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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "All or Nothing Midday" game were:
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jenison softball faced off against Hudsonville Eagles on Saturday for the district finals in an OK Red rematch.
Both teams faced each other in last years district finals where Hudsonville got the win. The Wildcats started of the game with a bang as Liv Bisonet hits a three run home run in the first inning.
Hudsonville did have a response in the next inning bringing the score 3-2. It was a back and forth game between the rivals but in the end Jenison was victorious bring the district title. They will advance to the regional tournament where they will face Grand Haven on Saturday, June 10th at 10am.
Zeeland East looks for their first district baseball title since the schools split 18 years ago, against st. Joseph.
The Chix were the first to score, securing 2 runs in the 2nd inning. It was a dominant game today for East as St. Joseph only scored one run in the game during the 4th inning. The runs kept coming in for Zeeland East as they win the game 14-1.
Zeeland East will now take on Mattawan in the regional semifinal at Portage Northern on Wednesday, June 7th at 4pm.
For more scores, highlights, and the latest news on high school sports in West Michigan, go to the FOX 17 Blitz page. | 2023-06-04T04:10:48+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/sports/blitz/zeeland-east-baseball-jenison-softball-clinch-district-titles |
Buttigieg visits East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment site
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal response to the derailment.
The Feb. 3 derailment led to evacuations and fears of air and water contamination after a controlled burn of toxic chemicals aimed at preventing an explosion.
The Biden White House has defended its response to the derailment, saying officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, National Transportation Safety Board and other agencies were at the rural site within hours of the derailment. The White House says it has also offered federal assistance and FEMA has been coordinating with the state emergency operations center and other partners.
Buttigieg has faced criticism for not visiting the site earlier, including from former President Donald Trump, who came to Ohio on Wednesday. The Department of Transportation said Buttigieg is visiting now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared the emergency phase of the crash to be over and the start of long-term cleanup efforts is underway.
The NTSB was expected to release a preliminary report later Thursday on the derailment.
More than three dozen freight cars — including 11 carrying hazardous materials — derailed on the East Palestine outskirts, near the Pennsylvania state line, prompting an evacuation as fears grew about a potential explosion of smoldering wreckage.
Officials seeking to avoid an uncontrolled blast intentionally released and burned toxic vinyl chloride from five rail cars, sending flames and black smoke high into the sky. That left people questioning the potential health effects even as authorities maintained they were doing their best to protect people.
As remediation of the site continued, Norfolk Southern announced late Wednesday it had agreed to excavate the soil under two tracks. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine had called out the railroad company’s failure to address the contaminated soil underneath its tracks before repairing them and running freight again.
“Our original plan would have effectively and safely remediated the soil under our tracks. As I listened to community members over the past two weeks, they shared with me their concerns about that approach. I appreciate the direct feedback, and I am addressing it,” Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan H. Shaw said in a written statement.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-23T14:05:19+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2023/02/23/buttigieg-visits-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-site/ |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s special academy for training workers in the film and television industry is a step closer to fruition, with top state officials announcing Wednesday that it will be headquartered in Albuquerque.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and others gathered at the Albuquerque Rail Yards to announce that the location will serve as the primary hub for the New Mexico Media Academy. There also will be a satellite campus in Las Cruces to serve the southern part of the state.
Lawmakers in 2022 approved $40 million for the effort, and numerous post-secondary institutions that offer film and media programs have agreed on the core curriculum for students.
State officials said the goal is to meet the increasing need for trained professionals for an industry that generated $1.5 billion in direct film production spending over the past two fiscal years. They say the industry supports an estimated 8,000 jobs statewide and that a record 109 productions were filmed in New Mexico last year.
Those productions included AMC’s “Better Call Saul” and Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”
Filmmaker Chad Burris has been named as the academy’s executive director. An attorney and member of the Chickasaw Nation, Burris’ production credits include “Four Sheets to the Wind” by Sterlin Harjo, Michael Winterbottom’s “Killer Inside Me,” and most recently Billy Luther’s feature “Frybread Face and Me,” which premiered at South by Southwest.
Burris said in a statement that the academy represents an opportunity for New Mexico to produce talent and content “on a scale never imagined.”
“I look forward making this a hub for all local talent and a launch pad for new ideas,” he said.
Once completed, the academy will offer hands-on and craft-specific training. Virtual and extended reality production will be among the focuses.
Central New Mexico Community College will co-locate at the Rail Yards with the academy. Local voters approved $7 million for the college to expand its film training program, and funding will go toward designing and constructing the program at the Rail Yards.
New Mexico State University and Doña Ana Community College are partners in the southern New Mexico campus.
The goal is to admit 1,000 students annually, with Netflix, NBCUniversal and 828 Productions working with the academy and offering paid apprenticeships to students. | 2023-03-30T20:45:21+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/money/new-mexicos-new-film-training-academy-finds-a-home/ |
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth marked 70 years on the throne in February 2022. Britain’s longest-serving monarch is the only sovereign most Britons have ever known. The Queen had been a constant presence as Britain navigated the end of empire, the swinging ’60s, the labor strife of the 1980s, international terrorism, Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne in 1952 after the death of her father, King George VI, and five years after marrying Prince Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, at London’s Westminster Abbey. She and Prince Philip had four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
The youngest great-grandchild, the daughter of Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, was born Sept. 20, 2021.
Prince Philip died at age 99 in April 2021.
In remarks released for the 70th anniversary of her rule, the monarch expressed a “sincere wish’’ that Prince Charles’ wife, Camilla, should be known as “Queen Consort” when her son succeeds her as expected. With those words, Elizabeth sought to answer once and for all questions about the status of Camilla, who was initially shunned by fans of the late Princess Diana, Charles’ first wife.
In backing Charles and Camilla, Elizabeth remembered the support she received from her husband, Prince Philip, who died last year after decades at her side, as well as the role her mother played as the wife of a king.
“I am fortunate to have had the steadfast and loving support of my family. I was blessed that, in Prince Philip, I had a partner willing to carry out the role of consort and unselfishly make the sacrifices that go with it,″ she wrote. “It is a role I saw my own mother perform during my father’s reign.”
“And when, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me,” she added.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2022-09-08T23:26:31+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/photos-queen-elizabeth-through-the-decades/ |
Oconee County deputy's death announced by sheriff's office
An Upstate sheriff's office is mourning the loss of one of its own.
Sgt. Paul Orr, with the Oconee County Sheriff's Office, died Monday, according to a post on the agency's Facebook page.
"Orr went home this afternoon to be with his Lord and Savior after a hard-fought battle with cancer," the post reads.
Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said Orr began his law enforcement career with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in 2007 after owning a very successful personal boat storage and rental business on Lake Jocassee.
"He had a lifelong desire to serve as police officer and after prayer and discussion with his family, came to work as a deputy, Crenshaw said. "He wanted to help others and make a difference."
Orr was promoted to senior deputy in 2012, corporal in 2013 and later sergeant over the Warrant Unit in 2013.
In 2015, Orr was named Special Operations Division Officer of the Year.
Crenshaw released this statement about Orr:
"Sergeant Orr embodied the definition of a peace officer. He was always professional and treated everyone with respect. Some people that knew they had an outstanding warrant would call and ask for Sergeant Orr to be the one to arrest them."
Orr is survived by his wife and daughter.
"We continue praying for this family in the days and weeks ahead along with our men and women that served with him," Crenshaw said. | 2022-07-05T14:57:35+00:00 | wyff4.com | https://www.wyff4.com/article/oconee-county-deputys-death-announced/40509966 |
Bird flu has now spread to 14 flocks in nine North Dakota counties and infected nearly 167,000 birds, mostly in four commercial turkey flocks.
There also have been a total of 197 confirmed cases of avian influenza in nearly a dozen different types of wild birds in more than 20 counties, including Burleigh.
The bird flu outbreak in the U.S. has resulted in the slaughter of about 37 million chickens and turkeys in numerous states, according to The Associated Press. Officials order entire flocks to be killed when the virus is found on farms to try to limit the spread of the virus. This year’s outbreak is the worst since 2015, when about 50 million chickens and turkeys were killed.
North Dakota's first case this year was identified March 29 in a backyard mixed species flock in Kidder County. Since then, there have been confirmed cases in backyard bird flocks in Richland, LaMoure, Barnes, Sheridan, Cass, Dickey, Renville and Stutsman counties, with Stutsman having two confirmed cases. There also have been cases in four commercial turkey flocks: two in LaMoure County and one apiece in Dickey and Richland counties, according to the state Agriculture Department.
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The department is not identifying the owners or specific locations of the infected flocks, citing North Dakota law that allows the State Board of Animal Health to keep such information private.
Data from the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shows that a total of 450 birds have been killed in the backyard flocks, along with 166,500 in the commercial flocks.
"No infected birds or meat will enter the food chain," North Dakota Turkey Federation Vice President David Rude said. "Poultry is safe to eat."
There are nine turkey farms in North Dakota that produce about 1 million birds annually, according to the Agriculture Department. Producers have implemented biosecurity measures on their farms to try to stem the spread of the virus, according to Rude.
"It won't devastate the industry, but for the producers involved it is devastating -- for their loss of production for this year, with no income for these flocks," the Tolna producer said. "We are still on heightened alert to continue to keep our birds safe."
That includes working with wildlife officials to try to keep migratory birds away.
Bird flu can spread in various ways, including through wild birds.
“Waterfowl may carry and shed this virus without any symptoms, while birds like domestic poultry and raptors get severe illness and rapidly die,” said Dr. Gerald Stokka, North Dakota State University Extension veterinarian and livestock stewardship specialist. “Currently, little is known about the risk of transmission and illness in songbirds.”
Federal data shows confirmed wild bird cases throughout North Dakota. The bulk of the cases have been in snow geese and Ross's geese, but there also have been documented cases in other species including bald eagles, sandhill cranes, turkey vultures, owls, hawks, crows, Canada geese, a duck and a common goldeneye.
“It is expected that the potential for transmission and new cases will decline following migration,” said Miranda Meehan, NDSU Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist. “Unfortunately, the (recent) winter weather we are experiencing is slowing down migration and causing migratory birds to remain in the state longer.”
The federal Agriculture Department has confirmed nearly 1,000 cases of bird flu in wild birds around the country, including more than 50 bald eagles -- four of which were confirmed in North Dakota. The national wild bird death total is nearly 10 times higher than the 99 confirmed cases in wild birds during the last outbreak in 2015, according to AP.
With an increasing number of wild birds testing positive for bird flu, homeowners and landowners should be aware of what steps to take if they see sick or dead wild birds, according to Stokka.
“The primary carriers of avian influenza A are waterfowl, gulls, terns and shorebirds,” he said. “People should avoid direct contact with wild birds and observe them only from a distance. Wild birds can be infected without showing symptoms of the infection.”
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes that the public health risk from the bird flu outbreak is low, but the agency still advises avoiding direct contact with sick or dead birds. They can be reported at https://gf.nd.gov/wildlife/diseases/mortality-report. Questions can be directed to 701-204-2161.
North Dakota's Board of Animal Health last month canceled all shows, public sales, swaps and exhibitions of poultry and other birds within the state as a prevention measure, at the request of the Turkey Federation. The order applies to events or sales where birds from different locations would be co-mingled. Private sales, catalog sales and retail sales are still allowed, though the use of online marketplaces is encouraged.
The board issued a similar edict in 2015, when the state had two cases of bird flu, in Dickey and LaMoure counties, affecting more than 100,00 birds.
More information about bird flu and biosecurity is available at www.nd.gov/ndda/disease/avian-influenza, https://bit.ly/3L7FzMV and usgs.gov/centers/nwhc.
Reach News Editor Blake Nicholson at 701-250-8266 or blake.nicholson@bismarcktribune.com. | 2022-05-05T20:46:20+00:00 | bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/agnews/bird-flu-outbreak-worsens-in-poultry-flocks-wild-birds-in-north-dakota/article_0153227c-bf55-11ec-b2fb-d39523ce9002.html |
Arizona AG: No evidence of widespread voter fraud found in 2020 election
PHOENIX - The Arizona Attorney General's Office on Wednesday released documents pertaining to the investigation of the 2020 election in Arizona – an investigation that lasted for 10,000 hours.
The Attorney General's Office Special Investigations Section, under former AG Mark Brnovich, had completed a report in September 2022 looking into alleged reports of voter fraud.
A Feb. 22 news release from AG Kris Maye's comments on the report, saying, "In each instance and in each matter, the aforementioned parties did not provide any evidence to support their allegations. The information that was provided was speculative in many instances and when investigated by our agents and support staff, was found to be inaccurate."
The allegations reported to the AG's office by the community were "largely unsupported by factual evidence or found to be mischaracterizations when researched by agents and support staff."
Some of those allegations included duplicate votes, "satellites controlled by the Italian military changing votes to favor President Biden," ballots made from bamboo, and that there were so many dead people "voting" that it would have changed election results in favor of the other party.
"The results of this exhaustive and extensive investigation show what we have suspected for over two years – the 2020 election in Arizona was conducted fairly and accurately by elections officials," Mayes said. "The ten thousand plus hours spent diligently investigating every conspiracy theory under the sun distracted this office from its core mission of protecting the people of Arizona from real crime and fraud."
The news release notes there were a few cases that were sent for prosecution to review, but the numbers "align with historical trends."
"Voter fraud is rare, and instances should be handled according to applicable laws when they do occur," Mayes said.
Brnovich released a statement the same day, saying in full, "I am proud of the work our office did with the election integrity unit that was created by the Arizona legislature. While subjected to severe criticism from all sides of the political spectrum during the course of our investigations, we did our due diligence to run all complaints to ground. Where we were able to debunk rumors and conspiracies, we did so. Nevertheless, we also identified areas we believe the legislature and county officials should address to ensure confidence in future elections."
Statements from Arizona election leaders
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer
"Protecting election integrity is a priority for Arizonans. It’s a priority for me and my office," said Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer. "That’s why we complied with – and welcomed – all responsible investigations related to the 2020 General Election."
"Our team at the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office did everything possible to work with former Attorney General Brnovich’s office and provide them with the records, information and resources needed to complete their investigation. In fact, despite what the interim report stated, it’s clear the former Attorney General’s staff and investigators agree that our office was ‘cooperative and responsive to [their] requests’. I’m pleased to see the notes and documents released today distinctly show the ways in which our office cooperated with and supported the Attorney General’s office in the development of last year’s interim report."
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman, Clint Hickman
As Maricopa County Board Chairman now and during the 2020 election, I try to be very prudent with my messaging because I know that it reflects back on all of my colleagues. I also know that sometimes it would be nice to emotionally lash out when it comes to news like this. On this topic though, I have to thread a needle. There are a lot of pent-up frustrations in play here.
I would like our Maricopa County residents to know that I am absolutely disgusted by the revelations that former Attorney General Mark Brnovich failed to do his job as a public servant representing the highest law enforcement elected position in the state. He and his leadership team concealed a report that proved the November 2020 election was conducted fairly, lawfully, and accurately. Not only did he ignore his own investigators in issuing a different, "interim report", he falsely suggested wrongdoing by Maricopa County, never correcting the record and blatantly never sharing the team’s final report with the public. This was a gross misuse of his elected office and an appalling waste of taxpayer dollars, as well as a waste of the time and effort of professional investigators.
Let me be clear: we should learn from the mistakes that happen in every human-run election. Our County Board has never run from that responsibility, and we damn sure have never ducked an opportunity to apologize if something has gone wrong. Currently, Justice Ruth McGregor and her team are fulfilling an obligation to seek answers to problems in the 2022 investigation, independently from our Board.
For almost three years, this County has answered questions about the 2020 election. For three years we have provided proof from independent investigators that it was run as well as you could run an election under current laws. For three years, my colleagues have been called traitors, cheaters, and liars…and those are just the names I can print. It has been absolute hell on all of us, but I would do it again in a second and I believe that every member of this Board would do it again because all of us stayed within the law. We didn’t try to venture outside of it so we could be called "HERO" to the same people who have ridiculed us at every step.
Unfortunately, the ridicule and threats have not only been directed at my Board and our Recorder, but also at our own election workers. They have made good people scared to work in elections, and they’ve even scared people away from voting the way that Arizonans have voted for decades.
I applaud the current Attorney General, Kris Mayes, for doing what the former Attorney General would not do. I implore everyone who cares about our elections to read what the investigators really found, not a political candidate’s cherry-picked story line.
This report should have been released months before last August’s Primary Election, but it is nonetheless proof of what my colleagues and I have been saying all along. I am grateful to the people who have supported us.
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes
"The public looks to its elected officials to pursue the interests of all Arizonans with integrity. I am deeply disappointed by the wasteful and pointless actions by a top law enforcement official who diverted thousands of hours of staff time to pursue unfounded allegations of election fraud. Furthermore, I am astounded that the result of this costly investigation, which thoroughly debunked these claims, was kept from the taxpayers who paid the bill. Election workers throughout the state and the nation are facing threats coming from these unfounded allegations of fraud and they deserve an apology — especially coming from an official who swore to protect them. Whether or not I was right all along, vindication is not sweet when it comes at such a cost."
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Big league batting leader Luis Arraez hit his first career grand slam and the Minnesota Twins spoiled Shane Baz’s season debut, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 on Saturday.
Arraez got at least three hits for the seventh time this season, raising his average to .367. He has three home runs this year, including two in the last three games.
Arraez homered as part of a five-run third inning against Baz (0-1), Tampa Bay’s top pitching prospect who returned after elbow surgery in March. Baz allowed five runs in 2 1/3 innings on three hits and three walks.
Trevor Megill (2-1), one of five Twins relievers who each pitched a scoreless inning, worked the fifth. Emilio Pagán earned his eighth save as the Twins took the first two games of the series.
Baz, who made four strong rehab starts with Triple-A Durham, looked crisp early with two perfect innings before running into trouble in the third.
Gilbert Celestino led off with a single and then Baz, the dynamic right-hander, walked the next two hitters ahead of Arraez, whose slam put the Twins ahead 4-3.
Jorge Polanco then walked and came home on Jose Miranda’s double that evaded Kevin Kiermaier in center field.
The big inning, the second time Minnesota had batted around and scored at least five runs in as many games against the Rays, negated Tampa Bay’s quick start against Chi Chi González.
Ji-Man Choi had an RBI single and Yandy Díaz followed with a two-run single in the first.
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González was recalled from Triple-A St. Paul to make the spot start for Minnesota’s injury-riddled rotation that is without Sonny Gray, Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober and Josh Winder because of injury. Chris Paddack was also lost for the season after Tommy John elbow reconstruction. González, in his second stint with the Twins this season, surrendered three runs on eight hits in four innings.
Manager Rocco Baldelli said Gray (right pectoral strain) and Ryan (COVID-19) will rejoin the rotation this week, and Winder (right shoulder impingement) will make another rehab start and is nearing a return.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rays: RHP Andrew Kittredge was transferred to the 60-day injured list to open a spot on the 40-man roster for Baz. The team announced Kittredge will undergo Tommy John surgery on June 22 by Dr. Keith Meister. RHP Ralph Garza Jr. was optioned to Triple-A Durham to make room on the active roster for Baz.
Twins: OF Byron Buxton and SS Carlos Correa were out of the lineup with each getting a scheduled day off. … SS Royce Lewis was placed on the 60-day injured list to make room on the 40-man roster for González. Lewis will have surgery to repair the ACL in his right knee and miss the remainder of the season. RHP Yennier Cano was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding move for González.
UP NEXT
Jeffrey Springs (2-2, 1.62 ERA) will start the series finale on Sunday for Tampa Bay. Minnesota counters with RHP Cole Sands (0-2, 8.49). Springs joined the Rays rotation on May 9 and is 1-2 with a 2.01 ERA in six starts since, with 31 strikeouts in 31 1/3 innings. Sands will make his third major league start with the Twins dealing with injuries in the rotation. Sands has allowed eight earned runs in 7 2/3 innings in his first two starts.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-06-11T22:58:04+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/MLB-batting-leader-Arraez-hits-1st-slam-Twins-17235654.php |
A group of progressive lawmakers have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to further its efforts to address the shortage of over-the-counter flu and cold medicines, proposing a number of updated measures to improve accessibility.
In a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, six Democratic House members stated that despite improvements that have been made in the shortages of ibuprofen and acetaminophen, concerns still remain.
Supplies of these common fever and pain relievers became strained this winter with the concurrent spread of COVID-19, the flu and RSV, with parents, in particular, seeking to get medicines to help with their children’s’ respiratory virus symptoms.
The letter was signed by Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna (Calif.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Sara Jacobs (Calif.), Troy Carter (La.), Bennie Thompson (Miss.) and Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.).
“Despite round-the-clock efforts from manufacturers, demand for these medicines is outpacing supply,” wrote the lawmakers.
The lawmakers proposed three actions that could help with the shortage: providing pharmacists with guidance on alternatives to pediatric ibuprofen and acetaminophen; encouraging heightened transparency from manufacturers regarding supply locations and demand; and proactively communicating directly with healthcare providers through public outreach about the shortages.
“As a parent, I’ve experienced the impact of this shortage firsthand. Even as manufacturers increase their levels of production, the ‘triple pandemic’ of Covid-19, RSV, and Flu, is keeping pharmacy shelves around the country empty,” Khanna said in a statement provided to The Hill.
“The agency must provide clear guidance to healthcare providers about the steps they can take now to ensure that all children have the medicine they need,” he added. “The FDA should also communicate directly with American families, and push for transparency from manufacturers about the supply issues to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”
The FDA has already taken some action to help alleviate the shortages
To help with “record high demand,” the FDA issued guidance earlier this month allowing outsourcing facilities, locations that compound sterile drugs, to compound certain oral suspensions of ibuprofen to supply to hospitals and health systems. | 2023-02-23T14:31:07+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/hill-politics/progressives-call-on-fda-to-take-further-action-on-cold-and-flu-medicines-shortage/ |
Children's theme park Sesame Place is facing more racial discrimination accusations. A Baltimore family is now suing the amusement park's parent company, SeaWorld, for $25 million after a father alleged that his daughter was ignored by multiple costumed characters at a meet-and-greet event back in June.
This lawsuit comes after a separate incident where a video went viral of a Sesame Place character ignoring two young Black girls during a parade. The mother and the aunt of the two children, Jodi Brown, posted the clip on social media, where many people were really outraged by the actions of the character at the amusement.
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Sesame Place did respond to the incident, apologizing to the family and saying that it will conduct training for its employees to help create a better experience for guests.
Newsy "Morning Rush" hosts Rob Nelson and Alex Livingston spoke with the lawyer representing the Brown family, B'Ivory LaMarr.
NEWSY'S ROB NELSON: Good morning sir. Thanks for giving us some time today.
B'IVORY LAMARR: Good morning. Thank you for having me.
NELSON: You've seen the national reaction to this now viral video. You see what this family – in another incident – is now taking their issues to court in a class action lawsuit. I'm just curious, where do you want this to go now? What is the next step from your point of view?
LAMARR: Well, as we've maintained from the very beginning, our goal was to effectuate change. We want to ensure that other families don't have the same issues in dealing with Sesame Place Theme Park on their different visits. One of the first things that we're requiring, or we're asking and demanding, is that there be a termination of the individual, the character. Number two is that we would want a real, authentic apology. We think that there's no way that you can effectuate real change unless you really come out and acknowledge that this specific act was racism. Number three, we want the theme park to take care of and be responsible for the compensatory damages as it relates to mental therapy, in pain and suffering that this family has experienced. Now, we think all of these things can be achieved without a lawsuit. We were in dialogue with Sesame Place and we were making progress. So again, I want to make it clear that, our approach is completely different and apart than what the other family of Baltimore has done so far.
SEE MORE: Black Family Sues Sesame Place, Alleging Discrimination
NEWSY'S ALEX LIVINGSTON: When this happened and the video went viral, were you expecting this kind of mass flood of people saying, "Hey, wait a minute. This actually happened to my kids as well." We mentioned the other family that will be suing Sesame Place. So, were you expecting this? Or, I mean, it's kind of hard to imagine that this is something that is just running rampant, right? But did you expect this to happen as far as, you know, having other people come forward with the video similarly.
LAMARR: Yeah, I mean, I think my office particularly has received hundreds of videos already just from different incidents that have occurred going back, you know, even a couple of years. So, again, I think that was expected. That's why it's very important, and we think the most expedient way to address this issue, was to get involved in some dialogue. Let's see some policy changes. We have the Congressional Black Caucus that is now demanding a meeting. I met with Reverend Jesse Jackson yesterday afternoon, and we talked about some ways and some solutions in which we can ensure this doesn't happen again. So, the NAACP's involvement, a lot of other social and political organizations getting involved. Hey, we're looking to heal. We want to maintain the integrity of this complaint. I believe that my clients, Jodi Brown and, as you see the two six-year-old girls, Nyla and Skylar, I think those are very clear examples of racism. But we want to make sure that it's not watered down or in any way compromised with claims that might not be as viable.
NELSON: So, in this moment, again, just to reiterate — You're more interested in dialogue than perhaps joining that class action federal lawsuit. You're seeing what can be achieved through other avenues. But when you talk about getting a response from, from SeaWorld or from Sesame Street, I'm curious as to if you've been even remotely satisfied with the response so far? And then, on this idea of training workers, explain to me why someone who works at Sesame Street as a costume character needs to be trained in not ignoring Black kids? Either you know how to do that job or you don't. What's the training aspect to teach what should be common sense and common humanity?
LAMARR: I would definitely agree. I think some things you can't train for and I don't think you can necessarily train out racism. I mean, I think if it exists, you gotta have a no tolerance policy when it presents itself ... I think that if there are certain biases that exist, you can ensure that these individuals are aware of making sure that you maintain consistency in your interactions when dealing with the public. So, again, I think that you gotta have a no tolerance policy. If racism shows its ugly head, you have to make sure that you are very intentional and direct about addressing it.
LIVINGSTON: Alright. B'Ivory LaMarr, the lawyer representing the Brown family. Thank you so much for joining us today. We appreciate it.
LAMARR: Thank you. Thank you so much for having me.
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After shutting down a dozen restaurants at the start of the pandemic, chef Tom Douglas has been quietly and slowly rebuilding his restaurant empire, revamping different menu concepts, including his most recent addition, Etta’s Big Mountain BBQ, a reboot of his seafood café in Pike Place Market.
The 125-seat tavern serves hickory smoked brisket, apple wood roasted pork ribs and turkey legs along with six sides, including jojo potatoes. The smoked meat menu will also be offered next summer in North Seattle when Douglas hopes to open a second barbecue spot next to his Serious Pie location in the Ballard Brewery District, his managing partner and chef Eric Tanaka said Tuesday.
The reboot of Etta’s comes after Douglas shuttered his critically acclaimed restaurant Dahlia Lounge in downtown and used that prime real estate to expand his two marquee brands: Serious Pie and also Dahlia Bakery in 2021. Last summer, the chef crossed the bridge to the Eastside to open an outpost of Serious Pie at The Village at Totem Lake in Kirkland.
Up next for Douglas is a wine bar and also the reopening of his much loved Palace Kitchen restaurant. “We are excited to get the Palace back up and running. That will be a big one for us in spring 2023,” Tanaka said. | 2022-12-14T14:28:23+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/chef-tom-douglas-opens-barbecue-joint-in-pike-place-market/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
City tournament: For 4th time in 5 years, Cathedral will meet Crispus Attucks for title
DeAndre Lott-Hancock had not played in a game since Dec. 27. Rusty? Not at all.
The Crispus Attucks sophomore, sidelined after suffering a concussion at practice in late December, scored a game-high 23 points in Crispus Attucks’ 60-45 win over Covenant Christian on Saturday at Tech in a City tournament semifinal, including 15 points in the fourth quarter.
The only issue for the 6-4 Lott-Hancock?
“I’m a little tired,” he said. “But I pushed through it.”
Second-seeded Attucks pulled away from a tight, halfcourt game turning a three-point deficit late in the third quarter into a comfortable lead with a 16-4 run spanning the end of the third quarter and early part of the fourth. No. 3 seed Covenant Christian was led by 18 points from senior Tony Flatt.
Crispus Attucks’ prize for the victory is an opportunity to face top-seeded Cathedral in Monday’s championship game at Tech. The Irish, the two-time defending City champion, were pushed by fourth-seeded Bishop Chatard in the first semifinal game, pulling away for a 65-53 victory as Michigan State recruit Xavier Booker led the way with 26 points and Jaron Tibbs added 19.
Cathedral coach Jason Delaney and Chatard coach Kenny Roseman brought the teams together in the Trojans’ locker room after the game for a prayer. Cathedral senior and Mercer recruit Jake Davis was sent to the hospital Saturday after suffering a hematoma in his leg following an injury suffered in Thursday’s quarterfinal game against Purdue Poly.
Delaney said after the game that Davis was doing better.
“He was fine (Friday) and then today it took a really bad turn,” Delaney said after the game. “I know he’s asleep and they are monitoring him now and still trying to get the bleeding stopped.”
From an on-court standpoint, the absence of the 6-6 Davis was a big loss for Class 4A fourth-ranked Cathedral (12-2). Chatard did not have a good matchup for the 6-11 Booker, who scored 11 points in the first quarter but picked up his second foul early in the second quarter and was sat the final several minutes of the half.
Meanwhile, 3A seventh-ranked Chatard (10-3) gained confidence. Drew Knapp hit a pair of 3-pointers in the first quarter and senior Rob Davidson and Ethan Roseman each had nine points in the first half as Cathedral led just 34-33 at the break.
“Cathedral and Chatard is a big rivalry,” Roseman said. “We knew coming into the game it was going to be electric and the energy was going to be exciting. And when we heard about Jake (before the game), we brought the guys back in here and just kind talked about how that it’s bigger than basketball.”
Cathedral eventually just had too much, especially with Booker and Tibbs. Too much size. Too much talent. But Chatard made the Irish work. Davidson finished with 15 points, Roseman 13 and Knapp 11.
“They have some athletes,” Kenny Roseman said, drawing out the last word in the sentence. “It took a collective effort and for three-and-a-half quarters, we were in the game. But they are one of the top teams in the state for a reason. I was just very proud of our guys that they never quit.”
Tibbs said he had exchanged texts Saturday with Davis, who seemed to be feeling OK. He said Cathedral did not match the energy Chatard played with in the first half.
“Second half we came out with a different attitude,” Tibbs said. “We came out like we were just going to roll over them. It’s a rivalry game so they are going to play up the competition. But second half with came out with a different attitude and three scores in a row.”
This will be the fourth time in five years that Cathedral and Attucks have met for the City championship. Cathedral won in 2019 and ’21 and the Tigers won in 2020 in a 94-91 thriller. Attucks (9-5) is a young team this year, led by junior Ron Rutland and sophomore Dezmon Briscoe. Lott, now that he is back from the concussion, adds another scorer to that group.
“We need to play a four-quarter game (against Cathedral),” Attucks coach Chris Hawkins said. “Against these good teams, you can’t just play a half. It’s going to take a great effort. We’re young, but to me this is the best tournament. Hopefully we’ll have this place sold out with Cathedral fans and Attucks fans.”
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Easy 5" game were:
11-19-24-33-34
(eleven, nineteen, twenty-four, thirty-three, thirty-four)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Easy 5" game were:
11-19-24-33-34
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The Colorado Avalanche are professional hockey's new champions — and road warriors with a flair for the dramatic.
The team defeated the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 for the Avalanche's first championship in 21 years and third overall Stanley Cup.
Colorado scored two goals, while the Lightning, which won the Stanley Cup in both 2020 and 2021, scored the game's first goal. The Avalanche's Cale Makar was awarded the series' most valuable player.
Key statistics tell the story of the new NHL champions. Colorado clinched all four of its 2022 playoff series on the road – becoming just the fourth team in NHL history to do so. Its 16-4 playoff record is the second-best in league history. And Colorado's 10 comeback wins during the playoffs tied the record for most in NHL history.
Colorado's championship was years in the making. The team finished the 2016-17 season with the league's worst record. It was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in 2018 and in the second round the past three seasons.
"This is what I've always dreamed of, as a kid, with my buddies, my father," said 34-year-old Colorado defenseman Erik Johnson. "That's what life is all about. You surround yourself with people who believe in you. It truly takes a village, including all the (team's) support staff."
Tampa Bay had aimed to become the NHL's first three-peat champion since the early 1980s New York Islanders dynasty. Now Colorado will try to create its own title streak.
"They're a team that's looking to become a dynasty," Makar said. "We're a team that's looking to start a legacy."
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall are dropping their audience mask requirement starting Oct. 24, ending policies in place since they reopened last year.
The decisions announced Monday make wearing of masks optional and put the institutions in line with Broadway theaters, which made face coverings optional last July.
The Met had already dropped its proof of vaccination requirement last month.
The Philharmonic said in an email to subscribers that “to reflect the current COVID landscape, we are updating our mask policy per the recommendations of our medical advisers.”
Carnegie Hall posted on its website that “guests are encouraged to wear a properly fitting mask over their nose and mouth.”
Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall shut down indoor performances in March 2020 because of the pandemic and reopened last fall. | 2022-10-17T21:58:04+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-met-opera-ny-philharmonic-carnegie-hall-drop-mask-mandate/ |
- Infosys will also acquire Danske Bank's IT centre in India which employs 1400 digitally skilled professionals
- Engagement expands Infosys' footprint and reinforces commitment to the Nordics
BENGALURU, India and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Infosys (NSE: INFY), (BSE: INFY), (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced that it has signed a strategic collaboration with Danske Bank, a leading Nordic Bank, to accelerate the bank's digital transformation initiatives with speed and scale. This collaboration will help Danske Bank achieve its strategic priorities towards better customer experiences, operational excellence, and a modernised technology landscape, powered by next-gen solutions.
Headquartered in Denmark, Danske Bank provides banking services to personal and business customers, as well as large corporate and institutional customers. In a bid to accelerate the bank's technology transformation, optimise their access to talent and capabilities and improve productivity, Danske Bank chose Infosys as its strategic partner.
As part of this collaboration, Infosys will also acquire Danske Bank's IT center in India, where over 1,400 professionals are employed. With its global expertise and industry-solutions, Infosys will accelerate the bank's digital agenda by significantly enhancing their IT operations and capabilities, powered by Infosys Topaz, an AI-first set of services, solutions and platforms, experience design, and services that support operations.
Frans Woelders, Chief Operating Officer, Danske Bank, said, "Our Forward '28 strategy sets clear ambitions for Danske Bank to be a leading bank in a digital age. This is backed by significant investments in digitalisation and technology, including plans to further develop our customer-facing digital solutions, and modernising our technology infrastructure to enable even better customer experiences and drive operational efficiency. We have a strong starting point, and we want to further accelerate our digital and technology transformation. We have conducted a thorough process to find a partner that can help us achieve that. Infosys has the tools, experience, and expertise to support us in accelerating our transformation using cloud and AI technologies. Given Infosys' global presence and scale, this collaboration will also give us access to wider talent pools and capabilities."
Salil Parekh, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Infosys, said, "We are delighted to bring our rich experience in financial services transformation to work for Danske Bank and help the bank accelerate its strategic growth agenda. Infosys will collaborate with Danske Bank to strengthen their core business with greater digital, cloud and data capabilities. This will help Danske Bank create more value for their customers using powerful advances in AI, including generative AI.
Infosys looks forward to welcoming Danske India employees joining our team as part of this journey.
Nordics is a strategic market for Infosys and this collaboration further enhances our commitment to the region. Infosys has acquired BASE Life Science in Denmark and Fluido in Finland, and recently opened a new proximity center in Gothenburg, Sweden and Oslo, Norway. With this relationship with Danske Bank, Infosys has further enhanced its localization strategy in the Nordics.
Infosys expects the transactions to be completed before Q2'FY2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
About Danske Bank A/S
For more than 150 years, Danske Bank has strived to be a driver of growth and development in society. We have developed in tandem with the societies we are part of, and our advisory services, expertise and financial solutions have helped individuals, families, businesses and organisations to realise their ambitions and potential. With long-term sustainable development as our ambition, we will continue to work every day to be the best possible bank, for the benefit of our customers, employees, shareholders and the societies we are part of.
About Infosys
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Over 300,000 of our people work to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for people, businesses, and communities. We enable clients in more than 56 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by the cloud. We enable them with an AI-powered core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.
Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NSE, BSE, NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise navigate your next.
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Samira Lukovic recorded four goals and one assist as Cedar Grove cruised by Passaic Valley 8-0 in Little Falls.
Cedar Grove (6-6) took control with a 4-0 lead at halftime before adding four more scores in the second half. Sophia Bobrowski had a goal and an assist.
Willa Youngberg made 17 saves for Passaic Valley (1-10).
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Nissan Vehicles Equipped with ProPILOT Assist 2.0 Use Trimble RTX for
Lane-Level Precise Positioning in Complex Highway Environments
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. will use Trimble RTX® technology as its high-accuracy positioning source, enabling the hands-off and guided freeway driving capabilities of the ProPILOT Assist 2.0* driver assistance system, available initially on the 2023 Nissan Ariya.
While positioning with standard Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals may drift up to 10 meters (25 feet), Trimble RTX provides higher accuracy and enables consistent lane determination for driving applications. This makes Trimble RTX a key component for many of the latest driver assistance systems like the ProPILOT Assist 2.0. Increasingly being used on freeways, lane-level accuracy via advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), where the driver is still the ultimate decision maker, is a key enabler in the journey to fully autonomous solutions.
"Trimble has been at the forefront of precise positioning for decades and has served the automotive segment for nearly as long," said Patricia Boothe, general manager, on-road autonomy at Trimble. "We've applied the combination of technology leadership and domain experience to enable more than 30 million miles of confident driving with hands-off driving systems."
The ProPILOT Assist 2.0 system enables hands-off driving while cruising in a single lane. When the vehicle approaches a road divide, or when passing a slower vehicle is possible, the system judges the appropriate timing of branching off or passing based on information from the navigation system and 360-degree sensing. Intuitive audio and visual guidance is given to the driver, who is then prompted to put both hands on the steering wheel and confirm the operations.
Trimble's positioning solution, underpinned by its integrity monitoring capabilities, enables consistent lane-level positioning in complex, real-world driving environments. As with any current steering system, the driver must remain alert and attentive at all times.
The Trimble RTX network is supported by a globally redundant and resilient infrastructure—backed by a team of ISO 20000 certified network engineers and IT specialists, monitoring operations around the clock to ensure optimal signal performance and reliability for drivers who will depend on it. Trimble's RTX positioning technology can provide decimeter-level accuracy in seconds, making it an ideal solution for autonomy applications, including automotive driving, when accuracy, speed of convergence and accessibility to a single global network matter.
*ProPILOT Assist 2.0 can't prevent collisions. Driver at all times responsible to maintain safety by monitoring traffic, controlling vehicle, and if needed steer, brake or accelerate. System works only when lane markings detected and does not function in all weather, traffic and road conditions. See Owner's Manual for safety information. NissanConnect Services subscription required. See www.nissanusa.com/connect/legal.
About Trimble Autonomy
Trimble Autonomy delivers leading positioning and orientation technology to major industrial markets worldwide. This approach to autonomy is built on decades of engineering expertise, system intelligence and field-proven solutions, covering billions of acres and millions of miles. Trimble's autonomous technology enables advanced action in any environment, designed to meet the unique needs of our customers no matter where they are on their autonomy journey. For more information, visit: autonomy.trimble.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is an industrial technology company transforming the way the world works by delivering solutions that enable our customers to thrive. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics connect the digital and physical worlds to improve productivity, quality, safety, transparency and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble is transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
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The Company plans to purchase up to $200 million worth of shares concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the offering
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) ("Halozyme" or the "Company"), a leader in converting IV biologics to subcutaneous delivery and autoinjector devices, today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $500 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2028 (the "Convertible Notes"). The Convertible Notes are to be offered and sold to "qualified institutional buyers" pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Company also expects to grant a 13-day option to the initial purchasers to purchase up to an additional $75 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes.
The Convertible Notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of the Company and will accrue interest payable semi-annually in arrears. The Convertible Notes will mature on August 15, 2028, unless earlier redeemed, repurchased or converted in accordance with their terms prior to such date. Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding February 15, 2028, the Convertible Notes will be convertible only upon the satisfaction of certain conditions and during certain periods, and on and after February 15, 2028, at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, the Convertible Notes will be convertible regardless of these conditions. The Company will settle conversions in cash and, if applicable, shares of the Company's common stock. The initial conversion rate, interest rate and other terms of the Convertible Notes will be determined at the time of pricing in negotiations with the initial purchasers of the Convertible Notes.
In connection with the offering, the Company intends to enter into privately negotiated capped call transactions with option counterparties that may include one or more of the initial purchasers and/or their affiliates and/or other institutions. If the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional notes, the Company may enter into additional capped call transactions with the option counterparties. The capped call transactions are generally expected to reduce potential dilution to the Company's common stock upon conversion of the convertible notes and/or offset any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted notes, as the case may be.
The Company has been advised that, in connection with establishing their initial hedges of the capped call transactions, the option counterparties and/or their affiliates (i) expect to purchase shares of the Company's common stock and/or enter into derivative transactions with respect to the Company's common stock concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the Convertible Notes and (ii) may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding derivative transactions with respect to the Company's common stock and/or purchasing or selling the Company's common stock or other securities of the Company in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the Convertible Notes and prior to the maturity of the Convertible Notes. These activities could have the effect of increasing, or preventing a decline in, the market price of the Company's common stock concurrently with, or shortly following, the pricing of the Convertible Notes. The effect, if any, of these activities, including the direction or magnitude, on the market price of the Company's common stock will depend on a variety of factors, including market conditions, and cannot be ascertained at this time. Any of these activities could, however, adversely affect the market price of the Company's common stock.
The Company expects to use a portion of net proceeds of the offering to fund the cost of entering into the capped call transactions. The Company also expects to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to enter into privately negotiated agreements with certain holders of its outstanding 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2024 (the "Existing Convertible Notes") to exchange their Existing Convertible Notes for a combination of cash and shares of its common stock through privately negotiated transactions entered into concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the proposed offering (the "Note Repurchases").
In parallel to this transaction, the Company expects to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering for the repurchase of shares of its common stock (the "Share Repurchases") up to $200 million, concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the offering in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, which may be effected through one or more of the initial purchasers or any affiliate thereof.
The Share Repurchases, if consummated in full, would represent an increase of $100 million of the previously planned share repurchases to be made in 2022 under the Company's ongoing three-year $750 million share repurchase program, which was commenced and previously announced in 2021.
Further, the Company expects to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to repay all of its outstanding $250 million term loan facility due 2026. The Company intends to use the remainder of the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including other repurchases of the Company's common stock from time to time under the existing stock repurchase program, working capital, capital expenditures, potential acquisitions and strategic transactions. If the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional notes, the Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of additional notes to fund the cost of entering into additional capped call transactions.
The Note Repurchases and Share Repurchases could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) the market price of Halozyme common stock or the Convertible Notes. We also expect that some existing noteholders may purchase or sell shares of the Company's common stock in the market to hedge their exposure in connection with these transactions. The Note Repurchases, Share Repurchases and any associated hedging by holders could affect the market price of the Company's common stock prior to, concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the Convertible Notes and could also result in a higher effective conversion price for the Convertible Notes.
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Convertible Notes or the shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, if any, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Any offer of these securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum.
The offer and sale of the Convertible Notes and the shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, if any, have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
Forward-looking Statements:
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding the planned offering. Words such as "anticipates," "estimates," "expects," "projects," "forecasts," "intends," "plans," "will," "believes" and words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs about future events and are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Except as required by law, the Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter any forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise. With respect to the planned offering, such uncertainties and circumstances include whether the Company will offer the notes or consummate the offering; and the anticipated terms of the notes and the use of the net proceeds from the offering. Various factors could also adversely affect the Company's operations, business or financial results in the future and cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed in detail in the "Risk Factors" sections contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022, which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
Halozyme is a biopharmaceutical company bringing disruptive solutions to significantly improve patient experiences and outcomes for emerging and established therapies. As the innovators of the ENHANZE® technology with the proprietary enzyme rHuPH20, Halozyme's commercially-validated solution is used to facilitate the delivery of injected drugs and fluids in order to reduce the treatment burden to patients. Having touched more than 600,000 patient lives in post-marketing use in five commercialized products across more than 100 global markets, Halozyme has licensed its ENHANZE® technology to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Roche, Baxalta, Pfizer, AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Alexion, argenx, Horizon Therapeutics, ViiV Healthcare and Chugai Pharmaceutical.
Halozyme also develops, manufactures and commercializes, for itself or with partners, drug-device combination products using its advanced auto-injector technology that are designed to provide commercial or functional advantages such as improved convenience and tolerability, and enhanced patient comfort and adherence. The Company has a commercial portfolio of proprietary products including XYOSTED®, TLANDO™ and NOCDURNA® and partnered commercial products and ongoing product development programs with industry leading pharmaceutical companies including Teva Pharmaceutical, Covis Pharma, Pfizer and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals.
Halozyme is headquartered in San Diego, CA and has offices in Ewing, NJ and Minnetonka, MN. Minnetonka is also the site of its operations facility.
Contacts:
Tram Bui
VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
609-359-3016
tbui@antarespharma.com
Dawn Schottlandt / Claudia Styslinger
Argot Partners
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An investment strategy used by UK pension funds to protect themselves from falling government bond yields backfired in late September when yields jumped, exposing a major risk at the heart of the country’s financial system. Funds following the approach, known as liability-driven investment, or LDI, were left scrambling to post more collateral to cover losses. While the Bank of England has stepped in repeatedly to stabilize the market, the selling pressure on bonds has continued.
1. What caused the blow-up?
The sudden, enormous move in UK sovereign debt followed the government’s Sept. 23 announcement of unfunded tax cuts and increased state spending. Many pension funds didn’t have enough ready cash to cover losses on their LDI hedging strategies, so they had to sell liquid assets including government bonds, known as gilts. With so many funds selling at the same time, gilt prices fell and yields were pushed even higher, which in turn increased the collateral payments they needed to make. The BOE stepped in to interrupt this cycle.
2. Where did LDI come from?
Firms including BlackRock Inc., Legal & General Group Plc and Schroders Plc developed LDI funds to sell to pension plans. Many pension managers outsource their entire portfolios, including LDI trades, to those institutions. There are firms, such as Cardano and Insight Investments, where LDI is the bulk of their business. The total assets in LDI strategies almost quadrupled to £1.6 trillion ($1.8 trillion) in the 10 years through 2021, according to the UK’s Investment Association. That compares with a UK government debt market worth about £2.3 trillion.
3. How did LDI get so big?
LDI strategies helped to solve a problem that faced pension managers after central banks embarked on massive bond purchases to boost economies following the 2008 financial crisis. The BOE and its peers used so-called quantitative easing, or QE, to push cash into the economy and lower borrowing costs. This sent yields on long-dated gilts to historic lows in recent years. Pension funds that guarantee retirees a fixed, regular payout rely on the income from those bonds to meet their future commitments. As yields fell, their liabilities rose because of the accounting conventions used in pension reporting. To help cover the shortfall, they turned to LDI strategies.
4. Where did it go wrong?
These strategies involved using derivatives or repurchase agreements, effectively lending bonds out in return for cash, which they could then reinvest into more bonds as well as riskier assets. The arrangement worked smoothly as long as gilt yields were falling as it brought the pension funds a profit on those trades. But when yields spiked, they were hit with sudden demands for funds to cover their losses -- what’s known as a margin call.
5. So the BOE bailed the pension funds out?
In a sense, yes: The central bank’s successive purchases of long-dated government debt helped the funds out of a tricky liquidity situation by preventing a wholesale bond selloff that could have led to cascading margin calls. The UK’s pensions regulator has made clear that funds weren’t at risk of collapse. But the BOE’s intervention did avoid them having to sell too many assets at unfavorable prices. This was particularly true as some pension programs invest in so-called “illiquid” assets, such as real estate, that can’t be sold quickly without a big discount.
6. Has this happened before?
The same pension funds faced collateral calls earlier this year owing to rising yields. The difference this time was the speed and scale of the gilt selloff. That meant counterparties were issuing emergency demands for cash, where the deadline can be a matter of hours rather than weeks.
7. Why does all this matter?
The BOE’s intervention triggered the largest fall on record for UK long-term yields, only a day after their biggest ever spike. These benchmark rates impact borrowing costs in the wider economy and were causing turmoil for some consumers and businesses, with mortgage products getting withdrawn and deals collapsing. The pensions industry still isn’t out of the woods: The BOE has said repeatedly that its measure is temporary, further roiling the bond market and sending yields back toward multi-year highs.
8. Where does this leave the BOE?
In an odd position, optically at least. On one hand, it’s trying to slow the economy by tightening monetary policy -- raising interest rates -- to tame inflation. Yet now it is simultaneously buying bonds, putting more cash into the system in a similar way to the years of QE. The situation speaks to the BOE’s different mandates: it needs to protect financial stability as well as alleviate price pressures, and sometimes those two aims come into conflict. The gyrations have also forced the bank to delay a bond sale program aimed at reducing the mammoth pile of government securities it built up since the financial crisis, a key aim for policymakers. That may be why the BOE was keen to call time on its measures, despite pressure on the central bank to continue its support.
• A Bloomberg story on lessons for the pension industry from the crisis.
• The UK Investment Management Association’s annual survey.
• An explainer from Hymans Robertson that foresaw some of the incoming collateral problems, as did Toby Nangle.
• A Bloomberg Big Take on Britain’s crisis of confidence and deep dive on the UK pension problems.
• More on LDI trades from the Financial Times, and on collateral calls from Jim Leaviss on the Bond Vigilantes blog.
• More QuickTakes on the BOE’s inflation target and what happened to the pound.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 deadly sinking of a tourist boat in Missouri is headed to President Joe Biden for his signature.
The legislation, which passed the Senate on Thursday, directs the U.S. Coast Guard to draft new requirements for amphibious vehicles such as the duck boat that sank during a storm on Table Rock Lake near Branson. Riders from Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and Arkansas were killed; 14 people survived.
Lawmakers included the new regulations in a defense funding bill.
The measure calls for design changes to ensure the crafts stay upright. The Missouri vessel flooded through an air intake hatch on the bow that was not weather tight.
Many of the changes were recommended by the the National Transportation Safety Board after its investigation into the July 2018 tragedy.
If the Coast Guard had followed recommendations for small passenger boats that the NTSB made after a similar boat sank in Arkansas in 1999, killing 13 people, the Missouri vessel “likely would not have sunk,” NTSB accident investigator Brian Young said when the report was released.
The agency has said Ride the Ducks should have suspended water operations that day because of the severe weather forecast.
Under the measure, operators of amphibious vehicles would also be required to seek refuge if a weather watch or warning is issued for high winds.
The legislation also calls for immediate removal of canopies, side curtains and associated framing from the boats to improve passengers’ chances of escape during emergencies.
On April 5, a Missouri judge dismissed first-degree involuntary manslaughter charges against Kenneth Scott McKee, 54, the captain of the boat; Curtis P. Lanham, 39, the general manager at Ride the Ducks in Branson; and Charles V. Baltzell, 79, the operations supervisor who was a manager on duty when the boat sank.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office refiled involuntary manslaughter charges against the three within days.
Attorneys for the men have said they were not aware of the severity of the storm and did not intentionally put their passengers in danger. | 2022-12-16T22:58:37+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Congress-OKs-new-law-on-tourist-boats-after-17659753.php |
Bills quarterback Josh Allen remains "day to day" – and even "one hour at a time" – with an elbow injury, coach Sean McDermott told WGR on Friday.
When the inury report came out, Allen was listed as limited and questionable for Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings.
McDermott had said whether Allen practiced would be determined by "how the lead-in to practice goes."
Allen was not on the field for the brief portion that was open to reporters at the start of practice, but was on the field at the end of the session before jogging off.
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Allen did not practice Wednesday or Thursday because of the elbow injury suffered late in the loss to the New York Jets. If Allen cannot play, Case Keenum will start.
“At the end of the day, Josh needs to be Josh if he’s able to play," McDermott said. "And Case needs to be Case.”
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Defensive tackle Greg Rousseau (ankle) and safety Jordan Poyer (elbow) have both been ruled out against the Vikings, McDermott said. He noted that he considered Poyer as "day to day." Rousseau was described earlier in the week as "week to week."
Linebacker Tremaine Edmunds (groin/heel) and cornerback Kaiir Elam (ankle) will have their status determined by how they perform in Friday's practice. Edmunds and Elam were both on the field during the open portion of practice.
Edmunds was listed as questionable and Elam was listed as doubtful.
Cornerback Tre'Davious White does not appear on the injury report and does not have a game designation, though, the Bills could decide to make him among the inactives for the game, as they did last week against the Jets.
Linebacker Matt Milano is a good place, McDermott said, and should be able to play. He missed last week's game with an oblique injury.
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Record First Quarter Sales of $175.5 million, up 6% Year over Year
13th Consecutive Quarter of Year over Year Sales Growth
TORRANCE, Calif., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CarParts.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTS), one of the leading e-commerce providers of automotive parts and accessories, and a one-stop shop for vehicle repair and maintenance needs, is reporting results for the first quarter ended April 1, 2023.
First Quarter 2023 Summary vs. Year-Ago Quarter
- Net sales increased 6% year over year to $175.5 million and increased 20% on a two-year stack.
- Gross profit increased 2% to $62.6 million, with gross margin of 35.6%.
- Net income was $1.1 million or $0.02 per diluted share, compared to $2.1 million or $0.04 per diluted share.
- Adjusted EBITDA was flat at $9.4 million.
- Cash of $49.3 million and no revolver debt.
Management Commentary
"Q1 marked our 13th consecutive quarter of growth all while building up a robust balance sheet. Our team grew revenues and maintained profitability despite a challenging macro environment," said David Meniane, CEO of CarParts.com. "For the remainder of the year, we will continue to drive operating improvements, expand our assortment, and enhance our website with new functionality."
"These results are the latest chapter in our success story, which is the product of a complete transformation that included a refreshed management team, restructured departments, new tech stacks, and improved operating efficiencies. No matter how you look at it, what the team has accomplished is remarkable. Our commitment to our customers, shareholders, and employees remains unwavering. And as we look ahead, we believe we can continue to drive growth, profitability, and shareholder returns."
First Quarter 2023 Financial Results
Net sales in the first quarter of 2023 were $175.5 million, up 6% from the year-ago quarter.
Gross profit in the first quarter increased 2% to $62.6 million compared to $61.2 million in the year-ago quarter, with gross margin decreasing 120 basis points to 35.6%, primarily driven by unfavorable freight charges.
Total operating expenses in the first quarter were $61.9 million and 35.3% of sales compared to $58.8 million and 35.4% of sales in the year-ago quarter. The improvement in operating leverage was primarily driven by increased operating efficiencies combined with lower marketing expense as a percent of sales.
Net income in the first quarter was $1.1 million compared to net income of $2.1 million in the year-ago quarter.
Adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter was $9.4 million compared to $9.4 million in the year-ago quarter.
On April 1, 2023, the Company had a cash balance of $49.3 million, no revolver debt and no outstanding trade letters of credit ("LCs"), compared to no revolver debt, no outstanding trade LCs and a $18.8 million cash balance at prior fiscal year-end December 31, 2022.
Conference Call
CarParts.com CEO David Meniane, CFO Ryan Lockwood and COO Michael Huffaker will host a conference call today to discuss the results, followed by a question and answer period.
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Time: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (2:00 p.m. Pacific time)
Webcast: www.carparts.com/investor/news-events
To listen to the live call, please click the link above to access the webcast. A replay of the audio webcast will be archived on the Company's website at www.carparts.com/investor.
About CarParts.com, Inc.
CarParts.com is the go-to eCommerce platform for auto care and maintenance. We offer drivers quality parts at competitive prices and allow customers to schedule an appointment with a trusted mechanic directly from our website. We use world-class design principles and the latest technologies to deliver a fast, easy-to-use, and mobile-intuitive website. And with our company-owned national distribution network, we bring the best brands and manufacturers directly to consumers, cutting out the costs associated with brick-and-mortar retailers. Our team members around the globe are dedicated to Empowering Drivers Along Their Journey.
CarParts.com is headquartered in Torrance, California.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Regulation G, and other provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, define and prescribe the conditions for use of certain non-GAAP financial information. We provide "Adjusted EBITDA" and "EBITDAS," in this earnings release and on today's scheduled conference call, which are non-GAAP financial measures. Adjusted EBITDA, and EBITDAS, consist of net income (loss) before (a) interest expense, net; (b) income tax provision; (c) depreciation and amortization expense; (d) amortization of intangible assets; and (e) share-based compensation expense. A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDAS to net income (loss) is provided below. With respect to EBITDAS from fiscal year 2018 (trailing twelve months ended December 29, 2018) provided below, we excluded the previously disclosed adjustments of employee transition costs, customs costs and proceeds from AutoMD sale in order to provide a more accurate comparison, adjusting only for share-based compensation expense.
The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide important supplemental information to management and investors. These non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of the Company's operations that, when viewed with the GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliations to corresponding GAAP financial measures, provides a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting the Company's business and results of operations.
Management uses Adjusted EBITDA, and EBITDAS, as measures of the Company's operating performance because it assists in comparing the Company's operating performance on a consistent basis by removing the impact of stock compensation expense as well as other items that we do not believe are representative of our ongoing operating performance. Internally, these non-GAAP measures are also used by management for planning purposes, including the preparation of internal budgets; for allocating resources to enhance financial performance; and for evaluating the effectiveness of operational strategies. The Company also believes that analysts and investors use these non-GAAP measures as supplemental measures to evaluate the ongoing operations of companies in our industry.
These non-GAAP financial measures are used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP and should not be relied upon to the exclusion of GAAP financial measures. Management strongly encourages investors to review the Company's consolidated financial statements in their entirety and to not rely on any single financial measure. Because non-GAAP financial measures are not standardized, it may not be possible to compare these financial measures with other companies' non-GAAP financial measures having the same or similar names. In addition, the Company expects to continue to incur expenses similar to the non-GAAP adjustments described above, and exclusion of these items from the Company's non-GAAP measures should not be construed as an inference that these costs are all unusual, infrequent or non-recurring.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains statements which are based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business and its industry, as well as certain assumptions made by the Company. These statements are forward looking statements for the purposes of the safe harbor provided by Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Words such as "anticipates," "could," "expects," "intends," "plans," "potential," "believes," "predicts," "projects," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "would," "will likely continue" and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our future operating results and financial condition, our potential growth, our ability to innovate, our ability to gain market share, and our ability to expand and improve our product offerings. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.
Important factors that may cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, competitive pressures, our dependence on search engines to attract customers, demand for the Company's products, the online market and channel mix for aftermarket auto parts, the economy in general, increases in commodity and component pricing that would increase the Company's product costs, the operating restrictions in its credit agreement, the weather and any other factors discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the Risk Factors contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10–K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10–Q, which are available at www.carparts.com/investor and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. You are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements in this release and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Unless otherwise required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Investor Relations:
Ryan Lockwood, CFA
IR@carparts.com
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland’s rapid rise to elite NBA status is complete.
Cleveland’s All-Star point guard agreed Saturday to a five-year, $193 million contract extension, his agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports told the Associated Press.
Garland’s deal is the largest in franchise history, and locks up a player the Cavs believe can get them back among the league’s top teams.
The fifth overall pick in 2019, Garland has quickly developed into one of the game’s best all-around guards. Last season, he averaged 21.7 points and 8.6 assists in 68 games while helping the Cavs win 22 more games than the previous season.
The 22-year-old Garland has improved statistically each season, but beyond that, he has grown as a leader for a rising Cleveland team that just missed the playoffs last season. He’s one of the team’s core pieces along with All-Star center Jarrett Allen and forward Evan Mobley.
Garland agreed to the same deal that another elite young guard, Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies, struck earlier in the week as the majority of the league’s offseason business began getting underway.
Garland’s extension begins in the 2023-24 season and, for now, would see him making just over $33 million in the first year and escalating steadily, all the way to $44 million in 2027-28.
If he makes an All-NBA team this coming season — meaning he would have to be selected as one of the top six guards in the league, unless the league changes its voting structure before then — the numbers get even bigger, going from “max” to “supermax.”
In that scenario, Garland would start out making $40 million in 2023-24, and be due almost $53 million in 2027-28.
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AP NBA Writer Tim Reynolds contributed to this report.
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A new Miss Oklahoma has been crowned and it's a familiar face to News On 6 viewers.
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SAN DIEGO, March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TuSimple Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: TSP) ("TuSimple" or the "Company"), a global autonomous driving technology company, today announced the appointment of J. Tyler McGaughey and Zhen Tao to its Board of Directors as independent directors.
Mr. McGaughey will be responsible for overseeing the Company's compliance with federal government legal and regulatory requirements. Mr. McGaughey is a partner at a law firm in Washington, D.C. and has vast experience in the federal government across national security-related roles, including at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Attorney's Office and White House Counsel's Office. Most recently, Mr. McGaughey served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of Investment Security at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he was responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) unit. From July 2001 to August 2006, Mr. McGaughey served as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps.
Ms. Tao will serve as a member of Audit Committee and qualifies as a financial expert. Ms. Tao is a Senior Partner at Third Square Capital Management, an investment firm focused on global consumer-driven, long-term growth companies. She has over 20 years of investment management, investment banking, and capital markets experience. During her career, Ms. Tao has often partnered closely with management teams of both public and private companies in developing growth strategies. Ms. Tao started her career in the leverage finance department of Deutsche Bank. Ms. Tao also serves as the South Pasadena City Treasurer where she oversees the city's investment portfolio and provides independent oversight for its finances.
TuSimple is a global autonomous driving technology company headquartered in San Diego, California, with operations in Arizona, Texas, Europe, and China. Founded in 2015, TuSimple is developing a commercial-ready, fully autonomous (SAE Level 4) driving solution for long-haul heavy-duty trucks. TuSimple aims to transform the $4 trillion global truck freight industry through the company's leading AI technology, which makes it possible for trucks to see 1,000 meters away, operate nearly continuously, and reduce fuel consumption by 10%+ relative to manually driven trucks. Visit us at www.tusimple.com.
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TORONTO (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 25 points and 10 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors routed Los Angeles 126-113 on Wednesday night, beating a short-handed Lakers team playing without LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
James sat out because of a sore left ankle, one night after he played 36 minutes in a 116-102 loss at Cleveland. Davis left after one quarter Tuesday night because of a non-COVID illness.
Some in the sellout crowd of 19,800 booed when the names of the injured players were displayed on the video board before the game.
Guard Patrick Beverley (right knee) and forward Wenyen Gabriel (left shoulder) also were out for the Lakers, who came in having won six of eight.
“I still think the team spirit is pretty high,” center Thomas Bryant said after Los Angeles lost its second straight. “We still have a really good collective unit.”
Lakers forward Juan Toscano-Anderson had to be helped off the court early in the fourth quarter after spraining his right ankle. Coach Darvin Ham said Toscana-Anderson will be reevaluated following an MRI Thursday.
“It just sucks to see him get hurt,” Ham said. “I thought he was good tonight.”
Fred VanVleet scored 25 points and O.G. Anunoby had 23 as Toronto led from wire-to-wire, improving to 10-3 at home. Gary Trent Jr. scored 18 points, Chris Boucher had 16 and Scottie Barnes scored 13 points and matched his career high with 17 rebounds.
“We did what we were supposed to do tonight, very professional, locked in from the jump ball and really just didn’t give them any chance to get going,” VanVleet said.
Dennis Schroder led the Lakers with 18 points, while Russell Westbrook and Bryant each had 16. Kendrick Nunn scored 15 points and Lonnie Walker IV had 12.
Ham said he challenged his team at halftime to play better in the second half and was pleased with their response.
“As disappointed as I am in losing the game – you know, you never like to lose – I’m not upset, I’m not distraught,” Ham said. “We pulled it together and we competed like we should have done from the start.”
Toronto scored the first 11 points and led 39-31 after one.
The Lakers went more than five minutes without scoring in the second as Toronto used a 16-0 run to widen its advantage.
“The second quarter was our worst quarter defensively,” Westbrook said.
The Raptors led 70-47 at the half, and took a 97-75 lead into the fourth.
TIP-INS
Lakers: Westbrook led Los Angeles with nine rebounds. … James missed five games in November because of a strained left adductor. He also sat out a Nov. 7 loss at Utah because of a sore left foot.
Raptors: F Juancho Hernangomez (sprained right ankle) missed his second straight game and is expected to be out another seven to 10 days, coach Nick Nurse said. … Former Raptors stars Morris Peterson and Charles Oakley attended the game.
TRIPLE THREAT
Siakam had seven assists, the fifth time this season he’s had at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. Only Luka Doncic (eight), Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo (seven) and Joel Embiid (six) have done it more often.
UP NEXT
Lakers: At Philadelphia on Friday night.
Raptors: At Orlando on Friday night.
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If you’ve ever shopped at Costco, you know the warehouse chain is notorious for selling large items — whether actual size or in terms of bulk quantity. Now imagine taking that larger-than-life vision and baking it into a massive pie made full of peanut butter and chocolate.
Costco’s new peanut butter chocolate cream pie has the internet’s collective sweet tooth kicking into overdrive. A video posted by TikTok creator @costcohotfinds showcasing this 5-pound pie already has more than three million views.
In the video, account creator Laura Lamb raves about this giant pie and warns viewers of its potentially addictive nature.
“It’s really dangerously delicious,” she said in the viral video.
@costcohotfinds PEaNuT BuTTeR PiE at Costco!!! New!!!⬠original sound – CostcoHotFinds
As Lamb slices into the pie, you can see why people can’t wait to sink their teeth into this dreamy dessert. The graham cracker crust is dense enough to support the thick layers of pie filling and give the pie that sweet, buttery taste. Then there’s a generous layer of peanut butter mousse topped with an even larger blanket of chocolate mousse. To top it all off, a swirl of the peanut butter mousse encircles the rim of the pie.
After picking up the pie at her local Costco near Dallas, Lamb told NBC’s “Today” she brought it home to try and share with her son.
“When I brought it home, it was essentially breakfast at that point because I was home by like 10:20 and I immediately ate a slice and gave a slice to my son, who was surprised I was giving him pie that early,” she told “Today.” “And he took one bite into it and goes, ‘Oh my god, Mom, this is like a huge peanut butter cup.’”
Not all Costco locations have the 5-pound peanut butter chocolate cream pie — yet. Before you head out to snag a pie for your family, you might want to give your local store a call to see if they have it in stock.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Check out Simplemost for additional stories. | 2023-03-15T14:45:50+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/costco-selling-5-pound-peanut-butter-pie |
DETROIT (AP) — Reform-minded candidates won several races as members of the United Auto Workers union voted on their leaders in an election that stemmed from a federal bribery and embezzlement scandal involving former union officials.
In unofficial results posted early Sunday on a federal court-appointed monitor’s website, challengers took six of 14 seats on the union’s International Executive Board. They could win as many as eight, including the presidency, and control a majority, depending on the outcome of three runoff elections.
The reform candidates, most part of a slate called UAW Members United, campaigned on taking a more confrontational stance in bargaining with Detroit’s three automakers. They want to rescind concessions made to companies in previous contract talks, restoring cost-of-living pay raises and eliminating a two-tier wage and benefit system.
The adversarial stance is likely to raise costs for General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, which almost certainly would be passed on to consumers. Even without the election, costs likely would have gone up as workers seek a bigger share of billions of dollars in profits.
In the race for president, incumbent Ray Curry defeated challenger Shawn Fain by 614 votes. Curry had 38.2% of the vote to Fain’s 37.6%. But neither got a majority in the five-candidate field, so there will be a runoff election in January.
Mike Booth and Rich Boyer, both from Members United, took two of three vice president slots. Two vice president candidates from Curry’s Solidarity Team slate, incumbent Chuck Browning and Tim Bressler, will compete in a runoff for the third vice president slot.
Members United candidate Margaret Mock ousted current Secretary-Treasurer Frank Stuglin. Reform-minded candidates took three regional director slots, with another headed for a runoff.
Winners will be sworn in on Dec. 12. Ballots for the runoff elections will be mailed Jan. 12 with a Feb. 28 deadline to return them. Votes will be counted starting March 1, according to the website of Monitor Neil Barofsky.
In an interview, Fain said the election puts the companies on notice “to get ready. We’re coming for you.” He said companies are making billions of dollars and have closed or spun off plants and failed to give the Stellantis plant in Belvidere, Illinois, a new vehicle to build after it stops making its current model.
“It’s just a fact that over the years our leadership has become way too close to management,” he said.
Curry’s slate said in a statement that it is fighting for all active and retired members. “Our member expectations are high, and our team has the experience and proven track record to both build coalitions for the fight and deliver results,” it said.
Curry, elected by a vote of the International Executive Board in 2021 to replace retiring Rory Gamble, said at a September candidates’ forum that he has put financial safeguards and reforms in place and has plans to bring union members “back into greater days.” He said the union also has plans to recruit new members.
“We don’t just make false demands and deliver false hopes,” he said.
Turnout in the election for the 372,000-member union was low. Of about 1 million ballots mailed to active members and retirees, only 10.5% were returned.
The 2023 contract talks come at a critical juncture for the union, which faces a transition from internal combustion vehicles to those that run on batteries. With fewer moving parts, fewer people will be needed to make electric vehicles, and jobs making engines and transmissions could be shifted to battery assembly plants that might not be unionized.
The election came after union members last December decided to directly vote on leaders for the first time instead of having them picked by delegates to a convention.
Under the old system, convention delegates were picked by local union offices. But the new slate of officers was selected by the current leadership, and there was rarely any serious opposition.
The voting happened after 11 union officials and a late official’s spouse pleaded guilty in the corruption probe, including the two former presidents, Gary Jones and Dennis Williams. Both were sentenced to prison. The first criminal charges in the probe were filed in 2017.
To avoid a federal takeover, the union agreed to reforms and Barofsky’s appointment to oversee the UAW and elections of the executive board. | 2022-12-04T23:00:43+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/business/ap-reformers-take-6-of-14-uaw-board-seats-could-win-majority/ |
Driving efficiency and transparency in Asian UCO and UCOME physical trading markets
SINGAPORE, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global Commodity Insights, the leading independent provider of information, analytics and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, will launch on March 29, 2023 the Platts Editorial Window (eWindow)® communication tool for assessing the tradable value of physical Asian Biofuels and Feedstock FOB Straits and China. The Platts eWindow® communication online data-entry and communications tool brings greater speed, transparency and efficiency to the Platts Market-on-Close (MOC) price assessment processes.
Between 2020 and 2022, S&P Global Commodity Insights launched four assessments for ISSC-Certified UCO (Used Cooking Oil) and UCOME (Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester) in China and the Straits, encompassing terminals beyond Singapore's borders. Against the backdrop of growing liquidity and maturity of the Asian Biofuels and Feedstock industry, S&P Global in collaboration with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) will now launch the Platts Editorial Window (eWindow)® communication tool for assessing the tradable value of physical UCO and UCOME cargoes in Asia, allowing market participants to trade with increased confidence.
Andrei Agapi, APAC associate pricing director for Agriculture, S&P Global Commodity Insights, said, "The expansion of Platts Editorial Window (eWindow)® to support Platts MOC for Asian Biofuels and Feedstock marks a further milestone in the maturity and rapid commoditization of the market. This latest addition to the Platts Asian biofuels price assessment offering will provide valuable insight into an important energy source and further enhance transparency for the physical cargo market. Market participants can now submit outright and time spread bids and offers for publication directly through the eWindow® communication tool."
"With the continued drive towards reducing our carbon footprint in the transportation sector, the world is increasingly exploring the use of second-generation biofuels. This new generation of biofuels increasingly relies on the supply of oils-derived vegetable waste materials such as Used Cooking Oil (UCO) that has seen a rapid growth in liquidity over the past three years. According to analytics data from S&P Global Commodity Insights, forecasted biofuels demand will exceed 3.25 million barrels per day by 2025, and much of the growth will be attributed to biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)."
Asia is at the heart of production and export of waste material used in the production of biofuels. The largest export volumes presently come from China, Malaysia and Indonesia and are thereafter imported into Singapore, Europe and the US where Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel capacities are ramping up simultaneously. In addition, Singapore has seen a rapid growth in biofuels blending into marine fuels to reduce carbon emissions from the maritime sector. The volume of biofuels such as UCOME supplied in Singapore to oceangoing vessels has reached approximatively 70,000 metric tons according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
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UCOME FOB China $/mt UCFCA00
UCOME FOB Straits $/mt UCFCB00
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DEAR ANNIE: I read your column daily. I live in the Deep South. When I was 23, I finally accepted my sexual orientation and began a relationship with a friend four years older than me. He and I began a decades-long loving relationship that culminated in our legal marriage.
We had strong support from some but strong resistance from others. The fact that we had to work and pray so hard to protect our bond (there were really no significant support groups such as mainline churches or large family support; even doctors initially were a challenge) made the relationship paramount. It was not always easy, but it grew very strong.
Just how strong was after surviving the AIDS epidemic, my husband, who was only in his 50s, was diagnosed with a rare cancer called cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer. He fought valiantly. I would have willingly given my life. He was not spared. He was very brave and loving. He inspired so many.
I know you and others affirm love after and second relationships, but I have a request. Please mention and honor the decision of widows and widowers, particularly of long marriages, that it is a valid decision to decide to not remarry. No one can replace my husband. He fulfilled that need in my life. I believe I will be with him in eternity. If you could print this, it would be a testament to him (I know so little what to do to show my love), and it would raise awareness for people over 50 to have liver scans for cholangiocarcinoma.
I have found peace and love in widowhood as a widower. -- A Grieving Widower in the South
DEAR GRIEVING WIDOWER: You and your husband have a beautiful love story and an unbreakable bond. I’m so very sorry for your loss.
Of course a widower has no obligation to remarry. And of course a second marriage can never replace a first marriage. For some, however, it can be a beautiful new chapter in life. It is not a substitute but rather something new entirely.
There are no right answers or one-size-fits-all solutions when it comes to losing a spouse. It sounds like you have found your peace in the wake of tragedy, and I commend you for that.
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DEAR ANNIE: I met a girl who I came to have a very close friendship with. Even though people warned me, I didn’t listen. I ended our friendship because she was taking up all my free time and could be quite controlling. For instance, as I planned to go to homecoming with my boyfriend, she said to me, “No, you’re staying home.” I told her I obviously couldn’t do that.
Despite this and other instances, I kind of miss being friends with her, and I regret that I ended our friendship. I don’t want to feel bad, but I do. What do you think I should do? Should I try to apologize, or let her go? -- Fickle Friends
DEAR FICKLE: Don’t apologize -- you didn’t do anything wrong -- but don’t hesitate to reach out to her if you really miss her. But if you do that, explain about boundaries and how good friendships don’t include controlling, almost obsessive behavior.
I would also say that if your relationship with this girl entailed that sort of treatment most of the time, you’re better off pursuing and growing the bonds you have with people who support you and want your true happiness over their own self-interest.
“How Can I Forgive My Cheating Partner?” is out now! Annie Lane’s second anthology -- featuring favorite columns on marriage, infidelity, communication and reconciliation -- is available as a paperback and ebook. Visit http://www.creatorspublishing.com for more information.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A suspect has been arrested and charged with setting his own mother’s home on fire, according to court documents. Michael Brashon Derico, 31, is charged with second-degree arson following the July 10 blaze.
According to an affidavit, the fire was set at a home on Halifax Court, which is located near East South Boulevard and Troy Highway.
The homeowner told authorities her son, Derico, called and asked to borrow her car to move things out of the house. When she refused his request, the woman told investigators he threatened her.
The woman told authorities that some time after the encounter, she got a call from her home security company reporting that her smoke alarms had been activated, court records noted.
The woman then viewed camera footage of her home from an app and found her living room on fire. She was later able to view footage before the fire showing a man she identified as her son, and that he was also seen inside the home when the fire started.
Since Derico was identified by his mother as the person in the video when the fire started, Montgomery fire officials charged him with arson.
Derico was taken to the Montgomery County Detention Facility, where he was placed under a $30,000 bail.
Copyright 2022 WSFA 12 News. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-20T11:13:26+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/2022/07/19/man-charged-with-setting-mothers-montgomery-home-fire/ |
Global consumer products company behind Lysol, Air Wick and Enfamil deploys customer data platform to build long-term customer loyalty and drive revenue
SEATTLE, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amperity, the leading Enterprise Customer Data Platform (CDP) for consumer brands, today announced Reckitt, a global consumer packaged goods company (CPG), has selected Amperity to maximize the value of its omnichannel customer data to deliver relevant, personalized customer experiences.
Combining first-party data and third-party data can have an immediate and significant impact for brands looking to truly understand their customers, and deliver highly-relevant experiences throughout the customer lifecycle. Amperity's integrations with leading platforms like Amazon and Facebook allow companies like Reckitt to reach more users, while enriching advertising campaigns through Amperity's insights on cross-channel behavior, data sciences scores and content affinities.
"Historically, CPGs have had very little access to first-party data making it incredibly difficult to truly know the customer and deliver relevant omnichannel experiences," said Barry Padgett, CEO at Amperity. "Reckitt understands the need to build their own customer relationships. By embracing a first-party data strategy, Reckitt now has access to accurate customer profiles that will exponentially strengthen their reach."
To learn how other brands are partnering with Amperity visit https://amperity.com/customers
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Q Ira, that backup backcourt of Victor Oladipo and Gabe Vincent is pretty disruptive defensively. I can see Erik Spoelstra closing out playoff games with them and possibly in two-guard lineups with Tyler Herro. – Eddie.
A: But, as with any lineups, there has to be a balance. With Victor Oladipo and Gabe Vincent there also has to be an offensive component, because they likely will be utilized in the second unit with a (mostly) non-scoring center, in Dewayne Dedmon or Orlando Robinson, as well as mostly with spot-up shooters who don’t necessarily create their own offense, in Max Strus and Duncan Robinson. Granted, the Heat will cycle scorers back into the mix with the reserves, such as Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, but I’m not sure you otherwise can have a five-man second unit with limited offense in the backcourt. To his credit,Vic is coming around in that aspect. And Gabe is still rounding into form after missing time with his knee issue. So perhaps you are on to something.
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A: But at a similar age, Chris Paul was at, or at least near, the top of his game, and the Heat were hoping for something similar. Perhaps that was misguided. So maybe Gabe Vincent comes around, or perhaps Victor Oladipo becomes more of a distributor. But the Heat, at least at the moment, are not getting a return on their 2022-23 Lowry investment. Still, they basically did last year, and we’re not yet at the midpoint of this season.
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BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — The deaths of eight people — including six children — found in a burning Oklahoma home are being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said Friday.
The children ranged in age from 1 to 13, and two adults who also died are considered suspects, Broken Arrow Police Chief Brandon Berryhill said during a news conference. He did not provide their identities, ages or explain the deceaseds relationships to one another.
The causes of death are still under investigation but Broken Arrow Fire Department Chief Jeremy Moore said it doesn’t appear that anyone died because of the fire.
Guns were recovered from the home, Berryhill said.
The fire was reported about 4 p.m. Thursday in a quiet residential area of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 13 miles (20 kilometers) southeast of Tulsa.
Catelin Powers said she was driving with her children nearby when she saw a column of smoke near her house, so she drove past to investigate.
“When I got closer to the house, I saw smoke pouring out from the very top of the house, which looked like maybe the attic,” she told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Two men and a woman on her phone were standing in front of the house, Powers said, when another man emerged from the front door dragging an apparently unconscious, unresponsive woman. “Her arms were flopped to her sides,” she said.
Suspecting the woman was dead, Powers said she drove on so her children would be spared the sight.
Tragedy has struck before in Broken Arrow, which is Tulsa’s biggest suburb with almost 115,000 residents. In 2015, two teenaged brothers killed their mother, father, two younger brothers and 5-year-old sister at their home — which was about 6 miles (10 kilometers) south of Thursday’s fatal fire.
The home where the 2015 killings occurred was later demolished and the site was transformed into a community park. | 2022-10-28T15:29:00+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/deaths-of-8-in-oklahoma-home-investigated-as-murder-suicide/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One person is dead and three others were injured in a shooting during a drug deal outside a Los Angeles shopping center Saturday, police said.
Multiple suspects shot at each other during what police believe was a dispute during a narcotics deal in a parking lot in the area of Vanowen and Fallbrook in West Hills around 3:45 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said.
The deceased man was not immediately identified by police.
Three victims hit by gunfire were transported to a hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. At least two of those may face charges after their release from medical care, Hamilton said.
Three suspects were in custody Saturday evening and investigators believe the shooting involved gang members, he said.
Police recovered two firearms at the scene, Hamilton said.
“We believe that all of the people involved in this dispute have been identified and we believe we have them either in custody or we have them where we can provide them medical care,” Hamilton said.
An LAPD helicopter spotted a vehicle with windows shot out leaving the scene and tracked the vehicle, Hamilton said.
“That suspect became involved in a hit-and-run traffic collision where they injured someone else and continued fleeing the area,” Hamilton said. “They subsequently switched vehicles and the air units saw them switch vehicles and directed ground units to the location where the suspect was fleeing.”
There was a pursuit lasting two to three minutes before the vehicle pulled over. A female driver and the male suspect who fled the shooting scene surrendered and were taken into custody, Hamilton said.
The person who was injured in the hit-and-run accident was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. | 2023-04-02T12:31:37+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/la-police-1-dead-3-wounded-in-shooting-at-shopping-center/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
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Mississippi church helps with remodel in Jackson
JACKSON, Tenn. — In a heartwarming display of kindness, a group of dedicated volunteers from Mississippi drove up to Jackson’s Hub Club to help with some remodeling.
Hub Club Director Johnny Dodd expressed deep gratitude for the support received from the Meadowview Baptist Church.
“We got a church all the way from Starkville, Mississippi coming to the Hub Club wanting to bless our youth. They are putting a floor down in one of our rooms, our game room. It’s a blessing that they were willing to drive three hours just to come and bless our kids and give back to the community,” Dodd said.
The church exemplifies the true spirit of volunteering and highlights a significant impact that actions can have on the lives of those they touch.
“We are just giving back to the community. Community does not have to be where we live. Community is all over where God’s needs are. We met Johnny and the Hub Club while we were at FUGE Camp here in Jackson, Tennessee at Union University. Got to make friends with Johnny and the staff, and just fell in love with the kids,” said Brian Linder, the Interim Associate Pastor at Meadowview.
The Hub Club is an organization that has an after school summer program that is everyday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. They have youth from ages six through 15.
“We do a lot of positive things with our youth. Not only fun things but educational programs. We include Jesus in our part. We do not shy away from blessing God and giving God what he deserves, so we always incorporate that daily,” Linder said.
Lindner says that the church will continue to help the Hub Club and wants to see their ultimate goal become a reality.
That goal is to become not only just a summer camp for kids, but a full-time operation year round for kids.
Find more local news here. | 2023-07-15T06:04:08+00:00 | wbbjtv.com | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2023/07/14/mississippi-church-helps-with-remodel-in-jackson/ |
The public role of religion in American life, long a challenging issue for the Supreme Court in its interpretation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution, commanded nationwide attention in 1984 when a lawsuit was brought against Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for its erection of a nativity scene in the center of the city’s downtown shopping district.
Prior to the arrival of Lynch v. Donnelly, the Supreme Court had rendered decisions that prohibited public schools from orchestrating prayer, posting the Ten Commandments and organizing a moment of silence even it did not specifically authorize prayer. Those practices, with major implications for the separation of church and state, violated the First Amendment’s (and the 14th Amendment’s, by virtue of Incorporation Doctrine) Establishment Clause, which provided: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
Nativity scenes, which swell the emotions and religious beliefs of Christians, were a commonplace throughout the nation. Did public display of a Christmas Creche, a sacred Christian symbol, violate the First Amendment?
In Lynch v. Donnelly, a bitterly divided Court, in a 5-4 opinion written by Chief Justice Warren Burger, significantly lowered the wall separating church and state, and upheld the public display of the creche. The Chief Justice wrote that, despite the religious nature of the nativity scene, Pawtucket had a secular purpose in displaying it, as evidenced by the fact that it was a part of a Christmas exhibit that proclaimed, “Season’s Greetings” and included Santa Claus, his reindeer, a Christmas tree, and figures of carolers, a clown, an elephant and a teddy bear. In short, the display represented a hybrid presentation of religious and secular elements.
Chief Justice Burger asserted that the First Amendment did not require complete separation, as demonstrated by our national motto — “In God we trust” — paid chaplains, presidential proclamations invoking God, the pledge of allegiance, and religious art in publicly supported museums. Burger said that the Constitution mandates “accommodation,” and not merely tolerance, of all religion. Some Court watchers wondered at the time whether President Ronald Reagan’s rhetoric about the national need for religion and “family values” had influenced the Chief Justice’s opinion.
In a vigorous dissenting opinion, Justice William Brennan contended that the Burger Court had abandoned the rulings on the contours of the Establishment Clause, which it had inherited and developed. But Brennan interpreted Burger’s ruling narrowly, maintaining that the question was still open on the constitutionality of a public display of a creche alone, or the display of another sacred symbol, such as a crucifixion scene, standing by itself. In 1989, the Court answered Justice Brennan’s question with the requirement that, in order to avoid an Establishment Clause violation, public displays of religious symbols must be accompanied by secular symbols.
Chief Justice Burger’s assertion that the creche had a secular purpose was, for the dissenters, and many clergy throughout the country, a point of contention. Justice Brennan rebuked the suggested secular character of the nativity scene. He wrote: “For Christians the essential message of the nativity is that God became incarnate in the person of Christ.” A spokesperson for the National Council of Churches complained that the Court had placed Christ “on the same level as Santa Clause and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
The Burger Court, it seemed, had succeeded in offending Christians and non-Christians alike. Some days, the Court can’t win.
David Adler, Ph.D., is a noted author who lectures nationally and internationally on the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and presidential power. | 2022-12-07T15:04:03+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/lynch-v-donnelly-christmas-creche-and-the-constitution/article_08da60b6-7597-11ed-8098-7bebf68b741a.html |
H Mart, a New Jersey-based Korean supermarket, continues its proliferation in the Bay Area with a new store headed to the East Bay, according to the San Francisco Business Times. This would be the fourth H Mart in the Bay Area.
The grocery store, which is known for stocking Asian snacks and foods that can be hard to find outside of Asia, is slated to be the newest member of the Dublin Retail Center in Dublin. The lease was actually signed in April 2021, the Business Times reported, and an October 2021 Facebook video from the Dublin Chamber of Commerce touted H Mart's imminent arrival. It is still unclear when the store will be fully completed and open for business. H Mart did not respond to SFGATE by the time of publication.
The first two Bay Area stores opened in San Jose in 2017. A San Francisco location, inside the Oceanview Village Shopping Center, opened in 2021 and recently expanded its square footage by more than 50% when it took over the adjacent space, which was formerly a gym. H Mart Dublin will be 37,180 square feet. For comparison’s sake, the San Francisco H Mart, after its expansion, will be a whopping 74,168 square feet.
Besides supplying popular specialty-flavored potato chips, such as spicy crayfish or roasted fish flavor Lay’s, H Mart is known for its food court. The San Francisco location features Daeho Kalbijjim & Beef Soup, Left Wing Bar and Paris Baguette, a South Korean baking company.
Started in 1982, the supermarket has more than 100 locations across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. | 2022-09-08T21:59:50+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/east-bay-getting-h-mart-17428157.php |
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) — The Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island Facebook Page is getting noticed after acknowledging Pride Month in a recent post.
The post, added on June 1, read, “During the month of June, the Marine Corps takes #Pride in recognizing and honoring the contributions of our LGBTQ service members. We remain committed to fostering an environment free from discrimination, and defend the values of treating all equally, with dignity and respect.” It also featured a helmet with rainbow-colored bullets.
Since then, it has received nearly 2,000 comments. While many of the comments supported the efforts, it was officer responses to hateful comments that are getting the most attention.
“My Marine Corps has gone woke. God help us,” one person wrote, to which Master Sgt. Rick Mistic responded, “If by “woke” you mean showing appreciation to a group who has made major contributions to the U.S. Military….then yes. Have a meritorious day!”
“This is a sad day! If I could I would return my title, US Marine! What happened to United we stand, divided we fall? This political correctness will be our downfall! Who ever (sic) is behind this is a disgrace and should be court martialed (sic)!” another person said.
Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Yarbrough questioned court-martialing “people who respect the service of all our service members.”
“The freedoms you enjoy are currently protected by those serving in the ranks, which includes LGBTQ. You are welcome for their service,” Yarbrough wrote.
Yarbrough also “respectfully clapped back at another commenter claiming the post was “singling out” one specific group “while claiming all-inclusiveness.”
“In the Marine Corps, we treat everyone equally. Field days, working parties, and weekend duties have no room for discrimination,” Yarbrough responded.
Yarbrough and the team have defended Pride via social media since at least 2020 when the page made reference to the 10-year anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
“It’s my favorite time of year watching CWO Yarborough (sic) respectfully destroy bigots in the comments,” one comment read.
A few others came to the comments just to ask Yarbrough to tell them to “have a meritorious day,” and, of course, he obliged. | 2022-06-08T21:19:17+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/have-a-meritorious-day-south-carolina-marines-respond-to-hate-on-pride-post/ |
The story of how 2020 changed voting in America has been well told by now: Whether it was 24-hour early voting sites or ramping up mail voting options, virtually every election jurisdiction in the country did something to expand access and make voting easier and safer during the early months of the pandemic.
And voters responded. Roughly 70% of the more than 150 million votes cast in that election were cast before Election Day.
The question now is whether that was a blip in voting behavior, or whether the country will, decades from now, look back on 2020 as the election that changed voting patterns for good.
With more than 15 million early votes cast already in this year's midterms, University of Florida political scientist Michael McDonald says it's looking more and more like the latter.
"We were already in that direction. [Early and mail voting] had been slowly increasing over time, but 2020 just turned everything around," said McDonald, who wrote a book that analyzed turnout trends in the 2020 election.
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In the two years since, state legislators everywhere have been reckoning with whether to codify those voting expansions, or whether to rein them back. That's led to a historic amount of new election laws over the past two years.
And while much of the national news coverage has focused on states that have passed restrictive measures in that time, the broad trend nationally over the last decade has actually been toward more early voting access. McDonald says that partially explains the historic level of early voting this cycle — it's much more available than it was even four years ago.
"In some places, we're simply seeing more early voters because there wasn't really an opportunity to vote early in many places back in 2018. So that's one part of it," he said.
States like Nevada and Massachusetts, for instance, have expanded their vote-by-mail options permanently since the start of the pandemic. Even Georgia's election law, which made voting by mail more difficult, actually expanded the amount of early in-person voting available in the state.
In fact, a recent report from the Center for Election Innovation & Research found that there are now just four states — Alabama, Connecticut, Mississippi and New Hampshire — that don't allow for either widely available in-person early voting or no-excuse mail voting. (Connecticut voters are weighing a ballot measure this cycle that would allow an expansion of early voting in the future.)
"Despite some unnecessary laws passed in response to lies that the 2020 election was somehow stolen, most voters in 2022 will find that the process is similar to 2020 and 2021, and relatively convenient," David Becker, CEIR's founder and executive director, said in a statement about the report's release.
Some Republicans are now using that broad trend toward access — and the record early turnout this midterms — as a cudgel against those who raised alarm at restrictive laws passed by GOP legislatures over the past two years.
"Georgians have already cast 1 million votes. Biden's home state of Delaware hasn't even opened early voting yet. But sure, keep calling us Jim Crow 2.0!" former Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler tweeted on Thursday.
But Democrats like Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams noted that calculating the people who still didn't vote in an election due to law changes is almost impossible. Even in Georgia's record turnout election in 2020, for instance, nearly a third of the voting-eligible population didn't vote.
"The vernacular way of putting it is more people in the water does not mean there are fewer sharks," Abrams said. "The barriers to access are real."
McDonald similarly said it was way too early to declare one way or another the effect of Georgia's or any other state's legislation. He'll be analyzing post-election data to see whether different demographic groups were able to vote at similar rates, for instance.
"You could see turnout go up ... but maybe there are some communities that are left behind," McDonald said. "We should have an election that's fair for everybody."
There's a partisan divide in how people vote
The most obvious takeaway from the underlying early vote data available so far is the clear partisan divide.
Influential Republicans like former President Donald Trump and election denial influencers like Mike Lindell have spent the past few years spinning conspiracies about mail voting, and to a lesser extent early voting more broadly.
In 2020, that messaging led Joe Biden supporters to vote by mail at nearly double the rate as Trump supporters, and similar trends are bearing out in 2022 as well.
In Pennsylvania, which offers absentee voting ahead of time but no precinct-based early voting option, votes from registered Democrats outnumbered those from registered Republicans, 531,430 to 143,334, as of Oct. 27.
Similarly, in North Carolina, registered Democrats are roughly tripling registered Republicans in returned mail ballots.
It's hard to read too much into those leads, however, as Republicans say they will turn out in droves on Election Day. A recent NBC News poll found that 60% of Republicans said they planned to vote on Nov. 8, compared to just 36% of Democrats.
Charles Stewart, an elections expert who founded MIT's Election Lab, says he thinks at some point Republican distrust of mail and early voting will fade, simply because it's an illogical campaign strategy.
"I think in the long run there's going to be a [partisan] convergence, but in the short run as along as the Lindell-ites are out there doing their work, there's going to be a constant buzz within Republican circles that 'we're out to constrict the use of voting by mail and we're trying to push everybody to vote on Election Day,' " Stewart said.
But, he adds, getting voters to re-embrace Election Day voting would be an uphill battle.
"The immovable force in elections over the last 20 years hasn't changed," Stewart said. "And that is voters really demanding more convenience."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-10-28T10:19:15+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2022-10-28/2020-changed-how-america-votes-the-question-now-is-whether-those-changes-stick |
US says it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia after investigation finds ‘widespread’ theft
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development says it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia after an internal investigation found supplies intended for needy people were being diverted on a “widespread” scale. USAID did not say Thursday who diverted the food aid. An internal memo prepared by a group of humanitarian donors and seen by the AP pointed to the involvement of Ethiopia’s federal government in the diversion of food aid. The U.S. is the biggest single donor to Ethiopia, providing $1.8 billion in humanitarian assistance, including food aid, in the 2022 fiscal year. About 20 million of Ethiopia’s 120 million people rely on aid because of conflict and drought. | 2023-06-08T22:17:37+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2023/06/08/us-says-it-has-suspended-all-food-aid-to-ethiopia-after-investigation-finds-supplies-were-diverted/ |
SYDNEY (AP) — The Women’s World Cup is taking shape with shocks and highlights as it nears the end of the group stage.
Some players have established themselves as ones to watch, like Colombia star Linda Caicedo, who has made her team one of the tournament surprises. Colombia picked up an upset win over Germany, and Nigeria upset co-host Australia — just two of the games that showed the gap has closed at top level women’s soccer.
But co-host New Zealand was eliminated, and other big teams are in danger of not advancing headed into the final few days of group play.
The Associated Press takes a look at some of the highlights and lowlights so far:
GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT
There have been a number of contenders and Bia Zaneratto’s strike against Panama after a sweeping move from Brazil stands out as the most complete goal so far.
Ireland’s Katie McCabe scored directly from a corner kick against Canada, and England’s Lauren James curled in a long range effort against Denmark.
Even so, Caicedo’s solo goal in Colombia’s dramatic 2-1 win against Germany is the pick of the bunch. With a flash of skill, she beat two German players in the box before lashing a shot into the top corner as the Sydney crowd dominated by Colombia fans went wild.
MOMENT OF THE TOURNAMENT
It has to be Manuela Vanegas’ late winner for Colombia against Germany. Alexandra Popp seemed to position two-time champion Germany for a draw with an 89th-minute penalty.
But Vanegas’ header in the 97th minute gave Colombia a World Cup upset.
COMEBACK
Norway looked down and out after an opening game loss to co-host New Zealand and a goalless draw against Switzerland. With star player Ada Hegerberg injured, the odds were beginning to stack up against the Norwegians going into their final Group A match against the Philippines.
But three goals within 31 minutes set up a 6-0 rout that saw Norway advance to the knockout rounds in second place. The Norway win knocked New Zealand out of the tournament, making the Football Ferns the first host to be eliminated in group play in tournament history.
EMERGING STARS
Caicedo’s standout performances isn’t a surprise to those who have followed her carer. The Real Madrid forward has long-been tipped to be one of the biggest stars in women’s soccer.
She hasn’t disappointed in her first World Cup and has inspired Colombia to back-to-back wins with goals in each game.
England coach Sarina Wiegman unleashed Chelsea forward James from the start in the Lionesses’ second game against Denmark, and she made a quick impression. Collecting the ball outside the area after six minutes, she swept a curling effort past Lene Christensen.
Haiti’s Melchie Dumornay has shown flashes of the talent that earned her a move to French powerhouse Lyon, while 19-year-old Aoba Fujino has become the youngest player to score at a World Cup for Japan’s men’s or women’s teams.
Casey Phair, a 16 year old, became the youngest-ever player to appear in a senior soccer World Cup when she was a second-half substitute for South Korea against Colombia.
DISAPPOINTMENTS
While youngsters have capitalized on their chance to shine, some of the established names have yet to make their mark.
There have been differing reasons for that.
Sam Kerr’s calf injury robbed Australia of its star striker for its opening two games, while Hegerberg’s groin injury has cut her playing time for Norway.
Alex Morgan, who was the co-leading scorer at the last World Cup, is still finding her footing in the United States’ new look attack.
Record international scorer Christine Sinclair was benched for Canada’s second game and is still waiting for her first goal of the tournament, while Brazil great Marta has also been used sparingly.
SURPRISES
New Zealand kicked the tournament off with a 1-0 win against Norway, but couldn’t keep up its momentum and went on to lose by the same score to the Philippines to set up the co-host’s early exit.
Jamaica’s 0-0 draw with fifth-ranked France was described by its coach Lorne Donaldson as the country’s greatest soccer result, for men or women. But the biggest surprise could be yet to come if Jamaica can avoid defeat against Brazil to advance to the round of 16.
Colombia’s dramatic late winner against Germany, meanwhile, was one of the great upsets.
ENTERTAINERS
The goals have been flowing for Spain and Japan, teams that both advanced from the group stage with a game to spare. Both teams secured 5-0 wins against Zambia and both have produced technically excellent displays.
Germany was on a high after its 6-0 rout of Morocco, but was humbled by Colombia.
Sweden routed Italy 5-0, while Norway found its scoring touch just in time against the Philippines.
ONES TO WATCH
Some of the favorites have made underwhelming starts. The two-time defending champion United States, England, Germany and France have stumbled in group play and the tournament still looks wide open.
Colombia looks legitimate, and with Kerr back in action, Australia could become a contender.
The Netherlands look like serious contenders, while Spain and Japan have impressed. Brazil has shown flashes, but faces a fight to advance from the group stage.
Nigeria has shown it is dangerous, and Sweden has picked up back-to-back wins.
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James Robson is at https://twitter.com/jamesalanrobson
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More AP Women’s World Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/fifa-womens-world-cup | 2023-07-31T07:11:38+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/soccer/the-womens-world-cup-has-produced-some-big-moments-these-are-some-of-the-highlights-lowlights/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
NE_Thornton 7 pass from Mac.Jones (Folk kick), 7:15. Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards, 4:18. Key Plays: Mac.Jones 24 pass to Thornton; Mac.Jones 17 pass to Meyers.
Mia_Hill 2 run (J.Sanders kick), 14:55. Drive: 14 plays, 70 yards, 7:20. Key Plays: Bridgewater 6 run on 3rd-and-7; J.Wilson 2 run on 4th-and-1; Bridgewater 13 pass to J.Wilson on 3rd-and-6; Bridgewater 19 pass to Hill; Bridgewater 14 pass to Gesicki.
Mia_Mostert 2 pass from Bridgewater (J.Sanders kick), 9:17. Drive: 5 plays, 41 yards, 2:45. Key Play: Bridgewater 23 pass to Waddle.
NE_FG Folk 49, 4:03. Drive: 10 plays, 51 yards, 5:14. Key Plays: Strong kick return to New England 18; Mac.Jones 11 pass to Henry; Mac.Jones 29 pass to Thornton on 3rd-and-5; Mac.Jones 6 pass to Henry on 3rd-and-12.
NE_Dugger 39 interception return (kick failed), 2:51.
NE_Meyers 1 pass from Mac.Jones (Folk kick), 4:37. Drive: 11 plays, 89 yards, 5:06. Key Plays: Mac.Jones 16 pass to Bourne; Mac.Jones 25 pass to Meyers on 3rd-and-5.
Mia_Gesicki 4 pass from Thompson (J.Sanders kick), 1:04. Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards, 1:28. Key Plays: Thompson 17 pass to Hill on 4th-and-7; Thompson 23 pass to Sherfield.
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RUSHING_Miami, J.Wilson 15-45, Mostert 9-29, Bridgewater 1-6, Thompson 1-4, Hill 1-2. New England, Stevenson 8-42, D.Harris 9-32, Bourne 1-2, Mac.Jones 3-1.
PASSING_Miami, Bridgewater 12-19-1-161, Thompson 12-21-1-104. New England, Mac.Jones 20-33-0-203.
RECEIVING_Miami, Mostert 8-62, Hill 4-55, Waddle 3-52, J.Wilson 3-31, Sherfield 2-30, Gesicki 2-18, Smythe 1-9, Ahmed 1-8. New England, Meyers 6-48, Henry 5-52, Thornton 3-60, D.Harris 3-18, Stevenson 2-9, Bourne 1-16.
PUNT RETURNS_Miami, C.Wilson 3-13. New England, Bryant 2-10.
KICKOFF RETURNS_Miami, Mostert 3-79. New England, Strong 1-21.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Miami, Holland 7-1-0, Roberts 6-3-1, Wilkins 4-2-1, Sieler 3-3-1, Baker 3-2-0, Phillips 3-0-0, Kohou 2-0-0, Jenkins 1-2-0, Rowe 1-1-0, Crossen 1-0-0, Hill 1-0-0, Ingram 1-0-0, Davis 0-3-0, Van Ginkel 0-2-0. New England, Bentley 5-4-0, Bryant 5-2-0, Peppers 5-2-0, Dugger 3-2-0, Jo.Jones 3-1-0, McMillan 3-1-0, Guy 3-0-0, Tavai 2-4-0, Godchaux 2-2-0, Barmore 2-1-1, Wise 2-1-0, Hayes 2-0-0, McCourty 2-0-0, Phillips 1-1-0, Ca.Davis 1-0-1, Jennings 1-0-0, Uche 1-0-0, Judon 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS_Miami, None. New England, Dugger 1-39, Jo.Jones 1-2.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Miami, J.Sanders 51.
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OFFICIALS_Referee Brad Allen, Ump Duane Heydt, HL Sarah Thomas, LJ Daniel Gallagher, FJ Rick Patterson, SJ Boris Cheek, BJ Greg Yette, Replay Artenzia Young-Seigler. | 2023-01-01T22:11:54+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/New-England-23-Miami-21-17688865.php |
INDIANAPOLIS — A youth mentoring group is using a city grant to start a sports league for teenage boys. As the league looks to get going, 2023 has had a violent start with the first three homicides of the year all being teenagers.
The new league is called the Playing for Peace Youth Sports Fellowship and Community Service Project.
”It’s 42 consecutive weeks of youth and family engagement and we’re using sports as a catalyst,” said Kareem Hines, creator of the league and founder of New Breed of Youth Development, or New B.O.Y.
The league will have five sports leagues over 42 weeks, each eight weeks long. The program will start with basketball and will be followed by flag football, martial arts, an iron man competition and more.
The league comes from New B.O.Y., a group focused on mentoring boys in Indianapolis. The program recently got a $100,000 anti-violence grant from the city of Indianapolis and the Office of Public Health and Safety that is making the league possible.
On Friday morning some of the New B.O.Y. members got together to shoot hoops and talk about the new league.
”I’m excited about being on a team with a mentor program, I never been on a team with a mentor program,” said one New B.O.Y. member.
The group is comprised of mentors and mentees, and activities and meetings usually focus around sports and supporting and holding members accountable. This new league is a first of its kind for the mentoring group.
”I’m excited because when I was growing up I didn’t really have this, to be a part of something that’s in the community that’s giving children different avenues. It’s basketball, it’s martial arts, it’s so many avenues that can peak kids’ interests and keep them off the streets,” one New B.O.Y. mentor said.
The league is for kids 10 to 17 and will have three different leagues divided up by age group. Hines said they will accept any child from anywhere in the city.
”With the state of our community right now, we don’t even want to limit the number of kids,” Hines said. “However many kids come out to be a part of this we’re going to make room for them, we’re going to make space.”
The teens that come out to participate don’t have to be New B.O.Y. members, either.
“We are trying to collaborate with other programs, if your son is not involved in a mentoring program, if they are just in the community, we want them to come out and become a part of our family,” Hines said.
Each Saturday, the teams will play against each other. But, it’s much more than games. Hines said there will be a DJ, food, prizes and more – all for free.
”We’re going to have community resources at every game. We’re going to feed everybody for free at every game. There’s not an admission fee that is changed. We’re going to have a DJ at every game, we want it to feel like a block party every Saturday,” Hines said.
Hines is also planning different ways to keep teens engaged past sports. Each week there will be prizes given out.
The coaches will also monitor students’ grades to encourage them to work hard in the classroom.
”We’re going to be monitoring kids in school, so they’ll be a progress report that kids will bring with them every week,” Hines said.
Most of all, it’s designed to be a safe place for boys and their families to be. Hines said mentoring will play a heavy part in the program.
”Even though the kids will be playing basketball, we have a collaboration with other mentoring programs, other concerned men that will be at every game providing mentorship and guidance to these young men,” Hines said.
The program isn’t just for the kids, either. Hines sees this as a community event where parents are openly welcomed to be.
“A lot of moms, dads, grandmas, and aunties are struggling, trying to find the solution with what’s going on with their kids,” Hines said. “That’s what we want to be. We want to stand in the gap for those parents.”
Hines said parents need support and they’re hoping to provide that. As parents watch their kids play on Saturdays, there will also be several resources available to parents like legal advice, parenting help and even expungement services.
”We want to support because most parents are doing what they’re supposed to do with their kids, they just need a little extra support,” Hines said.
Several New B.O.Y. parents were there Friday, watching their kids play basketball.
”I just like to be a part of what he’s doing,” said Angie Yosha, a New B.O.Y. parent. “I like to make sure he’s a part of the community and has peers that he can relate to and I like being a part of the community too.”
New B.O.Y. is always looking for more moms, dads and grandparents to come out and be a part of what’s happening.
”Our kids’ lives matter, there is a lot of senseless killing going on, even recently,” said Dorothy Brady, a New B.O.Y. grandparent. “And this is a safe place, a safe program that you can come free, and with your family.”
Hines hopes parents won’t see this league as a daycare or babysitting service, but a place where parents can also be involved. He is always looking for new mentors and coaches for the league.
2023 has already seen three teenagers killed, Hines wants parents to know they can work together to help kids get on the right path.
”If you engage these young men and make them a part of our family we will bust our behinds to make sure we save them,” Hines said.
The league gets started with two player registration and skills combine days. The first is Jan. 14 at New Revelation Church at 6701 Oaklandon Rd. from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. The second is Jan. 21 at D1 The Factory at 6331 Crawfordsville Rd. from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Hines said all 10-17-year-old boys, no matter the skill level, are welcome. He asks families to just give them a chance.
”Come out, just give us a shot,” Hines said. “You come, once you’ll be addicted. Not because of basketball, not because of the environment, not because of the prizes, not because of DJ and the music but because of the relationship building, because of the passion you’ll see.”
For more information, you can email kareem.hines@att.net or talexandernewboy@gmail.com. You can also call 317-869-5022 or 317-975-9074. | 2023-01-06T22:42:07+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/playing-for-peace-new-youth-sports-league-looking-to-give-safe-place-for-teens-and-families/ |
City of Elgin accepting historic rehab grant applications
Applications for the city of Elgin’s 2023 Historic Architectural Rehabilitation Grant Program can be submitted through Friday, March 31.
The program provides grant money to homeowners who restore exterior architectural features of properties that are landmarks or located in a historical district.
One type of grant reimburses 50% of costs, up to $20,000 maximum, for projects that cost $5,000 or more and are completed in 18 months or less, a city news release said.
The other reimburses 75% of a project’s expense, up to $20,000 maximum, for work that costs at least $2,500 and is completed within 18 months. The property must be occupied by an owner who meets low-to-moderate income qualifications.
For more information, call Christen Sundquist at 847-931-6004 or go to cityofelgin.org/historicgrants.
Dundee Library holding preschool/day care fair
A free preschool and daycare fair will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Dundee Library, 555 Barrington Ave. in East Dundee.
Representatives from local will be on hand to provide information about their programs and facilities and to answer questions. Prizes will be raffled off.
No registration is necessary. For more information about the event or to register, go to www.frvpld.info/preschool-and-daycare-fair-2 or call 847-428-3661.
State’s attorney holding Facebook event, panel discussion
Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser will discuss her first two years in office and what she anticipates for the second two years during two live events.
The first will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, on Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/KaneSAO or www.facebook.com/goodmorningaurora/. She will be interviewed by Curtis Spivey of “Good Morning Aurora.”
In the second, Mosser, Elgin Police Chief Anna Lalley and Community Advocate Kristina Baugh will be discuss the Illinois Safe-T Act, first in Spanish from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and then in English from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.
To register to attend, go to attend.gailborden.info/event/7575429.
Elgin mobile market days increasing to twice a month
Northern Illinois Food Bank is increasing its mobile market days in Elgin from one day to two, with the next being from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in the parking lot at the Buena Vista Apartments, 1285 Fleetwood Drive.
The drive-up markets are for anyone in need of groceries and are held either at Buena Vista or in the parking lot of the former Sherman Hospital, 901 Center St., off Slade Avenue.
No ID, proof of income or referral is needed.
Both market days are held in collaboration with Elgin Partnership for Early Learning, Elgin Township, School District U-46, Siegle Foundation and other organizations.
For more information, including a complete schedule for January and February, go to www.solvehungertoday.org.
Elgin funeral home collecting Valentine’s for Vets
A Valentines for Vets drive in which area residents are asked to provide signed hand-made or store-bought Valentine’s Day cards for local veterans is being held by the Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin.
Cards can be dropped off through Monday, Feb. 6, at the 305 Park St. business for distribution to local veterans service organizations, nursing homes, hospitals, churches and senior living facilities during the second week of February.
Valentines can be dropped off Monday through Saturday during business hours in the special
A mailbox is set up in the funeral lobby lobby where cards can be deposited during business hours Monday through Friday. After hours, they can be placed in the regular mail slot.
For more information, go to bit.ly/valentinevets or call 847-741-1128. | 2023-01-17T20:41:34+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-elgin-digest-st-0118-20230117-xpgillpq6veill7yjplp2psice-story.html |
Veteran security industry executives appointed to support offensive security leader's next stage of growth
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSPI, the leader in enterprise penetration testing and offensive security, today announced the appointment of Scott Lundgren and John Spiliotis to its Board of Directors. The two veteran security industry executives will support the company's next stage of growth following a year of record momentum.
"We're honored to have Scott and John join our Board during such an exciting, pivotal time for NetSPI," said Aaron Shilts, CEO of NetSPI. "Their proven track records of building and advising high-growth cybersecurity companies, combined with their passion for empowering the next generation of business leaders, will be invaluable as we continue to innovate and scale."
With over two decades of technology and security industry experience, Lundgren currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at VMware Carbon Black. Having taken the journey with Carbon Black as a founding member, through IPO in 2018, and the VMware acquisition in 2019, he brings a long history of balancing technology requirements under the pressure of rapid business growth. Lundgren has a foundational understanding of offensive security, beginning his cybersecurity career penetration testing for the U.S. Air Force.
"Penetration testing is an area of security that benefits from the underlying expertise of the team and the rigor in which the work is performed and communicated," said Lundgren. "NetSPI has built an incredible team of offensive security experts, with a hands-on, customer-first approach that stands out in the industry. I look forward to being part of NetSPI's growth story."
Spiliotis currently serves as a sales and go-to-market (GTM) advisor with NetSPI investor KKR. Prior to his advisory engagement with the global investment firm, he held several executive sales positions with high-growth technology companies, most recently as the Senior Vice President of Sales at Palo Alto Networks. Spiliotis is also on the Board of Directors for ReliaQuest and is a GTM advisor for various other cybersecurity companies.
"Two years ago, I was introduced to NetSPI through KKR's Next-Generation Technology growth portfolio. Immediately, they impressed me with their momentum, energy, and value proposition," said Spiliotis. "NetSPI has the right ingredients to continue achieving massive success. I'm honored to join the Board, where I'll continue to help NetSPI maximize its opportunity and support employee development in the sales organization alongside the leadership team and my partners at KKR."
The Board appointments follow a string of notable company updates, with NetSPI recently announcing the acquisition of nVisium and the introduction of NetSPI Labs. For more information about NetSPI, visit www.netspi.com.
NetSPI is the leader in enterprise penetration testing and attack surface management. Today, NetSPI offers the most comprehensive suite of offensive security solutions – penetration testing as a service, attack surface management, and breach and attack simulation. Through a combination of technology innovation and human ingenuity NetSPI helps organizations discover, prioritize, and remediate security vulnerabilities. For over 20 years, its global cybersecurity experts have been committed to securing the world's most prominent organizations, including nine of the top 10 U.S. banks, four of the top five leading global cloud providers, four of the five largest healthcare companies, three FAANG companies, seven of the top 10 U.S. retailers and e-commerce companies, and 50 percent of the Fortune® 50. NetSPI is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, with global offices across the U.S., Canada, the UK, and India. Follow NetSPI on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A huge part of the Hispanic culture is music, and across South Texas, one of the most popular genres is Tejano music.
The genre is celebrated and loved by many — as are the artists who bring this music to life.
One of those artists is Bobby Pulido, who has made a name for himself, following in his father’s footsteps. Known as a Tejano legend, Pulido is credited with introducing the genre to a new generation.
“I just tried to record good music and that was it,” Pulido told ValleyCentral during a recent visit to the Rio Grande Valley.
When the genre was still new to some, it was nothing new to Pulido. His father, Roberto Pulido, is another Tejano legend, and his career has spanned over 50 years.
“It was hard coming out of his shadow because he’s such a revered singer,” said Pulido of his father. “It wasn’t easy. You know sometimes when you have that shadow lingering over you, it’s tough.”
Bobby Pulido was at Cine El Rey in McAllen recently to shoot a new music video. He told ValleyCentral he had no intention of going into music. He wanted to be an attorney and was studying political science at St. Mary’s University’s School of Law in San Antonio.
However, coming home one Christmas changed everything for him when he recorded a duet with his dad.
“So, then the labels started bidding for me and asking like that. You know, it was never my intention to be a singer,” Pulido recalled. “And you know, what I told my dad was, ‘Hey, if I do well in singing, well, then I’ll continue through there.’”
Pulido released his first album “Desvelado” in 1995.
“Twenty-seven years later, I’m doing the same thing… It was kind of a destiny,” Pulido said. “For me. It wasn’t something that was planned, I just think recording good music and or the best music that I can record. That’s it.”
For Pulido, his passion for the music comes from his fans.
“I think about what pleases my fans. I literally get in the studio and when I’m recording something, I’m envisioning whether they’ll like it or whether they won’t,” Pulido said. “And pleasing my fans is really something that I enjoy.
“It’s just making music and making people happy.”
When it comes to the future, Pulido says he wants to continue putting out new music. Although he mentions the possibility of a farewell tour, he says that is nowhere near happening just yet.
“I love doing what I do. I love my music. I love my life and you know, enjoy the music,” he said.
This year, Pulido was nominated for a Latin Grammy — his fourth nomination.
Although he has never won, he says he is prepared for anything.
Pulido will be honored by the City of Edinburg in November.
When it comes to his new music, you can listen to “Para Que Baile Mi Pueblo” online and through various digital platforms. | 2022-10-14T18:33:50+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/tejano-legend-bobby-pulido-never-planned-to-be-a-singer/ |
TEMPE, Ariz., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SANTÉ Realty Investments proudly announces the addition of Jaime De la Garza to its Advisory Board, coined the "Founders Circle". Mr. De la Garza served for nine years as the Chief Financial Officer before given additional designation in 2013 as CEO and President of Corporate Properties of Americas (CPA), one of the largest developers of industrial real estate properties in Mexico. During his tenure, from 2003 to 2015, his firm grew from 2 million square feet of gross leasable area (GLA) to 33 million square feet of GLA, becoming one of the largest owners of industrial real estate in Mexico.
Mr. De la Garza adds great international experience to the SANTÉ Advisory Board. Prior to Corporate Properties of Americas, Mr. De la Garza's experience includes: Finance Director for Latin America with International Water Ltd., Investment Officer for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Operations Manager with Schlumberger. He has also served as Independent Consultant to institutions such as the North American Development Bank, Hewlett Packard and Alterra Partners, and currently serves on several company boards.
Mr. De la Garza said, "Joining the Founders Circle is something I am very excited about. Knowing SANTÉ's rapid growth with its Ground Lease Fund, I am very anxious to contribute to its success both within and outside the US."
Jim Small, CEO of SANTÉ Realty Investments said, "Our Innovative approach to ground leases and their use as sale-lease back financing will benefit greatly from Jaime's outstanding experience and education. We love having these types of international experts in our Founders Circle."
SANTÉ Realty Investments is a purpose driven organization delivering private equity in the real estate sector where the firm has high conviction of being able to deliver superior returns to its institutional investors. The firm was founded in 2009 and has grown to be an industry leader in commercial real estate both in the US and Europe by leveraging its proprietary methodology including the SANTE Acquisition Advantage™, SANTE Due Diligence Discovery™, SANTE Asset Management Method™, & SANTE Investor Cash Flow Maximizer™ programs.
Further information please contact Dave Shaw, Managing Director of Capital Markets for SANTÉ Realty Investments at 602-753-3538 or via email at dshaw@santerealty.com
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The stigma surrounding mental illness can prevent sufferers from seeking treatment. Ambrosia Treatment Center’s Business Development Manager, Alexandria Dennison, joined Inside South Florida to share how mental health treatment can help you turn things around.
“Ambrosia offers a wide variety of different services. One of the things that we offer, that sets us apart, is gene site testing,” says Dennison. “We swab your cheek on both sides, and it tells us what medications your body metabolizes best. We get to the therapeutic baseline quicker, and we're able to really start addressing those core issues.”
Ambrosia Treatment Center also offer holistic approaches to mental health patients.
“We have a few different options. We offer acupuncture, massage, Tai-Ching and yoga. We also provide activity-based therapy,” says Dennison. “I've seen people come in who were completely hopeless and broken. After just a month of getting the care and support needed, they were able to turn themselves around and move forward in their life in a positive way.”
For more information, visit AmbrosiaTC.com or 561-556-9191
This Inside South Florida segment is paid for by Ambrosia Treatment Center. | 2022-09-23T19:23:02+00:00 | wsfltv.com | https://www.wsfltv.com/inside-south-florida/ambrosia-treatment-center-uses-holistic-approach-to-treat-mental-health-diagnoses |
LONDON (AP) — British Airways said Tuesday that it’s suspending sales of short-haul flights from London’s Heathrow Airport, a response to the airport’s request to limit bookings to help ease travel disruptions caused by booming demand and staff shortages.
The suspension applies to new bookings for domestic U.K. and European destinations departing from Heathrow, Britain’s busiest airport. British Airways said the move applies to short-haul flights only, generally defined as up to three hours, which would rule out cities such as Manchester, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Zurich.
The airline initially said the freeze would cover flights until Monday but later extended it for a week. Flights from Heathrow to U.K. and European cities were only available starting on Aug. 16, according to searches on the British Airways website. Passengers, however, can still book short-haul flights to the airport.
The airline said it was taking action after Heathrow capped daily departing passenger numbers at 100,000 until Sept. 11. The airport asked airlines to stop selling tickets and cut flights, stirring criticism.
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, meanwhile, said it’s extending its daily passenger cap into October.
Passenger traffic at European airports has boomed after two years of pandemic travel restrictions, but airports and airlines haven’t been able to keep up because they laid off many thousands of staff amid the depths of COVID-19. Heathrow and Schiphol have been among the hardest hit.
“As a result of Heathrow’s request to limit new bookings, we’ve decided to take responsible action and limit the available fares on some Heathrow services to help maximize rebooking options for existing customers, given the restrictions imposed on us and the ongoing challenges facing the entire aviation industry,” British Airways said in a press statement.
The airline said it was “dynamically managing the situation,” including halting sales on some dates so it didn’t exceed the cap.
Heathrow has been the frequent scene of travel mayhem this summer, with long lines for security and technical glitches with the baggage system that resulted in huge piles of lost and unclaimed luggage.
The airport apologized last month to passengers whose travels were disrupted and said service levels had been unacceptable.
British Airways had initially responded to Heathrow’s passenger cap by canceling 10,300 flights until October. The airline’s owner, International Consolidated Airlines Group, last week reported quarterly profit of 293 million euros (245 million pounds), its first profit since the pandemic began, citing a strong recovery in demand.
In Amsterdam, Schiphol said that after consulting with airlines, daily departing passengers will be capped at 67,500 in September and 69,500 in October. The caps would help the airport cope with “operational changes,” such as delayed arriving or departing flights.
The number is lower than August’s 73,000 daily cap because of the “seasonal effect” in the fall.
“Travelers use more bins at security control after the summer because they wear more clothes, such as coats, hiking boots and vests,” the airport said on its website. “As a result, it takes a little longer to check all the hand baggage and the passengers.”
Schiphol also plans to hire 280 more security staff by October, saying “virtually all parties at the airport are understaffed,” which means any unexpected changes could result in a cascade of delays to the “entire airport process.” | 2022-08-02T23:00:14+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/business/british-airways-pauses-short-haul-flight-sales-from-heathrow/ |
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NPR's Don Gonyea talks with Gary Gillette — Chair Of The Board Of Directors at Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium -– about the efforts to restore an historic Negro League ballpark in Michigan.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Avaya Holdings Corp. ("Avaya" or the "Company") (NYSE: AVYA) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Avaya investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between November 22, 2021 and November 29, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
AVYA investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) the Company's internal control over financial reporting was deficient in several areas; (ii) as a result of these deficiencies, the Company had failed to design and maintain effective controls over its whistleblower policies and its ethics and compliance program; (iii) the Company's deteriorating financial condition was likely to raise substantial doubt as to its ability to continue as a going concern; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Avaya during the relevant time frame, you have until March 6, 2023 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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ROME (AP) — A large chunk of an Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday and roared down a mountain in Italy, sending ice, snow and rock slamming into hikers on a popular trail on the peak and killing at least six and injuring nine, authorities said, warning that the toll might climb.
A local Civil Protection official, Gianpaolo Bottacin, was quoted by the Italian news agency ANSA as providing the toll, but stressing that the situation was “evolving” and that there could be perhaps 15 people missing.
In late evening, the National Alpine and Cave Rescue Corps tweeted a phone number to call for family or friends in case of “failure to return from possible excursions” to the glacier.
Rescuers were checking license plates in the parking lot as part of checks to determine how many people might be unaccounted for, a process that could take hours, Corps spokesman Walter Milan told The Associated Press by telephone.
The glacier, in the Marmolada range, is the largest in the Dolomite mountains in northeastern Italy and people ski there in the winter. But the glacier has been rapidly melting away in recent years.
Experts at Italy’s state-run CNR research center, which has a polar sciences institute, says the glacier won’t exist anymore in the next 25-30 years and much of its volume is already gone.
The Mediterranean basin, shared by southern Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa, has been identified by U.N. experts as a “climate change hot spot,” likely to suffer heat waves and water shortages, among other consequences.
“We saw dead (people) and enormous chunks of ice, rock,” exhausted-looking rescuer Luigi Felicetti told Italian state TV.
Nationalities or ages of the dead weren’t immediately available, Milan said.
Of the hospitalized survivors, two were in grave condition, authorities said.
The fast-moving avalanche “came down with a roar the could be heard at great distance,” local online media site ildolomiti.it said.
Temporarily, the search by helicopter and dogs for any more victims or missing was halted for the night while rescuers evaluated the risk that more of the glacier could break off, Walter Cainelli, after conducting a rescue mission with a search dog, told state television.
Rescuers said blocks of ice were continuing to tumble down. In early evening, a light rain began to fall.
The SUEM dispatch service, which is based in the nearby Veneto region, said 18 people who were above the area where the ice struck would be evacuated by the Alpine rescue corps.
Some of those making the trek in the area where the avalanche barreled through were tied together by rope, according to local emergency services.
But Milan said some of the hikers might be able to get down by themselves, including by using the peak’s cable car.
SUEM said the avalanche consisted of a “pouring down of snow, ice and rock.” The detached section is know as a serac, or pinnacle of ice.
Dubbed the “queen of the Dolomites,” Marmolada rises about 3,300 meters (about 11,000 feet) and is the highest of the 18 peaks in that eastern range of the Italian Alps, offering spectacular views of other Alpine peaks.
The Alpine rescue service said in a tweet that the segment broke off near Punta Rocca (Rock Point), “along the itinerary normally used to reach the peak.”
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the section of ice to break away and rush down the peak’s slope. But the intense heat wave gripping Italy since late June loomed as a possible factor.
“The temperatures of these days clearly had influence” on the glacier’s partial collapse, Maurizio Fugatti, the president of Trento Province, which borders Marmolada, told Sky TG24 news.
But Milan stressed that high heat, which soared unusually above 10 C (50 F) on Marmolada’s peak in recent days, was only one possible factor in Sunday’s tragedy.
“There are so many factors that could be involved,” Milan said. Avalanches in general aren’t predictable, he said, and heat’s influence on a glacier “is even more impossible to predict.”
In separate comments to Italian state television, Milan called the recent temperatures “extreme heat” for the peak. “Clearly it’s something abnormal.”
The injured were flown to several hospitals in the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto, according to rescue services.
As in other cases of disasters amid nature in Italy, prosecutors opened an investigation to see if there was any indication of possible wrongdoing linked to the avalanche. | 2022-07-04T00:22:04+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/alpine-glacier-chunk-detaches-killing-at-least-6-hikers/ |
Jhon Durán brace leads the Fire past Toronto FC originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The Chicago Fire bounced back from a loss over the weekend and beat Toronto FC at Soldier Field thanks to a brace by Jhon Durán.
The Fire let a two-goal lead slip away against the Columbus Crew on Saturday and knew they needed a win against Toronto.
Similar to the game against the Crew, Ezra Hendrickson's team came out to a fast start.
Durán scored the first of his two goals in the fourth minute of the game. The Colombian striker battled and won the ball back in midfield. It landed to Chris Mueller who quickly returned the ball, putting Durán through on goal. The 18-year-old outpaced the Toronto defender before slotting the ball at the near post, past the Toronto goalkeeper.
Durán's second goal of the game came in the 16th minute. Gutierrez delivered a nice flick to Durán, this time on the left, and he was off to the races as his shot once again beat the goalkeeper at the near post.
It was, as commentator Arlo White called it, "Champagne football."
Durán was a nuisance all night for the Toronto defense, managing to get in behind time and time again. It led to a number of fouls from the Toronto defenders. A different night and the opponents might not have ended the game with 11 players on the pitch.
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His brace, according to MLS, makes him the second-youngest-player to achieve such a feat, only behind DaMarcus Beasley.
The Fire were able to learn from their mistakes against Columbus and held strong in the second half. It was an uneventful half which is probably what Hendrickson wanted to see. During his halftime talk, he mentioned how his team seemed to have lost their way during the last ten minutes or so of the first half and the need to pick the intensity back up following the break.
They managed to do just that with Gabriel Slonina picking up his eighth clean sheet of the season.
But the story has to be Durán. Making only his fifth start of his career, he netted both goals and is beginning to show flashed of what he is capable of.
One of the Fire's issues this season has been their inability to take their chances. A running theme has been the team creating goal scoring opportunities, failing to convert on them and then finding themselves down in the scoreboard.
Hendrickson has given Durán an opportunity in place of the struggling Kacper Przybyłko. Tonight at least, he's repaid the manager's faith.
The Fire won't have too much time to celebrate as their next game is on Saturday, at home, against the Seattle Sounders. | 2022-07-14T03:44:19+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jhon-duran-brace-leads-the-fire-past-toronto-fc/2881286/ |
Republicans up and down the ballot are working to retool their message on crime going into 2024 after the party found only limited success with the issue in the midterms.
Last week, likely presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) traveled to the Democratic enclaves of New York and Chicago ahead of his expected presidential campaign launch with stops at police unions. Further south and down the ballot, the Republican State Leadership Committee rolled out a wave of digital ads in Virginia hitting Democrats over opposing legislation that would charge drug dealers with homicide. And former President Trump, who’s running for another White House bid in 2024, has repeatedly hammered President Biden on the issue.
The efforts come as the party looks to regain ground following the GOP’s disappointing midterm elections last year.
While the GOP generally underperformed in 2022, Republicans point to New York where the party made inroads focusing on crime as a top issue. Republicans in the Empire State picked up three House seats, including the one held by then-Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.). And despite ultimately losing to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), then-GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin performed better than expected against the governor.
“Lee Zeldin ran a one-issue campaign on the issue of crime,” said one House Republican strategist. “Every day he was at a metro stop or a corner store where somebody got shot or mugged.”
“That’s just a great case study in how effective the message can be,” the strategist added.
And Democrats say they too are keenly aware of the potency of the issue going into the next election.
“Democrats have learned that they need to take that issue very seriously and I hope, get ahead of it,” said Jon Reinish, a New York-based Democratic strategist.
Corey Grable, an Independent who is running for president of New York City’s Police Benevolent Association, told HillTV that policies promoted by the left flank of the Democratic Party, including calls to defund the police, have put the party on the wrong side of the issue.
“As far as the Democrats, I think that unfortunately, they’ve gotten out on the wrong side of the issue,” Grable said. “The reality is many of the policies that have been created have actually had this unintended consequence of actually hurting people that they were aiming to protect.”
And Republicans have used crime to tie the majority of Democratic candidates to the left-leaning flank.
“It’s the clearest and easiest way for Republicans to tag Democrats to the fringe of the party,” said the House Republican strategist.
But Democrats have employed a tougher-on-crime message in recent years while also acknowledging police brutality.
In his State of the Union address earlier this month, President Biden expressed support for police officers but noted the death of Tyre Nichols, an unarmed Black man who died in police custody last month.
Incumbent Democratic mayors, including Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who is running for reelection and is against defunding the police, also find themselves under pressure on the issue. A WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times/Telemundo Chicago/NBC5 survey released earlier this month found that 44 percent of Chicago voters named crime and public safety as their “most important issue,” followed by criminal justice reform at 13 percent.
Lightfoot has accused some of her opponents of being supportive of defunding law enforcement on the debate stage and in ads.
Meanwhile, Republicans are also using crime and the situation at the southern border as a means to talk about the ongoing opioid crisis in the country.
“Crime is the starting point, but once we dig into what issues the issues of crime [are], this is one where we believe that this is a top issue that’s going to matter to voters this cycle,” said one Republican operative.
And polling shows that voters are concerned about the ongoing crisis.
An Axios-Ipsos survey released on Thursday found that 26 percent of voters, a plurality in the findings, said that they view opioids as the greatest threat to public health in the U.S. Thirty-seven percent of Republican voters said the same.
Biden and Democrats have incorporated the opioid crisis into more of their rhetoric, with Biden addressing the issue at the State of the Union.
“Having the president offering his own solutions which do have broad, bipartisan appeal about the opioid crisis I think was a major step in the right direction,” Reinish said. “Democrats have got to take the bull by the horns.”
–Updated at 12:19 p.m. | 2023-02-27T18:32:24+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/republicans-retool-crime-message-for-2024/ |
A community in Ukraine blew up a dam and flooded their village to stop the Russian army's advance into the capital Kyiv. Six months later, they're still pumping water out of their houses.
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SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to pack the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday for the 107th running of the Indy 500, but thousands of them won’t be paying attention to the race.
Those fans will be too busy in the Snake Pit at turn 3. Called the “Biggest Party in Racing,” the Snake Pit hosts an all day EDM concert during the Indy 500.
”It’s 100% crazy,” said IMS President Doug Boles. “You’ve got 325,000 people in the venue, 25,000 of them are in the Snake Pit, listening to music, don’t know a race is happening.”
Boles said it seems odd to promote an event where fans don’t watch the race, but the Snake Pit has become their best way to recruit fans younger than 30.
”We need those kids,” Boles said. “We need that young adult to become an Indianapolis 500 fan and this is the best tool that we have.”
The structured, ticketed and fenced in concert is far from what the Snake Pit of old used to be. The Snake Pit and Indy 500 infield of the 70s and 80s was a whole different beast.
”The old Snake Pit was just this organic party where people brought their cars in and their coolers full of beer and they really didn’t care what was going on on track it was more about the party atmosphere,” Boles said.
Indiana native Kerry Worthington has been to 30 Indianapolis 500s, his earliest race days were spent partying in the infield.
”It was the hugest, biggest party you’ve ever been to in your life,” Kerry said. “We all went to watch usually the first 10 laps and the last 10 laps.”
Kerry shared pictures and video of his days at turn four and in the Snake Pit.
”I could tell you stories but they wouldn’t be good for television,” Kerry said.
Kerry’s claim to fame is a picture snapped of him and his friends standing on the beaten and burned car Kerry drove to the race in 1986. The photo now hangs in Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the Indiana Pacers.
”It still makes me laugh every time I look at it,” Kerry said.
Kerry was always a race fan first, though. As he got older, he outgrew the infield, started to bring his young family and sat in the grandstands.
”Oh, those were good times, man. Good times,” he said.
Kerry wants every 500 fan to enjoy the party, but make sure they’re watching the action.
”Take the time and at least go to the race once in your lifetime,” Kerry said. “I promise you, it’ll be worth it.”
Just as Kerry went from infield partying to more than two dozen races watching from the stands with family, that’s what Boles hopes will become of the modern-day Snake Pit crowd.
”Hopefully as they grow up, they say, ‘You know what, this is what I do on Memorial Day Sunday. I go to the Indy 500,'” Boles said. “Just like those folks who started in the original Snake Pit who had no idea what was going on on track, now have been coming for decades.”
The 2023 Snake Pit will feature five different artists performing throughout Sunday. Grammy-nominated Kaskade is the headliners but isn’t the most well-known name.
DJ Diesel performs in the 9:15 a.m. slot. The artist is better known as Shaquille O’Neal. The NBA Champion and Hall of Famer has been making music since the 90s and got into EDM several years ago.
Snake Pit tickets are still available on the IMS website. | 2023-05-25T18:48:58+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/indy-500/from-no-rules-party-to-edm-concert-how-the-snake-pit-became-ims-recruiting-tool-for-younger-crowd/ |
Annual Youth Art Show on display at Crooked Tree Arts Center
PETOSKEY — The Crooked Tree Arts Center's Annual Youth Art Show opened in Petoskey on Saturday, March 18 and will be on display until May 4.
Artwork created by students in the Char-Em ISD, and homeschool students in Charlevoix and Emmet counties, fill the galleries — including photography, watercolor, painting, collage, ceramics, sculpture and more.
Organizers said the exhibition is made possible thanks to the efforts of area teachers.
“The opportunity for students to exhibit and see their work on display at Crooked Tree Arts Center gives them a sense of pride and ownership and motivates them for future creative projects," said Christina Zoerhoff, art teacher at the Concord Academy of Petoskey.
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A panel of arts education professionals will serve as this year’s jury for the student exhibition, judging the work of 30 schools and hundreds of students. The Crooked Tree Arts Center will announce winning artists at the Youth Arts Awards Night on Wednesday, April 19. Each spring, community youth are acknowledged during the Youth Arts Awards Night for their achievements in the arts, including students in the School of Ballet, the Young Writers Expo and the 2023 Youth Art Show. Kendall College of Art and Design at Ferris State University will jury the Youth Art Show and present awards and scholarships during the Youth Arts Awards Night. Admissions counselor Amy Vos Dillinger will represent the college.Support is provided in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and Crooked Tree's Visual Arts Presenter — North Harbor Christie's International Real Estate.For more information on the Youth Art Show and the Youth Arts Festival, contact the Crooked Tree Arts Center at 231-347-4337 or visit www.crookedtree.org. | 2023-03-22T15:52:27+00:00 | petoskeynews.com | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/education/2023/03/22/2023-youth-art-show-on-display-at-crooked-tree-arts-center/70032486007/ |
A 64-year-old man has been arrested in southern Russia for the shooting death of a former submarine commander who is alleged by some in Ukraine to have killed more than 20 civilians in a long-range missile strike last year.
Sergei Denisenko was detained on suspicion of shooting former 2nd Capt. Stanislav Rzhitsky, reportedly during a morning jog in the city of Krasnodar on July 10.
Denisenko was found in possession of a pistol and silencer, officials said. Some Russian media outlets identified him as a native of Sumy, a city in Ukraine.
Rzhitsky, 42, was attacked near the city’s Olimp sports complex where he often followed the same 4-mile path, according to the Russian online news outlet Baza, which didn’t specify the source of its report.
Baza reported that Rzhitsky often posted screenshots from a fitness app, leading to speculation the attacker could have used social media data to track his route. The reports could not be independently verified.
At the time of his death, Rzhitsky was deputy head of military mobilization in the Krasnodar city administration.
Ukrainian media reported that Rzhitsky was one of six submarine commanders able to launch long-range missiles that hit the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia in July 2022, killing 23 people and wounding more than 100.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strategic communications division also said Rzhitsky was involved in carrying out the strike, citing Ukrainian intelligence. In a Telegram post, the division said Rzhitsky was “apparently liquidated by his own (people) for refusing to continue following orders of the command to launch missile attacks on peaceful Ukrainian cities.”
Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s main intelligence directorate, denied any involvement by Kyiv in the attack on Rzhitsky. However, the agency posted details about the killing on its Telegram channel, including the time of the attack, the number of shots fired, and local weather conditions.
Accounts of the killing differed. Ukrainian intelligence said Rzhitsky had been shot seven times, while Russian news outlets Baza and Mash reported he had been shot six times.
Rzhitsky was named commander of the submarine Krasnodar in 2016, and took part in Moscow’s military campaign in Syria, Russian media reported.
His address and other personal details had been posted on the Ukrainian website Myrotvorets — “Peacemaker” in English. The site, which acts as an unofficial database of those considered by its users to be enemies of Ukraine, described Rzhitsky in 2022 as a “Russian war criminal.”
Rzhitsky’s family denies he took part in the invasion, telling Baza he had resigned his post in December 2021. They also said Rzhitsky had been included on the Myrotvorets database as early as 2014, when Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula and took over a submarine based there that once was part of Ukraine's fleet.
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(The Hill) – Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly had twins, his eighth and ninth known children, with a top executive at one of his companies last year.
Court documents obtained by Business Insider on Wednesday showed that Musk and the children’s mother, Shivon Zilis, filed a petition to change the twins’ names in order to “have their father’s last name and contain their mother’s last name as part of their middle name.”
The order was then approved by a federal judge in May. Zilis purchased a home in the Austin, Texas area last August, nearly three months before the twins were born, according to Insider. Musk also has a waterfront estate in the city.
The twins were born weeks before Musk and his then-girlfriend, the musician known as Grimes, gave birth to their second child via surrogate last December.
Zilis, a 36-year-old Yale University graduate, began her career at companies including as IBM and Bloomberg Beta before joining Tesla in 2017 as a project director.
The Ontario, Canada native, who was named onto the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in 2015, reportedly first met Musk that year through her work for his nonprofit OpenAI.
The 51-year-old CEO has been an outspoken advocate for more childbirth, expressing fear of a possible fertility crisis in the U.S. and touting his own success with childbirth.
“Contrary to what many think, the richer someone is, the fewer kids they have,” Musk said in a Twitter thread. “I am a rare exception. Most people I know have zero or one kid.”
“I mean, I’m doing my part haha,” Musk said in a follow-up tweet in the thread last month.
Musk has yet to close on his big to acquire social media platform Twitter, however Insider noted that Musk had Zilis on the short-list of individuals to run the company should the deal go through. | 2022-07-07T13:35:43+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/elon-musk-had-eight-and-ninth-children-with-top-executive-last-year-report/ |
As recreational runners continue to cross the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, Here & Now takes a look back at the events that started at 2:49 p.m. in 2013 and have reverberated in this city and around the world ever since.
Host Robin Young reflects on the bombings and survivors, and also the carjacking and car chase, the shootout, and ultimately, the death of one of the bombers and the capture of the second.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-04-17T17:32:14+00:00 | kanw.com | https://www.kanw.com/2023-04-17/remembering-the-tragic-story-of-the-boston-marathon-bombings-and-the-events-that-followed |
Sleeping on the job? Casper is now hiring professional snoozers for cash
Sleeping on the job is now a requirement at this new gig.
Mattress company Casper is looking to hire professional sleepers to test out their products by simply catches some zzzs.
Candidates will be paid $25 per hour for one month to try out mattresses at local Casper Sleep Shops.
The job also touts the potential to continue working with the brand.
This graphic advertises Casper's job opening for professional sleepers. (Casper / Fox News)
The three applicants who are hired will have the flexibility to sleep and create content from locations that best express their sleep personality, a Casper spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
Sleepers must be willing to sleep in public and in unexpected settings.
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They should also have a deep love for deep sleep, the company said.
Candidates should also have the ability to power nap and a desire to sleep as much as possible.
When sleepers aren’t snoozing on the clock, their responsibilities include creating short-form videos talking about all things sleep.
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Other perks include a pajama dress code — and free Casper products.
FILE - A view of the Casper mattresses during Casper's LA celebration at Blind Dragon on July 9, 2015, in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Casper Sleep Inc.)
The job offering first sprouted from a TikTok video that the brand posted.
It showed someone sound asleep in a Casper store.
Comments have been flooding in ever since.
Some considered the act a "dream job," with many wondering, "How can I apply for this job?"
"Wait, you can get paid to do that?" one user asked.
Prospective sleepers can apply for real by filling out the application at Casper.com — and creating an optional video cover letter on TikTok.
Candidates must be 18 years or older to apply. | 2022-08-04T12:59:20+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/sleeping-on-the-job-casper-is-now-hiring-professional-snoozers-for-cash |
Police identify child killed while crossing Phoenix street
A child killed by a vehicle Thursday morning while walking to school with his father was identified by police as Julius Rainbolt.
The 6-year-old and his father were struck at about 6:45 a.m. while they were crossing midblock in the 4700 block of N. 27th Avenue, just south of Camelback Road, Phoenix police said Friday.
Rainbolt died at the hospital, police said.
The driver, a man who was traveling southbound, stayed at the scene and he did not appear to be impaired, police said.
Last year, Arizona reported 257 pedestrians killed during fatal crashes, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation's yearly Motor Vehicle Crash Facts report. For over two decades, Arizona has consistently ranked within the top 10 states for the highest rates of pedestrian fatalities.
Reach breaking news reporter Ellie Willard at ellie.willard@gannett.com or on Twitter @EllieWillardAZ.
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MOSCOW (AP) — A military court in Moscow sentenced a dual Russian-Ukrainian citizen to 22 years in a “strict regime” penal colony on Wednesday for blowing up a railroad track last summer allegedly at the behest of Ukraine.
The court also handed Sergei Belavin a fine of 800,000 rubles ($8,875).
The July attack in the Bryansk region, which borders northern Ukraine, damaged a freight train traveling from Belarus and the railway track.
Belavin was convicted of charges of terrorism and the illegal acquisition, manufacture, transportation and storage of explosives.
Belavin, who hails from the embattled city of Sloviansk in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk province, carried out the railway attack near the village of Robchik, Russia’s Investigative Committee said, on behalf of Ukrainian military intelligence.
The committee said that Belavin was recruited in 2019 by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate, after which he underwent training in Ukraine to take part in terrorist activities. The committee said that he “gained skills in handling explosives and radio-controlled explosive devices, knowledge of intelligence tactics, conspiracy, collection and transmission of information.”
In May, two further railway attacks on consecutive days derailed freight trains in the Bryansk region, which has also suffered sporadic cross-border shelling during the fighting in Ukraine. | 2023-07-27T10:23:46+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-international/ap-russian-court-sentences-man-to-22-years-in-prison-for-railway-attack/ |
There's a new quiet trend dominating the workplace called quiet hiring, and career experts say we can expect this trend to continue. Quiet hiring doesn't technically involve any new hiring at all.
It happens when companies look to current employees to fill open positions.
They may be asked to take on a new role with new responsibilities, either temporarily or permanently, due to staffing needs. New data from Monster shows mixed feelings from workers.
Seventy percent see quiet hiring as an opportunity to try a new role and gain new skills, but 30 percent consider it a punishment.
Nearly 27 percent would even consider quitting.
"The question becomes if you're not adding to staff and you're deploying candidates internally and there are more opportunities than people to fill the jobs, you have a talent shortage, and your employees will become overworked and reach burnout,” said Vicki Salemi, a career expert with Monster.
On the other hand, career experts say pursuing new opportunities can lead to career advancement.
"You can work with different leadership, perhaps get promoted, but you want to protect yourself that you're not working more than one job and that you're getting paid for that one job you're doing,” she said.
Salemi said if the job description isn't clearly defined and you find yourself working multiple jobs, it may be time to consider your options for a new job. | 2023-01-13T20:13:53+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/first-came-quiet-quitting-now-comes-quiet-hiring |
It used to be that if you needed to urgently replace your credit card or debit card you could get one within a week or so. Not anymore. It can now take up to eight weeks to get a new card.
Over the years, credit cards have increasingly relied on chip technology for enhanced security. Embedded in those chips are a user's account number, identification information, and cryptographic keys that make cards more secure than when they had magnetic stripes. When pandemic-related supply chain disruptions led to a massive chip shortage, card manufacturers found themselves suddenly scrambling alongside other industries that also rely heavily on chip technology.
"Our industry is in competition, for example, with the car manufacturing industry," says Alain Martin who represents Thales, one of the world's largest payment card producers, on the Smart Payment Association. "They use the same kind of chip technology and so because of this competition, there's been greater demand, shorter supply, hence the delays."
'You don't need a plastic card with a chip!'
In many parts of the world, the act of pulling out a plastic card for a purchase belongs to a bygone era.
"The technology exists to do the whole thing totally differently," says Aaron Klein, who focuses on financial technology and regulation at the Brookings Institution and worked on economic policy at the Treasury Department following the 2008 recession. "America is behind the times. Our payment system is extremely outdated. In China, it's all done on smartphones in QR codes."
In China, 45% of adults used mobile payments daily in 2022, according to data gathered by the business intelligence firm Morning Consult. India ranked second in daily digital wallet use at 35%, while in the U.S. just 6% used their digital wallets daily, trailing behind Brazil, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Klein believes the Federal Reserve, which regulates banks, has been slow to push the financial system to evolve and embrace more advanced systems. But another big reason the U.S. has been slow to move past the card system is because Americans have long been wary of digital wallets. Consumers haven't embraced the idea of flashing their phones to pay by mobile.
But the pandemic seems to be changing attitudes.
"Consumers were thinking more about social distancing, hygiene, and speed, moving through the queues in the stores in a more efficient manner," says Jordan McKee, the research director for financial tech practice at S&P Global Market Intelligence. "We saw certainly mainstream consumers across the board begin to gravitate more toward mobile."
Even though fewer Americans use digital compared to people in other countries, mobile payments of in-store purchases in the U.S. have increased significantly in recent years, from less than 5% of in-stores purchases a few years ago to roughly 30% today.
McKee says this sudden embrace could be a chance for the financial system to catch up with other advanced systems within the global financial system.
Until then, for those not quite ready to part ways with their plastic, experts say credit and debit card delays will likely continue through the year.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-02-07T12:06:30+00:00 | kgou.org | https://www.kgou.org/business-and-economy/business-and-economy/2023-02-07/need-a-new-credit-card-it-can-take-almost-two-months-to-get-a-replacement |
Amtrak's solution: Train-aissance. The company posted a twitter thread of routes that will take fans to tour stops — alongside a graphic of a conductor sitting atop a metallic horse.
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Amtrak's solution: Train-aissance. The company posted a twitter thread of routes that will take fans to tour stops — alongside a graphic of a conductor sitting atop a metallic horse.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-07-13T10:39:50+00:00 | kgou.org | https://www.kgou.org/2023-07-13/amtrak-wants-to-help-beyonce-fans-catch-her-renaissance-world-tour |
KHS says go online for regional tickets
Tickets for the Class 4A boys basketball regional on Saturday at Logansport can only be purchased online at the following link: https://public.eventlink.com/tickets?t=30039.
The two games are Fort Wayne Wayne vs. Noblesville at 4 p.m. and Kokomo vs. Fort Wayne North at 7 p.m. The winners advance to semistate play on March 18.
Doors will open at 3 p.m. Saturday, one hour before the first game. Fans should note that a ticket is good for both games and Logansport will not clear the gym after the first game.
IWU women crush opening NAIA foe
MARION — Indiana Wesleyan University crushed Southwestern Christian 99-53 Tuesday night in the opening round of the NAIA women’s basketball tournament. IWU left no doubt who was in charge early on, taking a 28-10 lead after a quarter, and a 53-21 lead into halftime.
Former Northwestern High School player Klair Merrell was one of six Wildcats in double figures. She scored 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting with a pair of 3-pointers. She also hit both her free throws and had three rebounds and two assists.
IWU (29-3), the top seed in the Liston Bracket, advances to face the winner of Tuesday’s Midamerica Nazarene vs. Georgetown (Ky.) game at 7 p.m. tonight at IWU.
Cougars bow out of NAIA hoops tourney
WICHITA, Kan. — After the IU Kokomo and Kansas Wesleyan basketball teams were tied at halftime, Wesleyan took control in the second half to beat the Cougars 82-63 Tuesday afternoon in the opening round of the NAIA men’s basketball tournament.
IUK (23-9) and Kansas Wesleyan (26-4) were tied 34-all at halftime, but Wesleyan outscored the Cougars 48-29 in the second half, eliminating the Cougars.
Ty Wills led IUK with 16 points, Hunter White scored 11 and Xavier Hines, Zach Rinehart and Hunter Jackson scored eight each. Rinehart grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds. White and Noah Harris each had three assists.
IUK baseball wins 5th straight game
IU Kokomo’s baseball team beat Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus 12-7 on Tuesday at Kokomo Municipal Stadium for the Cougars’ fifth straight win.
IUPUC took a lead with five runs in the top of the fourth inning, but IUK responded with four in the bottom of the frame, three each in the fifth and sixth, and two in the seventh.
Riley Garczynski was the key batter for the Cougars. He went 2 for 4 with a double and four runs batted in. Garrett Lupoi was 2 for 5 with a triple and an RBI. Jack Leverenz, Gavin Smith and Dylan Janke each drove in a run.
Reliever Brandon Bultemeier got the win for the Cougars (11-7), who are next in action at IU Southeast Friday and Saturday.
• IUK beat Oakland City 10-3 Monday at Huntingburg to complete a three-game sweep in River States Conference play.
Luke Barnes went 2 for 4, drove in four runs and scored two runs to lead the Cougars (3-0 RSC). He belted a two-run home run to knot the score after Oakland City had jumped in front. Dylan Steele, the second of four IUK pitchers, earned the win.
2 Cougar athletes win league awards
The River States Conference’s athletes of the week for Feb. 27-March 5 include IUK women’s tennis player Gabbie Orlando and IUK baseball player Lucas Letsinger.
Orlando has played No. 1 singles in three of IUK’s four matches and has also posted doubles results in the first three as well. She is 2-1 in her singles matches.
Letsinger pitched six innings in the IUK’s 9-2 win over Oakland City on Sunday. He allowed just one hit and one run, struck out nine and walked one. That victory was the middle game of a three-game sweep of the Mighty Oaks. | 2023-03-08T07:48:50+00:00 | kokomotribune.com | https://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/sports-briefs-for-wednesday-march-8/article_937c55cc-bc9f-11ed-b181-33bc7198e862.html |
The city of Seattle is giving more than $780,000 to a private club previously led by Mayor Bruce Harrell, part of a bundle of equitable development grants intended to support diverse property ownership.
The city is giving the Royal Esquire Club, a Black men’s social club in Columbia City, $781,827 “to support the rehabilitation of existing cultural space,” Harrell announced Monday.
It’s the fourth largest of 19 awards given to community groups in neighborhoods at high risk of displacement. The larger awards are intended for property acquisition or major projects, while smaller awards are intended to help groups build capacity.
Harrell, on Monday, was still named as the chair of the Royal Esquire Club’s executive committee, in a list on the club’s website dated to 2019. Last year while running for mayor, he described himself as chair of the group’s board.
Jamie Housen, a Harrell spokesperson, said Harrell resigned from the club in November 2021.
In announcing the awards, the city’s Office of Planning and Community Development said an advisory board of community members gave the city recommendations on who should receive funding.
A city timeline, prepared for groups considering applying for funding, said “mayor approval” of awards was to come in August.
But on Monday, Housen said Harrell “had no role in deciding which organizations would receive the awards, and did not receive or score the applications.”
He said there was no concern about a conflict of interest and that the advisory board’s recommendations were approved “as a slate” by Deputy Mayor Tiffany Washington.
The mayor did release a statement announcing the recipients, which in part said, “With these investments, we are partners in helping these cultural organizations achieve their dreams of owning property and having a forever home in our city.”
The city’s Equitable Development Initiative was launched in 2016 in response to gentrification and inequitable growth. Funded by a tax on short-term rentals like Airbnb, it has historically provided about $5 million each year to groups that serve communities at risk of displacement. Additional funding this year came from the city’s JumpStart payroll tax on large employers.
Other projects funded by the program this year include Tubman Health, a new health clinic planned for Rainier Valley; a new office for Muslim Housing Services; and improvements to the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Discovery Park.
The Royal Esquire Club has been a fixture in Seattle’s Black community for decades. It was founded in 1947 by five Black men seeking a place to socialize in a segregated city. In its early years, it was repeatedly raided by police and denied a liquor license, until fed up members caravaned to Olympia in the early 1960s, demonstrating on the steps of the Capitol until they got an audience with the governor.
The club moved at least three times over the years before arriving at its current location, an old Columbia City pool hall, in 1985. It hosts events — happy hours, Monday Night Football watch parties, dance classes — most nights of the week. The most popular is its monthly First Friday Networking Social.
Attendance had dipped in recent years, as Seattle’s Black population has declined and the club struggled to attract younger members.
But Harrell, who joined the club’s leadership in 2016, has been credited with bringing new ideas and a fresh recruiting push that have helped swell membership ranks.
The announcement Monday did not say what specifically the club will use the funding for and the club did not respond to questions.
Harrell has previously intermingled his official city position with his membership in the Royal Esquire Club. In 2018, while City Council president, Harrell involved himself in a wage-theft investigation into the club by the Seattle Office of Labor Standards.
A club employee had complained she hadn’t been paid for some after-hours work. Harrell called the Office of Labor Standards, criticized aspects of the investigation and mentioned his role in the office’s budget, the lead investigator wrote in a memo at the time.
One Office of Labor Standards manager said she perceived “a level of intimidation and implied threat” and the office’s director at the time called Harrell’s budget remarks “totally inappropriate.”
The club agreed to pay about $11,000 in back wages, interest and penalties and Harrell later defended his actions, saying he was sticking up for a nonprofit in his district. | 2022-09-13T13:58:38+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-gives-780k-to-private-club-once-led-by-mayor-bruce-harrell/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
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TOKYO (AP) — Armed with a new law that boosts U.S. support for computer chip manufacturing, Vice President Kamala Harris is seeking new investments and partnerships as she sits down with Japanese technology executives.
Harris was meeting with the CEOs on her last full day in Tokyo on Wednesday, a reflection of the administration’s focus on boosting semiconductor manufacturing and expanding the supply chain for critical materials.
With China investing in computer chips of its own, the U.S. is working to solidify its technology relationships with South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
Legislation signed by President Joe Biden, known as the CHIPS and Science Act, includes $52 billion for grants and incentives for semiconductor companies, plus a 25% tax credit when they invest in U.S. facilities. There’s also about $200 billion over the next decade to support research programs.
Jimmy Goodrich, vice president for global policy at the Semiconductor Industry Association, said “there’s no one country or company that can do everything on its own.”
When it comes to Japan, he said, “there’s a big opportunity and significant space for future investment.”
Although Japan was once a world leader in computer chip manufacturing, its status has eroded over the last two decades, and the country is increasingly worried about falling behind.
Much like the United States has done, Japan has set up its own fund to support semiconductor production. Out of $4.3 billion, $3.3 billion is being provided in subsidies for a new factory in Kumamoto, in the country’s southwest.
The facility is slated to begin production by the end of 2024, and it’s a partnership between the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Sony Group and Denso.
The companies participating in the meeting with Harris include Tokyo Electron, Nikon, Hitachi High Tech Group, Fujitsu Limited, Micron and others.
When Biden was in Japan earlier this year, the two nations agreed to work together on computer chips, including through a joint group focused on developing more powerful technologies.
There are worries that if Japan is slow to act, the fruits of the Biden initiative may likely be snatched up by another, and more ready, Asian ally, South Korea.
Yasutoshi Nishimura, the Japanese minister for economy, trade and industry, has repeatedly stressed the U.S.-Japan alliance on semiconductors, as well as energy and other issues.
In recent meetings with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, Nishimura has promised to set up a facility for semiconductor chips research in Japan this year, and expand the partnership on semiconductors with other allies, including Europe and Taiwan.
Atsushi Sunami, who teaches at The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, or GRIPS, in Tokyo, noted that the drawbacks to Japan tackling advanced semiconductor technology may be rooted in the view that Japan should not get involved in defense studies.
That view stems from Japan’s role in World War II and the prevalent pacifist views, both in Japan and in international circles, that came after its defeat. But Sunami stressed a quick rethinking was in order, and the U.S. moves, given the U.S.-Japan alliance, could be an opportunity for Japan.
“As the U.S.-China hegemonic competition escalates, how Japan hopes to position itself in the jockeying for international standards and rule-making, and the strategic formation of alliances among nations, as well as among companies, will be critically meaningful,” he said in a report earlier this year. | 2022-09-27T20:53:17+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/VP-Harris-seeks-computer-chip-partners-in-Tokyo-17470799.php |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade filed a lawsuit Friday that takes aim at medication abortions, asking a federal judge in Texas to undo decades-old approval of the drugs that have become the preferred method of ending pregnancy in the U.S.
Even before the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion earlier this year, the use of abortion pills had been increasing in the U.S. and demand is expected to grow as more states seek abortion limits.
The lawsuit was filed by the Alliance for Defending Freedom, which was also involved in the Mississippi case that led to Roe v. Wade being overturned. The lawsuit argues the U.S. Food and Drug Administration erred in approving the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol and overstepped its authority in doing so.
Reached for comment, the FDA said it does not comment on pending or ongoing litigation.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Amarillo, Texas. The state banned abortion after the Roe decision and is among the states where GOP lawmakers have banned mail delivery of the pills.
Medication abortions have increased in popularity since regulators started allowing them and now account for roughly 40% of U.S. abortions. The medication can cost as little as $110 to get by mail, compared with at least $300 for a surgical abortion. Research has shown the pills are safe.
However, people seeking abortion pills often must navigate differing state laws, including bans on delivery of the drugs and on telemedicine consultations to discuss the medication with a health care provider. And until Democrat Joe Biden became president, U.S. government policy banned mail delivery nationwide.
Abortion medication is approved for use up to the 10th week of pregnancy. The pills may be taken in a doctor’s office or clinic, where patients sometimes have an ultrasound or lab tests beforehand. | 2022-11-19T00:48:53+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/opponents-file-lawsuit-targeting-medication-abortions/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
For nearly four decades, Jean-Luc Picard of “Star Trek” has largely been presented as genteel, erudite and — at times — quite buttoned up. Yes, he loses his temper. Yes, he was reckless as a callow cadet many years ago. Yes, he occasionally gets his hands dirty or falls apart.
But the Enterprise captain-turned-admiral stepped into a different place in last week’s episode of the streaming drama “Star Trek: Picard.” Now, he’s someone who — to the shock of some and the delight of others — has uttered a profanity that never would have come from his mouth in the 1990s: “Ten f—-ing grueling hours,” Patrick Stewart's character says at one point during an intense conversation in which he expects everyone will die shortly.
The whole thing was in keeping with the more complex, nuanced aesthetic of this decade’s “Star Trek” installments. And the online conversation that ensued illustrates the journey undertaken when a fictional character voyages from the strictures of network and syndicated television to high-end streaming TV.
“'Star Trek’ was G-rated when it first came out. 'The Next Generation’ was clean-cut and optimistic. What we’re seeing now with ‘Picard’ is a little bit more of the grit,” says Shilpa Davé, a media studies scholar at the University of Virginia and a longtime “Trek” fan.
Over the weekend, “Star Trek” Twitter reflected that tension.
“Totally out of character,” said one post, reflecting many others. Some complained that it cheapened the utopia that Gene Roddenberry envisioned, that humans wouldn’t be swearing like that four centuries from now, that someone as polished as Picard wouldn’t need such language.
“Part of Star Trek’s appeal is the articulate way characters speak. Resorting to gutter language feels like a step backward since Star Trek’s characters are meant to be better than this,” John Orquiola wrote for the website Screen Rant on Sunday.
The backlash to the backlash followed. Christopher Monfette, the Paramount+ show’s co-executive producer, wrote an extensive and persuasive thread about the moment and why he believed it worked.
“It’s easy to hear that elevated British tone escaping the mouth of a gentlemanly Shakespearean actor and assume some elevated intellectualism,” he said, while acknowledging: “Criticism of its use is fair even if it just strikes a personal nerve — or if you’ve equated 'Trek' with more broader, family-friendly storytelling. But regardless, cursing in the show is carefully debated & discussed in the room or on set. We don’t take it lightly.”
The showrunner for “ Star Trek: Picard ” this season, Terry Matalas, said the F-word from Picard wasn’t scripted but was a choice by Stewart in the moment. The result, Matalas said, was “so real.”
“Everything you do as artists, as writers and actors, even as editors, is authenticity. That’s the thing you want to feel,” he told Collider. “I was really torn because hearing that word come from your childhood hero, Captain Picard, it throws you. But wow, is it powerful.”
“Star Trek” has a long history of pushing boundaries, linguistic and otherwise.
“Let’s get the hell out of here,” Capt. James T. Kirk said on network TV in 1967, when that word was edgy. He’d just lost someone dear to him in the most trying of circumstances. Dr. McCoy, the ship’s irascible physician, would often say, “Dammit, Jim.” And in the larger realm, the original series delicately danced with NBC censors over everything from women’s costumes to racial, sexual and war references.
But the crossing of last week's linguistic frontier is an interesting case. It highlights the turbulence generated when a beloved character born during the “family-friendly” TV era evolves against the streaming landscape, where constraints are fewer and opportunities for unflinching authenticity greater.
"This isn't just a rethinking of a fictional world. This is the same actor and the same character in the same setting that we had before. And all these years, he has been speaking and behaving in a certain way," says Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.
Sometimes this transition unfolds erratically. Velma, a member of the Gen-X-era Saturday morning cartoon “Scooby Doo,” recently appeared in a more multicultural cartoon reboot on HBO Max that featured a high-school shower scene and overt sexual references. It has been roundly panned. Several years ago, when “Riverdale” premiered, the attempts to push Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica from the sunny world of comics into the darker realm of teen drama produced uneven, sometimes jarring results.
“Star Trek” is in a whole different universe, so to speak.
Roddenberry famously framed it as a utopian future where the main characters generally avoided conflict with each other, their society wasn't motivated by greed and humanity was seen as inexorably moving forward. Purists have criticized the recent years of what they call “new Trek” as a darker, more fragmented universe.
Nonsense, say many others: Both allegory and word usage evolve with the times. After all, it was only seven decades ago that Lucille Ball (and her character) was expecting a baby on “I Love Lucy” and the word “pregnant” couldn't be uttered on national television — except, oddly, in French.
And for years before and after that, Hollywood's production code prescribed the ways morality and amorality could be depicted in film, with strict regulation of everything from sexual innuendo to whether criminals were portrayed sympathetically to whether the good guys won. Hence the term “Hollywood ending," which remains with us today in many parts of life.
All of which raises the question: Could it also be the boundaries themselves that help create memorable film and television, rather than merely the breaking of them?
“Star Trek had a certain kind of sincerity — almost like 'the 23rd century will be a family-friendly kind of thing,'” Thompson says. “The question is, what happens when your characters outlive the media industry standards? How do you accommodate the fact that you’re no longer limited without completely betraying the world that you’ve created?”
In this case, Stewart has said he returned to the character because he was persuaded there were new stories to tell. Just as he had aged two decades since his last "Star Trek” appearance, so, too, had Picard — with all the evolution that went along with it.
The kind of evolution, perhaps, that might make a man facing his own end choose a word that still carries a lot of power — even in today's swearing, streaming world. When Jean-Luc Picard says that word, you can be absolutely sure he means it.
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Ted Anthony, director of new storytelling and newsroom innovation for The Associated Press, has been writing about American culture since 1990. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/anthonyted | 2023-03-16T06:44:43+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/star-trek-swear-words-and-tv-characters-17842430.php |
By RAGAN CLARK
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Rain gathered on the tin foil covered and spray-painted catwalk of Tommy Hilfiger’s New York Fashion Week show as guests huddled under umbrellas, waiting for the event to start. The Brooklyn outdoor venue promised a stunning skyline view of Manhattan — but with no covering, it made for a damp, albeit memorable evening.
Despite the wet stage, the show went on. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s New York City studio, The Factory, Hilfiger’s Tommy Factory emphasized multimedia expression — from the tin foil sculptures alongside the catwalk to the guest musical appearance of drummer Travis Barker during the show’s finale. Kate Moss, Shawn Mendes, Kris Jenner and Barker’s wife, Kourtney Kardashian, were among the guests sitting fronting row.
“The fact that (Warhol) brought all different people together from art, fashion, music, entertainment, celebrity is very similar to what I’ve done and what I’m doing,” said Hilfiger.
Hilfiger’s fall runway show debuted a new monogram for the designer and premiered his Tommy Hilfiger X Richard Quinn capsule. His first New York Fashion Week show in three years featured androgynous styles with bulky sweaters, bold patterns and oversized puffer jackets (a nod to Quinn’s signature style) as well as Hilfiger staples, such as preppy knits and plaids.
The brand’s typical color scheme of blue, red and white was ever-present: A baggy, rugby style dress in red and blue was styled over a button-down shirt, tie and red pleated shirt; another model wore a blue and red quilted varsity jacket over a large red scarf and blue sweatpants, tucked into boots.
Julia Fox, who walked in the show along with Winnie Harlow, Ashley Graham and Kate Moss’ daughter Lila Moss, wore a red and blue striped turtleneck bodysuit with black tights bearing the new interlocking T and H logo.
John Legend, who also sat front row, said he felt for the models walking and hoped they got hazard pay. When asked how his wife, model Chrissy Teigen, would feel about the conditions, he said, “She would have something to say about it.”
The show ended with edgier looks. Models wore head-to-toe denim, emblazoned with the new monogram — the same look Kardashian wore Sunday — and leather harness accents. Model Precious Lee even carried a black leather whip as she walked the runway.
Tommy Factory also played out as a virtual show on the online game platform Roblox, where gamers could buy Tommy Hilfiger digital skins and purchase physical products for themselves.
“We’re staying on the cutting edge,” said Hilfiger. “Because if you fall behind, catching up is an impossibility.”
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Deposition of Trump, 2 children delayed after Ivana Trump’s death
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and two of his children got their questioning postponed Friday in a New York civil investigation into their business dealings, a delay that follows the death of Trump’s ex-wife Ivana.
The ex-president, son Don Jr. and daughter Ivanka had been scheduled for depositions — a term for out-of-court questioning under oath — starting as soon as Friday. But New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office said it had agreed to postpone them because of Ivana Trump’s death Thursday.
“We offer our condolences to the Trump family,” attorney general’s office spokesperson Delaney Kempner said in a statement.
There are no new dates yet for the depositions.
A message was left with the former president’s lawyer. The younger Trumps’ attorney, Alan Futerfas, declined to comment.
James alleges that the ex-president’s company, the Trump Organization, inflated the values of skyscrapers, golf courses and other holdings in order to get loans, insurance and other benefits.
Trump has denied the allegations, saying that it’s common in the real estate industry to seek the best valuations. The Republican has dismissed the investigation as part of a politically motivated “witch hunt” by Democrats such as James.
Trump’s deposition was looming as he lays the groundwork for a likely 2024 White House run but also faces growing scrutiny of his conduct in the 2020 election. There are investigations in Congress into his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and in Georgia into his efforts to overturn his loss.
Meanwhile, the Manhattan district attorney has been overseeing a criminal inquiry that parallels James’ probe.
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President Biden is set to deliver a public rebuke of House Republicans and their economic agenda on Thursday, as the White House maintains it will not negotiate with the new GOP majority over its refusal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling unconditionally.
Previewing the president’s comments, a White House official said that Biden plans to highlight his recent legislative accomplishments, including the adoption of laws that aim to improve the country’s infrastructure, combat climate change and lower health care costs. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the remarks in advance, said Biden would also note how Democrats’ efforts have created jobs and helped tamp down inflation.
In doing so, the president seeks to draw a contrast with Republicans, highlighting how some party lawmakers have sought to “cut Social Security and Medicare” and target other “programs Americans have earned,” according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who briefed reporters separately on Wednesday.
“We are willing, and the president is willing, to work with Congress in a bipartisan way,” Jean-Pierre said at her daily press briefing. “But he’s also going to call out Republicans, particularly in the House. … The president has said he is going to fight every day to protect those programs that taxpayers pay into.”
For the White House, the speech marks the latest in a series of escalating attacks on House Republicans, who in turn have blamed Biden for what they say is reckless spending that has contributed to the country’s stubbornly high prices. But the war of words between the two parties has taken on greater significance in recent days, threatening to touch off a political showdown over the debt ceiling.
Biden has called on Republicans to raise or suspend the limit without delay, stressing he is unwilling to negotiate over one of the country’s most important fiscal obligations. But Republicans have seized on the issue in pursuit of billions of dollars in spending cuts, arguing the president should come to the table in a time of divided government to strike a deal.
“For President Biden to say we can’t even have that conversation, that’s irresponsible,” charged House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) at a news conference Wednesday.
The public sniping evinces the widening chasm between the two parties, as Biden prepares to sit down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in the coming days. The White House maintains that the scope of the upcoming meeting is broad — and that Republicans should raise the debt ceiling without conditions.
The debt ceiling concerns the money the United States may borrow to pay its existing bills. Both parties have enacted laws that have added to the nation’s debt, totaling more than $31 trillion. That includes ordinary government programs as well as tax cuts adopted under President Donald Trump in 2017, a series of bipartisan coronavirus aid packages and trillions of dollars in spending toward Biden’s economic agenda.
Repeatedly, Republicans voted to suspend the limit under Trump — often with the aid of Democrats who disliked his policies. Yet GOP lawmakers quickly refused to provide similar support once they assumed control of the House this January, demanding instead that the Biden administration come to the table on a broader spending deal.
As a result, the Biden administration this month started taking special budgetary measures to prevent the government from breaching the debt ceiling. But the Treasury Department has warned its efforts may only stave off a default until early June — at which point Congress must act or risk a fiscal calamity that could trigger a recession.
In exchange for their votes, Republicans have signaled they could try to pare back spending to the levels adopted in the 2022 fiscal year. That could result in massive cuts, potentially exceeding $130 billion, predominantly affecting federal health, education, labor and other domestic programs. Others have sought to cap costs for key domestic agencies over the next decade, reprising an approach lawmakers last took in 2011, when an earlier Republican-led standoff over the debt pushed the United States to the fiscal brink.
Appearing at a weekly GOP news conference, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), the party’s chief vote counter in the chamber, stressed Wednesday that Republicans “ran and won in 2022 on reining in reckless federal spending,” adding it would be a “grave mistake” if Democrats did not discuss a potential deal.
Scalise, meanwhile, rejected the idea that his party seeks to cut Social Security, arguing that it needs to be “strengthened for seniors who paid into it.” Other GOP lawmakers, however, have called for special panels to explore the finances of federal entitlement programs — and resurfaced policy proposals that could raise the retirement age for younger Americans.
Senate Republicans, meanwhile, rallied Wednesday behind their House counterparts — suggesting they, too, would deny Democrats critical votes to raise the debt ceiling without reductions in federal spending. Even a member of Biden’s own party, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), offered renewed support this week for bipartisan negotiations between McCarthy and Biden.
Most Democrats, however, have faulted Republicans for holding the debt ceiling “hostage.” At the party’s own news conference, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that he hoped to speak soon with McCarthy, yet he cast early doubt on the GOP’s calls for a deal.
“Until McCarthy has a plan, a plan that can pass the House with Republican support … going to the White House is like going with no cards in his hand,” Schumer said. | 2023-01-26T11:01:52+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/01/26/biden-house-gop-debt-limit/ |
NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. ("AWH," "Ascend," or the "Company") (CSE: AAWH.U) (OTCQX: AAWH), a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis operator, announced that it filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") containing a base shelf prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on November 22, 2022. The Registration Statement is expected to become effective following review by the SEC. A corresponding preliminary base shelf prospectus (the "Canadian Prospectus") has been filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada, excluding Québec, under the U.S.-Canada multijurisdictional disclosure system (MJDS).
The Registration Statement (when effective) and Canadian Prospectus (upon the issuance of a receipt for the final Canadian Prospectus) will qualify the distribution from treasury of up to an aggregate amount of $100,000,000 worth of shares of Class A common stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, subscription rights and/or units of the Company (collectively, the "Securities"), or any combination, over the period(s) that each of the Registration Statement and Canadian Prospectus remain effective, respectively.
"While we do not have immediate plans to issue Securities under the Registration Statement or the Canadian Prospectus, we deemed it prudent to prepare ourselves to take advantage of markets should they evolve into a more accretive financing alternative," said Dan Neville, Interim Co-CEO and CFO. "This filing allows us the flexibility to pursue additional financing opportunities should they become in the best interest of our shareholders."
The Company became eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3 after one year of SEC reporting, following the effectiveness of its previously filed registration statement on Form S-1. The terms of any Securities to be offered under the base prospectus will be specified in a prospectus supplement, which will be filed with the applicable U.S. and Canadian securities regulatory authorities in connection with any such offering.
The Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC but is not yet effective. The Securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted under the Registration Statement prior to the time the Registration Statement becomes effective or under the Canadian Prospectus prior to the issuance of a receipt for the final Canadian Prospectus. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities, nor shall there be any sale of such Securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Any offer of Securities will occur solely by means of the base shelf prospectus included in the Registration Statement and/or the Canadian Prospectus and one or more prospectus supplements that would be issued at the time of any such offering.
A copy of the Registration Statement can be found on EDGAR at www.sec.gov and a copy of the Canadian Prospectus can be found under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
AWH is a vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator with licenses and assets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. AWH owns and operates state-of-the-art cultivation facilities, growing award-winning strains and producing a curated selection of products for retail and wholesale customers. AWH produces and distributes its in-house Simply Herb, Ozone, and Ozone Reserve branded products. For more information, visit www.awholdings.com.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange, nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release includes forward-looking information and statements, which may include, but are not limited to, information and statements regarding the plans, intentions, expectations, estimates, and beliefs of the Company. Words such as "expects", "continue", "will", "anticipates" and "intends" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current projections and expectations about future events and financial trends, and on certain assumptions and analysis made by the Company in light of experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors management believes are appropriate. Forward-looking information in this press release includes, without limiting the foregoing, plans and expectations with respect to the Registration Statement and the Canadian Prospectus, information relating to the amount and terms of any offering of Securities under the Registration Statement and Shelf Prospectus, the SEC declaring the Registration Statement effective, the filing of any prospectus supplement, and any potential future offering or capital raises.
Forward-looking information and statements involve and are subject to assumptions and known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual events, results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future events, results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking information and statements herein. Such factors include, among others: the risks and uncertainties identified in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and in the Company's other reports and filings with the applicable Canadian securities regulators and the SEC. Although the Company believes that any forward-looking information and statements herein are reasonable, in light of the use of assumptions and the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in such information and statements, there can be no assurance that any such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, and accordingly, readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such risks and uncertainties and should not place undue reliance upon such forward-looking information and statements. Any forward-looking information and statements herein are made as of the date hereof, and except as required by applicable laws, the Company assumes no obligation and disclaims any intention to update or revise any forward-looking information and statements herein or to update the reasons that actual events or results could or do differ from those projected in any forward-looking information and statements herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws.
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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — One of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial served improperly, an attorney for Heard alleged in a recent filing that asked the court to declare a mistrial and order a new trial.
“Newly discovered facts” show Juror No. 15 in the six-week trial was not the individual summoned in April to serve in the case, Heard’s attorney wrote in a five-page memo filed Friday in Virginia’s Fairfax Circuit Court.
Instead, the filing suggests Juror No. 15 was a younger individual with the same last name who “apparently” lives at the same address.
“As the Court no doubt agrees, it is deeply troubling for an individual not summoned for jury duty nonetheless to appear for jury duty and serve on a jury, especially in a case such as this,” the filing said.
Depp sued his ex-wife over a December 2018 op-ed Heard wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Much of the testimony focused on whether Heard had been physically and sexually abused, as she claimed. Depp said he never hit Heard and that she was the abuser.
After a televised trial that turned into a spectacle, the jury found in Depp’s favor on all three of his claims relating to specific statements in the 2018 piece.
The jury decided Depp should receive $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, but the judge reduced the punitive damages award to $350,000 under a state cap.
Heard has previously said she plans to appeal the verdict.
News of Friday’s filing was first reported by Deadline, which posted the document online.
The memo expanded upon earlier post-trial motions filed by Heard’s legal team that asked the judge to throw out the verdict against her. Those motions had raised the possibility that one of the jurors may not have been properly vetted by the court.
The latest filing said a “jury panel list” in the case included a person who would have been 77 at the time of the trial. Voter registration information lists two individuals with the same last name “apparently” residing at the same address, said the filing, in which the names were redacted.
“The individual who appeared for jury duty with this name was obviously the younger one. Thus, the 52-year-old … sitting on the jury for six weeks was never summoned for jury duty on April 11,” violating Heard’s due process rights, the filing said.
The Associated Press sent emails seeking comment Sunday to a representative for Depp and two of his attorneys. | 2022-07-11T16:35:12+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/always-on/amber-heard-attorneys-seek-mistrial/ |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Harrisburg School District will be getting a new elementary school.
Voters approved a $30 million bond on Sept. 27 for a new elementary school to be located just to the west of south Cliff Avenue in Harrisburg, school officials said.
The new school will ease overcrowding at Liberty Elementary.
The bond also includes possible improvements at South Middle School.
The bond was passed with a 74% approval, according to the district’s website. | 2022-09-28T12:47:48+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/harrisburg-voters-approve-new-elementary-bond/ |
US, states weigh farmland restrictions after Chinese balloon
HARLOWTON, Mont. (AP) — Near the banks of Montana’s Musselshell River, cattle rancher Michael Miller saw a large, white orb above the town of Harlowton last week, a day before U.S. officials revealed they were tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the state. The balloon caused a stir in the 900-person town surrounded by cattle ranches, wind farms and scattered nuclear missile silos behind chain link fences.
Miller worries about China as a rising threat to the U.S., but questions how much intelligence could be gained from a balloon. China’s bigger threat, he said, is to the U.S. economy. Like many throughout the country, Miller wonders if stricter laws are needed to bar farmland sales to foreign nationals so power over agriculture and the food supply doesn’t end up in the wrong hands.
“It’s best not to have a foreign entity buying up land, especially one that’s not really friendly to us,” Miller said. “They are just going to take us over economically, instead of military-wise.”
Miller’s concerns are increasingly shared by U.S. lawmakers after the Chinese balloon’s voyage over American skies inflamed tensions between Washington and Beijing.
In Congress and statehouses, the balloon’s journey added traction to decades-old concerns about foreign land ownership. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, is sponsoring legislation to include agriculture as a factor in national security decisions allowing foreign real estate investments.
“The bottom line is we don’t want folks from China owning our farmland. It goes against food security and it goes against national security,” Tester told The Associated Press.
At least 11 state legislatures also are considering measures to address the concern. That includes Montana and North Dakota, where the U.S. Air Force recently warned that a $700 million corn mill proposed near a military base by the American subsidiary of a Chinese company would risk national security.
City council members in Grand Forks, North Dakota, endured a barrage of criticism from town residents Monday night before voting 5-0 to abandon the plan. The move came a year after North Dakota’s governor called the project “extraordinary,” saying it would bring jobs and bolster the farm industry.
Enraged residents of the 59,000-person city near the Minnesota border demanded resignations from council members they claimed had tried to push through the plan, brushing off Chinese threats to national security.
“You decided, for whatever reason, this was such a fantastic thing for our city that you got blinders on,” said Dexter Perkins, a University of North Dakota geology professor. “You guys went all in when there were a gazillion unanswered questions.”
Before the Air Force’s warning, officials said they weren’t in a position to opine on national security matters.
Foreign entities and individuals control less than 3% of U.S. farmland, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Of that, those with ties to China control less than 1%, or roughly 600 square miles (340 square kilometers).
Yet in recent years, transactions of agricultural and non-agricultural land have attracted scrutiny, particularly in states with a large U.S. military presence.
Limitations on foreign individuals or entities owning farmland vary widely throughout the U.S. Most states allow it, while 14 have restrictions. No states have a total prohibition. Of the five states where the federal agriculture department says entities with ties to China own the most farmland, four don’t limit foreign ownership: North Carolina, Virginia, Texas and Utah.
The fifth, Missouri, has a cap on foreign land ownership that state lawmakers want to make more stringent.
Ownership restriction supporters often speculate about foreign buyers’ motives and whether people with ties to adversaries such as China intend to use land for spying or exerting control over the U.S. food supply.
Texas in 2021 banned infrastructure deals with individuals tied to hostile governments, including China. The policy came after a Chinese army veteran and real estate tycoon purchased a wind farm in a border town near a U.S. Air Force base. This year, Texas Republicans want to expand that with a ban against land purchases by individuals and entities from hostile countries including China.
Critics see it as anti-foreigner hysteria, with Texas’ Asian American community particularly concerned about the effect on immigrants who want to buy homes and build businesses.
In Utah, concern has centered on a Chinese company’s purchase of a speedway near an army depot in 2015 and Chinese-owned farms exporting alfalfa and hay from drought-stricken parts of the state.
Lawmakers this year are considering two proposals that would, to varying degrees, ban entities with ties to foreign governments from owning land.
“Do we really want any foreign country coming in and buying our agricultural land, our forests or our mineral rights?” asked Republican state Rep. Kay Christofferson, who is sponsoring one of the bills. “If it would interfere with our sovereignty — especially in an emergency situation or during a threat to national security — I think that we’d lose our ability as a state to be independent and self sufficient.”
Caitlin Welsh, director of the Global Food Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the scramble to limit foreign land ownership tracked rising U.S.-China tensions. Welsh shares concerns about U.S. adversaries purchasing land near military bases like in Grand Forks, but said worries about China controlling the food supply were overblown.
“China is just a small slice of the bigger picture of foreign ownership,” Welsh said. “When it comes to food security, the biggest threat is that foreign owners can potentially pay a higher price for agricultural land, which then drives up prices.”
The restrictions have encountered resistance in states with strong property rights. In Wyoming, two proposals to restrict foreign land ownership failed this week even though Republicans who control the statehouse were sympathetic to concerns about China expanding its reach.
“We’ve had a lot of problems with China lately in the air. Big balloons flying over us. We look at this as a national and state security bill, for Wyoming and the United States,” said Rep. Bill Allemand, a Republican from Casper.
Lawmakers on Monday rejected Allemand’s proposal to ban ownership of more than an acre of land by people from countries considered state sponsors of terrorism, including Russia and China. Skeptics said it would be difficult to police due to the complex web of title companies and holding corporations in agricultural real estate.
“This is very easy to get around,” Republican Rep. Martha Lawley said. “We may end the day feeling good about ourselves, but we’ve opened up to a lot of liability.”
Questions about foreign investment are increasingly prompting debate over whether cities and states should be rolling out welcome mats or shutting doors to potential threats. The issue can pit local officials interested in economic development against state and federal agencies concerned with national security.
That was initially the case with the proposed corn mill in Grand Forks, where officials last year lauded the plans. But days after the U.S. Air Force shot down the Chinese balloon, which China insists was only a weather balloon, the sentiment had fizzled and the city changed course.
“There’s something that I’ve learned through this process, and that is sometimes to slow down and make sure we fully understand before we move to the next level,” Grand Forks council member Ken Vein said before voting to abandon the corn mill.
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Mead Gruver in Cheyenne, Wyoming, David Lieb in Jefferson City, Missouri, Acacia Coronado in Austin, Texas, and AP reporters throughout the U.S. contributed reporting.
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1 dead, 4 injured in Fourth of July fireworks explosion in east Texas
Published: Jul. 4, 2023 at 2:35 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
GILMER, Texas (KSLA/Gray News) - One person is dead and four others are injured after a fireworks explosion on July 4 in east Texas.
According to the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office, the explosion happened around 10:30 a.m. in the 4100 block of Locust Road.
Emergency crews responded to reports of a major fire at that location.
Officials confirmed one person was killed and four others were hurt.
Preliminary details indicated the accident happened as fireworks were being prepped for an event later in the day. The explosion involved fireworks and other incendiary materials.
Officials said no foul play is suspected at this time.
The fire is being investigated.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. health regulators on Monday approved a new easy-to-use version of a medication to reverse overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids driving the nation’s drug crisis.
Opvee is similar to naloxone, the life-saving drug that has been used for decades to quickly counter overdoses of heroin, fentanyl and prescription painkillers. Both work by blocking the effects of opioids in the brain, which can restore normal breathing and blood pressure in people who have recently overdosed.
The Food and Drug Administration endorsed Opvee, a nasal spray update of the drug nalmefene, which was first approved as an injection in the mid-1990s but later removed from the market due to low sales. Naloxone comes as both a nasal spray and injection.
It’s not immediately clear how the new drug will be used differently compared to naloxone, and some experts see potential downsides to its longer-acting effect. The drug will be available via prescription and is approved for patients 12 and older.
In studies funded by the federal government, Opvee achieved similar recovery results to Narcan, the leading brand of naloxone nasal spray.
Opvee was developed by Opiant Pharmaceuticals, which was recently acquired by rival Indivior, maker of several medications for opioid addiction. Indivior expects to launch Opvee in October at the earliest.
As the opioid epidemic has shifted to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, researchers in the pharmaceutical industry and the U.S. government saw a new role for the drug.
Because fentanyl stays in the body longer than heroin and other opioids, some people may require multiple doses of naloxone over several hours to fully reverse an overdose.
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health worked with pharmaceutical researchers on a nasal spray version of nalmefene that would quickly resuscitate users, while also protecting them from relapse. Testing and development was funded by more than $18 million in grants from the U.S. government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and the NIH, which also helped design the studies.
“The whole aim of this was to have a medication that would last longer but also reach into the brain very rapidly,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Still, some experts see potential downsides.
A side effect of all opioid reversal drugs is that they create intense withdrawal symptoms including nausea, diarrhea, muscle cramps and anxiety. With naloxone, those symptoms might last 30 to 40 minutes.
Dr. Lewis Nelson of Rutgers University says those problems can last six hours or more with nalmefene, requiring extra treatment and management by health professionals.
“The risk of long-lasting withdrawal is very real and we try to avoid it,” said Nelson, an emergency medicine physician and former adviser to the FDA on opioids.
Nelson said it's easy enough to give a second or third dose of naloxone if it wears off.
“We’re not suffering from a naloxone shortage where we need to use an alternative,” he said. “We have plenty of it and it works perfectly well.”
The FDA approval comes as drug overdose deaths inched up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic. More than 109,000 fatal overdoses were recorded in 2022, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than two-thirds of those deaths were linked to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, which have largely replaced heroin and prescription opioids.
Naloxone has long been at the center of government efforts to fight the overdose crisis at the federal and local levels. Police, firefighters and other first responders routinely carry the drug. And officials in all 50 states have given orders to pharmacists to sell or dispense the drug without a prescription to anyone who wants it.
In the latest federal push, the FDA recently approved Narcan to be sold over the counter. The change will allow the new version of the drug to be stocked in grocery stores, vending machines and other retail locations. The nasal spray — which includes updated instructions for regular users — is expected to launch this summer. Emergent Biosolutions hasn't yet announced a price for the over-the-counter version.
Indivior said it is still considering what to charge for its drug. It will compete in the same market as naloxone, where most buyers are local governments and community groups that distribute to first responders and those at risk of overdose. Indivior has told investors that Opvee could eventually generate annual sales between $150 million to $250 million.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mailers designed to look like official government forms. Buses sporting scam pitches for Medicare websites. TV commercials featuring celebrities who encourage people to sign up for Medicare plans that do not always include their current doctors.
With Medicare’s open enrollment underway through Dec. 7, health experts are warning older adults about an uptick in misleading marketing tactics that might lead some to sign up for Medicare Advantage plans that do not cover their regular doctors or prescriptions and drive up out-of-pocket costs.
“It’s a very complicated environment where people are receiving information from companies that are also selling them plans,” said Gretchen Jacobson at the Commonwealth Fund, a health care think tank. “It’s important we find a way to protect and inform consumers.”
Business is booming in the Medicare Advantage plan marketplace, which offers privately run versions of the government’s Medicare program for people who are 65 and older or have disabilities. Competition for customers is fierce, with insurers turning to marketing agencies and brokers in an effort to help stick out among dozens of plans offered through the program.
Staff at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are on the trail. They are secretly shopping for plans by calling the numbers linked to some online, TV and newspaper ads placed by these marketing firms, according to an agency memo sent to insurers last month. Already, the operation has turned up insurance agents who were using inaccurate information to sell plans. In some cases, ads or agents have overstated the benefits that enrollees would get and the money they would save in the new plans.
The government agency can issue warning letters and, in some cases, small civil fines for violations.
“CMS is concerned about the marketing practices of all entities, including Third-Party Marketing organizations,” Kathryn A. Coleman, director of the agency’s Medicare Drug and Health Plan Contract Administration Group, wrote in the letter.
The agency reported a spike in complaints last year around misleading Medicare Advantage ads, receiving nearly 40,000 compared to 15,000 in 2020. Data is not yet available for this year.
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee released an investigative report this past week showing that several states also reported an increase in complaints around deceptive marketing schemes in 2021.
In Ohio, for example, older adults received mailers resembling federal government tax forms that featured promises of bigger Social Security checks if they enrolled in a new Medicare Advantage plan. State officials also reported that a bus was designed to look like an official Medicare bus, but displayed an advertising a link to an insurance broker.
Nationwide TV ads, too, have misled some customers, the committee’s report found.
One ad, featuring a former NFL football player, failed to tell viewers that plans vary by ZIP code or that some providers will not be in network — meaning higher out-of-pocket costs for consumers — while promising to “add money back to your Social Security check.”
The committee surveyed 15 states about complaints about Medicare Advantage marketing, finding that 9 of 10 states that tracked such complaints saw an increase in reports from 2020 to 2021.
“It is unacceptable for this magnitude of fraudsters and scam artists to be running amok in Medicare and I will be working closely with CMS to ensure this dramatic increase in marketing complaints is addressed,” said the committee chairman, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
In the memo last month, the government agency said it had reviewed thousands of complaints, finding “numerous issues.” It is also requiring that insurance agents and brokers record enrollment calls with clients so they can be reviewed if complaints are lodged. CMS said insurance companies are responsible for the material published on their behalf by agents, brokers or marketing companies they contract with.
In Georgia, state officials are tracking an increase in marketing around the plans and say they are fielding more calls from people who are worried about the plans they enrolled in, said Christine Williams of the State Health Insurance Assistance Program. In some cases, callers have said they enrolled in a plan that didn’t allow them to see their providers.
She said people who are enrolling in Medicare Advantage should ask brokers or agents how doctors, prescriptions and services, including dental or vision care, are covered by the plans they are selling. Every state also offers counselors to help people navigate the enrollment process.
“Really ask specific questions,” Williams said. | 2022-11-05T05:11:04+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Medicare-enrollees-warned-about-deceptive-17560384.php |
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CHICAGO and SINGAPORE, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EVERSANA™, a pioneer of next-generation commercial services to the global life sciences industry with its Asian regional headquarters in Singapore and offices across Japan, China and other countries in the area, and Compai Pharma, an enterprising pharmaceutical company offering full-service commercialisation with offices in Singapore and Malaysia, today announced a strategic partnership to expand service across the Asia Pacific region.
Together, EVERSANA and Compai Pharma will provide medical and commercial resources to healthcare partners to support full market implementation and development for life science and pharmaceutical companies ready to expand into these markets.
"As the needs of clients and their patients continue to grow, so too do our capabilities to scale delivery on a global level," said Jim Lang, CEO, EVERSANA. "The Asia Pacific region is one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical markets in the world and requires regional expertise to increase patient access. Together with Compai Pharma, we're now able to drive greater value and services for our clients to support their evolving commercialisation needs."
Capabilities available through the partnership include consulting, market access, medical awareness, education and communication, pharmacovigilance, marketing & sales excellence, as well as distribution and additional services.
"I am deeply honoured and excited to enter this partnership with such an esteemed company as EVERSANA," said Tim Cushway, Founder and Director at Compai Pharma. "Our mission is to work closely with healthcare practitioners across APAC to ensure needed medications and devices are available for patients while also becoming a trusted partner to provide education and updates on the latest in clinical developments. This goal is highly synergistic with EVERSANA's global ambition."
The partnership with Compai builds on EVERSANA's continued global growth, including recent expansion across the European Union and the United Kingdom. Additionally in June 2021, EVERSANA announced the growth of its medical communications and integrated compliance services across 18 European countries and in 10 local languages.
Compai Pharma was founded in 2017 with a headquarters in Singapore with a strong focus on healthcare business development focusing on medical, sales and marketing excellence. The company is governed by a lean and transparent management team, operating out of Singapore and Malaysia, that have experience and strong relationships across Australasia. The strategic imperative adopted by all members of the Compai team is to contribute in a dynamic, interactive and transparent manner building lasting partnerships. The initial focus has been with the introduction of a specialised high-dose IV iron, Monofer®, which has an important medical role across nearly all therapeutic areas – especially obstetrics and gynecology, surgery and anesthesia, cardiology, oncology, gastroenterology, and general practitioners – enabling strong networks and collaborations in both the private and public sectors. Compai is a Spanish word meaning 'friend' which characterizes our largely young, dynamic and passionate team that strives to bring first-class service to patients and our healthcare partners. More information can be found at www.compaipharma.com.
EVERSANA™ is the leading independent provider of global services to the life sciences industry. The company's integrated solutions are rooted in the patient experience and span all stages of the product life cycle to deliver long-term, sustainable value for patients, prescribers, channel partners and payers. The company serves more than 500 organizations, including innovative start-ups and established pharmaceutical companies, to advance life sciences solutions for a healthier world. To learn more about EVERSANA, visit eversana.com or connect through LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Five men were sentenced Tuesday in a conspiracy to transport more than $1.3 million worth of stolen perfume products between New Jersey and Florida, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
Carlos Duvergel, 58, Juan Crespo, 46, Felix Castillo, 49, Asnay Fernandez, 32 and Ismael Manzano-Suarez, 25, all Florida residents, were previously convicted at trial with conspiring to transport stolen property in interstate commerce and transportation of stolen property in interstate commerce, officials said.
Crespo was sentenced to 37 months, while the other four defendants received 33-month sentences, authorities said.
The men broke into a perfume warehouse in Edison in November 2017, stealing $1.36 million in products before transporting them out of state in tractor trailers, prosecutors said.
They were arrested in May 2018 after attempting to break into another perfume warehouse in East Brunswick, officials said.
The defendants are also subject to three years of supervised release and have been ordered to pay $1.36 million in restitution, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss said Sunday that she could have done a better job “laying the ground” for her package of unfunded tax cuts, but insisted she would push on with an economic plan that has caused turmoil on financial markets and weakened the country’s public finances.
Truss acknowledged that the U.K. faces “a very turbulent and stormy time,” but said her policies would lead to a “high-growth, low-tax economy” in the longer term.
The comments are unlikely to calm Truss’ Conservative Party, which opens its four-day annual conference on Sunday in the central England city of Birmingham amid plunging poll ratings and growing public discontent.
Truss took office less than a month ago, promising to radically reshape Britain’s economy to end years of sluggish growth. But the government’s Sept. 23 announcement of a stimulus package that includes 45 billion pounds ($50 billion) in tax cuts, to be paid for by government borrowing, sent the pound tumbling to a record low against the dollar.
The Bank of England was forced to intervene to prop up the bond market, and fears that the bank will soon hike interest rates caused mortgage lenders to withdraw their cheapest deals, causing turmoil for homebuyers.
“I have learned from that,” Truss told the BBC. “I will make sure in future we do a better job of laying the ground.”
Truss stuck to her insistence that Britain’s economic problems were part of a global spike in inflation and energy prices spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a bid to calm the market turmoil, Truss and her finance minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng, have said they will set out a medium-term fiscal plan on Nov. 23, alongside an economic forecast from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.
Many economists, and many Conservatives, say that means weeks more economic turmoil are ahead. Michael Gove, who served as a senior minister in previous Conservative governments, said the announcement “will have to be brought forward” and some parts of the economic package will have to be dropped.
Gove said there was “an inadequate realization at the top of government about the scale of change required.”
Many Conservative lawmakers are worried that a leader chosen to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson for her boosterish promises of economic growth has set the party on course for defeat in the next general election, due by 2024. Opinion polls suggest the opposition Labour Party is opening up a substantial lead.
Some delegates arriving for the conference in Birmingham were gloomy about the future of the party, which has been in power since 2010.
“I think it’s going to be a rocky conference, definitely,” said Daniel Pitt, a party member from Erewash in central England. “The prime minister has to try and steady the ship.”
Truss said she would “do what I can to win the hearts and minds of my colleagues across the Conservative Party” — but that doesn’t appear to include changing course.
Truss said she wouldn’t ditch the most unpopular part of her economic package, a decision to scrap the top 45% rate of income tax paid on earnings above 150,000 pounds ($167,000) a year. And she wouldn’t say whether there will have to be cuts to welfare and public services to pay for lower taxes.
Asked if the Cabinet as a whole had decided on the cut to the top tax rate, Truss said “no … It was a decision the chancellor made.”
“I think there has been too much focus in politics on the optics or how things look,” Truss said. She said she was confident her policies would get the economy growing by 2.5% annually — a target the U.K. hasn’t hit for years.
Labour Party economy spokeswoman Rachel Reeves accused the Conservative government of “doing some sort of mad experiment with the U.K. economy” and ignoring “the anxiety and fear” felt by millions of ordinary people.
“The idea that trickle-down economics is somehow going to deliver the 2.5% growth we all want to see is for the birds,” Reeves told the BBC. | 2022-10-03T04:17:02+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/business/ap-uks-truss-sticks-by-economic-plan-as-her-party-worries/ |
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GÖTEBORG, Sweden, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The product tanker market has strengthened significantly during April and May, with market rates at much higher levels than for both Q1 2022 and the full year 2021. At the end of May, average spot market earnings for an MR vessel (clean) was about $36,000 per day*. The time charter market has also strengthened and a three-year contract for an MR tanker is currently $15,000-18,000 per day, depending to some extent on the vessel's design. For a suezmax vessel, average spot earnings are about $22,000 per day**. Volatility in the segment has been high during April and May, with occasional peaks at levels above $60,000 per day.
The VLCC segment is still at historically very low levels, which also imposes an indirect "cap" on suezmax vessels as charterers will combine two cargoes onto one larger vessel if suezmax segment rates become too high.
New trade patterns bring increased transport needs
The stronger product tanker segment is not only due to continuing high demand for oil but also changing trade patterns as Russian oil products are phased out in certain markets. This applies particularly to European diesel imports, which are now increasingly coming from the Middle East, Asia and North America. Overall, the phasing out of Russian oil has resulted in longer transport distances and increased transport efficiency.
The drivers also include structural changes in global refining capacity, where the impact of refinery closures in North America, Europe and elsewhere is now beginning to be felt in earnest. The fact that overall refining capacity has decreased west of Suez but has increased in Asia and the Middle East means longer transport distances, which is affecting the entire tanker market.
High oil prices affect earnings
It should be noted that average earnings are just an average. For both the MR and suezmax segments, earnings vary greatly depending on the type of vessel and geographical trading. By way of example, freight rates in the Atlantic have generally been higher than in Asia. Similarly, clean products have paid better than dirty ones. The difference in earnings is also due to a continuing high oil price. Since early March 2022, the price of Brent oil has been at levels above $100/barrel - and is currently at about $120/barrel. Large differences in bunker consumption between vessels of different age and design have in turn contributed to significant variations in earnings between "standard" vessels, modern ECO-design vessels and/or vessels equipped with "scrubbers***".
Longer distances
Geopolitical instability is also very likely to continue affecting oil and tanker markets going forward. Since the invasion of Ukraine, both the oil and tanker markets have been gradually trying to adapt to the new situation and we have yet to see the end result of this as sanctions continue to be imposed and trade routes are changing. However, increased European imports from more distant producers are likely to continue.
Meanwhile, according to the IEA (International Energy Agency), global oil demand is expected to grow by 3.6 million barrels per day from April to August 2022. The main contributory factors are eased restrictions in China, the US driving season and a continued recovery in aviation fuel demand.
All in all, this promotes a continued "cautiously optimistic" view of product tanker market development for the remainder of Q2 and the rest of 2022.
For our part, as previously announced, our vessels are employed on a five-year charter to Stena Bulk. The base rate is $15,500 per day. There is also the possibility of profit-sharing for freight exceeding the base rate, calculated on the basis of average earnings per vessel per half-year. Stena Bulk employs the vessels on a mix of short and medium-term contracts in both Asia and the Atlantic.
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A Kenosha couple has been accused of numerous criminal offenses including maintaining a drug trafficking place and neglecting a child although specified harm did not occur.
Ricardo F. Donaldson, 30, is charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place on or near a school, three counts manufacturing or delivering THC on or near a youth center, possession with intent to deliver THC on or near a school and neglecting a child under 6 although specified harm did no occur.
Amanda V. Oseman, 33, is charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place on or near a park and neglecting a child under 6 although specified harm did not occur.
Both were charged in Kenosha County Circuit Court. Donaldson is being held on a $20,000 cash bond. Oseman was released on $10,000 cash bond. Their respective preliminary hearings are set for Thursday.
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Because of safety concerns regarding the young child being able to access both firearms, one of which had a loaded magazine inserted, and also the exposure and access to potentially large amounts of marijuana, authorities contacted the Department of Children and Family Services. | 2022-12-12T22:55:18+00:00 | kenoshanews.com | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/kenosha-couple-charged-with-maintaining-drug-trafficking-place-neglecting-a-child/article_30807892-7a4e-11ed-ad05-eb85a9682a84.html |
Judge rules Subway can be sued over its '100% tuna' claim
A woman who filed a lawsuit against Subway over the amount of tuna contained in its sandwiches can proceed with her case, a California judge said Monday, according to media reports.
Nilima Amin of Alameda County, California, filed a lawsuit claiming that the sandwich titan misled her and other patrons saying their sandwiches and other products contain "tuna" and "100% tuna."
NPR reported Tuesday that the woman’s lawsuit cites a marine biologist who examined 29 samples of tuna from 20 different Subway restaurants and "no detectable tuna DNA sequences whatsoever" in 19 samples.
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Amin claims in her lawsuit that the tuna samples contained other types of animal DNA, including chicken and pork, the outlet added.
Subway responded to the claims in a statement provided to FOX Television Stations on Thursday:
"Subway serves 100% tuna. We are disappointed the Court felt it couldn't dismiss the plaintiffs’ reckless and improper lawsuit at this stage. However, we are confident that Subway will prevail when the Court has an opportunity to consider all the evidence."
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Subway established a whole tuna sandwich section on its website "to set forth the facts and help clarify any misunderstandings."
According to Reuters, U.S. District Judge John Tigar said it was too early to accept Subway’s argument that the presence of non-tuna DNA may result from eggs in mayonnaise or other contacts with ingredients that Subway employees handle when making sandwiches.
Tigar dismissed the claims of Amin's fellow plaintiff who hadn't confirmed whether she had paid for a Subway tuna sandwich, according to NPR. The judge also dismissed part of Amin's suit that he described as stating a "tuna salad, sandwich, or wrap contains 100% tuna and nothing else."
Additionally, the judge gave Amin three weeks to respond to that portion of his ruling, before the case moves to the next stage, NPR reported.
Early last year, Subway received not-so-favorable media attention after two California residents sued the restaurant chain alleging that its tuna was "anything but tuna" and calling it "tuna salad" constituted fraud and false advertising. Subway responded, saying in part that the accusation was "reckless and improper."
In June 2021, A lab analysis commissioned by the New York Times found no identifiable tuna DNA in Subway’s tuna sandwich, according to the newspaper.
In its own statement, Subway fired back at the report and said it was not a "reliable way" to test processed tuna.
A New York Times reporter purchased over 60 inches of Subway tuna sandwiches from three different locations in Los Angeles. The reporter, who ordered the sandwiches without vegetables, cheese or dressing, packed the tuna meat into Ziploc bags and stuffed them in a styrofoam shipping cooler with ice packs to be tested, the report said.
The newspaper said it paid about $500 for the lab to conduct a PCR test in order to see if Subway’s tuna included one of five different tuna species. The food PCR test — which stands for polymerase chain reaction — quickly makes millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample, which scientists then amplify to a larger amount to study in detail.
After more than a month, the lab returned the results and said it found that "no amplifiable tuna DNA was present in the sample and so we obtained no amplification products from the DNA."
Experts also told the New York Times that when tuna is cooked, its DNA becomes denatured, which means that the tuna’s characteristic properties can become destroyed and make it difficult or impossible to identify.
In a statement to FOX Television Stations last year about the Times report, the company echoed this sentiment about the nature of DNA testing.
"A recent New York Times report indicates that DNA testing is an unreliable methodology for identifying processed tuna. This report supports and reflects the position that Subway has taken in relation to a meritless lawsuit filed in California and with respect to DNA testing as a means to identify cooked proteins. DNA testing is simply not a reliable way to identify denatured proteins, like Subway’s tuna, which was cooked before it was tested," a Subway spokesperson said in part.
"Unfortunately, various media outlets have confused the inability of DNA testing to confirm a specific protein with a determination that the protein is not present. The testing that the New York Times report references does not show that there is not tuna in Subway’s tuna. All it says is that the testing could not confirm tuna, which is what one would expect from a DNA test of denatured proteins," the statement added.
It continued: "The fact is Subway restaurants serve 100% wild-caught, cooked tuna, which is mixed with mayonnaise and used in freshly made sandwiches, wraps and salads that are served to and enjoyed by our guests."
Subway’s tuna sandwiches aren't the first product to be questioned by customers. In 2014, the company made headlines for announcing the removal of the controversial chemical azodiacarbonamide, also found in yoga mats, from its bread products.
FOX 11 Los Angeles and FOX 6 Milwaukee contributed to this story. This story was reported from Washington, D.C. | 2022-07-14T19:28:04+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/judge-subway-can-be-sued-tuna-claim |
This week's Shoals sports schedule, according to schedules supplied by the schools. Subject to change.
MONDAY, APRIL 10
NW-Shoals Patriots
Baseball hosts Birmingham-Southern JV, 4 p.m.
High school baseball
Mars Hill at Central, 4 p.m.
Hamilton at Marion Co., 4:30 p.m.
Phil Campbell at Colbert Co., 4:30 p.m.
Shoals Chr. at Waterloo, 4:30 p.m.
Hubbertville at Vina, 4:30 p.m.
Richland at Wayne Co., 5 p.m.
Cherokee at Tremont (Miss.), 6 p.m.
Collinwood at Hampshire, 6 p.m.
Spring Hill at Lawrence Co. (Tenn.), 6:30 p.m.
High school softball
Brooks at Rogers, 4:30 p.m.
Colbert Co. at Waterloo, 4:30 p.m.
Colbert Heights at Sheffield, 4:30 p.m.
Deshler at Florence, 4:30 p.m.
Haleyville at Northside, 4:30 p.m.
Lexington at Hatton, 4:30 p.m.
Phil Campbell at Tharptown, 4:30 p.m.
Belgreen at Phillips, 4:30 p.m.
Winfield at Hamilton, 4:30 p.m.
Loretto at Zion Chr., 5 p.m.
Decatur Co.-Riverside at Wayne Co., 5 p.m.
Collinwood vs. Columbia Aca. (Summertown), 5:45 p.m.
Collinwood at Summertown, 7:30 p.m.
High school soccer
Hamilton at Jasper
Tharptown at Russellville
High school golf
Central vs. Wilson (Blackberry)
Haleyville, Mars Hill (girls), Muscle Shoals at Athens tournament (Canebrake)
Hamilton vs. Fayette (Pikeville)
Lauderdale Co. vs. Lexington (Joe Wheeler)
Mars Hill (boys) vs. Deshler (Blackberry)
High school tennis
Brooks at Deshler
Central vs. Wilson (Veterans)
Mars Hill (girls) vs. Athens Bible (Covenant Chr.)
TUESDAY, APRIL 11
UNA Lions
Baseball at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m.
High school baseball
Mars Hill at Sheffield, 4 p.m.
Hackleburg at Belgreen, 4:30 p.m.
Haleyville at West Morgan, 4:30 p.m.
Lauderdale Co. at Elkmont, 4:30 p.m.
Muscle Shoals at Decatur, 4:30 p.m.
Colbert Co. at Phil Campbell (DH), 4:30 p.m.
Rogers at West Limestone, 4:30 p.m.
Vina at Phillips, 4:30 p.m.
Clements at Covenant Chr., 4:30 p.m.
West Point at Russellville, 4:30 p.m.
Wayne Co. at Richland, 5 p.m.
Lexington at Red Bay, 5 p.m.
Cherokee at Thrasher (Miss.), 6 p.m.
Hampshire at Collinwood, 6 p.m.
Lawrence Co. (Tenn.) at Spring Hill, 6:30 p.m.
High school softball
Wilson at Rogers, 4 p.m.
Addison at Tharptown, 4 p.m.
Central at Deshler, 4:30 p.m.
Colbert Co. at Lauderdale Co., 4:30 p.m.
Florence at James Clemens, 4:30 p.m.
Hamilton at Curry, 4:30 p.m.
Sheffield at Hatton, 4:30 p.m.
Shoals Chr. at Covenant Chr., 4:30 p.m.
Belgreen at Vina, 4:30 p.m.
Carbon Hill at Phil Campbell, 4:30 p.m.
Clements at Mars Hill, 4:30 p.m.
Hubbertville at Phillips, 4:30 p.m.
Lawrence Co. (Ala.) at Russellville, 4:30 p.m.
Red Bay at Cherokee, 4:30 p.m.
Lewis Co. at Loretto, 5 p.m.
Santa Fe at Collinwood, 5 p.m.
Winfield at Colbert Heights, 5 p.m.
Wayne Co. at Richland, 6 p.m.
Muscle Shoals at Hartselle, 6:30 p.m.
High school soccer
Haleyville at Mars Hill
Muscle Shoals at Randolph
Russellville (girls) at Brewer
Brewer (boys) at Russellville
Decatur (girls) at Florence
Wayne Co. (boys) at Scotts Hill
Murfreesboro Central Magnet (boys) at Lawrence Co. (Tenn.)
High school tennis
Brooks at Sparkman
Covenant Chr. vs. Lexington (Sheffield)
Florence at Muscle Shoals
Mars Hill (girls) vs. Shoals Chr. (Cox Creek)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12
High school golf
Haleyville, Hamilton, Lauderdale Co. at Brooks tournament (RTJ Shoals)
THURSDAY, APRIL 13
NW-Shoals Patriots
Baseball hosts Central Alabama (DH), 2 p.m.
Softball at Central Alabama (DH), 2 p.m.
High school baseball
Sheffield at Mars Hill, 4 p.m.
Wayne Co. at Adamsville, 4:15 p.m.
Belgreen at Hackleburg, 4:30 p.m.
Brooks at Covenant Chr., 4:30 p.m.
Colbert Co. at Colbert Heights, 4:30 p.m.
Phillips at Vina, 4:30 p.m.
Russellville at West Point (DH), 4:30 p.m.
Decatur at Muscle Shoals (DH), 4:30 p.m.
Elkmont at Lauderdale Co. (DH), 4:30 p.m.
Hamilton at Central, 4:30 p.m.
Hatton at Tharptown, 4:30 p.m.
Rogers at Shoals Chr., 4:30 p.m.
West Limestone at Rogers (DH), 4:30 p.m.
West Morgan at Haleyville (DH), 4:30 p.m.
Red Bay at Lexington, 5 p.m.
Loretto at Richland, 5:30 p.m.
Wilson at Deshler, 6:30 p.m.
High school softball
Brooks at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.
Central at East Lawrence, 4:30 p.m.
Cherokee at Waterloo, 4:30 p.m.
Colbert Co. at Deshler, 4:30 p.m.
Covenant Chr. at Red Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Florence at Muscle Shoals, 4:30 p.m.
Lauderdale Co. at Mars Hill, 4:30 p.m.
Phillips at Hackleburg, 4:30 p.m.
Curry at Haleyville, 4:30 p.m.
Tanner at Sheffield, 4:30 p.m.
Colbert Heights at Carbon Hill, 5 p.m.
Collinwood at Culleoka, 5 p.m.
Loretto at Lawrence Co. (Tenn.), 5 p.m.
Rogers at Lindsay Lane, 5 p.m.
Wayne Co. at Santa Fe (DH), 5 p.m.
Vina at Belgreen, 6 p.m.
High school soccer
Haleyville (boys) at Hartselle
Bob Jones (boys) at Florence
West Morgan at Mars Hill
Lincoln Co. (boys) at Lawrence Co. (Tenn.)
High school golf
Mars Hill (boys) vs. Athens Bible (Blackberry)
Mars Hill (girls) vs. Haleyville (Blackberry)
Muscle Shoals vs. Clements, Ardmore (Joe Wheeler)
Hatton at Haleyville
High school tennis
Deshler vs. Florence (Cox Creek)
Lauderdale Co. vs. Wilson (Veterans Park)
Russellville at Muscle Shoals
FRIDAY, APRIL 14
UNA Lions
Baseball at Bellarmine, 1 p.m.
Beach volleyball at Mercer
High school baseball
Sheffield at Cherokee (DH), 4 p.m.
Colbert Heights at Colbert Co. (DH), 4:30 p.m.
Central at Hamilton, 4:30 p.m.
Clements at Shoals Chr., 4:30 p.m.
Phillips at Tharptown, 4:30 p.m.
Brooks at Loretto, 5 p.m.
Vina at Smithville (Miss.), 5 p.m.
Bob Jones at Florence, 5:30 p.m.
Collinwood at Mount Pleasant, 6 p.m.
Wilson at Deshler, 6:30 p.m.
High school softball
Florence hosts tournament (Belgreen, Brooks, Central, Colbert Co., Collinwood, Deshler, Hackleburg, Haleyville, Lauderdale Co., Lexington, Loretto, Mars Hill, Rogers, Russellville, Waterloo, Wilson
Vina hosts tournament (Cherokee, Colbert Heights)
Summertown at Wayne Co., 6 p.m.
Hatton at Tuscaloosa Co. tournament
High school soccer
Russellville at Lawrence Co. (Ala.)
Huntsville (girls) at Florence
Tanner at Tharptown
Decatur Co.-Riverside (boys) at Wayne Co.
High school tennis
Cullman at Deshler
High school track & field
Haleyville, Phillips at Russellville meet
Lawrence Co. (Tenn.), Lexington at Muscle Shoals meet
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
UNA Lions
Baseball at Bellarmine, 1 p.m.
Softball hosts North Florida (DH), 2 p.m.
Beach volleyball at Mercer
NW-Shoals Patriots
Baseball at Central Alabama (DH), 1 p.m.
Softball hosts Central Alabama (DH), 1 p.m.
High school baseball
Vina hosts Franklin Co. tournament (Belgreen, Phil Campbell, Red Bay, Tharptown)
Florence at Bob Jones (DH), 11 a.m.
Lauderdale Co. at Decatur Heritage, 11 a.m.
Waterloo at Tremont (Miss.), 11 a.m.
Mars Hill at Westminster-Huntsville, noon
Lauderdale Co. vs. Falkville (Decatur Heritage), 1 p.m.
Waterloo vs. Alcorn Central (Miss.) (Tremont, Miss.), 1 p.m.
Deshler at Wilson (DH), 1 p.m.
Loretto vs. Scottsboro (Russellville), 1:30 p.m.
Loretto at Russellville, 4 p.m.
Lamar Co. at Hackleburg, 4 p.m.
Summertown at Rogers, 4:30 p.m.
Lawrence Co. (Tenn.) at Richland, 6:30 p.m.
Lexington at Athens Bible
Scottsboro at Russellville
High school softball
Florence hosts tournament (Belgreen, Brooks, Central, Colbert Co., Collinwood, Deshler, Hackleburg, Haleyville, Lauderdale Co., Lexington, Loretto, Mars Hill, Rogers, Russellville, Waterloo, Wilson
Vina hosts tournament (Cherokee, Colbert Heights)
Shoals Chr. at Biggersville (Miss.) (DH), 11 a.m.
Hatton at Tuscaloosa Co. tournament
SUNDAY, APRIL 16
UNA Lions
Baseball at Bellarmine, noon
Softball hosts North Florida, 1 p.m.
Women's golf in ASUN championships (Huntsville)
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22-year-old man, 16-year-old teen dead after shooting in DeKalb County
Published: Mar. 9, 2023 at 8:44 PM EST|Updated: 25 minutes ago
DECATUR, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - An investigation is underway after one man and teenager were shot in DeKalb County Thursday evening.
According to the DeKalb County Police Department, officers responded to a person shot on Pleasant Forest Drive in Decatur at 6:55 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found a 22-year-old man with a gunshot wound. They also located a second victim, a 16-year-old male, in the rear of the residence with a gunshot wound.
Both victims were transported to an area hospital in critical condition and later died from their injuries.
This is an active investigation. If you have any information that can help investigators, contact the DeKalb County Police Department or Crime Stoppers.
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Long COVID associated with significantly increased risk of death, heart and lung problems, study says
As the nation anticipates the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, new research is showing that some groups are still feeling the long-term impacts of the disease. In the year following infection, individuals who experience long COVID are at high risk for a range of adverse health outcomes, including a doubled risk of death, according to a new study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum.
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The study examined insurance claims data for 13,435 adults with long COVID and 26,870 without COVID-19 during a 12-month follow-up period. Accounting for factors present prior to infection, the long COVID group experienced increased mortality, with 2.8% of individuals with long COVID dying compared to 1.2% of those without long COVID.
Those with long COVID were also roughly two times more likely to experience cardiovascular events including arrhythmias, stroke, heart failure and coronary artery disease. Pulmonary conditions were also common. The risk of pulmonary embolism more than tripled while the risk of COPD and moderate or severe asthma nearly doubled for those with long COVID.
The study found that risks were greatest among individuals hospitalized within a month of a COVID infection.
"We know from published literature that long COVID can result in fatigue, headache and attention disorder," said Dr. Andrea DeVries, Staff Vice President for Health Services Research at Elevance Health and the lead author of the study. "While those conditions are concerning, the results from this study point to even more worrisome outcomes that can severely impact quality and length of life for individuals with long COVID."
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines long COVID as having new, returning, or ongoing health issues more than four weeks after onset of initial infection. According to research by the CDC, one in five COVID-19 survivors ages 18 to 64 and one in four survivors 65 years or older experience an ongoing health issue that might be attributable to COVID-19 infection.
Long COVID has been associated with more than 200 signs and symptoms and 50 health conditions. Experts say the health consequences can last from months to years.
"We can only measure out as far as the pandemic has been happening, but early evidence suggests that a large portion of people who experienced post-COVID condition are doing so more than two years after their initial infection, which is basically as long as it could be," said Dr. Mark Czeisler who wrote a related editorial also published in JAMA Health Forum.
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Research has shown that COVID reinfection substantially increases an individual's risk of death, hospitalization, and health consequences from long COVID. For example, the risk of cardiovascular disorders increases from 1.6 with one infection, to 3.0 with two infections and 4.8 with three or more infections.
"It's demonstrating that it's not like you have COVID once and then if you don't get acutely ill or you don't develop long COVID from that first infection that the coast is clear," said Czeisler, who was not involved in the study.
Other risk factors for long COVID include older age, being female, tobacco use, higher body mass index, and experiencing more symptoms during the acute COVID-19 illness. Being vaccinated prior to infection has been associated with a decreased risk of long COVID, according to previous research.
The study authors say these findings call for continued efforts to prevent COVID-19 infections and enhanced health monitoring of individuals after an infection.
"The biggest takeaway is that long COVID is a health condition that we need to continue to study and take seriously," said DeVries. | 2023-03-03T19:15:04+00:00 | 4029tv.com | https://www.4029tv.com/article/long-covid-increased-risk-of-death-study/43179970 |
BEIJING, July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SANY Group ("SANY"), over the course of its 23-year history, has established itself as an industry leader with acclaimed corporate culture, work environment, employee welfare and benefits as well as talent cultivation and to "foster first-class talents" is one of the Company's Three First-Class Visions. SANY's "employee-first, employee-oriented" talent management philosophy is the key to its success in creating a top platform to support the employees' growth, safeguard the rights and interests of the employees, and motivate talents to achieve mutually beneficial development with its talent.
Earlier this year, SANY was named 2022 Extraordinary Employer of the Year by Liepin, a leading talent career development platform in China which hosted the 8th annual event in conjunction with China's top media, The Paper. SANY was recognized for "its diverse incentive programs that inspire the potential of employees, respecting and honoring the value of employees, and creating a better future with its people." In 2021, SANY ranked 10th place in Greater China and 230th globally on Forbes' World's Best Employers rankings which was compiled in partnership with market research company Statista after surveying 150,000 full-time and part-time workers from 58 countries. As of the end of 2022, SANY had a total of 26,374 employees, and is committed to promoting long-term sustainable development especially in promoting the "She Power" with females accounting for 12.5 percent of the group's executives.
Additionally, leveraging SANY's HRSSC service platform, regular group discussions, staff coordination meetings, workers' congress, employee interviews and more, SANY learned and responded to employees' concerns and expectations. An internal survey received 20,262 questionnaires which reported an employee satisfaction rate of 87 percent. Meanwhile, SANY has established a comprehensive incentive system including an incremental gross margin award, equity options, project incentives and more to attract more top tech talents. And in 2022 alone, it provided subsidies totaling 428,700 yuan to 32 employees with financial difficulties.
In 2022, SANY's training programs and events were attended by 20,683 people, with 78.4 percent of employees completing training, with an average time per person of 96.8 hours.
"I have been working with SANY for over a decade," said Hu Jiangxue, deputy director of SANY Human Resources and principal of Hunan SANY Polytechnic College. "Our core philosophy for human resources management is employee success. Our talent cultivation programs support workers to undertake training and become junior engineers for robotic operations, and through the learning of digital and intelligent technologies, we aim to help the career transformation of engineers, sales specialists, and workers in the coming years."
2023 also marks a key turning point for Hunan SANY Polytechnic College. The full-time institution is enrolling a class of students majoring in new energy vehicles for the upcoming school year. The school now has four major fields of intelligent manufacturing, construction machinery, construction industrialization, and international trade, to cultivate talents much needed by the Chinese manufacturing industries in the era of Industry 4.0.
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