad that Jason Maatman, a Dutch man who openly advocated sex with children, had gone to Mexico after fleeing pending court cases in the Netherlands.
Maatman apparently thought loose Mexican law enforcement would allow him to operate freely in Mexico City, a sprawling metropolis of 21 million where most crimes go unpunished.
But he didn’t count on Hidu, a recent graduate of a dog academy that teaches canines to sniff out triphenylphosphine oxide, or TPPO, a chemical coating used in electronic devices like flash drives and memory cards.
“Three weeks ago, we learned that Nelson M. seemed to be active in Mexico, and was a serious danger to children,” said Evelien Hölsken, the director of Free a Girl. She said the group contacted Operation Underground Railroad “and asked if they could start an investigation.”
Maatman was apparently so sure of himself he talked openly about his activities on the internet. But Mexican prosecutors were ready to work with the nongovernmental organizations.
Operation Underground Railroad quickly set up a plan to lure Maatman into a trap, using the chat rooms and social media spaces he was active on.
“We were able to confirm he was in Mexico and then talking to him in just different chat rooms. He said, ‘I’m in a really kind of dangerous rundown area. I don’t want to give you my address. I don’t want you guys to come see me, but you can come meet me at a gas station’,” said Matt Osborne, OUR’s director of global operations.
Mexico City prosecution detectives were waiting when Maatman showed up at a bus station — near a gas station — on the edge of the city’s main park on June 5.
Prosecutor Ernestina Godoy said Maatman was found to have a pistol and several doses of cocaine in his possession.
Maatman is being held at a Mexico City prison on charges of human trafficking and drug and weapons possession. He does not have an attorney of record nor could he be reached for comment.
“Our understanding was that he was entertaining offers from other people who wanted to go into business with him,” apparently to sell or monetize a trove of sexually explicit material involving young children, Osborne said. “He was talking that he needed money.”
The problem was that he has caught at a bus stop — not at his home — and nobody knew were he was living. Nobody knew where he could have stashed any child sexual abuse material, which is usually held in digital form.
City prosecutors used a network of street surveillance cameras to trace Maatman’s movements back to a dingy apartment he was renting on the city’s rough east side. Tall and with reddish hair, the Dutchman stood out in that area.
Once police obtained a search warrant, that is where Hidu came in; a black lab, he had been trained by Todd Jordan at his Jordan Detection K9 academy in Indianapolis, Indiana.
TPPO is a chemical used in small, solid-state memory devices to avoid overheating. There is just enough of its distinctive odor for dogs to locate it.
Jordan started out by training “accelerant detection” dogs, to look for evidence in possible arson cases in which an accelerant — things like gasoline — may have been used to start a blaze.
But the electronics detection dogs he’s trained — now 83 and counting — have come to be more in demand because criminals now use flash drives to store everything from contacts to cryptocurrencies used in drug deals.
“I think the electronics dogs have now surpassed the accelerant canines because of just the need of them, and just because of the way the world is right now,” said Jordan. “These dogs, I mean just everybody, every internet crimes task force could use one of these.”
Hidu was brand new at the work; he had graduated just two weeks before and this was his first case — In fact, it was the first overseas case that any of Jordan’s dogs had handled.
O.U.R. flew Hidu and his handler to Mexico City, where prosecutors were about to search the apartment.
“My understanding is there was a cellphone hidden in a laundry basket with just rancid total terrible laundry, you know, dirty clothes in one corner that no one would go into,” Osborne said. “The dog found that phone.”
Hidu found more child porn material taped to a wall beneath a painting, Osborne said. “The dog sniffed out a couple of the hard drives in a few places in his apartment that were difficult for humans to find, but the dog sniffed it out.”
Prosecutors said the drives and devices contained about 4 terabytes of child sexual abuse material.
Godoy, the prosecutor, credited Operation Underground Railroad and Hidu for their help in the bust.
“The message is clear for those who prey on a girl, a boy or an adolescent: In Mexico City there will be no room for impunity, and those that hurt or target them will be found, tried and sentenced,” Godoy said.
But questions remained. “Why was he (Maatman) not placed on an international wanted list?” by Dutch authorities, Hölsken said.
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ODESSA, Texas — An Odessa man has been charged with Intoxication Assault with a Vehicle after a major crash in March.
Victor Manuel Lopez has also been charged with Driving While Intoxicated and Deadly Conduct.
According to the arrest affidavit, the Odessa Police Department responded to a crash in the 200 block of E. 100th on March 19. A 2018 Ram had struck the northwest corner of the residence and west post supporting the front awning.
Police found Lopez and a passenger laying outside of the vehicle with serious bodily injuries. Both Lopez and the passenger were transported to MCH for treatment. Investigators found out that the Ram did not curve with the road, which led to the vehicle leaving the roadway onto the dirt. This led to Lopez overcorrecting and getting back into the roadway before sliding onto the sidewalk.
The Ram eventually entered the front yard of 204 E. 100th, and struck a part of the property, a wooden fence, and a part of 206 E. 100th. The vehicle would finally come to a halt when it hit a brick/wooden post holding a front awning together. An odor of alcohol was coming from the inside of the vehicle.
The passenger in the vehicle sustained fractures on his neck, spine and face, while Lopez sustained lacerations and contusions on his face and both his hands. Lopez also told officers that he did not remember the night.
After speaking with multiple witnesses, officers were able to confirm that Lopez was the driver of the Ram, while the passenger was thrown into the backseat of the Ram after going to a house party.
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CORNELIUS, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — In October of 2022, contractor Mateo Lopez reportedly took an opportunity to cool off with a jump in the waters of Lake Norman.
Standing nearby was Cade Redmond, who saw what happened next: Lopez drowning and the emergency response shortly after that.
“He didn’t make it back; we don’t know why,” said Redmond, who was 13 then. “The person who tried to save him, I talked to him. He was saying, ‘If I only had something to throw at him.'”
What Redmond witnessed is a tragic reminder of the dangers and the preventative nature of drowning incidents on any body of water.
The dock that Lopez reportedly jumped off had no float attached, but neither did many others.
Since that incident, Redmond has been working to change that.
“Why shouldn’t (floats) be on docks?” he said.
Floats, life rings, and other floatation devices that can be thrown out to anyone stuck in the water may sound like a no-brainer, but under North Carolina state law, they are not required on public docks.
“I really am surprised,” said Cornelius Mayor Woody Washam. “We need it. It’s a matter of safety.”
Mayor Washam said the lack of floats to throw out to people in the water could be both a liability and a hazard. After Redmond made his case to the Town of Cornelius, the town signed on to the idea.
“Not only did (Cade) come up with the idea, he has been the inspiration behind it,” said Washam, who noted a piece of state legislation that has been filed in Raleigh to make the floatation and life-saving devices a requirement on public docks.y
That inspiration has also turned into a non-profit known as “The Devoted Float,” which has garnered further support from local Lake Norman organizations and social media support from others in the boating community.
While there is an effort to pass legislation for public docks, the attempt to get similar devices on private docks, according to current state law, can not be done.
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However, there is an effort to encourage homeowners to put the devices out on their own private docks.
“You never know when something could happen,” said Redmond.
Redmond estimates that around 450 floatation devices have been sold since the non-profit started.
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Arrests made in online threats against Florida sheriff who took a stand against antisemitism in his county
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN
Three people have been arrested after allegedly making online threats against the Volusia County Sheriff over comments he made against a neo-Nazi hate group.
Earlier this year, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood addressed a spike in antisemitic fliers and messages on literature and banners, including at the Daytona International Speedway during races.
Shortly after, Chitwood became the target of an antisemitic group.
In a February news conference, Chitwood called them a “radical group of cowardly scumbags.”
“These scumbags came to the wrong county,” Chitwood added. “We have unity in this county. We stand beside one another in this county and we stand beside our Jewish neighbors. We are not going to tolerate this. This is not about free speech. This is about violence.”
After the news conference, police began investigating anonymous online threats to kill the sheriff, the agency said.
On Thursday, Cristhian Zapata, 23, was arrested in Connecticut for threats made on 4chan against the sheriff, according to a release.
Zapata allegedly posted to 4chan on April 7, “I will kill Chitwood, Mark my words,” the release said.
He told police he made the post after hearing about recent events in Florida, the release continued.
Zapata remains in custody in Connecticut pending extradition to Volusia County. It is unknown if he has an attorney.
In March, Richard Golden, 38, of New Jersey and Tyler Meyer, 30, of San Diego were charged with making a written threat to kill or cause injury by posting the threat in a 4chan chat.
Multiple firearms, ammunition and electronics were seized from Meyer’s home, the sheriff’s office said.
Meyer was taken into custody in San Diego and is to be extradited to Volusia County, according to the release. It is unknown if he has an attorney.
Jail records show Golden is out on bond. CNN has reached out to his attorney for comment.
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The Burleigh County Commission is considering asking voters to keep and potentially raise a local sales tax.
The commission this week came to a consensus to form a committee that will write policy on how a new sales tax would be used. The committee also will determine how much the proposed tax would be and develop language for a possible ballot measure.
Any proposal to keep or raise the sales tax would need to be approved by voters next year. The commission will review the committee's work when it finishes and decide whether to move forward with a ballot measure.
The seven-person committee will be composed of County State’s Attorney Julie Lawyer, Deputy Finance Director Justin Schulz, Emergency Management Director Mary Senger, Commissioners Wayne Munson and Steve Schwab, and two private-resident volunteers.
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The county has a half-cent sales tax in place that is set to expire at the end of 2024. Voters approved the tax in 2014 to pay for the $79 million Burleigh Morton Detention Center.
The idea to extend, replace or raise the sales tax was brought up at a special meeting late last month in preparation for the county’s budget season. The county has had budget shortfalls the last three years and is considering several options to head off similar problems in coming years, including raising property taxes.
Commissioner Wayne Munson said that “We had great feedback from the business community on (keeping the sales tax).” The idea Munson presented was that the sales tax could be used to "pay down" property taxes in the county.
Schwab suggested raising the sales tax to 1 cent.
"I think that sales tax is a more fair tax," he said.
Schwab said that keeping the half-cent sales tax or raising it to a penny could help the county fund major projects such as the Provident Building -- a six-story building in downtown Bismarck owned by the county. An attempt by the county to move offices into the building earlier this year was stopped due to the high cost of renovations. The county right now rents space in the City/County Building for those offices.
Commissioner Brian Bitner said, "I'm in favor of reducing property taxes at any chance we get, and that would be a way of doing that."
The committee’s next step is to select the two resident members to serve on the board. Details on that process are forthcoming.
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Companies team up to offer nostalgic, popsicle-inspired launch available for a limited time only
PITTSBURGH, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether you're at the pool, at the beach, or heading to your local gym this summer, GNC and Alani Nu have the limited-edition pre-workout and energy drink you need. Just in time for warm weather, the companies are teaming up to introduce Rocket Pop, available now in its best-selling product formulations offering a wellness-centric alternative to America's favorite summer treat.
"Effective products strategically formulated with ingredients that support wellness from the inside out are in high demand. GNC is elated to welcome another bold flavor to our lineup of Alani Nu nutrition products," said Kevin Maloberti, VP, Merchandising, GNC. "Adding limited-edition Rocket Pop is a treat this season and a natural next step for the brand. We're confident consumers will gravitate to this unique flavor this summer without sacrificing results."
Reminiscent of the iconic ice cream truck treat, Rocket Pop adds to a robust line that are reinventing traditional fitness supplements flavors. Rocket Pop joins existing Alani Nu pre-workout and energy drink flavors available at GNC, including Cosmic Stardust, Hawaiian Shaved Ice, Island Crush, Breezeberry, Rainbow Candy, Mimosa, Galaxy Lemonade, Carnival Candy Grape, Cherry Slush, and more.
"We are so excited to bring our new summer flavor into GNC," said Katy Hearn, Founder of Alani Nu. "Each sip brings you childhood nostalgia while reminiscent of an ice-cold popsicle on a hot summer day."
The Alani Nu Rocket Pop pre-workout and energy drink products are available in limited quantities. Energy drinks are available for purchase by the case in select GNC locations and online while the pre-workout is available in all stores and online at GNC.com.
To learn more about GNC, visit www.gnc.com.
About GNC
GNC is a leading global health and wellness brand that provides high-quality, science-based products and solutions consumers need to live mighty, live fit and live well.
The brand touches consumers worldwide by providing its products and services through company-owned retail locations, domestic and international franchise locations, digital commerce and strong wholesale and retail partnerships across the globe. GNC's diversified, multi-channel business model has worldwide reach and a well-recognized, trusted brand. By combining exceptional innovation, product development capabilities and an extensive global distribution network, GNC manages a best-in-class product portfolio. www.gnc.com.
About Alani Nu
Founded in 2018 by entrepreneur and influencer, Katy Hearn, Alani Nu® is a better-for-you health and wellness brand focused on providing low-calorie products with unique flavors. Alani Nu offers a range of products including energy drinks, daily essentials, healthy snacks and more, and can be found at retailers nationwide. Please visit www.alaninu.com for additional information and follow Alani Nu on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
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Fred Savage dropped from ‘The Wonder Years’ amid allegations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fred Savage has been dropped as an executive producer and director of the rebooted “The Wonder Years” amid allegations of inappropriate conduct, the television show’s production company has confirmed.
“Recently, we were made aware of allegations of inappropriate conduct by Fred Savage, and as is policy, an investigation was launched. Upon its completion, the decision was made to terminate his employment as an executive producer and director of ‘The Wonder Years,’” a statement Saturday from 20th Television said.
20th Television did not immediately provide any additional details. A spokesperson for Savage did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Savage, 45, was a child star when he appeared in the original series, which ran on ABC from 1988-93 and followed a suburban white family in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A new version of the show, which features Don Cheadle as the narrator, premiered last fall. The new series revolves around a Black family living in Montgomery, Alabama, in the late 1960s.
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One of the most cost-effective and dramatic improvements you can make in your landscape is to define your planting beds with retaining walls. Landscape walls can “tie together” your foundation plantings and extend your home visually, enhancing its value and making maintenance easier. They can solve landscape problems such as slopes along the foundation, bringing plantings up level with the house for a more professional look. You can also use them to visually “link” outlying beds such as driveway entrance plantings with the rest of your landscape.
For homeowners with clay soil or drainage problems, retaining walls can be a lifesaver because they allow you to build beds with well-drained soil. This is much better for plants and easier for the gardener. You can create giant “planters” filled with nice fluffy topsoil, and there’s no danger of your lawn eventually taking the beds over because there’s concrete between the lawn and the beds. The wall even gives you a place to sit while you garden!
Walls can be made with interlocking blocks available in many shapes, colors and sizes, or made with natural stone. Wood products like railroad ties, “landscape timbers” or pressure-treated wood are also used to make walls, but we like to say that “anything wood in contact with the ground is temporary”. Stone or concrete walls will last for the rest of your life, if they’re built correctly.
The most important thing is to get your walls level. This means you have to start at the lowest point of your wall, which can be a bit tricky. The first course of blocks is the most important to get exactly level, front to back as well as side to side. The slightest mistake is multiplied with each course you add, so you must take your time and get it perfect.
Picking the right block is an important step. Taller walls should be made with larger block or they can easily shift. Using small (one foot long by four inches high) blocks for walls taller than two feet is common mistake, and it’s not really any cheaper. The bigger blocks are heavier to work with but their weight helps keep them from shifting. There’s not much difference in cost per square foot of wall face between small and large blocks.
Natural stone gives retaining walls more character, and fits better in natural settings. Dry-laid stone walls (walls without mortar joints) are very popular, but it takes some skill and experience to build them strong so they’ll last. Making walls with random sizes and shapes of natural stone takes patience. Quarried stone is available “snapped” (cut to block-like sizes and shapes), which makes wall-building much easier.
Well-designed, professionally built hardscaping really enhances your landscape and increases property value in proportion with its cost. Once you’ve built a retaining wall and see how nice it looks, you’ll want to build more.
Steve Boehme is a landscape designer/installer specializing in landscape “makeovers”. “Let’s Grow” is published weekly; column archives are online at www.goodseedfarm.com. For more information call GoodSeed Farm Landscapes at (937) 587-7021.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont compounding pharmacy has agreed to stop producing adulterated and misbranded drugs, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday.
Edge Pharma of Colchester and its owners and operators signed a consent decree with the Justice Department on Friday that requires Edge Pharma Inc. of Colchester to take specific remedial measures to ensure its products are safe and demonstrate to the Food and Drug Administration that they will comply with federal law.
In a complaint filed last month, the United States alleged that U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspections of the Edge facility between 2014 and 2021 revealed record-keeping violations, labelling inadequacies, improper airflow, structural disrepair and the presence in cleanroom suites of mold species that can cause diseases in humans which may be deadly to immunocompromised patients.
“While compounded drugs are not FDA-approved, all drug firms must prioritize patient safety, which Edge Pharma has been unable to do,” Donald Ashley the director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Office of Compliance, said in a statement distributed by the Justice Department. “This consent decree ensures that Edge Pharma will be held accountable, and FDA will continue to take all necessary steps within our regulatory authority to protect the health of the American public.”
In a Monday statement, David Lazarus, one of the attorneys for Edge, said that on April 27, a few weeks before the planned re-opening of the company, Edge Pharma voluntarily agreed to the consent decree, but neither admitted nor denied any of the allegations made by the Justice Department or the FDA.
“The allegations in the complaint are unproven and not admitted, including the allegations about patient safety, which Edge Pharma denies,” the statement said. “Edge Pharma agreed to enter into the Consent Decree in the hopes of moving forward and being able to service its customers and the patients who need Edge Pharma products.”
To achieve that goal, the statement said Edge Pharma has been cooperative with the FDA and the Justice Department.
The May complaint says that between July 2020 and September 2021, Edge received several reports of adverse events such as a painful burning or lack of effectiveness of an injectable pain killer, but it did not complete a thorough investigation to determine whether product quality had been compromised and contributed to the adverse events.
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Officials with the Arizona Lottery have confirmed that a Phoenix-area couple claimed a winning $473.1 million Powerball jackpot.
The married couple came forward on Friday, April 29 to claim their winnings and chose a lump sum payment, according to officials.
Their winnings, with the lump sum option, totals $283.3 million.
Officials say this ticket is the biggest Powerball jackpot win in Arizona's history.
The drawing with the winning Powerball ticket was held on April 27, with the couple buying their winning ticket at a QuikTrip near Phoenix on April 26.
According to officials, the couple chose permanent anonymity with their win.
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Orlando weather: Another hot day expected in Central Florida on Friday
ORLANDO, Fla. - Tonight's low: 65 degrees | Tomorrow's high: 89 degrees
Main weather concerns: It's another warm day for Central Florida on this Friday. Afternoon highs in the upper-80s are expected inland, lower 80s along the Atlantic beaches. Outdoor plans today? Consider hydrating and applying a quality sunscreen. Skies remain dry for the next several days. Winds will be out of the south at 10-15 mph.
BEACHES:
Fantastic beach weather continues! Highs warm to the low-80s with winds out of the southwest early at 5-10 mph.
The Atlantic seabreeze develops this afternoon. A low-moderate rip current risk does continue this afternoon so be careful if you plan on getting into the water!
THEME PARKS:
It's a warm day for the parks with above average temperatures this afternoon and plenty of sunshine. Highs warm to near 89 degrees with a high UV Index. Don't forget to reapply sunscreen. Skies remain dry this afternoon.
OUTLOOK:
High pressure dominates this week which could bring record-breaking heat in Florida and across the Southeast. A southerly flow will bring afternoon highs in Orlando near 90 degrees on Thursday (previous record of 89 degrees set in 2013).
Rain chances remain flat-only trace amounts have been recorded over the last week or so. The weekend brings, warm-dry weather both Saturday and Sunday.
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Drought-stricken states in West face deadline to cut water use
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once streamed are now just caked mud and rock as climate change makes the Western U.S. hotter and drier.
More than two decades of drought have done little to deter the region from diverting more water than flows through it, depleting key reservoirs to levels that now jeopardize delivery and hydropower production.
Cities and farms in seven U.S. states are bracing for cuts this week as officials stare down a deadline to propose unprecedented reductions to their use of the water, setting up what’s expected to be the most consequential week for Colorado River policy in years.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in June told the states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — to figure out how to use at least 15% less water next year, or have restrictions imposed on them. On top of that, the bureau is expected to publish hydrology projections that will trigger additional cuts already agreed to.
“The challenges we are seeing today are unlike anything we have seen in our history,” Camille Touton, the bureau’s commissioner, said in a U.S. Senate hearing that month.
Tensions over the extent of the cuts and how to spread them equitably have flared, with states pointing fingers and stubbornly clinging to their water rights despite the looming crisis.
“It’s not fun sitting around a table figuring out who is going to sacrifice and how much,” said Bill Hasencamp, the Colorado River resources manager at Metropolitan Water District, which provides water to most of Southern California.
Representatives from the seven states convened in Denver last week for eleventh-hour negotiations behind closed doors. Officials party to discussions said the most likely targets for cuts are farmers in Arizona and California. Agricultural districts in those states are asking to be paid generously to shoulder that burden.
The Colorado River cascades down from the Rocky Mountains into the arid deserts of the Southwest. It’s the primary water supply for 40 million people. About 70% of its water goes toward irrigation, sustaining a $15 billion-a-year agricultural industry that supplies 90% of the United States’ winter vegetables.
The river is divided among Mexico and the seven U.S. states under a series of agreements that date back a century, to a time when more water flowed through the river. But climate change has transformed the river’s hydrology, providing less snowmelt and causing hotter temperatures and more evaporation. As it’s yielded less water, the states have agreed to cuts tied to the levels of reservoirs that store river water.
Last year, federal officials for the first time declared a water shortage, triggering cuts to Nevada, Arizona and Mexico’s share of the river to help prevent the two largest reservoirs — Lake Powell and Lake Mead — from dropping low enough to threaten hydropower production and stop water from flowing through their dams.
The proposals for supplemental cuts due this week have inflamed disagreement between upper basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — and lower basin states — Arizona, California and Nevada — over how to spread the pain. The lower basin states use most of the water and have thus far shouldered most of the cuts. The upper basin states have historically not used their full allocations but want to maintain their water rights to plan for population growth.
Gene Shawcroft, the chairman of Utah’s Colorado River Authority, believes the lower basin states should take most of the cuts because they use most of the water and their full allocations.
He said it was his job to protect Utah’s allocation for growth projected for decades ahead: “The direction we’ve been given as water purveyors is to make sure we have water for the future.”
In a letter last month, representatives from the upper basin states proposed a five-point conservation plan that they said would save water but argued most of the cuts needed to come from the lower basin. The plan didn’t commit to any numbers.
“The focus is getting the tools in place and working with water users to get as much as we can rather than projecting a water number,” Chuck Cullom, the executive director of the Upper Colorado River Commission, told The Associated Press.
That position, however, is unsatisfactory to many in lower basin states already facing cuts.
“It’s going to come to a head particularly if the upper basin states continue their negotiating position, saying, ‘We’re not making any cuts,’” said Bruce Babbitt, who served as Interior secretary from 2003-2011.
Lower basin states have yet to go public with plans to contribute, but officials said last week that they had a tentative proposal to reduce consumption that fell slightly short of the federal government’s request to cut 2 to 4 million acre-feet.
An acre-foot of water is enough to serve two to three households annually.
Hasencamp, the Metropolitan Water District’s Colorado River resource manager, said all the districts in the state that draw from the river had agreed to contribute water or money to the plan, pending approval by their respective boards. Water districts, in particular the Imperial Irrigation District, have been adamant that any voluntary cut does not curtail their high priority water rights.
Southern California cities likely will be putting up money that could fund fallowing farmland in places like Imperial County, and water managers are considering leaving water they’ve stored in Lake Mead as part of their contribution.
Arizona will likely be hit hard with reductions. The state has in the past few years shouldered much of the cuts and with its growing population and robust agricultural industry, has less wiggle room than its neighbors to take on more, said Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke. Some tribes in Arizona have also contributed to propping up Lake Mead in the past, and could play an outsized role in any new proposal.
Irrigators around Yuma, Arizona, have proposed taking 925,000 acre-feet less of Colorado River water in 2023 and leaving it in Lake Mead if they’re paid $1.4 billion, or $1,500 per acre-foot. The cost is far above the going rate, but irrigators defended their proposal as fair considering the cost to grow crops and get them to market.
Wade Noble, the coordinator for a coalition that represents Yuma water rights holders, said it was the only proposal put forth publicly that includes actual cuts, rather than theoretical cuts to what users are allocated on paper.
Some of the compensation-for-conservation funds could come from a $4 billion drought earmark in the Inflation Reduction Act under consideration in Washington, U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona told the AP.
Sinema acknowledged paying farmers to conserve wasn’t a long-term solution: “In the short-term, however, in order to meet our day-to-day needs and year-to-year needs, ensuring that we’re creating financial incentives for non-use will help us get through,” she said.
Babbitt, too, said money in the legislation will not “miraculously solve the problem,” and prices for water must be reasonable to avoid gouging because most water users will take a hit.
“There’s no way that these cuts can all be paid for at a premium price for years and years,” he said.
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Fonseca reported from Flagstaff, Arizona. Associated Press reporter Kathleen Ronayne contributed from Sacramento, California.
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a pair of protective underwear to help prevent bed sores, especially for bedridden patients," said an inventor, from Madison, Wis., "so I invented KEN'S BRIEFS. My design may also reduce the need for nurses or other healthcare workers to continually rotate the patient."
The patent-pending invention offers an improved alternative to traditional protective underwear. In doing so, it helps to reduce the formation of pressure ulcers. As a result, it enhances comfort and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features a practical design that is easy to wear so it is ideal for individuals within homes, nursing homes, hospitals, hospice facilities, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Madison sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-MHO-116, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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German authorities said Thursday that a 16-year-old boy has died after being shot in the head by an 81-year-old neighbor.
Prosecutors said the teen died of his injuries in the hospital late Wednesday, a day after the shooting took place in the northern town of Bramsche.
The gunman, an Italian citizen, also shot at the teen’s mother, but missed, before turning the gun on himself. He suffered serious injuries.
Prosecutors said the man, who remains hospitalized, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted manslaughter.
Authorities said there appeared to have been quarrels among the neighbors, but it wasn’t clear yet whether this was the motive for the shooting.
The suspect, a hobby marksman, used a small caliber pistol in the killing, they said.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Air travel authorities in Poland are warning travellers of possible flight delays and cancellations at Warsaw’s airport due to a protest and some flight controllers quitting their jobs.
The protest is in reaction to changes made in January to the functioning of the flight regulatory body, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency, as well as to allegations that it was not properly ensuring airspace security. The controllers have also criticized the new salary system, although it allows those most experienced to earn up to 45,000 zlotys ($10,500) a month.
Of Warsaw’s Frederic Chopin Airport’s 216 flight controllers, 44 quit last month and some 130 area threatening to quit in April. A new head of the regulatory body was appointed March 31 and negotiations are continuing.
On Saturday, a number of arrivals and departures were delayed by an average of 30 minutes at the airport. A spokeswoman for the airport, Anna Dermont, said the situation was the result of shortages in the control tower’s staff.
Poland’s Civil Aviation Authority has posted a warning that flights may be delayed or cancelled in the coming days.
The state auditing body, NIK, has found irregularities in the air navigation regulatory body’s work, saying there were internal tensions, while controllers complained of overwork.
In mid-March, airspace over eastern Poland was reserved only for military training and defense purposes, due to Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Poland’s eastern neighbour, Ukraine.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of publishing titan Penguin Random House on Thursday defended his company’s deal to acquire rival Simon & Schuster against the government’s claim it would thwart competition. But he acknowledged that the merger would buttress his company’s position as the biggest U.S. publisher by expanding its market share.
Under questioning at a federal antitrust trial, CEO Markus Dohle also admitted that while he has promised to allow the two merged companies to continue to bid against each other for deals with authors, Penguin Random House’s German parent firm Bertelsmann has no legal obligation to honor that commitment.
Commenting on what has been a core government argument, Dohle allowed that smaller advance payments to authors can lead to fewer books being published. Advances, which reach into the millions for such top-selling authors as Stephen King and James Patterson, are guaranteed payments to writers that can affect a book’s profitability. Books that sell well are more likely to have received bigger advances, Dohle acknowledged.
Speaking of Simon & Schuster’s position in bidding after a merger, Dohle said, “We want to keep them as external and independent as possible.” Dohle has assured agents that he would permit competitive bidding between Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random House imprints even if no other publisher was in contention, an expansion upon the current PRH policy of allowing bidding between imprints as long as outside competitors were still in the running. Dohle not only acknowledged his promise was not legally binding, but should he ever leave Bertelsmann his successor would not be obligated to continue competitive bidding between the imprints.
The U.S. Justice Department has sued to block the proposed $2.2 billion merger of Penguin Random House with Simon & Schuster, the fourth-largest U.S. publisher, which would reduce the so-called “Big Five” U.S. publishers to four. The other three are HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group and Macmillan.
The government contends that allowing Bertelsmann to buy Simon & Schuster from U.S. media and entertainment company Paramount Global would thwart competition and give Penguin Random House outsize influence over what books are published in the U.S. and how much authors are paid, giving consumers fewer books to choose from. The new company, if approved, would be by far the biggest book publishing entity in U.S. history.
The publishers counter that the merger would strengthen competition among publishers to find and sell the hottest books by enabling the combined company to offer bigger advances and marketing support to authors. It would benefit readers, booksellers and authors, they say.
The publishers’ promise of continued competitive bidding by the two companies after a merger was greeted with skepticism by an unusual witness at the trial Tuesday — King, who testified for the government even though he is published by Simon & Schuster.
“You might as well say you’re going to have a husband and wife bidding against each other for the same house,” he quipped. “It would be sort of very gentlemanly and sort of, ‘After you’ and ‘After you,‘” he said, gesturing with a polite sweep of the arm.
Prompted by questions from defense attorney Daniel Petrocelli representing Bertelsmann and Penguin Random House, Dohle became animated and gave an impassioned tribute to the creativity of the publishing industry, which he portrayed as a fiercely competitive marketplace.
The biggest threat to the publishing industry comes not from consolidation but from the explosion in recent years of subscription-based or cheap content, such as e-books, Dohle said, calling it “all-access.” He cited especially Amazon, which has some 50 million book titles available, and Disney.
“I think it’s the biggest threat to the industry, and especially author income,” he said. “It will have a tectonic influence on the revenue pool of the industry.”
The effect on authors’ compensation can reduce the diversity of stories that are published, and physical booksellers also are imperiled.
Dohle likened Penguin Random House to Silicon Valley “angel” investors: “We invest every year in thousands of ideas and dreams, and only a few of them make it to the top. … Each book is unique, and there’s a lot of risk.”
Reflecting the waves of consolidation in the publishing industry, Penguin Random House itself is the product of a merger in 2013 between the nearly 100-year-old Random House and Penguin. That combination was approved by the Justice Department during the adminstration of President Barack Obama, under whom President Joe Biden served as vice president. The Penguin Random House trial is widely seen as part of a growing DOJ trend during the Biden administration of taking a tougher stand on mergers.
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Bicyclist killed in Ascension Parish crash
DONALDSONVILLE, La. (WAFB) - A man riding a bicycle was killed in a crash early Monday morning, according to Louisiana State Police Troop A.
Authorities identified Macarthur Williams Jr., 53, of Donaldsonville as the bicyclist.
The accident happened after 1:30 a.m. May 1 on LA 1, north of LA 18, in Donaldsonville.
State Police said the initial investigation revealed Williams was riding his bike along the fog line as he was headed north on LA 1.
At the same time, a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling north on LA 1 behind Williams. For unknown reasons, the Silverado hit the back of the bicycle.
Tpr. Christian Reed reported at the time of the crash, Williams was wearing dark clothing without a helmet and had no lights on his bike.
Williams was pronounced dead at the scene, according to LSP. The driver of the Silverado was not injured in the crash.
As part of the ongoing investigation, a toxicology sample was taken from the driver of the Silverado and Williams for analysis. Any criminal or traffic violations in the investigation will be forwarded to the Ascension Parish District Attorney’s Office.
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FORT COLLINS — The last time Boulder’s Abe Pomeroy graced a Class 5A wrestling regional with his presence, the now-sophomore couldn’t get past tough competition to win his spot at state.
This year, a new mindset is helping him achieve the goal that’s adorned his bedroom door all season long. He saw his new lease on wrestling pay off during the second round of his 132-pound competition at the 5A Region 3 tournament on Friday night at Fort Collins High School, when he defeated Mountain Range’s Zachary Cronholm in a 6-3 decision to advance to the quarterfinals.
“I have a T chart and it says where I am — the date on the left side and the goals on the right side,” Pomeroy said. “The goal for next week, it says, ‘place at state.’”
His performance at Top of the Rockies, where he was a takedown away from beating the fifth, fourth and third-place finishers, opened his eyes to the possibilities.
“I did really well but I fell short,” Pomeroy said. “I lost in two overtime matches and then I came back to the room and I talked to my coaches and we discussed what was missing between that tournament and this tournament. It was just that confidence piece.”
Aside from belief, Pomeroy mapped out his game plan before each tournament: hand placement, feet placement, and so on. That has made all the difference in his second high school season, which has seen him go 23-7 with a No. 10 weight class ranking (per On the Mat).
He’s just a couple wins away from punching his ticket to Ball Arena for the state championships next weekend. Head coach Will LeBoeuf has little doubt he’ll get there.
“He’s not even the same wrestler. The confidence is (on) a whole ‘nother level,” LeBoeuf said. “I think Abe was capable of what he’s doing today last year but mentally, he’s come so far that he realizes that he is one of the top guys. He belongs on top of the podium and there’s nothing holding him back now. I expect him to be on that podium. That’s what he should be expecting of himself. He’s the top dog.”
Ending his brushes with diversity
Matthew Fasbender’s high school career has not been kind on him.
In his four years on the mats with Monarch, the senior 138-pounder has gone through the gamut of setbacks, all of which had kept him from making his way to the big stage. In his first match of his junior season, he broke his ankle and missed everything that followed.
“It was heartbreaking, especially because I was feeling so strong and very good about the season and I was ranked No. 2, so I had a good spot,” he said. “It was pretty harsh my freshman year. I actually missed weight at regionals. I was super excited to wrestle because I felt like I was going to have a really good shot at the state title at 106s.”
This year, the seventh-ranked grappler has one more shot to make up for what injury, missed weight and a pandemic took from him. He certainly illuminated that enthusiasm when, in his second-round match on Friday night, he ended the competition against Mountain Range’s Joaquin Hernandez in 47 seconds.
He’s 19-7 heading into the second day of the regional tournament and, if everything goes according to plan, his head coach expects to stand atop the podium at Ball Arena come next Saturday night.
“He has some martial arts background, jiu jitsu stuff,” coach Ezra Paddock said. “Anyone that’s in wrestling or martial arts, in my mind, they have the ability to focus when they’re uncomfortable. He’s really mastered that, whether it be in tough matches, in training. His goal stayed the same. He stayed focused on it through adversity.”
Local teams spread across the Front Range will continue fighting through regional competition on Saturday.
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SMITHBURG, MD — A West Virginia man has been charged with killing three co-workers at a western Maryland machine shop as well as attempted murder and other charges.
Police said Joe Louis Esquivel, who is 23, was charged with the murders at Columbia Machine Inc. in Thursday's shooting.
Authorities say Esquivel, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, arrived for his normal shift and worked before he left the building to retrieve a weapon, went back inside and fired on employees in the area of a breakroom.
Police responded to a 911 call at about 2:30 p.m.
Authorities have not released a motive.
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LGBTQ+ students looking for a place to build community and celebrate authenticity can find it Friday at the second annual Gaypril Gala.
The Center for Belonging and Social Change will host the semi-formal dance and performance showcase, free and open to both LGBTQ+ students and allies at the Fawcett Center. Ari Grubaugh, CBSC’s coordinator for belonging and social support, said the event is like an LGBTQ+ prom and semi-formal attire is encouraged but not required.
“Not all LGBTQ+ people get the proms maybe they wanted, and maybe they didn’t dress how they really wanted to at the time, and so that’s kind of an opportunity for that,” Grubaugh said.
Grubaugh said while this event is targeted toward undergraduate LGBTQ+ students, all students and allies are also welcome.
“Anyone is welcome to join us assuming they are affirming of these identities, as it’s a space for them,” Grubaugh said.
Grubaugh said there will be a student performance showcase during the gala; however, registration to sign up to perform is closed.
“This is performers who are LGBTQ+ identified, that want to perform for the group, and so we’re very open on what that performance looks like,” Grubaugh said.
Jayden Messer, a graduate assistant at CBSC and a masters student in higher education and student affairs who uses they/them pronouns, said they hope this event helps students to connect with other members of the community at Ohio State.
“I hope that students will get a chance to make new friends and feel a connection to the broader LGBTQ+ community, as well as getting to see other ways they can get involved with the center and the community throughout the year,” Messer said.
Grubaugh said this event is important because it gives LGBTQ+ students a space of their own.
“I do think it’s so important to make designated space just for LGBTQ+ students,” Grubaugh said. “You know, there aren’t a lot of spaces and opportunities like this all the time, all over the place.”
The event will take place from 6-9 p.m. and will include a buffet dinner.
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Workflow Automation provides customers with out-of-the-box actions and pre-built templates to proactively remediate issues and avoid service disruptions or impact to end users
NEW YORK, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced the general availability of Workflow Automation. The new product enables teams to automate end-to-end remediation processes—with out-of-the-box actions and pre-built templates—across all systems, apps and services to help identify, investigate and resolve service disruptions and security threats faster.
DevOps, SRE and security teams are tasked with keeping systems up and running to minimize the rising costs of IT downtime. To do so, they need to navigate between multiple tools for investigation and remediation, which leads to context switching, human error and wasted time. Teams also lack the observability context needed to understand which service has been impacted, who owns the service and where to find runbooks with steps for remediation.
Workflow Automation solves these challenges by combining alerts and remediation in a single, streamlined solution. Datadog provides developers and security engineers end-to-end visibility across the tech stack so that teams are alerted to disruptions as they arise. Now, with Workflow Automation, teams can use context-rich alerts to automate entire remediation processes across their tools and services in response to disruptions directly in Datadog's unified platform. By giving teams the ability to both observe the entire tech stack in a single platform and also remediate any issues directly in the same place, Workflow Automation helps organizations maintain the availability of their systems.
"It's critical to react quickly to changes in complex distributed systems. That means automation. Workflow Automation provides Protolabs' engineers with an intuitive way to leverage Datadog's context-rich data to automate monitor creation, update integrations and, ultimately, reduce the complexity and overhead in reliability and incident response engineering," said Ryan Kleeberger, SRE at Protolabs.
"Manual processes and context switching are often the root cause of long stretches of IT downtime. This impacts both a company's bottom line and its reputation with end users," said Michael Gerstenhaber, VP of Product at Datadog. "Workflow Automation provides the automation and context that DevOps, SRE and security teams need in order to remediate issues quickly. Automation that seamlessly connects observability information with remediation allows engineers to proactively respond to insights before they turn into issues that would otherwise affect their businesses."
Workflow Automation enables organizations to:
- Trigger Responses Instantly: Users can automatically trigger responses from observability alerts, security signals and dashboards. These response workflows can be enriched with real-time observability data, such as logs and metrics, that guide automated decision-making. This allows teams to identify, investigate and resolve service disruptions and security threats quickly while proactively maintaining the health of systems.
- Automate Complex Processes: Over 300 out-of-the-box actions and more than 40 pre-built templates enable users to easily automate routine response tasks and complex end-to-end processes to save engineers time, eliminate human error and reduce overhead.
- Safeguard Automation: Teams can create interactive, human-in-the-loop workflows, and safeguard these workflows with granular role-based access control (RBAC) while keeping track of executions with detailed workflow auditing.
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Attorneys general in 17 states on Thursday urged the federal government to recall millions of Kia and Hyundai cars because they are too easy to steal, a response to a sharp increase in thefts fueled by a viral social media challenge.
Some Kia and Hyundai cars sold in the United States over the last decade do not have engine immobilizers, a standard feature on most cars that prevents the engine from starting unless the key is present.
Videos circulating on the social media service TikTok have shown how people can start Kia and Hyundai models by using only a screwdriver and a USB cable. In Los Angeles, thefts of Hyundai and Kia cars increased by about 85% in 2022, now accounting for 20% of all car thefts in the city, according to the California attorney general's office.
These social media-inspired thefts have often ended in tragedy, with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration blaming the stolen car trend for 14 reported crashes and eight deaths. In October, a police commissioner said that a car crash in Buffalo, New York, that left four teenagers dead may have been linked to the TikTok challenge. In the incident, a total of six teenagers were in a speeding Kia that crashed, Buffalo police said. The car had been reported stolen.
“The bottom line is, Kia's and Hyundai's failure to install standard safety features on many of their vehicles have put vehicle owners and the public at risk,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a news release. “Instead of taking responsibility with appropriate corrective action, these carmakers have chosen instead to pass this risk onto consumers and our communities.”
Bonta and the other attorneys general sent a letter on Thursday to NHTSA requesting a nationwide recall. The letter also was signed by attorneys general from Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia.
Kia said in a statement that it is focused on the issue, “and we continue to take action to address the concerns these attorneys general have raised.” The automaker says more than 165,000 customers have had the software installed, and over 2 million owners have been contacted about it. The company says the vehicles comply with federal safety standards, so a recall isn’t necessary.
Hyundai also said its vehicles comply with federal anti-theft requirements. The company says it rolled out the software upgrade to prevent the thefts two months ahead of schedule, but it did not answer a question about how many vehicles have received it. “We are communicating with NHTSA on our many actions to assist our customers,” the company statement said.
The letter adds to the growing pressure on the South Korea-based automakers. Multiple cities, including St. Louis, Cleveland, Milwaukee, San Diego, Seattle and Columbus, Ohio, have already sued the automakers.
In September, the Highway Loss Data Institute, a unit of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, found that Hyundai and Kia cars without immobilizers had a vehicle theft claim rate of 2.18 per 1,000 insured vehicle years. The rest of the industry combined had a rate of 1.21.
Hyundai and Kia announced in February that they would provide software updates for vehicles that require the key to be in the ignition switch to turn the car on. The change also updates the cars' theft alarm software to extend the length of an alarm from 30 seconds to 1 minute. About 3.8 million Hyundai cars and 4.5 million Kia cars are eligible for the software update.
But the service campaign by the affiliated Korean automakers is not a recall, which comes with reporting requirements and is monitored closely by NHTSA.
The agency said the Hyundai and Kia thefts involve criminal conduct that falls under the jurisdiction of law enforcement. Even so, NHTSA said it has met with the automakers to discuss theft vulnerability as well as software and hardware in the affected models.
The agency said it is getting regular updates on the companies’ plans. “NHTSA will continue to monitor this issue, spread awareness of further updates to local authorities and lend its expertise in efforts to strengthen motor vehicle safety,” the agency said.
But Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, said there is no way for the public to track the effectiveness of a company’s internal service campaign. In a recall, NHTSA requires quarterly reports and monitors whether the recall repairs solve the problem, he said. The agency also requires automakers to notify each owner by mail.
“We won’t know how many are on the road with the problem” with a company service campaign, Brooks said. “We’re not going to know if the recall is effective, if notification went out properly.”
Brooks said NHTSA has been slow to react to auto thefts, even though the stolen Hyundais and Kias are causing safety problems on the roads.
Hyundai has said all models produced after Nov. 1, 2021, have immobilizers as standard equipment.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are reporting two more deaths and additional cases of vision loss linked to eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria.
The eyedrops from EzriCare and Delsam Phama were recalled in February and health authorities are continuing to track infections as they investigate the outbreak.
In the latest government tally, 68 people were diagnosed with infections from the bacteria, which has now caused a total of three deaths and eight cases of people losing their vision, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday. That’s up from one death and five cases of permanent vision loss reported last month.
The CDC said four people have undergone surgery to remove an eyeball due to the infections.
The outbreak is considered particularly worrisome because the bacteria driving it is resistant to standard antibiotics.
The CDC has now identified cases in 16 states, including California, New York, Illinois, Texas and Pennsylvania. Most of the cases have been linked to four regional clusters and Ezricare’s drops are the only product used by patients in each of those groups.
The recalled drops were manufactured by Global Pharma Healthcare in India, where the bacteria — Pseudomonas aeruginosa — is commonly linked to outbreaks in hospitals. It can spread through contaminated hands or medical equipment.
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Michigan man rescued from California trail where family died in Mariposa County
MARIPOSA, Calif. - A tourist from Michigan who tried to retrace the steps of a family who died during a grueling summer hike in Northern California had to be rescued last week after getting lost, a frustrated sheriff said.
The man, who has not been identified, was reported missing near the trail in Mariposa County where officials last year found the bodies of Jonathan Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, their 1-year-old daughter Aurelia "Miju" Chung-Gerrish and their dog Oski, Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese said in a statement posted on social media.
The mysterious deaths grabbed international headlines. More than 30 law enforcement agencies painstakingly reviewed — and ruled out — causes of deaths such as murder, lightning strikes, poisoning, illegal drugs and suicide.
After a two-month investigation, authorities determined the family and their dog died of extreme heat exhaustion after running out of water while hiking last year on a sunny August afternoon when temperatures reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) in the steep mountain terrain.
On June 29, a hiker called authorities after noticing the man’s car was still parked at the trailhead. The caller had met the tourist from Michigan a day earlier when he told him he was investigating the family’s deaths because he found the cause of death "odd," Briese said.
A search and rescue crew with the help of a helicopter from the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office found the man later that day.
The tourist was described as being in his mid-60’s, approximately 5’6" and 200 pounds, and wearing sweatpants "on some of the hottest days we have seen this year," Briese said.
The man began his hike in an area with a closed gate and marked with a "CLOSED" sign. He had finished the water from the two one-gallon water containers he was carrying and had to drink water from the nearby river, he said.
After rescuers found him, the man wanted to know if there had been updated algae testing on the water, Briese said.
He was treated for dehydration and badly blistered feet before he left the area in his rental car against medical advice, Briese said.
"It is hard not to be angry about this particular rescue mission, I want people to come here and enjoy all the amazing nature Mariposa County has to offer," Briese said.
"To have someone purposely put themselves in danger, using vital resources and potentially putting the safety of our staff in danger all to try and prove us wrong is maddening and quite frankly sickening," he added.
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TCU vs. Gonzaga: Betting Trends, Record ATS, Home/Road Splits - Second Round
The No. 3 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs (29-5) will take to the court against the No. 6 seed TCU Horned Frogs (22-12) on Sunday with a spot in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament up for grabs. Gonzaga is a 4.5-point favorite to take a step forward in the bracket, which tips off at 9:40 PM on TBS. The point total is set at 157.5 in the matchup.
TCU vs. Gonzaga Odds & Info
- Date: Sunday, March 19, 2023
- Time: 9:40 PM ET
- TV: TBS
- Where: Denver, Colorado
- Venue: Ball Arena
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Horned Frogs Betting Records & Stats
- TCU's games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 157.5 points in five of 32 outings.
- TCU's games this season have had an average of 143.1 points, 14.4 fewer points than this game's point total.
- TCU is 14-18-0 ATS this season.
- TCU has been an underdog in 11 games this season and has come away with the win four times (36.4%) in those contests.
- The Horned Frogs have a record of 5-3 in games where sportsbooks have them as underdogs of at least +165 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies TCU has a 37.7% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
TCU vs. Gonzaga Over/Under Stats
Additional TCU Insights & Trends
- TCU is 3-7 against the spread and 5-5 overall in its last 10 contests.
- In the Horned Frogs' past 10 games, they have gone over the total twice.
- The Horned Frogs' 75.1 points per game are just 2.3 more points than the 72.8 the Bulldogs allow.
- TCU is 13-6 against the spread and 18-3 overall when it scores more than 72.8 points.
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PLANO, Texas, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Energy (OTCMKTS: UNRG) -- United Energy Corporation today announced 100% acquisition of Integrity Terminals, LLC., adding to UNRG's previous minority ownership stake of 12%. According to Brian Guinn, UNRG CEO, "As a wholly owned subsidiary of UNRG, full ownership and operational control enables UNRG to implement aggressive plans for the project's completion while increasing shareholder value. Profitability. Responsibility. Sustainability. These are the hallmarks of our corporate mission."
UNRG has also acquired the option to purchase a total of 686 acres of land located in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. The land's purchase is subject to due diligence studies and permitting approvals prior to closing on the property.
Integrity Terminals is a planned greenfield facility and sophisticated bulk storage import/export project strategically located in Louisiana's Gulf Coastal area along the Mississippi River. This corridor connects U.S. oil and gas suppliers with domestic and international markets. The world-class and technologically advanced, multi-functional facility will store, blend, and distribute petroleum products, crude oil, biofuel, green energy, and non-petroleum compounds. Phase 1 will focus on rail storage and transport. Phases 2 and 3 will incorporate deep-water and barge access, bulk storage, and more complex rail rack and rail storage systems.
This ambitious project will reduce dependence on foreign sources and interrupted supply chains. Leveraging connectivity to key refineries, pipelines, and the country's network of highways, integrated terminals provide logistical and wholesale oil and gas distribution solutions. The terminal will embrace eco-friendly, LEED® certified building practices, relying heavily on carbon capture and vapor recovery technologies (with the goal of carbon neutrality), contributing to a cleaner, healthier environment.
In conjunction with the acquisition, UNRG also announces it has engaged EXCEL Midstream Solutions, Inc. of Houston, Texas as its strategic design, permitting, and engineering partner. EXCEL provides premier civil, structural, mechanical, fabrication, electrical and instrumentation engineering, construction, and maintenance services. Their dedication to safety, stellar quality, and highly skilled professionals sets them apart in the industry. EXCEL's current roster of exclusive partnerships represents a critical service providing affordable fuels and power along with significant sustainability and carbon reductions. EXCEL has commenced the initial due diligence, engineering, facilities design, and permitting efforts, estimating that construction for Phase 1 can begin as early as Q3/Q4 2023 and Q1/Q2 2024 for Phases 2 and 3.
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP)Hunter Tyson had the option to pass, drive or shoot on Clemson’s final play. Tyson chose to follow coach Brad Brownell’s main instruction in the time out with the Tigers down by two: ”If you’re open, shoot it.”
Tyson did, making a 3-pointer with 12 seconds to go to lift the 19th-ranked Tigers to a dramatic, 51-50 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday.
Tyson had missed five of his previous six from behind the arc. Yet, Brownell called his number.
”They stayed confident, drew up a play for me and I shot it pretty well,” Tyson said.
Did you have any doubts it wouldn’t go in?
”No,” Tyson said with a smile.
PJ Hall had 20 points and eight rebounds while Tyson finished with 12 points and nine boards as Clemson (16-4, 8-1 ACC) continued its surprise run atop the Atlantic Coast Conference.
”I just felt like he was going to make a play today,” Brownell said of Tyson, who had five straight double-doubles in ACC play earlier this season.
Tyson’s play helped the Tigers bounce back from their first league loss after returning to the Top 25, at Wake Forest 87-77, on Tuesday.
Brownell acknowledged it was not an ”aesthetically pleasing” game – both teams shot under 39% and combined to go 9 of 40 on 3s – but his players kept up their rugged defense to keep within reach after the Hokies rallied from five down to lead in the final three minutes.
Virginia Tech was still up 50-48 on Grant Basile’s foul shot before Tyson’s big moment.
The Hokies had a final chance, but Hunter Cattoor’s 3 was off the mark and Tyson came up with the ball, holding it high as time ran out.
The sold-out crowd erupted as it had moments before as Tyson’s shot went through.
Brownell said the game was important to show Clemson, which came in averaging nearly 76 points a game, can win in different styles. ”This is when you have a good team,” he said.
Clemson, which trailed 33-26 early in the second half, had regained momentum after Hall’s three-point play built a 44-39 lead with less than eight minutes left over the cold-shooting Hokies, who were in the midst of a 1-for-16 run from the field. But Michael Collins Jr.’s 3 and Basile’s inside shot tied things at 44 to set up the final stretch.
Basile, who led the Hokies with 13 points, missed the second of two foul shots with 21.5 seconds to hold a 50-48 edge.
For Virginia Tech, coach Mike Young said there’s plenty of time to regain its footing.
”You turn the page and move on with the hand we’ve been dealt,” he said.
BIG PICTURE
Virginia Tech: The Hokies were way off target throughout the second half, finishing the period with only six field goals on 25% shooting. From long range, they were worse as they went just 2 of 11 behind the arc.
Clemson: The Tigers need injured junior point guard Chase Hunter back in a hurry. Without him there this week, Clemson fell at Wake Forest and was in a tight one throughout with the Hokies.
CLEMSON INJURIES
Brownell was unsure when his two injured players, Alex Hemenway and Hunter, might return. Hemenway, a senior who’s perhaps the team’s most reliable 3-point shooter, has missed the past eight game. Hunter has missed the last two. Brownell said both are expected back at some point this season, although he couldn’t pinpoint when.
UP NEXT
Virginia Tech returns home to play Duke on Monday night.
Clemson hosts Georgia Tech on Tuesday night.
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CUIABA, Brazil , July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumitomo Corporation has reached an agreement with shareholders of NATIVA AGRONEGÓCIOS & REPRESENTAÇÕES LTDA. and NATIVA AGRÍCOLA E REPRESENTAÇÃO LTDA. (collectively, "Nativa"), an agricultural supplies distributor in southeastern Brazil, to acquire all shares of Nativa to make it a wholly owned subsidiary. The acquisition is through Agro Amazonia Produtos Agropecuários S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation and is scheduled to be completed by the end of the 2022 fiscal year once necessary approvals from relevant authorities are obtained.
With population growth and rising income levels, especially in developing countries, global food demand is expected to increase approximately 1.7 times from 2010 levels by 2050. Amidst the demand for increased food production, an expansion in farmland is vital to increase unit yield, as is the demand for agricultural materials. Brazil boasts the world's fifth largest export value of agricultural products, with soybeans, corn, sugarcane, coffee, oranges, and beef. In addition, Brazil is likely to become even more important as a food production area, as it leaves room for agricultural land expansion without deforestation.
Established in 2000, Nativa is an agricultural supplies distributor with eight locations and a fertilizer manufacturing facility in the state of Minas Gerais, located in southeastern Brazil. In addition to soybeans and corn, the state of Minas Gerais is a region where coffee, fruit tree, and vegetable cultivation and seed production are thriving, especially among small and medium-sized farmers. Nativa has built a strong customer base rooted in the community through the development, manufacture, and sale of unique products that meet customer needs, and through support for farming by agronomists (sales staff with knowledge of agricultural production technology).
Agro Amazonia has been in business since in 1983 and is one of the largest agricultural supplies distributor in the Midwest of Brazil, operating 50 outlets in eight Brazilian states, mainly in the Mato Grosso region. Sumitomo Corporation acquired full ownership of the company in 2018 and has since contributed to the expansion of Agro Amazonia's business by leveraging its financing, procurement, and business management expertise.
Agro Amazonia contributes to the sustainable development of agriculture through the expansion of its product and service portfolio. It has grown its customer base to approximately 20,000 households, mainly consisting of livestock farmers and large-scale soybean and corn farmers with 1,000 to 10,000 hectares or more. The company is emerging as an industry leader in Brazil, with sales expanding more than five-fold since 2015.
With this acquisition, Sumitomo Corporation aims to expand the operation's sales territory in Brazil and achieve further business growth by linking Agro Amazonia's extensive product portfolio based on its strong relationships with agrochemical suppliers with Nativa's fertilizer development and manufacturing capabilities and new customer segments.
From a global strategy perspective, Sumitomo Corporation has positioned agriculture as one of its next-generation growth fields and "Agricultural Input & Service" as a steady business growth category. In the agrochemicals field, Sumitomo Corporation started its agrochemical export business in the 1970s and currently operates an import and wholesale business in 37 countries overseas. In Europe, the company has expanded its value chain by acquiring agricultural supplies distributors. In the fertilizer field, since starting the fertilizer raw material import/export business in the 1950s, Sumitomo has built an integrated business base from importing fertilizer raw materials to manufacturers and selling direct to farmers, mainly in Japan and the Asia-Oceania region.
As part of its commitment to contribute to society, Sumitomo will continue to support stable and sustainable food production and the development of local communities and industries around the world. The company is intent on providing products and services that meet the agricultural needs of each country and region, while utilizing its expertise in the agricultural materials field for business expansion.
About Nativa
Founded on July 8, 2000, Nativa Agronegócios is a company conceived by people who believe in the union between sustainability and development. Therefore, throughout its 21 years, Nativa has structured itself physically and technologically to serve each client in a differentiated way, through highly qualified professionals focused on its constant growth, providing the producer with more reliability and safety.
About Agro Amazonia
Founded in 1983, Agro Amazônia is a pioneer company in the agribusiness sector in the State of Mato Grosso. It is one of the largest and most successful distributors of agricultural inputs, offering a complete portfolio of products from domestic and international manufacturers, also providing technical assistance to farmers. Agro Amazônia is the only company of its kind operating in the entire state of Mato Grosso, which is also present in the states of Goiás, Tocantins, Pará and Rondônia. Agro Amazônia has a trained and qualified team, with the objective of bringing to the field products and services that add value to the client's business.
About Sumitomo Corporation
Sumitomo Corporation ("SC") is a leading Fortune 500 global trading and business investment company with 131 locations in 66 countries. The entire SC Group consists of more than 800 companies and nearly 75,000 personnel. SC conducts commodity transactions in all industries utilizing worldwide networks, provides related customers with various financing, serves as an organizer and a coordinator for various projects, and invests in companies to promote greater growth potential. SC's core business areas include Metal Products, Transportation and Construction Systems, Environment and Infrastructure, Media, Network, Lifestyle Related Goods and Services, Mineral Resources, Energy, and Chemical and Electronics.
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How will New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson handle the added pressure of Thursday night’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars?
Wilson, the No. 2 overall pick of the 2021 NFL draft, will go up against the top pick of his class in the Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence. And while Lawrence is currently thriving in his second year of the NFL, Wilson continues to struggle.
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Benched after a dismal performance in Week 11′s loss to the New England Patriots, Wilson only returned as the Jets’ starter after Mike White suffered a rib injury in Week 14′s 20-12 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Jim Rome recently asked NFL on Prime’s Andrew Whitworth his thoughts about how the young quarterback will perform under pressure at MetLife Stadium on Thursday night. Here’s what Whitworth had to say:
“I think it just increases the pressure on him, right? You think of obviously everything that’s been around him. From the response to the game against New England, to him getting benched and then now Mike White gets hurt. He’s getting his opportunity again not really because they believe in him, but because it is their only option. I think for him, I can’t imagine for Zach that confident things are not just swirling around all through his head. You are getting back in really because of an injury. I think Robert Saleh has tried his best to defend him all he can, but then now you are also facing the guy you got picked after and people believe in more who is on fire and who had that moment already this season against Denver where he responded the right way. He’s really torn the league up since then in the last six games. Now you are facing him. So, you have the pressure of being on primetime, lots of media, lots of news around this topic and then you are facing Trevor Lawrence, who is in your draft class. We all know how that goes. The draft picks, they can all act like it doesn’t matter, but they wanna play better than guys in their draft. I think here is a lot of pressure on him right now and we will see how he handles it Thursday.”
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BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Liberal Education Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: CLEU) (the "Company" or "China Liberal"), a China-based company that provides smart campus solutions and other educational services, and AIWAYS Holdings Limited ("AIWAYS"), a global new energy vehicle brand, today announced that they have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which AIWAYS will merge with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and the issued and outstanding share capital of AIWAYS will be cancelled in exchange for newly issued shares of the Company on the terms and conditions set forth therein in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Transaction"). Upon consummation of the Transaction, AIWAYS will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
Transaction Overview
The Transaction values AIWAYS at an equity value of US$5.5 billion and the Company at an equity value of approximately US$37.9 million. The AIWAYS shareholders and Company shareholders immediately prior to the completion of the Transaction will own approximately 99.2% and 0.8%, respectively, of the outstanding shares of the combined company following the closing of the Transaction. Immediately prior to the completion of the Transaction, the Company's ordinary shares will be divided into two classes—Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares—with different voting powers but equal economic rights. Please refer to the Merger Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to a current report on Form 6-K dated November 3, 2022 furnished with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by the Company for more details.
The Company's board of directors (the "Board") has unanimously: (a) approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement, the other transaction documents and the Transaction, (b) determined that the Merger Agreement, the other transaction agreements and the Transaction are in the best interest of the Company and the Company's shareholders, and (c) resolved to recommend that the Company's shareholders vote to authorize and approve the Merger Agreement, the other transaction agreements and the Transaction. The board of directors and shareholders of AIWAYS have approved the Merger Agreement, the other related transaction agreements and the Transaction.
Certain shareholders of the Company and AIWAYS have each entered into a support agreement (each a "Support Agreement" and collectively "Support Agreements"), agreeing to vote in favor of the Transaction and other proposals as may be reasonably agreed to by AIWAYS and the Company as necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the Transaction.
The Company and AIWAYS anticipate that the Transaction will be completed on or prior to December 31, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including among other things, receipt of approval by the Company's shareholders and regulatory approvals (if applicable) and the continuous listing of the Company on the Nasdaq.
Mr. Yang Zhang, CEO of AIWAYS, commented, "I am thrilled about this merger opportunity. Over the past years, AIWAYS has grown tremendously with the tailwind of a booming new energy vehicles market in China. With access to the capital market, we firmly believe that this combination offers the best opportunities for us to further market expansion, improve innovation and achieve long-term growth goals."
Ms. Ngai Ngai Lam, Chairwoman and CEO of China Liberal, stated, "We are delighted to announce this combination which allows us to enter electric vehicle industry and explore new market opportunities accordingly. With strong R&D capacity, global insights, and innovative technology, AIWAYS has designed and engineered smart new energy vehicles to meet the quality and safety requirements in both China and Europe. We believe AIWAYS is a perfect partner for us, and this combination will unlock tremendous value for China Liberal by seizing the significant growth opportunities in the fast-moving electric vehicle industry. We expect this transaction will deliver significant value to our shareholders, differentiate our business model and create solid foundation to accelerate our growth."
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and Support Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety to the full text of the Merger Agreement, Form of Company Support Agreement, and Form of AIWAYS Support Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3, respectively, to a current report on Form 6-K dated November 3, 2022 furnished with the SEC by the Company.
About AIWAYS Holdings Limited
AIWAYS Holdings Limited is a global new energy vehicle ("NEV") brand that designs, develops and jointly manufactures smart NEVs. AIWAYS has designed and engineered smart NEVs to meet the quality and safety requirements in both China and the European Union. AIWAYS has strategically targeted the underserved mid-price NEV segment, which it believes is a large and fast-growing market in China and Europe with limited NEV model offering relative to the overall large market size. The global AIWAYS network comprises a highly innovative, digitalized plant in Shangrao (China) with an annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles, an R&D center and a design center in Shanghai (China), a battery pack factory in Changshu (China) and a European Sales Centre in Munich, Germany.
About China Liberal Education Holdings Limited
China Liberal, headquartered in Beijing, is an educational service provider in China. It provides a wide range of services, including those under sino-foreign jointly managed academic programs; overseas study consulting services; technological consulting services for Chinese universities to improve their campus information and data management system and to optimize their teaching, operating and management environment, creating a "smart campus"; and tailored job readiness training to graduating students. For more information, please visit the Company's website at ir.chinaliberal.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements." These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the pending transactions described herein, and the parties' perspectives and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proposed transaction, including the equity values, the benefits of the proposed transaction, expected revenue opportunities, anticipated future financial and operating performance and results, including estimates for growth, the expected management and governance of the combined company, and the expected timing of the transactions. The words "will," "expect," "believe," "estimate," "intend," "plan" and similar expressions indicate forward-looking statements.
Such forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and shareholders and other potential investors must recognize that actual results may differ materially from the expectations as a result of a variety of factors. Such forward-looking statements are based upon management's current expectations and include known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are hard to predict or control, that may cause the actual results, performance, or plans to differ materially from any future results, performance or plans expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (i) risks related to the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed transaction, including the risk that the transaction may not close due to one or more closing conditions to the transaction not being satisfied or waived, such as regulatory approvals not being obtained, on a timely basis or otherwise, or that a governmental entity prohibited, delayed or refused to grant approval for the consummation of the transaction or required certain conditions, limitations or restrictions in connection with such approvals; (ii) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the applicable transaction agreements; (iii) the risk that there may be a material adverse change with respect to the financial position, performance, operations or prospects of the Company or AIWAYS; (iv) risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction; (v) the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of the Company's securities; (vi) the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of AIWAYS to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally; (vii) any changes in the business or operating prospects of AIWAYS or its businesses; (viii) changes in applicable laws and regulations; and (ix) risks relating to the combined company's ability to enhance its services and products, execute its business strategy, expand its customer base and maintain stable relationship with its business partners.
A further list and description of risks and uncertainties can be found in the proxy statement that will be filed with the SEC by the Company in connection with the proposed transactions, and other documents that the parties may file or furnish with the SEC, which you are encouraged to read. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made, and AIWAYS, the Company and their subsidiaries and affiliates undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made except as required by law or applicable regulation.
No Offer or Solicitation
This press release is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the transactions described above and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of AIWAYS or the Company, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.
Participants in the Solicitation
The Company, AIWAYS and their respective directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of the Company in connection with the proposed transaction. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed business combination will be included in the proxy statement pertaining to the proposed transaction when it becomes available for the proposed transaction.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
The Company will file with the SEC and mail to its shareholders a proxy statement in connection with the proposed transaction. Investors and security holders are urged to read the proxy statement when it becomes available because it will contain important information regarding the proposed arrangement. You may access the proxy statement (when available) and other related documents filed by the Company with the SEC at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. You also may obtain the proxy statement (when it is available) and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC relating to the proposed arrangement for free by accessing the Company's website at http://ir.chinaliberal.com/.
For more information, please contact:
China Liberal Education Holdings Limited
Email: ir@chinaliberal.com
Ascent Investor Relations LLC
Ms. Tina Xiao
Email: tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com
Tel: +1 917 609 0333
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ATLANTA (AP) — Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff, is trying to avoid having to testify before a Georgia special grand jury that’s investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the state’s 2020 election.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last year, and the special grand jury was seated in May to review evidence and hear from witnesses. Willis filed a petition in August seeking to have Meadows testify before the panel.
Because Meadows lives outside of Georgia, Willis can’t simply issue a subpoena for his testimony. Instead she has to get a judge in South Carolina, where he lives, to order him to appear.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney in Atlanta, who’s overseeing the special grand jury, signed off on the petition Willis filed for Meadows, certifying that he is a “necessary and material” witness for the investigation.
After receiving the paperwork from Willis’ office, a prosecutor in Pickens County, South Carolina, on Sept. 9 asked a judge to set a hearing to determine whether Meadows must go to Atlanta to testify. In a response filed Monday, a lawyer for Meadows asked the South Carolina judge to deny the request.
Lawyer James Bannister argued in the court filing that Meadows has exerted executive privilege, which is currently being litigated in federal court so he is not a “material witness.” Meadows invoked that privilege in a fight against subpoenas issued by the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The House held Meadows in contempt of Congress for defying the subpoena, but the Justice Department declined to prosecute.
Bannister also wrote that the summons before the court is now moot because it sought Meadows’ appearance on Sept. 27, which has now passed.
Will Wooten, a prosecutor in Willis’ office, said in a sworn statement made Oct. 7 and filed with the South Carolina court Monday that it’s his understanding that a hearing hadn’t been scheduled on the request to compel Meadows’ testimony because of scheduling conflicts. He provided several dates in November and asked the court to order Meadows to appear on one of those dates.
Bannister also asserted that the South Carolina law governing out-of-state subpoena requests applies only to criminal proceedings and, therefore, doesn’t apply because the special grand jury is a civil inquiry.
The special grand jury cannot issue an indictment. Instead, it can recommend action in a report when its investigation is complete. It would then be up to Willis to decide whether to seek an indictment from a regular grand jury.
Despite the special grand jury’s inability to indict, McBurney wrote in response to an attempt by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to avoid or delay his testimony that this is, indeed, a criminal investigation.
In the petition seeking Meadows’ testimony, Willis wrote that Meadows attended a Dec. 21, 2020, meeting at the White House with Trump and others “to discuss allegations of voter fraud and certification of electoral college votes from Georgia and other states.” The next day, Willis wrote, Meadows made a “surprise visit” to Cobb County, just outside Atlanta, where an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes was being conducted. He asked to observe the audit but wasn’t allowed to because it wasn’t open to the public, the petition says.
Meadows also sent emails to Justice Department officials alleging voter fraud in Georgia and elsewhere and requesting investigations, Willis wrote. And he participated in a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, during which Trump suggested the state’s top elections official could “find” enough votes to overturn his narrow election loss in the state.
Meadows is among a number of high-profile Trump associates whose testimony Willis has sought. Former New York Mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who’s been told he could face criminal charges in the probe, testified in August. Attorneys John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro have also appeared before the panel.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s attempt to fight his subpoena was rejected last week by a federal appeals court, and he’s asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. Others whose testimony is being sought include former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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ENGLAND, Ark. – An Arkansas woman said she’s out of more than $50,000 after hiring a contractor to fix her home. She said the renovation professional came up short on a promise, and now she wants her money back.
Laverne Williams said she first hired A Touch of Nature Inc. Home Renovations in September of 2021.
Williams’ house caught on fire that July and she needed extensive repair to the front portion of her house.
“She put trust in Kenneth D. Williams,” Williams’ granddaughter Briuna Brooks said.
Kenneth D. Williams heads the renovation company. According to the company’s website, Kenneth has been in business since 2008, providing quality service that won’t break the bank.
Laverne Williams said she paid him more than $50,000.
She said she had full confidence the work would be completed, but she says over time that feeling has faded.
“He messed up this side of my bricks,” Williams said.
Williams walked our Working 4 You crews around her house, pointing out what her daughter says are problem areas.
“He couldn’t do the ceiling fans, he couldn’t do the light fixtures, he just messed up everything. It’s just ridiculous,” Williams’ daughter Brandy Hunter said.
Hunter said parts of the home were renovated poorly.
“To me all he did was come down here, take my mom’s money and leave and came back and just messed up her house,” Hunter said.
The family said over the past two years work has been sporadic. Williams said the last time crews were at her house was June of this year.
“Why is he moving so slow? Where is the team at? Where are the people?” Brooks asked.
We tried calling the company but didn’t get an answer.
Laverne Williams said she’s given up on getting the work done, now just searching for answers.
“How are you going to do somebody like that? My mom would do anything for anybody,” Hunter said.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (NYSE American: REPX) ("Riley Permian" or the "Company") announced that its bank group has increased the Company's borrowing base of its senior secured revolving credit facility from $200 million to $225 million.
Additionally, the Company announced plans to release third quarter 2022 financial and operating results on November 14, 2022 after the U.S. financial markets close.
In connection with the earnings release, Riley Permian management will host a conference call for investors and analysts on November 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. CT to discuss the Company's results and to host a Q&A session. Interested parties are invited to participate by calling:
- Toll Free Dial-In, 1 (888) 330-2214
- Toll Dial-In, 1 (646) 960-0161
- Conference ID number 5405646
An updated company presentation, which will include certain items to be discussed on the call, will be posted prior to the call on the Company's website (www.rileypermian.com).
A replay of the call will be available until November 29, 2022 by calling:
- Toll Free Dial-In, 1 (800) 770-2030
- Toll Dial-In, 1 (647) 362-9199
- Conference ID number 5405646
About Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.
Riley Permian is a growth-oriented, independent oil and natural gas company focused on the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. For more information please visit www.rileypermian.com.
Investor Contact:
Rick D'Angelo
405-438-0126
IR@rileypermian.com
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The following people were booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on July 21-28:
July 21
Joseph, Lakeisha Nicole: 1008 Whitlow Court; Age: 40; organized retail theft $1,000 to $5,000
Brown, Dante A.: 1304 W. Sidney St., Gonzales; Age: 52; obscenity
Nicholas, Dalacia Marie: 1216 S. Burnside Ave., Apt. 6, Gonzales; Age: 44; two counts failure to appear-bench warrant, theft $1,000 but less than $5,000, theft less than $1,000, Issuing worthless check under $1,000
Bergeron, Tess Marie: 249 Virginia St., Belle Rose; Age: 50; surety, failure to appear-bench warrant, hold for other agency
Barras, Ryan Wayne: 9414 Sonny Hebert Road, Maurice; Age: 45; prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, owner to secure registration, violations of registration provisions, operating vehicle while license is suspended, possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance, possession of Schedule IV controlled dangerous substance
July 22
Fabian Jr., Eloy: 13250 Roddy Road, Gonzales; Age: 35; failure to appear-bench warrant
Ealem, Murphy Charles: 905 1/2 Maginnis St., Donaldsonville; Age: 26; hit-and-run driving, reckless operation, flight from an officer
Jones, Tiffany: 105 Marian St., Donaldsonville; Age: 33; registration-commercial vehicles-expired plate, resisting an officer, failure to appear-bench warrant
Hall, Cornell J.: 19778 Vicknair Road, Maurepas; Age: 51; failure to appear-bench warrant
Thomas, Lanitra: 304 Opelousas St., Unit A, Donaldsonville; Age: 27; disturbing the peace/violent and tumultuous manner/disorderly conduct, aggravated battery
July 23
Carcisse, Harolshell Glorialedneisha: 7212 Freetown St., St. James; Age: 24; disturbing the peace/violent and tumultuous manner/disorderly conduct
Jacob, Blane L.: 197 Evangeline Drive, Donaldsonville; Age: 34; two counts failure to appear-bench warrant, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, resisting an officer
Johnson, Jazzlyn: 1509 N. Coolidge Ave., Gonzales; Age: 33; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, three counts failure to appear-bench warrant
Biro-Walls, Anna M.: 1524 Brookfield Drive, Denham Springs; Age: 36; surety, failure to appear-bench warrant
Watis, Carey B.: 9466 La. 44, Convent; Age: 58; two counts failure to appear-bench warrant, no motor vehicle insurance, operating vehicle while license is suspended, vehicle license required
Perez-Lopez, Rudis Esmir: 12203 Spring Valley Drive, Geismar; Age: 37; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, false imprisonment, domestic abuse battery-child endangerment
Lacroix, Richard J.: 128 Shady Oaks Court, Houma; Age: 43; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction
Hernandez, Lee Roy N.: 15096 Beau Jon Ave., Prairieville; Age: 27; resisting an officer, prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, possession of heroin, simple escape-aggravated escape
Richard, Dorian: 3310 Danneel St., New Orleans; Age: 23; prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, transactions involving proceeds from drug sale, distribution or possession of legend drug without prescription, distribution/possession with the intent to distribute Schedule IV controlled dangerous substance, distribution/possession with the intent to distribute Schedule II controlled dangerous substance, manufacture/distribution/possession with the intent to distribute Schedule I controlled dangerous substance, illegal carry of weapons-crime or controlled dangerous substance, reckless operation
Stallings, Larry Keith: 813 US 61, Jackson; Age: 50; disturbing the peace/drunkenness, theft less than $1,000
Green, Natia A.: 44317 La. 431, St. Amant; Age: 40; domestic abuse battery
Green, Brianna: 164 Lemanville Cutoff Road; Age: 28; failure to appear-bench warrant, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction
Crandle, Laquan: 118 Belle Point Lane, Napoleonville; Age: 34; failure to appear-bench warrant, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction
Coupel, Jazeel Justine: 3062 St. Amico Lane, Donaldsonville; Age: 32; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction
Hurtado-Acosta, Galdino Acosta: 10504 La. 22 No. 30, St. Amant; Age: 56; resisting an officer, misdemeanor sexual battery
July 24
Purser, Todd: 39123 La. 74, Gonzales; Age: 29; two counts failure to appear-bench warrant, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, theft less than $1,000, possession of heroin, possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine)
Junior, Jonathan W.: 300 W. Tenth St., No. 9, Donaldsonville; Age: 39; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, three counts failure to appear-bench warrant
McGee, William: 8894 Florida Blvd., Walker; Age: 44; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia
White, Tiajah Monte: 2525 W. Orice Roth Road, Gonzales; Age: 25; three counts failure to appear-bench warrant, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, simple battery
Ozuna, John: 992 S. Kenilworth Parkway, Baton Rouge; Age: 29; maximum speed limit, operating a vehicle while intoxicated-child endangerment law
Mayho, Shondell M.: 6168 Burton St., St James; Age: 44; entry on or remaining in places or on land after being forbidden
Foster, Winston Rodney: 3039 Mount Olive Church Road, Donaldsonville; Age: 28; state probation violation, possession of firearm by person convicted of certain felonies, illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentalities, first degree murder/attempted, first degree murder, assault by drive-by shooting, aggravated criminal damage to property, simple criminal damage to property less than $1,000, failure to appear-bench warrant
Jackson, Ruben Faizon: 5030 Brown St., Darrow; Age: 19; illegal carry of weapons-crime or controlled dangerous substance, possession of a Schedule I controlled dangerous substance, resisting an officer
St. Angelo, Kayla G.: 29026 S. Satsuma Road, Livingston; Age: 27; no motor vehicle insurance, driver must be licensed, failure to appear-bench warrant
Wilson, Courtney Leah: 118 Burns Drive, Donaldsonville; Age: 31; two counts failure to appear-bench warrant
Good, Derek Overton: 216 Palliet St., Festus, Missouri; Age: 37; disturbing the peace/language/disorderly conduct, insulting or threatening an officer, disturbing the peace/drunkenness, resisting an officer by violence/resistance/or opposition
July 25
Lambert, Brian Paul: 724 S. Sammy St., Gonzales; Age: 33; failure to appear-bench warrant, prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer, possession of heroin, bicycles/front lamps/rear lamps/side and rear reflectors
White, Moses Cody Mckinney: 2724 Cambridge Drive, Laplace; Age: 31; failure to appear-bench warrant
Bougere, Michael J.: 115 Oakridge Ave., Unit C, Donaldsonville; Age: 32; bond revocation, resisting an officer, theft less than $1,000
Skelton, John Gregory: 39318 Country Drive, Prairieville; Age: 54; surety, failure to appear-bench warrant
Gonzales, Brandon Michael: 44472 Gold Place Road, St. Amant; Age: 37; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction
Robinson, Darnel Quintin: 609 Saint Mary St., Napoleonville; Age: 27; prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles, view outward or inward through windshield or windows-obscuring prohibited, possession of marijuana more than 14 grams, possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (oxycodone)
Bell, Israel James: 910 Nolan St., Donaldsonville; Age: 52; failure to appear-bench warrant
July 26
Bourge, Ty Anthony: 300 Front St., Donaldsonville; Age: 32; simple assault, operating vehicle while license is suspended, view outward or inward through windshield or windows-obscuring prohibited, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction
Weaver, Kerry Lynn: 15138 Sweet Pecan Ave., Prairieville; Age: 38; surety, violations of registration provisions, failure to appear-bench warrant, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, possession of Schedule III controlled dangerous substance (suboxone), possession of heroin, possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine), theft less than $1,000, theft $1,000 but less than $5,000, theft $5,000 but less than $25,000, unauthorized entry of a place of business, simple burglary (all others), operating vehicle while license is suspended, no motor vehicle insurance
Williams, Leanne Lachelle: 228 Dville Village Circle, Donaldsonville; Age: 30; two counts failure to appear-bench warrant
Bordelon, Ashley: 1013 Laurel Ave., Denham Springs; Age: 30; failure to appear-bench warrant
Campbell IV, James: 18713 Little Prairie Road, Prairieville; Age: 22; failure to appear-bench warrant
Ruiz, Victor: 37209 St. Marie Ave., Prairieville; Age: 39; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, violations of protective orders
Lacayo, Michell Santos: 3612 Delambert St., Chalmette; Age: 46; aggravated assault with a firearm
Whiteside, Michael C.: 25337 WH Davis Road, Angie; Age: 50; aggravated battery, hit-and-run driving
Aviles Gallegos, Aron Kevin: 54533 Ken Ken St., Baton Rouge; Age: 35; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, two counts theft $1,000 but less than $5,000
Erazo Palacios, Manuel Antonio: 54533 Ken Ken, Baton Rouge; Age: 44; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, theft $1,000 but less than $5,000
Darby Jr., Mark Anthony: 8191 Main St., Sorrento; Age: 22; aggravated assault, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, aggravated assault with a firearm
Kirkland, Jessie D.: 8227 Cottonwood St., Sorrento; Age: 40; state probation violation, two counts violations of protective orders
Jarreau, Blake Anthony: 525 Oak Alley Drive, Laplace; Age: 41; obstruction of justice/simple assault, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, careless operation
Wilson, Kelsey Dshae: 15060 Beau Jon Ave., Prairieville; Age: 31; in for court, two counts failure to appear-bench warrant
Zaldivar, Kevin Javier Ponce: 47021 La. 22, St. Amant; Age: 20; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, theft $5,000 but less than $25,000
Joseph, Clydedric A.: 2190 Levy Gaudet St., Lutcher; Age: 27; second degree murder/attempted
Tyrone, Rachel Cyrex: 1224 S. Augusta Ave., Gonzales; Age: 43; surety, four counts failure to appear-bench warrant, unlawful sales to persons under 21
Johnson, Jeremy Q.: 6226 John Tullier Road, Sorrento; Age: 41; failure to appear-bench warrant, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, domestic abuse battery
July 27
Murcia, Jeovany Anner: 39169 La. 74, Gonzales; Age: 26; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, domestic abuse battery
Doucet, Anthony Brock: 44120 La. 42, Prairieville; Age: 22; possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine), prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, theft of a motor vehicle $5,000 to $25,000
Cole, Ashleigh Elizabeth: 413 Elmer Ave., Baton Rouge; Age: 36; two counts, failure to appear-bench warrant
Haymond, Jayson: 182 Latino Drive, Donaldsonville; Age: 26; simple criminal damage to property $1,000 to $50,000, simple burglary (all others), failure to appear-bench warrant
David, Brandon Joseph: 241 Concord Drive; Age: 28; resisting an officer, simple battery, theft less than $1,000
Stokes, Keanna Monae: 38587 Darville Road, Prairieville; Age: 25; failure to appear-bench warrant
Jones, Michael Jamal: 740 St. Tammany St., Baton Rouge; Age: 25; failure to appear-bench warrant
Messer, Jason Paul: 6358 Fordoche Road, Fordoche; Age: 41; telephone communications/improper language/harassment
Sharper, Germaine Johntrelle: 37383 La. 30, Geismar; Age: 29; manufacture/distribution/possession with the intent to distribute Schedule I controlled dangerous substance, prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, illegal carry of weapons-crime or controlled dangerous substance, distribution/possession with the intent to distribute marijuana or synthetic cannabis, manufacture/distribution/possession with the intent to distribute Schedule I controlled dangerous substance, illegal possession of stolen firearms, distribution/possession with the intent to distribute Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine), possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (amphetamine), failure to appear-bench warrant, possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (oxycodone), illegal use of controlled dangerous substances in the presence of persons under 17 years of age, distribution/possession with the intent to distribute heroin
Alford, Chelcie Marie: 43034 Pee Wee Road, Gonzales; Age: 30; failure to appear-bench warrant
Singletary, Jason Reed: 14496 Airline Highway No. 1026, Gonzales; Age: 44; prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine)
McKinley, Ranika: 1303 S. Augusta Ave., Gonzales; Age: 21; access device fraud $1,000 to $5,000
July 28
Cherry III, Earl Roger: 39080 Babin Road, Gonzales; Age: 39; unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, simple criminal damage to property $1,000 to $50,000, criminal trespass/trespassing of real property
Bolding, Katina M.: 1909 N. Airline Highway, No. 1201, Gonzales; Age: 42; four counts failure to appear-bench warrant, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, theft less than $1,000
Lemar, Yquan Donteri: address unknown; Age: 20; state probation violation, possession of unidentifiable firearm, illegal carrying of weapons, possession of firearm by person convicted of certain felonies
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When Salman Rushdie was attacked last month, he was taking the stage at New York's Chautauqua Institution. The storied place in American cultural life is now rethinking how open it should be.
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When Salman Rushdie was attacked last month, he was taking the stage at New York's Chautauqua Institution. The storied place in American cultural life is now rethinking how open it should be.
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BEIJING, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China.org.cn on a China folk house that traveled from China to America:
Among the woods in West Virginia, America, stands a dwelling with vivid Chinese ethnic features: tall wooden columns, doors inlaid with delicate carvings, and bright ornate patterns embellishing the walls.
Just a few years ago, the same farmhouse stood in Cizhong village, Yunnan province. John Flower, an American high school teacher discovered the house while he was in China. He was captivated by its architectural style which features a mixture of folk elements from the Han, Tibetan and Naxi ethnic groups. Knowing that the house sat within the designated zoning area of a future dam, the idea of "moving the house from Yunnan to America" suddenly surfaced in Flower's head.
In 2017, Flower came back to Cizhong with a team of craftsmen who surveyed the house, took it apart plank by plank, pack every single piece, shipped them all the way to America, and finally decided to "reconstruct" the house in West Virginia.
In a way, Flower has brought "a taste of China" to more Americans. As the house was being rebuilt, many local carpenters volunteered to help. Some of them grew interested in China's woodwork. Flower, who had been organizing field work in China for American students, started to hold cultural activities and summer camps there. This allowed more American students to get to know of Chinese culture, while participating in the reconstruction of the Chinese folk house themselves. One of the students who had been to Beijing once, couldn't wait to fly to Yunnan to see more for himself after seeing and helping build the folk house. The pandemic has made travel between China and the U.S. more difficult for now, but the folk house, which traveled all the way to America from Yunnan, has become a bridge linking Chinese and American culture, and captures the heartfelt fondness of the American people for Chinese culture and the Chinese people.
What's also worth mentioning is the mortise and tenon structure on which the house was built. Joinery parts carved into different shapes, with different amounts placed at just the right angles, could form stable structures without using a single nail or any glue. Similar to the Yunnan folk house mentioned above, "Yin Yu Tang", another traditional Chinese abode from Anhui province built using the mortise-tenon structure, was moved to the U.S. in the 1990s and reconstructed in Salem, near Boston. One could say, the mortise-tenon structure is crucial to the cross-border "copy and paste" of such constructions.
Single wooden compartments are thin and are shaped varyingly, but once joined up, they come together as a powerful unity and deliver surprising effects. Just like the Yunnan folk house standing in America, which would not have been possible without the efforts of both the Chinese and American peoples, this "house of friendship" also sheds valuable light on the relationship between China and the U.S.
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Record-breaking dinosaur footprint found off UK coast
Published: Feb. 19, 2023 at 3:37 PM CST|Updated: 13 minutes ago
(CNN) - A different type of big foot has been found in the United Kingdom.
In an area called the Dinosaur Coast, a Megalosaurus footprint was discovered.
The footprint measures a meter long and is the largest of its kind. The three-toed footprint is also one of only six to be found in the area.
Archeologist Marie Woods, who made the discovery, says she can no longer tell people “archaeologists don’t do dinosaurs.”
Traditionally, geologists and paleontologists focus on dinosaur fragments. As a rule, archaeologists study ancient human artifacts.
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Provides Notice of Release of Fourth Quarter Financial Results and 2023 Operational Outlook
(All amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated)
TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - New Gold Inc. ("New Gold" or the "Company") (TSX: NGD) (NYSE American: NGD) reports fourth quarter and annual operational results for the Company as of December 31, 2022. The Company is also providing notice that it will release its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results and 2023 operational outlook before markets open on Thursday, February 16, 2023.
"New Gold was faced with several challenges in 2022, but our teams remained resilient executing on our plans, and as a result, our operations met all updated production guidance targets", stated Patrick Godin, President and CEO. "In the fourth quarter, Rainy River delivered the strongest quarter of the year, driven by a 25% increase in quarter-over-quarter grades as higher grade underground ore was introduced to the mill, which was partially offset by lower throughput. At New Afton, the team achieved revised guidance for both copper and gold, and successfully ramped up B3 production to the targeted rate of 8,000 tonnes per day, ahead of plan. New Gold and its operations exit 2022 on a strong note, well positioned for the new year."
Operational Highlights
Operating Key Performance Indicators
Fourth Quarter 2022 Conference Call and Webcast
The Company will release its fourth quarter 2022 financial results before markets open on Thursday, February 16, 2023. A conference call and webcast will follow at 8:30 am Eastern Time.
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- A recorded playback of the conference call will be available until March 16, 2023 by calling North American toll free 1-888-390-0541, or 1-416-764-8677 outside of the U.S. and Canada, passcode 329001. An archived webcast will also be available at www.newgold.com.
About New Gold
New Gold is a Canadian-focused intermediate mining company with a portfolio of two core producing assets in Canada, the Rainy River gold mine and the New Afton copper-gold mine. The Company also holds an approximately 5% equity stake in Artemis Gold Inc. and other Canadian-focused investments. New Gold's vision is to build a leading diversified intermediate gold company based in Canada that is committed to the environment and social responsibility. For further information on the Company, visit www.newgold.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information contained in this news release, including any information relating to New Gold's future financial or operating performance are "forward-looking". All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical fact, which address events, results, outcomes or developments that New Gold expects to occur are "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "targeted", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", "projects", "potential", "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative connotation of such terms. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, among others, statements with respect to: the anticipated timing with respect to the release of its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results and 2023 operational outlook and the associated conference call and webcast; and New Gold and its operations being well positioned for the new year.
All forward-looking statements in this news release are based on the opinions and estimates of management that, while considered reasonable as at the date of this news release in light of management's experience and perception of current conditions and expected developments, are inherently subject to important risk factors and uncertainties, many of which are beyond New Gold's ability to control or predict. Certain material assumptions regarding such forward-looking statements are discussed in this news release, New Gold's latest annual management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A"), its most recent annual information form and technical reports on the Rainy River Mine and New Afton Mine filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. In addition to, and subject to, such assumptions discussed in more detail elsewhere, the forward-looking statements in this news release are also subject to the following assumptions: (1) there being no significant disruptions affecting New Gold's operations other than as set out herein; (2) political and legal developments in jurisdictions where New Gold operates, or may in the future operate, being consistent with New Gold's current expectations; (3) the accuracy of New Gold's current mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates and the grade of gold, silver and copper expected to be mined and the grade of gold, copper and silver expected to be mined; (4) arrangements with First Nations and other Indigenous groups in respect of the New Afton Mine and Rainy River Mine being consistent with New Gold's current expectations; and (5) there being no material disruption to the Company's supply chains and workforce at either the Rainy River Mine or New Afton Mine relating to COVID-19 or otherwise that would interfere with the Company's anticipated course of action at its operations.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, without limitation: price volatility in the spot and forward markets for metals and other commodities; discrepancies between actual and estimated production, between actual and estimated costs, between actual and estimated Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources and between actual and estimated metallurgical recoveries; equipment malfunction, failure or unavailability; accidents; risks related to early production at the Rainy River Mine, including failure of equipment, machinery, the process circuit or other processes to perform as designed or intended; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development, including the risks of obtaining and maintaining the validity and enforceability of the necessary licenses and permits and complying with the permitting requirements of each jurisdiction in which New Gold operates, including, but not limited to: obtaining the necessary permits for the New Afton C-Zone; uncertainties and unanticipated delays associated with obtaining and maintaining necessary licenses, permits and authorizations and complying with permitting requirements; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; changing costs, timelines and development schedules as it relates to construction; the Company not being able to complete its construction projects at the Rainy River Mine or the New Afton Mine on the anticipated timeline or at all; volatility in the market price of the Company's securities; changes in national and local government legislation in the countries in which New Gold does or may in the future carry on business; controls, regulations and political or economic developments in the countries in which New Gold does or may in the future carry on business; the Company's dependence on the Rainy River Mine and New Afton Mine; the Company not being able to complete its exploration drilling programs on the anticipated timeline or at all; disruptions to the Company's workforce at either the Rainy River Mine or the New Afton Mine, or both, due to cases of COVID-19 or any required self-isolation (due to cross-border travel, exposure to a case of COVID-19 or otherwise); the responses of the relevant governments to the COVID-19 outbreak not being sufficient to contain the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak; disruptions to the Company's supply chain and workforce due to the COVID-19 outbreak; an economic recession or downturn as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak that materially adversely affects the Company's operations or liquidity position; there being further shutdowns at the Rainy River Mine or New Afton Mine; significant capital requirements and the availability and management of capital resources; additional funding requirements; diminishing quantities or grades of Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources; actual results of current exploration or reclamation activities; uncertainties inherent to mining economic studies including the Technical Reports for the Rainy River Mine and New Afton Mine; impairment; unexpected delays and costs inherent to consulting and accommodating rights of First Nations and other indigenous groups; climate change, environmental risks and hazards and the Company's response thereto; tailings dam and structure failures; actual results of current exploration or reclamation activities; fluctuations in the international currency markets and in the rates of exchange of the currencies of Canada, the United States and, to a lesser extent, Mexico; global economic and financial conditions and any global or local natural events that may impede the economy or New Gold's ability to carry on business in the normal course; compliance with debt obligations and maintaining sufficient liquidity; taxation; fluctuation in treatment and refining charges; transportation and processing of unrefined products; rising costs or availability of labour, supplies, fuel and equipment; adequate infrastructure; relationships with communities, governments and other stakeholders; geotechnical instability and conditions; labour disputes; the uncertainties inherent in current and future legal challenges to which New Gold is or may become a party; defective title to mineral claims or property or contests over claims to mineral properties; competition; loss of, or inability to attract, key employees; use of derivative products and hedging transactions; counterparty risk and the performance of third party service providers; investment risks and uncertainty relating to the value of equity investments in public companies held by the Company from time to time; the adequacy of internal and disclosure controls; conflicts of interest; the lack of certainty with respect to foreign operations and legal systems, which may not be immune from the influence of political pressure, corruption or other factors that are inconsistent with the rule of law; the successful acquisitions and integration of business arrangements and realizing the intended benefits therefrom; and information systems security threats. In addition, there are risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration, development, construction, operation and mining, including environmental events and hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formations, pressures, cave-ins, flooding and gold bullion losses (and the risk of inadequate insurance or inability to obtain insurance to cover these risks) as well as "Risk Factors" included in New Gold's most recent annual information form, MD&A and other disclosure documents filed on and available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results and future events could materially differ from those anticipated in such statements. All forward-looking statements contained in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements. New Gold expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Technical Information
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by John Ritter, General Manager of the New Afton Mine and Gord Simms, General Manager of the Rainy River Mine. Mr. Ritter is a Professional Engineer and member of the Engineers and Geoscientists BC and Mr. Simms is a Professional Engineer and member of the Engineers and Geoscientists BC. Mr. Ritter and Mr. Simms are each a "Qualified Person" for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic own the two largest collections of Grand Slam trophies in the history of men's tennis. They are their sport's two most prominent active figures; no one else is even close. Both are in their mid-30s; no one knows how much longer they'll be at the top of the game.
For all that the long-time rivals have in common, Nadal and Djokovic could hardly be entering this Australian Open, which begins Monday (Sunday EST), under more contrasting circumstances.
Nadal, of course, is the defending champion at Melbourne Park — thanks to a comeback from two sets down in last year's final, which he called “one of the most emotional victories of my tennis career” — but he also is mired in about as bad a stretch as he’s ever experienced: 0-2 so far in 2023 and having won just one of his past seven matches dating to the end of last season.
Djokovic, of course, is making his return to Australia after being banished a year ago because he wasn't vaccinated against COVID-19, but he also began this trip with a tuneup title in Adelaide and has won 30 of his past 31 tournament contests dating to the end of last season.
“He’s still got it,” said Stefanos Tsitsipas, the runner-up to Djokovic at the 2021 French Open and seeded No. 3 in Melbourne. “He can still play.”
Asked at a pre-tournament news conference Saturday whether he feels vulnerable, Nadal did not try to hide a thing.
“Yeah. Without a doubt,” replied the 36-year-old from Spain, whose 2022 was littered with health concerns that included chronic pain in his left foot, damaged rib cartilage and a torn abdominal muscle. “I have been losing more than usual. ... I need to live with it and just fight for the victories.”
Looking ahead to his upcoming encounter in Rod Laver Arena against Jack Draper, a fellow left-hander who is a 21-year-old from England ranked 40th, Nadal said: “I think I’m prepared to play well. We’ll see Monday if I’m prepared to win.”
As for his assessment of Djokovic’s form, Nadal offered this: “He ended last year well, and he started this year well.”
Sure did. None of which matters to Djokovic as much as another Grand Slam title would. Win what would be a 10th Australian Open championship in two weeks' time, and the 35-year-old from Serbia would increase his haul to 22 majors and pull even with Nadal (both surpassed the 20 for the now-retired Roger Federer).
“I mean, that’s why I keep on playing professional tennis, (competitive) tennis, because I want to be the best. I want to win the biggest tournaments in the world. There is no secret about it,” Djokovic said three days before he'll open with a matchup in Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday night against the 75th-ranked Roberto Carballes Baena, whose resume contains exactly one match win in Melbourne.
“It doesn’t get bigger than this. You have four Slams that historically have been the biggest events in our sport,” Djokovic said. “It’s also one of the biggest reasons why I was really looking forward to come back to Australia: because of my record here.”
He's been pleased by the greetings he's received from spectators in Adelaide and Melbourne, where he played an exhibition match at Rod Laver Arena on Friday with Nick Kyrgios — the man Djokovic beat in the Wimbledon final last July.
“I didn’t know how that’s going to go like, after the events of last year,” Djokovic said. “I’m very grateful for the kind of energy and reception, love and support I got last night.”
As for the way other players have greeted him, Djokovic said: “Well, I have not really been asking around: ‘What do you guys think of me coming back here?’ The ones I spoke to have been really supportive. No one has yet been negative on my return.”
Since arriving in Australia, Djokovic has frequently mentioned that he doesn't hold a grudge over being kicked out of the country in 2022 for failing to follow its coronavirus rules — which have since been relaxed — and said Saturday: “Probably, if I’m not able to move on, I wouldn’t be here.”
He is, though. And while he's been dealing with a tweaked hamstring he picked up in Adelaide, Djokovic looked just fine physically against Kyrgios.
“I like my chances," Djokovic said. "I always like my chances.”
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Unanimous Supreme Court gives transgender woman from Guatemala new chance to fight deportation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a transgender Guatemalan woman who is fighting deportation on the grounds that she would face persecution if returned to her native country.
The court’s unanimous decision in favor of Estrella Santos-Zacaria gives her another chance to argue that immigration officials were wrong to reject her bid to remain in the United States.
Lawyers for Santos-Zacaria, now in her mid-30s, said she first fled to the United States after being raped as a young teenager and threatened with death because of her gender identity in a country that has targeted the LGBTQ community.
But a U.S. immigration judge found that she did not make a strong enough case that she would face persecution if sent back to Guatemala.
The issue at the Supreme Court was more technical, whether federal immigration law was flexible enough to allow her another day in court. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled against her on that point, but other appellate courts had ruled in favor of immigrants on the same issue.
The Supreme Court ruled in an opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson that the 5th Circuit was wrong.
After leaving Guatemala as a teenager, Santos-Zacaria had once before made it to the United States, but her stay was brief and she was deported in 2008, Jackson wrote.
Ten years later, she again entered the U.S. and was quickly taken into custody by immigration authorities.
Santos-Zacaria had testified that she was raped by a neighbor in the small town in which she was born and that townspeople said they would kill her because of her gender identity and her attraction to men.
She spent most of her time between 2008 and 2018 in Mexico, but decided to try to return to the U.S. after a Mexican gang also raped and assaulted her.
The State Department has found that Guatemala has done little to protect LGBTQ people and that transgender women are subject to frequent threats of violence.
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Autopsy finds cause of death for Irvo Otieno was asphyxia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man whose death last month at a Virginia mental hospital has sparked outrage and led to second-degree murder charges against 10 defendants, died of “positional and mechanical asphyxia with restraints,” a medical examiner’s office said Monday.
Arkuie Williams, the administrative deputy in the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, confirmed the cause of death findings to The Associated Press after attorneys for Otieno’s family first shared them in a statement. The manner of death was homicide, Williams wrote in an email.
Otieno, who struggled with mental illness, died March 6 after he was pinned to the floor while being admitted to Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie County.
Video released earlier this month showed sheriff’s deputies and hospital employees restraining a handcuffed and shackled Otieno for about 20 minutes after he was forcibly led into a hospital room. For much of that time, Otieno was prone on the floor, pinned by a group so large it blocked the camera’s view of him at times.
Personnel who realized he appeared limp and lifeless eventually began resuscitation efforts, the video showed.
“The official cause and manner of death is not surprising to us as it corroborates what the world witnessed in the video,” family attorneys Ben Crump and Mark Krudys said in a statement. “In a chilling parallel to George Floyd’s killing, Irvo was held down and excessively restrained to death, when he should have been provided medical help and compassion. It is tragic that yet another life has been lost to this malicious and deadly restraint technique.”
Seven deputies and three hospital workers have been charged with second-degree murder in Otieno’s death.
The local prosecutor who brought the charges has previously said in court that Otieno was smothered to death.
No additional information from the autopsy beyond the cause and manner of death can be released by the medical examiner’s office, Williams said.
Otieno was laid to rest last week. Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton and other speakers at his funeral said his death shows the need for mental health and policing reforms.
Otieno’s family and their attorneys have said Otieno was experiencing mental distress at the time of his initial encounter with law enforcement, days before he was taken to the state hospital. He was first taken into police custody in Henrico County March 3, when he was transported to a local hospital for mental health treatment under an emergency custody order.
Police have said that while at the local hospital, he “became physically assaultive toward officers,” at which point they arrested him and took him to a local jail, something Otieno’s family says should never have happened given that he was in need of treatment. On the afternoon of March 6, he was transferred to the state hospital, which has a unit that provides care for people admitted from jails or by court order.
Some of the attorneys for the defendants charged in his death have said their clients were only trying to restrain Otieno. Otieno’s family and their attorneys have said he posed no danger to them and was simply trying to breathe during the encounter at the hospital shown on video.
All defendants have been granted bond and court records show pre-trial hearings in April or May.
AP sought comment on the medical examiner’s findings from defense attorneys for each of the defendants. Attorneys Emily Munn, Emilee Hasbrouck and G. Russell Stone, declined to comment.
Attorney Ed Riley, who represents one of the deputies, said he couldn’t comment on the merits of the findings without having seen the full autopsy report. He said he worried that public statements from the attorneys for Otieno’s family as well as other public disclosures in the case, including the video, could hinder the defendants’ right to a fair trial.
Other attorneys did not respond to phone and email messages seeking comment.
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National program supports food banks, addresses summertime food insecurity
LEWISVILLE, Texas, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Caliber family of brands, including Caliber Collision, alongside Caliber Auto Care and Caliber Auto Glass, kicks off its 12th Annual Restoring You™ Food Drive today. With the purpose of Restoring the Rhythm of Your Life®, the recurring campaign is part of Caliber's Restoring You™ platform and focuses on combatting childhood food insecurity across the country.
According to Feeding America, about 22 million children in the U.S. rely on daily free or reduced-price school lunches for their main meal. During the summer, students lose access to that meal. A recent study suggests food insecurity could increase due to rising grocery costs and the end of COVID-19 era Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. To combat this, Caliber is working with more than 125 food bank partners nationwide to support their summer feeding programs.
"As a purpose-driven company, Caliber is embarking on our 12th annual Restoring You™ Food Drive and seeking the support of our communities," said Caliber Chief People Officer David Dart. "This year's goal is to donate four million meals to local food banks across the country, and we believe that is achievable with the help of our incredible family of Caliber teammates, our customers and valued business partners."
What began in 2011 as a grassroots effort initiated by a caring teammate has evolved to more than 1,600 Caliber centers across 41 states and 25,000-plus teammates, donating over 24 million meals throughout the years.
Non-perishable food and monetary donations can be made at any Caliber location by May 26. You can also make convenient monetary donations online. To help stretch donations, the Caliber Foundation, Caliber's 501(c)(3) non-profit, will donate an additional $.25 for every dollar raised. Donations to the Caliber Foundation are tax-deductible. All contributions remain in the communities where Caliber operates and are applied to summer programs at area food banks where they are able to turn $1 into six meals on average for food-insecure children.
You can learn more about the Caliber Restoring You™ Food Drive and make an online monetary donation here.
About Caliber
Founded in 1997, the Caliber portfolio of brands has grown to more than 1,600 centers nationwide and features a full range of complementary automotive services, including Caliber Collision, the nation's largest auto collision repair provider across 41 states, Caliber Auto Care for mechanical repair and quick oil change services and Caliber Auto Glass for glass repair and replacement.
Caliber was recognized as the only company of its kind to make the Forbes 2021 list of "America's Best Large Employers," an honor awarded to companies with high employee satisfaction. Caliber was also the only auto service provider to receive an Inc. 2021 Best in Business gold medal in the Extra-Large Company (500+ employees) category, recognizing Caliber for going above and beyond to make a positive impact.
With the purpose of Restoring the Rhythm of Your Life®, Caliber's more than 25,000 teammates are committed to getting customers back on the road safely—and back to the rhythm of their lives. Dedicated to providing an outstanding customer experience, Caliber continues to rank among the highest customer satisfaction scores in the industry. Learn more about Caliber at Caliber.com.
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The aroma of fresh crabs filled the air Friday evening in Annapolis as hundreds lined up outside of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for the 77th annual Annapolis Crab Feast.
The attendees wasted no time digging into the 125 bushels supplied by Chesapeake Seafood Catering in St. Michaels along with large husks of corn on the cob and staples.
Friday’s night’s feast was a welcome experience for those who have missed the long-standing tradition — one put on hold for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While there were plenty who were familiar with the Annapolis Rotary Club and the group’s annual crab fest, several in attendance were newcomers.
“This is my first time coming to this event but it won’t be my last,” said Newton Gentry, 65, who has been living in Annapolis for the last 30 years. “One of my buddies from my fraternity is now the president of the Rotary Club so we all came out to support him.”
The turnout was about 1,000, lower than previous years, but the guests who made it had plenty to enjoy.
“Our numbers are about half of where we normally are,” said Leigh Rand, chairperson overseeing the feast. “I know people are still concerned with COVID-19 and crab costs have risen but it’s still a fun event, just a little smaller.”
Rand also says they expected the two-year break to hurt attendance but they are prepared to work on building it back to its peak.
To go along with crabs, the event offered all-you-can-eat hot dogs, pulled pork and multiple stations of cold beer. There were even baked goods for sale mostly made by Rotarians.
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While guests navigated the event, slices of watermelons were passed out. The fruit was provided by the Mar-Del Watermelon Association, an organization that helps promote buying local watermelons from local farmers.
As recent as 2019 the Annapolis Rotary Club boasted that its Crab Feast was the largest in the world.
While the event went off without a hitch there were some changes since the event was last held in 2019. For one, ticket prices increased $20 from $70 in 2019, and to $90 this year. Also, the catering company changed due to the tremendous pressures facing the seafood industry.
“It’s so good to have the crab feast back,” said Shirley Womack, Annapolis resident and co-founder of the Annapolis All Stars II, a youth sports program in the city. “I remember coming and the tickets were much less, maybe $40-50, but times change. I’m just glad the money goes to a good place.”
Regardless of the cost, it’s hard to put a price on what it’s worth to get the community back together after such a trying couple of years, said U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes.
“This a great community event. The Rotary Club always puts together a good gathering,” said Sarbanes, a Maryland Democrat who has been coming to the event for years. “These are the best crabs I’ve had all summer. I’m so glad the weather held up.”
The Annapolis Rotary Club has been putting this event together since 1946.
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PARIS (AP) — PSG forward Neymar was forced off the field on a stretcher Sunday after twisting his right ankle in a hard-fought 4-3 win against Lille in the French league.
Neymar picked up the injury at the start of the second half after the Brazil forward scored PSG’s second goal before the interval.
PSG led 2-1 when Neymar was injured following contact with Lille’s Benjamin Andre.
PSG has been struggling since the start of the year, with stars Neymar and Lionel Messi underperforming. Neymar has been on the end of sharp criticism for a perceived lack of commitment after French media reported that he attended a poker tournament and dined at a fast-food restaurant a day after PSG lost to Bayern Munich 1-0 at the Parc des Princes in the Champions League round of 16.
Neymar, who damaged the same ankle at the World Cup in Qatar, gave PSG a 2-0 lead at the end of a fast-developing collective move he also started, slotting the ball into an empty net from Vitinha’s assist.
It’s unclear whether Neymar will be able to play next Sunday against Marseille in French soccer’s biggest match.
“He sprained his right ankle. He is undergoing tests to know the extent,” PSG coach Christophe Galtier said.
PSG lost another key player against Lille, with Nuno Mendes going off near the half-hour mark. Mendes, who played on the left side of PSG’s backline against Lille, was substituted after colliding with winger Jonathan Bamba. Galtier said Mendes’ injury does not look to be serious.
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Actuarial Foundation is delighted to announce the winning teams of the 2022-2023 Modeling the Future Challenge, a national scholarship competition where high school students take on the role of an actuary using models to predict future risk and help to solve world problems. Now in its sixth year, the Challenge was developed with our partner, the Institute of Competition Sciences. The winning teams were announced at the Virtual Symposium, a unique three-day experience immersing students in career sessions with actuaries and presentations from college students and industry experts as well as engaging group activities created in partnership with our generous corporate supporters and volunteers. Selected from a total of 227 teams of high school juniors and seniors from across the country, 53 students making up 13 teams qualified to present at the Symposium.
The 2022-2023 Challenge was once again an open-theme, allowing students to choose which topics they wanted to tackle for their research projects. Topics ranged from space junk to recidivism in prisons to climate's effects on soil salinity. The Challenge gives students access to the Actuarial Process to help them in every phase of their project. The Actuarial Process is a five-step framework, similar to the scientific method, which lays out the core structure of how to successfully identify, analyze, and manage risks. Each team was also assigned an actuary mentor to guide them during the research phase of their project.
Securing first place and winning the $25,000 scholarship award was Julia Hudson from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, for her project titled KESSYM: A stochastic orbital debris model for evaluation of Kessler Syndrome risks and mitigations. Coming in second place and winning the $15,000 scholarship award were Amar Kanakamedala, Jeffrey Liu, Evan Wu, Henry Yu, and Lou Zhou from Memphis University School in Memphis Tennessee. Their project studied recidivism in Iowa state prisons. Clinching the third-place scholarship award of $10,000 were Abhinav Gorrepati, Shreyans Jain, Sarthak Jain, Vinay Singamsetty and Ryan Tabatabai from ESUHSD/Silver Creek High School in San Jose, California for their project focusing on the dryland salinity in Australia. Taking the fourth-place scholarship award of $5,000 were Tyler Li, Alex Lin, Kevin Shen and Alexander Wang from Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois for their project studying data breaches in the healthcare sector.
One of the actuary judges for the Symposium, Steve Alpert, offered his congratulations to the students, saying it was "a great honor and privilege" to read through students' final reports. He also relished having "really enlightening conversations" with the students as they answered judges' questions and presented their projects. Ultimately, the goal of the Challenge is for students to learn how mathematics applies to cutting-edge industries and technologies and to gain exposure to highly sought-after careers as actuaries and other math or STEM-related professionals. As Julia Hudson, from the first-place winning team said, "The actuarial process and advice from my mentors have been incredibly transformative. I've learned so much to use the rest of my life in modeling and in STEM in general."
The Modeling the Future Challenge is made possible with the generous support of Pioneer Sponsor RGA Foundation, Pacesetter Sponsors Casualty Actuarial Society and Lincoln Financial Group, Builder Sponsors F&G Annuities & Life and Rick and Beth Jones, Founding Sponsors Roy & Georgia Goldman and Helen Galt Education Award Supporter Prudential.
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During Amazon’s July Prime Day event, a top category with many featured deals is pet products. The Prime Early Access Sale is no different, as the sales event provides great opportunities for pet owners to shop and save. So whether you are shopping for a dog, cat or other type of beloved pet, there’s an Early Access deal for your furry, feathered or finned friend. You can save time by browsing our favorite pet-friendly Prime Early Access Sale deals that we’ve organized into sections for dogs, cats, small pets and cleaning essentials.
BestReviews will be updating these picks during the Prime Early Access Sale. We recommend checking back throughout the duration of the event as we add more worthwhile bargains.
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Uahpet Wireless & Battery Operated Cat Water Fountain
Ensure that your pets always have fresh water available with this automatic water fountain. The water pump is battery operated and only dispenses water when a pet is near.
This Lightning Deal is available until stocks are sold out.
A cozy dog bed and other deals for dog owners
Furhaven Pet Bed: 15% off
Your pooch will love indulging in nap time when it curls up on this supportive pet bed. It combines a soft cover with foam construction that is designed to surround your dog in comfort. You can choose from several sizes to fit your best friend’s needs.
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Zonli Pet Harness: 50% off
A quality harness like this one by Zonli will provide security and comfort on long walks. It’s made of durable material with padding for comfort. It’s available in several sizes and simple to adjust for a precise fit.
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Furbo 360-degree pet camera: 30% off
You can keep a watchful eye on your pup when you aren’t at home when you own the Furbo 360-degree pet camera. It is easy to set up and features vivid image quality. In addition to seeing your pet, you can also hear and talk to your best friend, thanks to the two-way audio.
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Three Dog Bakery Sandwich Cookies: 21% off
The Prime Early Access Sale is an ideal time to save on dog treats, such as Three Dog Bakery Lick’n Crunch Sandwich Cookies, that are highly rated and on sale today. With a flavor that most dogs can’t resist, they are a good choice for treating and training purposes.
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Oneisall Dog Clippers: 20% off
If you like to groom your dog from the comfort of your own home, you need proper grooming tools. You’ll get clippers, scissors, a comb and more in the Oneisall comprehensive dog grooming kit.
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- Quality pet treats, such as Plato Pets, is often on sale during Prime events. If this is your dog’s favorite brand, you’ll save 50% per bag by stocking up today.
- This Outward Hound pet bowl will challenge your dog’s searching skills while helping it to slow down during meal times. It’s 67% off the usual price.
- This well-made collar is available at a special Prime Early Access Sale price of just $11.19.
- At only $9.99 for this one, now is a good time to stock up on leashes.
- Dog toys, such as these by Outward Hound, make great Christmas gifts for the special canines in your life. They are marked down 10%.
- A book with a dog theme makes a nice gift for any dog lover. This awesome read is only $31 today.
- This Pet Deluxe bowl is 18% off and crafted of rust-resistant stainless steel.
- If you travel with your pooch, a soft-sided pet carrier – like this one that’s on sale for $28 – is the way to go.
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A feature-packed cat tree and more deals for cat owners
TSCOMON Multi-Level Cat Tree: 20% off
A tall height combined with ample spots to climb, perch and nap make this cat tree the perfect choice for your favorite felines. It also offers multiple scratching posts to detract cats from exercising their urge to scratch on your furniture and walls.
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PETKIT Water Fountain: 39% off
This automatic water fountain attracts cats with a continuous flow of water. The replaceable filters remove impurities to keep your pet’s water fresh and enticing. The fountain sports an attractive design that looks great in any room.
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PETKIT Pura X Self-Cleaning Cat Litter Box: 41% off
The PetKit Pura X automatic litter box is a self-cleaning model that will eliminate the tasks of scraping and scooping to keep it clean. It works with special crystal litter that reduces odors to keep your home smelling fresh.
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ANJIME Cat Toy Bundle: 11% off
This collection of cat toys will keep your furry friend engaged in active play for hours. It includes mice, balls, feathers and more. Each one appeals to a cat’s urge to chase and pounce.
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Pesofer Cat Tree: 30% off
A cozy cat perch provides a napping spot for your cat to sleep and dream. In addition to a soft hammock, this model also has a built-in scratching post and hanging toys, so your cat can enjoy playtime when it’s not asleep.
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Other top deals in this space
- This cat food is made by a popular brand and is 30% off during the Prime Early Access Sale.
- At a price of only $10.39, these catnip toys will lure your cats and inspire them to play.
- This cat T-shirt is discounted 20% and makes a nice gift for the cat lover in your life.
- The WoPet cat feeder will simplify feedings. It’s marked down by 54% for a limited time.
- Most cats can’t get enough Vitakraft cat treats. You can stock up and save 30% per pack.
- Storing dry cat food in an airtight container will keep it fresh and tasty. This container is available at a Prime Early Access Sale price of just $23.99.
- Cat litter can be pricey, so we were thrilled to find Purina Tidy Cats for 18% off.
- This pure catnip is irresistible to cats. It’s on sale for $10.36.
- These cat treats are delicious and will have your cats running to you for just $14.78.
- These feline pet supplements feature 40 ingredients that will keep your cat feeling its best. It’s also on sale today for $37.99.
Hamster accessories and deals for owners of small animals and fish
Hamster Chew Toy Kit: 51% off
Toys, chewables and more – the accessories in this kit are designed to keep hamsters happy. They are made of wood that’s safe for little critters to chew. In addition to hamsters, the collection is suitable for mice, gerbils and other small pets.
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GloFish Betta Aquarium Kit: 27% off
Setting up an aquarium is fun and educational and doesn’t have to require the purchase of multiple items. The GloFish kit comes with everything you need to get started, including lights and decorative accessories. The 3-gallon tank is ideal for beginners as well as avid aquarium hobbyists.
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KATUMO Rabbit Chew Toys: 20% off
Katumo treats are made of natural ingredients, such as hay, fruit and vegetables, that many small pets love. They satisfy the urge to chew and are good for pets too.
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KATUMO Bird Toy Set: 24% off
Bird toys will provide activities for your pet birds so they can climb, chew and explore. This generous set includes multiple colorful pieces that are appealing to many types of birds.
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MidWest Homes Dog Crate: 27% off
Whether you are choosing a home for a new small pet or looking for a new one for your tiny friend, this cage is a good pick. It is easy to set up and comes with accessories to make your little pet’s home cozy and comfortable.
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- A spacious cage will give your pet birds room to play. This one is 20% off today.
- This fish food is a customer favorite and is marked down to $9.79.
- A hamster wheel will keep your little friend active. This highly rated model is on sale for $11.63.
- This bed may be small, but it’s ideal for pets such as hamsters. You’ll enjoy a savings of 20% if you buy today.
- This book on caring for birds is a must-read for bird enthusiasts. It’s 49% off today.
- Stock up on SeaChem aquarium gravel and you can save 20%.
- Chuhuayuan Apple sticks are made of natural ingredients that pets love, and they have a consistency that entices them to chew. They are discounted 20%
- For the low price of $10.31, these stylish faux plants will look great in your aquarium.
- These treats are made with seeds and other natural ingredients that are good for birds. They are on sale for $10.
- This aquarium pump is highly rated and marked down to a Prime Early Access Sale price of $19.99.
Shark’s Rocket Pet Plus vacuum and other cleaning deals for homes with pets
Shark Rocket Pet Plus Stick Vacuum: 25% off
With Shark’s powerful suction and on-board tools for reaching touch spots, this vacuum is made for pet owners. It’s also lightweight and easy to maneuver over all types of flooring.
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Bissell Cleanview Swivel Pet Vacuum: 28% off
For pet owners who prefer an upright model, the Cleanview is a solid choice. A straightforward design, large dirt cup and swivel steering are key features that make it a reliable cleaning tool for removing pet hair, dirt and debris.
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Swiffer WetJet Hardwood: 8% off
Don’t underestimate the power of a Swiffer to eliminate pet hair and dander from your home. It’s easy to use and effective. Its also an affordable option that’s suitable for quick cleanups.
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Hoover Dual Spin Pet Plus: 33% off
This carpet cleaner will come in handy when you need to remove pet messes and stains from your carpet. In addition to powerful suction, it has on-board tools for cleaning crevices, upholstery and more.
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eufy by Anker BoostIQ RoboVac: 43% off
This impressive device is more than a robotic vacuum. It features multiple stage cleaning, smart mapping and reliable suction to effectively clean all types of homes, especially those with pets.
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Other top deals in this space
- The VacLife handheld vacuum is useful for quick cleanups. The Prime Early Access Sale price is 35% off.
- At a discount of 26%, you won’t find a better deal on a quality enzyme cleaner.
- This hair removing tool is only $6.99, and it will keep your clothing, upholstery and other fabrics free of pet hair.
- Already affordable, this Samsung stick vac is discounted 40% for the big Amazon sales event.
- The Bissell Little Green Pet Deluxe is on sale for $119.99. It’s the perfect cleaning tool for spot cleaning pet messes.
- Formulated to tackle tough stains, the Puracy professional carpet cleaning solution is an awesome deal at $15.19.
- Sheiner’s stain remover will keep your carpet and furniture looking its best, even when your pets have accidents. The price of $26.52 is a bargain.
- This handheld spot remover may be small, but it’s mighty. It’s also on sale today for the low price of $101.50.
- This pet slicker brush is perfect for your pets to detangle their fur. It’s 30% off today.
- This Angry Orange Odor Remover smells like citrus and removes any unwanted smells from your pet. It’s discounted by 47% today.
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LAS VEGAS — The United States men's soccer team's match against Mexico was cut short Thursday night by the referee after repeated homophobic chants could be heard from fans.
Four players were ejected in the game, which the U.S. won 3-0 for a spot Sunday in the CONCACAF Nations League final against Canada.
Christian Pulisic scored two goals and Ricardo Pepi scored one in a strong showing, but this game will be remembered much more for the ugliness.
Play was halted in the 90th minute because of the homophobic chants. When action resumed, 12 minutes of stoppage time were signaled but resumed chants caused Salvadoran referee Iván Barton to end the match in the eighth added minute.
FIFA fined Mexico 100,000 Swiss francs ($108,000) in January for anti-gay chants by fans at two games.
Americans Weston McKennie and Sergiño Dest were ejected by Barton along with Mexicans César Montes and Gerardo Arteaga during the testy second half.
“These are rivalry games. These are derby games. Things like this happen across the world and in no way am I embarrassed,” B.J. Callaghan said about the ejections after his first game as U.S. interim coach. “It comes from a good place. They care about each other so much in that locker room that they're standing up for each other. Sometimes does it have an issue where we take a red card? Yeah, but when you know where it comes from, you can accept it and it's a learning lesson for us.
“In terms of the chant, I want to make it very clear first and foremost, for our beliefs and our culture, it has no place in the game. It has no place in our value system.”
As Callaghan coached the game on an interim basis, news broke that Gregg Berhalter had agreed to return as U.S. national team coach after being cleared in a domestic violence investigation. The U.S. Soccer Federation has since announced that Berhalter agreed to coach the team through the 2026 World Cup. He won’t take over until after CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Pulisic, the top American player, said last week the USSF should consider bringing Berhalter back.
After their ejections, McKennie and Dest are suspended for the final. Luca de la Torre and Joe Scally are possible replacements.
“It's definitely a blow,” Tim Weah said. “It comes with the game. I know the red cards are definitely a bummer, but it happens. Aggressive match tonight.”
Striker Folarin Balogun made his debut after the 21-year-old decided to play for the U.S. over England and Nigeria.
“The boys told me it was going to be intense, but I’m definitely still shocked by the events,” said Balogun, who at one point was shoved to the field. “I was just on the floor because I was in pain, but when I looked up I just saw so many people around and I knew my teammates were just trying to defend me.”
Making his first start for club or country since April 15, Pulisic put the U.S. ahead in the 37th minute and doubled the lead in the 46th. He has 25 goals in 59 international appearances, including four goals against Mexico. Pepi scored in the 79th, five minutes after replacing Bologun.
With its first three-goal victory over Mexico in 23 years, the U.S. stretched its unbeaten streak against El Tri to six (three wins, three draws), matching the Americans' longest, from 2011-15.
The U.S. went ahead when Gio Reyna poked the ball off Montes and then while prone, poked it forward off Jorge Sánchez. Pulisic burst behind the defenders, took a pair of touches and from the edge of the 6-yard box slotted the ball past goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.
McKennie started the move toward the second goal with a long pass down a flank to Weah, who crossed. A sprinting Pulisic got behind Israel Reyes and Sánchez, stabbing the ball in with his left foot from 6 yards.
Montes was given a straight red card in the 69th for kicking Balogun while the two were challenging. McKennie was given a red card two minutes later for placing a hand on Sánchez's neck during the ensuing arguing and shoving.
Pepi scored his seventh international goal, receiving a pass from Dest, taking a touch and rounding Ochoa. Dest and Arteaga were sent off in the 86th for shoving each other.
“There was moments on both teams that we could have handled better," Callaghan said.
Notes: Reyna, his hair dyed blonde, made his first start for club or country since March 27, also the last time Dest and goalkeeper Matt Turner had appeared in any match. ... Canada beat Panama 2-0 in the opener on goals by Jonathan David in the 25th and Alphonso Davies in the 69th. Mexico and Panama meet in the third-place match.
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ATLANTA, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharecare (Nasdaq: SHCR), the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, today announced it has received three-year Wellness and Health Promotion (WHP) Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its lifestyle and disease management interventions, which include Sharecare's coaching programs and RealAge health risk assessment. NCQA Wellness and Health Promotion Accreditation is a nationally recognized evaluation that purchasers and consumers can use to assess wellness and health promotion programs.
"This latest NCQA Accreditation is a reflection of our team's commitment to empower our clients, their members, and their loved ones to unlock the total value of their health benefits," said Michael Crupain, MD, MPH, senior vice president of clinical operations at Sharecare. "We are proud to be recognized again by the industry's gold standard, and humbled to continue helping at-risk individuals improve their health outcomes through our proprietary RealAge assessment and evidence-based lifestyle and disease management coaching programs."
NCQA's WHP Accreditation comprehensively evaluates key areas of health promotion, including how wellness programs are implemented in the workplace, how services such as health coaching are provided to help eligible individuals develop skills to make healthy choices, and how sensitive health information of eligible individuals is properly safeguarded. Purposely set high to encourage organizations to continuously enhance their quality, NCQA Accreditation standards are intended to help organizations achieve the highest level of performance possible and create an environment of continuous improvement. Sharecare's status of Accredited is granted to organizations that have excellent programs for the delivery and improvement of wellness and health promotion programs and that meet or exceed NCQA's rigorous standards.
"NCQA's Wellness and Health Promotion Accreditation requires organizations to demonstrate their compliance with well-defined standards and quality measures, said Margaret E. O'Kane, NCQA President. "The NCQA seal will provide employers and consumers with the information they need to choose the best program in their markets."
Sharecare's WHP Accreditation is in addition to the three-year NCQA Population Health Program Accreditation it received for its platform, including programs for coronary artery disease, heart failure, asthma, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. For more information on Sharecare's NCQA-accredited health and well-being platform, including its lifestyle and disease management coaching programs, go to www.sharecare.com/employer.
About Sharecare
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WATCH: Father and son rescued after being swept from shore
Published: May. 2, 2023 at 7:06 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (CNN) - A father and son were recently rescued after being swept away from the Florida shore.
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office marine deputies captured the incident on April 23.
The man and his young son were swimming off Anna Maria Island when strong rip currents carried them away.
Rescuers want to remind people to use caution when in the ocean.
If you do get caught in a rip current, remain calm because fighting makes it worse.
Authorities say to swim parallel to the shore to move out of the current.
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(NEXSTAR) – The ball is dropping, the champagne is popping, and Guiseppe Dell’Anno is in the kitchen frying up doughnuts.
Dell’Anno, the winner of the 12th series of “The Great British Baking Show,” is undoubtedly a skilled baker, having been awarded “Star Baker” twice during his season and earning just as many handshakes from Paul Hollywood. He’s adept at all manner of cakes, cookies and tarts, but he’s sticking with tradition on New Year’s Eve, and making a sweet treat he grew up eating at his grandparents’ house during the holidays.
“Proper celebration of New Year’s Eve in the Dell’Anno household must include the traditional ciambelle: these are deep fried, sugar-coated, doughnut-like treats,” explains Dell’Anno, who shares his recipe — along with dozens of others — in his new cookbook “Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes.”
Ciambelle, he says, are also especially “cloud-like” in texture thanks to the addition of mashed potato to the dough.
“They are unbeatable as a treat to be offered to visitors and friends on the last night of the year, possibly with a glass of chilled Prosecco or Spumante,” he tells Nexstar.
Hoping to recreate Dell’Anno’s doughnuts at home? Check out the recipe below, or follow Dell’Anno on social media for other entertaining ideas.
Ciambelle di Patate (Potato Doughnuts)
Makes about 20
• 10½ ounces (300 grams) floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper (about 2 medium potatoes)
• 3½ tablespoons (50 grams) unsalted butter
• 2¼ cups (300 grams) plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting
• 2 teaspoons dry yeast
• ¼ cup (60 grams) whole milk
• 1 medium egg (50 grams)
• 2 tablespoons caster (superfine) sugar, plus 1 extra cup for coating
• Zest of 1 organic lemon
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• Sunflower or corn oil, for frying
1. Place the potatoes in a medium saucepan, cover them with boiling water and simmer until thoroughly cooked. The timing depends on the size, type and freshness of the potatoes, but it is likely to be about 30 minutes. The potatoes are cooked when you can comfortably push a fork through their thickest section.
2. Meanwhile, weigh the butter in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it for 30–40 seconds to melt it completely. Stir to make sure that there are no solid lumps left and set aside.
3. When the potatoes are cooked, drain the hot water and fill the pan with cold water. When they are cool enough to handle, peel them, place them in a large bowl and mash them carefully: The flesh must be reduced into a smooth pulp. Pour the butter over the mashed potatoes immediately and mix to combine. Do not leave the mashed potatoes to rest uncovered as they will dry out and create flecks that will be difficult to dissolve in the dough. Add the flour, yeast, milk, egg, 2 tablespoons of sugar, lemon zest and salt, and mix with your hand to combine.
4. When the dough comes together in a coherent mass, turn it on to the worktop and knead it for 1–2 minutes until smooth. The dough should feel soft, and ever so slightly sticky, but not wet. If necessary, add a minimal dusting of flour. Shape the dough into a ball and drop it back in the bowl. Leave it to prove away from cold drafts and direct sunlight until doubled in volume. It should take about 45–50 minutes at 68 degrees F (20 degrees C).
5. While the dough is proving, lay a large, clean dish towel over the worktop and dust it generously with flour. Also lightly flour an area of the worktop ready for shaping the dough.
6. Transfer the proved dough to the floured worktop and divide it into 4 pieces. Work on one piece at a time and progressively roll it into a noodle 1 centimeter (½-inch) thick. Cut 20-centimeter (8-inch) lengths, then fold each length to form the characteristic looped shape, pinching the dough to join the ends of the loop where they overlap. Each ciambella will be about 1¼ ounces (35 grams). Arrange the loops over the floured dish towel as you shape the remaining dough. Cover the loops of dough with a second, clean dish towel and leave them to prove until they look light and slightly swollen. This should take 45–50 minutes at 20°C (68°F). Be careful not to overprove the dough at this stage or the ciambelle might deflate once fried.
7. Meanwhile, set the oil temperature in a fryer to 350 F (180 C) or find a pan large enough to comfortably fit at least 3 loops of dough. Fill the pan with at least 3¼–4 inches (8–10 centimeters) of oil and place it over a medium heat, controlling the temperature with a cooking thermometer. While the oil heats up, line a cooling rack with 2 layers of kitchen paper, and place it next to the fryer. Place a cup of caster sugar in a medium bowl to coat the ciambelle.
8. Fry 2–3 ciambelle at a time for about 2 minutes, turning them over a couple of times with a slotted spoon to cook them evenly. They are ready when the skin looks a light caramel color. Rest the fried ciambelle over the kitchen paper to drain any excess oil.
9. When the ciambelle are cool enough to handle but still warm, toss them in the bowl with the caster sugar to coat them evenly and then move them to a serving plate. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
Note: The milk in this recipe can be swapped for a liqueur of your choice (Dell’Anno suggests limoncello or amaretto) to give the ciambelle a stronger flavor.
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PARIS — Thousands of protesters, including France's newly crowned Nobel literature laureate, piled into the streets of Paris on Sunday in a show of anger against the bite of rising prices and cranking up pressure on the government of President Emmanuel Macron.
The march for wage increases and other demands was organized by left-wing opponents of Macron and lit the fuse on what promises to be an uncomfortable week for his centrist government.
Transport strikes called for Tuesday threaten to dovetail with wage strikes that have already hobbled fuel refineries and depots, sparking chronic gasoline shortages that are fraying nerves among millions of workers and other motorists dependent on their vehicles, with giant lines forming at gas stations.
Macron's government is also on the defensive in parliament, where it lost its majority in legislative elections in June. That is making it much harder for his centrist alliance to implement his domestic agenda against strengthened opponents, and parliamentary discussion of the government's budget plan for next year is proving particularly difficult.
In a firebrand speech to the Paris march, far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon charged that Macron is "fried" and that his leadership is plunging France into "chaos."
He predicted that Macron's ministers would have to ram the budget through parliament's lower house without giving lawmakers a vote — a controversial prospect that provoked loud boos from the crowd.
Organizers claimed that more than 140,000 protesters marched. Paris police said they didn't have an immediate estimate for the size of the dense flag-waving crowd that filled squares and streets. There were a few outbreaks of vandalism on the margins, with garbage bins set on fire and bank machines smashed. Riot police kept order.
Demonstrating at Mélenchon's side was French author Annie Ernaux, who won the Nobel Prize for literature this year. Mélenchon — twice beaten by Macron in presidential elections — declared the protest "an immense success."
Organizers called it a "march against the high cost of living and climate inaction." As well as calling for massive investment against the climate crisis, they also demanded emergency measures against high prices, including freezes in the costs of energy, essential goods and rents, and for greater taxation of windfall profits.
Lawmaker Christophe Bex of the left-wing party France Insoumise — or France Unbowed — called the march "a demonstration of strength" to show "that another world is finally possible if we are all together and all united."
Another marcher, retired railway worker Eric Doire, said: "What we want is for everyone to live decently with the purchasing power they had before."
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LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris was reunited with the child he helped save in Las Vegas this past weekend on Memorial Day.
Joe Stanley said his family was at the pool at the Encore Las Vegas when his 7-year-old son ran over to him and told him his younger son Wyatt was under the water.
"There was no heartbeat. There was no pulse. When I picked him up. He was laying he was actually face down his nose at the bottom of the pool," Stanley said.
READ MORE: Rams' Raheem Morris helps save drowning child at Las Vegas pool, credits AED training
Morris was also at the Encore Las Vegas with his family. He and Dr. Andrew Oleskyn, an emergency room physician, jumped in to help after hearing a scream.
"And I could just feel the panic of it all when you feel like you're alone and I just looked at her in the face and asked her where's your AED machine?" Morris said.
While the lifeguard started CPR compressions, Morris got the automatic external defibrillator (AED).
Morris gave credit to the teams' recent CPR, AED and first aid training for knowing the proper protocols.
"I'm just thankful I knew what to do," Raheem Morris added to ESPN. "You just never know when you're going to need that stuff."
Wyatt's pulse returned and he was rushed to the hospital, where Dr. Oleksyn saved him.
"I got emotional at that point because it's like, not only did you save Wyatt but you saved his family," Oleksyn said.
"We are truly so happy that Raheem was there and Dr. Andrew was there and truly, again, miracle. God placed them all directly where they needed to be," said Kelseigh Stanley, Wyatt's mother.
Most public buildings are equipped with AED machines, a helpful tool placed over the heart in emergency situations. Health experts say it's important to familiarize yourself with them, as they can be lifesaving.
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