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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With the start of a new school year next week, Catholic Charities is collecting school supplies for its annual backpack program, which helps students in need throughout Western New York with a backpack and school supplies.
Donations of school supplies, including backpacks themselves, are being collected at Catholic Charities’ Ladies of Charity, 1122 Broadway, Buffalo, Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Anyone making donations is asked to call ahead to (716) 895-4001 to schedule a drop-off time. Donations can also be dropped off at Catholic Charities’ thrift store in Wellsville, 67 E. Pearl St., Wellsville during the same times on weekdays.
Backpack referrals are first come, first served, and must go through a Catholic Charities caseworker. To get a backpack, call Catholic Charities’ Central Intake at (716) 856-4494 and tell them you or someone you know needs assistance with school supplies.
Additional information about all Catholic Charities’ services can be found here.
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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian voters cast ballots on a new draft constitution Sunday in a referendum that the country’s coup leader says will pave the way toward holding new elections in 2024, but that critics have called a delaying tactic for him to extend his time in power.
In a message broadcast on state television on the eve of the vote, Col. Assimi Goita told Malians that the proposed draft constitution “provides for a better-organized executive power, while maintaining the necessary balance with the legislative power.”
However, Imam Mahmoud Dicko, an opponent of the military junta, invited his supporters to a large hall in Bamako on Friday to ask them to vote against it.
“In our country today, can we speak of justice, democracy, human rights, the rule of law? What kind of democracy are we talking about? Where is it? What rule of law is there in a country where justice is used by the military to repress people? That’s the reality of this country today,” said Dicko, a one-time junta supporter who led the movement calling for the departure of democratically elected president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita before he was ousted in 2020.
Malians who voted Sunday said they hoped the constitution’s approval would be a step in the right direction for a country mired by Islamic extremist violence for a decade.
“I voted so that this new constitution would bring us peace and stability,” said Moctar Diallo, a retired driver in Kalasoribougou. “We are in a situation where only the new decisions can bring us peace.”
The proposed draft constitution creates a two-chamber parliament, the National Assembly and the Senate; until now the country has only had a National Assembly. The draft also consolidates the position of the President of Mali, a move that has drawn much political debate.
The current constitution, dating from 1992, states that “the government determines and conducts the policy of the nation.” In the new constitution, the government “conducts the policy of the nation determined by the president.” | 2023-06-19T02:24:30+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/malis-military-junta-holds-referendum-on-new-constitution-that-it-calls-a-step-toward-new-elections/ |
Which Adirondack chairs are the best?
Nothing compares to watching a sunset from the comfort of a large Adirondack chair. With laid-back style, the durability of weathered wood or plastic and generous seat size, this iconic outdoor seating has become synonymous with American summers. If you’re considering adding Adirondack chairs to your deck or patio, here’s a look at some of the top options to suit any style and budget.
Types of Adirondack chairs
Plastic
Heavy-duty plastics resist wear and usually require less maintenance. They can come in neutral or vibrant colors, so make sure to look for one that has been treated to reduce fading from the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Plastic chairs can be smooth or with a faux woodgrain finish.
Wood
Natural hardwoods such as acacia and fir are ideal for outdoor use because they do not absorb moisture. This reduces the chance of warping, cracking, mold and pests. Wooden chairs may require more upkeep, including washing, staining or oiling.
Sets
Adirondack chair sets come in plastic and wood. You can find them in sets of two for an intimate grouping or four, perfect for placement around a fire pit or pool. Coordinating tables, drink holders and footrests complete the look.
Best plastic Adirondack chairs
Top plastic Adirondack chair
Highland Dunes Alger Plastic Folding Adirondack Chair
What you need to know: This all-weather chair requires zero maintenance but still maintains its finish and vibrant color without splits, rot or rust.
What you’ll love: It’s made of all-weather plastic that can be rinsed to clean and won’t fade in the sun. When you’re done, simply fold up the chair to conveniently store it. The budget-friendly price allows you to get a whole set.
What you should consider: These chairs do require assembly, which can be tricky.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
Top plastic Adirondack chair for the money
Mximu Folding Adirondack Chair
What you need to know: Sold individually or in sets of two or four, these chairs fold up, hold up in the sun or rain and are easy on your budget.
What you’ll love: The color goes all the way through the fade-resistant plastic so you never need to worry about the finish peeling or scratching. It also has a woodgrain that adds detail.
What you should consider: It comes in only a few colors, mostly neutrals and blues.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Serwall Modern Adirondack Chair
What you need to know: The three-panel back provides a sleek, modern look while still maintaining the overall shape and function of a traditional Adirondack chair.
What you’ll love: The wide, flat arms are ideal for balancing drinks and small plates. You can also add a coordinating footrest or table for the ultimate setup.
What you should consider: They don’t fold and take up a lot of space.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best wooden Adirondack chairs
Top wooden Adirondack chair
Birch Lane Imane Folding Adirondack Chair
What you need to know: The acacia hardwood is weather-resistant while the folding construction and design combine traditional style and convenience.
What you’ll love: There are two finishes, brown and dark brown. Because they are made with natural hardwood, each chair has slight color and grain variation.
What you should consider: Partial assembly is required, although you can pay more for expert assembly.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
Top wooden Adirondack chair for the money
Best Choice Products Folding Adirondack Chair with Natural Finish
What you need to know: This chair is the iconic Adirondack shape and finish, with flat armrests and a deep seat.
What you’ll love: You can paint the chair to match your style or leave the hemlock wood in its natural state.
What you should consider: The wood has more knots and weak spots than more expensive alternatives, leading to faster wear.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Outsunny Natural Fir Wooden Adirondack Chair with Wide Armrest
What you need to know: This double chair lets two people enjoy the deep seat as well as the large, flat armrests that can support full plates of food or drinks.
What you’ll love: Fir resists water, mold and moth damage. It also comes in a rustic dark brown fir finish.
What you should consider: This chair is more expensive than two similar individual Adirondack chairs.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Best Adirondack chair sets
Top Adirondack chair set
Flash Furniture Charlestown Polyresin Adirondack Chair, Set of Four
What you need to know: Sold in sets of two or four, these chairs are made of polyresin that won’t warp, fade or rot.
What you’ll love: There are 11 colors to choose from, even ones such as yellow and bright blue that make a fun statement in your yard.
What you should consider: Expert assembly is available, although it adds to the cost.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Adirondack chair set for the money
HomeHua Oversized Adirondack Chair, Set of Two
What you need to know: This plastic chair has detailed woodgrain as well as five color options to create a seating area for two.
What you’ll love: The coordinating cup holder allows you to keep your drink handy and rest your arms on the generous armrests.
What you should consider: This large chair does not fold and takes up more space than some other Adirondack chairs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Rosecliff Heights Solid Wood Folding Adirondack Chairs with Table
What you need to know: The two-chair set comes with a small side table, perfect for holding items while you relax.
What you’ll love: The chairs and table fold up for easy storage. They are made of acacia, which can be left out in the elements and won’t rot or warp.
What you should consider: This set only comes in neutral colors — natural, dark gray, light gray and white.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than two-decade decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out during the year were “botched” or highly problematic, an annual report on capital punishment says.
There were 18 executions in the U.S. in 2022, the fewest in any pre-pandemic year since 1991. There were 11 executions last year. Outside of the pandemic years, the 20 death sentences handed out in 2022 were the fewest in any year in the U.S. in a half-century, according to the report by the Washington, D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center.
“All the indicators point to the continuing decline in capital punishment and the movement away from the death penalty is durable,” said Robert Dunham, executive director of the nonprofit, which takes no position on capital punishment but has criticized the way states carry out executions.
In the U.S., 37 states have abolished the death penalty or not carried out an execution in more than a decade. On Tuesday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commuted the sentences of all 17 of the state's death row inmates to life in prison without parole. Oregon last executed a prisoner in 1997. There have been no federal executions since January 2021 following a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration. In July 2021, the Justice Department imposed a moratorium on federal executions.
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The report called 2022 the “Year of the Botched Execution” as seven of the 20 execution attempts in the U.S. were visibly problematic or took an inordinate amount of time. That prompted some states to put them on hold so processes and protocols could be reviewed.
Significant problems were reported with all three of Arizona’s executions as corrections officers struggled to find suitable veins for IV lines to deliver the lethal injection.
In Alabama, Gov. Kay Ivey ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system last month after three failed lethal injections, including two in 2022 involving problems with intravenous lines used to administer the drugs.
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Other concerns with executions included a South Carolina judge's ruling in September that called unconstitutional the state’s newly created execution firing squad, as well as its use of the electric chair. The state’s Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the issue next month.
In April, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted lethal injections in his state because the drugs used in executions hadn’t been tested. The oversight had forced Lee to abruptly halt plans to execute inmate Oscar Smith, an hour before he was to die last April.
Dunham said he believes ongoing issues with botched executions or reviews of execution protocols by states is helping to erode public support of capital punishment. Gallup polling shows public support of the death penalty has steadily dropped in the last 28 years, falling from 80% in 1994 to 55% this year.
“There are very few states that are trying to carry out the death penalty. But they are acting in ways that ... their conduct is undermining public confidence that states can be trusted with the death penalty,” Dunham said.
While five of the 18 executions that took place in 2022 were in Texas, that is well below what the nation’s busiest capital punishment state has seen historically. In 2000, Texas executions reached a high of 40, according to this year’s annual report by the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Kristin Houlé Cuellar, the coalition’s executive director, said she believes Texas’ “era of excessive use of the death penalty is gone” as prosecutors will continue to instead use lengthy prison sentences to hold people accountable.
Deborah Denno, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, said she’s not surprised by the declining use and public support of capital punishment. She cites as reasons: more people learning about the various problems in carrying out executions, doubts about whether it deters crime and a growing number of exonerations of inmates.
“Any sort of prediction about the future would suggest the death penalty is going to be limited to a few states. With time, there will be growing pressure in those states to abolish the death penalty,” Denno said.
Dunham said he believes the number of botched executions has contributed significantly to the movement among lawmakers, particularly conservatives, to express doubts about the death penalty.
In Oklahoma, GOP state Rep. Kevin McDugle, a self-described death-penalty supporter, became one of the strongest advocates for death row inmate Richard Glossip after concerns were raised about lost or destroyed evidence and police bias. Glossip’s execution was delayed last month.
In Texas, GOP state Rep. Jeff Leach helped lead a bipartisan group of lawmakers who believe new evidence shows death row inmate Melissa Lucio didn’t fatally beat her daughter. Leach and some of the lawmakers visited Lucio on death row before her execution was delayed in April.
In an interview with The Associated Press earlier this year, Leach said he hopes lawmakers can work to make sure “there’s no chance that we’re executing an innocent Texan.”
“To say I’m wrestling with the very existence of the death penalty in Texas would be a dramatic understatement,” Leach said.
Michael Benza, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, said the shifting political environment around the death penalty has made it easier for policymakers to have meaningful discussions about capital punishment.
“And they have trouble with it when they really do look at what is happening. I think politicians are wondering whether or not this is in fact the right thing to be doing,” Benza said. | 2022-12-16T10:37:10+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/death-penalty-in-us-declining-as-botched-executions-increase/3023763/ |
Epson ColorWorks and BarTender by Seagull Scientific Software Deliver Streamlined Label Management to Provide Accurate, Consistent and Durable GHS Labels for Polysciences
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legally compliant Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) labeling requires a precise number of unique red icons per each formulation. Polysciences, a global manufacturer of specialty chemical materials for industrial, consumer, academic research, and biotechnology applications, prints 1,000 to 3,000 product labels per day and needed a comprehensive and compliant labeling solution that meets GHS requirements. To help ensure high-quality, accurate, consistent, and durable labels, they turned to Epson ColorWorks® on-demand color label printers.
After using a "two ribbon" thermal transfer printing system, Polysciences' label production manager, Kim Doherty, recognized they were spending entirely too much time compensating for the inefficiencies of their label data management and printing system. Thermal transfer printers required precise setup and registration and frequently encountered misalignment of red and black text, broken characters and illegible small fonts. With a backend makeover designed to eliminate disconnected databases, Integrated Productivity Systems (IPSi) helped Polysciences revamp its label management system to include ColorWorks C6500A color label printers and BarTender enterprise label software.
"The waste with the thermal label printer was tremendous – in terms of materials, consumables and time spent. It is a vast improvement to have a printer that does not require ribbon changes or manual adjustments of print heads by way of a screwdriver," said Doherty. "We expect we will save between 350 to 400 man-hours over the course of a year by using the ColorWorks over the thermal transfer printers due to the automation and ease of use."
Polysciences worked with Rick Schilling, owner of IPSi, to integrate the new labeling solution. "It's really quite simple – people enjoy not having to deal with issues when it comes to workflow and technology," said Schilling. "The potential of a system that works in the businesses' favor to make it easier for people to do their job should not be understated."
Durable labels are critical in the chemical industry. The labels must withstand harsh conditions including freezing temperatures and chemical exposure. Before switching to the Epson ColorWorks printers, Doherty and her team evaluated the printer and put the Epson labels to the ultimate durability test by exposing them to chemicals and more than two months in a CRYO freezer. "Nothing we did compromised the quality of the print on the label," noted Doherty.
Polysciences has over 4,000 SKUs, all of which require very small 3- or 4-point fonts and color icons included on labels. For its contract packaging operations, labels must have precise color matching and branding information. With the ColorWorks color label printers and BarTender software, Polysciences cut its label inventory from 10 sizes to just four and now only requires six or seven BarTender Intelligent label templates. "The impact has been felt across the departments," said LeeAnn Everitt, director of business technology, Polysciences.
"Legacy monochrome printers are simply not suitable to meet today's GHS labeling needs," said Andy Scherz, senior product manager, Commercial Labels, Epson America, Inc. "ColorWorks printers enable companies like Polysciences to generate high-definition color labels on-demand at an advantageous cost per label, which can improve operational efficiency and reducie label waste."
A full case study on Polysciences' use of ColorWorks can be found here. For additional information about Epson's ColorWorks color label printers, visit www.epson.com/colorworks.
About ColorWorks
Epson's ColorWorks desktop color label printers are designed for businesses that require the flexibility of on-demand, color label printing in-house, helping to increase productivity and eliminate the costs and waste associated with pre-printed labels. The ColorWorks line is used by a range of businesses for applications for color labels: GHS-compliant labels, healthcare, pharmacy, retail, food and beverage, industrial labels, and more. For more information, visit www.epson.com/colorworks.
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Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
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At 5 p.m., Uptown Boxing Gym in Southbridge is quiet and empty except for owner David Di Gregorio. As the clock ticks toward 5:30, however, people begin to arrive, and soon the gym is filled with people of all ages.
Di Gregorio has operated Uptown Boxing since opening it in 1992, and makes it his mission to provide a space for everyone to enjoy the sport, which helped him gain confidence as a teen. | 2023-02-07T12:18:09+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/business/2023/02/uptown-boxing-gym-in-southbridge-supports-athletes-of-all-ages-backgrounds.html |
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Senior U.S. officials arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday to find ways to help the island nation in the throes of an unprecedented economic crisis and severe shortages of essential supplies, as the energy minister warned that new fuel shipments would be delayed.
The U.S. over the past two weeks has announced millions of dollars in assistance to Sri Lanka, which has been surviving on $4 billion in credit lines from neighboring India. It also has received pledges of $300 million to $600 million from the World Bank to buy medicine and other items.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last week announced the economy had “collapsed” due to dwindling foreign exchange reserves and a mounting debt, worsened by the pandemic and other longer term troubles.
The U.S. delegation was led by Robert Kaproth, deputy assistant secretary of Treasury for Asia, and Kelly Keiderling, deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia.
During their four-day stay, they will meet a wide range of political representatives, economists, and international organizations to “explore the most effective ways for the U.S. to support Sri Lankans in need, Sri Lankans working to resolve the current economic crisis, and Sri Lankans planning for a sustainable and inclusive economy for the future,” the U.S. Embassy said in a statement.
“This visit underscores our ongoing commitment to the security and prosperity of the Sri Lankan people,” said Julie Chung, U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka.
She said that as Sri Lankans endure some of the “greatest economic challenges in their history, our efforts to support economic growth and strengthen democratic institutions have never been more critical.”
The U.S. has announced $120 million in new financing for small and medium-sized businesses, a $27 million contribution to Sri Lanka’s dairy industry and $5.75 million in humanitarian assistance to help those hit hardest by the economic crisis. Another $6 million was committed in new grants for livelihoods and technical assistance on financial reform.
Sri Lanka says it’s unable to repay $7 billion in foreign debt due this year, pending the outcome of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund on a rescue package. It must pay $5 billion on average annually until 2026. Authorities have asked the IMF to lead a conference to unite Sri Lanka’s lenders.
Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera in a tweet on Saturday evening urged people not to line up for fuel, saying new shipments would be delayed due to “banking and logistics reasons.”
He said limited stocks of fuel will be distributed to limited stations throughout next week. He said until the next shipments arrive, “public transport, power generations and industries will be given a priority.”
Wickremesinghe said last week that the state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation was $700 million in debt and as a result, no country or organization was willing to provide fuel.
Protesters have occupied the entrance to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office for more than two months demanding his resignation, saying the primary responsibility for the crisis rests with him and his family, whom they accuse of corruption and mismanagement. | 2022-06-26T16:46:46+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/senior-us-officials-visit-sri-lanka-to-help-resolve-crisis/ |
Betterleave's award-winning digital health programs are trusted by leading employers and health plans to reduce costs and drive better health outcomes for every journey through grief and loss.
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Betterleave Bereavement, a leading digital health provider for loss and grief care, has been awarded the Q1 2023 Shortlister Top End of Life Resource Provider. This recognition is a testament to the company's commitment to excellence and innovation in providing support to individuals and families during one of life's most challenging moments.
In addition to this award, Betterleave has achieved SOC 2 compliance, a rigorous cybersecurity standard that demonstrates the company's commitment to protecting client data and ensuring the security of their platform.
"Being recognized as the top provider of end of life resources and achieving SOC 2 compliance is a reflection of our dedication to delivering the highest level of service and security to our customers," said Betterleave Founder & CEO, Cara McCarty Abbott. "We're proud to increase access to quality, culturally relevant providers for those navigating grief and loss and will continue to expand our enterprise partnerships to reach even more individuals and families in need."
As Betterleave continues to grow and expand its reach, the company remains focused on its mission to provide comprehensive digital tools and access to integrative care providers for every journey through grief and loss including pregnancy loss, pet loss and family member loss.
One in five members of the workforce are impacted by loss and grief-related productivity losses can amount to more than $942 billion in the US alone, making bereavement & grief care benefits a key area of focus for employers.
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Good morning. I'm Michel Martin. This week, a suspected meteorite crashed through the roof of a house in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. No one was injured, thankfully. Local police are wondering if the roughly 4-pound metallic object might have come from a recent meteor shower made up of debris from Halley's Comet. The family that owns the home was planning to meet with an astrophysicist who could take a closer look at the object. Hopefully it's made up of valuable space metals that can pay for fixing that roof. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2023-05-10T23:01:33+00:00 | lakeshorepublicmedia.org | https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/2023-05-10/no-one-was-injured-when-a-meteorite-crashed-through-the-roof-of-a-new-jersey-home |
Wall Street held steady after the Federal Reserve followed through on expectations and raised its benchmark interest rate to the highest level in more than two decades.
Treasury yields fell following Wednesday’s announcement, which traders hope will mark the final increase of this cycle.
The S&P 500 closed just barely lower. The Dow rose 82 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%.
Microsoft fell 3.7% following its earnings report, while Alphabet rose 5.6%. The parent company of Google and YouTube reported better profit and revenue than analysts expected.
On Wednesday:
The S&P 500 fell 0.71 points, less than 0.1%, to 4,566.75.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 82.05 points, or 0.2%, to 35,520.12.
The Nasdaq composite fell 17.27 points, or 0.1%, to 14,127.28.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 14.24 points, or 0.7%, to 1,980.36.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is up 30.41 points, or 0.7%
The Dow is up 292.43 points, or 0.8%
The Nasdaq is up 94.48 points, or 0.7%
The Russell 2000 is up 20.10 points, or 1%
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 727.25 points, or 18.9%.
The Dow is up 2,372.87 points, or 7.2%.
The Nasdaq is up 3,660.80 points, or 35%.
The Russell 2000 is up 219.11 points, or 12.4%. | 2023-07-26T20:36:48+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/how-major-us-stock-indexes-fared-wednesday-7-26-2023/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
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BATH, N.Y. (WETM) — Law Enforcement agencies and community members around Steuben County gathered in Bath Friday evening to honor fallen officers.
Dozens gathered at the Steuben County Public Safety Building in Bath for the eighth annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service.
Starting in 2015, on the third Friday in May, the Steuben Sheriff’s Office has honored all members of law enforcement in Steuben and the six adjacent counties of Allegany, Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, and Yates, who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their communities. | 2022-05-21T02:05:28+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/top-stories/steuben-law-enforcement-honor-fallen-officers/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Arguably one of the music world’s most articulate and introspective performers, Lucinda Williams has a memoir coming out next spring.
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has a deal with Crown for “Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You,” scheduled for April 25. Williams, 69, will look back to her wandering childhood, when she lived in 12 different places by age 18, and trace her rise in the music business. Her albums include “Sweet Old World,” “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” and “Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone.”
“For decades now, I’ve shared my innermost thoughts and experiences via my songs,“ Williams said in a statement released Thursday by Crown. “After years spent toying with the idea, I’ve decided to finally tell my stories more fully. But this won’t be a sugar-coated memoir; I want people to really see the truth of my life.”
According to Crown, Williams “reveals the inspirations for her unforgettable lyrics, including the doomed love affairs with ‘poets on motorcycles’ and the gothic Southern landscapes of the many different towns of her youth, including Macon, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans.”
A Crown spokesperson said Thursday that Williams recently completed the book, but ends the narrative before her stroke in 2020. Williams originally had a deal, in 2018, to write a memoir for Henry Holt and Company. The editor at Holt, Gillian Blake, has since moved to Crown, for which she acquired Williams’ book. | 2022-10-21T13:56:15+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/entertainment-news/ap-lucinda-williams-memoir-of-childhood-career-out-april-23/ |
Dog (and cat) talking buttons work—but only if you put in the effort
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- FluentPet Get Started Kit
- Hunger for Words Talking Pet Essential Words
- Mighty Paw Smart Bell 2.0 Potty Training Dog Doorbell
Every once in a while, a dog or cat (but usually a dog) goes viral on TikTok for “saying” something profound through the help of talking buttons. It all started with Bunny, the sheepadoodle that propelled FluentPet, the pet communication button company, into fame after her surprising ability to coherently communicate — much like a human! — shocked the internet.
Now TikTok is full of talking-animal videos. One recent tearjerker shows Furbo cam footage of a pet heartbreakingly saying goodbye to her family — through talking button communication — before dying. All of it is stunning to watch, and all of it raises the question: Do training talk buttons really work on our pets?
Pets can learn to use talking buttons in 2 days to 3 weeks
Each pet is different, but depending on the pup and depending on how much effort you put into the learning process, talking button companies have seen success with their products anywhere from one or two days to as much as three weeks. That being said, some pets won’t ever get it.
The truth about talking dog buttons is that it’s really difficult to teach your dog how to use them without putting in a lot of hours and a lot of hard work. It takes consistency and time (and willingness on your pet’s part), so most pets probably won’t end up holding a conversation with you.
Still, it’s entirely possible. Bunny is living proof of that.
Best training buttons for talking pets
FluentPet is by far the most famous talking button brand, with a record of success and big-time name recognition. This kit includes six sound buttons, three colorful HexTiles in hues dogs can make sense of, and 49 stickers featuring images that represent words or ideas. Some of the stickers are customizable, so you can choose which words to start with. Each FluentPet button uses your voice, so nothing is pre-recorded. When you’re ready to expand, there’s the FluentPet Basic Vocab Kit.
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Hunger for Words Talking Pet Essential Words
Unlike some button systems, the Hunger for Words Talking Pet Essential Words kit comes fully pre-recorded so there is no setup required. Six buttons are included— “walk,” “play,” “water,” “outside,” “eat” and “I love you” — as well as informative guides written by a speech therapist.
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MyDogTalks Dog and Cat Communication Training Buttons
This kit comes with six buttons, 12 stickers total, and interlocking mats that make up a visual representation in your dog’s mind about what vocabulary is. Each icon illustrates clear, simple-to-understand pictures, and the mats can be organized into groups or categories that best support your pet’s learning process.
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Mighty Paw Smart Bell 2.0 Potty Training Dog Doorbell
Even if your pet can’t fully grasp an entire vocabulary set out in buttons, chances are they can make sense of the potty doorbell. This concept features only one button: a doorbell. And it comes with only one purpose: to show you when they have to go relieve themselves.
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VocalPups Dog Buttons for Communication
This starter pack comes with the four basics every dog needs to get past before they can move onto more complicated language: “out,” “play,” “food” and “water.” Each button is color coded, easy for paws to press, and comes in one-size-fits-all so every breed and pet size can enjoy. The set also includes video lessons with tips on how to teach your dog each word.
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It’s not prime time yet, but salmon action is picking up in several areas of Michigan, according to state officials.
Some 18-plus pound Chinook salmon were reported out of Frankfort, according to the Wednesday, June 28, weekly fishing report from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Anglers were working the cold water between 25 and 90 feet down.
Out of South Haven, salmon fishing for boat anglers was “consistent,” but not great, the report said. They were catching a mixed bag of coho salmon, lake trout, steelhead and an occasional Chinook.
There were “good catches of salmon and trout” for boat anglers trolling between Port Austin and Grindstone, the report said.
Meanwhile, in St. Joseph, “boat anglers targeting salmon reported good fishing,” the report said.
In Rockport and Alpena, anglers targeting salmon and steelhead had success, the report said.
In Manistee and Ludington, salmon fishing was “hit or miss,” the report said.
Anglers targeting Chinook salmon out of Fairport reported the action to be fair.
The fishing report covers the entire state and is broken down into five regions with information about several areas in each region. It includes where anglers are casting their lines, what methods and bait they’re using, what they’re targeting – and how well they did.
Southeast Lower Peninsula
Lake Erie: Largemouth and smallmouth bass anglers reported good topwater frog bites in channels and on the shoreline on Lake Erie. Walleye were caught straight out from the Bartnik boat launch at Sterling State Park on crawler harnesses, flicker minnows, and spoons while trolling near the Michigan and Ohio borderline. Yellow perch were reported out of Bolles Harbor and were caught while jigging with live minnows with anglers fishing four miles northeast of Bolles Harbor out by the coal power plant with decent success when the wind was right and no overcast.
Lake St. Clair/St. Clair River: Walleye anglers did well fishing around the shipping channel near the St. Clair lighthouse in 18 to 20 feet of water. They also did well while trolling in the middle and south channels of the St. Clair River. Darker colored lures and crawler harnesses were working best for walleye. Yellow perch anglers did well near the south channel of the St. Clair River and near the lighthouse in similar depths, 18 to 20 feet. Minnows worked best for yellow perch. Bass anglers were having success near Grosse Pointe and 9 Mile ramp in 12 to 15 feet of water while casting green tubes and dropshot lures.
Saginaw Bay: Walleye fishing was very good to excellent in some areas of the inner Saginaw Bay. While anglers did catch walleye straight off Quanicassee in 10 feet of water, limit catches were common out past the bar in 24 feet of water and in the vicinity of the Spark Plug in 25 to 26 feet of water. Walleye were also caught at buoys 1 ad 2 while trolling in 24 to 26 feet of water and in 7 feet of water near Bay City State Park. Spoons, flicker shads, and night crawler harnesses all produced walleye. Some channel catfish were caught by shore anglers at Smith Park while using worms.
Bay City State Park: The walleye fishing was great with limit catches happening frequently in deeper water. Spoons and body baits were working for some, but many anglers switched to crawlers and were doing well. Bigger fish were caught from the deeper water in structures. The fish seemed to be in tight pods lately so if you catch a few, keep working that specific area. Bass anglers were still catching fish in the shallows and were concentrating on the weed beds and lily pads. Some panfish anglers were doing ok, however with the water warming up fishing in the shallows slowed down.
Grindstone: Good catches of salmon and trout were caught while trolling in about 120 feet of water heading north of the harbor between Port Austin and Grindstone using downriggers at different depths for a mix catch of lake trout, Chinook salmon, steelhead and a few pink salmon and Atlantic salmon.
Harbor Beach: Rock bass and smallmouth bass were caught from the break wall and from the shore with nightcrawlers and casting small lures. Boats trolling for salmon and trout caught lake trout, Atlantic salmon and an occasional Chinook in 60 to 70 feet with lead core and spoons straight out and to the south.
Port Sanilac: Anglers trolling for salmon and trout caught a few lake trout, steelhead and Atlantic salmon in 100 to 120 feet east of the harbor. Some smallmouth and rock bass were caught from the break walls mostly with nightcrawlers.
Lexington: Some perch were caught in various weed beds along the shoreline to the south of the harbor and a little north of the harbor in 12 to 16 feet of water using minnows. Inside the harbor from the shore bluegill, rock bass, smallmouth and largemouth bass were caught with nightcrawlers and casting small lures.
Southwest Lower Peninsula
Muskegon: Pier anglers casting spoons were catching freshwater drum. Boat anglers trolling for salmon found the action to be slow. A few were caught 30 to 80 feet down in 80 to 150 feet of water. Anglers were catching salmon on blue and orange spoons along with green meat rigs.
Grand Haven: Pier anglers were catching freshwater drum while casting spoons or still fishing alewives on bottom. The steelhead action was slow. Boats trolling for salmon found the action to be fair. Salmon were caught 20 to 80 feet down in 80 to 160 feet of water. The action started to pick up on meat rigs and flies. Green or yellow meat rigs worked well along with blue and orange spoons.
South Haven: Salmon fishing for boat anglers continued to be consistent. The fishing wasn’t great, but anglers were still catching a mixed bag of coho, lake trout, steelhead and an occasional Chinook. The most productive water was changing constantly but 70 to 100 feet of water was the most consistent. Pier anglers were still catching steelhead, but the fishing was on the slow side. Most of the fish were caught on shrimp. Perch fishing was decent, and the fish seemed to be very deep. The best water was 55 feet and deeper.
St. Joseph: Boat anglers targeting salmon reported good fishing. The fish were spread out over different depths. Most of the fish were caught very deep, well beyond 120 feet of water. The 80 to 100 feet of water range was good also. There was a mixed bag caught with a lot of coho. The most productive lures were standard size spoons. Perch fishing was slow. Pier fishing was slowing down for steelhead as the lake temperatures warmed up. Anglers were still catching steelhead on shrimp.
Northeast Lower Peninsula
Presque Isle: Anglers were catching all salmon species and trout from the old lighthouse to Thompson Harbor. The 70 to 90 feet of water range was the most productive off the old light house with 3-7 color lead cores having the best results. Spoons in green/silver, orange/gold, black/orange, and watermelon were producing. Trout were caught lower in the water column while silver fish were in the top 40 feet. North of the new lighthouse, anglers were targeting 110 to 200 feet of water. Solid temperature breaks were reported 50 feet down and were producing a good number of Chinook and coho. Anglers were using 1-7 color lead cores and were producing Atlantic salmon, Chinook salmon, coho, pink, trout and a high number of steelhead. Long liners were reported in decent catches of trout in waters 15 to 25 feet deep. Heavy spoons or cowbell/peanut combos produced the majority of the fish in the skinny water. Bass anglers were having moderate success around Thompson Harbor while fishing minnows and crankbaits.
Cheboygan River/Lake Huron: In the Cheboygan River, walleye fishing continued to be slow below the dam. However, some fish were caught throughout the river from the dam to the pier. Smallmouth and pike were biting in the river and in Duncan Bay. However, pike were rarely caught above the State Street Bridge. Out in Lake Huron, lake trout fishing was decent. Anglers were finding fish off the three nearby reefs as well as in open water. Anglers targeting steelhead and salmon species were not successful.
Rockport: Anglers were reporting good fishing in the waters east of Middle Island to Stoneport. Trout were caught in 70 to 100 feet fishing close to the bottom. White and chartreuse were the best colors in flasher/spin glow combos. High set lines with orange, gold, green, and copper spoons were taking a decent number of silver fish throughout the day. Anglers making moderate runs of 7 to 10 miles straight out found big temperature breaks on the surface producing good numbers of steelhead, Chinook, coho and pink salmon. Northern pike and smallmouth bass were caught around the launch and old loading dock on minnows, crankbaits and small spinner baits.
Alpena: Walleye were scattered throughout Thunder Bay. Anglers had hit or miss success near the pier head with jigs tipped with leaches and trolling crawler harnesses. Anglers targeting 16 to 25 feet had some success trolling harnesses and crankbaits from the cement plant to Whitefish Point. Gold, purple, pink and copper colors had the most success. A good number of smallmouth bass and northern pike were caught around Grass Island and Squaw Bay. Spinner baits and plastic swim baits worked well while targeting the weed lines in the shallows. Anglers targeting lake trout had good results around Thunder Bay Island in 60 to 120 feet. Cowbell and spin glows were taking the majority of trout while anglers targeting salmon and steelhead had success fishing the top 50 feet in 120 to 150 feet of water. The key to the salmon and steelhead success was reported to be running spoons high and fast.
Thunder Bay River: There were very few anglers on the river. Rock bass, smallmouth bass, pike and freshwater drum were found from the river mouth to the 9th Street Dam. Anglers fishing for catfish near the walking bridge reported minimal success.
Oscoda/Au Sable: Anglers were targeting salmon and trout. Harvests occurred in 90 to 120 feet of water anywhere from 30 feet down to 30 feet off the bottom. Anglers also brought in a good amount in up to 200 feet of water. Some walleye were caught off the pier in the early morning. Anglers trolling up and down the mouth of the river were bringing in mixed bags of smallmouth, largemouth, freshwater drum and the occasional walleye.
Rogers City: Anglers were catching lake trout, Chinook salmon, steelhead, pink salmon Atlantic salmon and coho salmon. Good amounts of silver fish were mixed in with the lake trout. Anglers were deploying lines throughout the water column. Lead core fished with boards away from the boat were taking just about everything this last week. Anglers reported that 3, 5, and 7 colors were working well. Anglers were using spoons, mostly regular size and slims. Good colors were oranges, greens, lemons, blue and silver, and silver. Steelhead, pink salmon, Atlantic salmon and coho were all feeding on bugs heavily on the surface. The Chinook were coming a little deeper but still in the top 45 feet. The best depths were anywhere from 75 to 120 feet of water. The fish seemed to be anywhere out of the harbor right now straight out, up the lake or south towards Adams Point. Anglers were fishing downriggers and dipsies to stay in the mid-water column. Anglers were also using some flashers with flies, squids and cut bait.
Northwest Lower Peninsula
Manistee: Salmon fishing was hit or miss. Some good numbers of steelhead were coming in though. Chinook and steelhead were scattered from 25 to 70 feet down in anywhere from 100 to 250 feet of water. Lake trout were reported from the bottom in 100 feet of water and north of town out from Onekama. The perch action was hit or miss on the north pier with some smaller fish in the mix. Anglers looking for summer run steelhead didn’t have any luck yet; a couple brown trout were caught on the south pier. The early morning Chinook bite was the best. Spoons, flasher/fly combos and meat rigs worked well.
Ludington: Salmon fishing was hit or miss but generally slow. Anglers found a few at the point when fishing 70 to 140 feet of water and off the projects in 150 to 220 feet of water. Some nice steelhead were caught while fishing the top 30 feet in the same areas for Chinook salmon and in deeper waters. Late night bites were good, just before sundown and just after dark. Anglers should try meat rigs and flasher/fly combos along with spoons.
West Grand Traverse Bay: With the Northport launch back open, more action was occurring further north. Anglers were successful fishing for smallmouth bass with natural baits. Anglers jigging for lake trout and cisco were also successful. Surface water temperatures were sitting at about 59 to 60 degrees.
Leland: With the water temperatures sitting at about 57 degrees at the surface, the lake trout fishing was holding strong. Many anglers and charters were coming back to the port with their limits on lake trout, all very good in size. A handful of Chinook were recorded as well, all being caught 18+ miles out. Trolling for lake trout 3 to 3.5 miles out while using a variety of spoons and spinners seemed to be the best method.
Charlevoix: Anglers targeting cisco reported slow numbers on the piers and some moderate numbers fishing from boats while trolling spoons. Pier anglers reported increased numbers of smallmouth bass while casting soft plastics and small spinners. A few lake trout were caught northwest of Charlevoix while jigging 200+ feet of water.
Petoskey/Harbor Springs: Anglers fishing from boats were targeting bass while casting soft plastics in shallow depths. Anglers reported some cisco near Harbor Springs while trolling in 50 feet of water with spoons.
Frankfort: Anglers were reporting moderate numbers of Chinook around the herring hole in 120 to 200 feet of water. Temperature break was not set up yet, so anglers were working the cold water from 25 to 90 feet down and landing Chinook salmon. Several 18+ pounders were being reported on meat rigs and flashers-n-flies. Steelhead were hitting near the surface in front of the pier heads. Anglers heading north to Platte Bay and six mile hole were reporting lake trout near the bottom in 90 to 140 feet of water.
Onekama: Anglers were reporting lake trout and a few Chinook around the barrel and in front of the golf course. Spoons and flies were working the best. Warmer water was reported as good numbers of bait pods were showing up.
Portage Lake: There was a small mayfly hatch so the bites slowed down a bit but anglers were reporting perch, bass and bluegills in moderate numbers.
Upper Peninsula
Little Bay de Noc: Anglers reported slow to fair fishing for walleye. Trolling cranks or crawler harnesses produced some success. Anglers in search of larger fish were leaving the upper bay and fishing the outer bay and offshore areas.
Big Bay de Noc: Smallmouth anglers fishing out of Nahma reported good smallmouth fishing after a mayfly hatch earlier in the week.
Fairport: Anglers fishing for Chinook salmon reported fair fishing. Anglers were trolling flasher flies and spoons near Point Detour, and along drop offs and deep-water structure near the island chain. Some steelhead were reported.
Manistique: Salmon anglers reported contacting Chinook salmon and steelhead. Anglers trolled near the can, Wiggens Point and Point Aux Barques. Some lake trout were harvested in deeper water.
Keweenaw Bay/Huron Bay: Anglers had some luck trolling for lake trout and some salmon during this last week. A few anglers caught some whitefish while the weather was favorable. Some reports coming off the water suggested water temperatures were quite high during the last week. Successful fishing trips during these warmer days included trolling spoons and flies around 50 feet. Anglers should try trolling during the early and late hours while fish were feeding up in the water column.
Big Traverse Bay/South Portage Canal: Anglers were mostly trolling near the mouth of the Portage Canal and out a few miles from the mouth on Big reef. Successful anglers caught lake trout and some occasional salmon including coho and Chinook salmon. Anglers were fishing in around 150 feet of water and fish were found throughout the water column. Anglers should try mixing lines of muddy and clear water after this rain for fish feeding on the edge of the muddy water.
Les Cheneaux/Detour: Anglers were catching a few perch in Hessel and Cedarville, but they really had to work for them. Anglers were also catching a good number of pike in Hessel, along with a few splake while trolling. There’s a lot of smallmouth bass sightings but anglers were having a tough time getting them to bite. Mayflies started hatching however the herring have yet to show in either place. In Detour, anglers were picking up a few lake trout and Chinook salmon while trolling with spoons around the lighthouse and in the flats. Fishing was slow and tough for most.
Munising Bay: Boat anglers continued to do well for coho although catches were not as good as in previous weeks. Quality size was still running around 2 to 3 pounds. A few Chinook were caught up to 15 pounds. Lake trout anglers reported good catches near Wood Island and Grand Portal. Water temperatures offshore were in upper 60s and nearshore low 70s.
Ontonagon River: Anglers were consistently catching walleye and the occasional rock bass in the river. While fish were being caught by those trolling and jigging, it seemed that jigging was the most productive method over the past week. Fish were caught at all times of the day, but early mornings seemed to yield the most successful trips. Recent rains dirtied the river waters and slowed down the bite.
Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: Fishing was slow over the past week. Anglers reported a sparse bite and random dispersion of fish in shallow and deeper waters. A few determined boat anglers were able to find some lake trout and the occasional coho salmon. These successes were the result of long days on the lake spent trolling artificial lures in a variety of depths. Recent storms in the area also resulted in limited fishing opportunities.
Black River Harbor: Fishing pressure was low, possibly due to the recent inclement weather conditions. Anglers who were on the lake had little luck apart from finding the occasional lake trout. Long days spent trolling artificial lures in a variety of depths was necessary for those hoping to find fish. Rain in the area had significantly dirtied the water of the river which caused low visibility for those fishing from the shores and docks of the harbor.
Grand Marais: Boat anglers were targeting lake trout with limits being reported. Most anglers were fishing off Five Mile reef and towards AuSable Point. Lake trout were averaging around 3 to 4 pounds. Anglers were trolling or jigging with both methods being productive. Big Reef anglers were also doing well.
Pine River: Walleye fishing was fair while catches of perch varied from day to day. Occasionally, anglers targeting walleye would catch pike, bullhead or bowfin.
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Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) responded to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) call for a “national divorce” on Monday, suggesting that it was “unconstitutional.”
“Our country is governed by the Constitution. You swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. Secession is unconstitutional. No member of Congress should advocate secession, Marjorie,” Cheney tweeted in response to Greene’s comments.
Cheney’s response comes after Greene once again called for a “national divorce” earlier on Monday, suggesting that Republican and Democratic states should be separated and that the federal government should be downsized.
“We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government,” Greene said on Monday. “From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done.”
Greene has previously mentioned a “national divorce” in comments made in 2021, and said that Democratic supporters were able to “ruin” California, and they should not be able to follow suit in Florida.
“All possible in a National Divorce scenario. After Democrat voters and big donors ruin a state like California, you would think it wise to stop them from doing it to another great state like Florida. Brainwashed people that move from CA and NY really need a cooling off period,” she wrote on Twitter at the time.
Greene’s comments on a national divorce on Monday came just after she criticized President Biden for visiting Ukraine on an unannounced trip.
“Biden didn’t go to East Palestine, Ohio on President’s Day. He went to Ukraine, a NON-NATO nation, whose leader is an actor and is apparently now commanding our United States military to world war. We must impeach this America Last fool before it’s too late,” she said in a tweet. | 2023-02-21T01:40:27+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/politics/hill-politics/cheney-fires-back-at-greenes-call-for-national-divorce/ |
Temeka Johnson earns first college coaching job at Western Kentucky
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The all-time leader in career assists for LSU women’s basketball, Temeka Johnson, has earned her first college coaching job becoming an assistant coach at Western Kentucky.
Johnson who has been the head coach at John Curtis for the past two seasons has led them to back-to-back Louisiana State Championships.
During her time at LSU Johnson helped lead the Tigers to their first two NCAA Final Four appearances in 2004 and 2005. She also helped them to the 2005 SEC Championship and the 2003 SEC Tournament Championship.
The former LSU star owns the school record with 945 career assists and ranks No. 8 in NCAA DI history. During her final season in Baton Rouge, Johnson was named the National Point Guard of the Year.
She was drafted No. 6 overall in the 2005 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics and she was the WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2005. Johnson ranked second overall in the league in assists that season.
In 2009, Johnson earned a WNBA Championship with the Phoenix Mercury. She also played for the Los Angeles Sparks, Tulsa Shock, and the Seattle Storm during her time in the WNBA. Johnson scored over 2,500 career points in the league.
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Tina Turner has died after a long illness at home near Zurich, Switzerland. She was 83 years old. The multi-platinum selling pop, rock, and R&B singer was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice. NPR's Eric Deggans says her triumphant life story often inspired her fans but remained difficult for Turner to talk about.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE BEST")
TINA TURNER: (Singing) You're simply the best, better than all the rest...
ERIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: Tina Turner's star power was always immediate and captivating. Armed with a hard-charging stage presence, she had dance moves and choreography that inspired everyone from Mick Jagger to Beyonce. Her eye for stagecraft led to eye-popping costumes and a skintight backing band. And her voice - bold as a Mack truck, steeped in gospel, R&B, and rock shadings - made formulaic pop songs sound like classics and brought added power to old favorites like her take on Ann Peebles' "I Can't Stand The Rain."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN")
TURNER: (Singing) Yeah, I know you've got some sweet memories, but there's the one sound that I just can't stand. I can't stand the rain...
DEGGANS: Beyond her performing skills, Turner had a life story that inspired millions and made her a legend. She survived abuse from her first husband, bandleader Ike Turner, divorced him, and then built a successful solo career which dwarfed her earlier work. It was a history that spawned several bestselling books, a musical, and an Oscar-nominated film. 1993's "What's Love Got To Do With It" featured Angela Bassett as Turner including a scene where she left Ike, running battered and bruised to a hotel.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?")
ANGELA BASSETT: (As Tina Turner) I'm Tina Turner. My husband and I just had a fight. I have 36 cents and a Mobil card. But if you would give me a room, I swear I will pay you back.
DEGGANS: Turner was celebrated for speaking up about abuse at a time when few people did. Still, the singer often said recounting her past abuse was traumatic. She'd hoped to end discussion when she talked about it in her 1986 memoir "I, Tina." Turner even made that point at a press conference as shown in this clip from the 2021 HBO documentary "Tina."
(SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "TINA")
TURNER: I'm not so thrilled about thinking about the past. The story was actually written so that I would no longer have to discuss the issue. I don't love that it's always talked about, you see.
DEGGANS: Born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939, Turner was raised in the tiny town of Nutbush, Tenn., before moving to St. Louis. That's where she met Ike Turner and eventually began singing with his band. Ike wrote the song "A Fool In Love" for a different singer, but when she sang it in 1960, it became a rare crossover hit, scoring on Black-focused R&B and white-centered pop music charts.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "A FOOL IN LOVE")
IKE AND TINA TURNER: (Singing) You're just a fool, you know you're in love. What you say? You've got to face it to live in this world. You take the good along with the bad...
DEGGANS: Even as their musical partnership succeeded, Ike Turner became controlling and abusive. He picked the stage name Tina Turner for the singer without her knowledge. She found out when she saw the cover of "A Fool In Love's" single. And he remained paranoid she would leave him. She talked about those days with CBS anchor Gayle King in 2013.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
TURNER: He was cruel because he depended on me. He didn't like that he had to depend on me. And I didn't want to start a fight because it was always a black eye, a broken nose, a busted lip.
DEGGANS: Tina Turner divorced Ike in 1978. Playing small shows in casinos, Turner initially resisted her manager's suggestion that she record a song she hated.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT")
TURNER: (Singing) What's love got to do, got to do with it? What's love but a second-hand emotion? What's love got to do...
DEGGANS: That single, released in 1984, became her first No. 1 hit and sparked a career revival that led to Grammy Awards, massive concert tours and a role opposite Mel Gibson in 1985's "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" playing an iron-fisted ruler rebuilding a town after an apocalypse.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME")
TURNER: (As Aunty Entity) All this I built. Where there was desert, now there's a town. Where there was robbery, there's trade. Where there was despair, now there's hope. Civilization - I'll do anything to protect it.
DEGGANS: She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice - in 1991 with Ike Turner and in 2021 as a solo artist. She retired from performing in 2009 and faced a series of health challenges in her later years including a stroke, intestinal cancer and kidney failure - treated by a kidney donated from her second husband and partner of more than 30 years, Erwin Bach. Through it all, Turner remained a symbol of talent triumphing over adversity, becoming widely celebrated as the queen of rock 'n' roll.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BETTER BE GOOD TO ME")
TURNER: (Singing) Oh, you better be good to me...
DEGGANS: I'm Eric Deggans.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BETTER BE GOOD TO ME")
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Brittney Griner back in Russian court as trial continues
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner faced a Russian court again on Friday as her drug possession trial resumed after she pleaded guilty to the charges.
Griner’s defense lawyers presented evidence that the basketball player received permission from Arizona health authorities to use cannabis for chronic pain.
“The attending physician gave Brittney recommendations for the use of medical cannabis. The permission was issued on behalf of the Arizona Department of Health,” lawyer Maria Blagovolina was cited by Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti as saying.
The defense on Friday also submitted tests she underwent as part of an anti-doping check, the RIA-Novosti report said. They didn’t detect any prohibited substances in her system.
The next hearing of Griner’s case was scheduled for July 26.
Griner was arrested at the Russian capital’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February when customs officials said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage. She acknowledged in court that she possessed the canisters, but said she had no criminal intent and that their presence in her luggage was due to hasty packing. She is facing up to 10 years in prison.
In Russia’s judicial system, admitting guilt doesn’t automatically end a trial.
Griner is one of the most prominent female athletes in the U.S., a standout for the Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have said they are doing all they could to win her release, as well as that of other Americans the U.S. considers “wrongly detained” by Russia, including former Marine Paul Whelan.
Washington may have little leverage with Moscow, though, because of strong animosity over its military operation in Ukraine.
Russian media have speculated that Griner could be swapped for Russian arms trader Viktor Bout, nicknamed “the Merchant of Death,” who is serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S. after being convicted of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and providing aid to a terrorist organization.
Russia has agitated for Bout’s release for years. But the wide discrepancy in the seriousness of their cases could make such a trade unpalatable to Washington. Others have suggested that Griner could be traded along with Whelan, who is serving 16 years in Russia on an espionage conviction that the U.S. has described as a setup.
The State Department’s designation of Griner as wrongfully detained moves her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator. The classification has irritated Russia.
Asked about the possibility of Griner being swapped for a Russian jailed in the U.S., Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, the senior Russian diplomat, has noted that until her trial is over “there are no formal or procedural reasons to talk about any further steps.”
Ryabkov warned that U.S. criticism, including the description of Griner as wrongfully detained and dismissive comments about the Russian judicial system, “makes it difficult to engage in detailed discussion of any possible exchanges.”
Griner’s detention has been authorized through Dec. 20, suggesting the trial could last months. Griner’s lawyers, however, said they expect it to conclude around the beginning of August.
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PITTSFORD, N.Y., April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Graduates of the Wegmans School of Pharmacy achieved the highest pass rates in New York State on the 2022 North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX). Students performed well above the state (74 percent) and national (80 percent) averages for first-time pass rates. Fisher graduates achieved a pass rate of 88 percent.
"We are proud of our graduates, who consistently outperform their peers across the state and continue to produce impressive outcomes," said Dr. Christine Birnie, dean of the School of Pharmacy. "These results are reflective of their hard work and of the commitment of our faculty and staff to prepare them for the profession."
The NAPLEX measures clinical knowledge of the practice of pharmacy. Compiled results from the NAPLEX can be found on the NABP website.
With a dynamic curriculum, combined with hands-on, practical learning during experiential rotations in the community, Fisher students graduate ready to pursue careers in pharmacy rooted in intellectual, professional, and civic integrity. In addition, the School of Pharmacy prepares students for licensure through a comprehensive board review throughout the fourth year of the program, concluding with an intensive final review, just prior to graduation.
About St. John Fisher University
St. John Fisher University is a liberal arts institution that provides a transformative education to approximately 3,800 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students each year. Across its five Schools, Fisher offers nearly 40 majors in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, business, education, and nursing; 11 pre-professional programs; and master's and doctoral programs in business, nursing, education, pharmacy, and public health. Located just beyond Rochester, New York, the University's residential campus boasts a robust living and learning community and a successful intercollegiate athletics program.
An independent institution today, the University was founded by the Congregation of St. Basil in 1948 and celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2023. As Fisher moves forward into the future, it stays true to its Catholic heritage and honors the Basilians by embracing their motto, "Teach Me Goodness, Discipline, and Knowledge.
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HOUSTON, Ohio (WJW) – Another woman has filed a lawsuit against Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson alleging sexual misconduct, Nexstar’s WJW has learned.
This marks the 23rd lawsuit against the 26-year-old NFL star. All have been filed by women who gave Watson massages.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Harris County District Court. The woman is represented by Attorney Tony Buzbee, the same attorney who represents the other 22 women.
In the new case, a woman claims she had “three encounters” with Watson. The suit says “Watson’s behavior grew worse during every massage.”
The newest lawsuit also says the woman “agonized over whether to bring a lawsuit against Watson, understanding that there will be those who blame her for Watson’s inappropriate… conduct.”
The suit claims this woman finally went ahead with the filing after seeing Watson publicly deny doing anything wrong. Watson responded to questions from WJW at a news conference, saying he had never disrespected any women.
He couldn’t understand how so many women ended up taking legal action against him.
Buzbee said Tuesday the woman’s case is strong and he called her a “hero.” Buzbee also said he plans to file more lawsuits soon. He accuses Watson’s team of “vilifying” the women who filed the lawsuits against Watson.
All of the lawsuits revolve around the time when Watson played for the Houston Texans.
When WJW went to Houston recently, his lawyers said they were taking each claim and breaking it down to show Watson did nothing wrong.
WJW reached out to the Browns to discuss the latest lawsuit but have not heard back.
In a statement shared with NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, says “Watson vehemently denies the allegations, just as he has since she first discussed them with members of our firm in March of last year. She repeated the allegations on social media in August and he denied them. The only thing new about her contentions is the embellishment making them more extreme than prior versions. Deshaun’s denial remains the same.”
Hardin’s statement continued, saying the woman, who “has long had a vendetta against Deshaun,” was represented by other lawyers who “ultimately terminated the representation.”
“We are not surprised Buzbee was willing to say just about anything to get more publicity,” Hardin adds. “He knows the NFL continues to investigate these cases, and this is a transparent attempt to further punish the man he sees as a potential payday.”
NFL officials say they are close to finishing the investigation into Watson, but Buzbee says the NFL has not reached out to him to talk to any of the women again.
“We haven’t heard from the NFL and don’t expect to,” Buzbee told WJW. Buzbee has said NFL investigators previously met with some of the accusers. He also said he believed the investigation by the league was “bogus.”
Watson met with NFL investigators for three days earlier this month. His attorney, Rusty Hardin, says the NFL wants to meet with Watson again but a new date has not been set. Hardin said the NFL wants to finish the investigation sometime this summer. | 2022-06-01T00:31:08+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/another-lawsuit-has-been-filed-against-browns-qb-deshaun-watson/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Alcantara played a lot of baseball growing up in the Dominican Republic, sometimes without a glove.
When the Mets’ Starling Marte ripped a home run in Alcantara’s direction at Citi Field on Tuesday night, it didn’t matter that he was holding his 1-year-old son, Levi. Alcantara had a free hand, and that’s all he needed.
The 31-year-old Alcantara reached over a railing from his seats in center field and caught the first-inning homer barehanded, all the while cradling little Levi with his other arm.
“I knew I was not going to have time to put the baby down,” Alcantara told The Associated Press. “So I decided to just hold on tight to him, jump on the rail and see if I could catch the ball. And we did.”
The SNY broadcast captured Alcantara’s catch, with stunned play-by-play man Gary Cohen asking “did he catch that?” and declaring “this man will go viral.”
Indeed, a coworker of Alcantara’s wife sent them a screengrab of the catch moments later. The Alcantaras were at the game between Washington and the Mets as part of an organized church group, and other members watching from home also reached out quickly when they saw the grab.
“As soon as it came off the bat, I knew it was coming my way,” he said. “So it was just a matter of seeing where it was going to land. It was just a quick reaction.”
Alcantara, a resident of the Ridgewood neighborhood in Queens for 17 years, said he’d never caught a foul ball or home run at a big league game before.
The barehanded grab?
“Instinct,” he explained. “In Dominican Republic, we don’t all get to have gloves, so we do play baseball barehanded, so I figured I could do it. I did it many times when I was a kid, so why not?”
As Alcantara described the catch a couple of innings later, Levi grabbed the ball out of his dad’s hands, smiled and held it close.
“His face was like, What are you doing?” Alcantara recalled. “And then my 2-year-old, which was right next to us, was super scared because probably never seen his dad screaming and acting the way I was acting.”
Alcantara’s wife is expecting the couple’s third son, but none will get to keep the souvenir. Alcantara is giving it to his pastor, a diehard Mets fan.
“I know they’re going to hear about it on Sunday,” he said, pointing to his fellow church members. “They’re going to talk about it for sure.”
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Which smart glasses are best?
One of the best things about having a smartphone is that you can take high-quality photos and videos whenever you want without needing any extra equipment. However, using your phone can take you out of the moment since you have to hold it and set up the shot just right.
With a pair of smart glasses, you can capture photos and videos of whatever you’re looking at without any extra effort. Depending on the pair you choose, you can also take phone calls or listen to music, podcasts, and audiobooks from your smartphone.
Our buying guide can help you identify the best pair of smart glasses to suit your needs. We’ve included some specific product recommendations, like our top choice from Snap Inc., which offers one-button recording and photo-taking as well as wireless syncing.
What to know before you buy smart glasses
Type
Smart glasses are available in a few different types, which determines the functions they can perform.
Video smart glasses only offer video and photo functions. They have a high-definition camera that can capture images of whatever you’re looking at, though high-end models may allow you to watch videos.
Audio smart glasses have only audio capabilities, meaning you can listen to music, podcasts, audiobooks, and other audio, as well as take phone calls.
Combination smart glasses provide both video and audio functions. You can take photos, record videos, listen to audio, and take phone calls. These typically cost more, but they provide all the functions you could want.
Material
Smart glasses feature frames in a variety of materials. Acetate frames are one of the most common options because they’re lightweight but still highly durable and flexible. However, they tend to be more expensive. Nylon frames are a better option if you spend a lot of time outdoors because they work well in extreme temperatures.
If you’re looking for more affordable smart glasses, opt for a pair with plastic frames. For the most durable model, choose a pair with metal frames. Unfortunately, metal frames feel pretty heavy and cost more than other options.
Battery
All smart glasses have a built-in rechargeable battery, but some models can run longer between charges than others. The best pairs offer at least 12 hours of battery life, so you can snap photos, record videos, or listen to audio all day.
Storage
The majority of smart glasses have space to store a certain number of photos and videos. Some models hold up to 3,000 photos and over 100 videos, while others can only hold about 1,000 photos and 50 videos before you have to transfer them to cloud storage or another device. Smart glasses that can store more data usually cost more.
What to look for in quality smart glasses
Frames
It’s not just the material for your smart glasses frames that matters — you want to select frames in a style and size that flatters your face, too. With smart glasses, it’s better to choose frames that are a little larger than you might usually go for since they offer a wider view for photos and videos.
Some frames are also more comfortable than others. Lightweight frames are generally most comfortable, so they work well for use during workouts or other intense activities. The frames should also be completely smooth so they don’t irritate your face or ears.
Lenses
Smart glasses usually have clear lenses, but you can find some with tinted lenses that resemble sunglasses. They work well for use outdoors in bright sunlight, but you may prefer a pair with only a slight blue or amber tint if you plan to wear them indoors. The tint still minimizes glare but leaves your eyes visible.
Some smart glasses also feature lenses with UV protection, which can be very helpful if you’re wearing them outdoors. Other pairs offer protection from the blue light generated by phones, computers, and TV screens, so they work well indoors.
Water resistance
You can find some smart glasses that are water-resistant, meaning you can wear them in and around the water. If you’re very active or travel a great deal, you may prefer a water-resistant pair. They cost more, so they’re generally only worth the investment if you know you’ll wear them near the water.
Fitness tracking
Some smart glasses have a fitness tracking function so you don’t need to wear a separate device or smartwatch. The glasses can typically keep track of steps, distance, and calories burned, allowing you to monitor your fitness progress during your workouts.
How much you can expect to spend on smart glasses
For audio-only or video-only smart glasses with lower-quality frames, you can pay between $14-$70. Higher-end models with more durable frames and special features can cost between $70-$350. For smart glasses with audio and video capabilities, durable frames, and plenty of special features, expect to spend between $350-$1,000.
Smart glasses FAQ
Are smart glasses charged with a USB cable?
A. Some models come with a USB charging cable that you can plug into a computer or a wall adapter. Other smart glasses include a charging case that you plug into a standard wall outlet.
Do smart glasses have button controls?
A. Many have touch buttons on the frames that control their functions, but some models have voice controls, so you only have to speak to activate the glasses. You can even find some high-end models with motion-activated controls that respond to nodding or blinking.
What smart glasses are best to buy?
Top smart glasses
Snap Inc. Nico Spectacles 2 Water-Resistant Camera Glasses
Our take: High-quality, easy-to-use smart glasses that provide vivid, HD-quality photos and videos.
What we like: Glasses offer one-button video and photo taking. They feature a water-resistant design that allows for use in shallow water. Can sync wirelessly with a smartphone. Support several format options, including widescreen and circular.
What we dislike: Can only capture 30 seconds of video at a time.
Where to buy: Sold at Amazon
Top smart glasses for the money
Soundcore by Anker Bluetooth Audio Smart Glasses
Our take: Rugged, user-friendly smart glasses with audio capabilities that aren’t as pricey as much of the competition for similar quality.
What we like: These smart glasses are comfortable for daily wear and lightweight. It gives up to 5.5 hours of listening time.
What we dislike: Some users reported a small vibration when you increase the volume.
Where to buy: Sold at Amazon
Worth checking out
Our take: A durable pair of audio-only smart glasses that provides sharp, clear sound for music, podcasts, and audiobooks.
What we like: Feature an open-ear design to allow you to hear ambient sounds. Integrated microphone lets you take phone calls. Offer a battery life of more than three hours. Lenses block 99% of UVA/UVB rays.
What we dislike: Some of the audio from the glasses is audible to people around you.
Where to buy: Sold at Amazon
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Prospective multi-center international randomized controlled trial will compare 2-year overall survival in pancreatic cancer patients receiving post-chemotherapy ablative MRIdian SMART vs. chemotherapy alone
DENVER, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewRay, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRAY) today announced the launch of a phase III randomized controlled trial titled "Locally Advanced Pancreatic cancer treated with ABLAtivE stereotactic MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy" – also known as LAP-ABLATE. LAP-ABLATE will compare stand-alone multi-agent chemotherapy, which is the current standard of care for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer, to patients receiving a combination of chemotherapy and 5-fraction MRIdian SMART (stereotactic MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy). The study is designed to demonstrate superior overall survival in patients receiving post-chemotherapy MRIdian SMART. The anticipated enrollment target is 267 patients (NCT05585554).
Although surgery is considered a potentially curative treatment for non-metastatic pancreatic cancer, less than 20 percent of patients are candidates. Of the remaining patients, approximately 40 percent have locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC), and another 40 percent have distant metastases at diagnosis. LAPC is usually not resectable because the tumor encases major abdominal blood vessels.
"This first-of-its-kind prospective multi-center international randomized controlled trial was prompted by the exciting results of several recently published ablative MRIdian SMART studies that demonstrated markedly improved treatment efficacy and reduced toxicity compared to outcomes from non-ablative radiation therapy," said Michael D. Chuong, M.D., lead investigator of the LAP-ABLATE trial and Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at the Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida. "While prior studies of chemotherapy plus non-ablative radiation have not shown an improvement over chemotherapy alone for patients with LAPC, we believe MRIdian's advanced capabilities overcome the many limitations of other radiation treatment modalities. Ablative doses with MRIdian SMART can provide pancreatic cancer patients a clinically meaningful improvement in long-term survival while maintaining an excellent quality of life and rarely causing significant side effects."
Conventional chemotherapy plus non-ablative radiotherapy has not demonstrated improvements to overall survival. Further studies have supported the notion that significantly escalating the radiation dose to an ablative range may improve overall survival. But the feasibility of delivering ablative radiation dose to the pancreas has historically been limited. Previous clinical trials have resulted in a high risk of injury to the stomach and nearby bowel loops, resulting in severe side effects such as pain, bleeding, or obstruction.
"Pancreatic cancer is one of the most challenging diseases to treat, and while currently available therapies can have a meaningful impact for a proportion of patients, they are non-curative for the vast majority," said Martin Fuss, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at ViewRay. "LAP-ABLATE will evaluate the combination of chemotherapy and MRI-guided ablative dose radiation therapy to determine MRIdian's role in improving overall survival outcomes and expanding the treatment options for patients with locally advanced disease."
MRIdian integrates MRI technology, radiation delivery, and proprietary software to locate, target, and track soft-tissue and tumors. By providing real-time continuous tracking of the tumor and organs-at-risk, MRIdian enables automatic gating of the radiation, turning the beam off if the target moves outside user-defined margins. This allows for precise delivery of the prescribed dose to the target while sparing surrounding healthy tissue and critical structures.
"Despite major advances in other oncology indications, treatment options for pancreatic cancer remain severely limited, including for patients with locally advanced disease," said Julie Fleshman, President and CEO of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN). "At PanCAN we support patient involvement in clinical trials as a way to gain access to some of the best treatment options and most cutting-edge approaches. We're looking forward to the results of the LAP-ABLATE trial and the opportunity to validate a potential breakthrough therapy for this group of patients."
To date, over 25,000 patients have been treated with MRIdian. Currently, 54 MRIdian systems are installed at hospitals around the world where they are used to treat a wide variety of solid tumors and are the focus of numerous ongoing research efforts. MRIdian has been the subject of hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, scientific meeting abstracts, and presentations. For a list of treatment centers, please visit: https://viewray.com/mridian-treatment-centers/
Nothing in this material is intended to provide specific medical advice or to take the place of written law or regulations.
The MRIdian Linac System is not appropriate for all patients, including those who are not candidates for magnetic resonance imaging. Radiation treatments may cause side effects that can vary depending on the part of the body being treated. The most frequent ones are typically temporary and may include, but are not limited to, irritation to the respiratory, digestive, urinary, or reproductive systems; fatigue; nausea; skin irritation; and hair loss. In some patients, side effects can be severe. Treatment sessions may vary in complexity and duration. Radiation treatment is not appropriate for all cancers. You should discuss the potential for side effects and their severity as well as the benefits of radiation and magnetic resonance imaging with your doctor to make sure radiation treatment is right for you.
ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY), designs, manufactures, and markets the MRIdian® MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy System. MRIdian is built upon a proprietary high-definition MR imaging system designed from the ground up to address the unique challenges and clinical workflow for advanced radiation oncology. Unlike MR systems used in diagnostic radiology, MRIdian's high-definition MR was purpose-built to address specific challenges, including beam distortion, skin toxicity, and other concerns that potentially may arise when high magnetic fields interact with radiation beams. ViewRay and MRIdian are registered trademarks of ViewRay, Inc.
ViewRay is a medical device manufacturer and cannot and does not recommend specific treatment approaches. Individual results may vary. The results described herein may not be predictive
Conflicts of Interest: Michael Chuong, M.D. has received honoraria and research grants from ViewRay, Inc. outside of the scope of this study and serves on the Medical Advisory Board of ViewRay, Inc.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, among other things, ViewRay's financial guidance for the full year 2022, anticipated future orders, anticipated future operating and financial performance, treatment results, therapy adoption, innovation, and the performance of the MRIdian systems. Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the ability to commercialize the MRIdian Linac System, demand for ViewRay's products, the ability to convert backlog into revenue, the timing of delivery of ViewRay's products, the timing, length, and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its impacts across our businesses on demand, our operations and global supply chains, the results and other uncertainties associated with clinical trials, the ability to raise the additional funding needed to continue to pursue ViewRay's business and product development plans, the inherent uncertainties associated with developing new products or technologies, competition in the industry in which ViewRay operates, and overall market conditions. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to ViewRay's business in general, see ViewRay's current and future reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as updated periodically with the Company's other filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and ViewRay assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
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CARTOONS: The price of eggs is killing nest eggs
January 24, 2023 - 9:01 pm
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world. | 2023-01-25T05:37:41+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/drawing-board/cartoons-the-price-of-eggs-is-killing-nest-eggs-2717982/ |
The ENRICH Trial Demonstrates Surgery with NICO Corporation's Technologies is Superior to Standard of Care (SOC) for Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
Currently, up to 50% of people die within 30 days of an ICH, Highlighting the Need for New Options1
LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NICO Corporation, a pioneer and leader in minimally invasive neurosurgery, today announced initial positive results from the completed ENRICH (Early MiNimally-invasive Removal of ICH) trial at the 2023 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) annual scientific meeting. ENRICH2 was designed to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and economic outcomes for ICH, or hemorrhagic stroke, comparing early minimally invasive parafascicular surgery (MIPS) using NICO's complete technology solution including BrainPath® and Myriad® versus standard of care, which is medical management (MM) based on American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelines. Two million people suffer hemorrhagic strokes each year and up to 50% of people will die within 30 days.1 For survivors, up to 88% will be dependent on others for activities of daily living six months later and only 25% will return to functional independence.
At six months, functional outcomes in ENRICH were assessed using the utility-weighted modified Rankin Scale (UWmRS) with differences greater than zero corresponding to improved outcomes. The mean UWmRS score was 0.458 in the MIPS group and 0.374 in those receiving MM, the difference showing a 98.1% posterior probability of superiority. These results met the primary endpoint demonstrating the MIPS group achieved a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in UWmRS versus MM. The ENRICH study also found MIPS was safe and overall mortality at six months was 21.7% (20% for MIPS, 23.3% in the MM group). In the MIPS group, the median hematoma evacuation was 88% with a median end-of treatment volume (EOTV) of 7.2mL. Overall, 73% achieved the EOTV goal of <15mL, which is considered the surgical standard in clot evacuation.3
"The results of the ENRICH trial are revolutionary and represent an advancement for improving outcomes for the millions of people who suffer hemorrhagic strokes," said Jim Pearson, president and CEO, NICO Corporation. "For more than a decade, NICO has been committed to delivering the science and innovative tools behind minimally invasive neurosurgery for the ICH population and ENRICH is the culmination of our mission. We are thrilled to bring these results to the physicians, patients and caregivers of the hemorrhagic stroke community."
The ENRICH trial is a randomized, multi-center, adaptive, clinical trial designed to evaluate the effectiveness, safety and economics of a standardized early MIPS approach (within 24 hours) in 300 patients with spontaneous hemorrhagic stroke – 92 patients with a hemorrhage in the anterior basal ganglia (ABG) location and 208 in the lobar location. The primary intention-to-treat analysis evaluated whether the UWmRS, a standardized measure of global disability, at 180 days in the treatment group was superior to that of the control group. The safety endpoints were mortality at 30 days, change in hemorrhage volume between index and 24-hour CT scan while the economic endpoints were quality-adjusted life years (QALY) at 90-, 120- and 180-days post hemorrhage. The randomized trial enrolled patients at 37 stroke centers across the U.S.2
"ENRICH is the first, randomized clinical trial to meet its primary endpoint demonstrating early MIPS with BrainPath and Myriad improves outcomes for these deadly strokes," said Gustavo Pradilla, M.D., co-lead investigator for ENRICH, associate professor of neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine and chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta. "I believe this trial will change how we treat hemorrhagic stroke moving forward and I look forward to sharing the further details of the ENRICH trial, which will be published soon."
Dan Barrow, the Pamela R. Rollins Chairman and Professor of Neurosurgery at Emory University adds, "We are grateful to NICO for their support of our research and our colleagues at the 37 participating sites that so carefully randomized and expertly managed the enrolled patients. Principally, we thank our brave patients and their families for entrusting us with their care and agreeing to participate in a trial to advance scientific knowledge for the benefit of others. Their selfless behavior is necessary to advance the scientific basis of medical care."
An ICH is bleeding close to the surface, or deep areas of the brain caused by the rupture of a damaged blood vessel in the head. As the amount of blood increases, the buildup of pressure can lead to brain damage, unconsciousness or even death. These types of strokes affect more than two million people each year and have high morbidity and mortality rates. Up to 50% of people will die 30 days post-hemorrhage.1 Hemorrhagic strokes cost the U.S. healthcare system more than $12 billion annually4 with incidence expected to increase due to an aging population and increased use of anticoagulants.1
About NICO BrainPath® and NICO Myriad® System
NICO's technological system solution is comprised of two technologies which are patented, the NICO BrainPath® – the world's first and only technology that achieves minimally-disruptive access using a trans-sulcal and parafascicular surgical approach. And, the NICO Myriad® that provides automated non-ablative tumor removal and hemorrhage evacuation with the Automated Preservation System (APS) enabling intra-operative collection and biological preservation of tissue.
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Sometimes losing shows you more than winning. Tua Tagovailoa showed he can win in November. He played with strength and style, a marvel of accuracy and chemistry as he picked off open receivers from the center of a controlled football biosphere of opponent and weather.
The San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Chargers cracked that biosphere the past two weeks. They made Tagovailoa uncomfortable. They got physical with this Miami Dolphins offense, the Chargers especially with the receivers. These defenses also did something every team that’s held down Tua this year has done.
“You’ve got to get to him,” said Chargers defensive lineman Brandon Fox, who sacked Tagovailoa in the Dolphins’ loss Sunday night.
“Hitting most quarterbacks over the course of the game that changes things,” teammate Breiden Fehoko said. “That’s something we did without a blitz.”
They didn’t get to Tagovailoa much. Two sacks, four quarterback hits. That’s all. Compare that to the four-sack, nine-hit licking the Dolphins put on the Chargers’ Justin Herbert. But there’s a line here, and it speaks to the biosphere the Dolphins (8-5) need to create to win.
Tagovailoa is not big and strong in the manner of 6-foot-5, 230-pound Herbert, who threw a career-high 39 completions Sunday despite taking all those hits. Nor is Tagovailoa big and physical like the quarterback the Dolphins face Saturday night, Buffalo’s 6-5, 240-pound Josh Allen.
In November, Tagovailoa was hit three times or less in three consecutive games. That’s the line of success this season. In the five games he has been hit three times or less this year, Tagovailoa has a 127.1 passer rating with 16 touchdowns and two interceptions.
In the six games he has been hit four times or more, he has an 85.9 rating with six touchdowns and three interceptions.
Build a wall? That’s a good part of the biosphere. The Dolphin protection has been notable this year, too, as Tagovailoa’s 17 sacks rank him 29th among quarterbacks. Herbert, by comparison, ranks ninth with 30 sacks and Allen is 12th with 28 sacks.
Comparisons don’t matter here. Results do. As former NFL general manager Randy Mueller said last week: “Tua is efficient when all parts around him are functioning.”
The tight end isn’t functioning in this offense, as Mike Gesicki’s oddly invisible role keeps showing. That would help any quarterback. What other parts need controlling? There’s the Dolphins playing with the lead.
Tagovailoa led a dramatic comeback against Baltimore with 21 fourth-quarter points. But relying on the Dolphins to pass has its dangers as these latest losses to San Francisco and Los Angeles showed.
The Dolphins didn’t run the ball much — 27 times total in the two games — when playing from behind. By relying on the passing game, they played the one-dimensional game opposing rushers love. The 49ers’ Nick Bosa had three sacks and a forced fumble against Tagovailoa. The Chargers did just enough to make him uncomfortable.
“We knew they were throwing most every down,” Fox said. “That’s a big advantage out there, figuring they’re going to pass.”
Finally, a good quarterback biosphere needs controlled weather. Good luck with that in December. The Dolphins haven’t played in bad weather yet this year — unless you could last Sunday’s game where they had heaters behind the bench in the mid-50-degree weather.
It’ll be far colder in Buffalo (10-3) on Saturday and New England on Jan. 1 There won’t be a roof over those stadiums, too, as there were in Los Angeles and Detroit this season. So, it’ll be tough to create a biosphere in half the remaining games. Saturday’s forecast in Buffalo calls for a low of 26, a 58 percent chance of snow or rain and winds of 18 mph.
Tagovailoa hasn’t played well in four cold-weather games his previous two years. The most recent was a 34-3 loss on a cold and rainy game in Tennessee last January. Maybe those four games don’t matter much because his entire offense has changed for the better.
Tagovailoa gets to write his script. Buffalo, New England and the New York Jets rank among the top six of NFL defenses. Building that biosphere of him alone and comfortable in the pocket won’t be easy. But that might be needed if he plays and the Dolphins win like in November.
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FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AZZ Inc. (NYSE: AZZ), a leading provider of hot-dip galvanizing and a variety of metal coating solutions and coil coating solutions, today announced its Board of Directors has authorized a second quarter cash dividend in the amount of $0.17 per share on the Company's outstanding shares of common stock. The dividend is payable on November 1, 2022, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 18, 2022.
While AZZ currently intends to pay regular quarterly cash dividends for the foreseeable future, any future dividends will be reviewed on an individual basis and declared by the Board of Directors at its discretion. AZZ remains committed to enhancing shareholder value based upon its consideration of various factors, including operating results, financial condition and business outlook at the applicable time.
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AZZ Inc. is a leading provider of hot-dip galvanizing and a variety of metal coating solutions and coil coating solutions to a broad range of end-markets. AZZ's Metal Coatings segment (AMC) is a leading provider of metal finishing solutions for corrosion protection, including hot-dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing and plating, to the North American steel fabrication industry. AZZ's Precoat Metals segment (APM) is a leading provider of aesthetic and corrosion protective coatings to the North American steel and aluminum coil market.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Le Vian® is excited to welcome their latest Wonderful World of Chocolate collections, expanding the treasury of Chocolate Diamond creations with the new deluxe Chocolate Waterfall, Chocolate Twist, and Wrapped in Chocolate collections. These exciting new collaborations from Le Vian - the trendsetting, celebrity favorite jewelry house – are now exclusively available at KAY® Jewelers and Jared®.
"Delighting in Le Vian's Chocolate Diamonds proves to be just as addictive as eating beautifully crafted chocolates," says Eddie LeVian, CEO of Le Vian. "We wanted to create collections which offered people different ways to immerse in this World of delectable Chocolate Diamond jewelry, starting with the Chocolate Waterfall, Chocolate Twist, and Wrapped in Chocolate's perfect combination. Each collection brings a new indulgent flavor."
Just in time for the holidays, customers can now treat themselves to Le Vian's best-selling Chocolate Diamonds that encapsulate the rich experience of indulging in artisanal chocolates. This new collection will take customers on a journey into a world of wonder and magic that these iterations of chocolate evoke. Below you can learn more behind the inspiration for each collection.
Le Vian's Chocolate Waterfall™ Collection is inspired by the silky movement of luscious molten chocolate and the flowing beauty of waterfalls. The natural fluid spectacle of waterfalls inspires the careful craftsmanship of the meandering ring bands, as well as select earrings, necklaces, and bangle bracelet style, delicately holding the natural fancy Chocolate Diamonds like droplets of water. Shop Chocolate Waterfall
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Le Vian's Chocolate Waterfall and Chocolate Twist Collections can be shopped exclusively at KAY stores and Kay.com, while Wrapped in Chocolate is exclusively available at Jared stores and Jared.com. For more information, please visit KAY.com and Jared.com.
Once a guardian of royal jewels in 18th century Persia, Le Vian has united two luxury worlds – glamorous high style fashion trend forecasting and hand-made fine jewelry designs incorporating rare, precious diamonds and gemstones. Le Vian has a mission to make the world's most beautiful and desirable jewelry accessible to every household and the current generation of the Le Vian dynasty is fully committed to realizing this goal. Le Vian is at the forefront of creating the most exquisite natural fancy color diamond jewels in a kaleidoscope of colors including the exclusive Le Vian Chocolate Diamonds®, which have attracted 5 million collectors in the last 20 years.
Le Vian Chocolate Diamonds® are Le Vian's proprietary brand of high-quality natural fancy color diamonds chosen for their rarity and color. Le Vian's Chocolate Diamonds are selected based on color, clarity, cut and traceable sourcing. According to the Gemological Institute of America, just one in 10,000 carats displays fancy color, making them far rarer than the highest quality white diamonds.
Le Vian regularly submits its entire manufacturing process to independent audit and verification as a certified member of the Responsible Jewellery Council, which sets international standards on responsible business practices for diamonds, gold and platinum. The RJC Code of Practice addresses supply chain issues including human rights, labor rights, environmental impact, mining practices and product disclosure. Le Vian, by its board mandate, gives back to various charities a minimum of 10% of its pre-tax profits every year. For more information visit levian.com.
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WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Spoiler alert! Season 2 of “Welcome to Wrexham” is set to get the Hollywood ending the first one failed to deliver.
This being Wrexham, however, a last-minute plot twist isn’t out of the question.
It’s hard to imagine that even the Welsh soccer team’s A-list owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, could have anticipated the edge-of-your-seat, unscripted spectacle created by this unlikely union.
“That was the most dramatic thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” a breathless Reynolds said after the 3-2 win over Notts County that put Wrexham on the brink of promotion from the National League, five steps below the Premier League. “I will never be the same again.”
When Tinseltown met a former mining town in Wales, sparks flew. And even if Reynolds and McElhenney recognized the entertainment value of a fly-on-the-wall documentary about a historic but down-on-its-luck soccer team run by two actors learning the ropes of sports club ownership, the end product has probably exceeded all expectations.
That is, apart from the on-field success the pair set out to deliver after completing their $2.5 million takeover in 2021.
A win over Boreham Wood on Saturday would secure the league title and, with it, automatic promotion to the fourth division of English soccer after a 15-year wait.
“There’s a lot of pain the supporters have gone through,” Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson told The Associated Press. “We’ve got a great opportunity to finish the job this week. We know it’s not easy, but it is in our hands.”
A routine three points at the Racecourse Ground on Saturday would almost feel too straightforward given the wild ride Wrexham has been on over the past two years.
The club, one of only five Welsh teams in the English soccer system, missed out on promotion last season after a thrilling but heartbreaking 5-4 loss to Grimsby in the playoffs. To make matters worse, Wrexham had ended the regular season 11 points and four places above Grimsby in the standings.
There was also agony in the final of the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium, when Reynolds and McElhenney watched from the corporate seats alongside celebrity guests David Beckham, Will Ferrell and Jason Sudeikis as Bromley ruined their party with a 1-0 victory.
There have been other games that have shredded the nerves and defied logic, too, such as the 6-5 victory over last-place Dover last season.
But perhaps nothing can compare to the Notts County game, which was effectively a title-decider with both teams going into the match even at the top of the standings with 100 points each and only the league champion guaranteed promotion. In front of 10,000 fans at the Racecourse, Wrexham led 3-2 deep into added time when the visitors were awarded a penalty and the chance to score an equalizer that would keep them in first place on goal difference.
Flashback to a couple weeks earlier, when Parkinson messaged the owners about a retired former Manchester United goalkeeper who might be convinced to make a comeback.
That turned out to be the right call.
With 6 minutes, 28 seconds of stoppage time on the clock, 40-year-old Ben Foster leapt to his right to push away Cedwyn Scott’s penalty kick and spark frenzied celebrations on the field and in the crowd. In the executive seats, Reynolds and McElhenney embraced in celebration.
“If you wrote that in a script, people would put it in the bin and say that’s ridiculous,” Wrexham striker Ollie Palmer said. “So that’s probably why it will make the documentary even better than the first one. It’s great. There’s been loads of fantastic occasions.”
Season 2 is shaping up to be a redemption story.
There may be inherent entertainment in the team’s failure in the first season. And while there would likely have been an audience for a show about Reynolds and McElhenney desperately floundering with calamitous results, that has never felt like the purpose of this project.
Reynolds’ growing attachment to Wrexham and soccer in general is one of the show’s enduring themes. After the Notts County match, the “Deadpool” star said he was grateful he had adopted the sport later in life because it would have “eaten me alive.”
His arrival, along with McElhenney, has breathed new life into Wrexham’s team and its community, local characters and sites because of the world-wide exposure.
If supporters, who had owned the team since 2011, needed convincing their celebrity owners were for real, so did Parkinson, who was a well-respected manager used to operating at a higher level than the fifth tier of the English game.
“I didn’t know Rob and Ryan personally. I didn’t know the reasons for buying the club,” Parkinson said. “What they say they back up.
“I’m desperate to get over the finishing line for them. They deserve it. But, I’m sure they’ll echo this, more importantly for the supporters who have followed this club through some tough times.”
Leading scorer Paul Mullin was convinced to drop down a division to spearhead Wrexham’s push for promotion, while Palmer, a former AFC Wimbledon striker, dropped down two divisions.
“It was a massive risk,” Palmer said. “I think at that point in time we were sitting eighth or ninth in the league and everything wasn’t as rosy as it is now. … A lot of people really thought it was the wrong decision.”
No regrets now, though.
“The atmosphere here week in, week out is incredible and it’s better than most League One clubs and better than a lot of Championship clubs as well,” Palmer added, speaking about the second and third divisions in English soccer.
There is little sign of Reynolds and McElhenney losing interest in the near future. A new 5,000 seat stand is being built to raise the capacity at the Racecourse Ground to 15,000.
Parkinson, however, doesn’t want to look too far ahead.
“This club has got the potential to be anything,” the manager said, “but we’ve got to be careful we don’t get carried away with ourselves at all.”
Palmer is less guarded.
“There’s no denying that if we get into League Two next season we should be pushing for promotion (to the third division),” he said. “When I came here I said I wanted to get the club back where I came from, which is League One. We’ve got a fantastic squad here. We’ve got a League One football squad, you can’t hide from that. Next season if we get into League Two, which I believe we will, we will be fighting for promotion again.”
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(NEXSTAR) — It may seem early to be thinking about Thanksgiving, but experts are already predicting the holiday and its traditionally large meal will be expensive, especially the main course: the turkey.
Turkey prices ahead of Thanksgiving could reach record high prices, economists with the American Farm Bureau Foundation said last week.
Last month, the retail price for fresh boneless, skinless turkey breast hit a record high of $6.70 per pound, according to AFBF’s report. That’s 112% higher than the same time last year when it was around $3.16 per pound.
The last time turkey prices were this high was in 2015 when the U.S. was experiencing an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is contributing to today’s record-high prices.
In February, the USDA warned of HPAI after it was found in three states, adding that it could spread rapidly and wreak havoc on the poultry industry. By early April, HPAI had spread to at least 20 states. The most recent data from the USDA shows cases have been confirmed in 40 states, with Iowa barring the brunt of the impact.
AFBF economists also point to inflation, which has reached levels Americans haven’t seen in years. In August, retail food prices were more than 11% higher than they were during the same time last year. Some of the hardest-hit items include staples of the holiday baking season, like butter, eggs, and flour.
Though turkey prices will likely be higher this year, economists say there shouldn’t be a problem with supply. But higher prices aren’t expected to ease anytime soon.
“The combination of lower production and increased demand will likely keep turkey prices higher for some time looking forward,” Bernt Nelson, an economist at the AFBF, told Nexstar.
AFBF hasn’t released its annual Thanksgiving meal cost projection for this year, but the prices for a number of common items are trending upward, the latest Labor Department data shows. That includes fresh biscuits, rolls, and muffins, which are up 17% over last year; frozen and refrigerated bakery items (like pies and tarts) are up 18%; canned fruit and vegetables at 16%; sauces and gravies at 17%; and potatoes at 15%.
Thanksgiving feasts were forecasted to be expensive last year, too. The AFBF predicted the average cost to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner would be around $53 in 2021, up from $47 in 2020. Since 2011, the average cost has hovered around $50 each year. | 2022-10-09T20:59:58+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/record-high-turkey-prices-other-expensive-staples-expected-this-thanksgiving/ |
Board fires schools chief after Parkland massacre report
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The superintendent of Florida’s second-largest school district was fired following a late-night motion brought up by a board member appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis following a grand jury report into the Parkland school massacre.
Broward school board member Daniel Foganholi brought up the measure, which wasn’t on the agenda, on Monday night.
The board voted 5-4 to fire Broward Schools Superintendent Vickie Cartwright, who didn’t hold the post at the time of the 2018 shooting. Cartwright didn’t comment about the firing.
The four dissenting members included two who lost family members in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
Four of the five appointees will be gone next week, replaced by elected board members.
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Mauricio Dubon Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Phillies - April 30
Published: Apr. 30, 2023 at 12:26 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Houston Astros and Mauricio Dubon, who went 0-for-4 last time in action, battle Bailey Falter and the Philadelphia Phillies at Minute Maid Park, Sunday at 7:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a hitless showing (0-for-4) against the Phillies.
Mauricio Dubon Game Info & Props vs. the Phillies
- Game Day: Sunday, April 30, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Phillies Starter: Bailey Falter
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +170)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +200)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -105)
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Mauricio Dubon At The Plate
- Dubon leads Houston in slugging percentage (.385) thanks to seven extra-base hits.
- Among the qualifying hitters in MLB play, his batting average ranks 24th, his on-base percentage ranks 93rd, and he is 114th in the league in slugging.
- Dubon has reached base via a hit in 20 games this season (of 23 played), and had multiple hits in seven of those games.
- In 23 games played this year, he has not hit a long ball.
- Dubon has had an RBI in four games this season.
- He has scored in 15 games this season (65.2%), including multiple runs in three games.
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Mauricio Dubon Home/Away Batting Splits
Phillies Pitching Rankings
- The Phillies pitching staff ranks 10th in the league with a collective 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Phillies' 4.33 team ERA ranks 15th among all league pitching staffs.
- Phillies pitchers combine to surrender 27 home runs (one per game), the ninth-fewest in baseball.
- Falter gets the start for the Phillies, his sixth of the season. He is 0-4 with a 4.50 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 28 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last appearance was on Tuesday against the Seattle Mariners, when the lefty threw six innings, surrendering three earned runs while allowing six hits.
- The 26-year-old's 4.50 ERA ranks 59th, 1.143 WHIP ranks 32nd, and 6.1 K/9 ranks 66th among qualifying pitchers this season.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Pickleball players from eight states are competing in the first annual GO.ALL.OUT. Pickleball Championships in Johnson City.
The tournament is hosted by Visit Johnson City and the Southern Pickleball Association at the Memorial Park Community Center from April 21-23. The tournament is open to players of all ages and skill levels.
According to organizers, about 150 players are taking part in the three-day tournament. Spectators are welcome to come out and watch.
Brackets include a wide range of ages as well as men’s, women’s and mixed doubles.
Southern Pickleball Association President Mark Spackman said the organization hopes to return to Johnson City in October for another championship.
Spackman told News Channel 11 that the sport has gained immense popularity in recent years.
“We’ve seen a crazy growth in pickleball,” he said. “And you’re seeing it on television now on the Tennis Channel, on ESPN. There’s about eight million people playing pickleball around the country right now, and they expect in the next five years it’ll be 40 million people playing. So it’s time to come out and give it a shot.”
Spackman said that while pickleball was first referred to by many as a game for senior demographics, that has changed.
“When pickleball started, it seemed like it was a senior sport, sort of 50 plus up,” Spackman said. “But I saw something the other day that said the average age now is 38 for pickleball. So we’re seeing everything with junior players on up playing pickleball.” | 2023-04-21T21:18:01+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-annual-johnson-city-pickleball-tournament-draws-players-from-several-states/ |
The White House is preparing for the massive role Kamala Harris will have to play in the 2024 campaign.
Harris has taken multiple hits as vice president, and her political stock has plummeted following criticism on multiple fronts.
Yet she remains a key player in Biden world, with even more importance in a reelection campaign where the 80-year-old president’s age will be a key issue with voters.
Now the White House is focused on building Harris up as it prepares for what could be a rematch next year with former President Trump.
“There is an effort to re-launch her. I think with the age thing, the VP becomes more important, and it’s not necessarily to improve her, but to make her higher profile,” said a former Democratic campaign official.
Speaking about the Biden team’s prior work to diminish Harris’s profile, the Democrat added, “I don’t think there are any regrets.”
Harris was featured frequently in Biden’s reelection launch video this week. She and second gentleman Doug Emhoff appear just 15 seconds into the three-minute clip, a sign the campaign will not shy away from her as an asset who can connect with key voting blocs.
White House officials believe she has hit her stride as a leading voice in the administration on fighting back against GOP efforts to restrict abortion access. Hours after Biden launched his campaign, Harris spoke at a political event focused on reproductive rights, where she was greeted with chants of “four more years.”
But while Harris’s allies are keen to promote her as a boost to the campaign, Republicans appear just as eager to frame her as a drag on the ticket, especially through the lens of Biden’s age.
“I think we can all be very clear and say with a matter of fact that if you vote for Joe Biden, you really are counting on a President Harris, because the idea that he would make it until 86 years old is not something that I think is likely,” Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said this week.
“But really, are we willing to say we’re OK with a President Kamala Harris?” Haley asked.
Her comments underscore a looming balancing act for the Biden campaign: How to reassure voters about Harris when she is just a heartbeat away from the presidency without elevating her too much and drawing more attention to the issue of Biden’s age.
“Of course the Biden campaign is not going to make Harris more prominent, because they’re not going to want to send a signal that Harris is more important, because something might happen to Biden in office,” said Danny Hayes, a political science professor at George Washington University.
“Voters are still voting first and foremost for or against Biden, not Harris,” he added.
Harris entered the 2020 presidential race as a top-tier candidate for the nomination. But her campaign was plagued by personnel and messaging issues, and perhaps her most notable moment was a clash with Biden on the debate stage over student busing policy.
In her first year as vice president, Harris faced criticism over frequent staffing turnover and her handling of migration from Central America, a complex issue Biden tasked her with leading. Harris became a punching bag for Republicans who blamed her for problems at the southern border, and she drew criticism from Democrats when she told migrants not to come to the U.S.
Harris’s favorability rating has hovered in the low 40 percent range for much of her time as vice president. A Fox News poll published this week showed her favorability rating at 41 percent, including 73 percent among Democrats. The same poll put Biden’s favorability at 44 percent.
Harris has seemingly found her footing over the past year, leading the administration’s fight against abortion restrictions in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. In recent weeks she made high-profile trips to Africa and Tennessee, the latter coming after three Democratic state lawmakers were targeted for expulsion over gun violence protests.
“There is an effort to lift her up around the apparatus, but the other part of it is people are just now paying attention. She didn’t just start traveling, she didn’t just start lifting up these issues,” a source close to the vice president’s office told The Hill.
Harris has also taken on issues related to foreign policy, climate and small businesses. Over a year ago, she started traveling two to three times a week, including on five overseas trips.
“I’m actually thrilled to see her hitting a good groove, which to me sort of makes sense at this time of the presidential campaign. On abortion rights but also guns, you’ve seen her step up in a way that we haven’t up until this point,” said David Thomas, a partner at Mehlman Consulting and former deputy director of legislative affairs for former Vice President Al Gore.
Taking on those issues, especially reproductive rights, has elevated Harris’s profile and required her to traverse the country and meet with local officials, which can all be an asset to the 2024 ticket.
“Despite what maybe people think of her inside the beltway, she really excites the Democratic base, and that’s why we see her out in the country more often, talking to Democrats,” Thomas said.
After Harris’s challenges with staffing early on in the administration, she has brought on two top aides who her supporters say will be pivotal to her inner circle as the campaign picks up. Kelsey Smith, a longtime aide to former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was hired as director of scheduling and advice for the vice president in January, and Lorraine Voles just hit her one-year mark as chief of staff.
There is also a belief Harris will be aided by the presence of Biden’s campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, who worked with Harris when she was a California senator and when she ran for president in 2020.
“She’s got this challenge of how many reboots are they going do,” said one Democratic strategist. “For Kamala, it’s always going to come down to can she put a good team together and execute.” | 2023-04-30T18:22:12+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/hill-politics/harris-preps-for-her-biggest-task-yet-biden-2024/ |
MLB Probable Starting Pitchers Tonight: Sunday, June 11
Wondering who will be pitching to start today's MLB action? Below you'll find a list of every probable starting pitcher matchup on Sunday, including Martin Perez and the Rangers going up against Shane McClanahan and the Rays.
Read on to find the probable pitching matchups for every contest on the schedule for June 11.
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Today's Probable Starting Pitchers
Diamondbacks at Tigers Probable Pitchers
The Arizona Diamondbacks will send Zac Gallen (7-2) to the mound as they take on the Tigers, who will counter with Joey Wentz (1-6) when the teams play Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Diamondbacks at Tigers
- ARI Odds to Win: -225
- DET Odds to Win: +180
- Total: 8 runs
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Astros at Guardians Probable Pitchers
The Houston Astros will send Brandon Bielak (3-2) to the mound as they play the Guardians, who will give the start to Shane Bieber (4-3) when the clubs meet Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Astros at Guardians
- CLE Odds to Win: -145
- HOU Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 8 runs
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Nationals at Braves Probable Pitchers
The Washington Nationals will send Trevor Williams (2-4) to the bump as they play the Braves, who will look to Bryce Elder (4-0) when the clubs face off Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Nationals at Braves
- ATL Odds to Win: -275
- WSH Odds to Win: +220
- Total: 9.5 runs
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Royals at Orioles Probable Pitchers
The Kansas City Royals will send Carlos Hernandez (0-3) to the mound as they face the Orioles, who will give the start to Kyle Gibson (7-3) when the clubs meet Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Royals at Orioles
- BAL Odds to Win: -185
- KC Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 9 runs
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- Streaming: MASN2 (regional restrictions may apply)
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Mets at Pirates Probable Pitchers
The New York Mets will send Carlos Carrasco (2-2) to the mound as they take on the Pirates, who will look to Mitch Keller (7-2) when the teams play on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Mets at Pirates
- PIT Odds to Win: -120
- NYM Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 9 runs
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Dodgers at Phillies Probable Pitchers
The Los Angeles Dodgers will send Victor Gonzalez (1-2) to the mound as they take on the Phillies, who will look to Taijuan Walker (5-3) for the matchup between the clubs on Sunday.
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- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
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Twins at Blue Jays Probable Pitchers
The Minnesota Twins will send Louie Varland (3-2) to the mound as they face the Blue Jays, who will look to Kevin Gausman (5-3) when the teams face off on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Twins at Blue Jays
- TOR Odds to Win: -210
- MIN Odds to Win: +170
- Total: 8 runs
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- Game Time: 1:37 PM ET
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Rangers at Rays Probable Pitchers
The Texas Rangers will send Perez (6-1) to the hill as they take on the Rays, who will look to McClanahan (9-1) when the clubs play on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Rangers at Rays
- TB Odds to Win: -190
- TEX Odds to Win: +155
- Total: 8 runs
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Marlins at White Sox Probable Pitchers
The Miami Marlins will send Braxton Garrett (2-2) to the hill as they face the White Sox, who will hand the ball to Lucas Giolito (5-4) for the matchup between the teams on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Marlins at White Sox
- CHW Odds to Win: -150
- MIA Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Athletics at Brewers Probable Pitchers
The Oakland Athletics will send JP Sears (0-3) to the mound as they face the Brewers, who will counter with Freddy Peralta (5-5) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Athletics at Brewers
- MIL Odds to Win: -210
- OAK Odds to Win: +170
- Total: 8 runs
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- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
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Reds at Cardinals Probable Pitchers
The Cincinnati Reds will send Hunter Greene (1-4) to the hill as they play the Cardinals, who will give the start to Adam Wainwright (2-1) when the clubs play Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Reds at Cardinals
- STL Odds to Win: -140
- CIN Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Padres at Rockies Probable Pitchers
The San Diego Padres will send Blake Snell (2-6) to the mound as they play the Rockies, who will give the start to Dinelson Lamet (1-3) when the clubs meet on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Padres at Rockies
- SD Odds to Win: -185
- COL Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 12 runs
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Cubs at Giants Probable Pitchers
The Chicago Cubs will send Hayden Wesneski (2-2) to the mound as they take on the Giants, who will look to John Brebbia (2-0) when the clubs face off on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Cubs at Giants
- SF Odds to Win: -145
- CHC Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Mariners at Angels Probable Pitchers
The Seattle Mariners will send Logan Gilbert (4-3) to the bump as they play the Angels, who will give the start to Griffin Canning (4-2) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Mariners at Angels
- LAA Odds to Win: -120
- SEA Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 9 runs
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Red Sox at Yankees Probable Pitchers
The Boston Red Sox will send Brayan Bello (3-4) to the bump as they play the Yankees, who will give the start to Clarke Schmidt (2-6) for the game between the clubs on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Red Sox at Yankees
- NYY Odds to Win: -125
- BOS Odds to Win: +105
- Total: 8.5 runs
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(WJW) — A pharmaceutical company is voluntarily recalling a nasal spray that works to reduce snoring after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found a microbial contamination.
The California-based Green Pharmaceuticals is recalling some of its SnoreStop NasoSpray, packaged in 0.3-ounce containers, following an FDA test that found traces of Providencia rettgeri.
While the microorganism is usually not an issue for healthy individuals, those with compromised immune systems could be adversely affected. Severe reactions include sepsis, pneumonia and fungal infections, the FDA reports. For those who are not immunucompromised, the FDA says, “the use of the recalled product may result in infectious complications that are expected to be less severe and more readily responsive to treatment.”
The lot number being recalled is 2373/21222. The numbers can be found on the bottom of the bottle and the outside packaging. Anyone who has this product in their home is asked to discontinue use.
At this time, Green Pharmaceuticals says they have not received any reports of customers being sickened after using their product.
Those who have any questions regarding the recall can reach out to the company at 805-388-0600 or mail@snorestop.com.
Find out more about the recall right here. | 2022-06-14T16:56:59+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/recalls/nasal-spray-recalled-after-fda-finds-microbial-contamination/ |
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Many people have already started their holiday vacation, but one man is prepping for his longest night of the year.
With just a few days left until Christmas, Mr. G met up with Santa at Nordstrom’s Santa House in New York City, where he was delighting kids of all ages.
It’s a G thing. | 2022-12-23T23:58:04+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/its-a-g-thing/catching-up-with-santa-before-his-biggest-night-of-the-year/ |
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz is projected to win the vacant seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, marking the first time in 15 years that the court will have a liberal majority, according to The Associated Press.
Protasiewicz and her challenger, former state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly, were seeking to replace outgoing conservative Justice Patience Roggensack on the court. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has a 4-3 conservative majority, but with Roggensack’s retirement, the partisan lean of the court hung in the balance.
The election will have clear consequences for a host of issues in the state, including a contested 1849 abortion ban that offers very limited exceptions, redistricting and even possible challenges to the 2024 election results.
Though the judicial race is technically nonpartisan, Protasiewicz and Kelly were seen as the liberal and conservative contenders respectively. The two made it into the Tuesday race after they became the two top vote-getters during the initial February election, which featured four candidates in total.
Protasiewicz placed first during the February election with 47 percent of the vote while Kelly came in second at 24 percent.
One analysis of spending in the race by WisPolitics.com has suggested that over $45 million has been spent in the race in total.
Protasiewicz has been notably outspoken on her views on abortion, airing one ad in which she expressed support for the medical procedure, and for calling the state’s election maps “rigged.” That drew criticism from her opponent who argued she was offering her opinions on issues she could weigh before the court, though both candidates have refrained from saying how they’d officially rule on litigation like the 1849 law.
At the same time, the candidates’ endorsements have neatly fallen along ideological lines, with anti-abortion rights groups supporting Kelly while abortion rights groups are backing Protasiewicz.
While Democrats and experts alike agree that abortion has appeared to be a galvanizing issue for voters, Kelly and outside groups have sought to countermessage by highlighting Protasiewicz’s criminal sentencing record and suggesting she’s soft on crime.
The Milwaukee County judge’s campaign has argued her opponent was “cherry picking” her record.
Protasiewicz for her part has sought to cast Kelly as an extremist and targeted him over details that surfaced during the race that he was involved in discussions over a fake elector scheme in 2020.
“Justice Kelly was hired by the [Republican Party of Wisconsin] and RNC as a special counsel in August of 2020-before the November election. He was hired to advise on the ins and outs of all Wisconsin election law when needed and not just on so-called ‘election integrity’ law issues,” Kelly’s campaign says on its website about the matter.
“Justice Kelly was not only not at the center of any alternate elector plan, he had no knowledge of such a plan outside of one requested thirty-minute phone call on the subject. As congressional testimony has established, he was ‘not in the loop’ on any such plan.” | 2023-04-05T02:19:54+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/hill-politics/liberal-candidate-janet-protasiewicz-wins-wisconsin-supreme-court-race/ |
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Surgical Care Coalition (SCC) issued the following statement after a bipartisan group of over 196 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Reps. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), and the GOP Doctors Caucus, led by Reps. Michael Burgess, MD (R-Pa.), Andy Harris, MD (R-Md.), and Brad Wenstrup, DPM (R-Ohio), issued two separate letters urging congressional leadership to stop the cuts facing Medicare physician payment scheduled for January 1, 2023. To date, 220 Representatives and nearly 50 Senators have publicly supported the need to protect patients by stopping these cuts.
"Congress must act now to stop the full Medicare cut that will harm millions of seniors across the country," said the Surgical Care Coalition. "With access to critical surgical care laying in jeopardy and only a few weeks left in the year, failure to fully stop the cuts would be an unacceptable outcome for those most in need of such life-altering and lifesaving care."
Beyond putting patients at risk, both letters acknowledged the impending cuts to Medicare would harm the entire healthcare system. Pointing to the ongoing workforce shortages, record-high inflation, supply-chain limitations, lingering effects of COVID-19, and other operational hardship facing medical practices across the country, the bipartisan letter's signatories wrote "Congress must ensure that Medicare providers continue to have the necessary financial support to care for our nation's seniors who rely on Medicare." Further, the GOP Doctors Caucus wrote that "policies that address physician payment stability in the immediate future and beyond will be critical to the continued success of the Medicare program."
Without congressional action, surgeons, anesthesiologists, other physicians, and non-physician clinicians face a nearly 8.5% Medicare cut, which includes the nearly 4.5% cut to the Medicare CF and a 4% Medicare cut stemming from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act. This is on top of the 2% Medicare sequestration cuts that were reinstated this year.
Last week, over one million physician and non-physician healthcare clinicians joined together in a letter calling on congressional leadership to protect patients by stopping the full cut to Medicare payments set to take effect on January 1, 2023. This letter kicked off a Week of Action calling on congressional leaders to protect lifesaving and life-changing care for the nation's most vulnerable patients. Representatives from healthcare organizations across the country are contacting their members of Congress—through direct phone calls, e-mails, and social media—to emphasize the harmful impact these cuts would have to their Medicare patients.
Read the letter from the bipartisan group of representatives here and the letter from the GOP Doctors Caucus here.
About the Surgical Care Coalition
The Surgical Care Coalition advocates for access to quality surgical care for all Americans. The Surgical Care Coalition is comprised of 14 professional associations that proudly represent the more than 180,000 surgeons and anesthesiologists working across the country with a common goal of improving the quality of care, and quality of life, for all patients.
CONTACT: media@surgicalcare.org
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Shares to begin trading tomorrow on the TSX and NYSE on a post-consolidated basis
TORONTO, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today announced the share consolidation ratio for its return of capital transaction which will be effective at 3:01 a.m. (Toronto time) tomorrow. The company's common shares will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on a post-consolidated basis when markets open tomorrow. The company's trading symbol will remain "TRI" on both exchanges. The new CUSIP number for the post-consolidated common shares is 884903808 and the new ISIN number is CA8849038085.
- The return of capital transaction consists of a distribution of US$4.67 in cash per common share (approximately US$2.2 billion in the aggregate) and a consolidation of the company's outstanding common shares (or reverse stock split) at a ratio of 1 pre-consolidated share for 0.963957 post-consolidated shares. The share consolidation is proportional to the cash distribution and the share consolidation ratio was based on the volume weighted average trading price of the shares on the NYSE for the five trading day period which ended today.
- Eligible shareholders who duly exercised their right to opt out of the transaction will not receive the cash distribution and will continue to hold the same number of shares that they held prior to the effective time of the transaction.
Computershare Investor Services Inc., the company's depositary for the transaction, will deliver cash distribution amounts to registered participating shareholders as promptly as practicable, subject to the terms and conditions of the transaction. The effects of the share consolidation will be reflected in the company's share register. Beneficial or non-registered shareholders participating in the transaction will receive cash distributions from their bank, broker or other intermediary and the effects of the share consolidation will be recorded in their accounts.
Fractional shares will not be issued as part of the return of capital transaction and shareholders will receive the value of any fractional shares in cash, subject to certain exceptions described in the management proxy circular.
As previously announced, the transaction is generally expected to be tax-free for Canadian tax purposes. A U.S. shareholder who has chosen to opt out of the transaction generally is not expected to be subject to U.S. federal income tax or Canadian federal income tax. A U.S. shareholder who participates in the transaction generally is expected to be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any gain realized and is not expected to be subject to Canadian federal income tax. The tax consequences of the proposed return of capital transaction are complex. This summary reflects certain assumptions and limitations and it is qualified in its entirety by the "Income Tax Considerations" section of the management proxy circular for the return of capital transaction.
The full details of the return of capital transaction are described in the company's 2023 management proxy circular and related materials, which are available on www.thomsonreuters.com in the "Investor relations" section. The return of capital documents were previously filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR and are available at www.sedar.com. The documents were also furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission through EDGAR and are available at www.sec.gov.
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Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking, including statements relating to the return of capital transaction and the anticipated tax treatment for shareholders participating in the transaction and those opting out. These forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and reflect our company's current expectations. As a result, forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations, including other factors discussed in materials that Thomson Reuters from time to time files with, or furnishes to, the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. There is no assurance that the return of capital transaction will be completed or that other events described in any forward-looking statement will materialize. Except as may be required by applicable law, Thomson Reuters disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
About Thomson Reuters
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BIO CEO & Investor Conference, February 6-9 – Corporate presentation Tuesday, February 7, at 10:45 a.m. ET
SVB Securities Global Biopharma Conference, February 13-16 – Corporate presentation Tuesday, February 14, at 11:20 a.m. ET
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRVI), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing the investigational therapy Haduvio™ (oral nalbuphine ER for the treatment of chronic cough in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other chronic cough indications, and for the treatment of prurigo nodularis, today announced senior leadership will attend and present at the following February investor conferences.
BIO CEO & Investor Conference (February 6-9, 2023)
Presentation Date/Time: Tuesday, February 7 at 10:45 a.m. ET
Corporate presentation: Farrell Simon, SVP, Head of Commercial and Strategy
Meeting participation: Lisa Delfini, CFO, and Farrell Simon, SVP, Head of Commercial and Strategy
Location: New York, NY and virtual
SVB Securities Global Biopharma Conference (February 13-16, 2023)
Presentation Date/Time: Tuesday, February 14 at 11:20 a.m. ET
Corporate presentation: Jennifer Good, President and CEO, and Lisa Delfini, CFO
Location: Virtual
A live webcast of the SVB Securities Global Biopharma Conference corporate presentation will be accessible from the 'Investors & News' section on the Company's website at www.TreviTherapeutics.com. An archived replay of the audio webcast will also be available on the Company's website following the event.
About Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing the investigational oral therapy Haduvio™ (nalbuphine ER) for the treatment of chronic cough in adults with IPF, other chronic cough indications, and for the treatment of prurigo nodularis. The Company reported statistically significant results from the Phase 2 CANAL trial of Haduvio for the treatment of chronic cough in adults with IPF. Based on this positive data, Trevi plans to focus future clinical development on chronic cough conditions, including IPF, refractory chronic cough, and interstitial lung diseases (ILDs).
For more information, visit www.TreviTherapeutics.com and follow the Company on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Investor Contact
Katie McManus
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
203-304-2499
k.mcmanus@trevitherapeutics.com
Media Contact
Rosalia Scampoli
914-815-1465
rscampoli@marketcompr.com
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SOURCE Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. | 2023-02-02T14:22:23+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2023/02/02/trevi-therapeutics-present-participate-upcoming-february-conferences/ |
'The Masked Singer' reveals identities of Milkshake, Walrus — See under the mask
LOS ANGELES - The Walrus and Milkshake were unmasked on a special Sunday night episode of "The Masked Singer," which celebrated the ‘90s.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Season 8, episode 6, of "The Masked Singer."
The top-secret singing competition show included host Nick Cannon and panelists Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Thicke, Ken Jeong, and Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg. In a true celebration of the 1990s, Tag Team kicked off the episode by performing their iconic 1993 hit "Whoomp! (There It Is)."
During Season 8 of "The Masked Singer," there are multiple unmaskings every week. Find out who was unmasked this week below:
The Walrus
The Walrus performed the 1992 hit "Two Princes" by the rock group Spin Doctors, and was the first to be unmasked, with Thicke guessing correctly.
Despite a memorable performance, the Walrus’ fate was sealed and revealed to be actor Joey Lawrence, best known for playing Joey Russo on "Blossom" and Joe Longo in "Melissa & Joey."
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The Milkshake
Next up was the Milkshake, who performed "Jump On It" by Sir Mix-A-Lot. Milkshake later returned to the stage for a showdown with The Lambs, but it ended up being the last straw.
The Milkshake was revealed to be NFL running back Le'Veon Bell.
Rated TV-PG. Eight seasons. Featuring: Ken Jeong, Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Jenny McCarthy, Nick Cannon.
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AUBURN — Two quarterbacks, endless opportunities.
That’s how it looks on paper. Especially if they both take the field at the same time.
Like when Auburn’s backup quarterback Robby Ashford lined up in the slot, then ran a sweep where he took a handoff from quarterback T.J. Finley before pitching the ball to running back Tank Bigsby who carried the ball for a 21-yard gain.
“It is just a fun way to go make a play,” Auburn coach Bryan Harsin said. “I mean, we feel like we are not wasting a play. We thought we can make a play that way, we can hand the ball to Robby, and Robby can pitch it out there, and Robby actually did a great a job on it.”
Harsin actually said he was disappointed the team didn’t get to show off more creative plays like that in Auburn’s 42-16 win over Mercer on Saturday, but the 90-minute lightning delay and other factors sent the team in a different direction.
Of course, the problem with two quarterbacks is that it so rarely goes right, and it always invites speculation.
Finley seemed above reproach through the first five drives of Auburn’s season, completing eight straight passes for 100 yards after starting the game with an incompletion. That Finley did it all while splitting time with Ashford, who actually took over at quarterback during six of Auburn’s first 33 snaps, was even more impressive as the Tigers scored touchdowns on four of their first five possessions.
Then came drive No. 6. It might have been doomed from the start. First, officials called back a 56-yard Bigsby run due to holding.
Then three plays later, it was over. Finley rushed for one yard, ended his streak with an incompletion, and then followed that up with an interception that gave Mercer possession at the Auburn 29-yard line.
That play might have been a blip on the radar if Finley hadn’t tossed a second interception in the third quarter.
On the very next drive, Ashford sets up another touchdown after he hits Ja’Varrius Johnson in stride 43 yards downfield for a total gain of 56 yards on the play.
Hello, controversy.
Harsin didn’t make it out of the postgame presser without being asked if Ashford could earn the start next week against San Jose State.
“Well, I think we got to watch the film first a little bit, and again T.J. is our starter,” Harsin said. “He came in the game as our starter. And Robby got the chance to play and did well. T.J. had a couple turnovers, not ideal, not what you want. But we’re not making any decisions right now.
Finley completed nine of 14 passes for 112 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
Ashford completed four of seven passes for 100 yards. He also carried the ball six times for 68 yards.
Some will say Harsin has to eventually make a choice between the two players or, barring that, at least promote Ashford to the lead role.
The pitfalls are obvious, but Harsin and his staff should stick with both quarterbacks for as long as they can. In part because 11 defensive coordinators will now be forced to spend practice time preparing for both quarterbacks to play both individually and in tandem for the rest of the season.
And as for the competition between Finley and Ashford, while it’s possible Auburn’s best quarterback played second fiddle on Saturday night, the sample size is too small, and the lack of a competitive game should give everyone pause before they anoint one quarterback over the other.
But maybe it’s fair to say Finley can’t afford many, if any, more performances like Saturday night if he’s going to remain atop the depth chart at the end of the season. | 2022-09-04T17:37:27+00:00 | annistonstar.com | https://www.annistonstar.com/sports/tyler-waldrep-harsins-two-quarterback-system-will-invite-controversy-but-auburn-should-stay-the-course/article_0521e676-2c11-11ed-ac5b-97068bf46752.html |
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines said Wednesday that customers with PreCheck can go through security checkpoints at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport with a face scan and phone app instead of showing their driver’s license or passport.
The airline said that it intends to expand the test, which started Wednesday, to airports in Miami, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere later this year.
American is portraying the service as a convenience factor that will help passengers get through security checkpoints more quickly. Privacy experts have expressed concern about personal information that people volunteer for a convenience benefit, and how that information is used and stored.
At DFW Airport, passengers will need PreCheck, the expedited-screening service sold by the Transportation Security Administration, and an American Airlines mobile app to use the facial-recognition technology.
Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways have used biometric technology for boarding at other airports. | 2022-06-22T21:27:34+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/american-airlines-testing-face-scanning-at-dfw-airport/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
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The Iranian government carried out two executions over the weekend, prompting more international condemnations over its attempt to crush several months of anti-government protests. But as NPR's Peter Kenyon reports, Iranians are determined to be heard, despite the ongoing crackdown and official attempts to cut off internet access.
PETER KENYON, BYLINE: The two men who were hanged this weekend took the number of known executions to four. Dozens of other people also face possible death penalties. Iran's hardline government calls the demonstrators rioters armed by Iran's enemies. Some 500 people, according to rights groups, have been killed by security forces on the streets. But protesters vow they'll go on. Like others contacted via the internet for this story, Javad, in his 50s and from central Iran, asked that his family name not be used for fear of retribution for speaking out against the government and talking to foreign media. But he's been protesting ever since the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of the morality police sparked the unrest in September. He says force by the government won't stop him.
JAVAD: (Through interpreter) We saw that the government didn't budge at all, didn't acknowledge any of the demands. So people have gotten angrier and angrier. Although recently, there are fewer street protests due to the crackdowns. In the coming year, there are certainly going to be more. You can see signs of this rage in the society.
KENYON: Javad does see one way the protesters could strengthen their hand. He says there needs to be more of a connection between the demonstrators inside Iran and members of the large Iranian diaspora around the world who would also love to see the government in Tehran fall. Without that cooperation, he says, quote, "people will find it difficult to trust the opposition." Arman, another demonstrator who's in his 30s and from Tehran, says he wouldn't be surprised to see what he calls another explosive wave of protests, especially if the government crackdowns get worse.
ARMAN: (Through interpreter) There is absolutely no end to the will of the government for intensifying its violence. The sole obstacle that has hindered the security forces is how widespread the protests are compared with the weakness of the crackdown machine. Many security forces refuse to beat people in their own towns and cities. So the government has to constantly move them from one city to another so they can continue to suppress protests.
KENYON: As for what world powers can or should do, Arman says the protesters ask only that they live up to their commitment to the principles of democracy and human rights.
ARMAN: (Through interpreter) Today's world claims it has learned multiple lessons from ignoring the crimes of different dictators in the past. Those must be kept in mind and remembered when facing one of the most appalling fundamentalist dictatorships in world history, especially at a time when the world has been observing how an entirely democratic and liberal movement is fighting against them inside the country.
KENYON: Analyst Ali Vaez at the International Crisis Group says he sees Iran today in a similar place to where the former Soviet Union was, not in the late 1980s when it was on the verge of collapse but in the early 1980s.
ALI VAEZ: Early 1980s, in the sense that it's a system that is ideologically bankrupt, economically broken, at a political dead end and simply unable to address its problems with the same cast of characters who created this deadlock to begin with.
KENYON: But Vaez also says while the protesters are calling for something many Iranians would like to see, the toppling of the government, only a minority is willing to take to the streets and risk their liberty or their lives to demand it. As long as the protests don't reach what he calls critical mass, he says the regime is unlikely to fracture or lose its willingness to repress demonstrations by force. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Istanbul. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2023-01-10T21:48:23+00:00 | nprillinois.org | https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-01-09/protesters-in-iran-are-determined-to-be-heard-despite-crackdowns |
BOSTON (AP) — Reigan Richardson scored 14 points and Celeste Taylor added 11 to lead No. 9 Duke to the 1,000th win in the program’s history, 68-27 over Boston College on Thursday night.
Richardson scored 10 points in the second quarter, when the Blue Devils (21-3, 11-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) turned a five-point lead into a 32-14 runaway. Boston College (14-13, 4-10) made just two baskets in the period, going scoreless for the last 7:55 of the half.
Duke held BC to one basket in the third while extending the lead to 26 points, and two in the fourth.
The blowout pleased the many Blue Devils fans in the crowd of 2,347 — the biggest of the season at the Conte Forum. A boisterous cheer erupted when Duke reserve Shay Bollin, who is from nearby Raynham, scored with 32 seconds left.
Maria Gakdeng had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Eagles, who shot 18.4% from the field.
BIG PICTURE
The Blue Devils grabbed sole possession of first place in the ACC with a victory at Notre Dame on Sunday. Duke faces fifth-place Miami on Sunday and then third-place Virginia Tech on Thursday in Blacksburg.
BC had won two straight against Duke, including a win in Durham last year that was the Eagles’ first in Cameron Indoor Stadium since joining the ACC. But the Eagles lost for the eighth time in nine games.
UP NEXT
Duke: Hosts Miami on Sunday.
Boston College: Visits No. 14 North Carolina on Sunday.
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New Products from Can-Am Off-Road, Can-Am On-Road, and Sea-Doo Enhance the Rider Experience Across Platforms
VALCOURT, QC, Aug. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BRP Inc. (TSX: DOO) (NASDAQ: DOOO) continues to redefine what the ultimate rider experience can be across its powersports product lines, with an increased emphasis on fun and accessibility. Can-Am Off-Road adds three all-new youth all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) to the roster and a suite of updates to the rest of the ATV and side-by-side vehicle (SSV) lineups. The Can-Am On-Road lineup brings fresh new stylings to the Spyder and Ryker portfolio, along with enhanced customization options. On the water, Sea-Doo adds two all-new personal watercraft (PWC) with the Sea-Doo Explorer Pro 170 and Sea-Doo RXP-X Apex 300.
"Our relentless pursuit of maximizing rider enjoyment across our different powersports product offerings has been a driving force of our success," said Sandy Scullion, President, Powersports Group at BRP. "The mission to enhance the rider experience across our product lineups manifests itself in a number of different ways, like making more intuitive and easy-to-use vehicles, offering enhanced personalization options, and pushing the boundaries of performance, that's exactly what our 2023 powersports lineup does."
All-new for 2023, Can-Am has added the fuel-injected four-stroke powered Renegade 70 EFI, Renegade 110 EFI, and Renegade X xc 110 EFI youth ATVs to the lineup, taking performance and reliability to a whole new level for the entire family. The full-size Outlander and Renegade lineups feature a bold new look and feel, with improved rider comfort across both product lines.
The SSV lineup also received a suite of updates to the Maverick and Defender product lines. The Maverick X3 DS Turbo solidified its position as the mid-horsepower sport UTV leader by increasing its horsepower (HP) to 135, up 15 HP from the 2022 model, all thanks to an upgraded turbocharger for higher boost, and bigger fuel injectors. Also raising the bar, the Defender is now the pinnacle of working performance for suspension performance and unrivaled tire clearance in the utility-recreational category, and comes stock with 30-inch tires. For more information on the 2023 lineup, view this video or visit the Can-Am Off-Road website.
For 2023, the Can-Am Spyder and Ryker lineups received fresh styling and exciting, long-awaited new updates. The Spyder F3 Limited Special Series is now available in stunning Mineral Blue and show stopping Petrol Metallic colorways. The exclusive Spyder RT Sea-To-Sky returns to the lineup in a Green Shadow colorway, with Prosecco highlights and trims, as well as sleek new wheels. For both the Spyder F3 and Spyder RT, a new platinum package redefines what the modern interpretation of luxury styling is.
The Ryker Rally and Ryker Sport now offer increased personalization options, which include new wheel options, color panel kits, and a slim profile driver backrest with passenger seat option. Additional Ryker updates include new heated and textured ergonomic grips with 4 temperature levels for extra comfort and that remember the rider's last setting. Compatible with cruise control, the easy-to-use grips also feature IP67-rated waterproof sealing to keep them safe from the elements. For more information, view the model year 2023 video or visit the Can-Am On-Road website.
Thrusting into the future of the watercraft world, Sea-Doo is leading the way with two all-new premium personal watercraft (PWC) for 2023 with the Sea-Doo Explorer Pro 170 and the Sea-Doo RXP-X Apex 300. The Sea-Doo Explorer Pro 170 is the most adventure ready, out-of-the-box PWC. The Explorer Pro 170 is ready to navigate new waters with the confidence of knowing it's fully equipped with uncharted water features and technologies. Adventure seekers can ride as a multi-day, self contained exploration package with its massive storage capabilities, fuel efficient load hauling power, and unmatched stability.
Available exclusively through pre-order, the Sea-Doo RXP-X Apex 300 takes PWC performance to a whole new level, complemented by the bold styling and carbon fiber components and a full package of upgraded features. Built upon one of the best performing platforms in the industry, Sea-Doo RXP-X Apex 300 takes handling to the next level with the industry-first steering damper to level-up control and precision in open water conditions.
The award-winning Sea-Doo Switch family of pontoon boats also returns with 2023 models which are easier to drive with a handlebar control system that allows drivers to focus on the world around them and be the confident captain of their family fun adventures. For more information on the 2023 Sea-Doo lineup, view this video or visit the Sea-Doo website.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to self-expression, personal style offers an important opportunity to showcase individuality. And while clothing choice is just one piece of individual identity, those clothes can have the power to help everyone look and feel like their best and most authentic self. That's what the Dockers® brand strives to provide in each of its designs, and in celebration of Pride 2022, the brand is excited to release its 7th Pride collection to date.
Available starting May 16th, Dockers® is launching its latest Pride collection titled "Say It Loud" to honor the LGBTQ+ community. This colorful collection takes inspiration from the rich history of activism and acceptance in San Francisco, the birthplace of Dockers®, and each item features unique drawings created by Bay Area-based artist and Dockers® partner Richard Ceely.
"The artwork is meant to inspire all people to let their love soar, and to remind us that we're all birds of a feather in pursuit of a life well lived," says Ceely. "When I was first brainstorming designs I was out on my deck, and the birds around my house really had a lot to say that morning – and they were saying it loud. Listening to those birds sounded like the joyful greeting of a new day full of possibilities, and I wanted to convey that positive energy with this design."
The capsule features five new styles including a garment dyed hooded sweatshirt, graphic tees in both blue and white colorways, a summer-ready white tank top and a versatile pair of khaki shorts that reflect the signature California cool Dockers® vibe. Through these gender-neutral styles, "Say It Loud" aims to evoke a joyful celebration of who you truly are, because everyone deserves to feel confident in their skin.
"We were so excited to work with Richard on this collection to celebrate Pride this year, as he is a local artist and long-time friend of the Dockers® brand" says Lisa Relth, Director of Design at Dockers®. "His colorful and imaginative paintings burst with irreverent positivity and whimsical personality, beautifully infusing some of Dockers' most beloved casual staples with the joy that characterizes Pride."
In addition to the product collection, Dockers® continues its long-standing partnership with Stonewall Community Foundation in the hopes of sparking positive change for the LGBTQ+ community that lasts far beyond the month of June. The brand is proud to support Stonewall's incredible work amplifying LGBTQ+ voices and addressing key issues through community grants and consulting.
As part of the Levi Strauss & Co. portfolio, the Dockers® brand has a rich history of supporting LGBTQ+ rights dating back to its inception in 1986. LS&Co. was the first prominent business to take action in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the first Fortune 500 company to extend benefits to same sex partners. The company continues to support the LGBTQ+ community through financial commitments and political action in support of same-sex marriage, along with other relevant policy matters. Dockers® remains committed to recognizing LGBTQ+ individuals and supporting their rights to equality in all walks of life.
The Dockers® "Say It Loud" collection will be available for purchase on Dockers.com through the end of June.
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About the Dockers® brand:
The Dockers® brand has been the authority in khaki pants for more than 30 years. First introduced in 1986 in San Francisco, California, this American classic has always been at the heart of the casual movement, providing men with quality products for every occasion. Our thoughtful innovations and meaningful details have always served a purpose, not a trend. Today, the Dockers® brand continues to be America's favorite khaki and offers a wide range of apparel and accessories with no compromises in quality -always superior comfort and versatile style. The Dockers® brand is a division of Levi Strauss & Co. and available worldwide in 60 countries, on six continents. For more information about the Dockers® brand, its products and stores, please visit www.dockers.com.
About Richard Ceely:
Richard Ceely is a passionate artist and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. Much like his vibrant paintings and drawings, Ceely is joyful and fun-loving as an artist and an individual, with a firm belief that love and kindness will always prevail. Ceely is originally from Upstate New York and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
About Stonewall Community Foundation:
Stonewall Community Foundation is a prolific funder of LGBTQ+ issues, supporting over 700 organizations since 1990 to advance queer liberation and racial, social, and economic justice. Founded against the tragic backdrop of the AIDS crisis, its mission amplifies the amazing power of collective giving. In addition to grantmaking, including scholarships and microgrants, Stonewall offers free consulting and training for nonprofit leaders on the front lines of change.
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A second randomized controlled trial sponsored by JDRF also demonstrates superiority of automated insulin pump as first-in-line therapy for children with type 1 diabetes
DUBLIN and BERLIN, Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced one-year data from the ADAPT study (n=82), the first multi-national randomized controlled study comparing the performance of the MiniMed™ 780G advanced hybrid closed loop system1 (AHCL) against multiple daily injections (MDI) of insulin with an intermittently scanned CGM (isCGM). The study was done in adults (18 years of age and older) not meeting glycemic targets. The initial 6-month results, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, showed AHCL system users experienced a 27.6% absolute increase in Time in Range (TIR) and 1.4% reduction in HbA1C compared to those on MDI + isCGM without increased time in hypoglycemia. These results were even greater overnight with a TIR increase of 30.2%. At the close of the 6-month study period, all participants on MDI + isCGM crossed over to the MiniMed 780G system. At one year, these significant improvements were reproduced in this cross-over group and sustained in those that started on AHCL therapy at the start of the trial. These latest results were presented today at the 2023 Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) Conference in Berlin.
Significant Improvements in Clinical Outcomes with MiniMed 780G System
Long Term Maintained Clinical Outcomes with MiniMed 780G System
* Non-inferiority met (margin= 0.3); ✢ Non-inferiority met (margin= -6%).
"These results further strengthen the case for us to move beyond the CGM-first paradigm to ensure patients experience these well-established clinical benefits of automated insulin delivery earlier at diagnosis," said Ohad Cohen, M.D., Senior Global Medical Affairs Director, Medtronic Diabetes. "The MiniMed 780G system is taking care of users in ways that individuals just aren't able to with manual injections, even with the best of intentions, as there are so many variables that impact blood sugar levels on a daily basis."
Data from a second randomized controlled study sponsored by JDRF, called the CLVer Trial, (n=113) showed that in youth (7 to17 years old) with newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetes, early intensive management, including use of an automated insulin delivery system, resulted in superior Time in Range of 78% compared to 64% Time in Range in the standard-care group (real-time CGM without automated insulin delivery) at one year. The CLVer Trial results were presented in a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at the ATTD Conference and concurrently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
"There is a growing body of clinical evidence demonstrating the superiority of using automated insulin delivery systems as first-line treatment for type 1 diabetes rather than the standard stepwise approach of starting patients on a CGM first," said Jennifer McVean, MD, Senior Medical Affairs Director, Medtronic Diabetes. "These results demonstrate patient success earlier in the course of their disease and across the age spectrum. Considering this compelling evidence, we're committed to expanding access to our MiniMed 780G system so more people living with diabetes have an opportunity to improve short- and long-term health outcomes."
The Next Frontier in Therapy Management
Innovation of technology in type 1 diabetes has transformed the therapy and significantly improved outcomes and quality of life. Data presented today at ATTD addressed one of the remaining hurdles of delivering a closed loop system — the ability to manage complex meals and exercise. Prof. Amir Tirosh, Sheba Medical Centre Israel, presented studies that evaluated simplified meal announcement approaches with the MiniMed™ 780G system, confirming it was able to handle unannounced meals* up to 80 grams of carbohydrates, and that there was no deterioration in glycemic control when small amounts (up to 20 grams) of carbs were unannounced2. In addition, he presented data that precise carb counting, often seen as a prerequisite for access to advanced diabetes technology, is not as important as once thought.
Meal management has been cited as one of the most challenging aspects of diabetes management as today, individuals need to calculate the number of carbs they're consuming and input it into their pump so the correct amount of insulin can be delivered (called "announcing a meal"). The MiniMed™ 780G system was designed to anticipate real life needs where carb counts aren't always exact and meal doses are often missed. As Medtronic advances its SmartGuard™ algorithm towards a fully closed loop system, the company is evaluating the use of its MiniMed 780G system integrated with its proprietary Klue smartwatch app which leverages hand gestures detected by a smartwatch to announce meals to the pump with the goal of eliminating manual meal announcements.
Early data from a small single site study (n=17) showed users were able to maintain glycemic control similar to the current standard of care of manually announcing a meal in the pump and bolusing. The study evaluated the use of the MiniMed 780G system with the Klue app disabled while traditional carb counting and carb entry were completed at baseline. Following that, the app was enabled for five days, and carb counting was prohibited. This first study of this integrated system showed that it successfully handled test meals and drinks of varying caloric and carb size while maintaining good glycemic control with a Time in Range of 80.6% during the study period.
"Coupled with the real-world data we're seeing across 104 countries where it's commercially available, we're confident our system addresses a significant unmet need while delivering on the ease of use so many of our customers have asked for," said Que Dallara, EVP and President, Medtronic Diabetes. "We're committed to advancing our SmartGuard™ algorithm towards a fully closed loop system and these early results on our next-generation platform integrated with Klue are very promising."
The MiniMed 780G system integrated with the company's next-generation Guardian™ 4 Sensor is currently being reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for commercial approval and is currently investigational in the U.S.
* The MiniMed 780G system is optimized for use with meal announcement.
- Carlson AL, et al. Safety and glycemic outcomes during the MiniMed™ Advanced Hybrid Closed-Loop system pivotal trial in adolescents and adults with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther.2022;24(3):178-189.
- Tirosh et al. Abstract #517 Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics February 2020 (doi: 10.1089/dia.2020.2525.abstracts)
About the Diabetes Business at Medtronic (www.medtronicdiabetes.com)
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Bran Muffins
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray muffin baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl mix together all the ingredients until smooth. Use a cookie scoop to easily fill the muffin cups to the top. Bake for 30 minutes if using a regular sized muffin tin or 20 minutes if using a mini muffin tin.
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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The Pentagon has deployed forces and is developing options to assist in the possible evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan, but the White House said Friday there are no plans for now for a broader pullout of the potentially thousands of other Americans from the African country where warring factions are in a violent conflict.
The troop moves by the U.S. military are intended “to ensure that we provide as many options as possible, if we are called on to do something. We haven’t been called on to do anything yet,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at a news conference in Germany. Austin and U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, held meeting meetings with defense leaders from other countries to discuss additional support for Ukraine.
An estimated 16,000 private U.S. citizens are registered with the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum as being in Sudan. The State Department has cautioned that that figure probably is inaccurate because there is no requirement for Americans to register nor is there a requirement to notify the embassy when they leave.
“It’s absolutely imperative that U.S. citizens in Sudan make their own arrangements to stay safe in these difficult circumstances,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in Washington.
He added that “Americans should have no expectation of a U.S. government coordinated evacuation at this time. And we expect that that’s going to remain the case.”
For embassy staff, according to an American official, a small number of U.S. troops have begun arriving in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, where the U.S. is pre-positioning forces and equipment to assist in any potential evacuation. The official said Army soldiers are being tapped for the task.
The U.S. troops are being moved to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti. Evacuation planning for Sudan got underway in earnest on Monday after a U.S. Embassy convoy was attacked in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.
The conflict between Sudan’s military and a rival paramilitary force is worsening. The military has ruled out negotiations and said it would only accept surrender as a temporary cease-fire ended, raising the likelihood of a renewed surge in the nearly weeklong violence that has killed hundreds.
The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe private deliberations, said Milley discussed the situation with defense officials from Germany, Italy and Canada, among others. One topic was ensuring that any potential evacuation efforts did not conflict.
The U.S. State Department said Friday that an American citizen had died in Sudan, but did not have further details.
“We are in touch with the family and offer our deepest condolences to them on their loss. Out of respect for the family during this difficult time, we have nothing further to add,” the department said in a statement.
Lee and Copp reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report. | 2023-04-21T21:24:47+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-united-states-sudan-evacuations-20230421-hdsqdlqk3bap5ozlwb3vutpudi-story.html |
(The Hill) — Outraged by the inaction of lawmakers on gun violence, students across the country held walkouts Thursday in the wake of a brutal massacre in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were gunned down at an elementary school.
From Meridian High School in Virginia to El Camino Real Charter High School in California, students across the country took part in walkouts to demand gun control measures, according to social media reports and local news outlets.
Meanwhile in Rhode Island, students from several schools in Providence laid down for three minutes outside the Rhode Island State House, according to a tweet from state Sen. Tiara Mack (D).
At Oxford High School in Michigan, over 100 students walked out of class on Thursday, the Detroit Free Press reported. The school was the site of its own deadly shooting on Nov. 30, where four students were killed.
In Buffalo, Minn., students at Buffalo High School took part in another walkout on Thursday, WCCO, a local CBS affiliate, reported. Buffalo was also the site of shooting last year at Allina Health Buffalo Crossroads Clinic. That incident left one medical assistant dead and several others injured.
But that shooting is not to be confused with another mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., where 10 people were killed at a grocery store earlier this month.
The scale and widespread nature of the walkouts, many of which were conducted in partnership with Students Demand Action, indicate just how much gun violence has permeated communities across the country.
Since 2009, 274 mass shootings have taken place in the country, killing 1,536 people, according to research from Everytown for Gun Safety.
In the last 12 years, one in every four victims of a mass shooting was a child, the group’s data showed.
Lawmakers in Washington have stalled on passing any gun legislation through Congress despite mass shootings that have brought tragedy and devastation to the overwhelming majority of states in the U.S. | 2022-05-27T14:25:23+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/national-news/students-nationwide-walk-out-of-classes-to-protest-inaction-on-guns-by-government/ |
The University of Minnesota should hire more Native American faculty, offer students additional financial support and give back land to atone for its historic mistreatment of the state’s tribes, a report conducted through a collaboration with the school concluded Tuesday.
The report said that the university’s founding board of regents “committed genocide and ethnic cleansing of Indigenous peoples for financial gain, using the institution as a shell corporation through which to launder lands and resources.”
Totaling more than 500 pages, the report marks the first time a major American university has critically examined its history with Native people, said Shannon Geshick, executive director of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and a member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.
The report is the result of a collaborative effort between the council and the university called the TRUTH Project — short for Towards Recognition and University-Tribal Healing — which has received funding from the Mellon Foundation, Minnesota Public Radio reported.
“The TRUTH Project just rips that open and really reveals a narrative that a lot of people I think just don’t know,” Geshick said.
The effort draws on archival records, oral histories and other sources to examine through an Indigenous lens the troubled history between Native people and the state’s flagship university. The university stopped short of saying whether it would adopt the recommendations but thanked researchers in a statement for what they called their “truth-telling.”
[ The Illinois museum built on Native American burial mounds ]
The project started following a series of reports in the publication High Country News in 2020 revealing how universities around the country were founded on the proceeds of land that was taken from tribes through the 1862 Morrill Act.
That included a financial bonanza — dubbed the “Minnesota windfall” — that channeled more than $500 million to the fledgling University of Minnesota from leases and sales of land taken from the Dakota tribe after the federal government hanged 38 Dakota men in Mankato, Minnesota, in December 1862, ending the U.S.-Dakota war.
Meanwhile, it found that the university’s permanent trust fund controls roughly $600 million in royalties from iron ore mining, timber sales and other revenues derived from land taken from the Ojibwe and Dakota tribes.
The report also found that the university had failed to teach a full history of the land on which it was founded and raised questions about how some medical research was conducted.
The university has taken meaningful steps toward addressing some of their concerns, tribal leaders said. In 2021, the university created a program that offers free or substantially reduced tuition to many enrolled members of the state’s 11 federally recognized tribes.
University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel, who is leaving to take over the University of Pittsburgh, created high-level positions within her administration focusing on Native American issues and tribal relations, and held quarterly, face-to-face meetings with tribal leaders. But Geshick, along with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, said a lot more could have been done.
For example, she and others have called for an expansion of the scholarship program, which has been criticized for only benefiting a fraction of Native students.
“It’s a great start. But it shouldn’t be the end,” said Robert Larsen, president of the Lower Sioux Indian Community and chair of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. | 2023-04-11T20:36:08+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/university-of-minnesota-20230411-wgiwnrtmszhl5dnfmi6by65nwy-story.html |
Reggie Dillard had 12 points, six assists, and five steals for Life Center in its 65-22 victory over King’s Christian in Florence.
Daniel Gospodinov pitched in 11 points and eight rebounds for Life Center (10-7) while Keith Brown Jr. netted 10 points, seven assists, and four steals.
As a team, Life Center finished with seven 3-pointers with Dillard, Gospodinov, and Brown each accounting for two.
King’s Christian fell to 0-3.
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A man shot by law enforcement late Saturday night outside a Lebanon house then shot himself in the head.
Dione Eric Kellum, 56, with no listed address, remains in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton.
Lebanon Police Chief Jeff Mitchell said Kellum has a history of contacts with Lebanon police and that one of the residents had a protection order against him.
Police received a 911 call reporting that a known man was outside a house in the 400 block of East Mulberry Street and was threatening to shoot the occupants inside, Mitchell said. Police and Warren County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the house, where they found Kellum with a handgun and a shotgun.
Mitchell said during attempts to deescalate the situation, Kellum fired one shot from his handgun into the ground and then began to raise his shotgun in the direction of the officers. An officer and a sheriff’s deputy each fired their weapon toward Kellum. He said Kellum went to the ground and then with his own handgun shot himself in the head, the chief said.
Lebanon Division of Fire and EMS were staged nearby and responded immediately to begin life-saving efforts. Kellum was taken to Atrium Medical Center in Middletown and later to Miami Valley Hospital.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation responded for crime scene processing and also is investigating the officer-involved shooting.
Mitchell said the Lebanon officer is on paid administrative leave during the investigation, which is customary in officer-involved shootings.
“From our perspective, it appears the officer did what he was supposed to do,” Mitchell said, without identifying the officer.
Warren County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Barry Riley also declined to identify the deputy involved, who also is on paid administrative leave. “We will be working with him to get him back to duty as soon as possible when he’s ready,” Riley said.
“I’m proud of both these individuals for doing what they did,” Riley said, adding that he believed they “handled the incident appropriately.”
BCI officials had not released a report on the shooting as of Monday afternoon.
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What are the 2022 Halloween costumes trends?
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to start planning an epic costume that will be the talk of the town. While classic costumes like a vampire or skeleton are always solid choices, this year, we expect to see the streets and parties full of culturally relevant TV and movie characters, including “Stranger Things,” “Hocus Pocus” and “Top Gun.” If it’s a repeat movie in your house or dominating social media, there’s a good chance it will be a popular costume. From couple’s costumes to men’s costumes to costumes for kids, check out these top 50 Halloween costumes of 2022 to help you stand out and fit in.
Top Halloween Costumes of 2022
Movie characters
“Top Gun” Pilot Flight Suit Costume
Everyone loves when old movies are revived and made new. With “Top Gun” being one of the top releases of 2022, expect to see your favorite characters roaming the streets on Halloween. Add some aviators to this flight suit for the complete look.
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Retro Pink Suit Barbie Costume
Retro and all things hot pink will be popular this Halloween for all ages, thanks to the new Barbie movie and the Barbiecore fashion trend. This hot pink swimsuit screams the ‘80s and just needs some shorts and leg warmers to be a perfect Barbie costume.
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Spirit Halloween “Hocus Pocus” Sarah Sanderson Costume
Teens just discovering “Hocus Pocus” and adults who remember the first movie will adore this Sarah Sanderson costume. It comes in sizes small through 1XL.
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This Halloween, old-school Elvis fans will be joined by those who just discovered the rock and roll legend with the 2022 movie release. This jumpsuit features a glitter eagle embellishment, a belt with rhinestones and a red scarf.
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Spirit Halloween Morticia Addams Costume
While kids may watch “The Addams Family” for Wednesday, adults resonate more with the mother. This Morticia costume comes with a dress and necklace. All it needs is a costume wig.
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Spirit Halloween Sally “The Nightmare Before Christmas” Costume
Any character from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is a great costume choice for Halloween, but Sally is one of the most recognizable ones. Included in this set are the iconic dress and red wig.
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- Khaki coveralls to help anyone fight ghouls and capture ghosts as a Ghostbuster.
- This Michael Myers mask will always be an acceptable choice on Halloween.
- A little face painting will complete this Pennywise costume.
- Dressing as Cher from “Clueless” is popular every Halloween.
- Add a lightsaber, and you finally get to be a Jedi.
- The release of a new “Scream” movie is revitalizing this creepy face mask.
- This Jigsaw mask is creepy and realistic.
TV show characters
Kate Sharma “Bridgerton” Dress
Everyone went crazy over the second season with strong-willed Kate Sharma and dashing Anthony Bridgerton. This teal dress is identical to the one Kate wore in the show and comes in sizes XS through 3XL.
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“Squid Game” Guard Jumpsuit Set
The only thing better than the first season of “Squid Game” is the confirmation of season 2. Those who can’t wait until 2024 to watch the second season will find comfort in this jumpsuit, belt and gloves.
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Eddie Munson Hellfire Club Logo Raglan Baseball Tee
Eddie is unofficially the coolest character in the fourth season of “Stranger Things,” where he sports an identical t-shirt as the leader of the Hellfire Club. With the right wig, anyone is on their way to having an epic Halloween costume.
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Costume Agent Rockford Peaches Baseball Dress Costume
This kit contains everything needed to portray a player in “A League of Their Own,” including a dress, belt and hat. Plus, you can personalize the back.
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PartyEver “The Handmaid’s Tale” Cloak
Those who are excited about the news of the sixth and final season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” should consider this red cloak to create their own Halloween costume.
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California Costumes Joyful Painter Costume Kit
Those who want to go as Bob Ross or Lexi portraying Bob Ross in “Euphoria” will love this kit with a wig, beard, mustache and paint tray.
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As one of the most iconic characters in “Game of Thrones,” anyone will love this Jon Snow costume. It comes with a dress, waistcoat, belt and fur shoulder cloak.
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- “House of the Dragon” costume for fans of the trendy show.
- These “Squid Game” masks are perfect for a group costume.
- Be comfortable as Carmy in “The Bear” in his recognizable blue apron.
- Everyone will remember that scene in “Stranger Things” when they see this Vecna mask.
- “Euphoria” fans will love this cheerleading costume to dress up as Maddy.
- A Daphne dress so anyone can feel like a Bridgerton on Halloween.
- Add sunglasses and a scarf with this dress to look identical to Anna Delvey.
- Max was basically the star of “Stranger Things” this season.
- Be part of the Yellowjackets soccer team with this varsity jacket.
Superheroes
This all-black costume is identical to the suit Black Widow wore in “Captain America: Civil War.” It comes with a zip-front jumpsuit with boot covers, knee pads, a belt and arm gauntlets with a bullet detail.
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Wanda Maximoff Red Clock Costume
Those who aren’t into DIY will appreciate that this Wanda Maximoff costume has everything needed to channel the powerful scarlet witch, including a detailed top and pants, a cloak, girdle, gloves and headpiece.
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Rubie’s “The Dark Knight” Batman Costume
Since a new “Batman” movie releases every few years, including the most recent one in 2022, it’s a pretty good bet that it will be a popular costume. This set includes a padded, muscle-chest jumpsuit with boot covers, a molded utility belt and a mask with an attached cape.
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Rubie’s Marvel: “Avengers 4” Captain America Costume
Superheroes never go out of style, and that’s especially true of Captain America. Wear it as a single costume or go as the group of Avengers. It comes with a mask and padded jumpsuit featuring a 3D design and boot covers.
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Rubie’s DC Superheroes Batgirl Cape
While DC fans are in an uproar over the cancellation of “Batgirl,” anyone can still show their support this Halloween. This cape is the perfect start to any Batgirl costume and features black on one side and purple on the other.
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Rubie’s Captain Marvel Costume
After the release of “The Marvels” trailer at the D23 Expo, it’s confirmed that Captain Marvel will be present in the movie, which will be released in 2023. It’s a single jumpsuit that comes in sizes XS through L and features a foam belt.
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- This Bane mask for those who want to be the villain.
- A complete Spiderman costume that covers from head to toe.
- Celebrate a powerful female superhero with this Wonder Woman golden eagle armor costume.
- Elastigirl is a hero showing that moms are incredible and really can do it all.
- This complete Thanos costume includes a jumpsuit, top, mask and gauntlet.
Kids
While “Encanto” was released in 2021, new fans are still discovering the movie and dreaming about being part of it all. This Mirabel costume will turn a child’s evening into a magical Halloween. It comes with a dress, bag, glasses and earrings for a complete look.
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Costumes USA Star Wars Darth Vader
With new movies and TV shows in the Star Wars world, young kids always seem to be infatuated with the characters. Those who love Darth Vader will appreciate this costume that includes a stretchy jumpsuit with a printed design, a black cape, foam belt and mask.
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Disguise Disney Pixar Buzz Lightyear Costume
The release of 2022’s “Lightyear” is one of the reasons this costume will be a hit among kids and even adults this year. This costume is designed for toddlers and comes with a colorful jumpsuit with a head covering and detachable wings.
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Kids love the Sonic video game, TV show and the “Sonic 2” movie, which was released this year. Those who love Sonic will be excited about this costume, which comes with a zippered jumpsuit with shoe coverings, white gloves and the classic Sonic headpiece.
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Joy Join “Little Mermaid” Costume
All of the classic favorites are being re-imagined as live-action movies, and the announcement of the new “Little Mermaid” has children everywhere screaming with joy. This costume includes a mermaid dress, red wig, crown and gloves.
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Other top deals in this space
- Every toddler wants to dress as favorite YouTube character, Blippi.
- A witch costume will be especially popular among kids this year with the release of “Hocus Pocus 2.”
- This Iron Man costume comes with a padded jumpsuit, printed gloves and a mask.
- An Evie costume to celebrate the upcoming release of “Descendants 4.”
- This complete “Lego Movie” costume comes with pants, a tunic, pair of hands and a mask.
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Police: Man stops car in middle of highway, eats Taco Bell
Published: Jan. 16, 2023 at 7:11 PM CST|Updated: 57 minutes ago
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - Ohio police arrested a man early Friday morning after they said he stopped in the middle of a highway to eat tacos.
The video shows the man, who Cincinnati police identified as 53-year-old Gregory Powell, as he leaves his car in the center lane of Interstate 75 and heads for the highway’s shoulder. WXIX reports he stayed there for nearly 15 minutes until police arrived.
Responding officers said they found Powell eating food from Taco Bell and smelled of alcohol.
When they asked why he stopped, officers said Powell told them he was worried for his daughter.
Authorities said he now faces a DUI charge.
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HONG KONG, April 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
XT.COM and Infinity Labs organized the Texas Hold'em Yacht Party, a Crypto Night Extravaganza, in collaboration with TraderX, Crust, 7 O'Clock Capital, and Blocklike, all of whom are leading players in the crypto industry. The event took place on April 13th from 19:00 to 00:30 (UTC+8) at an oriented invitation-only address. The Texas Hold'em Yacht Party was the hottest ticket in town during the Hong Kong Web3 Festival with an exclusive guest list including top industry players, investors, and influencers.
The event provides an excellent opportunity for blockchain and crypto enthusiasts to connect with like-minded individuals and explore the latest trends in the industry. As part of the festival's commitment to the Web3 spirit of openness and cooperation, partners have been invited to plan and organize some of the activities together for mutual development, which is why XT.COM has decided to organize the yacht party. "We are incredibly excited to be part of the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong, working with our partners to provide an unforgettable experience," said Albin Warin, CEO of XT.COM. XT.COM also held a signing ceremony for @Traderxiaoxia, a well-known cryptocurrency trader on Twitter with a solid following. The signing ceremony solidified the partnership between @Traderxiaoxia and XT.COM, showcasing the platform's commitment to providing competent traders with top-notch tools and resources.
Hong Kong Web3 Festivities
Hong Kong is hosting the inaugural Web3 Festival, organized by W3ME and co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group from April 12 to 15 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). This four-day event, spread across an area of about 9,000㎡, has over 10,000 attendees, 300 industry leaders, about 100 Web3 projects, community partners, and media partners around the world gather to network, share, and learn through high-level content and panel discussions.
This year, the Web3 Festival is bringing together the world's brightest minds, top Web3 projects, and leading venture capitalists presenting content-rich discussions and topics centered around Web3. Hong Kong regulatory representatives are also diving into and interpreting the latest digital asset regulation policies. The festival features five center stages where attendees can engage with industry thought leaders and learn about the latest trends in Web3.
Bringing Industry-Leading Value to Hong Kong
As the co-host of the Texas Hold'em Yacht Party, XT.COM brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the event so that attendees will have an unforgettable experience. Being a leading platform in the cryptocurrency space with high visibility and strength abroad with the majority of staff being foreign workers and Chinese investors, XT.COM boasts a team of professionals with diverse backgrounds and experiences, bringing a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Hong Kong web3 industry. With five years of zero risk in its operation as a cryptocurrency exchange, XT.COM has established itself as a safe and reliable platform for investors looking to engage in the world of cryptocurrency.
The partnership with Infinity Labs is a significant milestone for XT.COM. Infinity Labs is a private equity fund that specializes in blockchain investments and incubation of start-up projects. The firm was established in December 2020 and is backed by Crust Network, a decentralized storage project. Infinity Labs is committed to building web3 infrastructure and advancing the development of decentralized storage. The partnership with Infinity Labs will provide XT.COM with an edge in blockchain technology and enable the platform to offer its users cutting-edge products and services.
In addition to the partnership with Infinity Labs, attendees were able to enjoy premium food and drinks throughout the night. There was also a raffle event for XT.COM event participants. The event offered attractive rewards to winners, including 100XT tokens for the first prize, 3 Ballet hardware wallets for the second prize, and five third prize awards of 50$ CRU. The event was an opportunity for XT.COM to express its appreciation to its loyal users participating in the event and encourage them to engage further with the platform.
TraderX is another proud sponsor of the Texas Hold'em Yacht Party. As a leading provider of white label crypto exchange solutions, TraderX enables individuals and businesses to easily start and customize their own crypto trading platform. With their user-friendly interface, advanced trading features, and robust security measures, traderX has helped numerous clients around the world launch successful crypto exchanges.
As part of XT.COM's marketing strategy, the company sees Hong Kong as a crucial hub for web3 businesses due to its openness and inclusivity. XT.COM is committed to providing quality services and products, embracing opportunities and changes, and constantly developing global markets. Hong Kong plays an essential role in XT.COM's vision to expand and lead the development of the global blockchain industry. Be sure to follow XT.COM on social media to learn more about our vision for a web3-friendly future.
About XT.COM
Founded in 2018, XT.COM serves more than 6 million registered users, over 1,000,000+ monthly active users, 40+ million users in the ecosystem, and 800+ trading pairs. Since then, XT.COM crypto exchange has expanded its offerings by covering a rich variety of trading categories to provide a secure, trusted, and intuitive trading experience for its large user base. One such addition is Crypto Futures Trading which includes USDT-M Futures and coin-M futures perpetual contracts, as well as prediction markets where users can conduct transactions by predicting the results of future events. Additionally, the Futures Grid allows users to automate the buying and selling of futures contracts to make profits.
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Money approved for states to build car-charging network
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Biden administration said Wednesday it has approved ambitious plans by 34 states and Puerto Rico to create a national electric vehicle charging network as the U.S. begins in earnest its transition away from gas-powered transportation.
The plans’ approval means $900 million can begin to flow to the states, which are tasked with using money from President Joe Biden’s huge infrastructure law to form the network of chargers across the nation. Building out a reliable and convenient network is critical to spur more adoption of the technology, which is itself key to reducing greenhouse emissions that cause global warming.
The announcement came on the same day that Biden toured the North American International Auto Show in Detroit to tout the new law that includes tax incentives to purchase electric vehicles.
In practical terms, it means residents in some of those states could see charging stations start popping up along major travel corridors as early as next spring. Biden has a goal of ultimately installing 500,000 chargers across America and building a network of fast-charging stations across 53,000 miles of freeways from coast to coast.
“Unlocking this type of funding is an enormous step in getting the charging network out, which is something we absolutely need if we’re going to get full-scale deployment and adoption” of electric vehicles, said Nico Larco, director of Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon. “We don’t have the capacity now to power anywhere near the fleet that we need.”
Federal officials said they will continue to review the plans not approved in this round with the goal of approving all the states’ EV roadmaps by Sept. 30.
Biden’s infrastructure law provides $5 billion over five years for the electric vehicle charging network.
The funding announced Wednesday is specifically for installing the most powerful chargers along “alternative fuel corridors” — major freeways that connect states — with the goal of eliminating the “range anxiety” that keeps many people from purchasing electric vehicles or using them on long road trips. Under proposed guidelines, states would be required to install at least one four-port fast-charging station every 50 miles on these corridors and ensure they are within one mile of an off-ramp.
Some states received exemptions in rural areas for the 50-mile requirement, according to the approval letters.
An additional $2.5 billion in discretionary grants is also available to fund electric vehicle charging infrastructure in economically disadvantaged communities, rural areas and urban cores. And Biden’s recently passed Inflation Reduction Act includes $3 billion to spur electric vehicle adoption and charging accessibility in disadvantaged communities.
Some rural states have raised serious concerns about the proposed federal requirements that accompany the money, including the every 50-mile requirement.
State transportation officials in Wyoming joined with their counterparts in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota last month to urge the Biden administration to ease the qualification requirements.
The proposal to install a minimum of a four-port charging station, for example, would needlessly drive up costs in areas with few people and so far little demand for chargers, according to Wyoming Department of Transportation Director K. Luke Reiner.
EVs account for 0.1% of vehicle registrations in Wyoming and it would be “irresponsible and illogical” for rural sates to spend now on a four port requirement, Reiner wrote in an August letter to the U.S. Transportation Department.
“It would take more than two decades before a significant enough increase in statewide EV adoption would result in long queues of EVs waiting for charging at four-port stations,” he wrote.
Wyoming’s plan is still pending, while Montana’s plan was among the 35 approved.
The Federal Highway Administration will review those concerns and determine the final guidelines now that the public comment period has closed. Federal officials are also considering a waiver of the “Buy America” provision of the infrastructure deal.
Officials in Nevada, for example, have expressed concern that they would not be able to acquire charging stations that meet the American-made provisions and thus would be unable to start building out their piece of the network.
Experts who have followed the evolution of electric vehicle adoption in the U.S. say having charging stations everywhere is important.
“It’s like the U.S. Postal Service. You need to be able to send mail everywhere, including places that are rural,” said Jeremy Michalek, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and director of the university’s Vehicle Electrification Group.
“Even if that charger that’s in that rural area isn’t used as much every day, we still need the infrastructure to supply them.. We have gas stations that are used less in rural areas than they would be in a big city, but we need them for the demand.”
Electric vehicle owners hailed the news and said they currently must take extra steps and precautions if they want to take their EVs on a long trip.
Bob Palrud of Spokane, Washington, says the small number of chargers in some rural areas of the West means he must carefully plot his travel routes to avoid running out of power. Palrud journeys three times yearly with his wife, Judy, to their cabin in Sheridan, Wyoming, and twice they’ve gotten so low on electricity coming through southeastern Montana that his vehicle automatically shut down some functions to conserve power.
“The thing people worry most about is range,” said Palrud, a semi-retired house painter who was at a charging center just off Interstate-90 in Montana on Wednesday on his way back to Spokane. “I sit there and do mental calculations on what kind of range I’m going to get.”
When he travels to see family in Minnesota, Palrud said he goes hundreds of miles out of his way to avoid northern Montana, where there is no major interstate and charging options are few.
“It would be better to have more but it’s not a deal killer,” he said. “I could chop a couple hundred miles off and that would be great.”
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Brown reported from Billings, Montana.
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Edits to Indian textbooks anger historians By Shalu Yadav Published April 29, 2023 at 3:36 PM MDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Historians in India have expressed outrage over changes in 12th grade textbooks. Critics see this as an attempt to appropriate the government's pro-Hindu agenda. Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-04-29T22:13:36+00:00 | kanw.com | https://www.kanw.com/2023-04-29/edits-to-indian-textbooks-anger-historians |
NEW YORK (AP) — As winter nears, European nations, desperate to replace the natural gas they once bought from Russia, have embraced a short-term fix: A series of roughly 20 floating terminals that would receive liquefied natural gas from other countries and convert it into heating fuel.
Yet the plan, with the first floating terminals set to deliver natural gas by year’s end, has raised alarms among scientists who fear the long-term consequences for the environment. They warn that these terminals would perpetuate Europe’s reliance on natural gas, which releases climate-warming methane and carbon dioxide when it’s produced, transported and burned.
Some scientists say they worry that the floating terminals will end up becoming a long-term supplier of Europe’s vast energy needs that could last years, if not decades. Such a trend could set back emission-reduction efforts that experts say haven’t moved fast enough to slow the damage being done to the global environment.
Much of the liquefied natural gas, or LNG, that Europe hopes to receive is expected to come from the United States. The need arose after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shattered its ties with Europe and led to a cutoff of most of the natural gas that Moscow had long provided. Along the U.S. Gulf Coast, export terminals are expanding, and many residents there are alarmed about the rise in drilling for gas and the resulting loss of land as well as extreme weather changes associated with burning fossil fuels.
“Building this immense LNG infrastructure will lock the world into continued reliance on fossil fuels and continued climate damage for decades to come,” said John Sterman, a climate scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Natural gas contributes significantly to climate change — both when it’s burned, becoming carbon dioxide, and through leakages of methane, an even more potent greenhouse gas. Yet European nations, which for years have been leaders in shifting to cleaner energy, have proposed bringing more than 20 floating LNG terminals into their ports to help compensate for the loss of Russia’s natural gas.
The terminals, which tower over homes and stretch nearly 1,000 feet (304 meters), can store roughly 6 billion cubic feet (170,000 cubic meters) of LNG and convert it into gas for homes and businesses. They can be built faster and more cheaply than onshore import terminals, though they’re costlier to operate, according to the International Gas Union.
“Every country needs to prepare for a scenario where there may be a cut in Russian supplies,” said Nikoline Bromander, an analyst with Rystad Energy. “If you are dependent, you need to have a backup plan.”
Many environmental scientists argue that the money being earmarked for the ships — which cost about $500 million each to build, according to Rystad — would be better spent on rapidly adopting clean-energy or efficiency upgrades that could reduce energy consumption.
Constructing more solar or wind farms, which takes years, wouldn’t immediately replace Russian gas. But with adequate funding, Sterman suggested, greater energy efficiencies — in homes, buildings and factories, along with the deployment of wind, solar and other technologies — could vastly reduce Europe’s need to replace all the gas it’s lost.
Germany, among Europe’s strongest advocates for the floating LNG terminals, is expecting five of the ships and has committed roughly 3 billion euros to the effort, according to Global Energy Monitor. Germany has also approved a law to fast-track the terminals’ development, suspending the requirement for environmental assessments.
It’s a move that troubles environmental groups.
“It’s totally obvious,” asserted Sascha Müller-Kraenner, CEO of Environmental Action Germany, that “the provisions of the law were developed in close dialogue with the gas industry.”
Germany’s government and energy industry have defended their embrace of the LNG terminals as an urgent response to the loss of most of the Russian gas they had long received, which they fear Moscow will shut off completely.
“In an exceptional situation such as this, where it’s a matter of Germany’s gas supply security, it is justified to accelerate the approval process,” Germany’s energy industry association, BDEW, said in a statement.
Susanne Ungrad, a spokeswoman for Germany’s Economy and Energy Ministry, noted that efforts are being made to lower methane emissions in exporting countries like the United States. And she said that in pursuing the construction of LNG terminals, Europe authorities will conduct comprehensive assessments.
Greig Aitken, an analyst at Global Energy Monitor, noted that a terminal that’s set to open near Gdansk, Poland, has signed contracts with American LNG suppliers that extend well past 2030. That could make it problematic for the European Union to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030.
Italy, Greece, France, the Netherlands, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Slovenia and the U.K. all have one or more floating LNG terminals planned, according to Rystad Energy.
In some cases, proponents argue, the ships could aid the environmental cause. They note, for example, that as Russian gas supplies have dwindled, communities in Germany and elsewhere have been burning coal, which typically produces more emissions than natural gas. Increasing the supply of natural gas would make this less necessary.
Still, methane can frequently leak along the natural gas supply chain. So in some cases, the net climate effect of burning natural gas may be no better than coal.
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that continuing to use the fossil fuel infrastructure already in place would cause global warming to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). At that level, heat would be expected to worsen the flash floods, extreme heat, intense hurricanes and longer-burning wildfires that have resulted from climate change and have cost lives.
“It is a little disheartening to see Europe, which has been the seat of so much energy and action and bold emissions targets, being home to this particular way with doubling down on fossil fuel infrastructure,” said Kim Cobb, a climate scientist at Brown University.
In the United States, the largest export market for Europe-bound LNG, three new export terminals are under construction. Eleven additional terminals and four expansions are in the planning stages. Some export terminals that had struggled to attract financing are now seeing more investment and interest, said Ira Joseph, a longtime energy analyst.
“What you’ve seen happen over the last two months — they’re signing up sales and purchase agreements, right and left,” Joseph said.
Rio Grande LNG, an export terminal proposed by Next Decade in Brownsville, Texas, for example, appeared to stall last year in the face of environmental protests. But this spring, a French company, Engie, and several clients in Asia signed long-term contracts to buy LNG from the terminal. Now, Next Decade says it’s likely to obtain all the financing it needs.
Europe’s gas scarcity has escalated global LNG prices, leading buyers in China and elsewhere to sign long-term contracts with suppliers in the United States. American LNG exports will likely grow by 10 million tons over the next year, said Bromander, the Rystad analyst.
The floating LNG ships have been billed as a short-term solution to keep gas flowing for a few years while cleaner energy sources like wind and solar are built up. But critics say it’s unlikely that a ship built to last decades would permanently halt operations after a few years.
Once the floating terminals are built, they can be used anywhere in the world. So if European nations no longer want floating LNG terminals as they transition to cleaner energy, the ships could sail off to another port, essentially locking in the use of natural gas for decades.
And in some cases, particularly in Germany, some of the proposed floating terminals appear to be paving the way for on-shore terminals that would be built to last 30 or 40 years — well past the point that nations should be burning fossil fuels, environmental groups say.
“After the war is resolved and, as we all hope, peace is restored, are they really going to say, ‘Oh, let’s take it to the scrap yard?,’” Sterman asked. “They’re not going to do that.”
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AP Writer Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this report. | 2022-08-31T22:32:33+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/world-news/ap-international/ap-europe-plan-for-floating-gas-terminals-raises-climate-fears/ |
ZURICH (AP) — A Swiss court on Monday said it has fined Credit Suisse more than $2 million for failing to prevent money laundering linked to a Bulgarian criminal organization a decade-and-a-half ago.
The court also ordered the confiscation of the equivalent of more than $12 million worth of deposits linked to the criminal group and opened with Credit Suisse.
The bank is also on the hook for a compensatory claim of more than $19 million. That’s the amount that the court said could not be confiscated due to the bank’s internal failures, which the court said had encouraged the money laundering.
Zurich-based Credit Suisse bank, Switzerland’s second-largest bank after rival UBS, said it will appeal the decision.
A former Credit Suisse employee who prosecutors said contributed to the organization’s ability to protect that $19 million from control of the courts was also found guilty, though the former employee’s fine and 20-month sentence were suspended.
Prosecutors said the unnamed former bank employee had helped to execute transactions for the organization between July 2007 and December 2008, “despite the presence of concrete indications as to the criminal origin of the funds.”
Two Bulgarian nationals were also found guilty of participation in a criminal organization and aggravated money laundering for acts committed between May 2005 and January 2009.
The courts said it suspended the sentences and fines for some of the individuals in part due to the passage of time since the alleged crimes took place.
In the original indictment, the Swiss attorney general’s office noted how top-level athletes in Bulgaria, after the fall of communism, “turned towards other sources of income, and numerous wrestlers received approaches from mafia clans.” One unidentified wrestler aimed to cash in by trafficking tons of cocaine through “mules” from South America to Europe by air and sea and then laundering the profits.
The proceeds from the drug sales, often in small denomination notes, entered Swiss bank accounts from 2004 to at least 2007 and were used to buy real estate in Bulgaria and Switzerland.
In February, Credit Suisse reported a fourth-quarter loss of 2 billion Swiss francs ($2.2 billion) as it wrapped up “a year of challenges” marked by bad bets on a hedge fund, set asides for legal costs and accounting changes due to its acquisition of a U.S. investment bank over 20 years ago.
The bank launched a new strategy late last year after a string of setbacks dented its reputation. | 2022-06-28T05:34:51+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/business/ap-business/credit-suisse-fined-for-facilitating-cocaine-cash-laundering/ |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In California’s capital, massive tent encampments have risen along the American River and highway overpasses have become havens for homeless people, whose numbers have jumped a staggering nearly 70% over two years.
Among the 9,300 without a home is Eric Santos, who lost his job at a brewery and was evicted from his apartment in July. Now he carries a list of places where free meals are available and a bucket to mix soap and water to wash his hands, and to sit on.
“The bucket is part of my life now,” the 42-year-old said, calling it his version of Wilson, the volleyball that becomes Tom Hanks’ companion in the film “Castaway.”
Cities big and small around the country are facing a similar experience to Sacramento.
Fueled by a long-running housing shortage, rising rent prices and the economic hangover from the pandemic, the overall number of homeless in a federal government report to be released in coming months is expected to be higher than the 580,000 unhoused before the coronavirus outbreak, the National Alliance to End Homelessness said.
The Associated Press tallied results from city-by-city surveys conducted earlier this year and found the number of people without homes is up overall compared with 2020 in areas reporting results so far.
Some of the biggest increases are in West Coast cities such as Sacramento and Portland, Oregon, where growing homelessness has become a humanitarian crisis and political football over the past decade. Numbers are also up about 30% in South Dakota and Prince George’s County, Maryland, and 15% in Asheville, North Carolina.
The data comes from the Point in Time counts the federal government requires communities to conduct to reflect how many people are without homes on a given winter night. The counts usually rely on volunteer census-takers and are always imprecise. This year’s tallies were conducted amid the pandemic and advocates caution changed counting methods could have thrown off results.
Research has shown places seeing spikes in homelessness often lack affordable housing. Making matters worse, pandemic government relief programs — including anti-eviction measures, emergency rental assistance and a child tax credit that kept people housed who may have been on the streets otherwise — are ending.
Donald Whitehead Jr., executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, said the counts are generally rising more where housing costs are jumping the fastest — but the government’s response makes a difference, too.
Some communities where numbers are down, he said, “are really looking at housing people versus criminalizing people and putting them in encampments.”
In Sacramento, where rents are soaring and officials disagree on how best to deal with the problem, homelessness has jumped 68% from 2020 to 2022 — the most among larger cities reporting results so far.
The surge has been driven in part by the city’s legacy of being more affordable than other California cities, which has attracted new residents, overwhelming the housing market. People moving out of the San Francisco Bay Area, 90 miles (145 kilometers) to the southwest, have flooded Sacramento with more potential homeowners and renters, driving up prices.
A Zillow analysis found the average rent in July was $2,300 — a 28% increase since July 2019, before the pandemic began. Sacramento County’s median income was about $70,000 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The crisis has deepened even as things have improved in other California cities that have contended for years with homelessness. Sacramento’s efforts to address the problem have been marred by years of squabbles between the city and county governments.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has made reducing homelessness a priority since taking office in 2017. The city now has more than 900 beds in shelters and motels, compared to about 100 five years ago and has moved to ban single-family zoning, a move that could make it easier to build more housing.
But so far, it hasn’t been enough.
“People are becoming homeless much faster than we are getting them off the street,” Steinberg told the AP.
Santos is among them. He’s been able to sign up for food assistance but is still on a waiting list to access other benefits, he said. Each night he hunts for a park bench that feels safe to sleep on. When he lost a suitcase to broken wheels, he got rid of some of his warmer clothing, a decision he regrets as the fall evenings get colder.
“Luckily I’ve been able to keep afloat with what I have,” he said.
Steinberg has advocated for adopting a legal right to shelter and a legal obligation for people to accept it when offered. The approach has drawn some criticism from advocates who say it’s just a means of taking the problem out of the public eye without providing meaningful help for those who need it.
County officials voted in August to ban camping along Sacramento’s American River Parkway, with a misdemeanor charge for people who don’t comply. City voters will decide in November on a ballot measure requiring the city to open hundreds more shelter beds. But it would only take effect if the county agrees to pony up money for mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Still, the rise in homelessness is not uniform across the country.
In Boston, the number of people sleeping on the streets and in shelters has dropped 25% over two years as advocates focused on finding permanent housing for those on the streets the longest.
In some cities, “housing first” policies intended to move the homeless into permanent homes have paid off. And while the pandemic brought economic chaos, an eviction moratorium, boosted unemployment payments and family tax credits prevented some people from becoming homeless at all.
Along with Boston, numbers have fallen by about 20% or more in Houston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Even in California, homeless counts are down in San Francisco, and growth has slowed significantly in Los Angeles.
The numbers have also dropped in California’s Orange County, where there have been extensive efforts to remove encampments — though some advocates there question the accuracy of the count.
In Boston, Steven Hamilton moved into a new apartment in September after decades staying on a friend or relative’s couch or in a homeless shelter.
With the help of a program run by the Boston Medical Center, he was able to get a subsidized apartment in a public housing development. His portion of monthly rent is $281 — or about 30% of his Social Security payments.
“I’m grateful,” he said. “I am not looking to move nowhere else. I am going to stay here until eternity. I lost a lot of stuff. I’m not going through that again.”
After what he called a “horrible nightmare” in a shelter with residents injecting drugs in the bathroom, the studio apartment has changed his outlook. He’s planning to get furniture, save money for a car and hopes to invite his family for Thanksgiving.
“I have a place I can call my own,” he said.
Hamilton’s studio apartment is the result of a Boston strategy whereby the city and area nonprofits use extensive outreach to get people who’ve been on the streets for over a year into apartments and then provide services such as drug treatment and life-skills training like budgeting with the help of case managers.
Since 2019, annual funding in Boston for homeless programs has jumped from $31 million to over $51 million.
Those efforts were bolstered last year by a city program that pulled together a list of homeless individuals to target for housing and other services. The city also moved to shut down one of its biggest homeless encampments, going tent-to-tent to assess the needs of those living there and referring more than 150 to shelters and other housing.
The efforts have not been seamless. There have been reports of a cleared-out tent city re-emerging. And family homelessness numbers, though down from 2020, have ticked up in the past year.
Still, the city has been able to reduce the numbers of homeless people to about 6,000, down 25% since 2020.
Boston’s shelters have become less crowded even as Zillow found the city’s average rent rose to $2,800 this summer — up 13% from three years earlier.
Housing advocates say prioritizing chronically homeless people ensures funds have the greatest impact, since the long-term homeless spend so much time in shelters. It also costs less to provide permanent housing than temporary shelter.
Lewis Lopez is among the success stories.
After cycling in and out of Boston shelters for several years, Lopez finally secured keys to his own apartment. No longer fearing his possessions would be stolen or he would get into fights over food, the 61-year-old felt he had finally gotten his life back.
“I felt so free, like a ton of bricks were lifted off my shoulders,” Lopez said of the studio apartment he has lived in for five years, paid for partly with federal funds.
“I felt like part of society again,” he said.
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Casey reported from Boston. Mulvihill reported from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Kavish Harjai in Los Angeles contributed.
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Williamson powers Pelicans past Popovich-less Spurs, 117-99
By RAUL DOMINGUEZ
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Zion Williamson had 30 points and matched a career high with 15 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans rolled to a 117-99 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, who were without coach Gregg Popovich. New Orleans has won three straight and eight of 10 to remain atop the Southwest Division ahead of Memphis. San Antonio has lost 10 straight, matching its second-longest losing streak. Popovich was at the AT&T Center but missed the game due to a minor medical procedure, according to the Spurs. He will also miss Sunday’s home game against Phoenix. | 2022-12-03T05:35:55+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/02/williamson-powers-pelicans-past-popovich-less-spurs-117-99/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing for rape and sexual assault convictions was delayed Monday so that his attorneys can file a motion for a new trial.
The 70-year-old former movie magnate could get up to 18 years in prison at the sentencing that is now scheduled for Feb. 23. He is already serving a 23-year sentence for a similar conviction in New York, which is under appeal.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench said at a brief hearing that she expects Weinstein will be sentenced Feb. 23 should the motion be denied.
On Dec. 19, a jury convicted Weinstein of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault against an Italian model and actor who testified that he appeared uninvited at her hotel room door during a Los Angeles film festival in 2013.
Jurors acquitted Weinstein of one count of sexual battery. They failed to reach verdicts after nine days of deliberations on three other sexual assault counts. Lench declared a mistrial on those counts. Prosecutors said they have not yet decided whether to retry them.
Weinstein pleaded not guilty to all of the charges and had denied ever engaging in non-consensual sex. | 2023-01-09T19:28:08+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-weinstein-sentencing-on-rape-conviction-delayed-to-february/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa (WHO) — The bicycle community is getting larger and younger in Des Moines thanks to a community partnership that is focused on giving back to the kids.
“It’s called bike back to school, and we hope kids learn healthy habits like biking to and across the city and navigating the city through active transportation,” said Bobby Kennedy, the operations manager at the Des Moines Street Collective.
A large crowd gathered inside Pioneer Columbus Community Rec. Center for the annual Bike Back to School event on Saturday. The high heat moved the event inside but was originally scheduled for outdoors at Stone Park where the recreation center is located.
Each year, the Des Moines Street Collective uses the day to give away 100 bicycles to the first 100 kids in attendance that qualify for free and reduced meals in school. The event was held in partnership with Des Moines Parks and Recreation and the Des Moines Police Department.
Children were able to pick their own bike from a large collection that lined the gymnasium and then it was on to a quick driving course. For many of these kids, it’s the first bike they can call their own.
Tauriq Travis is heading into 6th grade and not only does he have a new way to get to class, but it has already opened up a new world for him.
“It is good because now I can ride around to the stores and stuff and see my friends without walking. I can ride a bike,” Travis said.
Blank Children’s Hospital helped provide each new bike owner with a helmet. | 2022-08-08T15:58:29+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/iowa-news/community-partnership-provides-100-kids-with-new-bikes-at-back-to-school-event/ |
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a fun and educational toy for children that can also double as a functional piece of furniture," said an inventor, from Midlothian, Texas, "so I invented the ROCK- A- PUZZLE. My design enables a child to sit while drawing or watching television and it offers a unique and engaging puzzle to promote various skills."
The invention provides a unique rocking chair for young children. It also offers a fun and educational puzzle-style toy. As a result, it could help a child develop hand-eye coordination and motor skills. It could also help a child identify colors, numbers and spell their name. The invention features a child-friendly design that is easy to assemble and use so it is ideal for children ages 3 through 5. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-DAL-279, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Matt Vierling Player Prop Bets: Tigers vs. Rangers - June 29
Published: Jun. 29, 2023 at 10:23 AM EDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
Matt Vierling -- with a slugging percentage of .697 in his past 10 games, including three home runs -- will be in action for the Detroit Tigers against the Texas Rangers, with Jon Gray on the mound, on June 29 at 2:05 PM ET.
He had a hitless showing in his most recent game (0-for-4) against the Rangers.
Matt Vierling Game Info & Props vs. the Rangers
- Game Day: Thursday, June 29, 2023
- Game Time: 2:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Globe Life Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rangers Starter: Jon Gray
- TV Channel: BSSW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +180)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +450)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +200)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -105)
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Matt Vierling At The Plate
- Vierling is hitting .269 with eight doubles, seven home runs and 17 walks.
- Vierling has gotten a hit in 33 of 58 games this season (56.9%), including 13 multi-hit games (22.4%).
- He has hit a long ball in 10.3% of his games in 2023, and 3.2% of his trips to the plate.
- Vierling has picked up an RBI in 20.7% of his games this year, with more than one RBI in 8.6% of his games. He has also plated three or more runs in two contests.
- He has scored at least once 18 times this season (31.0%), including four games with multiple runs (6.9%).
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Rangers Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Rangers has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- The Rangers' 3.78 team ERA ranks seventh among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rangers surrender the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (81 total, one per game).
- Gray (6-3) takes the mound for the Rangers in his 15th start of the season. He's put together a 2.89 ERA in 81 2/3 innings pitched, with 69 strikeouts.
- His last appearance came on Saturday against the New York Yankees, when the right-hander went five innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up three hits.
- Among pitchers who qualify in MLB action this season, the 31-year-old ranks 12th in ERA (2.89), fifth in WHIP (1.037), and 49th in K/9 (7.7).
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — There’s a growing army online, making holiday gifts and toys, more expensive.
“Certain items that children really desire are unaffordable because of the cyber bots operation,” Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) said.
Tonko authorized a bill to stop so-called grinch bots and is also calling on the FTC to step in and prevent these bots from buying up merchandise and reselling at a profit.
“When you’ve cornered that market, you then have the power to perhaps double the price. Retailers will give us a range of activity that is far from just an incremental increase,” Tonko said.
Supply chain shortages already made finding in-demand gifts difficult, but with bots bypassing security measures and manipulating systems, the problem is even worse.
“Think of things like PS5’s, for example, or that toy that every kid wants this Christmas. And once these software programs discover them, they will buy them all up,” National Consumer League Public Policy VP John Breyault said.
Breyault encourages Republicans to join Democrats in outlawing predatory grinch bots.
“We think that’s very unfair and deceptive to consumers who just want to get a toy or a gift for someone they care about,” Breyault said.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) agrees Congress needs to take action.
“For parents of younger children, who some have their hearts set on certain items, it can really be a difficult Christmas morning, if you can’t get it under the tree,” Capito said.
Tonko also fears that if these bots remain unchecked, the issues will only get worse as time goes on. | 2022-12-02T02:43:50+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/washington/washington-dc/rep-paul-tonko-calls-for-ftc-to-stop-grinch-bots-from-ruining-holiday-shopping/ |
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — In September 2019 plans were unveiled by Buffalo-based OnCore Golf Technology Inc., for a sports and entertainment complex on Kelly Island along the Buffalo River near RiverWorks.
7 News spoke with one of the planners Friday and found out there are numerous changes and the Complex will no longer be built on Kelly Island. The new location has yet to be disclosed.
Doug Swift, one of several financial and planning partners told 7 News the original renderings do not depict what the new complex will look like. He released a new rendering Friday showing the interior view of the golf tee line.
Other notable changes to plans— it no longer includes a three-tiered golf driving range. That's now two-tiered.
Swift also says the hotel has been eliminated due to the economy and pandemic. He says there will still be banquet, event and meeting spaces.
Officials originally estimated the cost of the project at $30 million and said it could bring an estimated 400-500 jobs to Buffalo. Swift says it is still projected to cost $30 million but would bring with it 300 to 400 new jobs. It was originally scheduled to open in 2021. Swift says they will provide the new timeline within the next couple of months.
Swift says the complex will provide "fun, family entertainment for all ages and all abilities" and you don't have to be a seasoned golfer to enjoy what it will offer. We reached out to the city, and we're told "the city has a commitment to the project that it was previously briefed on." | 2023-01-27T22:31:26+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/the-follow-up/what-happened-to-the-oncore-golf-complex-plans-revised-for-30-million-project-in-buffalo |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Disney sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday over the Republican’s takeover of its theme park district, alleging the governor waged a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” after the company opposed a law critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”
The lawsuit was filed in Tallahassee minutes after a Disney World oversight board appointed by DeSantis voted to void a deal that gave the company authority over design and construction decisions in its sprawling properties near Orlando.
“Disney regrets that it has come to this,” the case said. “But having exhausted efforts to seek a resolution, the Company is left with no choice but to file this lawsuit to protect its cast members, guests, and local development partners from a relentless campaign to weaponize government power against Disney in retaliation for expressing a political viewpoint unpopular with certain State officials.”
The legal filing is the latest salvo in a more than year-old feud between Disney and DeSantis that has engulfed the governor in criticism as he prepares to launch an expected presidential bid in the coming months.
DeSantis, who has framed himself as a Republican firebrand able to deftly implement his conservative agenda without drama, has dived headlong into the fray with the beloved company and major tourism driver, as business leaders and White House rivals bash his stance as a rejection of the small-government tenets of conservatism.
“We are unaware of any legal right that a company has to operate its own government or maintain special privileges not held by other businesses in the state,” said DeSantis spokeswoman Taryn Fenske. “This lawsuit is yet another unfortunate example of their hope to undermine the will of the Florida voters and operate outside the bounds of the law.”
The fight began last year after Disney, in the face of significant pressure, publicly opposed a state law that bans classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades, a policy critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”
As punishment, DeSantis took over Disney World’s self-governing district and appointed a new board of supervisors that would oversee municipal services in the sprawling theme parks. But before the new board came in, the company pushed though an 11th-hour agreement that stripped the new supervisors of much of their authority.
The DeSantis board on Wednesday said Disney’s move to retain control over their property was effectively unlawful and performed without proper public notice.
“Disney picked the fight with this board. We were not looking out for a fight,” said Martin Garcia, chair of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, before the vote, adding “bottom line, what our lawyers have told us, is factually and legally what they created is an absolute legal mess. It will not work.”
DeSantis has also vowed additional retribution, with proposals to enhance state oversight of the resort’s rides and monorail, as well as a suggestion to build a prison nearby. Also Wednesday, the Florida Senate passed a bill seeking to put those retributions in place and to undo agreements made by the Reedy Creek board before the state took it over. The House still needs to approve before it can move forward.
Disney has said all agreements made with the previous board were legal and approved in a public forum. Disney CEO Bob Iger has also said that any actions against the company that threaten jobs or expansion at its Florida resort was not only “anti-business” but “anti-Florida.”
The Disney lawsuit asks a federal judge to void the governor’s takeover of the theme park district, as well as the DeSantis oversight board’s actions, on the grounds that they were violations of company’s free speech rights.
“A targeted campaign of government retaliation — orchestrated at every step by Governor DeSantis as punishment for Disney’s protected speech — now threatens Disney’s business operations, jeopardizes its economic future in the region, and violates its constitutional rights,” the lawsuit said. | 2023-04-27T04:39:48+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/business/ap-business/disney-sues-desantis-over-theme-park-takeover/ |
Leading Digital Health Innovators Come Together to Change Industry's Attitude and Approach to Regulatory Oversight
BOSTON, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) launched a collaborative project, Digital Health Regulatory Pathways, with partners including Abbott, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Google, and the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science to develop tools to help transform product and regulatory strategy for digital health solution providers. Contemplating a broad spectrum of digital health solutions – including clinical decision support systems, digital diagnostics and therapeutics, extended reality, and remote monitoring technologies – the planned resources will support innovators seeking to optimize their regulatory strategy to drive the development of high quality, trustworthy digital health products that best meet their commercial goals and the needs of patients.
Digital health solutions offer enormous promise to address some of the most pressing and persistent challenges in healthcare. However, end users are confused as they seek to differentiate between the 300k+ health apps available for download and much more sophisticated, evidence-based digital health solutions. Digital health innovators are equally confused. In a recent survey of the digital medicine community, DiMe found that 25% of developers didn't know whether their digital health product should be regulated. Of those surveyed who knew their product should be regulated, 75% reported not knowing the optimal regulatory pathway.
"We need to flip the script and see regulatory strategy become a differentiator for digital health solution providers. As we anticipate a tightening of funding for digital innovators, the importance of selecting optimal regulatory pathways for individual products and product portfolios becomes critically important to ensure market access, trust, and adoption," said Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of DiMe. "We are proud to work alongside industry leaders and our regulatory colleagues to provide the clarity and structure needed for innovators to pursue regulatory pathways that position their products to have the greatest impact on healthcare delivery and patients' lives."
Over the next few months, DiMe and its partners will create an open access, interactive, regulatory science support tool that is based on existing FDA and other agency guidance documents. It can be used by digital solutions providers as they evaluate the following questions: What is the right regulatory strategy for our product? What are the pros and cons of pursuing a regulatory pathway? What are the key milestones and evidence needed to be successful?
"We believe digital health solutions have the potential to unlock more accessible and equitable care for everyone, powered by new technologies and advances in areas like artificial intelligence and machine learning," said Linda Peters, Vice President of Quality, Regulatory & Safety, Health at Google. "We're delighted that DiMe is convening this group to develop and extend tools that can support the wider ecosystem, so that we can all help accelerate the translation of new technologies from ideas to daily use."
The development of this tool and companion resources, which will be publicly available in early 2023, is just one part of DiMe's implementation work to support broad acceptance of digital health tools and optimization of regulatory strategy. DiMe has a robust history of success in this area, including work with the German Ministry of Health, the adoption of previous work by regulatory authorities, and existing partnerships with the FDA (DiMe hosts the Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community (DATAcc) and is part of FDA's "Network of Experts".
Community partners on this project are Abbott, Aetion, Amgen, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the Digital Therapeutic Alliance (DTA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Genentech - a member of the Roche Group, Google, the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science, Janssen, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Rock Health, Sidekick Health, and Tidepool.
Those interested in receiving updates on this project can sign up here.
About the Digital Medicine Society: DiMe is a global non-profit and the professional home for all members of the digital medicine community. Together, we tackle the toughest digital medicine challenges, develop clinical-quality resources on a technology timeline, and deliver these actionable resources to the field via open-source channels and educational programs. Join us to advance the ethical, effective, equitable, and safe use of digital medicine to redefine healthcare and improve lives.
Media Contact: Carla English, press@dimesociety.org
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JERUSALEM – Palestinian gunmen shot and killed an Israeli man on Tuesday near the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army said.
The Israeli military said the man was shot near the settlement of Hermesh, in the northern West Bank. Local officials identified the man as Meir Tamari, a 32-year-old resident of the settlement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his condolences to the family and said forces were pursuing the gunmen “ in order to settle accounts with them.” Dimiter Tzantchev, the European Union's ambassador to Israel, condemned the attack, calling it a "cowardly and brutal act of violence."
The incident came a day after Jewish settlers erected a religious seminary in a nearby dismantled settlement outpost and was the latest in more than a year-long surge of violence that has wracked the West Bank. During that time, Israel has expanded near-nightly military raids throughout the area in response to an increase in Palestinian attacks.
The fighting has picked up since Israel's new far-right government took office in late December. At least 117 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year, with nearly half of them members of armed militant groups, according to an Associated Press tally. But stone-throwing youths and people uninvolved in violence have also been killed. The Israeli army said the number of Palestinian militants killed is much higher.
Meanwhile, Palestinian attacks targeting Israelis in those areas have killed at least 21 people.
Israel captured the West Bank and east Jerusalem, along with the Gaza Strip, in the 1967 Mideast war. Palestinians seek these territories for a future state.
Some 700,000 Israelis now live in settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Most of the international community considers these settlements illegal or obstacles to peace.
The new Israeli government includes several prominent settler leaders in top positions. It has made the expansion of the settlements a top priority.
On Monday, Jewish settlers erected a religious school in a dismantled outpost in the northern West Bank after Israel’s government lifted a ban on settlements in several areas evacuated as part of Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. In March, Israel repealed the act that barred Israelis from entering the areas. | 2023-05-30T15:30:50+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/world/2023/05/30/israeli-army-says-palestinian-gunmen-kills-israeli-civilian-in-west-bank-shooting/ |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court said Friday that judges were “disappointed” that a mailer sent in support of Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s U.S. Senate campaign used a photo of Schmitt and three judges.
The mailer was not from Schmitt's campaign but from a group supporting his bid for the Republican nomination in the August primary. A Schmitt campaign spokesman said the mailer “was an independent expenditure not authorized by Attorney General Eric Schmitt or his U.S. Senate campaign.”
The Supreme Court said the photo was taken by a member of the attorney general's staff during a public event in August celebrating the state's bicentennial.
The Missouri Constitution prohibits Supreme Court judges from engaging in political activity “and this photograph should not be taken as such an endorsement despite the implication created by the mailer," a news release from the court stated.
The release said the incident will be reported, but it wasn't clear to whom.
“The judges are disappointed that this photo was used, without their knowledge or consent, for such a blatant political purpose,” the release stated. | 2022-06-17T21:57:20+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Schmitt-campaign-photo-draws-ire-of-Missouri-17249579.php |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A former member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group who’s seeking asylum in Norway has admitted charges of resisting arrest after a bar brawl and carrying an air gun.
Andrey Medvedev appeared in court in Oslo on Tuesday. He denied using violence against police officers who handcuffed him outside an Oslo pub in February, the Norwegian news agency NTB reported.
“He didn’t quite understand what was going on and panicked,” his defense lawyer Brynjulf Risnes told NTB. “He believes that he did not kick, but that he spat because it hurt” when he was put in handcuffs.
Medvedev has also pleaded guilty to carrying an air gun in another episode in March when he went to a pub in downtown Oslo.
He would probably get a short sentence, prosecutor Vegard Gjertsen told NTB. It was not clear when the sentence would be pronounced.
Medvedev who has said that he fears for his life if he returns to Russia, fled to Norway earlier this year, crossing illegally over its 198-kilometer (123-mile) -long border with Russia.
Medvedev said he originally signed up to join the Wagner group from July to November 2022 but left after his contract was extended without his consent. He said he was willing to testify about any war crimes he witnessed and denied participating in any himself.
Earlier, he reportedly told Russian dissident group Gulagu.net that he was ready to tell everything he knew about the shady private military company and its owner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a millionaire with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. | 2023-04-25T10:59:47+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/ex-wagner-group-member-faces-norway-court-for-bar-brawl/ |
An Oklahoma judge said six descendants of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre cannot sue for reparations, while allowing three known survivors of the attack in which a white mob descended on a predominantly Black neighborhood to move forward with the lawsuit.
The order, signed Tuesday by Tulsa County District Judge Caroline Wall, allows Lessie Benningfield “Mother” Randle, 106, Viola “Mother” Fletcher, 107, and Hughes Van Ellis, Sr., 101, to continue seeking reparations under state nuisance laws.
Wall in May allowed the case to go forward while partially granting a motion to dismiss it without saying at the time what was being dismissed.
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In addition to the six descendants, Wall dismissed as plaintiffs the Historic Vernon AME Church Inc., which did not exist in 1921, and The Tulsa African Ancestral Society, which represents other descendants. And she dismissed as defendants the Tulsa Development Authority and the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission because they did not exist in 1921.
Wall also dismissed an “ongoing public nuisance” claim by the plaintiffs.
The city of Tulsa, Tulsa Regional Chamber, Tulsa County commissioners, the Tulsa County sheriff and the Oklahoma Military Department remain as defendants.
The massacre occurred when a white mob descended on a 35-block area in Tulsa’s then-prosperous Greenwood District, killing up to an estimated 300 people, most of whom were Black, and looting and burning businesses and homes. Thousands were left homeless and living in a hastily constructed internment camp.
Wall's order calls for attorneys on both sides to amend the claim for reparations, which sought unspecified punitive damages and called for the creation of a hospital in north Tulsa, in addition to mental health and education programs and a Tulsa Massacre Victims Compensation Fund.
“Bottom line is that survivors are in, we have the opportunity to prove the massacre itself ... constitutes a nuisance,” said Damario Solomon-Simmons, an attorney for the survivors who filed the lawsuit in 2020.
Solomon-Simmons said the massacre deprived Black people in Tulsa of security, economic power and vibrant community.
“We look forward to proving our case around the massacre’s ongoing catastrophic effects and demonstrating the actions that defendants must take to repair and rebuild the Greenwood community during our clients’ lifetimes,” Solomon-Simmons said.
Michael Swartz, another attorney for the survivors, said the case provides an opportunity for a better understanding of the massacre.
“For the first time in over 100 years, the last three living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre will finally have an opportunity to hold accountable the institutions that instigated and facilitated one of the worst acts of domestic terrorism in this country’s history,” Swartz said.
The city and insurance companies never compensated victims for their losses, and the massacre ultimately resulted in racial and economic disparities that still exist today, the lawsuit claims. In the years following the massacre, according to the lawsuit, city and county officials actively thwarted the community’s effort to rebuild and neglected the Greenwood and predominantly Black north Tulsa community in favor of overwhelmingly white parts of Tulsa.
The massacre received renewed attention in recent years after then-President Donald Trump selected Tulsa as the location for a 2020 campaign rally amid a reckoning over racism. Trump moved the date of his June rally to avoid coinciding with a Juneteenth celebration in the city’s Greenwood District commemorating the end of slavery.
Associated Press reporter Jake Bleiberg in Dallas contributed to this report.
For more AP coverage of the Tulsa Race Massacre anniversary, go to https://apnews.com/hub/tulsa-race-massacre | 2022-08-04T18:57:37+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/judge-tulsa-race-massacre-victims-descendants-cant-sue/article_14b5f514-f327-5ce0-b68b-3fe84830fe57.html |
VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Graphite One Inc. (TSXV: GPH) (OTCQX: GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") announces that further to the news release disseminated on August 23, 2022, the Company has revised the pricing of a shares for debt transaction (the "Debt Settlement Transaction") to settle outstanding debt in an aggregate of US$6,775,230, including US$1,819,230 of accrued interest, owing pursuant to an unsecured loan facility dated September 6, 2019, as amended and extended, between Taiga Mining Company, Inc. ("Taiga") and the Company.
Pursuant to the revised terms of the Debt Settlement Transaction, the Company will issue 9,296,328 common shares (the "Settlement Shares") at a deemed price of CA$0.95 per share to Taiga in full settlement of the debt. The Settlement Shares will be subject to a statutory four months and one day hold period pursuant to applicable securities laws. The Debt Settlement Transaction is subject to final approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.
The Debt Settlement Transaction constitutes a "related party transaction" within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transaction ("MI 61-101") as Taiga is an insider of the Company. The Company is relying on exemptions from the valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 contained in sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101, as the fair market value of the Debt Settlement Transaction with Taiga does not exceed 25% of the market capitalization of the Company, as determined in accordance with MI 61-101.
The Company did not file a material change report in respect of the related party transaction at least 21 days before the closing of the Debt Settlement Transaction, which the Company deems reasonable in the circumstances as the Company wishes to improve its financial position by reducing accrued liabilities as soon as possible.
As a result of this transaction, Taiga now holds 30,150,191 common shares and 8,768,189 warrants to purchase additional common shares of the Company. Additional information concerning the foregoing will be contained in the Early Warning Report to be filed by Taiga on SEDAR under the Company's profile.
GRAPHITE ONE INC. (GPH: TSX‐V; GPHOF: OTCQB) continues to develop its Graphite One Project (the "Project"), with the goal of becoming an American producer of high-grade anode materials that is integrated with a domestic graphite resource. The Project is proposed as a vertically integrated enterprise to mine, process and manufacture high grade anode materials primarily for the lithium‐ion electric vehicle battery market. As set forth in the Company's 2022 Pre-Feasibility Study, potential graphite mineralization mined from the Company's Graphite Creek Property is expected to be processed into concentrate at a graphite processing plant. The proposed processing plant would be located on the Graphite Creek Property situated on the Seward Peninsula about 60 kilometers north of Nome, Alaska. Graphite anode materials and other value‐added graphite products would be manufactured from the concentrate and other materials at the Company's proposed advanced graphite materials manufacturing facility expected to be located in Washington. The Company intends to make a production decision on the Project upon the completion of a Feasibility Study.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
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Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that the Company expects, including but not limited to delays or uncertainties with regulatory approvals, including that of the TSX Venture Exchange, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continuity of mineralization, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition, changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, and continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, except as required by applicable securities laws. For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company's continuous disclosure filings that are available at www.sedar.com.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will flip from majority conservative to liberal control in August and Democrats have high hopes the change will lead to the state’s abortion ban being overturned and its maps redrawn to weaken GOP control of the Legislature and congressional districts.
Democrats in the perennial battleground state focused on abortion to elect a liberal majority to the court for the first time in 15 years. The Democratic Party spent $8 million to tilt the court’s 4-3 conservative majority by one seat with the election of Janet Protasiewicz, who spoke in favor of abortion rights and against the Republican-drawn map in a campaign. Her April victory broke national spending records for a state Supreme Court race.
Still, there are no guarantees. Republicans were angered when a conservative candidate they backed in 2019 turned out to sometimes side with liberal justices.
While the court is widely expected to weigh in on abortion and redistricting, liberals also are talking about bringing new challenges to school choice, voter ID, the 12-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers and other laws backed by Republicans.
“When you don’t know the extent of the battle you may have to fight, it’s concerning,” said attorney Rick Esenberg, president of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. “It’s very concerning.”
Some issues could take years to reach the court, said liberal attorney Lester Pines, who like Esenberg has argued numerous times before the state Supreme Court. Unlike under the conservative majority, Pines said the new liberal court will be unlikely to rule on cases before lower courts have heard them.
“They’re not going to do it,” Pines said.
There is already a pending case challenging Wisconsin’s pre-Civil War era abortion ban, and a circuit court judge ruled earlier this month that it can proceed, while also calling into question whether the law actually bans abortions.
The case is expected to reach the Supreme Court within months. Protasiewicz all but promised to overturn the ban by repeatedly speaking out for abortion rights, winning support from Planned Parenthood and others.
“When you’re a politician and you’re perceived by the voters as making a promise, and you don’t keep it, they get angry,” Esenberg said.
There is no current redistricting lawsuit, but Democrats or their allies are expected to file a new challenge this summer seeking new districts before the 2024 election.
The state Supreme Court upheld Republican-drawn maps in 2022. Those maps, widely regarded as among the most gerrymandered in the country, have helped Republicans increase their hold on the Legislature to near supermajority levels, even as Democrats have won statewide elections, including Tony Evers as governor in 2018 and 2022 and Joe Biden in 2020.
Protasizewicz declared those maps to be “rigged” and said during the campaign they should be given another look. Democrats also hope for new congressional maps improving their chances in the state’s two most competitive House districts, held by Republicans.
“What we want to see is maps that are fair and that represent the will of the people and the actual make up of their state,” Democratic strategist Melissa Baldauff said.
Four of the past six presidential elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than a percentage point. The outgoing conservative court came within one vote of overturning Biden’s win in 2020. The new court will be in control to hear any challenges leading up to the election and in the months after.
That includes voting rules. Courts have repeatedly upheld Wisconsin’s voter ID requirement, in place since 2011, but some Democrats see a chance to challenge it again, particularly over what IDs can legally be shown. There is also a looming fight over the state’s top elections administrator.
“It seems to me that the most consequential topics that could come before the new court would have to do with elections,” said Alan Ball, a Marquette University Law School history professor who runs a statistical analysis blog of the court and tendencies of justices.
Considering comments Protasiewicz made during the campaign, “it’s really hard for me to imagine she would not side with the liberals on those issues,” Ball said.
A national Democratic law firm filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to undo a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling last year banning absentee ballot drop boxes. The case could make its way to the state high court before the 2024 presidential election.
Other sticky issues that have garnered bipartisan criticism, including powers of the governor, also could come before the new court.
Evers surprised many with a veto this year putting in place a school spending increase for 400 years. Republicans said a challenge was likely.
In 2021, the court struck down three of Evers’ previous partial vetoes but failed to give clear guidance on what is allowed.
A Wisconsin governor’s veto power is expansive and used by Republicans and Democrats, but the new court could weigh in on whether it should be scaled back. Esenberg, who brought the previous case challenging Evers’ veto powers, said he expected another legal challenge in light of the 400-year veto.
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This story corrects the name in paragraph 6 to Lester Pines. | 2023-07-23T20:08:26+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/ap-democrats-eye-wisconsin-high-courts-new-liberal-majority-to-win-abortion-and-redistricting-rulings/ |
The majority of tickets for Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour sold out during her presale on November 15, causing the general sale to be canceled by Ticketmaster, but there is still a way to buy tickets if you missed out on the presale.
Third-party ticket vendors such as VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek all still have several tickets available for purchase including the cheapest tickets available.
As of Tuesday, February 28, the cheapest seats for Taylor Swift’s The Era’s Tour at Gillette Stadium on May 19 are Upper Level 318 for $547 on VividSeats, Upper Level 323 for $656 on StubHub and Upper Level 318 for $561 on SeatGeek.
- May 19 - Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- May 20 - Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- May 21 - Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
*New customers who purchase tickets through VividSeats can get $20 off a $200+ ticket order by using the promo code MassLive20 at checkout.*
The cheapest seats available for the May 26 show at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ are Upper Level 328 for $748 on VividSeats, Section 207C for $640 on StubHub and Section 334 $778 on SeatGeek.
Since announcing her 27-show tour on November 1, Taylor Swift has added a total of 25 shows for the U.S. leg of “The Eras Tour.” The pop superstar will now play three shows at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, in May: May 19, 20 and 21. Phoebe Bridgers and GAYLE will be joining Taylor at Gillette Stadium on May 19 and 20 and Phoebe Bridgers and Gracie Abrams will be at the May 21 show.
The announcement follows Swift’s world-beating release of her 10th studio album, “Midnights,” which dropped on October 21 and is currently No. 1 in the U.S. Swift also made history on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by becoming the first artist ever to claim all 10 top songs simultaneously.
Here is a look at all the dates for the U.S. leg of The Eras Tour with links to purchase tickets:
- March 17 - State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- March 18 - State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- March 24 - Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- March 25 - Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- March 31 - AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- April 1 - AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- April 2 - AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- April 13 - Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- April 14 - Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- April 15 - Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- April 21 - NRG Stadium in Houston, TX - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- April 22 - NRG Stadium in Houston, TX - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- April 23 - NRG Stadium in Houston, TX - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
- April 28 - Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA - Buy tickets at VividSeats, StubHub and SeatGeek
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Fisher House Foundation and Military Times Foundation will provide $250,000 in awards to nonprofits
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Applications are open today through March 23, 2023, for the Fisher Service Award that recognizes and supports other nonprofits serving the military and veteran communities. Fisher House Foundation and Military Times Foundation will award $250,000 to innovative programs enhancing the quality of life for service members, veterans, and their families.
The Fisher Service Award replaced the long-running Newman's Own Award Program which, together, have distributed more than $2.75 million to 200 nonprofit programs over the last 23 years.
As part of the award package, recipients of the Fisher Service Award will each receive an advertising package valued at $34,000 from Military Times.
Recipients of the Newman's Own Award have included many key players in the military nonprofit community such as Blue Star Families, Inc; Hope for the Warriors; Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund; the Tragedy and Assistance Program for Survivors; and many more. Fisher House Foundation anticipates that future recipients of the Fisher Service Award will continue this great tradition of recognizing excellence in service to our greatest national treasure, our service members, veterans, and their loved ones.
Award recipients will be chosen by a diverse and esteemed judging panel comprised of individuals who combine their knowledge to recognize programs that meet the dynamic needs of military and veteran communities. Moreover, the spouses of senior military leaders have traditionally helped judge submissions since the early 2000s, starting with Mrs. Mary Jo Myers and Mrs. Lynne Pace and most recently Mrs. Kelly Hokanson and Mrs. Mollie Raymond.
Applications for the 2023 Fisher Service Award open January 23 and close March 23. Information on the application process and information about previous winners, is available at https://fisherhouse.org/fisher-service-award/.
About Fisher House Foundation
Fisher House Foundation is best known for its network of 94 comfort homes where military and veteran families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment. These homes are located at major military and VA medical centers nationwide, and in Europe, close to the medical center or hospital they serve. Fisher Houses have up to 21 suites, with private bedrooms and baths. Families share a common kitchen, laundry facilities, a warm dining room, and an inviting living room. Fisher House Foundation ensures that there is never a lodging fee. Since inception, the program has saved military and veteran families an estimated $547 million in out-of-pocket costs for lodging and transportation. www.fisherhouse.org
About Military Times Foundation
Military Times Foundation is a nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes to recognize, salute and highlight the exemplary service of active duty personnel serving in each branch of the U.S. Armed Services and support other organizations conducting activities with similar goals. Military Times Foundation has a flagship program entitled Service Members of the Year, which recognizes and awards outstanding service members and veterans each year.
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Nick Nilan Joins Leading Supply Chain Cybersecurity Provider for Critical Infrastructure
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nick Nilan has been named Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Fortress Information Security, America's leading supply chain cybersecurity provider for critical infrastructure organizations. Nilan is an expert leader in the development of partnerships between the Federal Government and the private sector to counter the clear and present threat to America's digital supply chains.
As CRO, Nilan will be responsible for offering advanced cybersecurity solutions for government agencies, utilities and the industrial base supporting these sectors. America's digital supply chains supporting government and critical infrastructure are subject to increasing attacks from foreign adversaries and bad actors. Nick will deliver on Fortress' mission for supply chain cyber security, replacing our current attestation only approach with a trust but verify model. America's most important and forward-thinking critical infrastructure suppliers have already hired Fortress to secure their digital supply chains and Goldman Sachs alongside other investors have invested considerably recognizing the effectiveness of Fortress' technology and broader vetting capabilities.
In his numerous roles at Verizon, Nilan led Federal sales teams, product management for public sector, Federal marketing and more over the course of 19 years. He received numerous accolades including an innovation award from AFWERX and a Responsible 100 Award from City and State New York. Additionally, he serves as the current President of AFCEA DC, a non-profit organization serving to foster conversations on technology between industry and the National Security and Department of Defense communities.
"Cyber supply chain risk management (C-SCRM) has garnered the attention of the top leaders at Federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies and as supply chains evolve and grow, it is more critical than ever to ensure the validation of all vendors," Nilan said. "Through its success in securing the commercial grid, mission enabling work at the US Navy, and now with the backing of Goldman Sachs, Fortress is well positioned to deliver on a cyber secure supply chain for the nation's most critical industries from utilities to the Department of Defense. After building, selling and marketing mission critical network services in the Federal government for over 14 years, I am excited to join Fortress to ensure the defense of our nation is further enabled by a secure supply chain."
"I am extremely confident in Nick because he understands the enormous responsibility to lead the private sector critical infrastructure to lock arms with the government to cyber secure our supply chains against the threats to our democracy – especially China's aggression," said Alex Santos, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fortress Information Security. "Nick is a determined competitor whose rapid career progression shows his ability to win. Nick's ability to recruit and bring highly talented people together along with his vision for having a strong, relationship-based culture is what made him the choice for such an important role. Add in how detailed his plan is for securing our critical industries and government agencies, along with a sustained desire to improve, and it's easy to see why he's been successful throughout his career."
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ccage@fortressinfosec.com
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, successfully completed its initial round of sea trials and sailed the open ocean for the first time.
The massive 1,198-foot ship is almost ready to start sailing from Florida early next year.
The ship returned to the Meyer Turku, Finland shipyard, where it’s under construction.
Later this year, the ship will be pushed to its limits in a second round of sea trials, Royal Caribbean said.
In addition to 18 guest decks and 2,805 staterooms, the ship features the largest water park at sea — with six record-breaking waterslides and seven pools. The ship’s Frightening Bolt will be the tallest waterslide to sail and Pressure Drop will be the first open freefall waterslide on a cruise.
The ship is equipped to hold a maximum of 7,600 guests, according to Royal Caribbean.
The first Icon class ship is expected to debut in Miami in January 2024, where it will sail seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean vacations all year.
Royal Caribbean said the ship will arrive in late 2023 and be the “first-of-its-kind combination of the best of every vacation.” | 2023-06-30T03:37:49+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/worlds-largest-cruise-ship-almost-ready-to-start-sailing-from-florida/ |
How to score a hot dog deal for National Hot Dog Day
Can we be frank here? One of the best things about summer is the food. And while popsicles, burgers, sweet corn and watermelon all have their place, there’s one food in particular that deserves to be relished. We’re talking about a summer staple — the hot dog, of course.
July is National Hot Dog Month, and Wed., July 19 is an even more important day: National Hot Dog Day. That means restaurants and stores across the nation are showcasing their best deals for hot dog lovers everywhere, and we’re bun-believably excited to ketchup with some of the most unbeatable offers and specials out there.
So get your napkins ready and hold onto your buns because there’s a feast of frugal finds for every frankfurter fan, hot dog heavyweight and backyard barbecue boss. From Dog Haus and Sonic to Target and even Amazon, these deals are going to make you say “Hot dog!” and make your National Hot Dog Day a whole lot tastier.
4 best National Hot Dog Day deals
Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs
If there’s one place that makes us want a hot dog real bad, it’s the place that put hot dogs on the map: Nathan’s, home of the annual hot dog eating contest.
In case you’re wondering, the current world record (set at the 2021 contest) is 76 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. And if you want to attempt to break that, Nathan’s is the place to do it because they’re offering dogs at just 5 cents each — the original price when they opened in 1916 — on July 19.
Coleman Natural Foods
Coleman Natural Foods doesn’t believe hot dog celebrations should be contained to just one day. That’s why they’re offering this deal for the entire month of July: Simply enter the code “HOTDOG” on the company’s website to access a buy-one, get-one deal on hot dogs that lasts all month long.
Dog Haus
If there’s anywhere to celebrate National Hot Dog Day, it’s at this established hot dog-slinging chain that brags about being “The Absolute Wurst.”
Participating Dog Haus locations are offering free Haus Dogs on July 19 only. You’ll have to dine in at a Dog Haus franchise to redeem the offer. Text “FREE DOG” to 833-440-1110 to access a mobile coupon that you can then trade in for your sizzlin’ free meal.
Love’s
If you find yourself on the road this National Hot Dog Day, stop at a Love’s convenience store and truck stop to take advantage of a free hot dog or other roller grill item. You’ll have to download the Love’s app, Love’s Connect, to access this deal.
Best merch for the hot dog super fan
Levlo “Just a Girl Who Loves Hot Dogs” Cosmetic Bag
With a design that’s mustard-up more charm than a Fourth of July cookout, this cosmetic bag is sure to turn heads — all while reminding everyone who sees it about your favorite summertime snack.
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Zmart Novelty “If You Can Read This, Bring Me Hot Dog” Socks
Softer than a fresh-baked bun, these are the perfect accessory to relax in after a day of grilling on your feet. Plus, they’ll let everyone know that they should only approach if they’re bringing you a plate.
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Divatla Hot Dog Neon Wall Sign
Light up any room brighter than a Fourth of July fireworks display with this light, which is fun and practical, due to its multiple brightness settings.
Sold by Amazon
Wernnsai Hot Dog Print Flannel Blanket
When National Hot Dog Day comes to an end and you’re ready to get as cozy as a dog in a bun, this blanket is the perfect accessory. Made of soft, durable flannel, it’s perfect for picnics, camping or even home decor for the ultimate hot dog fan.
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State lawmakers gathered this week for a public hearing on college students' mental health needs ahead of the upcoming 2023 legislative session.
The average age of onset for serious mental illness is between 18 and 24 years old -- the same age as most college students, said Ann Marie Sullivan, commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health.
“We know that with supports, individuals with the most serious mental illness can be successful, live successful lives, complete their schoolwork and get their degree. But they may need extra support,” Sullivan said during the state Assembly hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Albany.
It’s critical to connect people to resources before a crisis to keep a serious mental health condition from interrupting their lives, she said, but stigma has gotten in the way for too long.
Assemblymember Aileen Gunther, the chair of the state Assembly's mental health committee, said taking care of students’ mental health needs is a moral and civil obligation that will require state funding.
“We give boatloads of money to things that don't really have an impact on our true community, and you know what? I'm just a little bit sick of it,” she said. “There are psychiatric patients, there are kids that are quitting school, there are children that are not going to school, because they can't get the help that they need.”
Gunther said right now, there are not enough resources for students, who are often not treated equally as students with other types of disabilities.
Frederick Kowal, union president of United University Professions, pointed out that at the University at Buffalo, there is a ratio of one counselor for every 1,406 students, which he said is similar to other large institutions.
Kowal proposes adding 50 more counselor positions at SUNY campuses across the state and creating a pipeline for people of underrepresented communities to go into the mental health care profession.
Assemblymember Harvey Epstein said nurturing mental wellness would also require addressing contributing factors like food and housing insecurity.
In a white paper published earlier this year, the Mental Health Association of New York State stated that there was no pending legislation in 2020 related to addressing mental health policies on college campuses, and as far back as 2004 there were no college-oriented hearings regarding mental health within the Assembly.
“Surely it seems reasonable for the New York State Legislature and/or the Administration to invite public input and create a forum through which to consider the evidence of the so-called crisis,” the paper states. “MHANYS believes that New York should strive to assure that college is, at least, not a causal contributor to the mental health challenges of its students. And at best, college should provide an atmosphere and experience that nourishes young minds.”
The public hearing on Wednesday was held by Gunther and Assemblymember Deborah Glick. | 2022-12-01T23:35:06+00:00 | wbfo.org | https://www.wbfo.org/2022-12-01/college-students-need-more-mental-health-resources-speakers-stress-at-state-hearing |
TORONTO (AP)Pascal Siakam had 31 points and 12 rebounds, Scottie Barnes scored a season-high 21 points and the Toronto Raptors routed the Atlanta Hawks 139-109 Monday night.
”We weren’t ready to play and we got our (butt) kicked,” Atlanta’s Dejounte Murray said.
Gary Trent Jr. scored 21 points and O.G. Anunoby had 14 as the Raptors set a season high in points and improved to 3-1 at home.
Siakam had six assists, his franchise-best 30th game with 20 or more points, 10 or more rebounds and five or more assists. Siakam also reached those marks in Friday’s home loss to Philadelphia.
”I feel like Pascal’s been killing it,” Barnes said. ”I feel like he should be in that question of being the MVP with the level he’s playing at.”
Barnes made a career-best five 3-pointers and finished 5 for 9 from long distance.
Toronto has won three straight home meetings with Atlanta.
”I thought there was more urgency coming from them,” Hawks coach Nate McMillan said of Toronto. ”They played harder. They out-scrapped us.”
Trae Young had 14 points and 10 assists, and John Collins had 12 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out as the Hawks lost their second straight. Atlanta lost at Milwaukee on Saturday.
Murray scored 20 points for the Hawks, Clint Capela had 13 and De’Andre Hunter 11.
The Hawks had a season-worst 18 turnovers, leading to 24 points for Toronto.
”Just not taking care of the ball, playing loose with the basketball,” McMillan said. ”A team like this will pound you, as they did.”
Six of Atlanta’s turnovers came in the first quarter.
”When you play on the road and teams get turnovers like that, they feed off of it,” Capela said. ”They did that, they did it again and again.”
Murray said the Hawks discussed their poor performance in the locker room after the game. Murray said he was satisfied the meeting had been productive.
”Absolutely,” Murray said. ”You could tell by guys’ eyes and ears.”
Down 34-28 after one, the Hawks went ahead 49-48 after a basket from Young with 4:27 left in the second. Siakam scored six points and Barnes had five as Toronto closed the half with a 16-4 run to lead 64-53 at the break.
Siakam shot 1 for 7 in the third but scored six of his nine points at the free throw line as the Raptors took a 95-80 lead to the fourth.
TIP-INS
Hawks: Young had seven assists in the first. It’s the tenth time in his career that he’s had seven or more assists in a quarter. Seven of those 10 have come in first quarters. . Atlanta has scored 100 or more points in 28 consecutive games.
Raptors: G Fred VanVleet was not available (sore back). Rookie center Christian Koloko made his first career start. . Toronto outscored Atlanta 43-10 in fast break points. . Barnes had a season-high with eight assists. . F Otto Porter Jr. (personal reasons) was unavailable for the second straight game. . Former Raptors star Chris Bosh had 27 games with 20 or more points, 10 or more rebounds and five or more assists.
CRIME SPREE
Toronto had 13 steals while the Hawks had one. Anunoby led the Raptors with a season-high six steals.
FAMILY AFFAIR
Hawks rookie F AJ Griffin had two points, two rebounds and one assist in 15 minutes. His father, Adrian Griffin, is a 10-year NBA veteran and, since 2018, a Raptors assistant coach.
UP NEXT
Hawks: Conclude a five-game trip at New York on Wednesday night.
Raptors: Visit San Antonio on Wednesday night.
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SPRING HILL, Fla. — It has been four years since a man was shot and killed in his Spring Hill home and the person or people responsible have yet to be found.
In the early morning hours of Oct. 16, 2018, detectives said Alek Smith, 22, was killed when someone broke into his home on Legend Street.
Smith's fiance, Victoria Casey, was there the night he died. She said the evening began like any other. She put their daughter to bed and then went to sleep herself.
"It was basically what seemed like a normal night," said Casey. "And then I'm waking up with somebody in my face, a mask on, and a gun in my face."
Casey said the experience has been traumatic.
"I don't think I'll ever get that feeling back being safe in my own home," she said.
After four years of looking for answers, she said she wants justice not just for herself, but their daughter Gabby, who is now 6-years-old.
"She still asks about him. She still cries for him sometimes," said Casey. "She is like her dad's little twin. She's very athletic and she's competitive. So we've got her in sports along with being in therapy."
The Hernando County Sheriff's Office continues to look for leads in the cold case. With an additional $5,000 reward from the Florida Sheriff's Association's Criminal Apprehension Assistance Program (CAAP), the reward for information leading to the arrest of those involved now sits at $10,000.
Florida Sheriff's Association's President Al Nienhuis is also the Hernando County Sheriff. He hopes the $10,000 reward will entice those who know something about this crime to speak up.
"We're always sure that somebody knows something," said Nienhuis. "Oftentimes, we have a tremendous amount of information in a case and we may even have some really good suspects, but we just need that little tiny bit of information to push the case over the top to the point where the prosecutor is willing to actually take that case to trial."
Neinhuis said most violent crime is not random, and his detectives will stay on this case until they break it.
"Bottom line is law enforcement has an infinite memory and we never give up. Even when people retire, those cases are reassigned. We have cases that we're still working and are close to solving. But sometimes they are 20, or 25 years old. So the perpetrators need to keep looking over their shoulders because we only need to get lucky once," said Neinhuis.
While nothing can bring her family back together, Casey said those who tore her family apart must be brought to justice.
"You can't just do something so horrible. You take somebody's life in front of their fiance and their two-year-old," said Casey. "It kills me that these people are living their everyday lives, probably not even thinking about what they did to us."
Anyone who has information about this case is asked to call Detective Tom
Cameron at 352-754-6830. Those who would prefer to remain anonymous can submit tips to Hernando County Crime Stoppers at 1-866-990-TIPS (8477) or online. | 2022-10-18T04:14:14+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/crime/spring-hill-cold-case-alek-smith/67-a66efce8-ae23-430b-b9a4-4ad3598b6852 |
The winners are recognized for programmatic excellence in the fields of education, workforce development, poverty relief, sustainability and more
SAN DIEGO, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Classy, an online fundraising platform whose mission is mobilize and empower the world for good, announced the 2022 Classy Award winners. The 13 award winners were selected from a competitive pool of over 1,700 programs that participated in the application process.
Now proudly in its ninth year, the Classy Awards is one of the largest social impact awards in the country. This year's 2022 Classy Award winners include a diverse array of organizations, from internationally recognized nonprofits tackling global issues such as food scarcity and access to healthcare to local programs that are creating equitable opportunities for workforce development and education. In 2021, the winning organizations collectively operated programs in 22 countries, reached more than seven million people, supported 70,000 students, and have dedicated a total of 186 years to their causes and missions.
This year's class of winners includes 10 organizations awarded for their achievement in social innovation, one nonprofit awarded for its resilience in the face of ongoing challenges, a People's Choice winner, presented by LinkedIn for Nonprofits, which was determined by public vote, and a Lifetime Achievement Award, given to a nonprofit professional who has demonstrated excellence over the course of their career in the social sector
These 13 winners include:
- Social Innovation: The following 10 Classy Award Winners are recognized for providing the most innovative solutions to the world's toughest social and environmental issues.
- Adapt and Overcome: NY Sun Works serves 65,000 students in 200 New York City and urban New Jersey schools and provides STEM-based lessons around subject areas like climate change and energy and water management. When the remote learning environment became necessary during the pandemic, NY Sun Works acted quickly to ensure students and teachers alike did not miss a beat. The result was the introduction of Home Hydroponic STEM Kits, which were distributed to 12,500 students in 79 schools with a remote-ready curriculum and online teacher training.
- People's Choice Award: Presented by LinkedIn for Nonprofits, America Needs You was selected by the public for its Fellows Program that helps first-generation college students complete internships, graduate, and secure employment after graduation. 260 Fellows are anticipated to graduate in 2022—the organization's largest class yet.
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Kailee Scales has been named the winner of the Lifetime Achievement award, honoring an individual for a lifetime of service to the social sector. Scales began her career as a fundraiser and organizer for Barry Ford, a Congressional candidate in Brooklyn, New York. She has collaborated with the WHO, UN, global CEOs and heads of state including Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, in developing solutions to the world's most complex problems. In June 2021, Scales was tapped by Adam Braun to serve as the CEO of Pencils of Promise. Pencils of Promise has built more than 580 schools that currently serve over 110,00 students across Ghana, Guatemala, and Laos.
The 2022 Classy Award winners were carefully selected from an appointed Leadership Council of distinguished social sector leaders and executives. The Leadership Council determined the winners by reviewing a proprietary profile built by Classy designed to elevate and standardize programmatic innovation and direct community impact..
"Classy Award nominees set the bar for ambitious, innovative, and impactful work in service of the greater good. These groundbreaking nonprofit organizations work tirelessly, often with too little resourcing and recongition, to drive change in their communities," says Soraya Alexander, Classy's COO. "We started the Classy Awards in 2009 as a way to phonor this incredible cohort of organizations that give so much to the world. Congratulations to this incredible group of Classy Award winners, and a deep thank you for the work that you do."
Learn more about the Classy Award Winners and their specific programs here. To search for more organizations making an impact in today's society, you can view all Classy Award applicant profiles at progress.classy.org.
The Classy Awards is one of the largest award programs of its kind, recognizing excellence in social innovation. The year-long initiative identifies and evaluates organizations addressing hundreds of social problems around the world. The winners are determined by the Classy Awards Leadership Council, an honorary board of leaders and experts whose unique perspective and valuable insight establish this recognition as one of the highest honors in the social sector.
Classy, an affiliate of GoFundMe, is a Public Benefit Corporation and giving platform that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about. Classy's platform provides powerful and intuitive fundraising tools to convert and retain donors. Since 2011, Classy has helped nonprofits mobilize and empower the world for good by helping them raise nearly $4 billion. Classy also hosts the Collaborative conference and the Classy Awards to spotlight the innovative work nonprofits are implementing around the globe. For more information, visit www.classy.org.
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared as the winner of Nigeria's presidential elections, beating out two other prominent candidates. It comes three days after criticism by observers for widespread logistical failings, violence that suppressed the vote and cries from opposition parties of a sham.
For Tinubu, his victory is the culmination of a deeply held ambition.
Over decades, the former two-term governor of Lagos has evolved into a divisive yet towering figure in Nigerian politics. The wealthy, so-called political godfather is a power broker who helped outgoing president Muhammadu Buhari win the presidency in 2015.
Tinubu's campaign slogan was "emi lo kan" in his native Yoruba — "It's my turn." And now it is.
He won just over 36% of the vote in one of the most tightly contested polls since the end of military rule. He lost in his home state but won by a clear margin in the rest of the country defeating 76-year-old Atiku Abubakar, a six-time presidential contestant, and 61-year-old Peter Obi, a third-party candidate who galvanized huge support from voters disaffected with the traditional political class.
The president-elect saw success in Lagos — and criticism over his continued influence
Tinubu is at once one of the most well-known politicians in the country and also an enigma, dogged by questions about the source of his wealth, his age and his health.
A former accountant and senator, he's credited by supporters for attracting major investment and turning Lagos into one of the biggest economies in Africa when he was governor of the state from 1999 to 2007.
Since he left office, subsequent governors have relied on his blessing and committed to following his blueprint.
But to his detractors, he is blamed for Lagos' many challenges: decrepit infrastructure, a lack of affordable housing and inequality. He has long claimed to have made millions while working as an accountant at Deloitte, but the firm says he was never employed.
He has often been accused of maintaining control of the state's finances which he helped to build. He has also fought corruption charges and been accused of involvement in drug-related crimes. In 1992, the U.S. government accused him in a lawsuit of laundering proceeds from heroin trafficking, and he eventually reached a settlement, forfeiting $460,000. He denies any wrongdoing.
The election indicates changes for Nigerian politics
Before the vote, several opinion polls predicted Obi would win the election. He ultimately came third but despite defeat, Obi's 25% share of the vote is the highest third party percentage tally in Nigerian history. Key wins in states like Lagos have made Nigeria's political map appear less set in stone, and more vulnerable to political mobilization of the kind that Obi has inspired, particularly among the young and middle class.
The opposition had called for the elections to be canceled and for a rerun of the vote, and there will likely be legal challenges.
But now Tinubu has been declared the next president of Nigeria, he faces the tall task of addressing major economic and security crises.
The last eight years have seen two recessions, high youth unemployment, inflation and a collapse in the value of the naira. Kidnaps for ransom attacks have spread, and armed groups are active across the country's north, central and southeast.
The inauguration is scheduled to be held in May.
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler, Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland are heading into the weekend tied for the lead at the PGA Championship.
All three players are at 5-under 135 through two rounds at rainy Oak Hill.
Hovland is on a hot streak at the major championships. He’s been among the top 10 after 10 consecutive rounds at majors, the longest such active streak.
First-round leader Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Suh are two shots back. DeChambeau shot a 1-over 71 in the second round. The 25-year-old Suh made just one bogey on his way to a 2-under 68 to make a cut at a major for the first time.
Brooks Koepka’s 4-under 66 was the best round of the day, moving him to 2 under for the tournament, three behind the leaders.
Only nine of the 156 players in the field were under par after two rounds. The group at even par through 36 holes includes major champions Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Keegan Bradley. Also at even was club professional Michael Block.
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Viktor Hovland has joined Scottie Scheffler and Corey Conners atop the leaderboard at the PGA Championship. Hovland polished off his 3-under 67 with a short birdie putt on the 18th hole to move to 5 under for the tournament.
Bryson DeChambeau is one shot back at 4 under as he finishes up the back nine.
Brooks Koepka, who called his opening round of 2-over 72 one of the worst days of ball-striking he’s had in a while, responded with a 4-under 66 to get within three shots of the leaders heading into the weekend at Oak Hill.
Major champions and good friends Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth are sticking around for the weekend too, but they needed to work to make it happen.
Justin Thomas, the defending PGA champion, sank an 8-foot bogey putt on the 18th to finish on the likely cut line at 5 over. Spieth, nursing an ailing left wrist, saved par from a greenside bunker on 18 to join Thomas at 5 over.
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Scottie Scheffler has joined Corey Conners in a share of the lead at the PGA Championship. Way down the leaderboard, there’s another race going on.
Who gets to return to Oak Hill on Saturday?
The cut was shaping up to be 5-over par, and every shot matters to Masters champion Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth.
Rahm was one shot outside the cut line until he made birdies on the 13th and 14th holes to get to 4 over. Spieth was moving in the right direction until he bogeyed the 11th, made double bogey on the 12th and a bogey on the 14th to fall to 6 over. Spieth was in a bunker in front of the reachable par-4 14th hole and sent that over the fence and out-of-bounds.
He bounced back with a birdie on the 15th and was right on the cut line at 5 over.
Among those certain to miss was Talor Gooch. That’s only significant because Gooch is No. 63 in the world. The top 60 after this week are exempt into the U.S. Open. Gooch did not enter qualifying, and therefore won’t be playing. He has won back-to-back this year on the LIV Golf circuit.
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Corey Conners is the first player to reach 6-under par at Oak Hill in the PGA Championship, building a two-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland in the second round.
The forecast for stronger wind in the afternoon hasn’t materialized. The surprise was a few passing showers that were enough for players to get out their umbrellas. It’s taking a little fire out of the course. But Oak Hill remains tough. Only 11 players are under par.
One of them is Bryson DeChambeau, just barely. He took a double bogey on the sixth hole when it took him two to get out of a bunker. DeChambeau is 3 over through seven holes for his round, now five behind Conners.
Three of those under par are Canadians. Conners is 6 under through 11 holes. Taylor Pendrith had a 69 and was 1 under for the championship. Adam Svensson is 1 under for the day. Maybe it’s a home game. The Canadian border is some 90 miles away.
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Scottie Scheffler has picked up right where he left off at the PGA Championship.
The world’s second-ranked player began the second round with back-to-back birdies to move to the top of the leaderboard at drizzly Oak Hill.
Scheffler hit his approach shot stiff at the par-4 first hole for a tap-in birdie and rolled in a 9-foot putt on the second hole to move to 5-under for the tournament.
Scheffler is tied at the top with Corey Conners. The Canadian started on the back nine and birdied the 13th and 15th holes to join Scheffler at 5-under.
Scheffler opened with a bogey-free 3-under 67, his first bogey-free round in 52 tries at a major tournament.
First-round leader Bryson DeChambeau is part of a group two shots back. DeChambeau, who opened with 4-under 66, bogeyed the third hole to fall a bit off the early pace set by Scheffler and Conners.
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Justin Rose’s fast start to the second round has him within one shot of Bryson DeChambeau at the PGA Championship.
Rose birdied three of his first seven holes and was at 2 under for the day, 3 under for the tournament as he made the turn at breezy Oak Hill.
The 41-year-old Rose, the 2013 U.S. Open champion, used a hot putter to take advantage of conditions that appear more scoring-friendly than during the first round on Thursday. Rose didn’t hit a fairway on his first nine holes but still managed to roll in birdie putts of 15, 20 and 26 feet.
Rose won his 11th PGA tour event at Pebble Beach in February. Rose has four top-10 finishes at the PGA and tied for 13th at Southern Hills last year.
Mito Pereira, who double-bogeyed the 18th in the fourth round at Southern Hills to squander a chance at a stunning victory, is 3 under through 11 holes to move to 1 under for the tournament.
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Club professional Michael Block has joined considerably more famous company near the top of the leaderboard at the PGA Championship.
The 46-year-old Block, the head pro at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo, California, birdied three of his first five holes of the second round to climb to 2 under as he heads to his second nine at Oak Hill. That put Block two shots behind first-round leader Bryson DeChambeau, who will begin his second round Friday afternoon.
This is the fifth PGA appearance for Block, who qualified by finishing in a tie for second at the PGA Professional Championship this month. He has yet to make the cut in six previous starts at major championships.
Block began the second round by rolling in an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-4 10th hole at the East Course. He hit his approach to tap-in range on the par-4 12th and drained a 12-footer for birdie on the short par-4 14th.
Block is putting himself in solid position to make it to the weekend. The 156-man field will be reduced to the top 70 and ties later Friday.
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Bryson DeChambeau has the lead at the PGA Championship, his first time atop a leaderboard in a major since he won the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot.
That was assured when PGA Tour rookie Eric Cole returned to Oak Hill on Friday and sent his first shot on the sixth hole into the water and made double bogey.
DeChambeau opened with a 4-under 66 on Thursday and has a one-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler, Dustin Johnson, Corey Conners and Cole.
The first round was suspended Thursday night because of darkness, due to a two-hour frost delay at the start of the opening round. Cole was at 5 under and in the middle of the sixth fairway. He finished with three straight pars.
Phil Mickelson held it together until the very end. His shot from the rough stayed below the 18th green in more rough. He didn’t advance that to the green, chipped the next one 12 feet short and two-putted for double bogey. He wound up with a 73.
Even with the frost delay, the PGA Championship is back on schedule. The second round began as 30 players were finishing their first round. Justin Rose chipped in for birdie on his last hole for a 69, making it 16 players who broke par in the opening round.
The next task for Mickelson, Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm was to be among the top 70 and ties who make the cut.
DeChambeau plays in the afternoon.
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AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-05-20T23:10:14+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-pga-live-updates-scheffler-conners-hovland-tied-for-lead-after-2-rounds/ |
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alex Gibson of the Kentucky-based arts and media organization Appalshop, about how recent floods affected their archives of Appalachian music, film and heritage items.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alex Gibson of the Kentucky-based arts and media organization Appalshop, about how recent floods affected their archives of Appalachian music, film and heritage items.
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Police: 3 dead, 4 injured after shooting in upscale Los Angeles neighborhood
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Police: 3 dead, 4 injured after shooting in upscale Los Angeles neighborhood
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At least three people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in California area early Saturday morning.Video above: Can mass shootings be prevented? Sgt. Frank Preciado of the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the shooting happened just after 2:30 a.m. in Beverly Crest, an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood.Of the seven people who were shot, four were standing outside. The three who were killed were in a vehicle.Their identities were not released. Those who were injured were taken to a hospital and are in critical condition.Preciado said he did not have information on what led up to the shooting, or if it occurred at a residence.This is the fourth mass shooting in California this month.The shooting comes a week after a massacre at a dance hall in a Los Angeles suburb left 11 dead and nine wounded and only days after a gunman opened fire on a pair of mushroom farms south of San Francisco on Monday, fatally shooting seven people and wounding one. The killings have dealt a blow to the state, which has some of the nation’s toughest firearm laws and lowest rates of gun deaths.For the third straight year, the U.S. in 2022 recorded over 600 mass shootings in which at least four people were killed or injured, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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At least three people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in California area early Saturday morning.
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Sgt. Frank Preciado of the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the shooting happened just after 2:30 a.m. in Beverly Crest, an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood.
Of the seven people who were shot, four were standing outside. The three who were killed were in a vehicle.
Their identities were not released. Those who were injured were taken to a hospital and are in critical condition.
Preciado said he did not have information on what led up to the shooting, or if it occurred at a residence.
This is the fourth mass shooting in California this month.
The shooting comes a week after a massacre at a dance hall in a Los Angeles suburb left 11 dead and nine wounded and only days after a gunman opened fire on a pair of mushroom farms south of San Francisco on Monday, fatally shooting seven people and wounding one. The killings have dealt a blow to the state, which has some of the nation’s toughest firearm laws and lowest rates of gun deaths.
For the third straight year, the U.S. in 2022 recorded over 600 mass shootings in which at least four people were killed or injured, according to the Gun Violence Archive. | 2023-01-28T16:18:13+00:00 | koat.com | https://www.koat.com/article/fatal-shooting-beverly-crest-los-angeles/42694298 |
"Buy Nothing" groups have exploded in popularity. They can help people save money, cut down on waste and connect with their local community.
Idgie Watkins and Cathy Kusman-Kelly participate in their community "Buy Nothing" group. In their group, neighbors exchange items and services for free.
“Someone gave away plumbing work. We have a brand-new harmonica kit. We went from beds and furniture to household stuff, pots and pans,” said Kusman-Kelly.
Saving money wasn’t the original motivation behind the Buy Nothing Project.
Liesel Clark and her friend noticed plastics washing up on beaches near their Washington state home. They and their children logged all the plastics they were finding and learned they were coming from everyone.
“They’re coming from our homes, our cars, our workplaces.”
In 2013, the Buy Nothing Project started off as a social experiment to see if they could find items they might need or want from neighbors before purchasing something new.
People started sharing and giving right away. Soon, Liesel developed rules and guidelines for others to start their own hyper-local "Buy Nothing" groups. Now, there is an app that has grown to more than 6.5 million users nationwide.
Liesel says most people start by posting items they want to give away. She encourages people to ask for something they need before buying it.
“We’re challenging people to think creatively about how they might be giving to their loved ones," she said. "People share food even over the holidays. And this is a great time when people are traveling, you can borrow luggage.”
The Buy Nothing Project also offers free online courses to teach people how to grow this gift economy. | 2022-11-30T19:09:04+00:00 | kgun9.com | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/how-a-buy-nothing-group-can-save-you-money-and-build-a-community |
Versatile running back Roger Craig, and two-time Super Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan advanced to the next stage of consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The selection committees cut down the list of candidates from 31 seniors and 29 coaches and contributors to 12 in each category in results announced Thursday.
The 12-person committees for each group will meet next month to pick up to three senior candidates among players who last played no later 1998, and one coach and contributor. The finalists will be part of the Hall’s class of 2024 if they are supported by at least 80% of voters next January.
Craig was a key part of San Francisco’s dynasty in the 1980s with his ability as a physical runner and as a receiver out of the backfield. Craig was the first player ever to have 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in the same season in 1985, and led the NFL with 2,036 yards from scrimmage in 1988 when he helped the 49ers win the Super Bowl.
Craig was also part of the title-winning teams in San Francisco in the 1984 and 1989 seasons. His 410 yards from scrimmage in those Super Bowl wins are the third- most ever behind only Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Franco Harris.
Among the other senior candidates are former league MVP Ken Anderson, 1978 Defensive Player of the Year Randy Gradishar and AFL star receivers Otis Taylor and Art Powell.
The other remaining semifinalists are Maxie Baughan, Joe Jacoby, Albert Lewis, Steve McMichael, Eddie Meador, Sterling Sharpe and Al Wistert.
Anderson was a four-time Pro Bowler for Cincinnati and won the MVP in 1981 when he helped the Bengals reach their first Super Bowl before losing to San Francisco. When Anderson retired after the 1986 season he ranked sixth all time with 32,838 yards passing and 13th with 197 TD passes.
Gradishar was a key part to Denver’s “Orange Crush” defense in the 1970s, making the Pro Bowl seven times in 10 seasons and being selected as an All-Pro in 1977 and ’78.
Taylor and Powell were among the top receivers in the pass-happy AFL. Powell’s 81 touchdowns rank second best in AFL history behind Don Maynard, and his 8,015 yards receiving were third behind only Maynard and Hall of Famer Lance Alworth.
Taylor, who died in March at age 80, was an All-Pro twice and led the AFL in TD catches in 1967 and the NFL in yards receiving in 1971.
Shanahan won back-to-back titles for Denver in the 1997 and ’98 seasons and Coughlin won two championships with the Giants in the 2007 and 2011 seasons to earn advancement to the next stage.
Of the 14 coaches to win multiple Super Bowls, nine are in the Hall of Fame, two more are active, with Shanahan, Coughlin and George Seifert the only ones not to get into the Hall.
Mike Holmgren, who won a Super Bowl for Green Bay in the 1996 season and lost two more trips with the Packers and Seahawks, also advanced.
The other semifinalists in the coach and contributor category are Frank “Bucko” Kilroy, Robert Kraft, Buddy Parker, Dan Reeves, Art Rooney Jr., Marty Schottenheimer, Clark Shaughnessy, Lloyd Wells and John Wooten.
The Class of 2024 will be formally enshrined next summer in Canton, Ohio.
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports | 2023-07-28T15:22:54+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/nfl/nfl-dallas/roger-craig-tom-coughlin-and-mike-shanahan-advance-in-hall-of-fame-consideration/ |
Getting swallowed up by the gaping maw of the ground beneath one's feet is the stuff of nightmares. And it is what's happening — again — in the small Texas town of Daisetta.
A huge sinkhole that had appeared to be stable for more than 15 years suddenly began expanding about a week ago, growing by several acres and leaving nearby residents terrified that it will take them and their homes.
Video footage taken by Bluebonnet News on Sunday shows buildings, tank containers and other structures partially submerged in water. Deep cracks in the earth emanate from the dark pool like veins, running beneath empty warehouses and heavy equipment.
Years ago, the original crater made national news after suddenly collapsing on May 8, 2008. Over two days, it grew from a 20-foot hole to a cavity measuring about 900 feet across and 260 feet deep.
Eventually, the community learned to live with the giant hole in the ground, treating it as something of a recreational area. As USA Today reported, "alligators have inhabited the waters and some Daisetta residents fish in the sinkhole's pond-like surface."
It remained visibly unchanged until April 2, when residents reported that it had taken out several more acres, according to The Vindicator.
"My neighbor came over and said he kept hearing popping sounds like a gunshot. We went to the backyard, and there were buildings falling in. It was like a movie. You can see cracks forming in the ground," resident Tim Priessler told ABC 13 on April 3.
His wife, Jordana Priessler, added: "I was having a lot of trouble going to sleep last night because I didn't know if we were going to get swallowed up. My family told me it happened kind of fast before."
Since then, a vacant building and several storage tanks have been consumed by the hole.
Experts are surveying the site
News outlets report that the site is being investigated by multiple agencies, working to figure out what triggered the latest collapses. Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency is analyzing the contents of nearby tanks — currently sitting along the new edges — to determine if they contain hazardous material that could pose other risks.
City officials said last week that they would be working with local and state agencies, including the Liberty County Judge, the Liberty County Fire Marshall, and the Texas Division of Emergency Management to keep residents notified of relevant changes.
The sinkhole sits on what was once the DeLoach Oil and Gas Waste Well. The Vindicator reports that the company is no longer in operation, "but storage of certain products remains on the property, which has seen a warehouse and several tanks give way to the path of the sinkhole."
As of Monday, town officials had not issued evacuation orders for residents.
How did this happen and what causes sinkholes?
Randall Orndorff, a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, told NPR that the department ultimately concluded 15 years ago the culprits could be a combination of man and nature.
Orndorff was part of the team that was sent to study the sinkhole when it first collapsed in 2008.
He explained that the entire town of Daisetta, which is a little over an hour northeast of Houston, is built on a salt dome. It is one of a few dozen in the Gulf Coast region, according to the Center for Land Use Interpretation.
Oil and gas companies looking to dispose of the waste that's created by drilling use the salt domes as underground storage facilities.
"They drill these vertical holes and pump the waste down there and usually, everything is fine," Orndorff said. "But the problem is salt is dissolvable."
He noted that the region has been struck by powerful hurricanes over the years, including Hurricane Ike, which struck Daisetta just four months after the first sinkhole appeared.
"When you get a lot of precipitation, everything's dissolving in the bedrock," creating new caves, he said.
Meanwhile, the soil on the surface begins to shift and move down into the gaps.
"That means that you could have this void underneath your feet and never know it. As time goes by that void is getting closer and closer to the surface and then you add all of the weight of water from a heavy rain or a storm and it just can't hold up," Orndorff explained.
"Boom! It just collapses."
Orndorff has not visited the site for more than a decade, but in recent days, he has reviewed a number of drone videos showing the growing sinkhole from above. He told NPR that based on what he has seen, "the current growth is occurring in one spot and not the entire sinkhole."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-04-11T10:16:03+00:00 | kpcc.org | https://www.kpcc.org/npr-news/2023-04-11/texas-residents-wait-and-watch-as-a-sinkhole-in-their-town-grows |
Artificial intelligence is finding its way into the lost luggage space at airports by matching lost items with its rightful owners in hours rather than days.
If you travel, you can likely relate to the moments of anxiety when you place your bags in the care of airlines, wondering if it will make it to your desired destination successfully.
TSA operates its own lost-and-found system at ¾ of our nation’s 430 airports. It says in 2022, it recorded more than 552,000 unclaimed items, including 25,000 laptops and 6,000 cellphones, but matches were only made 10% of the time. In many cases, it can take days to locate bags and reunite them with owners as many airports use pen and paper system to track the luggage.
New companies such as Lost and Found Software uses digital rolodexing to help file and sort through lost luggage faster. Recently, it has begun to incorporate artificial intelligence to cross reference images and data submitted by users who have lost items to help locate them faster and more efficiently.
“AI solves the problem by registering [lost items] with a picture from your cell phone or tablet and it automatically recognizes what it is. It reads text, it knows what it is, it categorizes it correctly,” said Markus Schaarschmidt, founder of Lost and Found Software.
Markus says his software’s match rate is 89.6%, meaning it successfully identifies lost items with its users that often, as the software can learn that dark lenses usually mean sunglasses as it sorts them separately from reading glasses. It can also differentiate luggage makes and models, identify unique markers, and serial numbers all from a single submitted picture.
“Since ChatGPT there’s a lot of focus around communication so we integrated that [into our product] last week,” said Schaarschmidt. “It allows the users to communicate with the customer a lot faster.”
Lost and Found Software is in 17 U.S. airports but it is not the only product. Places like Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Southwest Airlines use NetTracer, which does image matching as well.
SITA, an IT provider for the airline industry, quickly catalogs millions of entries in 2,200 airports worldwide and claims to return mishandled bags to its users within 48 hours 60% of the time. Other companies like Boomerang, Crowdfind, and Chargerback do similar things to help reunite items with travelers in a much shorter amount of time, compared to a traditional pen and paper system.
“I know lost and found doesn’t sound sexy, but it actually is as soon as you see you can make a difference by reuniting people or children with teddies,” said Schaarschmidt. “That’s the most awesome thing ever when we get feedback from that.”
Lost and Found Software is free for the public to use. | 2023-02-21T00:54:42+00:00 | kivitv.com | https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/how-ai-technology-is-helping-locate-lost-luggage-faster |
I was living in Belgium, playing basketball for a Belgian team. It was early December, and my sister arrived from the U.S. to stay with me for a while. She had just gone through a divorce and felt she needed to get as far away from her ex as possible.
The first weekend she was there, we decided to visit Paris. This was back in the ’70s, and there were very few McDonald’s in Europe, but there was one in Paris.
I said, “Hey, there is a McDonald’s in Paris; we can go there and get a Big Mac.”
“No way!” my sister replied. “I did not come all the way over here to go to a McDonald’s. We are going to a French restaurant and having French wine, French bread and French onion soup.” So that is what we did.
We were very careful with our finances, and were on what “Europe on $5 a Day” called a sub-starvation budget. I think the waiter could see that and refilled our bread basket several times. In those days, it was possible to travel in Europe on $5 a day (excluding transportation costs).
Our father was born in Copenhagen, so over the Christmas holiday we took a train up to Denmark. We spent Christmas with our cousins, enjoying a Danish Christmas and all the Danish treats.
Since we were only a few hours away, we decided to go to Stockholm, Sweden. We were on that sub-starvation budget and low on funds, so my sister and I chose to hitchhike our way there. We had no trouble getting rides to Stockholm, and we stayed in a youth hostel set up in a schooner.
And, at my sister’s insistence, we each had a Big Mac at McDonald’s!
So, the day came for us to hitchhike back to Copenhagen. We took the bus to a place on the highway that we were told was the best area to get rides. It was a good place, but everyone else looking for a ride knew that, too. There were 15 to 20 other individuals and couples there as well. We stood in a place that seemed like a good location, far enough from everyone else, but easy for cars to see us. We stuck out our thumbs and waited, and waited, and waited. Every once in a while, we would see someone stop for another hitchhiker, but not us. It was very cold and our toes were starting to freeze. We put on our best smiles and tried look as friendly as possible.
I did not know it at the time, but my sister said to herself, “I am counting 100 more cars, and if I get to 100, we are taking a train. I am not staying out here in the cold much longer.” Thankfully, a car stopped for us before she got to 100. I opened the car door and the driver said something like, “I need help. I am wondering if you could do me a favor?” I was thinking sure, but we need the favor, what can we do for you? So we said, “Sure, what can we do?” His said, “I have two cars and I need someone to drive one to Copenhagen for me. Would you do that?” “Sure!” I said, and we jumped in.
He drove us to his home, and we expected to get into another vehicle and follow him to Copenhagen. However, he told us he was not ready to go yet and handed us the keys to a brand-new BMW with less than 3,000 kilometers on it. He wrote down our names and passport numbers, and gave us 50 Swedish kroner for gas and an address for where to leave the car. He told us to park in a parking lot at that address, put the keys in the glove box and lock the car; he said he would pick it up later.
So, off we went! We had a fleeting thought about visiting Oslo on the way to Copenhagen, but decided against it. We also started to worry that we were driving a stolen car. In our excitement, we did not even think to get the address of the man who gave us the car, and we would never be able to find his house again.
But all our worrying was for naught. We arrived safely in Copenhagen, parked the car as instructed, and caught our train back to Brussels the next day.
The author lives in Maytown.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday punted the issue of determining when internet companies are protected under a controversial liability shield, instead resolving the case on other grounds.
The justices were considering two lawsuits in which families of terrorist attack victims said Google and Twitter should be held liable for aiding and abetting ISIS, leading to their relatives’ deaths.
Google asserted that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, enacted in 1996 to prevent internet companies from being held liable for content posted by third parties, protected the company from all of the claims.
But rather than wading into the weighty Section 230 dispute — which internet companies say allows them to serve users and offers protection from a deluge of litigation — the court Thursday found neither company had any underlying liability to need the protections.
In the Twitter case, conservative Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for a unanimous court that the plaintiffs’ allegations fell “far short of plausibly alleging that defendants aided and abetted the Reina attack.”
In the Google case, the court wrote in an unsigned opinion: “Rather, we think it sufficient to acknowledge that much (if not all) of plaintiffs’ complaint seems to fail under either our decision in Twitter or the Ninth Circuit’s unchallenged holdings below. We therefore decline to address the application of §230 to a complaint that appears to state little, if any, plausible claim for relief.”
Google’s general counsel Halimah DeLaine Prado said the “countless companies, scholars, content creators and civil society organizations who joined with us in this case will be reassured by this result.”
“We’ll continue our work to safeguard free expression online, combat harmful content, and support businesses and creators who benefit from the internet,” Prado added in a statement.
A spokesperson for Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
—Updated at 11:30 a.m. | 2023-05-18T15:33:50+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/hill-politics/supreme-court-punts-ruling-on-breadth-of-tech-companies-liability-shields/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Can you trust Erica, or Sandi or Amy to increasingly control parts of your financial life without giving you inaccurate information or sending money to the wrong place?
That’s what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is asking in a report released Tuesday, where the bureau lays out a number of concerns about the growing use of chatbots by banks to handle routine customer service requests.
The CFPB worries that banks or loan-servicing companies may cut back on human customer service employees and push an increasing number of routine tasks to AI. Further, the regulator says poorly designed chatbots could run afoul of federal laws that govern how debts are collected or how personal information is being used.
“If firms poorly deploy these services, there’s a lot of risk for widespread customer harm,” said Rohit Chopra, director of the CFPB, in an interview with The Associated Press.
For several years, banks have been handling more and more customer service requests with chatbots, often with female-sounding names like Sandi for Santander, Amy from HSBC, or Eno at Capital One.
Bank of America runs the biggest and most successful financial chatbot under the Erica brand. Erica — the last five letters in America — now handles hundreds of millions of inquiries a year from BofA’s customers.
Initially bank chatbots were used to for basic inquiries, like changing a customers’ address or phone number, or telling a customer where the nearest branch is or what the routing number might be on their account. But as banks have invested millions into these services, chatbots have gotten especially sophisticated, able to understand full sentences or even help a customer move money around or pay a bill.
The CFPB estimates that roughly four out of every 10 Americans interacted with a bank chatbot last year, a figure they expect will grow.
Banks are getting ready to roll out even more advanced AI-like services. JPMorgan Chase is reportedly developing plans to use ChatGPT and artificial intelligence to help customers pick appropriate investments. Bank of America bankers can use Erica to build customer profiles and potentially recommend products to those customers.
While these services may save customers minutes or hours waiting on hold to reach a human to ask a routine question, the agency has concerns about whether these chatbots will be able to handle the nuances and complicated nature of consumer protection laws without giving customers inaccurate information.
“There are federal laws that give customers rights when it comes to debts, or disputing a transaction, and if customer service agents are being substituted for chatbots, that can pose problems if that software gives them inaccurate information,” Chopra said.
The bureau also found that older customers or customers whose primary language is not English may end up in a customer service “loop” and unable to reach a human agent.
“Time and again, we found complaints of customers getting stuck in circular arguments with a robot or getting wrong information,” he said.
Chopra, both in his current role as director of the CFPB and previously as a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, has repeatedly raised concerns that banks and companies may violate consumer laws if they poorly implement algorithms or artificial intelligence software. There have been numerous reports of chatbots from Microsoft, Google and other companies that have used bias language when prompted. | 2023-06-07T04:06:16+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/banks-growing-reliance-on-chatbots-to-handle-customer-service-tasks-worries-consumer-watchdog/ |
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