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JetBrains unveils CI/CD service for smaller teams

Info World - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 13:00

JetBrains has launched a public beta version of TeamCity Pipelines, a cloud-based CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) service for small and medium-sized software engineering teams.

Unveiled March 18, TeamCity Pipelines is intended to enable small development teams to automate the process of integrating code changes, testing them, and delivering an application. JetBrains said the goal was to provide an intuitive platform for running devops pipelines with minimum complexity. The combination of a user-friendly UX with intelligence and optimization features for small teams minimize disruptions for developers, the company said.

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Categories: Technology

Fire chief and woman survive St. Patrick’s Day collision on I-270 near Gahanna

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 10:49

COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Two crash victims escaped with minor injuries after a vehicle driving highway speeds collided with a Mifflin Township Fire Department firetruck on an east Columbus interstate early Sunday morning.

According to the Gahanna Police Department, officers and a Mifflin Township Fire Department battalion chief were assisting a disabled vehicle on Interstate 270 South, near the Morse Road interchange. At around 12:10 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day, a car traveling southbound on the interstate struck the EMS vehicle at a high speed, causing the fire department vehicle to hit the police cruiser.

  • A Mifflin Township Fire Chief and a woman survived a high-speed crash on I-270 South, March 17, 2024. (Courtesy/City of Gahanna)
  • A Mifflin Township Fire Chief and a woman survived a high-speed crash on I-270 South, March 17, 2024. (Courtesy/City of Gahanna)
  • A Mifflin Township Fire Chief and a woman survived a high-speed crash on I-270 South, March 17, 2024. (Courtesy/City of Gahanna)
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The battalion chief was taken to an area hospital and treated for minor injuries. The Ford Bronco sustained full frontal damage, but the driver, who was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, was also treated for only minor injuries.

The Ohio Department of Public Safety crash report indicated that the police cruiser had its overhead beacon lights on while it was parked in front of the fire department vehicle. The Mifflin Township Division of Fire said that its vehicle also had emergency lights illuminated.

The Ford and fire department vehicle were towed due to extensive damage. The police cruiser sustained minor damage. I-270 southbound lanes were closed for a brief period after the crash.

Categories: Ohio News

Second suspect arrested after death outside shuttered Columbus nightclub

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 10:30

COLUMBUS (WCMH) – The second of two suspects wanted in a fatal shooting outside of an east Columbus night club over one month ago has been arrested.

Kyree Bell-Ravish is accused of being one of two people who shot and killed 39-year-old Dante Gamble on Feb. 11 outside of The Luxxe Lounge on Beechwood Road and East Livingston Avenue.

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Officers were dispatched to the intersection of Beechwood Road and East Livingston Avenue in the Beechwood area at 5:21 a.m. on the report of a shooting, according to a police dispatcher. Upon arrival Gamble was found with a gunshot wound and was taken to Mount Carmel East in critical condition.

Gamble was reportedly leaving the parking lot when he was passed by two men from both directions. Police reports indicate that both men produced a gun and fired several shots at Gamble, who was pronounced dead at 6 a.m. after being taken to Mount Carmel East hospital.

The City Attorney's Office filed a restraining order to shutter The Luxxe Lounge, an after-hours nightclub which has been subject to crime and illegal business practices. (NBC4)

Investigators confirmed Bell-Ravish’s identity through witness statements and video surveillance before arresting him Tuesday. A Franklin County Municipal judge issued him a $2 million bond and scheduled a preliminary hearing for March 28.

Nicholas Wright, the other suspect wanted in Gamble’s murder, was arrested on March 5 and issued a $3 million bond the following day.

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The after-hours nightclub was shut down five days after Gamble’s death. According to the Columbus City Attorney’s Office, the city secured a temporary restraining order to shutter The Luxxe Lounge, citing illegal after-hours sales, gun-related police runs, and operating without a liquor license.

Since Jan. 1, 2023, police have responded to 11 calls at the club, including two for shootings, one person with a gun and one fight.

Categories: Ohio News

DiCarlo's Pizza in Westerville to reopen under family management

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 10:00

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A pizzeria chain's central Ohio restaurant opened by franchisees and then closed after a year of business is reopening with new management.

DiCarlo's Pizza at 20 S. State St. in Uptown Westerville is expected to reopen this spring under direct management of the DiCarlo family, according to Westerville city officials. The Westerville pizzeria opened in June 2022 and then closed last fall due to a litany of issues, including rising industry costs.

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"We have poured our hearts, souls, blood, sweat, tears, injury and oven burn scars into this, all as a family unit," wrote franchisee Sarah Carlson on social media, who also operated a DiCarlo's in Hilliard city officials said will not reopen. "This was the most difficult decision, but the right decision, for our family."

The pizzeria hosted a ribbon cutting for its grand opening in June of 2022. (Courtesy Photo/Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce)

Now, the Westerville pizzeria is set to reopen as soon as construction on a walkway outside the building's front door is completed. The walkway is being renovated as part of High Bank Distillery's new restaurant and speakeasy opening inside a former post office built in 1935.

DiCarlo's was founded in Steubenville in 1945 and has since grown to restaurants across Ohio, West Virginia and Tennessee. The brand is known for its rectangular pizza with a thin, crispy crust.

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Once open, the Westerville restaurant will be open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Categories: Ohio News

Gusty Tuesday afternoon with more seasonable temperatures

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:34
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:
  • Tuesday: Breezy and dry, high 51 (36)
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny & breezy, high 48 (23)
  • Thursday: Partly cloudy, high 43 (28)
  • Friday: Chance of rain showers, high 49 (36)
  • Saturday: Partly cloudy, high 50 (29)
FORECAST DISCUSSION:

It will be a very breezy afternoon and evening across central Ohio. Wind speeds will reach 20 mph with peak wind gusts close to 40 mph. Highs will be in the low 50s. Spring officially begins at 11:06 PM when the vernal equinox will occur.

The first full day of spring will be mostly sunny, but wind speeds will not be dying down anytime soon. Highs will be in the upper 40s. Wednesday light lows will plummet towards the mid 20s.

Outside of the breezy week, will stay mainly quiet outside of a few rain shower chances we are tracking towards Friday. Spring like temperatures and sunshine are expected by the weekend. A warming trend is expected to start as soon as Monday.

Categories: Ohio News

For Ohio State's Jake Diebler, becoming head coach provides full circle moment for him and his family

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:30

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The hiring of Jake Diebler as Ohio State's full-time head coach in men's basketball provided a full circle moment for the 37-year-old, who puts family and faith at the heart of how he operates.

Diebler was formally introduced on the same floor where he won a state title with Upper Sandusky High School in 2005 alongside his brother, Jon, with their dad, Keith, as coach.

Ohio State introduces Jake Diebler as men’s basketball coach

Keith was on hand at the Schottenstein Center on Monday to see his son take the podium as Ohio State's 15th coach. Jake Diebler is also the first Ohio native to hold that title in 35 years. He attributes all of that success to his dad, a legend in the Ohio coaching world.

With more than 300 wins coaching boys basketball and girls volleyball, Keith's coaching career spans nearly four decades. Jake said he takes a lot of pride from growing up in Toledo and learning from his dad.

"How I coach is a reflection of how he coached and he taught me at a very early age how important passion was, both in a correcting but in an encouraging way too," Jake Diebler said. "[Keith] being around this last month has been critical for me and the way he supported me."

It was at that point in the news conference when his parents started to fight back tears.

"It's tears of pride and tears of joy," Keith Diebler said.

Monday was the culmination of a month-long audition for the former assistant coach. Keith was there for every drama-filled minute from the upset over Purdue to defeating Michigan State on the road.

"Everybody says you were so serious when you were at games. I was locked in," Keith said. "He was coaching, and I'm locked in, and I guess that's the coach in me."

And as Jake's dad, he was always confident in his son's ability to deliver.

"I'm kinda like, game's over and we're riding back and I take a deep breath and it becomes surreal because I never had any doubt about him," Keith said. "I've seen him lead a team to a state tournament win and I've seen the things that he's done over the years. It's never been a doubt on this end, it's just extreme joy for me."

Taking the interim label off of Jake's title is just the latest example of how basketball has impacted the Diebler family.

"Basketball has provided my family and I the opportunity to see some of the greatest people. And for me, for five decades, I've had the chance to teach, mentor and coach," Keith said. "That has to be the greatest. Wherever you end up. These last 48 hours have been crazy because of the amount of players that have gotten hold of me that go back to the 70s."

And asked whether he's ready to be in the spotlight that comes with coaching at Ohio State, Keith had one answer.

"100 percent. He's ready."

Categories: Ohio News

Federal judge dismisses wrongful death lawsuit against Ohio State fraternity in student's killing

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:00

COLUMBUS (WCMH) – For the second time in as many weeks a judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit from a fatal shooting near the Ohio State university campus.

The family of Chase Meola, an Ohio State student killed outside a fraternity party in 2020, sued the national fraternity and Ohio State chapter in federal court.

Meola, 23, died in the early hours of Oct. 11, 2020, after being shot outside the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house on East 14th Avenue. Ohio State suspended the fraternity in 2018 for hazing and other violations of the student code of conduct.

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But Meola’s family claimed in a lawsuit filed at the United States District Court Southern District of Ohio that the local chapter continued to operate as a fraternity.

Similar to the wrongful death suit against the university that was dismissed in state court on March 5, a federal judge ruled on Monday to dismiss a suit on all counts against Phi Kappa Psi fraternity national chapter.

Court documents stated the fraternity is not an owner, lessee, or a person under the control of the owner of the property in question, but rather a landlord that rents individual rooms on the property to students. The judge decreed that even if Phi Kappa Psi was considered an owner, the plaintiffs must still successfully allege that it was grossly negligent in this case.

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The judge granted the defense’s motion to dismiss on all four counts of the lawsuit: Wrongful death, survival action, negligence, gross negligence and recklessness, and respondeat superior liability.

In the state-filed lawsuit a judge noted that although Ohio State may have been liable if Meola’s death occurred on campus, the off-campus, unsanctioned fraternity house was beyond the jurisdiction or purview of the university.

Within hours of Meola’s death, Columbus police arrested 18-year-old Kintie Mitchell Jr. He pleaded not guilty to two murder charges and one charge of having a weapon under disability. 

Categories: Ohio News

Manchester City-Chelsea soccer game at Ohio Stadium set for August

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 08:08

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A soccer exhibition game between two European giants will come to Columbus in August.

In February, multiple reports indicated that English Premier League clubs Manchester City and Chelsea would play at Ohio Stadium. Now, it is official with the two teams squaring off on August 3. Tickets will be available starting on March 27 at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster.

The game would be part of a two-week U.S. summer tour before the 2024-25 EPL season kicks off Aug. 17.

A news conference is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. at Ohio Stadium with representatives from Ohio State, the Columbus Crew and more expected to announce more details on the summer friendly.

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Manchester City is considered the team to beat in Europe after completing a historic treble of trophies in the 2022-23 season. The Citizens won their third straight EPL title last year, along with their first Champions League and English FA Cup. Man City is in contention to win all three trophies again this year.

In London, Chelsea has established itself as one of the biggest sports teams in the world. After winning the 2021 Champions League over Man City, the Blues have fallen on difficult times by not yielding good results despite spending more than $1 billion on players. They sit 11th in the EPL standings and are hoping to win one trophy this season.

Man City and Chelsea have been intertwined in some major games, including a 4-4 tie in November, and they're scheduled to play again in April. The teams will face each other in an FA Cup semifinal at Wembley Stadium in London.

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Ohio Stadium, home of the Crew from 1996 to '99, was the site for the highest-attended soccer game in Ohio when more than 85,000 fans saw Real Madrid play Paris Saint-Germain in the 2016 International Champions Cup. After eight Ohio State football games in 2024, the Horseshoe will host its first outdoor hockey game when the Columbus Blue Jackets play the Detroit Red Wings on March 1.

Columbus will have a busy summer of soccer with the Crew's home, Lower.com Field, set to host MLS All-Star week. The Skills Challenge will take place on July 23, with the MLS All-Stars facing the Liga MX All-Stars of Mexico on July 24. Three days later, the Crew will play EPL club Aston Villa in an exhibition.

Categories: Ohio News

Ohio State coach Ryan Day discusses spring football as exhibition approaches

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 08:00

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- With Ohio State's spring break in the books football players have returned to practice.

Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day is scheduled to give an update on the team's progress through spring football in a news conference. You can watch the news conference live in the player above.

Day said Tuesday's practice was a bit on-and-off that included players in pads for the first time as the team is getting back into the groove after spring break.

The Buckeyes have a completely revamped offense with rejuvenated offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, who seems to have made himself at home in Columbus. The quarterback competition remains a focus as transfer Will Howard leads the way but Day started Tuesday's news conference praising the running back room.

Transfer running back Quinshon Judkins is joining returning starter TreVeyon Henderson in a deadly duo.

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Tuesday's practice is the third of the spring for Ohio State as they are less than one month away from the April 13 intrasquad exhibition game.

Day and Kelly’s relationship goes back decades to their time at New Hampshire. And the Ohio State head coach has no problem trusting his mentor with play-calling responsibilities and quarterback coaching.

While the defensive side of the ball has not had as much turnover, new transfer safety Caleb Downs has added a new element of athleticism and skill to an already experienced secondary.

Categories: Ohio News

JDK 22: The new features in Java 22

Info World - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 07:30

Java Development Kit 22, the next version of Java Standard Edition, is now available as a production release. JDK 22 includes 12 features, with a second preview of scoped values and a preview of stream gatherers being the last additions.

Downloadable from oracle.com, JDK 22 is a short-term release that will receive Premier support from Oracle for six months. Long-term support releases such as predecessor JDK 21 receive five years of Premier support. Extended support is available for JDK 21 until September 2031. 

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How to help: Kitten season arrives in central Ohio

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 06:00

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – As spring brings warmer temperatures and longer days to central Ohio, it also brings an overwhelming problem for animal shelters: kitten season. 

While being surrounded by hundreds of kittens may sound like a dream to some, the large number of kittens born outside, typically beginning in March and lasting through summer, strains a shelter's resources.

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Colony Cats is an animal welfare organization serving central Ohio for more than 20 years. The organization fixes and provides resources to feral cats, as well as maintains an adoption center in Dublin. The organization cared for more than 450 kittens during last year's kitten season, and at one point last July, had 250 in foster care at once.

Mona McKinniss, executive director of Colony Cats, said the organization is anticipating an increased number of kittens this year, as shelters and vets cannot keep up with the number of unfixed animals outside.

  • A mother cat and kittens found in Dublin. The mom is feral and will be fixed and returned to where she was found once the kittens are weaned, McKinniss said.
  • A mom and kittens that were taken in by Colony Cats in March.
  • Kittens that were taken in by Colony Cats in March.
  • A mom and kittens that were taken in by Colony Cats in March.
  • A mom and kitten that were taken in by Colony Cats in March.
  • A mom and kittens that were taken in by Colony Cats in March.

“Since so many are not spayed and neutered, there’s just constantly new kittens being born, kittens that need a place,” McKinniss said. “People always panic about the kittens, but it's the adult cats that have been abandoned that also need help. So it’s just an ongoing issue.”

McKinniss said Colony Cats recently got a call about a litter of kittens born in a dumpster. The dumpster had been emptied by the time volunteers arrived and the kittens are presumed to be dead. 

“The survival rate for kittens born to feral moms is less than 40%,” McKinnis said. “So you’ve got babies having babies, and that’s why the survival rate is low. And these cats don’t have a clue what to do to take care of them, especially when they’re just trying to survive by finding food for themselves.”

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Female cats can get pregnant as young as 4 months old. Cats have 1-9 kittens per litter and can have up to five litters per year.

McKinniss said the best way to combat the problems that come with kitten season is to prevent the litters in the first place. She said if an individual is feeding a feral or stray cat, that person should get the animal fixed. Colony Cats can provide guidance on trapping, fixing and releasing cats back outside that are too timid or feral to be handled. 

“The biggest thing everybody needs to do is to spay and neuter the cats and dogs that are in our community,” McKinniss said. “Whether their own pets that aren’t not fixed, whether they are outdoor friendly strays, community cats that people feed, they’ve probably been abandoned at some point.”

Not only does the outdoor cat population result in overcrowding at shelters and premature deaths for kittens and cats, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said outdoor cats cause “significant harm” to native animal populations, specifically small mammals and birds. 

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“As feral cat populations grow, this challenge continues to be an issue for wildlife,” said Wildlife Communications Specialist Sarah Schott. “We highly encourage all cat owners to keep their cats indoors. Even cats that are let outside on occasion have predatory instincts and can kill birds. By keeping cats indoors, you can lessen the impact they have on our native wildlife populations.”

If an individual finds a litter of kittens and the mother is not with them, McKinniss said as long as they are in a safe place, to wait and see if the mother comes back. When kittens are found alone, the mother is typically out looking for food, she said. 

“They survive better if they have mom,” McKinniss said. “But then at the same time, reach out to an organization that can help you get the kittens, get mom, get them fixed.”

Outside of people fixing their pets and keeping them indoors, fostering is another way to help shelters take on the influx of kittens. McKinniss said at some point in the spring or summer, numerous shelters will fill up and have to turn kittens away. 

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“We try to help people by letting them become temporary fosters for us and we provide them with the supplies,” McKinniss said. “They foster the kittens until they’re big enough to be fixed and go up for adoption and then we take the kittens from them and find them homes.”

If an individual lives in an area where known stray or feral cats are present and they anticipate finding kittens, McKinniss said they can also stock up on their own supplies and care for the kittens themselves before taking them to a shelter.

Categories: Ohio News

$14.9 million awarded to help pregnant women, families without homes

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 05:00

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A group that helps those in Columbus with housing insecurity was allotted nearly $15 million Monday to help fund programs for families and people who are pregnant.

Columbus City Council voted to extend its decades-long partnership with the Community Shelter Board, awarding them $14.9 million in contracts to help the board work on multiple projects, including decreasing homelessness for families and pregnant women.

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"This is one of those most pressing, collective issues that I believe we need to lock arms with to ensure that these numbers do not continue to grow at this exponential rate," Councilmember Shayla Favor said.

Columbus' unhoused population has grown 6.9% in the past year, according to federal data, coming when Ohio residents have faced a nearly 20% increase in rent. With some community advocates saying Columbus is experiencing a housing crisis, the shelter board is one group working to help.

"That number is conservative," said Shannon Isom, shelter board president and CEO. "But truly the number-one reason is that we need to see more development in affordable housing. We have a low vacancy rate [and a] low amount of affordable housing that is being produced.

"We're probably going to continue to see that level of increase."

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The shelter board works with a number of partner agencies to help those who lack housing. Isom said the partners do the frontline work. They include:

  • Center for Family Safety and Healing
  • Community Housing Network
  • Equitas Health
  • Gladden Community House
  • Home for Families
  • Homefull
  • Huckleberry House
  • LSS Faith Mission
  • Maryhaven
  • Mount Carmel
  • National Church Residences
  • Netcare Access
  • Southeast Healthcare
  • Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana
  • YMCA
  • YWCA

"The Community Shelter Board is really set up as a unified funding agency," Isom said. "We're able to take those dollars and really build out."

Favor echoed that the mission must be year-round.

"We have been intentional about investing in warming centers, or having an emergency response for those seasonal months of the year where it's really cold [or] when we get extremely hot weather," she said.

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The shelter said it has served 15,000 people over the past year, focusing on issues such as homelessness prevention, shelter, street outreach, rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing.

Council President Shannon Hardin said helping the unhoused is not the shelter board's responsibility alone. He said the city also bears responsibility, and that it will have to go even further than the city of Columbus to fix the issue.

Categories: Ohio News

Grammy-award winning singer to perform at Ohio State Fair

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 04:00

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two more concerts have been added to the Ohio State Fair schedule, and among the artists included is a Grammy-award-winning singer.

Among the two shows added to the schedule for the fair, which will take place from July 24 to Aug. 4, is a show July 29 featuring award-winning contemporary Christian singer Lauren Daigle. Daigle won two Grammys in 2019 for best contemporary Christian music performance/song and best contemporary Christian album.

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The second new show added features up-and-coming pop star Stephen Sanchez, who will perform on Aug. 1. Tickets for both shows will go on sale on Friday with prices varying for each show. Each concert ticket includes admission to the fair. Follow this link for ticket information.

  • KIDZ BOP 2024
  • Alabama
  • MONTREAL, QUEBEC - AUGUST 18: Jade Eagleson performs at the Lasso Montreal festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau on August 18, 2023 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Mark Horton/Getty Images)
  • La Zenda Norteña
  • In this image released on December 31, 2023, Gabriel Iglesias arrives at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty Images)
  • Stephen Sanchez
  • Ohio Players
  • Midnight Star

All concerts will take place at the Celeste Center. The Expo Center said that more concerts will be announced at two later dates: Apr. 2 and Apr. 16. Each day of the fair is expected to have at least one concert at the Celeste Center.

Ohio State Fair concert schedule
  • July 24, 6:30 p.m.: KIDZ BOP
  • July 25, 7 p.m.: Alabama with Jade Eagleson
  • July 28, 7:30 p.m.: La Zenda Norteña
  • July 29, 7 p.m.: Lauren Daigle
  • July 31, 7 p.m.: Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias
  • Aug. 1, 7 p.m.: Stephen Sanchez
  • Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m.: Ohio Players and Midnight Star
Categories: Ohio News

What to know before voting in Ohio primary election

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 03:30
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- While turnout is projected to be low, even for a primary in a presidential election year, there are still some things voters should know before heading to the polls Tuesday.

Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and anyone in line when polls close will be able to cast their vote.

What’s at stake in Ohio’s primary election

Ohio’s primaries are partially open, allowing voters to pick which party’s ballot they wish to vote with, although they will be registered with that party for the next two years. Voters who don’t want to declare party affiliation can vote on school levies and other noncandidate races by requesting an issues-only ballot.

There are a few elections in Franklin County and across the state voters could play a big role in, including the Democratic race for Franklin County prosecutor and the Republican race for U.S. Senate. Otherwise, ballots on both sides of the political divide will be fairly sparse, given that the presidential race is already decided and most other candidates aren't facing any opposition.

That isn't to say there aren't races of import appearing on the ballot: Olentangy residents will be voting on a school levy that would cost property owners $148.75 per $100,000 of market value annually; several contested races for the Ohio House of Representatives; and two Democratic judges square off for a spot on the ballot to sit on the Ohio Supreme Court.

To vote, residents will be required to provide one of the following photo IDs to cast their ballots:

  • Ohio driver's license
  • State of Ohio ID card
  • Interim ID form issued by the Ohio BMV
  • U.S. passport
  • U.S. passport card
  • U.S. military ID card
  • Ohio National Guard ID card
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ID card

All photo IDs must have the following:

  • An expiration date that has not passed
  • A photograph of the voter
  • The voter’s name, which must substantially conform to the voter’s name as it appears in the Poll List or in the Poll Book

Voters without photo IDs can cast provisional ballots on Election Day, and then return to the county board of elections headquarters with a photo ID to prove their identity. Voters who fail to do so will not have their vote counted.

Voters who received absentee ballots must have had them postmarked for Monday, March 18, for them to be counted. If the voter didn’t return the ballot via the postal service, it can be dropped off at their county board of elections before polls close at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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Any voter who requested an absentee ballot but decided to vote in person must fill out a provisional ballot. This is due to the absentee ballot being registered in the voter’s name with the board of elections.

Election results for 89 races across central Ohio can be found here once polls close.

Voters are encouraged to visit their county board of elections website (see below) for further information or to report issues, and to find out what issues or candidates they will be voting for.

Categories: Ohio News

A change in the machine learning landscape

Info World - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 03:00

Federated learning marks a milestone in enhancing collaborative model AI training. It is shifting the main approach to machine learning, moving away from the traditional centralized training methods towards more decentralized ones. Data is scattered, and we need to leverage it as training data where it exists.

This paradigm is nothing new. I was playing around with it in the 1990s. What’s old is new again… again. Federated learning allows for the collaborative training of machine learning models across multiple devices or servers, harnessing their collective data without needing to exchange or centralize it. Why should you care? Security and privacy, that’s why.

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Return to office is a mistake

Info World - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 03:00

The COVID pandemic was a struggle for everyone—some more than others—but a major factor in making it through was the ability to work from home. Many companies were able to continue only because their workforce could work productively remotely. Some companies, notably tech companies, even thrived. One could argue that Zoom itself kept us from a complete economic disaster.

Working remotely was good in all kinds of ways. Many people really liked it. No more commute time meant hours of recaptured leisure and productivity, not to mention saved costs and reduced stress. Families were able to spend more time together. As work and life mingled together, many people came to enjoy the flexibility and freedom that working from home provides. Sure, there were problems, but overall, the pandemic changed the workplace for the better.

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How LLMs can help streamline business processes

Info World - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 03:00

Large language models (LLMs) seem ideal for creating natural language interfaces, but the rise of ChatGPT and other similar tools has raised a question: Are LLMs right for optimizing business processes?

In short, the answer is a resounding “yes.” Of course, the longer answer is more nuanced than that. The stand-alone utility or prowess of an LLM is relatively limited unless paired with other technologies. The true impact of AI lies in its ability to facilitate the acceleration of business processes through automation.

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Breezy and cool to kick off spring in Central Ohio

News Channel 4 - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 02:41
Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:
  • Today: Partly cloudy, windy, high 50
  • Tonight: Partly cloudy, breezy, low 36
  • Wednesday: More sunshine, breezy, high 48
  • Thursday: Mainly sunny, high 43
  • Friday: Sct'd PM rain, high 48
  • Saturday: Clearing, sunshine, high 50
FORECAST DISCUSSION:

Happy Tuesday!

We are off to a very winter-like start to the workweek in Central Ohio! Luckily, Monday's snow showers have cleared up, but we'll still be fairly cool today. Expect breezy, even windy conditions at times, with gusts as high as 40 MPH. Highs top out close to 50, but we will be factoring in a wind chill most of the day. Expect partly cloudy skies and dry conditions.

A dry cold front moves through tonight, bringing us cooler temps into Wednesday afternoon. Expect highs in the upper 40s, with a continued strong breeze. We will see lots of sunshine into the afternoon.

The breeze continues to get lighter into Thursday, but we are looking at the coldest day of our extended period, with highs in the lower 40s and lots of sunshine.

Friday is when we'll see our next chance for showers. We're looking at scattered rain, mainly into Friday afternoon and evening. Highs will be in the upper 40s.

We clear up in time for the weekend, with partly cloudy skies Saturday, and highs near 50.

-McKenna

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