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Daryl Dragon, one half of popular '70s duo The Captain & Tennille, died Wednesday, according to his publicist Harlan Boll.Dragon, whose ever-present captain's hat left no doubt about which half of the duo he was, died of renal failure in Prescott, Arizona, Boll said."He was a brilliant musician with many friends who loved him greatly," Toni Tennille said in a statement. "I was at my most creative in my life, when I was with him."Tennille was at Dragon's side when he passed away, Boll said.The duo's best-known songs included "Muskrat Love," "Do That to Me One More Time" and "Love Will Keep Us Together."Dragon, a classically trained pianist, was most at home behind the keyboard. One of his early gigs was as a backup musician for the Beach Boys in the mid '60s.Dragon and Tennille met in 1971 when she hired him to play piano for a musical called "Mother Earth." They married in 1975, a year after they signed a deal with A&M Records.Their first album produced the hit single "Love Will Keep Us Together," which enjoyed multiple weeks atop the Billboard chart.Dragon and Tennille separated in 2013 and finalized their divorce in 2014. They remained close friends.Dragon is survived by his older brother, Doug Dragon, and two nieces, Kelly Arbout and Renee Henn.Boll asked that any donations being made in Dragon's name be made to organizations doing research into brain diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's Disease or post-traumatic stress disorder. 1483

Deval Patrick officially announced a late-entry 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday, thrusting the former Massachusetts governor into an already crowded field of Democratic candidates less than three months before the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary."In a spirit of profound gratitude for all the country has given to me, with a determination to build a better, more sustainable, more inclusive American Dream for the next generation, I am today announcing my candidacy for President of the United States," Patrick said in a video on his official website.The announcement is a stark reversal for Patrick, who decided in December 2018 657

Dozens of organizations lined up outside the Toys for Tots warehouse in Aurora on Monday morning to pick up their orders of toys for the holiday season. Many of them had planned to give out gifts in the coming days but were told when they arrived that there were not enough toys to fill everyone's order. Standing in line since 8 a.m., Jody Nickerson, who went in to get her order, said the warehouse looks completely empty inside. "Many of us were saying in line, 'We’ll even take half of what we requested,' at least to give some of them some gifts and then work from there," Nickerson said. Volunteer coordinator with Toys for Tots, Tasha Gallegos, said the reason for there not being enough toys is because of the higher demand and less donations this year. "Today what we have going on is we have many agencies here picking up toys, scheduled to pick up toys, and we can’t accommodate them because the warehouse is very low on toys. We didn’t reach our goal." Toys for Tots will stay open and will be accepting donations through Thursday. If you are interested in donating toys at their location, the address is listed below:This article was written by Ivan Rodriguez for 1190

Facebook has a message for the skeptical news industry: We're here to help.On Friday, the company is publicly introducing Facebook News, a new section of the app that will promote a wide variety of stories.The section is in a testing phase now, and it will become widely available to all Facebook users in a few months."This is a huge moment for our relationship with the news industry," Facebook's head of news partnerships Campbell Brown said in an interview with CNN Business."I know people have doubted us and our commitment to the news business," she said. "This should signal that we truly want to be a champion for great reporting."Facebook has hired a handful of journalists to choose "today's stories," a top layer of important headlines that will appear when users first open the News section.Algorithms will come up with personalized recommendations for further reading, tailored to the news "you read, share and follow," the company says.All of the stories come from outside sources -— Facebook isn't producing any of its own news coverage.Some publishers will be paid for opening up their content to Facebook, but others will not. It's complicated.And some local newsrooms, already struggling, are worried about being left behind."It's great that Facebook is willing to pay the New York Times and Washington Post, among other national news organizations, but while the tech giant is doing that, newspapers in smaller markets across the country are closing up shop and every day more of America is becoming a news desert," said Larry Gilbert, Jr., the audience engagement editor for the Sun Journal newspaper in Lewiston, Maine.One of the Sun Journal's sister papers, Journal Tribune, ceased publication earlier this month.Gilbert said Facebook has not contacted any of the sister papers, which represent most of Maine's big titles, about a distribution deal.Like many other journalists, Gilbert said he worries about the stories that won't be covered without local newspapers. "What happens to rural states and small market cities when there's no one to cover them?" he asked. "Will there be none 10 or 15 years down the line because Facebook decided 'we're too small' for them?"Facebook has anticipated the concern. The company says it intends to include a greater number of publishers in the future.For now, Brown said, "it's a range, from big publishers like CNN to more niche publishers that cover specific interests."The payments — millions of dollars per year in some cases — are designed to make sure Facebook has access to all sorts of news coverge to fuel its algorithms.Launch partners include News Corp, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, BuzzFeed News, the Los Angeles Times, CBS, and Fox's owned-and-operated local stations.The participation of two Rupert Murdoch properties — News Corp and Fox — is noteworthy because Murdoch and News Corp CEO Robert Thomson have been incredibly critical of tech giants like Facebook. 2955

CHICAGO – According to the USDA, the average head of lettuce travels 1,500 miles from harvest to plate. That transport leaves a heavy carbon footprint as flavors in the produce also begin to degrade. While many have looked to vertical farming as an Eco-friendly alternative, high costs have been a challenge.But inside a warehouse on Chicago’s south side, one entrepreneur hopes to unlock the secret to the future of farming.For the last three years Jake Counne, the founder and CEO of Backyard Fresh Farms, has been pilot testing vertical farming using the principles of manufacturing.“Being able to have the crop come to the farmer instead of the farmer going to the crop,” said Counne. “That translated into huge efficiencies because we can start treating this like a manufacturing process instead of a farming process.”It’s a high-tech approach – implementing artificial intelligence, cameras and robotics that help to yield leafy, organic greens of high quality, while reducing waste and the time it takes to harvest. Some have called it Old McDonald meets Henry Ford. Large pallets of vegetables are run down conveyor belts under LED lights.“The system will be cuing up trays to the harvester based on where the plants are in their life-cycle,” explains Counne.It’s the automation and assembly line he says that makes this vertical farming model unique. Artificial intelligence algorithms and cameras monitor the growth of the crops. Lead research and development scientist Jonathan Weekley explains how the cameras work. “They’re capturing live images, they’re doing live image analysis,” he said. “They’re also collecting energy use data so we can monitor how much energy our lights are using.”“So, what essentially happens is the plant itself is becoming the sensor that controls its own environment,” Counne added. Another factor that makes the process different is scaleability. Right now, Backyard Fresh Farms can grow 100 different varieties of vegetables with an eye on expansion.“There’s really no end to type of varieties we can grow and specifically in the leafy greens,” said Counne. “I mean flavors that explode in your mouth.”And it’s becoming big business. The global vertical farming market valued at .2 billion last year is projected to grow to nearly billion by 2026.Daniel Huebschmann, Corporate Executive Chef at Gibson’s Restaurant Group, says the quality of Backyard’s produce is of an extremely high quality. “We’ve talked about freshness, but the flavors are intense,” he says. “It’s just delivering an unbelievably sweet, tender product.”Counne says he has nine patents pending for the hardware and software system he and his team have developed in the 2,000 square foot space. But, he says the ultimate goal is to have the product make its way to grocery shelves nationwide. “The vision is really to build 100 square foot facilities near the major population centers to be able to provide amazing, delicious greens that were grown sustainably,” he said. If he succeeds where others have failed, his high-tech plan could get him a slice of the billion U.S. produce market. At the same time, he hopes to bring sustainable, fresh vegetables to a table near you. 3212