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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A lawyer for an alleged extremist accused of involvement in crimes including rape and torture in the northern Malian city of Timbuktu a decade ago rejected the allegations and said Monday that he was just a police officer carrying out court orders who could have been killed for disobeying.
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court had argued that the defendant, Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, was a “key figure” in a reign of terror after al-Qaida-linked rebels overran the Malian desert city in 2012.
But defense counsel Melinda Taylor said Al Hassan was merely a member of the Islamic police force, at a time when the Malian authorities were in disarray, who was “obliged to respect and execute the decisions of the Islamic tribunal. This is what the police around the world do.”
Taylor said that had he disobeyed the court orders, he would “have risked being branded a traitor and a spy,” and might have been executed. Any attempt to flee Mali would have put his family at risk, she said.
Al Hassan, who sat in court wearing a white headscarf, is charged with involvement in crimes including rape, torture, persecution, enforced marriages and sexual slavery committed from April 2012 until the end of January 2013.
He allegedly was a key member of Ansar Dine, an Islamic extremist group linked to al-Qaida that held power in northern Mali at the time. A French-led military operation in 2013 forced the group from power, but rebel elements have continued to stage attacks on Malian and international forces.
The trial is the second case at the ICC linked to Ansar Dine’s brutal occupation of Timbuktu. A member of the group, Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for attacking nine mausoleums and a mosque door in the city in 2012.
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2022-05-10T01:51:47+00:00
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texomashomepage.com
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/lawyer-says-alleged-mali-extremist-was-only-obeying-orders/
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Dog owners nationwide will have the ability to post their furry friends on digital billboards in support of the Humane Society of the United States
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shoutable, the world's largest self-service platform for everyday consumers to post content to digital billboards, is working with The Humane Society of the United States and Wag!, on Friday, August 26th for National Dog Day. Their goal is to celebrate the human-animal bond and join the fight to end all animal suffering for National Dog Day. National Dog Day brings awareness to the number of dogs that need to be rescued every year and honors family dogs and dogs that work selflessly to save lives, keep humans safe and bring comfort.
For the first time ever, Shoutable invites dog owners around the U.S. to pay tribute to their beloved canine by providing space on a digital billboard for just forty-five dollars. Bookings can be made at www.shoutable.me. The easy-to-use e-commerce platform has dozens of Dog Day templates in English and Spanish that can be personalized with a photo of the dog as well as custom text. Consumers can choose a specific billboard location and timeslot to view their furry friend on a 48-foot-wide billboard. Shoutable also provides mockup images of the actual digital billboard with their personal dog content that can be easily posted to social media.
"Shoutable is proud to work with Wag! to bring a great deal of attention to the adoption services provided by local animal shelters and the rescue and advocacy work of the Humane Society of the United States. The power of billboards brings immense creativity, joy, and pride to so many people. Seeing your furry friends on a digital billboard is heartwarming and we invite dog owners across the U.S. to share and spread that feeling across their social media channels," says founder and CEO of Shoutable, Jonathan Gudai.
"The Humane Society of the United States welcomes Shoutable's support of the fight against animal cruelty. We appreciate the opportunity to drive more awareness of our critical work," said Jamie Natelson, Senior Vice President, Marketing. "Shoutable's contribution of billboard messaging space will help us promote key campaigns to inform animal lovers about how they can help and get more people involved in bringing an end to animal cruelty."
The Humane Society of the United States is the nation's most effective animal protection organization. Since 1954, the organization has been fighting for the protection of all animals through legislation, litigation, investigations, education, science, advocacy, and field work, aiming to prevent cruelty before it occurs. The HSUS also rescues and cares for thousands of animals each year.
Wag! strives to be the #1 app for pet parents, offering access to 5-star dog walking, pet sitting, expert pet advice and training from local pet caregivers nationwide. Wag!'s community of over 400,000 pet caregivers are pet people, and it shows. Making pet parents happy is what Wag! does best. With safety and happiness at the forefront, pet caregivers with Wag! have a trusted record of experience with over 12.1 million pet care services completed by pet caregivers on the Wag! platform and over $325 million total bookings across all 50 states, resulting in more than 96% of services earning 5 stars. For more information, visit wag.co.
"Wag! is thrilled for this paw-tnership with Shoutable to help them support the goals of the HSUS," said Garrett Smallwood, CEO of Wag!. "What a unique opportunity for thousands of commuters across the United States to see and celebrate the joys of animal companionship."
Shoutable is changing the market by offering the everyday consumer the ability to purchase digital billboards, called Shouts. Just as easy as an Instagram post, Shouts start at the affordable rate of $45. From Time Square to the Vegas Strip, to bus stops and taxi tops, Shoutable gives both large and small creators the space to be seen and heard, blurring the line between advertising and social media.
Shoutable is the first & only direct-to-consumer platform for placing content on digital billboards. They make posting content on thousands of digital screens across the U.S. as easy as posting to social media.
In just minutes, anyone can choose a holiday or memorable moment category, select a template, and customize it with their photo and text. Then after the content plays, they can post photos of their personal billboard to social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Meta, and YouTube. Shoutable has democratized digital billboards to make them accessible and affordable.
Shoutable also works with brands to deliver custom branded templates for consumers to customize, delivering unique and memorable out of home campaigns.
Shoutable's mission is to create social good by donating a portion of its proceeds from every single order to charities such as National Breast Cancer Foundation and the HSUS.
Check out our favorite Shoutable testimonials here: Shoutable Success Stories
We fight the big fights to end suffering for all animals. Together with millions of supporters, the Humane Society of the United States takes on puppy mills, factory farms, the fur trade, trophy hunting, animal cosmetics testing and other cruel industries. Through our rescue, response, and sanctuary work, as well as other direct services, we help thousands of animals in need every year. We fight all forms of animal cruelty to achieve the vision behind our name: a humane society.
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2022-08-24T13:18:47+00:00
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wymt.com
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https://www.wymt.com/prnewswire/2022/08/24/shoutableme-amp-wag-launch-campaign-celebrate-human-canine-bond-national-dog-day/
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LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KYY, a leading manufacturer at the forefront of external display monitor technology, proudly unveils two exceptional triple display monitors, the X90A and X90, offering users enhanced visual experiences for work and entertainment.
Impressive Specifications and Enhanced Viewing
Both the X90A and X90 models feature impressive specifications, including a 14-inch 1080P FHD IPS display, a 60Hz refresh rate, a 1:1000 contrast ratio, a 72% NTSC color gamut, a 16.7 million color count, and a 300 nits brightness. These features combine to deliver stunning image quality, vibrant colors, and sharp details, providing users with an immersive and enjoyable viewing experience.
360° Screen Rotation and 90° Adjustable Stand
One standout feature of both models is the 360° screen rotation, enabling users to effortlessly adjust the angle to their desired orientation. During usage, the screens support a rotation angle of up to 210°, providing flexibility in finding the perfect viewing position for various work and entertainment scenarios. Independent parameter adjustment is also supported on each screen, making it possible to fine-tune settings using the intuitive buttons on the screen panel.
Additionally, both models feature an adjustable stand, allowing users to easily customize the screen angle up to 90° for optimal viewing comfort and adaptability. The built-in stand provides stability and eliminates concerns about losing or misplacing separate stands, ensuring a seamless user experience.
1-Cable Connection for Convenience
The X90A and X90 models share a key feature, the 1-cable connection. With this feature, users can conveniently connect their laptops to either monitor using a single USB-C cable, simplifying setup and reducing cable clutter. The 1-cable connection ensures seamless integration and enables users to expand their workspace effortlessly.
System Compatibility for Connection
However, the X90A model offers additional cross-system compatibility, supporting not only Windows systems but also macOS and Android phone systems (driver installation required). This versatility allows users to connect the X90A to a broader range of devices and operating systems, providing flexibility and convenience in various work and entertainment scenarios.
On the other hand, the X90 model is exclusively designed for Windows systems, offering seamless compatibility without the need for driver installation. It provides Windows users with the same impressive display specifications and exceptional visual performance as the X90A, empowering them to enhance productivity and immerse themselves in entertainment.
In addition to the triple display monitors, KYY has achieved great success in the realm of 1080P single-screen portable displays. Notably, the K3, K3-1, K3-2(1080P portable monitor), and K3-3 (4K portable monitor) models have served over 300,000 users on Amazon, providing them with convenience and portability in their display needs.
"We are extremely proud to introduce the X90A and X90 triple display monitors," stated a spokesperson for KYY. "We have always been committed to providing users with exceptional external display monitor solutions, and the X90A and X90 exemplify that commitment. Professionals and everyday users alike will benefit from their outstanding performance and innovative features. We believe that the X90A and X90 will redefine the experience of multi-screen work and entertainment, setting new standards in the market."
The KYY X90A and X90 triple display monitors will be launched on 7/3 PDT, catering to professionals and everyday users alike. Whether for professional work or entertainment consumption, the X90A and X90 offer an unparalleled portable visual experience. KYY, with its tradition of innovation and superior quality, continues to be a trusted brand. Users can now experience the charm of the X90A and X90 firsthand and embrace the convenience and enjoyment of multi-screen work.
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X90A: amz.fun/qh/kyyx90a
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K3: amz.fun/qh/kyyk3grey
K3-1: amz.fun/qh/kyyk3-1black
K3-2: amz.fun/qh/kyyk3-2
About KYY:
Founded in Shenzhen, KYY is a pioneering manufacturer dedicated to revolutionizing external display monitor technology. With a relentless focus on exceptional quality and innovative design, KYY offers a wide range of products, including 1-screen 1080P portable monitors, 1-screen 4K portable monitors, and triple portable displays, that cater to various user needs. Guided by a vision of pushing the boundaries of what is possible, KYY strives to provide customers with unparalleled visual experiences and unparalleled satisfaction. To find out more about KYY, please visit https://www.amazon.com/stores/KYYTechBringYourLifeMoreConvenientandBrilliant/page/A506FE37-0E97-429E-9EA4-51443CA62A73.
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2023-07-01T17:46:58+00:00
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wcjb.com
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https://www.wcjb.com/prnewswire/2023/07/01/kyy-introduces-x90a-x90-triple-display-monitors-elevating-visual-experiences/
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an attractive ambient lighting piece that could provide users with a relaxing, illuminated experience," said an inventor, from Cincinnati, Ohio, "so I invented the MOOD LIGHT. My design can also be customized for personal expression."
The invention provides an artistic design for an electrical nightlight device. In doing so, it offers an alternative to traditional lamps and nightlights. As a result, it provides added style and it could enhance relaxation. The invention features an attractive design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households and businesses. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Cincinnati sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CCT-4615, 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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2022-09-16T18:39:20+00:00
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waff.com
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https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2022/09/16/inventhelp-inventor-develops-artistic-electrical-nightlight-device-cct-4615/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to get out of the White House to unveil his budget this week and instead promote it in Pennsylvania, a must-win state in 2024.
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His trip to Philadelphia on Thursday is a sign that the president's budget proposal will be a form of political messaging, not just an outline of the government's finances.
The White House budget plan will be a “what if” document, aimed at telling voters what the federal government could do if Democrats were solidly in control of the White House and Congress. Right now, the Republican majority in the House opposes almost all of Biden's ideas.
Biden hinted in a Monday speech that tax increases on the wealthy will be at the core of his budget plan, saying he will be proposing a tax that targets billionaires.
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“Much of what we’re doing is about your right to be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect,” Biden said in his remarks to the International Association of Fire Fighters. “Part of that is making a tax system that's fair. We can make all these improvements and still cut the deficit, if we start making people pay a fair share.”
Democrats and Republicans are jockeying to show the public who is the most fiscally responsible. It's a key test as the White House and Congress will need to agree to lift the government's borrowing authority at some point this summer, or else the government could default and send the U.S. economy into a severe recession.
Biden laid the groundwork for his upcoming budget in his State of the Union address last month and in other recent speeches. He's pledged to trim deficits by a combined $2 trillion over 10 years, strengthen Social Security and Medicare and only raise taxes on people earning more than $400,000.
His proposal is in some ways far more ambitious than what he proposed in 2021, when his budget would have reduced the debt by $1 trillion over 10 years relative to projections.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has called for putting the country on a path to a balanced budget, while leaving Social Security and Medicare untouched. But McCarthy has kept a poker face on how the GOP could do that and has refrained from committing to hard numbers.
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, put out a list of more than $750 billion worth of possible spending cuts in February. Atop the list was repealing Biden's executive order providing some student debt forgiveness, which would restore roughly $400 billion to the federal coffers.
Arrington also included rescinding money tied to a “woke” agenda, as the GOP's cultural and economic messaging have merged. He would eliminate $60 billion from the EPA that would go for environmental justice programs and get back $3.6 million meant to extend the Michelle Obama Trail in Georgia.
Phillip Swagel, director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, issued guidance on Monday saying that projected deficits would need to be cut by $5 trillion during the next decade to match the 50-year historical average.
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“Returning primary deficits to their historical average is not a recommendation by CBO,” Swagel wrote as a caveat.
As Swagel outlined it, the political tradeoffs are clear. There could be $670 billion to $1.2 trillion that could be raised by removing the caps on the payroll taxes that fund Social Security. But the GOP opposes tax hikes and the increase would violate Biden's promise to only raise taxes on those earning more than $400,000.
Pennsylvania makes for a solid test of the two competing ideological visions for the country. Biden won Pennsylvania by roughly a percentage point in 2020, a decidedly narrow victory. His appearance Thursday would be his 23rd trip to Pennsylvania since becoming president.
Last September, Biden stood on the steps of Philadelphia's Independence Hall and warned that former President Donald Trump and his Republican adherents are “a threat to this country.” Trump's defeat led to his supporters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the apparent goal of blocking the certification of the 2020 election.
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In the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race, Democrat John Fetterman won by roughly five points despite voters' concerns about the U.S. economy tied to high inflation.
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2023-03-06T20:15:41+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/biden-s-upcoming-budget-part-of-2024-political-17822863.php
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Top Suns vs. Clippers Players to Watch - NBA Playoffs Game 1
The Phoenix Suns (45-37) match up against the Los Angeles Clippers (44-38) at 8:00 PM ET on Sunday at Footprint Center. Deandre Ayton of the Suns is a player to watch in this contest.
In the article below, we'll give you all the info you need to know about who to keep your eye on in this matchup on TNT, BSSC, and BSAZ.
How to Watch Suns vs. Clippers
- Game Day: Sunday, April 16
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
- Arena: Footprint Center
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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Suns' Last Game
The Suns were beaten by the Clippers on Sunday, 119-114. Saben Lee scored 25 in a losing effort, while Norman Powell led the winning team with 29 points.
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Clippers' Last Game
Suns Players to Watch
- Ayton posts 18 points and 10 rebounds per contest -- both team highs. He is also averaging 1.7 assists, shooting 58.9% from the field.
- Devin Booker posts 27.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per contest, shooting 49.4% from the field and 35.1% from downtown with 2.1 made 3-pointers per game.
- Kevin Durant puts up 29.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5 assists per contest, shooting 56% from the field and 40.4% from downtown with 2 made 3-pointers per contest.
- Chris Paul paces his team in assists per game (8.9), and also puts up 13.9 points and 4.3 rebounds. Defensively, he averages 1.5 steals (ninth in league) and 0.4 blocked shots.
- Torrey Craig is averaging 7.4 points, 1.5 assists and 5.4 rebounds per contest.
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Clippers Players to Watch
- Westbrook is putting up a team-best 7.5 assists per game. And he is contributing 15.9 points and 5.8 rebounds, making 43.6% of his shots from the field and 31.1% from 3-point range, with 1.2 triples per game.
- The Clippers get 10.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game from Mason Plumlee.
- Kawhi Leonard gives the Clippers 23.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. He also averages 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocked shots.
- Ivica Zubac is the Clippers' top rebounder (9.9 per game), and he delivers 10.8 points and 1 assists.
- Powell paces the Clippers in scoring (17 points per game), and puts up 2.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists. He also averages 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
Top Performers (Last 10 Games)
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2023-04-16T18:57:26+00:00
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wlox.com
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https://www.wlox.com/sports/betting/2023/04/16/suns-vs-clippers-players-to-watch-nba-playoffs/
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis police officer died Saturday from wounds sustained more than two weeks ago when he was shot while responding to a confrontation at a library, authorities said.
Officer Geoffrey Redd was critically wounded Feb. 2 at the Poplar-White Station Library. Redd, 49, was transported to Regional One Health, where he died “despite the best efforts” by the hospital staff, Memphis police said.
“Rest easy, Officer Redd. You will be missed,” the department said in announcing his death.
Redd served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining the police department in 2008. He also served as director of security at his church.
Mayor Jim Strickland offered his “deepest condolences” to the slain officer’s family and also “his Memphis police family.”
“He served with honor his country as a marine and his city as a police officer, and we lift up his dedicated public service to the City of Memphis for over 15 years,” the mayor said in a statement.
In the library incident, officers responded after a man started the confrontation with another person. When officers attempted to talk with him, he pulled out a weapon and fired, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has said. Redd was hit.
His partner returned fire, killing the suspect.
Employees and patrons were in the library at the time, but no one else was hurt, according to the TBI.
The bureau often investigates shootings around the state when officers are involved and worked on this case at the request of the Shelby County prosecutor.
Redd’s death is the latest turmoil involving Memphis police.
Five former officers have been charged with second-degree murder and other counts in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols last month.
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2023-02-19T07:13:45+00:00
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ktalnews.com
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https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/ap-memphis-police-officer-dies-from-wounds-in-library-shooting/
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AP source: Investigators narrow suspect pool in leak probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and FBI have narrowed the pool of potential suspects believed responsible for the disclosure of highly classified military documents on the Ukraine war, a person familiar with the investigation said Thursday.
The Biden administration has been working to assess the diplomatic and national security consequences of the leaked documents since they first surfaced online last week. A top Pentagon spokesman told reporters earlier this week that the disclosures present a “very serious risk to national security,” and the Justice Department opened an investigation to identify the person responsible.
Since then, investigators have winnowed down the number of suspects who might be responsible, according to a person with knowledge of the probe who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation. It was not clear how many suspects remained or when or if an arrest might be made.
The Justice Department declined to comment Thursday.
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2023-04-13T15:45:56+00:00
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kob.com
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https://www.kob.com/news/us-and-world-news/ap-source-investigators-narrow-suspect-pool-in-leak-probe/
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Which Windows tablet is best?
Desktop and laptop computers are great, but sometimes a tablet is the most useful way to consume media or complete work and school assignments. In those cases, it’s not always easy to switch from a versatile Windows PC to a slightly more limited iPad or Android-based tablet.
If you need the ultimate in portability and convenience but don’t want to sacrifice functionality, consider a Windows tablet. The best one right now is the Lenovo ThinkPad X12. It sports powerful hardware and a better battery life than most competitors.
What to know before you buy a Windows tablet
Why to use a Windows tablet
Windows is the leading desktop and laptop operating system in the world by a large margin, and for good reason. It’s not only highly versatile and suitable for a variety of enthusiasts’ needs, it’s also easier than ever for beginners to use. With the current, highly refined Windows 10 release and the upstart 11th generation of the iconic OS, there are more straightforward and convenient apps, widgets and other integrations than ever.
There are some limitations
It takes some compromises to pack enough hardware into a half-inch-thick package to run Windows quickly and reliably. At a basic level, there’s just not enough space for most high-end chipsets and components. There’s also the issue of heat buildup, one of the biggest hurdles for PCs in general.
Tablets also tend to compromise in terms of battery life. Batteries — especially high-capacity ones — take up the most space and generate the most heat of any component in an ultraportable laptop.
Convertible vs. detachable 2-in-1s
A 2-in-1 laptop is one that works as both a laptop and tablet. Windows tablets fall into this category by necessity, as it would be immensely difficult to use a Windows tablet for a very long time without connecting a keyboard.
As their name implies, detachable 2-in-1s let you remove the keyboard and use the device like a true tablet. In contrast, convertible 2-in-1s sport extended-range hinges so you can fold the keyboard underneath the display, creating a de facto tablet.
There are plenty of convertible 2-in-1 Windows laptops from major manufacturers. They’re generally similar to standard laptops in terms of size and weight, which means they’re usually tough to use with one hand. Detachable 2-in-1s, however, deliver nearly the same portability, convenience and performance as Android tablets and iPads (although Windows tablets are almost always heavier).
What to look for in a quality Windows tablet
Performance
To keep costs down and battery life up, a decent number of manufacturers make significant compromises when it comes to performance. The problem is that Windows is somewhat of a resource hog that can easily bring an old processor or tiny solid-state drive to its knees. Avoid Windows tablets from generic or otherwise questionable manufacturers, as you’re unlikely to have a good user experience.
Battery life
None can compete with full-size laptops, but some Windows detachables do offer just about all-day battery life. Most commonly, though, you’ll see roughly six hours of real-world run time from a Windows tablet. To get more from your device without plugging it into the wall, consider a USB-C Power Delivery power bank that can put out at least 45 watts.
Storage capacity
Microsoft claims you can install Windows on a 32-gigabyte drive, but don’t believe it. You’ll need at least 64 GB for a passable experience, and 128 GB is a much better target. If you opt for a tablet with only 64 GB of storage, you might have a better time keeping the Windows installation in high-efficiency S Mode.
System memory
Once again, Microsoft claims that 4 GB is plenty of RAM for Windows. It’s certainly possible to get by with just the bare minimum, but you’ll have a noticeably better experience with 8 GB of RAM or more.
How much you can expect to spend on a Windows tablet
The most budget-friendly options run about $350, although you’ll have to spend a bit more on accessories such as a keyboard and stylus. At the top end, you can invest as much as $2,000 in a Windows tablet that performs as well as a normal laptop.
Windows tablet FAQ
Can you play games on Windows tablets?
A. You can absolutely play casual games on a Windows tablet. There are even some that work better on tablets than notebooks due to touchscreen controls. You won’t have any luck playing graphically intensive games, though, due to the inherently bad heat dissipation and relatively below-average performance of Windows tablets.
How do you improve battery life?
A. Some changes to the way you work can offer minor battery life increases. Keep the screen brightness as low as comfortable. Minimize multitasking, as background programs siphon valuable power from the memory and processor. Keep the Windows Battery Saver option turned on whenever possible. Make sure to disconnect and turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth when you’re not using them.
Then there’s undervolting. The opposite of overclocking, undervolting involves reducing the amount of electricity your CPU and GPU use. You can do so without reducing the processors’ clock speeds, and you may see a noticeable increase in battery life. If you reduce clock speeds or disable your CPU’s turbo boost, you’ll see even better results.
You’ll want to find a guide on undervolting. There are many such guides. Unlike overclocking, undervolting works with a huge range of everyday laptops and isn’t dangerous, especially if you exercise caution.
What’s the best Windows tablet to buy?
Top Windows tablet
What you need to know: It’s packed with premium hardware and, surprisingly, doesn’t cost an absolute fortune.
What you’ll love: Move over, Microsoft, because there’s a new sheriff in town when it comes to ultraportable Windows machines. Part of arguably the most famous laptop family in history, Lenovo’s ThinkPad X12 offers the kind of performance you’d expect from a full-size notebook PC. While most competitors cost an arm and a leg and come in limited configurations, you can get a surprisingly good deal on the X12, especially if you order the perfect model for your needs directly from Lenovo.
What you should consider: It doesn’t have any USB-A, HDMI or Ethernet ports, and the keyboard is sold separately.
Where to buy: Sold by Lenovo and Amazon
Top Windows tablet for the money
What you need to know: This highly compact option truly fills the role of a tablet, as the smallest and most affordable model that actually works well.
What you’ll love: It’s tiny compared to almost all its competitors, and indeed it’s the smallest device we’ve ever seen that can run Windows without any major issues. It’s also reasonably priced, which you can’t say for most of Microsoft’s in-house laptops. It’s even available with optional 4G LTE connectivity for the ultimate in portability.
What you should consider: While handy, its performance is somewhat limited by the high-efficiency CPU. To mitigate the performance issue, the Surface Go ships with a special Windows S Mode that limits which programs you can install and how fast they run. You can disable S Mode and run the standard Windows 11 installation at any time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: For a long time, the Surface Pro lineup was the only high-performing Windows tablet in existence.
What you’ll love: It runs just about as smoothly as any traditional clamshell laptop and comes in several configurations to meet your specific needs. The display, though, is where it really shines. It’s bright and colorful, with high contrast and a 120-hertz refresh rate, something even most standard notebook PCs can’t claim.
What you should consider: This kind of engineering feat and feature set does not come cheap. In fact, you still have to purchase the keyboard separately.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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2022-05-07T14:53:56+00:00
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pix11.com
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https://pix11.com/reviews/br/electronics-br/tablets-accessories-br/best-windows-tablet/
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities are considering implementing a health code system in the city that would restrict the movements of those infected with the coronavirus and overseas arrivals, as infections rise again.
The system is similar to that of mainland China, in which a red code completely restricts a person’s movement, a yellow code is for partial restriction, while a green code means freedom of movement. The colors would appear on Hong Kong’s risk-exposure app LeaveHomeSafe.
Hong Kong’s health chief said Monday that if such a system is implemented, real-name registration would be required and those who test positive for COVID-19 would be given a red code “to identify those who have been infected” and prevent them from interacting with the community.
Authorities are also considering reducing the current seven-day hotel quarantine for incoming travelers, and moving part of it to home isolation and health monitoring.
Such travelers may be issued yellow health codes, and will not be allowed to remove their masks or enter high-risk premises such as hospitals and elderly care homes.
“We hope that we will be able to enforce the home quarantine in a more effective way and try to prevent these people from causing community outbreak,” Lo said.
Starting Friday, all those who are given a home isolation order will also be issued electronic wristbands to ensure that they stay quarantined.
The city’s health code measures are being considered amid an increase of COVID-19 infections after the city battled its fifth and worst outbreak that infected over a million people and killed over 9,000.
Hong Kong recorded over 2,800 cases on Monday, as well as seven deaths.
Lo dismissed concerns that the measures would invade privacy, saying that real-name registration required for the health app is to help law enforcement and not to restrict freedoms of those unaffected.
“I’d like to say that we would make use of technology to put in place a precision strategy,” he said. “This is to reduce our cost in our fight against the epidemic and to maximize effectiveness.”
In mainland China, local media reported that the health code system was used to restrict the movements of people who were planning to join a protest in the Chinese province of Henan last month after they found their bank accounts frozen at a rural bank. The move sparked widespread criticism over its misuse.
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2022-07-11T18:58:54+00:00
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wboy.com
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https://www.wboy.com/news/health/hong-kong-mulls-movement-restrictions-as-covid-cases-rise/
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He’s back.
Joey Gallo has rediscovered his prowess at the plate, displaying the form which previously made him a two-time All-Star.
Yes, it’s safe to say Gallo is happy about being traded from the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers ahead of the Aug. 2 deadline in exchange for minor-league pitcher Clayton Beeter.
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On Saturday, Gallo slugged his second home run as a member of the Dodgers, and while he has 10 strikeouts in eight games with Los Angeles, he’s hitting a respectable .263 for the National League leaders. That’s a far cry from the .159 he was hitting in New York before the trade.
“Baseball is definitely a mental game,” Gallo said, per the Orange County Register. “It’s nice to get a fresh start.”
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But it’s more than just clearing his head which has helped Gallo get comfortable at the plate. According to the Orange County Register, the Dodgers’ hitting coaches have given Gallo “largely mechanical” suggestions designed to “getting a load back again a little bit and my direction towards the ball.”
“I knew I was kind of doing something in New York and something just wasn’t clicking or adding up consistently,” Gallo said. “That’s the key, trying to do it consistently and not lose that feel. I knew the way I was hitting in New York something was off. Then mentally you start trying to do too much. Then you’re trying to combat everything. They’ve done a good job of explaining things so far. It helps that I was in a good head space as well.”
Gallo hit 12 home runs in 82 games this season with the Yankees but struck out a whopping 106 times.
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2022-08-15T10:01:32+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/08/dodgers-joey-gallo-explains-turnaround-after-big-time-struggles-with-yankees-something-was-off.html
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Professional Style Meets Modern Luxury
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zephyr, the company that continues to lead the industry in smart design and clean air, introduces Presrv™ Pro Wine & Beverage Coolers. Designed with a wider frame, pro-style handle, and integrated lock, the new Presrv™ Pro Wine & Beverage Coolers are a perfect complement to professional kitchen appliances.
Presrv professional coolers are strong, durable, stylish, and designed with all the features that set this collection above the competition. PreciseTemp™ temperature control maintains accurate temperature, Active Cooling Technology ensures even cooling throughout the unit, and a Vibration Dampening System minimizes wine disturbance. The cooler's 3-Color LED Lighting in Cloud White, Deep Blue and Amber set the mood for the perfect display. Presrv Pro models feature a new wide frame door design with beveled edges and a professional-style handle with integrated lock. Both coolers are designed with dual-pane, Low-e, Argon-filled glass, which improves insulation, minimizes heat exchange, and reduces the amount of UV and infrared light that passes through the door. The Presrv™ Pro Wine & Beverage Coolers feature electronic capacitive touch controls and have a zero-clearance door hinge that contributes to its seamless aesthetic.
The Presrv Pro Single Zone Beverage Cooler holds up to 7 wine bottles and 112 12oz cans. A retractable quarter-shelf is ideal for taller bottles, and a Full-Extension Black Wood Rack is perfect for chilling white wine. The Presrv Pro Beverage Cooler is ENERGY STAR® Certified and the coldest on the market with a temperature range that dips down to 34 degrees Farenheit. Presrv Pro Dual Zone Wine Cooler is designed with 5 full-extension black wood racks that store up to 45 bottles, which includes a designated 7-bottle capacity rack for pinot noir, chardonnay, and champagne. With its two distinct temperature zones (40° – 65° F for each zone), wine lovers will always have perfectly stored and chilled white and red wines.
"Professional-level appliances continue to be the most sought-after in kitchen design," says Luke Siow, Zephyr President. "Presrv Pro is the perfect balance of pro-style design, with elegant details, and innovative technology for wine and beverage cooling."
For more than 25 years, Zephyr has transformed the kitchen with design, discovery and customer care, and played an integral role in kitchen trends. The company has challenged the perception of what ventilation means in kitchen design and created a new awareness of the importance of a high performing ventilation system. Zephyr continues its commitment to unexpected design with Presrv™ — its collection of Wine & Beverage Coolers that feature the most sought-after technological elements with eye-catching aesthetics and incomparable value. For more information, visit zephyronline.com.
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2022-06-23T12:48:17+00:00
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kcrg.com
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https://www.kcrg.com/prnewswire/2022/06/23/zephyr-introduces-presrv-pro-wine-amp-beverage-coolers/
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ATLANTA , Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grady Health System has been named a Level I Emergency Cardiac Care Center (ECCC) by the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH). This designation is Georgia's highest level of emergency cardiac care and recognizes Grady's commitment to excellence.
"We are honored to receive this distinct recognition from the Georgia Department of Public Health," said Annie Cheek, Vice President of Heart and Vascular Services at Grady. "Our designation as a Level I Emergency Cardiac Care Center is a true testament to the collaboration among our heart and vascular team and highlights Grady's ongoing commitment to providing high-quality cardiac care to help improve patient outcomes."
Georgia DPH conducts a thorough evaluation process for all healthcare organizations seeking ECCC accreditation, which includes a site inspection and an assessment of emergency cardiac care procedures and equipment. The Level I designation means a hospital can perform open heart surgery and interventional cardiac catheterizations.
In 2017, legislation was signed into Georgia law to establish the Office of Cardiac Care at the Georgia DPH. Its mission is to improve survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and heart attacks through quality improvement, benchmarking, and evidence-based guidelines. A three-level designation system was implemented to help identify a hospital's capability of providing emergency cardiac care services.
In a letter sent to Grady, Georgia DPH Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey applauded the health system for its contributions to the health and well-being of Georgians. "We believe that improving emergency cardiac care throughout Georgia can best be achieved by adopting a 'systems approach' to care," said Toomey. "As a Georgia designated Emergency Cardiac Care Center, you have become an integral part of a growing emergency cardiac care system throughout the state."
To learn more about Grady's Heart and Vascular Center, visit https://www.gradyhealth.org/care-treatment/heart-vascular-center/.
Grady Health System is one of the largest safety net health systems in the United States. Grady consists of the 953-bed Grady Memorial Hospital, six neighborhood health centers, Crestview Health & Rehabilitation Center, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding, which is operated as a Children's affiliate. With its nationally acclaimed emergency medical services, Grady has the premier Level I trauma center in the Metro Atlanta region and serves as the 911 ambulance provider for the city of Atlanta. Grady's American Burn Association/American College of Surgeons verified Burn Center is one of only two in the state. And the Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center is a Joint Commission designated Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Other key services/distinctions include Grady's Regional Perinatal Center with its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Georgia's first Cancer Center for Excellence, The Avon Comprehensive Breast Center, the Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, and the Ponce de Leon Center - one of the top HIV/AIDS outpatient clinics in the country. Grady is one of an elite group of hospitals to earn the Baby-Friendly USA international recognition as a Baby-Friendly Designated birth facility. For more information visit http://www.gradyhealth.org/.
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2022-08-04T18:47:08+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2022/08/04/grady-earns-level-i-emergency-cardiac-care-center-designation/
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LOS ANGELES >> A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for sexually abusing female patients, in a criminal trial that came after the university system made nearly $700 million in lawsuit payouts connected to the case.
Dr. James Heaps, 66, has been in custody since a jury convicted him in October of three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of two patients.
After sentencing Heaps, Judge Michael D. Carter ordered him to register as a sex offender, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.
Heaps, a longtime UCLA campus gynecologist, had pleaded not guilty to 21 felony counts in the sexual assaults of seven women between 2009 and 2018. The jury found him not guilty of seven of the 21 counts and was deadlocked on the remaining charges.
Heaps was indicted in 2021 on multiple counts each of sexual battery by fraud, sexual exploitation of a patient and sexual penetration of an unconscious person by fraudulent representation.
In the wake of the scandal that erupted in 2019 following the doctor’s arrest, UCLA agreed to pay nearly $700 million in lawsuit settlements to hundreds of Heaps’ patients — a record amount by a public university amid a wave of sexual misconduct scandals by campus doctors in recent years.
UCLA patients said Heaps groped them, made suggestive comments or conducted unnecessarily invasive exams during his 35-year career. Women who brought the lawsuits said the university ignored their complaints and deliberately concealed abuse that happened for decades during examinations at the UCLA student health center, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center or in Heaps’ campus office.
Heaps continued to practice until his retirement in June 2018.
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2023-04-27T02:10:25+00:00
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staradvertiser.com
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/04/26/breaking-news/ex-ucla-gynecologist-sentenced-to-11-years-in-sex-abuse-case/
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Which gift for 7 year olds is best?
Seven-year-olds are creative, inquisitive and are just beginning to find a sense of self and inner confidence. As they learn reading and math skills at school, they are able to interact with more complex toys, games, and books. They are generally physically active and interested in playing with friends. Finding the best gift for a 7 year old can also be fun and exciting, as no two kids are alike.
Best gifts for 7-year-old girls
Lol Surprise Tweens Fashion Dolls
The LOL Surprise doll craze continues with their line of tween dolls. Unlike the Blind Box series, you can now choose the exact doll you want from four different options. The tweens are the big sisters of the existing LOL Surprise dolls and younger sisters of the OMG dolls, so kids will find them the perfect addition to their doll family collections. Seven-year-old girls will love matching their favorite doll to their own personalities. The dolls are larger than the traditional LOL Surprise dolls and come with 15 surprises to unbox, including the doll itself, clothes, shoes, accessories, hat box, hairbrush, garment bag, sticker, hanger and doll stand. The reusable packaging transforms into a fun bedroom playset. The dolls are fun and fierce, empowering girls to embrace their own identities.
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LEGO Friends Andrea’s Family House Building Kit
Little girls love the LEGO friends building kits because they are actually two toys in one: a building set and a playset when completed. The kit helps young children practice following directions as they build the house. The set comes with five LEGO Friends mini-figures, including the LEGO character Andrea and her family. Seven-year-olds love the role play aspect of this toy, as they can pretend to make food in the kitchen, play in a garage rock band or go swimming in the pool using their mini-figures. They can even create their own mini accessories out of LEGOs, like sandwiches and musical instruments. Known for developing both manual dexterity and imaginative play, LEGO Friends sets are the perfect gift for little girls finding their place in the world.
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Best gifts for 7-year-old boys
Discovery Kids Toy Remote Control Dinosaur
Seven-year-old boys are often dinosaur fanatics, so they will delight in the lights and sounds of this remote control dinosaur. A built-in speaker creates roaring sound effects to bring the dinosaur to life. The Tyrannosaurus Rex has soft, flexible skin legs that really walk and poseable arms. Kids control the 16-inch dinosaur with a wireless controller, which is included. As they make the dinosaur move across the playroom, they can apply their scientific knowledge of dinosaurs to make the experience as realistic as possible.
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This set satisfies the need for speed in any 7-year-old car lover. The pack contains 20 die-cast vehicles with authentic details and exciting decorations. Made of plastic and metal, these 1:64 scale vehicles are perfect to collect or play. The open window on the package displays the set, perfect for decorating a room, or you can open the box and zoom the cars around the room. Either way, 7-year-old boys will start an instant collection with this multi-pack of cars.
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Little boys will go wild for these light-up, sound-activated blocks. Just add them to the rechargeable power base to build your own sculpture. Suggested ideas include a nightlight, skyscraper and glowing robot. The sound-activated mode makes the project even more interactive. This product is compatible with other construction block systems of the same size. Choose from a set of 50 or 240 blocks.
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Best gifts for any 7 year olds
Elmer’s Color-Changing Slime Kit
Seven-year-olds everywhere know that slime has been a craze for the last few years. This kit contains everything they will need to create slime that changes color when exposed to the included UV light. The kit includes: one bottle of blue-to-purple color-changing glue; one bottle of yellow-to red color-changing glue; a UV light; two bottles of magical liquid; and a glue slime activator that is much less messy than mixing contact lens solution and baking soda. With UV light, you can draw pictures and write messages. After some time, the slime changes back to its original color. Elmer’s slime is washable, safe, and nontoxic, with a non-runny formula.
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Elephant And Piggie: The Complete Collection by Mo Willems
Seven-year-olds will delight in the adventures of worried Elephant Gerald and carefree Piggie, the whimsical characters of Mo Willems’ book series. This hardcover boxed set includes all 25 books and metallic Elephant and Piggie bookends. These books are an essential part of any library.
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Kid’s Global Adventure Cooking Kit
Aspiring chefs will love this global cooking kit which explores the cuisines and cultures of the world. It offers sets specific to Brazil, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, or Spain, with three meals for each. Healthy and authentic, these meals are kid-tested so they will satisfy even the most picky palates. The kits come complete with essential spice, grain and/or sauce mixes and other hard-to-find ingredients, so making the meals is as easy as it is fun. Kids will find instructions for everything from shopping for fresh ingredients to serving, along with interesting facts, puzzles and activities about each country’s food and culture. Each kit includes a country flag pin, collectible utensil and a foodie passport with stickers to remember each meal. The kits offer vegetarian options as well.
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2022-12-06T12:13:44+00:00
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siouxlandproud.com
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https://www.siouxlandproud.com/reviews/br/apparel-br/holiday-br/best-gifts-for-7-year-olds/
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Department of Transportation tells News 8 that crews are pushing forward to complete the North Split project in December.
INDOT spokesperson Kyleigh Cramer said, “Our biggest goal of 2022 is opening up the interchange so we can get traffic and commuting through Indianapolis. That is our biggest goal of 2022. You’ll still see some construction. You’ll still see some INDOT trucks in 2023, of course. That’s just adding, like, the urban forest.”
The project aims to consolidate the interchange and make it safer.
“We’re stacking everything to make it smaller, to stop taking up as much room. That was the biggest design that we wanted,” Cramer said. “We wanted to give space back to some places. We’re building a lot more ramps to allow people to get to and from without having to cross traffic really quickly.”
Cramer said, “This is only a symbol of how big Indianapolis is growing and the area around it. Again, it’s not just Indy. We’re connecting such big places through (interstates) 65 and 70.”
The project is impacted by inflation but, Cramer said, it has not gone over budget to her knowledge.
“Not only are those prices increasing, but we are finding there’s not a lot of availability with those products as well, which has put the biggest slowdown in production,” Cramer said.
Drivers say they are ready for the road work to be over. Caleb Whitehead said, “I know a lot of people who live downtown but still have to commute outward, and so these highways getting done on time is definitely going to help that. Springtime rush is going to be really enjoyable.”
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2022-09-20T04:42:49+00:00
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wishtv.com
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https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/indot-crews-are-working-toward-december-opening-of-the-north-split/
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LA Dads Team Up to Bring Family Entertainment Brand to the Area, Create 500 Jobs in Southern California
DALLAS, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban Air Adventure Park, the largest indoor adventure park operator in the world and part of the youth enrichment growth-focused platform Unleashed Brands, will debut the next-level family entertainment brand in the Los Angeles market by 2024. Through a new franchise deal with two local dads who each run successful logistics companies, three Urban Air parks will be developed in Southern California over the next several years.
Jeff Feldman and Ian Silverstein are behind the new franchise agreement. Feldman is currently the owner of BHC Express and BHC Transit, both last-mile delivery service companies. Prior, he spent 20 years in national sales and management positions with Fortune 100 companies. Silverstein owns and operates DLVR, a last-mile logistics company with 70 + employees and a fleet of 40 vans. Prior, he held executive positions in tech startups within the children's online gaming and entertainment space. Feldman is the father of three kids and Silverstein has two children.
Feldman and Silverstein see immense opportunity for the Urban Air brand in the greater Los Angeles market and believe it's the perfect fit to diversify their business portfolios. They are currently focusing their real estate search within Culver City, Woodland Hills and Santa Clarita.
"We have been researching businesses that are centered around family entertainment for a while, and Urban Air stood out not only for its incredible business model, but because these parks will fill a void in Los Angeles; providing a safe, affordable place for kids and families to come together to play, that simply doesn't exist today in Los Angeles," said Feldman.
Silverstein added, "The kids' category really resonates with both of us, and we are excited to bring this concept to where we live. Seeing what happens inside Urban Air, where kids are active and disconnect from their devices to truly just be kids, is a huge driver for us to grow this business in the LA area."
Urban Air is the largest indoor adventure park operator in the world with over 20 different attractions such as intense ropes courses, Urban Air's Sky Rider, Battle Beams, laser tag, dodgeball courts, electric Go-Karting, obstacle courses and more. Every park also offers an easy-to-execute, state-of-the-art, fast-casual café.
To learn more about Urban Air and its franchising opportunities, visit www.urbanairfranchise.com.
About Urban Air Adventure Park
Urban Air Adventure Park is the Nation's #1 destination for family fun, featuring a variety of attractions perfect for all ages. The award-winning national franchise brand is the largest adventure park operator in the world with more than 350 parks open or under development. Urban Air, founded in 2011, was in search of a higher purpose to help kids have fun while achieving activity goals that enhance their social and physical skills. For more information visit www.UrbanAir.com.
Media Contact: Sara Faiwell, Fishman Public Relations, sfaiwell@fishmanpr.com or (847) 945-1300
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2023-07-25T14:34:20+00:00
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kcrg.com
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https://www.kcrg.com/prnewswire/2023/07/25/urban-air-adventure-park-franchise-debut-los-angeles-market-with-local-entrepreneurs/
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A winter storm will spread from the Pacific Northwest to Rocky Mountains in coming days and could dump up to two feet of snow at higher elevations, forecasters said.
The storm also could usher in dangerously cold temperatures as a blast of arctic air sweeps the region.
The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings and advisories across the region beginning Sunday afternoon. Lesser snowfall amounts were expected at lower elevations.
Temperatures will drop drastically after Tuesday leading to dangerous wind chills, the weather service said.
Snow is also forecast this week across portions of North and South Dakota.
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2023-02-19T18:53:04+00:00
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ourmidland.com
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https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/winter-storm-to-roll-across-us-northwest-rockies-17793914.php
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama legislator who campaigned in the state for former President Donald Trump is accused of grabbing a restaurant hostess from behind and groping her before she was able to break free.
Perry Hooper Jr., 67, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the Aug. 16 incident in downtown Montgomery. He was charged with first-degree sex abuse, according to court documents, and released on $15,000 bond.
An affidavit filed with the arrest warrant alleges Hooper approached the woman from behind at the hostess stand and “grabbed the victim's breasts and waist while shoving his pelvis against the victim's backside. He then began kissing her neck before she was able to break free."
A text message to Hooper was not immediately returned. It was unclear if he had an attorney to speak on his behalf.
State law defines first-degree sex abuse as subjecting a person to sexual contact by forcible compulsion.
Hooper, a member of a prominent Republican family, served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1983 to 2003. He raised money for Trump in 2016 as chairman of Alabama Trump Victory in 2016. Hooper’s father, Perry Hooper Sr., was chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
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2022-08-24T22:12:50+00:00
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lmtonline.com
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https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Ex-Alabama-legislator-accused-of-groping-17395976.php
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Pelham Fire deploys crews to help clean up Prattville storm damage
PELHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Pelham Fire sent some of their own down to Autauga County Thursday afternoon to help clean up the significant storm damage.
Pelham Fire Chief Mike Reid said their teams arrived in Prattville around 3 p.m. It was all to help first responders in Autauga County after being told they were overwhelmed with damage.
Chief Reid says there’s an entire process that happens behind-the-scenes so their teams know what they need to bring to be the best of help. That could be anything from a Kubota to chainsaws to medical personnel.
He says they are also sending a rescue truck with extra EMS supplies just in case they are rescuing people from their homes who may have been hurt.
“Anytime that I deploy my personnel for situations like this, you’re sending them into hazards, things that we’re not used to like clearing roadways with trees,” said Chief Reid. “You’re always concerned about powerlines being wrapped in trees that we don’t see. So obviously prayers for the responders, but definitely prayers for those people that’ve been affected.”
Chief Reid is asking anyone who feels led to help to not head toward the damaged areas on your own. He said having too many resources can be a hindrance. Instead, keep your eyes out for EMAs asking for donations because that’s the best way to help right now.
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2023-01-13T03:27:11+00:00
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wbrc.com
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https://www.wbrc.com/2023/01/13/pelham-fire-deploys-crews-help-clean-up-prattville-storm-damage/
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$1.5 million awarded to Chauvin jailers who claimed discrimination
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners approved a $1.455 million settlement to a lawsuit brought by eight current and former correctional officers who claimed they were discriminated against because of the color of their skin.
The lawsuit stems from a segregation order issued by Superintendent Steve Lydon at the Ramsey County Adult Detention Facility that didn’t allow any officers of color near Derek Chauvin after we was brought to the facility in May 2020.
The eight correctional officers, who identify as Black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander and multiracial, claim Lydon issued a segregation order prohibiting all correctional officers of color from guarding, interacting, or even going to the floor where Chauvin was being held.
The lawsuit says Chauvin was brought to the facility on May 29, 2020. That afternoon, after Lydon issued the segregation order, an emergency call occurred in the jail. Multiple officers of color responded, however they were prevented from completing protocol until white officers arrived. This prevented the plaintiffs from completing their professional duties because of the color of their skin.
The plaintiffs allege Lydon issued the order because he did not trust them to carry out their duties because of their race.
"Trust and accountability are critical to our safety as correctional officers, and Superintendent Lydon’s segregation order broke this trust. Each of us is on our own journey toward healing from this damaging discrimination and the aftermath – and these settlements will help us open a next chapter. Our goal in bringing attention to the segregation order was to ensure Ramsey County was held accountable for its discriminatory actions and practices. We hope the County and Detention Center will continue working toward overall culture changes that create a safe and welcoming work environment for all," Devin Sullivan, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said in a statement.
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2022-08-09T18:16:22+00:00
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fox9.com
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https://www.fox9.com/news/1-5-million-awarded-to-chauvin-jailers-who-claimed-discrimination
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DENVER (AP) — Colorado voters are deciding Tuesday whether theirs will become the second state, after Oregon, to create a legalized system for the use of psychedelic mushrooms.
A ballot initiative would decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms for those 21 and older and create state-regulated “healing centers” where participants can experience the drug under the supervision of a licensed “facilitator.” The measure would establish a regulated system for using substances like psilocybin and psilocin, the hallucinogenic chemicals found in some mushrooms. It also would allow private personal use of the drugs.
If passed, the initiative would take effect toward the end of 2024. It also would permit a state advisory board to add other plant-based psychedelic drugs to the program in 2026. Those include dimethyltryptamine, also known as DMT, ibogaine and mescaline not derived from peyote, which is considered sacred by some Native Americans.
Proponents argued that Colorado’s current approach to mental health has failed and that naturally occurring psychedelics, which have been used for hundreds of years, can treat depression, PTSD, anxiety, addiction and other conditions. They also said jailing people for the nonviolent offense of using naturally occurring substances costs taxpayers money.
But critics noted the Food and Drug Administration has not approved the substances as medicine. They also argued allowing healing centers to operate and permitting personal use would jeopardize public safety and send the wrong message to kids and adults alike that the substances are healthy.
The move comes a decade after Colorado voted to legalize recreational marijuana, which led to a multibillion-dollar industry with hundreds of dispensaries popping up across the state. Critics of the latest ballot initiative say the same deep-pocketed players who were involved in legalizing recreational marijuana are using a similar playbook to create a commercial market, and eventually recreational dispensaries, for dangerous substances.
The psychedelics that would be decriminalized are listed as schedule 1 controlled substances under state and federal law and are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use with a high potential for abuse.
Even so, the FDA has designated psilocybin a “breakthrough therapy” to treat major depressive disorder. The designation can expedite research, development and review of a drug if it might offer substantial improvements over existing treatments.
Colorado’s ballot initiative would allow those 21 and older to grow, possess and share the psychedelic substances but not sell them for personal use. It also would allow people who have been convicted of offenses involving the substances to have their criminal records sealed.
In 2020, Oregon became the first state in the nation to legalize the therapeutic, supervised use of psilocybin after 56% of voters approved Ballot Measure 109. But unlike the Colorado measure, Oregon allows counties to opt out of the program if their constituents vote to do so.
Oregon’s initiative is expected to take effect at the beginning of next year.
Washington, D.C., and Denver have partially decriminalized psychedelic mushrooms by requiring law enforcement officers to treat them as their lowest priority.
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2022-11-09T20:20:41+00:00
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kfor.com
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https://kfor.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-colorado-votes-on-decriminalizing-magic-mushrooms/
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, announced today that it has been recognized as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2023 by Newsweek and data firm Plant-A Insights Group.
This award recognizes the workplaces that are most recommended by women and are leading the way in promoting equity. Sedgwick made the list of the top 600 workplaces in the U.S. for women, based on more than 224,000 workplace reviews as well as a survey of more than 37,000 female employees.
"Women face unique challenges in the workplace," said Nancy Cooper, global editor-in-chief of Newsweek. "These challenges can range from unequal pay and a lack of representation in leadership positions to discrimination and sexual harassment. Raising awareness of inequities in the workplace is the first step toward rectifying them. And it's equally important to highlight those companies that are leading the way."
The companies recognized have ranked the highest on criteria like compensation and benefits, work-life balance and proactive management of a diverse workforce.
"We are honored to be recognized as a top workplace for women and have a long-standing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as part of our caring counts philosophy and core values," said Michelle Hay, global chief people officer at Sedgwick. "Every day, we look for opportunities to take care of people – starting with our own colleagues – by doing the right thing and creating a culture rooted in acceptance and fairness for all."
About 70% of Sedgwick's colleagues are women, which allows for a diversity of thought to how Sedgwick approaches and delivers upon its work and represents the diverse perspectives of its clients. Sedgwick aims to continue building on its efforts to add more diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace by integrating DEI principles into its everyday operations and practices – including hiring practices, professional development, performance management processes, engagement efforts and diversification of benefits.
One of Sedgwick's DEI initiatives offers global, cross-functional and colleague-led colleague resource groups (CRGs) – including a Women's CRG – that raise awareness for DEI, foster engagement and build a sense of belonging. Through mentoring circles, discussion forums, lunch and learns, panel discussions and more, members of the Women's CRG can grow their leadership skills, engage with their peers and expand their network.
About Sedgwick
Sedgwick is a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions. The company provides a broad range of resources tailored to clients' specific needs in casualty, property, marine, benefits, brand protection and other lines. At Sedgwick, caring counts; through the dedication and expertise of 30,000 colleagues across 80 countries, the company takes care of people and organizations by mitigating and reducing risks and losses, promoting health and productivity, protecting brand reputations, and containing costs that can impact performance. Sedgwick's majority shareholder is The Carlyle Group; Stone Point Capital LLC, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Onex and other management investors are minority shareholders. For more, see sedgwick.com.
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The Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Louisiana has unanimously endorsed Congressman Mike Johnson for re-election.
Mike is a proven leader with a demonstrated track record of delivering real results for Louisianans. He has represented our state masterfully on the national stage and has ascended to Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference in just his third term. We are proud to endorse him in his re-election bid to Congress.
Congressman Johnson responded to the endorsement, stating that “I am humbled to receive the endorsement of the Republican Party of Louisiana, which fights every day for our common sense, conservative principles. I look forward to continuing to represent the great people of our state in Congress.”
The LAGOP urges the voters of the 4rd Congressional District to support Congressman Mike Johnson on November 8th.
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Goodland man sentenced to more than 8 years in baby’s death
Published: Jan. 30, 2023 at 4:45 PM CST|Updated: 56 minutes ago
GOODLAND, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Attorney General’s Office confirmed a more-than-eight-year prison sentence for a 28-year-old Goodland man in connection with an infant’s death in 2020.
A Sherman County District Court judge sentenced Steven E. Johnson to 61 months (five years, one month) on one count of manslaughter and 43 months (three years, seven months) on one count of child abuse. Johnson pleaded no-contest to the charges in December of 2021, the attorney general’s office said.
The case stems from the May 13, 2020 death of a 3-month-old child. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Goodland Police Department investigated the case.
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(NEXSTAR) — From the slew of emotional faces to the countless country flags, there are more than 3,600 emojis on your smartphone. That doesn’t include the roughly two dozen that are expected to become available in the coming months.
Though it likely takes you mere moments to find the perfect emoji to express how you’re feeling, the process of becoming an approved emoji isn’t so easy.
To understand the process, we’ve got to go back over 30 years to the early 1990s. That’s when the Unicode Consortium, now known as Unicode, was started in Silicon Valley. The organization was intended to create a universal character set to be used by our developing technology, with early founders working for Xerox and Apple.
“Unicode decided to create a standard that, thankfully, the majority of the global community adheres to to ensure that the letter A will always be the letter A, across all of our digital devices, all of our Arabic numbers – 1, 2, 3, 4, those symbols – are represented correctly across these devices,” Keith Broni, the editor-in-chief of Emojipedia.org tells Nexstar. Emojipedia serves as both a dictionary and an encyclopedia to research and monitor emojis.
Vendors such as Apple, Google, and Facebook are now members of Unicode and send staff to help run the organization. Apple and Google, according to Broni, were key drivers in Unicode encoding characters that have become well-used in our digital communication: emojis.
In 2010, Unicode encoded its first-ever set of emojis. This included many faces, animals, hand signals, and other more basic characters. These were largely inspired by the sets that already existed in Japanese mobile phones, which were initially created in Japan in the late 1990s (hence why you can find a map of Japan — 🗾 — in your emoji library).
Apple users were among the first to experience the initial round of emojis, according to Broni. Then Google began to support emoji use within Android devices and Samsung began creating its own style of emojis, as did Microsoft.
Technically speaking, an emoji is comprised of a sequence of one or more Unicode characters. But even the most innocent of them — take the otter (🦦) or the VHS tape (📼) — has to go through an intense process before it becomes an emoji on your digital device.
First, Unicode invites the public — meaning you — to propose a new emoji. The proposal process is explained in detail by Unicode here, but selection is basically dependent on whether the image will work at the small size emojis appear as, adds to what can we can communicate, and would likely be used by a large number of people.
A draft list of emojis is expected to be approved by Unicode on September 13, meaning we’ll have new emojis within a few months, if not sooner. One of those is expected to be a plain pink heart emoji.
‘Pink Heart’ has been one of the most requested emojis, Broni says. It should look like the other heart emojis already available, such as the blue (💙) or orange (🧡) hearts.
It’s also important to note that once an emoji has been created and added to our libraries, it will, likely, never be removed. According to Broni, the basis of Unicode is to make our digital text readable by devices around the globe forever, and removing an emoji from our library would make such text unreadable. Emojis can, though, be updated, like the pistol or certain faces.
Regardless of how often they’re updated or how realistic they are, there are some emojis you may never use. Even Unicode Emoji subcommittee chair Jennifer Daniel has said the emoji keyboard can sometimes feel “like a junk drawer.”
“There are certain objects in there that maybe shouldn’t be an emoji, certain symbols, etcetera,” Broni says. This may include the aforementioned VHS tape, a trackball mouse (🖲), or maybe even the DVD (📀). In hindsight, they may be a bit of clutter in our phones, but these have helped Unicode better determine what sort of emojis will be useful further down the road, and whether certain proposed eemojis are worth adding.
If, despite the more than 3,600 emojis already available at your fingertips, there’s one you wish existed — like a desk or peanut butter or a bowl of mashed potatoes — you can make it happen. You may want to check Unicode’s list of emojis that have already been submitted.
Some of the recently proposed and declined ideas include an almond, a marijuana leaf, a solar panel, a wine bottle, and a 3D printer.
Unicode accepts emoji proposals between early April and late July each year.
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Chicago Red Stars' Mallory Pugh Surprises Winner with Honor
ROSWELL, Ga., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In its 37th year of honoring the nation's most elite high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Riley Jackson of Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell, Ga. is the 2021-22 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Jackson won the prestigious award for her accomplishments on and off the field, joining an impressive group of former Gatorade National Girls Soccer Players of the Year who have combined for 17 gold medals and nine National Championships
Chicago Red Stars forward Mallory Pugh virtually surprised Jackson with the news, while her family, coaches and teammates showed up with the trophy at school. Check out a video of the announcement here.
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Jackson as the nation's best high school girls soccer player. The Gatorade Player of the Year Selection Committee, which leverages experts including coaches, scouts, media and others to evaluate candidates, selected Jackson from nearly half a million other student-athletes who play girls soccer nationwide.
Competition for the national award was fierce. Jackson topped the list of state winners in girls soccer who collectively boast an incredible list of accomplishments, including 22 First Team All-State selections, 7 returning state Gatorade Players of the Year and 38 who are committed to play at Division I colleges/universities.
"Riley Jackson is that rare player who can influence the outcome of the game without showing up on the scoresheet," said J.R. Eskilson, a national soccer analyst for Prepsoccer.com. "She's one of the best passers in high school soccer, identifying through-ball channels that few players can envision, and she has the skill to put those passes into tight windows. She also has the elegance on the ball to make everything look effortless, but there is so much sophistication in how she approaches the game. That's what really makes her great. What's more, she's a wall defensively, and dictates where the game is played on the pitch with her challenges and instincts for stepping in front of passes. Jackson had one of the best seasons in high school soccer history by making her teammates better, and that's part of what makes her worthy of being the Gatorade National Player of the Year."
The 5-foot-8 sophomore midfielder scored 14 goals and passed for 18 assists this past season, leading the Titans (19-2-1) to the Class AAAAA state semifinals. Jackson missed the high school postseason while she was leading the U.S. Soccer Under-17 Women's National Team to the championship at the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying tournament. Jackson was the Golden Ball winner, awarded to the tournament's best player. Also the Class AAAAA State Player of the Year, she concluded her sophomore year with 36 goals and 48 assists in her prep soccer career.
Jackson has volunteered locally as a youth soccer instructor and camp coach and she's also a USSF certified, paid soccer referee.
Jackson has maintained a weighted 4.26 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.
"Riley Jackson is now a part of an elite alumni group of past Gatorade Players of the Year, including athletic icons such as Peyton Manning and Abby Wambach," said Gatorade Senior Vice President and General Manager Brett O'Brien. "She has proven why her name belongs on the trophy and we have no doubt Riley will go on to accomplish great things in and out of sport like so many POY winners before her."
Each year, a selection committee evaluates the nation's top talent to choose one state winner from each of the 50 states as well as Washington D.C., in 12 different sports: football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, baseball, softball, boys and girls soccer, and boys and girls track & field. In all, 608 athletes are honored each year. From the pool of state winners, one national winner is selected in each of the 12 sports.
Gatorade has a long-standing history of serving athlete communities and understands how sports instill valuable lifelong skills on and off the field. Since the program's inception in 1985, Gatorade Player of the Year award recipients have won hundreds of professional and college championships, and many have also turned into pillars in their communities, becoming coaches, business owners and educators. Previous winners include a distinguished list of athletes, such as Peyton Manning, Abby Wambach, Jayson Tatum, Elena Delle Donne and many other sports icons.
To learn more about the Gatorade Player of the Year program, check out past winners or to nominate student-athletes, visit playeroftheyear.gatorade.com or follow us on social media on Facebook at facebook.com/GatoradePOY, Instagram at instagram.com/Gatorade and Twitter at twitter.com/Gatorade.
About Gatorade
The Gatorade Company, a division of PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP), meets the needs of consumers who participate in sports and fitness, through brands that include Gatorade, Propel, Muscle Milk, and Evolve. The solutions they provide are driven by a deep understanding of the unique occasions and needs across athletic activity. Gatorade, their marquee brand, is underpinned by a 56-year history of studying the best athletes in the world, and sports nutrition research by the Gatorade Sport Science Institute, allowing it to provide scientifically formulated products that meet athletes' needs both on and off the field. For more information and a full list of products, please visit www.gatorade.com.
About PepsiCo
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.
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2022-06-30T21:40:24+00:00
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Javier, Astros pitch 2nd no-hitter in World Series history
By BEN WALKER
AP Baseball Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hammered the night before, Cristian Javier and the Houston Astros desperately needed to figure how to keep Bryce Harper and the Phillies in the ballpark.
How about a no-hitter, would that do?
Javier and Houston’s bullpen combined on just the second no-hitter in World Series history, silencing a booming lineup and boisterous fans as the Astros blanked the Phillies 5-0 Wednesday night to even the matchup at two games each.
“You get slapped in the face yesterday and you want to come back today and make a statement,” closer Ryan Pressly said.
The only previous no-hitter in the World Series was a perfect game by Don Larsen of the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956.
Javier and three relievers weren’t perfect in Game 4, but they were close.
Plus, they’d done this before: Javier, the starter in a combined no-hitter against the New York Yankees in June, was pulled with a no-hitter in progress after six innings and 97 pitches this time.
Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Pressly each followed with a hitless inning for the first combined no-hitter in postseason play. They totaled 14 strikeouts in ensuring this year’s championship will be decided this weekend back at Minute Maid Park.
Soon after J.T. Realmuto weakly grounded out to end it, the quartet of pitchers posed with catcher Christian Vázquez near the visiting dugout, each putting a hand on the game ball for a photo. It’s a picture no one could’ve envisioned 24 hours earlier, when Philadelphia clubbed a Series record-tying five home runs in a 7-0 romp in Game 3.
“That’s crazy, man,” Vázquez said. “It was special.”
The four pitchers and Vázquez also signed a ball headed to the Hall of Fame.
Javier said his parents predicted Tuesday night he was going to throw a no-hitter. The 25-year-old righty from the Dominican Republic said his father, Cecilio Javier, arrived in the United States on Tuesday, and this was the first time his dad saw him pitch.
“I just came out holding onto God, trying to be positive, trying to attack the strike zone,” he said via translator. “Thanks to God I was able to accomplish that.”
In 2010, Roy Halladay pitched a no-hitter for the Phillies in the NL Division Series, also here at Citizens Bank Park. Halladay’s gem came against a Cincinnati team managed by Dusty Baker, Houston’s current skipper.
“Oh, yeah, I was on the other end in this ballpark. I mean, that’s what’s strange about life,” Baker said.
With Larsen and the Houston combo, those are the only three no-hitters in the postseason.
The closest the Phillies came to a hit was in the third inning, when Kyle Schwarber grounded a hard foul past first base. On fair balls, nothing.
“It’s cool,” Schwarber said, sarcastically. “We’ll be in the history books I guess.”
Game 5 is on Thursday night in Philly. Astros ace Justin Verlander will again chase that elusive first World Series win when he faces Noah Syndergaard.
They can only hope to pitch as well as Javier.
By the time the 25-year-old righty exited, the only hit maker on the Philadelphia side who showed up on the scoreboard was rocker Bruce Springsteen, pictured surrounded by Phillies fans.
And a few innings later, as fans started leaving the stadium, there actually were boos for postseason star Harper and the Phillies. First lady Jill Biden, a noted Phillies fan, was among those in the crowd of 45,693 who had little to shout about.
“For me? I mean, a loss is a loss,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. “That’s the way I kind of look at it.”
Alex Bregman delivered the hit Houston desperately needed, a two-run double in a five-run fifth inning, and that was plenty for the Astros.
Completely in charge, Javier struck out nine, walked two and hardly allowed any loud contact. He tamed a club that had been 6-0 at home this postseason while hitting 17 home runs.
“New day, new opportunity,” Abreu said. “What happened yesterday stays in the past. Today is a new opportunity.”
Opponents hit only .170 against Javier during the regular season, the lowest mark in baseball among pitchers with at least 130 innings.
“When I first met him he told me he had a disappearing fastball and I’m like, `There is no such thing.’ But I guess so,” Baker said.
Javier threw 70 fastballs and the Phillies barely touched him.
“I think it’s the best fastball I’ve ever seen,” Vázquez said.
Very still on the mound, Javier carved his own quiet spot in the middle of the Phillies’ storm. Backing off onto the grass, straightening his hat, rubbing the ball, taking deep breaths, he proceeded at his own pace.
Next year, Javier won’t be able to work quite this way. Major League Baseball is instituting a pitch clock — 15 seconds to throw with the bases empty, 20 with someone on — and Javier often surpassed those limits on this evening, drawing boos from a crowd eager for action.
This performance by Javier came a year after Atlanta’s Ian Anderson was taken out after pitching five hitless innings against Houston.
Philadelphia was no-hit by five New York Mets pitchers in April, one of several crushing losses that led to manager Joe Girardi’s firing two months later.
“We came back the next day and won,” said Thomson, then the bench coach. “So these guys, they got a short memory.”
This was the fourth no-hitter of the season — two combos by the Astros, the team effort by the Mets and the only individual effort, by Angels rookie Reid Detmers.
Maybe it was the team’s switch to orange tops, or the lucky lunch Baker had at a Philly hoagie spot, but the Astros sure looked different than the previous night, when they got shut out on a feeble five singles.
Blanked for 16 innings, Bregman and the Astros chased Aaron Nola in their big fifth.
Houston’s hits resonated far away, too.
Chants of “Let’s go, Astros!” erupted when highlights and the score were shown at the Toyota Center as the Houston Rockets hosted the Los Angeles Clippers in an NBA game.
And there figure to be Astros cheers at NRG Stadium in Houston on Thursday night when the Texans take on the Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL’s only unbeaten team, in a matchup that’ll be played at the same time as Game 5.
It was quiet in Philly, though, as fans who came wanting to see a win were reduced to merely hoping for a hit.
HUNGRY FOR A HOAGIE
Wawa encouraged Phillies fans hungry for a Game 4 win to dig in for a bite of their sandwiches during the game. One problem, the popular Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain tweeted of the Phillies an hour before first pitch, “Each time they get a hit, take a bite of your hoagie!”
Wawa might have bit off more than it could chew with that tweet.
Twitter fans had a field day at Wawa’s expense.
Famished fans tweeted photos of skeletons next to untouched sandwiches. One snapped a photo of an unwrapped hoagie resting on a pants leg. Others cracked they died of starvation. Some asked what they should do with their stale hoagies.
UP NEXT
Astros: Verlander is 0-6 with a 6.07 ERA in eight World Series starts after failing to hold a five-run lead in the opener.
Phillies: RHP Syndergaard had been set to start Game 3 before it was washed out Monday night. He’ll now open a bullpen game.
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Honda recalls nearly 1.2M vehicles because rear camera image may not appear on dashboard screen
DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. because the rear view camera image may not appear on the dashboard screen.
The recall covers certain Odyssey minivans from 2018 to 2023, as well as Pilot SUVs from 2019 to 2022 and Passport SUVs from 2019 to 2023.
Honda says in documents posted Friday by U.S. safety regulators that the problem was traced to a faulty coaxial cable connector. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says if the rear view camera image doesn’t display, it can cut driver visibility and increase the risk of a crash.
The company says it received nearly 274,000 warranty claims from May of 2017 through June 8. It has no reports of any injuries.
Dealers will replace a cable harness and install a straightening cover at no cost to owners, who will be notified by letter starting July 24.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2023-06-23T11:48:50+00:00
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(iSeeCars) — Electric vehicles are projected to grow from six percent to 30 percent of new vehicle sales in the next six years. A 500-percent spike in EV sales will require a similar rise in electric vehicle infrastructure if all these new EV owners want access to quick and convenient public charging.
While there are already 150,000 EV charging stations in the U.S., most of them are Level 2 chargers that only add about 10-20 miles an hour to an electric vehicle’s range. Level 3 fast chargers can add 3-20 miles or range a minute, completely replenishing most electric vehicles in 30-60 minutes. However, with only 28,000 Level 3 fast chargers in the public infrastructure, access to fast charging is limited.
Of those 28,000 fast chargers, over 17,000 are part of the Tesla Supercharger Network, leaving only 11,000 Level 3 chargers available for non-Tesla drivers. You can see which cities are the most and least EV friendly in our recent EV charger study, but suffice it to say the country needs rapid growth in electric vehicle charging support, particularly fast charging options, to keep pace with rising EV sales.
Which Cities and States Have Grown the Fastest in EV Infrastructure?
EV owners and potential buyers should consider not only which cities and states have the best current EV infrastructure, but which areas are seeing the fastest growth. Many of these cities and states don’t have big EV charger numbers today, but they have worked the hardest in recent years to prepare for the coming wave of electric vehicles.
Listed below are the cities and states with the fastest growth in the number of EV chargers over the past five years. These tables show total EV charger growth as well as the growth of Level 3 chargers.
Tables showing growth for all EV charging networks and growth for Tesla’s Supercharger Network are also included.
Top Cities and States for Total EV Charger Growth
Much of the recent growth in EV infrastructure has occurred in California, but the fastest growth over the past five years has been in Oklahoma City. At the state level, North Dakota has improved the most over the past five years, with Massachusetts and Oklahoma coming in second and third.
Top Cities and States for Level 3 Fast Charger Growth
While a Level 2 charger is better than nothing for an EV about to run out of energy, effective midday charging requires a Level 3 fast charger. West Palm Beach has grown the fastest in Level 3 charging over the past five years, with San Antonio and Cincinnati also showing substantial improvement. Oklahoma, Massachusetts, and Florida are the leading states for Level 3 improvements in charging support.
Top Cities and States for total EV Charger Growth, Excluding Tesla
Tesla has built an impressive Supercharger Network, but if you don’t own a Tesla you can’t use it, at least not today. Tesla has committed to opening up some of its charging stations by 2024. In the meantime, non-Tesla owners in Austin, San Antonio, and Albuquerque/Santa Fe has benefitted from the most aggressive growth in EV charging support over the past five years. New York, New Mexico, and North Dakota are the states with most non-Tesla EV charging stations since 2017.
Top Cities and States for Level 3 Fast Charger Growth, Excluding Tesla
Only 11,000 Level 3 fast chargers are available outside the Tesla network, but Albuquerque/Santa Fe, Oklahoma City, and West Palm Beach added the most number of non-Tesla fast chargers in recent years. With those cities growing so quickly it follows that New Mexico and Oklahoma would be the leading states in non-Tesla Level 3 growth, with Iowa coming in at position three at the state level.
Top Cities and States for Total Tesla Supercharger Network Growth
Tesla continues to grow its Supercharger Network, investing heavily in Greensboro-Winston Salem, Fresno-Visalia, and Indianapolis over the past five years. At the state level Tesla has grown its network the fastest in Alaska, New Jersey, and Delaware.
Top Cities and States for Tesla Level 3 Fast Charger Growth
The Tesla Supercharger Network has over 17,000 Level 3 fast chargers, with recent growth the highest in San Diego, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, and Indianapolis. In terms of state growth, Tesla has added the most Level 3 fast chargers in Maryland, Florida, and Massachusetts over the past five years.
More from iSeeCars:
- Electric Cars with the Longest Range
- Are Electric Cars Better for the Environment?
- How to Buy an Electric Car
Methodology
iSeeCars analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Energy through 2022 as of February 8, 2023. The number of Level 2 EVSE and DC Fast EVSE ports was aggregated nationally, by metro area, and by state. The data was also aggregated for chargers from Tesla’s network vs. all other networks. The number of chargers was normalized by population counts from the U.S. Census Bureau and expressed as the number of residents per charger.
About iSeeCars
iSeeCars.com is a data-driven car search and research company that helps shoppers find the best car deals by providing key insights and valuable resources, like the iSeeCars VIN check report and Best Cars rankings. iSeeCars.com has saved users over $372 million so far by applying big data analytics powered by over 25 billion (and growing) data points and using proprietary algorithms to objectively analyze, score and rank millions of new cars and used cars.
This article, Top 10 Cities and States with the Fastest-Growing EV Charger Infrastructure, originally appeared on iSeeCars.com.
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2023-03-26T16:46:50+00:00
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wcia.com
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https://www.wcia.com/reviews/br/automotive-br/top-10-cities-and-states-with-the-fastest-growing-ev-charger-infrastructure/
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Race for CT’s 1st Congressional District
(WFSB) – It’s three weeks until the election, and Eyewitness News is trying to help you learn more about the candidates.
This week we’re focusing on the congressional races.
Tonight, we’re going to the first district.
It’s in the north and middle of Connecticut including cities like Hartford and Manchester, hooking as far west as Torrington and Colebrook, and as far south as Southington and Portland.
The race for Connecticut’s First Congressional District is between Democrat John Larson and Republican Larry Lazor.
Larson is a longtime incumbent. He’s been in Congress since 1999 and is seeking his 13th term.
Lazor has never held public office. He’s a doctor practicing as an obstetrician/gynecologist.
“Being a physician, you relate to people when you get out I deliver babies,” said Lazor.
We wanted to know what their priorities are and why they feel they’re a better choice than their opponent.
Larson said he wants to continue to fight inflation, protect and expand social security and fight extremism.
“The events of January the 6th still weigh heavy on my mind and has cast a pall over the whole election,” Larson said.
However, Lazor said a strong majority of Americans do not have faith in Congress. He supports term limits.
Inflation is also a priority for him, and he blames Democrats for spending too much. Nearly $2 trillion to create jobs and help families recover from the pandemic.
“Help yes- it’s a matter of how much help and how much we are spending it’s not an endless bucket,” said Lazor.
Not one Republican voted for the American Rescue Plan, which Larson said has helped every city and town. He said Democrats have made investments in infrastructure, created child tax credits and reduced prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices. He said Republican colleagues only talk about spending and not investment.
“They act like the only thing that has happened is Joe Biden became president as though there wasn’t a global pandemic as though there were no supply chain issues the cause and start of inflation,” Larson said.
Larson, like many Democrats, is pro-choice and is concerned about what will happen if more Republicans get elected.
“We are talking about women’s reproductive rights. We are talking about banning contraception we are talking about gay marriage,” Larson said.
But Lazor is also pro-choice. He considers himself a moderate Republican.
“I am in there talking to women every day, so I see some tough situations,” Lazor said.
Larson has been in congress 24 years and has never even faced a primary. Lazor feels it’s time for a change.
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2022-10-18T01:15:58+00:00
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wfsb.com
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https://www.wfsb.com/2022/10/18/race-cts-1st-congressional-district/
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PARIS (AP) — French environmentalists are working around the clock to try and feed a dangerously thin Beluga whale that has strayed into the Seine River. So far, they have been unsuccessful.
Marine conservation group Sea Shepherd France tweeted Saturday that “our teams took turns with the Beluga all night long. It always ignores the fish offered to him.”
The lost Beluga was first seen in France’s river, far from its Arctic habitat, earlier this week. Drone footage subsequently shot by French fire services showed the whale gently meandering in a stretch of the river’s light green waters between Paris and the Normandy city of Rouen, many dozens of kilometers (miles) inland from the sea.
Conservationists have tried since Friday to feed a catch of herring to the ethereal white mammal. Calling it “a race against the clock,” Sea Shepherd fears the whale is slowly starving in the waterway and could die.
Authorities in the l’Eure region said in a Friday night statement that the wild animal has a “fleeing behavior vis-a-vis the boats” and has not responded to attempts to guide it to safer waters.
The people trying to help the whale are being as unobtrusive as possible to “avoid stress that could aggravate his state of health,” according to the statement.
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2022-08-07T04:26:32+00:00
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nwahomepage.com
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https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/international/ap-international/beluga-whale-caught-in-frances-seine-not-accepting-food/
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament on Wednesday appointed an opposition lawmaker to the powerful committee that picks the country’s judges, defying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a vote that exposed divisions within the ruling coalition and raised questions about his control over his political allies.
The vote appeared to temporarily avert a crisis that had threatened to unleash renewed political turmoil over Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul plan.
The opposition had threatened to withdraw from negotiations with Netanyahu over the overhaul if its candidate, Karine Elharrar, was not named to the committee. Despite Elharrar’s appointment on Wednesday, the opposition said it would nonetheless suspend talks with Netanyahu until the second vacancy on the committee is filled and it can resume work.
“No committee, no talks,” opposition leader Yair Lapid said.
Netanyahu accused his opponents of trying “to blow up the dialogue.”
Netanyahu’s government unveiled the judicial overhaul days after taking office last December, saying the plan was needed to rein in an interventionist judiciary. Netanyahu’s opponents say the plan is a way for the far-right coalition — a collection of ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox parties — to gain control over the judicial system, threatening the country’s system of checks and balances.
The proposal has prompted hundreds of thousands of Israelis to take part in mass demonstrations each week against the proposed overhaul. The demonstration prompted Netanyahu to freeze the plan in March and open negotiations, brokered by the country’s figurehead president, aimed at reaching a compromise with his opponents.
The committee for appointing judges — which, among other things, approves the makeup of the Supreme Court — has been a central battleground in the overhaul plan.
Both the governing coalition and the opposition traditionally are represented on the nine-member committee. But proponents of the overhaul had demanded that the coalition control both positions, drawing accusations that Netanyahu and his allies were trying to stack the judiciary with cronies.
The votes, cast anonymously, raised doubts about Netanyahu’s control over his coalition.
Netanyahu ordered his allies to oppose all candidates, including its own members, in a maneuver that he hoped would delay all appointments until another vote a month from now.
But in the secret ballot, several coalition members joined the opposition in supporting Elharrar’s appointment in a 58-56 vote. A second candidate, Tally Gotliv of Netanyahu’s Likud party, mustered just 15 votes and did not clear the threshold. That means parliament will have to fill the post in the coming month.
Lapid said it was “good news” that an opposition member would remain on the judicial selection committee. But he said was problematic that there is still no committee.
“Netanyahu today prevented its establishment, putting an end to the pretense that he was open to negotiations,” he said.
“Netanyahu used to be a liar and powerful. Now he is a liar and weak,” he said. “The committee was not established, the threat to democracy is not removed.”
In a video statement, Netanyahu said his opponents were to blame, noting that they froze the talks even after getting what they wanted.
“Gantz and Lapid don’t want real negotiations,” he said. “I promise the citizens of Israel, unlike them, we will act responsibly for our country.”
Since the overhaul was paused in March, the weekly protests have continued to draw tens of thousands of people. The protesters are set to demonstrate for a 24th week on Saturday.
Anticipating protests over the vote on Wednesday, police set up barriers outside the parliament building and next to Netanyahu’s home in central Jerusalem. But the protests were called off after the opposition lawmaker’s appointment.
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Associated Press writer Laurie Kellman in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed reporting.
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2023-06-15T10:07:59+00:00
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wivb.com
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https://www.wivb.com/news/world/israeli-parliament-vote-deals-setback-to-netanyahu-and-judicial-overhaul-plan/
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Virginia Rep.-elect Jennifer McClellan (D) is poised to make history when she is sworn into Congress, becoming the first Black woman to represent the commonwealth on Capitol Hill.
The nature of her historic win wasn’t lost on her. McClellan told The Hill that during her campaigning, she was “very aware” of what a win would mean not just for her, but also for Black women across the nation.
“It still blows my mind that there are firsts in 2023 but it is a tremendous honor and a tremendous responsibility,” McClellan, 50, said. “It’s an honor knowing that I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams and I stand on their shoulders. To be the first Black woman from Virginia, the birthplace of both American democracy and American slavery and massive resistance, is poetic justice.”
McClellan’s political rise has been a gradual one, serving in Virginia’s House of Delegates and state Senate. In 2021, she came in a distant third place in the state’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, losing to former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D).
But nearly two years later, McClellan is looking to hit the ground running in Congress with an eye on expanding voting rights and improving education.
“She’s going to be one of the younger people in the delegation and she’s in a relatively safe seat,” said veteran Virginia political analyst Bob Holsworth. “I expect her to move up in Congress because people are going to love her work ethic and they’re going to love working with her.”
Throughout her time in the state legislature, McClellan has focused on progressive policies, from expanding abortion access to ensuring that Virginia became the first state in the south to pass a comprehensive voting rights act.
Now, she wants the federal government to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
In 2013, the landmark Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court ruling gutted protections from discrimination guaranteed by the law. As a result, strict voter enforcement laws arose, including voter ID laws, which had previously been barred and which disproportionately impact Black Americans.
Voting rights, McClellan told The Hill, are “sacred” in her family.
Both her parents grew up during the civil rights movement, and voting wasn’t easy to do.
“My dad paid poll taxes to vote, and his dad paid poll taxes. My great grandfather had to take a literacy test and find three white men to vouch for him to be able to vote,” McClellan said.
The right to vote, she added, is how Americans are able to participate in the government — and how the government upholds its promise to be by and for the people.
“I learned very early as a delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates, everybody’s political views are shaped by their life and what they know,” McClellan said. “As more people who lived during Jim Crow are dying, we’re losing those stories and we’re in a battle right now over whether they’ll be taught in our schools. So being a voice to bring those stories and those perspectives to the halls of Congress is really important to me.”
McClellan has also homed in on energy and environment related issues, notably brokering a compromise between environmentalists and Dominion Energy.
“While she’s clearly what I would consider a center-left Democrat, she also has the capacity to work across the aisle at times because of her personality,” Holsworth said.
While Virginia’s 4th Congressional District is considered a safe seat for Democrats, McClellan shattered expectations in her campaign to replace the late Rep. Donald McEachin (D), defeating her opponent by 50 points.
“That was a statement of how fired up people are no matter what the stakes are,” said Gianni Snidle, communications director for the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus. “Truly it seems they want to make their voices on Democratic values.”
But McClellan also said her win is helping close an “imagination gap” that doesn’t see Black women in political seats.
“I think recognizing what I faced in that race put an imagination gap because people had never seen — and I think [Georgia gubernatorial candidate] Stacey Abrams saw this — people have never seen a Black woman in the role,” she said. “They couldn’t imagine that and yet, all across the country, there are Black women who are doing amazing things and are just as qualified or just as capable as other candidates who have succeeded. And I think we just need to stretch our imagination a little bit and support them.”
Democratic strategist Atima Omara said that some of this perception is starting to change as a result of the 2016 election and voters’ desire to see a more reflective democracy.
“I feel like the attitude of the culture has shifted, certainly in the last six years, as I think people really started thinking about what does representation look like with the 2016 election and how can we make our democracy more reflective of that,” said Omara, who ran for a seat in the Virginia General Assembly in 2014.
But the imagination gap still persists, Omara said, in part because of a “deep bias” about what Black women should be doing. Omara points to the praise Abrams received for her organizing, but the admonishment that followed her when she expressed interest in potentially being part of President Biden’s cabinet.
“People admire a Black woman when she does the labor, when she does the work in service,” explained Omara. “But when she dares to step out and say, I am qualified to lead this organization, this company, to represent you in Congress … folks start to question your ability because how dare you put yourself forward, you are supposed to be in service, not leading.”
Now, Omara said she expects to see McClellan use her time in Congress to further the legacy of McEachin, who was an advocate for environmental justice, among other things.
But McClellan has also led on advocating for abortion access during her time in the legislature and on the campaign trail.
Earlier this month, Republicans in the House of Delegates defeated an effort led by McClellan to allow Virginia voters to decide whether abortion access should be enshrined in the commonwealth’s constitution. While the effort was rejected, it will likely leave a mark going into November’s elections.
“It is something the Democrats are going to run on in all of the suburban competitive districts this year,” Holsworth said.
McClellan told The Hill that she plans to continue this effort in Congress.
“I was very instrumental in expanding access to health care and reproductive health care here in Virginia,” McClellan said. “Passing the first bill in the south to remove barriers to access to abortion, and that’s something that we need to do at the federal level now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe.”
McClellan said even with her historical win, there remains a responsibility to ensure she is not the last Black woman to make history — in her state, or across the country.
“I think the first step is to support the Black women that are leading at the state level, at the local level, in the party, who are building a bench and are building the experience needed to run at higher levels. And then when they step forward to run, pay homage to that experience and work.”
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2023-02-27T21:16:21+00:00
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ksn.com
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https://www.ksn.com/hill-politics/mcclellan-becomes-ancestors-wildest-dreams-with-historic-virginia-win/
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Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in television and musical theater, has died. He was 95.
The last survivor of the four singing brothers, Ames died May 21 from Alzheimer's disease, his wife, Jeanne Ames, said Saturday.
“He had a wonderful life,” she said.
On television, Ames was likely best known for his role as Mingo, the Oxford-educated Native American in the 1960s adventure series “Daniel Boone” that starred Fess Parker as the famous frontiersman. He also was the center of a bit on “The Tonight Show” that — thanks to his painfully uncanny aim with a hatchet — became one of the show's most memorable surprise moments.
Ames had guest roles in TV series such as “Murder, She Wrote” and “In the Heat of the Night,” and toured frequently in musicals, performing such popular songs as “Try to Remember” and the song that became his biggest hit single, “My Cup Runneth Over.”
As part of the 1950s music scene, he and his brothers were one of numerous pop quartets that included the Four Aces, Four Lads, Gaylords, Hilltoppers, Lancers, Four Knights, Ink Spots and, still around from a previous era, the Mills Brothers. But the Ames Brothers — Ed, Joe, Gene and Vic — had a unique tone: they were basses and baritones, not tenors.
Their recordings of “Rag Mop,” “Sentimental Me” and “Undecided” became big hits, and they launched a busy career appearing on TV variety shows, recording 40 albums and playing in night clubs and auditoriums across the country.
By the end of the 1950s, rock 'n' roll had overtaken the pop charts and singing quartets were on the decline. The Ameses, meanwhile, had tired of the constant travel and absence from their growing families. The finale for Ed came when he arrived home unexpectedly and his wife called to their 3-year-old daughter: “Who is it?” The girl replied, “One of the Ames Brothers.”
“That did it,” he told a reporter. “My brothers and I agreed that we had all had it and should go our separate ways.” The group, which was earning $20,000 a week, played its last engagement at the Sahara in Las Vegas on New Year's 1961.
Ed's efforts to establish himself as a solo singer were not immediately successful and he turned to acting. He almost lost his house before he found a role in a production of Arthur Miller's “The Crucible.”
In the long-running musical “The Fantasticks,” he sang “Try to Remember,” which became one of his theme songs. He joined the traveling company of Gower Champion's “Carnival” and transferred to the New York company until the show's final performance.
In a role that presaged his future role on “Daniel Boone,” he then won attention as the stoic Native American in the 1963 Broadway play “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” with Kirk Douglas and Gene Wilder in the adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel.
Ames earned top money at Las Vegas casinos and in hotel supper clubs and toured extensively in the musicals “Man of La Mancha,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “South Pacific” and “I Do, I Do.”
“I Do, I Do” provided his biggest hit single, “My Cup Runneth Over,” a gold record winner in 1967. He had another hit in 1968 with “Who Will Answer?”
It was during his run on “Daniel Boone” that he contributed to what was called the longest sustained burst of laughter in the history of “The Tonight Show.”
For a 1965 episode he was persuaded to demonstrate the hatchet-throwing skills he learned as Mingo. The silhouette of a cowboy was painted on a piece of wood, and Ames threw a hatchet at the target. It landed on squarely on the cowboy's crotch.
Ames was born Edmund Dantes Urick in Malden, Massachusetts, the youngest of 11 children, four who died in childhood. Their parents were Ukrainian immigrants and their mother taught the children to read Shakespeare and to appreciate music they heard every Saturday on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts.
The four youngest boys began singing at local events as the Urick Brothers. Ed was still in high school when they moved to night clubs, but as a husky six-footer with a deep voice, he was able to pass for 21.
In New York, comedy writer Abe Burrows advised a name change because Urick was hard to remember. Ames was the brothers' choice.
After the four brothers split up, the other brothers also continued performing and recording, but gained less notice than Ed. Vic died in 1978, Gene in 1997 and Joe in December 2007.
Ames and his first wife, Sara Cacheiro, had three children: Sonja, Ronald and Linda. The couple divorced in 1978, and in 1998 he married Jeanne Arnold.
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2023-05-28T19:19:07+00:00
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ksby.com
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https://www.ksby.com/news/ed-ames-50s-pop-singer-with-ames-brothers-and-60s-tv-star-in-daniel-boone-dies-at-95
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The launch of the platform marks the two-wheeled industry's entry into the era of intelligent manufacturing
CHANGZHOU, China, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Horwin, a new pure electric motorcycle brand recently launched by HORWIN INC, has released the first two-wheel integrated intelligent chassis platform globally alongside its IP figure of humanoid robot.
According to data from Statista, the global motorcycle market was valued at US$124.387 billion in 2019 with sales having grown to their highest in recent years. Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the market still exceeded US$100 billion in 2020 and 2021. Given this scenario, Horwin is targeting the pure electric motorcycle segment to capitalize on the development trends of both the motorcycle market and the new energy sector.
"The new brand aims to redefine the electric motorcycle, and to this end, the company has developed a modular platform similar to the 'Super Matrix'", said Liu Ping, COO of Horwin. "With scalable internal modules, the platform allows users to freely scale the body, human-machine interaction and function kits according to their travel scenarios and usage so that they can put together different models based on their own needs with the purchase of just one 'Super Matrix' platform".
With intelligent technologies, Horwin's two-wheel integrated intelligent chassis platform features high integration of the electric drive, battery and electric control systems, an intelligently controlled domain control system and modular design, enabling the development of new pure electric motorcycles that meet the expectations of users based on user scenarios.
Horwin integrates all future-oriented key technologies of two-wheeled offerings, including electrification, intelligence and connectivity into an integrated intelligent chassis in addition to using serial interfaces for functional expansion, lowering the threshold for manufacturing while helping existing industry players optimize the manufacturing process and efficiency.
During the launch event, Horwin also unveiled a bionic robot IP named MR.Y. Horwin's goal, is to build a proprietary intelligent robot that can help people in real life, including serving as a shopping guide, walking the dog, picking up children and taking care of the elderly.
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2022-07-18T14:40:01+00:00
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https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2022/07/18/horwins-integrated-intelligent-chassis-platform-makes-world-debut/
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After a rough start, No. 2 overall pick Brandon Miller finally had a breakout performance in summer league play.
The 6-foot-9 forward scored 26 points as the Charlotte Hornets lost 97-93 to the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday in Las Vegas. He made 8 of 15 field goals and 7 of 7 free throws.
“I kind of let the game come to me,” Miller said. “I feel like I was put in the right places to get off comfortable shots.”
Miller was a first-team Associated Press All-American as a freshman at Alabama last season. He also is tied to a case that led to former Alabama player Darius Miles and another man being indicted on capital murder charges. A police investigator testified in February that Miles texted Miller to bring him his gun that night. Miller hasn’t been charged with wrongdoing, but the episode brought him unwanted attention.
The situation didn’t affect his draft stock. Some were surprised when he was picked ahead of Scoot Henderson at No. 2. Henderson went No. 3 to Portland.
Miller still needed to get comfortable at the professional level. He was up-and-down in the summer league in Sacramento. He scored 18 points against San Antonio on July 3, then scored just six points against the Golden State Warriors in 31 minutes on July 5.
In Las Vegas, he had had 16 points and 11 rebounds on July 7 against San Antonio but made just 5 of 15 shots. He followed that by scoring 10 points on 4-for-18 shooting in a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday before his strong performance on Tuesday.
Nick Smith Jr., Miller’s fellow first-round pick and former AAU teammate, scored 33 points for the Hornets against Portland. Smith said he and Miller have been helping each other adapt to pro ball.
“Just on the simple fact that he’s been there since,” Smith said. “He’s seen my grind, I’ve seen his grind, literally. It’s kind of surreal. It really hasn’t hit us yet, for real.”
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2023-07-13T02:27:06+00:00
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everythinglubbock.com
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https://www.everythinglubbock.com/sports/ap-no-2-overall-pick-brandon-miller-has-breakout-performance-for-hornets-in-summer-league/
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In Trump case, Justice Dept. unseals previously blacked-out portions from search warrant application
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday disclosed some of the previously blacked-out portions of a warrant application it submitted last year to gain authorization to search former President Donald Trump’s Florida property for classified documents.
Key portions of the document had already been made public, but media organizations including The Associated Press had pressed for further unsealing in light of a 38-count indictment last month charging Trump and his valet, Walt Nauta, with concealing classified records at Mar-a-Lago from investigators. The magistrate judge, Bruce Reinhart, declined to order the Justice Department to unseal the search warrant affidavit in its entirety but did require prosecutors to publicly file a less-redacted affidavit.
Many of the newly revealed paragraphs recounted how surveillance camera footage from inside the property showed dozens of boxes being relocated in the days before FBI and Justice Department investigators visited the home to collect records. During that June 3, 2022, visit, law enforcement officials were handed an envelope of 38 classified documents and told that all records sought by a subpoena were being turned over and that a “diligent search” of the home had been done.
The movement of boxes by Nauta was detailed in last month’s indictment, but its inclusion in the search warrant affidavit helps explain why the Justice Department felt it had probable cause to search Trump’s home on Aug. 8, 2022, and why investigators were concerned that documents were being intentionally withheld from them.
The affidavit recounts how someone identified only as “Witness 5″ was seen on multiple days carrying either cardboard or bankers’ boxes in and out of the anteroom. The affidavit does not mention Nauta by name, but the dates of the actions — as well as of an FBI interview “during which the location of boxes was a significant subject of questioning” — line up with the dates cited in the indictment.
Nauta is set to be arraigned in federal court on Miami on Thursday. Trump has already pleaded not guilty to more than three dozen felony counts, many alleging willful retention of national defense information.
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2023-07-06T00:48:13+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/2023/07/05/trump-case-justice-dept-unseals-previously-blacked-out-portions-search-warrant-application/
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GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/--The 132nd China Import and Export Fair ("Canton Fair"), which opened on October 15 as a virtual exhibition, is exhibiting over 140,000 intelligent products from top high-tech enterprises. As a trade promotion platform, the Canton Fair has created a "virtual showroom" to showcase the latest achievements of China's intelligent manufacturing and innovative technologies that are building a better, more intelligent life for everyone.
Wuhan Linptech Co., Ltd. ("Linptech") is highlighting a series of innovative products, including self-powered wireless smart switches and doorbells, human body sensors and magnetic sensors for doors and windows. These new products were created with the company's self-developed Linptech wireless protocol, which meets the super-low power consumption requirements of micro kinetic energy generation and ensures the stability and reliability of information transmission as well as the robustness under complex conditions to achieve passive and wireless two-way communication.
"We are witnessing the significant rise in the status of Chinese manufacturing in the global value chain. Linptech has tackled the core technologies and owns multiple patents for inventions at home and abroad, aiming to providing reliable and convenient products and solutions for smart homes and buildings." said Ms Liao Xiaohui, Sales Manager of Linptech. "The Canton Fair is now a much more diverse and inclusive platform where we are meeting buyers of all scales, from large importers to small shop owners, and the combination of online and offline exhibition has breakthrough the limitation of space and time."
Guangdong Roule Electronics Co., Ltd. ("Roule") is highlighting its motion solar security light that helps users look after their house. The lamp supports remote real-time monitoring and video full-duplex intercom. When human movement is detected in the night, it automatically lights up and sends an alarm video to the cellphone. The security lamp is powered by solar energy and detects ambient light conditions so that during the day it only sends real-time alarm video without turning on the light.
From smart switches to full home automation, intelligent technologies are now entering more households, and small appliances are becoming smarter. The Canton Fair is following the latest trends and provides a platform for companies that not only introduce the latest innovative achievements but also inspire continuous innovations that will provide a competitive advantage and lead the trend.
For more information and opportunities, please register https://www.cantonfair.org.cn/en-US/register/index?utm_source=rwyx#/foreign-email or contact caiyiyi@cantonfair.org.cn
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2022-10-18T09:22:08+00:00
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mysuncoast.com
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https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2022/10/18/building-an-intelligent-life-132nd-canton-fair-creates-virtual-showroom-chinese-intelligent-manufacturing/
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Everett Barnes was stellar on the defensive end, posting 15 rebounds and 12 blocks, along with seven points to lead Burlington City to a narrow 54-49 victory over Holy Cross Prep.
Wayne North scored a team-high 12 points for Burlington City (7-2), who held a commanding 32-18 lead at halftime.
Holy Cross Prep (6-4) would rally in the second half, slowly chipping away at Burlington City’s lead and getting the lead within a few possessions late in the game. However, Burlington City would hold on for the victory despite being outscored 31-22 in the second half.
Latrell Bullock was the spark plug for Holy Cross Prep’s offense, registering a game-high 28 points.
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2023-01-12T05:44:58+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/01/barnes-big-night-helps-burlington-city-fend-off-holy-cross-prep-boys-basketball-recap.html
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LOS ANGELES -- Padma Lakshmi is living out a dream. She is gracing the pages of the 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition!
Lakshmi, who was a model in her 20s, said she would have loved to have this assignment back then.
"It's the holy grail as a model. I just thought that ship had sailed. So when they called I was totally caught off guard," Lakshmi told On the Red Carpet.
But with age comes wisdom and the shoot with photographer Yu Tsai in Dominica is something Lakshmi says she appreciates even more at this season of her life.
"It's kind of almost sweeter that it's happening to me at this age," Lakshmi said.
"I hope that it inspires other women to know that you can look good at any age. You can feel sexy and sensual and beautiful not only at any age, but at any size."
Life for Lakshmi is good right now. Aside from her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit modeling gig, her show "Taste The Nation with Padma Lakshmi" is returning to Hulu for season 2.
Lakshmi crosses the country to learn about different cultures through their cuisine. This season, she heads to Tarpon Springs, Florida to learn about the Greek culture there, to Washington, D.C. to learn about the Afghan culture, the Nigerian community in Houston, the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and many more.
"It's been really moving, to be honest, to be in everybody's homes and see how they're willing to open up to me to talk about some really difficult stuff."
Watching "Taste the Nation" will have you salivating for the food, but it'll also leave you with a desire to learn more about the cultures being highlighted.
"I love my job," said Lakshmi. "I love this show, you know, because it plays to all of my natural interests, about people, about food, about culture, about deeper things like family and just stories of immigrant culture."
The stories she's able to tell this season is especially meaningful to Lakshmi. And she hopes the show resonates with the audience because there are so many communities she still wants to explore.
"I just want enough people to see it so Hulu will let me do it again for another season!"
You can stream season 2 of "Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi" beginning Friday on Hulu.
The Walt Disney Company is the parent company of Hulu and this ABC station.
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2023-05-04T02:05:13+00:00
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abc30.com
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https://abc30.com/padma-lakshmi-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-taste-the-nation-hulu/13209458/
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GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Up high in the Colorado Rockies, just east of the divide, you will find the aptly named Snow Mountain Ranch.
“This area used to be multiple ranches, and the Just Family Ranch ended up buying a lot of the area around here and consolidating it. We purchased the land from them in 1969,” said Tim Anderson, Snow Mountain Ranch outdoor education coordinator.
Sitting on 5,100 gorgeous acres next to the Arapahoe National Forest, it is the perfect base camp for a winter adventure.
First, stop at the Nordic Center. The Nordic Center at Snow Mountain Ranch provides expertise and equipment for those wishing to wander in the winter wonderland. Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and hiking are the top three frozen favorites.
Got the boots, poles, skis, and windproof pants, and now FOX31’s Dan Daru was ready to dance.
After a few tries on the skis, Daru decided to opt for snowshoes.
With 74 miles of groomed track and trail, even the most dedicated snowshoer or cross-country skier won’t run out of trail to explore.
That is the beauty of snowshoeing, it is low-impact and slow-going, and that is exactly the point.
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2023-02-24T02:05:57+00:00
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kdvr.com
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https://kdvr.com/news/outdoor-colorado/this-mountain-ranch-is-perfect-for-your-next-winter-adventure/
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MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Relatives of a California family of four – including an 8-month-old baby – who were kidnapped on Monday are pleading with the kidnapper to let them go.
A wife and cousin spoke out less than 24 hours after their relatives were kidnapped from their family-owned business, “Unison Trucking,” in Merced, which is located roughly 130 miles east of San Francisco and sometimes referred to as the “Gateway to Yosemite.”
“Please think of us, I’m begging in front of people who took my family from me, please let them go safely,” said Jaspreet Kaur, whose husband is missing.
“My husband, my brother-in-law, my sister-in-law, and my niece are missing and my niece, she’s just an 8-month-old kid and she doesn’t have any food with them.”
Kaur says her husband, 39-year-old Amandeep Singh, was going to work that morning around 8:00 a.m. It wasn’t until 11:00 a.m. when they got a call from the business saying no one was at the front desk, she said
“I tried to call him so many times around 11:45 a.m. but his phone is going directly to the voicemail,” added Kaur. “Think about that little girl, she’s just 8 months old.”
Merced County deputies say 27-year-old Jasleen; her husband, 36-year-old Jasdeep Singh; and their baby were allegedly taken by a man caught on surveillance video.
Merced Sheriff Vern Warnke said, “We have a low life out there that kidnapped an 8-month-old baby, her mom, her dad, and her uncle. So far we have no idea why the kidnapping, we have no motivation behind it.”
The sheriff’s office said all available resources are being used to track down the family members, who were taken against their will.
“We’ve got detectives out canvassing, we have aircraft looking for evidence. People are going to be working 24 hours on this until we get a break in this,” said the sheriff.
The family pleaded with the suspect to let them go. “We just want him to please bring our family safe to us,” said Jaspreet. “We don’t care what’s going on or what happened but please let those people go and have them come to us safely.”
Authorities said the suspect is armed and dangerous and warned the public not to approach him but to contact the Merced County Sheriff’s Office immediately.
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2022-10-04T23:21:37+00:00
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everythinglubbock.com
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https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/search-continues-for-kidnapped-california-family-please-let-them-go/
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Security experts urge caution when downloading your next app
Apps are designed to track and collect data
InvestigateTV - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has received over 860,000 reports of identity theft so far this year, and according to security experts, apps with questionable security features can open the door for scammers.
Longtime consumer advocate Adam Levin, cohost of the podcast “What The Hack with Adam Levin” said you have to be extra cautious what you download these days.
Levin shared several tips to avoid identity theft via apps:
- Only use Google or Apple app stores to download new apps
- Read reviews of the apps before you install them
- Check the fine print and permissions the app requests
- Protect your phone at all costs by locking it and using security measures
Levin also reminded consumers that apps are basically designed to track you and collect data. He added that it is highly likely that apps will share data with third parties, which makes using security features essential.
You can report a suspected scam or identify theft to the FTC.
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2022-11-07T20:09:49+00:00
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wcjb.com
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https://www.wcjb.com/2022/11/07/security-experts-urge-caution-when-downloading-your-next-app/
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Orlando City’s pursuit of its first trophy in the U.S. Open Cup is personal for Benji Michel, who grew up in Orlando and was signed by the Lions as a homegrown player.
“It means everything. I mean, this is why we fight, this is what our job is,” he said. “We don’t just play to play, we want to play to win trophies. And we have an amazing opportunity.”
Major League Soccer’s Lions host United Soccer League upstart Sacramento in the title match of the Open Cup on Wednesday night in Orlando, Florida. Sacramento is looking to become just the second lower-division club to win the championship in a quarter-century.
Orlando City, which joined MLS in 2015, has never won a title. The closest the Lions came was in 2020, when they were runners up in the MLS is Back tournament.
In addition to a trophy, the Open Cup winner also earns a spot in the CONCACAF Champions League.
But it’s about more than just hardware for Michel, whose parents immigrated to the United States from Haiti. A self-described “bad kid,” Michel’s big brother became his legal guardian and set him on a better path, which eventually led back to his hometown.
Michel played at the University of Portland, where he was Freshman of the Year for the West Coast Conference and was named an All-American his final year. He signed a homegrown contract with Orlando ahead of the 2019 season.
“I think I started taking soccer seriously when I was 15. At that age, I got my first college offer. And that was that was pretty good. That’s when I really decided OK, this is what I’m good at, this is what I can do,” he said.
Just last year, the 24-year-old striker got a call up to the senior U.S. national team, but he did not feature in a match.
Orlando defeated the New York Red Bulls 5-1 in the Open Cup semifinals to advance to the title game. After Michel scored Orlando’s final goal, he celebrated with a backflip.
Sacramento advanced 5-4 on penalties after a scoreless draw with Sporting Kansas City in the semifinals. The Republic also downed the San Jose Earthquakes and the LA Galaxy in Open Cup play.
Sac Republic’s appearance in the title match of the tournament, which is more than a century old, is a testament to the team’s perseverance after a tough couple of years.
MLS announced in 2019 that Sacramento would be joining the league this season. But the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the start and the team’s lead investor pulled out. The bid was put on hold, and it appears Las Vegas may have leapfrogged Sacramento as the league’s next possible franchise.
For the Open Cup, Sacramento coach Mark Briggs is keeping his team grounded.
“I think we’d be false to think that they don’t recognize the occasion and they don’t recognize the significance of what we’re walking into tomorrow,” Briggs said on Tuesday. “But it’s important that when they have those feelings, when they have those thoughts, we bring them back to the to being present and we bring them back to understanding the detail of which they need to focus on for tomorrow.”
Michel has started in 12 games for Orlando in MLS play this season. The Lions are above the playoff line in fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings with six games left in the regular season.
Michel’s goal in the semifinals boosted his confidence as he looks toward a more consistent role with his hometown team.
“Everyone has their own path, there’s some that have the ability to come in and start right away and make an impact, and for some it takes some takes a couple games, for some takes a couple of years to make that transition to become a day-in and day-out starter,” he said. “Everyone has their own path. So I believe that this is my path. And every year I’m just going to keep getting better, to prove myself that I am a starter.”
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2022-09-07T10:03:33+00:00
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wate.com
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https://www.wate.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-orlando-city-to-take-on-sac-republic-for-u-s-open-cup-title/
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Internal investigation alleges officers violated several department principles during Randy Cox incident
By Michelle Watson, CNN
CNN has obtained an internal affairs investigation report that the New Haven, Connecticut, police chief said led him to recommend the termination of the officers involved in a June 2022 incident that left Randy Cox, 36, paralyzed from the chest down in the back of a police van.
Five officers with the New Haven Police Department were arrested and charged with second degree reckless endangerment in November 2022, CNN previously reported.
The police were transporting Cox, who was arrested on suspicion of illegally possessing a handgun. Video during the transport shows Cox, who was handcuffed, hit his head on the back wall of the van after an abrupt stop, leaving him paralyzed. The five officers pleaded not guilty in January, according to CNN affiliate WFSB.
The officers were identified by the New Haven State’s Attorney’s Office as Officer Oscar Diaz, Officer Jocelyn Lavandier, Officer Ronald Pressley, Officer Luis Rivera and Sergeant Betsy Segui. Pressley retired from the department in January, CNN previously reported.
The redacted report alleges the five officers violated several of the principles in the department’s policies including but not limited to integrity, trustworthiness, courtesy and respect.
The investigation consisted of multiple interviews with the officers, and an interview with Cox himself.
CNN received the report on Wednesday from Lt. Manmeet Colon OIC, Office of the Internal Affairs with police.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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2023-03-23T17:11:45+00:00
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keyt.com
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https://keyt.com/news/2023/03/23/internal-investigation-alleges-officers-violated-several-department-principles-during-randy-cox-incident/
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Which athletic socks are best?
Choosing the right socks for the right activities is surprisingly important. You can’t wear bright white athletic socks to a black-tie event without standing out for the wrong reasons, and you shouldn’t wear thin dress socks to exercise — they won’t provide enough support. But there’s more to athletic socks than just support; you should also consider features like cuff types and material.
The best athletic socks are the Balega Hidden Comfort No-Show Running Socks. They have cushioning all along the bottom with plenty of arch support, plus they’re highly breathable and moisture-wicking.
What to know before you buy athletic socks
Length
Athletic socks come in eight lengths with terms that may vary based on the brand. Longer and shorter socks have no true benefits over the other, aside from making you feel most comfortable. The most common lengths are crew, ankle and no-show.
- Over-calf socks rest just below the knee.
- Crew socks rest at the mid-calf.
- Mid-crew socks rest between the ankle and the calf.
- Ankle socks rest above the ankle.
- Low-cut socks rest around the ankle.
- No-show socks rest below the ankle.
- Super no-show socks rest high on the foot but well below the ankle.
- Liner socks rest low on the foot.
Quantity
Like most socks, athletic socks tend to come in multipacks that include several pairs. However, packages of athletic socks typically include fewer pairs than non-specialized socks due to their enhanced features. Most packages include three or six pairs, though high-end and budget socks can come in packs of one or 12, respectively.
What to look for in quality athletic socks
Heel tabs
Ankle-length athletic socks have an uncomfortable tendency to slip down into the shoe, causing bunching that can lead to blisters. Premium ankle-length socks avoid this issue by incorporating a thick heel tab that latches onto the back of your shoes. These are a must for ankle-length enthusiasts.
Cushioning
The best athletic socks provide cushioning in various places around the bottom of the sock. This cushioning can be only in the heel and/or ball of the foot to lessen impacts or throughout the entire bottom of the sock for maximum comfort.
However, it’s possible to have too much padding. If your shoes are already tight around your foot, socks with excess padding will make your shoes fit too tightly and cause blisters.
How much you can expect to spend on athletic socks
Athletic sock prices vary depending on the brand, material and quantity. For example, you can spend $20 on a single pair of premium socks or $20 on six pairs of midrange socks. Generally, you can expect to pay $10-$50.
Athletic socks FAQ
Why should I use athletic socks?
A. There are several reasons why you should wear specialized athletic socks when exercising or engaging in active pursuits.
- Moisture-wicking: Athletic socks have varying degrees of moisture-wicking to help keep your feet dry, whether wet from water or sweat.
- Bacteria control: An additional benefit of staying drier is a decreased chance of bacteria growing, meaning your socks and feet won’t develop nasty odors or growths.
- Temperature moderation: Athletic socks tend to be both warm and breathable. This keeps your feet warmer in cold weather and cooler in hot weather.
- Support: Athletic socks potentially include many ways to support your feet. The most common are cushioning along the bottoms and tight arch support.
- Comfort: Athletic socks are designed specifically to fit inside athletic footwear, meaning they won’t be too thin or thick.
How do I care for athletic socks?
A. Athletic socks are cared for like any other type of sock — simply wash them well after each use. Most are machine-washable with no particular care requirements past being laundered with like colors to avoid color-bleeding. Washing them inside out helps them get cleaner. If they still have perspiration or other odor after being washed, let them soak in a tub of water and white vinegar for half an hour before rewashing.
What are the best athletic socks to buy?
Top athletic socks
Balega Hidden Comfort No-Show Running Socks
What you need to know: These are as premium as it gets.
What you’ll love: These socks have a heel tab to stop the socks from slipping into your shoes and a seamless toe to prevent blisters and chaffing. The top of the sock is fine mesh for maximum breathability, and the bottom uses plush cushioning for comfort and shock absorption.
What you should consider: You only get a single pair of socks for the same average cost of six pairs of socks, marking them as extremely expensive.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Top athletic socks for the money
Champion Double Dry Cotton-Rich No-Show Socks
What you need to know: These are comfortable at a low cost.
What you’ll love: The soles are padded to absorb impacts, and there’s special arch support through the center. The cotton-polyester material wicks away sweat and is breathable, perfect for even the hottest weather. They come in packs of six or 12 pairs and your choice of black or white.
What you should consider: Some customers reported they run a little small, so they may feel a little tight. They may leave fuzz on your feet even after multiple washings.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Worth checking out
Adidas Athletic Cushioned Crew Socks
What you need to know: These are great all-around socks from a strong brand.
What you’ll love: The cuffs are snug against the calf to prevent the sock from slipping without being overly tight. The polyester material is breathable with some moisture-wicking properties. The bottoms of the socks are cushioned for comfort, and the arch is compressed for support.
What you should consider: Some purchasers reported that they develop odors more easily than they should. Others dislike how high up the calf they sit.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kohl’s
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2022-05-10T07:01:38+00:00
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krqe.com
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https://www.krqe.com/reviews/br/sports-fitness-br/sports-apparel-br/best-athletic-socks/
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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan became the first to adopt a new ethics principle that indicates justices may explain why they are recusing themselves from a case.
But her conservative colleague on the bench, Justice Samuel Alito, opted not to share why he was stepping aside from a separate case, raising questions about whether the court can reach a consensus on its ethics standards, which has been under heavy scrutiny.
“It really ought to be the direction the court goes, because at a time when there’s increasing skepticism, it’s one damned scandal after another, one way of dealing with that is through a little bit more transparency,” said Charles Geyh, a professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
The cases couldn’t be more different. Kagan recused herself from a matter involving a death row inmate, citing previous government employment, in an apparent reference to her time as U.S. solicitor general in the Obama administration.
Alito opted to recuse himself from another case involving energy companies. While he provided no explanation on the matter, his financial disclosures show he owns stock in one of the companies involved in the case.
The different approaches by Kagan and Alito have now become a subject of conversation for court watchers who think there should be a standard for justices to explain to the public the reasons behind a recusal.
In the wake of ProPublica’s reporting about undisclosed luxury trips that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from Republican megadonor and real-estate developer Harlan Crow, Democrats and judicial watchdog groups renewed a push for the justices to adopt a binding code of ethics.
Weeks later, all nine justices signed and released a new statement on ethics that indicates a justice “may provide a summary explanation of a recusal decision.”
Since the statement, justices have noted recusals 11 times, according to court records. Kagan became the first to leverage the new option to share her reason, but a week later, Alito is the only one since her to have recused but without giving a reason.
“I don’t fault Justice Alito for failing to include a reason for his disqualification, because I think that’s just been the norm. But I do applaud Justice Kagan for offering an explanation,” said Geyh.
Recusals at the high court are commonplace and occur roughly 200 times per year between all nine justices, according to the court. But research by watchdog group Fix the Court suggests Kagan’s recent choice marked the first time in 99 years that a justice gave an explanation.
Her note was brief, citing “prior government employment” without further detail. The death-row inmate who was petitioning the Supreme Court had also done so years earlier while Kagan was serving as U.S. solicitor general.
Days later, Alito gave no rationale for his recusal. But it appears to have been the result of a personal financial interest.
The justice’s most recent disclosure indicates he invests in Phillips 66, one of the parties in the case, and the justice recently recused himself from another case involving the energy company.
Alito did not return a request for comment through the court’s public information office.
Legal ethics experts said both are common reasons for recusals, but they are closely monitoring if any others follow Kagan’s lead.
“It may turn out to be just a practice that Kagan does by herself, and you’ll get to a particular behavioral trait that characterizes her and none of the others,” said Russell Wheeler, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Democrats have meanwhile called for an outside intervention, arguing the court can’t be trusted to police its own ethics after the recent woes.
Chief Justice John Roberts has brushed aside those calls, and he last week stressed that he was “committed” to ensuring the court adheres to the highest standard of conduct while signaling an insular approach.
It’s a proposition that largely maintains autonomy for each justice in making recusal and other ethics calls.
“The question becomes are there alternative means to deal with Supreme Court recusals other than just leave it up to the judge, which some people say violates the old maxim that judges should not be judged in their own case,” Wheeler said.
The Supreme Court is also different from other federal benches, where an individual judge doesn’t hear every case that comes through their court.
A justice’s recusal, however, changes the voting math. The court’s recent statement cautions that explaining is “ill-advised” in some circumstances, including when it might encourage strategic behavior by lawyers in future cases to prompt a recusal.
Before the new policy, justices generally only provided explanations when a party asked them to recuse from their case and the justice declined to do so.
Roughly two decades ago, Justice Antonin Scalia issued such a memo when he rebuffed calls to recuse himself from a case involving Vice President Dick Cheney following the duo’s duck-hunting trip, which came three weeks after the justices agreed to hear the case.
“If it is reasonable to think that a Supreme Court Justice can be bought so cheap, the Nation is in deeper trouble than I had imagined,” he added.
Scalia’s multi-page memo was far more extensive than the brief explanations the justices may now start issuing, but the effect may remain the same.
“That has served as precedent. In other words, if you’re going to treat as precedential when you don’t disqualify, then why not when you do?” said Geyh.
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2023-06-01T14:19:22+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/news/politics/hill-politics/why-supreme-court-recusals-are-attracting-newfound-attention/
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks has run his race for Senate on former President Donald Trump’s election lies, refusing to accept the outcome of the 2020 contest. He’s campaigned alongside the organizers of the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the storming of the Capitol building — the rally where he infamously told the crowd it was time to start “kicking ass.”
“I was proud to stand with Mo Brooks on that stage that day,” said Amy Kremer, chair of Women for America First. “Mo has the truth on his side.”
But Brooks’ efforts weren’t enough to keep him in Trump’s favor. The former president rescinded his early Brooks endorsement back in March and then snubbed him a second time, endorsing his rival Katie Britt ahead of Tuesday’s Republican runoff election for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Britt’s former boss, retiring GOP Sen. Richard Shelby.
Alabama is one of a handful of states holding contests Tuesday at the midpoint of a primary season that has been shaped by Trump’s effort to influence the GOP. In Virginia, Republicans are choosing between Trump-aligned congressional candidates to take on some of the most vulnerable Democrats in the fall. And in Georgia, Democrats will settle several close races, including deciding which Democrat will challenge Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who overcame a Trump-backed challenge last month.
In Washington, D.C., meanwhile, Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking reelection amid concerns over homelessness and rising crime.
But the Alabama Senate runoff has drawn particular attention both because of the drama surrounding Trump’s endorsement and the fact that the winner will likely prevail in November in a state Trump won twice by more than 25 percentage points.
Trump initially endorsed Brooks in the spring of 2021, rewarding an ardent champion of his baseless claims of a stolen election. Brooks had voted against certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential election victory and delivered a fiery speech at the rally before the U.S. Capitol insurrection, telling the crowd, “Today is the day that American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.”
But nearly a year later, Trump rescinded his support after the pair’s relationship soured and as the conservative firebrand languished in the polls. Trump blamed his decision on comments Brooks had made months earlier, at an August rally, when he said it was time for the party to move on from the 2020 presidential race — comments Trump claimed showed Brooks, one of the most conservative members of Congress, had gone “woke.”
But the move was widely seen as an effort by Trump to save face amid other losses, and Brooks alleged that it came after he informed Trump that there was no way to “rescind” the 2020 election, remove Biden from power, or hold a new special election for the presidency.
Trump’s un-endorsement was widely expected to end Brooks’ campaign. Instead, Brooks managed to finish second in the state’s May 24 primary, earning 29% of the vote to Britt’s 45% and forcing a runoff.
Brooks tried once again to get Trump to endorse him, but Trump, who has had a mixed record in backing winning candidates, instead chose Britt, Shelby’s former chief of staff, calling her a “fearless America First Warrior.”
While Brooks and Britt have similar views, their race represents a clash between two wings of the party and different generations. Shelby for decades epitomized the old-guard political style, using his clout and relationships to quietly steer federal projects and funding to his home state.
Britt, 40, has the endorsement of Shelby and other establishment Republicans, as well as deep ties to the state’s business community, reflected in her 2-1 fundraising advantage over Brooks.
Brooks, 68, is known for his bombastic oratory style. The six-term congressman was a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and has made his opposition to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a pillar of his campaign, embarking on a “Fire McConnell Tour” of town halls. A super PAC affiliated with McConnell contributed $2 million to a PAC opposing Brooks.
He also has the backing of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who say he would be a needed hard-line addition to the Senate.
“This is a race about conservatives versus the establishment,” Paul said Friday in north Alabama. “We need a fighter. We’re not going to get it if you send us any old Republican. We need a fighter like Mo Brooks.”
Britt, meanwhile, stresses her own social conservative beliefs and has tried to paint Brooks as a career politician, saying Alabamians want “new blood.”
“President Trump knows that Alabamians are sick and tired of failed, do-nothing career politicians. It’s time for the next generation of conservatives to step up and shake things up in Washington,” she said after Trump’s endorsement.
Brooks has disparaged Britt as a RINO — the GOP pejorative meaning “Republican in name only” — and maintained he is the only one with a proven conservative record.
Turnout in the race is expected to be low, with fewer than 15% of registered voters likely to cast ballots, according to Secretary of State John Merrill.
Elsewhere, in the nation’s capital, where Democratic primaries effectively decide winners, Bowser is trying to fend off challenges from a pair of City Council members as the city contends with a rash of crime, including a shooting Sunday in one of the city’s busiest nightlife destinations that left a 15-year-old dead and a police officer and at least two others wounded.
In Virginia, voters are set to pick Republican nominees for what is expected to be a pair of the year’s most competitive U.S. House races.
In the coastal 2nd District, state Sen. Jen Kiggans is widely seen as the GOP front-runner in the Republican race to take on Democrat Elaine Luria, a retired Naval commander and member of the House Jan. 6 committee, in the general election. In central Virginia’s 7th District, six candidates are in a competitive race to face Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer.
And in Georgia, Democratic state Rep. Bee Nguyen is trying to defeat former state Rep. Dee Dawkins-Haigler in the secretary of state’s race. The winner will face Republican Raffensperger, who rebuffed Trump’s efforts to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden’s win in the state’s 2020 presidential election and beat back a Trump-endorsed challenger in his May 24 primary.
In congressional runoffs, Republican Vernon Jones, a Trump-backed candidate and former Democrat, is competing against trucking company owner Mike Collins for the Republican nomination for the 10th Congressional District seat east of Atlanta.
Republicans also have high hopes of knocking off 30-year Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop in southwest Georgia’s 2nd District. The GOP is choosing between former Army officer Jeremy Hunt and real estate developer Chris West.
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Colvin reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Sarah Rankin in Richmond, Va., contributed to this report.
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2022-06-21T16:30:18+00:00
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siouxlandproud.com
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https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/politics/election-2022-trump-endorsement-flip-scrambles-alabama-race/
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Freedom to profit
I read an opinion piece on Sept. 12 by the reliably libertarian John Hood (“The virtues of freedom are timeless”). I continue to read Mr. Hood because he at times seems to make some sense and and appears to be an honorable adherent to his cause.
This particularly piece went through all of the standard indictments of excessive government control, alleging it somehow usurps our freedoms. And of course we all know the only criterion for success is complete freedom. This comes directly from “Atlas Shrugged,” the two-bit “philosophy” of Ayn Rand. Mr. Hood cites the “well-known failed principality of Lagash” which perished 4,000 years ago as his example for just how well complete freedom works.
I worked for a Fortune 500 company and sat in countless meetings about allocating resources as we pursued new business. Never once did we talk about needing more freedom or less regulation or lower taxes to make something work.
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And never once was the name of Urukagina, the “enlightened” ruler of Lagash, used as an example to follow.
David B. Wilcox
Greensboro
Backtracking
Our comics have always been male cartoonists only (except for the recent “Breaking Cat News”) but now we also have comics with only white lead characters.
Great. Welcome back to the 1950s.
Lyn McCoy
Greensboro
A reminder ...
How important do you hold the health and welfare of children? Surely none of us could knowingly stand by and tolerate a single child hurting and doing without.
Last year child poverty was reduced by half in our country due to the efforts of the Biden administration and the Democrats in Congress who expanded the federal government’s child tax credits and stimulus payments.
Lest we forget as election time nears ....
Bob Kollar
Greensboro
You’re not alone
As part of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Triad Out of the Darkness Walks, I will be walking Oct. 15 at Triad Park to draw attention to the importance of suicide prevention.
I won’t be walking alone. I will be joined by many who share my dedication. Last year, more than 550 Out of the Darkness Walks took place in communities and on campuses across the United States, attended by a quarter of a million dedicated people who share my passion. Our movement is growing.
Like many, I walk because suicide has affected me personally this year with the loss of a lifelong friend, 1st Sgt. Keith Liebert. Keith and I had been friends since we were 13 and sadly the world lost a hero in March of this year. Keith was the fourth person I have lost in my life to suicide.
Since losing my father in 2006 and my friend of 40-plus years, Kenny, in 2015, I have dedicated my time to educating others about suicide prevention and mental health. Our goal is to spread awareness of what is currently the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S., and to let others know they are not alone.
Darren Shell
Greensboro
Did you ask?
You just ruined my mornings.
I take the paper because I like to read the news instead of looking at a computer to get news about what’s happening across Greensboro, the Triad and North Carolina. But I also want to see the sports scores and the comics and do Jumble and Boggle. I read the sports section first.
The News & Record is my breakfast companion; it fits beside my bowl of cereal. Try juggling a laptop and a bowl of cereal while trying to move screen to screen “to read the paper.” But, when I turned the page to the comics this morning, I was dumbfounded. Where were the rest of the comics? Boggle? And who the heck is Amy?
The explanation was on the front page. There used to be 22 total comics and now there are just 10, most of which weren’t in the paper until today; who decided that? How many do the crossword puzzle? Read their horoscope? Did you ask your readers their opinion before you annihilated the fun part?
I know newspapers are trying to survive, but if you eliminate a lot of what folks like to read you aren’t helping your cause. Me, I’ve got to think about it.
Bonnie Brown McNeill
Greensboro
I’m upset
I am very disappointed in the new format with fewer comics and only one crossword.
I realize it’s all online, but some of us like for it to be in the newspaper — it must be an age thing and I am old-fashioned — loving to do things as my parents did.
I’ve been a customer for several years and really love the paper, but now I am upset with the change. I ask you to reverse your change to the paper.
I love my comics and two crossword puzzles. Some seniors don’t want to use a computer!
Norm Winn
Greensboro
I want my comics
So, after calling and emailing the managing editor I’ve decided to extend my complaint for other readers affected by the recent changes to the newspaper.
Who decided to change one of the best things about my daily paper?
Why were the comics cut to half a page when they are one of the most entertaining features among the gloom and doom often reported?
We have two pages of classifieds and often two pages of Rooms to Go advertising. Why cut my comics?
This change is very upsetting to me — so much so that I will not renew my subscription. My carrier will miss my tips as much as I miss my daily laughs.
Please return my full-page comics. It may seem trivial to you but it’s important to me.
Kim Hoag
Summerfield
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2022-09-18T05:51:21+00:00
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greensboro.com
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https://greensboro.com/opinion/letters/sundays-letters-september-18-2022/article_63bd0280-3475-11ed-b945-1795b4644e2e.html
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Lynx vs. Aces Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - July 22
A pair of the league's best scorers square off -- Napheesa Collier (third, 21.9 points per game) and A'ja Wilson (fifth, 19.9) -- when the Minnesota Lynx (9-12) host the Las Vegas Aces (19-2) on Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 3:00 PM ET on ESPN.
The matchup has no set line.
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Lynx vs. Aces Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 3:00 PM ET
- Where: Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- TV: ESPN
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Lynx vs. Aces Score Prediction
Prediction: Aces 88 Lynx 82
Spread & Total Prediction for Lynx vs. Aces
- Computer Predicted Spread: Las Vegas (-6.3)
- Computer Predicted Total: 169.5
Lynx vs. Aces Spread & Total Insights
- Minnesota's record against the spread is 10-10-0.
- Minnesota has played 21 games this year, and 10 of them have gone over the total.
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Lynx Performance Insights
- With 79.4 points per game on offense, the Lynx rank eighth in the WNBA. On defense, they give up 85.3 points per contest, which ranks ninth in the league.
- Minnesota is grabbing 34.3 rebounds per game (sixth-ranked in league). It is giving up 34.6 rebounds per contest (sixth-ranked).
- So far this season, the Lynx are averaging 13.1 turnovers per game (sixth-ranked in WNBA) and forcing 12.6 turnovers per contest (ninth-ranked).
- The Lynx have been coming up short when it comes to three-pointers this season, ranking third-worst in the WNBA in threes made per game (6.6) and third-worst in three-point percentage (31.4%).
- The Lynx have struggled to defend three-pointers this season, ranking worst in the WNBA in treys allowed per game (9.7) and second-worst in three-point percentage allowed (36.6%).
- Minnesota is attempting 46.4 two-pointers per game this season, which account for 68.9% of the shots it has taken (and 77.0% of the team's baskets). Meanwhile, it is attempting 21.0 threes per contest, which are 31.1% of its shots (and 23.0% of the team's buckets).
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2023-07-21T05:48:49+00:00
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ktiv.com
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(CNN) — The party looks set to go on well into the night in Miami’s South Beach, for now at least, after ban on alcohol sales after 2 a.m. was temporarily halted.
Earlier this week a judge ruled that last call for booze in parts of South Beach can be shifted from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. following several attempts by Miami Beach officials to address complaints about nightclubs from city residents.
Now a Miami-Dade County judge has granted a temporary halt to the planned ban, allowing Miami Beach nightclubs to serve alcohol until 5 a.m. through the spring break season, according to a representative for Story nightclub.
The business filed a motion Wednesday to withhold enforcement of the city ordinance until after March 27 — the peak of spring break tourism — according to Miami Dade County Court documents.
Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Reemberto Diaz approved the motion at a hearing Wednesday afternoon — stopping the new city ordinance for at least 30 days before it takes effect, according to a spokesperson for the club.
Lawyers for Story said the business “will suffer substantial and irreparable harm the moment the challenged ordinance takes effect,” according to the motion.
“Behind Story, what you would find is an ecosystem of hundreds of hospitality workers who depend on the club for their livelihoods,” said Sean Burstyn, attorney for Story Nightclub, in a statement to CNN. “Enforcement of the ordinance meant unemployment for these people. Story is in business and we are confident that Story will prevail in Court,” said the statement.
This is the latest tug-of-war between the city’s peace-seeking residents and its booming nightlife business. During spring break last year, attorneys for the Clevelander hotel effectively put a stop to the Miami Beach City Commission-approved ban on alcohol in South Beach nightclubs after 2 a.m. as violence and misbehavior hit the beach during a rowdy spring break.
CNN has reached out to a spokesperson for the city for comment.
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2023-03-16T15:24:56+00:00
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wsvn.com
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https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/miami-beach-can-party-all-night-after-booze-ban-halted/
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Chicago Tribune investigative reporters Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair uncover new and critical clues in law enforcement’s latest — and possibly last — attempt at closing one of the nation’s most infamous unsolved cases.
Listen to episode 8: The Powerpoint
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The Chicago Tribune partnered with At Will Media to launch a multipart podcast series investigating the unsolved 1982 Tylenol murders, in association with audiochuck.
The eight-episode podcast series, which is accompanied by a six-part newspaper series, is reported and narrated by veteran Tribune investigative reporters Stacy St. Clair and Christy Gutowski.
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2022-10-27T13:37:09+00:00
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chicagotribune.com
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/tylenolmurders/ct-episode-8-podcast-20221027-gvwcjltfkvg3rfq6u2xpvk42ju-story.html
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Achievement demonstrates commitment to delivering best-of-breed SaaS solutions
SANTA CLARA, Calif. , July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CyberRes, a Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO; NYSE: MFGP) line of business, announced today that its cyber resilience products offered via software-as-a-service (SaaS) have all achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001.2013 certification of the Information Security Management System (ISMS) category.
By reaching this milestone, CyberRes' efforts to utilize industry best practices for developing, securing and operating SaaS products were validated by one of the industry's most well-known standards boards. To gain certification, CyberRes demonstrated that it implements, maintains and continually improves its SaaS offerings for information security management systems as it pertains to customer data and customer privacy.
"Receiving ISO 27001 certification is another example of why CyberRes is a trusted leader in the cyber security market," said David Gahan, Sr. Director CyberRes SaaS. "ISO 27001 certification is the gold standard when it comes to ensuring a business operates SaaS at a high level of professionalism with steadfast focus on protecting customers' most treasured assets - their intellectual property and other data. This external certification is a strong indication that CyberRes' SaaS offerings meet the standards needed for hosting mission critical processes and services."
The CyberRes SaaS offerings covered by the ISO 27001:2013 ISMS certification include:
- Security Operations
- ArcSight Intelligence
- ArcSight Intelligence for CrowdStrike
- ArcSight Recon Galaxy Public
- Galaxy Threat Acceleration Program Basic
- Galaxy Threat Acceleration Program Plus
- Identity and Access Management
- NetIQ Advanced Authentication
- NetIQ Identity Governance
- Data Security
- Voltage File Analysis Suite
- Voltage Secure Mail
- Application Security
- Fortify on Demand
- Fortify Hosted
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Learn about ISO 27001 certification.
To see all of CyberRes' certifications, please visit CyberRes Certification and Standards page.
Join CyberRes on LinkedIn and follow @MicroFocusSec Twitter.
Note: The ISO 27001 Certification only for the SaaS offerings, not the individual products.
About CyberRes
CyberRes is a Micro Focus line of business. We bring the expertise of one of the world's largest security portfolios to help our customers navigate the changing threat landscape by building both cyber and business resiliency within their teams and organizations. CyberRes is part of a larger set of digital transformation solutions that fight adverse conditions so businesses can continue to run today, keep the lights on, and transform to grow and take advantage of tomorrow's opportunities.
Contact: microfocus@pancomm.com
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2022-07-20T14:02:52+00:00
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kcbd.com
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https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/07/20/cyberres-receives-iso-certification-entire-saas-portfolio/
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LONDON (AP) — The British government vowed Wednesday to organize more flights to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda, after a last-minute court judgment grounded the first plane due to take off under the contentious policy.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said ”preparation for the next flight begins now” despite legal rulings that none of the migrants earmarked for deportation could be sent to the East African country.
Under a deal signed in April between Britain and Rwanda, the U.K. government plans to send some migrants who arrive in the U.K. as stowaways or in small boats to Rwanda, where their asylum claims will be processed. If successful, they will stay in the African country, rather than returning to Britain.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government says the plan is a legitimate way to protect lives and thwart the criminal gangs that send migrants on risky journeys across the English Channel.
Human rights groups argue that the plan rides roughshod over the protections afforded to refugees under rules set up after World War II. They have called the idea unworkable, inhumane and a waste of money — Britain paid Rwanda 120 million pounds ($150 million) up front for the deal.
Critics include leaders of the Church of England and — according to British news reports — heir to the throne Prince Charles, who is due to visit Rwanda next week as representative of his mother Queen Elizabeth II.
U.K. courts refused last week to ground the first flight, scheduled for Tuesday, but the number due to be aboard was whittled down by appeals and legal challenges. The European Court of Human Rights— an international tribunal supported by 46 countries including the U.K. — ruled late Tuesday that an Iraqi man due to be on the plane shouldn't fly, saying he faced “a real risk of irreversible harm.” That allowed the final few migrants on the plane to win reprieve.
U.K. Cabinet minister Therese Coffey said the government was “surprised and disappointed” by the ruling.
“I think the public will be surprised at European judges overruling British judges,” she told Sky News.
Some lawmakers from the governing Conservative Party say Britain should withdraw from the Strasbourg-based European human rights court, which the U.K. helped to set up.
The European court's judgment on Tuesday didn't overrule British decisions, which declined to ground the flight as a whole. The ECHR dealt with the cases of an individual due to be aboard.
A full trial of the legality of the U.K. government plan is due to be heard in the British courts by the end of July.
Human rights lawyer Frances Swaine, who represents one of the people due to be sent to Rwanda, urged the government to wait for that decision before organizing any more deportation flights.
“I would be sitting back and thinking was it worth it, either from a financial or a legal perspective, to organize one of these very expensive flights again when they’ve been so unsuccessful this time around on legal grounds,” she said.
The British government says it welcomes refugees who come by approved immigration routes, but wants to put the criminal smuggling gangs who operate dangerous Channel crossings out of business.
Migration and refugee groups point out that there are no approved legal routes for most people, with the exception of those fleeing Afghanistan and Ukraine. The U.K. receives fewer asylum applications than comparably sized European countries such as France and Germany.
There are also concerns about the migrants' treatment in Rwanda, the most densely populated country in Africa. While Rwanda was the site of a genocide that killed hundreds of thousands of people in 1994, the country has built a reputation for stability and economic progress since then, the British government argues.
Critics say that stability comes at the cost of political repression.
More than 28,000 migrants entered the U.K. across the Channel last year, up from 8,500 in 2020, and about 10,000 have arrived so far this year. Dozens have died, including 27 people in November when a single boat capsized.
Johnson, fighting for his political life amid concerns about his leadership and ethics, has promised to stop the criminal gangs behind the perilous journeys — a “tough on immigration” message that plays well with the Conservative grassroots.
Migration groups say the Rwanda plan is unlikely to deter desperate people making risky journeys to Britain. More than 440 people were brought ashore by in southern England from small boats on Tuesday, including a heavily pregnant woman and parents with children.
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2022-06-15T10:16:53+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/UK-vows-more-Rwanda-deportation-flights-after-17242673.php
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket nearly two years ago remains mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge said Friday.
Court proceedings against Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 23, have been paused for more than a year after Judge Ingrid Bakke first found him to be mentally incompetent in December 2021 and sent him to the state mental hospital for treatment.
Prosecutors revealed Friday that experts at the hospital have found that Alissa is demonstrating symptoms of schizophrenia and the district attorney’s office wants to pick an expert to perform a “forensic neuropsychological assessment.” After the brief hearing in Boulder, District Attorney Michael Dougherty said part of the purpose of the outside assessment would be to determine if Alissa’s symptoms are consistent with a mental health disorder, but he would not elaborate on Alissa’s condition.
Alissa’s attorney, Kathryn Herold, objected to the forensic assessment, so Bakke delayed a decision on whether to allow it for at least a month, giving both sides time to make their arguments in writing.
Bakke said the latest report from the hospital finding Alissa incompetent also said he has a “reasonable likelihood” of reaching competency, an outlook also expressed in previous reports.
She didn’t elaborate about the report, which, like previous evaluations, is not publicly available.
Concerns about Alissa’s mental health were raised by his defense immediately after the March 2021 shooting.
Court documents responding to one of his evaluations in 2021 said he was provisionally diagnosed with an unspecified mental health condition limiting his ability to “meaningfully converse with others.”
Alissa was not in the courtroom Friday. He is charged with murder and multiple attempted murder counts for endangering the lives of 26 other people. He has not been asked yet to enter a plea and his lawyers have not commented about the allegations.
These brief hearings are held periodically to check in on whether doctors believe Alissa can understand legal proceedings and work with his lawyers to defend himself. Competency is a different legal issue than a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, which involves whether someone’s mental health prevented them from understanding right from wrong when a crime was committed.
Alissa is accused of opening fire outside and inside a King Soopers store in the college town of Boulder, killing customers, workers and a police officer who rushed in to try to stop the attack. Alissa, who lived in the nearby suburb of Arvada, surrendered after another officer shot and wounded him, authorities said.
Investigators have not revealed a possible motive. They said Alissa passed a background check to legally buy a Ruger AR-556 pistol six days before the shooting.
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2023-01-28T23:15:50+00:00
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ourquadcities.com
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https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/ap-judge-colorado-supermarket-shooting-suspect-unfit-for-trial/
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Duck Club, the group behind Treefort Music Fest, is breaking ground on their next major project — literally. The group breaking ground on the Treefort Music Hall, a new music venue Wednesday.
Treefort Music Hall will sit on the same block as the new Warehouse Food Hall, replacing an Office Depot.
The venue will be equipped with a lounge area, artist green room, two bar areas and a year-round rooftop bar. During Treefort 2023, the space will serve as two additional venues for the festival.
Duck Club's intention for the new space is to serve as an artist-forward, community hub. They hope the space will continue the mission of both Treefort and Duck Club, by promoting emerging artists while also strengthening the music scene in Boise.
The ground-breaking ceremony comes just weeks after the announcement of Flipside Fest, a new music festival also hosted by Duck Club, debuting in September 2023.
You can find tickets for Flipside Fest, here.
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2022-07-22T20:11:58+00:00
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kivitv.com
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https://www.kivitv.com/news/duck-club-breaks-ground-on-the-treefort-music-hall
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TAMPA, Fla. — Brayden Point had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Saturday night for a franchise-record 12th consecutive home win.
Victor Hedman, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Corey Perry and Ross Colton also scored for Tampa Bay, which has won three in a row overall. Nick Perbix had three assists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26 saves.
The Lightning surpassed the franchise mark of 11 straight home wins set in 2019-20 and defeated the Kings for the seventh straight time at Amalie Arena. The Lightning haven't lost at home since Dec. 6 against Detroit.
Los Angeles had won three in a row. Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Phillip Danault scored for the Kings, and Jonathan Quick made 20 saves.
Tampa Bay went ahead to stay with two goals in a 79-second span in the first period.
Point scored at 5:02 on a quick shot from Quick’s doorstep. Nikita Kucherov set up Point’s 29th goal when he picked up a bad pass behind the net and made a quick centering feed.
Bellemare made it 2-0 at 6:21 with a wrist shot from the high slot after a giveaway by Kings defenseman Sean Durzi.
The Kings got one back at 10:12 when Anderson-Dolan’s shot from the top of the left circle hit Vasilevskiy’s glove and snuck between his pads. But Perry made it 3-1 at 15:57, beating Quick from the lower left circle.
Colton scored on a rebound of Perbix’s shot at 15:20 of the second. But Danault got credit for his 14th at 19:08 when his pass from the right corner was deflected into the net by Lightning defenseman Ian Cole.
The Lightning went more than 16 minutes without a shot in the third period before Hedman’s one-timer from the left point beat Quick.
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2023-01-29T03:42:06+00:00
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wtsp.com
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https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/nhl/lightning/tampa-bay-lightning-home-record/67-43906a09-f44f-41cd-9e1d-62bf206bd4a9
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. and SHANGHAI, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- I-Mab ("I-Mab" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: IMAB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel biologics, today announced that it plans to implement share repurchases pursuant to the share repurchase program previously authorized by its Board of Directors. On the same day, the Company was also informed by Dr. Jingwu Zang, Chairman and Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and other members of senior management of their intention to use personal funds to purchase the Company's American Depositary Shares (the "ADSs") on the open market. Under the share purchase plans, the Company and the senior management may purchase up to US$40 million of ADSs in aggregate.
The timing and dollar amount of share repurchase and share purchase transactions will be subject to the applicable U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requirements. The Company's Board of Directors will review the implementation of share repurchases periodically, and may authorize adjustment of its terms and size.
About I-Mab
I-Mab (Nasdaq: IMAB) is an innovation-driven global biopharma company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel and highly differentiated biologics for immuno-oncology diseases. The Company's mission is to bring transformational medicines to patients around the world through innovation. I-Mab's globally competitive pipeline of more than 20 clinical and preclinical-stage drug candidates is driven by its internal discovery and global partnerships for in-licensing, based on the Company's Fast-to-Proof-of-Concept and Fast-to-Market development strategies. The Company is progressing from a clinical-stage biotech company into an innovative global specialty biopharmaceutical company with cutting-edge R&D capabilities, a world-class GMP manufacturing facility, and commercial capability. I-Mab has established its global footprint in Shanghai (headquarters), Beijing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Lishui and Hong Kong in China, and Maryland and San Diego in the United States. For more information, please visit http://www.i-mabbiopharma.com and follow I-Mab on LinkedIn, Twitter, and WeChat.
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This press release includes certain disclosures which contain "forward-looking statements." These statements are made under the "safe harbor" within the meaning provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. You can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about I-Mab's beliefs and expectations, management's intention to purchase shares, the expected plan and the amount of the shares to be purchased are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. Those factors and risks are more fully discussed in I-Mab's most recent annual report on Form 20-F, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties, and other important factors in I-Mab's subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to I-Mab, and I-Mab undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. Any purchase under the Program and by the shareholders will be made depend upon market pricing and conditions, business, legal, accounting and other considerations. The press release does not obligate I-Mab or any of its shareholders to acquire any particular number of its ADSs.
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2022-08-23T14:54:33+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2022/08/23/i-mab-announces-share-purchase-plans-by-company-senior-management/
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MALVERN, Pa., Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- More U.S. drivers are open to opting into usage-based insurance (UBI) programs to save on their auto insurance premiums, yet more widespread acceptance of telematics programs and UBI remains elusive due to privacy concerns, according to a new study from the Insurance Research Council (IRC), a division of The Institutes.
UBI programs track driving behaviors such as miles driven and braking habits, using either a plug-in device in a vehicle or, increasingly, a smartphone app. Auto insurance companies use this information to reward participating consumers who practice safe driving habits with insurance cost savings. These programs also commonly provide participants with valuable feedback about their driving behavior.
The online survey of more than 2,000 U.S. drivers found that most consumers who participate in telematics programs report a decrease in their auto insurance costs, and 8 out of 10 participants said the program helped change the way they drive. However, many drivers choose not to participate in telematics programs for a variety of reasons.
"While we are seeing more drivers participating in telematics programs than ever before, some consumers we surveyed indicated hesitancy in signing up due to privacy concerns," said Dale Porfilio, FCAS, MAAA, president, IRC. Porfilio also serves as chief insurance officer of the Insurance Information Institute.
In addition to privacy concerns, other reasons why drivers are reluctant to participate in telematics programs, according to IRC's study, include not being interested in participation and apprehension about increased insurance costs. Another commonly cited factor is finding the telematics programs too hard to understand.
"Younger drivers were less likely to express concerns about privacy. This same group also indicated the highest interest in finding ways to reduce their premium," Porfilio added.
"Telematics programs provide the opportunity for safe drivers to lower their insurance costs and can improve overall road safety. Most users say they have made positive changes in the way that they drive as a result of telematics data provided to them by their insurer," Porfilio said. "Safer driving reduces the frequency and severity of auto accidents, saving lives and allowing for more affordable vehicle insurance for all consumers."
The consumer survey was conducted in May 2022, with the assistance of survey research firm Dynata. The full report, Auto Insurance Telematics: Consumer Attitudes and Opinions, is available as a complimentary benefit for IRC members and for purchase by non-members.
About Insurance Research Council
The Insurance Research Council (IRC), affiliated with The Institutes, is an independent, nonprofit research organization supported by leading property and casualty insurance companies and associations. IRC provides timely and reliable research to all parties involved in public policy issues affecting insurance companies and their customers. IRC does not lobby or advocate legislative positions.
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2022-11-30T16:50:01+00:00
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kwch.com
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https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/11/30/driver-telematics-programs-face-privacy-concerns-irc-study-finds/
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One year ago, Isabelle Drake woke up to a mother’s worst fear: her toddler son had been stolen from his crib. After a year with no evidence, no leads and no sleep, she meets a true-crime podcaster in the hopes of finding more clues. Despite severe insomnia and trust issues, she is determined to get her son back – no matter what it takes.
This is the plot of author Stacy Willingham’s latest novel, “All the Dangerous Things.” At 7 p.m. Tuesday night, Willingham, a University of Georgia alum based in Charleston, South Carolina, visited Athens-Clarke County Library to discuss the piece.
Released on Jan. 10, 2023, this psychological thriller takes place in Georgia cities like Buford and Savannah.
“I just know the South and spent a lot of time on my parents’ dock observing. In a sense, I’m just writing what I know,” Willingham said at the Tuesday night discussion. “I chose Savannah because my in-laws live there. I spend a lot of time looking out the window looking at a city that is very similar to where I am from.”
Willingham is currently on a book tour for the novel and has been traveling to states like Texas, Arizona and Massachusetts to discuss her new book. She made her last stop of her 10-day tour in Athens.
This event was one of many author events put on by the Athens-Clarke County Library. Sponsored by the Friends of Athens-Clarke County Library and local store Avid Bookshop, the program Café au Libris brings authors to Athens for discussions and book signing events.
Readers of all ages and backgrounds joined the discussion. Whether it was students, grandparents or entire book clubs, the library auditorium was filled with people eagerly waiting to hear from Willingham.
“It was just nice to be able to support the library through Friends of the Library,” Laci Smith, a member of a local book club, said.
“And support Avid [Bookshop] as well,” fellow book-club member Jackie Sherry said.
During the discussion, Willingham shared stories about growing up in Charleston and about what inspired her to become a writer.
“I come from a family of readers and storytellers. Some of my earliest memories are of my mom reading to me or my dad making up bedtime stories for me and my sister before bed,” Willingham said.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism at the University of Georgia as well as a master’s degree in writing at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
After years of copywriting, she pursued a career as a fiction author.
“I started realizing I liked telling stories about people and didn’t want to be constrained by word counts. I started writing my very first book after work, during lunch breaks and over the weekends. I clearly loved it enough to try to pursue it,” Willingham said.
Her debut novel, “A Flicker in the Dark,” became an instant New York Times Bestseller after its release in January 2022. With the release of her second book, she has stuck to writing haunting thrillers that take place in the South.
“I would describe her as writing thrillers and murder mysteries for people who don’t like mainstream thrillers,” senior UGA student Chloe Savan said at the event. “I just love her writing style. It’s so graphic and vivid in the best way, and it just kind of sucks you in.”
Savan also enjoyed attending the event to meet and connect with the author in person.
“She’s just a woman who loves writing,” Savan said. “She loves writing books. She loves telling stories.”
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2023-01-18T18:42:45+00:00
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redandblack.com
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https://www.redandblack.com/culture/uga-alum-stacy-willingham-brings-her-latest-thriller-to-athens-on-book-tour/article_0fa94696-9739-11ed-ab4f-63f2f31c5ebf.html
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A Celebration of Life Service for Austin Dale Walker will be at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at First Baptist Church, Lawton, with Cody Rader, Fellowship of Christian Athletes officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.
The service may be viewed by following either the First Baptist Church Facebook page or the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Facebook page.
Austin was called to his Heavenly home on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, at the age of 15. He was born June 1, 2007 in Lawton, to Nikki and Michael Walker. He was the sweetest boy you could ever meet and always had a smile on his face. He never met a stranger and even though he was an only child, every kid he met became a brother or a sister. He loved football, motorcycles, wrestling, and spending time with his family.
He played football for the MacArthur High School Highlanders. He played on the freshmen and JV teams. His football dream started when he played football for the Sullivan Village Vikings with his dad and Alex Christ coaching. He then became a Scot for MacArthur Middle School. His dream was to play football for Coach Brett Manning for the Highlanders and then to go on to play for OU. One of his greatest experiences was attending Brent Venables Football Camp and hanging out with Ethan Downs.
He was active in FCA Motocross/Offroad Oklahoma. He was a beloved member of the Oklahoma Cross Country Racing Association. He loved OCCRA because he could ride dirt bikes with his uncles, his dad, and his friends. He always had to rub it in his dad’s face when he placed higher than him at a race. He raced in the Kicker Arenacross Series where he won several awards.
He is survived by his mom, Nikki and dad, Michael of the home; grandparents: Donna and Nick Durbin of Lawton; Joe and Christine Walker of Tulsa; Dianne Walker of Lawton, and Debi Kenyon of Lawton; aunt, Deanna Durbin of Oklahoma City; uncles: Matt and wife Jenn Walker of Lawton; Chris Walker of Tulsa; Dustin and wife Michelle Kosechequetah of Edmond, and Zakary and Magan Kenyon of Lawton; and lots of cousins and friends he considered brothers.
He is preceded in death by his great-uncles: Harry Walker and Jimmy “Hobo” Walker, great-aunt, Patti Walker, and cousin, Melissa Mackie.
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2022-09-22T10:43:14+00:00
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swoknews.com
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https://www.swoknews.com/obituaries/austin-dale-walker/article_2eb2043d-fd4b-5385-89a7-1b74ca884fd5.html
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Top Player Prop Bets for Padres vs. Cubs on June 3, 2023
You can see player prop bet odds for Juan Soto, Nico Hoerner and others on the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs before their matchup at 10:10 PM ET on Saturday at PETCO Park.
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Padres vs. Cubs Game Info
- When: Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 10:10 PM ET
- Where: PETCO Park in San Diego, California
- How to Watch on TV: Fox Sports 1
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MLB Props Today: San Diego Padres
Yu Darvish Props
- Strikeouts Prop: Over/Under 6.5 (Over Odds: -141)
Darvish Stats
- The Padres will send Yu Darvish (3-4) to the mound for his 11th start this season.
- He has earned a quality start four times in 10 starts this season.
- Darvish has started 10 games this season, and he's lasted five or more innings nine times. He averages 5.6 innings per appearance.
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Juan Soto Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -208)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +100)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +390)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +155)
Soto Stats
- Soto has 49 hits with 14 doubles, 10 home runs, 53 walks and 26 RBI. He's also stolen five bases.
- He's slashing .255/.419/.484 on the season.
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Xander Bogaerts Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -200)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +120)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +700)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +185)
Bogaerts Stats
- Xander Bogaerts has recorded 54 hits with eight doubles, seven home runs and 25 walks. He has driven in 21 runs with six stolen bases.
- He has a slash line of .257/.343/.395 so far this season.
- Bogaerts brings a four-game streak with at least one hit into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with a double and two RBI.
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Nico Hoerner Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +190)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +120)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +900)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +285)
Hoerner Stats
- Hoerner has 58 hits with eight doubles, a triple, four home runs, 15 walks and 26 RBI. He's also stolen 13 bases.
- He has a .286/.339/.394 slash line so far this year.
- Hoerner hopes to build on a four-game hitting streak in this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .211 with a home run, two walks and an RBI.
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Dansby Swanson Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -233)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +140)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +475)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +195)
Swanson Stats
- Dansby Swanson has 59 hits with 12 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 31 walks and 24 RBI. He's also stolen four bases.
- He has a .274/.368/.433 slash line so far this year.
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2023-06-03T19:37:09+00:00
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kttc.com
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https://www.kttc.com/sports/betting/2023/06/03/padres-vs-cubs-mlb-player-prop-bets/
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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A prominent Algerian journalist is behind bars and the offices of his website and radio station were shut down based on accusations that they threaten state security, according to a defense lawyer.
Ihsane El-Kadi was detained Dec. 23 at his home and held in a police facility until Thursday, when he appeared in an Algiers court. An investigating judge ordered him kept in custody, according to Zoubida Assoul, a lawyer who is part of a collective that is defending the journalist.
El-Kadi, who was active in Algeria’s Hirak pro-democracy protest movement in 2019, appears to be the latest target of an encroaching crackdown on dissenting voices in the North African country.
The case against him is linked to the crowdfunding used to finance his media outlets, Maghreb Emergent and Webradio, Assoul said. The website and radio station operated in Algeria for years but did not have government recognition as official media organizations.
El-Kadi is accused of violating an article in the criminal code targeting anyone who receives funds aimed at “inciting acts susceptible to threaten state security,” stability or Algeria’s fundamental interests, the lawyer said. If convicted, he could face five to seven years in prison.
His supporters view El-Kadi’s arrest as punishment for articles that angered Algerian authorities.
His outlets were seen by many as outposts of free debate in Algerian media that provided journalists and opposition politicians a platform to point out contradictions or shortfalls in the government’s policies.
Police questioned El-Kadi in the past then released him. the past then released. His family and friends expected that to happen again Thursday, but instead were disappointed and indignant at the decision to hold him.
“Algeria is sliding dangerously into an Orwellian universe,” Madjid Madhi, who is also a journalist, said.
Algerians expressed dismay online, including some who said they disagreed with El-Kadi’s views.
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2022-12-31T02:55:34+00:00
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texomashomepage.com
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-algerian-journalist-jailed-and-his-media-offices-shut-down/
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The 25 Most Important Sex Scenes in Film History
Admit it: You like to watch.
Movies! You like to watch movies.
But, like, if those movies have sex in them, that’s also okay, too. There’s no shame in that whatsoever. ScreenCrush has explored the history of onscreen sexuality before, chronicling everything from the greatest TV sex scenes in history to the weirdest movie sex scenes ever committed to celluloid to horrifying porn parodies of beloved childhood favorites. What follows here is something a bit different. Rather than focus on sequences our staff found particularly titillating or amusingly perverse, it’s an attempt to recognize the scenes that had an outsized influence on culture and society as a whole.
Whether they showed something never before depicted in the history of cinema, or spawned a million imitators and parodies, the 25 films that follow changed the course of motion pictures — and sexuality — forever. Wherever possible, we’ve included video of the key scene. (If the scene isn’t currently online, we used a trailer instead.) Here they are, presented in chronological order, so you can properly appreciate the evolution of horniness onscreen...
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The Kiss (1896)
Why It’s Important: It may not look like much now, but this brief peck between May Irwin and John Rice — the first kiss in a motion picture history — was a sensation in 1896. The film garnered incredulous headlines and became a smash wherever it was shown. From their earliest days, cinema and sexuality were locked in an inextricable embrace.
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Le Coucher De La Mariée (1896)
Why It’s Important: Things got even spicier the same year with Le coucher de la mariée, which depicted a newlywed couple on their wedding night. As the bride undresses behind a screen, the groom steals glimpses. Laying bare the entire voyeuristic nature of cinema even in its earliest days, Le coucher de la mariée is one of the very first erotic films ever made — just a year or two into the medium’s existence.
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Ecstasy (1933)
Why It’s Important: Though extremely chaste by modern standards, Ecstasy’s sex scene, featuring a young Hedy Lamarr in her breakthrough role, was one of the earliest depictions of sexual intercourse onscreen — and the first female orgasm.
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From Here to Eternity (1953)
Why It’s Important: Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr’s kisses among the waves at Oahu’s Halona Cove were so passionate that rumors spread of an affair between the two. True or not, the scene was considered so racy the MPAA banned it from ads for the movie. (“They're kissing... horizontally!”) Today, their enthusiastic clinches among the lapping waves of the Pacific have become the iconic representation of Golden Age romance — and Production Code-approved sexuality.
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I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
Why It’s Important: This controversial and enormously successful Swedish production attracted enormous attention in America thanks to its unprecedented sexuality. At the height of the sexual revolution, I Am Curious (Yellow) broke new ground, including one of the first depictions of frontal male nudity onscreen.
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Blue Movie (1969)
Why It’s Important: The divisions between “art films” and “pornography” got mighty blurry in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One of the first examples of unsimulated sex in a widely released motion picture was not in porn; it was in Blue Movie from pop artist Andy Warhol, who included a hardcore sex act in his chronicle of a few hours in the lives of a New York couple. (They also talk about the Vietnam War and take a shower.) Warhol’s boldness helped launch an era where hardcore pornography was given sudden respectability, whether it deserved it or not.
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Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Why It’s Important: Let’s be clear: Putting Last Tango in Paris on this list is in no way an endorsement of director Bernardo Bertolucci or his appalling methods when filming the notorious “butter scene.” According to star Maria Schneider, the moment when Marlon Brando’s Paul rapes her character using butter as lubricant was not in the script, and she received almost no warning before the sequence was filmed. (“I felt humiliated and to be honest, I felt a little raped,” Schneider later said in an interview.) It’s inclusion here is not a matter of opinion but historical fact: The butter scene is undeniably one of the most important sex scenes in movie history. Pauline Kael declared Last Tango a “landmark in movie history,” and audiences who saw it began to rethink the lines between serious art and graphic onscreen sexuality. In the process, Last Tango became one of the biggest blockbusters of 1973. While the way in which it was filmed is repellent, its influence is undeniable.
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Don’t Look Now (1973)
Why It’s Important: While Last Tango in Paris’ reputation waned over time, Don’t Look Now’s has only grown; 47 years after its first release, it still ranks at or near the top of almost every list of the greatest sex scenes ever made. Even in the midst of the “porno chic” 1970s, Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie’s lovemaking was so convincing that rumors spread that the sex was unsimulated. (All parties have insisted it wasn’t.) Beyond its palpable heat, the scene used complex editing to tell the story of this married couple’s relationship through the evolution of their physical intimacy. Genuinely erotic, and genuinely intelligent; Don’t Look Now remains the standard by which all other sex scenes are measured.
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In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Why It’s Important: Some films that were considered taboo in their day look quaint through modern eyes. Not In the Realm of the Senses from Japanese director Nagisa Oshima. A torrid affair between a hotel owner and a maid culminates in a sex scene of such ferocity and violence that it’s still shocking to this day — and yet always grounded in Oshima’s ideas about obsession and morality.
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Body Heat (1981)
Why It’s Important: Body Heat’s crowd-pleasing blend of old school film noir and modern sexuality helped ignite an entire decade of erotic thrillers that became some of Hollywood’s most reliable hits throughout the 1980s.
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9 1/2 Weeks (1986)
Why It’s Important: Film history can be roughly divided into two periods: Before Mickey Rourke Fed Kim Basinger Sexy Foods, and After Mickey Rourke Fed Kim Basinger Sexy Foods. In February 1986, Roger Ebert predicted this sex scene would be the “most talked-about in this movie.” It was not only the most talked about scene in the movie, it was one of the most talked about scenes in any movie that year, and it became a cultural touchstone for decades.
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When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Why It’s Important: While it may not meet the standard definition of a “sex scene,” Meg Ryan moaning in ecstasy over her Katz’s pastrami sandwich became the most famous orgasm — fake or otherwise — in motion picture history.
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Ghost (1990)
Why It’s Important: The biggest movie of 1990 — bigger than Pretty Woman, Back to the Future Part III, Total Recall, Home Alone, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — was Ghost, a movie about Patrick Swayze dying and then trying to protect his beloved wife (Demi Moore) from harm. Whatever uncommercial aspects of its premise, Ghost’s ace in the hole was Swayze and Moore’s sensual collaboration at a pottery wheel, which became the focal point of all the movie’s advertising — and helped sell untold thousands of clay pots.
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Kids (1995)
Why It’s Important: In the mid-1990s, Larry Clark’s Kids became the subject of a renewed conversation about the role of sex in cinema in the era of HIV and AIDS. Scenes like the opening, in which a teenage boy systematically talks a virgin into sleeping with him, garnered enormous controversy, and wound up getting Kids slapped with an NC-17 rating. (The film was ultimately released unrated.) The discussion around the movie grew so large that, for better or worse, Kids became one of the defining movies of its time — and not just about sex.
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Titanic (1997)
Why It’s Important: Although Titanic’s astronomical budget and groundbreaking effects were the subject of most press around the movie, the film became the biggest hit in history because of repeat customers who wanted to bask in Jack and Rose’s brief love affair over and over again. The sex scene between the two is not especially explicit, but it’s about as graphic as any in a PG-13-rated movie— and surely had a large (if mostly unexamined) influence on Titanic’s enormous box office. Plus: How many movies have copied that hand on the steamy window gag?
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Why It’s Important: Stanley Kubrick’s casting of one of the world’s most famous celebrity couples in a sexually explicit drama was noteworthy already, but Eyes Wide Shut took on even more historical importance after the key sex scene — a lengthy tour of a secret society’s orgy party — was altered in post-production to ensure an R rating. The studio digitally added more masked figures into the sequence to hide the most graphic images — becoming a flashpoint in the never-ending battle over censorship in cinema.
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Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
Why It’s Important: So many coming-of-age movies play sex for cheap laughs; Y Tu Mamá También shows characters in the midst of true discoveries about themselves, some so surprising they threaten to rupture their very sense of identity. That was never more true than in the film’s legendary sex scene, where friends Julio and Tenoch go from kissing the same woman to kissing one another.
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Monster’s Ball (2001)
Why It’s Important: Halle Berry won a Best Actress Oscar for her powerful performance in all of Monster’s Ball, not just for her famous sex scene with Billy Bob Thornton. Berry plays a troubled woman named Leticia, who finds comfort in the arms of a former prison guard (Thornton) who she does not realize was involved in her husband’s execution. According to Thornton, the key scene was largely improvised, which makes Berry’s searing intensity even more impressive.
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Intimacy (2001)
Why It’s Important: This British indie holds the distinction of featuring one of the very first unsimulated acts of fellatio outside the realm of hardcore pornography. (In a somewhat surreal twist of fate, the fellatio is performed on British actor Mark Rylance, bringing new meaning to the phrase “The BFG.”)
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Secretary (2002)
Why It’s Important: Secretary not only depicted “taboo” acts of BDSM that remain rare onscreen even 18 years later, it did so in a non-judgmental way that’s even more unusual, with Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader consumed by a loving sadomasochistic relationship.
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The Brown Bunny (2003)
Why It’s Important: Age-old debates about art and pornography came roaring back to life in the early 2000s, thanks in large part to Vincent Gallo’s The Brown Bunny, which culminated with a real act of oral sex between Gallo and co-star Chloë Sevigny (who also appeared in Kids). The sequence was crucial to The Brown Bunny’s story and themes and outraged many audiences anyway.
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9 Songs (2004)
Why It’s Important: 9 Songs pushed even further into uncharted territory for a mainstream movie; director Michael Winterbottom filmed his two leads, Keiran O’Brien and Margo Stilley, committing all kinds of sexual acts with one another and even included shots of O’Brien ejaculating. (You may be sensing a trend in indie movies of the early 2000s.)
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Why It’s Important: The novelty of a “gay cowboy movie” might have made it a cause celebre in the mid-2000s, but it was the heated love scene between co-stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal — and the way they played sheepherders Ennis and Jack’s relationship over many decades — that made Brokeback Mountain a landmark of queer cinema.
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Blue Valentine (2010)
Why It’s Important: Even as movies pushed aside many boundaries regarding onscreen sexuality in the 2000s, others remained firmly locked in place. The filmmakers behind Blue Valentine, a drama about the ups and downs in the marriage of Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams), wound up protesting their rating to the MPAA, arguing that giving their movie an NC-17 because Dean performs cunnilingus on Cindy was hypocritical — since many R-rated movies had depicted similar acts on men performed by women. In the end, the MPAA sided with the filmmakers, and downgraded the NC-17 to an R, leaving the sex scene intact. The landmark decision was a small yet important step toward gender parity in the world of movie sex.
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Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
Why It’s Important: This French love story won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival — yet Blue Is the Warmest Color’s subsequent reception wasn’t nearly so warm, with some critics accusing director Abdellatif Kechiche of filtering the movie’s lesbian romance (and marathon lovemaking) through a male gaze. Even the movie’s stars, Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos, spoke publicly about their “horrible” experience on Kechiche’s set. The reaction to both Blue Is the Warmest Color’s adult content, and to its director’s treatment of the film's actresses, affirmed that the world’s relationship with onscreen sexuality continues to evolve.
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2022-12-21T21:04:19+00:00
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knue.com
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https://knue.com/most-important-sex-scenes-history/
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SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Feb. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Corporation ("Sabre") (NASDAQ: SABR) will host a live webcast of its fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings conference call on February 15th, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. ET. Management will discuss the financial results, as well as comment on the forward outlook. The webcast is expected to last approximately one hour and will be accessible by visiting the Investor Relations section of Sabre's website at investors.sabre.com.
A live audio webcast of the session will be available on the Sabre website at investors.sabre.com. A replay of the event will be available on the website for at least 90 days following the event.
About Sabre
Sabre Corporation is a leading software and technology company that powers the global travel industry, serving a wide range of travel companies including airlines, hoteliers, travel agencies and other suppliers. The company provides retailing, distribution and fulfilment solutions that help its customers operate more efficiently, drive revenue and offer personalized traveler experiences. Through its leading travel marketplace, Sabre connects travel suppliers with buyers from around the globe. Sabre's technology platform manages more than $260B worth of global travel spend annually. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre serves customers in more than 160 countries around the world. For more information visit www.sabre.com.
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2023-02-05T01:20:46+00:00
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kmvt.com
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https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2023/02/03/sabre-announces-upcoming-webcast-fourth-quarter-full-year-2022-earnings-conference-call/
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Mandan Rodeo Days has long featured some of the best talent the sport has to offer.
Sunday evening, that talent included the stylings of the two-time defending champions of team roping, Hoboken, Georgia's Kaleb Driggers as header and Presidente Prude, Brazil's Junior Nogueira as heeler.
They proved that Mandan was just the latest stop on their run of success, taking first on the evening with an impressive 4.1-second run on their steer.
"This is a good rodeo here with good money," Driggers said. "That's the main reason behind where we end up. It's been a little touch and go this season, we've had some success and had some failure too, so we're trying to add to it and keep Cowboy Christmas going."
Lack of knowledge of their steer coming in, something that Driggers says he and Nogueira try to have before a run, clearly wasn't an issue.
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"They didn't have any luck on him in the slack," Driggers said. "We'll just play him how he is."
It's not the first time Driggers and Nogueira have come for Mandan Rodeo Days, and also would not be the first time they've won. The duo claimed the championship in 2021.
It would, however, be the first time they've won in Mandan as defending champions, as they couldn't quite nail down the title last season.
"This is our third or fourth time coming," Driggers said. "We won a few years ago, didn't have any luck last year, so we've had a bit of both sides of the story."
Driggers first got into rodeo back in the mid-2000s, and has worked with a number of different top team ropers, the event he has stuck with since first joining the PRCA.
"I've always loved it and always dreamed about it, and ever since I was old enough to walk, I was carrying around a rope," Driggers said. "All my cousins back home roped, my dad roped, so it was always a hobby of ours and then about when I was 14 or 15 years old, I decided this was what I wanted to do, got serious about it. When I turned 18, I entered the pro rodeo."
Going straight into the PRCA, there was an adjustment period for Driggers, but he settled in quickly.
"There's a learning curve no matter what, it's just about where you're at and what your goals are to move forward," he said.
While he's currently the fourth-ranked header in the world -- Nogueira is third as a heeler -- Driggers actually started out as a heeler himself before making the switch when he joined up with Junior.
"Back in 2015, I was heeling, and he came over in 2014 and was roping with Jake Barnes," Driggers said. "He and I started roping as second partners at jackpots in 2015, and we had success there, and decided to team up when I decided to start heading in 2016."
Driggers and Nogueira compete at rodeos, like Mandan Rodeo Days, and jackpots.
Jackpots are stand alone events built specifically around team roping. They allow teams to enter multiple times, so a competitor has a permanent first and second partner to pair up with in the multi-entry competitions.
Nogueira and Driggers are each other's permanent first partners, while Driggers works with JC Flake as a second partner.
"If you're able to compete well at jackpots, where you have to catch four or five steers in a row, normally it's a little easier to catch one," Driggers said. "At rodeos, times are a little faster, because it's usually a one- or two-head rodeo, so times are faster, people take more risks.
"At a jackpot, it's more consecutive, so you want to catch all five steer clean, so you aren't taking as many risks and times are a little slower."
The partnership between Driggers and Nogueira is built on success and friendship, as they spend much of their summers together.
"We've got a really good partnership, it isn't just about what happens in the arena, we're with each other sometimes even more than our wives," Driggers said. "It helps that we have a great relationship outside the arena, because if someone gets down, the other is there to pick them back up."
Since the two joined forces, they've only finished outside of the top three in money earnings in 2020, when they took 24th.
Outside of the unusual year of COVID, they've been dominant.
"We've had some really good horses, and that's been a major contributing factor for us," Driggers said. "Our horsepower on both sides of the team have been very good, and we're blessed to have them and we're trying to keep it rolling.
"Our horsepower is everything for us, sometimes you ride different horses for different steers or whatever, but you usually have a gameplan when you show up."
An injury slowed Driggers in 2021, the year he and Nogueira first won a title. Despite missing five weeks, it didn't hinder the pair at all.
"That put us a little behind the ball," Driggers said. "But our relationship is so good, we've run so many steers together, that we just picked up right where we left off."
Much like every other contestant Sunday and over the next two days, it is Driggers' and Nogueira's first time in the new digs at Dale Pahlke Arena. Driggers enjoyed the new venue quite a bit.
"This is absolutely perfect, it's a great arena," Driggers said. "They've built some nice grandstands and it has a bigger vibe to it, you could say. We're thankful to everybody who contributed to it."
Driggers and Nogueira arrived in Mandan already having participated in rodeos in Oregon, Arizona and Utah since Friday, and still have several more on the docket over the next few days.
"We're in Belle Fourche (this morning), in Red Lodge, Montana at 5:45, Cody, Wyoming at 8, and then back to Killdeer the next morning," Driggers said. "Then we're back to Livingstone, Mason City, Washington, and Big Fort, Montana. We've got 'em lined up."
As important as his work with Nogueira in the arena is, the duo's team getting them from one show to the next is key.
"The biggest deal is the people we have behind us that help us get to rodeos," Driggers said. "The people who get us from place to place allow us to be rested and we have to stay focused, because every rodeo is worth a lot of money, and you have to compete to the best of your ability, and being rested is the main key."
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2023-07-03T15:45:58+00:00
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bismarcktribune.com
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https://bismarcktribune.com/sports/local/driggers-nogueira-show-championship-team-roping-skills-at-mandan-rodeo-days/article_a76f1650-17c1-11ee-a439-5bf030256715.html
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FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Second Quarter 2022 Performance Highlights:
- Record steel shipments of 3.1 million tons
- Record net sales of $6.2 billion
- Record operating income of $1.6 billion and net income of $1.2 billion
- Record steel fabrication operating income of $599 million and record shipments of 218,000 tons
- Record cash flow from operations of $1.0 billion and record adjusted EBITDA of $1.7 billion
- Repurchased $517 million of the company's common stock, representing 3.5 percent of its outstanding shares
Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD) today announced second quarter 2022 financial results. The company reported record second quarter 2022 net sales of $6.2 billion and record net income of $1.2 billion, or $6.44 per diluted share. Excluding the impact from the following item, the company's second quarter 2022 adjusted net income was $1.3 billion, or $6.73 per diluted share:
- Costs of approximately $77 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, associated with the continued startup of the company's Sinton Texas Flat Roll Steel Mill growth investment.
Comparatively, the company's sequential first quarter 2022 earnings were $5.71 per diluted share, and adjusted earnings were $6.02 per diluted share excluding costs of $0.31 per diluted share (net of capitalized interest), associated with construction and startup of the company's Sinton Texas Flat Roll Steel Mill. Prior year second quarter earnings were $3.32 per diluted share and adjusted earnings were $3.40 per diluted share, excluding costs of $0.08 per diluted share (net of capitalized interest), associated with construction of the company's Texas Flat Roll Steel Mill.
"The team delivered another strong performance, achieving record quarterly operating and financial performance, including record sales, operating income, cash flow from operations, and adjusted EBITDA," said Mark D. Millett, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer. "Our second quarter 2022 operating income was $1.6 billion, with adjusted EBITDA of $1.7 billion. This tremendous accomplishment displays the power of our highly diversified, value-added, circular manufacturing model — as the strength in our steel fabrication operations more than offset lower earnings in our flat roll steel business, as realized flat roll steel selling values declined during the quarter. Despite softening hot roll coil steel pricing, we achieved record quarterly steel shipments of 3.1 million tons based on solid steel demand, led by the automotive, construction, and industrial sectors, with energy continuing to improve.
"The teams achieved strong operating and financial results across all of our operating platforms," continued Millett. "Second quarter operating income from our steel and metals recycling operations remained very strong at $1.1 billion and $58 million, respectively. Our steel fabrication operations again achieved record results, with earnings of $599 million, based on significantly higher realized selling values and a continued strong construction demand environment. Steel joist and deck pricing and order activity continues to be robust, supporting our continued near-record order backlog with higher forward pricing."
Second quarter 2022 operating income for the company's steel operations remained historically strong at $1.1 billion. The incremental decline in earnings resulted from metal spread compression within the company's flat roll steel operations, as lower average flat roll steel pricing more than offset higher flat roll steel shipments. Demand for the company's long product steel also continues to be strong, supporting increased average realized pricing and shipments. The second quarter 2022 average external product selling price for the company's steel operations decreased $22 sequentially to $1,539 per ton. The average ferrous scrap cost per ton melted at the company's steel mills increased $64 sequentially to $538 per ton.
Second quarter operating income from the company's metals recycling operations increased to $58 million, above first quarter sequential results of $48 million, based on strong demand supporting increased pricing and related metal spread. Solid demand for ferrous scrap resulted in a 7 percent increase in second quarter 2022 shipments, compared to first quarter sequential results.
The company's steel fabrication operations reported another record operating income of $599 million in the second quarter 2022, substantially above sequential first quarter results, as significantly higher selling values and strong shipments more than offset marginally higher steel input costs. The non-residential construction sector remains strong, resulting in a near-record order backlog and higher forward-pricing for the company's steel fabrication platform. The company anticipates this momentum to continue into 2023 based on these dynamics.
Based on the company's differentiated business model and highly variable cost structure, the company generated record cash flow from operations of $1.0 billion during the quarter. The company also invested $164 million in capital investments, paid cash dividends of $64 million, and repurchased $517 million of its outstanding common stock representing 3.5 percent of its outstanding stock, while maintaining strong liquidity of $2.5 billion as of June 30, 2022.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net income was $2.3 billion, or $12.14 per diluted share, with net sales of $11.8 billion, as compared to net income of $1.1 billion, or $5.35 per diluted share, with net sales of $8.0 billion for the same period in 2021. Excluding the impact from the following item, the company's first half 2022 adjusted net income was $2.4 billion, or $12.74 per diluted share:
- Costs of approximately $161 million, or $0.60 per diluted share (net of capitalized interest), associated with construction and startup of the company's Sinton Texas Flat Roll Steel Mill growth investment.
Similarly, adjusting for the company's Texas steel mill construction costs, first half 2021 net income was $1.2 billion, or $5.50 per diluted share.
First half 2022 net sales increased 47 percent and operating income doubled to $3.1 billion, when compared to the same period in 2021. Higher earnings were driven by metal spread expansion within the company's steel fabrication business and steel operations, as increased product pricing outpaced higher raw material costs. The steel fabrication platform achieved record first half 2022 operating income of $1.1 billion, materially higher than the $38 million recorded in the first half 2021. First half 2022 operating income for the company's steel operations was $2.3 billion, an increase of $615 million compared to prior year results. The average first half 2022 external selling price for the company's steel operations increased $380 to $1,549 per ton compared prior year's same period, and the average ferrous scrap cost per ton melted at the company's steel mills increased $101 to $507 per ton.
Based on the company's differentiated business model and highly, variable cost structure, the company achieved cash flow from operations of $1.8 billion in the first half 2022, representing a record first half performance. The company also invested $323 million in capital investments, paid cash dividends of $115 million, and repurchased $906 million of its common stock, while maintaining strong liquidity.
"Customer order entry activity continues to be healthy across all of our businesses, conflicting with the more pessimistic emotion in the marketplace," said Millett. "Despite softening flat roll steel pricing, our steel order activity remains solid from the automotive, construction, and industrial sectors, with energy continuing to improve. Our steel fabrication operations order backlog remains at near-record volumes and forward pricing levels. This combined with continued healthy order activity and broad customer optimism, supports strong overall demand dynamics for the construction industry.
"Operations continue to ramp up at our Sinton Flat Roll Steel Mill, and the team has already achieved run rates of 80 percent through the hot side. However, they have been challenged with unexpected power and equipment issues that have impacted their operating time in July. The team expects to realize meaningful improvement for the remainder of the year. We are investing approximately $500 million to build four additional value-added flat roll steel coating lines comprised of two paint lines and two galvanizing lines with Galvalume® coating capability, a set of which will be located onsite at our new Texas steel mill, providing Sinton with the same diversification and higher-margin product capabilities as our two existing flat roll steel divisions. The other two lines will be placed at our Heartland Flat Roll Division located in Terre Haute, Indiana to support growing coated flat roll steel demand in the region and to further increase the diversification and cash generation capacity of our existing Midwest operations. Based on current plans, we believe these four lines will begin operating in the second half of 2023.
"We are excited about our recent partnership with Aymium," said Millett. "We believe this strategic joint venture will cost-effectively reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, which are already materially lower than our global steel competitors. We also believe Aymium's process can provide a renewable carbon alternative to fossil fuel for Iron Dynamics, our proprietary ironmaking operations. We have successfully trialed Aymium's biocarbon product in our steel operations, and conservatively estimate this first facility will reduce our Scope 1 steelmaking greenhouse gas emission intensity between 20 and 25 percent, with potential upside through the use of the facility's biogas. Our commitment to all aspects of sustainability is embedded in our founding principles. This investment represents a significant step forward on our path to carbon neutrality, and our continued commitment to reduce our environmental footprint."
"We believe there are strong drivers for our continued growth and remain in a position of strength. Our recently announced planned investment in a new state-of-the-art low-carbon aluminum flat rolled mill continues our strategic growth, is aligned with our core steelmaking and recycling platforms, benefits many of our existing customers, and provides for future value creation. Our customers and our people are incredibly excited for this growth opportunity. Our commitment is to the health and safety of our teams, families, and communities, while meeting the growing needs of our customers. Our culture and business model continue to positively differentiate our performance from the industry. We are well-positioned for sustainable long-term growth and value creation," concluded Millett.
Steel Dynamics, Inc. will hold a conference call to discuss second quarter 2022 operating and financial results on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. You may access the call and find dial-in information on the Investors section of the company's website at www.steeldynamics.com. A replay of the call will be available on our website until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July 27, 2022.
Steel Dynamics is one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States, based on estimated annual steelmaking and metals recycling capability, with facilities located throughout the United States, and in Mexico. Steel Dynamics produces steel products, including hot roll, cold roll, and coated sheet steel, structural steel beams and shapes, rail, engineered special-bar-quality steel, cold finished steel, merchant bar products, specialty steel sections and steel joists and deck. In addition, the company produces liquid pig iron and processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap.
The company reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Management believes that Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP financial measures, provide additional meaningful information regarding the company's performance and financial strength. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the company's reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, because not all companies use identical calculations, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA included in this release may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
This press release contains some predictive statements about future events, including statements related to conditions in domestic or global economies, conditions in steel and recycled metals marketplaces, Steel Dynamics' revenues, costs of purchased materials, future profitability and earnings, and the operation of new, existing or planned facilities. These statements, which we generally precede or accompany by such typical conditional words as "anticipate", "intend", "believe", "estimate", "plan", "seek", "project", or "expect", or by the words "may", "will", or "should", are intended to be made as "forward-looking," subject to many risks and uncertainties, within the safe harbor protections of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements speak only as of this date and are based upon information and assumptions, which we consider reasonable as of this date, concerning our businesses and the environments in which they operate. Such predictive statements are not a guarantee of future performance, and we undertake no duty to update or revise any such statements. Some factors that could cause such forward-looking statements to turn out differently than anticipated include: (1) domestic and global economic factors; (2) global steelmaking overcapacity and imports of steel, together with increased scrap prices; (3) pandemics, epidemics, widespread illness or other health issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic; (4) the cyclical nature of the steel industry and the industries we serve; (5) volatility and major fluctuations in prices and availability of scrap metal, scrap substitutes, and our potential inability to pass higher costs on to our customers; (6) cost and availability of electricity, natural gas, oil, or other energy resources are subject to volatile market conditions; (7) increased environmental, greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability considerations or regulations; (8) compliance with and changes in environmental and remediation requirements; (9) significant price and other forms of competition from other steel producers, scrap processors and alternative materials; (10) availability of an adequate source of supply of scrap for our metals recycling operations; (11) cybersecurity threats and risks to the security of our sensitive data and information technology; (12) the implementation of our growth strategy; (13) litigation and legal compliance, (14) unexpected equipment downtime or shutdowns; (15) governmental agencies may refuse to grant or renew some of our licenses and permits required to operate our businesses; (16) our senior unsecured credit facility contains, and any future financing agreements may contain, restrictive covenants that may limit our flexibility; and (17) the impact of impairment charges.
More specifically, refer to Steel Dynamics' more detailed explanation of these and other factors and risks that may cause such predictive statements to turn out differently, as set forth in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K under the headings Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors, in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, or in other reports which we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These are available publicly on the Securities and Exchange Commission website, www.sec.gov, and on the Steel Dynamics website, www.steeldynamics.com under "Investors — SEC Filings".
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WUXI, China, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The following article was published today by China Daily USA.
Youth, a driving force of social, economic and cultural advances, has been playing a pioneering role in promoting global sustainable development. A recent online dialogue among global youth has gone viral.
Themed "Wuxi Dialogue Linking Youth", the exchange activity has sparked heated discussions among young talent working and living in Wuxi and their peers across the world.
In 2020, Wuxi, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, proposed becoming a Zero-Carbon City.
Yan Qing was impressed by the city's commitment to the climate. After graduating from Tsinghua University, he moved to Wuxi through an open selection program for talent. He was tasked with exploring ways to build a Zero-Carbon City. His research received great attention and was published in an authoritative international journal.
"Wuxi has beautiful natural ecology and amiable environment for talent growth. Trust and encouragement for young talent have endowed me the opportunity to grow up together with this city," he said.
Young people are most concerned about innovation and entrepreneurship, said Lu Xinyi, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University.
"Wuxi is the birthplace of China's national industry and commerce. Innovation and entrepreneurship are in the genes of this city," she said.
Lu Xinyi started on entrepreneurial projects while finishing her degree and worked at a venture capital incubator in New York. She believes that Wuxi can provide a broad stage for eager young people.
In 2021, Wuxi's per capita GDP ranked first among large and medium-sized cities in China. She believes that Wuxi will make a difference in the information technology industry.
Yue Yunxiao often expresses his fondness for the friendliness of Wuxi, a city that always tops the annual list of China's happiest cities. When he couldn't return home during the Spring Festival last year, he still felt the warmth and comfort of home under the care of his leaders and colleagues. Now, as a member of the Wuxi Youth Volunteer Group, he continues to spread friendship and goodwill to make Wuxi a hometown for non-natives.
Han Shutong, a graduate of University College London, said, "Wuxi is open and inclusive. Here young people can get together with like-minded people who develop a sense of belonging and find something new and interesting."
She came to Wuxi, the birthplace of Wu culture, thanks to the open selection program and became a teacher in a key provincial middle school. "When I have a little spare time, my friends and I like to enjoy a cup of coffee with an opera mask art in Wuxi Opera Museum, and we can also enjoy the new art supported by technologies such as VR and AR in Wuxi Studios," Han Shutong said.
More and more youth stay in Wuxi for its unlimited chances for success, inclusiveness and genuine care. They are a powerful engine for Wuxi, a charming, dynamic and innovative city facing the world and the future.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Arturs Silovs made 35 saves for his first NHL victory, Elias Pettersson had two empty-net goals and three assists and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-2 on Saturday night.
Silovs was called up from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Latvian made his debut in a 6-4 loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.
Canucks newcomer Anthony Beauvillier also scored twice and Andrei Kuzmenko and Phillip Di Giuseppe added goals.
Vancouver snapped a three-game skid, improving to 4-5-1 since Rick Tocchet took over as head coach Jan. 22.
Scott Laughton and Morgan Frost scored for Philadelphia, and Carter Hart made 17 saves. The Flyers have lost four in a row.
Philadelphia pulled Hart with just over three minutes remaining for an extra attacker, and got a prime opportunity to rally when Di Giuseppe was called for high-sticking moments later.
The Flyers opted to go with six attackers, but it was the Canucks who found the back of the net when Pettersson flipped in a backhander out of his own zone. He scored again with 40.3 seconds left.
UP NEXT
Canucks: At Nashville on Tuesday night.
Flyers: At Calgary on Monday night.
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Police: Shooting in downtown Charleston leaves at least six people injured
Police: Shooting in downtown Charleston leaves at least six people injured
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At least six people were injured following a shooting in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, early Sunday, police said.Officers responded to the area of King Street and Morris Street around 12:55 a.m. due to gunshots, the Charleston Police Department said in a news release.Multiple people were hit by gunfire and were taken to area hospitals, the release said.At least six people were injured, Charleston Police spokesperson Corey Taylor told CNN. The extent of their injuries were unknown.The shooting is under investigation, officials said.
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Officers responded to the area of King Street and Morris Street around 12:55 a.m. due to gunshots, the Charleston Police Department said in a news release.
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At least six people were injured, Charleston Police spokesperson Corey Taylor told CNN. The extent of their injuries were unknown.
The shooting is under investigation, officials said.
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2022-09-04T13:23:54+00:00
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Night" game were:
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BOSTON and NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Provident Healthcare Partners ("Provident"), a leading healthcare investment banking firm, announced it has advised Relievus in its merger with Clearway Pain Solutions ("Clearway"), a portfolio company of NexPhase Capital ("NexPhase"). Relievus adds 44 providers and 21 locations to Clearway's existing capacity and expands the company's presence into New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The combined organization creates one of the largest interventional pain management practices in the United States.
Provident's deal team was led by Eric Major, a Managing Director at the firm. Fox Rothschild LLP served as legal counsel to Relievus, and McDermott Will & Emery LLP served as legal counsel for Clearway. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Relievus' Chief Operating Officer, Ronald Saltiel, commented "Working with Provident Healthcare as our investment banker was the best decision we made. Not only did they find us the right partner, but they worked both tirelessly and seamlessly to make this transaction possible. Clearway Pain was the perfect fit for our practice, and we believe together we will be the leading pain management practice in the United States."
"Ron Saltiel and Dr. Young Lee have developed a leading multi-modality pain management practice in the Northeast. Relievus' alignment with Clearway is a very complementary fit, adding a substantial footprint in Southern New Jersey and the greater Philadelphia area. Together, the organization is poised for continued growth into adjacent markets in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, providing best-in-class pain solutions to patients," commented Major.
About Relievus
Relievus is based in Cherry Hill, NJ and was founded in 2008 by Dr. Young Lee. The practice is now comprised of 16 physicians, 19 advanced practitioners, five acupuncturists, three behavioral health professionals, and one physical therapist, treating patients in 21 locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Visit https://www.relievus.com/ for more information.
About Clearway Pain Solutions
Clearway Pain Solutions is a leading interventional pain management platform focused on relieving pain, restoring function, and renewing quality of life for its patients. Clearway offers a one-stop, comprehensive, and integrated system of advanced pain solution treatments, serving as the end-to-end provider of a full-spectrum of interventional procedures, chiropractic services, physical therapy, massage therapy, and regenerative medicine, along with lab testing, durable medical equipment, and other ancillary services. Clearway also specializes in helping patients recover from workplace and auto accident injuries. Visit https://clearwaypain.com/ for more information.
About Provident Healthcare Partners
Provident is a leading healthcare investment banking firm specializing in merger and acquisition advisory, strategic planning, and capital formation services for healthcare companies. The firm has a comprehensive knowledge of market sectors and specialties, including integrated pain management services. Provident also has unsurpassed experience and insight into the M&A process, which includes working with a multitude of investors such as private equity firms and strategic consolidators. For additional information, visit www.providenthp.com or follow on LinkedIn.
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2022-07-28T12:07:51+00:00
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Greetings from Sunshine Healthcare:
We hope that everyone had a blessed week. We are so happy to see slightly cooler weather. We have been enjoying it. Let us tell you a little about our week.
Monday, we began the day with devotion and prayer. The topic was “Let Go of the Past, Look to Your Future.” Monday afternoon, we enjoyed a game of dollar bingo. Some of the residents left a dollar richer, while some left two dollars richer. In the end, we played a bonus round of four corners. The first to cover all four corners and yell bingo had a chance to win an extra dollar. Ms. Lyna Branch walked away with three dollars.
Tuesday, we began the morning with music and exercise. We worked up a sweat in a matter of minutes. This helps keep our bodies loose and ready to conquer the day. Tuesday afternoon, we enjoyed a nice breezy afternoon on the patio. We got a lot of attention as the eighteen-wheelers honked at us while passing by. This was so exciting.
Wednesday, we began the day with devotion and prayer. The topic was “Live in Harmony.” Wednesday afternoon, we played a game of guess the phrase. It was funny watching everyone work together to tackle the tricky puzzles. Teamwork makes a dream work.
Thursday, we began our day by noodling around. This is a great way to exercise while having fun. We sat in a circle and used cut pool noodles to keep the balloons in the air by hitting them back and forth within the circle. We also were jamming to the oldies but goodies station. We had a great time. Later that day, we celebrated National Banana Split day by having a banana split social! We had a choice of Neopolitan or vanilla ice cream. The toppings were sprinkles, nuts, caramel syrup, chocolate syrup, cherries, and of course bananas. This was a delicious treat.
Friday was manicure day. While the women lined up to get pampered in the sunroom, men enjoyed socializing with one another. Our ladies spent most of the day getting pampered as everyone waited their turn for a manicure. We enjoy spending our Fridays catching up on the latest news with one another while waiting. It's always a pleasure to see a smile on everyone’s face. Friday afternoon, Mr. Hester played the piano and residents filled the sunroom. We enjoyed singing along with him.
Saturday morning, residents took the morning to relax and enjoy their favorite book/tv show. Later that afternoon, residents occupied themselves by choosing an activity to do from our activity cart.
Sunday morning, devotional sheets were handed out to residents. Then, residents spent the rest of the day enjoying time with their family and friends.
We here at Sunshine really enjoy being able to share all of our exciting news with you. To learn more about what we do from day to day here at Sunshine Healthcare, you can also like our Sunshine Healthcare Page on Facebook. Visitations are taking place. Also, Sunshine welcomes any volunteer groups that would like to come and entertain our residents. Your presence would be greatly appreciated. Please give us a call at (662) 489-1189 ext 247 to be added to our calendar. We hope that you all continue to have a blessed week. Kayla Williams signing out until next week!!!
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Leveraging accurate and up-to-date on-street and off-street parking data and driving behaviors,
Parking Demand helps predict parking usage, reduce last-mile congestion, and cut emissions
KIRKLAND, Wash., May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, INRIX, Inc., a world leader in mobility analytics and connected car services, announced INRIX Parking Demand, a first-of-its-kind innovation to identify exact areas in each city experiencing high parking demand and predict future needs. By combining up-to-date parking and vehicle data, automakers, businesses, and cities now have access to accurate parking predictions to help reduce congestion, stress, and tail pipe emissions.
INRIX Parking Demand combines insights from INRIX Parking and INRIX Trips to better understand driving behavior by incorporating historical, real-time, and predictive parking availability information along with trip insights to provide a complete picture of the local parking demand. Automakers, public sector, and businesses can integrate Parking Demand into existing systems and easily scale to meet evolving needs, unlike alternative solutions that require hardware and are expensive to purchase, install, and maintain.
"Parking is a complex equation and historically it's challenging to provide drivers with an accurate prediction of parking availability at their destination," said Greg Corley, senior vice president of automotive at INRIX. "INRIX Parking Demand improves the driver experience by identifying the parking hot spots near their destination. We help our customers tap into reliable, high-quality data to optimize parking operations from end-to-end without new costly hardware."
Automakers, businesses, and cities can tap into Parking Demand to identify parking hot spots, improve product experience and address parking pain for customers, for example:
- Automakers can now direct drivers to the most appropriate parking lots, even in high-demand areas
- Urban planners can accurately predict parking demand in congested areas to manage availability, improve traffic flow, and make routing decisions
- Curbside management solutions can create data-driven models to predict parking trends and understand patterns and behaviors that enable effective decision making
"The unique combination of our Trips and Parking data allows us to more accurately predict demand and deliver the best experience for drivers," added Corley. "It's not just being able to list a number of parking spots in a city but it's about leveraging real intelligence to know where the highest parking need is in order to ensure the best coverage and guide the driver to the right location."
INRIX leverages big data and innovative technologies to provide a future-proof parking management solution, with customers having access to both on-street and off-street parking data that covers over 312,000 locations, in nearly 20,000 cities and over 150 countries.
To learn more about INRIX Parking solutions, visit www.inrix.com/products/parking-data-software/.
About INRIX
Founded in 2004, INRIX pioneered intelligent mobility solutions by transforming big data from connected devices and vehicles into mobility insights. This revolutionary approach enabled INRIX to become one of the leading providers of data and analytics into how people move. By empowering cities, businesses and people with valuable insights, INRIX is helping to make the world smarter, safer, and greener. With partners and solutions spanning across the entire mobility ecosystem, INRIX is uniquely positioned at the intersection of technology and transportation – whether its keeping road users safe, improving traffic signal timing to reduce delay and greenhouse gasses, optimizing last mile delivery, or helping uncover market insights. Learn more at INRIX.com.
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2022-05-02T11:31:16+00:00
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Deandre Ayton NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Suns vs. Nuggets - May 11
Deandre Ayton could make a big impact for the Phoenix Suns at 10:00 PM on Thursday against the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
Below, we look at Ayton's stats and trends to help you pick out the top prop bets.
Deandre Ayton Prop Bets vs. the Nuggets
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Deandre Ayton Insights vs. the Nuggets
- This season, Deandre Ayton has made 7.8 shots per game, which adds up to 15.1% of his team's total makes.
- Ayton's opponents, the Nuggets, have one of the slowest offensive tempos, ranking 27th, averaging 99.5 possessions per game, while his Suns average 101.4 per game, which ranks 19th among NBA teams.
- Defensively, the Nuggets are ranked eighth in the NBA, conceding 112.5 points per contest.
- The Nuggets give up 40.8 rebounds per game, best in the NBA.
- In terms of assists, the Nuggets have conceded 25.7 per game, 15th in the league.
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https://www.ksla.com/sports/betting/2023/05/11/deandre-ayton-nba-playoffs-player-prop-bets-suns-vs-nuggets/
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NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Healthcare Capital Partners ("Regal") is excited to have been chosen by Inc. Magazine ("Inc.") as a Founder-Friendly Investment Firm. Inc.'s annual list of Founder-Friendly Investors recognizes the private equity and venture capital firms with the best track records of successfully working with and supporting entrepreneurs. To compile the list, Inc. interviewed founders who have completed transactions with these investors to hear their experiences and assess how their businesses have grown during these partnerships. To see the complete list, visit https://www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors/2022.
Prior to co-founding Regal, Dr. David Kim, an emergency room physician and serial healthcare entrepreneur, navigated the process of choosing and successfully working with a private equity partner multiple times. This track record and experience gives Regal an unmatched ability to work seamlessly with founders.
"We founded Regal with the goal of helping founders overcome obstacles to their ability to grow and provide quality care to more patients," said Dr. Kim. "We are pleased that Inc, has recognized our unique ability to work with healthcare founders," added Regal co-founder Jon Santemma.
Regal Healthcare Capital Partners is a New York-based control growth equity and buyout firm that partners with leading healthcare entrepreneurs and supports them with strategic, financial, operational and managerial expertise, as well as equity capital, to enable their businesses to reach their full potential. Regal seeks to partner with companies with $20-100 million of annual revenue and $2-10 million of annual EBITDA. For more information, visit www.regalhcp.com.
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2022-11-10T13:04:03+00:00
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wymt.com
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https://www.wymt.com/prnewswire/2022/11/10/regal-healthcare-selected-by-inc-magazine-founder-friendly-investment-firm/
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s U.N. ambassador defended his country’s recent long-range missile launch in a rare appearance at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday where he also accused the United States of driving the situation in northeast Asia “to the brink of nuclear war.”
Kim Song told the council that Wednesday’s test-flight of the developmental Hwasong-18 missile was a legitimate exercise of the North’s right to self-defense. He said the United States was raising regional tensions with nuclear threats and deploying a nuclear-powered submarine to South Korea for the first time in 14 years.
Kim said the missile launch had “no negative effect on the security of a neighboring country,” pointing to Japan’s announcement that the ICBM — which flew at a steep angle — landed in open waters outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
South Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Hwang Joon-kook countered, asking: “How can an ICBM launch ever make neighboring countries appear safe?”
Diplomats said Kim’s appearance was the first time a North Korean diplomat addressed the Security Council since 2017.
Hwang said each of North Korea’s repeated ballistic missile launches allow the country to advance its technology toward its goal of having an arsenal of nuclear-armed weapons.
Immediately before the meeting, a statement from nine council members including the U.S. and Japan, joined by South Korea, was read to reporters condemning the launch “in the strongest possible terms” and stressing that it was the 20th ballistic missile launch this year in blatant violation of multiple Security Council resolutions banning such tests.
The Security Council imposed sanctions after North Korea’s first nuclear test explosion in 2006 and tightened them over the years in a total of 10 resolutions seeking — so far unsuccessfully — to cut funds and curb its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
The last sanctions resolution was adopted by the council in December 2017, and China and Russia vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution in May 2022 that would have imposed new sanctions over a spate of intercontinental ballistic missile launches.
The two veto-wielding permanent members have blocked any council action including statements to the media since then.
The statement by the 10 countries said the Security Council cannot remain silent in the face of so many North Korean provocations and must send a message to all proliferators “that this behavior is unlawful, destabilizing, and will not be normalized.” It also called on all countries to confront North Korea’s illicit activities to generate revenue such as cybercrime.
But Russia and China remained opposed to any council action.
China’s U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun took note of the latest missile test but criticized the heightened U.S. military pressure on North Korea and its deployment of strategic weapons to the Korean Peninsula.
He said the long-time view of the U.S. and other countries that North Korea poses a security threat and their obsession with sanctions put North Korea under “existential pressure,” while the country’s own legitimate concerns “have never been addressed.”
Zhang said history since the 1990s clearly shows that dialogue and negotiation are the only way to ease tensions, and he urged the U.S. and North Korea to resume talks.
The statement from the 10 countries said they remain committed to diplomacy without preconditions. Song made no mention of talks, which have been stalled since 2018.
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2023-07-14T13:27:38+00:00
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wric.com
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https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-north-koreas-ambassador-blames-us-for-regional-tensions-in-a-rare-appearance-at-un-security-council/
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A report from Yale Law School that questioned U.S. prison systems found that in the summer of 2021, nearly 50,000 men and women were held in solitary confinement in the U.S.
As the Guardian reported, the number was above the minimum standards set by the United Nations, which says that this type of isolation is considered torture.
The report data was obtained through surveys which found that people in prison were being held in parking space-sized cells for an average of 22 hours per day, and for at least 15 days.
Researchers surveyed 34 state prison systems, along with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), in 2021.
According to data from the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera), by March 2021, 1,193,934 men and women were held in prisons across the United States.
The Guardian's report highlighted the case of Albert Woodford Fox, who stood as the person that had endured the longest-standing solitary confinement in the country. He was locked into a cell for 43 years, with almost no breaks, within a six by 9-foot cell. He was released from Louisiana's Angola prison in 2016.
Fox died at the age of 75 earlier in August.
Judith Resnik, a professor of law at Yale, said, "In the 1980s, people promoted solitary confinement as a way to deal with violence in prisons.” She said, “It is now seen as a problem itself that needs to be solved.”
In California, new legislation colloquially known as the California Mandela Act, would have prisons in the state would require strict rules and reporting and would not allow pregnant women to be put in solitary confinement.
Solitary confinement has officially been given the name restrictive housing, or is sometimes called Special Housing United (SHU) or Intensive Management Units.
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2022-08-25T02:29:21+00:00
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koaa.com
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https://www.koaa.com/news/national/almost-50-000-men-and-women-held-in-solitary-confinement-in-us-prisons-report-says
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A September 11 mobile museum is coming to Lower Allen Township next week.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s 9/11 Never Forget Mobile Exhibit will be at Trinity High School at 3601 Simpson Ferry Road on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The exhibit will be open exclusively for students at the school from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on both day. The exhibit will be open to the public on both days from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with a short opening ceremony at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
The exhibit is a tribute to all who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, including the 343 members of the New York City Fire Department.
The 83-foot tractor-trailer transforms into an 1,100-square-foot exhibit to further educate people across the country about the events of September 11.
The memorial includes artifacts such as steel beams from the towers, documentary videos, and recordings of first responder radio transmissions.
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2023-04-20T21:40:48+00:00
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pennlive.com
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https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/04/september-11-mobile-museum-coming-to-cumberland-county.html
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(Motor Authority) — A redesigned Fiat 500e electric hatchback heads to U.S. showrooms in early 2024, and it may be accompanied by a feisty Abarth model when it arrives.
The new 500e Abarth was revealed on Tuesday and is set to go on sale next year in markets where the latest 500e is already available. It was revealed with just one powertrain: a 153-hp electric motor that drives the front wheels.
Performance claims include 0-62 mph acceleration in seven seconds, which is roughly two seconds quicker than the stock 500e rated at 117 hp in its most potent guise. No top speed was mentioned.
Perhaps what’s more impressive is the 500e Abarth’s mid-range punch. In most instances, it’s quicker than the older gas-powered 500 Abarth 695, which had 177 hp, according to Fiat. The company said 12-25 mph and 37-62 mph acceleration are both about one second quicker in the 500e Abarth, and a lap of parent company Stellantis’ Balocco test track also yielded a one-second quicker time for the EV.
Handling has also been improved thanks to the bigger footprint and lower center of gravity of the latest 500e’s platform. The vehicle measures roughly 2.4 inches longer and 2.4 inches wider than the gas-powered model. The wheelbase has also been stretched by 0.8 inches.
The battery is a 42-kwh unit. While no range estimate was given, Fiat said an 85-kw charger will enable 25 miles to be added in five minutes of charging. Charging from 10-80% will also be possible in about 35 minutes.
To help maximize range, drivers can select a Turismo mode that drops power and torque slightly, and offers full force regenerative braking that enables one-pedal driving. A Scorpion Street mode designed for urban use also features one-pedal driving, but with power and torque at max levels. The car also has a Track mode that maximizes performance in all areas.
On the outside, the vehicle sports all the typical Abarth cues like a roof-mounted spoiler; upgraded wheels, tires, and brakes; plus a sporty design for the front intake’s grille. Inside, the Abarth gets all the 500e’s top features, including a 10.3-inch infotainment screen with graphics unique to the Abarth model. The steering wheel and pedals also sport Abarth’s scorpion logo.
When asked, a spokesperson for Fiat said the company is focused on the launch of the regular 500e in the U.S., though he didn’t rule out the 500e Abarth coming here. We also know Fiat is coming out with additional modern Abarth models. Olivier Francois, who heads both Fiat and Abarth, has hinted that he expects there to be more than one Abarth model on sale at any time. One possibility for a second Abarth is a hot version of a future electric Fiat 500X, though Francois said that model will end its run in the U.S. after this generation and the U.S. will only have the 500e.
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2022-11-27T19:31:49+00:00
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texomashomepage.com
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/automotive/us-bound-fiat-500e-spawns-feisty-abarth-version-with-153-hp/
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Help a hero, win free burgers for a year for Bubba’s 33 ‘Homes For Our Troops’ fundraising event
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Springs’ Bubba’s 33 is partnering with Homes For Our Troops to help raise money to build specially adapted homes for veterans.
Starting Wednesday, May 31, through Tuesday, July 4, for every Patriot Burger purchased, Bubba’s 33 will donate $1 to Homes For Our Troops–a nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted, custom homes for post 9-11 veterans and those severely injured in the line of duty.
The goal for Bubba’s 33 is to help raise $100,000 as a brand.
Throughout these dates, one lucky Colorado Springs guest will have the opportunity to win a free burger, every week, for a year, should they visit Bubba’s 33 in person to enter the giveaway.
The Bubba’s 33 Patriot Burger includes a BBQ burger, a signature beef patty, a hand-battered onion ring, BBQ sauce, sharp cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and mayonnaise.
Regular donations will be also accepted for Homes For Our Troops at all Colorado Springs locations you can find by clicking the link here.
Good luck and happy eating!
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2023-05-30T15:00:21+00:00
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krdo.com
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https://krdo.com/lifestyle/food/2023/05/30/help-a-hero-win-free-burgers-for-a-year-for-bubbas-33-homes-for-our-troops-fundraising-event/
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BRYAN, Texas — The Grand Stafford Theater has been a staple in the music community for generations, helping showcase a wide range of local talent.
Now it is expanding its reach with two new music ventures: An official recording studio and a new music entrepreneurship course at Texas A&M.
Grand Stafford Theater General Manager Rob Hitchcock explained, “In terms of being able to deliver a major label quality product for the kinds of artists and musicians, anything that you need, the highest quality audio for something you take very seriously, there just simply wasn't a resource here in the area to cover that."
The recording studio is already being put into practice by local groups like Breakaway Ministries.
The music entrepreneurship course at A&M will teach them the essential skills they need to make it in the industry.
AdventGX President Jose Quintana added, “It's not just about the talent that you have to develop as a musician and an artist, you really have to look at strategy as if you are your own business owner to some extent. There are also legal implications, marketing and even a little bit of finance and just getting the right team members to support you through that journey is very important.”
Through the creation of South Main Recordings and the music entrepreneurship course, Quintana and Hitchcock hope to uplift the underrated music scene in the area.
Hitchcock described his vision for the future, “We’re trying to make a music scene that’s so special that people actually migrate here for the music and make this a hub for artistic development and in terms of the local bands and local music, there are only a few heavy hitters here that take it really really seriously, that do the marketing really well that are very talented that have potential and that’s why we have the record label to facilitate that talent, but also my hope is to continue developing these projects and these bands and these artists and teach them the ways, so that they can all become financially viable in the music business.”
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2023-02-14T04:31:35+00:00
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kagstv.com
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https://www.kagstv.com/article/entertainment/music/grand-stafford-theater-to-uplift-local-musicians/499-839c93d5-f8a4-4884-9dc3-8677135f0a47
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LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE - We are in the heart of summer, and the one thing on your mind may be getting in the water and cooling off, but there are a few things you may want to keep in mind before you bring your family to the beach.
Piles of dead alewives - tiny, silvery fish - are lining the beaches of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, rolling in wave by wave. It’s a common occurrence this time of year in late spring and early summer. It’s a little delayed this year from the colder spring the area endured.
“They are coming in a bit challenged to spawn and we do see some die-offs. We have been seeing this, more or less, ever since they invaded Lake Michigan,” explained DNR Fisheries Biologist Scott Hansen.
The fish are actually native to the Atlantic Ocean. A member of the herring family, they are an invasive saltwater fish, that entered the Great Lakes through the Lawrence Seaway, bypassed Niagra Falls through the Welland Canal, and swam their way into Lake Michigan in 1949. A shocking statistic, they’ve adapted and now make up over 50% of the lake's biomass, which includes all fish and plant life combined!
This year, the reports and the piles keep growing and it’s a little bit more than the years past. But if you’ve lived along these shorelines, you remember 20 years ago, it was much worse.
Hitting historical highs upon invasion, the flashback of massive fish piles, flares up for some local beachgoers.
“There were wind rows with fish feet deep on the beach, so now when we see a little uptick, certainly people are more aware of that,” said Hansen.
Below the water, it’s the battle of invasive species. The zebra mussel is depleting the lake of necessary nutrients for the only native fish, the lake trout, which eats the same plankton as alewives. So, how do biologists go about fixing something like this? By adding a predator, of course, one that loves to specifically snack on alewives: the non-native salmon!
“The salmon are hitting them from the top down and squeezing it. So right now we have is a little bit of a bump now over the last 5 years or so in the alewife population and that’s back to where we started, where people are starting to see more of these fish die-offs and natural processes going on and they are washing up on our beaches,” explained Hansen.
It’s up to whoever owns the property to clean up these beaches of these fish. Otherwise, as we go through the rest of this summer, the water is looking clearer with less fish washing up and we are on the decline.
This article was written by Brittney Merlot for WGBA.
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2022-08-08T16:12:17+00:00
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krtv.com
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https://www.krtv.com/news/national/increasing-numbers-of-dead-fish-are-washing-up-on-lake-michigan-beaches
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(The Hill) – Carlos De Oliveira was indicted on three criminal charges alongside former President Trump and his longtime aide Walt Nauda in a superseding indictment Thursday, part of the classified document investigation at Trump’s Florida club.
De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago Club’s property manager, allegedly assisted Trump and Nauta in attempting to delete security footage that showed the men moving boxes of classified documents around the property to hide them from federal authorities.
He was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, destroying evidence and lying to the FBI.
De Oliveira, 56, was hired as the Mar-a-Lago manager in January 2022, previously working there as a valet, according to the indictment.
Federal investigators claim De Oliveira helped Nauta move about 30 boxes of classified documents around Mar-a-Lago, and at one point told the club’s head of IT that “the boss” wants security camera footage deleted.
In October of last year, after federal investigators searched the club and found additional classified documents, De Oliveira allegedly drained one of the club’s pools causing flooding in the server room that contained the security camera footage. This happened not long after Trump told De Oliveira he would get him an attorney, the indictment says.
According to investigators, Nauta attempted to judge De Oliveira’s loyalty before that promise came, with De Oliveira telling him that nothing would get in the way of his relationship with Trump.
Trump now faces a total of 40 charges related to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, with three of those added this week in the superseding indictment. Nauta faces eight charges.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the classified documents probe, is also investigating Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the Capitol.
Smith met with Trump’s defense on Thursday and sent him a target letter earlier this month, raising speculation that he could be indicted again for that separate investigation soon.
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2023-07-29T00:05:28+00:00
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cbs4indy.com
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https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Andrés Giménez hit a three-run homer, Zach Plesac had eight strikeouts over six innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Sunday to win their first series at Camden Yards since 2018.
Giménez staked Cleveland to a 3-0 lead with a first-inning drive off lefty Dean Kremer (0-1) following a single and a walk. That proved to be enough of a cushion for Plesac and three relievers in a combined four-hitter.
The Guardians took two of three from the Orioles and have won five of six overall. Prior to this series, Cleveland had lost four of its last six games in Baltimore while being outscored 51-18.
Plesac (2-4) gave up two runs and four hits with no walks to earn his first victory in seven starts since April 27. The right-hander allowed just one single before he hit Trey Mancini with a pitch to open the fourth and Ryan Mountcastle homered to straightaway center.
Baltimore failed to score after getting runners to second and third with no outs in the fifth and went hitless over the final four innings.
Emmanuel Clase worked the ninth for his ninth save.
Activated from the injured list before the game, Kremer returned from a left oblique strain to give up three runs, five hits and a walk over 4 1/3 innings in his season debut. Obtained in the July 2018 trade that sent Manny Machado to the Dodgers, Kremer is 1-9 over 13 career starts.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Guardians: C Austin Hedges, who strained his right quadriceps muscle on Friday, got a second straight day off after agreeing to the cautious approach broached by manager Terry Francona via a text message. “He said, ‘You know what? I get it,’” Francona said. “He’s doing OK, but I think it just makes sense to wait until tomorrow.”
Orioles: Prized pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez will be sidelined until at least September with a Grade 2 lat strain, general manager Mike Elias said. “This is an injury that we have a very, very high degree of confidence is going to heal and he’ll be back to himself in no time,” Elias said, “and at the very least, put himself in a position to join our rotation out of spring training." Rodriguez, a right-hander, is the top pitching prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline. He appeared on the verge of reaching the majors until sustaining the injury during Wednesday’s start for Triple-A Norfolk.
UP NEXT
Guardians: RHP Cal Quantrill (2-3, 3.52 ERA) starts Monday night against Texas in the opener of a seven-game homestand.
Orioles: Following an off day Monday, the Orioles begin a two-game series against the Chicago Cubs, Baltimore has gone 0-6 against the Cubs since winning at Wrigley Field in 2008.
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2022-06-05T22:14:37+00:00
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daytondailynews.com
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https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio/gimenezs-3-run-hr-propels-guardians-past-orioles-3-2/TE3Z5VDFG5E7LLGBW7NIBKUDYQ/
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VoteCast: Inflation top concern, but democracy a worry too
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Republicans had hoped, high inflation was the top consideration for voters in the midterm elections, AP VoteCast shows. But the survey reveals that a core issue for President Joe Biden, the survival of democracy, also weighed heavily on voters’ minds, as control of Congress — and a choice between sharply contrasting visions of America — hung in the balance.
The result, as of early Wednesday, was an election in which Democrats displayed strength, appearing to avoid the massive losses that often beset the party in power during a midterm vote. With ballots still being counted, though, it was unclear if they would retain control of at least one chamber of Congress.
The survey depicts a country mired in pessimism about America’s future and its political leadership, with lingering tensions in how people feel about Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, shaping choices at the ballot box.
The detailed portrait of the American electorate is based on results from VoteCast, an extensive survey of more than 94,000 voters nationwide conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago.
About half of voters say inflation factored significantly in their vote, as groceries, gasoline, housing, food and other costs have shot up in the past year and raised the specter of inflation. The economy was an overarching concern for voters, about 8 in 10 of whom say it was in bad shape. A slim majority of voters say Biden’s policies caused inflation to be near 40-year highs, while just under half are blaming factors beyond his control, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Slightly fewer voters — 44% — say the future of democracy was their primary consideration. On the campaign trail, Biden warned that Republicans are posing a threat to democracy. Many GOP leaders continue to cast doubt on the U.S. electoral system, falsely claiming that the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost, was rigged.
Yet the “Make America Great Again,” or MAGA, movement sparked by Trump appears to have tightened its grip on Republicans. Nearly two-thirds of GOP voters say they support the MAGA movement, a sign of the potential gridlock with Biden’s White House should Republicans win majorities in the House or Senate.
Republicans bet on voter dissatisfaction with inflation, crime and immigration to help them win. Biden and his fellow Democrats countered that the U.S. middle class is poised for a renaissance because of their investments on infrastructure, computer chip production and clean energy projects.
Nearly half of voters name the economy the top issue facing the country, and those voters back Republicans more than Democrats. No other issue comes close, but many other issues are named most important by about 1 in 10 voters. That includes abortion, health care, climate change and gun policy, where Democrats outpace Republicans by at least three to one.
Voters have become increasingly demoralized as the country’s political divisions have hardened. Roughly three-quarters say the country is headed in the wrong direction. That figure is higher than it was in the VoteCast survey of voters in 2020, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
Two years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic was considered the country’s top issue; now just 2% of voters name it the top priority as other issues have taken center stage.
Biden’s election was in part because of views that the pandemic was out of control under Trump’s leadership, VoteCast showed two years ago. A majority of voters said they thought he “cares about people like them.” A smaller percentage of 2022 voters say that.
Even Democrats harbor doubts about Biden, who has said he plans to seek reelection in 2024, though they showed up for Democratic candidates anyway. Nearly a third of voters for Democratic congressional candidates say Biden is not a strong leader. One in five Democrats says he lacks the mental capability to serve effectively as president. And about 3 in 10 disapprove of his economic leadership.
The 2020 presidential election still hangs over these congressional, state and local races. Almost two-thirds of Democratic voters say they cast ballots to show opposition to Trump, while about 7 in 10 Republican voters say their votes were about defying Biden.
Inflation has been a clear blow to the well-being of many Americans. A third of voters describe their families as falling behind financially. That’s nearly double the percentage of the electorate that said the same two years ago.
About half of voters in the suburbs backed Democrats nationally, slightly less than in 2020 and 2018. Democrats still fare better with women, while men are more likely to prefer Republicans. Voters under 45 tend to favor Democrats; older voters generally lean Republican.
Facing headwinds on the economy, Biden and many Democratic candidates sought to tap their base’s outrage after the Supreme Court overturned the abortion protections in Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining the right to abortion.
VoteCast also shows the reversal was broadly unpopular. About 6 in 10 say they are angry or dissatisfied by it, while about 4 in 10 were pleased. Among Democratic voters, about 6 in 10 say the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe made them angry.
Most voters also were at least somewhat concerned about crime in their communities, and half say the Biden administration has made the U.S. less safe from crime.
Despite concerns about democracy, about 4 in 10 voters say they are “very” confident that votes in the midterm elections will be counted accurately, an improvement from the percentage of the 2020 electorate that said so.
Many voters came into the election with entrenched views. About half say they knew all along how they would vote, while a third decided over the course of the campaign, and roughly 1 in 10 say they made their choice in the last few days.
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AP VoteCast is a survey of the American electorate conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for Fox News and The Associated Press. The survey of 94,293 voters was conducted for nine days, concluding as polls closed. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish. The survey combines a random sample of registered voters drawn from state voter files; self-identified registered voters using NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population; and self-identified registered voters selected from nonprobability online panels. The margin of sampling error for voters is estimated to be plus or minus 0.5 percentage points. Find more details about AP VoteCast’s methodology at https://ap.org/votecast.
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2022-11-09T09:26:01+00:00
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kob.com
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https://www.kob.com/news/us-and-world-news/votecast-inflation-top-concern-but-democracy-a-worry-too/
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Good Tuesday morning! We are tracking a few showers from Lafayette to Kokomo and southward. To track the radar, you can head over to our Live Interactive Radar or click, here.
Most of the areas north of Lafayette to Kokomo should remain dry with partly sunny skies today. Highs in these areas will be in the upper 70s to near 80.
South of Lafayette could see scattered rain for portions of the morning and early afternoon. Highs for the Greater Lafayette area should remain in the mid to upper 70s due to rain and partly cloudy conditions.
The rest of the forecast looks dry and sunny for Wednesday with highs in the mid to lower 80s. A weak front will move in on Thursday giving way to a 20% chance of scattered rain/thundershowers.
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2022-08-09T10:05:43+00:00
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wlfi.com
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https://www.wlfi.com/weather/a-few-showers-this-morning-with-comfortable-air-on-the-way/article_932dbb1a-17bd-11ed-ad60-1bc6d6d86cbc.html
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CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a fragile cease-fire due to expire Monday, as weeks of fighting reached a stalemate in the capital and elsewhere in the African country.
The Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, battling for control of Sudan since mid-April, had agreed last week to the weeklong truce, brokered by the U.S. and the Saudis. However, the cease-fire, like others before it, did not stop the fighting in the capital of Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.
In a joint statement early Sunday, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia called for an extension of the current truce which expires at 9:45 p.m. local time Monday.
“While imperfect, an extension nonetheless will facilitate the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance to the Sudanese people,” the statement said.
The statement also urged Sudan’s military government and the rival Rapid Support Forces to continue negotiations to reach an agreement on extending the cease-fire.
The fighting broke out in mid-April between the military and the powerful RSF. Both military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and RSF leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo led the 2021 coup that removed the Western-backed government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
The conflict has killed hundreds of people, wounded thousands and pushed the country to near collapse. It has forced nearly 1.4 million people out of their homes to safer areas inside Sudan, or to neighboring nations, according to the U.N. migration agency.
Residents reported renewed sporadic clashes Sunday in parts of the capital’s adjacent city, Omdurman, where the army’s aircraft were seen flying over the city. Fighting was also reported in al-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur.
In a separate statement, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia accused both the military and the RSF of violating the cease-fire, saying that such violations “significantly impeded delivery of humanitarian assistance and restoration of essential services.”
The statement mentioned airstrikes by the military including one that reportedly killed at least two people Saturday in Khartoum. The RSF also continued to occupy civilian homes, private businesses, and public buildings, and loot some residences.
“Both parties have told facilitators their goal is de-escalation to facilitate humanitarian assistance and essential repairs, yet both parties are posturing for further escalation,” the statement said.
The conflict has come to a stalemate as neither side has been able to deliver a decisive blow to the other after six weeks of fighting.
In the first two weeks of the war, army airstrikes targeted RSF camps in and outside the capital, crippling the paramilitary force’s bases. That forced the RSF to deploy in densely populated areas, where they seized people’s houses and other property, and are using them as cover against the military’s airstrikes.
The detention of Dr. Alaa Eldin Awad Nogoud, a prominent surgeon and pro-democracy activist, in Omdurman caused an uproar in the country, with medical and rights groups in and outside of Sudan demanding his release.
A group of armed men stormed Nogoud’s home Sunday and detained him, according to the Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate. He was taken to an unknown location, it said.
The Forces of Freedom and Change, the pro-democracy coalition, said the armed men claimed they were members of the military and the intelligence service. It said Nogoud’s detention was part of a campaign targeting pro-democracy activists, and urged his immediate release.
The development came after Nogoud told a television station last week that the military seized medical aid provided by the World Health Organization and stored it at a military hospital in Omdurman, according to local media.
He said that doctors were denied access to the facility when they demanded a share in the aid to other hospitals. They were told that permission was needed first to get access, he said.
A spokesman for the military declined to comment Sunday.
The U.S.-Saudi statement came two days after Burhan demanded in a letter to the U.N. secretary-general that the U.N. envoy to his country be removed, The U.N. chief was “shocked” by the letter, a spokesman said.
The envoy, Volker Perthes, has been a key mediator in Sudan, first during the country’s fitful attempts to transition to democracy and then during efforts to end the current fighting.
Burhan’s letter came after Perthes accused the warring parties of disregarding the laws of war by attacking homes, shops, places of worship and water and electricity installations.
In his briefing to the U.N. Security Council last week, Perthes blamed the leaders of the military and the RSF for the war, saying that they have chosen to “settle their unresolved conflict on the battlefield rather than at the table.”
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Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates contributed.
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2023-05-28T20:14:41+00:00
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ourquadcities.com
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https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/international/ap-us-saudi-arabia-call-for-warring-sides-in-sudan-to-extend-imperfect-cease-fire/
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President Biden pledged to let the Federal Reserve do whatever it takes to bring inflation down.
The political implications could be dire.
Fed officials have vowed not to let up in their fight against inflation, even if it means driving the economy toward a recession. The central bank has already boosted interest rates to a range officials believe will slow the economy — and it plans to raise them again before the end of the year, even at an expected cost to the job market.
“If unemployment goes up, that’s unfortunate. If it goes up a lot, that’s really very difficult,” said Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, during a Monday conference.
“But price stability makes the future better,” Evans added.
As the U.S. economy slows and the global one faces deeper peril, Biden is facing growing pressure to avert a major slowdown without allowing inflation to spiral higher. But doing so would risk violating his pledge not to interfere with the Fed’s plans — a precedent set by several of his predecessors.
The Fed’s leaders have all but given up on averting an economic slowdown caused in large part by their aggressive interest rate hikes and failure to begin them sooner.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, a Republican reappointed by Biden this year, acknowledged there would be “pain” as the bank boosts rates high enough to bring inflation down from four-decade highs. While he said a potential recession may still be mild, he indicated there was no way for the Fed to avert job losses as it ramps up pressure on inflation.
Fed officials have made clear that they will keep raising interest rates until inflation comes down regardless of its impact on the unemployment rate, which they expect to rise next year.
Fed officials see the jobless rate rising to 4.4 percent by the end of 2023, according to projections released last month, up nearly 1 percentage point from the 3.5 percent unemployment rate in September.
That would force at least 1 million Americans out of their current jobs and consign countless more to fewer hours and stagnant wages — all while prices continue to rise.
While a recession is unlikely before the November midterm elections, a downturn in 2023 could be devastating for Biden’s potential reelection bid and the Democratic Party’s congressional hopes.
And though the Biden administration does not control the Fed, the president appointed five of its seven board members to their current positions, tying him to the fate of the bank’s battle against rising prices.
Biden’s political fortunes and the economy at large have already been tested by stubbornly high inflation.
Prices were up 6.2 percent on the year in August, according to the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Fed’s preferred gauge of inflation. The Fed aims for annual inflation of 2 percent — less than a third of the current rate.
Monthly inflation also accelerated in August, and economists are bracing for the Thursday release of new consumer price index (CPI) data for September. While the Fed ties its inflation fight to the PCE index, the bank also pays close attention to the CPI for its broader influence over businesses and financial markets.
“Inflation is swiftly moving through the real economy, causing rents to move higher at a time when real wages remain flat at best. These dynamics require the Fed to lift its policy rate,” wrote Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at audit and tax firm RSM, in a Friday research note.
Republicans have been quick to declare the U.S. economy is already in a recession as the midterm elections approach, blaming Biden for high inflation and the rising risks of a downturn.
“The economy is shrinking, inflation is raging, and job growth is slowing,” said Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee, in a Friday statement.
“No wonder so many Americans have lost faith in President Biden’s competence to heal the economy.”
The White House and Democrats acknowledge that inflation is a problem, but have pointed to a historically strong job market, steady consumer spending and prospects of lower prices ahead to dispel GOP claims of doom. The U.S. has added 420,000 jobs on average each month in 2022, and total employment is well above its pre-pandemic level.
“Our economy created 263,000 jobs last month. That’s 10 million jobs since I’ve come into office. That’s the fastest job growth at any point of any president in all of American history. Historic progress,” Biden touted in a Friday speech after the release of the September jobs report.
While the Fed is set to stay on track for higher rates, some U.S. officials both within and outside of the bank have raised the chance it may need to ease its fight against inflation.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who chaired the Fed from 2014 to 2018, warned last week that the bank’s rate hikes “can have international spillovers,” causing deeper pain and another drag on the U.S. economy through a global recession.
Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard also nodded toward the risks abroad posed by the bank’s interest rate hikes, which could come home and hurt the U.S. if the global economy turns south.
“The combined effect of concurrent global tightening is larger than the sum of its parts,” Brainard said.
“The Federal Reserve takes into account the spillovers of higher interest rates, a stronger dollar, and weaker demand from foreign economies into the United States, as well as in the reverse direction.”
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2022-10-11T13:08:49+00:00
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wearegreenbay.com
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https://www.wearegreenbay.com/hill-politics/biden-finds-himself-tethered-to-feds-inflation-fight/
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Rutgers is playing meaningful football in November.
That is how coach Greg Schiano framed the Scarlet Knights’ (4-5, 1-5) trip to East Lansing this weekend, where they will take on Michigan State (4-5, 2-4) at Spartan Stadium on Saturday. Both teams still have slim hopes of reaching a bowl game, each needing two wins in their final three games of the season to achieve that goal.
“Well, with that meaningfulness comes a little bit more of, ‘oh, this means something,’” Schiano said. “So we have to take all of that, put it aside and focus on our job.”
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The Spartans will be depleted in the aftermath of their brawl in the tunnel at Michigan Stadium two weeks prior, but Schiano said he won’t “even try to worry about that.” His focus is on the “huge challenge” that head coach Mel Tucker’s team presents in what he expects to be “an old-fashioned Big Ten game.”
“I think they really play together, complementary football, so it’s going to be a challenge,” Schiano said.
Here is a closer look at the game:
KEYS TO VICTORY
- Get going on the ground: Rutgers’ rush attack has been lifeless in the past two games, gaining just 62 yards on 40 carries (1.55 yards per carry) in losses to Minnesota and Michigan. The Scarlet Knights have struggled mightily since star freshman running back Samuel Brown suffered a season-ending injury, but they will have an opportunity to bounce back without him against the Spartans.
Michigan State has the worst rush defense in the Big Ten, giving up 205.5 yards per game on the ground in conference play. That should give Rutgers running backs Kyle Monangai, Aaron Young and Al-Shadee Salaam (and quarterback Gavin Wimsatt) a chance to rack up yards and kill some clock.
- Protect the ball: Wimsatt will start at quarterback for the third consecutive game. His primary objective: do not turn the ball over. He threw three back-breaking interceptions in last week’s loss to Michigan, has thrown an interception in six of his last seven outings and averages an interception just about once in every 10 passes he throws.
At this point in their rebuild, the Scarlet Knights are not talented enough to overcome turnovers. A stat that tells it all: since Schiano’s first season back in 2020, the Scarlet Knights have not lost a game in which they did not turn the ball over (9-0), and are 2-19 when committing at least one.
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- Get defense back on track: The Scarlet Knights allowed 83 points in their last two games. The defense is not at fault for all of it, but the unit did have stretches of poor play against Minnesota and Michigan. Facing a Michigan State team that is far from formidable offensively — the Spartans rank 12th in the Big Ten in total offense and scoring offense and 13th in rushing offense — Rutgers must get back to the defensive stoutness it showed through much of the early part of the season. Saturday projects to be a low-scoring affair, and the Scarlet Knights’ defense must hold up its end of the bargain.
X-FACTOR
How Rutgers handles the weather
There will be classic Big Ten weather in East Lansing on Saturday: a high of 41 degrees and winds as high as 20 miles per hour. How will the Scarlet Knights deal with the difficulties of standing out in the cold for three hours after getting historically warm weather in New Jersey this week? Will Wimsatt be able to avoid turnovers while throwing in the elevated winds? Can Rutgers overcome its recent running struggles in a game that will be played mostly on the ground? These are crucial questions the Scarlet Knights must answer.
DID YOU KNOW?
Rutgers is returning to the site of the first game of Schiano’s second stint as the school’s head coach. The Scarlet Knights pulled off the upset in East Lansing in 2020, stunning the Spartans and the sports world with a 38-27 victory behind an outrageous seven turnovers.
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Brian Fonseca may be reached at bfonseca@njadvancemedia.com.
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2022-11-11T13:29:03+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2022/11/rutgers-michigan-state-preview-keys-to-victory-x-factor-for-meaningful-road-game.html
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(NEXSTAR) – Nutrition product manufacturer Reckitt is voluntarily recalling baby formula after the product was possibly contaminated with Cronobacter sakazakii, a bacteria that can be life-threatening among young children.
The company says it is recalling two batches of ProSobee 12.9 oz. Simply Plant-Based Infant Formula out of “an abundance of caution” and that “all product distributed went through extensive testing and tested negative for the bacteria.”
Cronobacter sakazakii is the same bacteria that caused several infections among infants last year, leading to an FDA investigation of formula maker Abbott Laboratories. Abbott has denied any direct link to the cases, two of which involved children who died. Abbott issued a voluntary recall and shuttered a plant for months, contributing to a nationwide formula shortage.
The Reckitt products under recall, about 145,000 cans, were distributed through retail stores across the nation, as well as in Guam and Puerto Rico. Recalled product batches are ZL2HZF and ZL2HZZ both with a UPC Code of 300871214415 and a “Use By Date” of “1 Mar 2024.”
Reckitt says there haven’t been any illnesses reported as of Sunday.
We are committed to the highest level of quality and safety and it is for this reason that we have taken this extraordinary measure. The batches in question tested negative for Cronobacter and other bacteria and this is an isolated situation. After a thorough investigation, we have identified the root cause, which was linked to a material from a third party. We have taken all appropriate corrective actions, including no longer sourcing this material from the supplier.
Reckitt
Cronobacter sakazakii is a germ found in the natural environment and can live in dry foods like starches, herbal teas, powdered milk and baby formula, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infections are rare, but in infants, they may include sepsis, a dangerous blood infection, or meningitis, swelling around the spinal cord or in the linings surrounding the brain. The bacteria can also cause bowel damage and can spread throughout the body.
Anyone who has a can of formula that is under recall should dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase for a refund. If you have further questions, contact Reckitt at 1-800-479-0551 or by email at consumer.relations@rb.com.
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2023-02-21T15:39:54+00:00
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kfor.com
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https://kfor.com/news/reckitt-recalls-baby-formula-over-possible-contamination-with-deadly-bacteria/
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Hulu Christmas Movies For the 2022 Holiday Season
In 2022, it’s going to be a holly, jolly Hulu.
No? Nothing? No good? All right, well we tried.
If you’re a dedicated Hulu subscriber and a dedicated watcher of Christmas movies, the streaming service has a lot of titles to make you happy all holiday season. Some are new, like the Hulu Original It’s a Wonderful Binge. Some are old, like the immortal holiday favorite An En Vogue Christmas, the only Christmas movie guaranteed to free your mind or your money back. The service has a whole bunch of both to watch — and even a few Hanukkah movies to boot.
Here’s the full list of Hulu titles for Christmas this year:
Now Streaming on Hulu
A Merry Christmas Wish (2022)
An NYC advertising executive returns to her hometown to sell the family farm, but instead reconnects with her childhood friend and gets involved with organizing the yearly Winter Wonderland, which takes place on the property.
Happiest Season (2020)
Meeting your girlfriend’s family for the first time can be tough. Planning to propose at her family’s annual Christmas dinner — until you realize that they don’t even know she’s gay — is even harder. When Abby (Kristen Stewart) learns that Harper (Mackenzie Davis) has kept their relationship a secret from her family, she begins to question the girlfriend she thought she knew. HAPPIEST SEASON is a holiday romantic comedy that hilariously captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family’s acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas.
Santa Games (2022)
This year, the Manager of a Mall where Santa Charles work decides to upgrade and replace him with forced retirement. Instead of leaving, he asks to find his appropriate replacement by putting out an online ad. When this ad goes viral, the interview process becomes a series of tasks and challenges leading to an all-out competition of Festive chaos and Christmas comedy.
Menorah in the Middle (2022)
This year for Hanukkah, (Sarah) is headed back home with her new Fiancé (Chad) to meet her parents. Things go haywire when she discovers the family’s Bakery is in danger of closing down. Her father has a heart attack, and her fiancé is the one planning to take over the Family business. All seems lost until she runs into her old school friend (Ben), who tries to help her save the Bakery while also showing her the true meaning of Love, Family, and the spirit of Hanukkah.
Christmas on Repeat (2022)
A workaholic (Jennifer Taylor) gets stuck in a time loop repeating Christmas Day over and over as she tries to reconnect with her family, while also trying to appease her boss’ (Matthew Lawrence) demands.
All I Want For Christmas (2022)
A newly separated mom (Mariah) gets into numerous wars of words with her ex-husband (David). Their Daughter (Ivy), wanting to re-unite the family, makes a Christmas wish with Santa leading to many hilarious mishaps. Mariah can’t say “no”, and David can’t tell a “lie”. Will this be the Holiday miracle that this family needs to bring them together.
My Christmas Fiance (2022)
(Maya) is working as a Chef for a high-end Resort restaurant in Italy when she is asked by her boss (Penn) to pretend to be his fiancé for the holidays so he can avoid being set up for marriage by his family. Things get complicated when the Chef’s ex-girlfriend (Ashleigh) wants to take over the business by sabotaging the restaurant. It is up to (Maya) to try and save the Restaurant while trying to hide her genuine feelings for (Penn).
Catering Christmas (2022)
New business owner, Molly Frost (Merritt Patterson), is struggling to launch her new catering business when she unexpectedly lands New Hampshire’s biggest event of the year, the Harrison Foundation Christmas Gala. Meanwhile, Carson Harrison (Daniel Lissing), who will be managing the event this year, is the very reluctant heir to his family’s foundation. Carson is a renowned photographer who has spent years jet-setting around the world to avoid taking over the foundation from his Aunt Jean. Molly, a hometown girl who once was the beneficiary of the foundation’s generosity, takes Carson on a journey to learn about all the good his family provides to so many. The discovery inspires Carson to use his artistic gifts to create the most heartwarming fundraiser in the history of the foundation.
Christmas on the Farm (2021)
A New York socialite who fakes her identity to get her book published has to rush back to her deceased mother’s farm when the publisher and her son come to visit their ‘Australian’ author.
A Nasty Piece of Work (2019)
A mid-level corporate employee finds out he’s not getting the Christmas bonus he was expecting, but his boss invites him to earn a promotion by beating his professional rival in a violent competition.
FX’s A Christmas Carol (2019)
Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a dark night of the soul in an original take on Charles Dickens' iconic ghost story.
Arthur Christmas (2011)
When Santa's high-tech Christmas operation misses one child, Santa's son Arthur sets out to complete the Christmas Eve mission the old-fashioned way - via reindeer! A hilarious animated treat!
Premiering on November 15:
Mistletoe & Menorahs (2019)
When a man and a woman make a deal to learn each other’s holiday traditions, they realize they have a lot in common and fall in love.
Premiering on November 18:
An En Vogue Christmas (2015)
The disbanded divas of En Vogue are asked to reunite to perform a benefit Christmas concert to save the club where they became stars.
Premiering on November 24:
A Christmas Winter Song (2019)
Clio (Ashanti) befriends Fred (Stan Shaw), a homeless former jazz singer down on his luck. The two form a special bond over music, and Clio, having just lost her own father, helps Fred reconnect with his own daughter.
Merry Kiss Cam (2022)
When widowed artist JESS and sports-loving bartender DANNY go on a first date at a hockey game, they are embarrassed to find themselves on the kiss cam. But their first kiss proves to be magical in more ways than one, as their team scores a game-winning goal directly after. Now despite having seemingly little in common and both having emotional hurdles that have kept them single in the past, Jess and Danny must continue to attend the team’s games together or risk the wrath of thousands of hockey fans who believe their kisses to be a good luck charm.
Premiering on November 29:
Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)
When a lawyer tries to save the local drive-in movie theater, she is forced to work with the owner – who just happens to be the guy with whom she shared her first kiss – to give her a chance to prove the drive- in’s value by reopening it during the Christmas season.
Premiering on December 1:
I’m Glad It’s Christmas (2022)
CHLOE BOSE has aspirations of becoming a Broadway star, so when the mysterious CORA LAWSON enlists Holly and the talented/handsome store santa, JASON MURPHY, to put on a Christmas musical revue, she sees it as an opportunity to make a splash. But as she and Jason work together, they realize they have more in common than just musical talent...
The Good Witch of Christmas (2022)
In this adorable sequel to “Christmas Thieves,” Frank and Tony are babysitting for Liam and Olivia, while their parents Emma and Peter are out shopping for last-minute Christmas presents. Emma and Peter get into an accident with Santa Claus, and have scared off all of his reindeer. Santa needs to call for back-up and the only person left to save the day is the Christmas Witch. Unbeknownst to Santa, the Christmas Witch has accidentally landed in front of Olivia and Liam’s house, and she has completely lost her memory. Liam, Olivia, Frank and Tony try to find answers for the Witch in the book “Puffins”. Will the Puffins help the Witch remember that she needs to go help Santa in enough time to save Christmas? This heartwarming live-action and animated Christmas film is filled with lots of holiday magic, and is something the whole family will enjoy together.
Premiering on December 9:
It’s a Wonderful Binge (2022)
Like the original film (The Binge, 2020), the sequel is set in a near future where all drinking and drugs are banned except for on one glorious day known as The Binge. This year, that day happens to miraculously land on Christmas. The new holiday adventure will feature magical storybooks, catchy songs, stop-motion animation… and drugs! Lots of them! Merry Bingemas!
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2022-11-15T12:10:43+00:00
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newstalk1290.com
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https://newstalk1290.com/hulu-christmas-movies/
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Manchester United has “initiated appropriate steps” in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s explosive interview with Piers Morgan.
The Premier League club’s legal team was waiting to review the full footage of the 90-minute discussion in which Ronaldo criticized United manager Erik ten Hag, teammates and the owners.
“Manchester United has this morning initiated appropriate steps in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent media interview,” the club said Friday. “We will not be making further comment until this process reaches its conclusion.”
The 37-year-old Ronaldo is in Qatar to play in his fifth World Cup with Portugal. But his future at Old Trafford looks to be over, with the forward’s position widely considered untenable even before the full interview aired on Wednesday and Thursday.
A potential exit has been complicated by the limited number of clubs being able to meet his reported salary of about 500,000 pounds ($590,000) per week. But if he is found to be in breach of contract, a possible outcome could be the cancellation of his deal.
United officials were not aware any interview had taken place and had to wait until it was broadcast on TalkTV before determining the club’s legal position.
United also said it wants the process to be concluded swiftly.
Ronaldo’s comments have added to an acrimonious few months since Ten Hag took charge at the end of last season.
United’s manager already cut the Portugal international him from his squad and forced him to train away from the team when he refused to come on as substitute against Tottenham.
“I think he don’t respect (me) the way I should deserve,” Ronaldo said. “But it is what it is. That is probably why the game against Tottenham, I left. … This is why I say I don’t have respect for him, because he don’t show respect for me.
“This is why we are in that situation. I have to be honest that things are not going well because of that. Because the empathy don’t exist.”
Ronaldo, who failed to secure a move to a Champions League club in the offseason, paved the way for a potential departure in the January transfer window.
“Maybe it’s good for Manchester and probably is good for me as well to have a new chapter,” he said. “Probably. But I don’t know.
“If I will be back, I will be the same Cristiano. But I hope people will be on my side and let me shine like I did at all the clubs and all years.”
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James Robson is at https://twitter.com/jamesalanrobson
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2022-11-19T11:11:06+00:00
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mytwintiers.com
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https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/ap-man-united-begins-appropriate-steps-after-ronaldo-interview/
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — National Copper and Smelting is planning to close its Huntsville and Ardmore, TN. facilities, according to an email obtained by News 19.
In the email, sent by a National Copper H.R. Manager, the company’s parent companies Kothar Group and Cyprum Metals plan to close the National Copper Facilities in Huntsville and Ardmore.
That information had been sent and addressed to other staff members, along with some News 19 employees who were copied on the email after requesting information about the potential closure.
According to the manager, the final day of operation for the plants is scheduled for July 24.
National Copper began operation in 1916 in Cleveland, Ohio, but moved to the Rocket City in 1982. In 1985, a group of investors from Birmingham purchased the assets of the original Ohio corporation.
The company currently operates an over 90,000 square feet facility in Huntsville with various manufacturing capabilities.
It is unclear at this time what has caused the move to close the two facilities or how the closings will affect employees.
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2023-05-30T17:24:51+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/national-copper-closing-huntsville-and-ardmore-plants/
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Late South African President F.W. de Klerk’s Nobel Peace Prize medal has been stolen from his home in Cape Town, his foundation confirmed Wednesday.
De Klerk, South Africa’s last president under apartheid, jointly received the prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993 for their roles in South Africa’s peaceful transition to democracy. Mandela became the country’s first black president in 1994 after serving 27 years in prison.
According to South African media reports, the theft of the medal took place at de Klerk’s home in April, allegedly by a former worker there. Other items, including jewelry, were reported stolen.
De Klerk remained a controversial figure in South Africa until his death in 2021 and faced criticism for comments that apartheid was not a crime against humanity. Before his death, he made a public apology.
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2022-11-10T06:06:47+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/ap-foundation-says-de-klerks-nobel-medal-has-been-stolen/
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It's far too early in the season to do anything drastic with established, core NHL fantasy players. The rankings you relied on a week or two weeks ago to do your draft should be largely unchanged. Early returns mean very little in the scope of an 82-game campaign -- especially compared to the seasons of knowledge someone, or you yourself, used to put the players in order for your draft.
That said, lineup roles that were not fully developed or realized in the offseason is a reason to react now that we have game data to backup or refute prior beliefs.
Marco Rossi getting looks in the Minnesota Wild top six during the preseason? Nothing but an evaluation tool as he cuts his teeth on the fourth line. But Calen Addison managing the blue line on the Wild's top power-play unit? That looks to be for real.
You could even apply the same reaction to other lineup decisions that, while you may have known about them, sounded intangible until you see it in action. Seeing Artturi Lehkonen getting time with Nathan MacKinnon and on the top power play in the preseason is very different from him erupting for two goals in the season opener.
Forward notes
Matthew Tkachuk, W, Florida Panthers (down 12 spots to No. 23): At this stage, Tkachuk is playing separate from Aleksander Barkov at even strength. While this makes sense for the Panthers, it makes him a little less attractive for fantasy. The early returns for Tkachuk are fine and he'll still get power-play time with Barkov, it just takes a tiny bit of the potential shine off for now.
Sidney Crosby, C, Pittsburgh Penguins (up 14 spots to No. 29): What a hot start for the Penguins overall. They can't keep scoring at such a rate, but the fact that Crosby came out on such a tear and that the power play is connecting so well bodes extremely well for the season.
Gabriel Landeskog, W, Colorado Avalanche (down 32 spots to No. 79): Without a timetable for his return, the first concern is exactly when we'll see Landeskog debut this season. But beyond that, Lehkonen has done so well on the top line that the Avs might decide to leave Landeskog to the second unit when he's back.
Mason Marchment, W, Dallas Stars (up 79 spots to No. 134): Coming at the expense of veteran Jamie Benn, Marchment is settled on the Stars second line with Tyler Seguin. Both players have something to prove this season -- Marchment that his 2021-22 wasn't a flash in the pan, and Seguin that his game legs are back to what they were before major surgeries.
Kaapo Kakko, W, New York Rangers (new to top 250 at No. 154): While Vitali Kravtsov lost out on his top-six spot due to an early injury, Kakko has held on and made some strides as we go. Through three games, he's posted seven shots but that spikes to 13 for his individual Corsi for. He's playing with Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider, and Kakko skated 17 minutes in the Rangers last outing.
Kaapo Kakko lights the lamp vs. Devils
Kaapo Kakko lights the lamp vs. Devils
Jason Zucker, W, Pittsburgh Penguins (new to top 250 at No. 206): A healthy Zucker plus a healthy Evgeni Malkin has combined for extreme scoring opportunities through two games. Aside from the three points, Zucker has six shots, six hits and even a pair of blocked shots.
Gabriel Vilardi, C, Los Angeles Kings (new to top 250 at No. 229): The Kings third line has posted three goals at five-on-five and allowed none. Vilardi, Quinton Byfield and Alex Iafallo have managed 21 shot attempts at even strength through three games. You should track down the highlight of Vilardi's first-period goal against the Wild on Saturday to see some of the skill the whole line put on display.
Jonathan Toews, C, Chicago Blackhawks (new to top 250 at No. 238): The offseason narrative was that Toews was coming back with a vengeance after a weak showing in 2021-22 that followed him skipping the entire 2020-21 season. So far, so good. Skating with Taylor Raddysh and Tyler Johnson at even strength, while also getting power-play looks, Toews has 6.7 fantasy points through two games.
Eeli Tolvanen, W, Nashville Predators (new to top 250 at No. 248): While Kieffer Sherwood got the role for the two games in Europe (that the Predators won), it was Tolvanen lined up in the final top-six spot for the two games against the Stars (that the Predators lost). Given the results of the two games, it's not clear if Tolvanen will get to keep playing with Ryan Johansen and Nino Niederreiter, but he did a lot more individually with the role than Sherwood did.
Defense notes
Rasmus Dahlin, D, Buffalo Sabres (up 15 spots to No. 58): Twenty-five minutes per game through two contests and two goals on eight shots. Dahlin is showing early signs of the hoped-for breakout.
Ivan Provorov, D, Philadelphia Flyers (up 13 spots to No. 71): How about nine shots, nine hits and 11 blocked shots through two games? You could set aside the three assists that Provorov has notched and be OK with this kind of production.
Justin Schultz, D, Seattle Kraken (new to top 250 at No. 167): Through three games, the Kraken have five goals on 13 power-play opportunities. Schultz leads the team in power-play ice time and has posted two helpers on the advantage as the quarterback for the top unit.
Goaltender notes
Logan Thompson, G, Vegas Golden Knights (new to top 250 at No. 116): Once it was determined Robin Lehner would miss the whole season, Thompson quickly emerged as the only real choice to tend twine for the Golden Knights this season. While we may have to remember to wonder whether he'll have the stamina later in the season, he should be locked and loaded on fantasy rosters for the time being.
Ville Husso, G, Detroit Red Wings (up 51 spots to No. 142): Shutting out the Canadiens isn't exactly something to crow about, but the Red Wings defense looked solid. Husso only had to make four saves classified as high danger, so we'll want to see him in a tougher matchup.
Carter Hart, G, Philadelphia Flyers (new to top 250 at No. 189): While the wins column looks great at the moment, it's concerning that the Flyers are 31st in the league in Corsi for percentage. Two things make Hart interesting for fantasy: 1) Coach John Tortorella might have this team win more games than expected by capitalizing on key moments; 2) If Hart is going to be extra busy, that means they don't have to win quite as many for him to still find value.
ESPN top-250 rankings
1. Connor McDavid, C, Edm (F1)
2. Auston Matthews, C, Tor (F2)
3. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR (G1)
4. Leon Draisaitl, LW, Edm (F3)
5. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TB (F4)
6. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TB (G2)
7. Kirill Kaprizov, LW, Min (F5)
8. Victor Hedman, D, TB (D1)
9. Nathan MacKinnon, C, Col (F6)
10. Roman Josi, D, Nsh (D2)
11. Cale Makar, D, Col (D3)
12. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI (G3)
13. Connor Hellebuyck, G, Wpg (G4)
14. Mitchell Marner, RW, Tor (F7)
15. Mikko Rantanen, RW, Col (F8)
16. Steven Stamkos, C, TB (F9)
17. Jacob Markstrom, G, Cgy (G5)
18. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (F10)
19. Alex Ovechkin, LW, Wsh (F11)
20. Aleksander Barkov, C, Fla (F12)
21. J.T. Miller, C, Van (F13)
22. Kyle Connor, LW, Wpg (F14)
23. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, Fla (F15)
24. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, Cgy (F16)
25. Jack Hughes, C, NJ (F17)
26. Alex DeBrincat, LW, Ott (F18)
27. Jake Oettinger, G, Dal (G6)
28. Moritz Seider, D, Det (D4)
29. Sidney Crosby, C, Pit (F19)
30. Juuse Saros, G, Nsh (G7)
31. Timo Meier, RW, SJ (F20)
32. Jake Guentzel, LW, Pit (F21)
33. Adam Fox, D, NYR (D5)
34. John Carlson, D, Wsh (D6)
35. Sebastian Aho, C, Car (F22)
36. Aaron Ekblad, D, Fla (D7)
37. David Pastrnak, RW, Bos (F23)
38. Elias Lindholm, RW, Cgy (F24)
39. Brady Tkachuk, LW, Ott (F25)
40. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR (F26)
41. Seth Jones, D, Chi (D8)
42. Elias Pettersson, C, Van (F27)
43. Tristan Jarry, G, Pit (G8)
44. Filip Forsberg, LW, Nsh (F28)
45. Darcy Kuemper, G, Wsh (G9)
46. Jack Eichel, C, Vgk (F29)
47. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, StL (F30)
48. Jack Campbell, G, Edm (G10)
49. Roope Hintz, C, Dal (F31)
50. John Tavares, C, Tor (F32)
51. Brent Burns, D, Car (D9)
52. William Nylander, RW, Tor (F33)
53. Alex Pietrangelo, D, Vgk (D10)
54. Patrik Laine, RW, Cls (F34)
55. Jacob Trouba, D, NYR (D11)
56. Evander Kane, LW, Edm (F35)
57. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJ (D12)
58. Rasmus Dahlin, D, Buf (D13)
59. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, Cls (F36)
60. Noah Dobson, D, NYI (D14)
61. Artemi Panarin, LW, NYR (F37)
62. Sam Reinhart, RW, Fla (F38)
63. Andrei Svechnikov, LW, Car (F39)
64. Darnell Nurse, D, Edm (D15)
65. Frederik Andersen, G, Car (G11)
66. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C, Wpg (F40)
67. Josh Norris, C, Ott (F41)
68. Dylan Larkin, C, Det (F42)
69. Kevin Fiala, C, LA (F43)
70. Patrick Kane, RW, Chi (F44)
71. Ivan Provorov, D, Phi (D16)
72. Anze Kopitar, C, LA (F45)
73. Tage Thompson, C, Buf (F46)
74. Tyler Toffoli, RW, Cgy (F47)
75. Mark Scheifele, C, Wpg (F48)
76. Nick Suzuki, C, Mon (F49)
77. Matt Duchene, C, Nsh (F50)
78. Jason Robertson, LW, Dal (F51)
79. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, Col (F52)
80. Tomas Hertl, C, SJ (F53)
81. Adrian Kempe, C, LA (F54)
82. Zach Werenski, D, Cls (D17)
83. Michael Bunting, LW, Tor (F55)
84. Robert Thomas, C, StL (F56)
85. Mark Stone, RW, Vgk (F57)
86. Patrice Bergeron, C, Bos (F58)
87. Morgan Rielly, D, Tor (D18)
88. Matty Beniers, C, Sea (F59)
89. Kris Letang, D, Pit (D19)
90. Pavel Buchnevich, RW, StL (F60)
91. Mikhail Sergachev, D, TB (D20)
92. Tony DeAngelo, D, Phi (D21)
93. Teuvo Teravainen, RW, Car (F61)
94. Nazem Kadri, C, Cgy (F62)
95. MacKenzie Weegar, D, Cgy (D22)
96. Drake Batherson, C, Ott (F63)
97. Trevor Zegras, C, Ana (F64)
98. Boone Jenner, C, Cls (F65)
99. Jonathan Marchessault, LW, Vgk (F66)
100. Rasmus Andersson, D, Cgy (D23)
101. Mats Zuccarello, RW, Min (F67)
102. Matt Boldy, LW, Min (F68)
103. Josh Morrissey, D, Wpg (D24)
104. Alec Martinez, D, Vgk (D25)
105. Logan Couture, C, SJ (F69)
106. Drew Doughty, D, LA (D26)
107. Tim Stutzle, LW, Ott (F70)
108. Cole Caufield, RW, Mon (F71)
109. Bo Horvat, C, Van (F72)
110. Shea Theodore, D, Vgk (D27)
111. Jordan Binnington, G, StL (G12)
112. Troy Terry, C, Ana (F73)
113. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW, Wpg (F74)
114. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, Ari (D28)
115. Travis Konecny, RW, Phi (F75)
116. Logan Thompson, G, Vgk (G13)
117. Mikael Granlund, LW, Nsh (F76)
118. Artturi Lehkonen, LW, Col (F77)
119. Jordan Kyrou, C, StL (F78)
120. Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW, Sea (F79)
121. Bryan Rust, RW, Pit (F80)
122. Joe Pavelski, RW, Dal (F81)
123. Evgeni Malkin, C, Pit (F82)
124. John Klingberg, D, Ana (D29)
125. Thatcher Demko, G, Van (G14)
126. Devon Toews, D, Col (D30)
127. Jesper Bratt, RW, NJ (F83)
128. Alex Tuch, RW, Buf (F84)
129. Blake Wheeler, RW, Wpg (F85)
130. Claude Giroux, LW, Ott (F86)
131. Justin Faulk, D, StL (D31)
132. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, Fla (G15)
133. Vincent Trocheck, C, NYR (F87)
134. Mason Marchment, LW, Dal (F88)
135. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, Wsh (F89)
136. Quinn Hughes, D, Van (D32)
137. Nico Hischier, C, NJ (F90)
138. Brock Nelson, C, NYI (F91)
139. Tyler Seguin, C, Dal (F92)
140. Rickard Rakell, C, Pit (F93)
141. Brayden Point, C, TB (F94)
142. Ville Husso, G, Det (G16)
143. Colton Parayko, D, StL (D33)
144. Ryan Johansen, C, Nsh (F95)
145. Tyler Bertuzzi, LW, Det (F96)
146. Valeri Nichushkin, RW, Col (F97)
147. David Perron, RW, Det (F98)
148. Adam Larsson, D, Sea (D34)
149. Miro Heiskanen, D, Dal (D35)
150. Jakob Chychrun, D, Ari (D36)
151. Ryan Hartman, RW, Min (F99)
152. Taylor Hall, LW, Bos (F100)
153. David Krejci, C, Bos (F101)
154. Kaapo Kakko, RW, NYR (F102)
155. Brock Boeser, RW, Van (F103)
156. Nino Niederreiter, RW, Nsh (F104)
157. Ryan Pulock, D, NYI (D37)
158. John Gibson, G, Ana (G17)
159. Andre Burakovsky, LW, Sea (F105)
160. Ryan O'Reilly, C, StL (F106)
161. Jeff Skinner, LW, Buf (F107)
162. Phil Kessel, RW, Vgk (F108)
163. Marcus Foligno, LW, Min (F109)
164. Petr Mrazek, G, Chi (G18)
165. Jeremy Swayman, G, Bos (G19)
166. Evan Bouchard, D, Edm (D38)
167. Justin Schultz, D, Sea (D39)
168. Viktor Arvidsson, RW, LA (F110)
169. Andrew Mangiapane, LW, Cgy (F111)
170. Jeff Petry, D, Pit (D40)
171. Martin Necas, C, Car (F112)
172. Joel Eriksson Ek, C, Min (F113)
173. Esa Lindell, D, Dal (D41)
174. Ryan Strome, C, Ana (F114)
175. Thomas Chabot, D, Ott (D42)
176. Phillip Danault, C, LA (F115)
177. Alexander Romanov, D, NYI (D43)
178. Chandler Stephenson, C, Vgk (F116)
179. Anton Lundell, C, Fla (F117)
180. Seth Jarvis, C, Car (F118)
181. Nick Schmaltz, C, Ari (F119)
182. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (F120)
183. Zach Hyman, LW, Edm (F121)
184. Lucas Raymond, LW, Det (F122)
185. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C, Edm (F123)
186. Brad Marchand, LW, Bos (F124)
187. Andrew Copp, C, Det (F125)
188. Noah Hanifin, D, Cgy (D44)
189. Carter Hart, G, Phi (G20)
190. Neal Pionk, D, Wpg (D45)
191. Jaccob Slavin, D, Car (D46)
192. Jakub Vrana, C, Det (F126)
193. Vince Dunn, D, Sea (D47)
194. Andrei Kuzmenko, LW, Van (F127)
195. Kevin Hayes, C, Phi (F128)
196. Ben Chiarot, D, Det (D48)
197. Anthony Mantha, RW, Wsh (F129)
198. Alex Nedeljkovic, G, Det (G21)
199. Tyson Barrie, D, Edm (D49)
200. Brayden Schenn, C, StL (F130)
201. Clayton Keller, C, Ari (F131)
202. Brandon Tanev, LW, Sea (F132)
203. Alex Killorn, LW, TB (F133)
204. Hampus Lindholm, D, Bos (D50)
205. Brayden McNabb, D, Vgk (D51)
206. Jason Zucker, LW, Pit (F134)
207. Damon Severson, D, NJ (D52)
208. Anders Lee, LW, NYI (F135)
209. Jake Allen, G, Mon (G22)
210. Victor Olofsson, RW, Buf (F136)
211. Christopher Tanev, D, Cgy (D53)
212. Cam Atkinson, RW, Phi (F137)
213. Sam Bennett, LW, Fla (F138)
214. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, C, Car (F139)
215. Luke Kunin, C, SJ (F140)
216. Pavel Zacha, C, Bos (F141)
217. T.J. Oshie, RW, Wsh (F142)
218. Radko Gudas, D, Fla (D54)
219. Ilya Samsonov, G, Tor (G23)
220. Jared McCann, LW, Sea (F143)
221. Cam Talbot, G, Ott (G24)
222. Alexis Lafreniere, LW, NYR (F144)
223. Erik Karlsson, D, SJ (D55)
224. Spencer Knight, G, Fla (G25)
225. Travis Sanheim, D, Phi (D56)
226. Ryan Graves, D, NJ (D57)
227. Rasmus Ristolainen, D, Phi (D58)
228. Mario Ferraro, D, SJ (D59)
229. Gabriel Vilardi, C, LA (F145)
230. Filip Chytil, RW, NYR (F146)
231. Kailer Yamamoto, RW, Edm (F147)
232. Matt Dumba, D, Min (D60)
233. David Savard, D, Mon (D61)
234. Brandon Montour, D, Fla (D62)
235. Jake Sanderson, D, Ott (D63)
236. Dmitry Orlov, D, Wsh (D64)
237. Connor Murphy, D, Chi (D65)
238. Jonathan Toews, C, Chi (F148)
239. Marc-Andre Fleury, G, Min (G26)
240. Ryan McDonagh, D, Nsh (D66)
241. Sean Durzi, D, LA (D67)
242. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, C, NYI (F149)
243. Antti Raanta, G, Car (G27)
244. Torey Krug, D, StL (D68)
245. Tyler Motte, C, Ott (F150)
246. K'Andre Miller, D, NYR (D69)
247. Brandon Hagel, LW, TB (F151)
248. Eeli Tolvanen, LW, Nsh (F152)
249. Alexandar Georgiev, G, Col (G28)
250. Tyler Johnson, C, Chi (F153)
Just missed
Cole Perfetti, W, Winnipeg Jets -- playing with Blake Wheeler and Pierre-Luc Dubois.
Max Domi, W ,Chicago Blackhawks -- a linemate to Patrick Kane.
Jaden Schwartz, W, Seattle Kraken -- line with Alex Wennberg and Oliver Bjorkstrand has 37 shot attempts at even strength through three games.
Bowen Byram, D, Colorado Avalanche -- a little more ice time would be nice, but the early returns are good on a per-minute basis.
Josh Anderson, W, Montreal Canadiens -- the line is getting overwhelmed a bit from a possession standpoint, but Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Anderson have the most talent for the Habs.
Jeff Carter, C, Pittsburgh Penguins -- outside the top six, but still getting secondary power-play time.
Reilly Smith, W, Vegas Golden Knights -- in 26 minutes together, Jack Eichel, Phil Kessel and Smith have posted 42 shot attempts and only have 25 against at even strength.
Gustav Nyquist, W, Columbus Blue Jackets -- looking like the top candidate for the moment to replace Patrik Laine on the top line with Johnny Gaudreau.
Dylan Strome, C/W, Washington Capitals -- locked in to both a top-six role and a spot on the top power-play unit.
Carter Verhaeghe, W, Florida Panthers -- hopefully he just needs time to ramp up production on the top line with Aleksander Barkov.
Vitali Kravtsov, W, New York Rangers -- back at practice in a non-contact jersey, Kravstov opened the season with Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck until he was hurt.
Dawson Mercer, W, New Jersey Devils -- the one constant on Jack Hughes' wing through two games has been Mercer.
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Court dispositions: June 20-June 28, 2022
Published 8:00 pm Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Freeborn County District Court
June 20
Cody Scott Hanna, 39, 826 S. Fourth Ave., Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – driving after revocation. Fees $280.
Benita Velez, 33, 118 Front St. SE, Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – driver must carry proof of insurance. Dismissed when conditions met. Supervised probation for one year. Diversion program for one year. Fees $75.
Jordan Faye Johnson, 35, 110 Fourth St., Lyle. Count 1: Traffic – driving after revocation. Dismissed when conditions met. Supervised probation for one year. Diversion program for one year. Fees $75.
Tramale Traymond Pitchford, 21, 24248 534th Ave., Austin. Count 1: Traffic – no Minnesota driver’s license. Fees $180.
June 21
Joseph Manasseh Johnson, 28, 1034 S. Broadway, Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – driving after revocation. Fees $280.
Christopher Terrill Thomas, 38, 30 Third St., Twin Lakes. Count 1: Traffic – driving after revocation. Fees $280.
Mateo Pedro Dionicio, 24, 652 Orange St., Elgin, IL. Count 1: Drivers license – driving without a valid license for vehicle class or type. Fees $180.
Adam Jeremiah Holm, 25, 1063 Wilson Ave., Saint Paul. Count 1: Theft – take, use or transfer movable property – no consent. Local confinement for 90 days, credit for 80 served. Fees $130.
Nathanial Alan Meyer, 30, 1311 6th St. NW, Austin. Count 1: Traffic – driving after suspension. Fees $280.
Timothy Allen Banister, 26, Stratford, IA. Count 1: Traffic – no proof of motor vehicle insurance. Fees $280.
Erica Lyne Gaysue, 23, 5910 Covington Ln., Minnetonka, MI. Count 1: Traffic – speeding 94/70. Fees $220.
Jermaine Damar Hall, 22, 2512 W. Main St., Rochester. Traffic – speeding 101/70. Fees $380. Count 2: Drugs – marijuana in motor vehicle greater than 1.4 grams. Fees $150. Count 3: Traffic – driving after revocation. Fees $200.
Juan Carlos Lazaro-Merino, 36, 2508 Bayview South Knl., Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – speeding 84/70. Fees $120. Count 2: Traffic – no Minnesota driver’s license. Fees $100.
Henry Amilcar Lopez Martinez, 36, 12334 Antoine Dr., Houston, TX. Count 1: Traffic – no Minnesota driver’s license. Fees $180.
June 22
Jared Alan Anderson Olson, 27, 1602 Garfield Ave., Albert Lea. Count 1: Drugs – fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance – gross misdemeanor. Statutory stay of adjudication. Supervised probation for one year. Fees $75. Count 2: Traffic – open container in motor vehicle. Dismissed. Count 3: Unlawful use of unregistered vehicle plates. Dismissed.
Dajuan Tru Abrego, 19, 911 S. Newton Ave., Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – no Minnesota driver’s license. Fees $180. Count 2: Marijuana in motor vehicle less than 1.4 grams. $50.
Heather Rae Beckius, 44, 121 W. Hawthorne St., Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – driving after revocation. Fees $280.
Matthew Charles Calmes, 24, 7720 Fourth Ave. S., Richfield. Count 1: Traffic – driving after revocation. Fees $280. Count 2: Expired registration. Fees $30.
Charles William Gray, 72, 1 N. Jamestown Way, Aurora, CO. Count 1: Traffic – wrong class – no endorsement. Fees $180.
Jose Enrique Valazquez Quintero, 24, 9201 Nicollet Ave. S., Bloomington. Count 1: Traffic – speeding 80/70. Fees $140. Count 2: Count 1: Traffic – no Minnesota driver’s license. Fees $100.
Bradley Kent Arends, 63, 217 South Lane, Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – failure to yield to vehicle/pedestrian. Fees $130. Count 2: Traffic – failure to stop for traffic control signal. $50.
Cory Wayne Doyle, 30, 2205 Bridge Ave., Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – driving after suspension. Fees $280.
Spencer Adam Ewards, 32, Woden, IA. Count 1: Receiving stolen property. Local confinement for 90 days, stay 90 days. Supervised probation for one year. Fees $230.
Ashley Marie White, 33, Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee. Count 1: Drugs – fifth-degree felony possession of a controlled substance. Commit to Commissioner of Corrections – adult MN Correctional Facility-Shakopee for 17 months. Fees $130. Count 2: Drugs – fifth-degree felony possession of a controlled substance. Dismissed. Count 3: Drugs – misdemeanor unlawful possession of hypodermic syringe or needle. Dismissed.
Cory Craig Bailey, 39, Geneva. 8/26/21 offense. Count 1: Stalking – felony. Dismissed. Count 2: Domestic assault – felony. Commit to Commissioner of Corrections – adult MN Correctional Facility-St. Cloud for 18 months. Concurrent with other cases. 10/27/21 offense. Count 1: Domestic abuse no contact order violation – felony. Commit to Commissioner of Corrections – adult MN Correctional Facility-St. Cloud for 21 months. Fees $205. 9/19/21 offense. Count 1: Domestic abuse no contact order violation. Commit to Commissioner of Corrections – adult MN Correctional Facility-St. Cloud for 21 months.
Lee Thomas Huston, 31, 335 First Ave. SW, Wells. Count 1: Traffic – driving after revocation. Fees $280. Count 2: Traffic – driver who is no owner must later produce proof of insurance. Fees $200.
Christa Marie Ryan, 33, 109 Aspen Ave. N., New Richland. Count 1: Traffic – duty to drive with due care – speed greater than reasonable. Local confinement for 30 days, stay 30 days. Supervised probation for one year. Restitution $29,450. Fees $380.
June 24
Ulises Ojeda Vargas, 35, 422 Euclid Ave., Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – driving after suspension. Fees $280. Count 2: Traffic – child passenger restraint system not equipped and installed. Fees $50. Count 3: Traffic – child passenger restraint system not equipped and installed. Fees $50.
Jose Coyomani, 49, 830 Newton Ave. S, Albert Lea. Count 1: Drivers license – expiration of drivers license – over 21. Fees $180.
Paco Arreola Lozada, 57, 8500 Elliot Ave. S, Bloomington. Count 1: Traffic – speeding 79/70. Fees $120. Count 2: Traffic – no Minnesota driver’s license. Fees $100.
Alan Blake Cloutier, 44, Clarks Grove. Count 1: Traffic – driving after suspension. Fees $280.
Amber Dawn Keasling, 35, 9356 Lake St., West Des Moines, IA. Count 1: Traffic – speeding 95/70. Fees $220.
June 27
Marco Antonio Alquicira, 50, 217 Charlotte Ave., Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – driving after revocation. Fees $280.
Crescencio Fransisco Alvarez-Rosas, 40, 310 W. Third St., Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – unauthorized use of a parking certificate for physically disabled. Fees $580. Count 2: Traffic – driving after revocation. Fees $200.
Timothy Brian Mann, 47, 2004 E. Main St., Albert Lea. 7/9/19 offense. Count 1: Prostitution – engage in a public place – gross misdemeanor. Local confinement for 365 days, stay 335 days. Serve as work release. Supervised probation for two years. Fees $1,580. Consecutive with other cases. Local confinement for 23 days, credit for two days served. Count 2: Prostitution – hire or agree to hire in a public place – gross misdemeanor. Dismissed. 5/29/19 offense. Count 1: Attempted fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct – gross misdemeanor. Local confinement for 180 days, stay 150 days. Serve as work release. Supervised probation for two years. Fees $980. Local confinement for 23 days, credit for two days served. Count 2: Prostitution. Dismissed.
Javen Juan Moreno, 20, 607 Edgewood Ave., Albert Lea. Count 1: Theft – take, use or transfer movable property – no consent. Dismissed when conditions met. Supervised probation for one year. Restitution $46.22. Fees $75. Diversion program for one year.
Dylan James Kroupa, 29, 716 Lincoln Ave., Albert Lea. Count 1: Traffic – driving after suspension. Fees $280.
Dane Adam Sorensen, 34, 78467 Co. Rd. 46, Albert Lea. Count 1: Drivers license – driving without a valid license for vehicle class or type. Fees $180. Count 2: Traffic – driver must carry proof of insurance when operating vehicle. Fees $200.
Dalton Joshua VonHagen, 22, 728 Larimore Cir., Albert Lea. Count 1: Felony possession of child pornography. Stay of imposition. Supervised probation for five years. Local confinement for six days, credit for six days served. Fees $130. Count 2: Felony possession of child pornography. Dismissed. Count 3: Felony possession of child pornography. Dismissed. Count 4: Felony possession of child pornography. Dismissed. Count 5: Felony possession of child pornography. Dismissed. Count 6: Felony possession of child pornography. Dismissed. Count 7: Felony possession of child pornography. Dismissed. Count 8: Felony possession of child pornography. Dismissed. Count 9: Felony possession of child pornography. Dismissed. Count 10: Felony possession of child pornography. Dismissed. Stay of imposition. Supervised probation for five years. Local confinement for six days, credit for six days served. Fees $130.
Michael Alexander McLean, 31, 45 Indian Hills Dr., Circle Pines. Count 1: Traffic – driving after suspension. Fees $205.
June 28
Tyler David Paulson, 29, 504 12 Ave.NE, Kasson. Count 1: Assault – fifth-degree misdemeanor. Supervised probation for six months.
Ariana Morales Lopez, 31, 906 St. Peter Ave., Albert Lea. Count 1: Drivers license – driving without a valid license for vehicle class or type. Fees $180.
Mohammad Ahmed Zubair, 33, 15858 Grand Plaza, Omaha. Count 1: Traffic – speeding 90/70. Fees $220.
Kenneth Michael Thiel, 41, 1823 13th Ave., Friendship, WI. Count 1: Traffic – speed excess speed in work zone 68/55. Fees $380.
The Tribune publishes all convictions where the financial obligation to the court is $180 or greater, or resulted in jail time, probation or community service.
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PHOENIX – Arizona's Republican attorney general has issued an opinion saying county officials can hand-count all ballots in at least five races from the Nov. 8 election, a move that gives a green light to GOP officials in at least two counties who have been clamoring for hand counts.
The efforts to hand-count ballots are driven by unfounded concerns among some Republicans that problems with vote-counting machines or voter fraud led to former President Donald Trump's 2020 defeat.
The new attorney general opinion led the two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County board of supervisors to boost their plan to hand-count some races in both early and Election Day ballots. They had pledged to pare back the effort on Wednesday.
Under state law, the local leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties would have to provide hundreds of volunteers to do the counts.
At a fiery meeting Friday, Democratic Supervisor Ann English said she'll do everything she can to stop the county Democratic Party chair from providing those workers.
“It would be my fondest hope, that if I have any authority, any way that I can convince the chair of the Democratic party in Cochise County not to provide people for this fiasco that will be my intent,” English said. “Because I think that every day that we’re discussing this, then people are wondering 'what’s wrong with our elections.' ”
That comment came after GOP Supervisor Peggy Judd said she wanted to move ahead, and Republican Supervisor Tom Crosby pushed back strongly on English's opposition and effort to halt the full count.
“I’m OK talking about how this will be done, but all you want to do is make it not get done,” Crosby said. "So, I’m not interested in that discussion — I’m interested in the discussion of how it will get done.”
The Cochise County Democratic Party referred inquiries about whether they would send volunteers for the expanded hand count to the state party on Saturday. Arizona Democratic Party spokeswoman Morgan Dick said party officials are consulting with their attorneys on the issue.
The county party did post on its Facebook page Saturday, saying they were “beyond disappointed in yesterday’s circus of a meeting.”
“Judd, Crosby and (county Recorder David) Stevens are hell bent on appeasing MAGA election deniers instead of doing what’s right for our county,” the post continued.
The hand count would take place along with the machine count, and the machine count will be used for the legal results.
The informal opinion issued Friday by Attorney General Mark Brnovich's office came as the board has been battling with Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. She warned officials there not to expand the required small hand count to all races because it was illegal. Hobbs is the state's top election official and is running for governor.
Hobbs did give them the OK to hand-count all Election Day ballots in four races, but she said it would be illegal to do so for early votes, which make up more than 80% of ballots in the state. Normal hand-count audits required under law to ensure accuracy of ballot counting machines cover only a small percentage of ballots.
The opinion from Brnovich's deputy solicitor general said the county may hand-count all the ballots in as many as five races.
Hobbs' office said they disagreed and that the law does not allow it for early ballots.
"With early voting well under way and less than two weeks from election day, these antics are doing nothing more than creating chaos and confusion around the election and tabulation of ballots, which is wildly irresponsible,” a statement from Hobbs' office said.
Supervisors in Pinal County, a much larger and growing suburban area just south of metro Phoenix's Maricopa County, also have been considering a hand count. Both boards have meetings planned for next week to discuss the issue.
The elected Republican county attorneys in both jurisdictions have warned their respective boards there is no legal authority to expand a hand-count of ballots.
"It would be illegal at this point to do a full hand count,” Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer told his board on Wednesday.
Cochise County Attorney Brian McIntyre has told the board he also believes a full hand count is illegal and said the board and county Recorder David Stevens would need to find outside attorneys if they went ahead. He repeated that Friday, after Supervisor Judd said Brnovich had given the go-ahead.
He also noted that the effort runs afoul of a legal doctrine set up by the U.S. Supreme Court that says election rules and procedures can't be changed close to an election.
An effort to hand count ballots in rural Nevada's Nye County has been beset with issues, including slow counts and a legal challenge that forced the effort to halt on Thursday night. Officials in the GOP-led county pledged to restart their effort as soon as they can.
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