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TOKYO (AP) — A landslide destroyed about a dozen homes in northern Japan on Saturday, leaving at least two people missing, and troops were on their way to help in the rescue effort, officials said.
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Two people, a man and a woman, were rescued from homes that were buried in dirt that had tumbled down a nearby mountain in Tsuruoka city in Yamagata Prefecture in northwestern Japan. But more residents were feared still caught beneath the rubble.
A rescue operation involving 80 firefighters and police officers began after a call came in asking for help shortly after midnight, according to police. The prefecture has also requested rescue help from the Ministry of Defense, Yamagata official Susumu Saito said.
“We don’t have word yet of their arrival, but an official request has been made,” he said.
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Some nearby residents have evacuated to a public facility as a precaution. Saito said at least two people were still unaccounted for.
The injuries of the two rescued people were minor, police said in a statement.
Covered with mountains, Japan is prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes and flooding. The news came as families are preparing to gather for New Year’s celebrations, Japan’s most important festival.
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TX Lake Charles LA Zone Forecast for Monday, July 11, 2022
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National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
332 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
TXZ180-122230-
Tyler-
Including the cities of Town Bluff, Fred, Hillister, Ivanhoe,
Spurger, Warren, and Woodville
332 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Heat index values up to 111.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight. Heat index
values up to 105 early in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat
index values up to 108.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers
likely, mainly in the morning. Humid with highs in the lower 90s.
East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
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TXZ201-122230-
Hardin-
Including the cities of Lumberton and Silsbee
332 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming northeast this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Heat index values up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight. Heat index
values up to 106 early in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Heat index values up to 108.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers
likely, mainly in the morning. Humid with highs in the lower 90s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast around 5 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ215-122230-
Jefferson-
Including the cities of Beaumont, Sabine Pass,
and Sea Rim State Park
332 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent. Heat index values up to 109.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. West winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 40 percent. Heat index values up to 107.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after
midnight. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers and thunderstorms likely. Humid with highs in
the upper 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south with gusts
up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 40 percent.
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TXZ216-122230-
Orange-
Including the cities of Orange, Vidor, and Bridge City
332 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east this afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat
index values up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. West winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of rain
40 percent. Heat index values up to 107.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after
midnight. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers and thunderstorms likely. Humid with highs in
the upper 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ259-122230-
Northern Jasper-
Including the cities of Holly Springs, Jasper, Kirbyville,
Magnolia Springs, Mt. Union, and Roganville
332 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Heat index values up to 109.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Heat index values up to 108.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers
likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
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TXZ260-122230-
Northern Newton-
Including the cities of Burkeville, Farrsville, Jamestown,
Newton, Wiergate, Bleakwood, and Call
332 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Heat index values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat
index values up to 107.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming
southwest after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms. Showers
likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
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TXZ261-122230-
Southern Jasper-
Including the cities of Gist, Buna, and Evadale
332 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Northwest winds around 5 mph,
becoming east this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat
index values up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southwest after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 90s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain
40 percent. Heat index values up to 107.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after
midnight. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely. A chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ262-122230-
Southern Newton-
Including the city of Deweyville
332 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Northwest winds around 5 mph,
becoming east this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat
index values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 90s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain
40 percent. Heat index values up to 107.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after
midnight. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely. A chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Humid with highs around 90. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
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Lone Tree's all-around dominance took the form of a rollercoaster and rolled downhill on Thornburg Tri-County during a 65-16 blowout during this Iowa football game.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leeds Equity Partners, LLC ("Leeds Equity" or the "Firm"), the New York-based private equity firm that investsexclusively within the Knowledge Industries, announced today the promotions of Kevin Malone and David Neverson to Managing Director. The Firm also announced the appointment of Annie Shick as Chief Financial Officer.
"Our Firm's culture is built on the mutual commitment of our people to the Firm, and the Firm to our people. We have an investment team with significant tenure — many of us have worked together at Leeds Equity for multiple decades — and the promotions of David and Kevin to Managing Director reflect the important contributions they have made to the success of the Firm over this period of time," said Jacques Galante, Partner of Leeds Equity. "They have both demonstrated strong investment judgement and expertise through their work across the Knowledge Industries and the ability to build strong partnerships with the management teams of our partner companies to help drive superior outcomes for our investors."
Kevin Malone joined the Firm in 2010. Prior to joining Leeds Equity, Malone worked at Harris Williams & Co. Malone graduated from the Olin Business School at Washington University with a B.S. in Business Administration.
David Neverson joined Leeds Equity in 2011. Prior to Leeds Equity, Neverson worked at ICV Partners and Lehman Brothers. Neverson graduated magna cum laude from Morehouse College with a B.A. in Business Administration and earned an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott VanHoy, Partner of Leeds Equity, added, "Since joining our Firm over a decade ago, Kevin and David have contributed significantly to the development of our team and Firm culture, while helping deliver great investment outcomes. We look forward to their continued growth and success."
As part of the Firm's continued growth and expansion of its leadership team, Annie Shick was appointed as its Chief Financial Officer earlier in 2022. Shick has an extensive background in accounting, financial reporting, treasury, performance analysis, and compliance in support of private equity funds. Prior to joining Leeds Equity, Shick was the CFO for Z Capital Group and spent over six years at Riverstone Holdings LLC. She previously served in numerous investment accounting roles at JP Morgan, General Motors Asset Management, and LS Power Equity Advisors / Edge Principal Advisors. Earlier in her career, she was a Senior Associate in the Asset Management Practice at KPMG LLP in New York. Shick earned a B.S. in Accountancy from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and an M.S. in Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Illinois.
Jeffrey Leeds, President of Leeds Equity added, "In addition to her technical expertise, Annie brings to the Firm great leadership skills and an appreciation of the values that drive Leeds Equity. We are delighted to welcome her to the Firm."
Leeds Equity is a New York-based private equity firm dedicated exclusively to partnering with management teams in the education, training, and information services industries (the "Knowledge Industries"). The firm was founded in 1993 and currently manages over $4 billion of capital across a broad spectrum of companies within the Knowledge Industries. Leeds Equity seeks to leverage its sector-focused expertise and market insights to create long-term value for its partner companies and investors.
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The pop star's parents are from Kosovo and Dua Lipa lived there briefly as a teen before moving back to the U.K. She told her 85 million Instagram followers all about being honored by the president.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazilian singer Anitta calls herself the "Girl from Rio." Her blend of local funk and pop is taking her far beyond her hometown, recently grabbing her a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. She's one of the most popular music artists to come out of Brazil in decades.
This year Anitta dropped her fifth studio album, Versions of Me, singing in her native Portuguese, as well as Spanish and English. The single "Envolver," along with its hip-grinding video, became a hit on social media and topped Spotify's global daily chart — a first for a solo Latin female artist.
She has also been collaborating with superstars, from Madonna to Snoop Dogg and J Balvin. And she is donning covers of magazines from international versions of Vogue to The Wall Street Journal, which named her its Music Innovator of 2022.
Anitta sat down with NPR at her home in one of west Rio de Janeiro's exclusive gated communities earlier this month.
She said she doesn't get hung up on numbers and is just enjoying it all. She knew early on in her career that to go global she couldn't sing solely in Portuguese.
More languages, bigger stages
Anitta acknowledges it can be tough for Brazilian artists to make the international leap.
"You need to give up all the things that you have in Brazil to go to another market and learn Spanish, then learn English — I did also in Italian and French. So it's a completely different world," she says.
Anitta has jumped between different worlds before: She didn't grow up along Rio's upscale beaches. Nearly an hour's drive from her current residence is the neighborhood where she was raised, Honório Gurgel. Walls covered in graffiti line potholed streets. Barking dogs, salesmen hawking wares and men scouring for scrap metal provide a continuous open-air score.
Funk in the favelas
There, in her old neighborhood, most folks know Anitta by her given name, Larissa de Macedo Machado. She was the young girl who sang alongside her grandfather in a local church.
As a teen, she broke into a local style of vibrant dance music popular in the working-class areas of Rio, known as funk carioca or favela funk.
On a recent morning in Honório Gurgel, as people were heading into Mass at the church down the hill from their childhood home, one parishioner told NPR that since the days that Anitta sang there, she had "gone a different way."
He was apparently alluding to her venturing into the world of Brazilian funk, whose pumping beats came to life in the late 1980s, drawing from various genres like Miami bass, hip hop, samba and other Latin American and African styles. By the 1990s it had been made a local art form.
Around that time, Brazilian authorities also began to crack down on funk, linking it to drug use, crime and sexual immorality. There have been multiple attempts to ban funk, even as recently as 2017.
But Anitta defends the genre: Funk is what was available to teenagers in the favelas, and she resents its stigmatization. "People were just singing their reality. So, for you to change whatever we were singing ... you need to change our reality first," she says.
When funk goes pop
Anitta infused pop into her funk not to water it down, she says, but to get it on the radio, and gain broader recognition and respect for the genre and other Brazilian artists.
Brazilian producer and artist Wallace Vianna wholeheartedly agrees. Having collaborated with Anitta on several songs, he tells NPR she always brings along local beats but "she loves those bubblegum melodies," too.
But her work hasn't come without critiques.
She shrugs off criticism about her hip-grinding videos and provocative outfits which she admits have grabbed headlines. "I use the stereotypes to call the attention. ... I really use them full but then when I get the attention, I just break it completely — I like doing that," she says.
You can see that in the video of her hit "Girl from Rio," where she celebrates people of all sizes, shapes and colors. But then celebrates her love of plastic surgery. The cover of the album Versions of Me shows off an array of her ever-changing head shots.
Her fans, like 20-year-old Gabriel da Costa, love those contradictions. "She reinvents herself all the time," he says. "She came from nothing and has conquered the world."
To hear more of this story, use the audio player at the top of this page, and click on the Instagram video below.
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Lindell sues to recover cellphone seized by FBI agents
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell has sued the Department of Justice and the FBI, demanding the return of a cellphone agents seized from him outside a fast food restaurant in southern Minnesota last week, apparently as part of an investigation into an alleged scheme to breach voting system technology.
Lindell alleges in the complaint, filed Tuesday in federal court in Minnesota, that the confiscation of his iPhone violated his constitutional rights against unlawful search and seizure and an attempt to chill his freedom of speech. Lindell, a prominent promoter of false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the 2020 presidential election, asked the court to order the return of his phone and to prohibit federal authorities from using any data they’ve accessed from it or from his cellular service provider.
FBI agents stopped Lindell at the drive-through window of a Hardee’s restaurant in Mankato on Sept. 13, when Lindell says he was on his way home from duck hunting with a friend in Iowa. They came with a search warrant, signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Tony Leung on Sept. 7, that authorized them to seize his cellphone and data on it pertaining to Dominion Voting Systems, as well as to a Colorado county clerk and other alleged co-conspirators.
The complaint also says Lindell has been served with a grand jury subpoena dated Sept. 7 that seeks similar information to what the search warrant covered.
The scope of the federal grand jury probe in Colorado isn’t known, but local authorities there have charged Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in what they’ve described as a “deceptive scheme, which was designed to influence public servants, breach security protocols, exceed permissible access to voting equipment and set in motion the eventual distribution of confidential information to unauthorized people.” She has pleaded not guilty.
Peters has appeared at several events with Lindell over the past year, including his “cybersymposium” in August 2021 in South Dakota at which a digital copy of Mesa County’s election management system was distributed.
According to Lindell’s complaint, the FBI agents boxed in his truck at the drive-through, then questioned him for 25 to 30 minutes about Dominion and Peters. It says the agents allowed Lindell to leave only after he handed over his phone.
Lindell says he needs the phone back because it’s the main way he runs MyPillow and affiliated businesses. His complaint alleges the government obtained the warrant in bad faith, and without apprising the magistrate judge of Lindell’s role in the Colorado case. He also alleges the government must have used his cellphone signals — or a tracking device on his truck — without a warrant, to find him at the Hardee’s.
Lindell is already the subject of a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion in the District of Columbia that says Lindell falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. In a separate case, a federal judge in Minnesota on Monday said a defamation lawsuit against Lindell by a different voting machine company, Smartmatic, can go forward.
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HARTFORD, Conn., July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, announced today that Viva Aerobus has selected GTF engines to power an additional 90 Airbus A321neo firm aircraft orders, the first of which is expected to be delivered in 2027. Having previously ordered 65 GTF-powered A320neo family aircraft, the airline has now committed to 155 aircraft with GTF engines. Pratt & Whitney and Viva Aerobus have also extended their EngineWise® Maintenance long-term agreement to cover the maintenance needs of the entire GTF-powered fleet.
"As we continue to grow and renew our fleet, we need the best engine technology, with lower operating costs and fuel efficiency," said Juan Carlos Zuazua, CEO of Viva Aerobus. "At Viva Aerobus our mission is not only to be always safe, always reliable, and always low fares, but to do so in a way that is mindful of the environment. Our commitment to The Future is Green, our environmental culture, has led us down the path of innovation and state of the art technology. This GTF engine agreement with Pratt & Whitney is an important step towards further reducing our environmental footprint."
Viva Aerobus was established in 2006 and is headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico. The airline currently operates 31 V2500®-powered A320ceo family aircraft and 43 GTF-powered A320neo family aircraft. Viva Aerobus received its first A320neo in 2016 and its first A321neo in 2020.
"We have a long history with Viva Aerobus, starting with their V2500-powered A320ceos in 2014," said Rick Deurloo, president of Commercial Engines at Pratt & Whitney. "With GTF engines delivering world-class fuel efficiency, we are pleased that Viva Aerobus continues to depend on us as they grow their airline with the most sustainable engines for single-aisle aircraft."
About GTF Engines
The Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engine, featuring Collins Aerospace nacelle and engine accessories, offers the greatest fuel efficiency and lowest greenhouse gas emissions for the Airbus A320neo family. GTF-powered aircraft reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 16% to 20%, NOx emissions up to 50% and noise footprint up to 75%.* Certified for operation on 50% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and successfully tested on 100% SAF, GTF engines are ready to enable further reductions in carbon footprint, which will help the aviation industry meet its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. The engine's revolutionary geared fan architecture is the foundation for even more efficient and sustainable propulsion technologies in the decades ahead, with advancements like the Pratt & Whitney GTF Advantage™ engine and beyond. Learn more at pwgtf.com.
*Reductions vs. prior-generation aircraft, based on 75 dB noise contour and ICAO CAEP/6 emissions regulations.
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RTX is the world's largest aerospace and defense company. With more than 180,000 global employees, we push the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and protect our world. Through industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon – we are advancing aviation, engineering integrated defense systems for operational success, and developing next-generation technology solutions and manufacturing to help global customers address their most critical challenges. The company, with 2022 sales of $67 billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania's top elections official fully certified results from the November vote late last week after recount petitions in some counties had delayed the process, the Department of State said Tuesday.
An agency spokesperson said acting Secretary of State Leigh Chapman completed certification of all races in the 2022 midterm election on Thursday.
The final tally was issued less than two weeks before members of Congress and state lawmakers are due to be sworn in on Jan. 3. The inauguration of the state's next governor, Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro, will be held Jan. 17.
Recount petitions in at least 27 of the state's 67 counties, covering 172 voting precincts, caused delays as some county elections boards waited until litigation was resolved before sending in their own certifications to the state.
The Department of State said certificates of election and official results were shipped to Congress and arrived on Thursday - documents the agency had hoped to get to Washington by mid-December.
Conservatives voicing concerns about the accuracy and reliability of Pennsylvania's voting machines and procedures filed most of the petitions. The majority were dismissed, but county judges did authorize at least 19 precinct recounts in six counties that moved vote totals barely or not at all.
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Amanda Nwankwo finished with 14 points in leading the Jefferson High girls’ basketball team to a 62-16 victory over North Warren Thursday in Jefferson Township.
Emma Barone added 12 points while Emily Poulas netted 11 points for the Falcons (8-2) who won their second in a row.
Shaelin May was tops for the Patriots (3-7), who dropped their second straight, with seven points.
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A portion of every Peace edition produced will be donated to charitable organizations that help those in need
TUTTLINGEN, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - STORZ & BICKEL GmbH ("STORZ & BICKEL"), a world-leading manufacturer of high-end and medically certified cannabis vaporizers and subsidiary of Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (NASDAQ: CGC), today unveiled a limited-edition version of its flagship VOLCANO CLASSIC device: the PEACE VOLCANO. Constructed with the same high-quality design and technology as the original VOLCANO CLASSIC, the PEACE VOLCANO features a limited-edition cosmetic alteration with a new, fresh white exterior, symbolizing harmony and peace, and an elegant engraving that echoes the motto of a new brand campaign, "with Love, for Peace."
Only 1,000 units of the PEACE VOLCANO are being made, with each device engraved with number 1 to 1,000. As a part of the "with Love, for Peace" campaign, STORZ & BICKEL is donating 100€ per unit produced, a total of 100,000€, to charity organizations. The recipients will be different charities whose work focuses on humanitarian aid in Ukraine and support of women, children and the ones most affected by the war. More information on the charity organizations can be found at www.storz-bickel.com.
"The VOLCANO CLASSIC is an industry icon beloved by consumers, and with the debut of the PEACE VOLCANO, we hope to raise awareness for values around solidarity, respect and love during a time it feels more important than ever," said Jürgen Bickel, Founder and Managing Director, STORZ & BICKEL. "The limited-edition PEACE VOLCANO is the symbol of our "with Love for Peace" campaign, and we hope it will serve as a source of mindfulness, tranquility, peace, and love as we work together to end injustices and discrimination in all their forms against vulnerable groups."
The PEACE VOLCANO is now available for purchase while supplies last and is offered at the regular VOLCANO CLASSIC price of $479 USD.
For more information about STORZ & BICKEL and the "with Love, for Peace" campaign, please visit www.storz-bickel.com.
About Canopy Growth Corporation
Canopy Growth (TSX: WEED) (NASDAQ: CGC) is a world-leading diversified cannabis and cannabinoid-based consumer product company, driven by a passion to improve lives, end prohibition, and strengthen communities by unleashing the full potential of cannabis. Leveraging consumer insights and innovation, Canopy Growth offers product varieties in high-quality dried flower, oil, softgel capsule, infused beverage, edible, and topical formats, as well as vaporizer devices by Canopy Growth and industry-leader Storz & Bickel. Canopy Growth's global medical brand, Spectrum Therapeutics, sells a range of full-spectrum products using its colour-coded classification system and is a market leader in both Canada and Germany. Through Canopy Growth's award-winning Tweed and Tokyo Smoke banners, Canopy Growth reaches its adult-use consumers and has built a loyal following by focusing on top quality products and meaningful customer relationships. Canopy Growth has entered into the health and wellness consumer space in key markets including Canada, the United States, and Europe through BioSteel sports nutrition, and This Works skin and sleep solutions; and has introduced additional hemp derived CBD products to the United States through its First & Free and Martha Stewart CBD brands. Canopy Growth has an established partnership with Fortune 500 alcohol leader Constellation Brands.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Drivers will see lane closures on Powhite Parkway and Forest Hill Avenue’s exit ramp, affecting the way they will pass through the tolls.
The Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority (RMTA) will be closing the Powhite Parkway Southbound express lanes, as well as the Forest Hill Avenue exit ramp on that route, in order to perform highway maintenance.
Beginning 9 p.m. on Friday, July 21 and ending 4 p.m. Saturday, July 22, all drivers will need to use the cash lanes at the toll on Powhite Parkway. These lanes will accept EZ-Pass for the duration of the closure.
There will be signs in the area to help drivers navigate the work zone. Work will be weather permitting.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — During World War II (WWII), the Air Force had yet to become its own unique branch of the military. That didn’t happen until 1947, but in the interim, the Army Air Forces paved the way for aviation to become one of the most crucial parts of modern warfare.
“Our crew was really nice. I mean, we had a really good crew,” WWII-era veteran Floyd Bockelman said.
Bockelman was born and raised on a farm outside Gerard, Kansas. As a young man, he worked for Boeing and knew many other young men who volunteered to join the Army Air Forces.
After being drafted into the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in 1944, Bockelman was assigned to a B-24 crew and took cross-country flights in anticipation of deploying overseas.
“I was the assistant engineer and a waist gunner,” Bockelman said.
As a waist gunner, Bockelman would shoot a 50-caliber machine gun from the sides of B-24s.
“The airplane would tow a target, and … each one of the crew had a different colored ammunition, bullets, you know, so they could tell who hit the target and who didn’t hit the target,” Bockelman said.
Despite no formal training as a pilot, Bockelman says he would take turns piloting the plane with other crew members during cross-country flights.
“I pretty much knew how to fly the airplanes, so, in case of an emergency, I think I probably could have landed the airplane, but I … didn’t take any training as far as the pilot is concerned,” Bockelman said.
Despite being in the safety of the U.S. mainland, Bockelman says, at times, training could lead to tragedy.
Bockelman says he could recall one incident he and his crew witnessed another plane attempt to take off during a maximum bomb load simulation.
“The first airplane that took off, the co-pilot accidentally got ahold of the wrong lever and raised the flaps off instead of the wheels, and of course, they crashed into the sea bay,” Bockelman said.
On Sept. 2, 1945, after months of cross-country flights, Bockelman and his crew received the news the world had been waiting to hear.
“We were flying over … the state of Washington (over the desert) when they announced the war was over, so we were all really excited,” Bockelman said. “About everything that wasn’t tied down in the airplane went out the window, so, we, we threw a lot of 50-caliber ammunition, we threw it out the window because we figured we didn’t need it anymore.”
Bockelman says his squad would have been the next to go to the Pacific, adding he’s grateful he was spared.
“They were in the first raids in Germany … and a lot of them were shot down and killed, so I was very fortunate,” Bockelman said. “A lot of those guys that was killed that I knew … which was real sad.”
Bockelman would remain in the Army Air Forces until 1946. He would go back to work at Boeing for 47 years. Nowadays, he spends much of his time golfing, and recently, he celebrated his 100th birthday.
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — At least one tornado hit a suburb of Canada’s capital Thursday, damaging more than 100 homes, authorities said.
Kim Ayotte, general manager of emergency and protective services for the city of Ottawa, said 125 homes were damaged in Half Moon Bay, a neighborhood in the southern end of the Barrhaven suburb.
He said most damage involved roofs being ripped, windows broken or damage inflicted by falling trees.
“It’s a variety of damage from small damage to quite substantial damage,” he said.
He said only one minor injury had been reported involving someone whose foot was cut.
Monica Vaswani, a warning preparedness meteorologist at Environment Canada, said several funnel clouds were reported in the Ottawa area Thursday afternoon but only one tornado had been confirmed as of midafternoon.
The community is about 14 miles south of Parliament Hill on Ottawa’s rapidly growing south end.
Laurie Gillespie said her 82-year-old mother and her sister were at the home when her sister noticed a storm coming in and went outside to pull in a chair so it wouldn’t blow away. The windows in the living room, bathroom and bedroom all blew in, strewing glass everywhere, while much of the roof was torn off, she said.
“The curtains on the bathroom window were sucked right out and they ended up on the roof,” Gillespie said.
Gillespie said there was damage for about a two- to three-block radius around her mother’s home. Some roofs were ripped apart and foam blocks used as insulation in the attics exploded.
Ottawa police asked people to avoid the Barrhaven area and stay away from downed power lines.
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The breakthrough, brain-stimulating product,"Thermaband Zone," developed by mother-daughter co-founders of Thermaband, Inc., has retained TransMedia Group to expand exposure as they build a menopause movement squashing stigmas, educating, and bringing to market the first artificial-intelligence wristband to naturally stop a hot flash in its tracks.
"The duo at the helm of this innovative invention - Debbie Dickinson and her daughter Markea Dickinson-are using modern technology to mobilize, empower and connect women while solving an underserved, taboo, age-old hormonal change," said TransMedia Group President Adrienne Mazzone. "We will target health, tech, women, business and lifestyle reporters and editors, as well as speaking opportunities for this inspirational, multigenerational team."
TransMedia Group's pitch angles will simplify how this artificial intelligence (AI) technology works, explaining how the Thermaband Zone discreetly monitors a users' body 24/7, detecting the smallest thermal shift. Media will want to see the Zone detect "that moment" (aka a hot flash), and automatically deliver battery-powered cooling to pulse points, while simultaneously tracking blood pressure and heart rate. Comfort can also be activated on-demand- manually.
"We are ready to disrupt the menopause market, bringing self-care, sisterhood and thermal-regulating technology to multigenerations of women, and we are excited for TransMedia Group to help deliver our story," said Debbie Dickinson, Co-Founder, Thermaband Zone.
"Over 1 million women hit menopause annually and the Dickinsons' passion to modernize symptoms sparked an invention that provides life-altering applications to anyone struggling with thermal dysregulation," continued Mazzone. "From cooling relief to warming relief for people uncomfortably cold, TransMedia Group will relay to major print, broadcast and online media outlets that women (and men) do not need to suffer alone in silence- comfort, control and community are here."
Celebrity Stacy London recently invited the Dickinsons to a groundbreaking, collaborative summit of Menopause Innovators and CEOs in NYC, attracting major media, making headlines, and further making the case that support and symptom relief are long overdue.
"We are proud to have the opportunity to build upon Thermaband Zones' momentum and credibility, setting our public relations strategy into motion and pointing to the Yale scientists, doctors, and engineers as excited as we are for Thermaband Zone to hit store shelves."
Media contact: Adrienne Mazzone amazzone@transmediagroup.com 561-908-1683
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who admitted supplying the dealer who sold Mac Miller the drugs that killed the rapper has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
Ryan Michael Reavis, 39, pleaded guilty last year to a single count of distribution of fentanyl.
Reavis knowingly supplied counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to co-defendant Cameron James Pettit, 30, of Los Angeles, according to a plea agreement. Pettit sold the pills and other drugs to Miller, who two days later suffered a fatal overdose, according to prosecutors.
Another co-defendant, Stephen Andrew Walter, 48, of Los Angeles, also agreed to plead guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl. Prosecutors said Reavis supplied the pills to Pettit at the direction of Walter.
Reavis received a 131-month sentence on Monday, according to Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.
Walter is scheduled to be sentenced May 16, McEvoy said.
The case against Pettit is pending.
Miller’s assistant found the rapper unresponsive in his Los Angeles home on Sept. 7, 2018, and he was declared dead soon after.
Miller was a Pittsburgh native whose real name was Malcolm James Myers McCormick. “Circles,” his sixth and final studio album, was released posthumously in 2020.
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Young adults fear pain while seniors fear out-of-pocket costs
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A nationwide survey released today by DentalInsurance.com revealed the reasons why Americans are delaying dental care even after dental offices have re-opened after COVID-19 closures. Over 1,214 adults across the United States were asked, "What issues have made you put off dental work?" Respondents had the option of selecting one or more of the following answers:
- High out-of-pocket costs
- Fear it will be painful
- Lack of insurance
- Dental plan won't cover
- Time-off needed for recovery
- Your preferred dentist is out-of-network
- None of the above
For those who had postponed dental care, high out-of-pocket costs was the top reason. One-in-five survey respondents (19.6 percent) indicated that this was a reason they had delayed dental care. 13 percent gave fear of pain as a reason dental care was put off. Interestingly, this fear was much more prevalent among adults in the 18-24 year-old age segment than for seniors are 65 and older. 23.6 percent of survey respondents in the 18-24 age group cited fear of pain as a reason dental care was postponed compared to less than 9 percent of seniors. Men were also slightly more likely than women to avoid dental care because of a fear of pain. 14.1 percent of men delayed dental care due to a fear of pain in contrast to women, where 12.6 gave this answer.
Dental insurance in and of itself did not eliminate delayed care. 9.5 percent of respondents postponed dental care because their dental plan did not cover the treatment and 4 percent reported care was delayed because their dentists were out-of-network. DentalInsurance.com President and survey author Avery Smith commented, "Dental insurance doesn't have standardized benefits so it's critical to review benefits and out-of-pocket charges before enrolling in a plan. While there are many quality plans in the market, a consumer still needs to read a plan's fine print regarding covered services, dentist participation, waiting periods, and maximum annual benefits."
Another interesting finding of the survey concerned senior citizens' dental care. An earlier 2014 National Health Interview found 7.2 percent of seniors did not get dental care services due to cost. However, DentalInsurance.com's 2022 survey found 20.8 percent of seniors had delayed care on account of high out-of-pocket costs. The reason for this sharp increase is not clear because of differences in population sampling between the two surveys as well as differences in economic conditions between 2014 and 2022. One contributing factor to dental access problems for seniors is that Original Medicare does not include routine dental coverage.
The full report, infographic, and survey methodology can be reviewed at "Survey: Why Do People Delay Dental Care?"
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Launched in 2001 by Mark Kelsey, DentalInsurance.com is the pioneer in the online dental insurance marketplace. DentalInsurance.com is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and has an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and a 4.8 stars out of 5 on TrustPilot.
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BAGHDAD — Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad’s parliament Wednesday, chanting curses against Iran, in a protest against the selection of a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.
The breach came amid the biggest protest since Iraqi elections were held in October. The demonstrators were protesting the recent nomination of Mohammed al-Sudani as the official nominee of the Coordination Framework bloc, a coalition led by Iran-backed Shiite parties and their allies.
Earlier Wednesday, demonstrators, many among them the followers of an influential cleric, breached Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone to protest the selection of a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.
Riot police used water cannons to repel demonstrators pulling down cement blast walls. But many breached the gates to the area, which houses government buildings and foreign embassies.
The demonstrators walked down the zone’s main thoroughfare, with dozens gathering outside the doors to the parliament building.
Riot police assembled at the doors to the main gates. Demonstrators crowded around two entrances to the Green Zone, with some scaling the cement wall and chanting, “Sudani, out!”
Caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi called for calm and restraint, and for protesters to “immediately withdraw” from the area.
The demonstrators were largely followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who recently stepped down from the political process despite having won the most seats in the October federal election. Protesters carried portraits of the cleric.
In 2016, al-Sadr supporters stormed the parliament in a similar fashion. They staged a sit-in and issued demands for political reform after then-Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi sought to replace party-affiliated ministers with technocrats in an anti-corruption drive.
Al-Sudani was selected by State of Law leader and former premier Nouri al-Maliki. Before al-Sudani can face parliament to be seated officially as premier-designate, parties must first select a president.
Al-Sadr exited government formation talks after he was not able to corral enough lawmakers to get the majority required to elect Iraq’s next president.
By replacing his lawmakers, the Framework leader pushed ahead to form next government. Many fear doing so also opens the doors to street protests organized by al-Sadr’s large grass roots following and instability.
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WASHINGTON, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in response to border security legislative recommendations unveiled by House Republicans this morning:
"Over the past 18 months, we have all witnessed the devastating harm wrought by a rogue administration that is asserting near dictatorial powers in a relentless effort to keep our borders open. The American people are appalled by what is going on and want to see it ended.
"When the 118th Congress opens with a new House majority, it will be in large part because Americans rejected the Biden administration's purposeful dismantling of our nation's borders, as well as Speaker Pelosi's amnesty-first legislative agenda. House Republicans will have a mandate to immediately act decisively to restore control of our borders and this framework from the American Security Task Force is a great first step.
"FAIR has been proud to stand with the strongest-ever assembled coalition of public interest groups and former immigration officials in calling for legislation right out the gate to end a border crisis deliberately instigated by the Biden administration. We thank Republican leaders for listening to our expertise and insight, and stand ready to work with them on turning this into legislative text."
Contact: Ron Kovach, 202-328-7004 or rkovach@fairus.org
ABOUT FAIR
Founded in 1979, FAIR is the country's largest immigration reform group. With over 3 million members and supporters nationwide, FAIR fights for immigration policies that serve national interests, not special interests. FAIR believes that immigration reform must enhance national security, improve the economy, protect jobs, preserve our environment, and establish a rule of law that is recognized and enforced.
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Recent Titan sub passenger says he would go on trip to Titanic again despite implosion
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Spectrum News) – A recent passenger in the same Titan submersible that imploded Sunday said he lost two friends in the accident.
Craig Curran is the president of Galactic Experience By DePrez. Despite the recent tragedy, he said he would take a trip in a similar vessel again.
Curran said he had been in the Titan several times before. Most recently, he was in the same submersible less than a month before it imploded as it headed out on a mission to see the Titanic. Also on board were OceanGate’s CEO Stockton Rush and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who both died later in the implosion.
“I immediately changed my focus to taking solace in that they don’t even know what happened on board,” Curran said of the tragedy. “This happened so fast that I don’t even think that they were even consciously aware that the sub had imploded. They just were gone.”
On the most recent trip he took, Curran said the team trained, suited up and drilled, but the dive was called off due to poor weather.
“The Titan is cramped, but it’s reasonably comfortable,” Curran said. “There is a padded floor, kind of a rubber pad, and it can accommodate five. You sit on the floor. Imagine it’s a cylinder and the floor is about a quarter of the way up, it’s comfortable to lean up against the carbon fiber pressure vessel.”
Curran’s colleague Aaron Newman took photos and videos during the trip.
“It’s a long descent, two and a half hours, and totally dark, completely dark for the descent until you turn on the external light to the sub when you get to the bottom,” Curran said.
Despite the accident, Curran said he felt safe while in the Titan himself.
He said people have told him they wouldn’t go into the submersible following its implosion. However, he said he’s not sure the accident would keep him from going under again.
“I have not made a decision on that. I don’t know what actually happened. I don’t know what the nature of the failure was. But right now, I would go again, I would go again. I’m not frightened of that,” Curran said.
Curran believes ultimately the Titan and its team will move the ball forward in the world of exploration.
“I don’t know how this chapter in this accident are going to manifest in moving us forward. But I am absolutely thoroughly confident that it will and that it was worth pursuing,” he said. “I think I can speak for PH (Nargeolet) and Stockton that it was worth it to them, and I feel good having been a part of it.”
Curran lives in Rochester, New York, and runs a space travel agency, which sells slots on Virgin Galactic.
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CAMBRIDGE, England, and GHENT, Belgium, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mestag Therapeutics ('Mestag'), an immunotherapy company focusing on fibroblast-immune interactions, and VIB, the leading life science research institute in Flanders, today announced entering into an agreement under which Mestag obtains the exclusive worldwide rights to research, develop and commercialize a panel of single domain antibodies, also known as Nanobodies®, to an undisclosed target that plays a central role in anti-cancer immunity.
Under the terms of the agreement, Mestag will be responsible for the research, development and commercialization of the antibodies, which are the outcome of many years of leading-edge research within VIB. In return, VIB will receive an upfront payment, future success-based milestones and royalty payments.
Susan Hill, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Mestag Therapeutics, said, "We are delighted to partner with VIB, one of the premier research institutes in Europe and a leader in nanobody technology and cancer biology. This agreement further strengthens Mestag's first-in-class pipeline and targets an exciting new area of fibroblast-immune cancer biology."
"We are thrilled to work with Mestag. Mestag brings together a unique expertise set in fibroblast-immune biology and a deep understanding of antibody engineering and development. The company is perfectly positioned to take this promising program forward," said Jérôme Van Biervliet, PhD, Managing Director of VIB.
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About Mestag Therapeutics
Mestag is an immunotherapy company harnessing new insights into fibroblast-immune interactions to develop impactful treatments for patients. We are progressing a pipeline of sophisticated first-in-class antibodies designed to improve the lives of patients with cancer and inflammatory disease. Together with our collaboration partner Janssen Biotech, Inc. we are also identifying novel targets for future therapies.
Our founding investigators comprise global experts in inflammatory disease, cancer, computational biology and fibroblast biology from the University of Oxford, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. We are supported by leading life science investors SV Health Investors, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., Forbion, GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Northpond Ventures.
Mestag is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, and in 2021 was recognized on the Fierce 15 list of innovative biotechnology companies.
For further information please visit our website www.mestagtherapeutics.com
About VIB
VIB is an independent, entrepreneurial research institute in life sciences. The mission of VIB is to make a positive impact on society through scientific progress and real-world applications. At VIB, some 1,800 top scientists from Belgium and abroad conduct groundbreaking basic research into the molecular underpinning of life. As such, they are pushing the boundaries of what we know about molecular mechanisms and how they rule living organisms such as human beings, animals, plants, and microorganisms. VIB's technology transfer activities translate these insights into concrete applications that benefit society, such as new treatments and diagnostics tools for human health and new methods to adapt crops to rapidly changing climate conditions. Collaboration is vital to achieving our mission. VIB operates in close partnership with the five universities in Flanders – Ghent University, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Hasselt University. Young startups often develop applications from VIB or other companies working with VIB. As such, VIB contributes to a vibrant life sciences ecosystem surrounding us.
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(NEXSTAR) – With El Niño arriving earlier in the year than usual, meteorologists are warning things could heat up even more this summer.
In the past, a strong El Niño has led to record global warmth, like in 2016 and 1998.
The reason lies within the definition of an El Niño. An El Niño is a natural, temporary and occasional warming of part of the Pacific that shifts weather patterns across the globe.
With El Niño starting before summer even officially begins, there’s a lot more heating up on the way as El Niño grows toward its usual peak in winter.
“The global oceans are very warm right now and I’m afraid that this is putting us into territory that we don’t have much experience with,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Michelle L’Heureux in an interview with Axios.
The last “super” El Niño, from 2015 to 2016, coincided with the hottest year on record.
It’s not yet clear how strong the 2023 El Niño will be. Right now, forecasters give it a 56% chance of developing into a strong El Niño, and an 84% chance of topping “moderate” strength.
“The onset of El Niño has implications for placing 2023 in the running for warmest year on record when combined with climate-warming background,” said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd.
The summer outlook released last month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) matches up with predictions for a hot year. The map shows nearly the entire country with 33% to 70% chances of above-average temperatures between June and August.
The highest chances for a hot summer are in the southwestern U.S., where monsoon season is poised to begin this week.
Usually, an El Niño mutes hurricane activity in the Atlantic, giving relief to coastal areas in states from Texas to New England, Central America and the Caribbean, weary from recent record busy years. But this time, forecasters don’t see that happening, because of record hot Atlantic temperatures that would counteract the El Nino winds that normally decapitate many storms.
Hurricanes strengthen and grow when they travel over warm seawater, and the tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean are “exceptionally warm,” said Kristopher Karnauskas, associate professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. So this year, NOAA and others are predicting a near-average Atlantic hurricane season.
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Pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire, straining US immigration system
El Paso, Texas — As pandemic-era asylum restrictions ended early Friday, migrants in northern Mexico faced more uncertainties about a new online system for appointments to seek asylum in the U.S. Some migrants still waded apprehensively into the Rio Grande, defying officials who shouted for them to turn back, while elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border people hunched over cell phones trying to access an appointment app that may change their future.
President Joe Biden’s administration introduced the new asylum rules in a bid to get asylum-seekers to stop coming across the border illegally by reviving and sharpening pre-pandemic penalties and creating new legal pathways to asylum that aim to cut out unscrupulous smugglers.
The transition to the new system unfolded in the night amid legal challenges and last-ditch efforts by migrants to cross a border fortified with barbed wire and troops.
A federal judge in Florida dealt a potentially serious legal setback to the plan by temporarily blocking the administration’s attempt to release migrants more quickly when Border Patrol holding stations are full.
At Matamoros, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, migrant families — with some parents holding children — hesitated only briefly as the deadline passed before entering the waters of the Rio Grande, clutching cell phones above the water to light the way toward the U.S.
U.S. authorities shouted for the migrants to turn back.
“Be careful with the children,” an official shouted through a megaphone. “It is especially dangerous for the children.”
Separately, at an outdoor encampment of migrants beside a border bridge in Ciudad Juárez, across from El Paso, Texas, cell phones were alight as migrants attempted to book an asylum appointment online through an app administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
“There’s no other way to get in,” said Venezuelan Carolina Ortiz, accompanied by her husband and children, ages 1 and 4. Others in the camp had the same plan: keep trying the app.
The expired rule, known as Title 42, was in place since March 2020. It allowed border officials to quickly return asylum seekers back over the border on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
While Title 42 prevented many from seeking asylum, it carried no legal consequences, encouraging repeat attempts. After Thursday, migrants face being barred from entering the U.S. for five years and possible criminal prosecution.
At the U.S. border with Tijuana, as Title 42 expired, there was no visible reaction among hundreds of migrants who were in U.S. custody between two border walls, many of them for days with little food. They slept on the ground under bright lights in cool spring air. Shelters across Tijuana were filled with an estimated 6,000 migrants.
It was not clear how many migrants were on the move or how long the surge might last. By Thursday evening, the flow seemed to be slowing in some locations, but it was not clear why, or whether crossings would increase again.
A U.S. official reported the Border Patrol stopped some 10,000 migrants on Tuesday — nearly twice the average daily level from March and only slightly below the 11,000 figure that authorities have said is the upper limit of what they expect after Title 42 ends.
More than 27,000 people were in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody, the official said.
“Our buses are full. Our planes are full,” said Pedro Cardenas, a city commissioner in Brownsville, as recent arrivals headed to locations across the U.S.
The administration hopes that a new system will be more orderly, and will help some migrants to seek asylum in Canada or Spain instead of the U.S. But Biden has conceded the border will be chaotic for a while. Immigrant advocacy groups have threatened legal action, and migrants fleeing poverty, gangs and persecution in their homelands are still desperate to reach U.S. soil at any cost.
Holding facilities along the border already were far beyond capacity. But late Thursday, U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell, an appointee of President Donald Trump, halted the administration’s plan to begin releasing migrants with notices to report to an immigration office in 60 days when holding centers reach 125% capacity, or where people are held an average of 60 hours. The quick releases were to also be triggered when authorities stop 7,000 migrants along the border in a day.
In a statement, Customs and Border Protection said it would comply with the court order, while calling it a “harmful ruling that will result in unsafe overcrowding … and undercut our ability to efficiently process and remove migrants.”
Weatherell blocked the releases for two weeks and scheduled a May 19 hearing on whether to extend his order.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had already warned of more crowded Border Patrol facilities to come.
“I cannot overstate the strain on our personnel and our facilities," he told reporters Thursday.
On Wednesday, Homeland Security announced a rule to make it extremely difficult for anyone who travels through another country or who did not apply online to qualify for asylum, with few exceptions. It also introduced curfews with GPS tracking for families released in the U.S. before initial asylum screenings.
Minutes before the new rule took effect, advocacy groups sued to block it.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco by the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies and other groups, alleges the Biden administration “doubled down” on a policy proposed by President Donald Trump that the same court rejected. The Biden administration has said its new rule is substantially different.
The administration also said it is beefing up the removal of migrants found unqualified to stay in the U.S. on flights like those that sent nearly 400 migrants home to Guatemala from the U.S. on Thursday.
Among them was Sheidi Mazariegos, 26, who arrived with her 4-year-old son just eight days after being detained near Brownsville.
“I heard on the news that there was an opportunity to enter, I heard it on the radio, but it was all a lie,” she said. Smugglers got her to Matamoros and put the two on a raft. They were quickly apprehended by Border Patrol agents.
Mazariegos said she made the trek because she is poor and hoped to reunite with her sisters living in the U.S.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador noted an uptick in smugglers at his country’s southern border offering to take people to the United States, and said they were telling migrants the U.S. border was open.
At the same time, the administration has introduced expansive new legal pathways into the U.S.
Up to 30,000 people a month from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela can enter if they apply online with a financial sponsor and enter through an airport. Processing centers are opening in Guatemala, Colombia and elsewhere. Up to 1,000 can enter daily though land crossings with Mexico if they snag an appointment on an online app.
At shelters in northern Mexico, many migrants chose not to rush to the border and waited for existing asylum appointments or hopes of reserving one online.
At the Ágape Misión Mundial shelter in Tijuana, hundreds of migrants bided their time. Daisy Bucia, 37, and her 15-year-old daughter arrived at the shelter over three months ago from Mexico’s Michoacán state fleeing death threats, and have an asylum appointment Saturday in California.
Bucia read on social media that pandemic-era restrictions were ending at the U.S.-Mexico border, but wasn't sure if it was true and preferred to cross with certainty later.
“What people want more than anything is to confuse you,” Bucia said.
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WACO, Texas (AP)Adam Flagler and the rest of the returning guards were solid for fifth-ranked Baylor in the season opener. So were the touted newcomers, along with everybody else.
Flagler had 21 points to lead six players scoring in double figures as the Bears overwhelmed Mississippi Valley State 117-53 Monday to open their 20th season with coach Scott Drew.
”You just see a glimpse of how deep of a team we are, how selfless of a team we are,” said Flagler, a preseason All-Big 12 pick who was Baylor’s leading scorer last season.
Flagler also had eight assists and one of his four 3-pointers started a 24-0 run midway through the first half. LJ Cryer had 16 points and Dale Bonner, another returning guard, had 14.
Langston Love, making his Baylor debut after missing last season with a torn ACL, five-star freshman guard Keyonte George, and West Virginia transfer Jalen Bridges each had 13 points for the Bears, who had 27 assists and only nine turnovers.
”Everybody who played did a good job, so the rotations were working today,” Drew said. ”We’re blessed to have a roster full of guys that can help you win. So as competition improves, we’ll have to look and adjust and find out what we need to do better. But, obviously, you can play a lot of different guys.”
Love suffered his injury in the first scrimmage before last season. George is a Texas kid who signed out of IMG Academy in Florida.
Flagler and Cryer, who dealt with a surgically repaired right foot most of last season, alternated made 3s twice to open the run, which included six consecutive made 3s in less than five minutes. The Bears led 40-10 when BYU transfer Caleb Lohner made two free throws with 5:44 left in the first half.
Alvin Stredic scored 14 points and Terry Collins 10 for Mississippi Valley State in its first game for new coach George Ivory.
”It was a learning lesson for my guys, and we were shorthanded. We’ve got six guys that hadn’t been cleared yet, and they are top guys,” Ivory said. ”We’ve just got to play with what we’ve got right now and just keep rolling.”
TAKE CARE OF THE BALL
Baylor’s 27-9 assist-to-turnover rate included only one turnover each by Flagler, George and Bonner. After Flagler’s team-high eight assists, George had seven and Bonner six.
”You’re going to take that every day of the week,” Drew said. ”Adam’s done that in our scrimmages and practices. Both he and Dale have been outstanding taking care of the ball. Keyonte’s somebody that sees the floor really well, and is becoming more and more consistent with it as well.”
BIG PICTURE
Mississippi Valley State: Opening against the nation’s fifth-ranked team was going to be a tough task regardless for the Delta Devils, who were 2-26 last season. The best Valley did was tie the game at 2-2 on a field goal by Collins before giving up 11 points in a row.
Baylor: A solid start with a mix of old and new players for the Bears, who won the national title two seasons ago and last season shared the Big 12 regular-season title with Kansas, which gave the league its second consecutive national championship. They shot 51.4% (37 of 72) overall and 41.2% on 3-pointers (14 of 34). … Flo Thamba, the 6-foot-10 senior forward and only returning starter other than Flagler, had five points and a game-high 10 rebounds.
EARLY START
The game was one of three nationally to start at 11 a.m. Central time, the earliest tip time on the season’s first day. The Bears were the only major conference school to start that early, and jumped ahead 13-2 with thousands of screaming elementary school students in the stands.
”I thought the scream game was outstanding,” Drew said, though it kept the Bears from getting into several defensive and offensive sets that coaches were trying to call during the game.
UP NEXT
Mississippi Valley State is headed to Hawaii for three games in the Rainbow Classic.
Baylor, which plays its first three games at home, hosts Norfolk State on Friday in a rematch of an NCAA Tournament opener in March that the Bears won 85-49.
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HONG KONG (AP) — South Korean technology firm Kakao launched a tender offer to buy up to 35% of K-pop agency SM Entertainment and become its largest shareholder, escalating Tuesday a battle with entertainment firm Hybe for control of the company.
Kakao offered a tender price of 150,000 won ($115) per share, making the total value of the offer 1.25 trillion won ($960 million). SM, the group behind popular K-pop groups such as NCT and aespa, saw its shares jump over 15% to 149,700 won.
Kakao currently owns about 4.9% of shares in SM. If the tender offer is successful, the firm would control about 40% of SM shares and successfully fend off Hybe’s attempt to control SM Entertainment.
SM’s top executives expressed support for Kakao’s “friendly” tender offer and described the technology firm as the “optimal strategic cooperative partner” in a statement Tuesday.
Its tender offer comes weeks after Hybe, the entertainment firm behind global K-pop sensation BTS, announced a tender offer to purchase 25% of SM shares at 120,000 won ($93) per share shortly after acquiring a 14.8% stake in the company from SM founder Lee Soo-man, who is currently estranged from the firm he founded.
Hybe is now SM’s largest shareholder and had aimed to raise its stake to about 40%. However, shareholders however did not support its tender offer as the price was deemed to be too low. Following the end of the tender offer, Hybe currently owns about 15.8% of its rival.
“Unlike Hybe, which seeks to take control of SM’s Board of Directors through a hostile M&A, Kakao respects SM’s unique tradition and identity and will ensure the company’s independent operation as well as SM artists’ continuous activities,” the statement said.
SM Entertainment’s top executives have objected to Hybe’s attempt to increase ownership of the company, describing it as a hostile takeover attempt and saying it would lead to monopolization of the industry, pushing up costs for fans. It also said that SM artists might not be prioritized if Hybe controlled the firm.
Combined, both SM and Hybe account for 70% of revenues from albums and digital music in the K-pop industry.
Kakao’s tender offer came a day after SM Entertainment rescinded a contract to issue new shares and convertible bonds in a deal that would have made Kakao SM’s second-largest shareholder with a 9.05% stake in the firm, after a Seoul court ruled in favor of Lee, who had filed an injunction against the deal.
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Even Minnesota United’s Dark Ages weren’t as dour as their current form.
With Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Inter Miami, the Loons are 1-6-1 in their past eight games. Those four total points constitute the worst regular-season skid over any eight-game stretch since the club joined MLS in 2017.
This lull is worse than what MNUFC wrung out in any eight-game string in their dreadful expansion season in 2017 or sophomore hangover in 2018. The Loons tallied five points once apiece in each of those seasons.
Loons manager Adrian Heath sought a broader perspective Tuesday during his video conference call with reporters before Minnesota (5-8-3) plays Los Angeles Galaxy (7-5-3) at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.
“If we were playing poorly and not creating opportunities and giving goals up, then I’d start to, not worry — because obviously I’m concerned — but there is not an awful lot wrong,” Heath said. “This is not a bad team. This is a team that can compete with anybody.”
Heath said he went through some lists Tuesday morning and rattled off some of the headlining competition MNUFC has faced: first-place Philadelphia and Los Angeles FC. Of the 16 total games this season, 12th-place MNUFC has played 12 teams currently in the MLS Cup Playoffs picture.
Added sting to Minnesota’s skid comes in how they led 1-0 against Miami and New England on June 19 before losing both road games. MNUFC has dropped 10 points after scoring the first goal of the game this season.
“That’s something that we’ve been looking for for a least a month or two: where we need to have complete performances,” center back Michael Boxall said.
Heath said the message to the players has been: “Keep believing in what we are doing. Keep believing in the performances.”
The conclusion of Wednesday’s game will mark the halfway point of the 2022 season. After a home game against Real Salt Lake on Sunday, the Loons will have six consecutive games against teams outside the playoff picture. Three of them will be in St. Paul.
HUNOU DEAL ALMOST DONE
MNUFC expects to have “everything signed” Wednesday to complete the permanent move of forward Adrien Hunou to Angers in France’s Ligue 1, a source told the Pioneer Press on Tuesday.
Hunou, who was not with the Loons in Miami on Saturday, has not scored a goal in 128 minutes in MLS play in 2022. He had seven goals in 1,707 minutes in 2021.
Hunou, 28, joined Minnesota as a Designated Player in May 2021 on a transfer fee in excess of $3 million, and the Frenchman was the Loons’ highest-paid player at $2.68 million, according to MLS Players’ Association figures. He was the 17th highest-paid player in the league when MLSPA shared its data on April 15.
BRIEFLY
Loons midfielder Joseph Rosales sprained his ankle against Miami, cleared the MRI test and planned to train in L.A. on Tuesday, Heath said. … Captain defensive midfielder Wil Trapp is coming off a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulations on Saturday; he is available to play Wednesday. … Reynoso is one caution away from a one-game suspension. … When MNUFC made three straight playoff appearances, they avoided prolonged droughts. From 2019-21, they had only one eight-game stretch below eight points. That included quickly bouncing back from an 0-4-0 start in 2021. … L.A. Galaxy has had recent success with Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and Devan Joveljic as two strikers on the field at the same time, but Heath expects coach Greg Vanney to have Chicharito start alone up top Wednesday. … On May 18, Robin Lod scored the equalizing goal in the 87th minute for Minnesota to net a 1-1 draw with Galaxy in St. Paul. … After being traded from Minnesota in early May, Chase Gasper has played 174 of Galaxy’s 540 total MLS minutes.
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Unleashing New Digital Opportunities
TAIPEI, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today (May 24) marked the opening of COMPUTEX 2022, held until May 27 at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1. Among the distinguished guests in attendance at the opening ceremony to witness the rapid development of new digital technology were President Tsai Ing-Wen, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-Hua, Chairman of Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) James Huang, and Chairman of Taipei Computer Association Paul Peng.
President Tsai Ing-wen stated, " COMPUTEX is an important platform for the global technology industry, which not only enables Taiwanese companies to strengthen their international collaboration and connect to the global market, but also shows the capabilities of Taiwan's ICT industry to the world. In the future, the development of advanced technologies such as AI, quantum computers, and cloud computing will be highly dependent on chips. Therefore, Taiwan will leverage its strengths in high-end hardware manufacturing and empowering ICT innovations in various industries to make the overall economy more competitive. Also, we will actively work together with enterprises to accelerate the digital transformation process and to build the next golden decade of Taiwan's technology industry. "
"Over the past twenty years, technology, our shared global language, has empowered the world and resulted in important milestones. Even when facing urgent challenges such as the pandemic and supply chain disruptions, technology has allowed infinite possibilities," said TAITRA Chairman James Huang. "COMPUTEX's mission has always been to introduce technologies to the world and help make a difference, and this year's event offers an upgraded, hybrid exhibition experience. We look forward to stimulating technological innovation and heading into the future with global technology companies."
The leading global ICT companies showcase their innovative technologies and solutions at COMPUTEX. GIGABYTE showcased high-performance computing applications, including AI, 5G, edge computing, intelligent traffic management, security, and gaming and entertainment. Delta Electronics chose to focus on sustainability and presented energy and thermal management solutions for applications such as industrial automation, data center infrastructure, and EV charging. KIOXIA displayed its XG8 series of client SSDs for high-end notebooks, desktops, and workstations. Furthermore, Garage+ Pavilion selected 48 startups to showcase innovative capabilities in numerous fields, including AI, IoT, health care, and green technology.
COMPUTEX 2022 Provides an Overview of the Global Technology Ecosystems
COMPUTEX 2022 features six main themes: Accelerating Intelligence, Connected X-Experience, Digital Resilience, Innovative Computing, Innovations & Startups, and Sustainability. In addition, a virtual exhibition, COMPUTEX DigitalGO, is held from today to June 6. By making use of diverse channels, COMPUTEX 2022 has created an interactive platform for global engagement and provided a comprehensive overview of the future developments in the global technology ecosystems.
In addition to the comprehensive exhibition, COMPUTEX also offers keynote speeches and forums. This year's CEO Keynotes, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), NXP Semiconductors (NXP), Micron Technology, and Supermicro will share their corporate visions from a technology perspective. Microsoft and NVIDIA will also give keynote speeches, streaming live on COMPUTEX's Youtube channel.
The COMPUTEX Forum will be held on May 26 at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1, Section J. In the morning, in the first session titled "Technology Empowerment," Texas Instruments, Ericsson, NXP, NVIDIA, and Micron Technology will discuss how global technology giants find partners, achieve new advancements, and embrace change.
In the afternoon, in the second session, Delta Electronics will talk on "Unceasing Innovation for a Net Zero Future" and demystify how businesses are leveraging digital technology to achieve sustainability and reach the 2050 net-zero carbon emissions target. Finally, in the third and final session themed "Application Advancements," HTC, IBM, Dassault System, and Nokia Taiwan will discuss the metaverse and how businesses can actively deploy smart living and successfully create new work modes.
Furthermore, "Live Studio," a new addition to this year's event, will serve as the official news channel for COMPUTEX 2022 and provide participants with the most up-to-date and complete event coverage throughout the show. The "Guided Tours" are another highlight of the event. Industry KOLs will personally lead the tours, take fans around the booths, and put a brand new spin on technology discovery. In addition, media outlets, including Embedded Computing Design from the US, Dempa Publications from Japan, and IT Chosun from South Korea, will cover COMPUTEX, showing Taiwan's scientific and technological achievements and potential to the world.
This year, COMPUTEX 2022 is being held at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1. In addition to technology trend sharing, industry application demonstrations, and the fun and interactive live studio and guided tours, there are photo booths for each of the six themes. Participants who take photos in each booth and upload the photos will be entered to win the event organizers' limited edition COMPUTEX 2022 NFT. With so many exciting activities to enjoy, COMPUTEX 2022 is an event not to be missed.
To learn more about COMPUTEX, please visit:
COMPUTEX: https://www.computextaipei.com.tw/
COMPUTEX Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/COMPUTEX.TAITRA/
COMPUTEX Forum: https://events.computextaipei.com.tw/
Digital GO: https://www.computexonline.com.tw/?userlang=tw
InnoVEX: https://www.innovex.com.tw/
About COMPUTEX
COMPUTEX was founded in 1981. It has grown with the global ICT industry and become stronger over the last four decades. Bearing witness to historical moments in the development of and changes in the industry, COMPUTEX attracts more than 40,000 buyers to visit Taiwan every year. It is also the preferred platform chosen by top international companies for launching epoch-making products.
Taiwan has a comprehensive global ICT industry chain. Gaining a foothold in Taiwan, COMPUTEX is jointly held by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and Taipei Computer Association, aiming to build a global tech ecosystem. COMPUTEX uses cross-domain integration and innovation services as the most powerful driving forces for achieving the goal of becoming a new platform for global technological resources.
About TAITRA:
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is Taiwan's foremost trade promotion organization. TAITRA is a public-benefit corporation founded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs by uniting industry and commerce groups from the private sector with the purpose of helping them expand their global reach. Currently, TAITRA has a team of more than 1,300 trade professionals, both domestically and abroad. Headquartered in Taipei, TAITRA operates 5 local offices in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung, as well as 63 branches worldwide. It has also signed cooperation agreements with 319 sister organizations that promote international trade. By forming a comprehensive trade services network that provides zero-time-difference and borderless real-time services, TAITRA continues to work with enterprises to jointly pursue the steady development of Taiwan's economy. It is the best partner for your success in business expansion.
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AUSTIN STRAUBEL AIRPORT, WI (WFRV) – Pulaski students showed their skills to some very special visitors.
The Pulaski choir welcomed the president of the Pasadena Rose Parade to Northeast Wisconsin by serenading him and his wife as they touched down with what else but the song “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.”
Over the next few days, he’ll spend time with the students, as the singers and band members prepare for their trip to California to march in the 20-24 Rose Parade. It’s an honor that only 15 bands and choirs across the country get a chance to do it.
The president also told Local 5 News they work on ways to raise money to get the students out west.
“It’s expensive to bring a band to California,” explained Alex Aghanjanian, Rose Parade President. “About $3,500 a student to come out to see us. And anybody can help them out, it’s a wonderful thing. Most of the young adults coming to see us have never been west of the Rockies, never been on a jet plane, and never seen the ocean, it’s an experience for them.”
The students will be hosting a fundraiser Wednesday at The Barn in Pulaski featuring food and polka and giving our visitors from out west a true taste of Wisconsin traditions!
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155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
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Service Office in Midland/Odessa, WMO header FOUS54 KMAF.
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Including the cities of Odessa and Midland
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Freezing rain. Ice accumulation of a tenth to one
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quarter of an inch. Cold with highs around 30. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. A chance of
snow after midnight. Ice accumulation of up to a tenth of an
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inch. Cold. Near steady temperature in the upper 20s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of freezing rain, snow
and rain in the morning, then mostly sunny with a slight chance
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of rain in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice
accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with highs in the mid
40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
North winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
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.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
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.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
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Including the city of Seminole
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Freezing rain likely. Areas of freezing drizzle this
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morning, then a chance of snow this afternoon. Ice accumulation
of up to a tenth of an inch. Cold with highs around 30. Northeast
winds around 5 mph, becoming south this afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
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.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. A chance of
snow after midnight. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice
accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch. Cold. Near steady
temperature in the upper 20s. East winds around 5 mph, becoming
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north after midnight. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. A slight
chance of freezing rain and snow in the morning. A slight chance
of rain. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
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5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
North winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
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becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows around 30.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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Dawson-Andrews-Martin-
Including the cities of Lamesa, Andrews, and Stanton
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
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.TODAY...Freezing rain likely, mainly this morning. Ice
accumulation of a tenth to one quarter of an inch. Cold with
highs around 30. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming south
this afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
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.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. A chance of
snow after midnight. Ice accumulation of up to a tenth of an
inch. Cold. Near steady temperature in the upper 20s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of freezing rain, snow
and rain in the morning, then mostly sunny with a slight chance
of rain in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice
accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with highs in the mid
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40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
North winds around 5 mph.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
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the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
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20 percent.
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Including the cities of Gail, Snyder, Big Spring,
and Colorado City
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
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.TODAY...A chance of freezing rain this morning, then freezing
rain this afternoon. Ice accumulation of a tenth to one quarter
of an inch. Cold with highs in the upper 20s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming west around 5 mph this afternoon. Chance
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of precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. A chance of
snow after midnight. Ice accumulation around a tenth of an inch.
Cold. Near steady temperature in the upper 20s. East winds around
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5 mph, becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of freezing rain, snow and
rain in the morning, then a slight chance of rain and freezing
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rain in the afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Not as
cool with highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
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North winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North
winds around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
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.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
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.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
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20 percent.
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and Big Lake
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
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.TODAY...Freezing rain. Ice accumulation of one quarter to one
half of an inch. Cold with highs around 30. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. A chance of
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snow after midnight. Ice accumulation of up to one quarter of an
inch. Cold. Near steady temperature in the upper 20s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of freezing rain, snow and
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rain in the morning, then a slight chance of rain, freezing rain
and snow in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice
accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with highs in the lower
40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
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40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. North winds around
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5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
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.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 60s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Cooler with highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
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20 percent.
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Including the cities of Kermit, Monahans, and Crane
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Freezing rain. Ice accumulation of a tenth to one
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quarter of an inch. Highs in the lower 30s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. Rain likely in
the evening, then a chance of snow after midnight. Ice
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accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch. Cold. Near steady
temperature around 30. Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of freezing rain, snow
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and rain in the morning, then sunny with a slight chance of rain
in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice
accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with highs in the upper
40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
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40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
North winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds around 5 mph,
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becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
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.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 70s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
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Including the city of Mentone
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
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.TODAY...Widespread freezing drizzle this morning. Freezing rain
likely. Ice accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch. Highs in
the lower 30s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast
around 5 mph this afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
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.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. A chance of
rain in the evening, then a chance of snow after midnight. Little
or no snow accumulation. Ice accumulation of up to a tenth of an
inch. Cold. Near steady temperature around 30. East winds around
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5 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of freezing rain, snow
and rain in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Little or
no snow accumulation. Ice accumulation around a trace. Not as
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cool with highs around 50. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
North winds around 5 mph.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 30.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
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the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
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.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
around 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
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Including the city of Guadalupe Mountains NP
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1255 AM MST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of freezing rain, snow with areas of
freezing drizzle this morning, then snow and freezing rain likely
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this afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Much colder with
highs in the upper 20s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and freezing rain.
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Snow accumulation around half an inch. Ice accumulation around a
trace. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Temperature rising to
around 30 after midnight. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain, freezing
rain and snow in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Not as
cool with highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
around 50.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.MONDAY...Sunny, windy with highs in the lower 50s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and windy, cold with lows in the
lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the lower 40s.
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Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023 /1255 AM MST Wed Feb 1 2023/
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/
THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of freezing rain with areas of freezing
drizzle this morning, then freezing rain and snow likely this
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afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice accumulation of up
to a tenth of an inch. Cold with highs around 30. East winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, freezing rain and
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snow. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice accumulation of up to a
tenth of an inch. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. East winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain, freezing
rain and snow in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Not as
cool with highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 50s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, windy with highs in the lower 60s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 40s.
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Including the city of Van Horn
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
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.TODAY...Freezing rain likely with patchy freezing drizzle this
morning, then rain likely with freezing rain this afternoon. Ice
accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch. Highs in the upper 30s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and freezing rain in
the evening, then rain, freezing rain and snow likely after
midnight. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice accumulation of up
to a tenth of an inch. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Northeast
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winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain, freezing
rain and snow in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Not as
cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
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of precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
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10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 60s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 60s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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Eastern Culberson County-
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Freezing rain likely. Areas of freezing drizzle this
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morning, then snow likely this afternoon. Little or no snow
accumulation. Ice accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch. Cold
with highs in the lower 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of freezing rain and snow.
A chance of rain after midnight. Little or no snow accumulation.
Ice accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch. Cold. Near steady
temperature around 30. Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of
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precipitation 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain, freezing
rain and snow in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Not as
cool with highs around 50. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
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precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around
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5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
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the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
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.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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Reeves County Plains-
Including the city of Pecos
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
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...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Freezing rain with widespread freezing drizzle this
morning, then freezing rain likely this afternoon. Ice
accumulation of up to one quarter of an inch. Cold with highs in
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the lower 30s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of freezing rain in the evening, then
freezing rain and snow likely after midnight. Little or no snow
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accumulation. Ice accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch. Cold.
Near steady temperature in the upper 20s. Northeast winds around
5 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of freezing rain, snow
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and rain in the morning, then sunny with a slight chance of rain
in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice
accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with highs around 50.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
West winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 30.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
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.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
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.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
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Pecos-
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Including the city of Fort Stockton
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Freezing rain this morning, then freezing rain with a
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chance of rain this afternoon. Ice accumulation of one quarter to
one half of an inch. Highs in the lower 30s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Freezing rain and rain likely. Snow likely after
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midnight. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice accumulation of up
to one quarter of an inch. Cold. Near steady temperature around
30. East winds around 5 mph, becoming north after midnight.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of freezing rain, snow
and rain in the morning, then mostly sunny with a slight chance
of rain in the afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Not as
cool with highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
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gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around
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5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
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.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 70s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
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Terrell-
Including the cities of Dryden and Sanderson
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
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.TODAY...Freezing rain. Rain, mainly this morning. Ice
accumulation of up to one half of an inch. Highs in the mid 30s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
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.TONIGHT...Rain and freezing rain likely. Ice accumulation of up
to one quarter of an inch. Cold. Near steady temperature in the
lower 30s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and freezing rain in
the morning, then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Ice
accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with highs in the lower
50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
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40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 5 mph,
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becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
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.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
around 70.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
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Davis Mountains Foothills-
Including the city of Alpine
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
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...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Freezing rain. Rain likely this afternoon. Ice
accumulation of up to one half of an inch. Highs in the mid 30s.
East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
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.TONIGHT...Freezing rain and rain likely. Snow likely after
midnight. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice accumulation of up
to a tenth of an inch. Cold. Near steady temperature in the lower
30s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, freezing rain
and snow in the morning, then sunny with a slight chance of rain
in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice
accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with highs in the upper
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40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming
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west after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
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.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
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.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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Davis Mountains-
Including the city of Fort Davis
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Rain. Freezing rain. Ice accumulation of up to one
quarter of an inch. Highs around 40. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation near
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100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain and freezing rain likely. Snow likely after
midnight. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice accumulation of up
to a tenth of an inch. Lows in the lower 30s. Southeast winds
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5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, freezing rain
and snow in the morning, then sunny with a slight chance of rain
in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice
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accumulation around a trace. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30. North
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winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
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.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
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.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
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Marfa Plateau-
Including the city of Marfa
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
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.TODAY...Rain with freezing rain likely this morning, then rain
this afternoon. Ice accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch.
Highs in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
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.TONIGHT...Freezing rain likely. Rain. Ice accumulation around a
trace. Lows in the mid 30s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of precipitation 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and freezing rain
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in the morning, then sunny with a slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Highs in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
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North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
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.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
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.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
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Chinati Mountains-
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Rain, cooler with highs in the mid 40s. Southeast winds
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10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain. Lows in the mid 30s. Southeast winds around
10 mph, becoming south after midnight. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning,
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then sunny with a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30. North
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winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
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.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
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Central Brewster County-
Including the cities of Big Bend NP, Panther Junction,
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and Marathon
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Rain and freezing rain. Ice accumulation of up to one
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half of an inch. Highs in the upper 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain and freezing rain. Ice accumulation of up to one
quarter of an inch. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s. East
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winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and freezing rain
in the morning, then sunny with a slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with
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highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
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Lower Brewster County-
Including the cities of Big Bend NP, Lajitas, and Castolon
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
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.TODAY...Rain and freezing rain. Ice accumulation of up to one
quarter of an inch. Highs around 40. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain likely. Freezing rain likely. Ice accumulation of
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up to a tenth of an inch. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and freezing rain in
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the morning, then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Ice
accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with highs in the upper
50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
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.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
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Chisos Basin-
Including the cities of Big Bend NP and Chisos Basin
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155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Rain and freezing rain. Ice accumulation of up to one
quarter of an inch. Cooler with highs in the upper 30s. Northeast
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winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north this afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain and freezing rain in the evening, then rain
likely after midnight. Ice accumulation around a trace. Near
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steady temperature in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning,
then sunny with a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Not as
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cool with highs around 50. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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Presidio Valley-
Including the city of Presidio
155 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Rain with freezing rain likely this morning, then rain
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this afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Highs in the
upper 40s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
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Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and freezing rain
in the morning, then sunny with a slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with
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highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
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CHANGZHOU, China, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trina Solar, the global PV and smart energy total solutions provider, has unveiled its latest head-turner, the Vertex N 595W for C&I and utility-scale projects. Together with the Vertex N 690W for utility scenarios and Vertex S+ 445W for rooftop PV systems, Trina Solar's n-type module portfolio is based on the leading 210 product technology platform and n-type i-TOPCon cell technology. The release of Vertex N will hit and reshape the PV market again.
More information about Vertex N to click: https://pages.trinasolar.com/VertexN-Launch.html
Vertex N 595W strengthens Vertex family, and is ready for delivery
The newly announced Vertex N module, inheriting the Vertex family's merits of higher power, higher efficiency, higher energy yield and higher reliability, boasts maximum power output of 595W, 30W higher than conventional n-type modules in the market. In addition, this dual-glass module increases bifaciality to 80% and delivers higher efficiency, lower degradation and better energy yield, delivering lower BOS and LCOE to projects. The Vertex N 595W modules adopt the latest 210 product platform +i-TOPCon technology and are highly compatible with trackers, offering more feasibility to utility-scale projects in the most complex of terrain.
In addition to Vertex N 595W modules, Trina Solar is offering Vertex N 690W and Vertex S+ 445W modules with i-TOPCon technology for utility and rooftop segments.
Against the backdrop of greater grid parity, increasing solar demand and rising market share, the latest n-type module portfolio, with power output ranging from 445W to 690W, will cement the modules as preeminent products for rooftops and utility-scale projects.
The new generation of Vertex N modules will be in mass production by the end of 2022 and over 10 GW n-type modules capacity is expected to release by the first quarter of 2023. Moreover, capacity of n-type modules will reach 20GW to 30GW by the end of next year. Trina Solar started mass production and delivery of i-TOPCon modules in 2018, when the company was selected as a demonstration company for China's Top Runner program. Since then, Trina Solar's i-TOPCon modules have been well recognized by the market and widely used in utility power stations and rooftop projects worldwide. To meet the increasing demand for ultra-high performance modules, Trina Solar will continue to develop and promote more n-type products.
To learn more about Trina Solar's Vertex family, please visit: vertex.trinasolar.com/
Leading the industry with technological innovation and openness
Trina Solar is committed to technological innovation and continues to set industry standards and benchmarks for performance and sustainability. The company has set 25 world records with the efficiency of its cells and modules. In August the aperture module efficiency of Trina Solar's proprietary Vertex n-type module using monocrystalline silicon reached 24.24%, a world record for industrial large-area n-type i-TOPCon modules, just a few months after it set a world record for industrial large-area n-type i-TOPCon cells.
As a first mover in the field of 210 product technology, Trina Solar is committed to building an open platform that is compatible with most cutting-edge cell technologies, such as i-TOPCon and HJT. The Vertex N family and Vertex S+, developed on the 210 product technology platform, are endowed with the advantages of both 210 product technology and n-type technology, creating greater value for customers.
A sustainable future
On October 12, in a session themed "The road to a sustainable future" hosted by Bloomberg in London, which a number of major renewable energy investment companies attended, Trina Solar outlined its vision for advancing toward a net-zero future by providing smart solar energy solutions.
According to Trina Solar, the Vertex family products have achieved an industry leading low carbon emissions assessment through ISO's life cycle assessment and carbon footprint qualification by renowned third-party certification bodies such as UL, EPD and Certisolis.
To realize its sustainable development strategy and acting responsibly with regard to the environment, Trina Solar also aims to achieve 100% renewable energy use in manufacturing and operations by 2030, aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7.
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LOD, Israel — (AP) — A relentless wave of violent crime within Israel’s Palestinian minority is turning cities and towns into bloody battlefields, exasperating a community feeling increasingly forsaken by Israeli authorities.
Anger over the mounting insecurity is directed at Israel's government and its ultranationalist minister in charge of police, Itamar Ben-Gvir. Critics say that with his history of anti-Arab rhetoric, he cannot be trusted to combat the rising scourge.
The skyrocketing violence lays bare the deep inequities in Israeli society, with Arabs facing years of discrimination that activists say laid the groundwork for the unabating bloodshed.
More than 100 people have been killed in violent crime in Arab communities this year, nearly three times higher than at the same time last year, according to the Abraham Initiatives, a group that promotes Jewish-Arab coexistence and safe communities. It also is more than three times the murder rate in the majority Jewish sector, according to official figures, despite Arabs making up just a fifth of the country's population of 9.7 million.
Authorities say they are trying their best. But activists see a direct link between the soaring figures and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. The coalition, which includes ultranationalist factions with anti-Arab hues, took office in late December.
The head of one of those parties, Jewish Power's Ben-Gvir, has made racist remarks and before entering politics was convicted of incitement to violence and support for a Jewish terror group. As national security minister, he now oversees the country's police force.
“Will a person who is busy making racist comments against Arabs protect them,” said Thabet Abu Rass, co-director of the Abraham Initiatives. “We are citizens of this country. We deserve to feel secure like anyone else in this country. And that is his responsibility.”
Israel’s Palestinian minority, which makes up 20% of the country’s population, has been convulsed by violent crime in recent years involving criminal gangs and family disputes.
Activists say Israeli authorities have historically ignored deadly crime among Arabs, doing little to deter violence or hold criminals to account. They say that sense has deepened under the current government. Of the 100 or so people killed this year, police have brought charges in just over 10 cases, according to Abu Rass.
Ben-Gvir has pledged to serve all Israelis. But the community views his past remarks and perceived neglect of the crisis as a sign that the government isn't looking out for them.
Earlier this month, five people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a car wash near the biblical city of Nazareth, and the shooter is not known to have been caught. In April, the bodyguard for the mayor of an Arab city was shot and killed outside the mayor's home.
Women and children have not been spared, among them an 18-year-old killed recently who had reportedly received threats over her sexual orientation. Two toddler siblings and their mother were allegedly killed by their father in May.
Shootings are so common in some places that residents fear leaving their homes, not only to avoid getting hurt but also to make sure they don’t accidentally become witnesses to a crime and fall into the killers’ sights.
“We leave the house, we’re scared. The kids are at school, I am afraid for them. I am always thinking ‘will my son return home or not?’” said Mirvat Saleh, 48, a plant and flower vendor at a market in Lod, a mixed Arab-Jewish city in central Israel rife with violence.
Under Ben-Gvir's leadership, critics say the police is in disarray, with a crisis in confidence within the ranks, including spats between the minister and the police chief, and a series of departures by top officers, including the head of the unit fighting crime in the Arab population.
Ben-Gvir says he is dealing with manpower shortages that have been complicated by weekly mass protests against a government plan to overhaul the judiciary that need securing.
“The police chief and I are working hard,” Ben-Gvir said after the five people were killed near Nazareth. “We are trying to address the root problems.”
Ben-Gvir, whose office did not respond to requests for comment, has pushed for the establishment of a new " national guard," which he says will increase community policing. Critics say the guard, which would report directly to Ben-Gvir, would amount to a personal militia for the minister.
Netanyahu says his governments have over the years poured resources into fighting crime. Now, he has met with Arab leaders and pledged to crack down, established a committee to try to tackle the crime and even promised to enlist the Shin Bet domestic security agency.
“We are determined to restore law and order in the face of this violent crime. We will do whatever is necessary,” Netanyahu said.
The security agency, whose main work is to keep tabs on Palestinian militants, has been wary of using its spying tools on Israeli citizens in the past. Israeli media have reported its leaders expressing similar concerns now.
While successive governments have struggled to contain the violence, critics say the tone under Netanyahu’s current coalition has ruptured trust. One lawmaker from Ben-Gvir’s party livestreamed himself making slurs at Arab legislators in parliament. The Netanyahu-appointed police chief reportedly said it was the “nature” and “mentality” of Arabs to kill. Involving the Shin Bet, which is deeply mistrusted by Palestinian citizens, is another sign of the tone deafness, critics say.
The crime is rooted in deeper underlying issues that have plagued the community for decades, activists say.
Israeli Arab citizens are descendants of Palestinians who remained within the borders of what became Israel in 1948. Members of the community have reached the highest echelons of government, business and other fields.
But while they tend to be better off than their Palestinian brethren in the West Bank and Gaza, Israel's Palestinian citizens are generally poorer and less educated than Jews and have long faced neglect or discrimination in policing, public services and housing.
Those societal issues fuel the violence, said Wisal Raed, who focuses on crime in the Arab population at Sikkuy-Aufoq, a group that advocates for equality between Arabs and Jews.
She said a historic lack of access to bank loans drives many to turn to crime families for capital, entangling themselves in potentially dangerous business.
She also pointed to a crisis of space in Palestinian communities, where land is hard to come by, not only for housing, but even parking spots because of planning challenges sometimes stymied by the state. Issues like those ramp up already simmering disputes that descend into violent feuds.
“If the government continues to neglect these spheres, even if the police does what needs to be done," she said, “the root problem won't be dealt with.”
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NEW YORK — Former Vice President Mike Pence is becoming increasingly brazen in his willingness to counter former President Donald Trump.
The two will hold dueling events in Arizona on Friday as they stump for rival candidates who offer dramatically different visions of the Republican Party in a critical battleground state. Days later, they will once again cross paths as they deliver major speeches on the same day in Washington, D.C.
The encounters mark a more confrontational phase in the fraught relationship between the former running mates and once close confidantes who could soon find themselves competing against one another in the 2024 GOP presidential primary if they both ultimately choose to run.
“I think this is a continuation of the larger message that Pence is trying to embody here, which is the Republican Party should look to the future,” said Scott Jennings, a longtime party strategist. “This is going to be the existential question for the Republican Party: Are we going to listen to a slightly different view than Donald Trump’s? Right now, the standard-bearer for this is Mike Pence.”
That description marks a striking turnaround for Pence, who spent his four years in the White House as Trump’s most loyal defender. But Trump turned on his vice president when Pence refused to go along with his unconstitutional efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, putting Pence in the crosshairs of a violent mob on Jan. 6.
Now Pence, who has repeatedly defended his actions that day, is taking a more active effort to shape the future of the party. This week, Pence endorsed Karrin Taylor Robson in Arizona's Republican gubernatorial primary, pitting himself against Trump, who has endorsed Kari Lake, a former newscaster who has embraced Trump's election lies.
“As Arizona Democrats pursue the reckless Biden-Harris agenda, Karrin Taylor Robson is the only candidate for Governor that will keep Arizona’s border secure and streets safe, empower parents and create great schools, and promote conservative values,” Pence said in a statement announcing his decision.
Pence backed Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a top Trump target who easily defeated the former president’s hand-picked challenger this spring. But Pence’s Arizona move showed a willingness to weigh in on a closer and open race in alliance with the state’s outgoing GOP governor, Doug Ducey, who also rebuffed Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.
Pence is planning to campaign with Robson in Phoenix and southern Arizona Friday — the same day that Trump is set to headline a rally for Lake in Prescott Valley that was rescheduled after the death of his first wife, Ivana Trump. Matt Benson, a Robson campaign spokesman, said Pence would be attending an event at a local employer as well as a briefing on border security while in the state.
A Trump spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment on the events.
Trump and Pence will again cross paths next week as the former president returns to the nation's capital for the first time since leaving the White House. Pence will address the conservative Heritage Foundation on Monday evening and will speak at the Young America’s Foundation's annual National Conservative Student Conference on Tuesday morning. That afternoon, Trump will headline a two-day summit organized by the America First Policy Institute and deliver what organizers said would be a policy-focused speech.
Pence, too, will use his speech before the Heritage Foundation to highlight the policy agenda he released earlier this year and to talk about the future of the party, according to aides. The remarks are expected to offer an implicit contrast with Trump, who has spent much of his energy since leaving office on relitigating the 2020 election.
Pence has urged Republicans to move on, even as he continues to tout the accomplishments of what he often describes as the Trump-Pence administration during his frequent appearances.
Pence also huddled privately Wednesday with the House’s Republican Study Committee, the traditionally conservative caucus he once led as a member of Congress, to discuss his policy agenda. During the meeting, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, thanked Pence for his actions on Jan. 6, according to a person familiar with the exchange who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the closed-door meeting. Pence also committed to helping the GOP in the midterms and in 2024, though he did not explicitly say what role he intends to play.
He then headed to South Carolina for a speech at a Baptist church in South Carolina to discuss “the post-Roe world” after the Supreme Court overturned constitutional protections for abortions — a position he has long advocated.
Pence's efforts come as Trump is preparing to launch a third campaign for the White House as soon as this summer while he faces a flurry of investigations into his efforts to cling to power. That includes the House Jan. 6 committee, which on Thursday will hold another prime-time hearing, this time spotlighting Trump's refusal to call off the angry mob that stormed the Capitol and sent Pence and other lawmakers into hiding.
While polls show Trump remains the overwhelming favorite in a hypothetical GOP primary, Marc Short, Pence’s former chief of staff and a top adviser, argued that even if Trump does announce a run, that doesn't necessarily mean he'll be on the ballot two years from now.
“As the committee winds down, I'm sure he’s looking for a reset that brings attention back on him. And an announcement does not necessarily mean a commitment at the end of that process to continue forward," said Short. “I don't think there's any doubt that the president enjoys being the center of attention. And the announcement puts even additional media focus on him."
Trump, meanwhile, has continued to slam Pence for refusing to go along with his scheme to remain in power. At a gathering of Evangelical Christians in Nashville, Tennessee, last month, Trump again said Pence “did not have the courage to act," drawing applause.
When it comes to a potential race, Trump does not see Pence as a threat, according to allies, who are much more consumed with Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor is increasingly seen by conservatives as a natural and younger successor to Trump's MAGA movement who can channel the same anger, but with less baggage.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday predicted Trump will face competition in 2024 if he enters the race.
“I think we’re going to have a crowded field for president,” he told reporters.
Asked if Pence should run, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, a frequent Trump critic, said it's up to Pence, who has said he'll make a decision after the midterms. “The more the merrier," Romney said.
Jennings, meanwhile, praised Pence for being willing to stand up to Trump when so many others in the party still refuse to cross him.
“What Mike Pence is doing is extremely valuable. And whether he is a viable candidate for president, I don’t know. But he’s certainly earned the right to make the case for a post-Trump future," said Jennings.
“He may end up being John the Baptist to someone else," he added. "Headless but remembered well.”
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NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — Grant Singleton had 20 points in Fairleigh Dickinson's 88-80 victory over Central Connecticut on Saturday.
Singleton added five rebounds for the Knights (11-8, 4-0 Northeast Conference). Demetre Roberts scored 18 points and added six assists. Ansley Almonor added 15 points.
Nigel Scantlebury led the Blue Devils (4-15, 2-3), finishing with 23 points, five assists and three steals. Kellen Amos added 19 points and Jay Rodgers scored 12.
Fairleigh Dickinson plays at Stonehill on Monday. Central Connecticut visits Wagner on Friday.
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Boy shot in July 4 parade massacre returns home to family
CHICAGO (AP) — Eight-year-old Cooper Roberts is back home after more than two months of treatment for injuries from a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, his family said Thursday.
The attack this past summer killed seven and wounded dozens, including Cooper’s mother, Keely Roberts, and his twin brother, Luke, who have since recovered.
Cooper was shot in the back, and the bullet ripped through his body, severely damaging his aorta, liver, esophagus and spinal cord before exiting through his chest. He was taken first to Highland Park Hospital where he underwent a life-saving surgery, then spent in-patient stays at Comer Children’s Hospital and Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in Chicago.
“We are at a total loss of words to express how filled with gratitude, love and wholeness we now feel given that we are able to finally have Cooper back at home,” the family said in a statement. “He is able to live once again with his twin brother, Luke, and resume being one another’s very best playmates.”
Cooper, the youngest of six children who adores his French bulldog puppy, George, is partially paralyzed and unable to play sports or on most playgrounds, as he once loved to do.
“For all the love that he has come back to, there are so many painful reminders of what he has lost,” his parents said, adding that “there is no word” to describe Cooper’s pain when he sees his bike he can no longer ride or his old soccer jersey.
The family’s home is no longer fully accessible for Cooper, who uses a wheelchair. The family is figuring out how they will renovate or build a new home.
“This ‘new normal’ we are just starting during this transition home is hard; really, really hard,” his parents said. But they know “he will show the entire world that love really does win in the end.”
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A murder-for-hire trial involving former stars of the reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” got underway in St. Louis, where prosecutors allege that James “Tim” Norman arranged his nephew’s killing because he needed money from a life insurance policy that he took out on the victim.
Norman’s attorneys said during opening statements Tuesday that he was a successful celebrity who was concerned about the safety of his nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Norman, who is charged with murder for hire, and Montgomery both appeared on the reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,” which ran on the OWN Network for five seasons. The series was based in a St. Louis-area restaurant owned by Robbie Montgomery, Norman’s mother and the victim’s grandmother.
During opening statements, Assistant U.S. Attorney Gwendolyn Carroll said Norman tried to a collect on a $450,000 fraudulent life insurance policy that he took out on Andre Montgomery because he was badly in need of money to support a lavish lifestyle.
Prosecutors said they will prove Norman hired an exotic dancer, Terica Ellis, to lure Montgomery to a spot near a St. Louis park where he was shot by Travell Anthony Hill on March 14, 2016.
Ellis and Norman have both pleaded guilty to their roles in the plot. Ellis said Norman paid her $10,000; Hill said he received $5,000 indirectly from Norman after the shooting.
Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam, an insurance agent who in 2002 was one of the producers of Nelly’s hit album “Nellyville,” pleaded guilty in July to helping Norman take out a fraudulent policy on Montgomery.
Norman’s attorney, Michael Leonard, contended during his opening statement that Norman took out life insurance on his nephew because he was concerned that Montgomery’s aspiring rap career would get him killed.
Leonard said Norman didn’t need the insurance payout because of the success he had after selling the script for “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” to Oprah Winfrey’s TV network.
He said Norman was looking for his nephew in the days before the shooting because he believed Montgomery had stolen at least $220,000 in cash, jewelry and other items from his grandmother in 2015.
FBI Special Agent Christopher Faber testified Tuesday that Montgomery left the St. Louis area shortly after the burglary to avoid Norman but agreed to briefly return to take a polygraph test. He was killed four days after he took that test.
Faber’s testimony also included texts from Norman to a cousin about two months before the killing that said he had been evicted from his apartment and had more than $91,000 in monthly expenses with no money coming in while the TV show was on hiatus.
The trial is expected to involve more than 100 pieces of evidence and last into next week.
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Court seeks compromise that might preserve preventive health insurance mandates as appeals play out
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal appeals court judges are seeking compromise on whether government requirements that health insurance include coverage for HIV prevention, cancer screenings and some other types of preventive care can be maintained while a legal battle over the mandates plays out.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday told attorneys on both sides of the issue to report by Friday on the possibility of a temporary compromise in the case.
At issue is a March ruling by a federal judge in Texas who said some of the preventive care requirements under former President Barack Obama’s 13-year-old health care law are unconstitutional. The decision jeopardized cost-free coverage of HIV-preventing drugs, cancer screenings and various other types of preventive care for millions of Americans.
The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit blocked immediate enforcement of the ruling in May. On Tuesday, three 5th Circuit judges heard arguments on whether they should continue to stay enforcement of the ruling during what could be a lengthy appeals process.
An attorney for plaintiffs in the case — including a conservative activist and a Christian dentist who oppose coverage for contraception and HIV prevention on religious grounds — said in court Tuesday that a stay is unnecessary. Insurers and employers who provide employee health insurance would be unlikely to drop preventive coverage before the case is finally resolved, attorney Jonathan Mitchell said.
Judge Leslie Southwick, one of three appellate judges in the case, was skeptical. “You may be right, but it really is speculation if you want us to apply some of our sense of how insurance companies react,” Southwick said.
Lawyers for the Biden administration stressed that they are not seeking to block enforcement protecting the plaintiffs in the case from requirements to provide preventive care. They do want a stay that would keep the Texas judge’s ruling from applying nationwide while the appeals play out.
The panel ordered a report on compromise efforts by 5 p.m. Friday.
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Agreement Brokered by The Rockefeller Foundation's Public Charity RF Catalytic Capital Keeps Per-test Price Under $7, Commitments from States Now Total $33.2 Million
NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rockefeller Foundation announced today that it has reached an agreement to extend Project Access Covid Tests (Project ACT), a program delivering free at-home Covid-19 tests to at-risk communities, for four more months to meet the states' ongoing testing demand. Funding commitments for Project ACT since its launch last year now total $33.2 million from Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, and North Carolina.
Project ACT, a turnkey public-private partnership, allows states to pay below-market costs for tests through agreements negotiated by RF Catalytic Capital Inc. (RFCC), The Rockefeller Foundation's public charity. RFCC manages the negotiations with the private sector for all aspects of test production, ordering, logistics, and delivery, allowing states to continue to receive an all-in price of $6.23 per test, including home delivery, through partnerships with Amazon Web Services and CareEvolution, at about half the cost of the average U.S. retail price of $12 per test. The program has already delivered more than 4.5 million tests to households in its first year.
"We're extending Project ACT because it's proven to be extremely efficient at delivering free tests to the Americans who need them most, and because state health departments tell us they need it to continue to meet their ongoing testing demand," said Mara Aspinall, Professor of Practice at Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions, and Advisor to The Rockefeller Foundation. "As new highly transmissible variants of Covid-19 continue to evolve, we know that testing is the most effective tool we have to empower Americans with the information they need to stay healthy."
The six states currently participating in the program requested to continue Project ACT as the demand for tests in these states remains strong. The Rockefeller Foundation provided the initial $7.45 million in January 2022 to pilot Project ACT, and in June 2022 expanded the program, with RFCC serving as the cost aggregator for states to pool their resources. The existing agreement, which was set to expire at the end of February, will now continue through June 2023.
"Over the past year, Project ACT has shown that public-private partnerships can deliver positive public health outcomes nimbly and efficiently," said Dominick J. Impemba, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, The Rockefeller Foundation. "States are paying below-market prices and tests are being delivered quickly — from the day states sign up to participate, we're able to set up online ordering, start processing orders, and deliver tests to mailboxes in under two weeks."
Support for Project ACT from Participating States:
- "A positive test early in the course of your illness allows you to protect yourself by providing an opportunity to seek treatment earlier, likely reducing severe disease," said Dr. Sameer Vohra, Illinois Department of Public Health Director. "We are grateful to The Rockefeller Foundation for partnering with us to make it possible for thousands of families in Illinois to have free access to at-home tests."
- "Project ACT has helped us tap into a well-developed testing infrastructure to support Kansans in communities without ready access to free testing for Covid-19," said Dr. Joan Duwve, State Health Officer, Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
- "Project ACT enables us to send free at-home tests directly to those in need, including in rural Maine where testing access is limited, while avoiding the logistical challenges of storing and distributing tens of thousands of tests," said Jeanne Lambrew, Maine Health and Human Services Commissioner.
- "Project ACT is an outstanding business model for providing another testing tool in an efficient and effective manner to all households within the State of Michigan," said Leonard Uller, Director of COVID-19 Testing for Michigan.
- "The price point is a game changer," said Miranda Durham, New Mexico Medical Director for the Infectious Disease Bureau. "There is no question that having this resource helped us maintain testing during the surge."
- "Partnering with Project ACT helps us improve access to testing, especially in our communities with historic lack of access to health care," said Secretary Kody H. Kinsley, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
State health departments determine how many tests to purchase to ensure residents of target communities have access to tests. Target communities are those where the risk of contracting Covid-19 has been higher due to geographic challenges as well as structural and racial inequities. The most recent CDC data shows both hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19 have been higher for Black and Latino Americans. Health departments identify these communities based on their own criteria, informed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Social Vulnerability Index, combined with state data on Covid-19 burden.
Since launching in 2020, RF Catalytic Capital has leveraged innovative financing solutions to help impact investors, businesses, and governments combine their resources to address gaps in financing and bring about transformational change. In addition to its work to keep test prices low for participating Project ACT states, RFCC projects include:
- Connecting the leading international scientific institutions to Global.health, an open-source technology platform enabling access to real-time data on infectious disease outbreaks;
- Providing funding to accelerate the World Bank's work to expand low- and middle-income countries' pandemic prevention and response programs;
- Launching the Periodic Table of Food Initiative to standardize food analysis and quantify the biochemical components of food to catalyze breakthroughs in nutrition and agriculture;
- Launching the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet to accelerate investment in green energy transitions and renewable power solutions in developing and emerging economies.
Eligible individuals in vulnerable communities can order free Covid-19 tests through www.AccessCovidTests.org. Each household will receive one kit with five tests, typically within a week of ordering.
About The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering philanthropy built on collaborative partnerships at the frontiers of science, technology, and innovation that enable individuals, families, and communities to flourish. We work to promote the well-being of humanity and make opportunity universal and sustainable. Our focus is on scaling renewable energy for all, stimulating economic mobility, and ensuring equitable access to health care and nutritious food. For more information, sign up for our newsletter at rockefellerfoundation.org and follow us on Twitter @RockefellerFdn.
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PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PBF Logistics LP (NYSE:PBFX) announced today that it will release its earnings results for the second quarter 2022 on Thursday, July 28, 2022. The company will host a conference call and webcast regarding quarterly results and other business matters on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. ET.
The call is being webcast and can be accessed at PBF Logistics' website, http://www.pbflogistics.com. The call can also be accessed by dialing (877) 407-8029 or (201) 689-8029. The audio replay will be available approximately two hours after the end of the call and will be available through the company's website.
About PBF Logistics LP
PBF Logistics LP (NYSE: PBFX), headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, is a fee-based, growth-oriented master limited partnership formed by PBF Energy to own or lease, operate, develop and acquire crude oil and refined petroleum products terminals, pipelines, storage facilities and similar logistics assets.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s showcase of local sports history will soon shut its doors for good and move online only.
The Iowa Hall of Pride, which is located within the Iowa Events Center, is closing on June 30, the Iowa High School Athletics Association announced Wednesday. Instead, it will move elements of the museum such as interviews to a new website called “Achieve.”
The IHSAA cited low museum attendance after the pandemic as the main reason for the closure. The organization claims the post-2020 visitor numbers made it financially impossible to maintain the physical museum and its technology.
“It was an awesome location,” said IHSAA communications director Chris Cuellar. “Between business hours and declining museum visitors, and then added upkeep even though fewer people are going, we’re just going to try and take all that we possibly can and put it online.”
The Iowa Events Center has not determined what will fill the space soon to be vacated by the Hall of Pride.
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Measured positioned for profitable growth with expanded capacity and strategic partnerships
SALT LAKE CITY, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopius, the global specialty lines (re)insurer, and Measured Analytics and Insurance ("Measured"), the AI-powered cyber insurance provider, today announced a new capacity partnership to offer cyber insurance and cybersecurity solutions to small and midsize businesses ("SMBs") in the United States. Canopius joins Paris-based SCOR, one of the world's leading reinsurers, which has been a long-standing lead capacity provider for Measured's strategic growth.
The new partnership will combine Canopius' and SCOR's cyber expertise and global reach with Measured's innovative approach to cyber risk management.
"We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Measured Analytics and Insurance, as it marks a step forward in our mission to provide comprehensive cyber insurance solutions to small and midsize businesses across the United States," said Jenny Soubra, US Head of Cyber and Tech E&O at Canopius. "When combined with Canopius' and SCOR's expertise, together we are equipped to deliver unparalleled cyber protection to customers. Measured's innovative approach to cyber risk management aligns seamlessly with our capabilities, resulting in a strategic partnership positioned to drive transformative change."
Global insurers seeking growth with discipline in cyber insurance demand analytic rigor, technology expertise, and dynamic risk insight across the underwriting value chain. Measured's solutions leverage artificial intelligence, proprietary threat insights and behind the firewall data to identify security threats and reduce businesses' potential exposure. For insurers, this creates a better customer experience and manages risk and profitability.
"Best in class underwriting coupled with differentiated scalable distribution are the key capabilities for strong profitable growth in the cyber insurance market," said Benjamin Auray, Chief Underwriting Officer - Global Head of MGA at SCOR. "We believe Measured's data-driven approach to tracking exposure in real-time creates smarter insurance products. Measured is built to scale quickly and grow responsibly, powered by partnerships and proprietary data."
With the proliferation of threat actors and the rise in cyber incidents, the global (re)insurance market has raised expectations for analytic rigor to profitably underwrite. This heightened discipline, coupled with rising demand for cyber coverage, has resulted in price increases and coverage contraction.
Measured makes it easier to obtain cyber coverage through creative partnerships with market leaders in insurance and cyber technology. Measured's proprietary analytics and technology-oriented underwriting generate deeper insights for insurers and greater value for customers at the initiation of a policy. When combined with the cyber hygiene enhancements of its cybersecurity partners, Measured delivers actionable insight around customers' ongoing security posture.
"Measured is uniquely positioned to provide innovative solutions for organizations seeking cyber insurance," commented Measured CEO, Jack Vines. "We're more than an insurance provider, we're a reliable, AI-powered cyber risk management partner. We appreciate the strategic advantage provided by SCOR's commitment of capacity and expertise to date. Together, we're better than ever at making our customers safer and more secure, thanks to having Canopius and SCOR at our side."
About Measured Analytics and Insurance
Measured Analytics and Insurance is a U.S.-based cyber insurance provider that utilizes proprietary, AI-rich data analytics and national security grade threat intelligence to deliver smarter cyber insurance products. The combination of flexible cyber underwriting solutions, data-driven insights and strategic partnerships with leading cybersecurity companies makes Measured the cyber risk solutions provider of choice. Learn more at measuredinsurance.com.
About Canopius
Canopius is a global specialty (re)insurer with underwriting operations in Australia, Bermuda, China, Singapore, the U.K., and the U.S. It underwrites through Lloyd's Syndicate 4444 (managed by Canopius Managing Agents Limited), a U.S. surplus lines insurer, Canopius US Insurance, Inc and Canopius Reinsurance Ltd, a Bermuda-based Class 4 Insurer.
For more information, visit www.canopius.com or follow @CanopiusGroup.
About SCOR, a Global Tier 1 Reinsurer
About SCOR
SCOR, a leading global reinsurer, offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying "The Art & Science of Risk," SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society.
SCOR offers its clients a tier one reinsurer rating from Standard & Poor's, AM Best, Moody's and Fitch.
The Group generated premiums of EUR 19.7 billion in 2022 and serves clients in more than 160 countries from its 35 offices worldwide.
For more information, visit: www.scor.com.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers began debating a proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday that would trim the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters who are seeking political reforms and solutions to the country’s dire economic crisis.
The Indian Ocean country is effectively bankrupt. Severe shortages of essential imports such as fuel and medicine set off massive demonstrations that led to the resignations of the president, prime minister and key Cabinet ministers several months ago.
The protesters, including many students and activists, have been demanding reforms to ensure transparency and accountability.
Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told Parliament that the proposed amendment would transfer some presidential powers, including the appointment of officials, to a constitutional council comprising lawmakers and respected non-politicians. The council would recommend candidates for appointment to the president.
Rajapakshe said the proposal would help ensure the independence of the judiciary and public service.
Under the proposed amendment, presidents could only appoint senior judges, attorney generals, central bank governors, police, election commissioners, and bribery and corruption investigators on the recommendation of the council. The prime minister would recommend Cabinet appointments, and the president would not be allowed to hold any Cabinet positions except defense.
The bill will be debated on Thursday and Friday and a vote will be held on Friday. It must be approved by two-thirds of the 225-member Parliament to become law.
Current President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who succeeded ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in July, has promised to limit the powers of the presidency and strengthen Parliament.
If passed into law, the bill would reinstate many democratic reforms made in 2015. Rajapaksa reversed those reforms and concentrated power in the presidency after being elected in 2019.
The protesters blame Rajapaksa and his powerful family for years of mismanagement and corruption. Many remain skeptical of Wickremesinghe and accuse him of trying to protect the former leader and his relatives. Wickremesinghe was elected by Parliament to complete Rajapaksa’s term, which ends in 2024.
Sri Lanka has suspended repayments of nearly $7 billion in foreign debt due this year pending the outcome of talks with the International Monetary Fund on an economic rescue package. The country’s total foreign debt exceeds $51 billion, of which $28 billion has to be repaid by 2027.
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(KRON) — A daughter reported her mother being held hostage by her ex-husband to the Brentwood Police Department. She told responding officers the suspect was chasing her mom around with a gun and was threatening to shoot her. That’s when police heard the first of many gunshots.
Body cam footage released by the Brentwood Police Department Tuesday of an officer shooting a suspect in March shows the moments leading up to the shooting that left the victim and the suspect injured. The suspect was holding a woman hostage at an apartment building before shooting at responding officers.
Police received a call around 9 p.m. on March 12 during which a woman told them a man was holding her mom at gunpoint against her will at the Brentwood Parks Apartment building. The caller told police to come without sirens because of how the suspect might react.
“If he sees the police he’s going to start shooting,” the caller said.
The caller identified the suspect as Joshua Smith, her mom’s ex-husband, and said that he might be out on parole.
The reporting party confronted the responding officers and told them Smith and her mom were “running around” and that her mom had tried to get into the car with her, but Smith threatened to shoot her. Then they heard the first of several gunshots.
Officers immediately responded to the apartment in question. Officers confirmed Smith had a hostage.
Video shows the suspect peer over at the officers as they rounded a corner and fire several more shots. His head is visible through a metal railing. Screaming can also be heard in the background.
Brentwood police officer Sares fired one shot which went through the metal railing.
Police said upon investigation into the shooting, the metal railing shredded the bullet from the officer and sent shrapnel flying hitting both the suspect and the victim.
Both were taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. They also recovered Smith’s loaded gun and shell casings from the scene.
Smith was arrested after release from the hospital and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility and charged with three counts of attempted murder on a police officer, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, felony assault and battery and other firearm-related charges with enhancements.
The Contra Costa County DA and Brentwood Police Department are also conducting an investigation and internal review of the shooting.
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(The Conversation) – Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to beliefs that Freemasons were trying to topple European monarchies. In the mid-20th century, historian Richard Hofstadter described a “paranoid style” that he observed in right-wing U.S. politics and culture: a blend of “heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy.”
But the “golden age” of conspiracy theories, it seems, is now. On June 24, 2022, the unknown leader of the QAnon conspiracy theory posted online for the first time in over a year. QAnon’s enthusiasts tend to be ardent supporters of Donald Trump, who made conspiracy theories a signature feature of his political brand, from Pizzagate and QAnon to “Stop the Steal” and the racist “birther” movement. Key themes in conspiracy theories – like a sinister network of “pedophiles” and “groomers,” shadowy “bankers” and “globalists” – have moved into the mainstream of right-wing talking points.
Much of the commentary on conspiracy theories presumes that followers simply have bad information, or not enough, and that they can be helped along with a better diet of facts.
But anyone who talks to conspiracy theorists knows that they’re never short on details, or at least “alternative facts.” They have plenty of information, but they insist that it be interpreted in a particular way – the way that feels most exciting.
My research focuses on how emotion drives human experience, including strong beliefs. In my latest book, I argue that confronting conspiracy theories requires understanding the feelings that make them so appealing – and the way those feelings shape what seems reasonable to devotees. If we want to understand why people believe what they believe, we need to look not just at the content of their thoughts, but how that information feels to them. Just as the “X-Files” predicted, conspiracy theories’ acolytes “want to believe.”
Thinking and feeling
Over 100 years ago, the American psychologist William James noted: “The transition from a state of perplexity to one of resolve is full of lively pleasure and relief.” In other words, confusion doesn’t feel good, but certainty certainly does.
He was deeply interested in an issue that is urgent today: how information feels, and why thinking about the world in a particular way might be exciting or exhilarating – so much so that it becomes difficult to see the world in any other way.
James called this the “sentiment of rationality”: the feelings that go along with thinking. People often talk about thinking and feeling as though they’re separate, but James realized that they’re inextricably related.
For instance, he believed that the best science was driven forward by the excitement of discovery – which he said was “caviar” for scientists – but also anxiety about getting things wrong.
The allure of the 2%
So how does conspiracy theory feel? First of all, it lets you feel like you’re smarter than everyone. Political scientist Michael Barkun points out that conspiracy theory devotees love what he calls “stigmatized knowledge,” sources that are obscure or even looked down upon.
In fact, the more obscure the source is, the more true believers want to trust it. This is the stock in trade of popular podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience” – “scientists” who present themselves as the lone voice in the wilderness and are somehow seen as more credible because they’ve been repudiated by their colleagues. Ninety-eight percent of scientists may agree on something, but the conspiracy mindset imagines the other 2% are really on to something. This allows conspiracists to see themselves as “critical thinkers” who have separated themselves from the pack, rather than outliers who have fallen for a snake oil pitch.
One of the most exciting parts of a conspiracy theory is that it makes everything make sense. We all know the pleasure of solving a puzzle: the “click” of satisfaction when you complete a Wordle, crossword or sudoku. But of course, the whole point of games is that they simplify things. Detective shows are the same: All the clues are right there on the screen.
Powerful appeal
But what if the whole world were like that? In essence, that’s the illusion of conspiracy theory. All the answers are there, and everything fits with everything else. The big players are sinister and devious – but not as smart as you.
QAnon works like a massive live-action video game in which a showrunner teases viewers with tantalizing clues. Followers make every detail into something profoundly significant.
When Donald Trump announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, for instance, he tweeted, “We will get through this TOGETHER.” QAnon followers saw this as a signal that their long-sought endgame – Hillary Clinton arrested and convicted of unspeakable crimes – was finally in play. They thought the capitalized word “TOGETHER” was code for “TO GET HER,” and that Trump was saying that his diagnosis was a feint in order to beat the “deep state.” For devotees, it was a perfectly crafted puzzle with a neatly thrilling solution.
It’s important to remember that conspiracy theory very often goes hand in hand with racism – anti-Black racism, anti-immigrant racism, antisemitism and Islamophobia. People who craft conspiracies – or are willing to exploit them – know how emotionally powerful these racist beliefs are.
It’s also key to avoid saying that conspiracy theories are “simply” irrational or emotional. What James realized is that all thinking is related to feeling – whether we’re learning about the world in useful ways or whether we’re being led astray by our own biases. As cultural theorist Lauren Berlant wrote in 2016, “All the messages are emotional,” no matter which political party they come from.
Conspiracy theories encourage their followers to see themselves as the only ones with their eyes open, and everyone else as “sheeple.” But paradoxically, this fantasy leads to self-delusion – and helping followers recognize that can be a first step. Unraveling their beliefs requires the patient work of persuading devotees that the world is just a more boring, more random, less interesting place than one might have hoped.
Part of why conspiracy theories have such a strong hold is that they have flashes of truth: There really are elites who hold themselves above the law; there really is exploitation, violence and inequality. But the best way to unmask abuses of power isn’t to take shortcuts – a critical point in “Conspiracy Theory Handbook,” a guide to combating them that was written by experts on climate change denial.
To make progress, we have to patiently prove what’s happening – to research, learn and find the most plausible interpretation of the evidence, not the one that’s most fun.
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LONDON (AP) — Russia’s war in Ukraine and the energy and food crises it worsened will severely drag down global economic growth and push up inflation this year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Wednesday.
China’s “zero-COVID” policies, which have further scrambled manufacturing supply chains, also are weighing on a world economy that was just starting to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Paris-based OECD said, becoming the latest institution to slash its growth forecast and underscoring the dimming economic outlook.
The OECD, a club of largely wealthy nations, expects the global economy to expand 3% in 2022, down from the 4.5% that it predicted in December.
Inflation is forecast at nearly 9% for the OECD’s 38 member countries, which include the United States, United Kingdom and many European nations, nearly double the previous estimate.
The World Bank, the United Nations, and the International Monetary Fund have made similar downgrades to their economic forecasts recently.
“Russia’s war is indeed imposing a heavy price on the global economy,” OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann said at a press conference in Paris. He urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop this atrocious, senseless war now.”
The organization released its forecast as it gears up for a two-day annual meeting starting Thursday, attended by government ministers and featuring video remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The OECD warned that the economic turmoil will hit the poor the hardest. The war is disrupting supplies of food staples like wheat and energy, of which Russia and Ukraine are major global suppliers, fanning inflation that eats away at disposable income and living standards, it said.
The war is hurting economic growth in European nations the most because they are more exposed to the war through trade and energy links. But the OECD also raised the alarm about poor countries farther afield facing food shortages.
“We’re very concerned about the food situation in low-income countries. The war is really sending shockwaves all the way to Africa and the Middle East,” OECD chief economist Laurence Boone said. “The war could spark starvation. It could cause social unrest and political turmoil.”
She said China, long an engine of global growth, has become a source of economic volatility by “gumming up supply chains” already snarled by the pandemic.
China’s pandemic-fighting policies involving draconian lockdowns in Shanghai and other cities brought economic life to a standstill. That’s left a backlog of container ships waiting to dock at Chinese ports and companies worldwide facing problems with deliveries of their goods, highlighting supply chain bottlenecks that threaten to raise prices for consumers, Boone said.
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Here’s a roundup of high school varsity action from Thursday, March 24.
Boys lacrosse
Havre de Grace 10, Harford Tech 7: Wyatt Molyneux had three goals and two assists to lead the visiting Warriors past the Cobras. Logan Rogers and Cole Bravo each added two goals in the win. Garrett Gladfelter had a goal and two assists. Liam Whitehead made 10 saves.
Malvern Prep (Pa.) 12, Calvert Hall 11: The host Cardinals (1-3) put together a late comeback, but fell short to the Friars (2-0) on Thursday. The loss was the third straight.
McDonogh 8, Nobles and Greenough (Mass.) 5: The host Eagles (6-0) went on a 4-0 run in the fourth quarter to secure a comeback victory over the Bulldogs (0-1). Brendan Millon (two goals and an assist) had the tying goal with 11:24 left to play and AJ Marsh scored the go-ahead on an assist from Luke Miller (two goals) with 9:21 left to play for McDonogh.
Bullis 8, Archbishop Spalding 7: The visiting Bulldogs (3-1) outscored the Cavaliers (1-4), 4-1, in the second half to win. Virginia-bound Chase Band scored his fourth goal with 7:18 remaining for an 8-6 Bullis lead. The loss was the fourth straight.
Daily Top Stories
Gilman 12, Western Reserve (Ohio) 11: The host Greyhounds (1-2) scored 10 goals in the second half to outlast the Pioneers (5-2). In the final minute of play, Jay Wilkerson completed his hat trick for an 11-8 Gilman lead with five minutes left to play. Warry Colhoun scored on an empty net for a 12-10 lead with 45 seconds left to play.
St. Paul’s 12, Landon 9: The visiting Crusaders (2-3) have won their past two games. The Bears fell to 0-2.
Girls lacrosse
Century 12, Gerstell 6: Marley Carfine matched the Falcons herself with six goals as the Knights moved to 2-0. Jane Brewer tallied a hat trick in the win, while Delaney Sandbank, Natalie Opatovsky and Harli Hamlett also scored. Sandbank also had three assists.
Severna Park 15, North County 2: Alyssa Gore-Chung had a hat trick to lead the host Falcons over the Knights. Jaclyn Bange made eight saves for North County.
Broadneck 18, Arundel 8: The host Bruins (2-0) beat the Wildcats. Broadneck used tough defense and transition offense to win.
South River 12, Southern 9: Alex Alto had a hat trick to lead the visiting Seahawks over the Bulldogs.
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Expected to Spur Development of Autonomous Driving Technology in Preparation for the SDV(Software Defined Vehicle) Era
LAS VEGAS and SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 6th, HL Klemove, which specializes in autonomous driving solutions for HL Group, signed an MOU with Sonatus, a company specializing in vehicular communication & data, at the 2023 CES in Las Vegas. The two companies have agreed to collaborate on the development of next-generation automotive architecture technology, in preparation for the upcoming "Software Defined Vehicle (SDV)" era, where mobility will be software-centered. Pal-joo Yoon, Hyung-jin Kang (CEO and CTO of HL Klemove, respectively), Jeffrey Chou and John Heinlein (CEO and CMO of Sonatus, respectively), attended the signing ceremony.
Most vehicles are equipped with 'distributed control architectures', where dozens of electronic controllers function individually to provide mobility solutions. In this form of architecture, application of new software is much restricted due to each controller's hardware-related constraints and other complex interrelations. To address this problem, diverse attempts are being made to integrate multiple electronic controllers on the next-generation automotive architecture. This phenomenon can be observed in DCU(Domain Control Unit), which integrates controllers of different functions, as well as in Z-ECU(Zonal Electronic Control Unit) which integrate controllers of different zones regardless of Functions and Zones. Building upon the successful commercialization of DCU for autonomous driving, HL Klemove, in collaboration with Sonatus, plans to accelerate the development of next-generation automotive architecture technologies, including Z-ECU.
A vast amount of data is required to operate mobility solutions. Given that, stable data communication in a vehicle is an essential requirement for controller integration—the biggest reason for HL Klemove's partnership with Sonatus. Sonatus not only possesses a high-quality communication platform, but it also succeeded in commercialization of vehicle communication controls, such as *CCU(Central Communication Unit). The two companies plan to focus on developing next-generation integrated control platforms; a prerequisite for realizing future vehicles such as SDV(Software-Defined Vehicles).
HL Klemove's CEO, Pal-joo Yoon said at the CES site that day, "The CCU we introduced at CES was the first output of our collaboration with Sonatus," adding, "By building the next-generation automotive architecture, we will ensure thorough preparation is made when facing the new automotive paradigm; the SDV."
Sonatus, located in Silicon Valley is a mobility software developer founded in 2018, with a vision to helping vehicles become "Data Centers on Wheels." Global automakers are paying close attention to its network-based communication and data solution technologies.
About HL Klemove
HL Klemove is a leading global autonomous driving solution provider with over 2,100 patents and a proven track record. The company started anew through the merger of two companies, ADAS business unit that has spun off from HL Mando (KS 204320), the global automotive parts company, and Mando-Hella Electronics, a leader in the automotive electronic parts technology. HL Klemove offers end-to-end solution for L2+/L3 autonomous driving and plans to launch next generation autonomous driving products such as high-resolution camera and integrated domain control unit until 2025. The company serves over fifty (50) customers who are major OEMs and EV & autonomous driving vehicle start-ups, worldwide. HL Klemove currently has 3 manufacturing footprints in Songdo (Korea), Suzhou (China) and Chennai (India). The newly established corporation in Mexico will be supporting its customers in North America. In addition to the manufacturing footprints, the company is operating R&D centers globally in places such as Pangyo (Korea), Bengaluru (India), Suzhou (China) and Silicon Valley (US). HL Klemove promises safe and comfortable driving through its advanced sensors and SW algorithm, on the strength of strong electronic product capabilities. For more information, visit [www.hlklemove.com]
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Another season of fantasy football, another group of start-or-sit scenarios to answer.
It's not just enough to draft the right team and make the right moves off the waiver wire. We all know that. We also have to make sure that we are starting the correct players each week.
Of course, we have our studs, anchors, and the players we're starting virtually no matter what. We don't need anyone to tell us to start Travis Kelce.
But, the further down the lineup we go, the more those questions trickle in.
Then again, no player is a "must-sit" in every scenario, and perhaps the WR3 you've been plugging in each week may have a better alternative.
To answer the question, "Should I sit Player X," depends on the answer to the question, "Who can you start instead?"
That's why I like to switch up the typical start-or-sit column format. I'm going to be listing out all relevant fantasy football players each week and bucketing them into tiers.
Take some of the guesswork out of setting our lineups weekly, I'll be leveraging thousands of slate simulations that are based on numberFire's player projections with dynamic measures for variance, such as quarterback rushing, running back receiving, and receiver target depth.
The results will boil down to three tiers: players we should be confident about starting, players we can consider starting whenever we don't have better alternatives but who aren't must-plays, and players we should try to bench whenever we do have better alternatives (i.e. players listed above them on the list).
These players are listed in order of frequency of hitting the stated threshold (i.e. QB12, RB24, WR24, and TE12 performances), and higher on the list means more able to start.
The groupings reflect a 12-team, single-quarterback league with the following hypothetical in mind: if I had other viable options on my bench or the waiver wire, should I start this player this week?
Players not listed should be presumed sit-worthy in a shallow or standard-sized league, and all fantasy points references and rankings reflect half-PPR scoring.
QUARTERBACKS
Start with confidence:
— Josh Allen vs. NYJ (74%)
— Jalen Hurts at NYG (73%)
— Patrick Mahomes at DEN (69%)
— Joe Burrow vs. CLE (68%)
— Tua Tagovailoa at LAC (64%)
— Dak Prescott vs. HOU (61%)
— Justin Herbert vs. MIA (57%)
— Kirk Cousins at DET (55%)
— Geno Smith vs. CAR (50%)
Consider if needed:
— Jared Goff vs. MIN (49%)
— Kyler Murray vs. NE (49%)
— Deshaun Watson at CIN (49%)
— Derek Carr at LA (42%)
— Trevor Lawrence at TEN (39%)
— Tyler Huntley at PIT (39%)
— Daniel Jones vs. PHI (39%)
— Tom Brady at SF (38%)
— Russell Wilson vs. KC (37%)
— Mac Jones at ARI (36%)
— Kenny Pickett vs. BAL (36%)
Bench if possible:
Ryan Tannehill vs. JAC (31%); Mike White at BUF (29%); John Wolford vs. LV (29%); Kyle Allen at DAL (25%); Sam Darnold at SEA (25%); Brock Purdy vs. TB (22%).
John Wolford is considered day to day. Either he or Bryce Perkins would be low-end Tier 3 plays on a week with a clear hierarchy at quarterback.
Jared Goff's Detroit Lions really aired it out last week (with a 11.4% pass rate over expectation) and now face a solid Minnesota Vikings defense in a controlled environment. The Vikings have allowed the highest completion rate over expectation of any team in the NFL, though, and that should allow Goff to chip away in this matchup. In their first meeting this season (Week 3), Goff threw 41 times for 277 yards and a touchdown, but had really strong efficiency, so his QB18 outing in that could've been even better with better touchdown luck.
Tyler Huntley led the Baltimore Ravens to a Week 13 win in relief duty once Lamar Jackson left with a knee injury. Huntley had 187 passing yards on 32 attempts and ran 10 times for 41 yards, including three times in the red zone (a 75.0% red zone rushing share). Last season in his starts, Huntley put up 11.8, 35.9, 12.3, and 8.8 fantasy points with perhaps more receiving talent than he has at his disposal this time around. Huntley faces the Pittsburgh Steelers in a divisional matchup this week. He faced them in Week 18 last year with an outside chance to make the playoffs. He finished as the QB33 that week.
Although Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are winning games, they aren't doing it with elite offensive output and Brady has consistently been just a high-end QB2 for most of the season. He did finish as the QB8 in Week 13 thanks to another last-second rally. However, the more likely outcome is a mid-tier QB2 output against the San Francisco 49ers, who rank as a top-six D across various quarterback metrics.
RUNNING BACKS
Start with confidence:
— Josh Jacobs at LA (89%)
— Derrick Henry vs. JAC (88%)
— Rhamondre Stevenson at ARI (84%)
— Christian McCaffrey vs. TB (81%)
— Saquon Barkley vs. PHI (81%)
— Austin Ekeler vs. MIA (80%)
— Dalvin Cook at DET (75%)
— Joe Mixon vs. CLE (73% at full; 36% at half)
— Kenneth Walker III vs. CAR (73% at full)
— James Conner vs. NE (71%)
— Samaje Perine vs. CLE (66% without Mixon; 22% with Mixon)
— Nick Chubb at CIN (64%)
— Jamaal Williams vs. MIN (63%)
— Travis Etienne at TEN (62%)
— Ezekiel Elliott vs. HOU (62%)
— Miles Sanders at NYG (61%)
— Jeff Wilson at LAC (60%)
Consider if needed:
— Latavius Murray vs. KC (59%)
— D'Onta Foreman at SEA (59%)
— Tony Pollard vs. HOU (54%)
— D'Andre Swift vs. MIN (53%)
— Dameon Pierce at DAL (53%)
— Najee Harris vs. BAL (52%)
— Devin Singletary vs. NYJ (50%)
— Rachaad White at SF (50%)
— Isiah Pacheco at DEN (47%)
— Leonard Fournette at SF (46%)
— Raheem Mostert at LAC (46%)
— Cam Akers vs. LV (44%)
— Zonovan Knight at BUF (42%)
— James Cook vs. NYJ (39%)
— Gus Edwards at PIT (38%)
Bench if possible:
Chuba Hubbard at SEA (32%); Kareem Hunt at CIN (31%); DeeJay Dallas vs. CAR (29% without Walker); Jerick McKinnon at DEN (29%); Kenneth Gainwell at NYG (26%); Kenyan Drake at PIT (23%); Kyren Williams vs. LV (21%); Justin Jackson vs. MIN (18%); Jaylen Warren vs. BAL (18%); Michael Carter at BUF (18%); Ty Johnson at BUF (17%); Jordan Mason vs. TB (16%); Alexander Mattison at DET (16%).
Joe Mixon is initially projected with half of his usual workload.
Damien Harris is at a half projection.
Michael Carter is at a half projection.
Kenneth Walker III is initially projected to play; if he does not, the committee between DeeJay Dallas, Tony Jones Jr., and (potentially) Wayne Gallman would likely lead to weak production.
D'Andre Swift might be heating up just in time to make a fantasy football playoff surge. Swift's snap rate jumped up to 51.4% in Week 13 after sitting in the 30s for three straight weeks. He had 14 carries and six targets for 111 total scrimmage yards and he had five of seven red zone carries. In a matchup with the Vikings, who are an average matchup against running backs on the ground and 24th in adjusted fantasy points per target allowed to backs, Swift is once again startable with more than just a modicum of confidence.
Leonard Fournette's role surged back in Week 13 on Monday night. He played on 60.0% of the snaps for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and turned his 10 carries and seven targets into 81 yards. But Rachaad White still had a 41.3% snap rate and had a similar workload (nine carries, eight targets, and 69 total yards). Fournette had the majority of the red zone work, but both are viable this week even in a tough matchup with the 49ers.
James Cook might have had a Week 13 breakout on Thursday night. On 32 snaps apiece, Cook topped teammate Devin Singletary in carries (14 to 13), red zone chances (four to one), targets (six to two), and total yards (105 to 51). The Bills are up against the New York Jets, a tough defense. However, tied to one of the best offenses in football, Cook has entered the FLEX conversation for teams in need of running back help down the stretch.
WIDE RECEIVERS
Start with confidence:
— Tyreek Hill at LAC (84%)
— Justin Jefferson at DET (78%)
— Amon-Ra St. Brown vs. MIN (77%)
— Ja'Marr Chase vs. CLE (77%)
— Stefon Diggs vs. NYJ (74%)
— Davante Adams at LA (74%)
— A.J. Brown at NYG (72%)
— CeeDee Lamb vs. HOU (70%)
— DeAndre Hopkins vs. NE (67%)
— Tyler Lockett vs. CAR (63%)
— D.K. Metcalf vs. CAR (61%)
— Garrett Wilson at BUF (59%)
— Amari Cooper at CIN (59%)
— Deebo Samuel vs. TB (57%)
— Christian Kirk at TEN (56%)
— Jaylen Waddle at LAC (55%)
— Tee Higgins vs. CLE (52%)
— DeVonta Smith at NYG (50%)
Consider if needed:
— Jerry Jeudy vs. KC (49%)
— Keenan Allen vs. MIA (46%)
— Chris Godwin at SF (45%)
— Mike Williams vs. MIA (45% at full; 10% at half)
— D.J. Moore at SEA (44%)
— Gabe Davis vs. NYJ (44%)
— Diontae Johnson vs. BAL (41%)
— Mike Evans at SF (41%)
— Courtland Sutton vs. KC (39% at full; 12% at half)
— Donovan Peoples-Jones at CIN (38%)
— Josh Palmer vs. MIA (37% without Mike Williams)
— Adam Thielen at DET (37%)
— Zay Jones at TEN (36%)
— Mack Hollins at LA (36%)
— JuJu Smith-Schuster at DEN (35%)
— George Pickens vs. BAL (35%)
— Marquez Valdes-Scantling at DEN (34%)
— Tyler Boyd vs. CLE (32%)
— Jakobi Meyers at ARI (31%)
— Michael Gallup vs. HOU (31%)
— Brandon Aiyuk vs. TB (31%)
Bench if possible:
Van Jefferson vs. LV (29%); Robert Woods vs. JAC (29%); Marquise Brown vs. NE (26%); Corey Davis at BUF (23%); Darius Slayton vs. PHI (23%); Brandin Cooks at DAL (21%); D.J. Chark vs. MIN (21%); Nico Collins at DAL (20%); Julio Jones at SF (15%).
Notable initial half-projections that impact others: Courtland Sutton, Mike Williams, Rondale Moore.
Treylon Burks is assumed out after entering the concussion protocol.
The Buccaneers running backs are in a good situation overall, but how about the pass-catchers? Since Julio Jones' return in Week 8, Mike Evans has finished as the WR14, WR34, WR44, WR74, and WR45. He has not found the end zone since Week 4's two-touchdown outing. Chris Godwin has been better: WR28, WR31, WR14, WR4, and WR31. In that five-game stretch, Godwin easily leads the team with a 24.6% target share. Evans is a pretty distant second at 16.8%, and then Jones is down at 11.2%. It's a really difficult situation to trust — outside of Godwin.
Is it time to consider benching the week-winning potential of Gabe Davis? Davis has just one top-30 week since the Bills' Week 7 bye. That's despite target totals of seven, five, 10, seven, five, seven. In Week 9 against the Jets (this week's opponent), Davis was held to 33 yards on five targets to finish as the WR41. Davis does have a catch rate over expectation of -4.2% in that post-bye split, so an overcorrection could be coming, but he's not a sure thing for a team that is starting to lean more on the ground game than simply airing it out.
Tyler Boyd might benefit from the likely absence of tight end Hayden Hurst. Boyd dropped a wide-open touchdown last week, but now sets up in a matchup with the Cleveland Browns, who rank 29th in adjusted fantasy points per target allowed to receivers. Boyd has a 14.4% target share (5.4 per game) when sharing time with both Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, but in those games, Hurst has a 14.1% share. There are some extra targets to go around, and Boyd should see some of them, making all three of the Cincinnati Bengals' receivers viable to different degrees.
TIGHT END
Start with confidence:
— Travis Kelce at DEN (81%)
— Mark Andrews at PIT (65%)
— Dalton Schultz vs. HOU (55%)
— Pat Freiermuth vs. BAL (53%)
— T.J. Hockenson at DET (52%)
— Tyler Higbee vs. LV (51%)
— David Njoku at CIN (50% at full; 18% at half)
Consider if needed:
— George Kittle vs. TB (49%)
— Greg Dulcich vs. KC (47%)
— Foster Moreau at LA (46%)
— Chig Okonkwo vs. JAC (46%)
— Evan Engram at TEN (39%)
— Gerald Everett vs. MIA (39%)
— Noah Fant vs. CAR (38%)
— Hunter Henry at ARI (35%)
— Austin Hooper vs. JAC (35%)
Bench if possible:
Daniel Bellinger vs. PHI (32%); Mike Gesicki at LAC (31%); Tyler Conklin at BUF (24%); Mitchell Wilcox vs. CLE (24%); Will Dissly vs. CAR (22%); Dawson Knox vs. NYJ (22%); Isaiah Likely at PIT (20%); Cade Otton at SF (16%); Jordan Akins at DAL (15%).
Hayden Hurst is doubtful. He would be a low-end Tier 2 play if active.
George Kittle managers could be in a bind this week. Last week with Brock Purdy under center, Kittle had just two of the 36 targets (5.6%) from Purdy with an average target depth of 6.5 yards on them. Sure, he caught both passes for 22 yards, but the targets were funneled to the receivers and running backs rather than to Kittle. Now, Kittle draws the 18th-ranked tight end defense by adjusted fantasy points per target, and the Bucs rank third worst in catch rate over expectation allowed to tight ends. It won't feel good, but he's still a better start than virtually every Tier-2 option on the board at such a bad position.
Greg Dulcich has been a frustrating start lately. He has finished as the TE9, TE12, TE8, TE34, TE17, TE41, and TE4 since his debut. With Courtland Sutton injured, Dulcich could be the lead target-getter for the Denver Broncos against the Kansas City Chiefs. Dulcich leads all active, qualified tight ends in average target depth (11.6 yards, easily besting the position average of 6.9 yards).
Chig Okonkwo could be the answer for some tight end-needy teams this week. Okonkwo stands to see extra targets in a run-heavy offense with Treylon Burks in concussion protocol. Okonkwo has averaged 3.06 yards per route run, by far the highest rate at tight end among players with at least 75 routes. The position average rate is only 1.31.
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HOUSTON, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McDermott International welcomed key customers aboard its newly converted Amazon vessel for a christening ceremony in the port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
As part of McDermott's global deepwater subsea strategy, the vessel has undergone a sophisticated conversion. The upgraded specifications enable highly automated operations, the production of hex joints from single or double joints using an onboard multi-joint facility and a pipe hold capacity of 10,000 metric tons. Its increased level of automation also enables a significant reduction in the crew numbers required to safely perform pipelay operations.
"Customers around the world are looking to this game changing vessel to deliver their ultra-deepwater projects," said Mahesh Swaminathan, Senior Vice President, Subsea and Floating Facilities. "The world-class pipeline system, installation versatility and advanced technology behind the upgrade significantly elevates its ability to efficiently deliver safe, quality-driven results."
The vessel is designed to be self-sufficient, allowing easy transition from project to project and providing pull through opportunities for the rest of the McDermott subsea fleet.
McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach engineered to responsibly harness and transform global energy resources into the products the world needs. From concept to commissioning, McDermott's innovative expertise and capabilities advance the next generation of global energy infrastructure—empowering a brighter, more sustainable future for us all. Operating in over 54 countries, McDermott's locally-focused and globally-integrated resources include more than 30,000 employees, a diversified fleet of specialty marine construction vessels and fabrication facilities around the world. To learn more, visit www.mcdermott.com.
McDermott cautions that statements in this communication which are forward-looking, and provide other than historical information, involve risks, contingencies and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about the expected benefits and opportunities discussed in this press release. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct. Those statements are made by using various underlying assumptions and are subject to numerous risks, contingencies and uncertainties, including, among others: adverse changes in the markets in which we operate or credit or capital markets; our inability to successfully execute on contracts in backlog; changes in project design or schedules; the availability of qualified personnel; changes in the terms, scope or timing of contracts, contract cancellations, change orders and other modifications and actions by our customers and other business counterparties; changes in industry norms; actions by lenders, other creditors, customer and other business counterparties of McDermott and adverse outcomes in legal or other dispute resolution proceedings. If one or more of these risks materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expected. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. This communication reflects the views of McDermott's management as of the date hereof. Except to the extent required by applicable law, McDermott undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement.
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Spared from oblivion by an anonymous stranger, you are a fragile lamb saddled with a stiff debt: Build a cult from the ground up in honor of your savior.
A wacky, endlessly entertaining effort, "Cult of the Lamb" starts at full speed and hardly ever pauses for breath.
Devolver Digital, the mad scientists behind the likes of "Fall Guys," "Enter the Gungeon," and "Hotline Miami," has another watercooler game on its hands.
Phil Villarreal: Devolver Digital just gets it. It's a rare combination to be able to appeal to highbrow and plug-and-play audiences consistently, but the publisher nails the task with nearly every game it produces.
"Cult of the Lamb" hooked me from the get-go, with a clever hook of an intro that sucked me in right away. The subtle ways in which the game indoctrinates you into its spell are entrancing. Subtly and slowly, you combine the skillset it takes to survive, thrive,s and fail in your quest to build your following.
The visuals reminded me of "Castle Crashers," and the soundtrack helped ratchet up the tension. I adore this game. Were you as taken with it, Sean?
Sean Newgent: Devolver's "Inscryption" earlier this year took the deck-building genre and completely reinvented it. "Cult of the Lamb" is a similar experience, mashing genres into a comprehensive and delightful reimagining of a tired, overdone genre.
From the beginning, the game pulled me in with the art. Cutesy animals like something out of "Peppa Pig" being indoctrinated into a devilish cult have a certain dark whimsy to them that it's hard not to smile at. Watching these frightened, cute little creatures become influenced by the dark proselytizing of the player character is satisfying in a twisted way.
The gameplay comes in two parts. You have the roguelite section where you swing around an edged weapon of some denomination "Zelda" style, collecting items and power-ups as you work your way toward a generally very tough boss who will whoop you and force you to go back and reevaluate your strategy and continue grinding for better abilities and weapons.
That comes in the form of a kind of cult simulator. The hub world allows you to indoctrinate followers you collect in the dungeons and build your cult's little parcel of land to be as efficient as possible with food, bedding, hygiene, and other necessary items for a successful religion. As you decide who does what and offer sermons to level up your abilities, you also must keep the cult happy and healthy. Otherwise, you'll see all your followers slink off to other religions or the great beyond.
Which gameplay elements did you find the most satisfying, Phil?
Phil: I'm not a huge fan of games like "Animal Crossing" and "Stardew Valley," but I was oddly attracted to the village management aspects of the game. It gave me a sense of pride and accomplishment to complete the quest and bolster my base.
The not-so-subtle mockery of the influence of religious and political demagoguery was fantastic. There is a thrill in the cynical manipulation and coercion of your innocent marks; wielding them as surrogate weapons carries a guilty pleasure.
Though leaning toward the simplistic side, the challenge—reward loop is thoroughly satisfying, and the procedural generation ensures that no two playthroughs will be the same. I was surprised about how enraptured in its world I became. "Cult of the Lamb" is quickly becoming one of my go-to's as I take a break from meatier endeavors.
Final thoughts, Sean?
Sean: "Cult of the Lamb" can be as deep and rewarding or simple and exciting as you want. While you don't necessarily need to focus on the cult-building aspect if you are more into the dungeon-crawling. It's an adorable facade masking a cynical, dark story subtly told through minuscule dialogue and the gothic environment. "Cult of the Lamb" is fast-paced yet deeply rewarding and a nonstop thrill ride that can take you from decapitating unbelievers to scooping up your followers' excrement in the span of a couple of minutes, and the latter activity is just as fun as the former (somehow).
"Cult of the Lamb" is sure to show up on my list of best games of this year; and I'll gladly join the cult of this game and offer it my indulgences (for $25, it's a small price for gaming heaven) and sermonize to every one of its greatness.
Publishers provided review codes. Phil played on Xbox Series X, and Sean played on PS4.
Past game reviews by Sean and Phil:
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Diablo II Resurrected
NEO: The World Ends with You
Rainbow Six: Extraction
King of Fighters XV
WWE 2K22
Weird West
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Capcom Fighting Collection
Capcom Arcade: 2nd Stadium
Stray
Digimon Survive
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Crooked Media partners with publisher Zando for book imprint
NEW YORK (AP) — A leading progressive media company, founded by three former members of the Obama administration, has formed a book imprint with the independent publisher Zando. On Tuesday, Zando announced that it would partner with Crooked Media, founded in 2017 by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor, for an imprint called Crooked Media Reads. Crooked Media is known for such podcasts as “Pod Save America” and “Lovett or Leave It.” The three Crooked Media founders say in a statement that they want to “point listeners to brilliant authors helping to break down the big challenges we face as a country.”
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A group of parents in the Rochester City School District are sounding the alarm after their kids came home this week saying a teacher at the School of the Arts engaged in racist remarks and activities.
Students who spoke with News 8 said the 7th-grade social studies teacher brought bags of cotton to school, and made students pick out seeds. They said on another occasion, the teacher brought in shackles and handcuffs to use on the students during a lesson.
“He said, ‘It’s cotton, you’re going to be picking cotton today,’ so I immediately was like, ‘Oh, I’m not doing that,’” said student Janasia Brown. “And then he was like, ‘Do it. It’s for a good grade.’”
Students said the teacher favored the white students in class. They said during the cotton-picking incident – students in the class got up to throw out their cotton, refusing to participate, but only the white students were allowed to do so.
“I just felt ashamed to be my own race,” said student Jahmiere O’Neal. “He made me feel degraded.”
Vialma Ramos-O’Neal says her son came home and told her the same things.
“I honestly did not believe him, because I never would have expected anything like that to be happening in this day and age,” she said. “The children of color were not given a choice and whether or not they wanted to partake in this, the Caucasian children were able to decline throw out their cotton and do as separate activity. But my child had to be forced to do that, as well as be handcuffed, as well as be shackled. Absolutely not. This is unacceptable.”
Students also say the teacher criticized their weight, and used “the R word” in class.
The Rochester City School District says teacher was placed on leave and an investigation is underway. The district is asking parents and students who were involved in this incident to contact them with that information.
“In a District of black and brown students, it is important to be sensitive of the historical framework by which our students are engaging and learning,” Rochester Board of Education President Cynthia Elliot said in a statement sent out Friday.
The Rochester Board of Education sent a letter to parents, saying a substitute teacher has been assigned to the class. That letter also says children in the class may be interviewed as part of the ongoing investigation.
Counselors will be available for any students who would like to discuss the incidents in question.
Statement from the Rochester Board of Education
The District was made aware of a lesson that caused great concern during a 7th grade Social Studies class at School of the Arts this past Tuesday. The teacher was immediately placed on leave, and an investigation is underway. The District takes these situations very seriously, as descriptions of what occurred in the classroom by the school community are extremely troubling. A letter was sent to the families of this teacher’s students informing them of the situation. In that letter, we provided an email address that families could use to share any relevant information and concerns.
Board President Cynthia Elliott stated, “In a District of black and brown students, it is important to be sensitive of the historical framework by which our students are engaging and learning.”
While this investigation is in process, we cannot provide any additional comments.
Letter sent to parents
As you may be aware, there was a lesson that caused great concern during your child’s Social Studies class this past Tuesday. I want to assure you that we take these allegations very seriously. The teacher was immediately placed on leave, and an investigation is underway.
A substitute teacher has been assigned to this class to ensure that learning is not interrupted. As we investigate this situation thoroughly, your child may be interviewed. If this occurs, you will be notified.
Please know that the social emotional well-being of our students is incredibly important to us. School counselors are available for students who may need to discuss this situation. In addition, if you have any information to share related to this, please email us at SOTAinfo@rcsdk12.org.
Thank you for your continued support as we work to resolve this situation.
School of the Arts Principal Kelly Nicastro
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- Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone together with MATSUKO develop easy-to-use platform for immersive 3D experiences merging virtuality with reality, as a simple phone call.
- Advances in connectivity, thanks to 5G and edge computing technology offered by telecom operators, make it possible to achieve smooth and natural movement of holograms, opening up a range of possible use cases.
BONN, Germany, MADRID, LONDON, PARIS, and KOŠICE, Slovakia, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading European telecom operators Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone, together with the deep tech company MATSUKO, have conducted a pilot to make holographic calls as easy and simple as making a straightforward phone call by interconnecting their deployments so that their customers can join a common holographic communication session. The companies are also developing a platform that combine the real and virtual worlds through a mobile connection, using a smartphone camera to generate a 2D video which is then rendered into 3D holograms in the Cloud to be streamed to viewers in an AR/VR/MR environment with a clarity and sharpness never previously possible.
The trial platform uses the attributes of 5G connectivity to overcome some of the challenges in creating realistic 3D imagery which existed until now. Holograms are created using the selfie camera of a smartphone to capture and transmit a real-time three-dimensional holographic image of a person before processing through an advanced 3D rendering engine. It then delivers a 'virtually there' immersive experience and displays it in a virtual environment or overlays it onto a real-world setting, using virtual and mixed reality glasses.
Having successfully completed the first phase of the collaboration, the parties will continue improving the underlying technology, with a focus on quality of service. The parties are currently examining the potential for broadcast-like delivery, creating the possibility of entire events or presentations to be conducted virtually with stunning realism.
The results have been encouraging, thanks to 5G and cutting-edge technology. Previous network-related issues that impeded the smooth and natural holographic movement of the holograms have been resolved.
Press contact:
Randy Adams
randy.adams@matsuko.com
650-228-3168
Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators, present in 26 countries and a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies.
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading telecommunications companies, with 248 million mobile customers, 26 million fixed-network lines, and 22 million broadband lines.
Telefónica is one of the world's leading telecommunications service providers, present in Europe and Latin America, where it has more than 365 million customers.
Vodafone is the largest pan-European and African technology communications company, present in 21 countries, and partners with mobile networks in 47 more, with 300m mobile customers and world leader in the Internet of Things (IoT).
MATSUKO's Holographic Presence is a software-only solution that allows modelling people into three dimensions and transferring them in real space and in real-time.
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CA Phoenix AZ Zone Forecast for Thursday, February 16, 2023
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.TONIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows 32 to 42. North wind 10 to
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cold. Lows 39 to 49. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and warmer. Highs 67 to 72. Northwest wind
5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming northeast around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 48. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 42 to 51.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 51.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy blowing dust after midnight.
Lows 47 to 53.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy blowing dust. Much cooler. Highs in
the lower to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of showers in
the evening. Colder. Lows 40 to 47.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
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5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 60 to 65. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph
in the morning becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Not as cool. Lows 43 to 53. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and warmer. Highs 66 to 71. Northwest wind
5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 42 to 52. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 62 to 72.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 45 to 54.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 64 to 74.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 44 to 55.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 64 to 76.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of showers.
Patchy blowing dust after midnight. Lows 42 to 54.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy
blowing dust. Much cooler. Highs 51 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Colder. Lows 40 to 49.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of showers. Highs
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 28 to 38. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 50 to 60. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 32 to 42. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly sunny.
Not as cool. Highs 56 to 66. North wind 5 to 10 mph in the morning
becoming east in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 34 to 44. South wind around
5 mph in the evening becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 55 to 69.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 36 to 47.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming
sunny. Highs 57 to 69.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 37 to 47.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 56 to 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 31 to 44.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny and much cooler. Highs 43 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and colder. Lows 26 to 37.
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VIDEO: Reckless drivers block traffic, hang out of windows with guns
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - Reckless drivers were seen doing donuts to stop traffic, and hanging out of windows while holding guns on video in Memphis.
According to WMC, a local driver filmed the incident Saturday afternoon, saying he was returning home after visiting the zoo with his children when the drivers began circling the area in front of him.
Memphis Police Department released a statement on the increase in reckless driving:
“The Memphis Police Department and other metropolitan cities across the nation have seen a similar increase in reckless driving and drag racing incidents. Acts of this nature are dangerous to those who choose to participate and to other citizens. The lives and safety of everyone who drives in our city are our priority, and these incidents will not be tolerated on Memphis streets and highways.
We will utilize every resource available to curb this trend and to ensure the safety and protection of all Memphians and our visitors. Recently, Chief Davis and her staff joined city council members, District Attorney General Mulroy, community leaders, and citizens at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library to discuss reckless driving in Memphis.
We encourage everyone to slow down, drive safely and be courteous of other drivers. The life you save could be your own.”
The department says incidents like these happen in seconds and encourages the public to help get vehicle descriptions and tag numbers if they can be obtained safely.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s work in the semiconductors and microelectronics industry has earned the university the title of one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.
Fast Company, the magazine behind the list, said Purdue was granted the No. 16 overall spot for “addressing the shortage of U.S. semiconductor engineers” with its Semiconductor Degrees Program.
The program was launched in 2022 and offers Purdue students opportunities to collaborate with NASA and the Department of Defense, including the latter’s federally funded SCALE initiative.
“The graduates from these programs – from PhDs to associate degree-holders – will be at the forefront of innovation as we revitalize American manufacturing,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo during a 2022 visit to research facilities on Purdue’s campus.
As Purdue described in a release, semiconductors are known as “tiny electronics that power almost everything with an ‘on’ switch.”
The university has also announced plans to build the Midwest’s first semiconductor chip design center and a $1.8 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility, thanks to its partnerships with MediaTek Inc. and SkyWater Technology, respectively.
Purdue, the only university to be ranked by Fast Company, also came in at No. 1 in education.
Companies like McDonald’s (No. 2), Airbnb (No. 3) and Microsoft (No. 6) were among the top 10. Artificial intelligence company OpenAI was the No. 1 company overall.
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Greater Boston’s housing market was soaring so high over the last two years, it had to cool down at some point. And now, it has.
The region’s housing market hit new lows in February, with the fewest single-family home sales seen in a single month since 2011, and the third straight month of year-over-year price declines, according to new figures out Tuesday from the Greater Boston Association of Realtors.
The cooldown is mostly thanks to interest rates, which have nearly doubled over the last year, meaning anyone taking out a mortgage to buy a new home now would have substantially higher monthly payments than they would have a year ago, for the same price house. Those rates have dissuaded would-be sellers from selling, leaving buyers with little to choose from and creating something of a housing market stalemate.
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“Even though it’s a less competitive market than it was at this time a year ago, it’s no less challenging for buyers,” said Alison Socha, the president of GBAR and an agent with Leading Edge Real Estate in Melrose. “Today’s higher mortgage rates have led to reduced purchasing power, especially for first-time buyers. We’ve also seen fewer listings on the market ahead of the spring selling season this year as many prospective sellers have opted to stay put.”
Just 414 single-family homes were sold in the 64 cities and towns covered by GBAR in February, a 15.9 percent drop from the 492 sales recorded in February 2022. It was the ninth straight month of year-over-year sales declines, and the fewest homes sold in any month since 409 sales were recorded in February 2011.
And perhaps even more striking: the median price on a single-family home in Greater Boston fell to $700,000 last month, down 7.6 percent from $757,500, the median price in February 2022. It was the largest year-over-year price drop since October 2011.
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“As mortgage rates have risen, the buyer pool has shrunk, so sellers can no longer be as aggressive on pricing, bidding wars have become less frequent, and buyers have more room for negotiation,” said Socha. “Currently there’s very little upward pressure on prices.”
And it’s easy to understand why.
The national average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage currently sits at 6.60 percent, according to Freddie Mac. That means a monthly payment on the median-priced house in Greater Boston is still almost $1,000 higher than it was on the same-priced house a year ago.
Those rates haven’t necessarily deterred buyers, who Socha said are already crowding open houses in hopes of securing a place, but they’ve discouraged most sellers from selling and taking a higher mortgage rate on whatever they buy next.
“Buyers are out in force, but sellers — unwilling to trade a low mortgage rate for today’s higher rate — are staying on the sidelines and that means inventory remains lower than normal for this time of year,” Orphe Divounguy, a senior economist at rental website Zillow, said in a statement.
That said, the spring market is around the corner, and real estate agents are still expecting activity to pick up dramatically. Active listings were already up roughly 30 percent last month over February 2022. Sales will increase again, although they may be muted slightly if interest rates remain high. And ultimately, thanks to the region’s housing supply shortage, prices will inevitably begin to rise again, though by how much remains to be seen.
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“It almost doesn’t matter how expensive something is, and homes are a great example of that,” said Cassie Norton, associate publisher at The Warren Group, a local real estate data analysis firm. “If there’s not enough of it, it’s going to get more expensive.”
Andrew Brinker can be reached at andrew.brinker@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at @andrewnbrinker.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States on Wednesday urged the International Court of Justice to throw out a case brought by Iran seeking to claw back around $2 billion worth of frozen Iranian assets that the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Tehran.
The leader of the U.S. legal team, Richard Visek, told the U.N. court that it should invoke, for the first time, a legal principle known as “unclean hands,” under which a nation can't bring a case because of its own criminal actions linked to the case.
“Iran’s case should be dismissed in its entirety based on the principle of unclean hands,” Visek told the judges sitting in the court's Great Hall of Justice.
“The essence of this threshold defense is that Iran’s own egregious conduct, its sponsorship of terrorist acts directed against the United States and U.S. nationals, lies at the very core of its claims,” Visek said.
The Hague-based court has never used the “unclean hands” defense as a reason to toss out a case, but it has been successfully cited in international arbitration cases, Visek said.
“The United States submits that if there was ever a case for application of the principle of unclean hands — one that we recognize should be considered only in narrow circumstances — it is this case,” Visek said.
On Monday, Iran said the U.S. asset confiscation was an attempt to destabilize the Tehran government and a violation of international law.
Iran took its claim to the world court in 2016 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that money held in Iran’s central bank could be used to compensate the 241 victims of a 1983 bombing — believed to be linked to Tehran — of a U.S. military base in Lebanon.
The world court ruled it had jurisdiction to hear the case in 2019, rejecting an argument from the U.S. that its national security interests superseded the 1955 Treaty of Amity, which promised friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
“The freedom of navigation and commerce guaranteed by the treaty have been gravely breached,” Tavakol Habibzadeh, head of international legal affairs for Iran, told the 14-judge panel on Monday.
At stake in the case being heard this week are $1.75 billion in bonds, plus accumulated interest, belonging to the Iranian state but held in a Citibank account in New York.
Visek also told judges that Iran's claims should be rejected because the frozen assets are state holdings not covered by the treaty.
In 1983, a truck bomb detonated at a U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 American troops. Minutes later, a second blast nearby killed 58 French soldiers. Iran has denied involvement, but a U.S. District Court judge found Tehran responsible in 2003. That ruling said Iran’s ambassador to Syria at the time called “a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and instructed him to instigate the Marine barracks bombing.”
The United States terminated the 1955 Treaty of Amity in 2018 in response to an order by the International Court of Justice in a separate case to lift sanctions against Iran. Then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said withdrawing from the treaty was long overdue and followed Iran “groundlessly” bringing a complaint to the court alleging that U.S. sanctions were a violation of the pact.
Both the sanctions case and the asset confiscation case are continuing because they were filed before Washington scrapped the treaty.
The two countries have had no diplomatic relations since the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover by militant students in Tehran.
Judges are likely to take months to issue a ruling in the case. The court's judgments are final and legally binding.
Wednesday's hearing in The Hague came on the day that U.S. President Joe Biden and Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi will be giving speeches on the second day of the U.N. General Assembly ’s first fully in-person meeting since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — For the fifth consecutive year, Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) has once again broken its record of saving lives.
In 2022, 239 organ donors and 539 tissue donors resulted in nearly 600 lives saved across the Commonwealth — a 23% increase in organ donation compared to 2021 and the most lives saved in any year.
Partnerships with 112 hospitals and area transplant centers throughout the region supported the organization and made another year of record-breaking donation numbers possible.
KODA also has partnerships with the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks, Donate Life KY, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Eye Bank of Kentucky, Coroners, and Medical Examiners, which are key to the mission’s success.
Eye Bank of Kentucky reported 710 cornea donors gave the gift of sight in 2022, resulting in 1106 total transplanted corneas. KY Circuit Court Clerks’ Trust For Life says more than 90,000 people joined Kentucky’s confidential organ donor registry, stating their wish to be donors and help others.
Currently, the number of people waiting for a transplant still far exceeds the available number of organs, tissues, and corneas. There are 1,032 individuals in Kentucky waiting for a life-saving organ transplant and thousands of others who will be in need of a tissue or cornea transplant in 2023.
Those interested in becoming donors can register online at RegistermeKY.org.
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The accounts are horrific. Women killed while carrying babies on their backs, the wounded hunted down and villagers watching the execution of their neighbors, fearing they’d be next. These are some of the atrocities allegedly perpetrated by Burkina Faso’s security forces in the north of the country, according to a statement Tuesday by locals from the village of Karma where the violence took place.
It was early morning last Thursday, when people in the village in Yatenga province, awoke to a large group of armed men in military fatigues, driving motorcycles and armored pickup trucks. “Some villagers, happy to see ‘our soldiers’, came out of their houses to welcome them. Unfortunately, this joy was cut short when the first shots rang out, also causing the first casualties,” said the statement from the villagers.
At least 150 civilians may have been killed and many others injured in the violence, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, in a statement Tuesday. The U.N. is calling for a prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigation into what it called the “horrific killing of civilians”.
Earlier this week, Burkina Faso’s prosecutor said it had already opened an investigation into the killings, but put the death toll at 60, less than half the number estimated by the U.N. and local residents.
Jihadi fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have waged a violent insurgency in Burkina Faso for seven years. The violence has killed thousands of people and divided the country, leading to two coups last year.
Since Capt. Ibrahim Traore seized power in September 2022 during the second coup, extrajudicial killings of civilians have increased, according to rights groups and residents.
This incident — one of the deadliest against civilians by security forces — comes amid mounting allegations against the military for committing abuses against those it believes to be supporting the jihadis.
Earlier this month, Burkina Faso’s government announced it was opening other investigations into allegations of human rights abuses by its security forces after a video surfaced that appeared to show the extrajudicial killing of seven children in the country’s north.
The Associated Press this month published its own findings about the video. AP’s investigation determined that Burkina Faso’s security forces killed the children in a military base outside the town of Ouahigouya.
Days before last week’s attack, some 40 security sources were killed near Ouahigouya. Survivors said the soldiers accused them of being jihadi accomplices, by letting them pass through their town, according to the statement from the villagers.
One survivor of the attack, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisal, told The Associated Press that when the soldiers started shooting people indiscriminately, he grabbed the hand of his 11-year-old son and fled into this house with the rest of his family. However, the soldiers forced their way in, shooting open the door, he said.
“It was like a dream. If someone told us we wouldn’t die, I wouldn’t have believed it,” he said. They made them sit with a group of people in the middle of the village threatening to kill them multiple times. Instead, they killed another group of people and went door to door searching for two of the injured who had fled, he said.
Since the violence, people in the community haven’t been able to bury their relatives as an army roadblock prevented them reaching the village, said the statement.
The abuses will create a backlash against Burkina Faso’s junta and drive people into the hands of the jihadis, say conflict analysts.
“The reported human rights abuses advance the playbook of militants, it gives them talking points against the security forces and helps their recruitment efforts in the north. This is an awful recipe of consequences,” said Laith Alkhouri, CEO of Intelonyx Intelligence Advisory, which provides intelligence analysis.
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CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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308 AM PDT Wed May 3 2023
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308 AM PDT Wed May 3 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers this
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morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms this afternoon. Snow level 5000 feet rising to
5500 feet this afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
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.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph
shifting to the northwest late in the evening and overnight.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Snow level 6000 feet. Highs in the lower 50s to
lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow
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showers in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers after
midnight. Snow level 5500 feet in the evening. Lows in the mid
30s to lower 40s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
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.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain and snow
showers. Snow level 4500 feet rising to 5000 feet in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow
showers in the evening. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow showers. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain
and snow showers. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Lows in the
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lower 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers.
Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s to lower
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.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
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308 AM PDT Wed May 3 2023
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morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Snow level 5500 feet
rising to 6000 feet this afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to mid
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60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. South winds around 5 mph
shifting to the west late in the evening and overnight.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of
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thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then slight chance of rain showers in the
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afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows
in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
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.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
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.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.
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Including the cities of Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir, and McCloud
308 AM PDT Wed May 3 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy until early afternoon then becoming partly
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of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms this
afternoon. Snow level 5000 feet rising to 5500 feet this
afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s. Southeast winds
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of precipitation 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with
a 10 percent chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the
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lower to mid 30s. West winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the
morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow level 6000 feet in the
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afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s. West winds around
5 mph shifting to the south in the late morning and afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of rain showers and slight
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chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of rain and
snow showers after midnight. Snow level 6500 feet lowering to
6000 feet after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
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.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain and snow
showers. Snow level 5500 feet. Highs in the lower 40s to lower
50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
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showers. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
chance of rain and snow showers. Lows in the lower 30s to lower
40s. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers
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in the morning, then slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
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.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
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6000 feet this afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms in
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama coach Nate Oats has hired Nicholls State head coach Austin Claunch to fill one of his three vacancies on the bench.
Oats lost three assistants to head coaching jobs after leading the Crimson Tide to the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Bryan Hodgson left for Arkansas State, Charlie Henry took over at Georgia Southern and Antoine Pettway went to Kennesaw State.
“Austin is one of the hardest working guys in the business,” Oats said. “His work as a head coach at Nicholls was unbelievable with one of the lowest budgets in the country. He has won two out of the last three regular season championships in the Southland Conference and that is a credit to his hard work and his energy.
Claunch was the youngest Division I men’s basketball coach from 2018-21. He went 90-61 at Nicholls State.
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Lifestyle magnate Martha Stewart is making history, as she becomes the oldest person to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated's yearly swimsuit issue, at 81.
The magazine described Stewart as "the very definition of 'influencer,'" due to her plethora of shows, books, product lines and social media followers.
"I am so thrilled to be on the cover of the @SI_Swimsuit issue," she said in an Instagram post. "My motto has always been: 'when you're through changing, you're through,' so I thought, why not be up for this opportunity of a lifetime? I hope this cover inspires you to challenge yourself to try new things, no matter what stage of life you are in."
Stewart left her careers in modeling and then stockbroking to open her own catering company, where she developed her own recipes. Those would be the foundation for her first book, Entertaining, which was published in 1982. Her magazine, Martha Stewart Living, launched in 1990.
She has since written 98 other lifestyle books, had her own talk show and radio show and has product lines containing cookware, curtains and furniture.
She is one of four of the 2023 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover stars. Others include singer Kim Petras, actress Megan Fox and model Brooks Nader.
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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A four-legged “robot dog” is the newest member of the Los Angeles Police Department after the City Council voted 8-4 to approve its acquisition on Tuesday.
The robot — a quadruped unmanned ground vehicle called “Spot” — is manufactured by Boston Dynamics and is valued at nearly $280,000.
Spot was first offered as a gift to the LAPD’s Metropolitan Division by the Los Angeles Police Foundation in March. The foundation is a nonprofit group that has “awarded more than $44 million in grants to the LAPD” since 1998, according to its website.
LAPD said the robot will be used in a limited number of scenarios, including “incidents involving active shooters, assessment of explosives, hostage situations, natural disasters, hazardous materials assessment, barricaded suspects and search and rescue missions.”
Spot will not be equipped with any weapons systems, facial recognition software or analysis capabilities, officials said. It will also not be used for routine patrol duties or covert surveillance operations.
Some critics, however, are concerned the robot would be misused to monitor and target people in poor communities of color.
Activists have been protesting the move for months and appeared at the Tuesday council hearing to voice their opposition.
“We know that we’re not going to see robo rover peddling up the streets of Brentwood or the Palisades,” said Paul Freedman with the Los Angeles Community Action Network. “This is going to be deployed in areas where we blow up firework semis.”
LAPD’s acquisition of Spot follows similar moves from other law enforcement agencies including the New York Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police, the St. Petersburg Police Department in Florida, and others.
Officials said LAPD plans to begin using the robot in the coming months following training and testing protocols.
“I am appreciative of the approval today by the majority of the City Council in accepting the donation of the Los Angeles Police Foundation in acquiring this state-of-the-art mechanical robot,” said LAPD Chief Michael Moore. “This technology will allow us to better protect our officers and the community allowing us to use modern technology to de-escalate dangerous situations.”
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NATICK, Mass., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avenge Bio, Inc. ("Avenge" or the "Company"), a biotechnology company developing the LOCOcyte™ Immunotherapy platform for the precision administration of potent immune effector molecules to treat solid tumors, today announced Michael Heffernan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Piper Sandler 34th Annual Healthcare Conference in New York.
Presentation Details:
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Location: Lotte New York Palace | Harlem Track | Kennedy 2, 4th Floor
Time: 1:50-2:10 PM ET
Our LOCOcyte™ allogeneic cell-based immunotherapy platform enables potent localized modulation of the immune system which also precipitates a systemic immune response, allowing us to treat previously intractable cancers. The technology leverage three unique advantages:
- Potent immune effector molecules are generated by synthetically engineering allogeneic cells creating a ready-to-use therapy,
- Therapy is localized in proximity to the primary tumor site and generates innate and adaptive immune response, and
- The immunomodulator trains the patient's immune system generating a robust immune response that seeks and eradicates distal metastasis without systemic toxicity.
Avenge Bio, Inc. ("Avenge") is an oncology-focused biotechnology company developing transformative cell-based immunotherapeutic products for the treatment of intractable solid tumors by incorporating its LOCOcyte™ platform. The LOCOcyte™ platform leverages proprietary engineered cells delivered to the local tumor environment that generate high concentrations of immune effector molecules in proximity to the tumor. This initiates a robust, local, and durable systemic immune response while avoiding toxicities associated with systemic immunotherapies. Avenge's most advanced product candidate, AVB-001, produces native IL-2 immunotherapy and is initially being studied in metastatic peritoneal cancers such as ovarian cancer. Avenge has additional pipeline candidates for the treatment of a wide range of cancers including pancreatic, lung and breast cancers. Avenge was founded in 2019 base upon technology developed in the laboratory of Omid Veiseh, Ph.D. and has an exclusive license from Rice University for this technology. To learn more about Avenge visit: www.avengebio.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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DR. ROBERT N. McCOLLINS June 24, 1934 to November 19, 2022
On June 24th, 1934, in a log cabin in the hills of Chauncey, Ohio, Ray and Florence McCollins welcomed their second son named Robert Nelson McCollins. After a few years the family moved to Huntington, West Virginia where he spent the formative years of his life and developed his traits of hard work, loyal friendships, and his Christian Faith. It was also during this time that his athletic talents in baseball and football shone through. However, it was his football talents that excelled and resulted in a football scholarship to play for the Marshall Thundering Herd. He was a 4-year starter earning four varsity letters, and in his senior year was named co-captain of the team and voted to a position on the Mid-American All-Conference football first-team. In May 1956 he earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Teachers College of then Marshall College. He received a second degree in August 1960 achieving a Master of Education from Marshall University. In the fall of 1956, he started his career in public education as a teacher, coach and ultimately into his legacy in guidance counseling serving as the Chairman of the Worthington High School Guidance Department. He was honored in 1968 and presented by the Delaware, Ohio Jaycees as the Outstanding Young Educator for the State of Ohio. Further desiring to continue helping people he pursued his Doctor of Philosophy from The Ohio State University where he was presented his diploma on September 1, 1983. He spent his final 15 years until his retirement as a family therapist helping many people and families with his gift of listening, quiet wisdom, and Christian principles for dealing with life's challenges. It was those Christian principles, foundation and love for Jesus Christ and others that resulted in his committed service to the Christian Church serving 55 years as an Elder at Beechwold Church of Christ and as a founding member of Worthington Christian Church where he served on the Elder leadership team from the first day of September 7, 1975, until his glorious entry to Heaven on November 19th, 2022.
He is survived by Nancy McCollins, the love of his life for 70 years, 3 years "going steady" and 67 years as husband and wife. They journeyed those 70 years as Bob AND Nancy together and known to all. Further surviving is his son Robert (Bob) McCollins, granddaughter Megan Maple (McCollins) who was the pride of his life, her husband Matt Maple, and a most special great-grandson Grant Maple. Survived also by his brother George McCollins, former daughter-in-law Lynn McCollins and his favorite niece Cindy Jolliff and her husband David Jolliff. Many other nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews will dearly miss Uncle Bob.
A celebration of his wonderful life will take place starting at 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 27, 2022, at Worthington Christian Church, 8145 North High Street, Worthington, Ohio 43085. Following the service friends are invited to share a memory or story with the family in the church Atrium. The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to Worthington Christian Village, 165 Highbluffs Blvd, Columbus, Ohio 43235.
We are grateful to the Shaw-Davis Funeral Homes and Cremation Services for their kind, gentle care in handling the arrangements. www.shaw-davis.com.
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A family and world united by grief: COVID's continued, shattering impact | Kennerly
It's overwhelming, really, if you think about how many of us are affected by the loss of more than 1 million people to COVID in the United States.
If the person who died has even one person missing them, that's 1 million-plus people out there still figuring out which way is up amid a horrible mélange of grief, helplessness and in so many cases, anger.
And if you think about this on a global basis, with more than 6 million people dead, how many of us are out there wrapped in that suffocating blanket of loss?
Forget it. You do the math. I'm no good at that.
What I'm better at is telling stories. Sharing, as I call it, how we live — which includes how we die. How we fill those days, years, decades across a lifetime; how we meet and treat and one day mourn the people who nurture us, teach us, hold us on the best and worst of days.
And that's why I wanted to share just a snippet of our shared time to tell you about Judith Simonson and her daughter, Kristy Simonson Losapio — and COVID's toll on their family.
More:One million deaths and counting, endless grief and lasting questions: COVID's grim toll
I met Kristy, a local nurse practitioner, in 2021, after the death of her older sister. Kari.
Also a nurse practitioner, Kari refused to be vaccinated. She died of COVID, after being on a ventilator at a Brevard hospital, on Sept. 10, 2021. She was 50. She left a teenage daughter who's now living with Kristy and her family.
Sadly, Kristy and I talked again in mid-June, after the death of Kristy's dad, David "Dave" Simonson of Indialantic. He was 86. He, too, had COVID. Mercifully, it was a short illness.
This time, Kristy's mom Judith joined us.
They've lost so much, this mom and her middle child: Judith, her husband and her oldest daughter. Kristy, her father and her big sister. They and other members of their family, including Kristy's younger sister, Kim, are united in grief but struggling, as that united front, to move forward.
But June 16, the day we chatted, was a good day.
"I had my moments today but they didn't carry me away, you know?" Judith told me.
"I had some things to take care of, like my granddaughter had her wisdom teeth out. So I had to look after her. And I took my other granddaughter out to the mall and got her a shirt and shorts, things like that. And that really did help me to keep my mind on more positive things rather than the loss that I obviously feel so deeply."
She and Dave, longtime Indialantic residents, had done all the right things, she said. Had their shots. Wore masks, and were in the process of scheduling a second booster.
But Dave, who'd never been sick "until he hit about 82," his wife said, had COPD.
First, Judith contracted the coronavirus.
A couple of days later, Dave had it.
Surrounded by family, he died June 3.
But oh, how Dave lived.
From 1961 to 2004, Dave was employed by Raytheon and served NASA’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo manned space programs and the shuttle program. In 1980, he joined the Shuttle Support Group and remained there until his retirement in 2004, ending his remarkable 43-year career as Operations Control Engineer at CSR.
His family is rightfully proud of his accomplishments — but it's Dave the husband, dad and "Pop-Pop" they're missing most.
It's the Dave who met Judy, a native Canadian, in Antigua, got engaged to her 10 days later and married her in 1969, four months after they met.
Nights are hard for Judith. After 53 years with Dave, how could they not be?
"At night, just before I go to bed, I start to slide," she said.
"But having family around and having them call me and say, 'How are you, Mom?' ... and then my grandkids came last night with their boyfriends — it really does lift your spirits. My daughter Kim, she was with me all the time, too. But I'm still on the edge at times. And I will be, for a long time."
For Kristy, Dave was the devoted dad who in his later years strolled down the street with his grandchildren, leading neighbors to comment about Pop-Pop walking his "ducklings" to school.
"I am so lucky to have been raised by a dad like that," she said. "My dad was a whole different breed ... like a unicorn."
Just days after her dad's death, Kristy took her own family on a planned vacation. Her mother insisted. Dave would want that, said.
'It's so damn sad," Kristy said. "But my niece, Mia, is coming out on the tail end of this horrible thing with her mom. And I wanted her to have a good time; some happy memories ... we all need that."
More:COVID-19 cases see small rise but Brevard County still a community of high transmission
That's the part of the COVID story they're living now: the aftermath, and what we've learned since early 2020.
That COVID deaths, all of them, affect us in ways we can't fathom until we're watching someone gasp for breath, or planning a funeral. That your chances of surviving COVID if you've been vaccinated are a hell of a lot better than if you aren't. That telling people who have been vaccinated but get COVID that the jab is useless? Well, tell that to those who've had it and lived — like Judith and Kristy — and see what they tell you.
The man who lived a big, happy, productive life would tell anyone who's not been vaccinated to do it, his wife and daughter agree.
"He always said, 'You have to care,'" Judith said.
"And by caring, by getting this shot, you are caring about not only yourself, but everybody around you."
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Thousands of people across the country are stranded in airports thanks to flight delays and cancellations brought on by a massive winter storm.
The majority of those issues are coming from Southwest Airlines. According to the website Flight Aware, Southwest saw more than 60% of its flights cancelled across the country Tuesday. Our sister station WPVI spoke with some of those travelers at the Philadelphia International Airport who ended up spending a large part of their holidays stuck in the airport.
"Trying to get to Atlanta, Southwest, and we got here and were told that the entire operation was shut down, so bummer," said one man.
"Never had a problem, but right now, Southwest is a major mess," said another.
Southwest posted on its website the issues are due to extreme winter weather, but also calling the inconvenience "unacceptable." Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tweeted that he is monitoring the situation closely, and his Department tweeted they are examining whether Southwest was complying with its customer service plan.
Back here in the Lehigh Valley, Paul and Joyce Jennings are glad they aren't dealing with those kind of problems.
"Yeah this isn't too bad. As long as it gets there. It's not Southwest," said Paul.
Their Allegiant Airlines flight to Orlando got delayed five hours Tuesday.
"On the way down, we check our phones and saw the delay," said Paul.
The two said they used the extra time to shop and relax, just thankful that they're going to get where they're going.
"Coming up from Florida for the holidays, and we're ready to get back to the warm weather. It's been too darn cold up here," said Paul.
The Associated Press is already reporting that Southwest has cancelled at least 2,500 flights for Wednesday, and almost 1,000 on Thursday as well. So for some travelers, their ordeal is far from over.
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WASHINGTON, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations and ATA's Share the Road highway safety program are advising Memorial Day travelers to take extra driving precautions throughout the busy Memorial Day weekend.
"We are all able to travel along America's open roads because brave men and women sacrificed their lives to preserve our freedoms," said Share the Road Professional Truck Driver Sammy Brewster of ABF Freight. "During my time in the Army, one of the lessons they instilled in us was a dedication to safety. As a professional truck driver who spends my days on our nation's roads, I ask all Memorial Day travelers to be extra diligent this weekend."
Traditionally, Memorial Day weekend is the start of the summer travel season, and family and friends are itching to reconnect during the holiday. AAA predicts 39.2 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home this weekend. This year almost matches pre-pandemic levels with an increase of 8.3% over 2021, bringing travel volumes almost in line with those in 2017. Therefore, it is crucial for drivers to practice patience, planning, and safety fundamentals.
As America remembers the fallen heroes who fought to secure the country's freedoms, the professional trucking industry pays respect by reaffirming its strong commitment to safety this weekend. Highly trained professional truck drivers make this weekend possible by moving more than $700 billion worth of freight each year. That would include your Memorial Day must haves like grilling supplies, food and beverages, pool floats and tubes, goggles, baseball gloves, sunscreen and patio furniture. We ask that you join the trucking industry's initiative to make travel this Memorial Day weekend safe.
"Professional truck drivers are responsible for making safe decisions every moment of our workdays, and we want to equip other drivers with the same helpful information that we have," said Share the Road Professional Truck Driver Bill McNamee of Carbon Express. "By following a few basic safety protocols, members of the motoring public can ensure that everyone makes it home safely this weekend".
Share the Road's professional truck drivers promote these safety tips to motorists, students, members of the media, and elected officials throughout the country while on tour with the Share the Road program. They emphasize these tips during major US holidays to remind motorists of all ages about key elements of safe driving, especially relating to operating small passenger vehicles near large tractor-trailers.
- Buckle Up: Safety belts save lives. Day or night, and even if you're riding in the back seat – wear your safety belt.
- Slow Down: Chance of a crash nearly triples when driving faster than surrounding traffic. Spring and summer are periods when work zones are busiest. It is important to reduce speeds when traveling through those areas.
- Do not drive impaired: There is much to celebrate this time of year, including graduations, and holidays seemingly every weekend. With that said, driving is a great responsibility, and your fellow travelers are relying on safe and attentive drivers to respectfully share the road and make good decisions.
- Be aware of truck blind spots: When sharing the road with large trucks, be aware of their blind spots. If you can't see the professional truck driver in his or her mirrors, then the professional truck driver can't see you.
- Keep your eyes on the road: Distracted driving is a major cause of traffic accidents, especially among younger drivers. Even just two seconds of distraction time doubles the chances of an accident. Only use your cell phone when stopped and never text while driving.
- Do not cut in front of large trucks: Remember trucks are heavier and take longer to make a complete stop, so avoid cutting quickly in front of them.
- Prepare your vehicle for long distance travel: Check your wipers and fluids. Have your radiator and cooling system serviced. Simple maintenance before you leave your home can prevent many of the problems that might strand motorists on the side of the road.
- Leave early and avoid risks: Leave early so you won't be anxious about arriving late. Road conditions may change due to inclement weather or traffic congestion.
- Be aware of the vehicle in front of you: Leave extra room between you and the vehicle ahead.
- Understand congestion patterns: High traffic volumes lead to greater opportunities for accidents, so plan your trip to avoid traffic bottlenecks and increased traffic volumes.
If you have any additional questions regarding highway safety, Million Mile Safe Professional Truck Drivers are available for interviews over the weekend.
Share the Road is a highway safety outreach program of the American Trucking Associations that educates all drivers about sharing the roads safely with large trucks. An elite team of professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free miles deliver life-saving messages to millions of motorists annually. The safety program is sponsored by Mack Trucks Inc., and supported by TA-Petro, Pre-Pass, Hyundai Translead, OmniTracs, Mack Leasing, P.S.I., Shell Lubricants, and Bendix. www.atastr.org. Follow Share the Road on Twitter and Facebook.
American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward
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Justice Samuel Alito says he didn't have to disclose a 2008 luxury trip to Alaska, or the flight on a private jet of hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer who had several cases before the high court.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers kicked off their annual legislative session Monday, with Republicans enjoying expanded supermajorities and embracing an agenda by incoming Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders that calls for overhauling the state's education system.
House and Senate leaders called the education legislation, as well as income tax cuts and public safety measures being pushed by Sanders, their top priorities as they convened. Sanders, who served as press secretary in former President Donald Trump's White House, was set to be sworn in as the state's 47th governor on Tuesday.
“When you look to most of the members in terms of what they're talking about, it really aligns with what the governor-elect talks about," House Speaker Matthew Shepherd told reporters.
Sanders has said she wants the education legislation approved first. Sanders has also said she wants to begin phasing out the state's income tax and a public safety plan that includes a new prison.
Legislative leaders said they expected to take up any tax cuts toward the end of the session.
Arkansas' revenue has been coming in higher than expected, and the state is sitting on more than $2 billion in reserves. The head of the Senate panel that will take up any cuts said the proposals should be considered after lawmakers take up the education and public safety plans.
“We have to get a good handle on it," Republican Sen. Jimmy Hickey, who chairs the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee, said.
Democrats saw their ranks shrink in the Legislature in November after the predominantly Republican state shifted further right. The GOP holds 82 seats in the 100-member House and 29 seats in the 35-member Senate.
Democratic Sen. Greg Leding, the Senate's minority leader, said some areas where his party can find agreement with Sanders include the teacher pay raises she said she wants in the education overhaul. Democrats are concerned about other initiatives, including proposals to allow public funds to pay for private schooling and home schooling.
But Leding acknowledged that Democrats are “clear eyed about the political reality of the moment."
Arkansas lawmakers are also expected to take up abortion legislation, though the procedure is banned in the state. The state's ban took effect when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last year.
One proposal would require companies that pay for employees' abortions or abortion-related travel to also provide 16 weeks maternity leave for employees who are state residents. Democrats have said they also want to add rape and incest exemptions to Arkansas' ban, which permits abortion only to save the mother's life.
The Legislature also may join other GOP states in taking up efforts to restrict drag shows, which have been targeted by right-wing activists and politicians around the U.S. A bill filed Monday would ban drag performances from public property and would classify businesses that show them as adult-oriented businesses.
Sanders is succeeding Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is leaving due to term limits after serving eight years in office. Hutchinson is considering running for president.
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Survey finds bleak outlook for Japanese companies in 2023
TOKYO (AP) — Major Japanese companies have grown more pessimistic about the economy, given higher costs and a weaker yen, according to a survey by Kyodo News.
The survey of 117 companies found just over half, or 56%, expect the economy to grow this year. That was down sharply from 84% a year earlier, said the survey released Monday.
The percentage of firms forecasting growth was at its second lowest in 10 years for the annual survey, and the companies also expressed worries about slowdowns in the United States and China in 2023.
The war in Ukraine has pushed prices of oil and other raw materials higher while at the same time the yen has weakened against the U.S. dollar, raising risks for the world’s third-largest economy.
The bleak outlook also reflects worries over a possible global recession as central banks in the U.S. and other major economies raise interest rates to counter inflation.
The dollar rose to about 150 yen at its peak last year from 115 yen at the beginning of the year. On Tuesday, it was trading at about 130 yen.
Only 3% of the companies surveyed said a weaker yen was a positive for them, with about a third saying it was a problem since it raised costs of manufacturing inputs and energy, hurting their bottom lines.
Japan’s economy shrank at a 0.8% annual rate in July-September as pandemic precautions eased in the late summer, allowing normal business activity and travel to resume. Exports expanded 2.1% in annual terms. Growth in the last fiscal year, which ended in March, was at 2.5%.
Toyota Motor Corp. was among the companies expecting a relatively good year. Like other major export manufacturers, it benefits from a cheaper yen when it repatriates profits earned overseas.
Energy, telecoms and technology company SoftBank Group Corp. also foresaw improvement in coming months, according to the survey, conducted from late November to mid-December.
Consumer spending has been recovering as Japan has ended restrictions on business activity to fight COVID-19 outbreaks, even as case numbers have soared in recent weeks. Most companies forecasting a positive outlook for 2023 cited that as the major reason for optimism.
About a third of the companies surveyed said they expected no major changes this year, while seven anticipated a moderate contraction.
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Industry expert brings four decades of expertise to Charlotte, North Carolina-based Positec.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Positec Tool Corporation has announced that Dave Luczynski will join the organization as vice president of retail and business development effective April 17. Luczynski has broad experience in the outdoor power equipment (OPE) and retail industries, most recently serving as executive vice president at TOPSUN USA INC. He has also served as CEO of LERA, a specialized manufacturer of battery-powered OPE. In addition, Luczynski led corporate market entry strategy development for Henx Garden Corporation.
"We are confident that the addition of Dave, with his proven success in corporate strategy, marketing and sales, will advance Positec to a new level of excellence. His business acumen is key and we look forward to his leadership as we continue to drive innovation and expand our portfolio," said Michael Jones, president and CEO of Positec North America. "In addition to his impressive track record throughout his career, Dave has a passion for relationships and team building, which is an integral part of our company culture and something we are thrilled to fortify here with his addition."
Luczynski's background also includes executive level roles in the retail space with focus on design, product development, strategic sourcing and operations. Luczynski has led product development teams as well as created market entry strategies and performed claim substantiation. With over a decade of experience with battery technologies, Luczynski has successfully managed product categories from small domestic appliances to hand and power tools and outdoor garden equipment.
Luczynski has also played an essential part in introducing new brands and products to the market as well as coordinating omni-channel marketing strategies. Notably, Luczynski coordinated and sustained profit-yielding relationships with key brick-and-mortar and e-commerce retailers in the United States and Canada.
"I'm a relationship guy," said Luczynski. "Strong, long-lasting relationships are imperative to success, and developing those types of relationships relies on a certain level of transparency and trust. I hope to instill those values in my team and provide the support needed to continue to nurture those relationships, both internally and with our business partners and customers."
Positec was recently recognized at CES for two key innovative product launches in robotics, the Landroid Vision outdoor "drop and mow" robotic mowing system and the Noesis Florio two-in-one vacuum-and-mop indoor robotic system. The company continues to pioneer new consumer and professional-grade battery-powered and robotic solutions for in-home and outdoor applications.
About Positec Corporation:
Positec Tool Corporation based in Suzhou, China, with North American headquarters in Charlotte, NC, manufactures lawn, garden and power tools under the WORX®, Rockwell®, Noesis®, Kress® and Cat® brand names. WORX, Rockwell, Noesis, Kress and Cat tools are a part of the Positec Group of companies, which have been designing, engineering and manufacturing power tools since 1994. Positec Tool Group markets and distributes its WORX yard and power tools and Rockwell power tools to home improvement retailers throughout the US and Canada. Kress products are sold exclusively through independent dealers. Since its founding in 1994, Positec has achieved industry-leading growth and employs nearly 4,000 people in 12 countries. For more information, visit http://www.positecgroup.com/
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Actress Katherine Heigl launches dog food line
(CNN) – You probably recognize her from TV shows and movies, but Katherine Heigl is also a dog lover.
Now, the “27 Dresses” actress has her own dog food brand, Badlands Ranch, named after her family ranch in Utah.
Heigl partnered with an animal nutritionist to develop the line, saying it’s a more holistic approach to dog food, even using things like chia seeds, flax seeds and Lion’s Mane mushrooms.
For now, Badlands Ranch is offering just air-dried food and single-ingredient treats, but Heigl hopes to eventually add more options like supplements.
The mom of 12 (three kids, nine “fur babies”) says money from the dog food sales will go to battling animal overpopulation. That includes everything from spay and neuter programs to transporting animals out of high-kill shelters and providing medical care for animals that need it.
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Workshops and Programs Will Discuss and Showcase the Innovations that Deliver Content to the Metaverse
CHICAGO, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SIGGRAPH 2022 delves into the evolution and advancements in technology for the metaverse. Several programs across the conference will explore the current state and future possibilities in this virtual universe. Conversations and workshops will be held to assist in creating content for the metaverse; while leading experts touch on the experiences, and other metaverse-related ideas, from discussions on interoperability, workshops on 3D modeling, and even tackling potential challenges in this environment. The 49th annual conference will run 8–11 August in person, with on-demand sessions available virtually 25 July–31 October 2022.
The metaverse, once considered a hypothetical virtual world, is now an immersive network of 3D worlds focused on social interaction. Advancements in technologies, including augmented and virtual reality, have made it easier to connect users in both these remote and 3D worlds. But how does an interactive experience affect one's life in the metaverse? What will happen to how people socialize, work, learn, and play? How does it affect various industries such as art, gaming, fashion, healthcare, or movies?
At SIGGRAPH 2022, the metaverse will be the focus of many panels, courses, and hands-on workshops. Topics covered include how computer graphics deals with the mechanics of the human body, the sense of touch with physical hardware in a spatial environment, and even neural network algorithms in art. Programs including: Appy Hour, Art Papers, Birds of a Feather, Courses, Educator's Forum, Emerging Technologies, Featured Speakers, Frontiers, Immersive Pavilion, Panels, Real-Time Live!, and Talks, will address these subjects.
"I believe SIGGRAPH 2022 is the ideal place to talk about the metaverse, discuss what is happening now, and exchange ideas as to what is possible," said Munkhtsetseg Nandigjav, SIGGRAPH 2022 Conference Chair. "Our community is made up of creators and innovators. We want to further these discussions and promote how this experience will potentially change lives. We contribute to the variations and transformations occurring in this virtual world, and we can empower these creators to make an impact for the better."
Highlights that will cover the metaverse include:
[Frontiers Workshop] Challenges to Unlock the Metaverse: Haptics, Gaze, Prototyping Tools, & More!
Contributors: Pedro Lopes, University of Chicago; Michael Nebeling, University of Michigan; Shan-Yuan Teng, University of Chicago; Mark Billinghurst, Empathic Computing Lab, The University of Auckland; Yudai Tanaka, University of Chicago
Advances in augmented and virtual reality have paved the way for a new type of user interface that can connect users remotely via spatial interactions: the metaverse. This workshop will deep dive into some of the roadblocks to unlock the potential of the metaverse. These include integrating haptic sensations, integrating gaze and attention into user interfaces, and accelerating the prototyping of metaverse experiences.
[Panel] Privacy, Safety, and Wellbeing: Solutions for the Future of AR and VR
Moderator: Callie Holderman, Snap Inc.; Panelists: Eakta Jain, University of Florida; Michael Running Wolf, Northeastern University; and Liv Erickson, Mozilla
There have been many discussions about the metaverse as a construct and how it will be populated, while issues such as privacy and safety have not been brought up. This panel touches on these topics.
[Birds of a Feather] The Web3D Ecosystem and the Metaverse
Contributor: Anita Havele, Web3D Consortium
This session features a discussion on how technology contributes to the metaverse. From interactive real-time 3D to mixed reality and humanoid animation, everything done in 3D is significant to an open metaverse. See the scaling expertise in 3D, modeling and simulation, geospatial, augmented reality, and web audio toward an open, interoperable metaverse.
[Courses] Building the Open Metaverse: Part I
Contributors: Patrick Cozzi, Cesium; Marc Petit, Epic Games; Neal Stephenson, Lamina1; Rev Lebaredian, NVIDIA; Natalya Tatarchuk, Unity; Steve May, Pixar Animation Studios
This session features an introduction to the concepts and building blocks for the open metaverse, covering the current state and potential future directions, including: 3D-first computing, interoperability, game engine ecosystems, the evolution of content creation, and scaling users and worlds. The themes of openness and collaboration are woven throughout all the topics.
[Immersive Pavilion] Journal of My Journey: Seamless Interaction in Virtuality and Reality with Digital Fabrication and Sensory Feedback
Contributors: Miguel Ying Jie Then, Ching Lui, Yvone Tsai Chen, Zin Yin Lim, Ping Hsuan Han, National Taipei University of Technology
Journal of My Journey is a work that explores the possibilities of integrating seamless interactions in virtuality and reality. The choices users make in the virtual world can be output to the real world, thus enhancing the connection between reality and the virtual world.
Access to the various metaverse presentations and workshops at SIGGRAPH 2022 are available in person and online. Learn more and register for the conference at s2022.SIGGRAPH.org/register.
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, uniting educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources, and address the field's challenges. ACM SIGGRAPH is a special interest group within ACM that serves as an interdisciplinary community for members in research, technology, and applications in computer graphics and interactive techniques. The SIGGRAPH conference is the world's leading annual interdisciplinary educational experience showcasing the latest in computer graphics and interactive techniques. SIGGRAPH 2022, the 49th annual conference hosted by ACM SIGGRAPH, will take place as a hybrid event, with live events 8–11 August at the Vancouver Contention Centre and virtual content available starting 25 July through 31 October. Click here for news from the conference and its partners.
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WESTFIELD, N.J. (WPIX) — A Westfield, New Jersey home is where the real-life story of a family terrorized by threatening letters from an anonymous sender unfolded back in 2014. It would later inspire the hit series “The Watcher” on Netflix.
Currently, it’s serving as a backdrop to what neighbors of the Boulevard residence describe as never-ending photo ops from intrusive fans. Ashley Fardella was among the many who made the trek Thursday to snag her selfie.
“I am only on the second episode … I had to come right away,” Fardella said, adding that she is still trying to differentiate between the true story and Hollywood script.
Roberta Blake and Karen Mastropaolo are also fans of the series, and traveled from Bergen County to get their photo. While both admit the trend is bothersome to neighbors, their curiosity meant they couldn’t stay away.
“I feel for these people because everybody is coming in and out of the streets and I know some of the neighbors were complaining,” Mastropaolo said.
No one was home on Thursday afternoon but police tape and a barricade outside the house served as a clear message for passersby to stay away. Foot traffic and congestion apparently got so bad this past weekend, neighbors say police were called.
“I’ve seen a little bit more traffic and a little bit more parked cars. I mean it is an exciting thing,” resident Chris Scarponi said. “But nothing too crazy.”
In a timelapse video captured by Nexstar’s WPIX, approximately 40 cars stopped to snap a photo in a span of 10 minutes on Thursday afternoon.
Neighbors say the biggest concern they have now is that Halloween will bring unprecedented congestion to the seemingly quiet neighborhood.
WPIX reach out to the Westfield Chief of Police to get more information about the disturbances on Boulevard, and to see if any reports have been made, but did not hear back. The mayor also declined to comment.
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What is the best portable TV for a tailgate?
Having a portable TV dedicated to the game makes tailgating so much easier and more relaxing. You could use a smartphone as a stand-in for a small portable TV at a tailgate, but then you couldn’t use it to text or call anyone.
It’s also useful to have your phone handy to manage any of your fantasy sports teams or look up stats. With a larger screen, all your family and friends can get a good view, while a phone screen is just not big enough.
Best types of portable TVs for tailgating
There are different size options depending on how big of a portable TV screen you need. Portable devices start at about 4 inches in length and can go up to almost 20 inches. If you have the space in your vehicle or the back of a truck, you may want a large screen.
Portable TVs that use batteries are best, so you don’t have to rely on outlets, however, there are also TVs that plug into your car for viewing during the road trip to your tailgating spot. Be careful not to tap into your car’s battery too much, because you don’t want to drain that power.
If you can set up a power source for a regular television monitor on the go, you might prefer a normal TV screen at whatever size you enjoy. The only trouble with a regular TV monitor is that it isn’t likely designed for use on the go, and powering it with enough electricity could be tricky. If there are power outlets at your tailgating site, using extension cords and a regular TV monitor may give you a better experience.
Another possible solution, if you don’t mind using a phone or tablet as your screen, is a power bank. There are many options for mobile power banks that can keep your smartphone or other devices powered for longer, while away from an outlet. If you already have a mobile screen to use for TV, having a larger power supply may be the solution for you.
Best portable TVs for tailgating
What you need to know: This is an affordable and compact portable design that easily transports and has reliable battery life.
What you’ll love: You can use an AC or DC adapter and the rechargeable battery for powering the device. It has two detachable stands for setting up the screen at the tailgate. It’s compatible with AV and USB inputs to connect other devices.
What you should consider: Changing out the two types of stand supports can be a bit tricky. This screen is on the smaller side.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
SuperSonic Portable Widescreen LCD
What you need to know: The portable TV comes in many sizes to better suit different tailgating setups.
What you’ll love: There are seven scale options from 4-inch screens to 16-inch screens. It uses HDMI, AV and USB connections for other devices. The portable TV comes with a built-in digital tuner to connect with all free HD television signals in North America.
What you should consider: The smaller screens can’t display full HD-picture quality. Some customers have had trouble with defective units that stopped working after a while.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Trexonic Ultra Lightweight Rechargeable LED TV
What you need to know: This portable TV is slim and lightweight, making it easy for traveling.
What you’ll love: It features HDMI, AV and USB inputs to connect your favorite devices. An indicator light on the side tells you about the current charge of the battery. The screen is on the larger side of the scale for portable TV screens.
What you should consider: The included antenna has trouble picking up channels, and users who tried other antennas still had trouble. It’s best if you only use it as a monitor.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Milanix Portable Widescreen LED TV
What you need to know: This is a sleek and simple portable TV that’s useful as a monitor for a variety of devices on the go
What you’ll love: The screen comes in a few sizes, and while the screens are larger than many portable TVs, the devices are not bulkier, since they have a slim design. You can input HDMI, AV and USB devices for a variety of connections. The internal battery is rechargeable.
What you should consider: It doesn’t come with an antenna or any method of viewing TV content, so you’ll need to plug in an antenna or device to use the monitor.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: The adaptable model allows for multiple methods of powering the device on the go.
What you’ll love: It has a built-in antenna, AV, USB and HDMI inputs to connect devices. This portable TV also comes with AC and car adapters for alternative power methods to the rechargeable battery. It includes a remote control for the TV.
What you should consider: Some users have had trouble with securing the included stand mount and report issues with receiving a signal using the included antenna.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: The portable LED TV features a 12.1-inch, 1280×800 SD resolution screen.
What you’ll love: This TV is a slim model that’s easy to transport to tailgating locations, and it has a built-in battery for the monitor. The TV takes a USB card that supports multimedia use. This portable LED TV uses HDMI or USB. The screen is 1080p.
What you should consider: Some users have had issues with inconsistent performance.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP)The game Sunday in Indianapolis was supposed to be all about reunions for Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni.
He’d get to see Frank Reich, the coach who hired him in 2018, and could trade fist bumps and high-fives with all those young playmakers he developed bonds with during his three-year stint as the Colts offensive coordinator.
Instead, Sirianni is returning to Lucas Oil Stadium brokenhearted less than two weeks after one of his close friends, Reich, was fired.
”Frank is one of the best coaches I’ve been around, one of the best men I’ve been around,” Sirianni said. ”When I talk about coaches where my philosophy comes from, there are three and that’s my dad; Larry Kehres, my college coach; and Frank Reich. So you can imagine how I feel.”
Or perhaps how motivated he is to get one of the NFL’s top teams back on track following its first loss of the season last Monday night.
Much has changed since Sirianni left Indy for Philadelphia after the 2020 season. He helped the Eagles sneak into last year’s playoffs and has them atop the NFC with an 8-1 mark this year.
Indy (4-5-1), meanwhile, lost its final two games to miss the playoffs last season, and this season’s continually sluggish offense has made the Colts virtually unrecognizable – even to fans.
Since their last home game on Oct. 30, Reich has been replaced by Jeff Saturday, who went from pregame TV anvil banger to interim coach in two weeks. Sirianni’s successor as coordinator, Marcus Brady, has been fired, Parks Frazier has taken over play-calling duties and Matt Ryan has reclaimed the starting quarterback job from Sam Ehlinger.
Yet somehow, amid all the turmoil, the Colts managed to play good enough last weekend to snap a three-game losing streak.
And now they’ll be back in Indy.
”Oh man, I’m excited,” Saturday said, referring to his home debut. ”You just bringing it up brings a smile to my face because I haven’t thought about it. But, man, every time I come back here, whether it was two weeks ago with (Tarik Glenn), that’s different, man. That’s home.”
Except that Sirianni won’t feel the same way.
”This game is not about my relationship with anyone in the building,” he said. ”I try not to get too wrapped up in that, knowing every game is big, every game is exciting, every game has somebody that goes back to a place they coached, a place they’re from or anything like that.”
THE LAST TIME?
Ryan looked more like the former Atlanta Falcons star last week – just in time to face his hometown team. The 37-year-old quarterback grew up near Philadelphia and attended the same high school as Adam F. Goldberg, creator of ABC’s hit comedy ”The Goldbergs.”
With one year left on his contract and playing with a team that’s not scheduled to face the NFC East again until 2026, this could be his last game against the Eagles.
”When I was in Atlanta, it seemed like we played them every year. I’ve played them a lot in my career and they’ve always been very good,” Ryan said. ”Going there was always difficult. Growing up there, I knew kind of how passionate the fans are.”
REPLACING GOEDERT
The Eagles didn’t just lose a game or a perfect record Monday. They also lost tight end Dallas Goedert (shoulder). He was having a Pro Bowl-type season before going on injured reserve earlier this week.
With A.J. Brown playing through an ankle injury, Sirianni must find additional options for quarterback Jalen Hurts.
”How do we replace him? You can’t, right?” he said. ”You have to do it by committee. You have tight ends that are there that we have a lot of faith in. Then it goes to where some of his targets go. Probably a couple will go to A.J., probably a couple go to DeVonta (Smith), and then you have backs that get intertwined in that.”
ON THE RUN
Washington won Monday’s game by forcing turnovers and controlling the ball for more than 40 minutes, two things that weren’t major factors in previous games. So after allowing 152 yards rushing on 49 carries to the Commanders, Philadelphia tried to reinforce the league’s No. 20-ranked run defense.
But with defending league rushing champ Jonathan Taylor up next, Philadelphia made two big signings this week after losing defensive tackle Marlon Tuipulotu. First, they signed veteran tackle Linval Joseph, then they added Ndamukong Suh on Thursday.
LINING UP
Indy’s biggest problem this season has been the offensive line, which has struggled in pass protection and clearing holes for Taylor. Last week, though, they appeared to solve the problem against the reeling Raiders. Ryan was only hit once, on a sack, and Taylor posted his first 100-yard game since Week 1.
What changed?
”It’s just accountability on all fronts,” said Saturday, a two-time All-Pro center. ”Obviously, I know that position specifically and I have a lot of respect for what those guys have done. I believe it needed to be addressed and emphasized. Those guys responded tremendously.”
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers placed star outside linebacker T.J. Watt on injured reserve Thursday, meaning he will miss a minimum of four games while recovering from a left pectoral injury.
The Steelers already had ruled Watt out for Sunday’s visit by New England. The NFL’s reigning defensive player of the year sustained the injury in the fourth quarter of last week’s overtime victory against Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said earlier in the week that Watt’s injury wasn’t as bad as initially feared. Watt received multiple opinions during the week and does not need surgery, which opened the door for him to return at some point this season.
The Steelers filled Watt’s spot on the 53-man roster by signing David Anenih off Tennessee’s practice squad. Anenih spent training camp with the Titans after being signed as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Houston. Tennessee waived Anenih before signing him to the practice squad.
Anenih collected 20 1/2 sacks in four seasons with the Cougars.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-0-5-1
(three, zero, five, one)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-0-5-1
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Top Player Prop Bets for Celtics vs. 76ers Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 5 on May 9, 2023
Published: May. 9, 2023 at 9:15 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Player props can be found for Jayson Tatum and Joel Embiid, among others, when the Boston Celtics host the Philadelphia 76ers at TD Garden on Tuesday at 7:30 PM ET.
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Celtics vs. 76ers Game Info
- Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Venue: TD Garden
Celtics vs 76ers Additional Info
NBA Props Today: Boston Celtics
Jayson Tatum Props
- Tuesday's over/under for Tatum is 28.5 points. That is 1.6 fewer than his season average of 30.1.
- Tatum has averaged 0.7 fewer rebounds per game (8.8) than his prop bet total in Tuesday's game (9.5).
- Tatum's year-long assist average -- 4.6 per game -- is 0.1 higher than Tuesday's assist prop bet value (4.5).
- Tatum's 3.2 made three-pointers per game is 0.7 more than his over/under in Tuesday's game (2.5).
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Jaylen Brown Props
- The 23.5-point total set for Jaylen Brown on Tuesday is 3.1 less than his season scoring average.
- He has pulled down 6.9 rebounds per game, 1.4 higher than his prop bet on Tuesday.
- Brown collects 3.5 assists per game, equal to his prop bet on Tuesday.
- He drains 2.4 three-pointers per game, 0.1 less than his prop bet total on Tuesday (2.5).
Derrick White Props
- The 12.5-point over/under for Derrick White on Tuesday is 0.1 higher than his season scoring average.
- White has grabbed 3.6 boards per game, 0.1 more than his over/under for Tuesday's game.
- White averages 3.9 assists, 1.4 more than his over/under for Tuesday.
- White's 1.8 three-pointers made per game is 0.3 more than his over/under on Tuesday.
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NBA Props Today: Philadelphia 76ers
Joel Embiid Props
- The 28.5-point over/under set for Embiid on Tuesday is 4.6 lower than his season scoring average of 33.1.
- Embiid's rebounding average -- 10.2 -- is 0.3 lower than his over/under on Tuesday.
- Embiid's assist average -- 4.2 -- is higher than Tuesday's assist prop bet (3.5).
- Embiid has connected on one three-pointer per game, which is more than his over/under on Tuesday (0.5).
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James Harden Props
- The 21.5-point total set for James Harden on Tuesday is 0.5 more points than his season scoring average.
- Harden's per-game rebound average of 6.1 is 0.6 more than his prop bet over/under in Tuesday's game (5.5).
- Harden's season-long assist average -- 10.7 per game -- is 3.2 higher than Tuesday's assist prop bet total (7.5).
- Harden's 2.8 made three-pointers per game is 0.3 more than his over/under in Tuesday's game (2.5).
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‘Muchachos’: How a 2003 hit became the unofficial anthem of Argentina’s World Cup success
By Matias Grez, CNN
If you’ve had a catchy tune stuck in your head from the World Cup, it’s likely this one.
Heard in the streets of Doha, the stands of the Lusail Stadium and even in the Argentine dressing room, the 2003 hit ‘Muchachos’ by La Mosca has become the unofficial anthem of Argentina’s World Cup success.
Originally bearing the title “Muchachos, esta noche me emborracho” — “Boys, tonight I will get drunk” — the song was rewritten by a teacher, Fernando Romero, to mention Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona and “the kids of las Malvinas.”
Romero renamed the song “Muchachos, ahora nos volvimos a ilusionar” — “Boys, now we have hope again” — and such was its popularity, La Mosca rerecorded the tune with the new lyrics before the World Cup in Qatar, even featuring Romero in the new music video.
In an interview with Argentine outlet El Destape, Romero said the song has “changed my life.”
“I was born in Argentina/Land of Diego and Lionel/The kids of the Malvinas/ Who I will never forget,” go the new lyrics.
“Boys, now we have hope again/I want to win the third/I want to be world champion/And Diego/We can see him from heaven/With Don Diego and La Tota [Maradona’s parents]/Encouraging Lionel.”
‘Las Malvinas’ is the Spanish language name given to the Falkland Islands, which sit 480 kilometers off the coast of Argentina and was the site of a bloody three-month war in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom, during which more than 600 Argentine soldiers lost their lives.
When England and Argentina faced off in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals — a game now famed for Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ and ‘Goal of the Century’ — it was the first time they had met in a sporting arena since the Falklands War.
Many of the players had, at least on the Argentine side, friends or relatives who had been conscripted, maybe even lost their life.
“It was like beating a country, not a football team,” Maradona wrote in his autobiography “I am El Diego” of the that 1986 World Cup game against England.
“Although we said before the game that football had nothing to do with the Malvinas War, we knew that a lot of Argentine kids had died there, that they had mowed us down like little birds.”
Before Qatar, 1986 was the last time Argentina had won the World Cup and Romero’s new lyrics encapsulate the hope Argentine fans had that Lionel Scaloni’s men could finally add a third star to the famed light blue and white jerseys. Argentina’s first World Cup title was secured in 1978 when the South American hosted the tournament.
With the Argentina squad landing in Buenos Aires in the early hours of Tuesday morning, you can be sure numerous renditions of “Muchachos, ahora nos volvimos a ilusionar” will be heard in the streets of the Argentine capital.
The new version of the song has already racked up 13 million views on YouTube and it’s likely that number will be considerably higher come the end of the year.
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CES Innovation Awards Honors the New, Cutting-Edge LUMIX GH6 Camera
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® named the LUMIX GH6 a CES® 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Digital Imaging & Photography category. The LUMIX GH6 is honored for its cutting-edge technologies, outstanding performance, responsiveness, and reliability. The announcement was made ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023, the most influential technology event of the year, which will take place January 5-8, 2023, in Las Vegas, NV and digitally.
"We are proud that the LUMIX GH6 has been named a CES 2023 Innovation Award Honoree," said Anthony Hanna, Group Product Manager - Imaging. "At Panasonic, we are committed to pushing the boundary of innovation and performance, driving the industry forward with new technologies that will create a higher standard for cameras."
The LUMIX GH6 was designed with expertise drawn from firsthand opinions, to recognize high quality video expression and workflow efficiency from setup to delivery in addition to excellent depiction performance and mobility. Together with a wide array of lens options, Panasonic is committed to leading the industry with creators who are seeking a new way to express their creativity. Its new, 25.2-megapixel Live MOS Sensor and Venus Engine will help a new generation of video creators produce state-of-the-art, high quality videos efficiently and on a low budget. The LUMIX GH6 is equipped with key improvements in performance and technology, while also maintaining reliability and ease of use.
- New Technologies for Advanced Video Production - With an increased effective pixel count by more than 20%, the new 25.2-megapixel Live MOS Sensor without LPF (Low-pass Filter) boasts high resolution, high-speed signal readout that reduces rolling shutter issues and achieves a wide dynamic range. Also, the new Venus Engine utilizes new, advanced image processing technology to render high-resolution imagery with natural noise texture and rich color reproduction.
- Improved Video Performance for Creative Professionals - Provides 12+ stops of wide dynamic range for pre-installed V-Log recording, expanding to 13+ stops when using Dynamic Range Boost mode.
- Highly Responsive Mobility and Operability - Improved auto focus performance to support the capabilities of the new Live MOS Sensor and Venus engine.
- Reliability and Expandability - The LUMIX GH6 also utilizes a forced-cooling fan mechanism to prevent overheating, in addition to being water-resistant and freeze-resistant, ensuring camera durability even with heavy field use.
The CES Innovation Awards program, owned and produced by CTA, is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in 28 consumer technology product categories. The LUMIX GH6 was selected by an elite panel of industry expert judges who reviewed more than 2,100 submissions.
The LUMIX GH6 is available for purchase at valued channel partners and on display at the Innovation Award Showcase at CES 2023.
Newark, NJ-based Panasonic Corporation of North America is a leading provider of Consumer Lifestyle technologies, as well as innovative Smart Mobility, Sustainable Energy, Immersive Experiences, and Integrated Supply Chain solutions. The company is the principal North American subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Panasonic Holdings Corporation. One of Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands of 2022, Panasonic is a leading technology partner and integrator to businesses, government agencies and consumers across the region. Learn more about Panasonic's ideas and innovations at na.panasonic.com/us
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(NEXSTAR) — Nissan is recalling about 203,223 vehicles over concerns a faulty parking element could allow the pickups to roll when parked.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports certain 9-speed automatic transmission Nissan Titans and Nissan Frontiers may have defective parking prawls, which are designed to automatically lock up the transmission when the vehicle is in park.
Affected vehicles are:
- 2020-2023 Nissan Titan — produced between Dec. 13, 2019 and August 25, 2022
- 2020-2021 Nissan Frontier — produced between June 10, 2020 and June 25, 2021
- 2022-2023 Nissan Frontier — produced between July 13, 2021 and August 25, 2022
While Nissan says owners will be notified by Nov. 1, if they have one of the recalled vehicles, owners are advised to use the parking brake whenever parking the vehicle. Nissan says it’s working to develop a solution for the problem. There have not yet been any confirmed incidents related to the issue, the automobile manufacturer says.
Meanwhile, the NHTSA and Nissan have also announced its 9-speed automatic 2023 Nissan Z is being recalled and a stop-sale has been issued.
Nissan is currently determining whether other Nissan vehicles or Infiniti models may be affected, NHTSA says.
If you have any questions or concerns, you can call Nissan at (800) 867-7669 or the NHTSA at (888) 327-4236.
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CLEVELAND (WJW) — A former NFL player found out Monday he’s going to prison for at least 12 years.
Eric L. Wilkerson, 56, of Cleveland, was indicted in 2022 on charges including aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and tampering with records in the fatal stabbing of 46-year-old Brian Weems III of Maple Heights.
Wilkerson pleaded guilty last week to amended charges including involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence, court records show. His remaining six charges were dropped.
Wilkerson was handed an indefinite sentence of 12- to 17-and-a-half years in prison on Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. That means he won’t be released until he’s between 68 and 73 years old. He’ll then be on probation for another two years.
Police said the two men got into in argument at Weems’ apartment and that Wilkerson followed him into the bathroom, where he stabbed Weems multiple times.
Wilkerson was a star running back for the Kent State University football team from 1985 to 1989 and played one season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Wilkerson was then waived by the Detroit Lions after playing one game with the team in 1990. He later played arena football in Cleveland.
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LAS VEGAS — Tech companies are showing off their latest products this week at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics show.
The show officially opened Thursday, with crowds of investors, media and tech workers streaming into cavernous Las Vegas venues to see the latest tech from big companies and startups alike.
Here are some highlights:
‘TALKING’ PETS
Have you ever wondered what your dog would say if it could speak to you?
FluentPet promises the next best thing — buttons the company says you can train your pet to push if it’s hungry, needs to go outside or wants to play.
The buttons come in a hexagon-shaped plastic mat called a hextile. Hextiles can be connected to each other to form a bigger collection of buttons.
“We find that actually when dogs kind of know that they’re being understood because they have the precision and specificity of the buttons, then they complain less because they’re no longer wondering whether they actually communicated what they wanted to,” said Leo Trottier, FluentPet CEO.
At CES, the company announced FluentPet Connect, a new app that notifies owners when their dog presses a button and collects data on how the buttons are used.
Fluent Pet’s starter kit comes with hextiles, a speaker and six buttons for $159.95. The app does not require a subscription.
A HIGH-TECH STROLLER
Canadian startup Gluxkind's smart stroller is designed to make life easier for parents on the go.
The AI-powered stroller has a sensor that can tell when you've picked up a fussy baby, at which point it will roll in front of you while you walk without you having to touch it.
When the baby is in the stroller, you need to keep your hands on it, but the battery will help propel it, making it easier to push uphill. It stops automatically if it gets too far away from whoever is pushing it. It can also rock a baby back and forth.
The battery lasts for about eight hours and takes two to four hours to charge.
“I looked into the stroller market and were really surprised that we didn’t find anything that has some kind of level of automation or motorization present,” said Anne Hunger, who co-founded the company with husband Kevin Huang after their daughter was born in 2020.
The company is currently taking pre-orders for the stroller and hopes to deliver them beginning in July. Prices start at $3,300.
A CALMING PILLOW
Need a break? Japan's Yukai Engineering says its robotic fufuly pillow can help users relax by mimicking the rhythm of breathing.
The soft, fluffy pillow gently expands and contracts, vibrating as you hold it against your stomach. The idea is that you'll breathe more slowly and deeply as your breath starts to synch with the movement of the pillow.
It was developed based on research done at the University of Tokyo.
Yukai CEO Shunsuke Aoki said the pillow can help remote workers who struggle to switch off from their jobs.
The version on display at CES is a prototype. The company is looking for partners and hopes to start producing it this year.
ROBOT DOG
Meet Dog-E, the excitable robodog.
Unveiled by toy maker WowWee, Dog-E has more than a million possible combinations of lights, sounds and personality traits.
Dog-E begins as a blank canvas and develops its personality as you set it up.
The app-connected toy has audio sensors to hear sounds, touch sensors on its sides and body, and a tail that you can program to display lighted icons and messages when it wags.
Jessica Kalichman from WowWee says it’s a good option for those who can’t commit to owning a real pup, or perhaps for those with allergies.
“I do think for anyone that’s either not ready to have a dog yet, this is a great test to take care of it, learn to feed it, nurture it, and really have that trial run for a family,” she said.
WowWee expects to have Dog-E in stores in September. It will sell for $79. The app to control the toy’s movements does not require a subscription.
A FOLDABLE TREADMILL
If you want a treadmill but don't have much space, WalkingPad offers a solution — a lightweight treadmill that can be folded in two when not in use and stored against a wall or under a bed.
WalkingPad reaches speeds of 7.5 mph (12 kph). It also includes a detachable phone or tablet holder and tracks your exercises in a free app. Its creators envision it helping remote workers stay fit at home.
An early version of WalkingPad went viral on TikTok as influencers added it to videos about their daily work-at-home routines.
Walking Pad creator King Smith Fitness opened its first headquarters in Dallas in December.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North’s defenses and eventually collapse his government, state media said Friday.
Kim made the comments during a speech Thursday at North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, where members passed legislation governing the use of nuclear weapons, which Kim described as a step to cement the country’s nuclear status and make clear such weapons will not be bargained.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s office said he was “deeply concerned” about the new law, and noted that the North’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons program “continues to disregard the resolutions of the Security Council to cease such activities.”
“The Secretary-General reiterates his call to the DPRK to resume dialogue with the key parties concerned with a view to achieving sustainable peace and the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” Guterres’s office said in a statement, using an acronym for the North’s formal name.
The new law spells out conditions where North would be inclined to use its nuclear weapons, including when it determines that its leadership is facing an imminent “nuclear or non-nuclear attack by hostile forces.” The law requires North Korea’s military to “automatically” execute nuclear strikes against enemy forces, including their “starting point of provocation and the command,” if Pyongyang’s leadership comes under attack.
The law also says North Korea could use nukes to prevent an unspecified “catastrophic crisis” to its government and people, a loose definition that experts say reflect an escalatory nuclear doctrine that could create greater concerns for neighbors.
Kim also criticized South Korea over its plans to expand its conventional strike capabilities and revive large-scale military exercises with the United States to counter the North’s growing threats, describing them as a “dangerous” military action that raises tensions.
Kim has made increasingly provocative threats of nuclear conflict toward the United States and its allies in Asia, also warning that the North would proactively use its nuclear weapons when threatened. His latest comments underscored the growing animosity in the region as he accelerates the expansion of his nuclear weapons and missiles program.
“The purpose of the United States is not only to remove our nuclear might itself, but eventually forcing us to surrender or weaken our rights to self-defense through giving up our nukes, so that they could collapse our government at any time,” Kim said in the speech published by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.
“Let them sanction us for 100 days, 1,000 days, 10 years or 100 years,” Kim said. “We will never give up our rights to self-defense that preserves our country’s existence and the safety of our people just to temporarily ease the difficulties we are experiencing now.”
Kim also addressed domestic issues, saying North Korea would begin its long-delayed rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in November. He didn’t specify how many doses it would have, where they would come from, or how they would be administered across his population of 26 million people.
GAVI, the nonprofit that runs the U.N.-backed COVAX distribution program, said in June it understood North Korea had accepted an offer of vaccines from China. GAVI said at the time the specifics of the offer were unclear.
North Korea rejected previous offers by COVAX, likely because of international monitoring requirements, and has also ignored U.S. and South Korean offers of vaccines and other COVID-19 aid.
Kim last month declared victory over COVID-19 and ordered preventive measures eased just three months after his government for the first time acknowledged an outbreak. Experts believe the North’s disclosures on its outbreak are manipulated to help Kim maintain absolute control.
The North Korean report about Kim’s speech came a day after South Korea extended its latest olive branch, proposing a meeting with North Korea to resume temporary reunions of aging relatives separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, which were last held in 2018.
Experts say it’s highly unlikely North Korea would accept the South’s offer considering the stark deterioration in inter-Korean ties amid the stalemate in larger nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. The U.S.-North Korean diplomacy derailed in 2019 over disagreements in exchanging the release of crippling sanctions against the North and the North’s denuclearization steps.
Kim was combative toward South Korea in Thursday’s speech and urged his country to expand the operational roles of its tactical nuclear weapons and accelerate their deployment to strengthen the country’s war deterrent. Those comments appeared to align with a ruling party decision in June to approve unspecified new operational duties for front-line troops, which analysts say likely include plans to deploy battlefield nuclear weapons targeting rival South Korea along their tense border.
Cheong Seong Chang, a senior analyst at South Korea’s Sejong Institute, said Kim’s comments and the new North Korean law amount to a warning that it would launch immediate nuclear strikes on the United States and South Korea if they ever attempt to decapacitate Pyongyang’s leadership.
The North is also communicating a threat that it could use its nuclear weapons during conflicts with South Korea’s conventional forces, which would raise the risk of accidental clashes escalating into a nuclear crisis, Cheong said.
North Korea has been speeding its development of nuclear-capable, short-range missiles that can target South Korea since 2019. Experts say its rhetoric around those missiles communicates a threat to proactively use them in warfare to blunt the stronger conventional forces of South Korea and the United States. About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in the South to deter aggression from the North.
The U.S.-led diplomatic push to defuse the nuclear standoff has been further complicated by an intensifying U.S.-China rivalry and Russia’s war on Ukraine, which deepened the divide in the U.N. Security Council, where Beijing and Moscow have blocked U.S. efforts to tighten sanctions on Pyongyang over its revived long-range missile tests this year.
Kim has dialed up weapons tests to a record pace in 2020, launching more than 30 ballistic weapons, including the first demonstrations of his intercontinental ballistic missiles since 2017.
U.S. and South Korean officials say Kim may up the ante soon by ordering the North’s first nuclear test in five years as he pushes a brinkmanship aimed at forcing Washington to accept the idea of the North as a nuclear power and negotiating concessions from a position of strength.
Experts say Kim is also trying to strengthen his leverage by strengthening his cooperation with China and Russia in an emerging partnership aimed at undercutting U.S. influence.
North Korea has repeatedly blamed the United States for the crisis in Ukraine, saying the West’s “hegemonic policy” justified Russian military actions in Ukraine to protect itself. U.S. officials said this week the Russians are in the process of purchasing North Korean ammunition, including artillery shells and rockets, to ease their supply shortages in the war against Ukraine.
North Korea also has joined Russia and Syria as the only nations to recognize the independence of two pro-Russia breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine and has discussed send its construction workers to those regions to work on rebuilding.
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Leading Web3 Platform Receives Patent for Groundbreaking TuneFile® Invention, Designed to Solve the Music Industry's Content Security and Metadata Problems
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TuneGO®, a leading Web3 music platform, was awarded a new patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") for innovative technology that ensures metadata remains secure and accurate across the entire music ecosystem. The patented TuneFile® empowers artists and contributors by establishing metadata consistency throughout the music supply chain, to ensure music royalties are properly paid to the creative community.
The patented TuneFile® seamlessly integrates with the patented TuneGO Vault®, ensuring music content is secure and metadata is protected and accurate in the cloud and offline. The innovative TuneFile® allows artists and creators to share their metadata, song splits, and royalty information with the vast ecosystem of music distribution platforms, licensing companies, and collection societies with guaranteed accuracy to ensure royalties are correctly paid to contributors. The TuneFile's patented technology can check the patented TuneGO Vault to ensure metadata accuracy and completeness, even after the TuneFile has been shared with outside organizations.
TuneFile® is a file-sharing feature in the TuneGO Vault, which enables artists to maintain full control over the entire creative process, and establish a chain of custody for a song prior to the minting of a non-fungible token ("NFT"). This technology breakthrough is a cutting-edge invention that will benefit the creative community in the digital era of music and future of Web3.
"Our Web3 platform is unique because it forms a secure, end-to-end digital record of the creative process, which serves as a comprehensive record of all credits and contributions," said John Kohl, Co-Founder and CEO of TuneGO. "The TuneFile invention builds on our progress by making it simple for music artists to identify whether or not the metadata in their song files is fully complete before they share their content with other parties and begin to monetize it. We are proud that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office continues to recognize the transformative power of our innovative technology," said John Kohl, Co-Founder and CEO of TuneGO.
TuneGO has been granted U.S. Patent No. 11,392,637, which is directed to marking containerized content at a given level of completeness, based on the items of metadata that are included in the container. The items of metadata can be identified for a particular content type, and the container can be marked as complete or incomplete based on the presence or absence of those items of metadata.
TuneGO's already formidable patent portfolio includes 18 U.S. and foreign-granted and pending patent applications—covering various aspects of secure digital storage of music and digital media, creative rights administration and protection, safe and secure project collaboration, and the monetization of creative work through traditional channels and new revenue streams in the world of Web3.
"This new patent is yet another milestone we have achieved on our way to revolutionizing the way artists track and protect their creative rights and contributions—and ensure they are paid all of the royalties they are owed," said Stacy Haitsuka, CTO of TuneGO. "We remain dedicated to helping artists, as well as content distributors and providers, securely roll out creative material to audiences and collectors, and stay one step ahead of changes in fan engagement and content consumption," said Stacy Haitsuka, CTO of TuneGO.
TuneGO operates on the Flow blockchain, the home of NBA Top Shot, NFL ALL DAY, UFC Strike, and LaLiga (coming soon). TuneGO creates a technology gateway between the creative ecosystem and fans, collectors, and consumers, and is bolstered by the ease-of-use and no gas fees of the eco-friendly Flow blockchain.
TuneGO's mission is to secure and protect music and digital media, empower the creative community, and accelerate the world's transition to Web3. TuneGO provides a robust, global, end-to-end proprietary technology platform that demystifies and simplifies Web3, solves significant problems that plague the music industry, provides a patented safe and secure collaborative environment that facilitates and improves creative output, and establishes a community gateway for the music industry to connect to the new culture of fans, collectors, and consumers. TuneGO's proprietary technology platform is secured by 10 granted patents and hundreds of intellectual property claims. To learn more please visit www.TuneGO.com or download TuneGO from the app store.
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NEW YORK, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning public relations and marketing agency, Teuwen Communications is pleased to announce three new clients: NEFT Vodka, crafted in Austria's Rhaetian Alps; Sashi Moorman and Rajat Parr's Provignage which includes Sandhi Wines, Evening Land Vineyards, and Domaine de la Côte wineries; and Château La Coste - a wine estate, art, culinary and spa destination in Provence. They join the Agency's esteemed roster of international and domestic wine and spirit brands.
Recognized by PR News as an Agency Elite Top 100, the Agency was also named a top ten wine and spirits PR Agency in the US by Meininger's Wine Business International. Growth is a key component of how Teuwen measures its success—which is displayed by these 2021 results. Wines of Alsace, represented by the Agency for more than a decade, surged in imports to the US with +45.85% in volume and +41.33% in volume vs. the year prior. In the spirits sector, the Cognac Bureau (BNIC) reported an increase of +11.1% or 115 million bottles shipped to the US in 2021.
Additionally, Teuwen has joined the ranks of the Food & Wine Republic, an international network of 12 agencies specialized in food, wine and spirits. "This collective allows the Agency to create synergies across markets, optimize programming and create new connections" Founder and President Stephanie Teuwen commented, "We are thrilled to be among this talented group of PR professionals to collaborate, share ideas and strategies in support of the food and drinks sector."
For more than 25 years, Teuwen has serviced clients across the wine, spirits and hospitality industry with deep respect, know-how, passion, and authenticity. Teuwen's creative, compelling and dynamic campaigns captivate audiences across the US.
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Privacy, phishing and scams – oh my. Here's what cybercriminals have been up to the past quarter.
TEMPE, Ariz. and PRAGUE, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norton Labs, the global research team at NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ: NLOK), today released its quarterly Consumer Cyber Safety Pulse Report, detailing the top consumer cybersecurity threats and insights from July through September 2022. Leveraging the company's global threat telemetry, the report includes an analysis of the most recent ways cybercriminals are putting privacy and security at risk.
Norton Labs analyzed recent attacks on top companies that were compromised through stolen login credentials. While these campaigns aimed to steal the information that could later be monetized against victims, the goal was to undermine the trusted technologies used to send automated emails, authentication codes, and an entire company's single sign-on.
"Cybercriminals have become experts at catching one-time codes used in most two-factor authentication and they know that by undermining the systems that send the codes, their efforts are even more effective," said Jeff Nathan, Technical Director and Researcher, NortonLifeLock. "Consumers should use FIDO U2F tokens everywhere they can as they aren't susceptible to these phishing attacks."
Cybercriminals are also turning to scam e-shops offering electronics, jewelry, clothes, and everything in between to lure victims. According to the FTC, there were 397,826 reports of online shopping fraud in 2021, totaling $392 million in losses. These sites often seem legitimate with polished storefronts, positive reviews, ties to social media accounts and more. However, once you place an order, you may receive a counterfeit item or nothing at all. Norton Labs warns shoppers to watch out for prices that may be too good to be true, be wary of sites that request unusual payment-processing methods and to beware of social media ads and unsolicited messages. Using a URL lookup tool like Norton Safe Web can also let shoppers know if a site is already known to be a malicious/scam domain.
Another alarming discovery from Norton Labs is that 80 percent of websites share search terms with advertisers either accidentally or deliberately. Trackers can gain information from website visits, such as a user's IP address, the website's content, domain and more. This offers third parties a user's search terms which can include sensitive information like medical concerns or family and legal situations. Advertisers may then use these characteristics to target ads in unexpected or potentially uncomfortable ways.
From July through September 2022, Norton thwarted over 750 million threats, or around 8 million threats per day. Norton blocked:
- 25.2 million phishing attempts
- 103.7 million file threats
- 330 thousand mobile threats
- 63 thousand ransomware attacks
- Over 1 billion trackers and fingerprinting scripts blocked by Norton AntiTrack
For more information and Cyber Safety guidance, visit the Norton Internet Security Center.
NortonLifeLock Inc. (NASDAQ: NLOK) is a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety, protecting and empowering people to live their digital lives safely. We are the consumer's trusted ally in an increasingly complex and connected world. Learn more about how we're transforming Cyber Safety at www.NortonLifeLock.com.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The scrappy San Diego Padres, largely rebuilt at the trade deadline, are finding their identity at just the right time.
In danger of heading to Philadelphia down 0-2 in the NL Championship Series, the Padres produced another huge rally in front of their rowdy fans to put some punch into the all-wild card matchup.
Brandon Drury hit a go-ahead, two-run single during a five-run outburst in the fifth inning and San Diego stunned Aaron Nola and the Phillies 8-5 on Wednesday to tie the NLCS at one game apiece.
“You go into their place, which is probably going to be as spirited as ours is, down 2-0 and that’s an uphill battle,” said veteran manager Bob Melvin, who has brought a calming presence in his first year as San Diego’s skipper.
The Padres weren’t rattled when they fell behind 4-0 in the second inning after getting just one hit during a 2-0 loss in the series opener Tuesday.
“We go into Philly for three and it’s a big game,” Drury said. “We’ve got to fight and we did. It’s huge.”
The fifth-inning surge started with Padres catcher Austin Nola hitting an RBI single off his younger brother that brought the sellout, towel-twirling crowd of 44,607 to life. Three innings earlier, the Phillies took a 4-0 lead with a rally that included bloop hits, a sun-aided double on a gorgeous, 92-degree afternoon and some shoddy Padres defense.
On Saturday night, spurred by the bottom of the order, the Padres broke loose for five runs in the seventh inning of a 5-3 win that eliminated the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers.
Wednesday’s rally was similar.
“We need to continue to build that confidence,” said Austin Nola, the No. 9 batter. “That’s what we talked about all year. That identity is never giving up, never giving in. Every inning we’re putting pressure on the other team to score and it’s paying off.”
Drury and Josh Bell hit back-to-back homers for the Padres, and Manny Machado went deep late.
The series shifts to Philadelphia for three games beginning Friday night. The Phillies, trying to reach their first World Series since 2009, outscored Atlanta 17-4 in two home Division Series games last weekend to dispatch the defending World Series champion Braves.
Manager Rob Thomson said the Phillies need to approach this situation like they did the NLDS.
“We went into Atlanta, won the first one, lost the second one. Disappointing game. We had a day off and came back home in front of 46,000 raucous people and played really well. I expect to do the same thing,” he said.
Blake Snell got the win and Josh Hader the save after striking out the side in the ninth to send the crowd into a frenzy. Aaron Nola, in the playoffs for the first time and off to a brilliant start before Wednesday, took the loss.
The Padres, playing in their first NLCS since 1998, appeared to be in deep trouble after Snell threw 37 pitches in the Phillies’ four-run second.
San Diego began its comeback with homers on consecutive pitches by Drury and Bell to open the bottom of the inning. Drury lined a shot to left field and Bell lifted a fly ball deep to right that stayed just fair.
Bell and Juan Soto, who had an RBI double in the fifth, were obtained in a blockbuster trade with Washington on Aug. 2, the same day the Padres got Drury from Cincinnati. The day before, the Padres got Hader from Milwaukee.
When Austin Nola grounded out in the second inning, it was the first pitcher-batter matchup between siblings in postseason history.
Big brother came up again in the fifth with one out and Kim Ha-seong on first base. Aaron Nola threw over several times before Austin singled to right-center to bring in the speedy Kim, who was running on an 0-2 pitch. His helmet flew off between second and third before he scored with a headfirst slide.
“It’s a typical plate appearance vs. my brother. I’m 0-2,” Austin Nola said. “I might as well just walk up there and tell him to put two strikes on me because that’s what it feels like. I just battle. I know the kind of pitcher he is. He’s not going to give in. I’m just trying to hit something hard through the middle and good things happen.”
Jurickson Profar singled, Soto hit an RBI double to tie the game at 4 and Machado struck out before Aaron Nola was pulled for former Padres closer Brad Hand.
Jake Cronenworth was hit by a pitch to load the bases. With fans on their feet and waving yellow rally towels, Drury singled to put the Padres ahead. Bell capped the really with a single to right. The Padres sent 11 batters to the plate, collecting six hits, a walk and a hit batter.
Aaron Nola hadn’t allowed an earned run in picking up a win in each of the first two playoff rounds.
After winning 2-0 Tuesday on Kyle Schwarber’s jaw-dropping, 488-foot homer and another homer by Bryce Harper, the Phillies went ahead with small ball in the second inning Wednesday.
Snell needed only six pitches to get through a 1-2-3 first but wasn’t as lucky in the second.
Harper and Nick Castellanos opened the inning with bloop singles before Alec Bohm hit a sharp single to right to bring in Harper. After Jean Segura struck out, Soto, the right fielder, lost Matt Vierling’s fly ball in the sun and it dropped behind him for an RBI double.
Edmundo Sosa golfed an RBI single that landed just in front of Profar in left field. Schwarber hit a weak grounder to first that Drury bobbled before stepping on the bag as Vierling scored.
Snell allowed four runs and five hits in five innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Aaron Nola was tagged for six runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked none.
As for the brotherly showdown, he said: “I want to beat him. I want to go to the next round and let him go home.”
Machado homered leading off the seventh and Philly’s Rhys Hoskins homered on the first pitch from Robert Suarez in the eighth, ending the reliever’s scoreless streak of 19 1/3 innings.
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Padres RHP Joe Musgrove (10-7, 2.93 ERA regular season; 1-0, 1.38 postseason) and Phillies LHP Ranger Suarez (10-7, 3.65 ERA regular season; 0-0, 2.70 postseason) are scheduled to start Game 3 on Friday night in Philadelphia.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as elsewhere Russian troops consolidated their gains in the east.
Associated Press journalists in Kyiv saw rescue services battling flames and rescuing civilians. Klitschko said four people were hospitalized with injuries and a 7-year-old girl was pulled alive from the rubble. Culture minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said on Telegram that a kindergarten was hit in the attacks.
Ukraine Member of Parliament Oleksiy Goncharenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app that "according to prelim data 14 missiles were launched against Kyiv region and Kyiv." Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said the missiles were Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles fired from planes over the Caspian Sea.
Before Sunday's early morning attack, Kyiv had not faced any such Russian airstrikes since June 5.
Klitschko told journalists that he believed "it is maybe a symbolic attack" ahead of this week's NATO summit in Madrid.
Two more explosions were later heard in Kyiv, but their cause and possible casualties were not immediately clear.
Meanwhile, Russian forces have been seeking to swallow up the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern Luhansk region, pressing their momentum after taking full control Saturday of the charred ruins of Sievierodonetsk and the chemical plant where hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians had been holed up.
Serhiy Haidai, governor of the Luhansk region that includes Sievierodonetsk, said Sunday that Russia was conducting intense airstrikes on the adjacent city of Lysychansk, destroying its television tower and seriously damaging a road bridge.
"There's very much destruction — Lysychansk is almost unrecognizable," he wrote on Facebook.
Also Sunday, U.S. President Joe Biden said the United States and other Group of Seven leading economies intend to announce a ban on imports of gold from Russia. They hope that measure will further isolate Russia economically over its invasion of Ukraine.
Senior Biden administration officials said gold is Moscow's second largest export after energy, and that banning imports would make it more difficult for Russia to participate in global markets.
Biden's Twitter feed said Russia "rakes in tens of billions of dollars" from the sale of its gold, its second largest export after energy.
On Saturday, Russia also launched dozens of missiles on several areas across the country far from the heart of the eastern battles. Some of the missiles were fired from Russian long-range Tu-22 bombers deployed from Belarus for the first time, Ukraine's air command said.
The bombardment preceded a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, during which Putin announced that Russia planned to supply Belarus with the Iskander-M missile system.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said late Saturday that Russian and Moscow-backed separatist forces now control Sievierodonetsk and the villages surrounding it. He said the attempt by Ukrainian forces to turn the Azot plant into a "stubborn center of resistance" had been thwarted.
Haidai confirmed Saturday that Sievierodonetsk had fallen to Russian and separatist fighters, who he said were now trying to blockade Lysychansk from the south.
Russia's Interfax news agency quoted a spokesman for the separatist forces, Andrei Marochko, as saying Russian troops and separatist fighters had entered Lysychansk and that fighting was taking place in the heart of the city. There was no immediate comment on the claim from the Ukrainian side.
Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk have been the focal point of a Russian offensive aimed at capturing all of the Donbas and destroying the Ukrainian military defending it — the most capable and battle-hardened segment of the country's armed forces.
Capturing Lysychansk would give Russian forces control of every major settlement in the province, a significant step toward Russia's aim of capturing the entire Donbas. The Russians and separatists control about half of Donetsk, the second province in the Donbas.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants.
The new treatment from Seres Therapeutics provides a simpler, rigorously tested version of stool-based procedures that some medical specialists have used for more than a decade to help patients.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the capsules for adults 18 and older who face risks from repeat infections with Clostridium difficile, a bacteria that can cause severe nausea, cramping and diarrhea.
C. diff is particularly dangerous when it reoccurs, leading to between 15,000 and 30,000 deaths per year. It can be killed with antibiotics but they also destroy good bacteria that live in the gut, leaving it more susceptible to future infections. The new capsules are approved for patients who have already received antibiotic treatment.
More than 10 years ago, some doctors began reporting success with fecal transplants — using stool from a healthy donor — to restore the gut’s healthy balance and prevent reinfections.
The FDA approved the first pharmaceutical-grade version of the treatment last year from a rival drugmaker, Ferring Pharmaceuticals. But that company’s product — like most of the original procedures — must be delivered via the rectum.
Cambridge Massachusetts-based Seres will market its drug as a less invasive option. The treatment will be sold under the brand name Vowst and comes as a regimen of four daily capsules taken for three consecutive days.
Both of the recent FDA approvals are the product of years of pharmaceutical industry research into the microbiome, the community of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in the gut.
Currently most fecal transplants are provided by a network of stool banks that have popped up at medical institutions and hospitals across the country.
While the availability of new FDA-approved options is expected to decrease demand for donations from stool banks, some plan to stay open.
OpenBiome, the largest stool bank in the U.S., said it will keep serving patients who aren’t eligible for the FDA-approved products, such as children and adults with treatment-resistant cases. It has supplied more than 65,000 stool samples for C. diff patients since 2013.
“OpenBiome is committed to maintaining safe access to ‘fecal transplantation’ for these patients as a vital last line of defense,” said Dr. Majdi Osman, the group’s medical chief.
OpenBiome’s standard stool treatment costs less than $1,700 and is typically delivered as a frozen solution within days of ordering. Seres did not disclose the price it will charge for its capsules in a statement Wednesday evening.
“We want to make the commercial experience for physicians and patients as easy as possible,” said Eric Shaff, the company’s chief executive officer, in an interview ahead of the announcement. “Ease of administration — in our view — is one of the aspects of the value we’re delivering.”
Seres will co-market the treatment with Swiss food giant Nestle, which will also split the profits. Seres will receive a $125 million milestone payment from Nestle in connection with the FDA approval.
Overseeing the fledgling industry of U.S. stool banks has created regulatory headaches for the FDA, which doesn’t traditionally police homemade products and procedures used in doctor’s offices. In the early days of the trend, the FDA warned consumers about the risks of potential infections from the fecal transplants, as some people sought out questionable “do it yourself” methods from videos and websites.
Seres executives say their manufacturing process relies on the same techniques and equipment used to purify blood products and other biologic therapies.
The company starts with stool provided by a small group of donors who are screened for various health risks and conditions. Their stool is likewise tested for dozens of potential viruses, infections and parasites.
The company then processes the samples to remove the waste, isolate the healthy bacteria and kill any other lingering organisms. Thousands of capsules can be made from each stool sample, making it a more efficient process than current fecal transplants, according to the company.
The FDA warned in its approval announcement that the drug “may carry a risk of transmitting infectious agents. It is also possible for Vowst to contain food allergens,” the agency noted.
The FDA approved the treatment based on a 180-patient study in which nearly 88% of patients taking the capsules did not experience reinfection after 8 weeks, compared with 60% of those who received dummy pills.
Common side effects included abdominal swelling, constipation and diarrhea.
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The late, great Kim Porter left behind a legacy of beauty, grace, and class. A viral post about her influence proves why she will always be the muse and a forever inspiration. Check out some fun facts about Kim Porter inside.
In a viral post on Instagram, one user @luvvjones__shared some interesting facts about why she feels Porter is the muse and inspiration. The post reveals how acclaimed producer Dallas Austin’s relationship with model Kim was the inspiration for the 2002 film Drumline. It also details how Jodeci’s “Forever My Lady,” which was written by Al B. Sure, her son Quincy Brown’s father, and DeVante Swing.
Austin shared in an interview with Daily Mail that, “Most people don’t know that Zoe Saldana played the role of Kim in Drumline as Nick Cannon played my character.”
Both Austin and Porter grew up together in Columbus, Georgia and their parents were pregnant with them at the same time.
“My mom and Kim’s mom was pregnant with us at the same time in Columbus,” Austin reveals. “I have never known a life without Kim Porter from kindergarten through all of our life long experiences in high school, having matching BMWs or her being the biggest believer in me making it as a producer and us getting out of Columbus to be somebody and we made it!!”
The two went to their high school prom together:
Meanwhile, Al B. Sure and Porter’s relationship led to their brief union in 1989. When they were together, he co-wrote “Forever My Lady,” which is popularly sung by Jodeci. As fans may have imagined, the song is absolutely about Porter. At the time, she was pregnant with their son, Quincy.
He looked at her and professed, “So you’re having my baby, and it means so much to me.” So, the lyrics began to pour out. He and Jodeci member, Devante Swing, went on to write and produce the song.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Badger 5" game were:
05-09-14-19-31
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Badger 5" game were:
05-09-14-19-31
(five, nine, fourteen, nineteen, thirty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $16,000
¶ Maximum prize: $45,000
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has fired embattled Architect of the Capitol Brett Blanton, who oversees the historic building that houses Congress and its expansive grounds, as pressure mounted for his removal following a scathing inspector general report of personal and management lapses.
The White House said Monday that Blanton’s appointment was terminated. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Monday he’d lost confidence in Blanton’s ability to do the job.
An inspector general report released last year found “administrative, ethical and policy violations” by Blanton, a Trump-era appointee, including that he abused his government vehicle and misrepresented himself as a law enforcement official. A House hearing last week unearthed new questions and criticisms — including that he was not at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when it came under attack by former President Donald Trump’s supporters.
“The Architect of the Capitol, Brett Blanton, no longer has my confidence to continue in his job. He should resign or President Biden should remove him immediately,” McCarthy said Monday in a tweet.
The speaker’s statement came as questions and criticism swirled around the architect, who is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the historic Capitol building and its surrounding 570-acre complex and grounds.
Blanton came under intense criticism after the inspector general report found Blanton allowed unauthorized use of his work vehicle, including by his wife and adult daughter, racking up nearly 30,000 miles — about triple the estimate for his official use.
At a House hearing last week, Blanton also came under fire when he testified that he was not at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack because it was a “telework” day under COVID-19 protocols.
He also faced fierce questions about Capitol tours he allowed and sometimes conducted despite pandemic restrictions.
On Monday, the chairman of the House Administration Committee, Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., also called on Blanton to immediately resign.
“The Inspector General’s report was highly concerning,” Steil said. He said at last week’s hearing, Blanton’s “refusal to be transparent and truthful has made clear that he can no longer lead the organization and must resign immediately.”
The investigation grew from a hotline tip about unauthorized use of his work vehicle that drew attention to his office.
The Office of the Inspector General report issued in October 2022 found that Blanton had “Abused His Authority, Misused Government Property and Wasted Taxpayer Money, Among Other Substantiated Violations.”
The inspector general said it received a hotline complaint on March 7, 2021, “concerning the misuse” of an AOC (Architect of the Capitol) vehicle.
It said the black Ford Explorer near the Walmart at Tyson’s Corner was driving “extremely reckless in the parking garage and swerving out of the garage at a high rate of speed, estimated to be about 65 miles per hour (mph) in a 30-mph zone.”
The complainant said the driver, a woman later identified to be Blanton’s adult daughter, “made obscene gestures toward them while at the stop sign outside the parking garage.”
The report said the family racked up miles on the vehicle beyond what was estimated for the architect’s official use, amounting to $13,926.56 in questioned costs. It said the daughter had referred to using the AOC’s fuel as “free gas.”
“The AOC OIG found overwhelming evidence that Blanton and his family continually misused AOC vehicles” intended for home-to-work use, the report said.
The report also found that Blanton used his official SUV on another occasion in 2020 to pursue a vehicle “involved in a hit-and-run incident that took place in front of his residence.” It said he led the police and others involved during the court proceeding to believe he was law enforcement.
The report also found “multiple social media posts” created by Blanton’s wife about Capitol tours, including one reading “All PATRIOTS welcome.”
The report said while the posts did not violate U.S. codes, “Offering private tours of the U.S. Capitol creates the appearance of impropriety and using a public position for private gain, which is a violation of AOC policy.”
Blanton was nominated in December 2019 by Trump as the 12th Architect of the Capitol, and confirmed to the post by the U.S. Senate.
The architect’s job is sweeping and historic, responsible for maintenance and operation of the U.S. Capitol and its expansive grounds and building complex. Blanton, a former U.S. Naval officer, is a civil engineer and previously worked as deputy vice president at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
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State lawmakers want children to fill labor shortages, even in bars and on school nights
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights and in expanded roles including serving alcohol in bars and restaurants as young as 14.
The efforts to significantly roll back labor rules are largely led by Republican lawmakers to address worker shortages and in some cases run afoul of federal regulations.
Child welfare advocates worry the measures represent a coordinated push to scale back hard-won protections for minors.
“The consequences are potentially disastrous,” said Reid Maki, director of the Child Labor Coalition, which advocates against exploitative labor policies. “You can’t balance a perceived labor shortage on the backs of teen workers.”
Lawmakers proposed loosening child labor laws in at least 10 states over the past two years, according to a report published last month by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. Some bills became law, while others were withdrawn or vetoed.
Legislators in Wisconsin, Ohio and Iowa are actively considering relaxing child labor laws to address worker shortages. Employers have struggled to fill open positions after a spike in retirements, deaths and illnesses from COVID-19, decreases in legal immigration and other factors.
Wisconsin lawmakers back a proposal to allow 14-year-olds to serve alcohol in bars and restaurants. If passed, Wisconsin would have the lowest such limit nationwide, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
The Ohio Legislature is on track to pass a bill allowing students ages 14 and 15 to work until 9 p.m. during the school year with their parents’ permission. That’s later than federal law allows, so a companion measure asks the U.S. Congress to amend its own laws.
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, students that age can only work until 7 p.m. during the school year. Congress passed the law in 1938 to stop children from being exposed to dangerous conditions and abusive practices in mines, factories, farms and street trades.
Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law in March eliminating permits that required employers to verify a child’s age and their parent’s consent. Without work permit requirements, companies caught violating child labor laws can more easily claim ignorance. Other measures to loosen child labor laws have been passed into law in New Jersey, New Hampshire and Iowa.
Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law last year allowing teens aged 16 and 17 to work unsupervised in child care centers. The state Legislature approved a bill this month to allow teens of that age to serve alcohol in restaurants. It would also expand the hours minors can work. Reynolds, who said in April she supports more youth employment, has until June 3 to sign or veto the measure.
Republicans dropped provisions from a version of the bill allowing children aged 14 and 15 to work in dangerous fields including mining, logging and meatpacking. But it kept some provisions that the Labor Department say violate federal law, including allowing children as young as 14 to briefly work in freezers and meat coolers, and extending work hours in industrial laundries and assembly lines.
Teen workers are more likely to accept low pay and less likely to unionize or push for better working conditions, said Maki, of the Child Labor Coalition, a Washington-based advocacy network.
“There are employers that benefit from having kind of docile teen workers,” Maki said, adding that teens are easy targets for industries that rely on vulnerable populations such as immigrants and the formerly incarcerated to fill dangerous jobs.
The Department of Labor reported in February that child labor violations had increased by nearly 70% since 2018. The agency is increasing enforcement and asking Congress to allow larger fines against violators.
It fined one of the nation’s largest meatpacking sanitation contractors $1.5 million in February after investigators found the company illegally employed more than 100 children at locations in eight states. The child workers cleaned bone saws and other dangerous equipment in meatpacking plants, often using hazardous chemicals.
National business lobbyists, chambers of commerce and well-funded conservative groups are backing the state bills to increase teen participation in the workforce, including Americans for Prosperity, a conservative political network and the National Federation of Independent Business, which typically aligns with Republicans.
The conservative Opportunity Solutions Project and its parent organization, Florida-based think tank Foundation for Government Accountability, helped lawmakers in Arkansas and Missouri draft bills to roll back child labor protections, The Washington Post reported. The groups, and allied lawmakers, often say their efforts are about expanding parental rights and giving teenagers more work experience.
“There’s no reason why anyone should have to get the government’s permission to get a job,” Republican Arkansas Rep. Rebecca Burkes, who sponsored the bill to eliminate child work permits, said on the House floor. “This is simply about eliminating the bureaucracy that is required and taking away the parent’s decision about whether their child can work.”
Margaret Wurth, a children’s rights researcher with Human Rights Watch, a member of the Child Labor Coalition, described bills like the one passed in Arkansas as “attempts to undermine safe and important workplace protections and to reduce workers’ power.”
Current laws fail to protect many child workers, Wurth said.
She wants lawmakers to end exceptions for child labor in agriculture. Federal law allows children 12 and older to work on farms for any amount of time outside of school hours, with parental permission. Farm workers over 16 can work at dangerous heights or operate heavy machinery, hazardous tasks reserved for adult workers in other industries.
Twenty-four children died from work injuries in in 2021, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Around half of deadly work incidents happened on farms, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office covering child deaths between 2003 and 2016.
“More children die working in agriculture than in any other sector,” Wurth said. “Enforcement isn’t going to help much for child farm workers unless the standards improve.”
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Harm Venhuizen is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Venhuizen on Twitter.
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Family-owned businesses and transfer of wealth will be the focus of an event held Thursday in Albuquerque by University of New Mexico-affiliated Parker Center for Family Business.
The free session features center board members and longtime consultants Kathy Wiseman and Edward Monte, and will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Colliers International building, 5051 Journal Center NE, according to a release.
Wiseman is an advisor for marketing, public relations and internal communications firms. Monte runs a family business consulting firm that concentrates on parent-adult child relationship issues impacting family business endeavors.
The event, part of the center’s Lunch and Learn session, will focus on “the uniqueness of family members working together in an enterprise and transference of their wealth down the generations.”
Lunch will be included; there is no cost, but reservations can be made by email to lindaparker@theparkercenter.org.
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- East Ventures Sustainability Report 2023 provides an in-depth illustration of East Ventures' sustainability journey of catalyzing impact within its ecosystem
- Serving as the second report, East Ventures Sustainability Report 2023 reinforces East Ventures' unwavering commitment to transparency and its role in forging the path toward a sustainable future
East Ventures Sustainability Report 2023
JAKARTA, Indonesia, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia, launched East Ventures Sustainability Report 2023. This report demonstrates East Ventures and its ecosystem's continued commitment to integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks and practices in creating sustainable value for society.
"The second East Ventures Sustainability Report aligns with East Ventures' mission to not only deliver strong financial returns but also to make a meaningful and lasting impact on the environment and society. By adhering to the ESG standards, we believe we can maximize the impact creation of our investment and initiatives. We enable high potential companies to grow sustainable market propositions, thereby empowering a more inclusive society and the region's economy to prosper," said Willson Cuaca, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at East Ventures.
As a sustainable investor, East Ventures has made the principles and standards for ESG and impact management part of its investment decision. The firm takes a practical approach to generate and catalyze positive impacts by prioritizing the creation of a solid core business as the foundation for sustainable development. East Ventures supports promising founders and their teams in developing innovative products and robust business models. By enabling these businesses to grow more substantially and sustainably, East Ventures fosters collaboration to create more focused strategies that generate sustainable value for society and the environment.
The report features East Ventures' sustainable investment and ESG initiatives, providing transparent information on the firm's sustainability performance. It summarizes the milestones achieved, including the impacts created through the investment, impacts led by East Ventures, and impacts in the workplace.
"It is our great pleasure to launch the second East Ventures Sustainability Report 2023 and to highlight how our commitment and impact have grown steadily since our first sustainability report released last year. We take pride in our achievements and remain committed to creating more positive impacts based on our sustainable investment strategy that focuses on Doing Good and Avoiding Harm. We believe this report shows our determination to drive more positive change, create lasting value, and contribute to a better society," said Avina Sugiarto, Partner at East Ventures.
East Ventures Sustainability Report 2023 also showcases East Ventures' proactive measures towards its climate action; It is enriched with a section of "Spotlight on climate technology", as well as the disclosure of firm's greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory as the concrete steps towards net-zero targets.
The English version of East Ventures Sustainability Report 2023 can be downloaded at east.vc/sustainability-report. The Bahasa Indonesia version will be released soon.
About East Ventures
East Ventures is a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm. Founded in 2009, East Ventures has transformed into a holistic platform that provides multi-stage investment, from Seed to Growth stage investments, for over 300 tech companies across Southeast Asia.
As an early believer in the startup ecosystem in Indonesia, East Ventures is the first investor of Indonesia's unicorn companies, namely Tokopedia and Traveloka. Other notable companies in East Ventures' portfolio include Ruangguru, SIRCLO, Kudo (acquired by Grab), Loket (acquired by Gojek), Tech in Asia, Xendit, IDN Media, MokaPOS (acquired by Gojek), ShopBack, KoinWorks, Waresix, and Sociolla.
East Ventures was named the most consistent top performing VC fund globally by Preqin, and the most active investor in SEA and Indonesia by various media. Moreover, East Ventures is the first venture capital firm in Indonesia to sign the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) supported by the United Nations (UN). East Ventures is committed to achieving sustainable development and bringing positive impacts to society through its initiatives and ESG-embedded practices.
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