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BRAZOS COUNTY, Texas — New economic indicator numbers showcase the rising quarterly housing market in the twin cities.
Many people are seeing housing market prices go up. Lenzy Prewitt, a Brazos County resident shares what she’s facing as she searches for her next home.
”I’m seeing a lot of things increasing like most of the one-bedrooms that are possibly available if you were looking are 800 and up, a lot of your cheaper apartments are taken,” said Prewitt.
Broker Bret Richards with Coleman and Patterson real-estate agrees.
”We know that housing has gone up for a couple of reasons, number one - new housing has gone up because the cost of supplies have gone up. You know it just costs more to build a new home right now than it did even one year or two years ago,” said Richards.
The Brazos Valley Economic Development Corporations recent indicator report shows that in over 18 months the median listing price index has increased 36 percent.
”You know that number was somewhere between $230 or $250 for the median house, if you were to go out and buy a house and now in June 2022 we’re talking about somewhere in the neighborhood of $350 or $360 that’s quite an increase over two years,” said Richards.
And according to their findings, some houses are selling for more than the listing price.
”Drastically changed at least 50 to 100 more, I know when I was looking ... there was more housing available. Honestly like now is like scrapping barel and trying to find a place,” said Prewitt.
Prewitt compares her housing search from a year ago today and she explains a major difference.
“It’s very stressful, I find myself being anxious and worried that I'm not going to be able to find another place and I'm going to be homeless,” said Prewitt.
Richards said being aligned with the proper professionals could be helpful in the search for your future home.
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Justice Dept. releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released a partially blacked out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate this month, when agents removed top secret government records and other classified documents. The 32-page affidavit, even in its redacted form, contains additional details about an ongoing criminal investigation that has brought fresh legal peril for Trump just as he lays the groundwork for another presidential run. Among other things, the affidavit says 14 of the 15 boxes recovered from Mar-a-Lago earlier this year contained documents with classification markings.
Powell: Fed's inflation fight could bring 'pain,' job losses
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark message Friday: The Fed is determined to fight inflation with more sharp interest rate hikes, which will likely cause pain for Americans in the form of a weaker economy and job losses. “These are the unfortunate costs of reducing inflation,” Powell said in a high-profile speech at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole. “But a failure to restore price stability would mean far greater pain.” Investors had been hoping for a signal from Powell that the Fed might soon moderate its rate increases later this year if inflation were to show further signs of easing. But the Fed chair indicated that that time may not be near.
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Fears of a radiation leak mount near Ukrainian nuclear plant
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities have begun distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe. The move came a day after the plant was temporarily knocked offline because of what officials said was fire damage to a transmission line. The incident heightened dread of a nuclear disaster in a country still haunted by the 1986 disaster at Chernobyl.
Britain to see 80% spike in energy bills as crisis deepens
LONDON (AP) — British residents will see an 80% increase in their annual household energy bills. The U.K.’s energy regulator announced Friday that costs will go from 1,971 pounds a year to 3,549 pounds in October. It follows a record 54% annual spike in April. The costs are roiling the British economy, which has the highest inflation rate among the Group of Seven wealthiest democracies and seen disruptive strikes for months as workers push for pay to keep pace with the increasingly expensive cost of living. Charities, public health leaders and even energy firms warn of catastrophic effects on poorer people already struggling to afford essentials.
Secret Service recovers $286M in stolen pandemic loans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service said Friday that it has recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic loans and is returning the money to the Small Business Administration. An investigation initiated by the Secret Service’s Orlando office found that alleged conspirators submitted Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications by using fake or stolen employment and personal information. They then used an online bank to conceal and move their criminal proceeds. The Secret Service worked with the bank to identify roughly 15,000 accounts and seize $286 million connected to the accounts.
Herschel Walker skips details in bid to oust Raphael Warnock
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker has plenty to say about how his Democratic rival, Sen. Raphael Warnock, does his job in Washington. But Walker is considerably less revealing about what he’d do with the role himself. Walker tags Warnock as a yes-man for President Joe Biden, yet when asked for concrete alternatives to what he calls “the Biden-Warnock agenda,” Walker defaults mostly to generalities or turns questions around. The broader approach tracks the way many challengers — including Warnock two years ago — try to put incumbents on the defensive. But Walker’s rendition is testing the bounds of that strategy as Democrats accuse him of being unfit for high office.
Student loan relief highlights burden on Black borrowers
On average Black borrowers carry a heavier burden of student loan debt than white borrowers. The disparity reflects a racial wealth gap in the U.S. — one that some advocates say the debt relief plan does not do enough to narrow. One in four Black borrowers would see their debt cleared entirely under the administration’s plan, which cancels $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. Wisdom Cole, national director of the NAACP Youth & College Division, said more work needs to be done to make higher education accessible and affordable.
Some cities could be left behind on lead pipe replacements
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal infrastructure bill signed last year provides $15 billion to help communities find and replace lead water pipes. But many cities don’t know where their lead pipes are. Some states have prepared for the money doing surveys so they can quickly dig up the pipes when they get it. Others have not yet located their lead problems. If they delay, cities could lose out on the money. Lead exposure can lower IQ, stunt development and cause behavior problems in children. There are millions of lead pipes underground, concentrated mostly in the Midwest and Northeast.
Biden calls abortion restrictions 'beyond the pale'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked Women's Equality Day by blasting abortion restrictions as “beyond the pale.” He spoke during a Friday meeting with state and local leaders at the White House. Republican-led states have been tightening their restrictions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide, and Democrats are trying to harness outrage over the issue in this year's midterm elections. “You’re going to hear women roar on this issue, and it’s going to be consequential,” Biden said.
New this week: 'Lord of the Rings' prequel, 'Honk for Jesus'
This week’s new entertainment releases include fresh albums from Yungblud and Megadeth, a documentary that delves into the extraordinary life of explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown star in “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul,” a satirical comedy about a Southern Baptist megachurch. The week's biggest release will be the eight-part “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” an Amazon Prime Video prequel to “The Lord of the Rings,” which debuts on the heels of HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” which is set two centuries before “Game of Thrones.”
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NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was assaulted by a man who apparently tried to stab him at an upstate event Thursday but the congressman escaped serious injury.
"I'm OK," Zeldin said in a statement. "Fortunately, I was able to grab his wrist and stop him for a few moments until others tackled him."
Zeldin's campaign said the attacker was taken into custody and the congressman continued his speech. He is challenging incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul this November.
The attacker climbed onto a low stage where the congressman spoke to a crowd of dozens outside Rochester, flanked by bales of hay and American flags. A video posted on Twitter shows the two falling to the ground as other people try to intervene.
Among those who helped to subdue the attacker was Zeldin's running mate, former New York Police Department Deputy Inspector Alison Esposito, said state GOP Chair Nick Langworthy.
Langworthy told The Associated Press that he didn't have any details on the attacker or his weapon but exchanged text messages with Zeldin afterward while the congressman was speaking to police.
"He is fine. He's not seriously injured. It's just a chaotic scene there," Langworthy said. He said Zeldin had "just a little scrape" but it wasn't what anyone would consider an injury.
In a statement, Hochul condemned the attack and said she was "relieved to hear that Congressman Zeldin was not injured and that the suspect is in custody."
Deputy Brendan Hurley, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokesperson, gave a statement to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle that said the office "is aware of an incident at the speech of gubernatorial candidate Zeldin this evening. A suspect is in custody and Major Crimes is investigating."
Messages seeking information from the Monroe County District Attorney's Office were not immediately returned, and phone messages were left with the county's emergency dispatch.
Langworthy called on Hochul to issue a security detail for Zeldin to protect him on the campaign trail.
"This could have gone a lot worse. This could have really ended in a horrible way tonight and this is unacceptable," he said.
Hochul's press secretary Avi Small referred questions about providing Zeldin with a security detail to New York state police.
Zeldin, an Army Reserve lieutenant colonel who has represented eastern Long Island in Congress since 2015, is a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump and was among the Republicans in Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
He has focused his campaign on fighting crime but faces an uphill battle against Hochul. He'll need to persuade independent voters — which outnumber Republicans in the state — as well as Democrats in order to win the general election.
Democrats are expected to focus on Zeldin's vocal defense of Trump during both of his impeachments and objection to the election results.
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Tennessee marks fourth state where IGT and SuperBook Sports have teamed up to deliver world-class sports betting
LONDON, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology PLC ("IGT") (NYSE: IGT) announced today that it extended its successful partnership with SuperBook® Sports to Tennessee, where the IGT PlaySports platform is powering the SuperBook Sports mobile betting app.
Tennessee marks the fourth state where IGT and SuperBook Sports have teamed up to deliver a performance-driving sports betting solution. SuperBook Sports is currently leveraging IGT PlaySports technology to power retail and mobile betting in Colorado, and mobile betting in New Jersey and Arizona.
"Over the last two years, IGT PlaySports has played a strategic role in helping SuperBook Sports engage sports fans across the U.S. and achieve our growth goals," said Jay Kornegay, SuperBook Executive Vice President. "We're excited to bring the SuperBook Sports mobile betting app to Tennessee and to introduce players throughout the State to our signature promotions and highly competitive, localized sports betting offering."
"Given SuperBook Sports' roots and legacy in Nevada, we've had an opportunity to watch the enterprise grow from a single, iconic location in Las Vegas, to a growing multi-state sportsbook operator," said Joe Asher, IGT President of Sports Betting. "The IGT PlaySports-powered sportsbook that SuperBook Sports created for Tennessee can scale for any market opportunity and evolve in parallel with player preferences and behaviors."
IGT was recently named Sports Betting Platform Provider of the Year in the 2021 SBC North America Awards. IGT's sports betting footprint spans 20+ U.S. states and into Canada.
For more information about IGT PlaySports, visit igt.com/PlaySports or visit us on LinkedIn.
About IGT
IGT (NYSE:IGT) is a global leader in gaming. We deliver entertaining and responsible gaming experiences for players across all channels and regulated segments, from Lotteries and Gaming Machines to Sports Betting and Digital. Leveraging a wealth of compelling content, substantial investment in innovation, player insights, operational expertise, and leading-edge technology, our solutions deliver unrivaled gaming experiences that engage players and drive growth. We have a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. IGT has approximately 10,500 employees. For more information, please visit www.igt.com.
About SuperBook Sports
SuperBook Sports has earned its reputation as the most well-respected and well-known brand in American sports betting. The company launched its first sports betting operation in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1986. Now, with over 35 years of operating experience, SuperBook Sports has become the go-to source for leading sports media outlets, other bookmakers and a favorite place to wager for both novice and knowledgeable bettors alike. SuperBook Westgate Las Vegas boasts the largest sportsbook in the world at over 35,000 sq ft, featuring the world's largest video wall and 4K screen. In October 2020, SuperBook Sports officially launched their Colorado mobile app. In June of 2021, they celebrated a grand opening of The SuperBook at The Lodge Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. SuperBook Sports continued their expansion to New Jersey in August 2021, Arizona in December 2021, and Tennessee in April 2022. Visit SuperBook.com for additional details.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors wanted to keep their roster together to make a run at a repeat.
As the NBA’s free agency period began, Golden State retained center Kevon Looney when he agreed to a $25.5 million, three-year contract, but lost several other key faces.
The reigning champions lost guard Gary Payton II to the Portland Trail Blazers on a $28 million, three-year contract and saw Otto Porter Jr. depart to the Toronto Raptors.
“Thankfully I hope that our players will give us a chance to respond to an offer. They don’t have to. They don’t owe it to us. But that’s what you get if you win and you create a good environment,” Golden State general manager Bob Myers said last week ahead of the draft. “… But sometimes the money doesn’t line up for us or them, and then you move on. But our goal, our hope, is to bring all those guys back and try to do it again.”
The 26-year-old Looney played all 82 games this season. He averaged 6.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists while becoming one of just five players to go all 82 games — and 104 straight counting the postseason run.
He started all five Western Conference finals games against Dallas then the first three of the Warriors’ six-game finals victory against the Celtics.
Longtime journeyman Payton acknowledged after the season he couldn’t wait to finally get his payday in free agency. A G Leaguer for so long, Payton was cut before the season began and he was ready to take a video job with the organization before being re-signed.
Payton said he couldn’t wait “to just relax and take a breath.”
“It’s just relief just after everything on the journey, just everything I’ve been through,” Payton said on Warriors’ exit-interview day June 18.
The 29-year-old Payton — a former Oregon State star and son of former Seattle SuperSonics star Gary Payton — emerged as a defensive stopper for Golden State, returning from a broken elbow to contribute in the NBA Finals against Boston that the Warriors won in six games.
Payton was injured when Grizzlies star Dillon Brooks committed a hard foul across Payton’s head on a layup attempt during the second round. He fell awkwardly at Memphis on May 3.
Payton’s efforts off the court helped make him a fan favorite and meant so much to the Warriors and San Francisco, too. He received the NBA’s Bob Lanier Community Assist Award on May 31 for his work supporting dyslexic children and pushing for early assessment.
He averaged 7.1 points and 3.5 rebounds over a career-high 71 games, Payton’s first season playing regularly.
Reserve Juan Toscano-Anderson is joining the Lakers, to which Stephen Curry offered a shout out on his Twitter account: “Always a champ and always doing it for Oakland…good luck my guy Juan T.”
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The NFL regular season’s conclusion not only means it’s time for the playoffs, it also locks in who the Bills and other teams around the league will be playing next season.
The team announced on Twitter their slate of opponents for 2023, with nine home games on the schedule as a result of the yearly rotation.
The Bills’ 2023 home opponents are:
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Denver Broncos
- Las Vegas Raiders
- Dallas Cowboys
- New York Giants
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- New York Jets
- New England Patriots
- Miami Dolphins
The Bills’ 2023 away opponents are:
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Washington Commanders
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Los Angeles Chargers
- New York Jets
- New England Patriots
- Miami Dolphins
Among the headliners, the Bills will take on the NFC East, the best division in football record-wise this season, which includes former Bills offensive coordinator and now New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll getting a homecoming in Buffalo. The Bills will also welcome the Dallas Cowboys as part of their home schedule.
Alongside the Giants and Cowboys, the Bills will take on three other teams at home that made the playoffs this season in the Dolphins, Buccaneers and Jaguars.
The Bills face some stiff competition in the away portion of their schedule, with matchups against the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals likely to draw national attention and potentially alter how the top of the AFC standings will finish next season. The team will also travel to Philadelphia to take on the Eagles, who finished atop the NFC at 14-3 this season.
Road matchups against the Dolphins and Chargers mean that 10 of Buffalo’s 17 games in 2023 will be against teams that qualified for the postseason in 2022.
The Bills’ full 2023 schedule will likely be released sometime in the spring.
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Claire's Content Studio deepens Claire's commitment to bringing culture-defining style and
tips for fashion expression to its audience through the vision of four industry-leading experts with creative direction from Nicola Formichetti
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global fashion brand Claire's continues to elevate its cultural and consumer connection through Claire's Content Studio with the launch of a style-centric content series embracing today's top trends through the influence of some of the industry's leading tastemakers. Following last week's announcement of Nicola Formichetti as its new Creative Director in Residence, the style series is the first of three upcoming projects launching in partnership with Nicola. Not only does the content inspire and instruct through some of the latest trends in fashion through the lens of nail creations with famed artist Britney Tokyo, hair trends with celebrity stylist Florido Basallo makeup with Emmy Award-winning artist Alexandra French and fashion and ear piercing with stylist Anna Trevelyan, but it also directly connects Gen 'Zalpha' to the products and accessories that let them create it for themselves.
"As a brand dedicated to self-expression, we celebrate diverse points of view, creating space for the voices of others and giving them a platform to ignite inspiration. In that spirit, we continue to bring the best and most influential creators in the world to the forefront and give our consumers access to their amazing talents and insights," said Kristin Patrick, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of Claire's. "We partnered with Nicola Formichetti to direct our latest series and give today's generation access to some of the best celebrity talent initiators and style creators across the industry. Florido, Britney, Alexandra and Anna each provide their own unique twist on hair, nails, makeup, fashion and piercing – inviting consumers to unabashedly dive into their imaginative worlds where they can uncover and embrace their own personal style."
Under Formichetti's creative direction, Basallo, Tokyo, French and Trevelyan's style inspiration bring a new perspective to Claire's series, with a modern and fresh aesthetic. Each episode explores different trends and cultural themes around hair, makeup, nails, style and ear piercing – trends that are popular but easy to attain - empowering a style hungry generation to discover and celebrate their own sense of self-expression.
"Through Claire's Content Studio we aim to help young people find their own style, a journey that should be pure joy and fun. It was a very special project for me because we worked with top industry experts, who I'm also lucky enough to call my friends, to give them a platform to share their knowledge on what's coming up next and what's trending," said Nicola Formichetti.
The style series features seasonal trends including Denim on Denim, '90s Influence, Skater Girl, Preppy, Pink'd and more, reinforcing Claire's foothold in fashion through a culture-focused perspective and the products and accessories to deliver it. Claire's is also doubling down on its piercing expertise. The five episodes will roll out each week through the remainder of November and December, kicking off with "Fresh Hair Looks" followed by "Love This Makeup", "Get Pierced", "Nail Art" and "Get Styled".
"The latest installation of Claire's Content Studio is only the beginning of what's to come for Claire's," Patrick continued. "We are partnering with Nicola on a number of amazing initiatives this year, and with his creative vision, we will continue to empower our consumers to explore and express their own uniqueness in many ways. We love his spirit and energy and feel that he brings creativity to the forefront of everything he does in the most spectacular way."
The series is not only instructional but also engaging. Each episode creatively challenges the most style-obsessed of its community to submit their own content using #CStudio through a multi-channel call-to-action for a chance to be featured across Claire's social media channels. Follow along with Claire's Content Studio as the series debuts on Claire's digital channels and stay tuned for more exciting projects from Claire's in partnership with Nicola to come.
About Claire's Holdings LLC
Claire's Holdings LLC is a fully integrated, global fashion brand powerhouse committed to inspiring self-expression through the creation and delivery of exclusive, well-curated products and experiences. For over 50 years, Claire's has been a destination for the curious, creative and influential and an industry-leader in ear piercing services, delivering a trendsetting assortment of fashion products and accessories that help young people worldwide style and define themselves. Through its global brands, Claire's® and Icing®, the company delivers an immersive, omnichannel shopping experience with owned and concession stores throughout North America and Europe as well as franchise stores in the Middle East and South Africa. More information regarding Claire's is available at corporate.claires.com.
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ISTANBUL, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aiming to offset the carbon emissions caused by flights, Turkish Airlines will launch a new program called Co2mission. The program aims to balance the emissions caused by all business trips from the company's personnel. As for the guests, they will be able to fly more environmentally conscious on a voluntary basis. With this program, the national flag carrier will ensure carbon offset becomes achievable and practical for anyone with environmental awareness.
Starting its operations on August 1, the program's website offers numerous portfolio options for carbon offset with environmental and communal benefits such as renewable energy and forestation. Passengers aiming to offset the emission of their flight can do so by contributing their desired amount to the project portfolio of their choice, thus purchasing an emission reduction certification accredited by United Nations. The passenger contributions will be used to support the projects accredited by VCS and Gold Standard and can submit their third-party evaluation and reviews without any cuts by Turkish Airlines.
Sharing his thoughts on the voluntary carbon offset project "Co2mission," Turkish Airlines Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat stated: "We are continuing to take the initiative to combat climate change, which stands at the forefront of today's global problems. Soon, we will add another to our sustainability focused projects which are proving themselves with successful results. The projects supported by the carbon offset program will also show our heartfelt commitment to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The decision to implement this program is the result of our desire to conduct all our operations responsibly. I am sure that our passengers will also show great interest in the program with the knowledge that all of us are responsible for this beautiful world we share."
Flight date information along with arrival-departure stations are enough to take part in the carbon offset process. Guests are able to complete their carbon offset process whenever they want, regardless of which airline they traveled with. With the THY Co2mission platform, it is possible to calculate the carbon offset amount with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) methodology, which considers route length, aircraft type, fuel consumption and numerous other factors. The platform will be reachable through Turkish Airlines website during ticket purchases or directly through the Co2mission website: http://turkishairlines.co2mission.com/.
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BINGHAMTON, NY (WIVT/WBGH) – In recent years, schools across the country have been adjusting their logos and team names to become more inclusive.
Binghamton City School District is following suit, and changing the school’s patriots logo.
The school held an a district-wide artwork contest to determine which graphic would be the best.
Last Friday, at the high school, there was an unveiling ceremony to commemorate the top three finalists in the competition, as well as showcasing the new patriots star logo.
9th Grader at Binghamton High School Ivelissia Nunez-Thongthip said, “I just felt like a star would be inclusive and it’s not too specific or anything, it’s just, neutral. And I thought that the colors red, white, and blue would be perfect for the Binghamton Patriots; I just brought it all together.”
The competition included students, staff and faculty of the Binghamton school district.
9th grader Jaidah Pitt came in second place, followed by Morgan Taylor, a Binghamton graduate and employee in 3rd.
You can already see the logo on banners around the high school, the football team’s helmets, merchandise, and soon, it will be just about everywhere.
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DENVER, Colo. — New research is helping pave the way for better treatment for those suffering from long COVID. Doctors are seeing patients who take part in physical therapy have significantly better outcomes than those who don't.
The research shows that physical therapy techniques used for concussion patients can put long COVID patients on the fast track to recovery.
"Long COVID is a condition that surprisingly a large number of people have had after they've gotten the COVID infection,” said Brandon Davidson, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Denver who contributed to the University’s study. "Some of the patients that we've seen in our research study have had some really debilitating effects from having long COVID."
According to the CDC, 1 in 13 adults in the U.S. has long COVID symptoms after first contracting the virus. Some symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, and cognitive problems like memory and haziness lasting longer than three months.
But research conducted by the University of Denver has helped health providers treat long COVID patients, and it starts with neurological studies like when someone has a concussion.
"Really that was our lead into long COVID, because post-concussion syndrome looks a lot like long COVID,” Davidson said. "So, that made us wonder, can we use the same tools to understand concussion to understand long COVID? And also, can we use the same tools to treat concussion and also use those to treat long COVID?"
Davidson and his team wondered if they could examine how motor control, motor skills, and movement are affected by COVID-19, and maybe, they could find promising ways to help patients. All of this involves studying eye movement and tracking, along with head movement that Davidson says can traditionally indicate a problem with the brain, which his team has found is treatable by rehabilitation therapy.
This study was implemented at physical therapy with Dan Stoot, the owner of High Definition Physical Therapy in Englewood, Colorado. Stoot has his patients participate in therapy very similar to what patients do when they have a concussion. He throws a tennis ball and has his patients catch the ball. If they catch a ball in their right hand, they name a fruit. If they catch it in their left hand, they name a beverage.
"We've taken a vestibular base rehab approach to treating people with long COVID and various other dysfunction for having the virus and not recovering,” Stoot said. "I would say at this point, it's making up 20-40% of my practice, and as high as 60%. We've seen about 20 to 50. Patients come through with it."
As for the cost, it's treated just like regular physical therapy through your insurance.
"We're using a specific sets of eye movement and eye tracking and cognitive brain type tasks in order to really re-train a side of the vestibular system that deals more with orientation and the rest of it,” Stoot said. “I’m able to show changes from day one to day 14 to day 30. We're getting people 60-70% better on a six-week time frame."
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Leão helps Milan beat Inter 3-2 in front of new owners
By DANIELLA MATAR
AP Sports Writer
MILAN (AP) — Rafael Leão has inspired AC Milan to a 3-2 victory over fierce rival Inter Milan in a fiery Serie A derby played in front of the club’s new owners. Leão had a hand in all three Milan goals at San Siro. He scored two and set up the other for Olivier Giroud. Marcelo Brozović gave Inter the lead in the 21st minute and Edin Džeko pulled one back for the Nerazzurri in the 67th. Juventus struggled and had to save a penalty in a 1-1 draw at Fiorentina. Lazio and Napoli are both unbeaten and play each other in Rome later.
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A Pine Bluff lifer is taking over the baseball program at Watson Chapel High School with hopes to restore Wildcat baseball to its former glory.
Brandon Little, who played baseball at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Pine Bluff High School, will take over this upcoming season as Watson Chapel’s fourth head coach in as many years. Watson Chapel officially named him to the position June 20.
Little said he wants to help the Wildcats present a positive image of his hometown.
“Being able to come coach in Pine Bluff is really important to me, because we want to give Pine Bluff a positive name for some things,” Little said. “To have a positive effect on the younger generation in order to try to change the dynamic of the way people look at Pine Bluff is important to me.” Although Little did not attend Watson Chapel, his younger brother did. Randy Little Jr., a right-handed pitcher who just completed his sophomore season at UAPB, graduated from Watson Chapel in 2020.
The Wildcats boasted a strong program during Randy’s time, including a state runner-up finish in 2018, but the team has struggled in recent years. Watson Chapel finished last in Conference 4A-8 this past season.
Little said his goal is to bring the program back to where it once was.
“[It will take] a lot of hard work and dedication from the players,” Little said. “Like I’ve explained to some of the kids, we have to start from the ground up, and it’s going to take a lot of development.” The years since the pandemic-shortened 2020 season have been tumultuous. Ben Fox coached the Wildcats in 2021, while then-football coach and athletic director Jared Dutton led the team in 2022. Jonathan Oxner coached the team in 2023 before resigning earlier this summer.
Watson Chapel missed the playoffs each of these seasons.
Now, the Wildcats turn to Little, someone who has played baseball in Pine Bluff most of his life. He said his love for the game led him to coaching.
“I decided at an early age that that’s what I wanted to do,” Little said. “My dream was always to be a professional baseball player or a coach. As I got older, the dream of being a professional started to fade away, so I was kind of steered towards coaching for me, but it started at an early age.” After a high school career with the Zebras which saw him earn all-state honors in 2016, Little spent six years as a right-handed pitcher at UAPB. He red-shirted his freshman season in 2018 and did not get a 2020 season due to the covid-19 pandemic. As a graduate student in 2023, he pitched 75 2/3 innings and finished the year with a 6.30 ERA.
UAPB Coach Carlos James said transitioning from playing to coaching is challenging, but he believes Little can handle it.
“The baseball part of it, I’m not worried about with Brandon at all,” James said. “I know he knows the baseball part. It’s the other parts that it takes time for coaches to mature into. However, in saying that, I think if somebody can do it at a fast pace, it would be Brandon, because he is mature for his age.” Little did more for UAPB than pitch. James said he was a good leader. He was always on time and helped with things like field maintenance and cleaning the locker rooms. He also asked a lot of questions of the coaching staff, all things which James said helped prepare him for coaching.
Little has coached little league, but his first experience coaching high school will be as a head coach. James said it will be a big change, but he and his staff are here to help Little however they can.
“We’ve got open arms for him; any questions he may have or anything that may arise, we’re going to be here,” James said. “By him being in Pine Bluff, that helps, because that’s going to allow him to have people that he can lean on. … The baseball part of it for Brandon is going to be the easy part. It’s the other parts that you just have to learn as a coach.”
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That clock you hear ticking isn’t Vecna coming for you, those are the minutes counting down before you can watch “Stranger Things” season 4, volume 2.
The final two episodes of the season have some explaining to do.
Steve is infected by the demobats from the Upside Down, and Vecna is alive and well.
Other issues include Nancy being trapped in the Upside Down, Eleven regaining her powers and learning the truth about Vecna and her ties to him, and Will’s feelings for Mike.
There may be only two episodes left, but there is plenty of time to sort it all out.
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When is ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4, Volume 2?
The final two episodes of Season 4 are set to drop at 2 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) on Friday, July 1. The episodes come five weeks after Volume 1 was released on May 27.
How long is each episode in volume 2?
Episode 8 entitled “Chapter Eight: Papa” has a run time of close to 90 minutes, while episode 9 entitled “Chapter Nine: The Piggyback” a reported 145 minutes long.
Where can you stream ‘Stranger Things’?
“Stranger Things” season 4, volume 2 will be available on Netflix.
Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.
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The state's first case of bird flu in domestic birds has been found in Newport County, RI
PROVIDENCE – Authorities have detected a highly contagious form of avian flu in domestic birds in Rhode Island for the first time.
The state Department of Environmental Management on Friday euthanized a small, backyard flock of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys on a farm in Newport County after confirming that some had been infected with a strain of influenza that has spread throughout much of the country in recent months and led to the deaths of millions of birds.
It’s not the first case of the strain of flu in Rhode Island. That occurred in July when a great black-backed gull found seriously ill on a South Kingstown beach tested positive for the virus. But the Newport County case is the first confirmation of the virus in a domestic flock.
Previously:First case in RI of highly contagious strain of bird flu confirmed in wild
Environmental authorities have been warning of the virus since last winter when the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza spread from Europe and Central Asia to North America. Since then, more than 47 million domestic birds in 43 states have died from the virus or had to be killed after being exposed to infections.
While there have been other waves of bird flu in the past, this is the largest outbreak geographically in the country of a variant of the virus. And the number of fatalities is soon expected to exceed the total in the last major bird flu outbreak in 2015-16.
“By every measure this is the worst outbreak we’ve ever had,” said Rhode Island state veterinarian Dr. Scott Marshall.
The chances of human infection are low. There has been only one case in humans so far, involving a man in Colorado who had been taking part in culling infected birds. The virus is unusual because it has also been found in seals and at least one bottlenose dolphin.
The DEM had been expecting the virus to show up in domestic birds in Rhode Island as there had already been cases in all the other states in New England as well as in New York.
The birds in Newport County are believed to have been infected by wild waterfowl, which frequented a pond the domestic poultry used. The owner of the farm where the flock was located – the DEM is not naming the community – contacted the agency on Wednesday after several birds died.
More:'Super-contagious' avian flu seen as threat to Rhode Island poultry
Samples from one of the dead birds were taken to a lab at the University of Connecticut and a federal lab. Confirmation of the disease came back Thursday afternoon. On Friday morning, Marshall and other DEM staff euthanized 28 birds on the farm. Another 24 died from the virus from the time the report was made to the agency.
Rhode Island is part of the Atlantic flyway, a major north-south migratory route for wild birds. With many species now flying south for the winter, the chances of infections are higher, according to the DEM.
The agency is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prevent the transmission of the virus from the flock in Newport County. The site was immediately placed under quarantine when the virus was suspected and it will remain on lockdown for 120 days, enough time for any remaining virus particles to die.
Because the virus is so contagious and has such a high mortality rate – in excess of 90% – infected and exposed birds must be killed, according to authorities. The DEM euthanized the birds using a carbon dioxide chamber, a humane method approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
“It’s not a job that anybody wants to do,” said Marshall, who described the scene at the farm as emotional.
He extended condolences to the farm owner.
“I feel terrible for her,” he said.
The DEM is urging poultry owners to take measures to protect their flocks and prevent the spread of disease. They include restricting access to their birds; keeping their birds separated from all wild birds; keeping cages, coops, and clothes clean and disinfected; properly disposing of dead birds; not sharing equipment with other poultry producers or farmers; and reporting any sick birds or unusual bird deaths.
Members of the public wishing to report sick or dying domestic birds should call 401-222-2781. If they fail to reach someone or if it’s after regular business hours, call 401-222-3070. To report sick or dying wild birds, call DEM’s Division of Fish & Wildlife at 401-789-0281.
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Celebrity makeup artist and founder Laura Geller partners with fashion illustrator Holly Nichols to spotlight mature beauty
NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Laura Geller Beauty, the industry leader in baked cosmetics, is celebrating its 25th anniversary in partnership with fashion illustrator Holly Nichols.
Founded in 1997 by veteran makeup artist Laura Geller, the brand first launched with a highlight and contour kit on QVC that sold out within minutes. A quarter century later, Laura Geller has amassed an A-list celebrity fan base and remains a top 10 brand on QVC - a testament to the brand's cult-favorite status. Today, Laura Geller Beauty has over 70 product SKUs and sells one of their Baked Balance-n-Brighten Color Correcting Foundation every minute.
In their 25 years, the brand has been committed to its original mission of creating transformational products that put the joy in makeup, which includes its efforts to destigmatize aging in beauty. This includes their bold decision to exclusively feature women over 40 in all of its marketing and social media messaging, partnering with legendary celebrities like Fran Drescher, Kathy Najimy, Paulina Porizkova, Paula Abdul, and Patricia Heaton to spotlight mature beauty.
To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Laura Geller Beauty has partnered with Boston-based fashion illustrator Holly Nichols to launch a limited-edition makeup bag. Notably, the illustrative design by Nichols purposely showcases mature women, a group often overlooked in fashion illustrations.
"Looking back at these 25 years, I couldn't be more proud of what we've achieved as a brand," says Geller. "It has been an incredible journey doing what I love and I'm looking forward to the next phase as we continue to push the narrative on what we think is aspirational in beauty media and imagery."
"I'm very excited to be a part of this momentous occasion," says Holly Nichols. "Fashion illustration doesn't typically showcase mature women, and I'm honored to join forces with Laura Geller Beauty on their mission to celebrate beauty later in life."
Available on LauraGeller.com, the 25th Anniversary Limited-Edition Makeup Bag is available for purchase for $20, or as a gift with purchase with orders over $75, or when you purchase the Cult Classics Full Face Kit or Daily Routine Full Face Kit.
About Laura Geller: Veteran makeup artist Laura Geller founded her namesake beauty brand over 25 years ago with the mission of creating transformational products that put the joy in makeup. With her passion for beauty and natural teaching ability, the Broadway and TV makeup guru translates professional application into simple techniques for real women of all ages. Her easy-to-use artisanal formulas deliver exceptional coverage and color for every skin type and tone. Geller's best-selling Spackle® Skin Perfecting Primer collection and other high-quality makeup products are available on QVC, LauraGeller.com, and select specialty beauty stores and websites.
About Holly Nichols: Holly Nichols is a fashion illustrator and has created fashionable illustrations and artful campaigns for TRESemmé, Saks Fifth Avenue, Barney's New York, Neiman Marcus, Disney, Living Proof, and many more. She creates her work both in her studio, and straight from the seats of fashion week and more.
For more information, please contact: laurageller@smallgirlspr.com
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In Todd Haynes' tonally shape-shifting “May December,” the first announcement of the movie's playful intentions comes with a theatrical zoom in, a few lushly melodramatic piano notes and the frightful announcement that there no more hot dogs in the fridge.
That moment — which Haynes says signals “that there's something coy happening in the language of the film” — is just a taste of what's to come in “May December,” a delicious and disquieting drama laced with comedy and camp that Haynes premiered over the weekend at the Cannes Film Festival.
Natalie Portman stars as an actor researching an upcoming film that's to dramatize a scandal from 20 years earlier. She comes to Savannah, Georgia, to spend time with Gracie Atherton-Yoo (Julianne Moore), who years earlier become tabloid fodder for a sexual relationship with a seventh grader. Now, she's seemingly happily married to him, Joe Yoo (Charles Melton), with kids of their own and suburban barbeques to host.
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The film, scripted by Samy Burch, takes a light but deliberate touch in navigating through thorny themes of performance and identity. As Portman's character grows increasingly like Gracie, ethical borders begin to tumble away.
“It was tonally such an amazing script and so rigorous,” Haynes said in an interview alongside Portman. “It kept shifting the way you felt about or trusted one character versus another. That whole process as it maneuvered through the course of the script was such a compelling experience. And I just thought: Wow, how could you translate into visually?”
“May December,” which Netflix acquired Tuesday for a reported $11 million with plans to release later this year, is the first time Haynes (who has regularly worked with Moore) has made a movie with the 41-year-old Portman. For her, “May December” was a chance to not only work with a director she's long admired but explore some of her own fascinations.
“It poses a lot of the questions I’m most obsessed by about performance, about the purpose of art, about innocence,” says Portman, also a producer on the film.
“When you explore all those layers — playing someone who's playing someone, making a movie of a movie in a movie — there’s so many layers of artifice, and what truth we can get out of artifice — which is the kind of alchemy of what we do,” adds Portman. “We’re using lies to tell the truth, and it’s magic.”
“May December" has some unofficial roots in reality. Gracie isn't very different in certain ways from Mary Kay Letourneau, a Washington State schoolteacher who went to prison after a relationship with a boy in her sixth grade class.
Questions of identity and artifice have run through Haynes' filmography, including the sumptuous '50s romance “Carol," the Douglas Sirk-inspired melodrama “Far from Heaven” and his most recent film, the documentary “The Velvet Underground.” In Portman, he found an actor who shared a similar approach to film.
“A lot of narrative filmmaking and fiction-making has an internal desire to redeem oneself through the process, to sort of affirm one’s own aims. That’s the thing that I’m not particularly interested in as a director," says Haynes. “And I’m drawn to actors who feel similarly, who are actually interested in creating a distance between maybe their own values and ideas and those portrayed in the character."
He praised Portman's eagerness to engage with “and lean into the most disquieting aspects of the character.”
Portman has famously played some real-life figures, like Jacqueline Kennedy ("Jackie"), which required copious amounts of research. But in “May December," she plays an actor far more reckless than herself. Yet even in a performance that could have easily slid into satire, Portman deftly inhabits her.
“Most artists who tell stories want to hold up their ethical standpoint in the light. It can be vampiric to take human emotion and human story and capitalize on it and tell a story,” Portman says. “But hopefully the energy that you come to it with is empathy and the curiosity to explore someone’s human behavior and someone’s inner self. That it’s an act of empathy and not an act of bloodsucking.”
There were long conversations with Haynes and Moore as they prepared to make “May December" in a 30-day shooting spring. But, unlike her character, Portman's preparation for the part was mostly already done.
“Well,” Portman says smiling, “I’ve spent my whole life researching how to be an actress.”
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NIOS 8.6.2 gives customers enhanced multi-cloud integrations and stronger core support, and value-added services to future proof for hybrid networks of any size.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infoblox Inc., the leader in cloud-first DNS management and security, today announces Network Identity Operating System (NIOS) 8.6.2. This release expands workplace modernization, and improves visibility, user experience and control for DNS/ DHCP/IP address management (DDI) infrastructure across hybrid, multi-cloud environments.
NIOS 8.6.2 further extends Infoblox's notable DDI market leadership by providing unified multi-cloud integration and automation, stronger DDI, value-added services, templated APIs, plugins for operational simplicity, and improved ROI. Customers benefit from:
- Multi-cloud integrations: Optimize the hybrid workplace through DHCP for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and NIOS v40x5 appliance support in AWS, Azure and GCP. Configuring DHCP services on vNIOS instances in GCP simplifies cloud migration and ensures consistency for serving DHCP to on-premise clients. Enhancements to extend and optimize NIOS v4015 appliances in AWS, Azure and GCP and v4025 appliances in Azure and GCP enable higher capacity queries per second (QPS) and DHCP leases per second (LPS) for enterprise grade volume workflows.
- DDI core enhancements: Strengthen control with multi-primary DNS failover for Dynamic DNS (DDNS) updates and TLS dynamic control for SAML Port 8765. DDNS failover improves user experience for multi-primary zones by enabling DHCP servers to automatically send updates to alternate servers. TLS dynamic control for SAML Port 8765 improves security and user experience by allowing dynamic disabling of older unsupported versions of TLS.
- Value-added services: Improve DDI visibility and aid cloud migration by adding Reporting and Analytics virtual appliances in AWS and Azure and sending data discovered by Network Insight or NetMRI through Infoblox's Cloud Services Portal (CSP) for visibility in the BloxOne platform. 8.6.2 also improves user control over unstable sites with DNS Traffic Control's (DTC) Health Monitor manual failback. Infoblox's Microsoft Management (MSM) solution efficiently configures servers in thousands of zones with Delegate Name Server Group functionality. BloxConnect provides visibility for a better user experience by showing customers the data collected for post deployment service and support.
- DDI plugins: Increase visibility, automation and control through integrations with Ansible 1.2.1, Terraform 2.1, Kubernetes ExternalDNS, Nutanix 5.20.x, RedHat OpenStack IPAM, and Cisco ISE 3.x identity management.
"We continue to deliver new cloud-first DDI capabilities to help customers build reliable connectivity into their hybrid workplace," says Dave Signori, VP of Product Management, at Infoblox. "This new set of features helps customers future proof their growing networks and further demonstrates our market leadership."
The buzz from Infoblox customers:
San Marino Unified School District selected NIOS to modernize its core networking infrastructure with fully automated DDI and "rock-solid" connectivity for its online services.
- "With the onset of the pandemic, which we are still very much dealing with, learning had to go digital and remote overnight. That required the deployment of hundreds of new devices virtually overnight, which would have been a huge headache if we did not have Infoblox." – Dr. Stephen Choi, Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Port of Antwerp chose NIOS as its DNS, DHCP, and IPAM (DDI) foundation to build the "port of the future," which will add network demands from drones, autonomous ships and a digital twin.
- "Without robust, always-on DHCP, DNS and IPAM, a lot of our core services would stop working and we would have a lot of angry colleagues. With Infoblox, we're able to keep the port running continuously, which keeps our customers happy and profitable." – Yannick Herrebaut, Cyber Resilience Manager
For more information about how this NIOS release can help modernize and secure the network, see the datasheet and solution note.
Infoblox is the leader in next generation DNS management and security. More than 13,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 500, rely on Infoblox to scale, simplify and secure their hybrid networks to meet the modern challenges of a cloud-first world. Learn more at https://www.infoblox.com.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNRC).
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According to a filed complaint, Generac Holdings Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) despite defendant's claims that "safety is paramount", Generac's SnapRS units, which are components for rapidly shutting down solar devices in certain dangerous situations, were defective; (2) Generac did not timely record warranty liabilities resulting from the defective SnapRS units; and, (3) despite assurances to the contrary, the Company's sales to channel partners were highly concentrated in a single partner.
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PHOENIX — On the Friday before the Fourth of July, more than a dozen dog owners waited in triple-digit temperatures in south Phoenix to get into a microchipping event inside a shelter.
It didn't hurt that Maricopa County was offering a discount. But, several were there because they knew having a microchip with their contact information implanted in their pups would increase the likelihood of their pet being returned if the worst happens on Independence Day.
“Ava’s a scaredy-cat of any loud noises," said Rori Chang, who was there with her golden retriever. "Her immediate reaction is to hide in corners and after that, she will literally paw at you wanting you to pet her the whole time.”
Most of the U.S. may be looking forward to Tuesday for dazzling displays of fireworks or setting off firecrackers and poppers with their neighbors. Those with furry, four-legged family members — maybe not so much. They're searching for solutions to the Fourth of July anxiety that fireworks bring.
Their behavior can range from cowering in corners to running away from home. Trying to figure out what will soothe a dog can practically feel like an annual tradition in itself.
Without fail, Dr. Kelley DeGroff, a veterinarian in Phoenix, gets requests for anxiety medication from some pet owners starting two weeks before July 4. This past week, there have been two to three requests daily.
"I think it has to do with certain breeds. Obviously, hunting dogs are bred for that purpose and they don't typically have any issues with it. But a lot of other dogs, it seems to trigger a fight-or-flight response in them," DeGroff said.
DeGroff prescribes either a gum gel that helps with noise phobia or anxiety pills. She is expecting numerous requests for meds as late as Monday. But dog owners shouldn't be asking so close to the holiday. A week before is best.
“That way, when they give you medication you can do a trial dose beforehand so that you know what to expect and you know it's going to do what you want it to do,” DeGroff said.
If you don't have time to obtain veterinarian assistance, she suggests calming supplements or a ThunderShirt, a wrap that is supposed to feel like a gentle hug for the dog.
Doggy day cares are also trying to offer more resources. The franchise owners of several Phoenix-area locations of Dogtopia, a nationwide company, have brought in two to three additional staff over the past couple years, according to marketing manager David Duran.
On Tuesday, they will be extending pickup hours until 11 p.m. if pet parents want to enjoy festivities a little longer. Even though the playrooms are mostly soundproof, employees will be having “dance parties” and blasting music to help block out the sound of fireworks.
One fireworks seller has found a way to be part of the solution.
Bille Jo Gonzales is now in her fourth year of selling CBD dog treats at Gonzo's Fire of Mines fireworks in Butte, Montana. She saw the treats made by local baker Heidi Johnson on Facebook and reached out.
“It helps my business because my business is actually creating the problem,” Gonzales said.
It's a win-win situation that she thinks more fireworks vendors should consider.
“I’d say it’s increased our business and it's great for advertising,” Gonzales said.
Unfortunately, dogs inevitably go missing nationwide every July Fourth. That's where shelters come in, picking up more strays than usual in the days following.
A city animal shelter in Great Falls, 155 miles (249 kilometers) north of Butte, recently installed a 24/7 microchip scanning device to help people find lost dogs' owners even when the shelter is closed.
Maricopa County's two shelters are already currently over capacity with more than 800 dogs, so they will be hard-pressed to receive any more during the holiday. Not as many dogs were brought there on July Fourth during the coronavirus pandemic because fireworks shows were fewer, said Kim Powell, spokesperson for Maricopa County Animal Care and Control. But with most local fireworks productions back on, county shelters are expecting the number of dogs arriving to jump by 30%-60%.
“This is something that the shelter world dreads all year long,” Powell said. “We started talking about planning ahead of this back in March.”
Those conversations are what led to the county's microchipping event. If you don't have time to get your pet microchipped, then at least write your contact information on their collar, Powell advises. Also, even if your property is enclosed, keep your dog on a leash.
“When they get spooked, they’re not thinking rationally so it’s best to just be with them, keep an eye on them,” Powell said.
Seattle resident James Pelletier is taking his own initiative to ensure nothing happens to his 6-year-old Papillon Chihuahua mix, Lilly. Pelletier is taking an inside-the-box approach and turning his home's basement apartment into a “soundproof bunker."
“I'm just going to hang some blankets over the door and then foam-insulate the small window and then put a little stereo in there and just play music that I probably can't stand for however many hours and/or days,” Pelletier said, chuckling.
For him, sanctioned fireworks shows aren't as big of a problem as residents who incessantly set off illegal fireworks or firecrackers.
“Hopefully, people will use common sense with this stuff,” Pelletier said.
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- ProLogium's solid-state battery pilot line with roll-to-roll automated production process began running in October, 2017.
- ProLogium's solid-state batteries have been verified for superior safety, high energy density, and its 99.9% single-layer yield has been recognized for commercialization readiness.
- ProLogium Technology's solid-state lithium ceramic battery plant will be the first in the world to go online in early 2023, and it aims to reach full capacity by the second half of the year.
TAIPEI, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ProLogium Technology, a global leader in innovative solid-state battery (SSB) technology based in Taiwan, reveals its automated SSB mass production line for the first time on social media. ProLogium's pilot line was already verified in October, 2017, and its new 3 GWh (equivalent to 30,000 EVs capacity at 100kWh per unit) mass production plant is slated to start running in early 2023, beginning with 0.5 GWh and reaching full capacity of 3GWh by the end of the year. With its mature mass production capabilities, ProLogium is set to become a leader of the market.
Solid-state battery (SSB) has been heralded as the most promising next-generation battery technology for EVs. Bringing SSB to market as soon as possible is thus vital to the development of booming EV industry. "Mass production capability is critical for the commercialization of technology," said Vincent Yang, CEO and Founder of ProLogium Technology. "I'm very proud to say that with 4 years of pre-pilot line semi-automated manufacturing and over 5 years of pilot line roll-to-roll automated manufacturing experience, ProLogium is now the only solid-state lithium ceramic battery maker capable of producing at scale and providing stable supply for the global EV industry. As ProLogium continues to make breakthroughs in the SSB technology, we have attracted visionary investors to join us in the mission to bring solid-state battery to market. Our OEM clients also look forward to seeing SSB usher in a new era for the EV industry. By working together, we can be force for change in the global transition towards electrification," Vincent Yang concluded.
ProLogium's manufacturing competence has been verified since its pilot line began production in October, 2017. The battery maker has established more than 4,000 quality control items in its production processes and achieved 99.9% yield for its single-layer cell manufacturing and 94% yield for multi-layer. These results lay the foundation for its first 3 GWh mass production plant. To date, ProLogium has shipped more than 7,300 EV cells with 50 - 60 Ah capacity to worldwide automotive partners for verification, and more than one million cells have been delivered to customers for consumer applications. Earlier this year, leading international luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz signed a technology cooperation agreement with ProLogium to develop next-generation EV battery cells. In May, POSCO Holdings, an eco-friendly materials supplier, announced the signing of an agreement with ProLogium to provide reliable access to battery materials needed for ProLogium's next-generation SSB production.
With mature manufacturing processes, validation from years of product sales in the market, and strong support from supply chain partners, ProLogium is ready to start its expansion plans in Europe and the North America and bring its revolutionary SSB technology to the world.
At 17:00 on June 15, Taipei Time (GMT+8), an exclusive first look at "How ProLogium's Solid-State Battery is Made", a video introduction of the company's manufacturing process, will be published on ProLogium's social media platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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ABOUT PROLOGIUM
Founded in 2006, ProLogium is a global leader in innovative next generation battery technologies for vehicle, consumer, and industrial applications. ProLogium is the first battery company in the world to mass-produce solid-state lithium ceramic batteries. Its proprietary technologies cover over 500 (applied or awarded) patents worldwide. ProLogium's automated pilot production line has provided nearly 8,000 solid-state battery sample cells to global car manufacturers for testing and module development. ProLogium Technology's solid-state lithium ceramic battery plant will be the first in the world to go online in early 2023, and it aims to reach full capacity by the second half of the year, followed by capacity expansion plans in major markets worldwide. Further information can be found at www.prologium.com
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Unfinished business: Reggie Wayne back as Colts WRs coach because he felt he underachieved
INDIANAPOLIS — The lone offensive holdover on Shane Steichen’s Indianapolis coaching staff is a Colts legend.
Reggie Wayne decided to stay the course this offseason.
It's a development that indicates how much effort Wayne put into the job last year. Wayne was famously reluctant to become a full-time coach, fending off annual overtures from former head coach Frank Reich for four years before finally agreeing to become the team’s wide receivers coach last season.
When he took the job, Wayne made it clear he doing it on a trial basis, unsure if he wanted to make coaching a full-time career.
Wayne’s rookie season was wild. By the time the dust had settled, the man who recruited him, Reich, was gone, replaced by Wayne’s former teammate Jeff Saturday. The Colts legend was under contract for another season in 2023, but in reality, the franchise’s coaching change gave Wayne an out if he wanted to take it.
“It was a long conversation with myself, looking in the mirror, just figuring out what I wanted to do,” Wayne said. “Ultimately, it didn’t take long at all.”
Wayne decided he wanted to keep coaching.
“I had some unfinished business,” Wayne said. “I really felt like I underachieved as a coach. I just felt like I could do better.”
Wayne’s evaluation of his efforts is a little surprising.
Plagued by ugly quarterback play and poor pass protection, the Colts had one of the NFL’s worst passing games, but at least two of the team’s young receivers displayed clear signs of development under Wayne’s tutelage.
Alec Pierce, the team’s second-round pick, finished with a respectable 41 catches, 593 yards and two touchdowns despite playing in an offense that all but abandoned the vertical passing game that suited his talents best. Fourth-year slot receiver Parris Campbell, finally healthy, proved he can be an NFL slot receiver, making 63 catches for 623 yards and earning a one-year deal with the New York Giants.
Wayne looked beyond the numbers, and he felt like he had something more to prove, at least to himself.
But first, he had to prove himself to Steichen, who knew Wayne’s reputation as a player but had little prior reference for his work as a wide receivers coach.
“Obviously, I was just like all of these guys in the draft, I had to submit my résumé,” Wayne said. “I had to do my interview, show that I was worth coming back for another year. I feel like I still had ways to improve as a coach.”
Steichen immediately saw the same qualities that kept Reich coming back to repeatedly try and convince Wayne to get into coaching.
“I’m excited about Reggie,” Steichen said. “Had some really good conversations with Reggie. Very detailed, brings a great wealth of knowledge to that receivers room.”
The Colts receivers had to be happy to hear the news that Wayne was coming back for another season.
One of Wayne’s strengths as a coach is his ability to think like a player, to understand what it’s like to be in their shoes, a trait that isn’t automatically easy for every former great who gets into coaching.
“As a player, you just feel like coaches don’t necessarily always listen,” Wayne said. “It’s about me being on the other side at some time in my life, I can kind of translate. I get it. When a player’s talking to me, I understand.”
For example, the team’s No. 1 wide receiver, Michael Pittman Jr., said last season that coaches who didn’t play a long time in the NFL often don’t understand that a route can’t always be run exactly the way it’s drawn on the board.
In fact, depending on the cornerback across the line of scrimmage, that might be the wrong way to get to the spot the quarterback needs him to be.
Wayne, one of the game’s consummate technicians when he was a player, was great in Indianapolis for a long time partly because he knows how to read cornerbacks and make those adjustments easily.
But that part of the game, teaching the secrets of reading defensive backs, was always going to come naturally. Wayne’s biggest adjustment is learning his role on the coaching staff and within the scheme, and he’s now working with an entirely new offensive staff under Steichen.
A staff heavy on 30-somethings who’ve already spent a decade in coaching. The only offensive assistant older than the 44-year-old Wayne is 54-year-old running backs coach DeAndre Smith.
“If I’m not mistaken, I’m the second-oldest offensive coach,” Wayne said. “I’m the old head again.”
A valuable resource who already knows this Colts roster, knows what it’s been through and has his eyes set on living up to his own exacting standard.
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How to Watch the Heat vs. Knicks: Streaming & TV Channel Info for Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 4
Published: May. 8, 2023 at 1:39 PM EDT|Updated: 52 minutes ago
The Miami Heat and the New York Knicks square off in Game 4 of the second round of the NBA Playoffs.
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Heat vs. Knicks Game Info
- When: Monday, May 8, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET
- Where: FTX Arena in Miami, Florida
- TV: TNT
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Heat Stats Insights
- The Heat make 46% of their shots from the field this season, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than the Knicks have allowed to their opponents (46.2%).
- Miami has a 25-12 straight-up record in games it shoots higher than 46.2% from the field.
- The Heat are the 27th best rebounding team in the league, the Knicks rank second.
- The Heat score only 3.6 fewer points per game (109.5) than the Knicks allow (113.1).
- Miami is 19-6 when scoring more than 113.1 points.
Heat Home & Away Comparison
- The Heat are averaging 111.4 points per game when playing at home. On the road, they are averaging 107.5 points per contest.
- Defensively Miami has been worse in home games this year, surrendering 110.2 points per game, compared to 109.3 away from home.
- When it comes to three-pointers, the Heat have been well balanced in home games and in road games this season, averaging 12 per game no matter the location. Meanwhile, they've produced a 36% three-point percentage in home games and a 32.9% clip in away games.
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Collin Morikawa’s decision to move ball during Masters sparks cheating debate
Collin Morikawa’s opening round at the Masters didn’t come without a bit of controversy on Thursday.
The golf rule book came into conversation when Morikawa was setting up for a putt on the sixth hole when one of the Masters live streams got a close-up view of the 12th-ranked golfer in the world marking his ball on the green.
But the video looked as if Morikawa was placing his ball too far in front of his marker on the green and then moving the marker just behind the ball at that spot, which would be a penalty.
Morikawa is one of the least controversial golfers on the PGA Tour, so a move like this to gain some sort of edge in the tournament didn’t seem like something he’d do.
And that’s why context is key here.
63-YEAR-OLD MASTERS CHAMPION SHOOTS UNDER PAR IN FIRST ROUND
The entire situation apparently wasn’t shown in the clip as social media users began defending Morikawa.
Morikawa’s ball moved a bit, which means that he was allowed to place it back to where it originally was. Then, one social media user found the full video of what happened to Morikawa.
You can clearly see Morikawa’s ball seems to be disturbing him while he’s standing over it, forcing him to back off. He also looks to his playing partner, Matt Fitzpatrick, to make sure that where he’s placing the ball is fine with him.
In the end, Morikawa’s round wasn’t docked any strokes as he finished tied for 13th after shooting 3-under (69) on the round.
GARY PLAYER, 87, DROPS MORBID REMARK AT MASTERS PAR 3 CONTEST: ‘ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD’
Morikawa was off to a hot start, finding a birdie on the scoreable second hole as well as the seventh to finish the front nine with a 34 (2-under). However, "Amen Corner" didn’t help Morikawa’s score as he took his first and only bogey of the round on the 13th.
But he would make up for that and more on the 15th and 16 holes with back-to-back birdies on his way to a 35 on the back nine.
Morikawa will head into his second round Friday with Fitzpatrick again, this time teeing off at 10:18 a.m. after getting out on Augusta National at 1:24 p.m. on Thursday.
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Evolve's 24,000+ Vetted and Verified Vacation Rentals Will Be Available For Booking On Hopper
DENVER, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolve, the fastest-growing vacation rental hospitality company in North America, and Hopper, the world's fastest-growing travel app, announced their partnership today. Now, more than 24,000 Evolve vacation homes across more than 750 markets will be available via the Hopper app, which ranked as the most downloaded travel booking app in the United States in 2021.
"Evolve and Hopper are fully aligned in our mission to provide a great guest experience, from the booking process to the vacation itself," says Jay Whiteley, Evolve's Senior Director of Distribution Partnerships. "With Evolve's inventory now in the Hopper app, guests can book with confidence, choosing from thousands of vetted and professionally cleaned homes backed by our Rest Easy Promise."
Since 2011, Evolve has been reimagining the vacation rental experience. When booking with Evolve, guests get vetted homes and all the support needed for a great stay. If something is off or plans change, Evolve's Rest Easy Promise means the company will make it right, day or night. The company has welcomed more than 9 million guests to date, with an average property review score of 4.7 out of 5 stars that outperforms industry peers in the short-term rental space.
The Hopper app has over 70 million downloads and is the 3rd largest online travel agency in the U.S. With the goal of bringing price transparency and flexibility to the vacation rental category, the newly launched Hopper Homes gives travelers more lodging options in the same place where they already book their flights, hotels, and car rentals.
"The popularity of short-term rentals continues to rise and more customers — especially millennial and Gen Z customers — want to see vacation rentals on booking platforms and they have a standard of quality that they're looking for," said Susan Ho, Head of Hopper Homes. "By partnering with Evolve as our largest direct vacation rental supplier, Hopper is meeting this demand and teaming up with a true industry leader and fellow innovator who aligns with our values of delivering best-in-class hospitality and customer service."
For more information about Evolve, visit www.evolve.com. To find out more about Hopper, visit Hopper.com and download the Hopper app to find Evolve's latest inventory.
About Evolve
Evolve is reimagining the vacation rental experience with our modern approach to hospitality and property management. We help guests rest easy with vetted homes, bookings that give back, and all the support they need for a great stay. We also make vacation rental stress-free for owners, partnering with them to book more and keep more of what they earn thanks to our industry-low 10% management fee. Learn more at www.evolve.com.
About Hopper
Hopper is the world's fastest-growing mobile-first travel marketplace. By leveraging massive amounts of data and machine learning, the company has developed several unique fintech solutions that help customers save money and travel better. Through its B2B initiative, Hopper Cloud, the company is syndicating its fintech solutions, infrastructure, and agency content. Whether it's pricing volatility or trip disruptions, Hopper's proprietary suite of fintech solutions address every pain point in the customer journey while driving conversion, repeat purchases, and profitability. To find out more about Hopper, visit Hopper.com.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Shenaya Ann Washington and a close friend cleared a small patch of grass at the base of a utility pole on Riley Street. They dug a hole there and planted a red rose bush seedling. Next to it, they leaned 10 prayer candles against the pole.
Washington said she chose that spot to memorialize the victims of last weekend’s massacre at Tops Friendly Market because it is closest to the store entrance she had always used as a part-time worker for Instacart, the grocery delivery service.
Sometimes when she would exit the store, Aaron Salter Jr., the slain retired police officer who worked security at Tops, would help Washington back to her car with the grocery orders, she said.
The shooter, whose racist attack deeply wounded east Buffalo’s Black community, has stolen much more than the neighborhood’s only grocery store and the sense of peace many residents felt in the cherished community gathering spot.
“He took away people who did for the community, just because of the color of their skin. It’s an eye opener. It’s a reality check,” Washington said.
During Sunday service, Pastor Russell Bell of the State Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, where shooting victim Heyward Patterson was a deacon, promised his congregation that they would hold a celebration of his life. Bell also encouraged his predominantly Black flock to lean into their faith.
“We’re going to be winners if we endure to the end,” he said.
Just over a week ago, a white gunman in body armor killed 10 Black shoppers and workers at the supermarket that has been temporarily closed. Three others were injured in the attack, which federal authorities are investigating as a hate crime.
Long before that 18-year-old avowed white supremacist inflicted terror in this community, Buffalo’s Black neighborhoods, like many others around the nation, had been dealing with wounds that are generations old. The attack has scraped off the scab hiding Black trauma and neglect that sit just below the surface in what’s called the City of Good Neighbors, residents, business owners and faith leaders said.
Healing will require not only an immediate flood of charity, but also systemic solutions, economic investments and mental health counseling that are long lasting, they said.
“It’s been great to see the outpouring of support, I must say that,” said Jackie Stover-Stitts, co-owner of Golden Cup Coffee, about a block from the Tops on Jefferson Avenue.
For the past few days, the atmosphere around her shop had been festival-like and, at times, a somber space of mourning. Organizations from across the nation, and even a few global charities, offered food and other essential goods to residents who relied on Tops to meet their basic needs.
“The only concern is that it’s not short lived,” Stover-Stitts said. “It would mean more if we could see, on Monday, that all those people with funds that came down to say how sorry they were could show it by investing in our area.”
Buffalo, with a population of 255,000 that is 47% white, 35% Black, 12% Hispanic and 6% Asian, is one of the nation’s most racially segregated cities. The neighborhoods around the Tops market are predominantly Black and impoverished.
Earlier in the week, civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton pointed to racial and socioeconomic inequality that made the Tops a target for the shooter, who officials say drove hundreds of miles to find Black people to gun down.
“If there wasn’t but one supermarket in the Black community, he wouldn’t have gone to Tops,” Sharpton said at a prayer vigil held in Buffalo for the victims’ families on Thursday.
“If you can figure out how to get millions of dollars for a stadium, can’t you figure out how to get a supermarket,” Sharpton added, referring to a new $1.4 billion home turf planned for the Buffalo Bills that will be funded largely by taxpayers.
La’Tryse Anderson of Buffalo SNUG, a gun violence prevention organization, canvassed the neighborhood around the Tops with other volunteers to get a sense of residents’ needs. Some told her they needed groceries, toiletries, replacement appliances and even a utility bill paid.
“I wish I had a magic wand,” she said. “There were so many needs out here, before this (shooting) happened.”
Without real investments in the areas that surround the Tops, Anderson said, “I don’t think we’ll ever fully heal from this.”
Residents will definitely need the option of another supermarket, as some have vowed to never set foot in that Tops location again, she added. They are too traumatized.
Reshawna Chapple, a Black therapist and associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Central Florida, said the shock and grief caused by the supermarket shooting are made worse when people are not tending to their mental health. Systemic racism is part of the reason why too few in the Black community seek mental health counseling, either on a regular basis or in the wake of tragedy, she said.
“Every time something like this happens, it opens up the wounds all over again,” Chapple said. “We aren’t taught to acknowledge feelings that are negative. The ones who need help the most are definitely not going to ask for it.”
Mental health and grief counseling is why several community service organizations have been camped out around the supermarket for several days. With the Tops fenced off, organizations such as Feed Buffalo, Ramp Global Missions and LIFE Camp Inc., lined the surrounding streets with food trucks, mobile food pantries and barbecue grills serving chicken, burgers and hot dogs.
A trio of massage therapists offered neck and back treatments to victims’ families and other residents. A local Starbucks gave out free coffee to passersby.
An evangelist baptized people in a large galvanized stock tank on the corner of Riley Street and Jefferson Avenue. The local Muslim community offered prayers and chants of “We are with you” near the supermarket.
Gregory Jackson Jr., a Washington-based organizer with the Community Justice Action Fund, said he came to Buffalo to help coordinate relief efforts to victims’ families and residents, who were too traumatized to ask for what they need.
“A lot of folks have not even gotten close to going back to normal life yet,” he said. “You get local police, cameras and media, from all over the world. But the community is stuck to pick up the pieces without any bigger support.”
The supermarket shooting has also drawn support for the activists from around the nation. On Saturday, organizers with Black Lives Matter Grassroots, a national collective of chapters, held a vigil for Buffalo. Organizers from Boston, Detroit, Virginia Beach, Virginia and Minneapolis attended and vowed to be with Buffalo’s residents as they continued to heal from the racist attack.
“We cannot have a world that steals the lives of our grandmothers,” said Melina Abdullah, who directs the BLM group and founded its Los Angeles chapter. “We are duty bound to shut that down.”
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NORRTALJE, Sweden (AP) — Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Sunday was on the campaign trail a week before Sweden's national election to tackle fears over gang violence and rising electricity bills.
Andersson traveled by bus to communities near Stockholm to try to reassure voters. The election on Sept. 11 comes amid a sense of rising insecurity, with a spate of shootings in Sweden making crime a key campaign issue.
Russia’s war against Ukraine led Sweden, along with Finland, to take the historic step of applying to join NATO. That step has reassured many, and is so uncontested it hasn't been an issue in the campaign before the election.
But Andersson said that Russia’s energy “warfare” against Europe, including a cutoff of gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany, has become an issue that voters keep raising with her as she campaigns for her left-wing Swedish Democratic party.
“Many people are concerned with their electricity bills given Putin’s warfare on energy,” the 55-year-old leader said in comments to The Associated Press after a visit at a senior community center in Norrtalje, a town to the north of Stockholm.
“I mean he has a military invasion in Ukraine, but he also has energy warfare against Europe, so people are very concerned with electricity bills but also with criminality and climate.”
Her government pledged Saturday to provide $23 billion in liquidity guarantees to electricity companies, a step that followed the cutoff to Nord Stream 1, and was meant to prevent a financial crisis.
Another concern for Andersson is the rising popularity of a populist far-right party with its historical roots in the Nazi movement, the Sweden Democrats.
The party, which has worked to mainstream its image, is closer to power than it has ever been, causing many Swedish voters to fear that it could end up with a key position of power in a right-wing coalition. The anti-migrant party has gained in popularity as the country has struggled to integrate large numbers of migrants. Critics fear its roots in the extreme far right make it a threat to the county's democratic foundations.
Polls show that a right-wing coalition including the Sweden Democrats has a chance at winning power, though the race is expected to be close.
Andersson told the AP she is concerned, noting that an employee of the right-wing party sent out an email last week inviting people to celebrate the Nazi invasion of Poland 83 years ago.
“That kind of invitation would never happen in any other parties in Sweden. Having said that, many of the voters of the Sweden Democratic party, they are decent people that are disappointed with the development," she said.
Against the backdrop of shootings and the challenge from the right, the Social Democrats have been toughening up their stance in recent years. In this campaign, the party has been promising tougher measures to fight crime along with promises to preserve the Scandinavian country's famous welfare protections.
Andersson and her party said she believes the problems can be tackled together, and that the welfare system is one of the best weapons for fighting crime.
Andersson told the AP that her solution to crime involves building up the police force and putting more of the criminals behind bars, while also tackling the social roots of the problem.
“We also have to work harder to prevent new generations from choosing a criminal life. And I think the only way to do that is to stop the segregation that we have in Sweden,” she said.
Andersson traveled in a large red bus emblazoned with the words “our Sweden can do better.” After leaving the senior center, she headed to a fair on park grounds in Botkyrka where party campaigners wore T-shirts saying “I vote for Magdalena" and where families from multicultural immigrant backgrounds lined up for pony rides and other attractions.
Andersson is Sweden's first-ever female prime minister. She took job last November after her predecessor, Stefan Lofven, resigned after leading the party and country since 2014.
While she has to fight the perception that her party hasn't managed to stem the gang violence ailing the country. In her favor is a reputation for being a steady and competent hand who has governed with a thin majority and through a time of geopolitical upheaval.
At the party fair, Annelie Gustafsson, a 45-year-old mother carrying her daughter on her shoulders, wouldn't say who she was voting for. But she made clear her vote was meant to keep the Sweden Democrats out of power. She opposes their unwelcoming stance to migrants, which Gustafsson feels undermines the country's tradition of being a humanitarian refuge.
“This year it was about which party I don’t want to see running the country, and that’s really important for me," she said. "I’m proud of being Swedish, I’m proud of the people here, and that we help other people. ... So closing the country, that’s not for me.”
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They've Also Spent More Than 3.5x More Time with CBS Than the Combined Total Minutes Watching Original Content Across Amazon, Hulu, Disney+ and HBO Max.
NEW YORK , Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
According to Nielsen Total Day "Most Current" data for the first nine weeks of the 2022-2023 broadcast season, viewers have watched over 215 billion minutes of CBS programming across all dayparts, far more than any other broadcaster. CBS time spent also surpasses the combined minutes spent watching SVOD originals on Nielsen-rated streaming services Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and HBO Max by +252%.
This aggregate viewership includes over 73 billion minutes watched of CBS primetime entertainment programming – over 22 billion more than the closest competitor.
In sports so far this season, viewers have spent over 67 billion minutes watching THE NFL ON CBS, College Football, NWSL and other events.
News content on the Network has aggregated more than 37 billion minutes thus far this season, with CBS MORNINGS amassing over 12 billion minutes of viewing.
The Tuesday FBI franchise (FBI, FBI: INTERNATIONAL and FBI: MOST WANTED) has garnered more than 12 billion minutes watched. The long-running NCIS franchise has tallied over 11.3 billion minutes.
CBS' success is also driven by having three of the top six scripted primetime series: FBI (5.0b), NCIS (4.9b) and BLUE BLOODS (4.2b).
In late night, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT has amassed 6.4 billion minutes, beating its closest competition by +61%.
Daytime is also dominant with over 35 billion minutes consumed. THE PRICE IS RIGHT leads all daytime shows with 11 billion minutes, and THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is the top daytime drama with 9.6 billion minutes so far this season.
A fun fact regarding minutes spent with CBS programming is that CBS' top 20 primetime programs earn more total minutes watched combined than Netflix's top 20 original programs (65.6b vs. 54.9b for Netflix).
(Source for all metrics: Nielsen Total Day P2+ Most Current Data, 9/19/22-11/20/22)
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A lot of eyes will be focused on quarterback Lamar Jackson or wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. when the Ravens open training camp in late July, but the most intriguing player will be second-year outside linebacker David Ojabo.
If he plays up to his potential, Ojabo could become the elite, young pass rusher the Ravens have coveted since Terrell Suggs left Baltimore after the 2018 season.
“If they’re not setting their goals high enough and your vision isn’t big enough for your players, you’re not doing the right things, especially as a coach,” Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald said. “So, of course we have big visions for ‘Ja’ and the things that we want him to be able to do.”
The Ravens have had their share of strong pass rushers, including defensive end Michael McCrary, defensive tackle Sam Adams and outside linebackers Elvis Dumervil and Justin Houston.
But Suggs and fellow outside linebacker Peter Boulware were even more special because they were drafted by Baltimore. Boulware was the Ravens’ top pick, fourth overall, out of Florida State in the 1997 draft, and Suggs came six years later as the No. 10 overall pick from Arizona State.
Suggs is the Ravens’ all-time sack leader with 132 1/2 in 229 games, and Boulware finished with 70 sacks in 126 games.
Ojabo has that kind of potential.
“He’s here and he’s developed,” Macdonald said of Ojabo, who was the Ravens’ second-round pick in 2022. “He had all this time to learn the scheme, learn the drills, build the foundation and get physically stronger. Mentally, he’s in a great spot, so I think it’s all positive.”
Ojabo understands what can happen for him here. That’s why he tried to talk Suggs into allowing him to wear the former Ravens star’s No. 55 jersey, the same number Ojabo wore at Michigan.
Suggs’ response was vintage Suggs: Thanks, but no thanks. Translation: Hey young fella, go build your own legend.
The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Ojabo has all the tools. He is long and rangy like Boulware, though not as thick as Suggs. The one thing that separated Suggs is that he could change direction and do it with power in either his arms or his legs.
Ojabo, though, has an assortment of moves. Unlike fellow outside linebacker and friend Odafe Oweh, who is a one-dimensional speed rusher, Ojabo has the quickness to turn the corner as well as the strength to win in hand-to-hand combat against most offensive linemen.
During the offseason, he appears to have added five to 10 pounds of bulk in the chest and shoulder areas.
“I put on a solid, probably, 10 pounds of muscle,” Ojabo said. “It’s more confidence, will help me be more stable in myself going up against grown men, now. So, it’s all just a big confidence boost.”
As far as meeting expectations, Ojabo isn’t fazed.
“It’s never pressure; it’s just what we do,” Ojabo said. “I’m just excited to be out there with my brothers and just play football.”
Ojabo learned a lot last season, even though he saw only significant action in the regular-season finale against Cincinnati, when he sacked Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow.
He missed most of last season after he tore his Achilles tendon last March at his pro day. He still had some fine teachers in Houston, who led the Ravens in sacks last season with 9 1/2, and defensive lineman Calais Campbell, who served as a tough guy tutor.
Now, it’s his show time — and time to put the injury behind him.
“Honestly, I’m tired of hearing about it. I’m really tired. It’s in my past,” Ojabo said. “I’ve grown from it. It’s made me stronger. And yes, I’m ready to move on from it. I’m 110%.”
Few of the Ravens know Ojabo better than Macdonald. He was the Wolverines’ defensive coordinator in 2021 when Ojabo had 11 sacks.
“I think he can rush inside and out,” Macdonald said. “The skill set, and it just gets on you a little quicker inside, so that’s something you have to get used to a little bit. We’ll probably start him outside and see where it goes from there — similar to what we did with Odafe last year.
“As far as I know, he’s ready to roll.”
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How to watch every best picture winner from 2010 through 2019
With a rousing musical soundtrack, “The Artist” (2011) is not a silent film, but it pays homage to the silent era and was the first best picture winner with no dialogue since “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930). It’s also one of the few movies since the 1950s — and the only best picture winner — to be released with the classic 1:33 to 1 aspect ratio. (On wide-screen TV there will be letterboxed empty space to the left and right of the square-ish image.) This is the same aspect ratio used since the standardization of sound in film, until the wide-screen formats were introduced in the 1950s.
The nominations for the 2023 Academy Awards are out. Here’s where you can start catching up on the nominees you may have missed.
Other milestones in the 2010s Oscars are the first film not in English to win Best Picture (“Parasite,” 2019) and “The Artist” was the first comedy to win since “Annie Hall” in 1977.
How to watch Oscar Best Picture winners through the decades
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2010: ’The King’s Speech’
83rd Academy Awards — February 2011
Rating: R, for some language.
Running time: 1 hour, 58 minutes.
Streaming: Amazon Prime: Rent/Buy |Apple TV+: Rent/Buy
It takes two, it always takes two.
Though romantic couples get the attention, some of the most memorable movie pairings, from Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in “On the Waterfront” to Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon as “Thelma & Louise,” feature same gender actors playing off each other to breathtaking effect. So it is with Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech.”
Simultaneously commoner and king, teacher and pupil, iconoclast and underdog, the meeting of the unstoppable force that is Rush’s speech therapist and the immovable object that is Firth’s future English king is as good as one-on-one acting gets. Both actors completely inhabit their absorbing roles, relishing the opportunity their exchanges provide and adding unlooked-for layers to a complicated human relationship.
Because this British film has the contours of an Oscar-friendly Hollywood story (not for nothing is the Weinstein Co. involved), “The King’s Speech” tends to sound more standard than it plays. In fact, several factors, aside from that acting, keep it involving and well above the norm. (Read more) — Kenneth Turan
Perspective: How true is ‘The King’s Speech’?
2011: ’The Artist’
84th Academy Awards — February 2012
Rating: PG-13, for a disturbing image and a crude gesture.
Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.
Streaming: Amazon Prime: Rent/Buy
“The Artist” is the wonder of the age, as much a miracle as “Avatar,” though it comes at things from the totally opposite direction.
Far from embracing the most modern cinematic techniques, “The Artist” is a glorious throwback, a black-and-white silent movie that manages the impossible: It strikes an exact balance between the traditions of the past and the demands of the present, managing to be true to the look and spirit of bygone times while creating the most modern kind of witty and entertaining fun. Look on this work, ye mighty of Hollywood, and rejoice.
“The Artist” is no cynical pastiche, no glib and mocking reworking of old-fashioned tropes. It combines delightful humor and charm with what movies at their best have always conveyed: the honest power of pure emotion. It is a movie love story and a love note to the movies, all at the same time. (Read more) — Kenneth Turan
The Oscar drums are beating louder for the silent film.
2012: ’Argo’
85th Academy Awards — February 2013
Rating: R, for language and some violent images.
Running time: 2 hours.
Streaming: Netflix: Included | Amazon Prime: Rent/Buy | Apple TV+: Rent/Buy
“Argo” takes you back. Not just to the dark days of the 1979-81 Iranian hostage crisis but to a brighter, earlier time, when Hollywood regularly turned out smart and engaging films that crackled with energy and purpose.
Very much like Clint Eastwood before him, actor turned actor-director Ben Affleck not only has a passion for those kinds of throwback entertainments, he knows that the only way to get them on the screen effectively is to do the work himself.
After a hesitant start with “Gone Baby Gone,” Affleck found his footing with the crackling crime drama “The Town” and now takes things one step further with this breakneck tale of how an ace CIA agent rescued six Americans from the jaws of the Iranian Revolution with a little help from, hard as it may be to believe, the good folks of Hollywood. It’s all based on a true story persuasively conveyed — and amplified — in the best classic movie tradition. (Read more) — Kenneth Turan
Politics of two kinds in ‘Argo’s’ Oscar win over ‘Lincoln’
2013: ’12 Years a Slave’
86th Academy Awards — March 2014
Rating: R, for violence/cruelty, some nudity and brief sexuality.
Running time: 2 hours, 14 minutes.
Streaming: HBO Max: Included | Apple TV+: Rent/Buy
When a director who never ever blinks takes on a horrific subject, a nightmare in broad daylight is the inevitable result. Welcome, if that is the right word, to the world of “12 Years a Slave.”
Based on an 1853 memoir detailing the appalling experiences of Solomon Northup, a free man of color who was brazenly abducted and sold into slavery, this film intends to do more than tell us a story. It wants to immerse us in an experience, and it does.
Obviously, no film can re-create the unspeakable degradation of one human being owning another, but in making the attempt “12 Years” insists we feel things in a particularly oppressive way. This is impressive filmmaking, but it is not easy to take in.
British director Steve McQueen, working from a screenplay by John Ridley, has no intention of making audiences the slightest bit comfortable with this terrible story, no interest in putting in any special pleading to bend our hearts. (Read more) — Kenneth Turan
Even in the to-and-fro over the best-picture race between “12 Years A Slave” and “Gravity” -- a din that has uncharacteristically grown louder in the five days since Oscar voting closed -- there’s been almost no talk of another issue.
2014: ’Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)’
87th Academy Awards — February 2015
Rating: R, for language throughout, some sexual content and brief violence.
Running time: 1 hour, 59 minutes.
Streaming: Amazon Prime: Rent/Buy | Apple TV+: Rent/Buy
In “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” Michael Keaton is something of a cross between an aging Icarus and the emperor with no clothes — metaphorical until the tighty-whitey Times Square streak.
As a latter-day celluloid superhero come to Broadway’s proving ground for a rebirth, the Burning Man histrionics on stage and off are hysterically on point; makes you laugh, makes you cry. Irony lurks in every shadow.
Fittingly the film begins with a fiery object — A bird? A plane? A meteor? — cutting through cotton-candy clouds above Manhattan where the highly agitated life of the actor Riggan (Keaton) plays out. The city, as it happens, is the perfect spot for filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu to build his pyre. Exactly whose death is being celebrated or mourned — Hollywood? Theater? Society? A single shooting star? — well, that is the question. And oh, the flames that follow. Delicious. (Read more) — Betsy Sharkey
Here are the nominees for the 2023 Academy Awards in all categories, announced live Tuesday from the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills.
2015: ’Spotlight’
88th Academy Awards — February 2016
Rating: R, for some language including sexual references.
Running time: 2 hours, 8 minutes.
Streaming: Amazon Prime: Rent/Buy | Apple TV+: Rent/Buy
“Spotlight” doesn’t call attention to itself. Its screenplay is self-effacing, its accomplished direction is intentionally low key, and it encourages its fistful of top actors to blend into an eloquent ensemble.
By unfolding in this quiet yet intensely dramatic way, “Spotlight” fosters the satisfying illusion its powerhouse story is telling itself. Which couldn’t be further from the truth.
This is the saga of how the Boston Globe won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for uncovering not only decades of sexual abuse by Catholic priests but also systematic maneuvers by the church’s Boston archdiocese to shield the more than 70 perpetrators. “Spotlight” is mightily impressive not only because of the importance of the story it tells but also because of how much effort and skill went into bringing it to the screen in the best possible way.
As befits a story about heroic individuals who just happen to be working journalists, the entire “Spotlight” team understood a key tenet of the profession: If you have a good story, over-hyping it will be counterproductive.
That led everyone, from director Tom McCarthy (who also co-wrote with former “West Wing” writer Josh Singer) through stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci, to make sure their presentation was as realistic and straight ahead as they could make it. (Read more) — Kenneth Turan
It was a year of two films. Until it wasn’t.
2016: ’Moonlight’
89th Academy Awards — February 2017
Rating: R, for some sexuality, drug use, brief violence and language throughout.
Running time: 1 hour, 51 minutes.
Streaming: Amazon Prime: Rent/Buy | Apple TV+: Rent/Buy | Other Platforms: Kanopy; Showtime
“Moonlight” is magic.
So intimate you feel like you’re trespassing on its characters’ souls, so transcendent it’s made visual and emotional poetry out of intensely painful experience, it’s a film that manages to be both achingly familiar and unlike anything we’ve seen before.
Written and directed by Barry Jenkins and based on an unproduced play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, “Moonlight” creates such an exceptional level of emotional honesty it universalizes a very specific coming of age experience, that of a gay black man growing from child to adult starting in the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic years in the tough Liberty City area of Miami. (Read more) — Kenneth Turan
“Moonlight” won the best picture Oscar after a botched announcement threw the ceremony into chaos.
2017: ’The Shape of Water’
90th Academy Awards — March 2018
Rating: R, for sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language.
Running time: 2 hours, 3 minutes.
Streaming: Hulu: Included | Amazon Prime: Rent/Buy | Apple TV+: Rent/Buy
“The Shape of Water” is a wonder to behold.
Magical, thrilling and romantic to the core, a sensual and fantastical fairy tale with moral overtones, it’s a film that plays by all the rules and none of them, going its own way with fierce abandon.
More than that, “Shape of Water” is both grounded in the fertile soil of genre filmmaking and elevated to unexpected heights by the transcendent imagination of director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro.
Del Toro works well in many genres, from horror to science fiction to gothic melodrama, but as 2006’s brilliant “Pan’s Labyrinth” made clear, his facility as modern cinema’s most accomplished fantasy filmmaker trumps everything else.
“Shape of Water” is more than that film’s equal, it echoes its legendary predecessor, Jean Cocteau’s “Beauty and the Beast,” in its ability to simultaneously call forth a spectacular imaginary world and make it heartbreakingly believable. (Read more) —Kenneth Turan
How did “The Shape of Water,” a movie about a mute cleaning woman falling truly, madly, deeply in love with a fish-man, wind up winning the Oscar for best picture?
2018: ’Green Book’
91st Academy Awards — February 2019
Rating: PG-13, for thematic content, language including racial epithets, smoking, and some violence and suggestive material.
Running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes.
Streaming: Amazon Prime: Rent/Buy | Apple TV+: Rent/Buy
Consider this a warning. You may be tempted to push back against “Green Book,” may be itching to proclaim it too pat, too obvious, too much of a setup job, but resistance, as they say, is futile. It’s deeply embedded in this film’s DNA to make us feel good, and, really, what could be wrong with that?
Co-written and directed by Peter Farrelly, of all people, and “inspired by a true friendship,” “Green Book” is a savvy and super effective piece of popular entertainment.
The film is a bit like “The Odd Couple” joined to a 21st century version of “Driving Miss Daisy,” with superior acting by two of today’s top actors — Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali — sealing the bargain.
Mortensen’s character, Italian American driver Frank Anthony Vallelonga, known to all as Tony Lip, is full of self-satisfied swagger, while Ali’s Jamaican passenger, Dr. Don Shirley, is a man of dignity, even hauteur. (Read more) — Kenneth Turan
2019: ’Parasite’
92nd Academy Awards — February 2020
Rating: R, for language, some violence and sexual content.
Running time: 2 hours, 11 minutes.
Streaming: Hulu: Included | Apple TV+: Rent/Buy | Other Platforms: Kanopy
(In Korean with English subtitles)
The first thing you see in Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” a thriller of extraordinary cunning and emotional force, is an upper window in a tiny underground apartment. From this high, narrow vantage the Kims, a resilient family of four, peer onto a grubby Seoul street strewn with garbage bags and electrical wires — an ugly view made worse by a drunk who often turns up to relieve himself right outside. Sometime later the Kims will stand before a much larger window, as big and beautiful as a cinema screen, in an enormous house with a gorgeous sunlit garden. It’s not just a different view; it’s a different world.
Bong Joon Ho inspired a beer, Bong Joon-hops. That’s better than any award, but his movie, “Parasite,” deserves plenty of honors this season.
From the outset of this deviously entertaining movie, which recently became the first South Korean film to win the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes, every detail of the Kims’ hardscrabble existence is on blunt display. In an early scene, high school graduate Ki-woo (Choi Woo Shik) and his sister, Ki-jung (Park So Dam), scurry around their cramped bathroom with their phones held aloft, hunting for a free WiFi signal. You register the clutter of their apartment with its discarded clothes, mildewed tiles and skittering stinkbugs. You watch the Kims fold and assemble pizza boxes for a nearby restaurant, the closest any of them has recently come to landing a job. (Read more) — Justin Chang
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Woman alleges to Daily Beast that Herschel Walker was violent with her in 2005
By Kyle Blaine, CNN
An ex-girlfriend of Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, has come forward in The Daily Beast to allege that the former football star was violent and threatening toward her during an incident that took place in 2005.
Cheryl Parsa, a Dallas resident, told the news outlet she had a five-year relationship with Walker from 2004 to 2009. She alleges that in 2005, after she found Walker with another woman, he got angry, and, according to her account, placed his hands on her chest and neck and also swung his fist at her. She told The Daily Beast that she thought he was “going to beat me” and that she fled.
CNN has reached out to Parsa and Walker’s campaign for comment.
Parsa’s account, which she is making for the first time on the record, is just the latest in a string of past allegations made against Walker of violent and threatening behavior that have now resurfaced during his Senate campaign. Some of the allegations have been the basis for attack ads against Walker by Democrats.
CNN reported last year that a Texas woman had told police in 2002 that Walker had threatened and stalked her. Walker has also been accused by his ex-wife and another ex-girlfriend of making threats, and they told authorities that Walker had threatened to shoot them in the head. Walker’s ex-wife, Cindy Grossman, told CNN in a 2008 interview that Walker had held a razor to her throat, and at one point, “he held [a] gun to my temple and said he was going to blow my brains out.”
When faced with past allegations of violence, Walker’s campaign, and Walker himself, have often pointed to his public struggle with mental health. Walker has publicly discussed his diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder, which was previously known as multiple personality disorder.
The Daily Beast said it spoke to a person close to Parsa who said Parsa told the person about the incident at the time.
The Daily Beast said Parsa also provided a book-length manuscript detailing her relationship with Walker based on her contemporaneous notes and journal entries, along with cards, business plans, gifts and photos of her and Walker together to corroborate their romantic relationship. The outlet also said it spoke to four people close to Parsa who corroborated the relationship, one of whom the publication described as “one of Walker’s former romantic partners.”
Walker is facing Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the Georgia Senate runoff on Tuesday. The race advanced to the runoff after neither candidate got more than 50% of the vote in the November general election.
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National Guard activated to help Ohio town as train derailment smolders
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Officials were working to prevent any major explosion from the smoldering wreckage of an Ohio train derailment near the Pennsylvania state line as the governor activated the Ohio National Guard to help the village where many residents had to evacuate.
The village of East Palestine said Monday morning that authorities would begin to enforce what had previously been a strongly recommended evacuation zone within a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) radius of the crash site.
Officials had warned hundreds of nearby residents who had declined to evacuate to do so Sunday night, saying a rail car was at risk of a potential explosion that could launch deadly shrapnel as far as a mile.
They warned of “the potential of a catastrophic tanker failure” after a “drastic temperature change” was observed in that rail car, according to a statement from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s office. It did not specify what was in that car or whether it was among those that had been carrying hazardous materials.
The statement said the Guard will be assisting local and state authorities already on scene in the village, which has closed roads, schools and businesses and even evacuated its police communications center, promising in a Facebook post that 911 services wouldn’t be affected.
About 50 cars derailed in a fiery crash Friday night as the train carried a variety of products from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, rail operator Norfolk Southern said. No injuries to crew, residents or first responders were reported.
Federal investigators say the cause was a mechanical issue with a rail car axle. The three-member train crew received an alert about the mechanical defect “shortly before the derailment,” Michael Graham, a board member of the National Transportation Safety Board, said Sunday. Graham said investigators identified the exact “point of derailment” but the board was still working to determine which rail car experienced the axle issue.
A preliminary investigative report is expected in the next month or so.
East Palestine officials have said emergency responders were monitoring but keeping their distance from the fire, and that remediation efforts could not begin while the cars smoldered.
Mayor Trent Conaway, who declared a state of emergency in the village, said one person was arrested for going around barricades right up to the crash. He warned people to stay away and said they’d risk arrest.
“I don’t know why anybody would want to be up there; you’re breathing toxic fumes if you’re that close,” he said, stressing that monitors of air quality away from the fire showed no levels of concern and the town’s water is safe because it is fed by groundwater unaffected by some material that went into streams. Environmental protection agency crews were working to remove contaminants from streams and monitor water quality.
Sheriffs went door-to-door Sunday to count residents remaining and urge people within the evacuation area to leave.
Norfolk Southern said 20 of the more than 100 cars on the train were classified as carrying hazardous materials — defined as cargo that could pose any kind of danger “including flammables, combustibles, or environmental risks.”
The NTSB said only 10 cars carrying hazardous materials derailed, and five of them were carrying vinyl chloride, not 14 as was said earlier. Officials stressed late Saturday that they had not confirmed the release of vinyl chloride other than from pressure release devices operating as designed.
Vinyl chloride, used to make the polyvinyl chloride hard plastic resin in a variety of plastic products, is associated with increased risk of liver cancer and other cancers, according to the federal government’s National Cancer Institute.
“Short-term exposure to low levels of substances associated with the derailment does not present a long-term health risk to residents,” according to a “Frequently Asked Questions” post on the village Facebook page. “Vinyl chloride and benzene may cause cancer in people exposed in the workplace to high concentrations for many years; however, there is no indication that any potential exposure that occurred after the derailment increases the risk of cancer or any other long-term health effects in community members.”
Officials said Sunday afternoon that cars involved also carried combustible liquids, butyl acrylate and residue of benzene from previous shipments, as well as nonhazardous materials such as wheat, plastic pellets, malt liquors and lube oil.
The evacuation order covered homes of 1,500 to 2,000 of the town’s 4,800 to 4,900 residents, but officials said it was unknown exactly how many were actually affected. Most of those who had gone to an emergency shelter were no longer there by Sunday.
Norfolk Southern has opened an assistance center in the village to gather information from affected residents.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Indianapolis Army veteran has been convicted in the road rage shooting death of a Muslim man, after witnesses said he hurled ethnic and religious insults at the victim, including yelling, “Go back to your country,” before opening fire.
A Marion County jury convicted Dustin E. Passarelli, 37, of murder on Wednesday after a three-day trial over the February 2019 killing of 32-year-old Mustafa Ayoubi. Passarelli, of Plainfield, could get up to 65 years in prison when he's sentenced June 21 on the murder charge.
He was also convicted of a firearm enhancement charge that could boost his sentence by up to 20 years, the county prosecutor's office said.
Defense attorney, Chris Eskew, told The Indianapolis Star that he and Passarelli were disappointed by the verdict, but he declined to comment further about the case until after the sentencing.
Passarelli shot and killed Ayoubi following a road rage incident on Interstate 465 that led to Passarelli following Ayoubi to an apartment complex on the city’s northwest side, according to court documents.
Passarelli told police that Ayoubi either threw something at his car or collided with it on the highway and that after he followed Ayoubi to the apartment complex, Ayoubi broke one of Passarelli's car windows with a punch.
The defense argued that Passarelli was within his rights to fire at Ayoubi because it was self-defense.
Multiple witnesses said Passarelli and Ayoubi shouted inflammatory remarks at each other in front of a townhome. They said Passarelli yelled religious and ethnic insults at the unarmed Ayoubi, including, “Go back to your country,” shortly before he shot him.
Passarelli claimed that post-traumatic stress disorder he developed during his time in the Army contributed to his behavior on the highway and was partially to blame for the shooting. But Passarelli’s mental evaluation and PTSD claims were ruled inadmissible in court.
Passarelli was not charged with a hate crime. The FBI had said it was looking into whether Ayoubi’s killing involved a federal civil rights violation, but no federal charges were ever filed.
Six weeks after Ayoubi’s killing, Indiana lawmakers passed a hate crimes bill that included a provision allowing judges to impose longer sentences for crimes motivated by bias.
Before the bill became law, Indiana was one of five states without a hate crime law.
Ayoubi’s sister, who had urged lawmakers to pass a hate crime law, told The Indianapolis Star that her family was originally from Afghanistan and arrived in the United States in 2001 as refugees. They later became U.S. citizens.
Zahra Ayoubi said Wednesday that the verdict can allow her family to finally begin to celebrate her younger brother’s life four years after his killing.
“I wish this never happened,” she said. “The true justice would be if we were all still together right now. However, he died. And he left a legacy.”
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Vitamin D is a nutrient known for its role in building and sustaining healthy bones. At the same time, emerging studies are showing that vitamin D is important for many other functions in the body. Vitamin D deficiency is relatively common, even in those with a healthy diet. Here is what you need to know about vitamin D and wellness.
Vitamin D supports numerous cellular processes including anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, antioxidant, immune health, and muscle and brain function. Vitamin D helps with the absorption of calcium and phosphorus in the gut, protecting and strengthening the bones.
Also known as the sunshine vitamin, vitamin D is produced from cholesterol when your skin receives sun exposure. However, even living in sunny climes, it is challenging to receive adequate vitamin D from sunshine alone. Certain foods and vitamin D supplements are other essential sources of vitamin D.
There are two main dietary forms of vitamin D, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). Vitamin D3, which comes from animal foods, like fatty fish and egg yolks, is much more effective at raising vitamin D levels in the blood compared to vitamin D2 found in mushrooms and yeast. Top food sources of vitamin D are cod liver oil, salmon, canned tuna, beef liver, whole eggs and sardines.
With limited dietary sources of vitamin D, deficiency of this nutrient is quite common. In fact, over 40 percent of the U.S. population is vitamin D deficient. Those with darker skin and older adults are at a greater risk of vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency can go unnoticed for years or even decades.
Deficiency of vitamin D is linked to osteoporosis, reduced bone density and increased risk of fractures in older adults. Vitamin D deficiency in children is called rickets, which has been significantly reduced with the fortification of certain foods with vitamin D. Studies suggest that individuals with low vitamin D levels have a greater risk of serious health problems including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia and certain autoimmune conditions.
If you would like to know your vitamin D level, your health care provider may order a blood test. The test will check your level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Levels below 30 nmol/L are too low and should be corrected.
Here are top ways to help support healthy vitamin D levels:
- Consume vitamin D rich foods including fatty fish like trout, salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines, eggs and cheese.
- Choose vitamin D-fortified products like milk and plant-based milk alternatives, breakfast cereals, yogurt and orange juice.
- Include mushrooms in your meal plan as some types of mushrooms are exposed to ultraviolet light, raising their vitamin D content.
- Continue to wear sunblock with SPF 15 or higher to protect your skin.
- Consider taking a vitamin D supplement, especially if your serum vitamin D level is low or if you are a person at greater risk for vitamin D deficiency. Discuss vitamin D supplement dosing with your physician or a registered dietitian.
LeeAnn Weintraub, MPH, RD is a registered dietitian, providing nutrition counseling and consulting to individuals, families and organizations. She can be reached by email at RD@halfacup.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI discovered an additional document with classified markings at former Vice President Mike Pence ’s Indiana home during a search Friday, following the discovery by his lawyers last month of sensitive government documents there.
Pence adviser Devin O’Malley said the Department of Justice completed “a thorough and unrestricted search of five hours” and removed “one document with classified markings and six additional pages without such markings that were not discovered in the initial review by the vice president’s counsel.”
The search, described as consensual after negotiations between Pence’s representatives and the Justice Department, comes after he was subpoenaed in a separate investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election and as Pence contemplates a Republican bid for the White House in 2024.
Pence is now the third current or former top U.S. official, joining Trump and President Joe Biden, to have their homes scoured by FBI agents for classified records. The willingness of Pence and Biden to permit the FBI to search their homes, and to present themselves as fully cooperative, reflects a desire by both to avoid the drama that enveloped Trump last year and resulted in the Justice Department having to get a warrant to inspect his Florida property.
Police blocked the road outside Pence’s neighborhood in Carmel, just north of Indianapolis, on Friday afternoon as the FBI was inside the home. They were seen leaving shortly after 2 p.m. Pence and his wife were out of state, visiting family on the West Coast following the birth of their second and third grandchildren.
A member of Pence’s legal team was at the home during the search and the FBI was given what was described as unrestricted access to search for documents with classified markings, documents that could be classified but without markings and any other documents subject to the Presidential Records Act.
O’Malley said Pence has directed his legal team to continue to cooperate with the DOJ and “to be fully transparent through the conclusion of this matter.”
The FBI had already taken possession of what Pence’s lawyer previously described as a “small number of documents” that had been “inadvertently boxed and transported” to Pence’s Indiana home at the end of the Trump administration.
The Justice Department did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Separate special counsels have been investigating the discovery of documents with classification markings at Biden’s home in Delaware and his former Washington office, as well as Trump’s Florida estate. Officials are trying to determine whether Trump or anyone on his team criminally obstructed the probe in refusing to turn over the documents before the FBI seizure. The FBI recovered more than 100 documents marked classified while serving a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago last August.
In yet another document development, emails released late Friday revealed that after the National Archives became aware of the discovery of the classified papers at Biden’s former Washington office, Archives officials requested and received papers that had been shipped to a law office in Boston by the president’s personal attorney.
No classified documents were believed to be in the Boston documents.
The circumstances of the Biden and Pence cases are markedly different from that of Trump.
Pence, according to his lawyer Greg Jacob, had requested a review by his attorneys of records stored at his home “out of an abundance of caution” during the uproar over the discovery of classified documents at Biden’s home and former private office. When the Pence documents were discovered on Jan. 16 among four boxes that had ben transferred to Pence’s home during the transition, Jacob said, they were secured in a locked safe and reported to the National Archives. FBI agents then collected them.
Material found in the boxes came mostly from the Naval Observatory residence where Pence lived while he was vice president. Other material came from a West Wing office drawer.
Pence has said he was unaware the documents had been in his possession.
“Let me be clear: Those classified documents should not have been in my personal residence,” Pence said recently at Florida International University. “Mistakes were made, and I take full responsibility.”
“We acted above politics and put national interests first,” he said.
The National Archives last month asked former U.S. presidents and vice president s to recheck their personal records for any classified documents following news of the Biden and Pence discoveries.
The Presidential Records Act states that any records created or received by the president while in office are the property of the U.S. government and will be managed by the Archives at the end of an administration.
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Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Tom Davies in Carmel, Ind., contributed to this report.
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The controversial natural gas pipeline has been stalled by court challenges — but now the Mountain Valley Pipeline has new momentum, thanks to a debt ceiling deal that gives sweeping approvals to the project.
The Fiscal Responsibility Act orders expedited approval of all permits needed to complete the pipeline, which has been opposed by climate and conservation groups as well as local residents along its path. Backers of the plan say it would boost U.S. energy infrastructure and jobs in Appalachia and the Southeast.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch 303 miles, from West Virginia to North Carolina. But it would cut through the Jefferson National Forest and cross hundreds of waterways and wetlands — and legal battles have held up those crucial sections of the pipeline have been held up for years.
In an extraordinary move, the federal measure would also quash lawsuits against the pipeline project and send any new appeals to the D.C. Circuit rather than the Fourth Circuit, which has regional jurisdiction and which has blocked numerous permits.
The House approved the legislation Wednesday; it now heads to the Senate.
Here's a quick recap of where things stand with the pipeline:
Pipeline approval would fulfill Biden's promise to Manchin
The Fiscal Responsibility Act devotes fewer pages to the debt ceiling than it does to the pipeline, a longtime cause for Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia — who holds a critical vote in a closely divided Senate — and Republicans from his state.
Manchin receives three times as much money from pipeline companies as any other member of Congress, according to Open Secrets.
Last year, Manchin secured a promise from the Biden administration to fast-track the pipeline's completion in exchange for his support of President Biden's climate spending bill.
The Equitrans Midstream Corporation, which is managing the pipeline's development and would operate it, recently told shareholders it would likely get all permits approved and have the pipeline ready for operation by the end of 2023, with a total cost of some $6.6 billion.
Manchin says the pipeline also means big money for his state.
"I've been told it's about $40 million a year in tax revenues to the state of West Virginia," he said, according to West Virginia Public Broadcasting. "And about $300 million a year in revenue to the royalty owners."
The act shifts legal jurisdiction for court approval
When Manchin brokered the 2022 deal with the White House, his office said it planned to "give the D.C. Circuit jurisdiction over any further litigation," rather than the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., where judges have repeatedly ruled against the pipeline.
The debt ceiling deal would fulfill that plan. The act states, "no court shall have jurisdiction to review any action taken by the Secretary of the Army, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior," or any state agency, if the action authorizes or permits building and operating the pipeline at full capacity.
The legislation also says the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit "shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any claim alleging the invalidity of this section or that an action is beyond the scope of authority conferred by this section."
Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana, who led Republicans' negotiations with the White House over the debt ceiling, called the deal a GOP victory, saying Democrats are now on the record "supporting a conventional energy project that removes or ties the hands of the judiciary," according to The Washington Post, citing a conference call with reporters.
Climate groups say pipeline isn't needed and is harmful
By approving the Fiscal Responsibility Act, Congress would declare that "the timely completion of construction and operation of the Mountain Valley Pipeline is required in the national interest."
The American Exploration and Production Council, a lobbying group for oil and gas producers, hailed the deal, with CEO Anne Bradbury saying in an email to NPR that by approving the pipeline and promising changes to the permitting system, a bureaucratic process will become more streamlined.
But the Natural Resources Defense Council disagrees, saying the new deal would remove key avenues for legal and environmental review. It also says that much of the official narrative about the pipeline is false — despite claims by Manchin and others, the group says, the pipeline isn't needed and still faces important legal hurdles.
The League of Conservation Voters is also against the pipeline's inclusion in the debt deal. In an email to NPR, the group's Tiernan Sittenfeld, senior vice president of government affairs, said that by forcing approval of the pipeline, the debt deal "locks in decades of climate pollution, threatens water quality, and jeopardizes communities in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, especially low-income, elderly, Indigenous, and Black communities."
The debt deal has critics on the left and right
Some of the most conservative House members are furious with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over the the debt ceiling deal, saying it gives Democrats too many concessions and doesn't go far enough in reaching Republican goals.
Some progressive Democrats are also unhappy, saying the Biden administration isn't delivering on its promises to support clean energy rather than fossil fuels, along with allowing cuts or restrictions to food programs and other assistance for vulnerable Americans.
Critics are also asking why the debt deal legislation, which runs to 99 pages, devotes so much space to other matters, like revamping the federal permitting process under the National Environmental Policy Act.
When asked about those concerns, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young said on Tuesday, "I've worked in many divided government situations. I think this is where you would expect a bipartisan agreement to land. It's just the reality."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams eliminated No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 in the U.S. Open’s second round Wednesday night to ensure that the 23-time Grand Slam champion will play at least one more singles match at what she’s hinted will be the last tournament of her illustrious career.
The 40-year-old Williams was again buoyed by a loud crowd at a full Arthur Ashe Stadium, just as she was in the first round two days earlier.
She hit serves at up to 119 mph, stayed with Kontaveit during lengthy exchanges of big swings from the baselines and conjured up some of her trademark brilliance when it was needed most.
After pulling out a tight first set, then faltering a bit in the second, Williams headed to the locker room for a bit of a break before the third.
Something had to give, someone had to blink.
When they resumed, it was Williams who lifted her level and emerged as the better player.
Just as she’s done, so many times on so many stages, with so much at stake.
The six-time champion at Flushing Meadows will play Friday for a spot in the fourth round. Her opponent will be Ajla Tomljanovic, a 29-year-old Australian.
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It was just after 1 a.m. on May 28 when the future that Jayland Walker was planning shattered in an instant.
His fiancée, Jaymeisha Beasley, was traveling with family outside Cincinnati when they were hit by a tractor-trailer. Beasley wasn't wearing a seatbelt, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, and was thrown from the van onto the interstate. Within moments, she was struck by a passing vehicle, leaving her with fatal injuries. A hit and run. She was 27.
For those who knew Walker, the next 30 days are hard to make sense of. The person they remember loved sports — wrestling most of all — and was quiet and kind. He was a fiancé, son, brother and friend who knew how to make people laugh. And he was never one for trouble, they say.
Which is what makes the final moments of his life all the more painful and confounding. With Walker's funeral scheduled for Wednesday, they are struggling to understand what may have caused him to flee police on June 27 during what should have been a routine traffic stop. They don't understand why a 25-year-old with no criminal record was shot dozens of times by officers in Akron, Ohio, leaving him with more than 60 gunshot wounds. And they don't understand why after years of nationwide protests over racial injustice, young Black men like Walker continue to be killed by police at a rate that is more than twice as high as that of white Americans.
Police in Akron say they sought to stop Walker for a "traffic and equipment violation." Video of the ensuing chase shows what police say is a muzzle flash coming from Walker's driver-side door. Walker was unarmed when he was shot, according to authorities, but police say a handgun was later found in the car.
"It's just not matching the person that I know, because he's not into that and that's not him," his sister, Jada Walker, told ABC. "That's not Jayland."
A community remembers a wrestling fan who loved to laugh
Walker and his sister grew up in a blue-collar community on the west side of Akron. Their parents separated when he was still in school, but friends recalled a close and supportive family despite the separation.
"You can tell he came from a good home, because he was polite, he was respectful," says Brian Turner, formerly a dean of students at Buchtel High School in Akron, where Walker studied. "He would say things such as 'please, thank you, excuse me' — things some students kind of struggle with these days."
For the men in the Walker family, wrestling was life. Walker's uncle and father both wrestled, so by the time he made it to Buchtel, a school where the student body is majority-minority, there was little doubt he would follow in their footsteps.
On the wrestling team, Walker made friends with Tyler Cox, who remembered him as "one of the funniest people you would ever meet."
"He was a natural comedian," Cox says.
Cox says Walker was a leader — a captain during his sophomore year on the team and someone who spent his summers volunteering to help coach the youth team underneath them.
But he also described a unique closeness with Walker shaped not just by wrestling, but by shared challenges the team faced.
"We all became family," Cox says. "We had problems and struggles within wrestling that we all went through together as a team that made us closer."
He recalled the story of how one day after school, the police were called on the team after a disagreement with a school staff member over whether they were allowed to be on campus. The issue was not that they didn't want to leave, says Cox, but that they were with an immune-compromised parent who could not safely wait outside in the cold with them.
"It was something that we just couldn't let it slide. That was when everybody really locked in" and grew closer, Cox says.
Their coach during that time was Robert Hubbard, who says Walker wasn't just a "really sweet kid," but also one of the most motivated wrestlers he can remember.
"Wrestling as a high school sport is probably the toughest one out there, so if I'm saying you're a hard worker, you're a hard worker," says Hubbard.
He was also one of the friendliest kids at the school, remembers Norma James, a former assistant principal at Buchtel.
"What it was for me, it was the smile," James says. "Every morning I stood in the hall and I was the one looking at kids as they came in because we have a dress code ... I was always 'the bad guy' in the morning," James says, the one who had to enforce the rules. "That really kind of crushed my day ... I got to the point where I was looking forward to seeing him come in because I knew I would see him smile."
Walker faced immeasurable loss after high school
Walker would stay in Akron after graduating from Buchtel in 2015, working for Amazon for a time before taking a job as a delivery driver for DoorDash.
His life after high school wasn't always an easy time. In 2018, his father, Edward "Pete" Walker, died at the age of 57. In 2020 came the pandemic, followed by the death of his fiancée earlier this year.
"That's a lot," says Cox, Walker's former teammate. Cox says he and Walker eventually lost touch after high school, but that "I can only imagine what was really going through his mind."
Walker's death has sparked days of protest in Akron over what many of the city's residents see as a continuing double standard around race in policing.
James pointed to the confessed shooter in Highland Park, Ill. — the 21-year-old white man who killed seven people during a parade on July Fourth before he was chased hours later and apprehended by police without a single bullet fired.
Eight officers who were involved in Walker's death have been placed on administrative leave, and the shooting remains under investigation.
"At some point you got to realize something is going to give," Cox says. "It's like you pretty much filling up a water balloon and you just keep continuously filling this water balloon. At some point that water balloon is going to pop."
For James, the death of the young man whose smile she once sought out every morning has been difficult to process.
"All those bullets for a traffic violation," James says. "They shot him as many times as they shot up Bonnie and Clyde, and they robbed and killed across the country. I mean, I can't wrap my head around the why of it. The why so much."
It's left her struggling when she thinks about what she might one day have to tell her grandchildren.
"How do you tell children that when you go outside, because of something you have no control over, there are people who not only hate you enough to discriminate and hurt you, but some even want to kill you. How do you tell them that?" she says.
"And then how do you live with that each day knowing that at any given time, everything you've done and accomplished is stripped away from you and the only thing you are is a person of color. Or a person that other people hate for whatever reason. That's a hard conversation to have."
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Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest after making a tackle during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 2 and was hospitalized for nine days. After being released from the hospital, he made his first public appearance when the Bills faced the Bengals again on Jan. 22.
But, some people online claimed Hamlin didn’t survive – arguing because his face has been covered during public appearances or because he wasn’t clearly identifiable, the person appearing to be Hamlin was actually an actor, body double or a clone.
One tweet with more than 4 million views says: “Why didn't the NFL let us see Damar Hamlin's face?” Many commenters offered the popular conspiracy theories as to why he wasn’t visible.
THE QUESTION
Did Damar Hamlin actually die following his cardiac arrest, as conspiracy theorists claim?
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No, Damar Hamlin isn’t dead, as conspiracy theorists claim.
WHAT WE FOUND
After Damar Hamlin’s Jan. 2 cardiac arrest and collapse on the field in Cincinnati, he was taken to nearby UC Health. Doctors there provided updates on his condition on Jan. 5, and said he was alive. When Hamlin woke up, he wrote to doctors asking who won the game, as reported by several news outlets including VERIFY partner station WGRZ.
When Hamlin returned to New York, he was admitted to Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute in downtown Buffalo, where doctors there reported he was doing well. He was released from Buffalo General on Jan. 11 and doctors said it was safe for him to be released.
Damar Hamlin has posted to his social media channels since his collapse, including while he was in the hospital. One photo he posted to Instagram on Jan. 8, six days after his cardiac arrest, shows him alive in a hospital bed.
Hamlin has also posted a photo of himself in a tweet appearing to mock the claims he’s actually a clone.
Hamlin’s teammate, Bills quarterback Josh Allen, addressed the claims on Jan. 24 on the Kyle Brandt’s Basement podcast.
“Yeah, that’s stupid,” Allen said during his podcast appearance. He also expressed shock that these claims even exist.
Allen said Hamlin was in the locker with them before the Jan. 22 Bengals-Bills game.
“There’s absolutely zero chance, there is absolutely zero chance,” Allen said of the claims that Hamlin died and has been replaced. “He’s Damar Hamlin. That’s our guy. That’s our brother. He was with us, pregame, postgame. He was up in the suite with his family, his little brother, 100 percent. So people need to stop that [expletive].”
The Buffalo Bills also posted a video of Hamlin arriving via golf cart ahead of the Jan. 22 game. The NFL also posted a tweet showing Hamlin in the suite at the game. VERIFY reached out to the Bills for comment but did not hear back at the time of publishing.
Some conspiracy theorists online suggested Hamlin’s cardiac arrest was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine. VERIFY has found there is no evidence that athlete cardiac arrests can be linked to COVID vaccine.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Dinosaurs are stomping their way out of the past for an action-packed weekend in Allentown. You can catch 165 million years of dinosaurs during Jurassic Quest starting Friday.
"It's an interactive experience where you really get transported back in time," described Dinosaur Trainer Carolyn Barker.
The dino magic started on Thursday with the event set-up at the Allentown Fairgrounds.
The prehistoric attraction will come to life starting Friday when dino-loving kids and adults are invited to live an experience like none before.
"You can learn about fossils and all the different kinds of dinosaurs, but also we have all different kinds of activities where kids can ride on dinosaurs, dig for fossils, do arts and crafts," continued Barker.
There are activities for kids of all ages, including bounce houses. But, one reminder is to wear some socks if you plan on bouncing the day away.
You'll have plenty of fun just T-Rex-laxing with the king of the dinosaurs and the smaller ones as well.
"We have three babies and a lot of cute dinosaurs that not many people know about," said Barker. "It's this weekend only, so you got to get those tickets, before we go extinct."
You can use the discount code RAPTOR when purchasing tickets for a 10% discount.
Jurassic Quest is open Friday 12 p.m. - 8 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
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BEIJING, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- When did the White Deer Cave form and appear beside the Five Old Men Peak? At the southern foot of the Five Old Men Peak of Lushan, a run-down building, which has survived the vicissitudes of life, stands there, displaying the beauty of the bygone era. This building is the White Deer Cave Academy, which ranks first among the four ancient Chinese academies. For thousands of years, countless masters have taught here, and countless distinguished students graduated here and walked on into different paths. After centuries, the names on the stone tablets are still dazzling. In 1216 A.D., an 18-year-old man came to the White Deer Cave Academy. He was Jiang Wanli from Duchang, Jiangxi Province. Out of the admiration of Zhu Xi, a great scholar, he came here to study. At that time, the White Deer Cave Academy was already full of great scholars, with thousands of students. They studied Confucian classics and passed down the Confucian spirit of "humanity, justice, courtesy, and wisdom," making White Deer Cave rise above as the top school in China.
In 1241 A.D., 44-year-old Jiang Wanli founded Bailuzhou College, where he adopted the system of White Deer Cave Academy and taught all students in person. Then in 1243, he founded Zonglian Jingshe Academy and Daoyuan Academy. In his later years, he set up the Zhishan Academy in his residence in Raozhou Prefecture. Within 40 years, he founded 4 academies. In his educational career, he consistently upheld his educational philosophies of "integrity and righteousness."
The spirit of Jiangxi academies remains profound and extensive, and the cultural context of Jiangxi lives on. During the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, there were altogether 515 academies in China, while there were 170 in Jiangxi alone, accounting for one third in China. In the Song Dynasty, there were 5,534 successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations in Jiangxi, ranking first in China. In the Ming Dynasty, among the 1,239 academies in China, there were 238 in Jiangxi. Seasons changed fast, and the sound of reading aloud at that time no longer existed, but the patriotism, national integrity, and the academic spirit of pursuing knowledge flourish and continue to grow far and wide.
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TULSA, Okla. , July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CLEAR (NYSE: YOU), the secure identity company, today announced it is launching its identity verification technology at Tulsa International Airport (TUL)'s Main Terminal, bringing frictionless and predictable travel experiences to Tulsa. CLEAR's launch at TUL is expected to create 25 jobs and generate approximately $1.2 million annually in local economic impact.
"We're thrilled to welcome CLEAR to Tulsa along with the customer experience they will offer to our passengers," said Andrew Pierini, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Tulsa International Airport. "CLEAR brings a cutting-edge amenity that allows passengers a smooth, expedited journey through airport security and we are excited to have them operating at TUL."
"CLEAR is on the side of the American traveler, and our lanes help make the journey as joyful as the destination," said CLEAR CEO Caryn Seidman-Becker. "We're excited to bring Tulsa's travelers the predictable, seamless, and safe airport experience they deserve."
Today's launch represents continued growth in CLEAR's national footprint, where it serves a total of 53 airports and over 16 million members. CLEAR already serves 9 of TUL's top 10 domestic destinations, allowing members traveling through TUL to use CLEAR on both ends of their journey. Members use CLEAR's network of dedicated lanes to verify their identity with their eyes or fingers, replacing the need to take out their wallet and driver's license. After verification, a CLEAR Ambassador escorts members through the dedicated lane and directly to TSA physical security, saving them time waiting in line at the security checkpoint.
CLEAR Plus – an opt-in membership that provides access to CLEAR's expedited identity verification lanes – costs about $16 a month billed annually, with discounts available for Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines and American Express members. Newly enrolling active military, veterans, and government officials are also eligible for discounted memberships, and additional family members can be added to an existing CLEAR Plus account for just $70 per adult per year.
About CLEAR
CLEAR's mission is to create frictionless experiences. With more than 16 million members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether you are traveling, at the stadium, or on your phone, CLEAR connects you to the things that make you, you – making everyday experiences easier, more secure, and friction-free. CLEAR is committed to privacy done right. Members are always in control of their own information, and we never sell member data. For more information, visit clearme.com.
About Tulsa International Airport
Nearly 3 million people use Tulsa International Airport every year to connect with loved ones, pursue business opportunities or explore new destinations. At Tulsa International Airport, we take pride in welcoming visitors from around the world to Tulsa and continue to prioritize investments in our facilities and services that make their experience as smooth as possible. Visit www.flytulsa.com for more information.
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Supreme Court won't let Biden implement immigration policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.
The court's order Thursday leaves the policy frozen nationwide for now. The vote was 5-4 with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in saying they would have allowed the Biden administration to put in place the guidance.
The court also announced it would hear arguments in the case, saying they would be in late November.
The order is the first public vote by Jackson since she joined the court June 30 following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer.
The justices were acting on the administration's emergency request to the court following conflicting decisions by federal appeals courts over a September directive from the Homeland Security Department that paused deportation unless individuals had committed acts of terrorism, espionage or "egregious threats to public safety."
The federal appeals court in Cincinnati earlier this month overturned a district judge's order that put the policy on hold in a lawsuit filed by Arizona, Ohio and Montana.
But in a separate suit filed by Texas and Louisiana, a federal judge in Texas ordered a nationwide halt to the guidance and a federal appellate panel in New Orleans declined to step in.
The judge's order amounted to a "nationwide, judicially imposed overhaul of the Executive Branch's enforcement priorities," Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote in a court filing. Prelogar is the administration's top Supreme Court lawyer.
In their Supreme Court filing, Texas and Louisiana argued that the administration's guidance violates federal law that requires the detention of people who are in the U.S. illegally and who have been convicted of serious crimes. The states said they would face added costs of having to detain people the federal government might allow to remain free inside the United States, despite their criminal records.
The guidance, issued after Joe Biden became president, updated a Trump-era policy that removed people in the country illegally regardless of criminal history or community ties.
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PANAMA CITY, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA) announces the following events:
We encourage our listeners to join the conference via webcast. Please access the website several minutes prior to the scheduled start time, allowing sufficient time to register, download and install any necessary software.
If you are unable to listen or access this presentation at the scheduled time, a webcast replay option will be available at the above website shortly after the conference.
Copa Holdings is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo services. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides service to countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. For more information visit www.copa.com.
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TOKYO — The day before Shinzo Abe was assassinated, Tetsuya Yamagami sent a letter saying that the Unification Church had ruined his life, “destroying my family and driving it into bankruptcy.”
Yamagami’s mother had been a member of the church for more than two decades, making prodigious donations over her family’s objections. “It’s no exaggeration to say that my experience with it during that time continues to distort my whole life,” he wrote to a blogger who covered the church. Japanese police have confirmed that he sent the letter.
The next day, Abe was dead, shot at close range with an improvised gun while campaigning in the city of Nara, Japan.
Police have charged Yamagami with murder, saying he was angry at a “certain group” and decided to target Abe, the former prime minister of Japan. Authorities haven’t named the group, but a Unification Church spokesperson said that Yamagami was most likely referring to them. It remains unclear why Yamagami directed his animus at Abe.
The July 8 shooting has thrust the church’s legal troubles back into the national dialogue, in particular its battles with families who said they had been impoverished by large donations. Those payments were among billions of dollars in revenue from Japan that helped finance much of the church’s global political and business ambitions.
In one judgment from 2016, a Tokyo civil court awarded more than $270,000 in damages to the former husband of a church member, after she donated his inheritance, salary and retirement funds to the group to “save” him and his ancestors from damnation.
In another civil case from 2020, a judge ordered the church and other defendants to pay damages to a woman after members had convinced her that her child’s cancer was caused by familial sins. On their advice, she spent tens of thousands of dollars on church goods and services, like researching her family history and buying blessings.
Last week, church officials said they had struck an agreement in 2009 with the family of Yamagami’s mother to repay 50 million yen (about $360,000) in donations she had made over the years. In an interview, Yamagami’s uncle said she had given at least 100 million yen.
Many families have settled complaints against the church through court-arbitrated agreements, according to Hiroshi Watanabe, a lawyer who has negotiated some of them.
Eri Kayoda, 28, grew up in a household devoted to the Unification Church.
She said that her mother gave the church an inheritance and the proceeds from the sale of their home. The family had to squeeze into a tiny Tokyo apartment decorated with pricey Unification Church books and vases thought to bring good fortune, she said.
In middle school, Kayoda said, she began keeping a close eye on her parents’ finances and convinced them to save for a car and a home. Her mother now donates modestly. While Kayoda condemned Abe’s shooting, she said she hoped it would draw attention to the “many cases of families that have been destroyed.”
Susumu Sato, a spokesperson for the Unification Church in Japan, said that some members had encouraged followers to donate excessively, but that most donors were motivated by their faith.
“Nowadays, it seems unthinkable, but those people believed in God,” said Sato, who said he feared church members would become scapegoats for Abe’s death.
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon founded the Unification Church in South Korea in 1954. Five years later, he opened its first overseas branch, in Japan, which quickly became the church’s largest revenue source.
Abe’s grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, a former prime minister, appeared at events sponsored by a group that Moon established to fight communism. Decades later, in 2021, Abe spoke by video feed to a conference in Seoul, South Korea, sponsored by a church-affiliated nonprofit organization, praising its “focus and emphasis on family values.”
An ardent Korean nationalist, Moon was educated in Japan while his own country lived under its colonial rule. His theology reflected his ambivalence toward Japan, describing it in his sermons as both a potential savior and a satanic power.
During visits, Moon warned his Japanese followers that they were steeped in sin and exhorted them to sacrifice everything for the church.
“Each of you needs to restore, through paying indemnity, the sins committed by your ancestors in history,” he told a group of believers in 1973, instructing them to “shed blood, sweat and tears.”
Hundreds of thousands heeded his call. By the mid-1980s, billions of dollars in donations had flowed from Japanese families into the church’s coffers. Moon used the money to build a sprawling business empire and a network of nonprofit organizations and media outlets, like The Washington Times, that he leveraged for political influence.
Families were asked to make constant donations and pay steep fees to purchase various religious services and leather-bound volumes of Moon’s teachings, according to court judgments handed down in subsequent civil suits against the group.
Businesses connected to the church sometimes used high-pressure sales tactics to gather even more funds. Judgments from civil suits describe how followers used warnings of ancestral curses to sell products like decorative vases imported from South Korea. The church decided whom its followers would marry and sent thousands of them — mostly women — abroad to become the spouses of church members.
By the early 1990s, Moon’s power in Japan had peaked. In 1995, sarin gas attacks by members of the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo created a backlash against what are referred to in the country as new religions. Suspicion of the Unification Church hardened as former followers published tell-all accounts and lawsuits began to mount.
The National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales, a group that has spent decades crusading against the church, started receiving complaints about it in the late 1980s. It eventually collected more than 34,000, claiming damages in excess of $900 million.
As criticism built, the Unification Church went on the offensive, arguing that years of negative attention had led to its followers’ persecution. In one case, a young man, Toru Goto, was confined in a Tokyo apartment for more than 12 years as family members attempted to deprogram him, according to a civil suit he filed against his parents and others in the city.
In the spring of 2009, Tokyo police raided a church-affiliated business that pushed customers to buy traditional seals, often used for documents, at steep markups. The arrests resulted in fines against five employees and suspended prison sentences for two executives.
Fearing that the Japanese government would revoke its legal status, the church announced new controls on recruiting and donating.
In the years since, the church’s power and influence in Japan — as well as the complaints against it — have ebbed. But “even now, there are a lot of people like Mr. Yamagami’s family,” said Yoshifu Arita, a member of parliament who has frequently spoken out about the issue. “Japanese society just doesn’t see them.”
Yamagami, however, never lost sight of the Unification Church. His mother’s actions had “plunged my brother, my sister and me into hell,” he wrote on a Twitter account. The account name was included in the letter he sent before Abe’s shooting.
Amid anti-Korean screeds, misogynistic musings about incel culture and commentary on Japanese politics, the account — which has been suspended — describes a painful childhood and a seething fury at his mother’s allegiance to the Unification Church. He blamed the relationship for his own failings in life.
In the letter he sent before the shooting, Yamagami said he had spent years dreaming of revenge, but had become convinced that attacking the church would accomplish nothing.
Abe is “not my enemy,” Yamagami wrote, “he’s nothing more than one of the Unification Church’s most powerful sympathizers.”
But, he added, “I no longer have the luxury to think about the political meaning or consequences that Abe’s death will bring.”
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It takes a lot of work to transform a sedate setting into the blaze of color that is Holiday in the Park.
And, the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce needs your help this weekend to do it.
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It takes a lot of work to transform a sedate setting into the blaze of color that is Holiday in the Park.
And, the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce needs your help this weekend to do it.
The chamber coordinates Holiday in the Park, a Christmas-themed display on the east end of Elmer Thomas Park, at Northwest 4th Street and Northwest Ferris Avenue. The display, which opens Nov. 19, boasts lights of all colors, holiday displays, a huge Christmas tree, an ice skating rink, a decorated pavilion and Holiday House that serves as a center for holiday activities, and a lighted walkway, among other attractions.
But none of it is possible without labor and that’s where the general public comes into the picture.
The chamber is searching for volunteers to help erect the displays and lights during work sessions scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m Saturday and Sunday, although Sunday’s session is being played by ear because rain is forecast, said Stacy Reyna, Chamber Visitors Bureau projects coordinator.
Reyna said Saturday will be the first work session for the 2022 display. Volunteers are needed for efforts such as setting up displays, which are metal pieces wrapped in lights. Workers will putt T-posts into the ground and fasten displays to them, then wrap them with lights. Volunteers also will wrap lights around trees, focusing on routes in the park were vehicles will pass. Other work areas will include the 30-foot lighted pedestrian tunnel, which will be rainbow-themed this year, Reyna said.
Do volunteers need any particular skill sets?
“Anybody who’s OK to walk for a long period. We’ll be there from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and that’s a lot of standing and walking around,” she said, adding Arvest Bank will provide a free hot dog lunch to volunteers.
There’s no such thing as too many volunteers: Holiday in the Park will have 65 displays this year, as the chamber of commerce works to expand the offerings. Reyna said completion of the display is expected to take a while, even if the weather cooperates Sunday. A work session already has been scheduled Nov. 6 to erect the ice skating rink.
“It’s a lot of work,” she said, of the effort to create Holiday in the Park.
Volunteers may sign up for duty through the site signupgenius.com, available through the chamber’s web site: lawtonfortsillchamber.com/visitlawton/volunteer. Information also is available by calling the chamber at 581-3541. Volunteers are asked to bring work gloves if they have them; work tools will be provided.
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MADRID (AP) — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will miss the Madrid Open, apparently due to a fitness issue, the Spanish event said Saturday.
The Madrid Open said on Twitter: “Wishing you a speedy recovery, we hope to see you back on court as soon as possible, Nole.”
While no specific reason was given for Djokovic’s withdrawal, he did discuss issues with his elbow recently, mostly downplaying the extent of the problem.
Rafael Nadal, who shares the record of 22 Grand Slam titles with Djokovic, said this week that he would miss the Madrid tournament due to a nagging hip injury that has sidelined him since the Australian Open in January.
The next major is the French Open starting on May 28.
The 35-year-old Djokovic has had back-to-back early exits from tournaments. He lost in the round of 16 at Monte Carlo to Lorenzo Musetti. Then, on Friday, Dusan Lajovic beat Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the Srpska Open, dealing him his first loss to a Serb countryman in 11 years.
The Madrid Open starts on Monday. Djokovic has won the tournament three times.
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Bill would strengthen health care access by removing practice barriers for nurse practitioners.
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) commends Sens. Merkley (D-OR) and Lummis (R-WY) for introducing the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act in the U.S. Senate. This legislation would improve health care access for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries by removing federal barriers to practice for nurse practitioners (NPs) and other advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).
"Every day, nurse practitioners are striving to meet our country's growing need for high-quality health care in all practice settings yet outdated federal barriers limit patient access to NP-provided care," said AANP President Stephen Ferrara, DNP. "This important legislation will move our nation's health care system toward one that more accurately reflects the modern health care workforce. It is vital that the millions of Medicare and Medicaid patients who choose NPs receive timely access to high-quality health care. AANP applauds the introduction of the ICAN Act by Senators Merkley and Lummis in the U.S. Senate, and we urge its swift passage by Congress."
NPs are the fastest growing Medicare provider group, and approximately 40% of Medicare beneficiaries receive NP-delivered care. The ICAN Act would improve timely access to care by authorizing NPs to order cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, certify when patients with diabetes need therapeutic shoes, have their patients fully included in the beneficiary attribution process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, refer patients for medical nutrition therapy, certify and recertify a patient's terminal illness for hospice eligibility, perform all mandatory examinations in skilled nursing facilities, and more.
AANP strongly supports the ICAN Act and efforts to modernize policies that will ensure every American has timely access to high-quality health care from their chosen health care provider. Earlier this year, the House of Representatives introduced companion legislation that has garnered the support of more than 235 national, state and local organizations.
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) is the largest professional membership organization for nurse practitioners (NPs) of all specialties. It represents the interests of the more than 355,000 licensed NPs in the U.S. AANP provides legislative leadership at the local, state and national levels, advancing health policy; promoting excellence in practice, education and research; and establishing standards that best serve NPs' patients and other health care consumers. As The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner®, AANP represents the interests of NPs as providers of high-quality, cost-effective, comprehensive, patient-centered health care. To locate an NP in your community, visit npfinder.com. For more information about NPs, visit aanp.org.
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Garth Rathjen
August 4, 1929-March 9, 2023
Garth Rathjen, long-time resident of Mason City, passed into eternity at his home in Blaine, Minnesota, on March 9, 2023, at the age of 93.
He enjoyed fishing and was an avid golfer and member of the Mason City Country Club. He deeply loved his family and treasured the time he spent with his friends. Our family thanks you for all of the kindness you showed him throughout his long life.
He is survived by his wife JoAnn, son Craig (Nancy), grandchildren Lindsey (Dan), Matt, and Jason, and great-grandchildren Kylin, Jace, Tyson, and Brody, and Garth's brother Neal. He was preceded in death by his daughter Lynn and his sister, Neola.
A private memorial service will be held in the Spring.
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NEW YORK, May 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Palantir Technologies Inc. ("Palantir" or the "Company") (NYSE: PLTR). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Palantir and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 9, 2022, Palantir disclosed its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 ("Q1") and issued guidance for the second quarter of 2022 ("Q2"). For Q1, Palantir announced adjusted earnings per share of $0.02, compared to analyst estimates of $0.04 per share. For Q2, the Company said that it expected $470 million in sales, compared to estimates of $483.76 million, but cautioned that revenue could come in well below estimates.
On this news, Palantir's stock price fell $2.02 per share, or 21.31%, to close at $7.46 per share on May 9, 2022.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Paris is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com
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PARIS (AP) — In France, when presidents take strolls among the public, they’re described as “taking a crowd bath.” Emmanuel Macron took a very cold one on Wednesday.
Braving hecklers who shouted for him to resign, the French leader threw himself into the uphill task of repairing damage done to his presidency by forcing through unpopular pension reforms, taking his first such “crowd bath” since he enacted the law last week.
The visit to eastern France, close to the border with Germany, was part of a concerted new effort by Macron and his government to put the furor caused by the pension change behind him. Raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 has ignited a months-long firestorm of protest in France.
The uproarious climate of discontent threatens Macron’s ability to get some other planned policies through in the remaining four years of his second and last term. He got to see first-hand how unhappy people still are when he mingled among a crowd in the town of Selestat.
One man who shook his hand didn’t hold back and told Macron that his government is “corrupt” — a claim that Macron immediately denied.
“You’ll soon fall! You’ll see,” the man said.
Working his way along the crowd, which was kept back by a metal barrier, Macron argued for his pension reform but also acknowledged that it was “unpopular.”
“It doesn’t make anyone happy to work more and for longer,” he said.
Still, he insisted that he wouldn’t be cowed from mixing with people. Macron is generally a fan of crowd baths, to the dismay of his security detail, and doesn’t shy away from his critics.
“I’ve known worse,” he said.
In the background, some shouted “Macron, resign!,” or intoned a song that has become an anthem of the retirement protests.
Earlier Wednesday, during a visit to a company specializing in wooden buildings, Macron was met by a silent protest: Lawmaker Emmanuel Fernandes of the far-left France Unbowed party appeared wearing a gag over his mouth bearing the number 49-3, a reference to the constitutional article that the government used to force the new pension age through parliament without a vote.
Later, in the calm of the offices of Selestat’s mayor, Macron repeatedly stressed that France needs to move ahead with other priorities. He cited climate change, drought, education and other issues.
“We’re not always a country that’s calm, but we have to advance,” he told reporters.
By voluntarily facing hostile crowds, Macron appeared to be trying to break the image his critics painted of him as haughty and out-of-touch.
“I’m not deaf,” he said inside town hall. ”There are people who are very angry. I respect them.”
He repeated that not reforming the pension system would have saddled next generations with debt. Unions and other opponents argue that wealthy taxpayers or companies should pitch in more instead, and see the reform as an erosion of France’s social safety net.
Undeterred by the hostile welcome Wednesday, Macron vowed to continue traveling across the country.
“We have to continue explaining and moving ahead with the rest,” he said.
Macron then again braved boos and chants outside to shake a few more hands. He left with protesters shouting, “Retirement at 60: We fought to get it and we’ll fight to keep it.”
The hard-left CGT union planned scattered protest actions for Thursday. All of France’s main unions said they would hold nationwide protests on May 1 to coincide with International Workers’ Day.
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Alabama Gov. Ivey, Auburn Board of Trustees members help celebrate Roberts at Gogue Center
AUBURN, Ala., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Auburn University President Christopher B. Roberts spoke of his aspirations for the future of the land-grant institution at his official Presidential Installation ceremony at the Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center on Thursday afternoon.
With Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey — an Auburn alumna and president of the Auburn University Board of Trustees — and several other dignitaries looking on, Roberts was thankful, humbled and inspired while giving his remarks at the special celebration.
"What an overwhelming feeling," said Roberts, who began serving as Auburn's 21st president on May 16, 2022. "Gov. Ivey, thank you for your support of Auburn, and I really want you to know how honored I am to have this position. In this role, I'm often asked what the Auburn Family means to me, and it means everything.
"The Auburn Family and the spirit we have on this campus is a true mark of distinction. As your president, I am going to dedicate myself to the vision I have discussed. I believe in educating the next generation of brilliant scholars and citizens who will serve the needs of Alabama, the nation and the world."
Ivey presented Roberts with the President's Medallion, which was first presented to President Harry Philpott at his installation nearly 60 years ago. The medallion features the inscription "Truth flourishes where the student's lamp has shone" on one side and the Auburn University seal and its three pillars of research, instruction and extension on the other.
"President Roberts, as someone who cares deeply about this campus, I am thrilled we have you serving at the helm," said Ivey, a 1967 Auburn graduate. "There's no one better for the job. There are three characteristics a leader must have — character, competence and commitment. Chris no doubt has all three, and I am confident he will take this university we all love to even greater heights.
"I look forward to working with you as we strive for excellence for Auburn and our state, and I share your vision and your belief that Auburn University can change Alabama and the world for the better."
Roberts told stories about his first visit to Auburn's campus, the moment he realized he wanted to become part of the Auburn Family and thanked those who have helped him along the way during his nearly 30-year career on the Plains. He also outlined a vision for the future of the land-grant institution, a plan that includes three main areas of focus — creating the best student-centered experiences in the nation, doubling the university's growing research enterprise and committing to a culture of excellence and innovation that will propel the institution to extraordinary levels.
"We've earned the right to dream the biggest dreams," said Roberts, who began his Auburn career in 1994. "That's what I'm asking each person on this campus to do — push yourself to dream bigger, to be bolder, to pursue excellence in all that you do. By becoming a little bit uncomfortable and pushing ourselves to even greater heights, we will emerge as an even stronger institution.
"What we do really matters, and the effort we pour into our students and to our work can change the trajectory of people's lives. Our goal should be to leverage our unique strengths to achieve an elevated level of excellence."
Bob Dumas, president pro tempore of the Board of Trustees, joined Ivey, 2022-23 Auburn Student Government Association President Jake Haston and Harbert College Advisory Council Associate Professor Kerry Inger from the Harbert College of Business with turns at the podium as Roberts was officially welcomed as the university's chief administrator.
"On behalf of the board, I thank you all for investing your time, your trust and your support in Dr. Christopher Roberts as Auburn University's 21st president," said Dumas, who served as the event's host. "Throughout Auburn's distinguished 167-year history, we have only gathered a handful of times to install a new president. Today is important to our university because it is an extraordinary opportunity to symbolically transition the leadership of our institution to an individual who represents the very values and ideals that we all collectively share.
"Chris, in accepting the call to lead our institution, you join a distinguished group of educators and scholars who have played integral roles in shaping its history, guiding its direction and chartering its success. We charge you with safeguarding Auburn's rich heritage and guiding its future, strengthening its role as a leading institution and continuing our tradition of excellence across our academic, research, scholarship and extension programs through service to our communities."
Past and present members of the Auburn Board of Trustees, Auburn's Interim Provost Vini Nathan, Auburn University at Montgomery Chancellor Carl Stockton and the deans of Auburn's various colleges also attended the celebratory event, along with numerous members of the Auburn Family, including faculty, staff, administrators and alumni.
Inger, winner of the 2020 Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, spoke on behalf of Auburn's thousands of faculty members.
"The installation of President Roberts comes at an important time for our campus, as it signifies the growth and evolution that Auburn is well-positioned to undertake," said Inger, who teaches in the School of Accountancy. "Realizing the impact that Auburn faculty have in developing the next generation of scholars who will solve the most critical societal challenges, President Roberts celebrates the work of faculty by recognizing the value of our contributions, promoting interdisciplinary approaches, attracting and retaining outstanding talent and building partnerships that result in new fields of inquiry.
"President Roberts has already shown us what we can achieve and how Auburn faculty can impact the world. I believe President Roberts will continue to demonstrate integrity and passion, building Auburn into a stronger institution where education, research and service flourish."
Lila Meadows, a senior majoring in music, sang the national anthem to begin the festivities, which included the playing of inspirational videos and the singing of the Auburn Alma Mater. Haston spoke for the university's more than 30,000 students in warm remarks for the former Samuel Ginn College of Engineering dean.
"It is an incredible honor to be here to celebrate Auburn and share our excitement for our institution's future," said Haston, a senior majoring in journalism. "From our first meetings with students, to our first day of classes, President Roberts has consistently demonstrated his deep and unique care for Auburn and its students. He has been eager to help on numerous student-driven initiatives and projects, including initiatives focused on making Auburn a more equitable campus for all students.
"As I prepare to graduate in a few weeks, I know that my fellow graduates and I leave Auburn in the hands of a leader who understands how special Auburn students are and the value every student, faculty and staff member brings to our campus community. I am confident that, years from now, Auburn will be a better university thanks to the vision and leadership of President Roberts."
Auburn University is a nationally ranked land grant institution recognized for its commitment to world-class scholarship, interdisciplinary research with an elite, top-tier Carnegie R1 classification and an undergraduate education experience second to none. Auburn is home to more than 30,000 students, and its faculty and research partners collaborate to develop and deliver meaningful scholarship, science and technology-based advancements that meet pressing regional, national and global needs. Auburn's commitment to active student engagement, professional success and public/private partnership drives a growing reputation for outreach and extension that delivers broad economic, health and societal impact. Auburn's mission to educate, discover and collaborate drives its expanding impact on the world.
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Before November, election officials prepared for the possibility that Republicans who embraced former President Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud would challenge the verdict of voters by refusing to certify the midterm results.
Three weeks after the end of voting, such challenges are playing out in just two states, Arizona and Pennsylvania, where Democrats won the marquee races for governor and Senate.
Legal experts predict the bids are doomed because local governmental agencies typically don’t have the option to vote against certifying the results of their elections. But experts also say the delays are a signal that the United States must brace itself for similar disruptions in the next presidential contest.
“It is one of the few places where election deniers have a lever of power,” Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said of the local political authorities responsible for certifying election results in most states. “It’s a good test run for 2024, showing state courts they’re going to have to step in.”
For now, the certification delay in a smattering of rural counties in just two states reflects the limited ability of election conspiracy theorists to disrupt the midterms. One rural Arizona county has drawn court challenges after its refusal to certify, but a second one that was flirting with blocking certification backed off amid legal threats.
In Pennsylvania, a handful of the state’s 67 counties have delayed certification because of recounts demanded by local conspiracy theorists in scattered precincts. But in most states, certification has gone smoothly.
“Before Election Day, I thought Republicans would exploit the certification process to undermine election results,” said Marc Elias, a Democratic lawyer who has sued to compel the lone Arizona county to certify.
That there’s only one county delaying so far in that important battleground state, where Republican candidates who denied Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential race ran unsuccessfully for governor and secretary of state, is “good news, and a bit of a surprise,” Elias said.
In Wisconsin, where Trump pressured Republican lawmakers to decertify the 2020 results, the chair of the state elections commission certified the results of the midterm election during a quick meeting Wednesday without fanfare. Minnesota, where the failed Republican secretary of state candidate had cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election, the state canvassing board certified this year’s results without drama on Tuesday.
The smooth outcome in most of the country is a reflection of the diminished opportunities election conspiracy theorists have to control elections after a number of their candidates were routed in statewide elections for positions overseeing voting. They’re largely left with a footprint in conservative, rural counties. Still, that’s enough to cause headaches for having the election results certified on a statewide basis, raising concerns about how rural counties might respond after the next presidential election.
The movement that embraces Trump’s lies about voting hoped it would have many more levers after November. Candidates who backed Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election ran for top posts with power over state voting — including secretary of state, which in most states is the top election position — in five of the six swing states that were key to Trump’s 2020 loss. They lost every race in each of those states.
Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs defeated Trump-backed Republican Kari Lake in the race for Arizona governor, flipping it out of the GOP category, and a Democrat also won the race to replace Hobbs. A Democrat defeated an election conspiracy theorist running for Nevada secretary of state, shifting another swing-state election office from the GOP.
On the local level, the picture is blurrier.
There are more than 10,000 local election offices in the country that follow guidelines set by secretaries of state or other agencies that their states designate as the top election authorities. That’s where conspiracy theorists won at least some new offices and still have the power to disrupt proceedings.
During the June primary in New Mexico, rural Otero County refused to certify the results of its election, preventing the state from making the winners official until the state Supreme Court ordered it to act. That set a template that election lawyers feared would be vastly replicated in the weeks after the midterms. But this time, even Otero County certified its winners without a delay.
In Michigan, where a GOP slate of election conspiracy theorists was defeated in statewide races, the Republican candidate for secretary of state, Kristina Karamo, implored the state’s bipartisan board of canvassers not to certify the election during a hearing this week. Karamo insisted there had been widespread fraud, even though she lost her race against Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson by more than 13 percentage points.
Tony Daunt, the Republican chair of the certification board, responded by blasting candidates who “feed into this nonsense” by making “claims that fire everybody up because it’s a short-term gain for them, and that’s dangerous to our system.” The board unanimously certified the election.
In Pennsylvania, the most prominent certification hiccup has come in Luzerne County, north of Philadelphia, which voted for Trump by 14 percentage points in 2020. County commissioners delayed certifying the election on Monday after one Democrat abstained from voting following an Election Day fiasco in which the election office ran out of ballots.
But the Democrat, Daniel Schramm, later told reporters he would vote to certify on Wednesday, after having time to confirm that the foul-up didn’t disenfranchise any voters. Certification is being delayed in a few other counties after local Republican committees and voters requested recounts.
In Arizona, the two Republicans on Cochise County’s three-member county commission blew past Monday’s certification deadline, saying they needed more information on the certification of vote tabulators, even though there have been no problems with voting or ballot counting in their county.
The secretary of state’s office has sued, saying that it must certify the state’s elections by Dec. 8.
“The only legal effect this has is to disenfranchise all their voters,” said David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation.
The efforts to delay certification are dangerous even if they’re doomed to fail, Becker and others said. They continue to sow discontent and distrust of voting and democracy.
David Levine, a former election official who is a fellow with the Alliance for Securing Democracy, noted that conspiracy theories about elections have reached such a fever pitch in Arizona that Bill Gates, the Republican chair of the county commission in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix. has been given additional security by the local sheriff.
“When you give legitimacy to baseless accusations about the election process, there is a concern that more of that will occur,” Levine said.
Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, certified its election results on Monday, after dozens of attendees demanded the board not do it. Some complained about printer malfunctions in the county, the state’s most populous, that led to confusion and long lines on Election Day — even though Maricopa officials said everyone had a chance to vote and that all legal ballots were counted.
In other counties, activists also spoke out against certification, though unsuccessfully. In Yavapai County, north of Phoenix, a woman who gave her name as Nancy Littlefield, wearing a hoodie patterned on the American flag, made clear that part of her objections were because she simply didn’t like the outcome of the election.
She urged Yavapai board members not to certify the vote because “I moved from California so I could be free and live my life and have my voice heard.”
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Associated Press writers Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Michigan; Jonathan J. Cooper and Anita Snow in Phoenix; Christina A. Cassidy in Atlanta; and Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, contributed to this report.
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President Biden has put Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in a difficult spot by approving a controversial Alaskan oil-drilling project that the former New Mexico lawmaker opposed when she served in Congress.
Biden’s decision to proceed with the Willow Project will allow ConocoPhillips to produce up to 180,00 barrels a day at its peak, which a ConocoPhillips spokesperson said should be within the first few years of startup. The project is expected to produce 576 million barrels of oil over 30 years.
The president and supporters of the project say Willow will create thousands of jobs in Alaska and help keep the U.S. energy independent, an increasingly important notion for Biden ahead of an expected 2024 reelection bid likely to take place against a backdrop of elevated gas prices aggravated by the Russia-Ukraine war.
But the project will also produce an estimated 239 million metric tons of carbon emissions over the next 30 years, which is equivalent to driving 51 million cars for a year.
That’s why Haaland, the first Native American to lead the Interior Department, opposed the project when she was a member of Congress.
And it’s why the decision to approve Willow undercuts her standing and puts her in a tough spot going forward — especially with groups opposed to the project, who believe their lead defender within the administration was just big-footed.
“It seems clear that the White House decided to override Secretary Haaland, as well as many other career staff who believe that this project should not have been approved throughout the department,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, which is suing the federal government over the approval. “I think the Biden White House is forcing them to take the blame and swallow a decision they did not agree with, for very political reasons.”
Haaland likely knew she could be in a tough spot with Willow as early as her confirmation hearing in 2021, when she was asked about her opposition to the project by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a prominent supporter.
Murkowski specifically asked Haaland if she would allow it to proceed as Interior secretary.
“I think being a [Cabinet] secretary is far different from being a member of Congress,” Haaland said at the time.
Murkowski was the only Republican on the Senate Energy Committee to vote against Haaland’s confirmation.
Interior did approve the Willow Project, but that approval does not show Haaland’s name.
Instead, the No. 2 official at Interior, Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau, an Alaskan nominated for his post after Murkowski and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) signaled they would block his first choice, signed the approval.
Haaland made her first public comment on the approval Monday evening, saying in a video posted to Twitter that the decision was a “difficult and complex” one that Biden inherited from former President Trump.
The Interior Department’s public announcement of the signoff also pointedly deemphasized the approval itself. Instead, it focused on the department’s decision to reduce the area on which Conoco may drill — a battle won in a war that was lost.
Interior also announced new protections from drilling for a broad swathe of the Arctic over the weekend as rumors swirled that the Willow approval was imminent, an indication the department also senses the political minefield and is seeking to limit the damage.
Environmental groups aren’t publicly upset with Haaland and say they interpret the fact that Beaudreau signed the approval suggests their longtime ally wasn’t in favor of the decision.
The fact that Beaudreau signed it “tells, in my mind, that Deb Haaland was not on board with this decision to some extent,” Hartl said.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), who, like Murkowski, has been a longtime backer of the Willow Project, suggested Wednesday that Haaland’s involvement in negotiations had been minimal.
“Deb Haaland was not in the loop on this at all,” Sullivan told reporters Wednesday. “She was the official in the federal government least involved. And in part, I’m sure, because she was so adamantly against it as a congresswoman. But whatever they’re saying, she had nothing to do with it.”
An Interior spokesperson declined to comment on Sullivan’s specific remarks but sharply contested the idea that Haaland had been removed from the decisionmaking process.
“The Secretary has been actively involved in Willow discussions from the beginning,” the spokesperson said. “In addition to traveling to Alaska and holding stakeholder meetings in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Utqiagvik, she has met with Alaska Native leaders on both sides of this issue multiple times in D.C. and virtually, as well as conservation and other groups, and members of Congress.”
Either way, the decision would appear to undercut Haaland, suggesting she was overruled and raising questions about her influence in the administration.
“[We’re] very much aware of the legal battles and the complexities that may have strong-armed those who do want to take more progressive actions on the climate,” Jade Begay, director of policy and advocacy at the Native American advocacy group NDN Collective, told The Hill in an interview.
There were influential groups pushing Biden to OK the project, including Alaska’s congressional delegation, the American-Canadian union Laborers’ International Union of North America and a group of Alaska Native state leaders who recently met with Haaland.
And with the 2024 election approaching, Biden has shown signs of tacking right, both with the Willow announcement and with his support of a bill to override changes to Washington, D.C.’s criminal code.
Supporters of Haaland say that while the Willow approval was a major loss and a blow to morale, they still think she can be an effective ally within the administration.
“Both things can be true: we still hold her in great regard but this Willow decision, they got it completely wrong and I think a lot of people at the agency know it,” said Athan Manuel, director of the Sierra Club’s Lands Protection Program.
“It’s the White House’s choice of how they want to proceed here,” Hartl said. “Do they want to keep handcuffing Interior because they feel like Lisa Murkowski is more important than the future of our planet? That’s their decision.”
Rachel Frazin contributed.
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NY governor signs law raising age to own semiautomatic rifle
By MAYSOON KHAN
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, making the state one of the first to enact a major gun control initiative following a wave of deadly mass shootings.
Hochul, a Democrat, signed 10 gun-related bills, including one that will require microstamping in new firearms, which could help law enforcement solve gun-related crimes.
Another revised the state’s “red flag” law, which allows courts to temporarily take away guns from people who might be a threat to themselves or others.
“In New York, we are taking bold, strong action. We’re tightening red flag laws to keep guns away from dangerous people,” Hochul said at a press conference in the Bronx.
Among the bills signed was also one that will restrict sales on body vests and armor to civilians.
New York’s Legislature passed the bills last week, pushing the changes through after a pair of mass shootings involving 18-year-old gunmen using semiautomatic rifles. Ten Black people died in a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket May 14. A Texas school shooting took the lives of 19 children and two teachers 10 days later.
The governor said New York will continue to invest in prevention of gun-related crimes by partnering with local communities and continuing to strengthen laws by putting pressure on Congress.
“Today is the start, and it’s not the end,” said Hochul. “Thoughts and prayers won’t fix this, but taking strong action will. We will do that in the name of the lives that have been lost, for the parents who will no longer see their children stepping off the school bus.”
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister said Friday that estimates show the Baltic Sea can produce wind power that is “more than twice the installed capacity of all German coal-fired power stations” as the country works to meet climate change targets and wean itself off of Russian energy.
In a video message ahead of a meeting in Denmark’s capital, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany wants to hasten the expansion of wind power produced in the Baltic Sea.
The countries around the Baltic Sea “need to set the sails, work together and set course towards making our region more sustainable, more resilient and more secure,” Baerbock said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz has said Germany remains committed to ending its greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, the earliest of any major industrialized nation. To meet the goal, his government has said it would close coal-fired power plants that were reactivated during the war in Ukraine, end imports of Russian oil and coal this year and aim to stop using Russian gas within the next two years.
The potential for the Baltic Sea “is enormous,” Baerbock said. “The European Commission estimates that the Baltic Sea could potentially produce more than 90 gigawatts in wind energy. That is more than twice the installed capacity of all German coal-fired power stations.”
“Wind energy from the Baltic Sea will help us fight the climate crisis. And it is an investment in our security: it will help make us less dependent on gas from Russia,” Baerbock said.
On July 1, Germany took over the presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States for one year. The forum for regional cooperation consists of the European Union and 10 member nations: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the council suspended Russia from its activities. Moscow later said it had decided to withdraw from the council, saying the organization was turning into “an anti-Russian tool.”
In Copenhagen, Baerbock and Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod signed a plan for closer cooperation between their countries, which includes a plan “to dramatically scale up offshore wind capacity in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.”
Denmark is holding a meeting next week on the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm to discuss ways “to make the Baltic Sea region free of Russian energy and at the same time pave the way for a significant green transition.”
Those expected to attend include the EU commission president, Lithuania’s president, the prime ministers of Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Denmark and several energy ministers.
Speaking alongside Kofod after their meeting, Baerbock said it was important for European countries to show solidarity in the coming months, given Russia’s attempts to use energy supplies “as a weapon of war” and divide the 27-nation bloc.
Germany is studying what impact low water levels on its rivers after months of drought and high electricity demand from neighboring France due to the shutdown of nuclear plants there will have on energy markets over the coming months.
Baerbock, a member of the Greens party, said she was skeptical of the idea that extending the operating life of Germany’s three remaining atomic power plants would help tackle an expected gas shortage, but acknowledged that this might ease electricity bottlenecks.
“One needs to look at everything in the European context,” she said.
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Both drivers hospitalized after rear-end collision on I-70
SOLOMON, Kan. (WIBW) - Both drivers were hospitalized after a rear-end collision on the interstate in Dickinson County over the weekend.
The Kansas Highway Patrol Crash Log indicates that just before 5:40 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, emergency crews were called to the area of mile marker 267.8 on westbound I-70 - about one mile east of Solomon - with reports of an injury accident.
When officials arrived, they found Leannitta M. Heller, 36, of Solomon, had been headed west in a 2014 Dodge Charger with two children in her vehicle. She had been following a 2001 Ford Excursion driven by Michael J. Morton, 68, of San Bernadino, Cali.
According to the report, Heller rear-ended Morton’s vehicle.
KHP indicated that Heller was sent to Salina Regional Health Center with suspected minor injuries. It did not release information about injuries for either child in the car. Morton was also sent to the hospital with suspected minor injuries.
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Have a Very Happsy Summer!
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Certified organic bed-in-a-box, Happsy announces the continuation of its Summer Sale on all certified organic mattresses, sold online, with code summer25. Save 25% and get interest-free financing via PayPal.
It's never too early to take steps towards a healthier lifestyle and a better night's sleep. Recognized for its high-quality materials, highly comfortable design, and affordable price, Happsy only makes certified organic mattresses, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified organic, and MADE SAFE certified non-toxic, with the manufacturing process following strict environmental standards. Having chosen to use better materials such as organic cotton, latex, and wool. Happsy's "inspired by nature" design provides excellent comfort for nearly every body type.
A good choice for you, Happsy is also a good choice for the environment, as a proud member of 1% for the Planet donating one percent (or more) of their annual gross mattress sales to approved environmental organizations. And a member and supporter of The Conservation Alliance, a coalition of more than 250 like-minded businesses that pool resources to fund and advocate for the protection of North America's wild places.
For more information on Happsy, visit https://www.happsy.com. For media inquiries, please get in touch with Janelle Dunbar at jd@womensmarketinggroup.com or 516.242.7677.
Happsy is an online mattress brand focused exclusively on offering high-quality, certified organic mattresses and bedding at affordable prices. Recognized by Good Housekeeping as the "Best Organic Boxed Mattress" to Buy Online in 2021, all Happsy mattresses, toppers, and other bedding products are certified to the rigorous organic and non-toxic standards of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and MADE SAFE. Produced in the U.S. using the highest quality domestic and imported materials approved by GOTS and MADE SAFE without ever using polyurethane foam, formaldehyde, pesticides, GMO's, adhesives, flame retardants, or other toxic or questionable chemicals. In addition, all Happsy mattresses are GREENGUARD Gold certified and UL Formaldehyde Free Validated, and all Happsy latex is GOLS or FSC Preferred by Nature Rainforest Alliance certified. Happsy is also a member and supporter of One Percent for the Planet, Women's Voices for the Earth, and American Sustainable Business Network. Learn more at Happsy.com
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Hertz says it will pay approximately $168 million by the end of the year to settle the majority of the lawsuits brought against the rental car company by some of its customers who were wrongly accused of stealing cars they had rented.
In April Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr, who took over the role in February, said that he was working to fix a glitch in the company's systems that led to hundreds of customers reporting they were falsely arrested for auto theft. CBS News first reported in February that Hertz was facing claims from customers.
Hertz Global Holdings Inc. said Monday that the settlement of 364 pending claims related to vehicle theft reporting would bring resolution to more than 95% of the pending theft reporting claims.
“As I have said since joining Hertz earlier this year, my intention is to lead a company that puts the customer first. In resolving these claims, we are holding ourselves to that objective,” Scherr said in a statement.
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The lawsuit, filed in Delaware Superior Court, accused Hertz of systematic flaws in their reporting of thefts, including not recording rental extensions, falsely claiming customers haven’t paid, failing to track its own vehicle inventory and failing to correct false reports to police.
Hertz anticipates recovering a “meaningful portion" of the settlement amount from its insurance carriers. The Estero, Florida-based company doesn't expect the resolution of the claims to have a material impact on its capital allocation plans for the balance of the year or for 2023.
Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection in 2020, as it struggled under heavy debt and a drop in travel caused by the pandemic. It operates Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty car-rental brands.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is announcing a new initiative called Women Mean Business to encourage women donors to support the school through philanthropy. The goal is to raise $50 million to go toward increasing access to a Michigan Ross business education, enhancing its top-ranked academic programs, and advancing impactful research at the school.
Gifts of $1 million or more from women will be included in Women Mean Business, and those gifts can be in any area that is of interest to the donor, such as student scholarships, faculty research, or educational programming. The school has already received five gifts from esteemed Ross alumnae, including three new gifts totalling $6.5 million, toward the initiative.
"Michigan Ross is fortunate to have so many accomplished alumnae who are committed to giving back, and we are thrilled to celebrate their transformational gifts to the school through the Women Mean Business initiative," said Sharon F. Matusik, Edward J. Frey Dean of Business. "Their tremendous support, along with the support of other successful women business leaders, helps Ross attract top students to our school, maintain our world-class academic excellence, and inspire more women to pursue careers in business."
New gifts to Michigan Ross are from Sandra J. Mann, BBA '77, who gave $3 million; Lara Yates, BBA '91, who made a planned gift of $2.5 million; and Michele T. Takei, MBA '74, who bequeathed $1 million to the school.
The $2.5 million gift from Yates will be used to establish the Lara Wiklendt Scholarship Fund, an endowed scholarship to support Michigan Ross BBA students in the undergraduate chapter of the student organization Michigan Business Women.
"I am passionate about helping women equalize the playing field in business and about helping them to succeed on a grand scale," said Yates. "This is what I intend to accomplish through the Lara Wiklendt Scholarship."
Takei said she has seen the impact that gifts to Michigan Ross can have on students. Her $1 million bequest will be added to the Michele T. Takei and Edward W. Unkart Fellowship Fund, which she established with an original gift in 1999, and provides scholarships to women in Michigan Ross MBA programs.
"I am incredibly grateful to have received an MBA from the Ross School of Business, and I am honored that I can help other women do the same through our scholarship," she said. "I think the Women Mean Business fundraising initiative is an exciting opportunity to harness our collective power to make a long-term positive impact on the school and its students."
So far, three other Michigan Ross alumnae have contributed to the Women Mean Business initiative, with gifts totalling over $11 million. One of those alumnae is Jane Okun Bomba, MBA '89, with her husband Gary Bomba, who committed $2 million in support for Ross students and faculty. Others who have contributed to the initiative are an anonymous alumna, who committed $5.1 million, and an anonymous alumni couple who gave $4 million.
Women Mean Business debuts a year after the school announced Foundations For Success , with the goal of increasing access to its top-ranked business programs and supporting students. Ross has already received over $50 million toward that initiative.
To learn about ways to support Michigan Ross, go here.
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is a diverse learning community grounded in the principle that business can be an extraordinary vehicle for positive change in today's dynamic global economy. The Ross School of Business mission is to build a better world through business. Through thought and action, members of the Ross community drive change and innovation that improve business and society.
Michigan Ross is consistently ranked among the world's leading business schools. Academic degree programs include the Bachelor of Business Administration, Full-Time MBA, Part-Time MBA (Evening, Online, and Weekend formats), Executive MBA, Global MBA, Master of Accounting, Master of Business Analytics, Master of Management, Master of Supply Chain Management, and PhD. In addition, the school delivers open-enrollment and custom executive education programs targeting general management, leadership development, and strategic human resource management. For more information, visit MichiganRoss.umich.edu.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Wichita Fire Department battled a building fire early Thursday on Broadway. It happened at 33rd Street North around 3 a.m.
The department arrived to find fire coming from a boarded-up building. Crews commenced an aggressive interior fire attack.
Additional crews arrived and searched the inside of the building and found no one inside.
The building was vented, and crews were able to get the fire under control quickly.
An investigation will be conducted to determine the cause of the fire.
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By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Ons Jabeur’s steady progress from year to year — up the tennis rankings, through the draws of various tournaments and, now, at Wimbledon — has carried her to a Grand Slam singles final, the first African woman and Arab woman to make it that far in the professional era.
The No. 3-seeded Jabeur, a 27-year-old from Tunisia, got past her good friend Tatjana Maria 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in an up-and-down semifinal at a sun-splashed Centre Court on Thursday.
“I want to go bigger, inspire many more generations. Tunisia is connected to the Arab world, is connected to the African continent. … I want to see more players from my country, from the Middle East, from Africa,” said Jabeur, who sat on her sideline chair and threw her head back after the biggest victory of her career. “We didn’t believe enough, at a certain point, that we can do it. Now I’m just trying to show (we can). Hopefully people are getting inspired.”
On Saturday, she will face another player making her major final debut, No. 17 seed Elena Rybakina, for the championship. Rybakina, a 23-year-old from Kazakhstan, overwhelmed 2019 Wimbledon champion Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 in the second semifinal.
“I already did a lot,” Rybakina said, “and it’s just time to enjoy.”
After a surprising first-round loss at the French Open in May, Jabeur is on quite a run: She has won 11 consecutive matches, all on grass courts, and 22 of her past 24. Since pro players were first admitted to major tennis tournaments in 1968, never had an African woman or Arab woman been to a Slam final.
The men’s semifinals are Friday, with three-time defending champion and No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic facing No. 9 Cameron Norrie of Britain, and 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal against unseeded Nick Kyrgios. Nadal shed doubt on whether he’d even be able to show up for his semifinal after struggling through a five-set victory over Taylor Fritz on Wednesday.
Nadal held a limited practice session Thursday, mostly sticking to forehands and backhands. When he did try serving, which was a real problem a day earlier, he did so without using full force or throwing his body behind his deliveries.
Jabeur has been rising in the tennis world in recent seasons. In 2020, at the Australian Open, she became the first Arab woman to reach the quarterfinals at a major. Last year produced all sorts of milestones: first Arab player to break into the top 10 of the men’s or women’s rankings; first Arab to win a WTA title; a quarterfinal at Wimbledon.
Now she’s done that two steps better.
“I really don’t know what to say. It’s a dream coming true from years and years of work and sacrifice. I’m really happy it’s paying off,” Jabeur said through a wide smile. “One more match now.”
When their semifinal ended, she and Maria — a 34-year-old mother of two from Germany who is ranked 103th — met at the net for an extended hug. Jabeur whispered something in her pal’s ear. Then, after depositing her racket on the sideline, Jabeur returned to the middle of the court for the usual victor’s wave to the crowd — except, instead of going alone, she playfully tugged Maria along with her, an uncommon gesture, and encouraged the spectators to salute the player on the wrong end of the scoreline.
“I definitely wanted to share the moment with her at the end, because she’s such an inspiration for so many players, including me,” Jabeur said. “Coming back after having two babies — I still can’t believe how she did it.”
Rybakina, never beyond a major quarterfinal until now, leads the tour in aces this year and added five to her total Thursday. More surprising was the way Halep never got going, especially on her serve, double-faulting nine times.
Halep had won her past 12 matches at the All England Club, a streak that began with her title run three years ago. Wimbledon was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Halep was unable to compete a year ago because she tore her left calf muscle.
Before their semifinal, Jabeur and Maria stood beside each other, waiting to take the walk through the halls of the stadium that lead to the court. Close as they are, the pair avoided exchanged any glances or chatter.
Close friends, yes. On this day, opponents, too, with quite the setting, stage and stakes.
Neither had been to a Grand Slam semifinal previously. Maria never had been past the third round in any of her 34 prior appearances at majors — and she only got that far once, at Wimbledon in 2015.
They are, to use Jabeur’s term, “barbecue buddies.” Jabeur knows Maria’s two daughters so well that the German referred to her as “Aunt Ons.”
“She’s part of our family,” Maria said.
Both offer unusual brands of speed-mixing, variety-filled tennis. On the second point of the match, Jabeur won a point by using a drop shot on a return of serve. Maria loves to hit slice forehands; Jabeur, quite capable of powerful groundstrokes, joined in on that occasionally.
“Very tricky player,” Rybakina said about Jabeur. “It’s not going to be easy to play against her.”
After a strong first set, Jabeur was far less effective in the second. Suddenly, mistakes began accruing rapidly. Her serving was less self-assured. Maria took full advantage. And then, just as suddenly, Jabeur switched back to her best self, pulling out to a 5-0 edge in the third in 20 minutes.
After 17 unforced errors in the second set, Jabeur made a remarkably low total of three the rest of the way. Maria simply could not keep up.
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FLINT, Michigan -- General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint manufacturing plants for the production of the next-generation internal combustion engine heavy-duty trucks.
Gerald Johnson, executive vice president, Global Manufacturing and Sustainability, said Monday that the company will build internal combustion vehicles throughout this decade, in addition to making electric vehicles.
GM has a goal of building only electric passenger vehicles in the United States by 2035.
The Detroit automaker reported a 38% year-over-year increase in heavy-duty pickup sales last year, with nearly 288,000 trucks sold.
GM will invest $788 million in the Flint assembly plant, with updates including a body shop building expansion, general assembly conveyor expansion, and new tooling and equipment.
The company will invest $233 million in the Flint metal center for new stamping dies to support production of its next-generation ICE heavy-duty trucks, as well as press refurbishments and new equipment.
This latest investment brings GM's U.S. manufacturing and parts distribution facility investment commitments to more than $30.5 billion since 2013.
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The following people were booked into the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center between July 25-Aug. 7:
July 25
Erhart, Christopher: 46; 8934 U.S. 61, St. Francisville; aggravated assault
July 26
Stine, Derrion: 25; 673 Ford Creek Road, Woodville, Mississippi; attempted second-degree murder, illegal use of weapons — aggravated assault, flight from an officer, reckless operation
Tolliver, Deondra: 27; 361 Ferguson St., Woodville, Mississippi; attempted second-degree murder, illegal use of weapons — aggravated assault
July 28
Oubre, Raynon: 30; 13944 Chalmette Ave., Baton Rouge; illegal possession of stolen things $1,000 to $5,000
July 29
Nation, Dameyun: 35; 5976 Street A, St. Francisville; bench warrant
Albert, Prede: 21; 701 Richey St., New Roads; possession of a firearm while committing/attempting a crime, resisting an officer, illegal window tint
Stirgus, Santoris: 27; 3854 Lost Lake Cove, Jackson, Mississippi; possession of Schedule IV drugs, simple possession of Schedule I drugs, improper display of plate
Hamburg, Kevin: 26; 17531 Tunica Trace, Angola; second-degree murder
Echols, Eric: 32; 17531 Tunica Trace, Angola; battery of a correctional facility employee
Minor, Dennis: 32, 17531 Tunica Trace, Angola; battery of a correctional facility employee
McClung Jr., Dennis: 42; 170 Lee Tyler Road, Ferriday; improper lane usage, possession of Schedule II drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia
July 30
Richard, William: 70; 11907 La. 965, St. Francisville; improper lane usage, possession with intent to distribute Schedule II drugs, possession with intent to distribute Schedule IV drugs, operating a vehicle while intoxicated
Friddle, Jeffrey: 39; 2179 Valverda Road, Livonia; operating a vehicle while intoxicated, improper lane usage
Floyd, Sandy: 41; 11930 Hamilton Road, St. Francisville; disturbing the peace/language/disorderly conduct
Musser, Michael: 40; 17929 Hooper Road, Greenwell Springs; second-degree battery, probation violation
July 31
Puckett, Benjamin: 27; 9116 Reech Road, St. Francisville; operating a vehicle while intoxicated, improper lane usage
Aug. 4
Foster, Jerlanda: 31; 12191 Boudreaux St., New Roads; fugitive warrant
Weiser, Gregory: 55; 10070 U.S. 61, St. Francisville; domestic abuse battery, threatening a public official
Aug. 5
Watkins, Harold: 50; 337 Lakeshore Drive, Madison, Mississippi; operating a vehicle while intoxicated, improper lane usage
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Light snow Thursday; Warm weather returns this weekend
Tracking our snow chance on Thursday
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Our next weather-maker is expected to impact the upper Midwest late Wednesday through Thursday evening. However, the bulk of the snowfall will stay to the southeast of our area.
Weather Alerts:
Several of our northern Iowa counties are under Winter Weather Advisories. Chickasaw, Winneshiek, Fayette, and Allamakee Counties are under that winter weather advisory from 3 a.m. until 6 p.m. Thursday. These areas could see 1-4″ of snowfall from this system.
The heavy band of snow will be well to the southeast of our area. Current guidance is keeping the heaviest amounts stretching from Waterloo through Prairie Du Chien and into Madison, WI. Most areas along and to the north of I-90 will stay around 0-1″ of snow. Snow showers will be on/off through the day on Thursday.
Snow chances will stay isolated Thursday and quiet conditions will settle in through the weekend. There could be a pretty potent system during the middle of next week but overall confidence is pretty low with that system right now.
Nick
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Classic Victorian Home has All the Charm in Houlton, Maine
Victorian Home in Houlton, Maine
This Victorian home in Houlton is just what you would imagine and more. The details and the design are done on a grand scale.
Imagine the Potential for a Business or Family
As you look inside and see the photos, think to yourself about the potential for a bed and breakfast you could own. Or, make yourself at home with the family in a big house for all to enjoy.
Built in 1903
The Queen Anne Home was built in 1903 and has been upgraded and maintained over the many years. The hardwood floors are original and the woodwork compliments the interior.
Ideal Location
It has a great location with quick access to downtown Houlton, nearby parks and recreational areas, and the library. Spend time playing in the spacious yard on this corner lot in the heart of it all.
Features
Some of the features include home office space, hobby room, expansive kitchen with dining area, sitting rooms full of natural light, warm and cozy fireplaces, plus private bedrooms. Not to mention the evenings sitting on one of the porches.
House and Lot Size
The home is located at 32 Pleasant St,, Houlton, Maine. It’s 3,992 Sq. Ft. on .59 acres. It has 14 rooms, five bedrooms and two and half bathrooms. It’s listed at $399,500, MLS#1529634. For more information about this home and for listing details, go to Redfin.com
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The 2022 EUC Management and Governance Market Update Report by Bloor Research measures EUC applications
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitratech, a leading global provider of legal, compliance, and HR software, is excited to announce that its ClusterSeven product has been chosen as a Champion in the 2022 EUC Management and Governance Market Update Report by Bloor Research.
The report measures EUC (end-user computing) management and the governance of risk prevention applications against the following criteria:
- Inventory: ability to identify and catalog an organization's EUCs
- Risk assessment: measures the EUC risk level
- Regulations and oversight: the ability of a solution to meet regulators' expectations
- Spreadsheets: the most common type of EUC
- Controls: measures how effective the solution is in providing transparency
- Automation: the measure of a solution's automation abilities
"ClusterSeven is a mature product that works alongside and integrates with the broader Mitratech suite of GRC solutions," said Daniel Howard, Senior Analyst at Bloor Research. "The company's innovative approach to combining multiple technologies in order to create a comprehensive GRC suite resulted in ClusterSeven being named a Champion in the 2022 EUC Management and Governance Market Update Report."
ClusterSeven's Shadow IT Manager lets users choose from a full range of components capable of automating and accelerating EUC management. Effective spreadsheet risk management allows organizations to make use of their users' favorite applications, while still having the same control, transparency, and auditability found in their corporate IT systems.
"We are delighted that ClusterSeven has been recognized as a Champion in the latest Bloor report." Said Henry Umney, managing director of GRC Strategy at Mitratech." As the pioneer in taking EUC and Spreadsheet solutions from the desktop to the enterprise, our unrivaled experience, and extensive client base ensures that we continue to innovate and remain a thought leader delivering cutting-edge solutions."
The full report can be downloaded here:
Mitratech is a proven global technology partner for corporate legal, risk, compliance, and HR professionals seeking to maximize productivity, control expense, and mitigate risk by deepening organizational alignment, increasing visibility, and spurring collaboration across an enterprise. Mitratech serves over 2,000 organizations worldwide spanning more than 160 countries.
For more info, visit: www.mitratech.com
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Grandmother says she lost thousands in PayPal phishing scam
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) – A woman in New Orleans is fighting to recoup thousands of dollars that were stolen from her in an online scam.
“I was just horrified that it had happened to me and was very embarrassed,” Tish Casey said.
Casey received an email from PayPal on Memorial Day saying she had bought cryptocurrency.
“I clicked on it and it was an invoice and the invoice was for a purchase of cryptocurrency in my name, through PayPal,” Casey said. “I don’t know, the word cryptocurrency just jumped out at me and the amount and I was like, ‘Wow, wait a minute.’”
There was a phone number at the bottom of the email, so Casey called it, immediately.
She thought she was calling PayPal to tell the company there had been a mistake but said it sounded like it was a call center instead.
“It was very speeded up, it was all kind of, ‘I’m going to ask you to do this,’ and you were rushing to catch up to what they were saying,” Casey explained.
Despite having reservations, Casey listened to the instructions she was being given by the man on the phone.
First, she had to download an app so that the person she was talking to could monitor every move she made on her phone, convincing her it was to help her through this process.
Then, she was instructed to use her Venmo account.
Casey said the person on the other end of the phone continued to give directions and ensured if she followed the steps, they would be able to resolve her problem.
She was told to make Venmo payments to someone else, in the amount of $4,700. Another one for $399. Then, $499. And $3,900.
Casey didn’t know it at the time, but all the money was really going into the account of scammers.
After sending money via Venmo, Casey was told to buy an American Express e-gift card for almost $3,000.
“At that point, I was almost in tears, I was able to grab my iPad and I googled in PayPal cryptocurrency email scams and all this info popped up while I was on the phone with the guy,” Casey said.
Casey said she hung up and the weight of what she had just done hit her as she tried to explain it to her husband.
“I was legitimately hysterical and could hardly get the story out and to his credit, he was very calm about it,” Casey remembered.
They started calling their bank, PayPal, Venmo and American Express, to put a stop to the transactions.
Although she was able to shut down her PayPal and Venmo accounts and get back some of the money paid to scammers, she’s still out around $3,000.
According to cyber security expert Nam Nguyen, this is a classic phishing scam.
“They’re just casting the bait out there to see who might fall victim to it,” Nguyen said. “They’re targeting the older generation, trying to induce the panic.”
In May, the Federal Trade Commission warned about scams like this one on its website, warning the scam may not only end with lost funds but could result in identity theft.
Nguyen suggests these steps to check if an email you receive is legitimate.
First, hover your mouse over the email address it came from.
“It might say something like customer service at PayPal something, something, something, dot com. Well, we all know that PayPal only has PayPal dot com so that would probably be the first telltale sign,” Nguyen explained.
Next, read the body of the email carefully.
“Cyber criminals are getting more and more clever but sometimes their grammar isn’t that great,” Nguyen said.
Then before clicking on a link, hover your mouse over it. It should expose the true link. If it doesn’t match the link you’re expecting, that’s another red flag.
“There’s no harm in calling a friend and asking for help, really, somebody might be able to think with a clear mind and say here are the telltale signs, I don’t think this is legit,” Nguyen said.
Finally, if you ever get an email that looks like it’s from a company concerning a problem, search for the company’s phone number on its corporate website. Never call the phone number listed in the body of an email.
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Speaker 1: Everyone is hungry for new Apple rumors. What's the next iPhone? What's the next iPad? What's the VR headset gonna look like? Gimme, gimme, gimme those sweet, sweet speculations. Anonymous sources. Yeah, but if you're looking for a clue to what Apple's next big thing is gonna be, sometimes we just gotta look to Apple software. Names of future products are often hidden in plain sight, just listed in lines of iOS beta code. Now of course, we all know Apple's working on new hardware, like new [00:00:30] iPhones, a new VR headset. But there's one more thing. Apple is quietly cooking up right now. That could be huge in 2023. You haven't heard folks talk about it much. It's a new standalone app and it can change everything you know about music streaming. Allow me to catch you up on Apple Classical. I'm Bridget Carey. And this is one more thing Apple announced over a year ago, that it's making another music streaming app just for classical music, something separate from the existing Apple Music app and that it would come out in [00:01:00] 2022.
Speaker 1: But that didn't happen. Clearly something's not ready. However, we still see its existence referenced in beta code. So this music project may not be dead. It just may be really hard to pull off, right? The more details I dig up about this app, I am just so fascinated by the project that I wanted to do a whole video breaking down the issue. Apple's trying to solve a problem in streaming that is just very daunting today. Streaming algorithms across the board are terrible at classical music. [00:01:30] You can't serve up classical music the same way you do other genres of musical styles. So the user experience ends up being a mess, like a good Beethoven sonata. This problem has a three-part structure. First off, it's a search problem because there are different data fields needed when looking up a classical music piece. If you're looking up a movement, you don't just want a composer and track.
Speaker 1: There's a ton more to consider. Who was the conductor? The soloist was this performed by a particular orchestra? Or if this was an opera [00:02:00] who was the cast and is an old recording or something newer in high Fidelity services right now are cramming this all into one line and it's just a nightmare to read. Not to mention there could be hundreds of versions of the same piece and it's hard to search. And that leads us directly into the second issue. The layout problem. Here is an example someone shared with me on how frustrating this can get. Now this is a screenshot of Amazon Primes music app. This is what you see when you open up an album of Beethoven Sonatas. But you [00:02:30] wanna see the second movement of number eight. Which one's number eight? He's got 29 sonatas. They're all divided up into movements. What's anyone looking at here?
Speaker 1: Let's switch over and look at the current Apple Music app. I'm a subscriber, so you can see here the same problem does come about. It's hard to tell exactly what you're getting because the lines are cutting off all the details. Now, you could have better luck diving into a specific album. Here you can see apples breaking it down better by showing the individual movements. But if you go over to [00:03:00] Beethoven's main page, all of the recommended albums here mostly have tracks that are grayed out. I cannot listen to them. It seems to not have the rights to stream. So why are these albums even being recommended to me? And now that brings me to the third problem. Classical music fans are missing out on discovery and recommendations because of how dumb computers are with categorizing the data. There are millions of songs in classical libraries.
Speaker 1: Over 300 years of music. Music changes over 300 years, and yet [00:03:30] styles and eras are often lumped together as if they are the same. Bach is not debut C. It's like saying, oh, did you like the Bee Gees in 1978? Then you must like Nirvana from 1992. No, what music changed? If you ask Siri to play pop hits and it played Katy Perry and then Billy Idol, and then Elvis, you throw your home pod out the window. I read a nine to five Mac piece about this problem where someone said they were recommended to listen to Johann straws after listening to Hector Buros. [00:04:00] One is a proper Austrian waltz that is whimsical little dance movements and Buros makes giant in your face. French operas so often recommendations are dumb. Oh, you like classical? You must like violins. Here's a cold play song played by a string quartet.
Speaker 1: It's like going to the bar and a bartender knows you like something simple. So he serves you a glass of wine and a glass of vodka. Oh, they both have alcohol, but you think the bartender's an idiot. <laugh> Mozart is the kind of music you might play around kids. Chop is for [00:04:30] a candle at dinner, there are moods, you know? And another dumb problem is that what so many classical songs to pick from. Why is it that playlist always recommend Canon and D all the time no matter what? Yeah, classical music is stuck playing its greatest hits made in 1680. If you thumbs down Canon and D to teach the system that you don't like that song, how is information changing your recommendations? I'm sorry you do not like this Canon and D, would you like Canon and D performed by someone else? No. But if you thumbs [00:05:00] down a performance, does it understand you hate Cannon and Dee?
Speaker 1: Or will it think you hate the particular pianist performing it? Now, apple is doing something about all of this, and by doing something, I mean Apple bought a company that was doing something in August of 2021. Apple announced it, acquired the classical music streaming service prime phonic, and then it shut down prime phonic the very next week. Apple said from this purchase it was gonna use prime phonic to build a standalone classical music app. Apple called it a dedicated experience, [00:05:30] but also Apple said it would use some of that knowledge to boost the main Apple music experience. Prime phonic tackled all of these problems I explained by just being designed differently. Pocket Lent has a nice detailed piece about what that app was like. If you didn't see it before the shutdown, you could search for classical music by period genre style, or who was involved in the performance.
Speaker 1: It had scans of CD booklet details. It gave background on what inspired a piece or who the composer trained. If you wanna find out [00:06:00] how this music inspired future pieces, MPH Phonic was founded in 2017 and it bragged that it was home to over 3.5 million tracks with the largest classical database in the world. That 230,000 albums. And the main factor that made all of that tick is human smarts. One, Beethoven piano cons. Concerto could have 500 recordings. You just need humans to curate those picks. Weed it down a little bit. There are these fun little problems that you don't always see. For example, there are two different ways [00:06:30] people spell the name of Russian American pianist and composer Sergei Rock Monin off. Some ended in off O F F, some ended in a V. And you need humans that can program for these oddities between album spellings so you don't miss out on content.
Speaker 1: When Apple purchased Prime phonic, it left folks asking why would an Apple just bring it all into the main Apple Music app? Well, when you have so many different layout and data needs, maybe there is a point that it just needs to be a separate program. But it is a good question [00:07:00] and it's always possible. Apple could roll it together for a smoother user experience. If I'm asking Siri on the HomePod to play different types of music, I don't wanna have to pull up my phone and switch apps to get a full Apple music experience. There are just some mystery still and how Apple's gotta pull it off. Sorry, I just wanted to use the magnifying glass again. Even though it didn't come out in 2022, like Apple first announced, there is evidence the project is not scrapped completely. The iOS 16.3 release candidate [00:07:30] in January is still mentioned the phrase Apple Music classical inside the main music app.
Speaker 1: It had a line that read Explore this album in the app designed for classical music, but it's not the first reference. We saw a similar language in the Android version of Apple Music. In the code. There was a phrase open in Apple classical, and that was back in February of last year. Some have suspected the new classical app could be released in a future iOS update. It has been done before by Apple. There was the freeform whiteboard [00:08:00] app that came out late last year, and there's the Music memos app from back in 2016 where Apple could just have this sucker show up randomly in the app store. Apple's done that before with its clips. Video app payment might be an area of struggle here for Apple. Maybe it's one of the reasons why it's delayed and it's something pph phonic treated differently than with pop music.
Speaker 1: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony lasts for over one hour and there are different movements. Sophonic, [00:08:30] they have to pay somebody. They structured payment to an artist or label based on how long a piece was played to be more fair than just paying once for the title. So this structure could have artists and labels thinking differently on how streaming pays out, and if Apple does launch this, this app, it could lead to users being hungry for details about their music. Regardless if it's a classical song or not. You just gotta hope this whole experience is smooth or it would be just such a sad waste of talent to [00:09:00] destroy prime phonic for nothing. I had fun learning about this, I hope you did too. Let me know what you think of this whole concept of a separate classical music app. But music isn't the only new Apple service we could see this year. We're still waiting on an Apple card savings account that was announced in October or what Apple Pay later is gonna look like. That announcement was made in WW d c last year. If there's an Apple secret project you want me to dive more into, let me know in the comments. Thanks for watching.
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BEIJING, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Numerous skyscrapers under construction, modern neighborhood compounds filled with green and driverless buses crisscrossing on new asphalt roads are just a handful of the indicators reflecting the rise of the Xiongan New Area in north China's Hebei Province.
A high-level, ecologically friendly modern metropolis featuring high-tech infrastructure, the Xiongan New Area is one of China's ambitious projects. So developed in the new area that no one would believe everything about this dream city was built from scratch just six years ago.
Located 105 kilometers from both the capital Beijing and the coastal metropolis Tianjin, Xiongan was established to relieve pressure on Beijing while promoting the "coordinated regional development" of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The city is expected to be comparable to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the Shanghai Pudong New Area.
Taking a one-hour high-speed train, President Xi Jinping paid an inspection visit to the city on Wednesday, where he hailed the "important phased results" in the city while urging continuous, high-quality development that involves innovation, a high level of digitization, low carbon development and resident-friendly environment.
An innovation hub
Everything is going digital in Xiongan as high-quality development featuring scientific and technological innovation ramps up.
The driverless buses, which are currently undergoing trials, is one example. To improve the efficiency of the transportation network, the vehicles can not only recognize traffic lights and road signs but also reduce speed or stop in case of obstacles.
The city is also home to 153 km of "digital roads," where sensors on the lamp poles can monitor the number and speed of vehicles to reduce traffic jams. "The construction of the smart city ... has set an example for the planning and management of future cities," said Weng Mengyong, chairman of the China Highway and Transportation Society.
During his trip, President Xi underlined his vision for "a fertile ground for innovation and business ventures."
The Chinese president also called for pioneering policies and measures in the reform and opening up, as well as forward-looking trial and demonstration innovation projects in the area.
Since China announced plans to establish the city in 2017, the Xiongan New Area has completed more than 510 billion yuan (about $74 billion) of investment. Specifically, China's state-owned enterprises have set up more than 140 subsidiaries and branches focusing on industries such as information technology, modern life sciences, biotechnology and new materials, among others.
A city for the people
"Xiongan is a young city with great potential," said Zhao Can, an employee of Hebei Xiongan Urban Construction Co., Ltd. The former Beijing resident has decided to settle down in Xiongan with his wife.
Zhao is among the hundreds of thousands of young talents attracted to the city for its favorable policies, friendly public services and "green" living environment.
During President Xi's Wednesday trip, he visited a residential community that is home to 5,000-plus relocated residents and highlighted the importance of ensuring the relocated residents live well and have satisfactory jobs.
Promoting equal access to basic public services is crucial in building a people's city that is both livable and conducive to doing business, Xi noted.
Experts say the development of the Xiongan New Area is a paradigm of China's modernization that carries historical significance.
"A complete and scientific plan goes first, followed by a whole-of-nation system to support innovative moves. The city is born to be a base for homegrown technological breakthroughs," said Cong Yi, dean of the School of Marxism at Tianjin University of Finance and Economics.
"It not only mirrors where China's economic strength is rooted but also will play an exemplary role in the world, showcasing that the Chinese way of modernization is not purely driven by economic growth, but rather is an all-rounded development model."
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Independent social impact organization, formerly known as Creating IT Futures and founded by CompTIA, will offer an innovative online tech learning hub to middle school students
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With a new, exclusive focus on youth programming and a single-purpose commitment to helping young people unlock their potential through technology, Creating IT Futures has changed its name to CompTIA Spark, the social impact nonprofit organization announced today.
CompTIA Spark will focus on delivering high-quality tech education and resources to middle schoolers through an innovative online learning hub. Building on the success of TechGirlz, a program that provides tech-centered learning opportunities for girls ages 11-14, CompTIA Spark aims to make technology engaging, accessible and inclusive for middle school students who are at a critical age to explore their interests.
"Our mission is to spark an interest in tech because in today's digitally driven world, tech fluency is just as important to future success as reading, writing, and math," said Charles Eaton, chief executive officer of CompTIA Spark. "Young people have their sights set on big and varied dreams, but what's clear is that whatever path or passion a young person chooses, technology education will play a critical part in their journey."
The CompTIA Spark middle school program, scheduled to be piloted during the 2022-23 school year, will be delivered through an online learning hub that can be accessed from anywhere, anytime. The hub is designed as a one-stop shop for students and teachers to access a range of fun, inspiring tech-related courses and resources, spanning topics from artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to mobile app development, podcasting, graphic design and more. Programs serve a diverse range of learning preferences and interests and can be taught by any adult who wants to bring high-quality tech education to their students or community, whether they have tech experience or not.
A unique feature of the learning hub allows content to be mapped to students' existing interests and curated across different "careers clusters" — from finance to manufacturing and marketing to the arts. Students can discover career paths and future learning opportunities that align with their passions, strengths, and growing capabilities and confidence.
"Nearly every career is a tech career in today's digital world. There are so many great job opportunities out there that require tech knowledge and not enough skilled people to fill those roles. Thousands of rewarding, well-paying jobs will go unfilled unless an expanded pipeline of new, diverse talent is created," said Eaton. "That's why CompTIA Spark's middle school programming will have a big impact on thousands of young people's lives regardless of whether they ultimately choose a career in the tech industry. We want to show students that tech is for everyone — and about so much more than just coding or computer engineering."
Alongside the middle school program, CompTIA Spark will continue to support other programs with a focus on youth, including TechGirlz, acquired by CompTIA in 2019, CyberPrep Explore and CyberPrep ITF+.
While an independent nonprofit, CompTIA Spark operates as the social innovation and impact arm of CompTIA — the leading nonprofit association for the IT industry and workforce— which founded the organization. This unique connection to CompTIA means CompTIA Spark is plugged in to developments in the industry, keeping pace with its constant evolution. Additionally, its curriculum has ties to real certifications, helping to provide clear future pathways for students who want to take their interest to the next level.
CompTIA Spark is a social impact organization that works to unlock people's potential though technology. It aims to bringing high quality tech education to youth — whatever their background — making tech exciting, accessible and inclusive, and building skills and confidence for life. The organization was founded in 1998 by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the IT industry and workforce. Formerly known as Creating IT Futures, CompTIA Spark is a registered 501 (c)(3) nonprofit. Learn more at comptiaspark.org.
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Snooker table vandalized by climate activist during world championship now reclothed, back in play in England
A climate activist wearing a shirt that said ‘Just Stop Oil’ in Britain released a packet of orange powder on the snooker table
A snooker table vandalized by a climate activist during a match at the world championship was reclothed overnight and back in play at the Crucible Theatre on Tuesday.
The green baize on Table 1 at the venue in Sheffield, England, turned orange at the start of the evening session on Monday when a protestor interrupted a match by jumping on the table and releasing a packet of powder.
The match between English players Robert Milkins and Joe Perry was abandoned — it will restart on Tuesday — and the previously pristine cloth needed to be replaced.
There was no visible sign of any orange powder when Jack Lisowski and Noppon Saengkham began their first-round match on the same table in Tuesday's morning session.
A man wearing a T-shirt bearing the words "Just Stop Oil" carried out the stunt in an attempt to draw attention to fossil fuel projects in Britain.
The activist group Just Stop Oil posted a video of the incident — adding the caption "NEW OIL AND GAS WILL SNOOKER US" — and called for "UK sporting institutions to step into civil resistance against the government’s genocidal policies."
At the same time as the man was throwing orange powder, a woman leapt into the playing arena and attempted to tie herself to the middle pocket of the other table in play.
The referee held her back and she was taken away by security. That match, between Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi, resumed 45 minutes later and played to a finish.
Allen said it was a "surreal moment."
GERMAN POLICE SURROUND AND CRACK DOWN ON CAMP OF ANTI-COAL PROTESTERS
"I heard a bang, that I thought it was on the other table, and then I turned round and there was a woman on my table," said the Northern Irish player, who won the match 10-5. "It could have been a lot worse — you saw what happened on the other table and how much disruption it caused.
"I feel like even talking about it is giving them airtime they don’t deserve because they are just idiots. What are they trying to gain from what they have done? I am sure there are better ways to get their point across."
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Police said late Monday that two people — a 30-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman — were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and were in custody.
It's the second time in three days that a big sporting event in Britain was disrupted, after 118 people were arrested at the Grand National horse race on Saturday. Some protestors scaled the perimeter fence around Aintree Racecourse and attempted to affix themselves to the big fences on the track.
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Nico Hischier lifted his stick and flashed a smile.
After scoring on Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins to put the Devils up 2-0 in the second period, fans roared in excitement – which made for one of the loudest moments at Prudential Center on Sunday.
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A Debt.com poll shows more applicants had trouble following the federal government's instructions than they did last year.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The two biggest complaints about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) have gotten bigger this year.
A new Debt.com survey reveals that 53 percent said the biggest challenge to filling out this important application was not knowing all the financial information FAFSA is asking for, which is a 9 percent increase over last year.
Overall, 38 percent said they had trouble filling out a FAFSA form, compared to 31 percent in 2021. That's a concerning development, since the majority of student loans are federal loans, and the only way to secure this loan is by completing the 106 questions on the FAFSA form.
"The basic architecture of this crucial form is unchanged," says Debt.com President Don Silvestri. "Instead, I believe it's the people who have changed." Silvestri explains that during the pandemic, Americans had more time to focus on the complexities of compiling all the qualifying information, which ranges from a federal tax return to records of assets and untaxed income.
"FAFSA didn't get any more difficult, we had more time to decipher it because we were sheltering at home during the pandemic," Silvestri theorizes. "Now that we're back to our busy lives, it's easy to get distracted and read instructions a little less carefully."
Other findings include:
- 89% say they thought they would qualify for financial aid, but only 69% qualified.
- 15% say they received an error message when filing out the form, down 3% from last year.
- 36% say they felt the Pell Grant would involve taking on more debt, which is 2% more than last year.
Silvestri predicts these numbers will improve when Debt.com conducts the same poll next year. Big changes are coming to the FAFSA form next year – including the total number of questions being reduced to 36 questions. "I still expect some harried parents to miss key instructions, but overall, we should see a significant improvement," Silvestri says. "These changes should really help."
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NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The family of a fallen New York firefighter is the first recipient of financial support from Building Homes for Heroes under its newly expanded mission to help first responders nationwide.
The nonprofit, which for 17 years has constructed, built and modified homes for injured military veterans and their families, announced today it will pay down the mortgage for Angela Skudin, whose husband, Casey, a decorated FDNY firefighter, was killed during a family vacation earlier this year.
He was with his wife and their two children when a heavy tree limb fell in a windstorm, crashing through the roof of their vehicle at the Biltmore Estate, a tourist spot in Asheville, North Carolina. Casey had planned the trip to celebrate what would have been his 46th birthday on Father's Day.
"In an instant, I lost the love of my life," Angela said. "There have been moments since then when it all feels too overwhelming. This outreach from the Building Homes for Heroes team not only honors my late husband's service, but it keeps us in our home so we can focus on healing."
The holiday season gift comes just weeks after Building Homes for Heroes, incorporated in New York, received approval from state regulators to launch fundraising for its new housing benefit program assisting police, firefighters and emergency first responders.
The organization said the Skudin family has faced challenges. Casey, assigned to Ladder Company 137 in Rockaway, Queens, was short of the 20-year mark needed to secure a full pension at the department. Angela has been fighting for that as well as caring for their 10-year-old son, who suffered spinal fractures and other medical issues in the accident.
"Casey and Angela's story is tragic, and it underscores the importance of our decision to take our home-for-veterans' program and expand it to first responders and their families," said Building Homes for Heroes' founder, New York businessman Andy Pujol, who founded Building Homes for Heroes after volunteering in the search-and-rescue of 9/11 alongside the FDNY and NYPD. "It's extra special for our organization, based in Island Park, to help a family here in our own coastal community."
He said the courage and sacrifice of veterans is beyond inspirational – as has been the work and dedication to communities by the nation's first responders.
Casey had been the valedictorian of his fire academy class. In 2009, the department awarded him its Fire Chiefs Association Memorial Medal after he'd entered the water, untethered, to rescue a drowning surfer off the 96th Street beach. A lifelong surfer, he regularly competed in triathlons and was a lifeguard for the town of Hempstead on Long Island.
For Building Homes for Heroes, the mission expansion marks a pivotal point in its charitable efforts. The organization reached its milestone 300th home for a veteran in September and is focused on delivering more homes in the next year, including No. 343 around Sept. 11, honoring the 343 members of the New York Fire Department who died on 9/11. With continued support, the nonprofit is looking to help many more first responders and families.
Building Homes for Heroes
Building Homes for Heroes builds and gifts mortgage-free homes, and completes home modifications, for veterans and their families, and provides many more inspirational services on the road to recovery to help them build better and brighter lives ahead. The organization said 95.19% of every dollar donated in 2021 went directly to its mission, the 11th straight year reaching a program rating of 93% or higher. It also received a perfect 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for seven straight years, including a 100% rating in transparency and accountability. See www.buildinghomesforheroes.org.
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193, Justin Jefferson, MIN at BUF 11/13 (OT) (10 rec., 1 TD)
190, Tyreek Hill, MIA at BAL 9/18 (11 rec., 2 TD)
188, Tyreek Hill, MIA at DET 10/30 (12 rec., 0 TD)
184, Justin Jefferson, MIN vs. GB 9/11 (9 rec., 2 TD)
181, A.J. Brown, PHI at CHI 12/18 (9 rec., 0 TD)
179, T.J. Hockenson, DET vs. SEA 10/2 (8 rec., 2 TD)
177, Davante Adams, LAS vs. LAC 12/4 (8 rec., 2 TD)
177, Tyreek Hill, MIA vs. MIN 10/16 (12 rec., 0 TD)
171, Gabe Davis, BUF vs. PIT 10/9 (3 rec., 2 TD)
171, Jaylen Waddle, MIA at BAL 9/18 (11 rec., 2 TD)
169, DeVonta Smith, PHI at WAS 9/25 (8 rec., 1 TD)
162, Evan Engram, JAC at TEN 12/11 (11 rec., 2 TD)
162, Garrett Wilson, NYJ at MIN 12/4 (8 rec., 0 TD)
160, Tyreek Hill, MIA at CIN 9/29 (10 rec., 0 TD)
159, DeAndre Hopkins, ARI at MIN 10/30 (12 rec., 1 TD)
158, Mack Hollins, LAS at TEN 9/25 (8 rec., 1 TD)
157, K.J. Osborn, MIN vs. IND 12/17 (OT) (10 rec., 1 TD)
156, A.J. Brown, PHI vs. PIT 10/30 (6 rec., 3 TD)
156, DeVante Parker, NE vs. BAL 9/25 (5 rec., 0 TD)
155, Tyler Boyd, CIN vs. ATL 10/23 (8 rec., 1 TD)
155, A.J. Brown, PHI at DET 9/11 (10 rec., 0 TD)
154, Justin Jefferson, MIN vs. CHI 10/9 (12 rec., 0 TD)
152, DJ Moore, CAR at ATL 10/30 (OT) (6 rec., 1 TD)
150, CeeDee Lamb, DAL at GB 11/13 (OT) (11 rec., 2 TD)
149, DK Metcalf, SEA at DET 10/2 (7 rec., 0 TD)
148, Stefon Diggs, BUF vs. TEN 9/19 (12 rec., 3 TD)
148, Stefon Diggs, BUF at KC 10/16 (10 rec., 1 TD)
148, Tee Higgins, CIN at PIT 11/20 (9 rec., 0 TD)
147, Chris Olave, NO at CAR 9/25 (9 rec., 0 TD)
147, Justin Jefferson, MIN at NO 10/2 (10 rec., 0 TD)
146, Davante Adams, LAS at JAC 11/6 (10 rec., 2 TD)
146, Tyreek Hill, MIA at SF 12/4 (9 rec., 1 TD)
145, Zay Jones, JAC vs. BAL 11/27 (11 rec., 0 TD)
143, Jaylen Waddle, MIA vs. GB 12/25 (5 rec., 1 TD)
143, Tyreek Hill, MIA at CHI 11/6 (7 rec., 1 TD)
141, Davante Adams, LAS at DEN 11/20 (OT) (7 rec., 2 TD)
141, Davante Adams, LAS at LAC 9/11 (10 rec., 1 TD)
140, Marquise Brown, ARI vs. LAR 9/25 (14 rec., 0 TD)
139, Justin Jefferson, MIN vs. NE 11/24 (9 rec., 1 TD)
134, Mike Williams, LAC at CLE 10/9 (10 rec., 0 TD)
134, Michael Pittman Jr., IND vs. JAC 10/16 (13 rec., 0 TD)
133, Justin Jefferson, MIN vs. NYG 12/24 (12 rec., 1 TD)
132, Ja'Marr Chase, CIN at NO 10/16 (7 rec., 2 TD)
131, Amari Cooper, CLE vs. CIN 10/31 (5 rec., 1 TD)
130, Ja'Marr Chase, CIN vs. ATL 10/23 (8 rec., 2 TD)
129, Ja'Marr Chase, CIN vs. PIT 9/11 (OT) (10 rec., 1 TD)
129, Jaylen Waddle, MIA vs. MIN 10/16 (6 rec., 0 TD)
128, Tee Higgins, CIN at NE 12/24 (8 rec., 1 TD)
128, Tyler Lockett, SEA at LAR 12/4 (9 rec., 1 TD)
128, Cooper Kupp, LAR vs. BUF 9/8 (13 rec., 1 TD)
128, Terry McLaurin, WAS at PHI 11/14 (8 rec., 0 TD)
128, Demarcus Robinson, BAL vs. CAR 11/20 (9 rec., 0 TD)
128, Stefon Diggs, BUF vs. MIN 11/13 (OT) (12 rec., 0 TD)
127, Cooper Kupp, LAR at TB 11/6 (8 rec., 1 TD)
127, DK Metcalf, SEA at LAR 12/4 (8 rec., 1 TD)
126, Davante Adams, LAS vs. IND 11/13 (9 rec., 1 TD)
126, DeVonta Smith, PHI at CHI 12/18 (5 rec., 0 TD)
126, CeeDee Lamb, DAL at JAC 12/18 (OT) (7 rec., 0 TD)
125, Cooper Kupp, LAR vs. DAL 10/9 (7 rec., 1 TD)
124, Davante Adams, LAS at KC 10/10 (3 rec., 2 TD)
124, JuJu Smith-Schuster, KC at SF 10/23 (7 rec., 1 TD)
124, Tee Higgins, CIN vs. MIA 9/29 (7 rec., 1 TD)
124, Chris Moore, HOU at DAL 12/11 (10 rec., 0 TD)
123, Justin Jefferson, MIN vs. IND 12/17 (OT) (12 rec., 1 TD)
123, Mike Evans, TB vs. BAL 10/27 (6 rec., 0 TD)
122, Stefon Diggs, BUF at LAR 9/8 (8 rec., 1 TD)
122, Amon-Ra St. Brown, DET vs. BUF 11/24 (9 rec., 1 TD)
122, Courtland Sutton, DEN vs. HOU 9/18 (7 rec., 0 TD)
122, Cooper Kupp, LAR at SF 10/3 (14 rec., 0 TD)
121, Travis Kelce, KC at ARI 9/11 (8 rec., 1 TD)
121, Michael Pittman Jr., IND at HOU 9/11 (OT) (9 rec., 1 TD)
120, George Kittle, SF vs. WAS 12/24 (6 rec., 2 TD)
120, CeeDee Lamb, DAL vs. PHI 12/24 (10 rec., 2 TD)
120, Mike Williams, LAC at HOU 10/2 (7 rec., 0 TD)
119, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, TEN vs. DEN 11/13 (5 rec., 2 TD)
119, A.J. Brown, PHI vs. TEN 12/4 (8 rec., 2 TD)
119, Ja'Marr Chase, CIN vs. CLE 12/11 (10 rec., 1 TD)
119, Amon-Ra St. Brown, DET at CHI 11/13 (10 rec., 0 TD)
117, Christian Kirk, JAC at WAS 9/11 (6 rec., 0 TD)
117, Jerry Jeudy, DEN at LAR 12/25 (6 rec., 0 TD)
116, Amon-Ra St. Brown, DET vs. WAS 9/18 (9 rec., 2 TD)
116, Mike Williams, LAC vs. MIA 12/11 (6 rec., 1 TD)
116, Allen Lazard, GB vs. NE 10/2 (OT) (6 rec., 0 TD)
115, Travis Kelce, KC at LAC 11/20 (6 rec., 3 TD)
115, Deebo Samuel, SF vs. LAR 10/3 (6 rec., 1 TD)
115, Justin Jefferson, MIN at WAS 11/6 (7 rec., 1 TD)
115, Garrett Wilson, NYJ vs. NE 10/30 (6 rec., 0 TD)
114, Amon-Ra St. Brown, DET vs. JAC 12/4 (11 rec., 2 TD)
114, Jaylen Waddle, MIA at BUF 12/17 (3 rec., 1 TD)
114, Tee Higgins, CIN at TEN 11/27 (7 rec., 1 TD)
114, Jarvis Landry, NO at ATL 9/11 (7 rec., 0 TD)
114, Donovan Peoples-Jones, CLE at CIN 12/11 (8 rec., 0 TD)
113, Amari Cooper, CLE at BUF 11/20 (8 rec., 2 TD)
113, DeVonta Smith, PHI at DAL 12/24 (8 rec., 2 TD)
113, JuJu Smith-Schuster, KC vs. BUF 10/16 (5 rec., 1 TD)
113, Mike Williams, LAC at KC 9/15 (8 rec., 1 TD)
113, Terry McLaurin, WAS at IND 10/30 (6 rec., 0 TD)
113, Travis Kelce, KC vs. SEA 12/24 (6 rec., 0 TD)
113, Evan Engram, JAC at NYJ 12/22 (7 rec., 0 TD)
112, Jerick McKinnon, KC at DEN 12/11 (7 rec., 2 TD)
111, Jakobi Meyers, NE vs. DET 10/9 (7 rec., 1 TD)
111, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, KC at SF 10/23 (3 rec., 0 TD)
111, Treylon Burks, TEN at GB 11/17 (7 rec., 0 TD)
110, Christian Watson, GB at PHI 11/27 (4 rec., 1 TD)
110, Nelson Agholor, NE at PIT 9/18 (6 rec., 1 TD)
110, Chris Godwin, TB at CLE 11/27 (OT) (12 rec., 1 TD)
109, Zay Jones, JAC vs. DAL 12/18 (OT) (6 rec., 3 TD)
109, Tony Pollard, DAL at MIN 11/20 (6 rec., 2 TD)
109, T.J. Hockenson, MIN vs. NYG 12/24 (13 rec., 2 TD)
108, Cooper Kupp, LAR vs. ATL 9/18 (11 rec., 2 TD)
108, Rashod Bateman, BAL vs. MIA 9/18 (4 rec., 1 TD)
108, Stefon Diggs, BUF vs. GB 10/30 (6 rec., 1 TD)
108, DJ Chark, DET at CAR 12/24 (4 rec., 0 TD)
108, Travis Kelce, KC vs. BUF 10/16 (8 rec., 0 TD)
107, Christian Watson, GB vs. DAL 11/13 (OT) (4 rec., 3 TD)
107, Justin Jefferson, MIN at MIA 10/16 (6 rec., 0 TD)
107, Tyler Lockett, SEA at SF 9/18 (9 rec., 0 TD)
106, Jaylen Waddle, MIA at DET 10/30 (8 rec., 2 TD)
106, Joshua Palmer, LAC vs. KC 11/20 (8 rec., 2 TD)
106, Mark Andrews, BAL at NYG 10/16 (7 rec., 1 TD)
106, CeeDee Lamb, DAL vs. NYG 11/24 (6 rec., 0 TD)
106, Chris Olave, NO at ARI 10/20 (7 rec., 0 TD)
106, Joshua Palmer, LAC at ATL 11/6 (8 rec., 0 TD)
106, Travis Kelce, KC vs. TEN 11/6 (OT) (10 rec., 0 TD)
105, Dyami Brown, WAS vs. TEN 10/9 (2 rec., 2 TD)
105, Christian Kirk, JAC at KC 11/13 (9 rec., 2 TD)
105, Jahan Dotson, WAS vs. NYG 12/18 (4 rec., 1 TD)
105, Tyler Boyd, CIN at NYJ 9/25 (4 rec., 1 TD)
105, Terry McLaurin, WAS at NYG 12/4 (OT) (8 rec., 1 TD)
105, Tre'Quan Smith, NO at CAR 9/25 (4 rec., 0 TD)
105, Travis Kelce, KC at HOU 12/18 (OT) (10 rec., 0 TD)
104, Tyler Lockett, SEA at NO 10/9 (5 rec., 2 TD)
104, Mark Andrews, BAL vs. MIA 9/18 (9 rec., 1 TD)
104, Christian Kirk, JAC at DET 12/4 (6 rec., 0 TD)
104, Marvin Jones Jr., JAC vs. HOU 10/9 (7 rec., 0 TD)
104, Keenan Allen, LAC at IND 12/26 (11 rec., 0 TD)
103, Mike Evans, TB vs. KC 10/2 (8 rec., 2 TD)
103, DJ Moore, CAR vs. DEN 11/27 (4 rec., 1 TD)
103, Tyreek Hill, MIA vs. GB 12/25 (4 rec., 0 TD)
103, A.J. Brown, PHI at DAL 12/24 (6 rec., 0 TD)
103, Greg Dortch, ARI vs. SF 11/21 (9 rec., 0 TD)
103, DeAndre Hopkins, ARI vs. NO 10/20 (10 rec., 0 TD)
102, Garrett Wilson, NYJ at CLE 9/18 (8 rec., 2 TD)
102, Jerry Jeudy, DEN at SEA 9/12 (4 rec., 1 TD)
102, Chris Olave, NO vs. LAR 11/20 (5 rec., 1 TD)
102, DeVonta Smith, PHI vs. TEN 12/4 (5 rec., 1 TD)
102, Robbie Anderson, CAR vs. CLE 9/11 (5 rec., 1 TD)
102, Stefon Diggs, BUF vs. PIT 10/9 (8 rec., 1 TD)
102, Jaylen Waddle, MIA vs. BUF 9/25 (4 rec., 0 TD)
102, George Pickens, PIT vs. NYJ 10/2 (6 rec., 0 TD)
102, Terry McLaurin, WAS vs. PHI 9/25 (6 rec., 0 TD)
101, Amari Cooper, CLE vs. PIT 9/22 (7 rec., 1 TD)
101, Amari Cooper, CLE vs. NYJ 9/18 (9 rec., 1 TD)
101, Davante Adams, LAS vs. DEN 10/2 (9 rec., 0 TD)
100, Kendrick Bourne, NE vs. CIN 12/24 (6 rec., 1 TD)
100, Dallas Goedert, PHI at HOU 11/3 (8 rec., 1 TD)
100, Breece Hall, NYJ vs. MIA 10/9 (2 rec., 0 TD)
100, Wan'Dale Robinson, NYG vs. DET 11/20 (9 rec., 0 TD)
100, CeeDee Lamb, DAL at TEN 12/29 (11 rec., 0 TD)
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Zach Freemantle scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Colby Jones also scored 16, helping No. 22 Xavier hand No. 2 UConn its first loss of the season, 83-73, on Saturday.
Jack Nunge started for Xavier despite an illness that limited him during warmups. He didn’t rejoin the team after halftime until a couple of minutes into the half but finished with 15 points in 24 minutes.
“Thirty minutes before tipoff, he was sleeping,” Xavier coach Sean Miller said. “He looked awful, but he didn’t have a fever. He did the best that he could. We certainly wouldn’t have won if he didn’t play.”
Nunge’s effort wasn’t lost on his teammates.
“Jack came through in the biggest way,” Freemantle said. “He was in there getting fluids, then to see him be that impactful was motivating.”
Xavier (12-3, 4-0 Big East), which joined the AP Top 25 rankings this week, won its eighth consecutive game. Its three losses have come by a combined 13 points to Indiana, Duke, Gonzaga.
Adama Sanogo led UConn with 18 points. Andre Jackson Jr. scored 14 points and Jordan Hawkins had 11 for the Huskies.
UConn (14-1, 3-1 Big East) was off to its best start since beginning the 1998 season 19-0 and going on to win its first NCAA championship. The loss Saturday kept the Huskies from their best start since 1994-95 and left only No. 1 Purdue and No. 22 New Mexico as the only undefeated Division I teams this season.
“The group is real down,” UConn coach Dan Hurley said. “These guys wanted to make a statement on the road and have a chance to be No. 1 on Monday. Xavier’s as good as anybody in the league. Not many teams in the country could have come in here and won this game.”
Jerome Hunter’s 15 points for Xavier tied a career high. He had a career-high 10 rebounds in a win Wednesday at St. John’s, all off the bench.
“Jerome was the difference in the game tonight,” Miller said. “His energy was contagious.”
Hurley became increasingly displeased by the free-throw disparity. Xavier went 23 of 28 from the line while UConn was just 4 of 9.
With Xavier leading 74-71 with 2:25 to go after a Freemantle free throw, Hurley was assessed a technical foul for barking at the referees. Souley Boum hit two free throws and Freemantle hit his second, putting Xavier ahead 77-71.
The Musketeers finished the game on a 12-2 run.
“Put yourself in my shoes,” Hurley said. “You’re aware of the free-throw discrepancy. You see that. It’s factored into your mind. I wish I wouldn’t have said ‘unbelievable.'”
Xavier led by as many as 10 points in the first half, but UConn ended the half on a 16-5 run to take a one-point lead into halftime.
Freemantle had 11 points and six rebounds in the first half to help the Musketeers get off to a fast start.
His corner 3-pointer put the Musketeers ahead 66-62 with 7:17 left.
“We beat one of the best teams in college basketball,” Miller said. “They are a very talented, well-oiled group. You have to beat them. They don’t beat themselves.”
ICE COLD
UConn went 13 of 37 from 3-point range. The 37 attempts were one shy of a school record. “Maybe we could have been more selective,” Hurley said. “It’s one of those days. Alex (Karaban) with those types of looks would normally go 4 of 8, not 2 of 8. We just couldn’t make that big shot.”
BIG PICTURE
UConn: Depth has been the hallmark of this Huskies squad, with 10 players averaging more than 14 minutes. All nine players who played Saturday scored for the Huskies.
Xavier: Turnovers have been an issue for the Musketeers, who averaged 14.1 turnovers coming in, with 15 or more eight times this season. They had only five turnovers in the second half Saturday after committing seven in the first half.
UP NEXT
UConn: At Providence on Wednesday.
Xavier: At Villanova on Saturday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The latest historic U.S. banking failure made few waves in markets, and stocks drifted Monday as Wall Street braces for what it hopes will be the last hike to interest rates for a long time.
The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged after regulators seized First Republic Bank and sold off most of it in hopes of preventing more turmoil in the industry. It dipped 1.61, or less than 0.1%, to 4,167.87. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 46.46, or 0.1%, to 34,051.70, and the Nasdaq composite fell 13.99, or 0.1%, to 12,212.60.
First Republic has been in the spotlight for nearly two months on worries it could be next to topple following March’s failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The worry was that runs on smaller- and mid-sized banks could take down the economy, like the financial industry’s woes during the 2008 crisis did.
But analysts and economists have said they see big differences between then and now, including how the biggest U.S. banks are feeling less pressure this time around. Plus, several banks under scrutiny for weakness recently have said their deposit levels have strengthened since late March.
Analysts said the difference between the stock market’s reactions to them and First Republic Bank, which plunged 75% last week, indicates investors may see it as an isolated event rather than a problem with the deeper system.
Shares of JPMorgan Chase, which is buying much of First Republic’s assets, rose 2.1%. It’s becoming even bigger following the deal.
Still, many other questions continue to hang over Wall Street that could shake things up. They include worries about corporate profits and the U.S. government’s latest squabble over the country’s debt limit.
Above all is what the Federal Reserve will do with interest rates. At its next meeting, which concludes Wednesday, most traders expect the Fed to raise short-term rate by another quarter of a percentage point, up to a range of 5 to 5.25% from virtually zero early last year.
The hope is that may be the final increase for a while, which would give the economy and financial markets more breathing room.
The Fed has been raising rates sharply in hopes of getting high inflation under control. But high rates are a notoriously blunt tool that slow the entire economy, raise the risk of a recession and hurt prices for investments. .
If banks limit their lending following their industry’s recent struggles, even if there are no more failures, that could act like rate increases on their own. Many investors are preparing for a recession to hit later this year
A report on Monday from the Institute for Supply Management said manufacturing activity shrank again in April, though not as badly as most economists expected. Other reports this week will give the latest updates on U.S. services industries and hiring across the economy.
One lever that’s propped up Wall Street in recent weeks has been a stream of companies reporting better profits for the first three months of the year than expected.
Through last week, with just over half of S&P 500 companies reporting, nearly four in five had reported higher earnings than forecast, according to FactSet. That has companies in the index on track to report a drop of 3.7% from a year earlier.
That would mark a second straight quarter of falling earnings, something that Wall Street calls a profit recession. But it would not be as bad as the 6.7% drop that analysts forecasted a month ago.
ON Semiconductor rose 8.9% after reporting stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than expected. Norwegian Cruise Line climbed 8.9% after likewise topping expectations.
Big Tech companies have largely reported better profits than expected, which has helped stabilize the market because their immense size gives them outsized sway on indexes. Apple will follow with its own report this week.
Those huge companies are a big reason why the S&P 500 has risen 8.6% this year, but it may be a worrying sign the rest of the market hasn’t kept up, according to strategists at Goldman Sachs. When market breadth is this narrow, the stock market has historically had tough returns in the near term.
Countering that, though, is also how well stocks tend to do once the Federal Reserve stops hiking rates: an average return of 8% over the ensuing three months, going back to 1984. Ultimately, the biggest risk on the downside for the market is whether the economy falls into a recession, the strategists led by David Kostin said.
In the bond market, Treasury yields rose as expectations firmed on Wall Street for at least one more rate hike. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 3.58% from 3.43% late Friday. It helps set rates for mortgages and other important loans.
The yield on the two-year Treasury, which moves more on expectations for Fed action, rose to 4.13% from 4.02%.
In markets abroad, many exchanges were closed in observance of holidays.
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AP Business Writers Elaine Kurtenbach and Matt Ott contributed.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - New Pacific Metals Corp. ("New Pacific" or the "Company") (TSX: NUAG) (NYSE American: NEWP) reports that the Company has filed today its fiscal 2022 annual report on Form 40-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
The Form 40-F, which includes the Company's fiscal 2022 annual audited financial statements, management's discussion and analysis, and annual information form, is available on the Company's website at https://www.newpacificmetals.com/ and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml. Printed copies of the Company's fiscal 2022 annual financial statements, management's discussion and analysis, annual information form and Form 40-F are available free of charge to New Pacific securityholders upon written request.
New Pacific is a Canadian exploration and development company with precious metal projects in Bolivia. The Company's flagship Project, the Silver Sand Silver Project, is waiting for a new Mineral Resource Estimate Update and a Preliminary Economic Assessment by the end of 2022. Recently discovered Carangas Silver-Gold Project is undergoing a 40,000 m drill program. The third project, the Silverstrike Silver-Gold Project, commenced a 6,000 m discovery drill program in June 2022 and discovered a near surface broad gold mineralization by drill hole.
New Pacific Metals Corp.
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Certain of the statements and information in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial securities laws. Any statements or information that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "expects", "is expected", "anticipates", "believes", "plans", "projects", "estimates", "assumes", "intends", "strategies", "targets", "goals", "forecasts", "objectives", "budgets", "schedules", "potential" or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements or information. Such statements include, but are not limited to: statements regarding anticipated exploration, drilling, development, construction, and other activities or achievements of the Company; timing of receipt of a mineral resource estimate update; and timing and content of the preliminary economic assessment.
Forward-looking statements or information are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements or information, including, without limitation, risks relating to: global economic and social impact of COVID-19; calculation of resources, reserves and mineralization, general economic conditions, loss of key personnel; environmental risks, operations and political conditions; the regulatory environment in Bolivia and Canada; and other factors described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended June 30, 2022 and its other public filings. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company's forward-looking statements or information.
The forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of estimates, assumptions, beliefs, expectations and opinions of management as of the date of this news release that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. These estimates, assumptions, beliefs, expectations and options include, but are not limited to, those related to the Company's ability to carry on current and future operations, including: the duration and effects of COVID-19 on our operations and workforce; development and exploration activities; the timing, extent, duration and economic viability of such operations; the accuracy and reliability of estimates, projections, forecasts, studies and assessments; the Company's ability to meet or achieve estimates, projections and forecasts; the stabilization of the political climate in Bolivia; the Company's ability to obtain and maintain social license at its mineral properties; the availability and cost of inputs; the price and market for outputs; foreign exchange rates; taxation levels; the timely receipt of necessary approvals or permits, including the ratification and approval of the Mining Production Contract with COMIBOL by the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia; the ability of the Company's Bolivian partner to convert the exploration licenses at the Carangas Project to AMC; the ability to meet current and future obligations; the ability to obtain timely financing on reasonable terms when required; the current and future social, economic and political conditions; and other assumptions and factors generally associated with the mining industry.
Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management believes are reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on such statements. Other than specifically required by applicable laws, the Company is under no obligation and expressly disclaims any such obligation to update or alter the forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as may be required by law. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release.
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More than 200 million Twitter accounts, including email addresses, were leaked this week, raising privacy and security concerns.
Alan Gal, the co-founder of Israeli security firm Hudson Rock, reportedly first uncovered the leak and took to social media to alert the public.
“The database contains 235,000,000 unique records of Twitter users and their email addresses and will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxing,” Gal said on LinkedIn.
“This is one of the most significant leaks I’ve seen,” he added.
According to The Washington Post, Gal discovered the leak on a popular online hacking forum but did not provide a name.
This is the latest data breach involving Twitter. In August, Twitter said that a hacker had exploited a bug in its system and was attempting to sell personal data they had obtained.
The company said that the bug was first discovered in January 2022 but was quickly fixed, adding that there was no evidence suggesting that personal data was compromised as a result of the vulnerability.
In July, however, Twitter was notified that someone had potentially exploited the vulnerability and was offering to sell personal information.
The social media platform said at the time that it would be notifying the account owners that were affected by the breach.
Twitter did not respond to a request for comment about the latest breach.
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Kansas State vs. Michigan State Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total - NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
Thursday's contest features the Michigan State Spartans (21-12) and the Kansas State Wildcats (25-9) squaring off at Madison Square Garden in what should be a tight matchup, with a projected 72-69 victory for Michigan State according to our computer prediction. Tipoff is at TBA on March 23.
Based on our computer prediction, Kansas State is projected to cover the point spread (1.5) versus Michigan State. The two teams are projected to eclipse the 137.5 total.
Kansas State vs. Michigan State Game Info & Odds
- Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023
- Time: TBD
- Where: New York City, New York
- Venue: Madison Square Garden
- Line: Michigan State -1.5
- Point Total: 137.5
- Moneyline (To Win): Michigan State -120, Kansas State +100
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Kansas State vs. Michigan State Score Prediction
- Prediction: Michigan State 71, Kansas State 70
Spread & Total Prediction for Kansas State vs. Michigan State
- Pick ATS:
Kansas State (+1.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (137.5)
Michigan State has put together a 16-14-0 record against the spread this season, while Kansas State is 22-10-0. The Spartans have a 16-14-0 record hitting the over, while games involving the Wildcats have a record of 17-15-0 when it comes to hitting the over. The two teams combine to score 145.7 points per game, 8.2 more points than this matchup's total. Michigan State is 6-4 against the spread and 7-3 overall over its last 10 contests, while Kansas State has gone 6-4 against the spread and 6-4 overall.
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Kansas State Performance Insights
- The Wildcats outscore opponents by 6.6 points per game (posting 75.5 points per game, 84th in college basketball, and giving up 68.9 per outing, 141st in college basketball) and have a +225 scoring differential.
- Kansas State grabs 31.9 rebounds per game (172nd in college basketball) while allowing 30.3 per contest to opponents. It outrebounds opponents by 1.6 boards per game.
- Kansas State hits 7 three-pointers per game (220th in college basketball), while its opponents have made 6.3 on average.
- Kansas State has committed 13.5 turnovers per game (319th in college basketball) while forcing 14.3 (36th in college basketball).
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the passage of H.R 6833, Peter L. Saltonstall, President and CEO of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), issued the following statement:
"NORD is pleased that Congress approved a full five-year reauthorization of several critical FDA user fee programs prior to the September 30th deadline. Every five years, Congress is tasked with reauthorizing these vital programs, which help ensure patients gain access to essential therapies and diagnostics in a timely manner. Letting these programs lapse would have been devastating to the many patients in the rare disease community who still lack effective treatment and who have placed so much hope in the thousands of products under development that could help them better manage or even cure their conditions."
However, NORD is deeply concerned that Congress included only a short-term reauthorization of other critical programs like the orphan drug grants program and failed to include several bipartisan policy reforms important to the rare disease community. Since 1992, user fee reauthorizations have presented an important opportunity to make necessary FDA-related policy improvements and clarifications, and enhance accountability of the FDA. This is why NORD and the rare disease community have been so vocal about the urgent need to include provisions to clarify the scope of orphan drug exclusivity, strengthen the accelerated approval pathway and improve clinical trial diversity as part of a comprehensive user fee package. Failing to act now to ensure the continuation of these programs and to include these important policies jeopardizes the future of both.
We urge Congress to immediately enact a full five-year reauthorization of the important programs that support rare disease drug development and resume negotiations on the numerous FDA reforms, such as those around accelerated approval and orphan drug exclusivity, that have broad bipartisan support and would directly benefit the rare disease community."
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is the leading independent advocacy organization representing all patients and families affected by rare diseases in the United States. NORD began as a small group of patient advocates that formed a coalition to unify and mobilize support to pass the Orphan Drug Act of 1983. Since then, the organization has led the way in voicing the needs of the rare disease community, driving supportive policies, furthering education, advancing medical research, and providing patient and family services for those who need them most. Together with over 330 disease-specific member organizations, more than 17,000 Rare Action Network advocates across all 50 states, and national and global partners, NORD delivers on its mission to improve the lives of those impacted by rare diseases. Visit rarediseases.org.
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COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP)Donald Parham experienced his most satisfying moment of the season Sunday when he caught first touchdown pass in nearly 14 months.
One night later though, the Los Angeles Chargers tight end was feeling conflicted emotions when he saw Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin being loaded into an ambulance after suffering cardiac arrest in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Parham knows all too well what it is like being taken off the field on a stretcher after a frightening incident. During the fourth quarter of a Dec. 16, 2021, game against the Kansas City Chiefs, the back of Parham’s head slammed into the ground in the back of the end zone when he was trying to catch a pass from Justin Herbert.
The memories about that play came flooding back for Parham as he saw the situation unfold with Hamlin.
”Seeing him laid out on the field like that it definitely took something out of me a little bit because I’ve been there. It was very confusing just to collect my emotions and how I felt,” Parham said. ”I caught myself feeling like that was me last year and feeling kind of hopeless. It was crazy overall. It really hurt seeing something like that.”
After the play, a camera zoomed in on Parham’s face, showing his eyes closed and mouth open. A teammate briefly tried to move Parham’s left arm, but it was frozen in a bent position.
Trainers and medical personnel removed Parham’s facemask from his helmet and placed him on a backboard. Parham’s arms were shaking while he was taken off the field as concerned players from both teams watched.
Parham was taken to the hospital for tests and was diagnosed with a concussion, which kept him out for the remainder of the 2021 seasons.
Parham returned to the team during the spring and participated in offseason drills. But he has been plagued by hamstring issues that have limited him to five games.
Since coming back Dec. 18 against Tennessee, Parham has five receptions for 46 yards.
Besides his 3-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter last Sunday against the Rams to put the Chargers up by three scores, Parham provided a key block on Austin Ekeler’s 72-yard touchdown run during the second quarter.
”Football has tested his patience. To see him go out like that and play a really complete game – I thought that he blocked extremely well and was a factor in the passing game. To score a touchdown, a big red-area touchdown for us, it was a big moment for him,” coach Brandon Staley said.
Offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi said that Parham’s attitude has been steady throughout the season despite being beset by injuries.
”Since I’ve been here, I’ve kind of felt like he’s a guy that’s just waiting to blow up and become a bigger part of our offensive and become a bigger star in the NFL,” Lombardi said. ”Injuries and some bad luck is has kept him from doing that, so it’s good to see him get back on track. Hopefully, you can continue to see big things from him.”
The 6-foot-8, 237-pound Parham showed his first two seasons that he can be a dependable target for quarterback Justin Herbert. With Gerald Everett also having a solid season, Parham’s tall frame and ability to make big catches in the red zone make both tight ends important factors for Sunday’s regular-season finale at Denver and going into the playoffs.
The Chargers (10-6) should know by kickoff against the Broncos if they have secured the AFC’s fifth seed. If the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens, Los Angeles would be the fifth seed and the Ravens sixth seed regardless of what happens in Denver.
However, a Baltimore victory would mean the Chargers would also have to beat the Broncos to secure the fifth seed. Both teams would finish 11-6, but Los Angeles would win the tiebreaker by having a better conference record.
”It’s very important that we just stick to what we know, making sure that we’re taking each week as it is and preparing for the game ahead,” Parham said.
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Which cat kennel is best?
Cats love being able to freely roam around your house or apartment, which can make it difficult to wrangle them into a cat kennel, let alone have them remain there for an extended period of time. This makes selecting the right kennel that allows your cat to feel safe and comfortable all the more important.
You have a lot of options, and choices may vary depending on your needs, but one top pick is Petmate Two Door Top Load Pet Kennel, which has a convenient top-load door to easily access your cat.
What to know before you buy a cat kennel
Size
You want your cat to be able to stand and move around inside the kennel, making it a good rule of thumb to purchase a kennel that’s one-and-a-half times the size of your cat.
Ventilation
Make sure that the kennel is well-ventilated and that your cat can get adequate airflow when inside. You can always place a blanket on top of the carrier to create a darker and more secure space for your pet.
Weight
If you’re going to be traveling with your cat being in a kennel, select a model that’s lightweight, easy to transport, easy to clean and easy to store when not in use.
What to look for in a quality cat kennel
Cat kennel styles
Cardboard: Cardboard kennels can be used when rescuing a cat or for an emergency trip to the vet, but they’re difficult to secure and your cat can chew through the kennel over time. For this reason, these temporary cat kennels should only be used for short periods and before you have the ability to purchase a long-term kennel.
Soft side: Made from a firm but flexible material, soft cat kennels are a great option for shorter travel outings and trips to the vet.
Rolling: A rolling suitcase-style carrier tends to be the roomiest option for cats and allows them to see their surroundings as they travel.
Hard side: This is the most common type of cat carrier, as it offers space for cats to move around while also helping them feel safe and secure. They’re durable, strong and easy to clean.
Single vs. multiple doors
A single-door kennel is a comfortable option, but if you have a more fearful cat, multiple doors can help you to place your cat safely inside the carrier. This also allows vets to have more than one way to access your cat without removing them from the kennel.
Screws
A cat kennel with screws securing the top down makes it easy to remove the top of the kennel while the cat stays in the bottom portion where they feel safe. Utilizing this feature can be slightly more time-consuming than other types of kennels.
Side snaps
Snaps are an easy way to latch or unlatch the top portion of the carrier, but the loud noise might frighten your cat.
How much you can expect to spend on a cat kennel
Cat kennels vary in price based on size, material, features and benefits but can range from $15-$75.
Cat kennel FAQ
How can you get your cat more comfortable with the cat kennel?
A. If possible, start using the kennel when your cat is young. Even if you don’t need to transport your cat, you can keep the kennel open at home with some of their favorite toys and blankets inside. Adding a little catnip to the kennel can help get an adult cat to spend more time inside.
What type of cat kennel can you bring on a plane?
A. Most cat kennels identify if they’re TSA-approved or not, but the rule of thumb is that the kennel should fit under the seat, so a soft-sided kennel with multiple entrances is ideal.
What’s the best cat kennel to buy?
Top cat kennel
Petmate Two-Door Top-Load Pet Kennel
What you need to know: This is a simple top and front-loading cat kennel that meets all air-approved travel regulations.
What you’ll love: This carrier is durable and secure, made from heavy-duty plastic and features a wing-nut and bolt design. The multi-access, grated steel doors allow your cat to have increased visibility of their surroundings, while you can easily check to make sure they’re comfortable and happy.
What you should consider: Some customers have noted that they’re missing screws in the package, so make sure that you have all the parts you need before assembling the crate.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top cat kennel for the money
Amazon Basics Two-Door Top-Load Hard-Sided Pet Travel Carrier
What you need to know: This is an effective, safe and durable cat kennel for a budget-conscious price.
What you’ll love: This two-door model has excellent airflow. The spring-loaded latch makes for a smooth and quiet opening, and the top door can be opened from left to right.
What you should consider: Be sure not to use this with overweight cats, as some customers mention that the latches don’t support animals closer to 20 pounds.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
SPORT PET Large Pop-Open Soft-Side Kennel
What you need to know: Road-trip approved, this cat kennel creates a cozy yet spacious area for one or more cats in the back of your car.
What you’ll love: Specifically designed for car travel, this cat kennel has a durable gate entry and mesh side panel for ventilation, which gives you the ability to keep your eyes on your pets. Framed in durable plastic and designed with secure straps, this is a safe and comfortable option for your cat while traveling.
What you should consider: Your cat should be comfortable in the car and have experience in a solid cat kennel before transitioning to this model. Calm adult cats are the prime candidate for this type of kennel.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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A motorcyclist was killed after he crashed into a tree on Billings West End Friday afternoon.
The crash was reported around 1 p.m. near the intersection of Overland Avenue and Peachtree Road.
Overland was closed from Peachtree to Creekside Road as the Billings police crash team investigate. The road reopened around 6 p.m.
Police said in a tweet that the motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
It's the second fatal accident in Billings in as many days. On Thursday, one man died when two SUVs collided on Airport Road. Two other people were injured.
On July 20, another motorcyclist died on the road in Billings after he was struck by a driver who was allegedly intoxicated on Molt Road.
Update: Fatal Crash Overland and Peachtree. A male on a motorcylce lost control and collided with a tree. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased. No Helmet. Crash team in on scene investigating.
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Attention, auto enthusiasts: The "holy grail" of Chicago license plates is up for auction.
A black-and-white aluminum plate stamped with just the single numeral "1" gives bidders a chance to earn a piece of automotive history. The plate was made in 1904, the first year that Chicago made metal license plates, and the only year the city made plates from thin, stamped aluminum, according to the item's description on the auction site.
"Only (a) handful of these were made," said Mike Donley of Donley Auctions. "And it's number 1. It doesn't get any lower than that."
Before Illinois began making statewide license plates, Chicago issued its own plates between 1903 and 1907, Donley said. From that era, auctioneers said, those made in 1904 are the rarest. For the next few years that followed, the flimsy and damage-prone aluminum plates were replaced with heavy-duty solid brass.
Even more rare, this plate is graded "VG," or very good condition.
The plate's first owner was a founding member of AAA
This particular plate was issued to prominent Chicago lawyer and art collector Arthur Jerome Eddy, who in 1900 became the first person in Chicago to receive a license badge for a motor vehicle. Before plates were distributed, license badges, meant to go on drivers' coats, were issued to drivers as a way to tax city residents for funding road projects, Donley said.
Eddy was an early adopter of automobiles, Donley said. He set an auto distance record in 1901 by driving 2,900 miles from Chicago to Boston and back over two months, The New York Times reported. He even published a book about it the following year — one of several he authored — titled Two Thousand Miles On An Automobile.
Eddy also helped found the Chicago Motor Club in 1902, to advocate for driver rights and promote safe vehicles and roads. That club has since evolved into the American Automobile Association (AAA). He's also credited with putting Chicago on the map of the modern art world, according to auctioneers, by drawing interest to the Art Institute of Chicago.
More recently, this plate belonged to Lee Hartung, a well-known collector of motor vehicles, who died in 2011. Much of his personal collection was auctioned off years ago but, Donley said, when his partner was recently preparing to sell their house, she found a stash of more auto memorabilia — including the No.1 plate.
Donley estimated the plate will sell for around $4,000 to $6,000 at the auction, which ends on Sunday. But the intrigue Donley said it has garnered could hike up the bids. The auctioneer took the plate to a license plate show over the weekend in Wauconda, Ill., where he said the item attracted collectors from out of state to see the plate and gauge its authenticity.
"There's a lot of interest in this," Donley said.
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LAKE NONA, Fla. – Macey and Blake Miller are all smiles when they describe their daughter Ava.
She loves to read, dance, and sing songs like “Wheels on the Bus” and “Old McDonald Had a Farm,” but what many don’t know is that Ava, 2, was born deaf.
Her mother, Macey, explained she had a normal pregnancy and Ava was diagnosed when she was born after taking several newborn hearing tests.
“That was the very first indication that something was off, you know, that she didn’t pass the newborn hearing screening but, of course, we were brand new parents and barely sleeping,” Macey said.
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Macey said there was no time wasted after receiving the news. They began to educate themselves about hearing loss and met with audiology doctors.
“We are really thankful for Nemours that they just jumped right in and gave us a plan,” she said.
At only 10 months, Ava had a 5-hour surgery at Nemours Children’s Hospital, where she received cochlear implants.
“We really didn’t know what was going to happen and that’s when the Googling starts. ‘OK what’s going on, what are we going to do,’ and that’s when we heard about, OK, cochlear implants this might be a chance for her to be able to enter the hearing world,” Blake Miller said.
The Millers said Ava’s hearing, with the devices, is as normal as a 15-month-old child’s hearing.
They said Ava continues to work with a speech pathologist at Nemours Children’s Health in Lake Nona every week while also learning baby sign language.
“Right now, we are focusing on the listening aspect and the verbal part so that she can, so that her brain can make those connections really, really, clearly,” Macey said.
The Millers also said they used Nemours’ Loaner Program for Ava’s hearing aid trial because hearing aids were not covered by insurance.
However, it’s Ava’s bright future they are looking forward to the most and are grateful for her progress.
“It’s something that definitely helps bring her to the hearing world and it’s going to be there for the rest of her life, but it doesn’t limit her in any capacity,” Blake said.
News 6 and Nemours Children’s Health will host a phone bank on April 17 to get results for young patients and their families.
One hundred percent of the funds raised will benefit the hospital’s Compassionate Care Fund, supporting children otherwise without resources to receive critical treatment and care.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — Wednesday marks three years since the first known case of COVID-19 was identified and announced in New York.
A Manhattan woman, 39, contracted the virus while in Iran, officials said on March 1, 2020. The woman, a health care worker, isolated in her home.
In the years since, more than 38,000 confirmed COVID deaths have been reported across the five boroughs, with another 6,381 probable coronavirus deaths, according to the Health Department. There have been more than 2.7 million cases of the virus in New York City.
Seventeen statewide COVID deaths were reported Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. She urged New Yorkers to continue efforts to protect against the virus.
“This March, I urge every New Yorker to remain vigilant and continue to use all available tools to keep themselves, their loved ones and their communities safe and healthy,” Hochul said. “Stay up to date on vaccine doses and be sure to test before gatherings or travel. If you test positive, talk to your doctor about potential treatment options.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The pilot of a business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in a remote part of Virginia appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, two U.S. officials said Monday, recounting observations by fighter pilots who intercepted the wayward flight.
The revelations came as federal investigators trudged through rugged terrain to reach the site where the plane slammed into a mountain Sunday, killing four people. The New York Times reported that the daughter and 2-year-old granddaughter of the plane's owner, John Rumpel were aboard, according to Rumpel. The officials who said that the fighter pilots saw the civilian pilot slumped over had been briefed on the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss details of the military operation.
On Sunday, the New York-bound plane's erratic flight path — inexplicably, turning around over Long Island to fly directly over the nation's capital — prompted the military to scramble fighter jets. This in turn caused a sonic boom heard in Washington, Maryland and Virginia.
Remote terrain around the crash site posed major challenges to the investigation. It took investigators several hours to hike into the rural area near the community of Montebello, about 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Charlottesville, said NTSB spokesperson Eric Weiss. They expect to be on the scene for at least three to four days.
Speaking at a briefing Monday morning, NTSB investigator Adam Gerhardt said the wreckage is “highly fragmented” and investigators will examine the most delicate evidence at the site, after which the wreckage will be moved, perhaps by helicopter, to Delaware, where it can be further examined. The plane is not required to have a flight recorder but it is possible that there are other avionics equipment that will have data that they can examine, Gerhardt said.
The Virginia State Police issued a statement saying that because of the severity of the crash, human remains will be transported to the state medical examiner's office for autopsy and identification. The Federal Aviation Administration said that the victims included the pilot and three passengers but didn't release their names. There were no survivors.
Investigators will look at when the pilot became unresponsive and why aircraft flew the path that it did, Gerhardt said. They will consider several factors that are routinely examined in such probes including the plane, its engines, weather conditions, pilot qualifications and maintenance records, he said. A preliminary report will be released in 10 days.
Meanwhile, the White House expressed its “deepest condolences” on Monday to the family of those on board the plane.
“We need to keep them front and center,” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said.
Kirby deferred questions about a follow-up report on the security response over Washington airspace to the Pentagon and U.S. Secret Service. But he said, “What I saw was just a classic, textbook response.”
The White House was continuously informed as the military jets tried to contact the pilot of the civilian plane and monitored the small aircraft’s path from Washington airspace to rural Virginia, Kirby said.
Air Traffic Control audio from the half-hour before the plane crashed captures voices that identify themselves as military pilots trying to communicate with the pilot of the private plane, according to recordings on LiveATC.net.
“If you hear this transmission, contact us,” said one pilot who identifies herself as being with the Air National Guard.
Several minutes later, a military pilot says: “You have been intercepted. Contact me.”
The FAA said the Cessna Citation took off from Elizabethton, Tennessee, on Sunday and was headed for Long Island’s MacArthur Airport before it turned around to take a straight path to D.C. and crashed around 3:30 p.m.
The plane flew directly over the nation's capital. According to the Pentagon, six F-16 fighter jets were immediately deployed to intercept the plane. Two aircraft from the 113th Fighter Wing, out of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, were the first to reach the Cessna to begin attempts to contact the pilot. Two F-16 aircraft out of New Jersey and two from South Carolina also responded.
Flight tracking sites showed the plane suffered a rapid spiraling descent, dropping at one point at a rate of more than 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) per minute before crashing in the St. Mary’s Wilderness.
In Fairfax, Virginia, Travis Thornton was settled on a couch next to his wife, Hannah, and had just begun recording himself playing guitar and harmonica when they were startled by a loud rumble and rattling that can be heard on the video. The couple jumped up to investigate. Thornton tweeted that they checked in with their kids upstairs and then he went outside to check the house and talk to neighbors.
The plane that crashed was registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne Inc, which is based in Florida. Rumpel, a pilot who runs the company said his family was returning to their home in East Hampton, on Long Island, after visiting his house in North Carolina.
Rumpel told the newspaper he didn't have much information from authorities but suggested the plane could have lost pressurization.
“It descended at 20,000 feet a minute, and nobody could survive a crash from that speed,” Rumpel told the newspaper.
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Associated Press White House Correspondent Zeke Miller contributed to this report. Brumfield reported from Silver Spring, Maryland.
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DUBLIN, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) will host a conference call and webcast presentation at 8:00 a.m. ET (12:00 p.m. GMT) on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 to discuss the company's third quarter financial results. Management will also provide an update on the company.
The webcast player and accompanying slides may be accessed on the Investors section of Alkermes' website at www.alkermes.com. The conference call may be accessed by dialing +1 877 407 2988 for U.S. callers and +1 201 389 0923 for international callers. A replay of the webcast will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the event and may be accessed by visiting Alkermes' website.
About Alkermes plc
Alkermes plc is a fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines in the fields of neuroscience and oncology. The company has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products focused on alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, and a pipeline of product candidates in development for neurological disorders and cancer. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Alkermes has a research and development center in Waltham, Massachusetts; a research and manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland; and a manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Ohio. For more information, please visit Alkermes' website at www.alkermes.com.
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How to talk to children about tragic news
(CNN) - The images are difficult for anyone, but the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, may cause fear in worry in small children who see or hear about it.
Licensed clinical psychologist Marisa Azaret said parents should first assess their own feelings.
“Is it anger? Is it despair? Is a serious anxiety, a severe anxiety? Once you do that, try to find some balance and then address your child,” she said.
Azaret said that kids of any age can be bothered by what they are seeing and that images can show up in nightmares and night terrors. She recommends monitoring what children see.
If they are too young, turn off the TV to guard against those disturbing images.
Experts said when kids see the same story, they may think the disaster is happening again and again.
“You might see regression. Children that were already toilet trained, for example, they are regressing. Children that were sleeping alone in their bedroom, they might regress and not be able to do so. So we need to be patient,” Azaret said.
If they are older, you may want to limit their time watching the news or on the internet.
Azaret said asking questions and talking to children about their worries and concerns can help them get back on track emotionally.
“Talking to them at their level in a concrete way, reassuring them, telling them that mom is here, that dad is here,” she said.
It is important to reassure children that adults in schools work hard to keep them safe.
Azaret said all children need extra love and support right now.
The American Psychological Association advises parents to seek professional help if their child is in need of more assistance.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Three-Midday" game were:
6-6-8, Fireball: 9
(six, six, eight; Fireball: nine)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Three-Midday" game were:
6-6-8, Fireball: 9
(six, six, eight; Fireball: nine)
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Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — In the middle of the concrete jungle that is Argentina’s bustling capital, a huge mural has emerged of Diego Maradona wearing a national team jersey, his right hand in a fist and a defiant expression on his face.
The massive artwork, 148 feet high and 131 feet wide (45 meters by 40 meters) and painted on the side of a 14-story building in Buenos Aires, is one of several tributes that Argentines have dedicated to their soccer “God” shortly before the start of this year’s World Cup in Qatar, the first since Maradona’s death on Nov. 25, 2020.
Maradona’s feats and defeats as a player on the national team are being remembered, from the famous and infamous goals against England before the county won the 1986 World Cup to the failed final against West Germany four years later, and the doping test that got him expelled from the following World Cup in 1994.
Well-known street artist Martín Ron was behind the world’s largest mural, inspired by a photograph of the then-Argentina captain that captures his expression shortly before he sang the national anthem at the 1990 World Cup final against West Germany, which Argentina lost 1-0.
“It’s a photo of Diego when he was close to winning the country’s third star,” Ron told The Associated Press during a break from the work he began a month ago.
Argentina also won the World Cup in 1978, but Maradona didn’t make the team for that tournament.
“This photo summarizes everything Diego was,” Ron said. “Beyond the player, he was the guts, the motor, the heart.”
To one side of Maradona’s face, Ron painted a constellation of stars in the shape of a kite, a reference to his nickname “cosmic kite,” which is what one well-known radio commentator called the soccer star following his second goal against England in 1986.
“His absence will be felt, Diego was always a star. In all the World Cups he did his own thing, inside and outside the field,” Ron said. “And in Qatar, he will sadly not be there.”
Ron’s mural was officially unveiled on Sunday to coincide with the soccer great’s birthday.
Days earlier, the Argentine soccer association received the original jersey that Maradona wore in the 1986 World Cup. It was a gift from Germany great Lothar Matthäus, who exchanged jerseys with Maradona after the final that Argentina won 3-2 at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
“One of the happiest moments with him was when (Brazilian referee) Arppi Filho blew the whistle during the final in Mexico. I just happened to be very close to Diego, I was lucky that he hugged me before anybody else,” former player Ricardo Giusti recalled during a recent event alongside other former World Cup champions outside Buenos Aires.
“We enjoyed it so much, everybody enjoyed Diego. That’s what’s sad. It makes us feel a lot of sadness, sorrow and disillusion,” the former midfielder said.
Matthäus’ donation was a sort of reparation for Argentina after it failed to win an auction for the jersey Maradona wore in the match against England in the quarterfinals of that World Cup tournament. An unknown bidder from outside the country bought the iconic item at auction for a record $9 million in May.
In 1994, Maradona played his last World Cup match against Nigeria in the group stage. He was suspended for 15 months following the 2-1 victory after a positive doping test.
As Argentina coach, Maradona led the national team to the quarterfinals at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but the team lost to Germany 4-0.
One of the most disturbing images came eight years later at the 2018 World Cup in Russia when an overweight and somewhat disoriented Maradona collapsed at the stadium in St. Petersburg following a 2-1 victory over Nigeria.
Maradona died at the age of 60 while he was under hospital care in his home following brain surgery. Judicial authorities continue to investigate if medical negligence was involved.
“He is missed, Diego’s image has been, and is, very strong,” said Carlos Tapia, another member of the 1986 championship team. “He was our reference, captain, everything. He was always close to each one of us. Let’s hope he can be a guiding light from above in Qatar.”
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This story has been corrected to show that Argentina beat West Germany 3-2 in the 1986 World Cup final, not 2-1.
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- The newly formed standalone business will combine both companies' European manufacturing expertise, strong supply chains, effective distribution and sales networks and innovative product pipelines to create additional value for European consumers
- The new company will draw together approximately 20,000 employees across multiple European countries and many of the sector's best-known brands
- The combined net revenue is approximately EUR 6 billion, based on the net sales of the companies' European operations in 2021.
- Innovation and sustainability leadership will be at the centre of the new entity's strategy
ISTANBUL, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arçelik's wholly owned subsidiary Ardutch B.V and Whirlpool Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary Whirlpool EMEA Holdings LLC have signed a definitive Contribution Agreement for the creation of a new standalone business in the European home appliances sector.
The agreement will see both Ardutch and Whirlpool transfer their European subsidiaries to the new company. After these transfers, it is expected that 75 per cent of the newly formed company will be allocated to Ardutch B.V. and 25 per cent to Whirlpool. The final post-closing ownership ratio will be determined after taking into account respective 2022 EBITDA, net asset values, net indebtedness and net working capital of the parties.
The new standalone business will combine both companies' manufacturing expertise, European appliance brands, strong supply chains, effective distribution and sales networks, and innovative product pipelines to create additional value for their consumers by positioning the new company for growth.
The new business will also build upon both companies' strong track record in, and commitment to, sustainability and innovation, providing European consumers with better access to high quality, energy-efficient and trusted lifestyle products and solutions.
Levent Çakıroğlu, CEO of Koç Holding (Arçelik's parent company), commented, "As the largest industrial conglomerate of Turkey, we continue to strengthen our impact with global success stories ranging from the UK to India, from South Africa to the USA. Today, Koç Group companies export to more than 150 countries. Arçelik, as a respected player in its industry, is carrying its vision and ambitions much further with this new standalone business. The opportunity for this business to deliver value to European consumers with market-leading products via trusted brands and a commitment to sustainability in the home is significant."
Fatih Kemal Ebiçlioğlu, Consumer Durables Group President of Koç Holding, stated, "Koç Holding aims to be a global leader across all operational areas. Arçelik, a business at the forefront of its industry, is an outstanding example of a company pursuing a clear global vision within our group. I am confident that we will continue to create value for consumers, investors, and employees."
Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO of Arçelik, said, "This is a unique opportunity for two exceptional companies to come together with a focus on synergies, combined innovation, retail distribution, and sustainability and is consistent with our stated strategy. With today's agreement, we are creating a strong foundation to drive value creation for employees, shareholders, and European consumers of white goods, extending Arçelik's footprint with new growth opportunities in an important region."
The agreement includes Whirlpool's 38 European subsidiaries and 9 production sites located in Italy, Poland, Slovakia, and the UK, as well as Arçelik's 2 production facilities in Romania and 25 European subsidiaries. Together, this will result in a production capacity of approximately 24 million white good products per year.
The new business is expected to have more than 20,000 employees across multiple European countries. The combined net revenue of Arçelik and Whirlpool's aforementioned subsidiaries is approximately EUR 6 billion, based on the net sales of the companies' European operations in 2021.
The new company will manufacture, sell, and provide after-sales services for branded home appliances (including refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, etc.) offering broad choice to consumers through a range of Arçelik's brands, including Grundig, Arctic, Elektrabregenz, Flavel, and Leisure, alongside Whirlpool's existing brands of Indesit, Hotpoint*, Ignis, Privileg, and Bauknecht. The company will have regional brand rights for the Beko, Blomberg and Altus brands of Arçelik and for the Whirlpool brand of Whirlpool Corporation for a period of 40 years.
Both companies are expected to benefit from their complementary geographic coverage of sales channels and product portfolio, as well as from synergies arising from the combination of their European businesses. In addition, Arçelik and Whirlpool's combined European innovation and R&D facilities, procurement, and production systems, are expected to deliver an optimized supply chain and position it for growth in the market.
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2023 and is subject to additional requirements for closing, including obtaining regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.
Separately, the parties also agreed to sign a share purchase and sale agreement within six weeks for Whirlpool to divest its Middle East & North Africa portion (MENA) of the EMEA region to Ardutch B.V., for a cash amount of EUR 20 million, pursuant to a separate transaction. The transaction, once completed, would result in Ardutch acquiring full ownership of two further Whirlpool subsidiaries established in the United Arab Emirates and Morocco.
About Arçelik
With 45,000 employees throughout the world, Arçelik's global operations include subsidiaries in 53 countries, and 30 production facilities in 9 countries and 12 brands (Arçelik, Beko, Grundig, Blomberg, ElektraBregenz, Arctic, Leisure, Flavel, Defy, Altus, Dawlance, Voltas Beko). Arçelik, which is among the three largest white goods companies in Europe with its market share (based on volumes), reached a consolidated turnover of 6.5 billion Euros in 2021. Arçelik's 29 R&D and Design Centers & Offices across the globe are home to over 2,300 researchers and hold up to 3,000 international registered patent applications to date. For the 4th consecutive year, Arçelik achieved the highest score in the DHP Household Durables industry (based on the results dated 16 December 2022) in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Through its leadership position in sustainability and credible decarbonization roadmap for achieving net zero, Arçelik became the first and only company from its industry to receive the Terra Carta Seal from the former Prince of Wales. Arçelik's vision is 'Respecting the World, Respected Worldwide.'
*Whirlpool Corporation's ownership of the Hotpoint brand in EMEA and Asia Pacific regions is not affiliated with the Hotpoint brand sold in the Americas.
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FDA advisers weigh COVID-19 shots for babies, young children
(AP) - U.S. government advisers met Wednesday to decide whether to endorse COVID-19 shots for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, moving the nation closer to vaccinations for all ages.
Kids under 5 are the last remaining age group in the U.S. to get vaccinated and many parents have been anxiously awaiting Food and Drug Administration action to protect their little children. If all the regulatory hurdles are cleared, shots should be available next week.
The independent advisory panel is considering tot-sized doses from two coronavirus vaccine makers — Pfizer and Moderna.
Dr. Peter Marks, FDA’s vaccine chief, opened the meeting with data showing a “quite troubling surge’' in young children’s hospitalizations during the omicron wave, and noted 442 children under 4 have died during the pandemic. That’s far fewer than adult deaths, but should not be dismissed in considering the need for vaccinating the youngest kids, he said.
“Each child that’s lost essentially fractures a family,’’ Marks said.
FDA reviewers said both brands appear to be safe and effective for children as young as 6 months old in analyses posted ahead of the all-day meeting. Side effects, including fever and fatigue, were generally minor in both, and less common than seen in adults.
The two vaccines use the same technology but there are differences. In a call with reporters earlier this week, vaccine experts noted that the shots haven’t been tested against each other, so there’s no way to tell parents if one is superior.
“That is a really important point,”' said Dr. Jesse Goodman of Georgetown University, a former FDA vaccine chief. “You can’t compare the vaccines directly.’’
If the FDA clears the shots, there’s one more step. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will decide on a formal recommendation after its own advisers meet Saturday. If the CDC signs off, shots could be available as soon as Monday or Tuesday at doctor’s offices, hospitals and pharmacies. Roughly 18 million youngsters would be eligible.
Pfizer’s vaccine is for children 6 months through 4 years; Moderna’s is for 6 months through 5 years.
Moderna’s shots are one-quarter the dose of the company’s adult shots. Two doses appeared strong enough to prevent severe infections but only about 40% to 50% effective at preventing milder infections. Moderna has added a booster to its study.
“I think all of us agree these children will need a third dose at some point in time,” Moderna’s Dr. Jacqueline Miller told the panel.
Pfizer’s shots are just one-tenth its adult dose. Pfizer and partner BioNTech found that two shots didn’t provide enough protection in testing, so a third was added during the omicron wave.
Pfizer’s submitted data found no safety concerns and suggested that three shots were 80% effective in preventing symptomatic coronavirus infections. But that was based on just 10 COVID-19 cases; the calculation could change as more cases occur in the company’s ongoing studies.
The same FDA panel on Tuesday backed Moderna’s half-sized shots for ages 6 to 11 and full-sized doses for teens. If authorized by the FDA, it would be the second option for those age groups. Currently Pfizer vaccine is their only choice.
The nation’s vaccination campaign started in December 2020 with the rollout of adult vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, with health care workers and nursing home residents first in line. Teens and school-age children were added last year.
Moderna said in April that it is also seeking regulatory approval outside the U.S. for its little kid shots. According to the World Health Organization, 12 other countries already vaccinate kids under 5, with other brands.
In the U.S., it remains uncertain how many parents want their youngest vaccinated. While COVID-19 is generally less dangerous for young children than older kids and adults, there have been serious cases and some deaths. Many parents trying to keep unvaccinated tots safe have put off family trips or enrolling children in daycare or preschool.
Still, by some estimates, three-quarters of all children have already been infected. Only about 29% of children aged 5 to 11 have been vaccinated since Pfizer’s shots opened to them last November, a rate far lower than public health authorities consider ideal.
Dr. Nimmi Rajagopal, a family medicine physician at Cook County Health in Chicago, said she’s been preparing parents for months.
“We have some that are hesitant, and some that are just raring to go,’’ she said.
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Deer jumps over concrete barrier, strikes SUV on Kansas Turnpike in Lyon County
EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) - A sport utility vehicle struck two deer that jumped over a concrete barrier Sunday night on Interstate 335 on the Kansas Turnpike in Lyon County, authorities said.
No serious injuries were reported in the incident, which was reported at 7:40 p.m. Sunday about three miles north of Emporia on I-335.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Ford Explorer was northbound on I-335 when three deer jumped over the barrier wall.
The SUV struck two of the three deer, the patrol said.
The driver of the SUV, Peter Funk Guenter, 54, of Altona, Manitoba, Canada, was reported to have possible injuries. A passenger, Marilyn Funk, 65, also of Altona, Manitoba, Canada, was reported to have suspected minor injuries.
There was no record on the Kansas Turnpike Authority’s online crash log of either being transported to the hospital.
The patrol said both occupants of the SUV were wearing their seat belts.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday blasted the “adolescent belligerence” that brought war back to Europe and said the continent must recover its founding spirit of peaceful unity to confront Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Francis outlined his vision for the future of Europe as he began a three-day visit to Hungary. In a carefully calibrated speech, he demanded that the European Union approve safe and legal ways for migrants to enter and for the Hungarian government not to hold Europe “hostage” to populist demands.
Francis didn’t mince words when he addressed President Katalin Novak and Hungary’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orban, whose lukewarm support for Ukraine has rankled other EU countries. The pontiff recalled the lofty ideals behind the bloc’s founding and lamented that rising nationalism and “adolescent belligerence” had replaced them.
“We seem to be witnessing the sorry sunset of that choral dream of peace, as the solists of war now take over,” Francis said. “At this historical juncture, Europe is crucial. … It is called to take up its proper role, which is to unite those far apart, to welcome those other peoples and refuse to consider anyone an eternal enemy.”
Hungarian officials said the pope’s visit, his second to Budapest in as many years, was designed primarily to let him minister to the country’s Catholic community. But with the war in neighboring Ukraine and Orban butting heads with other EU nations over rule of law issues and LGBTQ+ rights, Francis’ words and deeds in the heart of Europe carried strong political undertones.
He has repeatedly called for a peaceful resolution to the war and expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian people, although his trip to Hungary brought Francis the nearest he’s gotten to the front line of the fighting.
The pope plans to meet Saturday with some of the 35,000 Ukrainian refugees who remain in Hungary. Nearly 2.5 million refugees entered the country early on in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Orban has called for a cease-fire. But the nationalist prime minister has refused to supply Kyiv with weapons and threatened to veto EU sanctions against Moscow while maintaining Hungary’s strong dependence on Russian energy. His government also said it would not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the subject of an international arrest warrant on war crimes charges, if he came to Hungary.
While sharing his hopes for Europe, Francis appeared to call out the country’s growing isolation.
“I think of a Europe that is not hostage to its parts, neither falling prey to self-referential forms of populism nor resorting to a fluid, if not vapid, supra-nationalism that loses sight of the life of its peoples,” the pope said.
Novak, for her part, praised Francis as a man of peace and asked him to confer with “Kyiv and Moscow, to Washington, Brussels, Budapest and to anyone without whom there can be no peace. Here, in Budapest, we ask you to act personally for a just peace as soon as possible!”
Francis has expressed appreciation for Hungary’s recent welcome of Ukrainian refugees, but his views on the moral imperative to welcome all people fleeing conflict, poverty and climate change contrast with Orban’s hard line on migration. In 2015-2016, Hungary built a razor wire fence on the border with Serbia to stop people from entering – .
Francis said time was up for Europe’s “excuses and delay” in responding to the hundreds of thousands of migrants who risk their lives trying to reach the continent each year. He called for the EU to agree on “secure and legal corridors” that would provide a safer route.
Europe must come up with “shared mechanisms to confront an epochal challenge that cannot be faced by pushing back, but must be welcomed to prepare a future that, unless it is shared, will not exist,” the pope said.
The 86-year-old pontiff, who walks with difficulty because of bad knee ligaments, is testing his frail health with his latest trip. He spent four days in the hospital last month with bronchitis. Hungarian officials had hoped Francis would travel around the country, but the Vatican opted to keep him in Budapest, where he spent seven hours in 2021 to close out a church congress.
The visit comes as the European Union’s legislature continues to put pressure on Hungary to counter what EU lawmakers consider a deterioration in the rule of law and democratic principles, including media freedom and LGBTQ+ rights.
The four biggest groups in the European Parliament have called on the bloc’s executive commission to withhold pandemic recovery funds for Hungary until liberal democracy principles are met.
Francis didn’t wade in directly to the dispute, but he quoted the Hungarian Constitution and the founder of the Hungarian state, St. Stephen, in calling for the country to remain open toward others, another apparent reference to Orban’s nativist rhetoric.
On LGBTQ+ rights, the pope and the Hungarian government’s policies were not totally at odds. Catholic doctrine forbids gay marriage, though Francis has backed legal protections for people in same-sex unions.
He also has long ministered to gay and transgender Catholics while condemning “gender ideology” as an alleged form of the West’s ideological colonization of the developing world.
Hungary outlaws same-sex marriage, and the government has prohibited same-sex couples from adopting children. The government has also outlawed the depiction of homosexuality or divergent gender identities to minors in media content.
Francis repeated his condemnation of “gender ideology” Friday along with what he described as “the so-called right to abortion.” He praised Hungary for promoting family values.
“How much better it would be to build a Europe centered on the human person and on its peoples, with effective polices for natality and the family – policies that are pursued attentively in this country,” he said.
Francis’ arrival was met with a quiet welcome, with small groups of people cheering his motorcade as it entered the city center. Zoltan Gozner, a religious education teacher from Esztergom, north of Budapest, took his class to a place on the motorcade’s route so students could see it.
“Hungary is still a Christian country, and we are a guardian of this faith,” he said. ___
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with political reporter Jonathan Tamari about why Pennsylvania is such a key state in the 2022 midterm elections and how voters are talking it all in.
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NEW YORK, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. ("IIPR" or the "Company") (NYSE: IIPR). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether IIPR and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On April 14, 2022, Blue Orca Capital ("Blue Orca") published a short report on IIPR, which it described as "a marijuana bank masquerading as a REIT." The Blue Orca reported asserted, among other things, that "[i]n the last 17 months . . . IIPR's loan book appears to have degraded significantly as the sector has become more competitive and IIPR stretched for lower quality tenants in search of continuing growth", that "IIPR's largest tenant is a failed SPAC that appears to be in severe financial distress and was recently sued by investors", and that "[u]nlike with other REITs, IIPR cannot expect to recover the lost income from defaulting tenants because it appears that the actual values of its properties are substantially below their carrying value on IIPR's balance sheet."
On this news, IIPR's stock price fell $13.76, or 7.50% to close at $169.68 per share on April 15, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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