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With a $30 Million Facility and an Accordion up to $130 Million, the Three-Year Agreement Offers Expanded Opportunities for Bloomreach to Scale its Solutions and Drive Innovation for the E-Commerce Sector
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomreach, the world's #1 Commerce Experience Cloud, today announced it has entered into a $30 million, three-year credit facility with J.P. Morgan, further strengthening the company's financial position as it continues to scale its commerce experience solutions to businesses worldwide. The $30 million base facility includes an accordion that may permit up to $130 million in borrowing, and follows a $175 million equity investment announced by the company in February 2022.
"This credit facility, from a leading global financial services firm, not only provides an additional opportunity to accelerate our journey toward building the future of commerce experiences, but also further validates the strategy we've put in place to get there," said Raj De Datta, co-founder and CEO, Bloomreach. "Coming off of our $175 million funding round earlier this year, we believe Bloomreach is in the strongest financial position to deliver what businesses today need most — magical digital experiences that drive measurable results."
"We're delighted to support Bloomreach's strategic growth as it continues to expand its digital solutions for businesses across the globe," said Adam Prescott, Technology & Disruptive Commerce Relationship Executive within J.P. Morgan's Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries business. "J.P. Morgan's deep industry expertise, world-class treasury platform and global banking capabilities mean we are well positioned to serve Bloomreach's needs as a rapidly growing, global business, and demonstrates our continued commitment to the Innovation Economy."
This line of credit follows a quarter of significant achievements and momentum for Bloomreach. In addition to driving continued success for its customers — including notable results for Benefit Cosmetics and boohooMAN — the company was recently named to the 2022 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America list, received the SaaS Award for Best SaaS Product for E-Commerce and E-Shops, and was also certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S.
"These past two years have been filled with remarkable growth for Bloomreach and our customers," De Datta continued. "Even so, we continue to believe that the best is yet to come. We're incredibly energized by the opportunities ahead."
Bloomreach is the world's #1 Commerce Experience Cloud, empowering brands to deliver customer journeys so personalized, they feel like magic. It offers a suite of products that drive true personalization and digital commerce growth, including: Discovery, offering AI-driven search and merchandising; Content, offering a headless CMS; and Engagement, offering a leading CDP and marketing automation solutions. Together, these solutions combine the power of unified customer and product data with the speed and scale of AI-optimization, enabling revenue-driving digital commerce experiences that convert on any channel and every journey. Bloomreach serves over 850 global brands including Albertsons, Bosch, Puma, FC Bayern München, and Marks & Spencer. The company was recently named to the 2022 Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies and also earned a 2022 Great Place to Work Certification™ in the U.S. For more information, visit Bloomreach.com.
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BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) — Four people were fatally shot at a house in Maine on Tuesday shortly before gunfire wounded three others on a busy highway, in a pair of crimes that are linked, authorities said. Hours later, a man was charged with murder.
Police closed a portion of the interstate highway and residents and businesses in the area were ordered to shelter in place for about 90 minutes before authorities determined there was no threat to the general public.
The shootings are among a spate of recent mass killings that have shaken communities both large and small, including a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee; a bank in Louisville, Kentucky and a Sweet 16 party in a small city in Alabama.
In Maine, police charged Joseph Eaton, 34, of Bowdoin, with four counts of murder Tuesday evening but declined to discuss a possible motive for the shootings or identify the shooting victims. Eaton was expected to appear in court later this week.
The crimes began in rural Bowdoin, where the bodies were found, and continued with gunfire 25 miles (40 kilometers) to the south on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth, police said. One of the three highway victims was critically wounded, police said.
Law enforcement officers, some carrying long rifles, could be seen canvassing areas near the highway after the shootings. At one point, heavily armed officers at an off-ramp peered inside the trunk of a car that had apparent bullet holes in the windshield. Police said a person of interest was detained, and witnesses saw one person in handcuffs.
In Bowdoin, a farming community with about 3,000 residents, yellow crime tape hung where the shootings took place, in a home flanked by woods at the end of a long, gravel driveway. About 10 marked and unmarked law enforcement vehicles and a crime scene van were parked outside, and investigators moved about the scene.
At one point, a woman spoke to police outside the house before dropping to her knees and sobbing. Later, hearses were seen leaving from the driveway.
The town of Bowdoin has no affiliation with Bowdoin College, which is located about 10 miles (16 kilometers) away, in the town of Brunswick.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills tweeted her concern for the “families, friends and loved ones of those impacted by this tragedy.” She said she was praying for the injured.
“Like people across Maine, I am shocked and deeply saddened. Acts of violence like we experienced today shake our state and our communities to the core,” she said.
In Yarmouth, traffic backed up on the interstate as police shut down the southbound lanes. The highway reopened later Tuesday, with the exception of one exit where the police were inspecting the car.
Employees at Water Treatment Equipment Inc., a business near the highway, locked the doors and pulled down the shades after being alerted to the lockdown, which lasted about an hour and a half, manager Kim Snyder said. Workers saw cars backing up on the highway, along with police cars, ambulances and fire trucks.
“It definitely shifted the day, and the worry kicked in,” she said. “They hadn’t caught the active shooter. We didn’t know what was going on.”
Lenora Felker, who works near the highway at Rosemont Market and Bakery, said she sensed something was afoot when people started streaming in, saying the highway was closed, followed by dozens of law enforcement officers who descended on the area.
Officers went business to business asking if they had seen “anyone that was wet and muddy fleeing,” Felker said. But she knew all the customers and didn’t see anything unusual, she said.
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COLLEGE PARK — Diamond Miller scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and No. 17 Maryland turned back Fordham, 83-76, on Sunday.
The Terps (2-1), coming off an 81-56 loss against No. 1 South Carolina, struggled to put away the Rams (2-1). Miller missed the game against the Gamecocks with an injury.
After taking a 21-10 lead after one quarter, Maryland was only up 34-33 at the break. A 14-0 run in the third quarter, which included two 3-pointers from Vanderbilt transfer Brinae Alexander, pushed the lead to 54-39. The Rams came back with five 3-pointers and went ahead 59-58. Miller’s late 3 had the Terps in front 62-59 going into the fourth quarter.
Abby Meyers and Lavender Briggs hit jumpers to push the lead to seven, then a 7-0 run made it 74-63 with 2:12 to go and Fordham didn’t challenge. Maryland made seven of eight free throws in the fourth quarter, 14 of 16 in the second half and finished the game 23 of 28. Miller was 13 of 14.
Shyanne Sellers scored 15 points for the Terrapins, Alexander had 14 and Meyers 11, leaving the Princeton transfer two points short of 1,000 for her career.
Fordham, which was 10 of 11 from the foul line, was led by Anna DeWolfe with 24 points. Kaitlyn Downey scored 17 with 10 rebounds, seven assists and three steals. Asiah Dingle added 16 points.
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Companies on the 2023 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Mid-Atlantic list had an average growth rate of 381 percent.
POTOMAC, Md., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. magazine has revealed that Curbio is No. 63 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000 Regionals: Mid-Atlantic list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing Mid-Atlantic private companies, based in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Born of the annual Inc. 5000 franchise, this regional list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the Mid-Atlantic economy's most dynamic segment–its independent small businesses.
"Curbio is thrilled to once again be recognized by Inc. Magazine, this time as the No. 63 fastest-growing private company in the Mid-Atlantic region. Here at Curbio, we have set out to help realtors get every listing market-ready quickly and sold for top dollar with our tech-powered, white glove home improvement solution. This recognition of our growth shows that our solution is working for our agent partners, and we couldn't be prouder," said Olivia Mariani, Chief Marketing Officer at Curbio.
The companies on this list show a remarkable rate of growth across all industries in the Mid-Atlantic region. Between 2019 and 2021, these private companies had an average growth rate of 381 percent and, in 2021 alone, they added 14,439 jobs and $2.66 billion to the Mid-Atlantic region's economy.
"This year's Inc. 5000 Regional winners represent one of the most exceptional and exciting lists of America's off-the-charts growth companies. They're disrupters and job creators, and all delivered an outsize impact on the economy. Remember their names and follow their lead. These are the companies you'll be hearing about for years to come," said Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. magazine.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Mid-Atlantic, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, metro area, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/mid-atlantic starting February 28, 2023.
About Curbio
Curbio is on a mission to help real estate agents fix and update homes before they go on the market, so they sell quickly and for the best price, with zero payment due until closing. Founded in 2017, Curbio has quickly become the largest national home improvement company dedicated to pre-listing repairs, updates, and renovations. Curbio has modernized home improvement with an easy-to-use app that accelerates project timelines by 50%, while removing the delays, uncertainties and other frustrations that have plagued home improvement for decades. Their rapid time to listing, coupled with a turn-key approach and project ROI expertise, has made Curbio the most trusted fix first, pay-at-closing home improvement partner to thousands of realtors and brokerages nationwide, including eXp realty, RE/MAX, HomeServices of America, Long & Foster, @properties and many more.
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Methodology
The 2023 Inc. 5000 Regionals are ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2019 and 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2019. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2019 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $1 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.
About Inc. Media
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent.
The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Remains exhumed from a cemetery at a U.S. Army base in Pennsylvania do not belong to the Native American teenager recorded to have been buried there more than a century ago, the military said.
The Army is disinterring the remains of eight Native American children who died at the government-run Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and plans to transfer custody to the children’s closest living relatives.
On Saturday, the Army exhumed grave B-13, thought to belong to Wade Ayres of the Catawba Indian Nation of South Carolina, who died in 1904. The remains did not match those of a male aged 13 or 14, but instead were found to be consistent with a female aged 15 to 20, the Army said in a statement.
The girl's remains were reinterred in the same grave on Monday and marked unknown.
“The Army is committed to seeking more information in an effort to determine where the remains of Wade Ayres are buried so that he may be returned to his family and the Catawba nation,” the Army said.
A message was left with Catawba officials on Tuesday seeking additional information.
The disinterment process began earlier this month and is the fifth at Carlisle since 2017. More than 20 sets of Native American remains were transferred to family members in earlier rounds.
More than 10,000 children from more than 140 tribes passed through Carlisle Indian Industrial School between 1879 and 1918, including famous Olympian Jim Thorpe, as part of a U.S. policy to force Native American children to assimilate to white society.
The school took steps to separate the students from their culture, cutting their braids, dressing them in military-style uniforms and punishing them for speaking their native languages.
Some 186 children originally were buried in the cemetery at the site.
In 2017, a grave thought to belong to a 10-year-old Native American child actually contained two sets of remains, from a teenage male and a person of undetermined age and sex.
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for ALNA, LEVI, ZOM, EVFM, and FFIE.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
- ALNA: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=ALNA&prnumber=070820221
- LEVI: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=LEVI&prnumber=070820221
- ZOM: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=ZOM&prnumber=070820221
- EVFM: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=EVFM&prnumber=070820221
- FFIE: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=FFIE&prnumber=070820221
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InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alerts are based on our proprietary scoring methodology. Each stock is evaluated based on short-term technical, long-term technical and fundamental factors. Each of those scores is then combined into an overall score that determines a stock's overall suitability for investment.
InvestorsObserver provides patented technology to some of the biggest names on Wall Street and creates world-class investing tools for the self-directed investor on Main Street. We have a wide range of tools to help investors make smarter decisions when investing in stocks or options.
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PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) _ Workday Inc. (WDAY) on Tuesday reported a loss of $74.7 million in its fiscal third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Pleasanton, California-based company said it had a loss of 29 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and pretax expenses, came to 99 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 27 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 84 cents per share.
The maker of human resources software posted revenue of $1.6 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Twenty-eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.58 billion.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting that Washington spied on South Korea have put the country's president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit to the U.S., the first such trip by a South Korean leader in 12 years.
The documents contain purportedly private conversations between senior South Korean officials about Ukraine, indicating that Washington may have conducted surveillance on a key Asian ally even as the two nations publicly vowed to reinforce their alliance.
Since taking office last year, conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol has put a bolstered military partnership with the United States at the heart of his foreign policy to address intensifying North Korean nuclear threats and other challenges. The April 26 summit with President Joe Biden is seen as crucial to winning a stronger U.S. security commitment and resolving grievances over the Biden administration’s economic and technology policies.
The leaked documents were posted online as part of a major U.S. intelligence breach. The papers viewed by The Associated Press indicate that South Korea’s National Security Council “grappled” with the U.S. in early March over an American request to provide artillery ammunition to Ukraine.
The documents, which cited a signals intelligence report, said then-NSC Director Kim Sung-han suggested the possibility of selling the 330,000 rounds of 155 mm munitions to Poland, since getting the ammunition to Ukraine quickly was the United States' ultimate goal.
South Korea, a growing arms exporter, has a policy of not supplying weapons to countries at war. It has not provided arms directly to Ukraine, although it has shipped humanitarian aid and joined U.S.-led economic sanctions against Russia.
Yoon’s government said it discussed the leaked papers with the United States, and they agreed that “a considerable number” of the documents were fabricated. The South Korean government avoided any public complaints about the U.S. and did not specify which documents were faked.
“There’s no indication that the U.S., which is our ally, conducted (eavesdropping) on us with malicious intent,” Kim Tae-hyo, Seoul’s deputy national security director, told reporters Tuesday at Dulles Airport near Washington at the start of a trip aimed at preparing for the summit.
The Yoon government's stance invited criticism from liberal rivals, who called on the government to lodge strong protests with the U.S. They also suspected what they call Yoon’s hasty relocation of his presidential office to a Defense Ministry compound in central Seoul may have left the office vulnerable to wiretapping.
“As a sovereign nation, we must sternly respond to the spying of state secrets, even if it was committed by an ally" with whom South Korea has "bonded over blood,” said Park Hong-geun, floor leader of the main liberal opposition Democratic Party.
In an official statement, Yoon’s office said it maintains tight security, including anti-eavesdropping systems. It called the opposition party’s attempts to link the office relocation to the spying allegation “diplomatic suicidal acts” that shake South Korea’s national interests and its alliance with the U.S.
The situation is unlikely to threaten the country's alliance with the U.S. that was forged during the 1950-53 Korean War, many experts say.
“No big damage is expected on the Korea-U.S. alliance as it seems both governments share the view that they would focus on the alliance, more concretely on a successful state visit by Yoon,” said Bong Young-shik, an expert at Seoul’s Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies.
If Yoon returns with some achievements, Koreans will conclude that he put up with the spying allegations "because bigger matters were at stake,” Bong said. But if the visit amounts to a ”pomp-only trip," people could question whether South Korea "made lots of concessions.”
One possible achievement for Yoon would be if South Korea takes on a role in the management of U.S. nuclear weapons in the face of North Korea’s advancing nuclear arsenal.
Other wins would be securing U.S. benefits for major South Korean businesses involved in the making of electric vehicles and easing U.S. restrictions on technology exports to China, which has been a major manufacturing base for South Korean chipmakers.
If the U.S. intends to help Yoon, "the latest incident on the documents could end up strengthening the Korea-U.S. alliance and helping South Korea win something from the U.S,” said Kim Yeol Soo, an expert at South Korea’s Korea Institute for Military Affairs.
Kim Tae-hyung, a professor at Seoul’s Soongsil University, said the exposure of possible U.S. spying could help Seoul maintain its existing policy of not supplying weapons to Ukraine. But it’s also possible that the Yoon government reconsiders that policy now that the U.S. demands are public, Kim said.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, South Korea has agreed to provide billions of dollars' worth of tanks, howitzers, fighter jets and other weapons to Poland, a NATO member.
An American official said in November that the United States had agreed to buy 100,000 artillery rounds from South Korean manufacturers to provide to Ukraine, although South Korean officials have maintained that the munitions were meant to refill depleted U.S. stocks.
Choi Jin, director of the Seoul-based Institute of Presidential Leadership, said it’s also no secret that allies spy on each other, as well as their adversaries.
The U.S. wiretapping activities “are something that everyone already knows,” although it becomes a more sensitive matter when the practice is made public, Choi said.
"I think South Koreans also try to wiretap (U.S. officials) as well,” Choi said. “People feel animosity toward the word ‘wiretapping.’ But in other words, it’s called intelligence gathering.”
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Sofia Vergara is turning up the heat with more than birthday candles.
The Modern Family alum, 50, shared a steamy mirror selfie in a black bikini while celebrating husband Joe Manganiello's 46th birthday at their tropical island home known only as Casa Chipi Chipi.
She captioned the Dec. 28 post, "Playa brisa y mar" (beach breeze and sea).
In addition to the swimwear, the America's Got Talent judge wore her long, dark hair down around her shoulders and a simple but stunning Van Cleef and Arpels bracelet on her wrist.
The post also contained a photo of the birthday boy in a black tank top holding up two water bottles, as well as a shot of the sea and palm trees blowing in the breeze. The couple arrived at their island getaway ahead of Christmas as she shared an arial shot of the property featuring a seaplane parked on the beach. "We r home," she captioned the Dec. 24 post.
Sofia has shared several snaps of the couple during their visit, including one of her husband shirtless in his swim trunks and sunglasses.
"Feliz cumpleaños mi amor," she captioned the Dec. 28 post. "It's going to be an amazing 2023 for you."
Also making the trip with Sofia and the Magic Mike star is their Chihuahua/Pomeranian mix, Bubbles. The tiny pup can be seen with the couple in Joe's lap at a dining room patio as well as on their patio and on a couch with Sofia. Both posts are captioned "Casa Chipi Chipi."
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2020, 2022 US Olympians to visit Bidens at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to host the 2020 and 2022 U.S. Olympic teams at the White House on Wednesday, celebrating athletes from the most recent winter Games while staging a much delayed, in-person celebration for participants of last summer’s Tokyo Olympics.
The president and first lady Jill Biden will host Olympians from the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, on the South Lawn, the White House announced Monday. Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman, will also attend.
Jill Biden made her first solo overseas trip as first lady by traveling to Japan to attend the 2020 Olympics, which were delayed until last year because of the pandemic — though access remained restricted because of the coronavirus.
Last summer, the Bidens hosted a virtual celebration for Team USA from 2020′s Tokyo Olympics from their home in Delaware. The president said then that he’d like to host the team at the White House in the future.
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Win over even the fussiest father with these gift ideas
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We all know fathers who don’t like to have a fuss made over them, but you can’t let Father’s Day pass without letting your dad know how much he means to you. Unfortunately, finding a special gift every year can seem like mission impossible. You should consider your father’s personality and hobbies to find the perfect present to celebrate his place in your life.
Stuck on what to get your father this year? Check out some of the best Father’s Day gift ideas for your dad, no matter whether he lives for sports, loves to grill or can’t resist trying out the latest gadgets.
How to choose a Father’s Day gift
It would be easier if you could just ask your dad what he wants for Father’s Day, but you know what he’s probably going to say: he doesn’t need anything.
If your father is practical, you’ll want to choose something that makes his life easier, like a top-notch beard trimmer that can streamline his grooming routine or a comfy pair of slippers he can wear to take out the trash. Of course, you’ll have an easier time shopping for dear old dad if he has a hobby. Your fisherman dad will probably love a new rod, while a technology-loving father will appreciate a new electronic gadget for Father’s Day. Tailor the gift to his interests, and you’re sure to hit a home run.
If your dad is adamant about not wanting the usual gifts, consider a more sentimental option. A framed photo collage with family pictures or a photo album with your favorite snapshots of dad is sure to tug at his heartstrings. And if your father is really opposed to material gifts, spending time together may be the best present. Cook a meal together, take a trip to the beach, go bowling or watch your favorite movie to show Dad how much you really care.
The best Father’s Day gifts
Gifts for practical dads
Remington MB4700 Smart Beard Trimmer
This easy-to-use trimmer has a digital touch screen that lets your father choose the right settings for his facial hair. The rechargeable lithium battery provides up to 50 minutes of cordless run time, making it ideal for travel. It can be rinsed under running water for quick cleaning, too.
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Handwritten Message Money Clip
Help your father keep his money and credit cards organized — and carry a piece of you with him — with this handmade sterling silver money clip. Customize it with an image of your handwriting to send Dad a personal message that lets him know how you feel.
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ThinkFit Insulated Lunch Boxes
If your father usually brings lunch to work, this insulated lunch box with BPA-free plastic containers makes an excellent gift. It includes reusable ice packs to keep food cold, as well as a multi-compartment pill box. Its double-stitched shoulder strap can support a significant amount of weight, too.
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For a father who takes pride in his car, this 11-piece kit provides everything needed to wash his ride. It includes specialty soap solutions for removing dirt and grime, as well as a durable bucket, soft wash mitt and drying towels.
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Gifts for sports-loving and fitness-minded dads
If your father is trying to be more active, this fitness tracker can help monitor his steps, distance covered, workout stats and more. It offers more advanced metrics, too, including heart health and stress management data. The Fitbit is also water-resistant up to 50 meters, so it’s excellent for swimming.
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MLB Game Used Baseball Bat Bottle Opener
If your father is a baseball fan, this bottle opener made from a game-used MLB bat is sure to be a hit. You can choose from bats used by all 30 MLB teams, and each opener includes a hologram number that reveals which game the bat was used in.
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Bushnell Pro XE Golf Laser Rangefinder
This laser range finder can help your father calculate distances when he’s out on the green. It’s waterproof for rainy weather and easily attaches to a golf cart. It also offers a range of 5 to 1,300 yards and is accurate within 10 yards.
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Whether you’re dealing with chronic pain or just sore after a tough workout, this massage gun makes it easy to soothe stiff muscles. It comes with six attachments and offers four arm positions to customize the massage. It also has a comfortable ergonomic handle and doesn’t make much noise.
Gifts for DIY dads
This tool organizer can help your father keep all his tools within reach when working on DIY projects. It conveniently fits inside any five-gallon bucket for carrying around the house and has three interior loops for hammers, drills and other tools.
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WORX Pegasus Multifunction Work Table and Sawhorse
This convenient work table can support up to 300 pounds and 1000 pounds as a sawhorse, but it weighs just 25 pounds. It folds for easy storage and comes with two quick clamps. It also has a storage shelf at the bottom for other DIY project supplies.
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Gifts for outdoor adventurer dads
Eureka Copper Canyon LX Tent: Three-Season Six-Person
This large, well-ventilated tent makes an ideal gift for a father who enjoys camping. It has a full mesh roof to allow for effective air circulation and a removable divider curtain to create two rooms. It offers multiple interior pockets for organization, too.
Sold by Backcountry and Amazon
St. Croix Triumph Spinning Rod
If your father’s in the market for a new fishing rod, this spinning model offers excellent sensitivity and strength. It also has a cork handle for a more comfortable grip and a double-layered Flex-Coat cure for improved durability.
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Gifts for dads who like entertaining
BaveL 20-ounce Can-Shaped Beer Glasses
The glasses in this four-piece set are shaped like beer cans to help maintain the carbonation of your dad’s favorite cold beverage. They’re made of durable borosilicate glass that doesn’t warp or crack easily and is dishwasher-safe for easy cleaning. The glasses also work well for soda and cocktails.
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Rabbit Whiskey and Beverage Jumbo Chilling Stones Set
Save your father from watered-down whiskey with this whiskey stones set. It includes two large stones made of stainless steel to keep the liquor cold without diluting it. They’re dishwasher safe.
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Aervana Original Electric Wine Aerator and Pourer
If your dad enjoys a glass of wine with dinner, this electric aerator can help enhance the flavors and aromas of his favorite bottle. It instantly aerates the wine and provides the same results as decanting it for an hour. It also runs on easy-to-replace AAA batteries.
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Gifts for dads who like grilling
ThermoPro TP20 Wireless Meat Thermometer with Dual Meat Probe
This hands-free wireless thermometer allows for perfectly grilled meats at every barbecue. It has a large, easy-to-read LCD display with a backlit feature for low lighting and a built-in kitchen timer to let you know when to check your food. It can withstand temperatures up to 716 degrees, too.
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Ditch the skewers without losing any of the components of your kabobs with these convenient grilling baskets. They’re made of hardwood and stainless steel and allow for easy flipping on the grill. You can clean them easily with soap and water, too.
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Big Horn Outdoors Wood Pellet Pizza Oven
Dad can add pizza to his barbecue menu with this classically designed pizza oven. It can heat up to 860 degrees in just 18 minutes and only takes 90 seconds to cook each pizza. It also weighs just 25 pounds, making it easy to store.
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Gifts for gadget-loving dads
This drone can help your father capture high-quality, distortion-free images, including photos and videos. It has a wide-angle lens and a headless mode to allow for greater control even when the drone is out of sight. The batteries provide up to 20 minutes of flying time.
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Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug
Make sure your father never has to sip cold coffee or tea again with this smart mug. It keeps the beverage inside heated to a specific temperature that you can control via a smartphone app. It also has an auto-sleep mode that turns the mug off when not in use and automatically turns it on when hot liquid is added.
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With this handy tracking tag, your dad will never lose his keys, wallet or bag again. It has a connected app that lets you ring the tag within a 400-foot range, so you can locate it easily. If you’re out of the Bluetooth range, the app can show you the tag’s most recent location to help you track it down.
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Last bank Bonnie and Clyde robbed turning into Airbnb
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) – A couple is planning to transform the last bank Bonnie and Clyde robbed into a luxury Airbnb with a pie and wine bar.
Most banks don’t like to advertise they’ve been robbed, but the crime is the claim to fame for the 140-year-old First National Bank in Stuart, Iowa. It was the last bank the infamous pair robbed in 1934.
Its exterior stucco is now showing signs of trouble, but David and Sheila Stone are coming to the rescue to save the building.
“Everybody cares about the building itself and the integrity and the structure and making sure it doesn’t fall down,” building owner Sheila Stone said.
The Stones, who moved to the area from Washington state on a whim, want to do more than fix the historic landmark. They want to give it new life.
“There’s a lot of interest from people coming from out of town to come look at the building, but nobody has really been able to get inside,” owner David Stone said.
Inside the old bank, there’s a rough patch in the vault’s ceiling from where a warning shot was fired as Bonnie and Clyde forced customers and tellers into the vault during the robbery.
The Stones plan to create a luxury Airbnb apartment on the second floor of the property called Bonnie and Clyde’s Hideaway.
The first floor will be a pie and wine bar with a speakeasy vibe as a tribute to a wild and historic bank-robbing gang with an all-but-forgotten Iowa connection.
“We look forward to not just bring people into this building, but bringing people into Stuart and just having the whole area thrive,” David Stone said.
If all goes as planned, the new bank building should be open and ready to go by next spring.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s popular but polarizing prime minister, Narendra Modi, has a fondness for abbreviations that create buzz around his government schemes and dress down his rivals. Last week, Modi’s political opponents did exactly that.
They announced a new alliance — called INDIA — to unseat Modi and defeat his ruling party’s electoral juggernaut.
The acronym, which stands for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, comprises India’s previously fractured opposition parties that are aiming to keep the Modi government’s increasingly powerful sway at bay. At stake, the alliance says, is the future of India’s multiparty democracy and secular foundations that critics say have seen assaults from Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party.
The opposition alliance is playing on its acronym, saying it will be Modi versus the country in 2024 polls.
Modi will seek reelection to a third consecutive term in a national vote next year at a time when India’s global diplomatic reach is rising. However, his rule at home has coincided with a struggling economy, rising unemployment, attacks by Hindu nationalists against the country’s minorities, particularly Muslims, and a shrinking space for dissent and free media.
The 26-party alliance is likely to attack Modi’s BJP on exactly these issues — plus a host of other domestic problems, including a deadly ethnic conflict in the northeastern state of Manipur.
But analysts say its effort to oust Modi will be a Herculean task. He is by far India’s most popular leader, and his party directly controls 10 of the 28 states, is in coalition in four other states and has more than 55% of Parliament’s lower house seats.
“The opposition must pitch this alliance as an alliance for the ordinary people and not just a front against Modi and his party. They must offer a realistic policy narrative and vision for the country that will resonate with the voters,” said political scientist Suhas Palshikar.
The INDIA alliance, led by the Indian National Congress party that once dominated the country’s politics, includes powerful regional parties that are direct rivals to each other in some states. The parties are also beset with ideological differences and personality clashes, and seem undecided on whether to cede space to other groups in regions where they hold sway.
What binds them together on a national front are their concerns that Modi’s BJP has tightened its grip across India’s democratic institutions and the Parliament, where it has passed crucial bills, including on controversial farm laws.
They also complain they have been the targets of raids and investigations by federal agencies controlled by the Modi government. Over a dozen of these instances have lead to defections of opposition leaders to the BJP, which is sometimes followed by dropped charges or pressure otherwise being eased. The BJP denies its involvement in the cases.
The Congress party has been particularly hit. Its former president, Rahul Gandhi, who lost the last two elections to Modi, was disqualified in March from Parliament. Gandhi risks losing his eligibility to run in elections for the next eight years if a court doesn’t overturn his conviction in a defamation case that critics say is politically motivated.
“The main aim is to stand together to safeguard democracy and the constitution,” Mallikarjun Kharge, president of the Congress party, said last week at the end of a two-day conclave of the alliance.
Modi’s party has dismissed the alliance as a grouping of “self-serving, corrupt, dynastic parties.” On the same day the INDIA grouping was announced, BJP held a convention of its own National Democratic Alliance, along with 37 other parties. Two of the NDA’s leading allies are breakaway factions from regional parties that are with the INDIA alliance.
“Modi’s party is known to not share power. That it has shown a more conciliatory side toward allies ahead of elections means it’s worried and would like the support of as many allies as possible,” said Gilles Verniers, a senior fellow at the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research think tank. “But it won’t be an alliance of equals. Modi’s party will still campaign using Modi as a brand. He alone will be on the posters.”
During his nine years in power, Modi has consolidated his party’s reach in north and central India. His party has, however, faced tough challenges in state polls, particularly in the south, where regional parties hold influence.
In recent polls, Congress toppled local BJP governments in state elections in southern Karnataka and northern Himachal Pradesh, denting the ruling party’s image of invincibility. Gandhi’s 136-day march on foot across the length of the country also appears to have shot India’s grand old party back into political prominence.
The election battle is between “Narendra Modi and INDIA, his ideology and INDIA. India always wins all fights,” Gandhi said July 18 at the opposition gathering.
Verniers said the alliance’s name rattled Modi’s party, “but the opposition parties will have to set aside their differences and make some compromises.”
“They have to decide how they will take on the BJP electorally. Their best bet is to file one candidate against the BJP across most of the parliamentary seats in India,” he said.
India has a history of coalition governments, and opposition parties successfully banded together to defeat then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1977 elections held after she imposed emergency rule in 1975. However, past efforts by the opposition to unite against the Modi government have failed because of infighting among the parties and ideological differences.
Recent moves by oppositions elsewhere in the world haven’t been as successful as INDIA hopes to be. Fragmented oppositions in Turkey and Hungary also failed to oust their populist leaders.
But India has Westminster-style parliamentary system, and a large opposition bloc has a significant chance to emerge victorious by winning more seats, even if its vote share is less than that of the ruling party. In 2019 general elections, Modi’s BJP-led alliance only won 37% of the votes cast, but was still rewarded with over 303 of 543 seats.
Palshikar, the political scientist, said if the opposition alliance was to succeed it must transform the movement of unity into a “political force that can offer an alternative to the voters.”
“Mere critique of Modi won’t work,” he said.
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Secures up to $145 million of new financing to support growth
Financings provide $50 million of cash to the balance sheet for operations
Provides full year 2023 sales guidance of $34 to $40 million
HAMILTON, Mont., March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Local Bounti Corporation (NYSE: LOCL, LOCL WS) ("Local Bounti" or the "Company"), a breakthrough U.S. indoor agriculture company combining the best aspects of vertical and greenhouse growing technologies, today announced its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022 and provided sales guidance for full year 2023.
Craig Hurlbert, Co-CEO of Local Bounti, stated, "2022 marked our first full year as a public company, complete with several important milestones. We made significant advancements in the refinement and productivity of our Stack & Flow TechnologyTM, which continues to underpin our business model with a capital efficient tool to enhance crop turns and maximize return on investment across a variety of CEA approaches. Beyond our greenfield expansions, this technology affords us flexibility to establish greater scale quickly through strategic acquisitions — which we demonstrated with our Pete's transaction where we are integrating our technology to further improve upon the productivity of those assets. With our distribution reach, which surpasses 10,000 doors, and our growing capacity that is improving by the day, we have also attracted new partnerships and expanded others — most notably with the offtake agreement with Sam's Club for our leafy greens production. Together, our integrated team is driving synergies across our Company while also driving the business forward with new product development."
Mr. Hurlbert added, "Looking ahead to 2023, we are poised to complete our Georgia and Texas facilities and our Washington facility in 2024. Further, we continue to push forward our other projects with the resources provided by today's announcement of the new financings. With this additional capital, we believe that we have the funding required to drive the business to positive adjusted EBITDA."
Full Year 2022 Financial Summary
- Sales of $19.5 million in 2022, as compared to $0.6 million in the prior year period.
- Gross profit was $2.2 million in 2022. Adjusted gross margin percentage1 was approximately 38%, excluding depreciation, stock-based compensation, business combination related costs, and other non-recurring items.
- Net loss was $111.1 million in 2022 as compared to net loss of $56.1 million for the prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA1 loss was $29.8 million, which excludes $39.2 million in stock-based compensation, $16.7 million in interest expense, $10.4 million of depreciation and amortization, fair value inventory adjustment of $1.0 million, business combination and integration costs of $10.1 million, restructuring costs of $1.1 million, $2.6 million of loss on disposal of fixed assets, utilities price spike and inclement weather related costs of $0.4 million, and other discrete items. Adjusted EBITDA loss in the prior year period was $17.8 million.
1See reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures at the end of this press release.
Commercial Facility Expansion Update
Byron, Georgia Facility Phase 1-A, 1-B and 1-C Progress
The Company completed its first "Stack" vertical zone in the fourth quarter, as part of its of Stack & Flow Technology™ implementation, and is producing product in Phase 1-A. Construction of Phase 1-B is progressing and the Company now expects completion of this phase early in the second quarter of 2023. Following Phase 1-B completion, the site's greenhouse footprint will be established and ready to integrate the complementary Stack zones that comprise Phase 1-C.
Construction Commences on "Stack" integration at Georgia Facility
Georgia facility Phase 1-C construction has commenced, which reflects the integration of its vertical "Stack" component of the facility architecture. The Company now expects this work to be completed and operational early in the fourth quarter of 2023, following some weather induced construction delays. The Company's Stack & Flow TechnologyTM is expected to add approximately 40% of incremental revenue generating capacity to the finished Georgia facility, which will be comprised of six acres of greenhouses and multiple climate, water, and spectral controlled Stack zones.
Construction Underway at Mount Pleasant, Texas Facility
In early January 2023, the Company started construction of the six-acre facility, which will leverage Local Bounti's proprietary Stack & Flow Technology™ to grow and sell its indoor grown line of packaged leafy greens. Varieties will include spring mix, butter lettuce, romaine crisp, green leaf, and additional blends. The addition of the new facility in northeast Texas is expected to fortify Local Bounti's distribution in markets across Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri. Further, the facility is designed to provide additional capacity to meet existing demand from Local Bounti's direct relationships with blue-chip retailers and distributors throughout the region. The facility is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Pasco, Washington Facility Progress
The Pasco, Washington facility continues to progress with anticipated completion in first quarter 2024, which reflects the Company's decision to stagger construction to accommodate the commissioning of its Texas facility in the fourth quarter of 2023. The Washington facility will be comprised of multiple Stack zones and three acres of greenhouse.
SKU Development
In January 2023, Local Bounti successfully launched its chef-inspired Asian Style Chicken Lettuce Wrap Kit, a restaurant-quality meal solution that is prepared at home in about 5 minutes, at 194 Sprouts Farmers Markets locations in California and Arizona. Local Bounti's new Asian Style Chicken Lettuce Wrap Kit featuring fully cooked, white meat chicken, mushrooms, carrots and green onions in a tangy stir fry sauce, represents the Company's entry into the 'Heat and Eat' category.
Capital Structure
The Company ended the quarter with cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $24.9 million and approximately $29.1 million of undrawn capacity on its credit facility with Cargill Financial Services International, Inc. Local Bounti had approximately 103.7 million shares outstanding as of December 31, 2022, and had an additional 11.5 million warrants outstanding and approximately 9.5 million restricted stock units outstanding. As of December 31, 2022, including these warrants and restricted stock units, the Company had a fully diluted share count of approximately 124.7 million shares outstanding.
Secures Additional Financing to Support Growth
Today, the Company secured up to $145 million of additional financing from two sources to support its current growth plans. The first component of this financing is an agreement to expand Local Bounti's existing credit facility with Cargill by up to $110 million per the terms and conditions of the agreement to a total of $280 million. This expansion provides capital to fund construction at its facilities in Georgia, Texas and Washington. The second component of the financing is an agreement with an internally managed net-lease real estate investment trust for the sale-leaseback of Local Bounti's two facilities located in California for approximately $35 million. Additional details regarding the terms of these agreements can be found in the concurrent press release issued this morning and in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 to be filed later this week. Following this additional amendment and the closing of the sale-leaseback transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected in the second quarter of 2023, the Company expects to add $50 million to its balance sheet for use in its operations. Additionally, the Company has also received term sheets from a licensed United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) lender that the Company intends to utilize in due course for its Washington and Texas facilities, which is expected to reduce the Company's use of construction financing by approximately $80 million and lower its cost of capital.
Financial Outlook
Management is providing its full year 2023 sales guidance of $34 to $40 million, which approximates its expected production from its Montana, California and Georgia (Phase 1-A and 1-B) facilities, but excludes the expected future positive impact from additional capacity following its Stack implementation at the Georgia facility.
Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call with members of the Local Bounti executive management team. The conference call is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday March 29, 2023. To participate on the live call, listeners in North America may dial (877) 514-3623 and international listeners may dial (201) 689-8768.
In addition, the call will be broadcast live via webcast, hosted at the "Investors" section of the Company's website at localbounti.com and will be archived online.
About Local Bounti
Local Bounti is redefining indoor farming with an innovative method – its proprietary Stack & Flow Technology™ – that significantly improves crop turns, increases output and improves unit economics. Local Bounti operates advanced indoor growing facilities across the United States, servicing over 10,000 retail doors with its two brands: Local Bounti® and Pete's®. Local Bounti grows healthy food utilizing a hybrid approach that integrates the best attributes of controlled environment agriculture with natural elements. Local Bounti's sustainable growing methods are better for the planet, using 90% less land and 90% less water than conventional farming methods. With a mission to 'bring our farm to your kitchen in the fewest food miles possible,' Local Bounti's food is fresher, more nutritious, and lasts longer than traditional agriculture. To find out more, visit localbounti.com or follow Local Bounti on LinkedIn for the latest news and developments.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of terms such as "expect," "will," "continue," "believe," expect," "estimate," "project," "intend," "should," "is to be," or similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: statements regarding the existence of sources of committed financing, development of technology, goals to achieve positive adjusted EBITDA, projected financial information, estimates and forecasts of other financial and performance metrics, projected costs of building or acquiring facilities, projections of market opportunity and market share, the Company's ability to access additional capital when needed and on terms acceptable to the Company, and the timing of filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from results expressed or implied in this press release. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the risk that Local Bounti will fail to obtain additional necessary capital when needed on acceptable terms, or at all; Local Bounti's ability to effectively integrate the acquired operations of Pete's into its existing operations; the ability of Local Bounti to retain and hire key personnel; the uncertainty of projected financial information; Local Bounti's increased leverage as a result of additional indebtedness incurred in connection with the recent acquisition of Pete's or as the result of the incurrence of additional future indebtedness; restrictions contained in Local Bounti's debt facility agreements with Cargill; Local Bounti's ability to repay, refinance, restructure and/or extend its indebtedness as it comes due; and unknown liabilities that may be assumed in the transaction; Local Bounti's ability to generate revenue; the risk that Local Bounti may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that Local Bounti could fail to effectively manage its future growth; Local Bounti's ability to build out additional facilities; reliance on third parties for construction, delays relating to material delivery and supply chains, and fluctuating material prices; Local Bounti's ability to decrease its cost of goods sold over time; potential for damage to or problems with Local Bounti's CEA facilities; Local Bounti's ability to attract and retain qualified employees; Local Bounti's ability to develop and maintain its brand or brands it may acquire; Local Bounti's ability to maintain its company culture or focus on its vision as it grows; Local Bounti's ability to execute on its growth strategy; the risks of diseases and pests destroying crops; Local Bounti's ability to compete successfully in the highly competitive natural food market; Local Bounti's ability to defend itself against intellectual property infringement claims; changes in consumer preferences, perception and spending habits in the food industry; seasonality; Local Bounti's ability to achieve its sustainability goals; and other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time, including those under "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" in Local Bounti's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2022, as supplemented by subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and other reports and documents Local Bounti files from time to time with the SEC. Local Bounti cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive and cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Local Bounti does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Non-GAAP Financial Information
This press release contains references to adjusted EBITDA, adjusted gross profit, adjusted gross margin percentage and adjusted selling, general and administrative, which are adjusted from results based on generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") and exclude certain expenses, gains and losses. The Company defines and calculates adjusted EBITDA as net loss attributable to Local Bounti before the impact of interest expense, depreciation, amortization, and adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expense, business combination fair value basis adjustment to inventory, business acquisition and strategic transaction due diligence and integration related costs, restructuring and business realignment costs, utilities price spike and inclement weather related costs, loss on disposal of fixed assets, and certain other non-core items. The Company defines and calculates adjusted gross profit as gross profit excluding depreciation, stock-based compensation, business combination related integration costs, and business combination fair value basis adjustment to inventory. The Company defines and calculates adjusted gross margin percentage as adjusted gross profit as a percent of sales. The Company defines and calculates adjusted selling, general and administrative as selling, general and administrative expense excluding stock-based compensation, depreciation, amortization, business acquisition and strategic transaction due diligence, integration related costs, restructuring and business realignment costs, and loss on disposal of fixed assets.
These non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance the user's understanding of the Company's prospects for the future and the historical performance for the context of the investor. The Company's management team uses these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing performance, as well as in planning and forecasting future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures are not computed according to GAAP and the methods the Company uses to compute them may differ from the methods used by other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental, should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and should be read only in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Refer to the attached financial supplement for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.
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MONROE, La. (AP)Caleb Fields had 15 points in Arkansas State’s 64-61 win over UL Monroe on Friday night.
Fields added eight rebounds and eight assists for the Red Wolves (12-19, 4-14 Sun Belt Conference). Omar El-Sheikh scored 13 points and added six rebounds. Terrance Ford Jr. was 4 of 12 shooting, including 1 for 4 from distance, and went 4 for 4 from the line to finish with 13 points.
Tyreke Locure finished with 24 points and two steals for the Warhawks (11-20, 7-11). Thomas Howell added 10 points, 11 rebounds and five assists for UL Monroe. Langston also recorded seven points. The Warhawks prolonged their losing streak to seven straight.
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until February 10, 2023 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Twist Bioscience Corporation (NasdaqGS: TWST), if they purchased the Company's shares between December 13, 2019 and November 14, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
What You May Do
If you purchased shares of Twist and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-twst/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by February 10, 2023.
Twist Bioscience and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On November 15, 2022, Scorpion Capital reported that the Company is "operating a Ponzi-like scheme that will end in bankruptcy," that the Company's growth and revenues were unsustainable, and that the Company was perpetuating its fraud through false reporting of capital expenditures and gross margins, among other issues.
On this news, shares of Twist Bioscience fell $7.57 per share, or nearly 20%, from a close of $38.00 per share on November 14, 2022, to close at $30.43 per share on November 15, 2022.
The case is Peters v. Twist Bioscience Corporation, et al., No. 22-cv-08168.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC
Lewis Kahn, Managing Partner
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project44 rated first as "Easiest to Use" Supply Chain Visibility Software by users
CHICAGO, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- project44, the leading supply chain visibility platform, announced today that it was named the #1 leader in the G2 Fall 2022 Grid Report for Supply Chain Visibility Software, a distinction the company earned in the G2 Spring 2022 Grid Report earlier this year. project44 was the highest-ranked vendor in market presence and customer satisfaction based on reviews from the user community and data aggregated from online sources and social networks.
A total of 15 companies qualified for fall report placement on the grid and earned scores based on user data collected on the G2 site. To qualify for a spot on the grid, products must receive at least 10 reviews or ratings that are used to calculate customer satisfaction scores. The market presence placement on the grid is determined by market share, seller size and social impact. project44 outpaced competitors on all metrics, including data across social, web, employee and reviews that drive company momentum.
G2 users ranked project44 highly on a number of features, including dispatch and tender, invoice, flows and ease of use. The company has continued to innovate in those areas based on user feedback and recently rolled out its groundbreaking Movement by project44™, the world's most advanced visibility platform, which gives shippers, carriers and logistics professionals a new way to see the supply chain.
project44 has more than 300 reviews on G2's site currently, with feedback from 245 verified users who gave the company 5-star ratings that highlight project44's supply chain visibility and last mile delivery features. Real user review excerpts include:
"project44 gives us all the visibility that we've been missing… It's extremely user-friendly and intuitive. The quantity and quality of information is so far above and beyond what we were getting directly from our freight forwarders and SSLs." — Administrator in Logistics and Supply Chain
"[What I like best is the] slick Interface; cutting edge analytics, and predictability" - Masood A., Vice President of Customer Program Management and Global Operations Control Tower
"The communication with the project management and integration team was incredible. There was thorough information and timelines provided as well as the support to get things accomplished. Literally the best team I have ever worked with." — Tawnee S., Director of Operations
The top ranking in G2's Fall 2022 Grid Report for Supply Chain Visibility Software is the most recent achievement for project44, which is growing rapidly, outpacing competitors and redefining supply chain visibility with its latest innovation, Movement by project44TM. Other recent accomplishments include project44 being named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Real-Time Transportation Visibility, #1 in FreightWaves FreightTech 2022 and the Customer's Choice in Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer report.
To learn more about project44's recent growth and momentum, visit project44's website.
About G2
G2, the world's leading business solution review platform, leverages 1M+ user reviews to drive better purchasing decisions. Business professionals, buyers, investors, and analysts use the site to compare and select the best software and services based on peer reviews and synthesized social data. Every month, more than three million people visit G2's site to gain unique insights.
About project44
project44 is on a mission to make supply chains work. As the supply chain connective tissue, project44 operates the world's most trusted end-to-end visibility platform that tracks more than 1 billion unique shipments annually for over 1,200 of the world's leading brands, including top companies in manufacturing, automotive, retail, life sciences, food & beverage, and oil, chemical & gas. Using project44, shippers and carriers across the globe drive greater predictability, resiliency and sustainability.
The undisputed leader in the market, project44 was named the Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, #1 in FreightWaves FreightTech 2022, a five-time leader in customer satisfaction on G2's Supply Chain Visibility Grid, one of SupplyChainBrain's 100 Great Supply Chain Partners of 2022, and the Customer's Choice in Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer report. project44 is headquartered in Chicago with a diverse team spanning 23 global offices including Austin, Amsterdam, Kraków, Paris, São Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo. Learn more at project44.com.
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Hayti Police Dept. warns of counterfeit bills circulating in Pemiscot Co.
Published: Apr. 4, 2023 at 6:45 PM CDT|Updated: 13 hours ago
PEMISCOT COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - The Hayti Police Department alerts the community after receiving a counterfeit $100 bill on Tuesday, April 4.
According to the police dept., the bill they received was a $10 bill that was bleached and reprinted into a $100 bill.
The police dept. said counterfeit pens will show if a bill is good and they advise businesses to be careful and look at the watermark on $100 bills--if it does not have Ben Franklin’s face, it’s counterfeit.
To report counterfeit bills, call the Hayti Police Department at (573) 359-1259.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Connecticut’s victory over San Diego State in the men’s national championship game ended up being the lowest-viewed final on record.
The Huskies’ 76-59 win averaged 14.69 million viewers on CBS. The previous low was 15.99 in 2018, when Villanova beat Michigan on TBS.
UConn’s 2004 victory over Georgia Tech, which averaged 17.09 million, was the lowest on CBS until Monday night. CBS and TBS began alternating Final Fours in 2016.
Still, Monday’s game was the most-watched program on television that evening and the most-watched basketball game — college or pro — since Kansas’ victory over North Carolina in last year’s national championship game.
The women’s NCAA championship game set a record Sunday when LSU beat Iowa 102-85, with 9.9 million viewers on ABC and ESPN2.
This year’s men’s tournament averaged 9.55 million, down 7% from last year but up 4% from 2021. The first round on March 16-17 averaged 9.2 million, a record for the most-watched round of 64.
The lack of national name-brand teams after upsets the first weekend and in the regional semifinals took their toll on viewing numbers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An America that can already feel like it’s hurtling toward political disintegration has been jolted yet again, this time by the violent attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi less than two weeks before Election Day.
Seizing a hammer and leaving a trail of broken glass, an intruder broke into the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday and repeatedly struck Paul Pelosi, 82. He had surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands, and his doctors expect a full recovery, the speaker’s office said.
The assailant confronted Paul Pelosi by shouting, “Where is Nancy,” according to another person familiar with the situation who was granted anonymity to discuss it. The Democratic congresswoman was in Washington at the time.
The calling out of her name was a sign that the assault could have targeted the lawmaker, who as speaker is second in line to the presidency. The ambush was a particularly savage reminder of the extremism that has coursed through American politics in recent years, adding to a sense of foreboding with the Nov. 8 election nearly at hand.
Armed watchers are staking out ballot drop boxes in Arizona to guard against false conspiracies about voter fraud. Threats against members of Congress have risen to historic levels. Public opinion surveys show fears for a fragile democracy and even of a civil war. Former President Donald Trump continues to deny that he lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden, and his acolytes are attempting to consolidate their power over future elections.
A new domestic intelligence assessment from the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies said extremists fueled by election falsehoods “pose a heightened threat” to the upcoming midterms.
The assessment, dated Friday, said the greatest danger was “posed by lone offenders who leverage election-related issues to justify violence.”
“It is worse than it’s ever been,” said Cornell Belcher, a Democratic pollster. “This is uncharted waters.” Belcher blamed “the mainstreaming of behavior in politics that was, once upon a time, left or right, abhorrent.”
Police have not identified a motive for the attack on Pelosi’s husband. Judging by social media posts, the suspect appears to have been stewing in a mix of conspiracy theories about elections and the coronavirus pandemic.
“It’s bad regardless of the reasons, but if it’s politically motivated, it’s just another example of political violence and irresponsibility of folks who are opening the door to that type of violence against other elected officials,” Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, chairman of the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, said in an interview. “It’s a very sad time for our country right now.”
Politicians from both parties expressed outrage about the assault.
“This attack is shocking, and Americans should worry because it is becoming more common,” said Joe O’Dea, a Republican candidate for Senate in Colorado. “Partisanship and polarization are tearing the country apart.”
Some responses, however, reflected a sharp sense of partisanship.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., worked the incident into his remarks at a campaign stop for a congressional candidate as he called for Democrats to lose power in Congress.
“There’s no room for violence anywhere, but we’re going to send her back to be with him in California,” Youngkin said. “That’s what we’re going to go do.”
From the Civil War and attacks on Black voters during Jim Crow to the assassination of elected leaders like John and Robert Kennedy, the United States has experienced spasms of political violence. No party or ideology has a monopoly on it.
Five years ago, a left-wing activist opened fire on Republicans as they practiced for an annual charity baseball game. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was critically wounded. In 2011, then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in the head at an event outside a Tucson grocery store.
Today, violent rhetoric and imagery have become a staple of right wing politics in the United States, and it escalated during Donald Trump’s presidency. Democrats viewed the intrusion into Pelosi’s home as an extension of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when Trump’s supporters interrupted the peaceful transition of power to Biden.
On that day, protesters searched for Pelosi and chanted that they wanted to hang then-Vice President Mike Pence, who had defied Trump’s demands to overturn the election results.
Less than two years later, only 9% of U.S. adults think democracy is working “extremely” or “very well,” according to this month’s poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack have received a steady stream of threats for their work.
“If we do not stop the big lie, perpetuated by those who seek to win at any cost, our democracy will cease to exist,” Rep. Elaine Luria, a Virginia Democrat who was assigned a security detail in recent months because of her work on the committee, said in an interview. “Then nothing else we do will have mattered.”
Nowhere has the temperature been hotter than in Arizona, a cauldron for election conspiracy theories. People inspired by unsupported claims that ballot drop boxes perpetuate election fraud have camped outside those boxes, photographing voters and their license plates as they turn in ballots.
Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone said on Monday that he is patrolling around drop boxes and devoting unprecedented manpower to election security after two people armed with pistols and wearing tactical gear were seen keeping watch on a ballot drop box outside Phoenix. The incident sparked fears of voter intimidation and the potential for confrontations that could escalate into violence.
“It goes very quickly from well-intended to poorly executed, and then bad things happen,” Penzone said.
Penzone, a Democrat, said there’s “a growing toxic problem where individuals feel that it is appropriate to use forms of intimidation and threats to try to influence political outcomes.”
Left-leaning groups have filed two lawsuits against groups organizing watch parties, including one with ties to the Oath Keepers militia. A federal judge on Friday declined to order one group to stop its activities.
A 36-year-old man was arrested this past week for allegedly breaking into the campaign headquarters of Katie Hobbs, the Democratic nominee for governor and the current secretary of state. There’s no indication the burglary was politically motivated, but it alarmed her staff, which is constantly on guard for threats.
Federal prosecutors have charged three people with threatening to harm Arizona election officials, including Hobbs, since the last election.
Earlier in the week, three men were convicted of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after a trial that raised fears about paramilitary training and anti-government extremism.
And on Friday, a man pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. Also, a Kansas man is facing a felony charge of threatening to kill one of the state’s congressmen, Republican Jake LaTurner.
Rep. Val Demings, a Florida Democrat who is running for Senate, has campaigned with a large private security detail for much of the year. It is a necessary precaution, she said in an interview, given an uptick in violent threats in the months since she served as a House manager in Trump’s first impeachment trial.
“I never thought that I would have my worst moment, feeling like I was really going to die, in the Capitol on Jan. 6,” said Demings, a former Orlando police chief. “When I had been in back alleys and bar fights and arresting people who killed other people, and never did I have the feeling on the streets like I had that day. And it was all in politics, and I’m like, ‘What is going on?’”
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Cooper reported from Phoenix and Peoples from New York. Associated Press writers Jake Bleiberg in Dallas and Farnoush Amiri and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP has been advising persons and companies injured by the write-down of Credit Suisse's Additional Tier 1 capital instruments. Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch is now undertaking representation of current and former Credit Suisse employees who were paid with contingent capital awards (CCAs) whose value was destroyed by that write-down, and is available to discuss potential representation of any additional, unrepresented CCA holders who would like further information.
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Nintendo's colorful shooter series Splatoon returns next month with Splatoon 3, a brand-new installment coming to Nintendo Switch. Like previous entries, Splatoon 3 is a four-versus-four online shooter revolving around inking the most territory, and this time around, the game introduces a wealth of new modes and mechanics to keep the experience feeling fresh, including new special weapons and an expanded solo campaign.
Here's everything you need to know about Splatoon 3, from its release date to how to join the free demo taking place this weekend.
Release date
Splatoon 3 launches exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on Sep. 9. The game is available to preorder now at Amazon, Walmart, GameStop and other retailers.
Free Splatfest demo
Ahead of Splatoon 3's release, Nintendo is holding a free Splatfest World Premiere demo.
You can download and play the demo now, but for the time being, you can only try a brief gameplay tutorial and walk around the game's hub area, Splatsville. However, on Aug. 27, Nintendo will be holding a Splatfest event, which will let you compete against other players in the game's signature mode, Turf War.
Splatoon Switch OLED
Ahead of Splatoon 3, Nintendo is releasing a Splatoon-themed Nintendo Switch OLED system. The console goes on sale Aug. 26 and comes with a specially themed dock and purple and yellow Joy-Con controllers. The system will cost $360, slightly more expensive than the standard Switch OLED.
On top of that, Nintendo will launch a Splatoon-themed Switch Pro Controller. It goes on sale alongside the game on Sep. 9 and features blue and yellow grips, as well as Splatoon splatters and logos across the body. The controller will retail for $75.
New Amiibo
In addition to the game, Nintendo is releasing three new Splatoon Amiibo figures: Octoling (blue), Inkling (Yellow) and Smallfry. The figures are slated to launch sometime this holiday.
Nintendo will also be reprinting older Splatoon Amiibo ahead of Splatoon 3's release, including the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook figures.
Stage list
At launch, Splatoon 3 will feature 12 different multiplayer stages, including a handful of returning and refurbished maps from the first two Splatoon games. You can see the full list of launch stages below:
New stages
- Scorch Gorge
- Eeltail Alley
- Hagglefish Market
- Undertow Spillway
- Mincemeat Metalworks
Returning stages
- Hammerhead Bridge (Splatoon 1)
- Museum D'alphonsino (Splatoon 1)
- Mahi-Mahi Resort (Splatoon 1)
- Inkblot Art Academy (Splatoon 2)
- Sturgeon Shipyard (Splatoon 2)
- Makomart (Splatoon 2)
- Wahoo World (Splatoon 2)
More stages will be added to the game as part of free post-launch updates.
Splatoon 3 launches on Sep. 9. We recently went hands-on with the game and thought it feels familiar but features exciting possibilities. Players who subscriber to the Nintendo Switch Online plus Expansion Pack plan can also play Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion at no additional cost.
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Foxconn has announced two more vehicles for Foxtron, a fledgling electric-vehicle brand launched a year ago by the Taiwanese contract manufacturing giant during its annual Hon Hai Tech Day.
The two vehicles include the Model V pickup truck and Model B compact hatchback. The company previewed both in teaser videos and confirmed the reveal for this year’s Hon Hai Tech Day, scheduled for Oct. 18.
Foxconn was short on details but described the pickup as “Taiwan’s first self-designed and developed multi-functional electric pickup truck.”
It’s hard to gauge from the teaser, but the Model V appears to be a mid-size pickup. It also appears to have conventional brake rotors and not the in-wheel motors of the Endurance electric pickup that Foxconn will soon build for EV startup Lordstown at a plant in Ohio.
The Model B is a handsome hatch with a C-pillar design that looks like it was borrowed from the Volkswagen ID.3 compact hatch sold overseas. Foxconn said the Model B is based on the company’s own modular EV platform first announced in 2020.
The platform also underpins a Model C crossover and Model E sedan, both of which were shown last year together with a Model T bus. Timing and market availability for the vehicles haven’t been announced.
In addition to the EVs from Foxconn’s own Foxtron brand, Foxconn also plans to build EVs under contract. Several of these will be built at the former GM plant in Ohio, which was acquired by Foxconn from Lordstown last year. Foxconn will use the plant to build the aforementioned Lordstown Endurance pickup, as well as a vehicle code-named Project PEAR for Fisker, and a tractor for electric farm equipment company Monarch.
Foxconn this week also announced it will build prototypes for the One compact sedan from EV startup Indi at the Ohio plant. Should Indi find success with the One’s development, Foxconn said it is also open to eventually building customer examples under contract.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans won control of the U.S. House on Wednesday, returning the party to power in Washington and giving conservatives leverage to blunt President Joe Biden’s agenda and spur a flurry of investigations. But a threadbare majority will pose immediate challenges for GOP leaders and complicate the party’s ability to govern.
More than a week after Election Day, Republicans secured the 218th seat needed to flip the House from Democratic control. The full scope of the party’s majority may not be clear for several more days — or weeks — as votes in competitive races are still being counted.
But they are on track to cobble together what could be the party's narrowest majority of the 21st century, rivaling 2001, when Republicans had just a nine-seat majority, 221-212 with two independents. That’s far short of the sweeping victory the GOP predicted going into this year’s midterm elections, when the party hoped to reset the agenda on Capitol Hill by capitalizing on economic challenges and Biden’s lagging popularity.
Instead, Democrats showed surprising resilience, holding on to moderate, suburban districts from Virginia to Minnesota and Kansas. The results could complicate House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s plans to become speaker as some conservative members have questioned whether to back him or have imposed conditions for their support.
McCarthy, R-Calif., celebrated his party having “officially flipped” the House on Twitter on Wednesday night, writing, “Americans are ready for a new direction, and House Republicans are ready to deliver.”
Current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., released a statement Wednesday night saying, “In the next Congress, House Democrats will continue to play a leading role in supporting President Biden’s agenda — with strong leverage over a scant Republican majority.”
Biden congratulated McCarthy, saying he is “ready to work with House Republicans to deliver results for working families.”
“Last week’s elections demonstrated the strength and resilience of American democracy. There was a strong rejection of election deniers, political violence, and intimidation,” Biden said in a statement. “There was an emphatic statement that, in America, the will of the people prevails.”
He added, that “the future is too promising to be trapped in political warfare."
The narrow margins have upended Republican politics and prompted finger-pointing about what went wrong. Some in the GOP have blamed Donald Trump for the worse-than-expected outcome. The former president, who announced his third White House bid Tuesday, lifted candidates during this year’s Republican primaries who often questioned the results of the 2020 election or downplayed the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol last year. Many of those struggled to win during the general election.
Despite the GOP’s underwhelming showing, the party will still have notable power. Republicans will take control of key committees, giving them the ability to shape legislation and launch probes of Biden, his family and his administration. There’s particular interest in investigating the overseas business dealings of the president’s son Hunter Biden. Some of the most conservative lawmakers have raised the prospect of impeaching Biden, though that will be much harder for the party to accomplish with a tight majority.
Any legislation that emerges from the House could face steep odds in the Senate, where Democrats won the barest of majorities Saturday. Both parties are looking to a Dec. 6 Senate runoff in Georgia as a last chance to pad their ranks.
With such a potentially slim House majority, there’s also potential for legislative chaos. The dynamic essentially gives an individual member enormous sway over shaping what happens in the chamber. That could lead to particularly tricky circumstances for GOP leaders as they try to win support for must-pass measures that keep the government funded or raise the debt ceiling.
The GOP’s failure to notch more wins — they needed a net gain of five seats to take the majority — was especially surprising because the party went into the election benefiting from congressional maps that were redrawn by Republican legislatures. History was also on Republicans’ side: The party that holds the White House had lost congressional seats during virtually every new president’s first midterm of the modern era.
The new majority will usher in a new group of leaders in Washington. If elected to succeed Pelosi in the top post, McCarthy would lead what will likely be a rowdy conference of House Republicans, most of whom are aligned with Trump’s bare-knuckle brand of politics. Many Republicans in the incoming Congress rejected the results of the 2020 presidential election, even though claims of widespread fraud were refuted by courts, elections officials and Trump’s own attorney general.
McCarthy won the nomination for House speaker on Tuesday, with a formal vote to come when the new Congress convenes in January.
“I'm proud to announce the era of one-party Democrat rule in Washington is over,” McCarthy said after winning the nomination.
Republican candidates pledged on the campaign trail to cut taxes and tighten border security. GOP lawmakers also could withhold aid to Ukraine as it fights a war with Russia or use the threat of defaulting on the nation’s debt as leverage to extract cuts from social spending and entitlements — though all such pursuits will be tougher given how small the GOP majority may end up being.
As a senator and then vice president, Biden spent a career crafting legislative compromises with Republicans. But as president, he was clear about what he viewed as the threats posed by the current Republican Party.
Biden said the midterms show voters want Democrats and Republicans to find ways to cooperate and govern in a bipartisan manner, but also noted that Republicans didn’t achieve the electoral surge they’d been betting on and vowed, “I’m not going to change anything in any fundamental way.”
AP VoteCast, a broad survey of the national electorate, showed that high inflation and concerns about the fragility of democracy had heavily influenced voters. Half of voters said inflation factored significantly, with groceries, gasoline, housing, food and other costs that have shot up in the past year. Slightly fewer — 44% — said the future of democracy was their primary consideration.
Counter to the GOP’s expectations, Biden didn’t entirely shoulder the blame for inflation, with close to half of voters saying the higher-than-usual prices were more because of factors outside his control. And despite the president bearing criticism from a pessimistic electorate, some of those voters backed Democratic candidates.
Democrats also likely benefited from anger over the Supreme Court overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision cementing a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion. Voters in Michigan voted to amend their state constitution to protect abortion rights while far more reliably Republican Kentucky rejected a constitutional amendment declaring no right to an abortion.
Overall, 7 in 10 voters said the high court’s ruling overturning the 1973 decision enshrining abortion rights was an important factor in their midterm decisions. VoteCast also showed the reversal was broadly unpopular. About 6 in 10 say they are angry or dissatisfied by it. And roughly 6 in 10 say they favor a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide.
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HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification validates CipherHealth is committed to meeting key regulations and protecting sensitive information
NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CipherHealth, a recognized leader and innovator in patient-centered communications, engagement, and insights for the nation's leading healthcare systems, today announced that it has earned HITRUST Certified status for Evolve.
HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) Certified status demonstrates that an organization's risk management and compliance has met key regulations and industry-defined requirements and is appropriately managing risk. This achievement places CipherHealth in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this certification.
"Patients trust hospitals and health systems with some of their most sensitive data—data about their health, their families, their finances," said Tyler Davis, SVP Technology, at CipherHealth. "Hospitals—and all of their partners and vendors—have a tremendous responsibility to protect that data. We've always held data privacy as a chief concern and this certification reinforces that fact."
By including federal and state regulations, standards, and frameworks, and incorporating a risk-based approach, the HITRUST Assurance Program helps organizations address security and data protection challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls.
"This HITRUST certification comes after the most rigorous security assessment available in the healthtech space," said Kenny Adedipe, CISM, CipherHealth Information Security Manager. "This sends a clear signal to all of our partners and customers that they can feel secure while also taking advantage of patient engagement tools that are dynamic and interoperable."
The certification, encompassing CipherHealth's Evolve Platform residing on Armor and Google Cloud Platform, is the result of a two-year effort and formalizes many of the security and privacy protections CipherHealth already has in place. It serves as a strong addition to other security certifications achieved by CipherHealth, including SOC 2 certification and HIPAA HITECH compliance.
"HITRUST knows that without a sufficient level of reliability, an assurance report doesn't provide the requisite level of assurances as required to make important business decisions. That's why we focus on producing the highest quality reports available," said Vincent Bennekers, Vice President of Quality, HITRUST. "The achievement of a HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification provides reliable assurances that CipherHealth is taking information risk management and compliance seriously."
About CipherHealth
CipherHealth is an award-winning digital patient engagement company committed to enhancing communication and coordination throughout the care continuum. Since 2009, CipherHealth has helped define the patient engagement category, delivering groundbreaking tools and superior services to help health systems deliver patient-centric, quality care that improves clinical outcomes, drives operational efficiency, and creates sustainable financial value through a full suite of communications solutions. CipherHealths's automated, scalable platform empowers healthcare organizations to drive meaningful conversations among patients, provider staff and caregivers, regardless of care setting, thereby achieving new standards for patient care and accelerating the digital transformation of the industry.
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Industrial manufacturer of hydraulic oil coolers deploys new tools to streamline the specification process for fluid power engineers.
CINCINNATI and RACINE, Wis., Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thermal Transfer Products (TTP) has partnered with CADENAS PARTsolutions to launch an all-new 3D configuration tool for industrial heat exchangers. The new online tool is a key component of TTP's mission: to be the easiest fluid power manufacturer to work with. By delivering on-demand access to product configuration, CAD models and PDF datasheets, TTP enables engineers to quickly get the information they need to do their jobs efficiently.
"The end goal is to: Size it. Price it. Draw it. That's what this is all about," Tim McDonald, VP of Sales at TTP, said. TTP's vision is to combine their digital tools in a one-stop shop approach for product selection, engineering data/drawings and quoting to the market.
McDonald continued, "Ease of doing business is central to our digital strategy. We want to make it so easy to work with us that we are the default choice for anyone looking to specify a heat exchanger."
TTP manufactures pre-engineered and custom heat exchangers for use in a wide variety of industries, for both stationary and mobile applications.
"Our products can be found anywhere you see a hydraulic application, such as factory machinery or off-highway applications," McDonald said.
TTP has provided design assistance in the past, but sometimes were challenged by resources and available CAD data. The 3D product configurator now delivers CAD models in more than 150 native and neutral formats.
"Engineers would call or email our engineering department to get a CAD model for their application, usually with a 24-hour turnaround," Ron Szarzynski, Product Manager at TTP, said. "The process could take longer if the customer needed data for a legacy product, which would need to be redrawn into a modern 3D format. Our new configuration tool replaces that process. The end user can build the exact product for their application online by selecting the features they need. When they're happy with the configuration, they can download it instantly in the format of their choice."
For more than 50 years, TTP has designed and manufactured heat exchangers for the fluid power industry. We are a recognized industry leader, providing a complete portfolio of high-performing heat exchangers for oil cooling and air compressor cooling.
When you work with us, you'll find the performance of our technologies sets the bar for heat transfer products, and our relentless drive to find and create custom heat transfer solutions to meet any industry challenge sets us apart. Learn more at https://www.thermaltransfer.com/.
CADENAS PARTsolutions provides 3D part catalogs and product configuration solutions, helping industrial component manufacturers increase sales leads and ensure that components get "designed in" to OEM products.
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Dear Abby: My husband and I were raised within religious communities. Among other conservative values, we were taught that a wife is to be responsible for domestic labor, and a husband is to be the primary breadwinner outside the home (yes, even in the ’90s and 2000s). We were still deeply involved in these communities when we married at 21 and 22.
I wasn’t physically attracted to my husband at the time of our courtship or marriage, but he was (and still is) very kind to me. I was led to believe I was following God’s path by getting married, and the union allowed me to escape my domineering father.
The initial relief and freedom I experienced slowly evolved into feelings of resentment when I started realizing my husband is not equipped, emotionally or intellectually, to provide for the family I hoped for. Luckily, we have agreed that many of our families’ traditional values are simply not serving our needs.
I now enjoy a career and provide the majority of our income. I’m still responsible for most of the housework, despite many conversations about balancing the labor. My husband recognizes that he needs to step up, but has struggled to follow through. Men doing housework was not modeled for him growing up, which makes it challenging. His heart is in the right place, but that doesn’t help me.
I feel burned out and alone. We have been in marriage counseling for a year; nothing has changed. I am turning 30 this year and starting to despair about the future of our marriage and the possibility of having children. I want a partner I can count on. Am I chasing a fantasy? — Disillusioned in Washington
Dear Disillusioned: I’m sorry to say this, but I’m afraid you may be. While you have escaped it, your husband is still trapped in the role he was raised to believe was his. The question really is, can he recognize this and adapt to the new circumstances? It would be wonderful if he could, but if it isn’t in the cards, you should not start a family with him.
Dear Abby: My son married in 2016. Because of his wife’s drug use, he divorced her in 2018. Before their large November wedding, I crocheted her a gorgeous shawl as a gift. (My late mother lined it.) It was a stunning piece, trimmed throughout with gold yarn scalloping in intermittent rows and along the edges. I thought she would enjoy it, but she never took it out of its packaging. She stuffed it in a nightstand drawer in the guest room.
My son ran across it a few weeks ago and didn’t realize what it was. Now that I have it back, I don’t know what to do with it. I know of some upcoming weddings, but I feel if I explain what it is, it would be considered unlucky. Should I donate it to charity? — Undecided in Illinois
Dear Undecided: Because you are hesitant to give the shawl to anyone because of possible bad karma, feel free to donate it so someone can appreciate the work and love that went into creating it. (You could also use it yourself, unless you are afraid the bad luck could rub off on you.)
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com
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BANGKOK (AP) — A group of German air force fighter jets neared Singapore on Tuesday in a marathon bid to fly them some 12,800 kilometers (8,000 miles) from their home base to Southeast Asia in just 24 hours.
The exercise comes at a time of heightened tensions between China and the U.S. and its allies over Taiwan and demonstrates the ability for a European nation to move air power quickly to the region.
The European Union unveiled a new strategy in September for boosting economic, political and defense ties in the Indo-Pacific. German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht told reporters that despite the war in Ukraine being a priority at the moment, the Eurofighter mission underscores that Asia has not been forgotten.
“We are at the side of all of those who stand for our values such as democracy, freedom and security, and are also willing to contribute,” she said as the aircraft took off from Neuburg, Germany, on Monday, the dpa news agency reported.
“Our focus at the moment is naturally on the eastern flank, for which Russia’s brutal war of aggression is to blame, but we also have to keep an eye on other regions.”
Part of the EU’s new strategy for the Asia-Pacific is focused on improving maritime security and ensuring safe passage through sea lanes, and several European nations have sent naval assets to the region for maneuvers this year.
As China has grown more assertive in the region, the United States, Britain and others have also made it increasingly a priority.
Germany sent the frigate Bayern to the region on a nearly seven-month deployment that wound up earlier this year, the first time a German warship had been in the Indo-Pacific for nearly two decades. It took part in joint exercises with allies including Australia, Singapore, Japan and the United States, and was denied a port call in China.
The six multirole Eurofighter jets involved in the current exercise were accompanied by four transport aircraft and three tankers. They were refueled in-air along the lengthy flight, and also made stops along the way for refueling, inspection and rotations of pilots.
During a stop at a base near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Germany’s air force, the Luftwaffe, said that two of the Eurofighters were found to have technical problems. One was fixed on site but the other had a defect in its hydraulics system so was held back.
The Luftwaffe said personnel were sent from Germany to repair it further so that it would be available for upcoming exercises in Australia, where all the aircraft are heading after Singapore.
The so-called Pitch Black exercise is bringing together some 2,500 personnel and 100 aircraft from around the globe for three weeks in Australia’s Northern Territory.
In addition to Germany, European NATO members France, Britain and the Netherlands are participating, along with the United States, New Zealand, Korea, the UAE, India, Japan, Thailand and others.
The exercise is designed to test and improve multinational force integration, and “recognize Australia’s strong relationships and the high value we place on regional security and fostering closer ties throughout the Indo-Pacific region,” the Royal Australian Air Force said.
Following the Aug. 19-Sept. 8 exercise in Australia, the German jets are to stop in Japan and South Korea on their way back home.
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By Hilary Dorsey, BridgeTower Media Newswires
The Portland City Council on Wednesday authorized construction of two critical water infrastructure improvement projects, with guaranteed maximum prices totaling almost $1.5 billion.
A new water filtration facility will be built to remove cryptosporidium and other potential contaminants from the Bull Run water supply. That project will be built in two phases for no more than $1.069 billion. The first phase will include site preparation and earthwork. MWH-Kiewit JV — a joint venture of Colorado-based MWH Constructors and Kiewit Corp. — is the construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC).
Separately, pipelines will be installed to take water from the filtration facility and the $20.4 million corrosion control facility completed last year to the existing water system. The pipelines project also will be built in two phases for no more than $404 million. Bull Run Conveyance Partners — a joint venture of J.W. Fowler and MWH Constructors — is the CM/GC.
Throughout five years of planning and design, the Portland Water Bureau has sought to manage costs for the projects. Ongoing value engineering has reduced construction costs by $200 million and federal financing will save at least $247 million. Nevertheless, the total program budget (financing, planning, design and construction) has increased substantially from $1.482 billion to $1.834 billion, according to a Portland Water Bureau staff report. Higher construction costs and a limited contractor/labor pool are considered the culprits, the bureau stated.
The filtration facility will be constructed on a 95-acre parcel in rural Multnomah County, Portland Water Bureau Director Gabe Solmer said during a Portland City Council meeting on June 28. Granular media filtration will allow the plant to process up to 145 million gallons of water per day.
In addition to MWH-Kiewit JV, the project team includes Brown and Caldwell (program management), and Stantec and Carollo Engineers (design). Also, MWA Architects supported the engineering team. Construction of the filtration facility is set to begin in September and finish in 2027.
The Portland Water Bureau’s five-year capital improvement plan accounts for the filtration facility. Approximately $91 million was requested for fiscal year 2023–24. A total of approximately $1.06 billion will be requested for fiscal years 2024–25 to 2028–29. Funding will come from a combination of net proceeds from bond sales, a low-interest Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan via the Environmental Protection Agency, water sales revenue, and other sources such as system development charges and interest earnings.
The pipelines project is being designed by Jacobs of California. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2024 and finish in 2027. That project’s cost will be covered by the same sources.
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A young woman, a born swimmer, backstrokes her way across the Adriatic Sea under a blinding sun in the opening images of “Murina,” which begins a weeklong run at the Gene Siskel Film Center Friday.
We don’t yet know her circumstances, where she’s from, what kind of life she lives. But by the time director and co-writer Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović returns to these images, we know why the swimmer carves the water like someone tasting real freedom, perhaps for the first time in her 17 thwarted years.
“Murina” is the eye-filling debut feature from the Croatian-born filmmaker now based in New York. The film tells a simple, beat-by-beat story of this teenager, Julija, played by Gracija Filipović, and a life defined by the Dalmatian region coastline: craggy, forbidding, with cliffs ideal for jumping.
Underwater, her relationship with her father (Leon Lucev) works well enough. Father and daughter dive for moray eels, the “murina” of the title. Above water, the tensions among this family threaten to burst into violence. The father has given up on making his wife behave the way he wants her to. “Murina” is a clear if programmatic narrative of what happens when the child in this dynamic bears the brunt of his disapproval.
Residing on an island, Julija’s father and long-suffering, sun-dappled mother (Danica Curcic) are entertaining a longtime acquaintance who may buy the land and develop it for tourism. The adults share a shadowy history, and when we meet this potential savior, played by Cliff Curtis, he’s plainly a wolfish narcissist and a man of means who means to stir up trouble.
Right away, sheltered, watchful Julija sees this man with the arrogant, charismatic Elia Kazan profile as her ticket out. She’s hyper-aware of how he looks at both her and her mother.
Julija sees a way out for both women in this miserably patriarchal clan, and a way to see the world. The girl dreams of going to school in America. Anywhere but here, she thinks, though she’s effortlessly in tune with her physical surroundings where she is.
“If he gets this,” her mother says of Julija’s father and the land sale, “he’ll be calmer.”
“If he gets money,” the daughter responds, calmly, “he’ll be worse.”
From there, “Murina” explores elements of sunshine noir, and hints of a sinister romantic quadrangle. At heart, though, it follows a tidy course of self-discovery for its protagonist, without an overload of nuance or emotional or even much dramatic complexity.
What the film has is visual authority and an eye for composition. Kusijanović and her inspired cinematographer, Hélène Louvart (”Happy as Lazzaro,” “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” “The Lost Daughter”) have no interest in capturing tourism beauty. The landscape isn’t about prettiness; it’s about toughness, and the accumulating harshness of the human behavior in a story of someone finding her escape hatch.
The filmmaker, who wrote “Murina” with Frank Graziano, worked with Filipović four years ago in the excellent, heart-rending short film ”Into the Blue.” It’s well worth seeing; there, the barely-teenaged friendship of two girls and a caddish boy plays out in ways that feel completely honest and authentic. In “Murina” you sense the filmmaker straining a bit for the same within her story structure. She’s essentially building a case for what’s obvious from the beginning: Julija wants out, because obedience and compliance is no life at all.
Her camera eye, I suspect, will see her through in future projects. Martin Scorsese backed “Murina” as executive producer. Like the film’s spearfishing, eagle-eyed protagonist, who seems most at home in the water, the filmmaker clearly is swimming in the right direction.
“Murina” — 3 stars (out of 4)
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Not rated (some nudity, violence)
Running time: 1:34
How to watch: July 15-22 at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St.; www.siskelfilmcenter.org. In Croatian and Spanish with English subtitles.
Michael Phillips is a Tribune critic.
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After co-creating and starring on Schitt's Creek for six seasons, Eugene Levy is returning to TV for the first time since the series ended in 2020. The Emmy-winning actor -- and not so adventurous type -- will host The Reluctant Traveler, a new Apple TV+ original that will take him on a globe-trotting tour as he explores various places and cultures around the world.
While not normally one for adventures that take him to various corners of the planet, the 75-year-old is taking advantage of the opportunity to broaden his horizons, and "hopes his experiences might lead to a whole new chapter in life." Set to premiere on Feb. 24, 2023, the eight-part unscripted series will follow Levy as he travels to Costa Rica, Finland, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Portugal, South Africa and the U.S.
The series, meanwhile, is the latest project that has brought the beloved cast of Schitt's Creek back to our screens. Catherine O'Hara recently reunited with the Canadian sketch comedy group, Kids in the Hall, as they revived the series for a sixth season that aired in 2022. Annie Murphy followed Schitt's Creek with two seasons of Kevin Can F**k Himself as well as a recurring role in Russian Doll season 2. And Dan Levy, who will appear in Sex Education season 4 and the upcoming HBO series The Idol, can currently be seen hosting the culinary competition The Big Brunch.
Now, if they could all get together on the same show so we can get a proper Schitt's Creek reunion. Until then, it will be good to have the elder Levy back on our screens once again.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police arrested a prominent political figure in an overnight raid on his home near Islamabad days after he accused the former president of the country of plotting to kill ex-prime minister Imran Khan, officials said Thursday.
The latest government move is likely to deepen political turmoil at a time when the government is facing one of its worst economic crises and is in talks to convince the International Monetary Fund to revive a $6 billion bailout.
Police are expected to bring Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, who served as interior minister in Khan’s government, before a judge to get permission to question him for any evidence supporting his allegation against former President Asif Ali Zardari.
Islamabad police confirmed the arrest, saying Ahmed, who is the president of his small Awami Muslim League party, was in custody. Ahmed is a staunch critic of the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
Ahmed’s nephew, Rashid Shafiq, told reporters that dozens of police officers forcibly entered his uncle’s house on the outskirts of Islamabad before dawn and arrested him, although Ahmed had already obtained a protective bail.
Police say Ahmed’s arrest came after a complaint from Inayat-ur Rehman, a senior politician from Zardari’s Pakistan People’s Party. Rehman told police that Ahmed was inciting people to violence by levelling a serious allegation against Zardari.
Khan has accused Zardari of plotting to kill him by hiring an assassin from an unnamed military group. Zardari denies that and has said he will sue Khan.
Ahmed’s arrest comes days after police in Lahore detained a senior leader from Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf Party, Fawad Chaudhry, on charges of threatening the chief of the elections board and other officials.
Chaudhry was released on bail on orders from the court the previous day.
Shortly after Ahmed’s arrest, Khan took to Twitter to denounce his arrest.
Footage released later by Ahmed’s supporters showed police taking Ahmed to a hospital for medical examination, as officers alleged that the man was drunk when arrested. Speaking to reporters at an Islamabad hospital, Ahmed denied the charge.
The arrest of Ahmed was a setback to Khan, who retains a robust grassroots following after he was ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament last April. He now leads the opposition.
Meanwhile, police also arrested a TV anchorperson, Imran Riaz Khan, in Lahore. It was unclear on what charges he was taken into custody. Riaz Khan is not related to the ex-premier, but he is one of his staunch supporters in the electronic media. Months ago, police had said that they were seeking his arrest for hate speech against the country’s institutions.
A former cricket star-turned-Islamist politician, Khan was wounded in a gun attack while leading a rally toward Islamabad last November. One of Khan’s supporters was killed and several others were wounded in the shooting. Since then, Khan has been leading an antigovernment campaign from his home in Lahore, the capital in the eastern Punjab province. He wants the government to agree to a snap vote. The government has rejected that demand, saying the elections will be held on time later this year.
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(Motor Authority) – General Motors has unveiled its next electric vehicle, and this time it’s another pickup truck.
On Thursday, GMC showed off the 2024 Sierra EV Denali Edition 1. The pickup brand promises the electric truck will deliver up to 400 miles of range, a reconfigurable midgate, lots of on-board outlets, and a high (initial) price of $108,695 including destination when it arrives in early 2024.
How much range and power?
Based on GM’s Ultium electric platform with a 200-kwh battery pack, GMC estimates the Denali Edition 1 will go about 400 miles on a charge. The dual-motor powertrain is more powerful than its 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV brethren with 754 hp and 785 lb-ft of torque. With a tow rating of 9,500 lb and payload rating of 1,300 lb, the Sierra EV Denali falls a bit short of the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning in that regard, despite the standard trailering package.
GMC said the Sierra EV will sprint from 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds.
While the Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 won’t feature the GMC Hummer EV’s three-motor powertrain, it will crib the off-road pickup’s four-wheel-steering system to enable the Sierra EV to drive diagonally. Denali Edition 1 models will ride on standard air suspension that can raise or lower the truck up to two inches.
How long will it take to charge?
With a series/parallel switch to connect two 400-volt electrical battery packs to enable 800-volt charging, the Sierra EV will be capable of gaining 100 miles of range with 10 minutes of fast-changing on a 350-kW charger.
Denali Edition 1 models will feature a 19.2-kW onboard AC charging module as standard equipment.
GM didn’t provide full charging times or discuss how long charging will take on a 150-kW charger, or any other charging information.
Like the Silverado EV, the Sierra EV will feature bi-directional charging and be compatible with GM Energy’s Ultium Home offerings. This will enable the truck’s battery to power a home in the event of a power outage.
With the available Ultium Power Bar, an accessory that plugs into the truck’s charging port akin to a power strip, the Sierra EV will be capable of supplying 10.2 kw of power for use through up to 10 outlets including one 240-volt and nine 120-volt plugs. GMC said the truck will be capable of recharging another electric vehicle. It’s unclear how much power the Sierra EV can put out through its standard seven outlets without the Ultium Power Bar.
Looks different but the same
While the GMC Sierra EV shares its hard points underneath its metal skin with the Chevy Silverado EV, its design is mostly its own.
Fitting into the GMC lineup with a modern and futuristic twist, the Sierra EV features C-shaped LED daytime running lights with three horizontal LED charging indicators mounted below, a split-headlight design mounted at knee height, and a Chevy Avalanche-like C-pillar. The front end features an LED backlight surround with a backlit GMC logo front and center on Denali Edition 1 models while 24-inch wheels wrapped in 35-inch rubber fill the wells.
Inside the Sierra EV diverges from the current GMC lineup and its Chevy sibling with its own dashboard and design. Instead of a wall of screens on the dashboard, the Sierra EV splits things up for the Denali Edition 1 with an 11.0-inch digital gauge cluster and 16.8-inch portrait-style touchscreen featuring a volume knob mounted to the screen, and seven hard toggles mounted beneath. These displays are augmented by the 14.0-inch color head-up display.
The Denali Edition 1’s standard fixed glass roof is infrared reflective and features a UV coating said to help keep the cabin from roasting. Luxury Denali Edition 1 models will also feature quilted-leather seats and, in what might be a first, a wireless smartphone charger that inductively charges through the standard open-pore wood trim.
Is that you, Avalanche?
Like its Chevy Silverado EV sibling, the Sierra EV features a Chevy Avalanche-like reconfigurable midgate for the 5-foot-11-inch bed. The 60-40 split midgate enables the bed to be extended into the four-door cab with split-folding rear seats.
The cab’s rear window retracts into the midgate, which when open creates a bed that is 11 feet long with the tailgate down using the Denali Edition 1’s reconfigurable tailgate. With the tailgate up and the midgate folded, the Sierra EV can haul items that are nine feet long.
Sierra EV lineup
GMC will begin taking reservations for the 2024 Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 today, but the electric truck will be the only model for the launch year with limited volume, though how many will be built wasn’t discussed.
In 2025 the Sierra EV lineup will expand with the addition of the less expensive off-road focused AT4 and Elevation models.
Short on details, GMC team members told Motor Authority that the AT4 model will feature a two-inch factory lift, rear-wheel steering, Crab Walk functionality, and model-specific design inside and out.
The Elevation model will serve as the least expensive Sierra EV model announced with a base price of about $50,000.
GMC spokespeople said that the Elevation and AT4 models will be available with various battery pack sizes and driving ranges. Future models will weigh less than the Denali, which could translate into higher payload and tow ratings.
Where will the GMC Sierra EV be built?
GM will build the 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 at Factory Zero, which used to be known as Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant. It’ll be built on the same line as the GMC Hummer EV and initial production of the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV.
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Eventually, Sierra EV and Silverado EV production will also take place at the automaker’s Orion Township plant, where GM builds the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV. GM has invested $4 billion in the plant and added 2,350 jobs with the expansion of body and paint shops along with general and battery assembly areas.
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10 abandoned cars recovered from Ohio River
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - A new effort by law enforcement is using technology to solve cold cases, find missing people and clean up the Ohio River.
Whatever lies beneath the river’s silty murk, it’s fewer by 10 abandoned cars as of last Friday, WXIX reported.
That’s how many have been recovered so far in the joint endeavor of the Hamilton County Police Association Dive and Recovery Team, the Cincinnati Police Department and Living Lands & Waters.
The team will work through the week to recover more than a dozen cars currently sitting at the bottom of the Ohio River. The cars were identified using sonar technology.
Since last Friday, the team has scanned 26 miles of the river.
The machinery and expense to retrieve the cars is provided by Living Lands & Waters, a river cleanup operation.
It’s the first partnership between Living Lands & Waters and the police’s dive and recovery team.
Seven police divers are assisting, and the Cincinnati police’s Criminal Investigations Section is providing personnel to process the cars that come up and make sure none are tied to a crime.
Once the cars are out of the water, the officers look up the VINs and thoroughly search the vehicles, attempting to solve missing persons reports or cold cases.
Living Lands & Waters typically focuses on cleaning and maintaining rivers. They said this is their first time teaming up to do a job that involves recovery efforts.
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Hosted by TMG executive coaches, new episodes feature bold leadership lessons on how top-performing CEOs are managing during these remarkable and uncertain times
NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For listeners seeking authentic leadership advice, C-Suite Intelligence is back. The podcast has just launched a second season with new leadership lessons from coaches to the world's top-performing executives.
Season two kicks off with "Resilience Redefined," released today on all major platforms. The episode discusses how unfamiliar setbacks can test even the strongest leaders, and why leaders should practice embracing these learning moments.
"The podcast is really a master class in leadership, whether you aspire to be a CEO someday, or just want to grow in your career," says Stephen Miles, Founder and CEO of The Miles Group, who hosts C-Suite Intelligence alongside TMG colleagues Taylor Griffin, Courtney Hamilton, William (Billy) Stern, Christina Woodard, John Nasr, and others.
"We coach men, women, young entrepreneurs, and established legacy CEOs – leaders from all different industries and contexts all over the world," says Taylor Griffin, COO. "As executive coaches, our work is behind-the-scenes – in conference rooms, boardrooms, and wherever leaders are taking critical, decisive actions."
"Through these experiences, we have captured a lot of learnings that can help people at different points in their career, but don't have access to a coach." Miles continues, "C-Suite Intelligence has become our way of distilling these coaching insights for a broader audience."
The experts: Miles and his TMG colleagues Taylor Griffin, Courtney Hamilton, William (Billy) Stern, Christina Woodard, and John Nasr work closely with some of the most successful C-suite officers at companies ranging from the largest and most recognizable global corporations to private equity portfolio companies and emergent VC-backed firms. They are across the desk, on the plane, side-by-side with executives to help them continuously up their game as leaders. They also coach them through the toughest times their company faces – from sudden leadership changes to business downturns to crisis events.
The episodes: The podcast episodes are timely, candid, and free of jargon – how real executives talk about their problems and how to fix them; average episode length is around 15 minutes. Angela Baughman is the producer.
In "Resilience Redefined," hosted by Stephen Miles and Taylor Griffin, and debuting today, they propose a fresh take on resilience. Faced with new challenges every day, the world we live in is full of setbacks. "Think about the ecosystem of people around you. Support and trust among your teams is crucial to building resilience that is sustainable and can be modeled throughout the organization," says Miles.
"We have setbacks in our personal life and we have setbacks in our work life. They're everywhere. How we handle these setbacks is a good test of who we are and what we're made of. The key is to practice picking yourself back up each time, re-energize yourself, and try again," continues Miles. "As executives, we have to train ourselves to be excited about doing hard things."
New C-Suite Intelligence episodes will be released bi-weekly, covering topics ranging from leading through hyperinflation, how we can make offices work better, and the increasing responsibility leaders bear around hot-button social issues.
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
For more information, please contact Davia Temin or Trang Mar of Temin and Company at 212.588.8788 or news@teminandco.com.
About The Miles Group/TMG
TMG develops talent strategies for organizations, teams, and individuals – focusing on high-performance, world-class leadership. Through assessments and development, coaching, leadership transition planning, and organizational design, TMG helps clients cultivate exceptional talent from the C-suite to the next generation of leaders throughout the organization. Clients include many of the Fortune 100 as well as VC portfolio companies, firms in transition, and organizations around the globe and across industries. TMG has been featured in Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fortune, C-Suite, Entrepreneur, and Chief Executive. The firm is headquartered in New York City and operates globally. For more information, visit http://miles-group.com. Follow TMG on Twitter @TheMilesGroup and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-miles-group.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "My 6 year-old nephew needed a convenient and portable space for virtual learning at home," said an inventor, from Palmdale, Calif., "so I invented the PORTABLE ROLLABLE DESK. My portable design can be utilized outside, in the cafeteria, library, gym, or other location and it help keep children of all ages safe (pre-K to college)."
The invention provides a portable desk for school, virtual learning, working remotely, etc. In doing so, it enables the user to store books, a laptop and other items. It also can be used indoors or outdoors, it helps to promote social distancing on the school campus and it eliminates the need to build more rooms. The invention features a versatile and lightweight design that is easy to use, transport and store so it is ideal for individuals learning and working from home, schools, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Los Angeles sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-LAX-1431, 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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PAMPLONA, Spain — The third bull run of Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival ended Saturday with the event’s first gorings of the year.
Thousands of runners, most wearing the traditional white shirt and pants with red sash and neckerchief, scampered to avoid the charging animals. Many ended up piled on top of each other in the narrow cobblestone streets of the course.
The incredibly popular Pamplona festival, which was made known to the English-speaking world through Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises,” draws tens of thousands of visitors from around the world.
Eight people were gored in 2019, the last festival before a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixteen people have died in Pamplona’s bull runs since 1910, with the last death in 2009.
Saturday’s bull run was the third of eight scheduled this year. There were no gorings on the first two days.
The collective adrenaline rush of the bull run is followed by general hedonism with people drinking, eating, attending concerts and partying late into the night.
The six bulls that run each morning are killed in bullfights by professional bullfighters later in the day.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Live music is coming to Little Rock’s River Market Pavilion beginning in August.
The Little Rock Convention and Visitor’s Bureau stated Wednesday that it was launching River Market Live in August. On each Thursday night throughout the month, a diverse series of free-admission live musical performances will take place from 7 to 9 p.m.
The first performance in Aug. 10 with rock by the Karla Case Band. Following up is R&B by SynRG on Aug. 17 and bluegrass/country by Gravel Yard on Aug. 24. The series wraps up the month with hip-hop/funk disco by DJ Nick Hud & Friends on Aug. 31.
LRCVB President and CEO Gina Gemberling hopes the live series will prompt additional activity at the River Market.
“Our hope is that this first month of activities will foster additional River Market Live activations by others so our residents and visitors can have more great experiences,” she said, adding examples could include live music, art performances, special events and more.
Another River Market event is the Little Rock Farmer’s Market on Saturdays throughout the summer. The visitor’s bureau also hosts Jazz in the Park from April through September featuring local musicians and free admission.
Additional information on the Little Rock Convention and Visitor’s Bureau plans may be found at its website, LittleRock.com
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There are multiple areas to watch in the tropics this week, but one area is a lot closer to home than the rest. Before you start to worry understand, this system will likely be weak even if it does develop and will primarily just bring higher rain chances across the state late in the week and into the weekend.
A weak disturbance is a few hundred miles south of Bermuda and is moving to the west. The National Hurricane Center is giving this unorganized area a near 0% chance of development over the next 48 hours, but a 20% chance of development over the next 7 days. The trough of low pressure will have the chance to slowly organize later this week before working into the southeast coast by the weekend. Since conditions will not be great overall, the system is expected to be weak.
So a broad trough of low pressure will bring higher rain chances across the state by Thursday into the weekend. It will transport a good amount of tropical moisture with it, which is what will lead to elevated rain chances. Overall, this is not a major threat to Florida or the Southeastern United States and the chances of development will likely stay low.
There are a few other areas to watch. A tropical wave has been moving through the Atlantic towards the Caribbean. At one point this wave had a high chance of development but is now down to only a 10% chance.
Coming off the coast of Africa this week is a wave that models have been trying to develop. The National Hurricane Center has not given this area a chance of development yet, but it will likely happen within the next few days. Where is this system heading? It is way too far out to predict how strong it will be or where it will go, but still it is something to watch in the tropical Atlantic.
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LONDON (AP) — Missing penalties in a major international soccer final was bad enough for three Black players on England’s national team. Being subjected to a torrent of racial abuse on social media in the aftermath made it even worse.
Monkey emojis. Being told to go home. The N-word.
The even sadder part? Everyone knew it was coming.
“It’s stupid,” said Nedum Onuoha, a retired Black player who was in the top divisions of English and U.S. soccer for 16 years. “But are we surprised?”
It’s the latest form of racism: technology-fueled, visual, permanently intrusive and 24/7 — a haunting reminder of the 1980s-style monkey chants and banana-throwing in a social media era.
And it is spiraling out of control on platforms where anonymity is the golden ticket for racists.
“Every time it happens, it knocks you back and floors you,” Onuoha told The Associated Press. “Just when you think everything is OK, it’s a reminder that it’s not. It’s a reminder of how some people actually see you.”
Racism is the predominant form of abuse on social media reported to Kick It Out, an anti-discrimination campaigner in soccer, according to statistics compiled over the past three seasons in English soccer.
A report last year from FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, showed that more than 50% of players competing in two international tournaments in 2021 — the African Cup of Nations and the European Championship — received some form of discriminatory abuse in more than 400,000 posts on social media. More than a third were of a racist nature.
The problem is, there’s barely any accountability and it’s so easy. Pull out your phone, find the handle of the player you want to abuse, and fire off a racist message.
Former Premier League striker Mark Bright, who is Black and regularly suffered racial abuse inside stadiums in the 1980s, was exchanging messages with friends on a WhatsApp group when those three Black players for England — Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho — missed penalties in a shootout loss to Italy in the 2020 European Championship final.
“We all messaged each other and said, ‘Oh God, here we go.’ Because we know what’s around the corner,” Bright told the AP. “That’s what we expected and this is where, once again, you say ‘What can be done about it?’”
Largely speaking, the abuse hasn’t stopped Black players from using social media. It is an essential tool for marketing, leading to the paradox of soccer players using the same platforms on which they are abused.
Kylian Mbappe, who has 104 million followers on Instagram and more than 12 million followers on Twitter, was subjected to racial abuse along with fellow Black teammate Kingsley Coman after their French national team lost in the 2022 World Cup final to Argentina.
Real Madrid winger Vinícius Júnior, who has repeatedly been the target of racial insults, is followed by 38 million people on Instagram and nearly 7 million on Twitter.
Saka, who has more than 1 million followers on Twitter, remains on social media despite the abuse after England’s Euro 2020 loss and more just a few weeks ago, when a message posted on Twitter showed the Arsenal winger with his face made to look like a monkey, alongside the words: “This clown has cost us the league.” Minutes before the message, Saka had missed a penalty in an important Premier League game.
With social media continuing to fuel abuse, players and teams are coming up with ways to both raise awareness and reduce their exposure to offensive users.
GoBubble is a company that configures AI software to act as a filter to stop discriminatory comments from being seen by a social media user. It has customers from the Premier League down to the fourth division in English soccer, around Europe and in Australia.
“Yes, tech has caused the issue,” GoBubble founder Henry Platten told the AP, “but tech can actually solve the issue and this is what we are seeing as one of those pieces of the jigsaw.”
The company’s AI technology is plugged into players’ accounts and scans for toxic and potentially harmful words, images and other types of messages which can be filtered out using a traffic-light system.
“This isn’t about censorship, about sportswashing, about creating that fuzzy world,” Platten said. “This is about protection, not just for the players and their families but also the wider fan community.”
Platten said some players who approached him had experienced mental health issues that impacted their performances. Indeed, in January, Liverpool became the first Premier League club to hire a mental health consultant tasked with protecting young players from online trolling.
Governing bodies are reacting, too. During last year’s World Cup in Qatar, FIFA and players’ union FIFPRO had a dedicated in-tournament moderation service that prevented racist and other forms of hate speech from being seen online by players and their followers. This service will be offered for the upcoming Women’s World Cup.
Soccer authorities in England, including the Premier League, led a four-day social media boycott in 2021 across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in a protest against racist abuse. It ended up being adopted by many other sports in England, and by FIFA and UEFA, the governing body of European soccer.
Still, the abuse continues on the platforms, which have been accused of being too slow to block racist posts, remove offenders’ accounts, and improve their verification process to ensure users provide accurate identification information and are barred from registering with a new account if banned.
“It needs to be regulated, you need to be accountable,” Bright said. “Everyone’s been complaining about this for a long time now. Some players have set up meetings with these social media companies. It seems to me that they’re not serious enough about it.”
So is there appetite for change within the big social media platforms?
“No one should have to experience racist abuse, and we don’t want it on our apps,” Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, said in a statement to the AP. “We take action whenever we find it and we’ve launched several ways to help protect people from having to see it in the first place.”
That includes “Hidden Words,” which filters offensive comments and direct messages and is on by default for creator accounts, and “Limits,” which hides comments and DMs from people who don’t follow you or only followed you recently, the statement said.
“We know no one thing will fix abusive behavior,” Meta said, “but we’re committed to continuing working closely with the football industry to help keep our apps a safe place for footballers and fans.”
Twitter responded with an automated reply of a poop emoji when the AP reached out for comment.
For GoBubble founder Platten, platforms are striking a balance between keeping a large user base for revenue purposes while being seen to be tough on racism.
“There’s always going to be a position where they may move closer to solving the problem,” he said, “but are never going to go the full hog that we all want them to, in terms of really cracking down and solving it.”
Some teams and athletes are choosing alternative platforms to promote not just themselves but also more ethical behavior online.
These include Striver, a user-generated content platform backed by Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Silva — both World Cup winners with Brazil in 2002. And PixStory, a platform with nearly 1 million users which ranks them according to the integrity of their posts and aims to create “clean social” by prioritizing safety in a way big tech companies are not doing.
England’s Arsenal club, Italy’s Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain’s women’s team are collaborating with PixStory, whose founder, Appu Esthose Suresh, says teams and athletes are in a “Catch-22 situation.”
“They want to live in this space because it’s a way to reach out and interact with their fans, but there’s not enough safety,” Suresh told the AP. “There is an alternative way — and that’s change the business model.”
Ultimately, the biggest change will likely come through legislation. Last month, the European Union clinched an agreement in principle on the Digital Services Act, which will force big tech companies to better protect European users from harmful online content or be punished with billions of dollars in fines for noncompliance. In Britain, the government has proposed the Online Safety Bill, with potential fines amounting to 10% of the platforms’ annual global turnover.
Meanwhile, the number of perpetrators of online racial abuse facing criminal charges has increased. In March, a man who abused England striker Ivan Toney was banned from every soccer stadium in Britain for three years in what police described as a “landmark ruling.”
Onuoha welcomed these developments but he’s still keeping his social media accounts on a private setting.
“There will be lots of good people who won’t be able to connect with me but it’s a consequence of not having enough trust and faith in enough good people being allowed to enter the account,” he said. “It’s the 1% who offset the entire experience.”
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Douglas reported from Sundsvall, Sweden.
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This is part of an Associated Press series examining racism in soccer.
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Panasonic microwaves are among the better midrange brands. They provide plenty of power and offer useful features across their product line, all while being offered at comfortable price points. They also come in a variety of looks and finishes so they can fit in any kitchen and on any countertop.
A top option is the Panasonic NE-1054F Heavy-Duty Commercial-Grade Microwave. It has touch controls and the ability to store up to 20 heating settings for quick and easy repeat cooking.
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Size and capacity
Before purchasing a Panasonic microwave, it’s important to consider the total size and cooking capacity to meet your needs.
- Size usually doesn’t vary much from model to model, and if it does, it’s likely no more than a few inches. The typical range is 11 to 14 inches tall, 21 to 24 inches wide and 17 to 20 inches deep. When shopping for a microwave, the only real consideration is whether you have the counter space to place it. Remember to leave an inch or two of space around it for venting when doing your calculations.
- Capacity, on the other hand, varies greatly. Some Panasonic microwaves have only 0.8 cubic feet of capacity, while others have 2.2 or more. Capacity also doesn’t have a 1:1 correlation to size — the same given size microwave could have any number of capacities.
Power
Like all microwaves, Panasonic measures their heating power in watts. Higher wattages not only mean faster cooking, but a more even one as well. Most models have 1,000 watts, but the very best can have up to 1,250. The weakest, though not necessarily bad for it, can have as little as 600 watts — these are rare, as most don’t dip below 800 watts.
Finish
The finish of a Panasonic microwave only affects how it looks in your kitchen, should you care about matching or contrasting. Most of them are either black or white plastic or stainless steel.
What to look for in a quality Panasonic microwave
Adjustable power
Sometimes you need to heat food that would be damaged or overcooked if blasted at your microwave’s full power. In these cases, you’ll want a Panasonic model that lets you choose how much of its power to use for a given session. Models with this ability typically have three or five power settings. Some models have more than five but rarely have the 10 settings of high-end microwaves.
Turntable
Most Panasonic microwaves have a turntable. This helps your food cook more evenly, so make sure your model has one. If you rarely use your microwave and only for basic reheating, it’s fine to use a low-powered and turntable-less model.
Time cooking
Like most microwaves, Panasonic models let you manually punch in the amount of time you wish to cook for. Some Panasonic models have time shortcuts that immediately start cooking for that chosen length — the most common times are 30 seconds and 1-minute intervals. The best models let you program any time and save it to a specific button — you can set a cook time of 75 seconds, for example.
Sensor cooking
Many microwaves offer some kind of sensor-based cooking; in Panasonic’s case, it’s called Genius Sensor. It measures the steam coming off cooking food and adjusts the total cooking time as needed. It isn’t perfect but is an excellent feature for basic reheating.
How much you can expect to spend on a Panasonic microwave
Panasonic microwaves usually cost $100-$300. For less than $150, you won’t get much more than the basics. Excellent midrange models usually cost $175-$225, with the best costing $250-$300.
Panasonic microwave FAQ
What’s the difference between a microwave, a toaster oven and a convection oven?
A. Microwaves heat their food using a combination of electricity and magnets to send special particles into the cooking interior. These particles travel through your food and the plates they’re on, causing them to vibrate and produce heat. Toaster ovens use heating elements just like a standard oven, usually just one but sometimes two. Convection ovens combine both cooking forms and can usually use one method at a time or both at once.
Can I adjust the volume of a Panasonic microwave?
A. Sometimes. Models with adjustable volume are able to adjust the levels or completely turn them off. Some also let you adjust how often and how many times it beeps after it’s finished heating your food.
What’s the best Panasonic microwave to buy?
Top Panasonic microwave
Panasonic NE-1054F Heavy-Duty Commercial-Grade Microwave
What you need to know: This microwave has the power and functions to be Panasonic’s best.
What you’ll love: It has 0.8 cubic feet of cooking space and 1,000 watts of power that can be used in six levels. It has 10 programmable buttons, each with the ability to store two personalized presets, and it has a sleek stainless steel finish.
What you should consider: A few buyers had issues with the timer function not working as it should. Several found its tendency to beep repeatedly once cooking is done to be irritating.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Panasonic microwave for the money
Panasonic NN-SN686S Microwave Oven
What you need to know: This option offers plenty of cooking functions at a lower price.
What you’ll love: Its design lets it work in both countertop and built-in orientations. It has a roomy 1.2 cubic feet of cooking space and 1,200 watts of power, plus it uses a special inverter technology to more evenly heat your foods.
What you should consider: Some users had issues with the magnetrons or inverter circuits dying as soon as one month after purchase. The interior light doesn’t trigger when the door is opened.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Panasonic NN-SD975S Microwave Oven
What you need to know: This is a big, powerful microwave that uses a special heating system to cook food evenly and efficiently.
What you’ll love: It has a huge 2.2 cubic feet of cooking space and 1,250 watts of power that heats using a special cyclonic wave inverter technology. Sensor cook and sensor reheat functions tackle foods without needing to set a timer.
What you should consider: A few consumers felt the door was a little loose on the hinge, though it still closes tightly. Some error codes are hard to fix.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Absecon, NJ, Police Say Don’t Fall For This Absecon Police Scam
The Absecon Police Department is warning area residents not to fall for a scam that appears to involve the Absecon Police Department.
Authorities say someone recently reported that they received a call from the Absecon PD non-emergency phone number, (609) 641-0667, and a person pretending to be an officer with the department said they were a victim of bank fraud.
They then began asking the resident for personal identifying information. After refusing to provide information and hanging up, the resident contacted the police.
Police say scammers are able to spoof real phone numbers, often making the victims believe they are legitimate members of professional organizations.
The (real) Absecon Police Department says,
Although our officers and detectives do make phone calls regarding their investigations, we encourage residents to vet these calls by calling the police department back and asking for the officer who called you. Please do not provide any personal information over the phone to anyone you may suspect is not legitimate.
Don't be a victim
According to the AARP, there are six easy tips that you can use to not be a victim of phone scammers.
- Don't Call Me - Ignore pitches from anyone who calls you unsolicited. And, as the Absecon Police Department just pointed out, caller ID and phone numbers can easily be spoofed.
- Give Them Nothing - Absolutely nothing. No information, not even your name or if you are even home or not.
- I'll Call You - If a legitimate business or organization needs to speak to you, call them back. But don't use the phone number they give you. Do your own research - call a phone number on the company's website or on a billing statement.
- Stay Alert - If an organization reaches out to you, do your own research.
- Take Your Time - Scammers will often fake deadlines to pressure you into making an uninformed decision.
- Be Part of the Solution - Report scams to the Federal Trade Commission by calling (87) FTC-HELP.
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GRAPHIC: Police find woman’s mutilated body surrounded by makeshift crosses, salt on Easter
WARNING: The details of this story may be disturbing to some viewers.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – A woman’s body was found mutilated at an apartment complex in North Carolina and surrounded by makeshift wooden crosses and salt, prosecutors said.
Laura Miller, 35, was found dead on Easter Sunday at the Stone Gate Apartments in east Charlotte.
Police said the apartments are not one of their “high crime” areas and are typically “fairly peaceful.”
The suspect, Miguel Gonzales-Rasalas, 36, faces three charges including first-degree murder, theft of a motor vehicle and destroying remains/concealing death.
Police believe Gonzales-Rasalas and Miller knew each other and that it was not a random act of violence. However, police are not describing it as a domestic disturbance, saying that Gonzales-Rasalas and Miller were “acquaintances.”
A prosecutor for Mecklenburg County said police responded to a 911 call made by the brother of the suspect, saying he found a dead female inside the apartment.
Police later located Gonzales-Rasalas driving Miller’s vehicle and arrested him.
Police arrived at the apartment and found a gruesome scene, according to the prosecutor.
Miller’s ankles were bound by a cable and there were multiple wires wrapped around her neck. She also suffered from a laceration starting at her neck and running to her belly button.
Miller also had extensive damage to her face and head “to the point it was unrecognizable,” the prosecutor told the judge. Police observed a broken table in the apartment and three crosses made from the pieces of the table surrounding Miller’s body, according to the prosecutor.
Miller also had burns on both inner thighs, and salt was poured around her and the room.
Human tissue was reportedly found “scattered” throughout the apartment and Miller’s tongue was found in the dining room, the prosecutor said.
Neighbors told WBTV there was blood on the floor outside of the apartment, and the prosecutor said that blood had seeped out the door and down to the floor below.
Gonzales-Rasalas received a court-appointed attorney on Tuesday but told the judge he would like to represent himself in upcoming court dates.
Gonzales-Rasalas is being held without bond. He has two upcoming court dates on April 19 and May 1.
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CHICAGO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists have developed a cheap, convenient smartphone test for monitoring patients at risk for dangerous blood clots. Research demonstrating that this test works, along with a second study on using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve testing and treatment for people with kidney stones, will be presented at the 2022 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo. Both studies could help resolve longstanding challenges in healthcare and laboratory testing.
Test With Smartphone App May Predict Blood Clot Risk
People who take the blood-thinning medication warfarin to prevent blood clots—which can lead to heart attacks—need frequent blood testing to ensure that the drug is working. Currently, this testing occurs in a clinical laboratory or with expensive at-home testing systems. It involves a particular measure of the time it takes for a clot to form, called prothrombin time (PT), and calculating the international normalized ratio (INR) so doctors can compare results between different tests or laboratories.
A team led by Kelly Michaelsen, MD, PhD, of the University of Washington developed a test that quickly and inexpensively determines PT/INR using a smartphone. The test uses a smartphone's built-in vibration motor and camera to track movement of a copper particle in a drop of blood. To see whether the test works, the researchers tested blood from 140 anonymous patients at the University of Washington Medical Center. The team also tested blood from 79 patients with known blood-clotting issues. In both groups, the new test produced results similar to laboratory PT/INR tests.
As a next step, Michaelsen is planning to research whether patients can use the new test by themselves at home. She envisions it being helpful for people in rural areas, to minimize long and increasingly expensive trips to doctors.
Michaelsen hopes her test will lead to more people spending more time in the desirable PT/INR range, which would mean they are not at risk for clots or (on the flipside) for uncontrolled bleeding. "The goal is to decrease complications while making PT/INR testing more convenient and less expensive," she said.
Improving Kidney Stone Analysis and Treatment
Kidney stones are common, affecting more than 1 in 10 people. If left untreated, these hard deposits made of minerals and salts can lead to severe pain, urinary tract infections, and loss of kidney function. Effective treatment and prevention rely on knowing what stones are made of, which is often determined through a manual process using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). However, mistakes in FTIR interpretation and reporting can lead to inappropriate treatments and undermine efforts to prevent future kidney stones through medication, diet, and lifestyle changes.
To improve diagnosis and better guide treatment, researchers led by Patrick Day, MPH, MLS (ASCP)cm, of Mayo Clinic created a group of artificial intelligence (AI)-trained algorithms that analyze FTIR kidney stone composition results. The researchers then conducted a study to determine whether the algorithms could find errors in kidney stone composition results that had been reviewed and reported by a clinical laboratory technologist.
Within the 12-month study period, these AI-trained algorithms reviewed manual analyses of 81,517 kidney stones. While the technologist's and AI's interpretations agreed 90% of the time, the researchers determined that manual entry errors and/or incorrect technologist interpretations before use of AI occurred at a rate nearly 8 times higher than after the start of AI use.
"Clinical laboratories continuously adopt technology to improve the accuracy of lab tests. By adopting AI, clinical laboratories can reduce errors in results sent to physicians. This study is an example of how the fields of laboratory medicine, data science, information technology, and biostatistics can work together to improve patient care," said Day.
Abstract Information
AACC Annual Scientific Meeting registration is free for members of the media. Reporters can register online here: https://www.xpressreg.net/register/aacc0722/media/landing.asp
Abstract B-183: Micro-mechanical PT/INR testing using smartphones will be presented during:
Scientific Poster Session
Wednesday, July 27
9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (presenting author in attendance from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.)
Abstract A-140: Classification of kidney stone composition using an artificial intelligence model: Twelve month prospective study demonstrates improvements in quality and patient safety will be presented during:
Scientific Poster Session
Tuesday, July 26
9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (presenting author in attendance from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.)
Both sessions will take place in the Poster Hall of the Clinical Lab Expo show floor at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.
About the 2022 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo
The AACC Annual Scientific Meeting offers 5 days packed with opportunities to learn about exciting science from July 24-28. Plenary sessions will explore artificial intelligence-based clinical prediction models, advances in multiplex technologies, human brain organogenesis, building trust between the public and healthcare experts, and direct mass spectrometry techniques.
At the AACC Clinical Lab Expo, more than 750 exhibitors will fill the show floor of the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago with displays of the latest diagnostic technology, including but not limited to COVID-19 testing, artificial intelligence, mobile health, molecular diagnostics, mass spectrometry, point-of-care, and automation.
About AACC
Dedicated to achieving better health through laboratory medicine, AACC brings together more than 70,000 clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists, and business leaders from around the world focused on clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, mass spectrometry, translational medicine, lab management, and other areas of progressing laboratory science. Since 1948, AACC has worked to advance the common interests of the field, providing programs that advance scientific collaboration, knowledge, expertise, and innovation. For more information, visit www.aacc.org.
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- First investigational drug for patients with Severe Bipolar Depression and Acute Suicidal Ideation/Behavior, a high unmet medical need
- Company received Breakthrough Therapy Designation and a Special Protocol Assessment ("SPA") for this trial helping to mitigate risks and accelerate the timing of this NRX-101 development program
- First trial site has been contracted with others expected in near future, first dosing of patients is expected in early 2023
- Company to meet with research analysts and investors in conjunction with the upcoming JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
RADNOR, Pa., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRXP) ("NRx Pharmaceuticals", the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that its first clinical trial site has been contracted (with others expected in near future) and that first dosing of patients is expected in early 2023. This Phase 3 clinical trial of NRX-101 is for the treatment of Severe Bipolar Depression with Acute Suicidal Ideation and Behavior ("SBD-ASIB"), a lethal condition that currently takes the lives of thousands of Americans each year. NRX-101 is the first investigational medicine to target this condition, for which the only currently approved treatment is Electroconvulsive Therapy.
Based on preliminary efficacy demonstrated in the Company's Phase 2 STABIL-B trial1, the FDA awarded Breakthrough Therapy Designation to NRX-101 in 2018. The Company subsequently received an FDA agreement for the Phase 3 trial under a Special Protocol Assessment which indicated that "based on the information submitted [FDA] agrees that the design and planned analysis of your study adequately address the objectives necessary to support a regulatory submission."
To strengthen compliance, the Company is using electronic compliance monitoring. Additionally, the Company will perform independent internal confirmation of depression and suicidality ratings as was done in the STABIL-B trial. In that prior trial, these methods enabled a high compliance with study medication and high concordance between the psychometric ratings ascertained at study sites and those confirmed by the Company's team of psychometric raters.
A Type B meeting with the FDA's Psychiatry Division is scheduled in mid-January 2023. The purpose of this meeting is to align on the registration strategy for NRX-101 in the initial indication for treatment of adults with SBP-ASIB.
Mr. Stephen Willard, JD, CEO of NRx stated, "As we continue to lose lives to suicide, there is no approved medicine to treat suicidal bipolar depression. Somewhere in America, a person attempts suicide every 27 seconds. We at NRx aim to replicate by year end a positive risk/benefit in our Phase 3 study as was achieved in the STABIL-B trial. We look forward to our meetings with research analysts and investors in conjunction with the upcoming JP Morgan Healthcare Conference."
About NRx Pharmaceuticals
Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of central nervous system disorders, specifically suicidal depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The company's lead program NRX-101, an oral, fixed-dose combination of D-cycloserine and lurasidone, targets the brain's NMDA receptor and is being investigated in a Phase 3 trial under an FDA Special Protocol Agreement and Breakthrough Therapy Designation in patients with bipolar depression and suicidal ideation, an indication for which the only approved treatment is electroshock therapy. NRx Pharmaceuticals has also initiated a Phase 2b clinical trial in patients with Sub-Acute Suicidality, a substantially broader indication. The Breakthrough Therapy Designation and Special Protocol Agreement were awarded by the FDA based on the Company's prior STABIL-B trial that demonstrated substantial improvement over available therapy in reducing depression and suicidality compared to placebo when patients were treated with NRX-101 after a single dose of ketamine.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement of NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our financial outlook, product development, business prospects, and market and industry trends and conditions, as well as the Company's strategies, plans, objectives, and goals. These forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs, expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections of, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company's management.
The Company assumes no obligation to revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Accordingly, you should not place reliance on any forward-looking statement, and all forward-looking statements are herein qualified by reference to the cautionary statements set forth above.
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A boat carrying hospitality workers capsized Monday during a tour of a historic underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal beneath the western New York city of Lockport, killing one person who became trapped beneath the overturned vessel, officials said.
All 29 people on board the flat-bottomed boat operated by Lockport Cave Tours were thrown into water between 5 feet and 6 feet deep when the craft tipped over toward the end of the roughly 300-foot route.
The tours take visitors on an underground boat ride through a dimly lit, rough-hewn tunnel, which was blasted out in the 19th century to transport canal water as an industrial power source.
Some passengers dunked into the water were able to get to safety on their own. Rescue crews using an inflatable boat rescued about 16 others, Lockport Fire Chief Luca Quagliano said.
Jeremy Swiatowy, 42, watched as rescue workers breached the wall to the tunnel with a sledgehammer before shimmying through the hole to reach people inside.
“The water in the caves is super cold,” he said.
When rescuers reached the boat, some passengers had climbed on top of its upturned hull, Quagliano said at a news conference.
Authorities did not immediately release the name of the man who died. His wife was taken to a hospital.
A total of 11 people were brought to hospitals, mostly with minor injuries, the fire chief said.
All of the passengers were hospitality employees from across Niagara County, according to Andrea Czopp, chief operating officer at Destination Niagara USA. The agency organized the outing as part of a familiarization tour, she said.
Authorities said the specially built motorboat holds up to 40 people, who sit in rows about four across. During the ride, about two to three feet of space separate the boat and cave walls on either side.
Nobody on board had a life preserver, authorities said. It was unclear whether they were required or offered.
The company that operates the tours did not immediately respond to phone calls and an email seeking comment.
Lockport Mayor Michelle Roman said the attraction, located about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Niagara Falls, has operated since the mid-1970s, without incident. It will remain closed during an investigation.
“This is very sad for everybody,” she said.
Police Chief Steven Abbott said the cave and canal are private property.
“We have a lot of questions that need to be answered,” he said.
Video footage from the scene outside the Lockport Cave office showed one person talking as she was loaded onto an ambulance. Others wrapped in white towels were being escorted to a bus as a steady rain fell.
The water tunnel was once the subject of an episode of the Syfy network show “Ghost Hunters.”
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The CrateKitchen will dish out entertaining, design, and lifestyle content for the everyday home cook
CHICAGO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Crate & Barrel opens a new culinary destination, CrateKitchen, to inspire cooking and entertaining for the modern kitchen and table. Located at the brand's headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois, CrateKitchen will open its doors to customers and a diverse range of influencers and chefs through virtual gatherings, styling sessions, product demos and a shoppable kitchen tour curated to support the ways people use their kitchens.
"The kitchen has become the center of our homes and CrateKitchen celebrates the versatility of how our customers use their space," said Janet Hayes, CEO of Crate & Barrel Holdings. "We're looking forward to welcoming everyone to take a virtual seat at our table to meet the people that stop by to cook, create recipes, make drinks, and share ideas for setting the table and hosting gatherings."
CrateKitchen sets an inviting atmosphere with the thoughtful design that customers know and love from Crate & Barrel and the warmth of a home kitchen. The sleek white quartz countertops are eco-friendly, with GREENGUARD and NSF certifications, waterfalling to the floor over natural wood panels and serving as a durable backsplash and accent wall. White oak cabinetry, finished with a natural matte seal to keep the inherently soft texture, surrounds the space along with matching wide plank oak floors.
The versatility of the design is the perfect backdrop to showcase diverse creators as they put the brand's Kitchen by Crate kitchenware products and popular partners like Caraway, Greenpan and Le Creuset to good use. Crate & Barrel employees will also enjoy a chance to celebrate milestones and team events with one another in the bright and airy spot.
Beyond new products and recipes, Crate & Barrel customers can expect to learn decorating hacks and inspiring entertaining tips from creators like plant-based cook and host Sophia Roe, The Apartment Bartender Elliot Clark, and baker and food stylist Sarah Crawford. While the kitchen can sometimes be an intimidating space, CrateKitchen is here to show how fun, accessible and sometimes spontaneous this space can be.
Shop our favorite cookware, kitchen tools and accessories through a virtual tour of CrateKitchen, and stay tuned to Crate & Barrel on Instagram throughout the year to see what's next from CrateKitchen and our collaborators.
About Crate & Barrel Holdings, Inc.
Global specialty retailer Crate & Barrel Holdings, Inc. curates inspiration for the modern home, connecting the creative work of artisans and designers to people and places around the world. Known for high-quality products, exclusive designs and timeless style since 1962, Crate & Barrel Holdings, Inc. includes lifestyle brands Crate & Barrel, CB2, Crate & Kids and Hudson Grace. Today, the company is a member of the Otto Group and operates over 100 Crate & Barrel, CB2 and Hudson Grace stores throughout the U.S. and Canada, with franchise locations in 9 countries. More than 200 million customers visit the Company's stores and websites each year. To learn more, visit www.crateandbarrel.com.
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WYNNE, Ark. — Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest killed at least 11 people, collapsed the roof of a packed theater during a heavy metal concert in Illinois, and left small towns and big cities throughout the region bewildered Saturday by the damage.
Tornadoes touched down into the night, laying waste to homes and businesses and stripping bark and limbs off trees, as part of a sprawling storm system that also brought wildfires to the southern Plains and blizzard conditions to the Upper Midwest.
The dead included four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, Cross County Coroner Eli Long told KAIT-TV. Other deaths were reported in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi the Little Rock area.
Wynne City Councilmember Lisa Powell Carter said the town about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Memphis, Tennessee, was without power and roads were full of debris.
"I'm in a panic trying to get home, but we can't get home," she said Friday night. "Wynne is so demolished. ... There's houses destroyed, trees down on streets."
In Belvidere, Illinois, a tornado collapsed the roof of the Apollo Theatre as 260 people attended a heavy metal concert, killing one person and injuring 28, five of them severely, officials said.
People rushed to lift the collapsed part of the ceiling and pull people out of the rubble, Gabrielle Lewellyn, who had just entered the theater, told WTVO-TV.
"They dragged someone out from the rubble, and I sat with him and I held his hand and I was (telling him) 'It's going to be OK.' I didn't really know much else what to do," Lewellyn said.
The venue's Facebook page said the bands scheduled to perform were Morbid Angel, Crypta, Skeletal Remains and Revocation.
The storms also killed three people in Sullivan County, Indiana, Emergency Management Director Jim Pirtle said in an email. Some residents were missing in the county seat, Sullivan, near the Illinois line about 95 miles (150 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis.
In the Little Rock area, at least one person was killed and more than two dozen were hurt, some critically, authorities said.
The tornado in Little Rock tore first through neighborhoods in the western part of the Arkansas capital and shredded a small shopping center that included a Kroger grocery store. It then crossed the Arkansas River into North Little Rock and surrounding cities, where widespread damage was reported to homes, businesses and vehicles.
Little Rock resident Niki Scott took cover in the bathroom after her husband called to warn her of a tornado. She could hear glass shattering and emerged to find that her house was one of the few on her street that didn't have a tree on it.
"It's just like everyone says. It got really quiet, then it got really loud," Scott said afterward, as chainsaws roared and sirens blared.
In the evening, officials in Pulaski County announced a confirmed fatality in North Little Rock.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders activated 100 members of the National Guard to help local authorities respond throughout the state.
A suspected tornado killed a woman in northern Alabama's Madison County as it destroyed several buildings, said county official Mac McCutcheon. And in northern Mississippi's Pontotoc County, the state emergency management agency confirmed one death and four injuries.
The storms struck just hours after President Joe Biden visited the Mississippi community of Rolling Fork, where tornadoes last week reduced destroyed parts of town.
Authorities in Tipton County, north of Memphis, said a tornado appeared to have touched down near a middle school and other locations. Sheriff Shannon Beasley said on Facebook that homes and structures were severely damaged.
Tornadoes also caused sporadic damage in eastern Iowa. One veered just west of Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa. Video from KCRG-TV showed toppled power poles and roofs ripped off an apartment building in the suburb of Coralville and damaged homes in the city of Hills.
Nearly 90,000 customers in Arkansas lost power, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages. Hail broke windows on cars and buildings northeast of Peoria, Illinois, and over 109,000 customers lost power Friday night. Outages were also reported in Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Indiana and Texas.
Meanwhile, blizzard conditions whipped parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, cutting power to some customers in the Twin Cities area, as the system smothered a broad swath of the country home to some 85 million people.
Nearly 100 new wildfires were reported Friday in Oklahoma, according to the state forest service, and firefighters hoped to gain ground against them Saturday. Fires will remain a danger through the week, especially for northern and western parts of the state.
Crews battled several blazes near El Dorado, Kansas, and some residents were asked to evacuate, including about 250 elementary school children who were relocated to a high school.
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CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Mikael Uhre scored twice and Andre Blake had his 10th shutout of the season Saturday night as Philadelphia defeated the Houston Dynamo 6-0 for the Unions fifth consecutive win.
Uhre scored his first goal for the Union (12-2-9) in the first minute of first-half stoppage time, assisted by Oliver Mbaizo. He tacked on a goal in the 48th minute, assisted by Alejandro Bedoya. The 27-year-old, in his first MLS season, has scored five goals in the last five games.
Daniel Gazdag, Jack McGlynn, Julian Carranza and Quinn Sullivan also scored for Philadelphia.
The Union outshot the Dynamo (7-12-4) 16-11, with eight shots on goal to one for the Dynamo.
Blake saved the only shot he faced for the Union.
The Union next play on Saturday against Cincinnati on the road, and the Dynamo will visit the Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday.
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NEW YORK (AP) _ The New York Times Co. (NYT) on Wednesday reported net income of $36.6 million in its third quarter.
The New York-based company said it had profit of 22 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 21 cents per share.
The newspaper publisher posted revenue of $547.7 million in the period.
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Young artists create limited-edition ORCA card designs to celebrate launch of new RapidRide line
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Three limited-edition ORCA card designs created by young local artists will be distributed this year to celebrate the launch of King County Metro’s RapidRide H Line.
Jovita Mercado, Yasiman Ahsani and Rey Daoed created the designs with the support of mentor artists Angelina Villalobos and Jesse Brown.
Each design features imagery tied to the histories, cultures and communities of the RapidRide H Line, and the upcoming RapidRide G and I lines, according to King County Metro.
The ORCA cards will be distributed at community events and the King Street Center Pass Sales Office throughout 2023, while supplies last. Mercado’s design, inspired by the H line, will be the first design available.
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Jill Biden, education chief to kick off summer learning tour
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will visit Connecticut, Georgia and Michigan this week to examine summer learning programs that are helping children who fell behind during the pandemic catch up on reading, writing and arithmetic before the new school year begins.
The two-day tour, which the first lady’s office announced Tuesday, also gives her and Cardona a chance to highlight programs that are paid for by President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief program. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan set aside $122 billion to help schools safely reopen and stay open during the pandemic, and address students’ academic and mental health needs.
Many schools across the United States saw large numbers of students fall under the radar after schools shut their doors because of the pandemic and learning went online. Many students skipped class, tests and homework. Record numbers of families opted out of annual standardized tests, leaving some districts with little evidence of how students were doing in reading and math.
Now that most schools have reopened, many have been racing to make up for lost time and gaps in learning. They are budgeting billions of dollars for tutoring, summer camps and longer school days and trying to figure out which students need the most help after two years of disruptions.
Biden, a professor at Northern Virginia Community College, and Cardona, were opening the tour Wednesday by visiting a Horizons National summer learning program held at the private Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut, for local public elementary school students.
Horizons National is a nonprofit providing summer learning programs in 20 states, according to the first lady’s office.
Cardona is also a career educator and a Connecticut native who was that state’s education commissioner when President Biden nominated him for the federal post.
Cardona and the first lady also plan stops Thursday at a Detroit Public Schools Community District summer learning program, held at Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts in Detroit that serves kindergarten through eighth grade students from the district.
From Michigan, they will head to Athens, Georgia, to visit another Horizons National program, this one at the University of Georgia and serving students from Barnett Shoals Elementary School.
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Very bad news on the way here.
The excessive-heat warning has been extended another day, with the high now predicted to be 91 on Sunday.
If that happens, and it appears likely, we will break Seattle’s all-time record for the number of days in a row with temperatures above 90.
Sunday would make six. This has never happened before.
In the words of one of our favorite meteorologists, Dana Felton of the National Weather Service in Seattle: “You’re still going to be hot and you’re still going to be crabby. That’s the forecast. There you go.”
We are expected to hit 94 degrees on Friday, 94 degrees on Saturday and 91 on Sunday in Seattle, he said.
Obviously a lot of places don’t have air conditioning, Felton said, and it’s one thing to have a couple of hot days together but six in a row is dangerous and unprecedented here in the Puget Sound region.
“Stretching it out like this is concerning,” he said. “When we had that 100-degree weather last year, it cause a lot of problems. People passed away and for the elderly and vulnerable, this is not good.”
By Monday, however, cool air from the Pacific will finally make it inland and bring relief, Felton said.
The high on Monday is expected to be 78 degrees, with temperatures on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the mid-70s.
Said Felton, “We’ve just got to get to Monday.”
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HEREDIA, Costa Rica, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of Intel's celebration of its 25th anniversary in Costa Rica, the company officially inaugurated the Assembly and Test factory located in San Antonio de Belen. The event counted with the participation of Costa Rica's president, Rodrigo Chaves, and several of his ministers.
The manufacturing facilities in the country started to operate with assembly and test end-to-end processes in September 2021 (testing operation exportations began during April 2020), but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the site had not been officially inaugurated.
Today, a significant share of server units products offered by Intel to global markets are tested, and shipped in Costa Rica, this increases the relevance of local operations within Intel's IDM 2.0 global strategy. These operations are part of the Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Operations organization of the company. Once the manufacturing process of silicon wafers is completed at Intel fabs, the components are cut off and shipped into a center of assembly and test. Each chip is assembled inside a package that protects and allows it to connect to other components. Finally, its functionality is tested out.
"Costa Rica is a fitting location for this important expansion of our assembly and test operations. The work we do here is critical to rebalancing the global semiconductor supply chain and supplying the industry with much-needed chips," said Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel. "We appreciate the partnership, passion, and commitment from the government, the community, and the local ecosystem since we opened our first operation 25 years ago and look forward to many more."
Through all its 25 years of operations, today Intel Costa Rica has the biggest and complex logistics: a workforce that surpasses 3700 collaborators, job opportunities for more than 5600 contingent workers, 26.000 square meters across its plant, and 17.000 square meters of multioperation engineering laboratories centered in software, hardware, and platforms, as well as the most specialized service center of its time.
Rodrigo Chaves, President of the Republic, shared, "For our country, being able to count on Intel these last 25 years has been a blessing, because the jobs generated by this company have translated into benefits for the entire country. This 25-year commitment between Costa Rica and Intel is strengthened with the inauguration of this Assembly and Test plant. This also tells us that there is outstanding human talent in the country to enhance the technologies of companies of this type".
Operations are consolidating
Keyvan Esfarjani, Chief Global Operations Officer and Executive Vice President of Intel, shared, "The Intel Costa Rica team is a critical part of Intel's global assembly and test manufacturing, and I am proud of them for achieving this 25-year milestone. It is a testament to the world-class execution of our teams. In addition, I appreciate our strong partnerships with the government and our suppliers." The factory is continuing to progress with the installation of the necessary equipment to reach its maximum capacity, including edge technologies with prediction capabilities, robotics, and autonomous management, giving an impulse to the region's 4.0 industry.
This growth has been possible thanks to different factors, such as the existing infrastructure, the synergy with already established operations in the site, human talent, the regime of free zone and juridical certainty, which gave Intel a favorable option to amplify its capacity in Costa Rica.
The Minister of Foreign Trade, Manuel Tovar, said, "25 years ago, Intel chose Costa Rica to be its home. The talent of many Costa Ricans launched the operations of this company, which today confirms, that the decision of choosing our country was the correct one. From the Assembly and Test Operations Plant in Costa Rica, products are manufactured and exported to many corners of the world and have allowed the country to occupy important positions in increasingly sophisticated global value chains".
He also mentioned that, "the company's three centers of excellence in the country generates around 3,500 direct, quality jobs for Costa Ricans, which translates into opportunities, development and well-being for many families".
High-value operations
"We create world-changing technology that improves the lives of every person on the planet, The passion, commitment, and innovation of Costa Rican talent have been crucial for this evolution, which allow us to keep increasing our value for the corporation through our three centers of excellence, generating a positive impact. The country must continue promoting its competitiveness constantly as it happens in the rest of the world", said Ileana Rojas, Design Engineering Group and General Manager, Intel Costa Rica.
For his part, Chairman of the Board of CINDE, Eric Scharf, added, "This Intel growth is one more proof of the capacity of Costa Rican talent and our favorable investment climate for carrying out assembly and testing operations in Costa Rica to meet the strong global demand for semiconductors. We congratulate Intel on the official inauguration of this plant. We also acknowledge its significant mark on the country as a promoter of technology transfer, positioning us as a key destination for foreign direct investment (FDI)".
Intel Costa Rica counts on three big centers of excellence:
1. The Center of Research & Development (R&D): Currently the biggest engineering hub and the major exporter of these services across the country, dedicated to designing, prototype, testing and validation of integrated circuits solutions, software and platforms. Here 48% of the workforce is employed.
2. Assembly and Testing of Chips: here 27% of the Manufacture and Supply Chain organization is hired, and it performs assembly, testing of server products offered by Intel at the market.
3. The Center of Global Services: designs, performs and transforms multifunctional business processes at a global scale across Finance, Human Resources, Sales and Marketing and supply chain offering high value in innovation and business transformation. Costa Rica is the major finance hub in the corporation with more than 440 employees working on finance modernization globally. Here other 25% of the workforce is employed.
Commitment with the country
Besides the operations, Intel continues to invest in the country and its people. For this year, the goal is to reach 1000 students with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs through a donation of more than $100 thousand dollars to advance education across this area, from school and his schools to higher education. Also, Intel donated 16 robotic arms and the necessary training for educational instructors in charge of professional technical college equipment in the country, in order to improve the learning of students in matters of robotics and programming.
Currently and in the upcoming months it is expected that there will be about 100 open positions in areas such as production technicians, manufacturing and maintenance supervisors, process engineers, among other activities required in the assembly and testing fab. Additionally, there are job opportunities available with the student-worker program. All the requirements can be consulted only at www.intel.com/jobs.
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A legal battle involving a partnership that includes former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros has erupted over the sale of a controlling interest in a federally subsidized low-income housing project for seniors on the Northwest Side.
The partnership, Mission DG Ltd., has a deal in place to sell its 85 percent interest in the entity that manages LIV at Westover Hills, a 197-unit apartment complex at 9015 Ingram Road. Mission DG developed the $31.7 million project, which opened in 2020.
But Steven Wibracht, a limited partner who holds a 5 percent interest in the entity, wants to exercise his right of first refusal to buy Mission DG’s interest. He alleges Mission DG has disregarded his intentions and sued for breach of contract last week.
Wibracht scored an early victory in the dispute April 6 when state District Judge Tina Torres issued a temporary restraining order that prevents Mission DG from selling its interest. The two sides were expected back in court Thursday morning on Wibracht’s request for a temporary injunction, but the hearing was dropped Wednesday.
An injunction would prevent Mission DG from selling its interest until a trial is conducted.
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Cisneros and Victor Miramontes are principals in Mission DG’s managing general partner. Miramontes said Mission DG could be harmed if it can’t proceed with the sale to Eenhoorn Development of Grand Rapids, Mich.
“Loss of the entire investment, triggering of personal guarantees and other damages would result,” Miramontes warned in a court affidavit attached to Mission DG’s opposition to the temporary restraining order. Wibracht, who went bankrupt in 2017, would never qualify as managing member, Miramontes added.
He also is concerned the spat may lead Eenhoorn to try to pull out of the deal.
“It’d be in the best interest of everyone, even including Mr. Wibracht, if the sale went through,” said Wade Caldwell, a lawyer representing Mission DG. “We’re not going to comment on the lawsuit itself other than he’s a 5 percent limited partner trying to stop the sale. We intend to do what’s in the best interest of the city and our partners and try to make sure this (sale) goes through.”
William “Dub” Sutherland VI, Wibracht’s lawyer, didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Wibracht’s brother
Mission DG teamed up with two San Antonio Housing Trust corporations to develop LIV at Westover Hills, a community for low-income seniors who are 62 and older.
The San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp. owns the land and leases the improved property to Westover Housing Partnership SLP LLC, or Westover SLP. Mission DG’s 85 percent interest is in Westover SLP, which manages the complex. The ownership structure results in a 100 percent real estate tax exemption under Texas laws that pertain to public facility corporations.
Westover SLP was formed in 2016 and its original managing member was Wibracht’s brother, Michael Wibracht, Mission DG said in a court filing. It said it acquired Michael Wibracht’s interest after a “series of poor financial decisions.”
MICHAEL WIBRACHT: The rise and fall of a San Antonio apartment developer
Michael Wibracht was a one-time pioneering San Antonio developer who adapted old, neglected buildings for apartments. His projects included a century-old peanut factory on South Frio Street and some old military barracks and a dining facility at Brooks City Base. The developments attracted the attention of Cisneros and Miramontes, who invested in a Wibracht project to remake a former seminary school near Mission Concepción into apartments.
But Michael Wibracht’s life unraveled in recent years with a bankruptcy filing and a guilty plea for conspiring to defraud the federal government to secure more than $240 million in government contracts intended for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
He was facing possible prison time, but on March 1 U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez sentenced him to two years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a $2,000 fine. The judge also prohibited him from engaging in any government contracts.
Struggles
Miramontes, in his affidavit, said the LIV at Westover Hills apartment complex “has not performed financially.” That led Mission DG to begin the search for another company “to come in and manage the project, provide capital, and take over personal guarantees signed by myself and others.”
Mission DG first listed it for sale in June. Any proposed buyer would have to “go through numerous steps and approvals due to the structure of this project,” Miramontes said. That would include qualifying with its lender and obtaining approvals from the Housing Trust and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Cisneros was HUD secretary under President Bill Clinton.
A major investor in the project also would need to sign off on any changes.
Eenhoorn has offered $4.2 million for Mission DG’s interest, the rights to a project development fee and acquisition of debts owed to Mission DG, a court exhibit shows. It has received approval from the Housing Trust and the lender but is awaiting HUD’s decision, Caldwell said.
Mission DG doesn’t dispute Steven Wibracht has the right of first refusal. But it argues that he allowed his right to “expire and terminate”
Wibracht alleges Mission DG gave “inadequate notice” of Eenhoorn’s offer to those who hold an interest in Westover SLP.
Westover SLP is first in line to buy membership units offered for sale, followed by the other members, Wibracht said. He added his 30-day option period does not begin “unless and until” he receives notice of Westover SLP’s refusal to purchase Mission DG’s interest.
“Wibracht stands ready, willing, and able to purchase the interest subject to the disclosure of additional information from Mission” DG, his lawsuit said.
Bankruptcy
Mission DG disputes that Wibracht has the wherewithal to complete the purchase of its interest. It cited his Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing, in which he reported almost $18.9 million in assets and $18.5 million in liabilities. The assets included an $18 million claim he had against Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, while the liabilities included a $17 million claim the insurer had against him.
The insurer had sued Wibracht and others in 2020 in San Antonio federal court, but it doesn’t appear Wibracht ever made his own claims against the company in the case. Travelers dropped its claims against him in November.
In early 2019, Wibracht waived the discharge of his debts — meaning he remained on the hook to pay his creditors. Despite his waiver, Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Gargotta issued an order a day later denying Wibracht a discharge of his debts.
Wibracht’s bankruptcy and lack of experience managing low-income senior housing projects mean “it would be impossible” for him to obtain the required approvals from HUD and the Housing Trust, Miramontes said.
Emails sent to Caldwell, Mission DG’s lawyer, by a lawyer for Wibracht show he originally offered to accept $145,000 for his partnership interest and a developer fee in November. The settlement offer was raised to $250,000 a couple of months later.
“These amounts are many times what Mr. Wibracht’s 5% interest is worth,” Miramontes responded. The emails were included as exhibits in Mission DG’s response to the lawsuit.
Caldwell wasn’t told why the temporary injunction hearing set for Thursday morning had been dropped. When Judge Tina Torres granted the temporary restraining order last week, she set the bond at $200,000. The bond would hold Wibracht financially responsible if it’s later determined the order should not have been granted.
Wibracht has yet to post the bond, Caldwell said.
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Pocket.watch Leverages AI and New Partnerships to Make Content and Experiences From Popular YouTubers including Ryan's World and Love, Diana Accessible to More Spanish Speaking Audiences
LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pocket.watch, the leading kids and family creator content and IP company, is advancing Spanish-language offerings with Canela Media, the destination platform to watch premium Spanish-language content for free. Additionally, pocket.watch is working with Cameo to leverage AI voice technology for the upcoming launch of the first dual-language animated character available on Cameo Kids.
The new launches will superserve the growing Spanish-speaking pocket.watch creator audiences, following the strong performance of the Diana and Roma ESP channel with over 16 billion video views, and the Ryan's World Español YouTube channel run by Ryan's family-owned production company Sunlight Entertainment, where video views have exceeded 1.6 billion and subscribers have grown 52% year-over-year. While Ryan's World is the favorite YouTube creator for all kids ages three to 11 in the United States, families who identify as Latinx are over 25% more likely to list Ryan as their favorite.
"It has long been our goal to be everywhere kids are, and that means all kids, including the growing number of Spanish-speaking kids and families who enjoy Ryan's World, Love, Diana and our other popular creators," said David B. Williams, SVP and GM of Channels at Pocket.watch. "We're thrilled to forge strong relationships with so many world-class entertainment partners like Canela and Cameo Kids."
Canela Media is a leading minority-owned company committed to redefining digital media experiences for the Hispanic community. With over 50 channels, it's the first free streaming service for Hispanics in the U.S. The pocket.watch series launching on Canela this year include the "Ryan's World Specials: Travel," "Ryan's World Specials: Learn & Play 2," "Ryan's World Galaxy Explorers Special," "Love, Diana Adventures," and "Jillian's Mystery Craft Box."
"We're thrilled to bring three new pocket.watch series to Canela Media as it offers entertainment that kids love and parents can trust," said Isabel Rafferty Zavala, founder and CEO of Canela Media. "We strive to offer Spanish-speaking audiences with premium culturally relevant entertainment options, and understand the power in offering a robust slate of the top kids and family content."
For the first time ever dual-language offerings in English and Spanish will be available on Cameo Kids, through the launch of the animated Ryan's World character Red Titan. Red Titan, the beloved superhero alter ego of the franchise's star Ryan, first debuted in English in early 2023. Through the use of AI voice technology powered by Veritone, parents will be able to request personalized video messages from Red Titan in Spanish. Using this technology extends the character's accessibility without putting any burden on the kid creator.
For more information about the pocket.watch roster of franchises and creators and its premium slate of content, visit pocket.watch, or check out @pocketwatchhq on Instagram, /pocketwatchhq on Facebook, @pocketwatchhq on Tiktok @pocketwatchhq, and pocketwatch-studios on Linkedin.
About Canela Media
Canela Media is a leading, minority-owned technology driven company offering brands a complete ecosystem to connect with multicultural audiences starting with its free streaming platform service, Canela.TV, which enriches the new generation of U.S. Latinos with free access to unique, culturally relevant content. In addition to TV content, Canela Media offers a unique blend of music programming through Canela Music featuring emerging and established Latino artists, Spanish-language Children's content through Canela Kids and sports programming through Canela Deportes.
Canela Media's large scale in premium Spanish-language sites, combined with the company's proprietary data, provides in-depth knowledge and understanding of how to establish meaningful and culturally relevant connections with the new mainstream – Hispanics across the U.S. and Latin America.
Headquartered in New York, Canela Media is ranked as the fifth largest Hispanic ad-focused company and the only female and minority-owned certified digital company.
For more information, please visit http://www.canelamedia.com.
About Sunlight Entertainment
Sunlight Entertainment is Ryan Kaji's family-owned and operated production company that develops family-friendly content that is driven to help kids learn. Founded in 2017, Sunlight Entertainment was created by Ryan and his family to help streamline the workflow of one of YouTube's largest kids' channels, Ryan's World. The company continues to grow and currently manages ten YouTube channels: Ryan's World, Ryan's World Español, Ryan's World in Japanese, EK Doodles, Ryan's Family Review, Vtubers, Combo Panda, Gus the Gummy Gator, The Studio Space and the Stick with Kaji - Podcast. Sunlight Entertainment employs a 30-person team of videographers, editors, animators, writers and voice actors to help produce live action and animated content -- releasing about 25 videos a week. Currently, Ryan's World has rapidly evolved from a toy review YouTube channel to a global kids play and entertainment brand through digital and broadcast entertainment, toys, and consumer products.
About pocket.watch
Sunlight Entertainment is Ryan Kaji's family-owned and operated production company that develops family-friendly content that is driven to help kids learn. Founded in 2017, Sunlight Entertainment was created by Ryan and his family to help streamline the workflow of one of YouTube's largest kids' channels, Ryan's World. The company continues to grow and currently manages ten YouTube channels: Ryan's World, Ryan's World Español, Ryan's World in Japanese, EK Doodles, Ryan's Family Review, Vtubers, Combo Panda, Gus the Gummy Gator, The Studio Space and the Stick with Kaji - Podcast. Sunlight Entertainment employs a 30-person team of videographers, editors, animators, writers and voice actors to help produce live action and animated content -- releasing about 25 videos a week. Currently, Ryan's World has rapidly evolved from a toy review YouTube channel to a global kids play and entertainment brand through digital and broadcast entertainment, toys, and consumer products.
The company's content library, consisting of tens of thousands of kids and family videos, is distributed globally on over 40 platforms, generating hundreds of millions of hours of viewership every month. The content library comprises many seasons of the company's breakthrough MishMash™ format alongside pocket.watch originals including the Emmy-nominated Ryan's Mystery Playdate and the animated series Onyx Monster Mysteries and Love, Diana Adventures.
Founded in 2017 by Chris M. Williams (CEO), the company's headquarters and filming studios are located in Culver City, Calif. The executive team includes studio veterans and visionaries from a mix of traditional and digital entertainment backgrounds, including Albie Hecht, David Williams and Jon Moonves.
For more information about pocket.watch, please visit pocket.watch.
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KARLSRUHE, Germany, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On 12 November 2022, ADO (A DECE OASIS) E-Bike held an ambassador launch event at Sportzentrum Eggenstein in Karlsruhe, Germany, and officially announced the world badminton player Yvonne Li as the brand ambassador. Yvonne Li has demonstrated the ADO brand vision of "inspiring more potential". With SGS's qualification, the two are promoting the "Low Carbon Travel Project" to refresh ADO E-Bike products' power, break through and pursue excellence, and protect every ADO cyclist together.
Challenges and Breakthroughs are Constantly Improving ADO Products for a Better Riding Experience
Currently, Yvonne is the No.1 female singles badminton player in Germany. Yvonne Li said, "My goal is to get closer to the top of badminton players in the world, then to compete with the top five in the world, and to break through continually to become the best badminton player in the world." Yvonne Li has always focused on improving her skills. She works hard and strives for perfection all the time. These led her to achieve an excellent rank of 23rd in the Badminton World Federation rankings. Yvonne's immediate goal is to achieve a good rank at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Yvonne Li's attitude of "Challenge, breakthrough, and pursuit of excellence" resonates with ADO E-Bike.
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What's more, ADO has also qualified by DEKRA and CE. It is sure that ADP's products are safe and high-quality.
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ADO has already achieved 48-hour delivery in Germany, the UK, Austria and the Netherlands, and other countries are being opened one after another.
This year, ADO joined the China Netzwerk Baden-Württemberg e.V. (CNBW), which bundles the interests of companies, municipalities, institutions, universities, colleges, and other organizations. With the help of the CNBW, ADO will be integrated more quickly into German culture and society.
The New Generation of ADO Will Come Soon
With the official announcement of the ADO brand ambassador, the second generation of ADO products will come in 2023 with five new collections: ADO Air, ADO Jingle, ADO DECE, ADO Beast, and ADO Oasis. At the same time, the whole series of products will be fully upgraded with ADO Smart and ADO G-drive control systems, fully integrating performance and experience, creating more cutting-edge products for different scenarios, and providing solutions closer to users' riding needs for short-distance trips.
In the future, ADO E-bike will collaborate with the brand ambassador, Yvonne Li, and SGS to achieve the strategic goal of "low-carbon mobility", create a healthy and energetic lifestyle, and aim to open a new chapter of "low-carbon mobility" together.
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77% of college students plan to vote in the midterm elections according to nationwide survey
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Course Hero, the popular learning platform used by a global community of students and educators, today released the results of a survey focused on the issues that will influence college students' voting decisions in the midterms.
"College students today just don't fit the old stereotype anymore. They are often the first in their family to go to college, and many are juggling caregiving, parenting, and working while learning," said Harriet Seitler, Executive Vice President of Course Hero. "This survey reflects the reality that a multitude of issues, from student debt to the economy and social justice, are weighing heavily on students. It tells us that they intend to make their voices heard in the midterm elections."
This midterm election marks the first time the majority of Gen Z, representing 20% of the US population, will be eligible to vote. According to recent estimates, that equates to more than 8 million young people who have become eligible to vote since the 2020 Presidential election, with millennials and Gen Z now making up more than half of the US population.
Top issues influencing college students' votes in the midterm elections
- Inflation: 66% of college students surveyed say inflation will be a major influencing issue for their vote. Although inflation concerns were highest among Gen X students (69%), inflation ranked as a top issue for Gen Z (63%) and millennials (67%) voters, as well.
- Cost of College: Nearly half of survey respondents across each age group indicated that the cost of college and student loans will influence their vote: Gen Z (43%), millennials (49%), and Gen X (46%).
- Roe v. Wade: The overturning of Roe v. Wade will impact college students' votes in the midterms (46%), with Gen Z voters expressing the greatest concern across age groups (50%). Gen Z respondents indicated that the impact of Roe v. Wade will influence personal choices too, including who they will vote for (56%), their dating and sexual life (34%), and their state of residence (30%).
- Student debt forgiveness: 43% of students surveyed view student debt forgiveness as a key voting issue in this election. Across total respondents, female students (48%) expressed greater concern about debt forgiveness than male (35%) students surveyed.
College issues influencing votes
- When asked whether education or college-related issues would influence respondents' voting decisions, an even higher percentage of students (59%) indicated that the cost of college and student loans would influence their vote the most.
- Gen Z respondents say school safety (48%), getting a job after college (45%), sexual assault in college (36%), and free speech and bias on campus (29%) will influence their vote.
Discover more findings from the Course Hero 2022 Midterm Voting Survey here.
Survey Methodology
Course Hero conducted an intercept survey on coursehero.com from September 23 to October 4, 2022. The results of the survey are based on the answers of 1,026 college students who self-identified as being eligible to vote in the 2022 midterm elections. The survey included male, female, and non-binary respondents aged 18+. Respondents were also distributed across generations: Gen Z (29%), Millennial (39%), Gen X (26%) and 58+ (5%).
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Course Hero is on a mission to help students graduate confident and prepared. The online learning platform now offers more than 100 million course-specific study resources created by and for students and educators, as well as 24/7 tutor help. More than 100,000 faculty across the U.S. and Canada use Course Hero to share their resources with the community, collaborate with other faculty, and hone new strategies for instruction. Every day, students, educators, and tutors on Course Hero help more than 20 million students make every study hour count.
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ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine women’s basketball team received a fifth-consecutive double-double from sophomore forward Adi Smith in its 71-54 America East victory over the University of Maryland Baltimore County at the Memorial Gym on Saturday afternoon.
UMaine rattled off a 19-5 run spanning the third and fourth quarters en route to its win, improving to 8-8 overall and 4-0 in America East, its best league start since the Black Bears went 4-0 in the 2018-19 season. UMBC fell to 6-10 and 3-2, respectively.
Smith shot 11-for-19 from the floor, pouring in 25 points, along with grabbing 10 rebounds, dishing out five assists and blocking a shot.
Her double-double was her ninth of the season. She entered the game 15th in the country among players at 350 Division I schools with eight double-doubles.
Senior guard Anne Simon contributed 15 points, three rebounds and four assists, and junior forward Caroline Bornemann chipped in 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Sarah Talon provided seven points off the bench.
Keelah Dixon’s 17 points sparked the Retrievers. She also had three rebounds, two assists and two steals. She hit three three-pointers in the second half. Kiara Bell had 10 points, three rebounds and three steals. Scoop Smith, Ashia McCalla and K.K. White each had seven points.
McCalla and Smith had four rebounds each and White had three. McCalla also had four assists.
“We did OK on defense in the first half but we knew we could do better,” said Smith. “They’re a really good team at driving through the paint, so we knew we had to stop that and we did that. That really opened the game for us.”
UMaine took a 35-32 lead into the intermission and was leading 44-40 with 5:15 left in the third quarter when it went on its decisive run.
Bornemann fed Smith, who hit a 14-foot jumper, to open the flurry.
Smith passed to Simon for a fast-break layup to make it 48-40.
White sank a pair of free throws for UMBC, but Simon’s layup, Bornemann’s basket off an Abbe Laurence pass and Talon’s runner closed out the quarter for a 54-42 UMaine lead.
UMaine, which has been outscored 71-34 in its three conference games, outscored UMBC 19-10 in the third period, holding UMBC to a 3-for-13 shooting performance.
“We talked about it in the locker room. We know our third quarters have been rough ones but the way we came out in the second half today was amazing,” said Simon. “That’s how we can do it. We just have to be more consistent.
Paula Gallego’s layup and her pass to Bornemann for a three started the fourth quarter to expand the lead to 59-42, and, after a Dixon three-pointer, back-to-back baskets by Smith made ot 63-45 and all but sewed up the victory.
“Maine is an amazing team,” said UMBC coach Johnetta Hayes. “They shot the ball well. Our defense had some hiccups. We have to be more disciplined. Being undisciplined will cost you against good teams.”
Smith, who is now averaging 27 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists in her four conference games, credited her success to “just playing within the offense.
“Playing with the team, everything opens up. It has been working out,” said Smith. “I try to pump-fake [to create shots], and our pick and rolls have been working really well for us. There was great passing.”
Simon pointed out that Smith has been playing so well, teams have to structure their defense around stopping her through things like double-teams and that leaves someone else open.
“I like her aggressiveness,” said Hayes about Smith. “They run their offense through her. She never stops [working].”
UMaine shot 52.6 percent from the floor and 44.4 percent beyond the three-point arc. They outrebounded the taller Retrievers 36-29 and outscored them in the paint 44-28.
UMBC shot 37.5 percent from the floor and 38.5 percent from long distance.
Neither team led by more than five points in the evenly-played first half.
Smith had 14 first-half points to pace the Black Bears. Bornemann had eight and Simon netted seven.
McCalla had seven points for the Retrievers and White, Dixon and Smith had five each.
Up next: UMaine will host Vermont at the Memorial Gym at 7 p.m. Wednesday while UMBC will host UMass Lowell at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 1, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
1242 PM PDT Mon Aug 1 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southern California, including the following
counties, Riverside and San Bernardino.
* WHEN...Until 345 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1242 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream
flooding. Up to 0.5 inches of rain have fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
northwest portions of Joshua Tree National Park.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...A portion of Southern California, including the following
areas, Apple and Lucerne Valleys, Riverside County Mountains and
San Bernardino County Mountains.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
- Scattered thunderstorms with heavy rainfall are expected
through early evening.
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
areas, San Diego County Deserts and San Diego County Mountains.
- Thunderstorms producing heavy rain with rates of one to two
inches per hour possible through this evening.
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central San Bernardino County in southern California...
* Until 345 PM PDT.
* At 1245 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water
crossings, creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree Lake Campground, Joshua Tree, and
Highway 62 between Mile Marker 11 to 26.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
The National Weather Service in Hanford has issued a
East Central Kern County in central California...
* Until 245 PM PDT.
* At 1246 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
Tehachapi, Golden Hills, Jawbone Canyon and Water Canyon.
The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a
Riverside County in southern California...
Northern San Diego County in southwestern California...
* At 1247 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.75 to 1.5 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Hwy 79 Between Warner Springs And Oak Grove, Aguanga and Cahuilla
Indian Reservation.
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Tropical Storm Darby forms in Eastern Pacific
A complex of showers and thunderstorms more than 600 miles off the coast of Mexico has gained enough organization to be called Tropical Storm Darby in the Eastern Pacific.
Tropical Storm Darby has maximum sustained winds around 40 mph and is moving westward at 16 mph.
The National Hurricane Center expects Darby to become a hurricane on Monday while out over the open Pacific waters.
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On the current projection, Darby will only be a threat to marine interests over the next week.
Tracking Darby (FOX Weather)
The cyclone is expected to start gaining latitude by midweek, which will have critical implications for the cyclone’s future and how close the system will venture to Hawaii.
A more northern track in the Eastern and Central Pacific means the cyclone will approach waters that are too cool to sustain tropical activity and upper level winds, known as shear, that will be not be conducive for strengthening.
Forecasters expect Darby to start feeling the effects of the more hostile environment by Wednesday, and the system could weaken back into a tropical storm by Thursday.
Darby's Forecast Track(FOX Weather)
The cyclone is expected to still be about 900 miles east of Hawaii by the end of the workweek.
Forecast models show a continued deterioration of the system’s structure and organization beyond the forecast cone.
The cooler than average waters in parts of the Central Pacific and the increased wind shear are classic products of a La Niña that is in control of weather patterns.
Patches of blue represent water temperatures that are below normal. Water temperatures that are above normal are in orange and red.(NOAA)
According to recent satellite data, a large part of the real estate ahead of the cyclone has water temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, which is considered cool for tropical activity.
The National Weather Service says tropical cyclones generally need water temperatures above 80 °F to form.
WHY ARE THUNDERSTORMS SO RARE ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST
Hawaii has a history with the "Darby" name
If you have heard the name "Darby" associated with hurricanes before, your mind is not playing tricks on you.
The World Meteorological Organization reuses cyclone names every six years, if they don't meet the threshold for retirement.
"Darby" has been used to name tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific for decades, but during its last showing in 2016, the system impacted Hawaii.
Ocean temperatures and atmospheric conditions are quite different this year than six year ago, when the tropical storm impacted the islands in late July.
Tropical Storm Darby made landfall on the Big Island on July 23 with winds of around 40 mph.
Hurricane Darby weakened into a tropical storm before impacting Hawaii in July 2016.(NOAA)
The rare, landfalling tropical cyclone produced nearly a foot of rain, in higher elevations, that caused flash flooding.
According to NHC data, there have only been 16 landfalling cyclones in the Aloha State, many of which took place during or around El Niño weather patterns, when water temperatures are warmer, and there is less shear in parts of the Pacific.
Only 16 tropical cyclones have made landfall in Hawaii in recent memory.(National Hurricane Center)
There were no reported fatalities on the islands and most impacts were considered to be minimal.
Meteorologists say warmer than average water temperatures in 2016 and periods of reduced shear likely helped "Darby" stay intact longer and helped keep the system classified as a tropical storm as it impacted the Big Island.
Water temperature anomalies in 2016 shower warmer stretches of the Pacific than normal.(NOAA)
Eastern Pacific keeps producing
The Eastern Pacific is running ahead of what is considered to be an average season.
Typically, the fourth named storm doesn’t form until July 15, and that generally is the same date when the season’s second hurricane is christened.
The Eastern Pacific has already seen five named storms and two hurricanes.
The apparent busier than average year is thanks in part to Bonnie, which formed in the Atlantic basin and crossed over into the Pacific.
Because of the cross-over, the hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific will be known for having two "B" named storms.
The next storm name will be "Estelle."
The hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific runs through November 30.
A table showing an alphabetical list of the 2022 Eastern Pacific tropical cyclone names as selected by the World Meteorological Organization. The official Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 through Nov. 30. (FOX Weather)
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ALLEN PARK -- Everyone knows the Detroit Lions are ready to win. It appears the Detroit Lions do, too.
General manager Brad Holmes intimated he would stick with the free-agency blueprint that got his club this far in just two seasons, a blueprint that targeted prove-it players at mostly the lower rungs of the market. But 90 minutes into this thing, Holmes hit his biggest need with one of the best players available, inking cornerback Cam Sutton to a three-year, $33 million deal.
That was the biggest contract he had extended to any external player during his reign in Detroit.
He wasn’t done.
Not even close.
A day later, Holmes inked another projected starting cornerback, Emmanual Moseley, to a one-year, $6 million deal. By week’s end, he landed not only another defensive back, but one of the best players left on the board regardless of position in safety/nickel/whatever-the-hell-you-need C.J. Gardner-Johnson. You know, the guy who just led all of football in interceptions.
You know, the guy who was last seen starring in the Super Bowl.
“To be honest with you, (the talent’s) a little bit better here,” Gardner-Johnson said. “But that’s just on me.”
OK, that one might be just Gardner-Johnson. But there is growing consensus the Lions are the future of the NFC North, and it’s not hard to see why. They put the league’s youngest roster on the field last season, and still won eight of their final 10 games. They went 5-1 against the division overall, and trailed for less than 1 minute in two games against the champion Vikings.
Chicago has sprayed more cash than anyone in free agency, but also had the worst roster by far and seems further behind in the rebuilding phase. And Green Bay is coming off three straight losses against Detroit, and now appears poised to lose Aaron Rodgers too, although this being Aaron Rodgers and all, well, you know.
“With or without him, we are on the rise -- and I think we’re going to be for years to come,” linebacker Alex Anzalone said. “It’s fun to see it happening and see it happening in real time, seeing young guys develop, seeing pieces being filled that we need filled through free agency or the draft. It’s going to be a fun year.”
Seems so. The Lions return every prominent starter not named Jamaal Williams, DeShon Elliott or DJ Chark, plus just plugged their biggest hole with three starting players from three of the best organizations in football. They also happen to hold five of their first 81 picks in next month’s draft, two of which are in the top 18 -- and both of which could be spent almost anywhere after the Lions’ splashy foray into free agency.
Oh, right. And Jameson Williams -- perhaps the fastest man ever to wear Honolulu blue -- is about to become fully operational.
“This team is talented,” Gardner-Johnson said. “This team, we can win a division. Everybody should feel that way. But when I look at the team, coming from where I came from, all the teams I’ve played on, won multiple divisions, been to playoff games, been to the Super Bowl, this team has what it takes to win a division, you know what I’m saying?”
Loud and clear.
If it wasn’t before, it is now. The rebuilding phase of the rebuild is over. Holmes has spent good money to bring in bonafide players who are ready to win, and now Detroit is too.
“It’s time to win,” Anzalone said. “It’s time to win now. There are no excuses going forward. There is no rebuild. There’s nothing like that. It’s just time to go.”
Their strength remains on offense, where they return almost all their most critical pieces from a unit that just ranked among the five best in the league last season. That includes the man pulling the strings, coordinator Ben Johnson, who shut down head-coaching interviews -- including a second, in-person look with Carolina -- because he knew what was ahead in Detroit.
“Some people, they really want to climb as fast as they can,” Johnson said during a chat at the J.W. Marriott during combine week in Indianapolis. “I know particularly young coaches want to do that. That’s not been the case for me, per se. I want to win football games. ... I believe in the direction of this organization, and so that truly was the biggest drawing point for me to come back, was what we have here, what we’re building here, is something I want to be a part of. I’ve been a part of a number of losing seasons in my 11 years in the NFL.”
Johnson has most of his favorite toys back too, including quarterback Jared Goff, who played like one of the best quarterbacks in the league when Johnson took over the passing game down the stretch in 2021, then was one of the best quarterbacks in the league when Johnson took over as offensive coordinator last season. He ranked among the league leaders in pretty much everything, had a passer rating sandwiched between Josh Allen and Joe Burrow -- you can win with guys like that! -- and didn’t throw an interception on his final 324 passes.
It was the best season of his career, and his career includes three Pro Bowls and one Super Bowl.
Amon-Ra St. Brown was a big reason for that, matching an NFL record for most catches by any player through two seasons. Now he’s back for another go at it, only this time he’ll be flanked by Jameson Williams. The former Alabama speedster caught just one pass and had two touches overall while working his way back from an ACL last season, but both touches turned into huge chunks. A third touch turned into another chunk, although it was nullified by a penalty away from the ball. You can probably see where this is going.
All five starting offensive linemen are under contract too, plus one of their best from the previous regime, Graham Glasgow, has signed back on as well. And while he came back to play with buddies like Taylor Decker and Frank Ragnow, he also senses just how far things have come since the last time he stepped foot in that building.
“That was something that I was really excited about when I was looking at places to go,” he said.
The Lions still need help at tight end, yes, did lose top running back Jamaal Williams. But they also signed David Montgomery, who just averaged (slightly) more yards per carry than Williams while playing behind a much worse offensive line, mostly because he broke tackles more often than everyone except Nick Chubb, and far more than Jamaal Williams ever has. He’s also a better pass catcher, and two years younger.
They’re better at running back, even if there was some sting about losing such an emotional leader.
“To get an opportunity to come here and play with a team that’s starting something crazy, being able to say that I’m a part of it, I’m blessed,” Montgomery said. “I feel very, very excited to be able to get in the offense that’s so powerful and dynamic.”
That’s good stuff. Then again, the Lions had good stuff last year and still only went 9-8. Their defense was that bad, and their pass defense especially so. Now they’ve thrown three starting-caliber players into that mix in free agency, acquiring Sutton for one outside spot while Moseley -- working his way back from an ACL -- will compete with returners like Jerry Jacobs and Jeff Okudah for the other spot.
The situation is a little more unclear in the slot. Gardner-Johnson played there most of the time while he was with Aaron Glenn in New Orleans, but had a career season after moving to safety in Philadelphia, including picking off a league-high six passes. He could continue playing in the slot in Detroit, but rotate back to safety in subpackages -- where Kerby Joseph just so happens to be coming off a standout rookie season where he led the team in takeaways, while captain Tracy Walker is due back from an Achilles injury.
No matter how the Lions roll them out there next season, their biggest liability will be dramatically better next year, and perhaps -- perhaps -- even a strength. Especially if that young pass rush figures out a way to build on a season where they just set an NFL record for sacks by a rookie class.
“It’s exciting,” special teams star and reserve defensive back C.J. Moore said. “It’s going to be scary out here in Detroit.”
Expectations are rising in Detroit, and these days, no one is shying from them.
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- VGoal Laptop And Travel Backpack With TSA Lock And USB Charging Port
- Kopack Anti-Theft Travel And Laptop Backpack And USB Charging Port
- Coowoz Travel Backpack With Multiple Compartments And Anti-Theft Pocket
Travel is exciting but can be stressful, with lots needed to prepare. A secure travel backpack can alleviate some stress, keeping your belongings protected on your journey. It’s an investment worth the time and money to find the right one. No matter where you’re headed or what you’re packing, a handful of features can make your backpack less susceptible to stealing.
No matter what type of secure travel backpack you need, you can find several options online for preventing theft on your next trip.
What to look for in a secure travel backpack
Anti-theft features
Any secure travel backpack should have one or a combination of anti-theft features. The type of security you need may depend on what you’re packing, but in general, travelers can benefit from using backpacks with built-in locks, tough-to-access zippers, cut-resistant material, separated compartments and other security features to deter thieves and opportunists. You can also find radio-frequency identification blocking tech to prevent others from scanning your cards remotely.
Well-organized compartments
Choosing a bag that’s laid out well with well-organized compartments can help you pack away your most valuable items in hard-to-reach places and make traveling and packing much easier. Many travel backpacks are compartmentalized like luggage on the inside, to be packed on their side, rather than loaded from the top like traditional backpacks. Many backpacks also have dedicated compartments for laptops, clothes, valuables and other items.
Volume
Depending on how long you’re traveling and what kind of equipment you need, you may prefer backpacks with smaller or larger volumes. Standard backpack volumes include 30L for a medium-size and 40L and 45L for larger sizes. However, you can also find some travel backpacks that are larger or smaller than these. Additionally, some extra-large travel backpacks include expandable compartments to add volume for larger loads. It’s worth keeping in mind that the larger a backpack’s volume, the heavier it will be once full.
USB charging ports
While it may not exactly make your backpack more secure, many modern travel backpacks come with USB charging ports. These can include holes running to a compartment within the backpack, in which you can put a power bank. In addition, some high-end travel backpacks include an actual USB port on the backpack’s outside that you can plug a USB charging cable directly into to charge.
Best secure travel backpacks
Top secure travel backpack
VGoal Laptop And Travel Backpack With TSA Lock and USB Charging Port
What you need to know: This highly-secure travel backpack features a minimal design with hidden zippers, a built-in TSA lock and a convenient external USB charging port.
What you’ll love: This travel backpack has an ergonomic main compartment with various pockets for maximizing packing space. The lack of zippers on the bag’s front, cut-resistant material and built-in lock make it one of the most secure options available.
What you should consider: This backpack could be upgraded with some kind of water bottle compartment.
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Top secure travel backpack for the money
Kopack Anti-Theft Travel And Laptop Backpack and USB Charging Port
What you need to know: This extra-slim travel backpack includes a sleek design with hidden front zippers and compartments that make it hard for thieves to steal from you.
What you’ll love: Buyers love this backpack’s low price tag for its spacious compartments, its USB charging port and its hidden laptop compartment. You can buy this backpack in sizes suited for a 15.6- or 17-inch laptop, in either gray, charcoal black, dark gray, magenta or purple.
What you should consider: Some buyers wanted a waterproof version of this backpack.
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Best secure travel backpacks for packing
Top secure travel backpack for packing
Coowoz Travel Backpack With Multiple Compartments and Anti-Theft Pocket
What you need to know: This travel backpack includes a secret anti-theft pocket on the back of the bag, which is suitable for valuables like smartphones, tablets, money and other documents.
What you’ll love: The main zippers on this bag open all the way, making it easy to pack horizontally for easy travel. You can also buy this travel backpack in 15 different colors and configurations, including black, beige, blue and purple.
What you should consider: The larger pockets on this backpack aren’t as secure as on some others.
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Top secure travel backpack for packing for the money
Oscaurt Unisex Water-Resistant Anti-Theft Travel Backpack With USB Charging Port
What you need to know: From the outside, this travel backpack includes a minimal design that makes the zippers tough to open, though it also features a well-organized main compartment for easy packing.
What you’ll love: This cut-resistant backpack has one of the best and most minimal designs out there, and it includes an external USB charging port for easy charging. You can buy this backpack in five different colors, including gray, new blue and new green.
What you should consider: Some found that larger laptops don’t fit very well in this backpack.
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Best extra-large travel backpacks
Top extra-large travel backpack
Bange Weekender Extra-Large 45L Expandable Waterproof Travel Backpack
What you need to know: This expandable travel backpack features a whopping total of 45L of volume, and it includes multiple compartments and hidden external zippers for added security.
What you’ll love: This backpack makes it hard to access the outer pocket while including a secret back zipper pocket for valuables. It’s also waterproof and includes plenty of space for clothes, toiletries, and other on-the-go needs with its several variable compartments.
What you should consider: When filled, many buyers found this backpack very heavy.
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Top extra-large travel backpack for the money
Matein Extra-Large 40L Travel Backpack With Convertible Carry Options
What you need to know: This expandable travel backpack easily packs on its side, and it includes tons of space and well-organized compartments to make packing on the road easy.
What you’ll love: This is a great travel backpack with a low-key design that won’t attract thieves. It features an expandable compartment for up to 40L of volume, and You can buy this travel backpack in black or blue.
What you should consider: This backpack doesn’t have a hidden anti-theft pocket or a USB charging port.
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Virginia schools superintendent denies effort to ‘withhold recognition’ amid National Merit Scholarship investigation
By Athena Jones, Kirsten Appleton and Paul LeBlanc, CNN
The Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent denied any “division-wide effort to withhold recognition,” as multiple schools in her district in Virginia are under investigation for allegedly failing to give students their National Merit Scholarship recognition in a timely manner, before many students submitted college applications.
Dr. Michelle Reid told CNN in an exclusive interview that the delay in notification was the result of not having a “division-wide protocol” in place for alerting students about National Merit Scholarship recognition.
“When we make a mistake or there’s an error, we need to name it, apologize for it, own it, and then do everything we can to make it right. And that’s what we did immediately,” she said.
State Attorney General Jason Miyares launched an investigation on January 4 against Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology for unlawful discrimination, expanding the investigation five days later to include the entire Fairfax County Public Schools system after receiving reports that other schools withheld recognition.
The National Merit Scholarship program is an “academic competition for recognition and college undergraduate scholarships,” its website says. Students should have been notified in September as to whether they received commendations, according to the website.
Some 34,000 of the top 50,000 students nationwide receive commendations recognizing their accomplishments but meaning they did not reach the semi-finalist level and are out of the competition for National Merit Scholarships, according to the program.
Of the 459 seniors at Thomas Jefferson High School, 393 were either commended or semi-finalists, according to the Fairfax County Public Schools system.
Independent college counselors told CNN that such recognition would likely not tip an admissions decision from a top tier college, but each school handles such awards differently.
Riti Liu, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School, told CNN that none of her friends have mentioned it “being something that they wish they had.”
Ranoj Ranjan, a parent of a Thomas Jefferson High School student, called the situation “not a very big thing” and posited it wasn’t done “for a malicious reason.”
Nicole Oden, whose 17-year-old was commended, added: “My son got noticed a little bit late. It did not impact his applications.”
Still, Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin claimed these revelations were a result of the “maniacal focus on equal outcomes for all students at all costs” and he has pushed for legislation that would require Virginia schools to inform students and their parents about National Merit Scholarships and other awards.
“This overarching effort for equal outcomes is hurting Virginia’s children and their future. The failure of numerous Fairfax County schools to inform students of their national merit awards could serve as a Virginia human rights violation. As the attorney general follows through on my request to investigate the matter, we will get to the bottom of this,” the governor’s office said in a previous statement provided to CNN.
Reid, however, maintained Tuesday that “equal outcomes is the opportunity for each and every student to achieve their unique potential.”
The school district, she said, will “stay relentlessly focused on the achievement of each and every one of our students.”
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EIMA Positions Itself to Become EIMA 2.0 in the Post-Pandemic Environment
FALLS CHURCH, Va., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After a comprehensive process that began in late 2021, the EIFS Industry Members Association (EIMA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the approval of a new strategic plan that will bolster the industry.
To help with the process, the Board worked with Daniel A. Varroney, a noted industry association author and head of Potomac Core Association Consulting. With over 30 years of experience in transforming trade associations across industries, Dan facilitated the insight-driven, six-month planning process.
The result is transformational. Representing the wall cladding known as EIFS (exterior insulation and finish systems) since it was introduced in the U.S., EIMA spent its first 40 years largely as a technical trade association and developed technical, training, installation and design standards for use by architects, designers, and code bodies.
Now that EIFS is an established, codified, tested and proven cladding system, the association will maintain its technical emphasis and broaden its scope to include all aspects of the industry's value chain.
The new plan includes a foundational industry objective and three interrelated strategic initiatives. The Board also approved a new governance structure.
Board members unanimously support this new EIMA 2.0. Steve Smithwick of Master Wall, Inc., EIMA's President, exclaims, "The timing is just right. With architects and designers seeking energy-efficient, architecturally-flexible products, there are great possibilities for our industry."
Sereen Massoud, member of the Board from Dow says, "EIMA's new plan is right in sync with what we do. Construction materials need durability, water repellency and protection in large volume to face the forces of nature, and our products serve as crucial inputs to this industry."
Darryl Little, Board Member from Gypsum Management & Supply, Inc. says, "This plan offers great possibilities for EIFS and EIMA, and I urge everyone involved in the industry to participate."
Stephen Sears, EIMA CEO, said, "I'd like to thank the aforementioned members as well as board representatives from Sika, Master Builders Solutions, Dryvit, Sto Corp, Saint-Gobain-Adfors and L&W Supply. EIMA's new vision is due to the members' work and commitment. Our future is indeed bright."
Founded in 1981, EIMA is a 501(c)(6) trade association comprised of leading manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, applicators, and architects involved in the North American exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS) industry.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
7-5-1, FIREBALL: 5
(seven, five, one; FIREBALL: five)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
7-5-1, FIREBALL: 5
(seven, five, one; FIREBALL: five)
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — The state Supreme Court is mulling whether the University of Delaware was justified in denying requests from Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation for records related to the school’s receipt of President Joe Biden’s senatorial papers.
The justices heard arguments for the second time Wednesday in a long-running legal battle over the records, which have been the subject of multiple FOIA requests. That battle is playing out amid increased scrutiny of the handling of government documents by elected officials, including this week’s indictment of former President Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling and retaining classified documents at his Florida estate.
Meanwhile, the discovery of documents with classified markings at Biden’s Delaware home and at his former Washington office is the subject of a n investigation by a special counsel. The FBI searched the University of Delaware earlier this year for classified documents as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of government records by Biden.
Biden donated his senatorial papers to his alma mater in 2012, when he was vice president of the United States. The donation includes more than 1,850 boxes of archived papers and 415 gigabytes of electronic records from his 36 years in the Senate. The donation is subject to a gift agreement that prohibits the records from being made publicly available until two years after Biden “retires from public life.”
“This is a colossally important gift of significant public interest,” said Willam Green Jr., an attorney representing Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation.
In April 2020, Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller foundation submitted requests under Delaware’s Freedom of Information Act for the gift agreement and records of all communications between the university and Biden’s representatives related to the papers.
The university denied the requests, stating that the records sought were not considered public records under Delaware’s FOIA because they don’t involve the expenditure of state funds by the school, which is privately governed but receives more than $100 million annually in state taxpayer money. The denial was upheld by the office of Delaware’s Democratic attorney general and by a Superior Court judge.
The Delaware Supreme Court overturned the judge’s decision in December 2021 and sent the case back to Superior Court, ruling that the university had not met its burden of proof to justify the denial. The Supreme Court noted that factual assertions by the university were not made under oath and did not describe efforts to identify any responsive documents.
“Unless it is clear on the face of the request that the demanded records are not subject to FOIA, the public body must search for responsive records,” the justices said. “A description of the search and the outcome of the search must be reflected through statements made under oath, such as statements in an affidavit, in order for the public body to satisfy its burden of proof.”
Despite that ruling, the university apparently did not search for any responsive records. Instead, it submitted a sworn affidavit from a university lawyer who said she was told in January 2020 that no state funds had been used in connection with the Biden papers. She was also told that state funds are not used for the school’s email system, over which any relevant communications might have been made.
With the affidavit, the Superior Court judge concluded that the school “performed an adequate search for responsive documents.”
In fact, however, the university submitted no evidence of any search. The affidavit, meanwhile, was based on conversations that took place four months before Judicial Watch and Daily Caller News Foundation even filed their FOIA requests — and almost two years before the Supreme Court ruling.
“The university performed no search related to the requests,” Green argued Wednesday. “It reviewed no documents apart from the gift agreement, but rather relied on previous inquiries of university staff. “
Given the lack of a document search, Justice Abigail LeGrow asked university attorney William Manning how the university’s actions were consistent with the court’s prior ruling.
Manning argued that if the school determined that there was no expenditures of state funds, it was not obligated to conduct a document search. The university, he argued, must demonstrate only how it came to that conclusion. Manning also said it was reasonable for the university to base its conclusion on internal conversations that occurred before the FOIA requests were submitted.
“I think university officials are entitled to make a judgment whether information gained four months earlier was reliable, and they did,” he said.
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'The house is on fire': Boy raises alarm, helps family escape burning home
A family in Kansas was able to escape unharmed after their home erupted in flames early Friday morning.
Jeff Jennings, his wife, and their three grandchildren were all at home when fire broke out before 6 a.m.
Jennings' 10-year-old grandson, Jason, heard the glass breaking in his bedroom window, saw the flames and alerted the rest of the family.
"He heard something. He came down, 'The house is on fire. The house is on fire,' and got everybody out," Jennings said.
Jennings said it all started when he was having trouble getting his smoker started at about 3 a.m. Friday to cook brisket for a party for former co-workers.
"I used my wet-dry vac to clean out some of the pellets. Some of the pellets weren't in good shape, so I was trying to clean those out and apparently, when I restarted it, after a couple times, an ember I think got into my wet-dry vac and that's when I think it took off," he said.
After firefighters put out the flames, the uncooked brisket was still on the smoker's grill.
Overland Park Fire Department investigators confirm the wet-dry vac ignited and caused the fire.
Spokesman Jason Rhodes said with winter weather, homeowners may be using fireplaces in addition to grills. He said used fuel should be stored in metal containers with lids at least 10 feet away from combustible surfaces.
"Spent fuel can stay hot for days. And so, it's really something you need to treat gingerly," Rhodes said.
Jennings was emotional when discussing the support he has received from neighbors, the Red Cross, and the community after the fire. He noted his youngest grandson's principal came to pick him up and gave him some shoes to wear. Most of the Jennings family ran outside without shoes in the cold weather.
"Our community is just awesome. The principal cares enough to come and get the kid. The fire department already has stuff to help you out. Red Cross came and helped cover our stay," Jennings said.
Rhodes said there were working smoke detectors in the house. He said the fire is a reminder for everyone to check to make sure smoke detector batteries are working.
He also said any smoke detector more than 10 years old should be replaced.
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(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers announced early Sunday morning he will also be in attendance and speaking at the planned news conference with Police.
Mayor Suthers tweeted that the news conference will be live-streamed on the CSPD Facebook page, after the deadly shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs that claimed the lives of five people and injured 18 others.
Club Q shooting: Heroic customers “subdued the gunman”
SUNDAY 11/20/2022 5:25 a.m.
The 4th Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen stated on Twitter that he will be speaking at the planned news conference set for Sunday, Nov. 20 at 8 a.m. along with CSPD.
The announcement comes after CSPD announced that five people are dead and 18 others injured after a shooting Saturday night, Nov. 19 at Club Q on North Academy Boulevard.
SUNDAY 11/20/2022 4:31 a.m.
Club Q, the location of a deadly shooting Saturday, Nov. 19 has released a statement on its Facebook page after the incident.
According to CSPD, five people have died, and at least 18 others were injured after the shooting, which happened just before Midnight on Sunday. Police said the suspect is also being treated at the hospital.
“Club Q is devastated by the senseless attack on our community. Our pray(er)s and thoughts are with all the victims and their families and friends. We thank the quick reactions of heroic customers that subdued the gunman and ended this hate attack.”
Club Q
UPDATE: Five dead, multiple injured in Club Q shooting
SUNDAY 11/20/2022 3:08 a.m.
Multiple people are dead, and several others are injured after an apparent shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs.
FOX21’s Tyler Bouldin tweeted out updates from the scene and stated that CSPD Lt. Pamela Castro said, the shooting happened late Saturday evening, Nov. 19 at Club Q, with the initial call coming in just before Midnight on Sunday.
While the investigation is in the initial stages, police said so far 18 people are injured and five others are dead. Several people have been transported to the hospital.
“The hospitals are helping us to notify families of the injured… we do have officers at every hospital with all the victims,” said Lt. Castro.
CSPD has apparently located one individual, who they believe to be the suspect, and is currently being treated at the hospital. Police said the FBI is also on the scene and assisting in the investigation.
A spokesperson for the Colorado Springs Fire department (CSFD) said that 34 firefighters were called and 11 ambulances; some of which had to transport two victims, sometimes three, at once. CSFD thanked AMR and multiple county agencies for their assistance.
“Unfortunately these are events we do train for, as far as what we call a ‘mass casualty,’ so that is why we had such a big response,” said Capt. Mike Smaldino, CSFD. “Working with the police, we were able to get everybody transported out of here in a pretty quick manner and get them to the hospital, where they have a better chance for their injuries.”
Police are asking people and drivers to avoid the area of North Academy Boulevard, which is currently closed in both directions between North Carefree and Village Seven Road.
CSPD tweeted that it will be holding an additional news conference at 8 a.m. on Sunday, where more information will be released.
Police are asking anyone with cell phone or dashcam video to please contact CSPD at (719) 444-7000. Police also ask that any additional witnesses, that were not interviewed by an officer to also contact CSPD.
SUNDAY 11/20/2022 2:46 a.m.
CSPD tweeted at 2:40 a.m. on Sunday, that there will be a media briefing on the shooting on North Academy.
ORIGINAL STORY: BREAKING NEWS: Police responding to shooting on North Academy
SUNDAY 11/20/2022 1:53 a.m.
The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is responding to reports of a shooting on North Academy early Sunday morning on Nov. 20.
FOX21 has crews on site. This article will continue to be updated with more information.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The rapid increase in apartment rental rates in Arkansas during the pandemic is just beginning to slow, according to one study.
Insurance comparison site QuoteWizard released a study Monday showing that rent in Arkansas has increased 25% since 2020. The good news is Arkansas has the fourth-lowest rent in the nation, with an average apartment rent of $742.
According to the study, Arkansas rent has gone up 20% since 2021. Since 2022 apartment rent in the Natural State has increased by a comparatively small 10%.
Before the pandemic, rent grew nationally at about 4% a year, according to the Zillow Observed Rent Index.
The most significant rent increase in the study’s 2020-to-now time frame was in New Mexico, which saw a 38% hike. North Dakota had the lowest change in rent for the same period, with a 3% increase.
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Chadwick Boseman is now an Emmy winner.
On day one of the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys on Sept. 3, the late Black Panther star won the award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for portraying Star Lord T'Challa in the episode "What If… T'Challa Became A Star-Lord?" of the Disney+ Marvel animated series What If...? It marked his final role before his 2020 death.
Accepting the honor on behalf of Chadwick, who rose to fame playing the character T'Challa in the 2018 MCU film Black Panther, was his wife, Taylor Simone Ledward.
"When I learned Chad was nominated, I started thinking of everything that was going on in the world and our world and being so in awe of his commitment and dedication," she said in a speech, according to Deadline. "What a beautiful moment that one of the last things he would work on was something so important to him and to the world but also something new."
She continued, "You can't understand your purpose unless you ask what if? What if the universe is conspiring in my favor? What if it's me? Chad would be so honored and I am honored on his behalf."
Chadwick died in August 2020 at age 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer and several months after he married his wife.
Following his death, he was nominated for his first Oscar for his leading role in the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom but lost to Anthony Hopkins for The Father. Chadwick did, however, win his first Golden Globe for the same part and his wife accepted the honor on his behalf in a video screened during the 2021 ceremony.
Other first-time Emmy winners at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys Sept. 3 included Adele—for the Adele One Night Only variety special, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr—for Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back docuseries, and Eminem—for the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show. They are all now a Tony Award away from being EGOT winners.
This year's Creative Arts Emmys, whose second night takes place Sept. 4, precedes the Primetime Emmys, which will air live on NBC and Peacock on Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
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LONDON (AP) — Judges at the U.K.'s highest court began hearing evidence Tuesday on whether Scotland's Parliament can legislate to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants to hold a new independence vote in October 2023, despite opposition from the Conservative U.K. government in London. Sturgeon is asking the U.K. Supreme Court to rule on whether the Scottish parliament can organize a referendum without consent from the U.K.-wide government.
Dorothy Bain, the Scottish government’s top law officer, outlined her case to a panel of five judges Tuesday. She said the majority of Scottish lawmakers have been elected on commitments to hold a fresh independence referendum.
“The issue of Scottish independence is a live and significant one in Scottish electoral politics, and the Scottish government wish to introduce a bill in the Scottish Parliament to provide for the holding of a referendum,” Bain told the court.
She added that the referendum proposed by Scotland's government is “non self-executing,” meaning it is “advisory” and has no legal effect.
Two days have been set aside for the hearing at the Supreme Court in London. The U.K. government is expected to respond on Wednesday. The court's president said it will likely be months before it renders a judgment.
Scottish voters rejected independence by a margin of 55% to 45% in a 2014 referendum.
Sturgeon has said she wants to push on with her campaign to take Scotland out of the United Kingdom. She has argued that politics has changed in key ways since 2014 because of Britain’s departure from the European Union — which Scottish voters did not favor — and that her Scottish National Party has a clear democratic mandate to bring about a referendum.
Sturgeon, who leads the Scottish National Party, said if her government loses the court case, she will make the next U.K. national election a de facto plebiscite on ending Scotland’s three-century-old union with England. She did not give details of how that would work.
Like Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland has its own devolved government and makes its own policies on issues including health and education. The U.K.-wide government in London controls fiscal policy, defense and other matters.
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- Introduces Pepticate and Pepticate Syneo, specialized medical formulas, to the U.S.
- Company's total supply of baby formula nears 1.9 million cans of product
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. and BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Danone North America, the purpose-driven food and beverage leader, today announced alongside its Specialized Nutrition business, Nutricia, it will introduce a new specialty medical baby formula, to the U.S. market this Fall. Continuing its efforts to help families navigate the baby formula shortage, Danone has also launched an online website, https://operationformulaforfamilies.com, that will serve to connect parents with helpful resources.
Danone and Nutricia have coordinated with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to bring Pepticate and Pepticate Syneo to the United States. The company plans to import 50,000 cans of Pepticate and 24,000 cans of Pepticate Syneo, equivalent to more than 930,000 full-size, 8-ounce bottles, from its facility in the Netherlands.
Pepticate is an extensively hydrolyzed, whey-based medical formula for children with cow's milk allergies. Pepticate is nutritionally complete for infants from 0 to 1. For babies with food allergies, hypoallergenic formulas such as Pepticate are oftentimes their main source of nutrition and can play a critical role in their development.
Over the course of the next several months, Pepticate and Pepticate Syneo will be available through medical and retail channels including national and regional home healthcare state and government programs such as USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), MMCAP (state GPO), Medi-Cal and Tri-Care as well as several wholesale outlets and pharmacies.
Shane Grant, CEO at Danone North America, said: "Danone teams around the world have come together, harnessing our global capabilities to support babies and families at a critical time. Together, we have been able to not only increase the supply of formula in the U.S. and provide families with important resources, but also introduce two new products to market, Aptamil and now Pepticate, to help meet this urgent need. This continues to be a powerful example of our mission in action – to bring health through food to as many people as possible."
Based on Danone's expertise of more than 50 years in breastmilk research, the company believes breastfeeding offers babies the best nutritional start in life. However, if parents choose not to or cannot breastfeed, baby formulas like Aptamil, Neocate and Pepticate are high-quality, safe alternatives. To further help parents and families navigate the formula shortage, Danone North America developed a new online resource, https://operationformulaforfamilies.com. The website contains educational resources, product information on its portfolio of baby formula, as well as product locators and access to healthcare and nutrition professionals.
Dr. Jon Vanderhoof, Chief of Pediatric G.I. at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, NE said: "Danone North America's new Formula for Families hub will serve a critical role by helping to connect parents and caregivers with formula products, raise awareness for available options and provide educational resources from credible experts. This website coupled with Danone's efforts to increase the availability of formula in the U.S. is truly essential in a time filled with uncertainty for so many families."
To date Danone has committed to bringing nearly 1.9 million additional cans of formula to the market, including:
- Introduced more than 750,000 cans of Aptamil, Europe's number one formula brand, into the U.S., available on shelves now, with another 550,000 cans on the way (facilitated in part by the Biden Administration's Operation Fly Formula), for a total commitment of more than 1.3 million cans of Aptamil;
- In coordination with the FDA and the Biden Administration's Operation Fly Formula, imported more than 500,000 cans of Neocate, a specialized medical baby formula, to the U.S.;
- More than doubled its imports of Neocate prior to the FDA's enforcement discretion.
Danone North America is a purpose-driven company and an industry leader in the food and beverage category. As a Certified B Corporation®, Danone North America is committed to the creation of both economic and social value, while nurturing natural ecosystems through sustainable agriculture. Our strong portfolio of brands includes: Activia®, DanActive®, Danimals®, Dannon®, evian®, Happy Family® Organics, Honest to Goodness®, Horizon® Organic, International Delight®, Light + Fit®, Oikos®, Silk®, So Delicious® Dairy Free, STōK®, Two Good®, Wallaby® Organic and YoCrunch®. With more than 6,000 employees and 16 production locations across the U.S. and Canada, Danone North America's mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible. For more information on Danone North America's B Corp™ status, visit: https://bcorporation.net/directory/danone-north-america.
Since 1896, Nutricia has pioneered nutritional solutions that help people live longer, more joyful and healthier lives. Building on more than a century of research and innovation, Nutricia has harnessed the power of life-changing nutrition to create a leading specialized nutrition portfolio that can change a health trajectory for life.
With its nutritional solutions, Nutricia supports healthy growth and development during a baby's first 1,000 days and helps to address some of the world's biggest health challenges, including in North America: faltering growth, food allergy, rare metabolic diseases, epilepsy and wound healing.
As part of Danone North America, Nutricia embraces the company's "One Planet. One Health" vision reflecting that the health of people and the health of the planet are interconnected and therefore seeks to protect and nourish both.
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Organizations are in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island
CANTON, Mass., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Point32Health Foundation today announced grants totaling $1 million to advance social and racial equity. The funds will support nonprofit organizations that include diverse voices and perspectives, eliminate systemic barriers, and advocate for stronger communities. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation, which combined to become Point32Health Foundation, have committed more than $5.5 million to support racial equity since 2020.
"We are honored to support the important work these non-profits are doing in promoting equity and making transformative societal changes," said Cain Hayes, president and CEO of Point32Health and a member of the Point32Health Foundation board of directors. "They are addressing persistent inequities that affect almost every issue in society and we know these grants will have a positive impact in communities throughout the region."
The grants will support 16 nonprofit organizations, two in Connecticut, three each in Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, and four in Massachusetts. Organizations will have flexibility in how the resources are used and are not tied to a specific project or initiative.
About the organizations:
Connecticut ($125,000)
- Black Infinity Collective (formerly known as CT Core-Organize Now!), a freedom fighting, movement-building organization dedicated to healing and liberation for all Black people. $50,000
- Health Equity Solutions, promotes policies and practices for equitable health care access, delivery and outcomes for all people in Connecticut. $75,000
Maine ($125,000)
- Maine Equal Justice, civil legal aid and economic justice organization increasing economic security, opportunity, and equity for people in Maine. $25,000
- Maine Initiatives, connects and engages people around racial, social, economic, and environmental justice in Maine. $75,000
- Resources for Organizing & Social Change (ROSC), builds and supports a movement for nonviolent social change that will educate, activate, and empower people in Maine through grassroots community organizing. $25,000
Massachusetts ($500,000)
- Four equity funds at The Boston Foundation each will receive $125,000.
New Hampshire ($125,000)
- New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, to help seed newly established Racial Justice Fund, a community-advised fund to advance racial justice in New Hampshire. $75,000
- YWCA New Hampshire, eliminates racism, empowers women, and promotes peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. $25,000
- Victory Women of Vision, encourages, empowers, and nurtures immigrant and refugee families to thrive by embracing their cultural heritage as they build their new lives. $25,000.
Rhode Island ($125,000)
- AMOR Coalition, an alliance of community-based grassroots organizations mobilizing at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and immigration status to prevent, respond to and end state violence against our community. $25,000
- Center for Southeast Asians, promotes the prosperity, heritage and leadership of Southeast Asians in Rhode Island. $25,000
- SISTA Fire, co-creates a network of women and non-binary people of color to build our collective power for social, economic, and political transformation. $75,000
To engage its own community of colleagues, the Foundation also has expanded Point32Health's employee match program. A new two-for-one match aims to incentivize colleagues to support nonprofits that advance social and racial justice as well as eliminate systemic barriers. This new double match is available year-round.
"This moment in time requires a stronger commitment, one that acknowledges shared wisdom and lived experience, one that supports organizations with demonstrated community leadership," said Nora Moreno Cargie, president of Point32Health Foundation and vice president of Corporate Citizenship." These are steps in the right direction, and still we must do more."
About Point32Health Foundation
Point32Health Foundation builds on values of giving and service that were central to both Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation. We work with communities to support, advocate and advance healthier lives for everyone. The Foundation advances equity-focused solutions in healthy aging, access to healthy food and behavioral health in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
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It's Super Bowl Sunday, and one tradition is getting skipped this year. Typically, presidents sit down for an interview ahead of the big game, but it seems President Biden and the network airing this year's game, Fox, are at an impasse. And that's where we'll start with NPR White House correspondent Scott Detrow. Good morning, Scott.
SCOTT DETROW, BYLINE: Hey. Good morning.
RASCOE: So what is going on with the president and Fox?
DETROW: Well, we know it's not happening. There was a pretty public back-and-forth about this between the White House and Fox in recent days. There had apparently been talks about doing an interview with a Fox streaming service aimed at Black audiences called Fox Soul. But that fell through. And look. Like you said, this is a tradition that goes back to the beginning of the Obama administration. Fox News is, of course, a conservative outlet that's been pretty critical of Biden. I will point out that Obama did do a couple of interviews with Fox News when Fox had the Super Bowl when he was president. But look. I think this became more of a storyline because Biden just has not done as many interviews as other presidents have. I will point out he has yet to talk to NPR. Though Biden did do two TV interviews this week coming out of his State of the Union, which is a big change for him.
RASCOE: So, I mean, moving on to another topic, there's been more action by U.S. fighter jets this week. The White House says a U.S. fighter jet shot down what it calls a high-altitude object near Alaska Friday. And Canada says a U.S. jet downed another object yesterday over the Yukon. What is going on? Are there alien overlords on the way? I'm very concerned.
DETROW: Listen. I think you know I've always been a big UFO person.
RASCOE: Yes.
DETROW: These can legitimately be called UFOs. They're unidentified flying objects. So I'm going to say UFO as much as possible here.
RASCOE: OK (laughter).
DETROW: And it's going to be fine. But look. Seriously, though, remember, there was a lot of criticism from both parties about why the U.S. waited so long to shoot down the OG balloon, the initial Chinese spy balloon.
RASCOE: The big white balloon, yes.
DETROW: Right - that made its way all across the United States before it was shot down. Biden officials and the Pentagon said it was a safety issue and that they also got valuable intelligence from observing it. But suddenly, things are very different - much more aggressive approach. This latest one - the White House says the U.S. and Canada tracked this latest object for 24 hours before Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided to shoot it down. Then last night, there was another issue. NORAD even sent another fighter jet to investigate yet another possible object over Montana. That turned out to be a false alarm. But something has changed here. We don't know why things are suddenly much more aggressive, whether it's a tactical change, whether there's political pressure. And very importantly, we do not know where these latest UFOs came from, what they were doing. So I think the broader question is just how many UFOs are flying over North America right now and for how long this has been going on.
RASCOE: And did you think you would be saying that today? Or, like...
DETROW: No, but I love to say it.
RASCOE: (Laughter). Yeah.
DETROW: I love to say it.
RASCOE: We don't usually get into county-level politics, but let's talk a bit about a change made to the local government around Disney World in Florida.
DETROW: Yeah. Florida's legislature essentially took away Disney's longstanding self-governance. It operated as basically its own county government. It's kind of oversimplifying a little bit, but that's what was going on. And now many of those local government aspects will be overseen by a board appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. This is the culmination of DeSantis attacking Disney for being too, quote, "woke" as part of a broader culture war battle that he has made a centerpiece of his time as governor. Remember, Disney had criticized changes that DeSantis pushed in schools related to sexual and gender education. When DeSantis won his second term by a wide margin, he declared Florida as the state woke goes to die. He is trying to follow through on that. He said this week that when it comes to Disney, there is a new sheriff in town. And DeSantis has been really aggressive about using his power to force changes on schools, colleges, even national organizations like the College Board's AP curriculums. So a lot of questions about what he does with Disney and whether or not voters will see that as an overreach for a pretty popular, longstanding national company.
RASCOE: That's NPR White House correspondent and NPR Politics Podcast host Scott Detrow. Thank you so much, Scott.
DETROW: Thanks. I'll take my tinfoil hat off and talk to you soon.
RASCOE: (laughter) OK. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court initially gave itself a deadline of Wednesday to decide whether women seeking access to a widely used abortion pill would face more restrictions while a court case plays out. But on the day of the highly anticipated decision the justices had only this to say: We need more time.
In a one-sentence order, the court said it now expects to act by Friday evening. There was no explanation of the reason for the delay.
The new abortion controversy comes less than a year after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.
The following is a look at the drug at issue in the new case, how the case got to the nation’s highest court and what the delay might say about what’s going on.
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WHAT IS MIFEPRISTONE?
Mifepristone was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration more than two decades ago. It has been used by more than 5 million women to safely end their pregnancies, and today more than half of women who end a pregnancy rely on the drug, the Justice Department said.
Over the years, the FDA has loosened restrictions on the drug’s use, extending from seven to 10 weeks of pregnancy when it can be used, reducing the dosage needed to safely end a pregnancy, eliminating the requirement to visit a doctor in person to get it and allowing pills to be obtained by mail. The FDA also approved a generic version of mifepristone that its manufacturer, Las Vegas-based GenBioPro, says makes up two-thirds of the domestic market.
Mifepristone is one of two pills used in medication abortions, along with misoprostol. Health care providers have said they could switch to misoprostol only if mifepristone is no longer available or is too hard to obtain. Misoprostol is somewhat less effective in ending pregnancies.
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HOW DID THE CASE GET STARTED?
A lawsuit over mifepristone was filed in Amarillo, Texas, late last year. Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal group, represents the pill’s opponents, who say the FDA’s approval of mifepristone was flawed.
Why Amarillo? U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was nominated by then-President Donald Trump, is the sole district court judge there, ensuring that all cases filed in the west Texas city land in front of him. Since taking the bench, he has ruled against President Joe Biden’s administration on several other issues, including immigration and LGBTQ protections.
On April 7, Kacsmaryk issued a ruling that would revoke the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, but he put the decision on hold for a week to allow an appeal.
Complicating matters, however, on the same day Kacsmaryk issued his order, a court in Washington state issued a separate ruling in a lawsuit brought by liberal states seeking to preserve access to mifepristone. The Washington judge, Spokane-based Thomas O. Rice, whom then-President Barack Obama nominated, ordered the FDA not to do anything that might affect the availability of mifepristone in the suing states. The Biden administration has said it is impossible to follow both judges’ directives at the same time.
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HOW DID THE CASE GET TO THE SUPREME COURT?
The Biden administration responded to Kacsmaryk’s ruling by asking the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to prevent it from taking effect for now.
Last week, the appeals court narrowed Kacsmaryk’s ruling so that the initial approval of mifepristone in 2000 is not affected, for now. But it agreed with him that changes the FDA made to relax the rules for prescribing and dispensing the drug should be put on hold. Those rules included expanding when the drug could be taken and allowing for the drug’s delivery through the mail.
The appeals court acted by a 2-1 vote. The judges in the majority, Kurt Engelhardt and Andrew Oldham, are both Trump picks.
The Biden administration and the maker of mifepristone, New York-based Danco Laboratories, appealed to the Supreme Court, saying that allowing the appeals court’s restrictions to take effect would cause chaos. Facing a tight deadline, the Supreme Court gave itself some breathing room and issued an order suggesting it would act by Wednesday evening. That timeline was extended to Friday, the day the justices will hold a previously scheduled private conference.
The justices could talk about the issue further then. The additional time could also be part of an effort to craft an order that has broad support among the nine justices. Or one or more justices might be writing a separate opinion and asked for a couple of extra days.
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WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT?
The Supreme Court’s delay suggests a maddening reality about an institution that ordinarily adheres to a schedule that hasn’t changed much in years: Even experts can be in the dark about when the court will decide things and how.
Cases are argued over seven months from October to April, and the most important decisions typically come right before the justices take a long summer break. The court does not say which cases it plans to hand down on a given day, and the court, in a search for consensus, will sometimes pass on the biggest issues it faces and decide a very small legal point.
But nowhere is the uncertainty as great as a separate category of cases that have come to be known as the shadow docket.
Apart from death row inmates seeking 11th-hour reprieves, shadow docket cases generally involve emergency appeals to the justices before lower courts have reached final decisions. That includes the mifepristone case.
When the justices consider this set of cases, they don’t usually have a deadline to act. A few years back, an order concerning an elections case in Texas came in the wee hours of a Saturday morning for no reason other than that’s when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg finished work on her dissenting opinion.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees on Wednesday began trying to reshape Disney World’s governing body with proposals to eliminate a planning board and prohibit mask mandates and COVID-19 vaccine requirements in an evolving showdown between the Republican governor and the world’s best-known entertainment company.
The five new board members of the governing body, which had been controlled by Disney up until February, had on their meeting agenda rules prohibiting anyone from being barred from its offices for not wearing a face mask or not having the COVID-19 vaccine. Also, the agenda includes a resolution asserting the board’s “superior authority” over the district that covers Disney World’s 27,000 acres (10,926 hectares), including two miniscule cities.
The agenda also pointed to a potential shakeup of the administration’s staff with job descriptions listed for the governing body’s administrator and other key staff positions.
Disney World required masks and had social distancing protocols in place in 2020 when it reopened after closing for several months in an effort to stop COVID-19’s spread. DeSantis has been a fierce opponent of virus mask and vaccine mandates and has petitioned the state Supreme Court to convene a grand jury to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines.
Wednesday’s meeting agenda continued a battle pitting prospective presidential candidate DeSantis and Republican state lawmakers against Disney that started last year when the entertainment giant publicly opposed what critics call the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation barring school instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. In retaliation, Florida lawmakers passed, and DeSantis signed, legislation reorganizing Disney World’s company-controlled government, allowing the governor to appoint the five members of the Board of Supervisors. Disney previously had controlled the board for its 55-year existence.
Last month, the new DeSantis-appointees claimed their Disney-controlled predecessors pulled a fast one by stripping the new board of most powers and giving Disney control over design and construction at the theme park resort before the new members could take their seats.
DeSantis and state lawmakers at a news conference on Monday ratcheted up the pressure even further, proposing upcoming legislation which would require state inspections of Disney rides, an unprecedented move since Florida’s largest theme park operators have been able to conduct their own inspections. The lawmakers also planned to consider a measure that would revoke the agreement between previous the board supervisors and Disney.
Republican State Sen. Blaise Ingoglia said he had a message for Disney: “You are not going to win this fight. This governor is.”
Disney has said all agreements made with the previous board were legal and approved in a public forum.
Disney CEO Bob Iger earlier this month said that any actions against the company that threaten jobs or expansion at its Florida resort was not only “anti-business” but “anti-Florida.”
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Caitrin Assaf joined the station as a general assignment reporter in September 2020.
She comes to Arkansas from Grand Junction, Colorado where she worked as a reporter, anchor and producer for the CBS affiliate, KREX. During her time on the Western Slope, she covered everything from wildfires to congressional races, and anchored and produced the morning, noon and evening broadcasts.
Caitrin is a graduate of Boston College and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in government and political communications through Johns Hopkins Advanced Academic Programs.
As an Eagle, Caitrin was also a member of the nation’s oldest collegiate improv troupe and interned at Boston’s ABC affiliate, WCVB.
Caitrin is from Boca Raton, Florida and is excited to be back in the South covering the Natural State!
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Walt Disney World brings back Florida resident ticket deal
ORLANDO, Fla. - Walt Disney World is kicking off 2023 by bringing back a popular ticket deal exclusively for Florida residents!
From now until April 27, 2023, you can purchase the Disney Weekday Magic Ticket which gives Florida residents a chance to experience the magic of the theme parks with a 2-day ticket for just $175 (plus tax).
The tickets are valid Monday through Friday only and for one theme park per day. The following blockout dates apply:
- March 13 to March 17, 2023
- April 3 to April 7, 2023
- April 10 to April 14, 2023
A park reservation and valid admission for the same park on the same date are required.
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If you want to spread out the fun, tickets can be used on consecutive or non-consecutive day. There are also 3 and 4-day tickets available and you can choose a Disney Weekday Magic Ticket that includes the Park Hopper Option, Water Parks and Sports Option or Park Hopper Plus Option.
For more details on this magical deal, visit the Walt Disney World website.
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The White House says President Joe Biden has started using a CPAP machine to help with his sleep apnea.
A CPAP machine, or continuous positive airway pressure machine, pumps a stream of air through a mask that a patient wears while they're sleeping, to help keep their airways open.
President Biden, who is 80 years old, appeared on Wednesday with marks on his face from a CPAP mask. The White House said President Biden used the machine on Tuesday night and in recent weeks.
President Biden has a history of the condition, which has previously been disclosed in his medical reports as early as 2008, when Biden was Barack Obama's running mate.
SEE MORE: Breaking down Biden's campaign strategy as he runs for reelection
Experts believe sleep apnea might affect as many as 30 million Americans, though actual diagnosis rates are lower, with around 6 million known cases.
Sleep apnea is more common in men than in women.
The National Institutes of Health says the most common form of sleep apnea occurs when the upper airway is repeatedly blocked during sleep, which can prevent the body from getting enough oxygen and can cause people to snore or gasp in their sleep. Common causes include obesity, large tonsils and aging.
Poor sleep as a result of sleep apnea can cause other health problems, such as increased heart attack risk.
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LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollister Incorporated, a global medical device company has been awarded a sole source SURPASS® contract for enterostomal therapy products with Premier, Inc. Premier's SURPASS program is designed to drive clinical outcomes, maximum cost savings and excellent supply chain performance in key supply chain areas through a highly-committed portfolio.
The new agreement will allow Premier SURPASS members, at their discretion, to access the full portfolio of Hollister Ostomy products. This includes CeraPlus™ Ostomy Products*, the only U.S. brand infused with ceramide to protect healthy skin**. The ceramide portfolio is designed to help prevent water loss that can lead to skin damage and dryness, which can be important to maintain good peristomal skin health.
"We are thrilled to be exclusively awarded Premier's SURPASS multi-year contract for our ostomy products. The new program will help us better serve Premier's SURPASS membership through a more coordinated purchasing decision and standardized process," said Ryan Krishnakumar, Hollister Incorporated Senior Director of US Ostomy Sales, United States. "Aligning with Premier and its commitment to patient care will also help us deliver on Our Mission to make life more rewarding and dignified for the people who use our products and services."
The new three-year agreement will be effective April 1, 2023. Premier is a healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 4,400 U.S. hospitals and health systems and more than 225,000 other providers and organizations to transform healthcare.
In addition to the product portfolio, Hollister Incorporated offers a transition service to support ostomy and catheter patients throughout the continuum of care.
"Hollister Secure Start℠ services provides a lifetime of personalized support and condition specific education to people who use our products and services, to help them adjust to the physical and lifestyle changes they're navigating. Our consumer service advisors serve as product experts that are dedicated to helping patients with the tools and resources they need throughout their journey to get back to living their life, their way," said Jayme Schuler, Hollister Incorporated Director of Secure Start℠ services.
Hollister Incorporated is an independent, employee-owned company that develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company develops and manufactures products for ostomy care, continence care and critical care, and also develops educational support materials for patients and healthcare professionals. Headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, it has manufacturing and distribution centers on three continents and sells in nearly 80 countries. Hollister is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Firm of John Dickinson Schneider Inc. (JDS Inc.), a 100-year-old company. Hollister is guided by the shared Mission of JDS Inc., to make life more rewarding and dignified for people who use its products and services. www.Hollister.com.
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Damar Hamlin’s goal was simple: He wanted to raise $2,500 online to buy toys for needy kids.
It took about two years.
Then came Monday, when the Buffalo Bills safety was critically injured and needed his heart restarted on the field in a chilling scene that unfolded during a nationally televised game against the Cincinnati Bengals. He instantly became one of the biggest stories in sports, and thousands of people found his GoFundMe page.
The result: roughly $5.5 million donated in the first 24 hours after his injury. And the number is climbing.
A fundraiser that as of last month had raised $2,921 was up to $5,495,550 by 9 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday — with about 183,000 people going online in that span to donate, on average, about $30. Some of the donations were smaller. Some were more than $5,000. A number of NFL players donated as well, including members of the New England Patriots, who are scheduled to play at Buffalo on Sunday for the regular-season finale.
On average, about 2.2 donations were made through his GoFundMe page every second in the first 24 hours after Hamlin got hurt. And many came with messages of hope for a 24-year-old player in his second season, sedated in a Cincinnati hospital, listed in critical condition and with some teammates unwilling to return to Buffalo just so they could remain close to him.
“There are moments in life that stop the world,” wrote Michael Lynch, who donated. “We all pray for two things. Your speedy recovery and that your impact to the world is enhanced by your go fund me.”
The messages poured in from different fan bases, many of the donors letting the world know that they support other teams. One came with a hashtag that read, “we are all Bills fans.”
Hamlin started the GoFundMe in December 2020. He was just wrapping up his college career and getting ready for the NFL draft process. And he wanted to have a toy drive at Kelly and Nina’s Daycare Center — a facility co-owned by his mother — in his hometown of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, a place with about 6,000 residents along the south bank of the Ohio River.
“As I embark on my journey to the NFL, I will never forget where I come from and I am committed to using my platform to positively impact the community that raised me,” Hamlin wrote when setting up the drive. “I created The Chasing M’s Foundation as a vehicle that will allow me to deliver that impact, and the first program is the 2020 Community Toy Drive. This campaign gives you the opportunity to contribute to our first initiative and positively impact children who have been hardest hit by the pandemic.”
He pulled the first event off with about 10 days of planning. Gifts poured in, some of it clothing donated by Pitt, where he had just finished playing. Hamlin’s upbringing was far from easy: He lost three friends to gun violence while growing up and saw his father incarcerated for about 3 1/2 years for selling drugs. But as soon as he was able, Hamlin wanted to help others.
So, he started the toy drive. And his foundation will now have the ability to do more good than it likely ever thought possible.
“Damar created The Chasing M’s Foundation to use as a vehicle to bring lasting impact to his community,” his foundation wrote in a message posted to the donation page Tuesday. “The foundation supports toy drives, back-to-school drives, kids camps, and more.”
Many of the donations came from Bills fans, affectionately known as Bills Mafia, and this is far from the first time they’ve gone online to show support. In recent years, Bills fans have shown support for Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s foundation after he left a game — also in Cincinnati — with a concussion; for Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson’s charity after the Ravens lost a playoff game to Buffalo; and many made donations of $16.88 to the P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative in western New York following the death this summer of FIU player Luke Knox.
Luke Knox’s brother, Dawson Knox, is a tight end for the Bills. The $16.88 was a nod to their jersey numbers.
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PHOENIX — It’s officially Super Bowl week!
If you’ve been looking to commemorate this special time in the Valley with a picture, here’s where to find the Super Bowl LVII pop-up signs:
- Murphy Park [W Glendale Ave & N 58th Ave] in Glendale
- Civic Square [1900 N. Civic Square] in Goodyear
- Margaret T. Hance Park [67 W Culver St] in downtown Phoenix
- Old Town Scottsdale [5th and Marshall]
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Sunshine and Cooler Temperatures Return Tomorrow, with Sunshine and Warmer Temperatures Expected Going into Next Week
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Good evening everyone and happy Friday. After messy weather for the end of the work week, including today, things are finally looking to improve going into the weekend. This evening’s weather setup shows a cold front working its way through the region today. This is what sparked off snow showers and squalls through the county this afternoon. High pressure behind the front is expected to build into the region later tonight, resulting in partly to mostly clear skies by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow ends up being a partly to mostly sunny day with temperatures on the chilly side thanks to strong northwesterly winds. Winds are expected to lighten up tomorrow night, resulting in nicer weather and warmer temperatures going into Easter Sunday.
Looking at some of the peak wind gusts since midnight, the Frenchville airport saw a 46-mph wind gust earlier this afternoon, which is the highest recorded wind gust around the county. Winds luckily won’t be as gusty during the overnight hours tonight, with lighter winds expected by tomorrow.
Going hour by hour through the rest of the overnight hours shows skies continuing to clear out, with cooler temperatures also expected to work into the region. By tomorrow morning, skies look to be partly to mostly sunny, with improvement expected going through the day. Low temperatures tonight will be on the chilly side, falling back into the mid to upper teens for most spots over eastern and southern Aroostook. Work your way further north and west in the county, and temperatures are expected to cool off into the lower teens. Northwesterly winds remain gusty during the overnight hours and into tomorrow.
Tomorrow starts off with some cloud cover, however more sunshine is expected going through the day. This will be the coldest of the next few days, as northwesterly winds bring colder air into the region for much of the day. High temperatures tomorrow will struggle to make it out of the upper 20s, with some spots reaching the lower 30s by the afternoon. Northwesterly winds will still be gusty at times during the day tomorrow, keeping an added chill in the air.
High temperatures Sunday will be the better of the two weekend days with highs closer to average, making it into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Westerly winds will still be gusty at times during the day, but won’t feel as bad thanks to the warmer temperatures.
If you like Sunday’s high temperatures, temperatures going into next week get even better. Monday’s highs look to make it into the lower 50s for most spots, with southern Aroostook having the chance of seeing some mid-50s. More details on this evening’s forecast can be found in the Weather on the Web Video Forecast attached to this article. Have a great weekend!
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As a neonatal nurse for 23 years, Katrina Mullen had seen thousands of worried parents come through the intensive care unit for newborn babies. She began to notice one mother in particular: Shariya Small, an eighth-grader who had just delivered premature triplets, two girls and a boy. Each baby weighed less than two pounds.
When Mullen would see Small around the NICU at Community Hospital North in Indianapolis, “she was always by herself, and she would be there for days at a time,” Mullen, 45, recalled.
A few days after the babies — Serenitee, Samari and Sarayah — arrived at the hospital in August 2020, Mullen approached Small, then 14. She asked her how she was holding up, and whether she had eaten enough that day. She offered to get her something from Starbucks.
“I couldn’t imagine being 14 years old and being not only pregnant, but having three preemies who are all very sick and hooked up to monitors,” Mullen said. “I just started reaching out, just giving her a lifeline.”
The teenager’s situation resonated deeply with Mullen, a single mother of five boys, who gave birth to a child when she was 16. Mullen continued to make small talk with the young mother when she saw her.
Small stayed mostly silent. Her demeanor, Mullen said, was “very quiet and timid,” and she rarely engaged with the medical staff at the hospital.
Small said she feared she was being judged.
“I was really nervous around her,” said Small, whose babies were born in a hospital at 26 weeks gestation, more than three months early, then taken to the NICU at Community Hospital North.
One day at the NICU, Mullen decided to share her story with Small in the hope it might help her feel less alone. Mullen explained that she had also gotten pregnant in high school and given her son up for adoption.
“I am very familiar with how scary it is to be pregnant at a young age like that,” she told Small. “If you need anything, if you need to talk, I’m here.”
That’s when Small — who had a strained relationship with some of her family members — began warming up to Mullen and leaning on her for comfort and advice. Mullen quickly became her primary support.
“I was probably the only teen mom on the floor, and it finally felt good to talk to somebody,” said Small, now 17. “That’s when we started really clicking, because I knew she wasn’t judging me. I started feeling like I could talk to her about anything.”
Once the babies were well enough to leave the hospital in January 2021 — after being there five month — Mullen and Small exchanged phone numbers.
“At that point, I did not know her home life, I did not know where she was living or who she was living with,” Mullen said, adding that she made it clear to Small that she would be there if she needed her.
Mullen quickly realized that Small did, in fact, need her support — desperately. Small was calling Mullen multiple times a day, often in tears.
“When I was upset, overwhelmed and crying with the babies, I would call her,” said Small, who was staying with a relative in Kokomo, about an hour’s drive from where Mullen lives in Brownsburg, Ind. “She would talk to me and tell me to just breathe.”
After countless calls, “it was starting to concern me,” said Mullen. “I started to realize that she really doesn’t have support at home.”
She decided to go visit Small and the babies, and was troubled by their living situation.
“She was sleeping on the couch,” Mullen said, adding that the triplets had one playpen and bassinet between them, and Samari, the boy, did not look well.
“I was really concerned about his health,” Mullen said, explaining that he looked worryingly thin and had eczema and scratches on his body.
Following Mullen’s advice, Small promptly brought her son to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with failure to thrive, because he was not gaining weight normally. Doctors later determined that he was allergic to his formula.
While Small was at the hospital with Samari, she asked Mullen if she could watch the two girls. Mullen brought Serenitee and Sarayah to her house, where she lives with three of her sons, ages 16, 15 and 8.
Shortly afterward, Mullen received a phone call from a caseworker with Child Protective Services, who let her know that it would be removing Small and her three children from the home where they were living. They would then enter the foster care system — and probably all be separated. The caseworker told Mullen that Small had requested to stay with her.
“Would you be willing to foster them?” the caseworker asked her.
“Yes, I’ll take them,” Mullen replied.
“I didn’t even think it through,” she said. “Everybody in my life thought I was insane, and I probably was at that point, but I could not let her be separated from them.”
Mullen completed various required courses and background checks to become a foster parent.
“She’s smart and she’s dedicated, and she wants to be the best mom she can be,” Mullen said. “I just wanted her to be able to continue to be that for them.”
Plus, Mullen said, she knew she could handle it, because “I have so many people in my village: co-workers, friends, family, strangers that were just gifting me every baby item they had.”
Small wasn’t surprised that Mullen was willing to take her and her three children in.
“I had no doubt in my mind that she wouldn’t let us go into foster care,” Small said. “She is selfless, she is caring. She would give somebody the clothes off her back.”
On April 9, 2021, Small and her three children moved into Mullen’s house, with their belongings in just one duffle bag — and they never left.
Although it was an adjustment at first, Mullen’s sons soon embraced Small and the babies, and they found their groove as a new family.
“I just did what I felt was the right thing to do, and I don’t regret it one bit,” Mullen said. “It has been a crazy ride, and it’s hard and it’s stressful and I’m exhausted all the time and so is she, but we make it work.”
“It’s a struggle, but if I had to choose between me and my kids, I’m going to choose my kids every time,” echoed Small. “I never expected it to be easy.”
After Small’s mother agreed to terminate her parental rights, Mullen decided to formally adopt Small. On Feb. 6, they made it official. Small is now Mullen’s daughter, and Serenitee, Samari and Sarayah are her grandchildren.
“I just really felt like she needed somebody to support her and let her grow,” Mullen said.
Once Small moved in with Mullen, she enrolled in an alternative high school that has child care, and she is set to graduate this June. She has been accepted to two colleges, both of which are local, and she plans to study social work and eventually aid other teen mothers.
“I want to do something that will help people,” said Small.
Since their story has been covered in the news media, Small has received hurtful comments about her age and circumstances, Mullen said.
“It’s really hard on her,” she said, adding that the babies’ father is not in their lives, and when Small got pregnant with the triplets, “it wasn’t a good situation.”
Small and Mullen said they have decided to keep the details of Small’s life before the babies private.
The triplets, meanwhile, have made great strides. Despite some developmental challenges after being born premature, they are all growing well — both physically and in personality.
“They’re so fun,” said Mullen, who works at the hospital on weekends and helps look after the trio of toddlers, now nearly 3, during the weekdays. “I am overjoyed to be their grandma. I love those babies.”
“They’re their own little people, and it’s really rewarding to see their little personalities blossom. They’re my best friends,” said Small.
While some people who have heard about their story have been critical of Small, there has also been an outpouring of public support.
“So many people are throwing love and generosity our way,” said Mullen. “It just is mind-blowing to me.”
She is beyond grateful that people, especially complete strangers, have gone out of their way to show compassion to her family. Small agreed, saying that it can be easy to be dismissive and critical of others, but sometimes people can find themselves in situations they never imagined.
Her babies are her main focus in her life, she said, and she hopes to continue to move forward and raise them in a happy, healthy environment.
“If you open your heart and you don’t judge anybody based off one thing, then we’d all be good in the world,” Small said.
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Organ Procurement Organization Becomes Lifetime Trustee of Baldrige Institute
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CORE, the Center for Organ Recovery & Education, a leader in organ and tissue procurement for transplantation headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became the ninth and newest member of the Mac Baldrige Society, the Trustees of the Baldrige Foundation's Institute for Performance Excellence.
"The Foundation established the Institute for Performance Excellence in June 2020," said Al Faber, President and CEO of the Baldrige Foundation, "to be a thought leader on performance excellence, leadership, and management."
"The Mac Baldrige Society is limited to 20 elite members," continued Faber, "they serve as the Trustees of the Institute, and by their commitment, demonstrate they recognize the importance of the Baldrige Foundation's mission: to promote organizational performance excellence in the United States and throughout the world by supporting the Baldrige Program."
CORE was founded for the purpose of saving and enhancing lives through organ, tissue, and cornea transplantation. CORE is one of 57 federally designated not-for-profit organ procurement organizations in the United States, and it serves a Donation Service Area assigned by the federal government that includes 150 donor hospitals and approximately 5.5 million people throughout western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Chemung County, NY.
"CORE's Baldrige performance excellence journey has empowered us to focus successfully on the mantra, 'Every Donor, Every Time.' Today, a decade into this journey, CORE is a results-driven organization, thriving in a culture of transparency and innovation," said Susan Stuart, President and CEO of CORE. "The result: CORE is saving and healing more lives than ever before – the most significant indicator of performance excellence and proof that the Baldrige framework affects positive change."
2021 was CORE's third consecutive record-breaking year Saving and Healing lives through organ, tissue, and cornea donation. The organization made possible more than 700 life-saving organ transplants, thanks to the generosity of an unprecedented number of organ donors. That is a 150 percent increase since CORE began its performance excellence journey in 2012. Incredibly, ten of the donors in 2021 were over the age of 75, a group that is often overlooked for donation. The most notable of these donors was Cecil F. Lockhart of Welch, West Virginia, who in May 2021 became the oldest organ donor in U.S. history at 95. Also in 2021, the number of people healed because of tissue recovered by CORE was 133 percent more than in 2012.
"CORE is honored to become part of this distinguished group of Mac Baldrige Society trustees," Stuart said. "In doing so, CORE hopes to signify that our performance excellence journey is one without a destination. We will, now and in the future, continue to follow the Baldrige Framework and the roadmap it provides us on our mission: Saving and Healing lives through donation."
"The Institute Trustees," said Faber, "are making a commitment to preserve and promote the Baldrige Framework and to help ensure that Baldrige remains relevant for future generations of organizations across all sectors of the economy. We are grateful for their support."
For more information, contact: Mark Wayda, 614-600-0432 or at mwayda@baldrigefoundation.org.
The Baldrige Foundation was created as the private partner to the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program in 1988. Its mission is to ensure the long-term financial viability of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and to support organizational performance excellence throughout the U.S. and the world. The Baldrige Program located at NIST within the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a separate entity and is solely responsible for managing and administering the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. For more information on the Baldrige Award process please visit: https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/baldrige-award.
The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) is one of 57 federally designated not-for-profit organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in the United States, serving more than five million people in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. CORE coordinates the recovery and matching of organs, tissues, and corneas for transplant within our service region, and works tirelessly to create a culture of donation within the hospitals and communities we serve. CORE's mission is to Save and Heal lives through donation, ultimately ending the deaths of those on the transplant waiting list, while maintaining integrity for the donation process, dignity for the donors, and compassion for their families. CORE is a winner of the 2019 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, a presidential award that recognizes nonprofits for their innovation and excellence. For more information, visit www.core.org or call 1-800-DONORS-7.
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WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Kroger and Walgreens brand acetaminophen bottles are under recall for missing child resistant caps.
About 34,000 Kroger and 137,000 Walgreens brand acetaminophen bottles are included in the recall.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which shared the recalls on Thursday, calls for the specific 100-count Kroger bottles of acetaminophen and the 150-count extra strength Walgreens bottles.
Additionally, Kroger is recalling its brand of aspirin and ibuprofen, an estimated 209,000 bottles, for the same reasons.
The over-the-counter bottles pose a risk of poisoning to young children if swallowed. Child resistant packaging is required by law under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act passed in 1970.
Consumers with the recalled item are urged to store the bottles in a safe location and out of children's reach.
Additionally, consumers should contact Kroger and Aurohealth for instructions on receiving a full refund.
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Negotiators have hashed out some details of a deal to prevent the country from defaulting on its debt as soon as next week, according to a source familiar with the talks.
The contours of a debt ceiling deal are largely worked out – including on discretionary spending and defense spending — but sticking points include work requirements and permitting, the source told NPR.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters Friday morning that it's "crunch time."
"We know it's not easy, but we're going to make sure we're not just trying to get an agreement," he said. "We're trying to get something that's worthy of the American people that changes the trajectory."
The deal being worked out by negotiators would raise the government's borrowing limit for two years, while putting two-year caps on federal spending, said the source, who was not authorized to speak about the ongoing negotiations. Preliminary details were first reported by the New York Times.
The two sides are also close to an agreement on IRS funding, which Republicans are hoping to cut. But both sides are dug in on work requirements for social benefits programs.
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated the warning that Congress has until about June 1 to raise or suspend the debt limit. McCarthy has vowed to give members 72 hours to review text before putting it to a floor vote. The Senate will then have to vote on the measure if passed by the House.
Most economists agree an actual default could result in a recession. A default would severely affect financial markets, increase mortgage rates and interest rates on credit cards, could cause government workers and Social Security recipients to go unpaid, and could make it difficult for businesses and citizens to borrow money.
McCarthy told reporters Friday that negotiators worked through the night on Thursday, and he believes they made progress.
"There is forward progress but each time there's forward progress the issues that remain become more difficult and more challenging," Rep. Patrick McHenry, one of McCarthy's negotiators, told reporters Friday afternoon.
Negotiators for the administration are currently not scheduled to meet with McCarthy in person on Friday, McHenry said, but the two groups continue to talk virtually.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills and their fans planned several tributes to safety Damar Hamlin for the team's game Sunday — No. 3 jerseys, homemade T-shirts and even a 10-foot wide get-well card.
There was no scripting what happened once the Bills actually returned to action.
On their first play since a terrifying scene Monday, when Hamlin went into cardiac arrest during a game in Cincinnati, Bills return man Nyheim Hines ran the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown against the New England Patriots.
The emotional, uplifting score was an early highlight to a cathartic day in Buffalo. A weeklong outpouring of support continued as the Bills returned to the field for the first time since Hamlin had to be resuscitated after making a tackle during the first quarter at Cincinnati. Hamlin has since made what doctors call a remarkable recovery.
Though still listed in critical condition at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center as of Saturday, Hamlin’s neurological function has been deemed excellent, and he is breathing fully on his own while also able to speak.
“OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!,” Hamlin tweeted after Hines' touchdown. He also shared a photo of himself making a heart with his hands from his hospital bed shortly before kickoff with the text “GAMETIME!!! @BuffaloBills.”
Fans came to Buffalo's game ready to celebrate Hamlin's recovery. That included sign shop owner Ryan Magnuson, who designed a 4-by-10-foot canvas card, which he erected at the foot of the Bills stadium entrance for all to see — and sign.
“It’s been very positive. I’ve seen Bills fans, I’ve seen Patriots fans and people wearing other NFL jerseys coming up. I think this is bigger than a team thing at this point,” Magnuson said. “This is for Damar.”
Magnuson’s goal is to somehow get his oversized card sent to Hamlin.
Fans filled the front of the sign with well-wishes some three hours before kickoff, offering messages such as “Stay Strong” and “Love.” Some wore No. 3 jerseys, which is Hamlin's number.
“Watching it live, it was sad to see,” said Kyle Blaney, wearing a Patriots jersey. “But it’s good to see everyone coming together to support him, not just Bills fans."
An extended pregame ceremony began with the Bills medical and athletic training staff being introduced on the field to a roaring ovation. The Bills entered the stadium with numerous players carrying flags, which read “Pray for Damar 3.” Fans held cardboard cutouts of the No. 3 and red hearts.
Former Bills running back LeSean McCoy led the pregame charge by asking fans to hold up three fingers while chanting “Let's Go Buffalo!”
NFL fans everywhere have joined in supporting Hamlin this week, including many who contributed over $8 million to Hamlin's Chasing M's Foundation. Sunday brought a chance to pay tribute together during the last week of the NFL season.
The electronic signs ringing the parking lots of Highmark Stadium all carried the message “Love For Damar 3.” Some fans decorated their homes in Bills blue and red colors with various tributes to Hamlin.
Players from both teams came out onto the field for warmups wearing shirts honoring Hamlin. Many Patriots players wore black sweatshirts with the words “Love for Damar” printed on the front. Several Bills players wore T-shirts with Hamlin’s likeness on the front and back.
The NFL is paying tribute to the player during all Week 18 games, which began Saturday, including a pregame moment of support and painting Hamlin’s No. 3 on the 30-yard line. The Bills will also wear “3” jersey patches.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was also scheduled to attend the Bills game.
Hamlin was being celebrated by fans in Cincinnati, where the Bengals hosted Baltimore.
“It’s been so great that Damar is OK," said David Coning, outside the Bengals' Paycor Stadium. "We’ve seen pictures of him. He’s got a smile. He’s texted. So I think that’s a big relief for everyone. So hopefully we can kind of get back to normal.”
In the vast parking lots circling the the Bills stadium, numerous fans wore self-made shirts and jerseys honoring Hamlin.
Sue Sonner wore a former Bills quarterback EJ Manuel’s No. 3 jersey, in which her husband covered over the player’s name with Hamlin.
“It’s going to be very emotional. I’m taking some tissues with me for sure,” said Sonner, who is from Corning, New York, and attended the game in Cincinnati.
“We could see the scurry and the trauma and the panic and all of that. So very somber, very somber environment,” she said. “Now that he’s progressing and we think he’s going to be okay, now we’re excited to play football again. And hopefully he’s on the road to recovery.”
Ken Johnson, who is nicknamed “Pinto Ron” and among the Bills’ most famous tailgaters, didn’t have anything special planned for Sunday, while saying he expected many of those in attendance to be spontaneous in honoring Hamlin.
“You never know if a bunch of people are going to climb on top of the van and start giving an emotional speech or something,” said Johnson, who has not missed a Bills game at home or on the road since the start of the 1994 season, with the exception of games fans weren't allowed to attend due to COVID-19 restrictions.
“It just cements the legacy of Bills Mafia,” Johnson said of fans’ show of support.
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AP Sports Writer Mitch Stacy in Cincinnati, and AP freelance writers Lori Chase and Jonah Bronstein in Orchard Park contributed.
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TX Lake Charles LA Zone Forecast for Friday, November 4, 2022
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253 FPUS54 KLCH 050840
ZFPLCH
Zone Forecast Product
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
340 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
TXZ180-052230-
Tyler-
Including the cities of Town Bluff, Fred, Hillister, Ivanhoe,
Spurger, Warren, and Woodville
340 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 70s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. More humid with highs around 80. Southeast winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
80s. Lows in the lower 50s.
.VETERANS DAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs around 70.
$$
TXZ201-052230-
Hardin-
Including the cities of Lumberton and Silsbee
340 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s. North
winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s. Light and variable
winds.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. More humid with highs in the
lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
80s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.VETERANS DAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ215-052230-
Jefferson-
Including the cities of Beaumont, Sabine Pass,
and Sea Rim State Park
340 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. More humid with highs around 80.
East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
.VETERANS DAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ216-052230-
Orange-
Including the cities of Orange, Vidor, and Bridge City
340 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Cooler with
highs in the lower 70s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. More humid with highs around 80.
East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND VETERANS DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ259-052230-
Northern Jasper-
Including the cities of Holly Springs, Jasper, Kirbyville,
Magnolia Springs, Mt. Union, and Roganville
340 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 70s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Light and
variable winds.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. More humid with highs around 80. Southeast winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND VETERANS DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ260-052230-
Northern Newton-
Including the cities of Burkeville, Farrsville, Jamestown,
Newton, Wiergate, Bleakwood, and Call
340 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s. North
winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s. Light and variable
winds.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. More humid with highs in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs around 80.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND VETERANS DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ261-052230-
Southern Jasper-
Including the cities of Gist, Buna, and Evadale
340 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s. North
winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable
winds.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. More humid with highs in the
lower 80s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND VETERANS DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ262-052230-
Southern Newton-
Including the city of Deweyville
340 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Cooler with
highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable
winds.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. More humid
with highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs around 80.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND VETERANS DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
3-7-7
(three, seven, seven)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
3-7-7
(three, seven, seven)
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Child care centers are struggling to stay open. Here's how it's impacting families
From city centers to rural communities, many U.S. child care providers are raising the price of tuition to combat inflation, adding yet another strain for families.
At KidzStuff Childcare Center in Baltimore, the cost of food, rent, power and supplies is soaring. CEO Angela Kidane has raised her staff's salaries by roughly 40% amid a tight labor market, but she's still struggling to hire teachers. That has forced her to close at least one classroom, which could cost the nonprofit organization as much as $150,000 for the year.
"We probably are up at least 30-to-35% in operating costs," Kidane told CNN. "What goes through my mind is, how's that going to affect our parents? We're going to have to pass on the cost."
This fall, Kidane will raise tuition for the third time in 12 months — in all, up 30%. For some families, full-time child care could cost thousands of dollars more per year.
"It's not easy for us to have to do this, but it is a necessity," Kidane said. "We couldn't survive. We wouldn't stay open."
Child care programs nationwide are raising rates for the same reasons.
"It's happening everywhere," National Child Care Association Director Cindy Lehnhoff said. "[Programs] don't have an alternative to keep the doors open, this is what has to happen. And they hate doing it to the parents, they hate it."
Inflation isn't the only problem
Inflation is only one part of the problem. There are 11.2% fewer child care workers in the industry than before the pandemic, despite federal relief funds that helped programs boost salaries (at least a little), according to a report from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at the University of California, Berkeley. As of last year, the median wage in the industry was just over $13 per hour, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A study found as of March 2021, nearly 16,000 child care programs had closed during the pandemic — roughly 9% of the industry's licensed programs — creating longer waitlists and steeper tuition for parents.
"We're hearing from people all over the country that child care costs are unaffordable, and we're also hearing from parents who are child care workers that they're not earning living wages," MomsRising Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner said.
"Already, a half million families in the United States of America are estimated to be without child care because of lack of access and affordability," she added. "With increasing pressure due to inflation, even more families are getting stranded without child care."
Demand for child care could surge even further with COVID-19 vaccines now available for children under 5. San Diego-based company TOOTRiS, which connects parents with licensed child care providers, said it has seen waitlists grow roughly 25% in recent months.
"Families can't wait to get their children back into child care in a safe way," TOOTRiS CEO Alessandra Lezama said. "Coupled with the fact that so many programs were forced to shut down during COVID, the supply and demand issue has been aggravated."
'We don't want to charge our parents more'
At Beach Babies Child Care, which has several branches in the Rehoboth Beach area of Delaware, owner Sean Toner is raising tuition 8% to 10% this fall for the second straight year to combat inflation and raise teacher salaries to roughly $14 per hour.
"We don't want to charge our parents more for a good that shouldn't cost this much," Toner said. "I don't want to be that person that's driving away the parents."
Jessica Gebbia is a teacher at Beach Babies. Her 5-year-old son also goes there for day care.
"Most of my paycheck is going just to have him here," Gebbia said. "That's rough, because now we have gas prices, food prices, everything's just going up and up."
But Gebbia doesn't want to leave her job.
"I love what I do," she said. "These children need teachers who do love what they do."
But many mothers have left the workforce. It's part of a growing trend: As of May, women's jobs made up 88% of those lost in the pandemic, according to the Labor Department.
While pandemic relief funds helped stabilize child care providers somewhat, those funds are set to expire in the next two years. Advocates worry the industry could be headed for a cliff, and are urging for more federal investment in child care to bridge the gap between providers' tight margins and the rising cost to families.
"The pandemic has made it nearly impossible for providers to continue, and the current market conditions have made it even more difficult," said Michelle Kang, CEO of National Association for the Education of Young Children. "Without action to shore up and strengthen supply, we are headed for catastrophe, which would leave families without care options."
As child care prices rise, millions of families are facing difficult decisions.
To-Wen Tseng and her husband have struggled to afford child care for $370 per week in San Diego since her employer cut her hours in half. So she flew her kids to Taiwan to stay with family for the summer as she searches for a second job.
"If I just quit my job and stayed home and watch my kids, maybe the whole thing will be easier for my family," Tseng said. "The reason why we're still struggling to pay for this child care, it's because I don't want to give up my career. I'm trying so hard because I feel that I should be an example to my kids."
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ENTER DATELINE — We will slowly be heating back up into the 90s over the next few days. A few showers and storms are possible Wednesday through Friday during the afternoon and evening hours. Rain chances are only 20-30%, so most of us probably won't see much. Highs around 90° Wednesday should climb to about 93° by Friday afternoon.
The weekend may bring a couple of isolated storms, but most areas look dry. Highs will be in the mid 90s both days. With the humidity of course, it will feel like it's closer to 100°.
Next week looks steamy with highs mainly in the low to mid 90s. Tuesday and Wednesday may bring another decent chance for a few scattered showers and storms. This is still a ways off, so we will be tracking that rain potential closely!
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Mass shootings have reignited the gun debate across the U.S. Polls show a majority of Americans, including gun owners, support some restrictions on firearms, but hesitate to speak out.
Copyright 2022 NPR
Mass shootings have reignited the gun debate across the U.S. Polls show a majority of Americans, including gun owners, support some restrictions on firearms, but hesitate to speak out.
Copyright 2022 NPR
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Chick-fil-A’s first-ever restaurant is closing
NEW YORK (CNN) — Chick-fil-A’s first-ever restaurant is closing after more than a half-century in business.
Opened in 1967, the Greenbriar Mall food court location in Atlanta is set to close on Saturday, according to local reports. The location’s Facebook page says it’s permanently closed. It’s unclear why the restaurant is closing and Chick-fil-A didn’t immediately return CNN’s request for comment.
Like many malls, the Greenbriar has been struggling to attract shoppers and keep tenants. Its largest store, Macy’s, closed in 2021. The mall is currently filled with smaller stores and no major anchor tenants.
On its website, Chick-fil-A touts the “groundbreaking” location as one of the first restaurants to open inside a mall. Greenbriar was one of the first indoor malls in the Southeast.
The location is described as a “pioneer in the modern-day food court” and had a “monumental impact” on the company because it helped grow the chain into its current 2,600-location operation.
When the Greenbriar Mall location first opened, the menu included a 59-cent chicken sandwich and a salad with boneless chicken breast; plus fries, coleslaw, lemon pie and lemonade — a far cry from the more than 50 menu items Chick-fil-A now sells. Employees wore candy-striped aprons with ascots and “soda jerk” hats.
In 1997, a plaque was installed at the mall restaurant to celebrate its 40th anniversary and celebrate how the company pioneered in-mall dining. “From this location, Chick-fil-A has grown to become one of the largest privately owned restaurant chains in the nation,” the plaque reads.
Company founder S. Truett Cathy started the business with his brother in 1946 with the opening of a diner in Atlanta called the The Dwarf Grill. Its success led him to evolve the restaurant into the Chick-fil-A chain, and some consider that to be the first Chick-fil-A location.
CNN affiliate WXIA notes that Chick-fil-A restaurants were only located in mall food courts for 20 years before opening its first free-standing restaurant in the Atlanta suburb of North Druid Hills in 1986.
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